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earn the LL.M. degree, a student must.
Students ordinarily study for three terms, from late September
through early June. A student may elect to study during the
five-week summer term as well. Each term
is followed
by a one-week examination period. The program provides participants
with a reasonable amount of flexibility in determining how
to complete these requirements. Options available to the
student
include the following-
- Of the 24 required credit hours, up to four credits may
be earned through completion of a written work of substantial
quality, done under the supervision of a member of the Notre
Dame faculty. Any student who does not elect to complete
such a thesis, however, must complete at least one paper
in connection with one of the graded courses.
- A student may study for three terms during the Law School's
full-year program; or a student may elect to take up to
seven credit hours in the Law School's summer program.
The London LL.M. Programme offers a sufficiently diverse
set of courses to expose
students to American, British, international and comparative
law. There is no
prescribed curriculum for a student pursuing an advanced degree.
However, every
LL.M. candidate must participate in the LL.M. seminar; and
every non-American
student must take Introduction to the American Legal System.
To satisfy the remainder
of their credit-hour requirements, LL.M. students will participate
in the courses and
seminars offered to J.D. students in the full-year and summer
programs. However,
American law-school graduates pursuing the LL.M. degree cannot
receive credit for
courses that duplicate similar courses taken as part of the
J.D. curriculum.
Courses are graded in accordance with the standard Notre Dame
grading system, which
provides for grades as follows:
A ......4.000
A-......3.667
B+......3.333
B ......3.000
B-......2.667
C+......2.333
C ......2.000
C-......1.667
D ......1.000
F ......0.000
A grade of "D' indicates minimally acceptable performance,
and "F" is a failing grade.
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