2020-2021 Penn Carey Law Master in Law Program

Master in Law Program 2020 – 2021

Law shouldn’t be limited to those who make their careers as lawyers. At the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, our philosophy is that law affects all of us, no matter what field we are in. Our Master in Law candidates are an incredibly diverse and accomplished group of professionals and students who make up an integral part of our collegial and collaborative Law School community. They infuse our classrooms with their experiences as physicians, nurses, technologists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and more. In turn, ML candidates receive an education that immerses them in legal study and illuminates the connections between the law and the wide range of related fields in which they have developed expertise.

Theodore Ruger Dean and Bernard G. Segal Professor of Law

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ADVANCED DEGREES AT TIME OF APPLICATION

34%

14%

1 Advanced Degree 2 Advanced Degrees

42%

10%

Pursuing 1st Advanced Degree along with ML

ML is 1st Advanced Degree

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Years of professional experience at time of application

20+ year

13%

16-20 years

13%

11-15 years

13%

6-10 years

20%

2-5 years

28%

0-1 year

12%

The Master in Law Program

The Master in Law (ML) degree program offers accomplished professionals and talented students the opportunity to immerse themselves in learning the law that impacts their work and day-to-day lives. The specialized curriculum combines a solid foundation in the U.S. legal system with specific knowledge of the legal issues and processes that intersect with many disciplines.

ML degree candidates design their own educations.

No matter the professional or academic focus, the ML program provides the knowledge and skills to navigate complex issues and effectively manage the risks and needs of organizations as law and regulations continue to evolve. In addition, the ML can be combined with other graduate programs at Penn—many students complement their primary degrees in medicine, business, education, engineering, public policy, and more with the ML degree.

The ML program offers a multitude of possibilities.

Visit our website to learn more.

ML COURSE OFFERINGS LAWM 505

American Constitutional Law

LAWM 506 Technology Law

LAWM 511

U.S. Law and Legal Methods

LAWM 513

Medical Liability and Negligence

LAWM 515

Contracts and Negotiations

LAWM 522

Corporate Compliance

LAWM 525 Entrepreneurship and Startup Law

LAWM 528

General Business Law

LAWM 529

Navigating the Regulatory State

LAWM 530

Health Law and Policy

LAWM 536

Fundamentals of U.S. Legal Research (online)

LAWM 576

Patent Law (online)

ML Degree Requirements

Sample Curricular Plans HUMAN RESOURCES FOCUS

The program begins with core foundational ML courses that cover the essential areas of law — U.S. Law, Regulatory Law, and Business Law — and equip students with the skills they need to succeed in the law school classroom. ML students then specialize with additional coursework in their areas of interest. After completing the foundational ML coursework, ML students take courses within the Law School’s JD curriculum.

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8 CLASSES, FULL OR PART TIME 4 ML REQUIRED CORE COURSES

4 REQUIRED ADDITIONAL COURSES

U.S. Law and Legal Methods (LAWM 511)

1 Upper level JD course

General Business Law (LAWM 528)

3 Additional courses (choose from JD and/or

Navigating the Regulatory State (LAWM 529)

“The Law School’s ML program will give you the confidence to understand and effectively manage the legal issues you might confront in your career. From knowing the particulars of contracts to understanding employment law issues, I found myself applying what I learned in class almost immediately in my HR position.”

ML courses)

1 ML elective (choose from ML curriculum)

SAMPLE CURRICULAR PLAN

U.S. Law and Legal Methods (required)

General Business Law (required)

Navigating the Regulatory State (required)

LAWM 511

LAWM 528

LAWM 529

Employment Discrimination

Corporate Compliance

Fundamentals of US Legal Research

LAW 659

LAWM 522

LAWM 536

Employee Benefits LAW 602

Labor Law LAW 509

PRIVACY/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOCUS

HEALTHCARE FOCUS

Sarah Finnerty, ML’18 Assistant Privacy Officer, Office of Audit, Compliance, and Privacy, Penn Medicine “I work with privacy professionals, [and] the best part is that I can now engage in conversations that are more ethical and theoretical with people who have vast experience in this field. Being able to think in a different way — the same way as people who have been in the space as lawyers — has been invaluable.”

Manoj Mittal, MD, ML’18 Physician, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Faculty, Perelman School of Medicine “The ML program has been incredibly rewarding and an invaluable complement to my medical career. I recommend it to physicians and students in healthcare and the sciences to better understand the legal and regulatory underpinnings of their work, enhance their training in this domain, and so be better prepared to practice, teach, and research in today’s complex healthcare environment.”

