Columbia University, USA
SOAS–Columbia University Dual Degree Programme (JD/LLM)
In partnership with the Columbia Law School in New York, SOAS School of Law offers a Dual Degree Programme, integrating SOAS's 1-year LLM degree programme with the 3-year Juris Doctor (JD) postgraduate law programme at Columbia University.
Columbia Law School students who successfully complete Year 1 and Year 2 of their Columbia JD are eligible to apply to a SOAS LLM programme in lieu of Year 3 of their JD degree. Upon successful completion of the LLM at SOAS, students are awarded both a Columbia Law School JD degree and also a SOAS LLM.
The SOAS School of Law offers seven LLM degree specialisations in addition to the general LLM programme. These equip students with in-depth knowledge and expertise in some of the most critical social justice challenges facing our globalised world today. Specialisations include:
- LLM Environmental Law and Sustainable Development
- LLM Human Rights, Conflict and Justice
- LLM International Commercial and Economic Law
- LLM International Law
- LLM Islamic Law
- LLM Law and Gender
- LLM Master of Laws
Reflecting SOAS' standing as the world’s leading centre for the study of Asia and Africa, students on the LLM programme can study a language such as Arabic or Chinese, or a module from another discipline, as part of their degree.
Participating in the SOAS-Colombia JD/LLM Dual Degree Programme provides students with an exceptional international education experience, engaging with leading legal scholars in New York and London. Students can open up new career opportunities with international civil society organisations and NGOs, policy think tanks and other public and private bodies concerned with the delivery of social justice policy and practice.
About Columbia University
Established in 1754, Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City. The university is organised into 20 schools, including undergraduate schools such as Columbia College, the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the School of General Studies, as well as graduate schools such as Columbia Law School, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia Journalism School and Columbia Business School.
