MSL Law at University of Colorado Boulder

Programme overview

The Master of Studies in Law (Ethics and Compliance track) is a one-year, 28-credit programme for people with at least an undergraduate degree who want legal training short of a JD, with no LSAT required. It targets emerging roles in which non-lawyers handle legal and compliance tasks.

Faculty: Colorado Law | Duration: 1 year full-time or longer part-time (28 credits; up to 3 years part-time) | Intake: Fall; applications open October 1, deadline July 1 | Location: Boulder, CO, United States

What you will study

All students take Introduction to US Law for MSL Students and an introductory legal research, writing and analysis course. Track courses are Communications for Compliance Professionals, Compliance, and Ethical Organizations and Professionals, plus either Accounting for Lawyers or Special Topics in Compliance: Investigations, and approved electives. Students choose a specialty focus in privacy/cybersecurity, healthcare or financial services and take some classes with JD students.

Career pathways

Compliance and ethics officers at large corporations and at nonprofits such as colleges, universities and hospitals.

Official programme page

Application information

Entry requirements

At least an undergraduate degree; no JD may be held on entry; LSAT not required (other test scores such as GRE, GMAT, LSAT or MCAT may optionally be submitted). Official transcripts from every institution attended (foreign degrees need a WES or NACES evaluation), two to three recommendation letters (one from a former professor if recently graduated), resume/CV, personal statement of up to 1,200 words. Applicants whose native language is not English: TOEFL iBT 100 or IELTS 7.0. Deadline July 1.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate programmes set their own entry terms and deadlines on their programme pages; all deadlines are 10:00 pm Mountain Time. Fall, spring and summer terms are billed for graduate students.

Graduate applications are submitted online to the Graduate School; the nonrefundable application fee is $60 for domestic applicants and $80 for international applicants, payable online. GRE or GMAT requirements and deadlines vary by programme.

Apply through the official page: https://www.colorado.edu/law/admissions

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