Especially suited for practicing legal professionals, the degree is usually completed in three summers by engaging in six weeks of intensive study each summer session.
Some participants choose to complete the degree in four or five summers.
This format allows foreign and domestic lawyers to leave their practices for short periods of intense study. Candidates begin the master s degree program by examining the fundamentals of the U.S. legal system with special emphasis on business and trade law. With this foundation, participants go on to study global trading systems and the dynamic financial and economic forces driving economic internationalization and trade liberalization. The program consists of 36 units of coursework and a research paper equivalent in scope to a thesis. Participants may elect to complete some units at the International Commercial Law Seminar given each summer at the University of Cologne in Germany.