Academic Programs
LL.M. Degree Requirements
The LL.M. degree is awarded upon completion of 26 credit hours of coursework with a B average that includes completion of the required courses listed below and the written project.
REQUIRED COURSES
- Research Methods in Environmental and Land Use Law (1 credit)
- Environmental Law* (3 credits)
- Natural Resources Law* (3 credits)
- Land Use Planning and Control Law *(3 or 4 credits)
- Administrative Law (3 credits), or Florida Administrative Law (2 or 3 credits)*
- Capstone Colloquium (1 credit)
- 6 credit hours of coursework in courses listed outside the law school or jointly listed by the law school and another department and approved by the LL.M. Program Director.
* These requirements will be waived for students whom the LL.M. Program Director determines have completed substantially comparable coursework in their J.D. Program
WRITTEN PROJECT
Each candidate for the LL.M. degree must complete a substantial written project of publishable quality in conjunction with a seminar or the Conservation Clinic, approved by an authorized faculty member.
ELECTIVE COURSES
Each candidate for the LL.M. degree will design an individualized course of study with the LL.M. Director. The following law school courses are approved electives. Other courses may qualify as electives with the Director's approval.
- Adaptive Management: Water & Watershed Systems (3 credits)
- Administrative Law (3 credits)
- Advanced Environmental Law & Litigation (3 credits)
- Advanced Takings Law (2 or 3 credits)
- Agricultural Law (2 or 3 credits)
- Conservation Clinic (3 credits; may be taken for 1 or 2 semesters)
- Condominium & Community Development Law (2 credits)
- Environmental Dispute Resolution (2 credits)
- Environmental Issues in Business Transactions (3 credits)
- Externship (Up to 6 credits)
- Florida Administrative Law (2 or 3 credits)
- Independent Study - (Must be Overseen by an Environmental Faculty Member (Up to 3 credits))
- International and Comparative Environmental Law*
- International and Comparative Environmental Law Skills Lab*
- International Environmental Justice*
- International Environmental Moot Court (1 credit)
- International Trade and Environment (2 or 3 credits)
- Land Finance (3 credits)
- Law and Economics (2 credits)
- Legislation (2 credits)
- Local Government Law (2 or 3 credits)
- Mediation & Other Dispute Resolution Processes (2 or 3 credits)
- Negotiation & Mediation
- Negotiation, Mediation & Other Dispute Resolution Processes (3 or 4 credits)
- South Florida Ecosystems
- Water Law (2 credits)
- Wetlands & Watersheds: Law, Science & Policy
Seminars offered in recent years include:
- Animal Rights & the Law
- Ecology & the Law
- Environmental Justice
- Historic Preservation Law
- International Environment & Trade
- Land Use
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law & Policy
- Selected Issues in Public Policy
- Sustainable Development
- Wildlife Law
Note: Course offerings may vary from year to year. Contact the Environmental and Land Use Law Program Assistant at elulp@law.ufl.edu for information on current course offerings.
*Offered through the Summer Environmental Study Abroad Program in Costa Rica