Core Requirements
The requirements for the Criminal Justice Specialization were developed by an advisory group of practitioners and academics, both alumni and friends of Loyola with the intent of preparing graduates to be exposed to the legal doctrines and skills necessary to be effective professionals.
The MLS degree requires 24 total units of credit. The Criminal Justice Specialization will be recognized with the satisfactory completion of 14 units of coursework in addition to the first-year Law & Process or Legal Methods course. This includes 8 units of required courses and 6 units of electives.
Required Courses
Successful completion of the following required courses:
- Criminal Law (4 units)
- Criminal Procedure (4 units)
Elective Courses
In addition to the required courses noted above, students in the Specialization are encouraged to take the following additional courses to the extent their schedule permits:
- Advanced Criminal Law Seminar (2 units)
- Advanced Topics in Criminal Justice Seminar
- Criminal Law Motion Practice (3 units)
- Criminal Procedure: The Adjudicatory Process
- Criminal Tax Practice and Procedure
- Cybercrime (2 units)
- Death Penalty Law Seminar (2 units)
- Fact Investigation(2units)
- Federal Courts (3 units)
- Juvenile Delinquency Law and Procedure (3 units)
- Law and the Use of Force (3 units)
- Pre-Trial Criminal Litigation (3 units)
- Race, Class, and Criminal Justice (2 units)
- Sentencing and Post-Conviction Law (2 units)
- White Collar Crime (3 units)