Richmond Law's LL.M. is a one-year, full-time, master's level law program for lawyers whose first degree in law is from outside the United States. It offers an opportunity for lawyers to gain a strong grounding in U.S. law and the common law system while polishing their communication and legal English skills. Richmond is known for its outstanding faculty and the personalized attention that professors give each student.
LL.M. students are fully integrated into the J.D. program. They must complete 24 credits of academic coursework, including The U.S. Legal System and U.S. Legal Research and Writing. All other courses are elective, and LL.M. students may enroll in first year J.D. courses as well as upper-level courses and seminars.
LL.M. Certificates of Concentration
Certificate in International Business
Students must take a total of at least ten credits, including International Business Transactions and two or more of the following:
course Selected Topics: Anti-Bribery Law in International Business
course Antitrust
course Business Associations
course Selected Topics: Corporate Compliance
course Selected Topics: Corruption in International Sports I and course Corruption in International Sports II
course Immigration Law
course Intellectual Property Fundamentals
course International Business Practice
course Veteran's Law
course International Law
course Law of the European Union
course Mergers and Acquisitions
course Sales and Leases
course Securities Regulation
Certificate in Intellectual Property
Students must take a total of at least ten credits, including Intellectual Property Fundamentals and two or more of the following:
course Copyright Law
course Cultural Property: Archaeology, Ethics, and Law
course Entertainment Law
course Intellectual Property Drafting
course Intellectual Property and Transactional Law Clinic
course Selected Topics: Intellectual Property Litigation Practicum
course Intellectual Property Law and Policy Seminar
course Veteran's Law
course Patent Law
course Sports and the Law
course Trademark Law
Students should be informed that not all of the foregoing courses are offered every year.
LL.M. Courses
Students must complete 24 credits of academic coursework, including The U.S. Legal System and U.S. Legal Research and Writing. All other courses are elective, and LL.M. students may enroll in first year J.D. courses as well as upper-level courses and seminars.
Elective Courses
course Administrative Law
course Advanced Clinical Practice: Children
course Advanced Clinical Practice: Family Law
course Advanced Clinical Practice: Intellectual Property
course Advanced Clinical Practice: Wrongful Conviction
course Advanced Legal Analysis and Writing
course Advanced Legal Research
course Advanced Trial Advocacy
course Selected Topics: Advising the Entrepreneur
course Agency and Partnership
course Aging and Disability Law Practicum
course Alternative Dispute Resolution
course American Legal Culture for International Lawyers
course American Legal Rhetoric and Writing
course Animal Law
course Selected Topics: Anti-Bribery Law in International Business
course Antitrust
course Art of the Argument
course Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization
course Bioethics
course Building Blocks of Starting a Small/Solo Practice
course Business Associations
course Business Litigation Practicum
course Capital Murder Litigation
course Children and the Law
course Children's Defense Clinic
course Civil Litigation Fundamentals
course Civil Rights Litigation
course Selected Topics: Civil and Criminal Litigation Research
course Collaborative Law
course Selected Topics: Commercial Transactions and Emerging Technology
course Selected Topics: Comparative Constitutional Legal Systems
course Comparative Public Law of the U.S. and U.K.
course Conflicts of Laws
course Selected Topics: Constitutional History
course Constitutional Jurisprudence
course Constitutional Law II: Individual Rights
course Construction Law
course Contract Drafting
course Copyright Law
course Core Commercial Law Concepts
course Core Legal Concepts
course Corporate Compliance
course Corporate Finance
course Corporate Governance
course Corporate Taxation
course Selected Topics: Corporate and Business Law Research
course Corruption in International Sports II
course Corruption in International Sports
course Criminal Client Relationship
course Criminal Law and Psychiatry
course Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
course Criminal Procedure: Investigation
course Criminal Trial Advocacy
course Crimmigration
course Selected Topics: Critical Theory Workshop
course Cultural Property: Archaeology, Ethics, and Law
course D.C. Externship
course Selected Topics: Diversity in Education and Employment
course Domestic Violence Seminar
course Election Law
course Employment Discrimination Law
course Employment Law
course Energy Law
course Entertainment Law
course Environmental Law
course Estate Planning
course Estate and Gift Taxation
course Evidence
course Expert Evidence
course Externship: Civil
course Externship: Criminal
course Externship: In-House
course Externship: Judicial
course Externship: Litigation
course Family Law Clinic
course Family Law Procedure
course Family Law
course Federal Courts
course Selected Topics: Federal Income Tax Lab
course Federal Income Taxation
course Selected Topics: Feminist Perspectives on Law
course First Amendment Law
course Health Law
course Selected Topics: Health Reform in America
course Housing Law
course Housing Law Practicum
course Human Rights Seminar
course Selected Topics: Identity, Culture, & the Law
course Immigration Law
course Immigration Rights Practicum
course Independent Study
course Intellectual Property Drafting
course Intellectual Property Fundamentals
course Intellectual Property Law and Policy Seminar
course Intellectual Property and Transactional Law Clinic
course Selected Topics: Internal Corporate & Government Investigations
course International Business Practice
course International Business Transactions
course International Criminal Justice & Transnational Justice
course International Law Practicum
course International Law
course Selected Topics: Intersections of Human Identity and American Law
course Interviewing and Counseling
course Interviewing, Negotiating, and Counseling
course Introduction to Business
course Jurisprudence
course Selected Topics: Juvenile Law
course Labor Law
course Land Use Planning
course Law and Economics
course Law and Literature
course Law of the European Nation
course Selected Topics: Leading & Managing the Business Law
course Selected Topics: Legal Business Design Practicum
course Legal History Seminar
course Selected Topics: Legal Process & Project Management
course Selected Topics: Legislative Advocacy
course Local Government Law
course London Externship Program
course Medical Malpractice
course Mergers and Acquisitions
course Negotiation
course Patent Law
course Payments in the 21st Century: How Money Moves
course Poverty Law Practicum
course Pre-Trial Litigation Skills
course Products Liability Law
course Professional Responsibility: Criminal Practice
course Professional Responsibility: Family Law
course Mediation
course Moot Court Competition
course National Security and New Technologies
course Nonprofit Organizations
course Payments in the 21st Century: How Money Moves
course Practice Design and Innovation
course Public Policy Research and Drafting
course Selected Topics: Race, Class, Power & Privilege
course Race, Religion and the Law
course Real Estate Transfers and Finance
course Regulatory Law Practicum
course Remedies
course Research Assistant
course Restorative Justice
course Role of the Lawyer in Mediation
course Sales and Leases
course Secured Transactions
course Securities Regulation
course Selected Issues in Public International Law
course Selected Topics in Virginia Law
course Sentencing Law
course Selected Topics: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Law
course Spanish Legal Skills
course Sports and the Law
course Start-up Accelerator Practicum
course Selected Topics: State and Local Taxation
course Tax Policy Seminar
course Taxation of Partnerships and LLCs
course Selected Topics: Technology Law
course Selected Topics: The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments: Ending Slavery, Building Liberty
course The Constitution & the State Attorney General
course The Death Penalty
course Selected Topics: The Mindful Lawyer
course The Prosecution Project
course Trademark Law
course Trial Competition
course Veteran's Law
course Selected Topics: Vices-Prohibition, Registration, and Social Impact
course Virginia Legal Research
course Virginia Procedure
course Voting Rights
course White Collar Crime
course Wills and Trusts
course Workers Compensation
course Selected Topics: Writing for Clerks
course Wrongful Conviction Clinic
course Wrongful Conviction Seminar