The student must successfully complete 24 credit hours of required and elective coursework and achieve a 2.75 grade point average within a six-year period. This time period decreases if the student transfers credits from a J.D. program into the LL.M. program. Degree requirements include 10 hours of required courses, 8 hours of coursework in a business concentration area, and 6 hours of elective courses related to the concentration area.
Required courses include (credit hours in parentheses):
- Business Planning Practicum (2)
- Corporate Finance (3)
- Taxation of Business Entities (3)
- The student must complete a substantial research paper containing a policy analysis component, which is submitted for a grade in one of the LLM courses or seminars. The student must receive a passing grade (at least a “C”) on the paper.
Concentration Courses Students must select a concentration area. This concentration area consists of another 8 credit hours of depth in a specific area of law.
Concentration areas and examples of courses within those concentration areas: Dispute ResolutionArbitration
Business Negotiation
Dispute Resolution (Policy)
DR Systems Design
Mediation
Multi-Disciplinary Dispute Processing
Negotiation
Various clinics and dispute resolution practicums
Finance/Corporate GovernanceAntitrust
Business Bankruptcy
Corporate Counsel
Corporate Governance Seminar (Policy)
Corporate Taxation
International Sales
International Taxation I and II
Real Estate Finance
Corporate Counsel
Securities Regulations
Corporate Taxation
International Taxation I and II
International Sales
Business Bankruptcy
Corporate Governance Seminar (Policy)
Labor and Employment
Employment Law (Policy)
Labor Arbitration
Employment Discrimination
Labor Law
Intellectual Property
Computer Law
Copyright Law
Intellectual Property (Policy)
Patent Law
Unfair Trade Practices
Labor and Employment
Employment Discrimination
Employment Law (Policy)
Labor Arbitration
Labor Law
Regulatory
Antitrust
Energy Law
Environmental Law (Policy)
Environmental Practicum
Hazardous Waste
Health Law
Immigration Law
Insurance Law
Land Use Controls
Small Business
Accounting Problems for Lawyers
Business Bankruptcy
Consumer Bankruptcy
Consumer Law
Entrepreneurship
International Sales
LLCs
Partnership Taxation
Dispute Resolution
Business Negotiation
Multi-Disciplinary Dispute Processing
DR Systems Design
Mediation
Negotiation
Arbitration
Capital University Law School reserves the right to add or delete concentrations, as well as the courses within those concentrations, depending upon course availability or additional course development.
Related Electives
Students are required to take an additional 5-6 credit hours of elective coursework; it is expected that these electives will be related to the student’s concentration area., The number of additional elective credits depends upon the number of total required course credits taken by the student.
Elective coursework is subject to approval by the Associate Dean for Graduate Programs.