SAMPLE CURRICULAR PLAN

SAMPLE CURRICULAR PLAN

U.S. Law and Legal Methods (required)

General Business Law (required)

Navigating the Regulatory State (required)

Health Law and Policy Fundamentals

U.S. Law and Legal Methods (required)

General Business Law (required)

Navigating the Regulatory State (required)

LAWM 511

LAWM 528

LAWM 529

LAWM 530

LAWM 511

LAWM 528

LAWM 529

Health Care Fraud: Investigation and Prosecution

Comparative Health Systems and Law

Health Care Financing

Drug Product Liability Litigation

Intellectual Property and National Economic Value

History of Privacy and the Law

Patent Law

Intro to IP Law & Policy

LAW 943

LAW 966

LAW 930

LAW 677

LAW 507

LAW 588

LAW 916

LAW 939

Technology Law LAWM 506

EDUCATION FOCUS

FINANCE/CORPORATE FOCUS

Will Matson, Wharton MBA’19, ML’19 CFO and Head of M&A, Alpine Investors “I plan to use the ML education in my future career of building businesses that are measured not only for the profit they generate, but also for their positive social impact… I am motivated to do good for society, while doing well in business, and for me the latter achievement is inextricably linked with the former. I believe that this legal education will empower me to achieve this and, as per the Wharton motto, ‘become a pillar of the state, whether in public or private life.”

Kendrick Davis, PhD, ML’17, MSE’14 Vice President of Policy Research, Campaign for College Opportunity “Not surprisingly, the education system in K-12 and higher education is extremely complex. My ability to effectively recommend policy at the local level required that I have a working knowledge of the legal context in which these decisions need to be made, especially when communicating such recommendations to the Mayor or other cabinet members.”

SAMPLE CURRICULAR PLAN

SAMPLE CURRICULAR PLAN

U.S. Law and Legal Methods (required)

General Business Law (required)

Navigating the Regulatory State (required)

American Constitutional Law

U.S. Law and Legal Methods (required)

General Business Law (required)

Navigating the Regulatory State (required)

LAWM 511

LAWM 528

LAWM 529

LAWM 505

LAWM 511

LAWM 528

LAWM 529

Mental Health Law

Immigration Law

Law of the Professor: Continuing Problems in Higher Ed

Discrimination in Education

Corporate Finance: Legal Aspects

Distressed Dealmaking

Bankruptcy

LAW 969

LAW 769

LAW 908

LAW 646

LAW 705

LAW 780

LAW 949

Corporate Compliance LAWM 522

M&A Through the Business Cycle LAW 750

ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOCUS

JOURNALISM FOCUS

Lori Robertson Managing editor, FactCheck.org Annenberg Public Policy Center “As a journalist, I’ve researched and written about legal and policy issues for years. The ML program has been incredibly valuable in deepening my knowledge and understanding of statutes, cases and the legal framework.

Also, the engagement with both ML and JD students has been an enriching experience.

I highly recommend the program to anyone with an interest in the law.”

Jehan Luth, MPH, ML’20 CEO and Founder of RotoMaire “The ML program enabled me to understand the legal framework underlying my business idea such that I could avoid problems and move quickly to seize the opportunities that arose. I learned what every entrepreneur should know - what questions to ask and how to best utilize counsel. This education was key for the successful launch of my startup.”

SAMPLE CURRICULAR PLAN

SAMPLE CURRICULAR PLAN

U.S. Law and Legal Methods (required)

General Business Law (required)

Navigating the Regulatory State (required)

Health Law and Policy Fundamentals

U.S. Law and Legal Methods (required)

General Business Law (required)

Navigating the Regulatory State (required)

American Constitutional Law

LAWM 511

LAWM 528

LAWM 529

LAWM 530

LAWM 511

LAWM 528

LAWM 529

LAWM 505

Technology Law

Artificial Intelligence

Patents, Innovation and Value

Election Law

LAWM 515

LAW 613

LAW 979

LAW 676

Public Corruption and the Law

Law and Candidacy

LAW 982

Contracts and Negotiations

Visual Legal Advocacy

LAWM 506

LAW 991

LAW 968

TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION FOCUS

HEALTHCARE FOCUS

Kiran Musunuru, MD, PhD, MPH, ML’18 Co-Founder and Senior Scientific Advisor, Verve Therapeutics & Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania “The practical, real world focus of the courses in the ML program has proven extremely relevant. As a cardiologist engaged in research for a treatment with the potential to protect people against cardiovascular disease, the opportunity to take law courses at this important juncture was a dream come true.

