Frequently Asked Questions

The cost for 24 units is on a per-unit basis. See tuition and fees for the current rate. No, attorneys already licensed by the state of California may be accepted into the LLM in US Legal Studies program. They may be graduates of California accredited schools, or even non-accredited California law schools and correspondence schools, as long as they have passed the California bar exam. We can send you information about housing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Students sometimes share apartments. We have a housing office and some good ideas, but we do not have any student housing. "Law clerk" is a term generally used to refer to a person who is studying to be a lawyer and who is doing legal work under the supervision of a lawyer. The legal work may include legal research and writing, meeting with clients, attending depositions, appearing in court, and other tasks. The law clerk will be a lawyer when s/he passes the bar exam and otherwise meets the requirements of the state bar.

Interns, externs, and clinical students are all law clerks as described above. The term "intern" is used when the student is working in a law firm, government agency, public interest organization, bank, legal department of a corporation, or other legal office. The term "extern" is used when the student is working for a judge or a court. The term "clinical student" is used when the student is receiving academic credit for the work and is, thus, also being supervised by a professor from the law school. Through Curricular Practical Training (CPT), you can begin work for pay in a legal office after you complete the courses, Introduction to US Legal System and Graduate Legal Research. Our Law Career Services office helps you prepare your application materials and search for a job. Some students find jobs quickly, but for others it takes longer - it depends on the job market and your abilities.