Core Requirements
The requirements for the Intellectual Property 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 Intellectual Property Law Specialization will be recognized upon the satisfactory completion of 12 units of coursework. This includes 5-6 units of required courses and 6-7 units of electives.
Required Courses
Successful completion of the following required courses:
- Copyright Law (3 units)
- Trademark Law (3 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:
- Advertising Law (2 units)
- Antitrust Law (3 units)
- Art and the Law Seminar (2 units)
- Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes (2 units)
- Entertainment Law (3 units)
- Fashion Law (3 units)
- Federal Courts (3 units)
- Innovation Law (3 units)
- Intellectual Property in the Digital Age (2 units)
- International Entertainment Law (2 units)
- International Sports Law (3 units)
- IP Honors Seminar (2 units)
- Licensing and Technology Transfer (3 units)
- Litigating a Copyright Case Seminar (2 units)
- Mediation (3 units)
- Music Law (2 units)
- Patent Law (3 units)
- Smart Contracts and Decentralized Finance (2 units)