LLM IN GLOBAL LAW AND TECHNOLOGY : PROGRAM CURRICULUM

LL.M. Program Requirements

The LL.M. curriculum is primarily elective in nature. Students should, however, complete at 3 courses from the list of Core Courses below, along with the required introductory seminars, Issues of Law, Policy, and Ethics in Global Technology and Introduction to U.S. Law, Legal Reasoning and Writing (for international students only).

Students may also choose to specialize in one or more of the four designated areas, Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, Biomedicine and Health Law, International Law and Business, and U.S. Law and Legal Methods. To earn the U.S. Law and Legal Methods specialization, students must complete 12 credits from the JD curriculum. Students earn the other three specializations by completing 5 courses listed for the specialization and filing the appropriate specialization form with the Law Registrar prior to graduation. LL.M. students who complete a specialization will receive a Certificate in addition to their Diploma at graduation.

Twenty four (24) credits are required to complete the LL.M. degree in Global Law and Technology. LL.M. students may elect to take up to 6 of the required 24 credits from the JD curriculum. Approval from the Academic Director of the LL.M. Program and Associate Dean to enroll in a JD curriculum course must be obtained in advance.

The 24 credit requirement may be reduced for LL.M. students who receive Advanced Standing for prior course work. Courses eligible for Advanced Standing are listed below. A maximum of 6 Advanced Standing credits may be granted.

All LL.M. students must satisfy the LL.M Legal Writing Requirement prior to graduation by completing a substantial legal research and writing paper in connection with a course, a Directed Study or membership on the Journal of High Technology. Students must file the LL.M. Legal Writing Requirement form, signed by the supervising faculty member, with the Law Registrar before graduation.