Application Requirements

This degree is intended primarily for international students who hold a first degree in law (JD or LLB or equivalent) from a non-U.S. law school and who wish to establish eligibility to take a state bar examination in the United States, where permitted by state bar authorities.

Application Requirements

This degree is intended primarily for international students who hold a first degree in law (JD or LLB or equivalent) from a non-U.S. law school and who wish to establish eligibility to take a state bar examination in the United States, where permitted by state bar authorities.

Curriculum

In addition to the required Introduction to the Law of the United States course (a 2-credit course taught during the month of August), students must take at least 14 hours of coursework in the following subjects: 

• Constitutional Law, 
• Contracts, 
• Criminal Law, 
• Corporations or Business Enterprises, 
• Evidence, 
• Intellectual Property, 
• Federal Civil Procedure, 
• Taxation, 
• Uniform Commercial Code, 
• Torts, or (if planning to take the Louisiana bar exam) Louisiana Civil Procedure or Louisiana Obligations Law

Curriculum

In addition to the required Introduction to the Law of the United States course (a 2-credit course taught during the month of August), students must take at least 14 hours of coursework in the following subjects:  

• Constitutional Law, 
• Contracts, 
• Criminal Law, 
• Corporations or Business Enterprises, 
• Evidence, 
• Intellectual Property, 
• Federal Civil Procedure, 
• Taxation, 
• Uniform Commercial Code, 
• Torts, or (if planning to take the Louisiana bar exam) Louisiana Civil Procedure or Louisiana Obligations Law