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JD/Taxation LLM (Accelerated Dual
Degree)
In our accelerated dual degree program, earn your JD and LLM in Taxation in the same three-
year (day students) or four-year period (evening) required for obtaining just a law degree.
Federal tax law is complex and detailed. Students who intend to focus their practice in taxation
or who wish to practice in the corporate, business planning, estate planning, or financial sectors
must have in-depth knowledge of multiple areas of federal tax law. Acquiring an LLM in
taxation is typically necessary and certainly always adds value to a student intending to practice
in these areas.
About the accelerated dual degree program:
The heart of the program is an intensive 12-credit, 10-week summer program that allows
Suffolk Law students to obtain a tax LLM and a JD in the same three-year period (day students)
or four-year period (evening students) required for obtaining only a law degree. At graduation,
successful students receive both a JD and LLM degree.
In addition to the summer session, tax LLM students must take an additional eight credits of
required courses and six credits of electives.
The tax LLM program also will be available for students who are currently enrolled at another
law school, or who have already completed law school at Suffolk or elsewhere. These students
will generally need to take tax courses in addition to the intensive summer to have the same
total tax law education as Suffolk students simultaneously obtaining a JD and tax LLM.
For the JD/Taxation LLM curriculum list click
HERE