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<p>The new academic year is underway for a host of legal graduate students who are attending Delaware Law School for our popular LLM and pre-LLM programs.</p>
<p>Many are international students, hailing from eight foreign countries. They were officially welcomed during orientation programs and a luncheon held before the start of classes. Professors Charles Proctor, Troy Grandel and Eileen Sutton all attended.</p>
<p>Sutton said program students learn together in a positive atmosphere, where news reports of political conflicts around the world don&rsquo;t affect the classroom melting pot.</p>
<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s all out the window here,&rdquo; Sutton said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re a community of scholars, dedicated to teaching you. And you are dedicated to learning.&rdquo;</p>
<p>This fall&rsquo;s LLM and pre-LLM students hail from China, South Korea, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the United States. Several have chosen to live in campus housing. Still others are taking advantage of the law school&rsquo;s new online general LLM program, which can be pursued remotely from anywhere in the world.</p>
<p>The Graduate, International, Compliance &amp; Legal Studies administrative office coordinates the LLM and pre-LLM program. It is supported by the university&rsquo;s International Student Services and Programs Office from the university main campus, which issues immigration documents needed for students to obtain visas to study in Delaware.</p>
<p>Assistant Dean Eileen Grena-Piretti said the LLM and pre-LLM students add a richness to the educational atmosphere at Delaware Law.</p>
<p>&ldquo;These ambitious students come here to study our laws and systems, but we benefit from the diversity and traditions they bring with them. They contribute a great deal of cultural vibrancy to our school,&rdquo; she said.</p>