Program Description
This master's degree in legal studies from Cornell Law School is designed specifically for business professionals. Covering key areas ranging from contracts and negotiations to corporate governance and compliance, to employment and immigration law, to privacy and intellectual property issues, the courses in this degree program will help you develop a sense of how the law works, along with the deeper regulatory knowledge and frontline skills in legal research, effective communication, and critical reasoning needed to work at the intersection of business and law.
Program Information
- Instruction Mode: Distance Education
- Location: Ithaca, NY
- Minimum Credits for Degree: 30
Program Requirements
- This program is intended as a part-time program. Students are required to be enrolled in a minimum of 3 credits each semester and may not exceed a maximum of 7.5 credits per term.
- Students may petition the Program Director to exceed these limits.
- Note: A minimum of 6 credits is required to qualify for financial aid.
Satisfactorily complete 30 credits of work. This coursework includes:
M.S.L.S. students are not permitted to enroll in any residential or online courses at Cornell Law School or any other unit of Cornell University beyond what is offered for the M.S.L.S. program.
General M.S.L.S. Academic Deficiency
Depending on the grade scale for the course, an M.S.L.S. student who receives a U or grade of D+ or below after completion of any course within the program will be placed on informal probation, and must meet with the Assistant Dean of External Education prior to continued enrollment. An M.S.L.S. student will be dropped for scholastic deficiency if in the judgment of the faculty the student's work at any time is markedly unsatisfactory. Work may be considered markedly unsatisfactory if, for example, the merit point ratio for work after completion of at least 6 credits is lower than D+ or two or more U grades are received.
