• Completion of 30 semester hours of course work.
• As part of the required 30 semester hours of course work, M.S.L. candidates must complete the following required course.

– Introduction to the U.S. Legal System & U.S. Legal Research for Graduate Students – 3 credits

• As part of the  30 required semester hours course work, M.S.L. candidates must take at least four (4) courses from the "Core" courses listed below:

 – Patent Law – 2 Credits
 – Cyberspace Law – 2 Credits
 – Electronic Commerce – 2 Credits
 – Copyright Law – 2 Credits
 – Trademarks and Unfair Competition Law – 2 Credits
- Intellectual Property Law - 3 Credits
- Licensing Intellectual Property - 2 Credits
- International Intellectual Property Law - 2 credits
- Intellectual Property & Technology Law of the European Union - 2 credits

M.S.L. candidates may fulfill the remainder of their 30 semester hour course work requirements from the “Elective” courses listed below:

 – Licensing Intellectual Property – 2 Credits
 – Protection of Computers and Software –2 Credits
 – Cybercrimes:  Law and Procedure – 2 Credits
 – Mass Communication Technologies and the Law – 2 Credits
 – International Business Transactions – 2 Credits
 – International Intellectual Property Law – 2 Credits
 – Intellectual Property & Technology Law in the European Union – 2 Credits
 – Independent Study for Graduate Students – 1 or 2 Credits
 – Advanced Intellectual Property Law – 2 Credits
 – Advanced Computer & Cyberspace Law – 2 Credits
 – Legal and Ethical Issues Posed by Emerging Technologies – 2 Credits 
 – Business Planning for Small Business– 3 Credits
 – Antitrust Law – 3 Credits
 – International Law – 3 Credits
 – Conflict Management and ADR – 3 Credits
 – Civil Trial Practice – Law and Technology Section– 3 Credits
 – Entertainment Law – 3 Credits 
 – Administrative Law – 3 Credits
 – Federal Taxation of Business Entities & Owners – 3 Credits
 – Externship - Intellectual Property, Cyberlaw and Creativity Track – 4 Credits
 – Dot.Com Law:  The On-Line Business Enterprise – 4 Credit Capstone
 – Commercialization of Intellectual Property – 4 Cedit Capstone
 – Patent Practice and Procedure – 4 Credit Capstone 
 - Cybercrimes Capstone – 4 credit capstone
- Real Property I - 3 Credits
- Contracts I - 3 Credits
- Contracts II - 2 Credits
- Legislation - 3 Credits
- Civil Practice & Procedure - 4 Credits
- Business Organizations - 3 Credits
- Patent Litigation Capstone - 4 Credit Capstone
- Introduction to Legal Studies & Professionalism - 1 Credit

• M.S.L. candidates with a U.S. or foreign baccalaureate degree must satisfy an M.S.L. legal writing requirement prior to graduation by completing a substantial legal research and writing paper in connection with a course or an independent study project supervised by a faculty member.  Courses which may satisfy this requirement currently include:  Advanced Intellectual Property Law,  Advanced Computer and Cyberspace Law, Legal and Ethical issues Posed by Emerging Technologies, Independent Study for Graduate Students and any of the 4 credit “capstone” courses listed above as elective courses.  In an effort to retain the flexibility needed to design an educational program that coincides with the future professional needs of these M.S.L. candidates, the Associate Dean of the Law School, after consultation with the Director of Graduate Programs, may waive this writing requirement where circumstances indicate a more educationally profitable use of the candidate’s time and effort.
  
• General Academic Policies for UDSL Graduate Law Programs