LL.M. News

Five international students arrived last week for the LL.M. in Comparative Law, starting with a two-week orientation class. This is the first LL.M. group to be taken care of by Christabelle Lefebvre (Montreal, Canada), new Coordinator for the Center of Civil Law Studies and International Program.

From left to right, Christabelle Lefebvre (LL.M. Coordinator), Nils Langensteiner (Stuttgart, Germany), Sebastian Telecan (Cluj, Romania), Audrey Michenaud (Nantes, France), Clarisse Baugier (Aix-en-Provence, France), Prof. Olivier Moréteau (LL.M. Director), Sixtine Bonnard (Lyon, France).

From top left: Nils Langensteiner (Germany), Sebastian Telecan (Romania), Clarisse Baugier (France), Prof. Marlene Krousel (LSU), Sixtine Bonnard (France), and sitting, left to right, Christabelle Lefebvre (CCLS & International Programs Coordinator), Audrey Michenaud (France).

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Marina Biragova, LL.M. Candidate 2016, reports:

The trip to the 19th JDC was a complete success: students were very excited to observe American civil procedure. We attended a jury trial and LL.M. students were introduced to the judge during the hearing (now LL.M. Candidates 2016 will stay forever on the court record).

Then we met with Hon. Judge Holdridge, and we went trough the trial procedures from A to Z and did a mock trial. The students were amazed how different the procedure was from what they saw back home. After the mock trial, judge Holdridge stayed with the LL.M. Students to answer our questions.

All Judges were very excited to meet LL.M. Students and Judge Feilds mentioned that next time if we tell him in advance, he will our let students sit with him on the bench during the hearing.

All LL.M. Candidates attend a Legal Research Workshop which concludes in March with oral presentations of individual research projects, allowing candidates to get feedback from faculty supervising the project and stimulating discussion with their peers.