JD/LLM

American students have the opportunity to pursue a joint degree in international and comparative law, in addition to the JD, in three years. A hallmark of the program is the four weeks students spend at one of the Duke summer institutes: the Duke-Geneva Institute in Transnational Law or the Asia-America Institute in Transnational Law in Hong Kong. Students begin their studies in the summer, undertaking part of the regular first-year curriculum with students who are enrolled in the joint JD/MA program.

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LLM

Foreign-trained law graduates are introduced to the legal system of the United States through the LLM program at Duke Law School. Students pursuing an LLM have the opportunity to take advanced courses in specialized areas of the law. LLM students join American students in nearly all classes. The program of study is normally completed in one academic year, which begins for all new students in late August.

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SJD

The SJD is a doctorate program for students with outstanding academic credentials who intend to pursue an academic career in law. The completion of the degree requires a minimum of two to three years and normally will involve at least one semester of courses in addition to courses taken for the LLM degree.

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JD/Master in Global Business Law

Duke Law School and a consortium of two French universities, l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, offer a joint JD/Master in Global Business Law degree. This joint degree program allows students to receive both the JD and the Master in three years. The Master is a French national law degree that may entitle students to sit for the French Bar exam. Students in the JD/Master program spend two years at Duke and a third year studying in Paris.

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