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- LL.M. candidates with a U.S. law degree will be required to complete 24 semester hours of course work. LL.M. candidates with a first law degree from a foreign university will be required to complete 30 semester hours of course work. The graduate program may be completed on a full or part-time basis. LL.M. candidates may be able to meet some of this course work requirement by receiving transfer credit for work completed in obtaining their first law degree.
- As part of the required semester hours of course work, students must take at least four (4) courses from the “Core” courses listed below. Students may fulfill this requirement by demonstrating that they have satisfactorily completed substantially equivalent courses in another law program and have received transfer credit from UDSL for these courses.
– Patent Law – 2 Credits
– Cyberspace Law – 2 Credits
– Electronic Commerce – 2 Credits
– Copyright Law – 2 Credits
– Trademarks and Unfair Competition – 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
- Students may fulfill the remainder of their semester hour requirements from the “Elective” courses listed below:
– Licensing Intellectual Property – 2 credits
– Protection of Computers and Software –2 credits
– Cybercrimes: Law & 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 & 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 & ADR - 3 credits
– Civil Trial Practice – Law & Technology Section– 3 credits
– Entertainment Law – 3 credits
– Administrative Law – 3 credits
– Federal Taxation of Business Entities & Owners – 3 credits
– Externship in Law and Technology – 4 credits
– Dot.Com Law: The On-Line Business Enterprise – 4 credit capstone
– Commercialization of Intellectual Property – 4 credit 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
- All LL.M. candidates must satisfy an LL.M. 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 elective “capstone” courses listed above. In an effort to retain the flexibility needed to design an educational program that coincides with the future professional needs of LL.M. 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.
- As part of the required 30 semester hours, LL.M. candidates with a first law degree from a foreign university must complete the following required course.
– Introduction to the U.S. Legal System & U.S. Legal Research for Graduate Students – 3 credits
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