LL.M. Degree in American Law

Seton Hall Law's LL.M. in American Law provides a full-time LL.M. option for foreign-educated lawyers seeking to practice law in the United States. The program delivers an innovative curriculum and provides an unparalleled work-school-life balance.

LL.M. students earn their degree in Seton Hall Law School's hybrid weekend program. By scheduling in-class instruction on the weekend, students in the program have the freedom to structure weekdays as they please. (LL.M. students may also take some of their courses during the weekdays, if they prefer.) Courses are taught by the same talented professors who teach in the J.D. program. When not in the classroom, students in the LL.M. program engage with their professors and peers online.

Importantly, the LL.M. in American Law satisfies the requirements for eligibility to sit for many state bar examinations, including New York, exponentially increasing your job opportunities upon graduation. Our faculty advisors will help you determine the proper curricular path for you to achieve your educational and career goals.  

Students in the LL.M. in American Law program have the option of completing 6 bonus credits of online electives at no additional cost. Electives are available in Health and Hospital Law, Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Law& Compliance, Corporate Compliance, and Privacy Law and Cybersecurity.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses:
HIPH 7504	Professional Responsibility	2
LAW 9000	Legal Res, Writing & Analysis	2-4
HIPH 9000	Introduction to US Law	2
LAW 9001	Legal English 1	1
Subtotal		7-9
Elective Courses:
Select 16 credits 2		16
CORP 7131	Business Associations
LAW 6001	Civil Procedure I 3
LAW 6002	Civil Procedure II
LAW 6005	Contracts
LAW 6008	Torts I
LAW 6010	Property I 3
LAW 6011	Property II
LAW 6012	Constitutional Law I 4
LAW 6013	Constitutional Law II
LAW 6014	Criminal Law
LAW 6015	Constitutional Law
CRJU 7401	Crim Pro-Inv-Arr and Counsel
PROP 7701	Wills, Trusts & Estates
PRMD 7201	Evidence
PRFM 7001	Family Law
COML 7125	Secured Transactions
COML 7121	Commercial Transactions
Total Hours		23-25

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Legal English is only required for some of our non-native speakers.

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Of the 16-17 additional credits, at least six must be subjects tested on the NY Bar Exam, the list of which is included above. For their remaining credits, students may choose from most other courses in the J.D. catalog. 

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For any course taught in two parts students are encouraged to take both halves of the course with part I being taken in the fall and part II being taken in the spring when scheduling permits.

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*Students electing to take Constitutional Law may take either LAW 6015 Constitutional Law for 5 credits) OR both LAW 6012 Constitutional Law I and LAW 6013 Constitutional Law II.