LL.M. in Technology Law & Policy FAQs

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Frequently asked questions have been compiled and answered here by the Office of Graduate Admissions. If you do not see the answer to your question, please reach out to them here.

Part-time students can enroll in up to 7 credits. Part-time students can enroll in as few as 1 credit and maintain their active student status.

Full-time students must enroll in at least 8 credits, and they can take up to 13 credits per semester. If you are an international student in F-1 or J-1 visa status, you may have additional requirements, so please consult with your international student advisor before dropping below 8 credits per semester.

The Curriculum Guide contains all the classes that have been offered during the past three years, not only the courses scheduled for this year. To ensure you are looking at the classes being offered in a particular semester, please use the filter to limit your search to one semester only.

Classes marked as practicum in the curriculum guide count for this requirement, as does the course Advocacy in the Digital Age. You can also use an approved externship for this requirement or a substantial paper from a seminar class, which would also require approval.

LL.M. students may extern at companies, government agencies, non-profits, or law firms. To receive capstone credit, there needs to be a connection to technology law and policy in the day-to-day work you’ll be doing. Once you have finalized an externship opportunity please get the Academic Program Director’s approval to use it as your capstone.

Please confirm with the Academic Program Director that the independent study will be eligible for Capstone credit. Then please fill out the Graduate Independent Research form.

Applications to transfer to the LL.M. in Technology Law & Policy program from another LL.M. program are considered only if space in the cohort is available. Please reach out to TechInstitute@georgetown.edu for information on whether applications are currently open.