Professional growth is key to career advancement. The Master of Laws (LLM) in Business Law is a post-JD master's degree program designed for attorneys hungry for greater opportunity. You'll build your insights through interaction with faculty, legal thought leaders, jurists and business professionals.
Knowing what's important to the business community will enhance your learning about regulatory and transactional practice and help you develop advanced skills for advising corporate clients.
Curriculum
Beginning each fall, you can complete the program in just one year on a full-time basis and in two years on a part-time basis. Courses are offered at Loyola's Water Tower Campus. Or, you may choose to take select online courses, after consulting with your advisor.
Courses
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Hours |
| Business Planning | |
| International Business Trans | |
| Advanced Business Organizations including a Comparative Perspective | |
| Advanced Business Law | |
| Advanced Corporate Tax | |
| Advanced Partnership Tax | |
| Advising Not-For-Profit Organizations | |
| Advising Not For Profit Organizations in Real Estate and Business Trans Settings | |
| Anatomy of a Deal | |
| Art Law | |
| The Art of In-House Counseling | |
| Bankruptcy | |
| Business Law Center Clinical & Seminar | |
| Business Law Clinic II | |
| Business Planning | |
| Business Practice Transactional Skills | |
| Client Counseling | |
| Construction Law | |
| Contract Negotiation and Drafting | |
| Contracts | |
| Women and Leadership | |
| Corp & Partnership Tax | |
| Corporate Governance Law and Practice | |
| Corporate Transactions in Health Law | |
| Documenting and Negotiating Finance Transactions | |
| Entertainment and Sports Law | |
| Environmental Law | |
| Financing An Aging Population | |
| Health Law: Business and Finance | |
| Insurance Law | |
| International Business Trans | |
| Intntl Commercial Arbitration & the CISG | |
| International Trade Law | |
| Law and Accounting | |
| Law and the Subprime Debacle | |
| Mergers and Acquisitions | |
| Tax Controversy Intensive | |
| Secured Transactions | |
| Compliance and Securities Regulation | |
| Structured Finance | |
| Strategic Counseling for International Corporate Clients | |
| Transactional Skills Seminar | |
| Where Business Meets Law | |
| Total Hours | 24 |
Degree Requirements
To earn an LLM in Business Law degree, you must complete 24 credits hours, including a thesis paper. Visit our Registrar for a complete list of degree requirements, academic calendars, and registration process. You may access full course descriptions through our student information system through guest access.
Graduate & Professional Standards and Regulations
Students in graduate and professional programs can find their Academic Policies in Graduate and Professional Academic Standards and Regulations under their school. Any additional University Policies supercede school policies.
