Legal Innovation and Technology Master of Laws, LLM

 

Overview

Suffolk Law’s new 24-credit Master of Laws in Legal Innovation & Technology (LLM in LIT) program can equip you with the skills you need to thrive in a rapidly changing world. You can complete the degree in one year (full-time) or two years (part-time).

Curriculum and Requirements

Curriculum

 

Students in the LLM in LIT program will learn innovative new methods for delivering legal services. Through cutting-edge coursework and hands-on training, they will acquire the knowledge and skills that the legal industry increasingly expects and demands. They can also choose from a robust menu of courses that explore the modern business of law and specific areas of technology at our downtown Boston campus and online.

LLM in LIT students must complete 24 credits of required and elective course work.

 

Degree Requirements

All students must satisfactorily complete 24 credits to earn the LLM in LIT degree. Students must remain in good academic standing.

Full-Time (Residency Duration 1 year)

Students enrolled in the full-time LLM in LIT program must register for at least 9 credits per semester.

Part-Time (Residency Duration 1.5 – 3 years)

Students enrolled in the part-time LLM in LIT program must register for at least 4 credits per semester.

Course Requirements

Core Courses (3 courses, 7 credits)

LLM in LIT students must take at least three (3) of the following four (4) core courses, totaling at least seven (7) core credits:

LAW-2156	Legal Technology for Small Firm Practice	3
LAW-2970	Twenty-First Century Legal Profession	2
LAW-2975	Process Improvement and Legal Project Management	2
LAW-4009	Generative AI and the Delivery of Legal Services	2

In the event a LIT LLM student elects to all four (4) of these core classes, one of the two (2) credits courses can count as a Law & Technology Elective Course.

Law and Technology Elective Courses (10 credits)

Students must complete 10 credits from this course list:

LAW-2032	Race, Ethical, AI and Cyber Civil Rights	2
LAW-2170	Emerging Issues in Information Technology & Transnational Business	2
LAW-2209	ODR Innovation Clinic Seminar	2
LAW-2660	Digital Evidence	2
LAW-2720	Emerging AI Regulatory Frameworks	2
LAW-2911	Privacy/Data Security	3
LAW-2951	E Discovery	2
LAW-2998	Artificial Intelligence and the Law	3
LAW-4002	Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and the Law	1

Innovative Approaches Elective Courses (7 credits)

Students must complete 7 credits from this course list:

 

One course from the following options:

LAW-2046	Decision Making and Choice Management	3
LAW-2066	Design Thinking for Lawyers and Business Professionals	3
LAW-4010	Modern LPS: Legal Innovation and Technology	2

Four additional credits from the following list:

LAW-2092	Lawyers as Leaders	2
LAW-2253	Law Practice Planning: Law As a Career And an Enterprise (seminar)	3
LAW-2441	Biotechnology and the Law	3
LAW-2555	Business Planning	2
LAW-2945	Business of Practice: Hit the Ground Running	2
LAW-2958	Problem Solving: Legal Writing And Research for Practice	2

International students on an F1 Visa are limited to only one online course per semester and must also satisfactorily complete an additional required course, "US Law & Legal Reasoning”, in their first semester of the LIT LLM program. The "US Law & Legal Reasoning" course credits are included within the required 24 LLM credits and will take the place of a 2 credit elective course within the LIT LLM curriculum.

LLM EXTERNSHIP

Full-time LLM students are required to complete one LLM Externship or the full-year LIT Clinic or ODR Innovation Clinic as approved by the Faculty Director and an Associate Dean. Part-time LLM students are strongly encouraged to complete one LLM Externship or Internship. This requirement for full-time LLM students is subject to waiver on a case by case basis at the discretion of the LLM in LIT Academic Director.