Core Requirements
The requirements for the Civil Litigation and Advocacy 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 attorneys.
The LLM degree requires 24 total units of credit. The Civil Litigation and Advocacy Specialization will be recognized upon the satisfactory completion of a minimum of 13 units of coursework. This includes 11 units of required courses and a minimum of 2 units of electives..
Required Courses
Successful completion of the following required courses:
- Evidence (4 units)
- Civil Procedure (4 units)
- Trial Advocacy (3 units) (Evidence is a prerequisite for Trial Advocacy - 4 unit course)
Elective Courses
In addition to the required courses noted above, students in the Specialization are required to take a minimum of 2 units of the following additional courses:
- Administrative Law (3 units)
- Advanced Trial Advocacy (3 units)
- Appellate Advocacy (3 units)
- California Civil Procedure: Practice & Procedure (3 units)
- Civil Litigation Practice I (3 units)
- Civil Litigation Practice II (3 units)
- Critical Race Theory (3 units)
- Deposition Strategies and Techniques (2 units)
- Evidence for Trial Lawyers (3 units)
- Fact Investigation (2 units)
- Federal Courts (3 units)
- Fundamentals of Solo Litigation (3 units)
- Legal Research Fundamentals for the Litigator (1 unit)
- Litigating a Copyright Case Seminar (2 units)
- Mediation (3 units)
- Torts II (3 units)