LLM in Water & Environmental Law

The LLM in Water & Environmental Law will prepare you to serve the diverse needs of businesses and developers, farmers and ranchers, non-profit organizations, and public agencies at every level from local to international.

Program Highlights

• Experience first-hand observation and participation in solving complex relevant real issues .
• Enjoy small class sizes .
• Take advantage of our mentoring and career development resources .
• Obtain special assistance with course selection and class success.
• Online option*

* Online courses are pending WSCUC approval and ABA acquiescence.

The Water Resources Law graduate program emphasizes interdisciplinary natural resources classes; simulations and case studies; a robust field placement experience; and advanced substantive law course work. The combination of natural resources science, technology, and economics, with strong legal coursework and hands-on training, makes this program unique among other natural resources law graduate degrees. There are two courses of study.

Both tracks of the 24-unit LLM in Water Resources Law involve one-year (two semesters) to two-year (three or four semesters) courses of study. You have the option to take all courses online* or to enroll in the in-person program with some courses offered online.

About McGeorge

McGeorge educates lawyers for large and small law firms, government agencies and corporate legal departments in California, across the United States, and around the world. This has been our hallmark since 1924 and is truer today than ever before.

As the world grows smaller yet more complex, McGeorge responds by rigorously training our students for leadership positions in the global economy of the 21st century.

Our success is built on a distinguished faculty, high-quality students, committed and involved alumni, and a beautiful, spacious campus with state-of-the-art classrooms and student facilities.

Yet it is also built on a vision. McGeorge is an institution on the move, a dynamic law school that is changing and growing to meet the challenges of the global economy and to educate the lawyers who will be tomorrow’s leaders.

Why choose McGeorge? Because you’ll be prepared for success:

Faculty

• 45 full-time and 50 part-time professors who have attained national and international renown in their fields.
• Faculty members who have published 30 books in the past five years, one of the highest totals among law schools in the nation.
• Professors who have held major positions in government, leading law firms and all segments of the industry, and who impart real-world knowledge to our students.
• The inspiring presence of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy (Ret.), our longest continuously serving faculty member.

Academics

• The best international business law preparation in the West
• Top-ranked trial advocacy and dispute resolution programs
• Renowned California and federal government law and policy program
• The intensity of instruction, with 43% more hours above the ABA requirement for the JD degree
• Emphasis on writing, with two full years of writing classes.
• A balance of theoretical education and practice-related skills training.

The number of applicants with LSAT scores in the 80% or higher range has more than doubled.