International Law LL.M. Curriculum
Required Courses
Most courses require three hours of class attendance per week and award three hours of academic credit. Full-time students must take no less than 12 and no more than 17 credit hours per semester. Part time students may enroll in as few as one and as many as three courses per semester. To the extent possible, students must take the required courses before elective courses.
Fall:
- United States Legal Systems* (3)
- United States Research and Writing* (3)
- International Law (3)
*These two courses are required exclusively for foreign-trained students. Students that possess an American J.D. must enroll in elective courses in lieu of them and shall comply with the writing requirement through Independent Research or enrollment in a seminar.
Spring:
- International Practicum** (3)
- International Litigation and Arbitration (3)
**Any internship or clinic that does not have a certification requirement satisfies the International Practicum requirement. Current programs that qualify include the Immigration Clinic and the Caribbean Law Internship.
Other international internship opportunities are offered through the International Programs Office.
Representative Elective Courses
In addition to the required courses, LL.M. students may enroll in any elective courses subject to schedule, prerequisites and credit hour limitations. Some LL.M. students will wish to take courses on domestic law (e.g. courses on alternative dispute resolution, antitrust, business associations, real property finance, and taxation). Some may choose to enrich their curriculum with courses in trial advocacy, a subject for which Stetson has an international reputation for excellence.
Stetson offers a wide range of courses related to international public and private law as the following representative list suggest:
- Antitrust
- Caribbean Law Internship
- Comparative Legal Systems Seminar
- Copyright & Patent Law
- Directed Research Project
- Electronic Commerce Seminar
- European Union Business Law
- Human Trafficking
- Immigration Law
- International Business Transactions
- International Criminal Law
- International Environmental Law
- International Human Rights
- International Intellectual Property
- International Joint Ventures
- International Sales & Arbitration
- International Sale of Goods
- International Security Law and Policy
- International Sports Law
- International Taxation
- International Trade Regulations
- International Tribunals
- Labor Law
- Latin American Business Law
- Law of Emerging Markets and Transitional Democracies
- LL.M. Internship
- National Security Law
- Trademarks and Unfair Competition
See Course Descriptions for more details on above courses.
Grades
Students in the LL.M. in International Law are graded on an honors basis. Possible grades include High Honors, Honors, Pass, Credit and Fail. For informational purposes, on a 4.0 scale, High Honors is equivalent of grades 3.5 and higher, Honors is 3.0-3.25, Pass is 2.0-2.75, Credit is .75-1.75, and Fail is a grade below .75.
Grading and Academic Standards
See Grading and Academic Standards for more information on policies for LL.M. students.
