Established in 1945, the Graduate Tax Program (GTP) at NYU is the oldest and most highly regarded program of its kind in the United States.  Over 40 NYU faculty members, many of whom are important academic figures and practitioners in the field of taxation, lead the program and teach the courses.  The GTP has approximately 115 students in the full-time program and 180-200 students in the part-time evening program.

Students in the GTP construct their program from the fifty courses offered by NYU in the area of tax law.  Both full-time and part-time students are required to take a tax procedure course, and full-time students must take a tax policy course. LL.M. students may waive these requirements if they have previously taken either of these courses in their J.D. or equivalent studies.

Apart from these requirements, students design their own curricula within the field of taxation, and may opt to focus on general taxation, business taxation, international taxation, estate planning or tax policy.  GTP students do not have an independent writing requirement, although they may gain up to two credits through working on a Directed Research project supervised by a faculty member.

For more information on NYU’s LL.M. in Tax or the other LL.M. programs offered NYU, be sure to check out the Clear Admit Law School Guide to NYU School of Law!

Upper-level students at both law schools have the option of taking one course at the other school through the Columbia Law School/NYU School of Law Exchange.  An agreement between the two New York City schools permits 30 students from each institution to enroll in a single course at the other school during one semester of 2L or 3L.  Past courses offered by NYU to Columbia students as part of the exchange include European Consumer Law, Affirmative Action Today, Groups, Diversity and the Law, and Taxation in the New Millenium II.  Columbia offers a similar variety of courses to NYU students.

Close to the start of term, students interested in taking a course at the other school choose from a list of roughly 25 courses that still have space available and submit a request form online.  Third year J.D. students and LL.M. candidates are placed first, and the rest of the available spaces are filled with 2Ls.  The exchange program is designed to broaden the legal education that students at each institution receive by exposing them to the academic offerings and culture of another leading law school.  Students participating in the exchange are considered to be visiting students, and are given an email address and limited access to campus facilities at the other school.

For more information on exchange programs and other off-campus study offerings at NYU and CLS, be sure to read the Clear Admit Law School Guides for NYU School of Law and Columbia!

The partnership is set to begin with work focused on establishing the city of Santiago as a meeting point for uniting academics and professionals examining climate finance. This issues has been examined by the NYU Global Climate Finance project which has aimed to bring together scholars to discuss global climate finance in a legal framework.

Both Livermore and Chile School of Law Dean Richard Revesz have worked in the past to study how cost-benefit analysis is utilized in an international framework. At a meeting sponsored by the NYU Global Climate Finance project in October 2010, the two gathered with top experts to discuss “global cost-benefit analysis.” The workshop lead to the formation of many different global case studies that will be published in a book set to release in fall 2012.

With Santiago growing as an entrepreneurial hub, both institutions are sure to benefit from this joint collaboration.

For the full press release, go here.

U.S. Law schools profiles include:
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
University of Chicago Law School
Columbia Law School
Georgetown University Law Center
Harvard Law School
University of Michigan Law School
New York University School of Law
Northwestern University School of Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Stanford University Law School
University of Virginia School of Law
Yale Law School

Each guide includes a detailed overview of every aspect of law school from student body demographics and academics to career placement and life on campus.  Not only will these guides help you save time during the school research process, but they also allow you to easily compare peer programs by presenting key data side-by-side .

Whether you’re a college junior considering applying to law school next fall, an experienced professional looking to enter the legal field or an applicant who’s in the throes of drafting his or her applications for admission in fall 2012, our free guides are the best place to turn for easy-to-read school-specific information.

Visit the “Law School Guides” tab on our blog to get your free guides today.  Best of luck in the law school admissions process!

Like many other law schools, NYU seeks to be at the cutting edge of international legal scholarship.  However, NYU has taken a more aggressive tactic than many of its peers, which have thus far taken subtler steps, such as adding a small number of international scholars to their permanent and temporary faculties and broadening their selection of courses on international legal systems.  The HGLSP’s scope and ambition has led its leaders to pursue the goal of fully integrating the study of foreign legal systems into all aspects of the law school curriculum, so that every NYU student develops an understanding of the interplay between legal systems in a fully globalized environment.  In its effort to incorporate international and comparative study into the core curriculum, NYU seeks to meet a growing need for a robust study of these areas that stems from current developments in the legal profession.  For example, lawsuits that require familiarity with several different countries’ legal systems, such as those involving Internet domain names and humanitarian aid, are becoming more common, and NYU recognizes that law schools are obligated to prepare students to take up these matters through academic scholarship and legal practice.

