我对美国法律学位LLM，SJD，JD的一些看法

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As a JSD candidate in Hong Kong, from the observation of the other two law schools, public international law seldom constitutes a interest to the JSD candidates.

Hong Kong is a place which embraces some of the most brillant Chinese law school students.  However, it can never afford to provide the brillant and future Chinese Public international experts as a backup.

That is the point which concerns me most.

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160# 阿泰

yes... lack of interest from Chinese government does limited the career potential for Chinese studying international outside China..(and the financial return would be quite poor :(...  anyway I will still try to go in this direction... international law has a lot of fun LOL!! hopefully I can get in a Top 14 next year~

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160# 阿泰 yes... lack of interest from Chinese government does limited the career potential for Chinese studying international outside China..(and the financial return would be quite poor :(...  anyway I will still try to go in this direction... international law has a lot of fun LOL!! hopefully I can get into a Top 14 next year~

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WISH U ALL THE BEST NEXT YEAR

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164# casslos

so are you applying law school now?
mephistoE 发表于 2011-4-1 11:03

恩

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WISH U ALL THE BEST NEXT YEAR
阿泰 发表于 2011-4-1 11:24

多谢祝福：）

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171# casslos

me too, I'm apply for JD program next year... my lsat in Oct...

btw continuing the precedence matter, international law is closer to civil law tradition than common law system. And stare decisis doesn't apply to international law case. A justice can refer back to the legal reasoning of previous case and decides if he/she agree with it (or not). Precedence itself doesn't stand alone. This is the principle of international law...

btw agree with you that chinese legal scholars should be more actively involved in international law system

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"A justice can refer back to the legal reasoning of previous case and decides if he/she agree with it (or not). "
I just think the previous cases do have a certain degree of influence on the decision of Justice.
The practice is not equal to the principle

As far as I know, LSAT is not necessary in some cases.

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172# mephistoE
Gook luck with your test and JD application!

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173# casslos

i'm applying for JD program... LSAT is required, at least for those schools that i'm interested in.

if you apply for LLM than LSAT is not required, but LLM needs a undergraduate law degree.
I'm political science major in a liberal arts college and we don't have law degree in undergraduate so I will have to take LSAT...

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175# mephistoE
Actually I am not familiar with the programs of law schools in USA. But I have learned that many top law schools in USA (such as Havard/Columbia) require their doctoral applicants to enroll in their LLM Program first. On the completion of the LLM program, the doctoral study then begins. Of course, this requirement may not apply to all cases.

Anyway, wish you the best with your application.:victory:

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175# mephistoE
Actually I am not familiar with the programs of law schools in USA. But I have learned that many top law schools in USA (such as Havard/Columbia) require their doctoral applicants to ...
casslos 发表于 2011-4-1 13:36

That's true.

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176# casslos

JD is not a doctoral program. It's the beginning law degree for most of American students because few Americans students study law in their undergraduate school. LLM is a master degree, and that's part of the reason why it's required before you take Doctoral degree ( the JSD). Though in most of cases only international students take LLM because they have finished a law degree outside U.S.

you can google the difference between the JD and LLM :)

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178# mephistoE

oh, I'm so stupid.
Thank you for your tips.

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很精彩的辩论，也希望多多出现这样的思想交锋，顶顶顶