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:
LAWE613 Antitrust
LAWE602 Business Associations
LAWE699 Selected Topics: Corporate Compliance
LAWE699 Selected Topics: Corruption in International Sports I and LAWE 757 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:
courseCopyright Law
LAWE 647 Cultural Property: Archaeology, Ethics, and Law
course Entertainment Law
LAWE 710 Intellectual Property Drafting
course Intellectual Property and Transactional Law Clinic
LAWE699 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: Intellectual Property
course Advanced Clinical Practice: Wrongful Conviction
course Advanced Legal Analysis and Writing
course Advanced Legal Research
LAWE632 Advanced Trial Advocacy
LAWE699 Selected Topics: Advising the Entrepreneur
LAWE612 Agency and Partnership
course Aging and Disability Law Practicum
LAWE 610 Alternative Dispute Resolution
LAWE 732 American Legal Culture for International Lawyers
LAWE 727 American Legal Rhetoric and Writing
LAWE 709 Animal Law
LAWE699 Selected Topics: Anti-Bribery Law in International Business
LAWE 613 Antitrust
LAWE699 Art of the Argument
LAWE 704 Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization
LAWE 717 Bioethics
LAWE699 Building Blocks of Starting a Small/Solo Practice
LAWE 602 Business Associations
LAWE602 Business Litigation Practicum
LAWE736 Capital Murder Litigation
course Children and the Law
course Children's Defense Clinic
course Civil Litigation Fundamentals
course Civil Rights Litigation
LAWE699 Selected Topics: Civil and Criminal Litigation Research
LAWE723 Collaborative Law
LAWE699 Selected Topics: Commercial Transactions and Emerging Technology
LAWE699 Selected Topics: Comparative Constitutional Legal Systems
course Comparative Public Law of the U.S. and U.K.
course Conflicts of Laws
LAWE699 Selected Topics: Constitutional History
course Constitutional Jurisprudence
course Constitutional Law II: Individual Rights
LAWE617 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
LAWE699 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
LAWE699 Selected Topics: Critical Theory Workshop
LAWE647 Cultural Property: Archaeology, Ethics, and Law
course D.C. Externship
LAWE699 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
courseFamily Law Clinic
course Family Law Procedure
course Family Law
course Federal Courts
LAWE699 Selected Topics: Federal Income Tax Lab
course Federal Income Taxation
LAWE699 Selected Topics: Feminist Perspectives on Law
course First Amendment Law
course Health Law
LAWE699 Selected Topics: Health Reform in America
course Housing Law
Housing Law Practicum
course Human Rights Seminar
LAWE699 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
LAWE699 Selected Topics: Internal Corporate & Government Investigations
course International Business Practice
course International Business Transactions
International Criminal Justice & Transnational Justice
course International Law Practicum
courseInternational Law
LAWE699 Selected Topics: Intersections of Human Identity and American Law
course Interviewing and Counseling
Interviewing, Negotiating, and Counseling
course Introduction to Business
course Jurisprudence
LAWE 699 Selected Topics: Juvenile Law
course Labor Law
course Land Use Planning
Law and Economics
course Law and Literature
course Law of the European Nation
LAWE 699 Selected Topics: Leading & Managing the Business Law
LAWE 699 Selected Topics: Legal Business Design Practicum
course Legal History Seminar
LAWE 699 Selected Topics: Legal Process & Project Management
LAWE 699 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
LAWE 699 Mediation
LAWE 699 Moot Court Competition
LAWE 699 National Security and New Technologies
Nonprofit Organizations
course Payments in the 21st Century: How Money Moves
LAWE 699 Practice Design and Innovation
course Public Policy Research and Drafting
LAWE 699 Selected Topics: Race, Class, Power & Privilege
Race, Religion and the Law
course Real Estate Transfers and Finance
course Regulatory Law Practicum
course Remedies
LAWE 780 Research Assistant
LAWE 743 Restorative Justice
LAWE 706 Role of the Lawyer in Mediation
LAWE 675 Sales and Leases
LAWE 677 Secured Transactions
LAWE 658 Securities Regulation
LAWE 719 Selected Issues in Public International Law
LAWE 615 Selected Topics in Virginia Law
LAWE 728 Sentencing Law
LAWE 699 Selected Topics: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Law
LAWE 730 Spanish Legal Skills
LAWE 690 Sports and the Law
LAWE 684 Start-up Accelerator Practicum
LAWE 699 Selected Topics: State and Local Taxation
LAWE 674 Tax Policy Seminar
LAWE 635 Taxation of Partnerships and LLCs
LAWE 699 Selected Topics: Technology Law
LAWE 699 Selected Topics: The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments: Ending Slavery, Building Liberty
LAWE 622 The Constitution & the State Attorney General
LAWE 697 The Death Penalty
LAWE 699 Selected Topics: The Mindful Lawyer
LAWE 715 The Prosecution Project
LAWE 768 Trademark Law
LAWE 793 Trial Competition
LAWE 722 Veteran's Law
LAWE 699 Selected Topics: Vices-Prohibition, Registration, and Social Impact
LAWE 662 Virginia Legal Research
LAWE 664 Virginia Procedure
LAWE 683 Voting Rights
LAWE 687 White Collar Crime
LAWE 606 Wills and Trusts
LAWE 711 Workers Compensation
LAWE 699 Selected Topics: Writing for Clerks
course Wrongful Conviction Clinic
course Wrongful Conviction Seminar