Roche International Business Transactions LLM

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• Degree Requirements

  International Business Transactions LLM candidates are required to complete 24 semester credit hours. Full-time students may earn the degree in one academic year (over two consecutive semesters). Part-time students (below 12 semester credit hours a semester) may earn the degree within 36 months of matriculation. Please refer to specific F-1/J-1 status requirements that may place additional limits. Students must maintain an overall GPA of 2.7 to remain in good standing.

  Coursework must include:

  International Business Transactions (L4315), and at least one of the following drafting/negotiation courses: Contracts Drafting (L4178), Corporate Drafting Seminar (L4181), Negotiation and Drafting in an International Business Transactions Context (L4182), International Commercial Arbitration Moot (L4341), Negotiating Natural Resources Agreements (L4462) or another course focused on drafting and negotiation skills approved by the Director of the IBT LLM. 

  Additionally all students who obtained a primary law degree outside of the United States must also take Introduction to the American Legal System (L4064). This counts toward the required 24 semester credits.

  For the remaining elective course requirement students may customize their course of study from the list of approved found in the Graduate Bulletin (found here), depending upon individual professional goals. The College of Law offers over forty courses in advanced degree programs, divided equally between international and domestic issues.

  Please note that not all courses are offered every semester. Please click here for the latest schedule.

• Bar Licensure

  Students seeking to pursue licensure in a U.S. jurisdiction, including Colorado, must complete any courses required by the Colorado Supreme Court or the relevant bar authority as part of their 24 required credit hours in addition to the required courses above. Information on the requirements for Colorado are here. Eligibility is determined by the Colorado Supreme Court and not the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Students are asked to review the relevant paragraphs of the Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Law in Colorado found on the Colorado Supreme Court website. Among other things, graduates of the degree seeking Admission to the Practice of Law in Colorado with a law degree from a civil law jurisdiction have different requirements from students with a law degree from a common law jurisdiction.