Graduate Program Entry Essay

Earning LL.M. degree from a US law school is becoming increasingly advantageous to today's global environment. I am applying to LL.M. graduate program to advance in my professional endeavors, deepen my knowledge, and do a major paper especially one that can be published or provide the basis for a future book.

I was raised in Riyadh the capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by parents who emphasized the importance education. I attended a public high school, and upon graduation I was awarded the title of the First Student in All the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - this title is awarded for a student whose grades were full in all subjects. Without knowing it at the time, my life has been forever changed by this moment. Not only do the award expanded

The experience of growing up surrounded by women who lack the awareness about their rights, whose lives and dreams were disrupted by the legal culture, had filled me with a great desire to take full advantage of the opportunities available to me. Therefore, I utilized the scholarship I received to study Law, and to learn as much as possible about our rights. Saudi Arabia Legal System is a child and I aspire to have a major role in raising the child. I believe taking the Saudi Legal System to a new level will be the most important use to which I can apply my education. Build a new

I was the first female trainee at the Legal Department of the Ministry. A month before I started my training, I received a call from a woman, who works at the Department of Human Resources of the Ministry, telling me that it is impossible to train at the Legal Department referring the reason to the privacy and confidentiality of the Department and to the fact that they have never trained females before. Additionally, I better prepare an alternative plan because it's impossible to work with them, she said. I was shocked but more excited to get in the Ministry and challenge the impossible. I worked directly with the former head of Legal Department - currently head of Judicial Department. On the first two weeks of my training, he gave me a challenging task as an undergraduate trainee, collection and translation to Arabic one hundred and twenty two multi-lateral treaties, bilateral treaties, and regional treaties, demanded intensive research and time management. I had to specify whether treaties were signed, ratified, accepted or joined by Saudi Arabia, and identify any declarations or reservations, make sure I understood the treaties I was writing about and schedule the date on which the treaty came into effect for Saudi Arabia, while providing legal opinion on classified cases given by the Legal Department. It was challenging to learn to apply classroom