Through the HGLSP, dozens of scholars hailing from nearly every continent come to NYU for semester for year-long teaching and research positions.  At the School of Law, they become participating members of the NYU community through the courses they teach and the colloquia and lectures that they give throughout the year. Each year, HGLSP brings 10 established scholars to NYU to serve as Global Fellows and welcomes several other Global Fellows from Practice & Government – judges and practicing lawyers who occupy various positions in international governments – to teach many new courses and co-teach others with members of NYU’s permanent faculty. The program is also responsible for hosting 10-14 graduate students from countries outside the U.S., who come to NYU to produce an academic paper as Hauser Global Scholars.

Other global initiatives sponsored by the HGLSP include study abroad exchange programs, in which J.D. students have the opportunity to spend a semester at law schools worldwide, and the International Court of Justice Clerkship Program, for which a handful of talented graduating 3Ls and recent NYU School of Law alumni are chosen each year to clerk at The Hague for nine months.

For more information on global law programs at NYU and other leading law schools, be sure to consult the Special Programs sections of Clear Admit Law School Guides!

This year’s set of comprehensive guides was designed with the discerning law school applicant in mind.  Each publication provides detailed information about areas such as academics, clinical programs, student clubs, career services, and admissions and financial aid in an easy-to-use format.  These objective guides will help law applicants:

• Select law schools effectively by comparing J.D. programs head-to-head using objective data that goes beyond published rankings
• Save time assembling application materials as the guides provide the key admissions information that law applicants need in one location
• Craft informed application essays with school-specific details about special programs, faculty, and experiential learning opportunities to enhance Personal Statements and supplemental essays
• Develop an insightful waitlist strategy by demonstrating knowledge of a program that proves the applicant’s “fit” in the class

We’re confident that applicants at all stages of the law school admissions process will find the Clear Admit Law School Guides to be valuable, time-saving resources.  More updated titles will be released in the coming weeks to help applicants navigate the top U.S. law schools.  To take a “look inside” our guides, please visit the Clear Admit Shop where each guide is available for immediate download.  Be sure to check back in early December for the release of seven more 2011-2012 Clear Admit Law School Guides!

Berkeley / Boalt
Application Period: September 1 – February 1

Boston College
Application Period: Mid-September – March 1

Boston University
Binding Early Decision Deadlines: December 1
Application Period: September 15 – March 1

Chicago
Early Decision Deadline: December 1
Application Period: September 1 – February 1

Columbia
Early Decision Deadline: November 15
Application Period: September 1 – February 15

Cornell
Early Action Deadline: November 1
Application Period: September 1 – February 1

Duke
Early Decision Deadline: November 4 (Round I) and January 7 (Round II)
Application Period: September – February 15

Emory
Application Period: September – March 1.

Fordham
Early Decision Deadline: October 15
Application Period: September 1 – March 1

George Washington
Early Decision Deadline: December 15
Application Period: October 1 – March 31

Georgetown
Early Decision Deadline: March 1
Application Period: October 1 – March 1

Harvard
Application Period: September 15 – February 1

Illinois
Early Decision Period: October 31
Application Period: September 15 – March 1

Iowa
Application Period: September 1 – March 1

Michigan
Early Decision Deadline: November 15
Application Period: September 1 – February 15.

Minnesota
Early Action Deadline: November 15
Application Period: September 1 – April 1

New York University
Early Decision Deadline: November 15
Application Period: September – February 15

Northwestern
Early Decision Deadline: December 1
Application Period: September 1 – February 15

Notre Dame
Early Decision Deadline: November 1
Application Period: October 1 – February 15

Stanford
Application Period: September 1 – February 1

UCLA
Early Decision Deadline: November 15
Application Period: September – February 1

University of Pennsylvania
Early Decision Deadline: November 15
Application Period: September 1 – March 1

USC / Gould
Application Period: September 1 – February 1

U Texas-Austin
Early Decision Deadline: November 1
Application Period: September – February 1

U Virginia
Application Period: September 1 – March 1

University of Washington
Application Period: October 1 – February 15

Vanderbilt
Application Period: September 10 – March 15.

