LLM in Government Procurement Law
Associate Dean: J. Tillipman
Faculty Advisers: S. Schooner, J. Schwartz, C. Yukins
Programs of study are offered in Government Procurement and in one specialized field—Government Procurement and Environmental Law. Course requirements for each field are provided below.
All candidates for the LLM degree must complete a total of 24 credit hours, including course work that satisfies the written work requirement. Those working towards a specialized degree must complete the minimum required number of hours in courses listed below for that program. Related courses are recommended for the remaining course work.
- LLM in Government Procurement Law
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A minimum of 14 credits from the following courses is required,* including 4 credits graded on the basis of research paper. This typically entails completion of a thesis or two research papers written in connection with two separate 2-credit courses. Any research paper used to satisfy the written work requirement must be at least 8,000 words in length, and U.S. law school graduates must achieve a minimum grade of B+. For students who choose to write a thesis, Thesis (6690-91) and a minimum of 10 credits from the following courses are required. U.S. law school graduates enrolled in the program are expected to complete a thesis. As an alternative to four credits of thesis, U.S. law school graduates may take Selected Topics in Government Procurement: Acquisition Policymaking (6513) as their capstone learning experience, but they must still complete two research papers written in connection with two separate 2-credit courses. Students must take the Government Contracts Overview course in their first semester.
Courses
- Formation of Government Contracts (6502)
- Performance of Government Contracts (6503)
- Government Contracts Advocacy (6505)
- Government Contracts Cost and Pricing (6506)
- Comparative Public Procurement (6508)
- Government Contracts Seminar (6509)**
*Contracts (6202) will be available; only students with a non-U.S. law degree who plan to take the New York bar examination may count these courses toward the 14 credits required in the field.
**For 2020-2021, Government Contracts Seminars may include Foreign Government Contracting, State and Local Procurement and Procurement Reform. When these courses are offered online they are restricted to LL.M. and M.S.L. candidates.
***For 2020-2021, Selected Topics in Government Procurement may include Suspension & Debarment in Government Procurement (Online), Introduction to Federal Appropriations Law, Acquisition Policymaking, and Negotiations in Government Procurement.
Courses Related to Government Procurement Law
Please note: The courses below do not count toward the 14-credit Government Procurement curriculum requirement.
- Federal Courts (6232)
- Labor Law (6266)
- Business Planning (6296)
- Corporate Taxation (6302)
- Reading Group (Block Chain Law & Tech) (6351)
- Employment Discrimination Law (6390)
- Administrative Law (6400)
- Antitrust Law (6402)
- Health Care Law (6410)
- Legislation (6416)
- Legislative Analysis and Drafting (6418)
- Local Government Law (6422)
- Public Law Seminar (6426)
- Environmental Law (6430)
- Patent Law (6471)
- International Money Laundering, Corruption, and Terrorism (6521)
- International Business Transactions (6522)
- International Commercial Law (6524)
- Human Rights Lawyering (6568)
- Law and Accounting (6602)
- Government Lawyering (6671)
- Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (6676)
- Negotiation and Conflict Management Systems Design (6681)
- Cybersecurity Law and Policy (6879)
- Disaster Law (6880)
- Graduate Government Contracts Placement (6510)
- Anti-Corruption and Compliance (6511)
- Government Procurement of Intellectual Property Seminar (6512)
- Selected Topics in Government Procurement (6513)**
- Federal Grants Law (6514)
- Government Contracts Moot Court (6515)
- Procurement in International Development (6516)
- Government Contracts Overview (6518)
- LLM in Government Procurement and Environmental Law
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A minimum of 16 credit hours from the following courses is required. For U.S. law school graduates, this requirement must include 4 credits graded on the basis of a research paper or research papers. This typically entails completion of Thesis (6690-91) or two research papers, each of which is written in connection with a separate 2-credit course. For non-U.S. law school graduates, completion of 2 credits graded on the basis of a single research paper or Thesis (6690-91) is required. Any research paper must be at least 8,000 words in length. U.S. law school graduates must achieve a minimum grade of B+ and graduates from non-U.S. law schools must achieve a passing grade for their research paper. For students who choose to write a thesis, Thesis (6690-91), and a minimum of 12 credits in the field of study are required. Students are encouraged to write a thesis. Students must take the Government Contracts Overview course in their first semester.
Courses
- Air Pollution Control (6432)
- Water Pollution Control (6434)
- Control of Solid and Hazardous Wastes (RCRA & CERCLA) (6442)
- Formation of Government Contracts (6502)
- Performance of Government Contracts (6503)
- Government Contracts Cost and Pricing (6506)
- Government Contracts Overview (6518)
- Graduate Independent Legal Writing (6696) (Procurement and Environmental Law topic)