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LL.M. in Intellectual Property and Technology Law

Admission

Students must have graduated from an accredited U.S. law school, possess an undergraduate law degree from a foreign institution of higher education, or have equivalent government experience or training in intellectual property law. Students holding an LLB from a non-U.S. law school are required to take a two-semester course: Introduction to U.S. Law and Legal Methods.


Candidates must submit: 


(1) An application which includes one brief essay (250-300 words); 
(2) An application fee; (only if applying by mail- waived for online applications);
(3) Two recommendation letters;
(4) Official academic transcripts, in English
(5) Indication of English-language proficiency, as in a recent TOEFL, IELTS, ILEC or other standardized test score.* 


You may apply via LLM Application for Residential LLM Program (Digital Version).
 

*If you do not have a recent standardized test score or no score at all, we will provide the opportunity for a Skype-interview language evaluation as part of your admissions interview.

Application

Students must have graduated from an accredited U.S. law school, possess an undergraduate law degree from a foreign institution of higher education, or have equivalent government experience or training in intellectual property law. Students holding an LLB from a non-U.S. law school are required to take a two-semester course: Introduction to U.S. Law and Legal Methods.


Candidates must submit: 


(1) An application which includes one brief essay (250-300 words); 
(2) An application fee; (only if applying by mail- waived for online applications);
(3) Two recommendation letters;
(4) Official academic transcripts, in English
(5) Indication of English-language proficiency, as in a recent TOEFL, IELTS, ILEC or other standardized test score.* 


You may apply via LLM Application for Residential LLM Program (Digital Version).
 

*If you do not have a recent standardized test score or no score at all, we will provide the opportunity for a Skype-interview language evaluation as part of your admissions interview.

Program

Introductory Courses


  • Copyright and Related Rights 
  • Patent Law 
  • Survey in Intellectual Property
  • Trademarks and Unfair Competition

Small Enrollment Practical Skills Courses


  • Censorship and Free Expression
  • Intellectual Property Litigation 
  • Trademark Practice 
  • Intellectual Property Licensing and Technology Transfer Planning and Drafting 
  • Patent Drafting
  • Entertainment Law: Planning, Drafting & Negotiation

Related Courses and Seminars


  • Administrative Law 
  • Advanced Patent Law
  • American Indian Law
  • American Indian Societies, Cultures and Values
  • Antitrust Law
  • Bioethics and Law
  • Biomedical Research Law and Policy Seminar
  • Civil Liberties in Cyberspace Seminar
  • Genetics Ethics, Law and Policy Seminar
  • Information Privacy Law
  • Intellectual Property Licensing and Technology Transfer
  • Intellectual Property Protection of Computer Software
  • International Intellectual Property Law Seminar
  • Intellectual Property Colloquium Seminar
  • International Law 
  • Media Litigation
  • Propertizing Thought Seminar: IP and the Workings of the Human Mind
  • Regulating Drugs and Other Medical Technologies
  • Speech, Press and the Constitution
  • Sports Law: Planning, Drafting and Negotiation
  • Theory of Property Rights

Please click here for further information about the curriculum.

Curriculum

INTRODUCTORY COURSES


  • Copyright and Related Rights 
  • Patent Law 
  • Survey in Intellectual Property
  • Trademarks and Unfair Competition

SMALL ENROLLMENT PRACTICAL SKILLS COURSES


  • Censorship and Free Expression
  • Intellectual Property Litigation 
  • Trademark Practice 
  • Intellectual Property Licensing and Technology Transfer Planning and Drafting 
  • Patent Drafting
  • Entertainment Law: Planning, Drafting & Negotiation

RELATED COURSES AND SEMINARS


  • Administrative Law 
  • Advanced Patent Law
  • American Indian Law
  • American Indian Societies, Cultures and Values
  • Antitrust Law
  • Bioethics and Law
  • Biomedical Research Law and Policy Seminar
  • Civil Liberties in Cyberspace Seminar
  • Genetics Ethics, Law and Policy Seminar
  • Information Privacy Law
  • Intellectual Property Licensing and Technology Transfer
  • Intellectual Property Protection of Computer Software
  • International Intellectual Property Law Seminar
  • Intellectual Property Colloquium Seminar
  • International Law 
  • Media Litigation
  • Propertizing Thought Seminar: IP and the Workings of the Human Mind
  • Regulating Drugs and Other Medical Technologies
  • Speech, Press and the Constitution
  • Sports Law: Planning, Drafting and Negotiation
  • Theory of Property Rights

Please click here for further information about the curriculum.