Master of Laws Programs MJ (Global Food Law)

All of the following courses (9 credits):
Food Regulation in the United States
International Food Laws and Regulations
Administrative Law: Focus on Food Safety and Labeling
At least 15 credits from the following courses:
International Business Transactions
International Commercial Arbitration
Food Regulation in the European Union
Food Regulation in Canada
Animal Health, World Trade, and Food Safety
Codex Alimentarius: The World Food Code
Food Regulation in Latin America
Food Regulation in Asia
Regulation of Agricultural Production and Marketing
Survey of Intellectual Property in Agriculture
Biotechnology Law and Food Products
Global Risk Regulation – Food Focus
United States Food Imports: Process, Regulations, and Food Safety
Additional courses may be approved by the Associate Dean for Graduate and International Programs and Director of the Global Food Law Program.
Students who are pursuing the M.J. degree must complete an additional 2 credits in the following course:
Foundations of Law and Legal Research
One of the following courses:
Research, Writing and Analysis
Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective
A minimum of two courses from the following:
Trademark and Unfair Competition
At least 14 credits of course work in Intellectual Property and Communication from a list of approved courses maintained in the Michigan State University College of Law.
Additional credits from courses listed below to meet the requirement of 24 credits. Courses used above may not be used to fulfill this requirement.
International Intellectual Property
Licensing Intellectual Property
Patent Application Preparation
Intellectual Property Survey
Constitutional Law Topics: Free Expression
Biotechnology Law Seminar
Great Lakes First Amendment Law Clinic I
Additional relevant MSU Law or MSU courses may be used with approval by the student’s faculty advisor.
One of the following courses:
Research, Writing and Analysis
Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective
Research, Writing, and Analysis: Criminal Law Perspective
Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice Perspectives
Two of the following courses:
Constitutional Law II
Electives: Complete additional electives to achieve 24 credits by designing a curriculum in consultation with the student’s academic advisor based upon the student’s professional needs and interests using the standard set of classes offered to current J.D. students.
Constitutional Law and the Regulatory State
One of the following courses:
Research, Writing and Analysis
Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective
Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law Perspective
Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice Perspective