Overview

The Program offered by University of Hawaii at Manoa will help to enhance your legal English skills and understanding of American legal culture, while providing you with the opportunity to interact daily with excellent American law students and faculty in a warm and friendly environment.

Law students who decide to concentrate their study in one of our areas of excellence may earn a separate certificate in addition to their diploma.

Program Highlights:

Specializations in Business, International,Environmental Law, and more.

Opportunity to Transfer to the Juris Doctorate Program

Networking with Top Legal and Business Leaders

Personalized Attention for LLM Students

Hawai‘i’s Strategic Location to Pacific Rim Countries

Hawai‘i’s Culture, Recreation & Beauty

The William S. Richardson School of Law

The School of Law is particularly strong in environmental law as well as Pacific-Asian legal studies. It maintains a veryfavorable student-faculty ratio (14:1), which encourages closer interaction between teachers and students. The studentbody now numbers around 325 and is the most ethnically and racially diverse in the nation, drawing applicants fromPacific and Asian countries as well as from Hawai‘i and throughout the U.S.

What distinguishes the Law School from other law schools?

It is one of the only schools in the U.S. offering resources in Pacific-Asian legal studies, ocean law studies, and environmental studies.
It has the largest and most diverse minority student population in the United States.
It has admitted women in high percentages for more than 20 years.
It is the only law school in Hawai?i.
Its friendly atmosphere and excellent faculty make studying here intellectually and socially rewarding.

Programme Structure

Courses

Business and Commercial Law

Conflict Resolution

Criminal Law

Environmental Law

International Human Rights Law

International and Comparative Law

Ocean Law and Policy

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-08-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-05-01 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

International Law Civil & Private Law Master of Laws (LLM) View 88 other Masters in Civil & Private Law in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Student insurance

Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:

Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Other requirements

General requirements

To be eligible, an applicant must hold or expect to hold prior to matriculation a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university, or an equivalent degree from a recognized non-U.S. institution of higher education. At minimum, the applicant needs to demonstrate above average academic performance (B average, usually a 3.0 on a 1.0-4.0 scale) for undergraduate course work and for any post-baccalaureate or graduate course work.

Because the number of qualified applicants exceeds the number of spaces available, admission is competitive.

Tuition Fee

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International

44864 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 22432 USD per semester during 12 months.
National

44864 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 22432 USD per semester during 12 months.
In-State

20800 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 10400 USD per semester during 12 months.

Living costs for Honolulu

1640 - 2500 USD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Win a €10000 Scholarship! Deadline: 30 June 2020

Embark on your journey with the Studyportals Scholarship! We're giving away a total of 20,000 euros to help you achieve your dream of studying abroad.

Win a €10000 Scholarship! Deadline: 30 June 2020

Embark on your journey with the Studyportals Scholarship! We're giving away a total of 20,000 euros to help you achieve your dream of studying abroad.

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Scholarships Information

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Available Scholarships

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