The mission of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law is to prepare, challenge and inspire our students to make a difference in the world while we advance important ideas through the legal academy, the profession and society — making an impact of our own.

Since 1970, Hofstra Law has provided more than 12,000 students with an education rich in both the theory and experiential skills needed to produce outstanding lawyers, business executives, and community leaders.

Launch your legal career by choosing from our JD program or a degree from our joint JD/MBA, JD/MPH and JD/MALFL (forensic linguistics) programs. We also offer graduate law programs, including a Paralegal Certificate Program, online Master of Arts in Health Law and Policy degree, as well as LLM graduate degrees in American Legal Studies, Family Law and Health Law and Policy (online).

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Juris Doctor

Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

We designed our 2-Year J.D. Program for Foreign-Trained Lawyers for highly qualified international applicants interested in obtaining a U.S. Juris Doctor and having the ability to take the New York State Bar exam.

On-Campus

Full time

2-Year J.D. Program for Foreign-Trained Lawyers

years

2 years

We designed our 2-Year Accelerated J.D. Program for seasoned professionals and highly qualified applicants seeking to enter the legal profession in less time than the traditional 3-year J.D. model.

Accelerated J.D. Program

Students enrolled in the ADR Concentration will receive instruction and training intended to expand their understanding of the role of the lawyer outside of the traditional adversarial litigation setting and expose them to lawyering skills essential to current legal practice.

J.D. Concentration Alternative Dispute Resolution

Students enrolled in the Business Law Honors Concentration will receive instruction and training in those subject areas fundamental to the practice of transactional attorneys and/or corporate litigators, in addition to instruction in specialized, related subject areas of their choosing.

J.D. Concentration Business Law Honors

Students enrolled in the Corporate Compliance Concentration will receive instruction and training to prepare them for practices that focus on or involve compliance work. Although the Concentration focuses on financial industry compliance, it encompasses other areas of compliance that are commonly encountered by corporate lawyers/lawyers representing corporate clients.

J.D. Concentration Corporate Compliance

Students enrolled in the Criminal Law and Procedure Concentration will receive instruction and training in those subjects and skills that are fundamental to the real-world practice of criminal law.

J.D. Concentration Criminal Law and Procedure

In a world facing heightened environmental and economic challenges, energy and environmental law have taken on a renewed importance. Students enrolled in the Energy and Environmental Law Concentration (the Concentration) will receive instruction and training in subject areas fundamental to the practice of energy and environmental law and in specialized courses related to their individualized career goals.

J.D. Concentration Energy and Environmental Law

Students enrolled in the Family Law Concentration will receive instruction and training in those subject areas fundamental to family law practice, in addition to instruction in specialized, related subject areas of their choosing.

J.D. Concentration Family Law

Health Law is now a complicated, heterogeneous domain of law. Practicing Health Law may call for special skills in corporate law, bioethics, family law, Internet and technology law, and tort law, as well as in other areas of law.

J.D. Concentration Health Law

Students enrolled in the Intellectual Property Law Honors Concentration will receive instruction and training in those subject areas fundamental to the practice of intellectual property attorneys, in addition to instruction in specialized, related subject areas of their choosing.

J.D. Concentration Intellectual Property Law Honors

In an increasingly globalized world, the study of international law subjects is increasingly vital to legal education and practice. The faculty has already recognized this reality by requiring Transnational Law in the first year.

J.D. Concentration International Law Honors

Hofstra Law’s JD Program provides an education rich in both the theory and skills needed to produce outstanding lawyers.

Part time

JD PROGRAM

The J.D./M.B.A. program is a joint degree program of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University and the Hofstra University Frank G. Zarb School of Business. The program is typically completed in four years, although students can complete the program in less time by taking summer session and/or winter intersession courses and by seeking credit for certain business courses taken as an undergraduate.

JD/MBA Joint Program

Hofstra Law's family law LLM program concentrates on divorce, family violence, child custody, abuse, neglect and support, as well as related areas such as tax, contracts, real estate and partnership law, child psychology and treatment options. It is organized in conjunction with our family law centre.

LL.M Family Law

The American Legal Studies program should appeal to foreign law graduates who are encouraged to obtain legal training in U.S. law and practice in order to compete more effectively with U.S. law firms operating in foreign countries.

LL.M. American Legal Studies

The Master of Laws in Health Law and Policy program is designed for working lawyers, paralegals, law firm partners, arbitrators, mediators and conciliators.

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