Founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819, the University of Virginia School of Law is consistently ranked among the top-10 law schools in the United States. Virginia's Graduate Studies Program provides an American legal education to lawyers who have obtained their first law degree in their home countries.
By maintaining a small and highly selective program of about 35 students, the Law School ensures a supportive atmosphere. LL.M. candidates take classes alongside J.D. students, allowing participants to fully engage in the community and plan their own coursework
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University of Virginia
School of Law
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Charlottesville, Virginia
22903-1738
Hao Chu ’11 Austria
"Legal education from one of the top-10 law schools, combined with probably the best student-life experience in the United States, is what awaits you at UVA Law."
JiaAn Yin ’11 China
"The small size of the program enables LL.M.s to be fully integrated into the academic community. We are privileged to choose whatever class that interests us, just as the J.D. students here do."
BRUNO
FURIATI ’10 Brazil
"The diversity of Virginia's students creates a
special place, especially for foreigners. Charlottesville's quality of life is undoubtedly one of UVA's big secrets."
CHI-NUNG
HUANG ’09 TAiwan
"After being totally exposed to the J.D. program and taught by the best of faculties, I believe getting an LL.M. at UVA has been the most worthwhile choice for me."
JAIME AGUDELO
SUAREZ ’09 Mexico
"There is no way I would have done an LL.M. program somewhere else, and, if possible, I would love to repeat the wonderful year that has just gone by."
NIKKI STEIN ’09 South Africa
"The academic program is tailored to suit your exact interests, and integrates LL.M. students into J.D. classes in a way that allows you to gain from the classes exactly what you put in."
ULRICH
KLOCKENBRINK ’10 Germany
"UVA offers exceptional academic freedom in terms of individual choice of classes. There is no precast set of topics you are bound to."
AYUSHI KIRAN ’10 India
"The seminar courses offered do an excellent job of giving a taste of the 'real deal,' something I never experienced in the law school of my home country."
JIENI JI ’10 China
"The LL.M. program provided me with a first-class education in graduate legal studies. The year at UVA Law was the most amazing and rewarding experience in my life."
PETER KEEVIL ’09 United Kingdom
"The attention that each UVA LL.M. receives is a product of, and a testament to, the experience of the staff and the relatively small size of the program."
VALENTINA
FERReiRA
PINTO ’09 Brazil
"A great characteristic of UVA's LL.M. program is the fact that its small-group approach allows for quite strong bonding among students."
HARYO
NUGROHO ’10 Indonesia
"[It's] a perfect combination of academic and non-academic life — that is the essential point I would like to make about my experience in UVA's LL.M. program."
WOJCIECH BAGINSKI ’08 Poland
"[Virginia has] a small group of carefully selected LL.M. students from different countries. You will get to make really good friends here."
JUAN AZZARRI ’10 Argentina
"I advise others to choose UVA's LL.M. program if they want not only to study at a first-rate university but also to have the experience of living in an awesome place. "
JAN-WILLEM
GEEROMS ’10 Belgium
"Being taught by partners of the best Wall Street law firms and by in-house counsels of the biggest multinationals is a truly enriching experience."
GUILLERMO
MUHECH ’09 Mexico
"The greatest advantage
of the program is the exposure to American law in full, because the
LL.M.s take classes with, and participate just as much as, the J.D. students."
