News & Events

Thursday, March 23, 2022, 10:00 am ET

Interested in learning what factors international students should consider when selecting LLM programs to apply, and what you could do to prepare a successful LLM application? Join our Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Affairs, Dr. Tra Pham, to discuss these questions. Registrants will receive an application fee waiver.

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 12:10pm in Room 245

The English civil justice system is currently experiencing major and radical reforms in an effort to try to increase access to justice. Policymakers and members of the senior judiciary are increasingly focusing on the use of digital platforms and the integration of alternative dispute resolution procedures to manage and resolve disputes more efficiently. Major procedural reforms include the implementation of Online Civil Money Claims (OCMC) and the Damages Claims Portal, as well as the Civil Justice Council reports on Compulsory ADR and the Pre-action Protocols. This lecture will provide a critical review of the latest English civil justice reforms and consider some of the opportunities and challenges for the future.   

Masood Ahmed, Associate Professor of Law, University of Leicester

Masood Ahmed is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Leicester (UK). He is widely published in the areas of civil procedure, civil justice systems and reform, ADR and international commercial arbitration. He served as a member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) and is currently part of the Main Working Party of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) which is advising the Master of the Rolls on a major review and reform of the pre-action protocols. He is a commentator of The White Book (the leading text on the English Civil Procedure Rules), the ADR editor of the Civil Justice Quarterly, and an editor of the Journal of Personal Injury Law. He is also a Research Fellow on the ‘Affordable Access to Justice’ project at the Erasmus University (Netherlands) and a member of the European Law Institute’s ‘Civil Courts Digitisation’ project.

Thursday, October 13, 2022, 9:00 am ET

Join Moritz’s Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Affairs to learn about the eligibility requirements for foreign-trained LL.M. students to sit for a bar exam in the U.S. We will cover the rules of New York, D.C., Ohio, California, Texas, Washington, and a few other states regarding the additional educational requirements to qualify for the bar exam and bar admission in these jurisdictions. 

EducationUSA South America

We will be present at the EducationUSA 2022 LLM Fairs in Brazil and Chile to meet face-to-face with prospective students. Join us in cities across Brazil and Chile this month with EducationUSA!

• Brasilia Fair: October 24, 2022, 6PM-9PM
• Sao Paulo Fair: October 26, 2022, 5PM-8PM
• Rio de Janeiro Fair: October 28, 2022, 6PM-9PM
• Santiago Fair: November 2, 2022, 5PM-8PM

September 16, 2022 / 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. ET
Register by Sept. 14 (open an account with LSAC here to register)

The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law will join many other U.S. law schools at the LSAC LLM Digital Forum to introduce attendees to the many opportunities an LLM program has to offer to international students. Our Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Affairs, Tra Pham, will be present to converse with you about our application process, scholarships, LLM curriculum, Moritz faculty and their expertise, bar exams in the U.S., student support (career advising, mentoring programs, and free bar exam prep course), and how to navigate career opportunities in Ohio as well as in the U.S.

Having led LLM programs in the U.S. for the past 10 years and been an international LLM student in both Europe and the U.S., Dean Pham is well-equipped to provide LLM candidates with a student-centric experience as well as tailored advisement on their academic and professional goals. Please join us at The Ohio State University Booth h on September 16 to meet with Dean Pham.

Join The Ohio State University (OSU) at the 2002 EducationUSA Western Hemisphere Virtual Fair on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, from 4:00-9:00 PM Eastern Time. Among other 80 U.S. higher education institutions, we are there to speak individually with you about our Master of Laws program (LLM), summer U.S. law program, and the online program that you can take anywhere at any time. 

As part of our mission to equip international LLM students with a working knowledge of how U.S. lawyers communicate, the Moritz College of Law takes pride in its pioneering LLM Legal Writing Program developed by Prof. Katrina Lee in 2014.

In our recorded webinar, you can learn more about the innovative design of Moritz’s LLM Legal Writing Program and how this program has helped Moritz’s LLM students sharpen their lawyering skills with Prof. Lee. 

The Ohio State Brazil Gateway, Moritz College of Law, and EducationUSA Brazil hosted a webinar to learn more from Helen Almeida, attorney and Moritz alumna, about her experience as an LLM student at Moritz, professional opportunities during and after the program, the importance of networking, and more.