USLawEssentials Law & Language

In this special episode of the USLawEssentials Law & Language Podcast, we speak with two experts who share insights into whether an LL.M. Program is right for you. Our guests today are Professor Brian Sites and Vasudha Krishnamurthy. Professor Brian, among other things, is a nationally recognized expert on the bar examination and directs the LL.M. Program at Georgia State College of Law. Vasudha is an international attorney, admitted to practice in California, specializing in cybersecurity law, privacy, and AI. Together they share their experiences and insights into who is most likely to benefit from an LL.M. Program.

The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers as Stephen Horowitz interviews Seongryeol ‘Ryan’ Park. This interview was recorded much earlier in 2023 and Ryan, who already has a fascinating story, just embarked on a new career as South Korea’s Assistant Secretary to the President for International Public Relations. At the time of this interview, he worked for the South Korean government as a Director in the Ministry of Unification.   Ryan, who earned an LL.M. at Georgetown Law, shares invaluable insights on South Korean politics, the Korean language, and relations with North Korea. And also – suggestions for his favorite programming on Netflix! This is a great interview for anyone interested in language acquisition and learning more about South Korea. Below are links referenced in the podcast: Steel Rain on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80226234  Crash Landing On You on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81159258  Library of Congress  https://www.loc.gov/research-centers/law-library-of-congress/collections/digital-collections/foreign-law/  Language Log blog post about North Korea and hard consonants https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=57431 “Mind Your Ps and Qs!”      

Episode 59 The USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast continues its series of interviews with multilingual lawyers as Stephen Horowitz interviews Tanya Primiani. Tanya is Co-Director for the WJP Rule of Law Index at the World Justice Project and manages planning and implementation of the Index team’s global, thematic, and country-specific research projects. She is fluent in Spanish, French, and Italian and earned her law degree from the University of Montreal holds a Master of Arts in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Tanya’s multilingual and multicultural perspectives provide her with particularly helpful insights on the World Justice Organization’s Rule of Law index. And if you were wondering about how to translate “rule of law” in different languages you’ll definitely want to pay attention to this episode. This fascinating interview hits a number of topics and demonstrates the value that multilingual lawyers add to the practice of law around the world.