Students interested in pursuing careers in compliance, ethics, internal monitoring, regulatory affairs or related areas should consider the LLM Concentration in Corporate and Regulatory Compliance. Through this concentration, students will gain a portfolio of skills at the intersection of law and management to lead effective compliance programs and to build organizational cultures that encourage ethical conduct and a commitment to compliance.

Requirements

The LLM Concentration in Corporate and Regulatory Compliance is available to students enrolled in an LLM degree program. Although no formal application is required, students must submit the Concentration Studies, Intention to Participate Form to the registrar’s office before graduation. Students are encouraged to announce to the concentration adviser their intention to seek a concentration at the beginning of their academic program. 

All LLM candidates seeking the concentration must:

• Complete nine credit hours of approved courses, which includes one core course and two electives in different areas;
• fulfill their writing requirement in an approved course or an independent writing project on the subject; and
• achieve a minimum B average in their concentration courses and writing requirement.

Students pursing a concentration in Energy and Environmental Law create an individualized curriculum combining energy and environmental coursework. Through the concentration program, students develop substantive knowledge in energy and environmental law while strengthening their analytical, lawyering, legal research and writing skills. Students enrolled in the Energy and Environmental Law LLM program are not eligible for this concentration.

Requirements

Students are encouraged to announce their intention to seek a concentration at the beginning of their academic year. No formal application is required. Before graduating, students must submit the Concentration Studies, Intention to Participate Form to the registrar’s office.

All LLM candidates seeking the concentration in Energy & Environmental Law must:

• complete nine credit hours of approved courses,
• fulfill their writing requirement in an approved course or an independent writing project on the subject, and
• achieve a minimum B average in their concentration courses and writing requirement.

Students who pursue the LLM concentration in Financial Services Regulation study financial services regulation within the flexible curriculum of an LLM program. The UConn School of Law is the top destination for lawyers and students from the United States and around the world who seek serious graduate training in insurance and financial services regulation. The location in Hartford, a leading hub of the insurance industry, gives students access to insurance companies, financial services firms, law firms and regulators who work in these areas.

UConn Law also has a separate LLM in Insurance Law, which is the premier LLM program in its field in the United States. The LLM in Insurance Law program, for students who wish to devote themselves almost exclusively to insurance and financial services law, is open to both international and domestic students. Students enrolled in the Insurance Law LLM program are not eligible for the LLM concentration in Financial Services Regulation.

Requirements

The LLM concentration in Financial Services Regulation is available to students enrolled in the LLM in U.S. Legal Studies Program. Students are encouraged to announce their intention to seek a concentration at the beginning of their academic year; no formal application is required. Before graduating, students must submit the Concentration Studies, Intention to Participate Form to the registrar’s office.

To earn the concentration in Financial Services Regulation, LLM candidates must:

• complete nine credit hours of approved courses,
• fulfill their writing requirement in an approved course or an independent writing project on the subject, and
• achieve a minimum B average in their concentration courses and writing requirement.

Four concentrations on different aspects of foundational U.S. law are available to student enrolled in an LLM program. Students may choose among the Foundations of U.S. Law, U.S. Civil and Criminal Justice; Business Law and Regulation, and U.S. Law of Property Transfer.

Requirements

Students are encouraged to announce their intention to seek a concentration at the beginning of their academic year; no formal application is required. Prior to graduating, students must submit the Concentration Studies, Intention to Participate Form to the registrar’s office.

To earn a Foundational concentration in U.S. Law students must:

• complete 12 credit hours of approved courses, and
• achieve a minimum B average in their concentration courses.

The UConn School of Law offers students in an LLM program the opportunity to earn a concentration in Human Rights. Through the concentration program, students gain experience in the interdisciplinary field of international human rights with access to courses taken at the School of Law, UConn’s School of Social Work and at the Human Rights Institute in Storrs. Students enrolled in the Human Rights and Social Justice LLM program are not eligible for this concentration.

Requirements

Students are encouraged to announce their intention to seek a concentration at the beginning of their academic year; no formal application is required. Before graduating, students must submit the Concentration Studies, Intention to Participate Form to the registrar’s office.

To earn the concentration in Human Rights, LLM candidates must:

• complete 9 credit hours of approved Human Rights courses, which includes the core required course;
• fulfill their writing requirement in an approved course or an independent writing project on the subject; and
• achieve a minimum of a B average in their concentration courses and writing requirement.

The UConn School of Law offers students in an LLM program the opportunity to earn a concentration in Intellectual Property. The concentration program prepares students to participate in the new information economy, drawing on a dynamic intellectual property program and a commitment to international law, financial services and insurance law at the leading public law school in the Northeast.

Requirements

Students are encouraged to announce their intention to seek a concentration at the beginning of their academic year; no formal application is required. Before graduating, students must submit the Concentration Studies, Intention to Participate Form to the registrar’s office.

To earn the concentration in Intellectual Property, LLM candidates must:

• complete nine credit hours of intellectual property courses,
• fulfill the writing requirement in an approved course or an independent writing project on the subject, and
• achieve a minimum of a B average in their concentration courses and writing requirement.