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University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FL [By Heather Jung] Established in 1926, the University of Miami School of Law is located in Coral Gables, FL, in Miami-Dade County. The county is the largest in the state and the eighth-largest in the country. Located just six miles outside of Miami, the school affords students easy access to the county seat and countless opportunities in the state’s second-most populous city.
According to the school’s website, there
training; and constitutional law, public law,
The graduate program in taxation provides
were almost 5,000 applicants for the entering
and law and social issues.
students with training in federal taxation. According to the website, “the Program
class in 2006, 415 of whom enrolled that fall. The average GPA of entering students ranged
In addition to J.D. degrees, students who
begins a week before the start of the Law
from 3.25 in the 25th percentile to 3.66 in the
wish to further their educations can pursue
School’s academic career with a series of
75th, while average LSAT scores ranged from
LL.M. degrees in several areas.
workshops on tax research and on ethical issues in tax research.”
156 to 160. The International and Foreign Graduate While the school offers a traditional J.D.
Programs (IFP) offer four LL.M. degrees:
The graduate program in estate planning is the only full-time law school graduate
curriculum similar to the curricula of many The comparative law program is
program in existence that leads to students
approach to that curriculum. The school’s
intended for students who have degrees
receiving master’s degrees in estate
informational website for prospective
from other countries and are interested
planning. The program encompasses areas
students says:
in studying U.S. and international law.
students must focus on in order to become
other law schools, it prides itself on its
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competent estate planners. “Our philosophy, however, is that our
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The LL.M. in Inter-American Law is
educational scope should extend well beyond
designed for students who have a basic
The career planning center (CPC) offers
the basics. We therefore offer several
conversational grasp of Spanish or
multiple resources designed to help students
ambitious programs designed to teach
Portuguese and are interested in learning
with the transition from law school to
students the craft as well as the theory of
more about Latin American laws.
the “real world,” including job postings, information about clerkships and fellowships,
the law, to develop the research and writing According to the IFP viewbook, through
workshops, and job fairs. Some of the events
expose students to other skills necessary
the Internal Law LL.M. program,
held throughout the year include:
for effective professional service (such as
students “interested in public
negotiation and trial advocacy).”
international law or international
skills critical to the legal profession, and to
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After completing their traditional first-year
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On-campus interviews, which are
transactions will strengthen their
offered during the spring and fall
knowledge.”
semesters. More than 150 law firms,
courses, students at the School of Law can
government agencies, corporations, and •
Students interested in maritime law can
other law-related agencies interview
division courses, seminars, and lectures in
study this topic through the LL.M. in
Miami students each semester.
subject areas such as business, commercial,
Ocean and Coastal Law program.
choose from among a wide variety of upper-
and taxation law; entertainment and sports
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The Firm Night Program, which allows
law; environmental and consumer law;
The graduate program in real property is
1Ls to network with local attorneys
international, foreign, and maritime law;
designed for students interested in working
and learn about practicing law.
labor and employment law; legal process,
in the real-estate market either as agents or
Participating firms host receptions
litigation, clinical placement, and skills
attorneys.
at their local offices and give brief
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presentations about their firms and
students has exceeded the national
practices.
placement rate for the past five years.
On the Net
(Nationally, 89.6% of students were placed
University of Miami School of Law
The Mock Interview Program, which
in 2005, compared to Miami’s 91%.) Of those
www.law.miami.edu
is available to second- and third-year
employed last year, 63.6% were working in
students and gives them the chance to
private practices, 10.8% were working in
participate in mock interviews with local
business/industry, 10.8% were working in the
attorneys who provide invaluable feedback
public-interest sector, 10.5% were working
and advice for future job interviews.
in various government sectors, and 4% were serving in judicial clerkships. The average
According to its career planning center,
starting salary for graduating students is
the school’s placement rate for graduating
$60,000 per year.
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