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Twenty five students will be the first to graduate from Northwestern University School of Law’s new Executive LLM in Korea program on March 28, 2004. The students, Korean legal professionals, have spent the past year studying in Seoul, Korea, with Northwestern Law professors.

Later this month, students in the program will travel from Seoul to spend two weeks in Chicago to take a final course and participate in a range of activities designed to help orient them to the U.S. legal community. Following the two week program, the graduation ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 28, at noon in the Leighton Faculty Commons at the Law School, 357 East Chicago Avenue.

The Executive LLM degree program is designed for Korean legal and business professionals who wish to earn a master in laws degree from Northwestern Law while continuing their work commitments in Korea.

"Students in the program work in the international legal and business world in companies and organizations such as Hyundai, the Industrial Bank of Korea, LG Electronics, and many others," said David Van Zandt, dean and professor of law. "In-depth knowledge of the American legal system is vital not only to their success as international lawyers but also to the success of the companies in which they work. Students in the executive LLM program in Korea can immediately apply the skills they learn in their workplaces."

The class of 2004 began studying in Seoul in March 2003. The 13-month program, in which students earn a master of laws from Northwestern Law, is made possible through partnership with the Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies (aSSIST) in Seoul.

Members of Northwestern Law’s distinguished faculty teach most of the classes, which are scheduled to allow participants to continue their careers while they study and master a broad range of legal and analytical skills.

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