Program Description
A Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.), also Master of Science of Law or Master of Legal Studies (M.L.S.) or Juris Master (J.M.), is a master's degree offered by some law schools
to students who wish to study the law but do not want to become
attorneys. M.S.L. programs typically last one academic year and put
students through a similar regimen as first-year J.D. students. M.S.L.
students may study such staples as constitutional law, torts, contracts,
civil procedure, and other requirements alongside regular law students,
writing the same papers and taking the same exams. But they graduate
after accumulating two semesters of credit instead of six. Some M.S.L.
programs are designed for academics who hold Ph.D.s
in a discipline related to the law, and who want to add a legal
dimension to scholarship. Other programs aim to provide fundamental
legal education to professionals who are not lawyers, but whose careers
involve legal or regulatory issues. Compare Master of Laws.
Responding to this need, M.L.S. degrees are increasingly offered to
working professionals on an online or part-time basis, and allow
professionals to tailor elective law courses to their particular career
fields.The Master of Laws is a postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject. In some jurisdictions the "Master of Laws" is the basic professional degree for admission into legal practice.
Program Highlights
There are a wide range of LL.M. programs available worldwide, allowing
students to focus on almost any area of the law. Most universities offer
only a small number of LL.M. programs.
Other LL.M. degree programs include bankruptcy law, banking law, commercial law, criminal law, dispute resolution, entertainment and media law, environmental law, estate planning (usually as a sub-specialty of tax law), financial services law, human rights law, information technology law, insurance law, intellectual property law, international law, law and economics, litigation, maritime law, military law, patent law, prosecutorial sciences, real estate law, social care law, telecommunications law, trade law, Trial Advocacy.
Some law schools allow LL.M. students to freely design their own
program of study from the school's many upper-level courses and
seminars, including commercial and corporate, international,
constitutional, and human rights law.
Entry Requirements
1. Non-Chinese citizens in good health, with valid passport;
2.Above the age of 18 and below 40, and should abide by Chinese law and
the regulations of Sichuan University. They should also respect Chinese
social customs and codes of conduct;
3.With degree equivalent to a bachelor in China or just finished a bachelor from a Chinese university, good grades.
Required Documents
1. Application Form
2. Health certificate
3. Current Resume
Written in Chinese or in English
4. MBA Study plan
Including study purpose, research interest and research plan in brief.
5. Two Letters of Recommendation
Two from professor or associate professor or equivalents, one from company leaders or cooperators
6. Bachelor's degree diploma
Graduation
certificate in languages other than Chinese or English should be
translated into Chinese or English and be certified by notarization.
7. Undergraduate school transcript
8. Passport photo
A recent passport-sized photo of the applicant
9. Photocopy of valid passport
With name, passport number & expiration date, and photo included
Answer:
ACASC charges a service fee of 50$ for using its online application
portal. Applying through ACASC into Chinese universities attracts a
service fee of $50.
Answer:
Yes. ACASC gives the applicants, the chance to directly apply to their
desired universities through our online application portal. We have
synchronized our system to create a simple platform that connects
universities and colleges in China to international students all around
the world.
Answer:
To track the application status, please log in your ACASC personal
account. Whenever there’s an update, you will be informed on your
application status through ACASC system within a day as soon as we
receive university’s notification. You will simultaneously receive ACASC
auto-email about the application status. To directly inquire about your
application status, feel free to send us an email to admission@acasc.cn and our team will keep you updated.
Answer:
When an application is pending a decision it means that your school has
received it and no admissions decision has been made yet. The
admissions office may have reviewed your application package or may not
have.
The main cause of a pending application is usually incomplete application documents. As a result
you will be requested by the school’s admission office to re-check and
modify all submitted application documents or perhaps even add extra
documents and then re-submit them.
To
avoid further delays, carefully read the university’s comments, modify
your application form on ACASC, and re-upload the required application
documents. You can contact ACASC on admission@acasc.cn for any help with regards to your pending application
Processing time varies for different applications. For example
to process a degree program application requires more time than a
Chinese language application. Confirmation for Chinese language
application by the admission office usually takes 2 to 4 weeks. However,
time for degree programs application differs. For example
fall semester application processing is after March, and it takes a
period of 1 to 2 months. This also depends on your qualification and the
number of applicants.