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March 30, 2004

First Students Graduate From Legal Program in Korea

CHICAGO --- Twenty-five students will be the first to graduate from Northwestern University School of Law’s new Executive LLM in Korea program at noon Sunday, March 28, in the Leighton Faculty Commons at the School of Law, 357 East Chicago Ave.

The students, Korean legal professionals, have spent the past year studying in Seoul, Korea.

The students traveled from Seoul to Chicago, where they took a final course and for two weeks participated in a range of activities designed to help orient them to the U.S. legal community.

Designed for Korean legal and business professionals, the executive LLM degree program, which offers a master in laws degree, allows participants to continue their careers while they master a broad range of legal and analytical skills.

“Students in the program work in the international legal and business world in companies and organizations such as Hyundai, the Industrial Bank of Korea, LG Electronics and many others,” said David Van Zandt, dean, Northwestern University School of Law. “In-depth knowledge of the American legal system is vital not only to their success as international lawyers but also to the success of the companies in which they work. Students in the executive LLM program in Korea can immediately apply the skills they learn in their workplaces.”

The class of 2004 began studying in Seoul in March 2003, and the 13-month program was made possible through a partnership with the Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies (aSSIST).