The professional degree of master of law and the master of law are at the same level, each with its own emphasis. The former is an applied and compound senior legal talent, while the latter is an academic and professional senior legal talent.
In some western countries where the rule of law is relatively sound, their legal education is after the university, such as the United States and other JD. In the long run, with the development of law education, the number of law undergraduates will gradually decrease, and the master of law will eventually merge with the master of law. Teaching and scientific research talents should be trained mainly through doctor of law education. As a bridge between the preceding and the following, the professional degree of Master of Laws will provide talents for legal practice departments on the one hand, and a broad source of students for doctor of law education on the other.
Second, the enrollment conditions are different: the master of law requires non-law graduates, but the master of law has no such restrictions.
That is, 13 the law majors that are not allowed to apply for master of law are: law, economic law, international law, international economic law, labor reform law, commercial law, notarization, legal affairs, administrative law, lawyers, foreign-related economy and law, intellectual property law and criminal law.
It is wrong to say on the internet that "Master of Laws does not recruit equivalent qualifications".
Third, the way of enrollment proposition, the difficulty of examination questions and the difficulty of examination are different:
Both LLM and LLM postgraduate entrance examinations take part in the national unified examination, but the professional course LLM is a national joint examination (unified proposition and unified marking), and LLM is a conditional independent proposition in colleges and universities.
It is obvious to all that the examination difficulty of the master of laws course. LLM professional course examination is a national joint examination subject, which has a unified outline and forms a standardized review textbook with limited difficulty.
LLM candidates have not studied law before the exam and stand on the same starting line. Because many candidates don't understand, as a new thing, the current admission score is relatively low and they can be admitted to the national line. There is little difference between the admission scores of prestigious schools and the national line, and the admission ratio is high, and the pressure of admission competition is small. However, LLM candidates are mostly law majors, and the competition pressure is great. The admission rate of famous schools is as high as 1/20-50.
LLM's pre-test training is mature, and candidates can greatly improve their competitiveness by participating in a good training. The pass rate of candidates participating in systematic training is as high as over 50%, and some of them reach 70-80%.
However, with more and more people with lofty ideals who are not majoring in law joining the legal profession, it is more and more difficult to take the postgraduate entrance examination for master of law!
Fourth, the education mode is different: LLM has a fixed tutor when entering school, and the professional division is detailed. There is only one direction in the general research field, and the research has developed in depth. Master of law, regardless of major, focuses on studying current laws and regulations and pays attention to practical application after enrollment. After enrollment, only tutors are set up, and each tutor takes more students.
For illegal students, it is not conducive to their own development if they choose a fine professional direction from the beginning of studying law, so the difference between the two educational methods depends on the starting point and background of the candidates, not the main difference.
5. The future employment situation and development potential are slightly different: Master of Law vs Master of Law.
LLM has a much wider range of employment than LLM. In addition to LLM's employment scope, LLM also trains comprehensive management talents for enterprise management. In legal practice, LLM, because of its interdisciplinary background, is more likely to play its professional advantages and become an expert in a certain field. In law teaching and research, it is necessary to study for a doctorate. Because of other professional backgrounds, LLM can combine the professional characteristics of its research field, and it seems that there is nothing better. With the increase of graduates of Master of Laws, the comprehensive ability of Master of Laws has been generally recognized. At the same time, due to the defects of the single training mode of master of laws, with the progress and development of society, it will be gradually replaced by the training mode of master of laws.
Alas. . . Undergraduate students of Jida Law School deeply regret it. . .