LLM specializations

Choose your interest, build your specialization

As an Indiana Law graduate student, in addition to earning a general LLM, you can choose from several specialized areas of study that suit your interests and career goals. Many students select from more than 80 courses in the six areas of specialization shown here, but the list is not exhaustive. Your academic advisor will help you select the courses that are right for you. Twelve credits are required to complete a specialization. Two courses — Introduction to American Law and Legal Discourse and Writing — are required for an LLM.

Business and commercial law

From accounting to white collar crime, we have a wide variety of courses to prepare you for the global business environment

Financial regulation and capital markets

Broaden your knowledge of these important aspects of the global legal profession

Information privacy and cybersecurity law

Indiana Law's faculty include some of the world's leading experts in these areas, including a member of the Council on Foreign Relations

Intellectual property law

The Law School's top-25 IP program offers you a full range of courses in copyright, patent, and trademark law, including international IP law

Intl. & comparative law; globalization

IU is one of the world's great global research institutions. The Law School alone offers more than 20 courses in this field.

LLM in American law

A broad range of courses that prepare you for the bar exam in the United States and provide an overview of American law