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LLM Programs in Legal Languages 2024

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LLM Programs in Legal Languages

What are Legal Languages?
Legal language is the study of how the law is communicated in a specific language. It is a field of study that is aimed at university students of law, and it can help to prepare them for legal professions. Legal language courses typically cover topics such as contract law, criminal law, and civil law. They also teach students how to read and interpret the words and phrases used in legal documentation.

Legal language courses will often include study of Greek and Latin terms and phrases, as well as the specific legal terms used within the language of study. Legal language courses will require a degree of fluency in the language of teaching as well as an understanding of grammar and language structure.

What are the benefits of studying Legal Languages?
There are many benefits to studying legal language. Firstly, it can help students to better understand the law in their own country. It can also prepare them for a career in law through the knowledge of language and how it used in legal practice. For students coming from another country or language, legal language courses are an opportunity to learn how law-specific language is used and how it differs from everyday language. It is an interesting and challenging field of study, and it can help students to develop their analytical skills.

LLM is Latin for Legum Magister, signifying Master of Laws. Our Master of Laws (LL.M.) Program in American Law is a one-year graduate program. Foreign law graduates who successfully complete the program are awarded the degree “LL.M. in American Law.”