hansom: Re:关于阿姆斯特丹大学的internationaladvancedmasterprogramme
非常钦佩斑竹，AKOZO NOBEL PRIZE不是说一年只给一个亚洲学生吗。
对UVA的ITL PROGRAM 非常感兴趣，反复浏览了AMSTERDAM LAW SCHOOL的WEBSITE，坚决把它作为自己明年申请的唯一一所荷兰法学院（相信也是荷兰国际化程度最高的，否则为何COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL与UVA合办PROGRAM呢 。
我的大致情况还可以，国内TOP 5大学国际经济法专业本科毕业，平均分85左右，奖学金，学生干部，毕业当年通过中国律师考试，在大连、北京的律师所工作两年，主要是涉外投资业务，现在北京一家涉外律师所从事代表外国企业在中国进行反倾销应诉等国际贸易法工作。（AKOZO NOBEL还是我所客户呢。）
现正准备明年一月TOEFL，打算明年秋季申请后年的LLM。
有几个问题请教斑竹：
1、UVA对TOEFL成绩是否比较看重，TWE是否有特殊的INTERNAL REQUIRMENT；
2、奖学金的申请有何经验？我也想争取FULL TUITION WAIVER，家在东北农村，父母勤勤恳恳一辈子供我在国内念大学已实为不易；
3、语言环境，授课质量如何？
4、是否有去COLMBIA LAW SCHOOL交换学习的机会；
5、生活费用如何？是否有PART-TIME INTERNSHIP的机会？
5、ITL的LLM毕业后的大致去向如何，如在AMSTERDAM或BRUSSEL的INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRM工作的机会？不知斑竹作何打算？
1. A decent TOEFL score won't hurt, even though Dutch schools normally do not take the approach of "internal requirement". Especially, since you are applying for law school, where writing assignments are fairly demanding, an impressive TWE score could presumbly help you effectively hit your target - to apply for full tuition waiver;
2. 50% of your own makings + 50% of luck = fellowship;
3. The language environment is o.k. But you'd better be prepared to the weird accents of a few lecturers and some international students. Quality of the lectures are way better than that in Chinese law schools, but is still not comparable to US and Canadian ones;
4. A personal suggestion - if you do have the intent to study at Columbia, apply for it directly. Admissions from top US law schools are not as hard as you might imagine. I think your background is alright to give it a shot. Nevertheless, if you insist applying Dutch law schools, I would say that as long as it's called as a "university", it should be pretty fine;
5. Living cost in big cities like Amsterdam is high. Overall, price index in Netherlands is a bit higher than that in Belgium, France, and Germany. Again, it depends on individual persons. Some people can survice by spending less than 500 euro/month, whereas some can squander 5,000 euro at casino overnight;
6. Internship opportunities during your study could be possible. But do not attach too much hope on permanent positions at big firms, given the gloomy economic prospect in EU at this stage and the language barrier for you to work as a domestic attorney.
Last but not least - for those who are contemplating career perspectives in Netherlands after getting their LL.M. degrees, please think three times before you set your final foot in the Netherlands, if your biggest ambition after study is to get a decent legal job here. The chances are pretty slim, though not hundred percent impossible.
Plus, even if you land a job at a law firm, you would never be allowed to sit in the domestic bar exam pan-Europe, unless you have the guts to go through the whole study procedure all over again and commit more than 4 years to studying a domestic language as well as the domestic legal system, which, unfortunately, could practically be useless if you leave Netherlands one day.
However, if your purpose is to equip yourself with the intellectual and professional skills you do not yet possess for your future legal career development, and you want to gain some international experience and establish your own international network, I would say that one year's study at a Dutch law school could be very rewarding.
Good luck! |
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