LLM in Government Procurement Law
Associate Dean: J. Tillipman
Faculty Advisers: S. Schooner, J. Schwartz, C. Yukins
All candidates for the LLM degree must complete a total of 24 credit hours, including course work that satisfies the written work requirement. Related courses are recommended for the remaining course work.
- LLM in Government Procurement Law
A minimum of 14 credits from the following courses is required,* including 4 credits graded on the basis of a research paper. This typically entails completing a thesis or two research papers in connection with two separate 2-credit research paper 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), a minimum of 10 credits from the following courses is required. Students must take the Government Contracts Overview course in their first semester.
Foundational Courses
- Government Contracts Overview (6518)
- Formation of Government Contracts (6502)
- Performance of Government Contracts (6503)
- Government Contracts Cost and Pricing (6506)
- (not required for Non-U.S. Law School Graduates).
- Non-U.S. Law students should contact DeanTillipman for guidance. More information can be found on the Government Procurement Law Program website, Beyond the FAR.
*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.
Courses Related to Government Procurement Law
Please note: Students may take no more than 10 credits from the following non-exhaustive list of courses related to government procurement law (≤ 10 credits).
- Federal Courts (6232)
- Labor Law (6266)
- Business Planning (6296)
- Corporate Taxation (6302)
- 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)
- Patent Law (6471)
- International Money Laundering, Corruption, and Terrorism (6521)
- International Business Transactions (6522)
- Human Rights Lawyering (6568)
- Law and Accounting (6602)
- Government Lawyering (6671)
- Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (6676)
- Negotiation and Conflict Management Systems Design (6681)
- National Security Law (6870)
- Internal Investigations, Modern Politics, and Office of the Inspector General (6899)
- Cybersecurity Law and Policy (6879)
- The Law of Emergencies (Natural Disasters, Climate Crises, Pandemics, and Beyond) (6880)
- Artificial Intelligence Law (6881)
- Transnational Security (6885)
- Cybersecurity Law and Technology (6890)
- Foreign Access to U.S. Technology (6891)
- Blockchain: Law, Policy, and Cybersecurity (6894)
- Global Privacy Law and Conflict Seminar (6895)
Government Procurement Elective(s) (≥ 1 credit)
Students may select elective courses from the following government procurement law courses (12 credits):
- Comparative Public Procurement (6508) (2 credits)
- Sustainable Procurement (6509) (2)
- Anti-Corruption & Compliance (6511) (2)
- Government Procurement of IP (6512) (2)
- Selected Topics: Model Procurement Code Reform (6513) (1)
- Selected Topics: Gov Procurement of Technology (6513) (1)
- Selected Topics: Internal Investigations (6513) (1)
- Selected Topics: Defense Acquisition System (6513) (1)
- Federal Grants Law (6514) (2)
- Gov't Contracts Moot Court (6515) (2)
- Procurement in Int'l Dev. (6516) (2)
- Foreign Government Contracting (6750) (2)
- State & Local Procurement (6751) (2)
- Procurement Reform (6752) (2)
- Suspension & Debarment (6753) (1)
- Bid Protests (6754) (2)
- Government Contracts Claims (6755) (2)
- Acquisition Policymaking (6756) (2)
- Government Contracts Negotiations (6757) (2)
- Federal Appropriations Law (6758) (1)
- Other Transactions (6759) (1)