Tailor Your Expertise: Our Program Overview
Designed for foreign-educated lawyers, our LL.M. in Legal Studies provides education in U.S. law and issues. Explore our on-campus and online programs that can be completed in 15 months (one year of full-time study). Our program is also open to U.S.-educated lawyers.
Course Options
Courses within the U.S. Legal Studies specialization include:
- Civil Procedure,
- Contracts,
- Constitutional Law,
- Criminal Law,
- Property Law and Torts,
- And more
Program Requirements
These are the degree and course requirements essential for success in this program:
- Attend classes as a full-time student at the University of Oklahoma College of Law
- Complete 24 units of credit over two semesters of study, subject to possible extension for cause
- Take a two-credit class in American Legal Systems
- Take a two-credit class on Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis (for international students only)
- File an official Application for Graduation.
Certificate Options
You can obtain a certificate in Energy and Natural Resources Law or Indigenous Peoples Law by incorporating 12 credit hours of specialized coursework within the required 24 credit hours.
Learn the U.S. Legal System
The Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association (the “Council”) does not accredit or approve non-J.D. degrees or certificates. In its review of non-J.D. degree program applications, the Council determines whether the proposed degree program will interfere with the ability of the law school to operate in compliance with the Standards and to carry out its program of legal education. Acquiescence in a degree other than the J.D. degree is not an approval of the degree itself and, therefore, the law school may not announce that the degree is approved by the Council. The accreditation of non-J.D. degree programs is subject to the oversight of the law school’s or its university’s national accreditor.