Roche International Business Transactions LLM
Denver, USA
DURATION
12 up to 36 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 2,113 / per credit *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* estimated annual tuition full-time | USD 25,356 - part-time students
Introduction
The Roche International Business Transactions (IBT) LLM program allows students to develop their knowledge and skills in a variety of international business courses. Students interested in international business transactions with a focus on energy and natural resources law can also take advantage of the range of classes in that field to enhance their future.
Beginning Fall 2024, students enrolled in the LLM in International Business Transactions who are eligible for and seeking to sit for a bar exam in the United States after graduation — and who have not previously been licensed to practice law in any U.S. jurisdiction — will be provided with Themis Bar Review’s complete post-graduation bar review course designed specifically for foreign-trained LLM students at no cost, completely funded by the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Please see additional notes below concerning eligibility.
Scholarship opportunities are available thanks to the support provided by a generous gift from the Roche Family Foundation and Denver Law alumnus Robert Roche, JD ’88.
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Curriculum
International Business Transactions LLM candidates are required to complete 24 semester credit hours. Full-time students may earn the degree in one academic year (over two consecutive semesters). Part-time students (below 12 semester credit hours a semester) may earn the degree within 36 months of matriculation. Please refer to specific F-1/J-1 status requirements that may place additional limits. Students must maintain an overall GPA of 2.7 to remain in good standing.
Coursework must include:
International Business Transactions (L4315), and at least one of the following drafting/negotiation courses:
- Contracts Drafting (L4178), Corporate Drafting Seminar (L4181);
- Negotiation and Drafting in an International Business Transactions Context (L4182);
- International Commercial Arbitration Moot (L4341);
- Negotiating Natural Resources Agreements (L4462) or
- another course focused on drafting and negotiation skills approved by the Director of the IBT LLM.
Additionally, all students who obtained a primary law degree outside of the United States must also take Introduction to the American Legal System (L4064). This counts toward the required 24 semester credits.
For the remaining elective course requirement, students may customize their course of study from the list of approved found in the Graduate Bulletin (found here), depending upon individual professional goals. The College of Law offers over forty courses in advanced degree programs, divided equally between international and domestic issues.
Please note that not all courses are offered every semester.