Degrees in Executive Law
Executive law degrees are for full-time professionals who wish to obtain a law degree or advance a legal career within a specialty area. Executives and other professionals complete their Juris Doctorate, or J.D., in a three to five-year program. Lawyers spend one year in a specialty program to achieve a Master of Laws degree, or LL.M.
An executive law degree is different than going to law school with the intention to help CEOs and executives with their employment and benefits contracts --- labor and contract law.
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Northwestern University and IE Law Schools
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Northwestern University Law School and IE Law School in Madrid, Spain partner in this executive law degree in which working lawyers receive a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from Northwestern University School of Law and a Business Administration certificate from IE. The program combines classroom with online learning creating more flexibility for the working lawyer.
This program combines law and business management looking at the practice of law in America and Europe in the international business realm. Participants spend alternating two-week periods, three times a year in either Chicago or Madrid in combination with online learning throughout the course. Students wishing to spend the Spring Semester in Chicago have that choice.
Mississippi College School of Law
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Designed for doctors, real estate, and business professionals, Mississippi College School of Law Executive Law School program offers extended flexibility to complete a J.D. degree over five years instead of three.
Candidates for the program must have qualifying Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores and a high grade-point-average as well as commit to at least nine hours of coursework per semester. Most coursework is offered during the day.
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Boston University
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The Boston University School of Law Executive LL.M. in International Business Law accepts only those who already have a law degree. It combines summer classroom sessions with on-line learning, real-time classroom feeds and pre-recorded video.
Although most coursework is offered via distance learning, participants are expected to convene in Boston three times a year for specific subject matter. Participants have the flexibility to participate in a summer-intensive residential series or opt to participate in one or more modules of the following year's residential training.
New York University
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New York University (NYU) offers a tax specialty Executive LL.M. for working attorneys. The courses are taught on-line with leading-edge technologies --- interactive, on-line sessions and high-resolution video classes that students access within their time availabilities. Participants have the option to attend classes in Greenwich Village.
Participants may choose from a wide variety of tax-related subject matter --- e.g.,
"tax policy, tax mergers and acquisitions" --- each semester, depending on their professional interest.
Kaplan University - Concord Law School
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Concord Law School of Kaplan University offers an Executive Juris Doctorate (EJD) degree on-line. The program is modified to give a law degree to those seeking professional development in law but with no interest in passing the bar exam. Candidates to the program must have at least a bachelor of arts or have studied in a U.S. accredited graduate program.
After one year of studying basic legal concepts, each participant has the flexibility to tailor the following years' subject matter to their specific interest in law.
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