Criminal Law and Policy Concentration

The LL.M. Criminal Law and Policy Concentration Program will offer LL.M. students with advanced exposure to criminal law and policy and will help prepare students for practice in the area. The concentration is awarded upon successful completion of several criminal law and policy related courses and a substantial research paper on a criminal law and policy topic.

Requirements for LL.M. Criminal Law and Policy Law Concentration

To qualify for the Criminal Law and Policy Concentration LL.M. students are required to complete at least one foundation course listed below and satisfactorily complete a total of 8 units of criminal law and policy classes. Students will select their classes from the list below.

Foundation Courses

Students must complete at least one of the following courses:

• 206 Criminal Law (3) or
• 227A Criminal Procedure (3)

(Note: if students choose to complete more than one foundation class, the units of the additional foundation class will count toward the 8 unit total.)

Elective Courses for LL.M. Criminal Law and Policy Law Concentration

 * Elective courses are offered on a rotating basis. Not all courses will be taught in any given year. Please check the Course Descriptions webpage for current course offerings.

• Electives

• 219A Advanced Evidence and Trial Advocacy (2)

  227B Advanced Criminal Procedure (3)

  410A Appellate Advocacy (2)

  410B  Appellate Advocacy II (Moot Court) (2)

  210J Best Practices for Justice Seminar: Advocates Working to Improve the Criminal Justice System (2)

  210D Comparative Criminal Justice (2 or 3)

  258C Conscious Lawyering (1)

  210N Conviction and Sentence Integrity Practicum (3)

  245 Corporate and White Collar Crime (2)

  210M Criminal Justice in the Era of Prison Downsizing (2)

  227A Criminal Procedure (3 or 4)

  263 Criminal Trials: Theory and Practice (4)

  222 Critical Race Theory (2 or 3)

  245B Death Penalty Seminar (2)

  219 Evidence (3 or 4)

  292B Immigration Crimes (2)

  252A Introduction to Criminal Litigation (2)

  276 Juvenile Justice Process (2)

  216A Law and Religion Seminar (2)

  286H Mental Health and the Law (2)

  253 Policy Advocacy (2)

  210ET Race, Mass Incarceration and Policing (2)

  222D Race and the Law (2)

  229 Scientific Evidence (3)

  210B The Law of Policing (2)

  263A Trial Practice (3)

  263C Voir Dire: Theory and Practice (1)

  245C White Collar Investigations and Prosecutions (2)

Writing Requirement

Students must complete a writing requirement by completing a paper on a criminal law topic approved by Dean Greenwood and/or Professor Morri. The paper may be completed through the LL.M. Legal Research and Writing class or an equivalent independent writing project. The same paper may be used to satisfy the law school writing requirement and the concentration writing requirement.