I regularly receive invitations to further my academic credentials. Most of them are the garden variety: Master in Law (LL.M.) in corporate financial, in administrative law, in legal research and writing, in public governance, in alternative dispute settlements …, you name it. Here’s a novel and a rather specialized program: law and Jewish civilization offered by New York University.
According to the website description, the Master in Study of Law (M.S.L.) in law and Jewish civilization is not the same as an LL.M. because it does not require a prior law degree. This means that the MSL program is open to a wider range of applicants.
According to the website:
The program provides a foundation in some of the principal texts of Jewish Civilization over the centuries, complemented by either a solid grounding in the fundamentals of legal process, legal reasoning, and legal institutions for those without prior legal education, or an advanced exploration in jurisprudence and Jewish Law for those with law degrees. Students will enroll in new and existing classes in the Law School as well as benefit from courses offered by the University’s other graduate schools. Students also will be directly connected to the goings-on of the Tikvah Center for Law & Jewish Civilization, and the center’s fellows and scholars.
For more information, please contact NYU School of Law, 40 Washington Square South, NY, NY 10012, or visit their website at www.nyutikvah.org/masters/index.html.
