What will I learn?
The Master of Laws (LLM) is available to students who have already earned a first law degree, allowing for in-depth study with faculty and policymakers.The LLM program is designed to provide those who have completed a law degree with a specialization in federal Indian and indigenous peoples' law through a full-time, two-semester program requiring 24 credit hours of coursework. Students in the program must successfully complete Federal Indian Law and International Human Rights or International Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples. Additionally, international students must complete Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research and Introduction to the U.S. Legal System.The Master of Laws (LLM) degree at the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy (IPLP) Program allows students who have completed a Juris Doctor or LL.B. the opportunity to specialize in federal Indian law, tribal law and policy, and Indigenous peoples’ human rights through a full-time or part-time program requiring 24 credit hours of coursework. The LLM in Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy is available in person or online.IPLP’s LLM trains students to be specialists through rigorous research and advocacy work. LLM graduate students receive professional training to address the complex issues facing Indigenous peoples today, allowing them to develop a proficiency in fields like federal Indian law, Indigenous peoples’ human rights advocacy, environmental law, Indigenous community and economic development, the protection of cultural and natural resources, and critical race theory and practice.IPLP faculty engage students in human rights advocacy projects and litigation on behalf of Indigenous peoples. Our faculty and students have represented the Rio Yaqui of Mexico, Maya of Belize, the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group of Canada, and other Indigenous and tribal communities in human rights cases and petitions with far-ranging, international reach and impact. For students interested in academic careers, IPLP allows you to conduct pioneering research under the guidance of leading scholars.
Which department am I in?
James E. Rogers College of Law
Entry requirements
For international students
All LLM candidates must have earned a first law degree, whether a JD, LLB, BA in Law or other first law degree, from either an ABA-approved law school in the United States, or a foreign law school approved by the government or other accrediting authority in the nation in which it is located, as applicable.
