With the Fall 2025 semester in full swing, the Dean Rusk International Law Center is proud to welcome another class of talented lawyers, now studying for our University of Georgia School of Law Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree.

This group of fourteen hails from eleven different countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, including Nigeria, Guatemala, Ghana, Brazil, Bangladesh, Kenya, Germany, Republic of Korea, France, Nepal, and Canada. Among them are lawyers specializing in a wide range of fields including mergers and acquisitions, oil, gas, and energy law, family law, criminal law, corporate law, human rights law; immigration law, civil litigation, international trade law, sports law, securities law, and international humanitarian law.

They are pictured above. From the left to right – top row: Daniel Köhl, Ofure Odia, Victor Nsoh Azure, Ane Caroline Ferri Victoria, Caroline Wambui Kamau, Ji Hun Lee, Andrei Niveaux; bottom row: Emmanuel Adetoyan, Bushra Haque, Anu Paudel, Yendira Luisa Alpirez Orantes, Shraddha Prasai, Catherine Gbikpi Benissan, Chantelle Pleasant

This Class of 2025 joins a tradition that began at the University of Georgia School of Law in the early 1970s, when a Belgian lawyer became the first foreign-trained practitioner to earn a Georgia Law LL.M. degree. In the ensuing five decades, the law school and its Dean Rusk International Law Center have produced around 600 LL.M. graduates, with ties to nearly 100 countries and every continent in the world.

Side by side with J.D. candidates, LL.M.s follow a flexible curriculum tailored to their own career goals – goals that may include preparation to sit for a U.S. bar examination, or pursuit of coursework affording advancement in their home country’s legal profession or academic institutions.

The application for the LL.M. Class of 2027 is now open; for information or to apply for LL.M. studies, visit our website and attend an upcoming recruiting event.