In order to earn the LL.M. degree students must complete 22 credit hours in the three components of the program described below. Students pay a flat tuition rate in two installments, and they make take additional credits without additional charge. Courses shown below are representative of those that have been offered in the past.  Some courses are repeated every year, while others vary from year to year.

1. The International Business and Trade Summer Law Program in Krakow
Students must take at least six credits in this component, which normally means three courses, but some students take an additional class and earn more credits.

• Comparative & International Trade
• International Securities Regulations
• International Business Transactions
• Comparative Contract Law
• International Intellectual Property Law
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Techniques

2. American Law Program in Krakow (ALP)
Students take at least nine weeks of courses from offerings like the following. (One week courses are one credit. Two week courses are two credits.)

• The American Legal Profession: Regulation, Professional Responsibility and Discipline
  
• American Legal Research
  
• American Corporate Law
  
• American Federal Taxation
  
• Law and Economics of Business Organizations
  
• American Private Law: Remedies in Contracts, Property and Torts
  
• American Banking Law
  
• The American Litigation Process: Discovery, Pleadings and Advocacy
  
• Negotiation for Lawyers
  
• Civil Liberties in the American Constitution
  
• American Intellectual Property Law
  
• American Legal Analysis and Writing
• American Public Law: Constitutional Principles of Government and the Administrative State
  

To see the range of courses offered by the American Law Program in Krakow in the past, consult the list of courses from twelve previous sessions (2000-2012).

3. CUA Summer Session in Washington, D.C.
Students must take at least six credits in this component. Three of these credits must be in a legal reasoning and writing course designed specifically for foreign LL.M. students. The course develops skills in objective and persuasive legal writing with assigments tailored to deepen students' understanding of the American legal system.

• Corporations
• Commercial Transactions 
• Evidence

Students may elect to write a 25-40 page scholarly paper in lieu of the substantive course. Many students who are pursuing research, e.g., toward a Ph.D., elect to take the course but use CUA's excellent facilities to gather materials and work on their paper during the summer session. CUA's highly-qualified and service-oriented reference librarians are eager to help. CUA professors also are willing to provide suggestions and guidance on students' research.