Going forward, any time I’m doing something in a laboratory, I will always be conscious of the IP implications.”

Andrew Thum, MSN/ML’18 Nurse Manager, Jefferson Health Emerging Nurse Leader, SEPONL “The ML program has been incredibly rewarding and an invaluable complement to my career. I have already seen the influence of my education at the Law School in my new position as manager of a 32-bed medical surgical unit. I recommend this program to those who desire a better understanding of the legal and regulatory underpinnings of their work.”

SAMPLE CURRICULAR PLAN

SAMPLE CURRICULAR PLAN

U.S. Law and Legal Methods (required)

General Business Law (required)

Navigating the Regulatory State (required)

LAWM 511

LAWM 528

LAWM 529

Health Law and Policy

Health Care Financing

Negotiations in Healthcare

LAWM 530

LAW 939

NURSING 548

Corporate Compliance LAWM 522

Current Issues in Health and Social Policy NURSING 540

U.S. Law and Legal Methods (required)

General Business Law (required)

Navigating the Regulatory State (required)

LAWM 511

LAWM 528

LAWM 529

Intro to IP Law & Policy

Regulatory Law and Policy

Technology Law

LAW 507

LAW 931

LAWM 506

Patent Law LAWM 576

Drug Product Liability Litigation LAW 943

REGULATORY/COMPLIANCE FOCUS

JD Course Sampling* Administrative Law

Copyright

Neuroscience

National Security Law

Advanced Issues in Private Finance

Corp Gov, Ethics, Compliance

General Counsel

Advanced Topics in Technology and Policy

Corporate Finance: Economics and Law

Health Care Financing

Nonprofit Organizations: Law, Governance and Ethics

Anatomy of a Divorce

Corporate Restructuring

Health Care Fraud: Investigation and Prosecution

Animal Law and Ethics

Corporate Taxation

Health Law and Policy

Patents, Innovation and Value

Antitrust: Mergers, IP & Vertical Restraints

Corporations

Immigration Law

Crimmigration

In-House Counsel/Corporate Generalist

Pharmaceutical Regulation and Enforcement

Artificial Intelligence Law Black Lives Matter in Historical Perspective Business Strategy, Private Equity and Corporate Law

Eve Higginbotham, SM, MD, ML’20 Vice Dean for Inclusion and Diversity and Professor, Ophthamology, Perelman School of Medicine

China and International Human Rights Church & State in America: Contemporary & Historical Perspectives Climate Change Law and Policy

“I’m often called to be an expert witness and engage in discussions with lawyers. Those interactions piqued my curiosity about how a seasoned medical practitioner might become well-versed in the law.

The ML program has helped me zero in on areas of the law that intersect with my medical practice and corporate board governance responsibilities, administrative law concerns and the regulation of medical techniques and treatments.”

* For a complete and current list, please visit our website.

Crisis Management Cybercrime Deals: Economic Structure of Transactions & Contracting Development and Diversity of American Criminal Law Discrimination in Education Election Law

Commercial Finance - Secured Transactions

Empirical Law and Economics

Comparative Health Systems and the Law

Employment Discrimination

Conflict of Laws Constitutional Interpretation Consumer Financial Regulation

SAMPLE CURRICULAR PLAN

U.S. Law and Legal Methods (required)

General Business Law (required)

Navigating the Regulatory State (required)

Health Law and Policy Fundamentals

LAWM 511

LAWM 528

LAWM 529

LAWM 530

Corporate Governance, Ethics, and Compliance

American Constitutional Law

Fundamentals of US Legal Research

Healthcare Finance

LAW 704

LAWM 505

LAWM 536

LAW 939

Employee Benefits Energy Law and Climate Change

Intellectual Property Transactions Intelligence Law Seminar International Business Transactions International Human Rights International Investment Arbitration International Tax International Trade Regulation Labor Law Land Use Law Law and Candidacy

Oil and Gas Law Patent Law

Power & Privilege in Public Service Private Action: Antitrust, RICO & the Class Action Prosecution and Defense in the 21st Century Public Corruption and the Law Real Estate Transactions Refugee Law Regulatory Law and Policy SEC Enforcement Securities Regulation Social Media Law

