The LLM degree requires the completion of twenty-four credit hours in either a Research or Practical Skills Track. At least twelve credits must be taken from approved intellectual property and information law courses, including at least one Foundational IP course.
Curriculum
AUWCL’s intellectual property curriculum is one of the largest in the country – with over 30 intellectual property and related courses. Classes are offered day and night, all year long, on a part or full time basis – giving students the flexibility to tailor their schedule to accommodate other work and life demands.
LL.M. Degree Requirements
Foundational IP Courses (take at least one)
Electives (take at least 9 credits)
- Advanced Copyright Law and Policy
- Advanced Legal Writing: Intellectual Property
- Copyright, Licensing, and Open Licenses
- Cyberlaw
- E-Commerce Law and Drafting
- Entertainment Law
- Fair Use in Practice
- Fashion and Design Law
- Intellectual Property Practice and Federal Agency Law
- Intellectual Property and Mobile Apps
- Intellectual Property Clinic – Fieldwork
- Intellectual Property Clinic – Seminar
- Intellectual Property in Cyberspace
- Intellectual Property in the Multilateral System
- Licensing Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property Management and Business Strategy
- International and Comparative Patent Law
- International Trademark Law
- Internet Policy & Legislative Advocacy
- Introduction to International Intellectual Property: WTO, TRIPS Agreement
- International Communications: Regulation and Privacy
- Law of Information Privacy
- Law of Professional Sports
- Law and the Visual Arts
- Music Licensing
- Patent Litigation
- Patent Prosecution
- Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation Under Hatch-Waxman
- Post-Grant Review at the USPTO
- Regulation of Emerging Robotics Automation & Artificial Intelligence
- Social Media and the Law
- Space Law and Satellite Communications Seminar
- Trademark Practice and Procedure