Admission Requirements
Admission to the program requires a law degree from an ABA-approved U.S. law school. Lawyers educated in other countries must hold a law degree from a university accredited by the country’s ministry of education or be admitted to practice law before the highest court in their jurisdiction.
All applications are submitted through the Law School Admission Council, LSAC, at https://www.lsac.org/llm. A complete application consists of the following:
- application form
- resume/CV
- personal statement of at least three hundred words
- two reference letters
Applicants from a country in which English is not the official language are required to provide a TOEFL or IELTS report. The Law Center typically requires a score of 100 on the TOEFL or 7.0 on the IELTS.
U.S. educated lawyers can begin the program in August and January. Lawyers who earned their law degree can only being in August and the application deadline is April 15.
Degree Requirements
The LL.M. degree is a 24 credit program. The class schedule is published each term at http://law.uh.edu/schedule/. Students in the Energy, Environment and Natural Resources LL.M. program must complete, within the 24-credit program requirement, 15 credits hours of energy, environment or natural resources coursework that has been approved by their faculty advisor. There are no specific courses that are required. Students, working in concert with their advisor, select courses that meet the individuals personal or professional goals. Students have the option of writing a thesis.
The schedule is available on the Law Center’s website, http://law.uh.edu/schedule/.