REAL ESTATE LAW
The Center for Real Estate Law has as its mission the training of the next generation of commercial real estate attorneys with an LL.M in Real Estate Law and Joint JD/LL.M Program, the development of transactional and case study teach materials, the holding of academic conferences, the encouragement of scholarship and the publishing of scholarly articles in symposium issues of The John Marshall Law Review. Professor Celeste M. Hammond is the Director of the Center.
LL.M Program Overview
An LL.M in Real Estate Law can make a difference. Employers and clients want attorneys who can hit the deck running, who have an in-depth understanding of commercial real estate law and who can ask the questions needed to identify and then resolve the issues.
The curriculum for the LL.M. in Real Estate Law Program recognizes that commercial real estate law has become increasingly complicated and that successful real estate attorneys need to be prepared to handle the transactions generated when real estate is booming and when it is not.
The LL.M. curriculum, comprised of required and elective courses, enables attorneys to acquire the substantive knowledge and to develop the skills needed to handle a wide variety of commercial real estate transactions.
Students must earn 24 credit hours to earn an LL.M in Real Estate Law, 16 of which are in required courses. All required courses are offered once each academic year. Students select elective courses based on their career objectives. No thesis is required.
Students may begin the program in the Fall or Spring semesters.
Classes meet in the evening and on Saturdays. Students may complete the Program and earn their LL.M in two semesters or may continue to practice while taking a course or two a semester.
Courses are taught by full-time professors and by attorneys practicing with Chicago's leading law firms and corporations. Course materials include the forms and documents real estate attorneys actually use to document and close transactions.
LL.M Courses Earn Attorneys CLE Credit
Because John Marshall is an American Bar Association accredited law school, attorneys who take LL.M courses after admission to practice earn CLE credit from their LL.M courses based on the actual number of class hours attended. The Registrar's office provides students with a certificate at the end of each semester evidencing the CLE credit earned.
Students and Alumni
The LL.M. Program graduated its first students in June of 1996. Students come from across the country to Chicago to learn in a city that truly is a real estate town.
Some students begin the program immediately after completing their JD degrees. Others enter after several years in practice seeking to refocus their careers. These attorneys often earn their LL.M. degree in two semesters.
Attorneys in practice, who want to expand their skill set and better serve their clients, complete the program requirements while continuing to practice. They generally earn their LL.M. in two to three years.
Alumni are practicing commercial real estate law or working in the real estate industry throughout the world in a variety of settings including law firms, corporations and governmental agencies. Many have found their current positions through leads from other students and from alumni.
The Program emphasizes the business as well as the legal aspects of commercial real estate practice since the best commercial real estate attorneys understand their clients' business concerns and objectives.
Students have opportunities to gain an understanding of the business objectives, which underlie all real estate transactions, through participation in the Site Visit Program and attending programs organized by the Center for Real Estate Law and the Student Chapter of Lambda International which bring real estate industry leaders to the school.
LL.M. Students with no real estate or other practice experience may elect to take a Real Estate Legal Practicum (an externship) during their final semester.
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To determine if a Marion Fellowship is available for the current year, please email Professor Celeste Hammond at 7hammond@jmls.edu
For Admissions Information Contact:
Melissa Hansen McCollister
Assistant Director of Graduate Admission and
International Education Services
Tel: 312-360-2658
Tel: 1-800-276-0003
Email: 6mccolli@jmls.edu
For Information about the LL.M. Degree Contact:
Professor Celeste M. Hammond, Director
The Center for Real Estate
The John Marshall Law School
315 South Plymouth Court
Chicago, Illinois 60604
E-mail: 7hammond@jmls.edu
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