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Going
Global - One
Person at a Time
Situated in
Minnesota's metropolitan
Twin Cities,
Hamline University
is an intimate
private college
with a global
impact. As Minnesota's
oldest institution
of higher learning,
Hamline has long
enjoyed a reputation
of rigorous academic
discourse. In
the 2004 U.S.
News & World
Report rankings,
Hamline University
ranked first
in Minnesota,
ninth among 142
universities
in the Midwest
region and among
the top schools
nationally in
the Best Universities-Master's
category. Again
this year, Hamline
Law School retained
its top-five
national ranking
in dispute resolution
in the U.S. News
& World Report
annual rankings
of the nation's
best law schools
and specialty
programs.
As
one of the leading
educators in American
law, Hamline University
School of Law has
recently embarked
on a number of
new and expanding
initiatives to
bring its quality
education and training
to lawyers and
law students around
the globe: the
expansion of the
LL.M. program for
non-U.S. lawyers;
a new three-year
grant as part of
the European Community-United
States of America
Cooperation Program
in Higher Education
and Vocational
Education and Training;
and new curricular
offerings in summer
European programs.
The
Hamline LL.M. program
provides lawyers
an opportunity
to explore the
differences between
their country's
legal system and
the U.S. legal
system. Students
may now concentrate
in the areas of:
dispute resolution,
intellectual property,
international business
law, American business
law, or human rights;
or choose a course
of study individualized
to the lawyer's
interest. The Twin
Cities has a vibrant
cultural environment
and is home to
a number of Fortune
500 companies (such
as 3M, PepsiAmericas,
Medtronic, Inc.,
and Northwest Airlines)
making it one of
the most popular
and successful
U.S. cities.
Hamline
University School
of Law is among
a select group
of institutions
chosen to receive
a three-year grant
as part of the
European Community-United
States of America
Cooperation Program
in Higher Education
and Vocational
Education and Training.
The program, part
of the Fund for
the Improvement
of Postsecondary
Education (FIPSE),
is administered
by the U.S. Department
of Education. This
three-year effort
will enable the
development and
dissemination of
international,
cross-disciplinary
curricula in dispute
resolution and
initiate and sustain
transatlantic student
mobility. As a
lead partner in
this grant, Hamline
is positioned as
a catalyst in the
center of two vital
and emerging trends
in legal education
- globalization
and dispute resolution.
The other U.S.
partners include:
Benjamin N. Cardozo
School of Law (New
York); and Moritz
School of Law,
The Ohio State
University (Ohio).
The European Community
partners include:
University of Rome
"La Sapienza"
(Italy - Lead Partner);
University of Deusto
(Spain); and Catholic
University of Paris
(France).
This
summer Hamline
Law School will
offer academic
programs at European
universities in
Rome, Paris, Budapest,
Bergen, and Oslo.
In these programs,
American students
learn alongside
counterparts from
a variety of European
countries. A primary
objective is to
facilitate the
exchange of ideas
and cooperative
projects among
academics, professionals,
and students throughout
the world. Some
non-U.S. lawyers
will start the
Hamline LL.M. program
in one of these
European summer
programs, and then
continue their
studies in Minnesota
this fall.
Whether
non-U.S. lawyers
begin their LL.M.
program in Minnesota
or through the
programs offered
in Rome, Paris,
Budapest, Bergen,
or Oslo, each lawyer
will find the courses
and experiences
make a U.S. based
LL.M. a lifelong
investment.
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