Thesis course or through an elective seminar. When appropriate, a student may be able to waive one or more of the LL.M. C.J. course requirements. The required courses cover the areas of law that typically are studied by American law students in their first two years of course work for the J.D. degree. The LL.M. C.J. Thesis requirement furthers the goal of teaching research, analysis, and writing by giving students the chance to apply those skills in preparing a major paper on an issue of U.S. law. Students usually choose a topic for their thesis that helps them to develop expertise in an area of personal professional interest.
Students choose their elective courses to pursue similar objectives.
Consequently, the curriculum is flexible enough to allow students to gain some expertise in an area of U.S. law while ensuring that the LL.M. C.J. students have solid understanding of the fundamental components of the U.S. legal system. All rights reserved.