--Athena Mutua (Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, LL.M. Program of Harvard Law School (former))
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“LL.M. Roadmap will greatly assist students in China and neighboring East Asian countries like Japan and South Korea who want to study law in the U.S.”
--Ding Xiangshun (Assistant Dean for Foreign Affairs & Associate Professor of Law, Renmin
Visiting Professor & Fellow, Waseda University Faculty of Law & Meiji University Faculty of Law, Japan
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“This book will prove an invaluable resource for students thinking of studying law in the U.S.”
—Bruce Carolan (Head, Department of Law, Dublin Institute of Technology Dublin, Ireland )
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“Practicing [legal professionals] have long recognized the potential value to their legal and business careers of intensive exposure to the U.S. legal system [and] immersion in an English-language legal learning and living environment[. LL.M. Roadmap] should be required reading in their due diligence on how to plan for and make the most of the LL.M. opportunity.
--Laurence W. Bates (General Counsel, GE Japan; Director, Government Affairs and Policy, GE Asia Pacific)
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“[M]y first law degree in the U.S. was a J.D., which I followed with an LL.M… . LL.M. Roadmap provides comprehensive, valuable insights, whether you are choosing an LL.M. or a J.D. program.”
--Luz Estella Nagle, Judge (Former), Medellín, Colombia)
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“LL.M. Roadmap is a clear, concise, and complete guidebook for anyone thinking about doing a graduate law degree in the U.S.”
—M. C. Mirow (J.D. Cornell; Ph.D., Cambridge; Ph.D. Leiden)
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“The LL.M. Roadmap … . will motivate law schools to reflect critically on the LL.M. programs they offer.”
--Meredith McQuaid, Associate Vice President and Dean, Global Programs and Strategy Alliance, University of Minnesota; President, Chair of Board of Directors, NAFSA: Association of International Educators (2011-13)
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“Bravo. The book is brilliant and long-overdue.”
—Mark Wojcik (Professor of Law, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago; University of Lucerne Faculty of Law, Lucerne, Switzerland; Permanent Guest Professor of Comparative Law and Anglo-American Law)
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“[LL.M. Roadmap is] the important manual for all potential international LL.M. students in the United States. LL.M. Roadmap fills a gaping hole.”
—Makau Mutua (Dean & SUNY Distinguished Professor of Law; University at Buffalo Law School, The State University of New York; Associate Director, Harvard Human Rights Program (former))
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“Professor Edwards has demystified the process of choosing and getting admitted to a great American LL.M. program. This is how I would conduct my own LL.M. search.”
--Michael Peil, Executive Director, International Law Students Association (ILSA) (former)
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“Global South students earning U.S. LL.M. degrees . . . gain access to global connective networks that help in their human rights and humanitarian work. … LL.M. Roadmap [will] help international students learn which U.S. LL.M. programs are more interested in receiving tuition dollars than they are in helping LL.M. students and graduates achieve their goals, which can include returning to make a positive difference in their home countries.
--Bruce A. Lasky (Founder, Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia (BABSEA); Adjunct Professor of Law, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; Adjunct Professor of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; Visiting Senior Lecturer, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
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“LL.M. Roadmap informs U.S. law school deans, professors, and administrators what international LL.M. students should reasonably expect from their U.S. law school experiences. LL.M. Roadmap will empower students with information needed to maximize their U.S. law school experience, and empower U.S. law schools with tools to provide high-quality student services.”
—María Pabón López (Dean & Judge Adrian G. Duplantier Distinguished Professor of Law, Loyola New Orleans School of Law)