LLM Program

Concentrations

Business & Commercial Law

Our faculty includes:

• Kent Greenfield, a leader in the stakeholder school of corporate law
• International trade scholar Frank Garcia, who teaches international business transactions on several continents
• Renee Jones, an internationally known expert in corporate and securities law
• Brian Quinn, the editor of an influential M&A blog
• Natalya Shnitser, a leader in retirement security and the regulation of financial intermediaries

Environmental Law

Environmental litigation pioneer Zygmunt Plater and international law scholar David Wirth headline our faculty in this area.

Human Rights

Our interdisciplinary Center for Human Rights and International Justice—co-directed by Daniel Kanstroom—together with a range of courses in our concentration in human rights law, nurtures a new generation of scholars and practitioners, helping them acquire skills across key disciplines while exchanging best practices with faculty and students working in the field.

Intellectual Property

Our exciting concentration covers topics in copyright, trademark, and patent law, and incorporates electives in antitrust law, cyber law, and technology licensing. Our faculty includes:

• Alfred Yen, who directs our program on Emerging Enterprises and Business Law
• Joseph Liu, whose work explores the impact of digital technology on copyright law and markets
• Patent law and antitrust law scholar David Olson, who has examined the legal uncertainties in recent patent laws and the market behavior of actors with patent portfolios

Taxation

Some of the country's most influential tax law scholars give students an important grounding in US and international tax concepts —including Diane Ring, who examines cross-border tax arbitrage and international tax relations, James Repetti, author of groundbreaking tax equity work, and Shu-Yi Oei, a well known expert in tax policy and economic regulation. The program also features a Tax Policy Workshop that showcases emerging scholarship in the field.

Other Course Options

We also have significant strengths in international law, constitutional law, gender and family law, and legal history. LLM students can cross-register for courses in Boston College’s other graduate schools and university departments as well.

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