General Requirements | Track-Specific Requirements | Credit Load & Program Length
LLM General Requirements
Required across all four LLM tracks
For all LLM students:
LLM Seminar - Writing (Fall)
2 credits
LLM Seminar - Practice (Spring)
2 credits
The LLM Seminars are an integrating experience for all LLM students, providing education on current affairs and introducing students to a variety of lawyers, officials, and settings in the Pacific Northwest.
In the LLM Seminar, students work to enhance their legal writing and presentation skills in a collaborative setting.
LLM Writing Requirement (can be met through any course in the law school)
LLM students must complete a comprehensive, written paper or project in connection with a required concentration-specific course. Or, as a concentration-focused, independent study, legal research and writing course completed under the supervision of a faculty advisor.
For LLM students with degrees from Non-US Institutions:
Introduction to American Law
2 credits
This short, mandatory, course introduces LLM students from outside of the United States to basic legal concepts, principles and procedures regarding the American system of law.
LLM Advanced Persuasive Legal Writing
2 credits
This course seeks to improve the persuasive writing of LLM students.
Track-Specific Requirements
Students of each track, with the exception of the American law track, must meet certain requirements in order to graduate with a certificate in that track.
American Law Track
Summary of requirements:
Core Courses:
Fulfilled through the LLM General Requirements.
Elective courses:
The rest of the credits required for the LLM degree (24 credits) can be fulfilled through any other course offered in the law school (unless it is restricted to JD students only).
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Business Law Track
Summary of requirements:
Core courses:
This track differentiates between students with a US JD and International students without a JD.
Students with a JD: must take four (4) business courses.
Students without a JD: must take three (3) business courses.
Elective courses:
At least two (2) courses from Oregon Law's business law courses.
The remaining courses needed to complete the full LLM degree (24 credits) can be fulfilled through any other course offered in the law school (unless it is restricted to JD students only).
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Conflict & Dispute Resolution Track
Summary of Requirements:
Core courses:
Students must take at least three (3) required courses (see the Conflict & Dispute Resolution track for course specifics)
Elective courses:
Students must take at least one (1) course from a pre-selected list
The remaining courses needed to complete the full LLM degree (24 credits) can be fulfilled through any other course offered in the law school (unless it is restricted to JD students only).
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Environmental & Natural Resources (ENR) Law Track
Summary of requirements:
Core courses:
Students must take at least five (5) courses from the Law School’s ENR Law offerings.
Remaining courses:
The rest of the credits required for the LLM degree (24 credits) can be fulfilled through any other course offered in the law school (unless it is restricted to JD students only).
Credit Load & Program Length
One-year LLM Program
Credits: minimum 24 credits
Length: minimum of two (2) semesters