Entertainment Law

Law and Commerce in American History

European Union Law

Law and Economics

Family Law

Law of Financial Institutions

Fashion Law

Law of Investigations

Tax Policy Seminar

Federal Income Taxation

Law of the Professor: Cont Problems in Higher Education

Topics in Defamation

Law of the Sea

Trade Secrets Trade War: Economic Laws of National Security

Federal Indian Law Finance, Economics and Law of Financial Crises

Local Government Law

FinTech Challenge

M&A Through the Business Cycle

First Amendment

Mediation Theory and Skills

Food Systems, Sustainability and the Law

Mental Health Law

Foreign Relations Law Freedom, Responsibility and

Mergers and Acquisitions Military, Law, and Society Money Laundering

Sport and Law in Comparative Perspective Structuring Venture Capital and Private Equity Transactions

Trademarks Transformation of the Financial Sector Trusts and Estates Unincorporated Business Entitites Visual Legal Advocacy White Collar Crime

Admissions

We look for professionals and students with strong academic records and professional experience, demonstrating through their application a wellarticulated desire to engage in the rigorous academic challenge that the Law School presents and to contribute to our accomplished, vibrant, and engaged community. Detailed application instructions are found on our website.

The Law School Community

Whoever you are and wherever you come from, the power of diversity at the Law School creates a supportive and inclusive community where collaboration and teamwork are valued. We appreciate differences and are willing to engage colleagues and faculty in ways that respect and celebrate the many differences in philosophy and experience that appear in a community as rich in ideas and backgrounds at Penn Law. Jennifer Caughey DMD/ML ’19, Mohammad Mousavian DMD ‘19/ML’18

In addition to the rich, interdisciplinary curriculum, ML degree candidates are encouraged to take advantage of the varied co-curricular opportunities at the Law School, including pro bono and public service program, centers and institutes, and student affinity groups.

Emily Largent, JD, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine

Master in Law Faculty Perspectives

“I appreciate the range of personal and professional experiences that the ML students bring to my classroom. Their unique perspectives guide our learning, enrich our discussions, and highlight the significant—and sometimes surprising—role of law and policy in all our lives.”

ML lecturers are renowned academics and practitioners who have many years of experience in their fields, bridging legal principles and practice.

With an understanding that students come in without a law background, our lecturers make legal concepts digestible while providing students with a solid foundation for their future JD courses.

Andrew Kandel, Esq.

As an ML degree candidate, you will also have the opportunity to take classes and interact with renowned academics teaching in the JD curriculum.

For more about our distinguished faculty, visit www.law.upenn.edu/faculty.

Chief Compliance Officer & Co-General Counsel, Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.

“The Master in Law program provides a unique opportunity to teach not just the law, but the real life and practical application of the law. In addition, my course greatly benefits from the diverse experiences of a mix of graduate students, undergraduates, faculty and other practicing professionals.”

Donyale Reavis, Esq.

Founding Partner, Reavis & Associates, PC

“No matter how fast or how often the face of traditional and start-up businesses change, bandwidth and capacity are timeless. As an ML student, you are trained to analyze, identify and assess threats and opportunities through the lens of legal compliance and protection, and as a result, leave with exponentially greater bandwidth and capacity around assessing threats and developing protection strategies.”

Gary Sangha, Esq.

Founder and CEO, LexCheck

“Awareness of the legal issues surrounding business decisions is a critical skill for any professional. The Master in Law program trains students to think through the potential consequences on the decision-maker and the wider organization.”

Michael Gerhardt

Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, University of North Carolina School of Law, Scholar-in-Residence & Director of Content, National Constitution Center

“As a constitutional scholar, having been called to testify several times before Congress regarding Constitutional interpretation, I enjoy interacting and sharing these experiences with ML students as we analyze the Constitution and how it shapes our daily lives and the political life of this nation.”

Contact the Master in Law Program Visit our website at www.law.upenn.edu/admissions/master-in-law/ or scan QR code:

Email: master@law.upenn.edu Catharine Restrepo, Esq. L’93 Executive Director, Master in Law Program Michael Knoll Theodore K. Warner Professor of Law Academic Director, Master in Law Program Natalie D. Green Associate Director, Master in Law Program Kait Johnstone Program Coordinator, Master in Law Program