Hamline
University
School
of Law
1536
Hewitt
Avenue
St.Paul,
Minnesota
55104
USA
Going
Global -
One Person
at a Time
Situated
in Minnesota's
metropolitan
Twin Cities,
Hamline University
is an intimate
private college
with a global
impact. As
Minnesota's
oldest institution
of higher
learning,
Hamline has
long enjoyed
a reputation
of rigorous
academic
discourse.
In the 2004
U.S. News
& World
Report rankings,
Hamline University
ranked first
in Minnesota,
ninth among
142 universities
in the Midwest
region and
among the
top schools
nationally
in the Best
Universities-Master's
category.
Again this
year, Hamline
Law School
retained
its top-five
national
ranking in
dispute resolution
in the U.S.
News &
World Report
annual rankings
of the nation's
best law
schools and
specialty
programs.
As
one of the
leading educators
in American
law, Hamline
University
School of Law
has recently
embarked on
a number of
new and expanding
initiatives
to bring its
quality education
and training
to lawyers
and law students
around the
globe: the
expansion of
the LL.M. program
for non-U.S.
lawyers; a
new three-year
grant as part
of the European
Community-United
States of America
Cooperation
Program in
Higher Education
and Vocational
Education and
Training; and
new curricular
offerings in
summer European
programs.
The
Hamline LL.M.
program provides
lawyers an
opportunity
to explore
the differences
between their
country's legal
system and
the U.S. legal
system. Students
may now concentrate
in the areas
of: dispute
resolution,
intellectual
property, international
business law,
American business
law, or human
rights; or
choose a course
of study individualized
to the lawyer's
interest. The
Twin Cities
has a vibrant
cultural environment
and is home
to a number
of Fortune
500 companies
(such as 3M,
PepsiAmericas,
Medtronic,
Inc., and Northwest
Airlines) making
it one of the
most popular
and successful
U.S. cities.
Hamline
University
School of Law
is among a
select group
of institutions
chosen to receive
a three-year
grant as part
of the European
Community-United
States of America
Cooperation
Program in
Higher Education
and Vocational
Education and
Training. The
program, part
of the Fund
for the Improvement
of Postsecondary
Education (FIPSE),
is administered
by the U.S.
Department
of Education.
This three-year
effort will
enable the
development
and dissemination
of international,
cross-disciplinary
curricula in
dispute resolution
and initiate
and sustain
transatlantic
student mobility.
As a lead partner
in this grant,
Hamline is
positioned
as a catalyst
in the center
of two vital
and emerging
trends in legal
education -
globalization
and dispute
resolution.
The other U.S.
partners include:
Benjamin N.
Cardozo School
of Law (New
York); and
Moritz School
of Law, The
Ohio State
University
(Ohio). The
European Community
partners include:
University
of Rome "La
Sapienza"
(Italy - Lead
Partner); University
of Deusto (Spain);
and Catholic
University
of Paris (France).
This
summer Hamline
Law School
will offer
academic programs
at European
universities
in Rome, Paris,
Budapest, Bergen,
and Oslo. In
these programs,
American students
learn alongside
counterparts
from a variety
of European
countries.
A primary objective
is to facilitate
the exchange
of ideas and
cooperative
projects among
academics,
professionals,
and students
throughout
the world.
Some non-U.S.
lawyers will
start the Hamline
LL.M. program
in one of these
European summer
programs, and
then continue
their studies
in Minnesota
this fall.
Whether
non-U.S. lawyers
begin their
LL.M. program
in Minnesota
or through
the programs
offered in
Rome, Paris,
Budapest, Bergen,
or Oslo, each
lawyer will
find the courses
and experiences
make a U.S.
based LL.M.
a lifelong
investment.
