American Law

Contact Information

Paul Ladehoff, Director of LL.M. Programs & Director of the Campus Mediation Service

American Law - MU School of Law
206 Hulston Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: (573) 882-5969; Fax: (573) 882-3343
Email: mulawcdr@missouri.edu
Web site: https://law.missouri.edu/csdr/llm/

This program will provide an introduction to the American legal system and U.S. legal practice for students who received their first degree in law outside the United States. It will help prepare students for a U.S. bar exam, for U.S. law practice, or to work with U.S. clients in the students' home countries or with foreign clients doing business in the U.S.

Professor R. Gely*
Associate Professor D. Crouch*
Adjunct Assistant Professor P. Ladehoff*

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Graduate Faculty Member - membership is required to teach graduate-level courses, chair master's thesis committees, and serve on doctoral examination and dissertation committees.

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Doctoral Faculty Member - membership is required to chair doctoral examination or dissertation committees. Graduate faculty membership is a prerequisite for Doctoral faculty membership.

While MU does not offer undergraduate degrees specifically in American Law. The University does offer baccalaureate opportunities in a number of related areas in the other Schools and Colleges that make up the University. The catalog provides a complete list of these degree options. 

• LLM in American Law

About the American Law Program

This program will provide an introduction to the American legal system and U.S. legal practice for students who received their first degree in law outside the United States. It will help prepare students for a U.S. bar exam, for U.S. law practice, or to work with U.S. clients in the students' home countries or with foreign clients doing business in the U.S.