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Student Handbook 2024-25 > Graduate Admissions Policy > Admission Criteria > Admission for LLM Non-Degree Applicants

Admission for LLM Non-Degree Applicants

Admission for LLM Non-Degree Applicants

Students who do not have a bachelor in law admitted to the LLM program are required to demonstrate the potential for sustainable success in their selected graduate program. In addition to the regular admission process for admission to the LLM program, candidates must:

1. Provide two satisfactory reference letters from academicians or employers.

2. State professional plans and career objectives as required in the application form.

3. Attend an interview with the LLM Program Director to evaluate his or her suitability for the LLM Program. 

4. The candidate will be advised on the outcome of his or her application within seven days of the application deadline. 

5. Once the decision for eligibility has been made, the LLM Program Director transfers the file of the admitted candidate to the UD Admissions & Registration Department, to register in the pre-LLM (preparatory courses). The candidate must pass all the pre-LLM courses before starting the LLM program. 

Non-law graduates will be required to undertake three Pre-LLM courses as shown in Table 2 to meet the normal requirement for a student to have a bachelor’s degree in law before entry to an LLM program. The pre-LLM courses are completely redesigned so that they would provide non-law degree holders with the needed knowledge and law background to join the LLM program. The students are required to attend 45 contact hours and pass the courses with no less than 3 out of 4 CGPA.

Table 2: Pre-LLM Foundation Courses

The pre-LLM courses are also recognized as remedial courses for law or non-law graduates, whose cumulative grade point average (CGPA) is between 2.0 and less than 2.5. Law graduates may attend a maximum of nine credit hours (three pre-LLM courses) as remedial preparation for the graduate program. This is based on the discretion of the Program Director. However, non-law graduates will be required to undertake all three pre-LLM courses. The student must achieve a minimum CGPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or its established equivalent, in these nine credits of remedial courses in order to progress to the graduate program or be subject to dismissal.