ANEXO 2

CUESTIONARIO 2 DIRIGIDO A LOS ESTUDIANTES DE MAESTRÍA LATINOAMERICANOS EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS

LATIN AMERICAN LAWYERS STUDYING A MASTER DEGREE PROGRAM IN U.S. LAW SCHOOLS

1. At which law school are you pursuing your Master's Degree?

2. In which Master's Degree program are you enrolled?

3. Age:

4. Gender:

5. From which country did you receive your J.D. or its equivalent?

6. From which law school did you receive your J.D. or its equivalent?

7. When did you finish law school?

8. List other degree(s) that you have:

9. Regarding your legal experience, have you practiced or taught law before beginning your Master's Degree program?

-No

- Yes, but only as an intern, assistant or clerk during law school

- Yes, for_years

10. What was (were) the primary reason(s) for coming to a U.S. law school to pursue a Master's Degree?

- Career prestige

- Courses offered

- Institutional relationship between my law firm or company and this U.S. law school

- Institutional relationship between my university and this U.S. law school

- Leaders in my field are in the U.S.

- Live and study abroad

- Personal contact with professor/university

- Requirements of my job/university

- Other, please specify

11. What was (were) the main obstacle(s) you overcame to study in the U.S.?

- Complex admission/application process

- English proficiency

- Family decisions/personal problems

- Lack of funding

- Obtain permission in my job

- Visa application -None

- Other, please specify

12. How are you financing your U.S. education?

- Family funds

-Loan

-Paidbymyemployer

- Personal funds

- Scholarship obtained in my country

- Scholarship obtained from my U.S. university

- Scholarship obtained in the U.S. (not from my university)

- Other, please specify

13. What is (are) the main reason(s) you chose this particular program?

- Contact with the university

- Faculty/Courses

- Location of university

- Prestige/Ranking

- Program structure

- Scholarship/Financial Aid

- Other, please specify

14. Which is your area of interest in the Master's Degree?

- Administrative law

- Alternative dispute resolution -Businesslaw

- Civil/Criminal law and procedure

- Constitutional law

- Environmental law

- Human rights

- Intellectual property

- International law

- Jurisprudence/legal theory

- Taxlaw

- No specific are a of interest

- Other, please specify

15. When you applied to this Master's Degree, what were you planning to do after completing the program?

- Return to my country to pursue another degree

- Return to my country primarily as an academic

- Return to my country primarily as a legal practitioner

- Return to my country to work primarily in the government

- Stay in the U.S. to pursue another law degree

- Stay in the U.S. to pursue a degree in another discipline

- Stay in the U.S. to practice or teach law for 2 years or less

- Stay in the U.S. to practice or teach law for 3 years or more

- Pursue another degree, practice or teach law in a country other than my country or the U.S.

- I did not know

- Other, please specify

16. Currently, what are you planning to do after completing your Master's Degree?

- Return to my country to pursue another degree

- Return to my country primarily as an academic

- Return to my country primarily as a legal practitioner

- Return to my country to work primarily in the government

- Stay in the U.S. to pursue another law degree

- Stay in the U.S. to pursue a degree in another discipline

- Stay in the U.S. to practice or teach law for 2 years or less

- Stay in the U.S. to practice or teach law for 3 years or more

- Pursue another degree, practice or teach law in a country other than my country or the U.S.

- I do not know yet

- Other, please specify

17. Any other comments you may wish to include: (250 word maximum)