Certification Programs

LL.M. students in U.S. & G.L.S. may earn a concentration certificate along with the LL.M. degree in the following areas: Public International Law, International Business Law, Criminal Law, Health Law, and Intellectual Property.

Requirements: To qualify for certification, an LL.M. student must take at least 10 hours from the list of required courses and approved elective courses for each certificate. In addition, the student must write a research paper in the subject matter for the Foreign Graduate Seminar. The student must achieve a grade of Pass in all of the selected courses and Honors on the research paper (a grade of B+ or better). The certificate will be awarded with Honors if the student receives Honors in all of the selected courses and receives Honors for the research paper.

Each area of concentration has its own required courses and elective courses, which are listed below.

NOTE: Course offerings may change from year to year and other elective courses may qualify for the certificates of concentration at the discretion of the Director of Foreign Graduate Legal Studies. LL.M. students will have the opportunity to discuss their curriculum with the Director prior to registering for courses each semester.

Public International Law

Required course: International Law (2)
Electives: Admiralty Law (2), European Union Law (3),International Arbitration (2), International Criminal Law (3), International Environmental Law (3), International Human Rights (3), International Humanitarian Law (1), International Intellectual Property (2), International Trade and Development (2), Immigration Law (2), Immigration Law II (1), Law of International Organizations (3), War Crimes Prosecution Lab (2), Comparative Counterterrorism Law (3)

This concentration is completed in conjunction with the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center.

International Business Law

Required course: Business Associations for LL.M. students (3)
Electives:Admiralty Law (2), Antitrust Law (3), Bankruptcy Law (3), Business Law & Policy: Selected Topics (1), Cyberlaw (3), Digital Business & the Law (3), Doing Business in the U.S. (3), E-Payment Systems (1), Financial Principles for Lawyers (3), Intellectual Property Survey (2), International Arbitration (2), International Business Transactions (3), International Intellectual Property (3), International Real Estate (2), International Sales Law (3), International Trade & Development (3), Law & Business: Selected Topics (1), Mergers and Acquisitions (3), Sales (3), Securities Regulation (3)

Criminal Law

Required course: Criminal Law (4)
Electives:Criminal Procedure I (3), Criminal Procedure II (2), Evidence (3), Evidence for LLMs (3), International Criminal Law (3), Juvenile Law (2), Scientific Evidence (2), Criminal Law & Psychiatry (2), Death Penalty Issues (2), Computers & Crime (2), Complex Federal Criminal Investigation & Prosecution (2), Prisoner Rights (3), White Collar Crime (2)

Health Law

Required course: Health Law (3)
Electives: Bioethics and the Law (3), Civil Law and Psychiatry (2), Criminal Law and Psychiatry (2), Disability Law (3), Genetics and the Law (3), Health Care Controversies (3), Health Care Organizations and Finance (2), Health Care Transactions (2), Medical Malpractice and Related Issues (2), Research Law and Ethics (3), Reproductive Rights Seminar (3) (by permission), One related courses at MSASS, Weatherhead or the Medical School (by permission)

This concentration is completed in conjunction with the Case Western Reserve Law-Medicine Center.

Intellectual Property

Required course (one of the following three must be taken): Copyright Law (3), Cyberlaw (3), Patent Law (3), Trademark Law (3)
Electives: any of the courses listed above, International Intellectual Property (3), IP Survey (2), Biotechnology Law and Policy* (2), Computer Law and Policy** (2), Commercial Information and the Law (3), Mass Media Law and Policy (2), Law of the Music Industry (2), Law and the Visual Arts (3), Patent Litigation (2) - (by permission), Copyright Litigation (2) - (by permission), Trademark Litigation (2) - (by permission), Copyright in the Digital Millennium Seminar (2) - (by permission), Intellectual Property Theory Seminar (2) - (by permission)

This concentration is completed in conjunction with the Case Western Reserve Center for Law, Technology and the Arts.

*Patent Law is a prerequisite for this course.
**Either Patent Law or Copyright Law is a prerequisite for this course.