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Cirricular Requriements for LLM waiver requests

Curricular Requirements for LL.M Applicants

 

Admission and Discipline Rule 13, Section 1 provides that to be eligible to sit for the Indiana bar examination, an applicant must obtain a Juris Doctorate or its equivalent from an ABA-accredited law school.  However, recent amendments to Rule 13 authorize the Board of Law Examiners to waive the educational requirements in Rule 13, Section 1 under certain conditions.  Admission & Discipline Rule 13, Section 4(2) now states, in pertinent part, as follows:

 

The Board may in its discretion waive the requirement in Section 1(a) for an applicant who  . . .  (2) has completed legal education in a jurisdiction outside the United States, has obtained a graduate degree from an ABA-approved law school in a program based on American law, and the Board finds is qualified by reason of education or experience to take the Indiana bar examination. (Emphasis added)

 

To satisfy Rule 13, Section 4(2), including the “American law” requirement, applicants who complete their legal education outside the United States and then obtain an LL.M from an ABA-approved law school must comply with the following curricular requirements:   

 

  1. The program must consist of a minimum of 24 credit hours.

     

  2. The program shall include:

     

    1. a minimum of 2 credit hours in professional responsibility;

       

    2. a minimum of 2 credit hours in legal research and writing, which may not be satisfied by a research and writing requirement in a substantive law course;

       

    3. a minimum of 2 credit hours in American legal studies, the American legal system, or a similar course designed to introduce students to distinctive aspects and fundamental principles of U.S. law, which may be satisfied by a course in U.S. constitutional law or U.S. civil procedure; and 

       

    4. a minimum of 9 credit hours in subjects tested on the Uniform Bar Examination in addition to those courses listed above.

       

  3. The program may be completed on a full or part-time basis and must be completed within 24 months of the date that the applicant began the program. An applicant begins the program on the first day of the first semester or term of study in the program.

     

  4. The program may include clinical courses, externships, and other experiential learning courses.