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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.
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