Overview

Attorneys living outside of the United States often pursue the US Law and Dispute Resolution program at Pepperdine University in order to practice in the United States or because their profession involves interactions with the legal systems of the United States.

Program Benefits

Qualify for a US Bar Exam: International students with a foreign law degree are eligible to sit for the California Bar Exam with one year of advanced law study.
Choose Your Format: The Straus Institute's courses are offered in a variety of formats including one week, two weekend, and fifteen week formats.
Tailor Your Schedule: Straus recognizes the schedule limitations for busy professionals, and offers the LLM programs with full-time or part-time options.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Civil Procedure
Constitutional Law
Contracts
Corporations
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-15 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-01-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-05-31 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-01 00:00:00 , International

More details

Courses start in the Fall (mid-August), Spring (early January), and Summer (late May) terms.

Language

English

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100

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Credits

26 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Malibu Beach, United States

Disciplines

Civil & Private Law Master of Laws (LLM) View 72 other Masters in Civil & Private Law in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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100

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants for admission must have completed the first degree of law required for law practice or law teaching in the country in which law studies were pursued.
U.S. applicants must have an ABA-accredited JD degree. In exceptional cases, U.S. applicants with non-ABA-accredited law degrees may be considered.

Applications for the LLM program can be submitted online through the Law School Admission Council's LLM Credential Assembly Service, or directly to Pepperdine.

International applicants are required to demonstrate English proficiency
Applicants who have received their undergraduate or graduate education from an international location are required to submit their transcripts through an evaluation agency.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

64480 USD / year

≈ 64480 USD / year
Out-of-State

64480 USD / year

≈ 64480 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

64480 USD / year

≈ 64480 USD / year

Living costs

Malibu Beach

United States

1100 - 1600 USD / month

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

Financing

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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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