Announcement: University of Kansas dual-degree program in REES and Law

[Clowes, Edith W]

New Dual-Degree JD/MA REES Academic Program Opens at KU

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Law and the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies announce a new academic program for students pursuing graduate degrees in both Law and Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies (REES). The program offers a five-year dual degree curriculum of intensive legal, foreign language, and international area study that can be completed in four years.

Growing US interaction with Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia has created a need for lawyers possessing knowledge of the region’s various cultures and legal traditions and professional-level proficiency in a REES target language. In addition to an enhanced ability to work with clients from various backgrounds, a joint degree in Law and Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies opens many doors, including opportunities in international trade and finance, immigration law, human rights advocacy, government service, and international education.

Increasingly, international law firms seek applicants with more than legal skills: they are looking for regional expertise and language proficiency. In addition to acquiring the skills and knowledge necessary to be a competitive in the field of international law, JD/MA REES students gain advanced language skills in one of the 11 regional languages taught at KU (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Czech, Farsi/Tajik, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uyghur, or Yiddish).  They complete interdisciplinary coursework in regional Literature and Arts, History, Political Science/Law, Philosophy and Religion, and Economics, Business, and Geography.

The four-year JD/MA REES program means considerable savings for the student who can gain simultaneous acceptance to both programs. Undertaken separately, the law degree and the REES MA would require a minimum of 5 years. The joint program saves the student the cost of tuition and fees for the fifth year.

For more information about the details of the JD/MA REES academic program, please consult the curriculum guide available at the CREES and School of Law web sites.

For more information about CREES, please visit www.crees.ku.edu.

For more information about the School of Law, please visit www.law.ku.edu.

Edith W. Clowes,
Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
http://www2.ku.edu/~slavic/
Director, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
http://www.crees.ku.edu
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS  66045

Have a look: "Russia on the Edge: Imagined Geographies and Post-Soviet Identity"
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/author/?fa=ShowAuthor&Person_ID=265

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