Program Overview
This collaborative LL.M. program is a first-ever partnership between an American university and a European Union university. University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law and the University of Salzburg have created an integrated program designed to prepare both civil law and common law lawyers for the rigors of international business practice.
LL.M. candidates may begin the program with the fall semester (mid-August to mid-December) at the University of Salzburg in Austria or the spring semester (mid-January to mid-May) at Pacific McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California. The required curriculum has been designed to be complementary and students will be advised on an individual basis to select elective offerings to maximize the benefits of the curriculum and avoid duplication and overlap. While some elective courses taught in German will be available to LL.M. candidates in Salzburg, all required courses and all principal elective courses in both Salzburg and Sacramento will be taught in English.
In addition to the course work, LL.M. students will have the option to prepare a thesis under the supervision of a faculty member from either Salzburg or Pacific McGeorge. Candidates will earn three units of credit for the thesis.
The degree-LL.M. in Transnational Business Practice-will be awarded by University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, which is fully accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA)
Bar Admission
The requirements of admission to the bar in the United States vary from state-to-state and are subject to change. Several states allow the holders of an LL.M. degree from an ABA-accredited law school (such as Pacific McGeorge) to sit for the bar examination while others states have more specialized requirements. LL.M. candidates with law degrees from civil law jurisdictions should be aware that the State Bar of New York requires them to earn a minimum of 20 semester units of credit from courses taken at an American law school such as Pacific McGeorge. Units earned at the University of Salzburg will not count towards the 20-unit requirement, nor will units earned in an internship or through prepartion of a thesis. Candidates interested in taking a bar examination in New York or in any other state in the United States should consult with the Coordinator of International Programs at Pacific McGeorge upon arriving in Sacramento in order to determine how best to satisfy the state bar requirements.
