Students enrolled in the Employment Law LL.M. will be part-time students at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School and will be charged tuition on a per credit basis, not including fees.

Tuition for the 2011-2012 Academic Year: $1,128.00 Per Credit Hour

Tuition is due on the first day of classes for each semester. An Installment Payment Program is also available. Please see details for the Installment Program below. To make a payment online, click here.

Need Based Scholarships
In an effort to make the LL.M. in Employment Law Program more accessible for qualified students, the law school offers scholarship assistance to applicants with demonstrated financial need and excellent  academic and professional credentials. More information regarding applying for scholarship assistance is available on the How to Apply page.

Career Enhancement Loan Program (CELP)
In order to facilitate working members of the legal profession obtaining subject-specific advanced education, Atlanta's John Marshall Law School has established a low interest loan program which may be used to pursue the LL.M. in Employment Law.  In general, the terms and conditions of the Career Enhancement Loan Program (CELP) are as follows:

• To qualify for the CELP, applicants must be a US or Canadian citizen.
• CELP loans are not credit-based, but applicants for a CELP loan must be currently employed in the legal profession.  If not, a co-signer may be required.
• Interest and monthly payment amounts are set for each loan at the time of origination and will remain unchanged for the 5-year term of the loan.  Payments must be automatically deducted from a valid credit or debit card.
• As of September 2011, interest is set at 1%. Monthly payments are calculated based on the tuition rate in effect at the time students enter the LL.M. program. Future tuition modifications are anticipated and included in the calculation. Thus, for new students entering the LL.M. program in the Fall 2011 semester the CELP loan payments will be $457.16/month, commencing the first month of enrollment.

For more information, please contact EmploymentLaw@johnmarshall.edu

Private Alternative Loans
Alternative loans are available through commercial lenders for educational costs during periods of enrollment. They are based on credit-worthiness (meaning that the lender will do a credit check). We recommend that students request a copy of their credit report to check for accuracy and that all valid credit problems are addressed before applying for an alternative loan.  Alternative loan applications should be submitted directly to your lender.  We certify loan applications after your lender has processed and approved your request.  You may use our Alternative Loan Comparison chart as an aid in selecting a lender for your Alternative Loan options. This list is by no means a complete listing of all of the Alternative Loan choices; however, these lenders have worked with our students in the past.
  
Tuition Installment Payment Program
LL.M. students who are current in their financial obligations to the Law School may elect to participate in the Tuition Installment Payment Program.  Students who are interested in participating in the Program must contact the Student Accounts Office prior to registration. To participate, students must execute a Promissory Note, pay a $75 participation fee and make a minimum tuition payment of $500 each semester they participate in the program. The remaining balance of tuition is paid in four (4) monthly installments due on the 15th of each month of the semester.

A $75 late penalty shall be assessed for each installment not received by the 20th of the month in which the payment is due.  If payment is not received by Atlanta's John Marshall Law School by the 30th of the month in which the payment is due, the student shall be deemed in default and shall be academically withdrawn from the Law School with no automatic right to readmission.  A student in default shall not be allowed to sit for examinations.

Atlanta's John Marshall Law School reserves the right to terminate the student’s participation in the Tuition Installment Payment Program if the student is chronically late in making payment under the terms of their Promissory Note.  A student shall be deemed chronically late if the student makes more than two late payments.  A student need not be in default to be deemed chronically late.

A student who defaults on the terms of this Promissory Note shall also be liable for the costs incurred by Atlanta's John Marshall Law School in collecting the unpaid principal amount and accrued interest, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees, costs, and collection service fees. 

A student who defaults on the terms of this Promissory Note shall also be liable for interest on the unpaid principal.  Interest shall accrue from the date of default at a rate of seven (7) per cent simple interest per annum.

Once a student has been terminated from the Tuition Installment Payment Program, the student is required to pay tuition in full on the first day of class for future semesters.

Download Tuition Installment Payment Plan documents here.

Fall Semester 2011 Installment Due Dates
A minimum tuition payment of $500 and a $75 participation fee (Total $575) are due at the time of Registration. If a student has already paid a $500 seat deposit, only the $75 participation fee is due upon Registration.

You must be current in your financial obligations to the Law School to be eligible to participate in the Tuition Installment Payment Program.

TUITION AND FEES PAYMENT
Tuition is due and owing at the time of registration each semester. Any student who has an outstanding balance owing from previous semesters will not be permitted to register for the current semester. Exceptions to this payment policy are made for students who have been approved for participation in the installment payment program and students who have been approved for a student loan and are awaiting its receipt.

The School of Law will not release a student's official transcript, for any purpose, unless the student is current in his or her financial obligations to the school.

Loan Deferment: 
Deferments of student loans while enrolled as a student at the Law School cannot be assured. Details on repayment of student loans should be requested from the Financial Aid Office or from the student's lender. If deferment is granted, enrollment verification will need to be obtained through the Registrar.

TUITION AND FEE SCHEDULE 
2011-2012

The schedule for tuition and fees for the 2010-2011 academic year are as follows:

REFUND POLICY
If a student withdraws during one of the following periods, tuition will be adjusted in accordance with the schedule set forth below.

All additional fees charged by the Law School are non-refundable.

An LL.M. student may choose not to enroll in the second course offered in a semester. If this decision is made before the first day of the course, the tuition for that course may be applied to a later semester. LL.M. courses are available to view one week before the first day of the course.

Email: EmploymentLaw@JohnMarshall.edu     Phone: (404) 872-3593 ext.131