哥倫比亞大學(xué)

一、專(zhuān)業(yè)介紹：

J.D.
One of the first law schools establishe in the Unite States,Columbia Law is internationally renowne as a leaing center of legal scholarship with a eep commitment to teaching an professional training.

課程設(shè)置：
The First-Year Founation Curriculum
We believe that the first year of law school shoul be a time to evelop an unerstaning of how law works within a society.
· Civil Proceure民事訴訟
· Constitutional Law憲法
· Contracts合同
· Criminal Law刑法
· Founation Year Moot Court模擬法庭
· Legal Methos I an II法律方法1 2
· Legal Practice Workshop I an II法律實(shí)踐研討會(huì)1 2
· Property財(cái)產(chǎn)
· Torts侵權(quán)行為
First-Year Elective第一年選修課: First-year stuents are able to choose one elective course uring the spring semester. Recent offerings have inclue:
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· Avance Contracts·高級(jí)合同
· American Legal History·美國(guó)法律史
· Corporations·企業(yè)
· Empirical Analysis of Law·法律的實(shí)證分析
· Feeral Income Taxation·聯(lián)邦所得稅
· Ieas of the First Amenment第一修正案的想法
· International Law·國(guó)際法
· Japanese Law an Legal Institutions·日本法律和法律機(jī)構(gòu)
· Law an Legal Institutions in China·中國(guó)的法律和法律制度
· Law an Neoliberalism法律與新自由主義
· Lawyering for Change變革律師
· Legislation an Regulation立法和監(jiān)管
· Transnational Litigation跨國(guó)訴訟
· The Unite States an the International Legal System美國(guó)和國(guó)際法律體系

In the upperclass years,stuents continue to evelop the skills an knowlege gaine in their 1L courses by completing electives from a broa curriculum in many fiels of law. Aitionally,stuents must satisfactorily complete:
第二年和第三年的課程，學(xué)生需要完成不同領(lǐng)域的選修課程
· a course in the area of professional responsibility專(zhuān)業(yè)責(zé)任領(lǐng)域的課程
· two writing creits,at least one of which must meet the criteria of the Major Writing Creit兩個(gè)寫(xiě)作學(xué)分
· a minimum of six experiential creits至少留個(gè)體驗(yàn)學(xué)分
· a manatory pro bono service of a minimum of 40 hours.至少40個(gè)小時(shí)的強(qiáng)制性公益服務(wù)

專(zhuān)業(yè)領(lǐng)域
· Aministrative Law an Public Policy行政法與公共政策
· Civil Proceure an Dispute Resolution民事訴訟和爭(zhēng)議解決
· Commercial Law商業(yè)法
· Constitutional Law 憲法
· Corporate Law公司法
· Criminal Law an Proceure刑法和程序
· Environmental Law環(huán)境法
· Gener an Sexuality Law性別和性行為法
· Health Care衛(wèi)生保健
· Human Rights人權(quán)
· Intellectual Property an Technology知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)與技術(shù)
· Interisciplinary Legal Stuies跨學(xué)科法律研究
· International an Comparative Law國(guó)際法和比較法
· Labor an Employment Law勞動(dòng)就業(yè)法
· Legal History an Philosophy法律史與哲學(xué)
· Legal Profession an Professional Responsibility法律職業(yè)與職業(yè)責(zé)任
· National Security Law國(guó)家安全法
· Property,Real Estate,an Trusts an Estates房地產(chǎn)，信托和房地產(chǎn)
· Racial,Economic,an Social Justice 種族，經(jīng)濟(jì)和社會(huì)正義
· Taxation稅收

學(xué)校的研究中心與項(xiàng)目
https://www.law.columbia.eu/centers-programs

教授鏈接：

https://www.law.columbia.eu/faculty?role=103
套磁：確定自己的方向，之后尋找合適的導(dǎo)師，開(kāi)始套磁。需要了解導(dǎo)師的信息（以這個(gè)導(dǎo)師為例子）
Richar Briffault

Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation
Eucation
· J.D.,Harvar University,1977
· B.A.,Columbia University,1974

Areas of Expertise研究領(lǐng)域

· Campaign Finance Regulation競(jìng)選財(cái)務(wù)條例
· Government Ethics政府道德
· Law of the Political Process政治進(jìn)程法
· Legislation立法
· State an Local Government Law州和地方政府法
Courses課程
Law of the Political Process
Legal Methos
Legislation
Property
S. Public Law Workshop
State an Local Government Law

二、申請(qǐng)相關(guān)：

Is the TOEFL require?
No. Applicants to the J.D. program are not require to take the TOEFL.
國(guó)際學(xué)生不需要提交托福成績(jī)
LSAT or GRE Score(s)（學(xué)校接受LSAT成績(jī)或者GRE成績(jī)）

For how long is a LSAT/GRE score vali?

LSAT: An LSAT score is consiere vali by the Amissions Committee for no longer than five years. Caniates applying for amission to the 2019 entering class as regular applicants may submit LSAT scores earne on or after the June 2014 aministration,but no later than the January 2019 aministration.
GRE: A GRE score is consiere vali by the Amissions Committee for no longer than five years. Caniates applying for amission to the 2019 entering class as regular applicants may submit GRE scores from tests taken between June 1,2014 an February 1,2019.
LSAT: There is no minimum LSAT score in the consieration process for amission to Columbia Law School. For the 2017 entering class,the meian LSAT score was 171.
GRE: The 2018-2019 amissions cycle is the first for which Columbia Law School is accepting the GRE test. As such,we o not have a history of meian an average matriculating stuents’ GRE scores.

學(xué)校從2019年開(kāi)始接受GRE成績(jī)

申請(qǐng)截止日期：有常規(guī)申請(qǐng)和提前申請(qǐng)兩個(gè)類(lèi)型
2018-19 Dates an Dealines

獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金信息：

https://www.law.columbia.eu/social-justice/stuents/careers-public-service/postgrauate-fellowships/current-fellowships

學(xué)校為學(xué)生提供很多類(lèi)型的獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金
Fellowships Exclusively for Columbia Law Grauates
· Charles F. C. Ruff Fellowship (2019)
· Columbia Law School Global Public Service Fellowship (2019)
· Columbia Law School/International Senior Lawyers Project Fellowship in Sustainable Development (2019)
· Davi W. Leebron Human Rights Fellowship (2019)
· Excelsior Service Fellowship Program (2019)
· Herbert an Nell Singer Social Justice Fellowship (2019)
· Kirklan & Ellis New York City Public Service Fellowship (2019)
· Mark Haas Public Interest Fellowship (2019)
· Millstein Public Service Fellowship (2019)
· Public Interest an Government LL.M. Fellowships (2019)
· Sanler/Human Rights Watch Fellowship (2019)

Other:
· Norton Rose Fulbright Fellowship at The Door Legal Services Center (2019)
· Public Interest an Government J.D. Fellowships (2019)
· To learn about other public service fellowships

【微語(yǔ)】破千重關(guān)心懷天下，讀萬(wàn)卷書(shū)志在四方。