THESIS OPTION REQUIREMENTS
Thesis option candidates must complete twenty hours of course work, including Economics of Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Law Colloquium, and Research Seminar in Agricultural Law I. Work on the thesis begins as one of the requirements of the Research Seminar. Thesis option candidates receive four thesis credits (on a credit/no credit basis) upon successful completion of the thesis requirement. The thesis must deal with a specialized area of agricultural law and is expected to be of the length and quality of a lead law journal article.
A thesis advisory committee consisting of the thesis advisor and two other full-time faculty members, at least one of whom is a member of the School of Law faculty, must approve the topic and the final substance and form of the thesis. The thesis advisory committee is appointed by the Director of the Agricultural Law Program.
The thesis in its final form must be presented to the thesis advisory committee for final approval at least two weeks before the degree is to be conferred. Once approved by the thesis advisory committee, four typewritten or printed copies of the thesis, in a form prescribed by the Director of the Graduate Agricultural Law Program, must be delivered to the Young Law Library. Two copies are placed in the law library and one in the Mullins Library where they are made available for circulation.
All degree requirements, including course work and thesis, must be completed within four calendar years of first enrollment in courses taken for credit toward the LL.M. degree. This rule applies to all students, including J.D. students admitted under the "nine-hour," and non-degree students who later qualify for candidacy for the LL.M. degree.