What is Graduate Professional Development?
Graduate Professional Development is a group of experienced attorneys that provides professional development and career advising services to Georgetown Law’s U.S. and foreign-trained graduate students to make them more marketable to employers. Graduate Professional Development also works with individual employers to create recruitment arrangements tailored to their needs and preferences. Please view our Recruiting Services for Employers Brochure for detailed information about the services we provide to employers interested in connecting with graduate students at Georgetown Law.
Who Are Our Graduate Students?
We have about 400 full-time students and 100 part-time graduate students. About 200 of the full-time students and most of the 100 part-time students are U.S.-educated. Many of the full-time students have just completed their J.D. programs, but we also have many U.S.-educated students (particularly the part-timers) who have been in legal practice for a few years. The other 200 full-time students are foreign-educated, from over 64 countries, and have generally practiced law for a number of years. Our students have worked as attorneys in private law firms, consulting firms, corporations, government agencies, international organizations and non-government organizations.
Our Specialized Programs
Our specialized LL.M. degree and certificate programs are:
Master of Laws (Individualized or General Studies) |
Certificate in Employee Benefits Law |
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Master of Laws in International Business and Economic Law |
Certificate in Estate Planning Law |
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Master of Laws in International Legal Studies |
Certificate in International Human Rights Law |
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Master of Laws in Global Health Law |
Certificate in Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies |
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Master of Laws in Global Health Law and International Institutions |
Certificate in National Security Law |
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Master of Laws in Securities and Financial Regulation Master of Laws in Taxation |
Certificate in World Trade Organization (WTO) Studies |
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Services We Provide to Employers
These include:
Job Postings
We can arrange for these to be listed on Symplicity, our online jobs database. This is accessible by current J.D. and LL.M. students, as well as alumni, and is regularly updated. If not directly posting through Symplicity, e-mail submissions are the quickest and easiest way to submit job announcements for posting. Announcements can be e-mailed directly to jobspost@law.georgetown.edu. They may also be faxed to 202-662-9313, or mailed to:
Job Listing Coordinator
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW Room 328
Washington, DC 20001
Resume Collections
We can organize these to suit your hiring needs at any time. Simply contact us with details of the position you wish to fill and we will contact students, collect their responses and forward their materials to you. Resume collections are completely pre-screened by the employer, so that you can select whom you wish to interview.
On-Campus Interviews
We can arrange these if you wish to interview LL.M. students on-campus to meet your hiring needs. In the past we have organized on-campus interviews for several government agencies, accounting firms and private law firms.
Videoconferencing Facilities
These are available if you wish to interviews any of our LL.M. students from outside Washington, D.C.
Employer Recruitment Programs
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International Student Interview Program (ISIP): Held in New York at the end of January each year in conjunction with New York University School of Law and 31 other law schools in the U.S. ISIP is for foreign-trained LL.M. students only, from all programs of LL.M. study. It is completely pre-screened by employers.
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Taxation Interview Program (TIP): Held in Washington, D.C. at the end of February each year in conjunction with New York University School of Law. TIP is for U.S.-trained and foreign-trained LL.M. students studying Tax, Employee Benefits or Estate Planning, or for students studying for the Employee Benefits or Estate Planning Certificates on a stand-alone basis. It is completely pre-screened by employers.
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“Meet and Greet,” Panel and Other Networking Events: We can liaise with you to organize individual “Meet and Greets,” panels and other networking events both on- and off-campus. On-campus events are required to have a substantive component.
More Information
If you wish to use any of these services or want more information, please contact:
Graduate Professional Development
Office of Graduate Programs
Hotung Building, 6th floor
Georgetown University Law Center
550 First Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: (202) 662-9036
Fax: (202) 662-9487
E-mail: gradprofdevp@law.georgetown.edu
