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| Suffolk Law Graduates First International LL.M. Students |
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| Suffolk University Law School’s LL.M. in U.S. Law for International Business Lawyers, a three-year summer program held in Budapest, Hungary, is about to yield its first graduates. This May, the program will graduate its inaugural class, a group of 28 lawyers hailing from 18 different countries. <p> “We have succeeded where no other law school has even tried,” said Professor Stephen Hicks, director of graduate law programs, whose original vision for the internationalization of the law school led to the creation of the Budapest program. <p> “The first graduates have completed a unique program: a post-graduate degree for already successful practitioners of international business law, in a format that meets the exigencies of the life of a busy lawyer,” said Bridgett Halay, administrative director of graduate and international programs, who together with Professor Hicks was instrumental in the realization of the summer program. <p> A total of 70 LL.M. candidates from 31 different countries participated in this year’s program, held during the last two weeks of July at Eotvos Lorand University Faculty of Law. At the opening night dinner and reception, students anticipated to graduate in May received special medallions to celebrate their completion of the three summers. Suffolk Law Dean Alfred Aman commemorated their achievements while also welcoming new candidates to the program in an address titled “Privatization, Globalization, and Law.” Other attendees included Jan Krc, press attaché for the U.S. Embassy to Hungary, Ryan Leong, political officer for the U.S. Embassy, Drs. Viktor Arvay and Gabriella Sarkozi, legal officers of the Hungarian Commission on Educational Rights, Dr. Sergio Strozzi, head of the Economic and Commercial Section of the Italian Embassy, and Dr. Chrysta Bán of Bán S Szabo & Partners, Budapest, and Member of the LLM Board of Counsellors. <p> Program participants, who typically have earned their law degrees outside the United States and are already successful practicing lawyers, are drawn to the unique scheduling format of the Suffolk LL.M program. “Honestly, I never thought I would ever have time to complete an LL.M degree,” said Tranquil Suaverdez Salvador III, a partner at one of the leading firms in the Philippines who is scheduled to graduate this spring. “This program made my dream a reality.” <p> According to Maxim A. Zgodko, a graduating candidate who is a partner at a Russian firm, the geographic diversity of the program candidates also enriched the learning experience. “Practically every one of us from all these different countries found something special in this program that was important for everyday practice in our home countries,” he said. “The exchange of ideas in class was as much of a learning experience as the lectures.” |
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