Students in the program may choose from two practice-oriented tracks of study, the Intellectual Property Law Track and the Technology Business Law Track. Each track includes distinct course requirements, but the program was also designed to give students a large measure of flexibility to allow them to tailor their remaining curriculum to their specific needs. Students who have taken appropriate intellectual property or business law courses at an ABA-approved law school may, with the approval of the faculty advisor, waive some or all of the basic intellectual property or business law courses. Students from non-common law countries must complete the legal analysis course currently offered to students in the Asian and Comparative Law LL.M. Program. The curriculum for the Intellectual Property Law Track was designed to expose students to all aspects of intellectual property policy and practice.
Students are then free to choose the remaining courses needed to fulfill the degree requirements.
However, to ensure a broad coverage of issues, students must complete at least five courses from the Advanced Intellectual Property Courses curriculum. The credits for these courses must total at least 12 hours and must include at least one course from each of the Comparative Law, Legal Skills, and Policy and Theory sub-topics. Technology Law Track Curriculum Students in the Technology Business Law Track will be exposed to both current legal issues and traditional business law concepts related to formation, operation and sale of technology-based enterprises. The Basic Business Law Courses provide students with a solid foundation in the fundamentals of U.S. law related to business organizations and tax. To ensure coverage of both U.S. and international issues, students are required to take International Intellectual Property in addition to one of the basic courses, Copyrights and Trademarks or Patents.