More Law Schools Offer Online LLM Programs
Three more law schools are planning to offer online master of laws programs beginning next fall.
Kaplan Legal Education is working with two of the schools, Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Southwestern University School of Law, to develop the online technology for their LLM programs, the National Law Journal reports. The third school starting an online masters program this fall is Florida Coastal School of Law.
“Earning a LLM degree no longer requires showing up on campus,” the story says.
Loyola is an LLM in health law, Southwestern in entertainment and media law, and Florida Coastal in U.S. law, a program designed for international students.
The LLM programs don’t face the same accreditation hurdles as online JD programs, the story says. Schools are also embracing the online master of laws programs because technology makes it possible for students to interact through their computers.
More than a handful of other law schools already offer similar programs, including New York University School of Law, the University of Alabama School of Law, and Boston University School of Law, the story says.
