{"60":"2016-18-3","61":{"first":"Narges","last":"Zahedipoor"},"62":"nzahedi90@ut.ac.ir","63":"912-570-3567","64":{"street":"32 and 34 Baharak alley. Mirzazadeh St.","street2":"Jashnvareh St. Tehranpars Ave. ","city":"Tehran","state":"Tehran","zip":"1655948115","country":"United States"},"65":["General LLM","General LLM with a concentration in Global Corporate Compliance"],"66":"Law affects every part of our lives and we experience it every single day in real life. The main reasons for choosing General LLM as my major are listed as followings:\r\n- When I entered high school, I was wondering about every rules and regulations which I faced with them to figure out their fundamental wisdom. On the other hand, lack of rules and existence of some discriminatory rules motivated me to pursue it academically.\r\n- Studying law in university satisfied the spirit of curiosity in me. I really enjoyed interpreting law in different courses and got acquainted with different fields of law. I started to get skilled in different fields of law and I was so successful and showed so great a talent in courses on Contracts, Comparative law, and Trade law (Companies, Bankruptcy, Commercial documents).\r\n- I was started LLM program in Intellectual Property Law. Completing my dissertation and working on different cases as a member of Iranian Central Bar Association direct me to develop my concerns.\r\n- In order to complete my journey I want to continue my studies in this major to learn more about comparative business law practices, develop marketable skills (like research and negotiation), and get exposure to foreign law and lawyers. All of these will be worthwhile when my deep knowledge from a distinctive culture and law system interlaces with the law system in US.\r\nSelecting a major is a tough challenge. While many others select their major based upon statistics and ideals, I base my decision primary on commitment, liability, and passion. Besides, I have learned that a major should encompass your love, talents, and desire for success in that subject.\r\n","67":"I found your university of high standards, and extremely with outstanding faculty members, especially those researching in the fields that are in line with my interests, such as Professor Hamermesh and Professor Scheuer. Such an academic environment is a motivational factor for me to choose Delaware Law School for LLM studies.","68":"This university is the first option for me to apply. So I did not receive any admission from other schools yet.","69":" In this modern era, as all nations are interacting on many levels, we observe that many international firms seek places in international markets, especially in developing countries. Here the need for more experts familiar with such nations and their demands is more obvious in order to advise them to reach the developing countries\u2019 market. I hope that after my studies at your prestigious university, I will be prepared to make my own contributions to the field of business law and other fields of law, to have a working knowledge of today complex legal and economic systems, and eventually, to rise my aspiration of contributing to my country's international economic laws when I return to Iran to follow a career as a business lawyer. ","70":"I was working as a lawyer with my professor, Dr. Habiba, in an international law firm, on IP cases. Through working on these cases, I was a member of a group of four professional lawyers in several sessions to work on different cases together. I was consistency of performance which encourage other members to work as a team. I am capable to experience and research on interdisciplinary fields of law. I have the spirit of curiosity in seeking new discoveries, experiences, and opportunities. For example, when I worked with my adviser on the LLM thesis, it is titled \u201cThe Optimal Level of Copyright Protection\u201d; I developed a completely new research plan and conducted it in an organized manner. My endeavor in the thesis is observed and praised by the Copyright Conference reviewers  as Outstanding Graduate Thesis in 2015 as the most innovative and creative thesis for developing copyright law era in country.","71":"I have always felt an affinity for Law. Even before I was 10 years old, I could already feel the discrimination that existed against women. I wondered why I was not allowed to ride a bicycle to school, and why there were no woman biking in my small town of Arak. There were many questions in my mind for which I could not find any answers. They weighed heavy on me and I tried to speak about these concerns with my family and teachers. Was it possible to bring about changes in these problems that dated back several thousand years of discrimination? Eventually, I realized that I needed knowledge and power to take steps toward solving these profound problems. This motivated me to choose humanities in high school even though I did not have my family\u2019s blessing. It was the prevailing point of view that the humanities were not a practical and lucrative career choice. Fortunately, their opinion changed after they observed my accomplishments in this field.\r\nWhile attending high school, I was very interested in literature and was even a member of a national literature Olympiad; but this was not in accordance to my real goals. I remember one of my teachers advised me to think about studying Law and told me, \u201cYour brain is categorized and you declare your opinions frankly. These characteristics are important for career of law\u201d. By that time I had set my sights on becoming a lawyer and organizing my efforts towards my goal. I learnt from the process that reading is an essential element for studying law and I was very enthusiastic for reading. I am a meticulous person, and I try to take notice of every single detail. It is required to study hard in order to get admitted to a top ranked university and major in law and I tried to cope with it. I ranked number 67 out of 500,000 applicants. This accomplishment allowed me to choose one of the best universities. I admitted to Shahid Beheshti University in the major of law, and I have been granted free education which was a valuable achievement. \r\nDuring my undergraduate years, I