Law, LLM (Boston)
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Foundational Courses
- LAW 6301 — Introduction to American Law and Legal Institutions
- LAW 6302 — Introduction to Legal Research and Writing for LLM Students
Electives
20 semester hours.
From the catalog
Students must take at least 20 credits of LAW electives if they took the foundational courses; they must take at least 24 credits of LAW electives if not required to take foundational courses. Courses taken to fulfill concentration requirements count toward the elective requirement.
Concentrations (choose 1)
Business and Commercial Law
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
Complete at least two of the following:
Students must also complete a paper related to business and/or commercial law. To fulfill this requirement, a paper must satisfy the criteria of the JD rigorous writing requirement.
- One of:
- Choose 5 semester hours from:
- LAW 6313 — Introduction to the Law of Contracts
- LAW 7015 — Law, Technology, and Economic Development
- LAW 7303 — Antitrust
- LAW 7313 — Secured Transactions
- LAW 7323 — Corporations
- LAW 7324 — Securities Regulation
- LAW 7336 — Immigration Law
- LAW 7338 — International Law
- LAW 7369 — Intellectual Property
- LAW 7424 — Labor Law 1
- LAW 7491 — International Human Rights and the Global Economy
- LAW 7525 — Law and Economic Development
- LAW 7556 — Corporate Finance
- LAW 7559 — International Trade
- LAW 7569 — International and Foreign Legal Research
- LAW 7603 — International Business Transactions
Health Policy and Law
From the catalog
Complete at least two of the following:
Students must also complete a paper related to health law. To fulfill this requirement, a paper must satisfy the criteria of the JD rigorous writing requirement.
- LAW 7335 — Health Law
- Choose 6 semester hours from:
Human Rights and Economic Development
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
Complete at least two of the following:
Students must also complete a paper related to human rights and/or economic development. To fulfill this requirement, a paper must satisfy the criteria of the JD rigorous writing requirement.
- One of:
- Choose 5 semester hours from:
- LAW 6314 — Introduction to U.S. Constitutional Law
- LAW 7015 — Law, Technology, and Economic Development
- LAW 7336 — Immigration Law
- LAW 7338 — International Law
- LAW 7358 — Social Welfare Law
- LAW 7428 — State and Local Government
- LAW 7491 — International Human Rights and the Global Economy
- LAW 7525 — Law and Economic Development
- LAW 7550 — Refugee and Asylum Law
- LAW 7559 — International Trade
- LAW 7569 — International and Foreign Legal Research
- LAW 7588 — Reproductive Rights, Justice, and Health
- LAW 7597 — Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic
- LAW 7610 — Community Business Law Clinic
- LAW 7651 — Human Rights in the United States
- LAW 7679 — Race and the Law
- LAW 7697 — Issues in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
- LAW 7702 — Crimmigration Law: The Intersection of Criminal Law and Immigration Law
- LAW 7706 — State Constitutions and the Protection of Individual Rights
Intellectual Property and Innovation
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
Complete at least two of the following:
Students must also complete a clinic or paper related to intellectual property and innovation. To fulfill this requirement, a paper must satisfy the criteria of the JD rigorous writing requirement. A clinic that counts toward the four-course requirement may not be used to also satisfy this requirement.
- One of:
- Choose 6 semester hours from:
- LAW 7015 — Law, Technology, and Economic Development
- LAW 7303 — Antitrust
- LAW 7323 — Corporations
- LAW 7369 — Intellectual Property
- LAW 7417 — Entertainment Law
- LAW 7501 — Patent Law
- LAW 7633 — Intellectual Property Law Clinic
- LAW 7638 — Trademark Law
- LAW 7640 — Information Security Law
- LAW 7669 — Law and Technology
- LAW 7672 — Data Privacy Compliance
- LAW 7698 — AI for Lawyers: Uses, Risks, and Regulation
- LAW 7700 — Intellectual Property and Social Justice
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