Core Requirements
The requirements for the Criminal Justice 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 Criminal Justice Specialization will be recognized upon the satisfactory completion of 18 units of coursework. This includes 12 units of required courses and 6 units of electives.
Required Courses
Successful completion of the following required courses:
- Criminal Law (4 units)
- Criminal Procedure (4 units)
- Evidence (4 units)
Elective Courses
In addition to the required courses noted above, students in the Specialization are encouraged to take the following additional courses to the extent their schedule permits:
- Advanced Criminal Law Seminar (2 units)
- Criminal Law Motion Practice (3 units)
- Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes (2 units)
- Death Penalty Law Seminar (2 units)
- Fact Investigation (2 units)
- Federal Courts (3 units)
- Habeas Corpus Litigation Seminar (2 units)
- International Criminal Law & Policy (3 units)
- Law and Genocide (2 units)
- Law and the Use of Force (3 units)
- Race, Class, and Criminal Justice (2 units)
- Sentencing and Post-Conviction: Problems & Remedies (2 units)
- White Collar Crime Seminar (2 units)