attend certain courses in order to get acquainted with different fields of law. I found that even though some of my classes were based on traditional Islamic jurisprudence, this did not help me toward my goal of studying modern laws, but they gave me insights into the reasons for many of the problems that exist in my country. Although discrimination against women initially led me to study law, I found that I excelled in courses on Contracts, Comparative law, and Trade law (Companies, Bankruptcy, Commercial documents). I solved many of issues presented by the professors as if they were puzzles. I felt all of these would widen my horizons into the international legal system domain; so I decided to join the popular surge toward modern and international currents in law. My university also offered optional courses such as Intellectual Property Law, Philosophy of Law, and Insurance Law. I was curious to find out what were actually the political, legal and executive gaps regarding this part of the law in Iran. I took this course, and found it very interesting and felt that it has a place in the legal system of my country. This course led me to appreciate the intricacies involved in the field and encouraged me to study beyond the university. I eventually decided to choose this as my major for my graduate studies.\r\nMy plan was to combine academic research with practice in the actual court of law as a lawyer. I had to study hard for both the national entrance exam for my graduate degree, and for Iranian Bar Association exam. I was accepted to the prestigious University of Tehran for an LLM in intellectual property law. Moreover, I was permitted to be a trainee in city of Tehran. I knew that Iran recently had been trying to enter the World Trade Organization (WTO) and one of the major obstacles toward this was that Iran had not signed the Bern Convention, which is related to copyright law. Therefore, I felt the need of international copyright system and more serious IP laws in Iran. At that time, I benefited from the breadth of the curriculum offered at the University of Tehran, especially the International business law and Philosophy of IP law which comprehensively exposed me to core areas of IP law. Simultaneously, I was reading The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law by William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner, and was amazed at how in the US, with its large amount of IP codes, such scholars would oppose the level of protections that IP law offer and try to optimize them in regards to economic analysis. This book had a great effect on the basis of my thesis. I wondered whether this current  international system, in all aspects of intellectual property law, would be optimal, or if this international system was actually in harmony with a developing country's legal  and economic system and what such countries  can do in order to have  the IP law with considerations of  their own market demands. The research question in my thesis is based on the current national and international IP system regarding to the economic analysis. Eventually I was successful in defending my thesis titled \u201cThe Optimal Level of Copyright Protection\u201d. In 2015, Fifth National Conference on Copyright Law was held in which the most innovative and creative ideas, research, and thesis were awarded for developing copyright law era in country. One of the most significant achievements in my academic life is winning an outstanding graduate thesis award in this conference. At the same time, I was working with my adviser, in an international law firm, on IP cases. Through working on these cases, I realized that many national and international Iranian firms suffer from a lack of business law legislation and lawyers who are educated academically in this field which would attract investors and organize their contracts. Gaining valuable experience through enrolling on different business cases, my interest has grown and I am now capable of seeing many business aspects regarding IP cases analytically and can make helpful suggestions that would lead to improvements. \r\nThe large gap between the American and Iranian legal systems calls for expertise in business law. Iranian laws are still few in number and cannot be compared in any way to the laws of the US, especially to those laws which were created during the modern age, such as business law and intellectual property law. It is inevitable that Iran needs to learn from such advanced legal systems like the one that exists in the US, where I am very eager to continue my studies.\r\n In this modern era, as all nations are interacting on many levels, we observe that many international firms seek places in international markets, especially in developing countries. Here the need for more experts familiar with such nations and their demands is more obvious in order to advise them to reach the developing countries\u2019 market. I hope that after my studies at your prestigious university, I will be prepared to make my own contributions to the field of business law and other fields of law, to have a working knowledge of today complex legal and economic systems, and eventually, to rise my aspiration of contributing to my country's international economic laws when I return to Iran to follow a career as a business lawyer. \r\nAfter consulting with professors and friends who were familiar with University of Widener, School of Law, I found your university of high standards, and extremely with outstanding faculty members, especially those researching in the fields that are in line with my interests, such as Professor Hamermesh and Professor Scheuer. Such an academic environment is a motivational factor for me to choose Delaware Law School for LLM studies. I believe that the curriculum will help me in active researches, both experimental and theoretical.\r\nTherefore, getting admission to pursue graduate studies at Delaware Law School at the University of Widener would be a privilege. Being given the chance of continuing my LLM study in a suitable academic environment with expert professors and well-established facilities, I am positive that I will be a successful student in this field.\r\n","72":"Narges Zahedipoor"}