Core Requirements
The requirements for the International Business Law 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 International Business Law Specialization will be recognized upon the satisfactory completion of 16 units of coursework. This includes 4 units of required courses and 12 units of electives.
Required Courses
Successful completion of the following required courses:
- Business Associations (4 units)
Elective Courses
In addition to the required courses noted above, students in the International Business Law Specialization are encouraged to take the following additional courses to the extent their schedule permits:
- Antitrust Law (3 units)
- Bankruptcy (3 units)
- Commercial Law (3 units)
- Commercial Real Estate Transactions & Finance (2 units)
- Contracts (5 units)
- Corporate Finance (3 units)
- Corporate Governance Seminar (2 units)
- Copyright Law (3 units)
- Employment Law (2 units)
- Entertainment Law (3 units)
- Income Taxation I (3 units)
- International Business Transactions (3 units)
- International Trade (3 units)
- Introduction to International Law (3 units)
- Law of Sales: Domestic and International (3 units)
- Licensing in a Global Context (2 units)
- Mergers and Acquisitions (3 units)
- Patent Law (3 units)
- Secured Transactions in Personal Property (3 units)
- Secured Transactions in Real Property (3 units)
- Securities Regulation (3 units)
- Trademark Law (3 units)