LL.M. Academic Requirements
LL.M. candidates with a U.S. law degree are required to complete 24 semester hours of course work. LL.M. candidates with a first law degree from a foreign university must complete 30 semester hours of course work, including Introduction to the U.S. Legal System & U.S. Legal Research for Graduate Students.
All LL.M. students must take at least four core courses, approved elective courses and one course that satisfies the LL.M. writing requirement. Some of these requirements may be fulfilled with transfer credit.
The LL.M. program may be completed on a part-time basis with the approval of the associate dean for academic affairs and the director of graduate law programs. Part-time students must complete the program within four calendar years from the date of matriculation.
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Core Courses
LL.M. candidates must take at least four of the following core courses:
Copyright Law, 2 credits
Cyberspace Law, 2 credits
Electronic Commerce, 2 credits
Intellectual Property Law, 3 credits
International Intellectual Property Law, 2 credits
Licensing Intellectual Property, 2 credits
Patent Law, 2 credits
Trademarks and Unfair Competition, 2 credits
Elective Courses
LL.M. candidates may select their elective courses from any core course listed above and the following courses:
Administrative Law, 3 credits
Antitrust Law, 3 credits
Business Organizations, 3 credits
Capstone: Business Planning for Small Business, 3 credits
Capstone: Commercialization of Intellectual Property, 4 credits
Capstone: Cybercrimes, 4 credits
Capstone: Dot.Com Law: The Online Business Enterprise, 4 credits
Capstone: Patent Litigation, 4 credits
Capstone: Patent Practice and Procedure, 4 credits
Capstone: Trademark Prosecution and Practice
Civil Practice & Procedure, 4 credits
Conflict Management & ADR, 3 credits
Contracts I, 2 credits
Contracts II, 3 credits
Entertainment Law, 3 credits
Externship in Law and Technology, 4 credits
Federal Taxation of Business Entities & Owners, 3 credits
Independent Study-Graduate, 1 or 2 credits
International Business Transactions, 2 credits
International Intellectual Property Law, 2 credits
International Law, 3 credits
Law of Video Gaming, 1 credit
Legislation, 3 credits
Licensing Intellectual Property, 2 credits
Real Property I, 4 credits
Trade Secret Law, 2 credits
Trial Practice - Civil, 3 credits
Writing Requirement
All LL.M. candidates must complete a substantial legal research and writing paper in connection with a course or an independent study project supervised by a faculty member. Courses that satisfy the writing requirement include the Independent Study for Graduate Students as well as any of the four-credit capstone courses listed above.
This requirement may be waived by the associate dean for academic affairs, after consultation with the director of graduate law programs in some instances where circumstances indicate a more educationally profitable use of the candidate's time and effort.
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To remain in academic good standing, LL.M. students must maintain a 2.3 GPA.
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