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Category: First Person Accounts
First Person Accounts are interviews with Indian law graduates who have pursued a post-masters course outside the country. Read FPAs to find out about the learning experience from different law schools across the world.
First Person Accounts: Aishwarya Chaturvedi on the LLM at Cornell Law School
Aishwarya Chaturvedi is a 2017 LLB graduate from Campus Law Centre at Delhi University. After three years of working in a law firm as well as an NGO (Nirman), she decided to enrol for the LLM at Cornell Law School.
First Person Accounts: Soma Hegdekatte on the LLM experiences at Cornell, QMUL
Soma Hegdekatte graduated with a law degree from GNLU, Gandhinagar in 2017 and enrolled for the LLM at Cornell Law School that very year.
First Person Accounts: Manan Shishodia on the UPenn LLM
It is a year of self-discovery and meeting many interesting people across the globe. My advice to those considering a Master’s abroad would be to definitely pursue this experience.
First Person Accounts: Siddhartha Sarangal on the LLM at Stanford Law
I think the most challenging aspect of the LLM application process is knowing yourself. You are essentially selling yourself to the law school so you need to know what aspects of you make for the best sales pitch.
First Person Accounts: Jose Faina on NYU Law’s Tax LLM
We all know doing an LLM in a foreign country is a huge investment but believe me, that with the right dose of effort and commitment it will eventually pay out.
First Person Accounts: Heli Pathak on the Public International Law LL.M. at Leiden University
My advice would be to make a reasoned, calculated and thorough decision before pursuing a master’s degree abroad. Such
First Person Accounts: Diya Mehta on the LL.M. at University of Cambridge
It has been a rewarding and a wholesome experience, where the city feels like home and people around you like one big family.
The Game Changers: Spriha Bhandari, Cornell Tech LL.M.
The Game Changers is a series of short interviews wherein we ask LL.M. graduates to identify one individual who has had a substantial impact on the individual’s LL.M. experience.
The Game Changers: Anjali Chawla, ICAL at Stockholm University
The Game Changers is a series of short interviews wherein we ask LL.M. graduates to identify one individual who has had a substantial impact on the individual’s LL.M. experience.
First Person Accounts: Ishani Dash on the LL.M. at NYU School of Law
Ultimately, you know yourself best, so I would suggest make your statement as interesting as possible. Most people who apply to foreign universities are obviously very qualified, but you can stand out by making your statement both personal and interesting.
First Person Accounts: Sanskriti Sanghi on the LL.M. at the University of Cambridge
Any conversation about Cambridge would be incomplete without a dedication to the wonderful friends I made within the LL.M. cohort, for which we have the course to thank.
First Person Accounts: Shubhra Wadhawan on the LL.M. at the National University of Singapore
Shubhra Wadhawan is a 2019 law graduate of Jindal Global Law School who is currently enrolled in the LL.M. in Corporate & Financial Services Law at the National University of Singapore
The Game Changers: Sanket Palshikar, LL.M. from the Victoria University of Wellington
When things went south, his words of encouragement always uplifted my spirits. He is one of the very few persons who still encourages me to take up further studies and be enrolled as a solicitor and barrister in NZ
First Person Accounts: Harkiran Sehgal, LL.M. in International Law & Global Governance, Tilburg University
Harkiran Sehgal is a 2020 law graduate of Banasthali Vidyapith, and also a 2021 graduate from Tilburg University where she completed an LL.M. in International Law and Global Governance
The Game Changers: Shiv Sidharth, LL.M., Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy
In this post, Shiv Sidharth discusses the Game Changer in his time as an LL.M. student at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University.