Washington and Lee
Application Period: September 1 – March 1

Washington University in St. Louis
Application Period: late September – March 1 (recommended deadline; applications accepted after this date on space-available basis)

William and Mary
Application Period: September 1 – March 1

Yale
Application Period: September 15 – February 15

Most of the top schools are already on the road and ready to wrap up in mid-November, so we recommend looking into the travel schedules for programs of interest and planning accordingly. Keeping in mind that these schedules are updated and amended throughout the fall, here are some of the top programs’ itineraries for the weeks ahead:

Berkeley / Boalt:
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/199.htm

Chicago:
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/events/admissions

Columbia:
http://www.law.columbia.edu/jd_applicants/visiting/ontheroad

Duke:
http://www.law.duke.edu/admis/travel/

George Washington University:
http://www.law.gwu.edu/Admissions/JD/Pages/Recruitment_Schedule.aspx

Harvard:
http://www.law.harvard.edu/prospective/jd/experience/recruiting.html

Michigan:
http://www.law.umich.edu/prospectivestudents/admissions/Pages/meetus.aspx

Minnesota:
http://www.law.umn.edu/prospective/recruiting.html

New York University:
http://www.law.nyu.edu/admissions/jdadmissions/visitingnyu/offcampusvisitsandlsacforums/index.htm

Notre Dame:
http://law.nd.edu/admissions-and-financial-aid/recruitment-schedule

UCLA:
http://www.law.ucla.edu/prospective-students/fall-recruitment-events/Pages/2011-Fall-Recruitment-Events.aspx

University of Pennsylvania:
http://www.law.upenn.edu/prospective/recschedule.html

University of Washington:
http://www.law.washington.edu/Admissions/Recruit.aspx

USC / Gould:
http://lawweb.usc.edu/how/jd/recruitingSchedule.cfm

Vanderbilt:
http://law.vanderbilt.edu/prospective-students/admissions/campus-visit-calendar/index.aspx

Yale:
http://www.law.yale.edu/admissions/recruiting.htm

Need more law school information?  Make sure to check in with the Clear Admit Law School Admissions Portal next week for further details.

Established in 1945, the Graduate Tax Program (GTP) at NYU is the oldest and most highly regarded program of its kind in the United States.  Over 40 NYU faculty members, many of whom are important academic figures and practitioners in the field of taxation, lead the program and teach the courses.  The GTP has approximately 115 students in the full-time program and 200 students in the part-time evening program.

Students in the GTP construct their program from the fifty courses offered by NYU in the area of tax law.  Both full-time and part-time students are required to take a tax procedure course, and full-time students must take a tax policy course. LL.M. students may waive these requirements if they have previously taken either of these courses in their J.D. or equivalent studies.

Apart from these requirements, students design their own curricula within the field of taxation, and may opt to focus on general taxation, business taxation, international taxation, estate planning or tax policy.  GTP students do not have an independent writing requirement, although they may gain up to two credits through working on a Directed Research project supervised by a faculty member.

For more information on NYU’s LL.M. in Tax or the other LL.M. programs offered NYU, be sure to check out the Clear Admit Law School Guide to NYU School of Law!

Upper-level students at both law schools have the option of taking one course at the other school through the Columbia Law School/NYU School of Law Exchange.  An agreement between the two New York City schools permits 30 students from each institution to enroll in a single course at the other school during one semester of 2L or 3L.  Past courses offered by NYU to Columbia students as part of the exchange include European Consumer Law, Affirmative Action Today, Groups, Diversity and the Law, and Taxation in the New Millenium II.  Columbia offers a similar variety of courses to NYU students.

Close to the start of term, students interested in taking a course at the other school choose from a list of roughly 25 courses that still have space available and submit a request form online.  Third year J.D. students and LL.M. candidates are placed first, and the rest of the available spaces are filled with 2Ls.  The exchange program is designed to broaden the legal education that students at each institution receive by exposing them to the academic offerings and culture of another leading law school.  Students participating in the exchange are considered to be visiting students, and are given an email address and limited access to campus facilities at the other school.

For more information on exchange programs and other off-campus study offerings at NYU and CLS, be sure to read the Clear Admit Law School Guides for NYU School of Law and Columbia!