The LL.M. in International Trade & Investment allows LL.M. candidates to take advantage of Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s growing international law curriculum and world-class faculty. This LL.M. in International Trade & Investment can serve candidates with either a foreign or U.S. law degree.
LL.M. candidates in International Trade & Investment must fulfill a writing requirement. They may take at least 2 credits of an upper level writing course resulting in a research paper. Or they may take at least 2 credits and no more than 3 credits of independent research and writing under the direct supervision of a TJSL faculty member (directed study). The 2-3 credits of research and writing must result in a written product of publishable quality in a subject relating to international trade. This writing is equivalent to an LL.M. thesis
LL.M. candidates in International Trade & Investment may take courses from among the many courses offered on line in the existing International Tax & Financial Services LL.M., as long as the students fulfill the requirement of at least one-semester residency on the TJSL campus. Similarly, students may take 4 credits of courses offered in the Summer Study Abroad Nice Program and/or 4 credits offered in the China Program. The Nice and China Programs will count toward the “residency requirement” because they are both sponsored by TJSL. LL.M. candidates can also take other TJSL distance learning courses offered in areas related to international trade.
LL.M. students in International Trade may take a maximum of 3 (non-class related) directed study units per semester and a maximum of 4 externship (class-related) credits per year. For visa requirement purposes, a full-time LL.M. student must be taking a minimum of 9 credits per semester, and only 3 of those credits can be non-class related.
Foreign law graduates are required to show proof of English-language proficiency by submission of TOEFL scores similar to those required for the LLM. in American Legal Studies.
These foreign law graduates taking an LL.M. in International Trade & Investment must also take the required no-credit mini-course called “Introduction to the U.S. Legal System” offered just prior to the Fall and Spring semesters.
Foreign law graduates taking an LL.M. in International Trade & Investment may take the bar exam in certain states in the United States including New York and Washington, D.C. There are special course related requirements in order to take the California bar.
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