Intellectual Property (LL.M.)

The LLM program allows student to take advantage of one of the most comprehensive IP curricula in the country and immerse themselves in a broad range of cutting-edge IP issues. You will enjoy a rich array of IP resources and programs and choose from classes in patent law, copyright, trademarks and more. 

Our LLM in Intellectual Property is available through in-person and online formats. The in-person program is offered in a full-time, residential format with classes beginning in August and concluding in May. With careful planning, students who complete the in-person LLM in Intellectual Property may be eligible to sit for the New York Bar exam. The online program offers start dates in August and January. Students can complete the program full-time in one calendar year, or part-time in up to three years.

UNH Franklin Pierce graduates from the IP LLM program will demonstrate competency at the level of an experienced attorney in these four areas: 

• Knowledge and understanding of substantive and procedural law in traditional areas of intellectual property law and practice in the United States and internationally, focused on patents, copyrights, and trademarks. 
• Legal analysis and reasoning, legal research, problem-solving, and written and oral communication in the context of traditional intellectual property law and practice in the United States and globally. 
• Exercise of proper professional and ethical responsibilities to clients and the national and global legal systems of intellectual property rights; and 
• Other professional skills needed for competent and ethical participation as a member of the legal profession focused on intellectual property practice domestically and internationally.