The increase in federal laws and regulations governing all types of businesses and the focus of enforcement placed on companies' compliance efforts creates opportunities for attorneys with demonstrated expertise in law and compliance.
Seton Hall Law School provides training beyond the J.D. degree to select students, practitioners and scholars in the growing and increasingly complex area of corporate compliance. Interested students may pursue an entirely online LL.M. degree option or a hybrid option with the opportunity to come to campus for in-person instruction.
A candidate seeking admission to the LL.M. program must have a J.D. degree from a law school that is approved by the Section of Legal Education of the American Bar Association or the foreign equivalent from a school of law. The Admissions Committee considers practice experience, graduate degrees in the financial field, quality of law school academic record, demonstrated interest in compliance, and evidenced ability to excel in academic pursuits. The application process is rolling and applications for admission are accepted at any time.
LL.M. candidates must meet the following requirements:
Required Courses | 4 credits
Advanced Writing Requirement | 2 or 3 Credits
In-person LL.M. students shall satisfy their advanced writing requirement in an 3-credit AWR seminar taught by a full-time faculty member. The full-time faculty member teaching the AWR seminar shall serve as the LL.M. student's supervisor. The final paper must satisfy the law school's advanced writing requirement.
Online LL.M. students shall satisfy their advanced writing requirement in a 2-credit graded writing mentorship, under the supervision of one or more faculty members. During the mentorship, students will conduct advanced research on one or two topics relevant to the student's degree program and produce one or two written papers that satisfy the law school's advanced writing requirement. Students must register for the writing mentorship no later than six months prior to their expected date of graduation.
Electives | 17-18 Credits
* Students may take up to 2 elective courses from another concentration area in place
of courses on this list.
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LL.M. students must remain in good academic standing throughout the program. View the full academic policy.
Each student is given an exam number. In addition to using his or her exam number, each student should indicate on the front of his/her exam that he/she is an LL.M. candidate. This allows professors to exclude graduate students from the mandatory J.D. grading curve. No other reference to identity should be indicated on the exam. Every effort to maintain a student’s anonymity will be made; however, anonymity may sometimes be compromised due to the small number of graduate students enrolled in a given class.
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