”The short answer to your first question is, no you will not be disadvantaged. We do accept IELTS. To answer question #2, both the General Studies and International Legal Studies LLMs provide significant flexibility to students wishing to have more discretion in choosing their classes and designing their course of study. Typically, students pursue the General Studies LLM who wish to sit for the New York bar (and need to take a number of U.S. law courses to do so). Students who are interested more specifically in international law tend to pursue the International Legal Studies LLM. It’s also useful to note that you can apply to one of the two now and then, should you be admitted and matriculate, decide to switch focus to the other program at the end of your first semester here. Finally, you will not be less competitive for the ILS LLM because you lack significant international law experience, though legal practice experience overall is a factor in admissions decisions. “