Academics

Applicant must have completed a Juris Doctor degree program or a law degree program at a foreign institution that would qualify the applicant to practice law or pursue license to practice in that country and have submitted a complete application to the program. Selection is based on:

• academic background and potential
• career experience and ambitions
• diversity of experience and background
• space and resource limitations in the law school
• strength of experience related to the program sought and other factors

Indian Student Eligibility:

• The minimum requirements are an overall average of 60% in each year, as well as in all prerequisite subjects.
• Subjects must include mathematics, chemistry, and physics in Class 11 and 12.
• GPA of 3.0/4.0 [B Grade].

English Language proficiency:

• Applicants from India, China, Vietnam, Philippines, and Pakistan should note that IELTS is the only proficiency score accepted by the Study Direct Stream (SDS) program.
• Meeting the minimum English requirements does not guarantee admission. Students with higher English proficiency scores will receive priority in the admission assessment process.
• Not all students will qualify for EAP-3106 in place of the required IELTS or TOEFL test scores.

Submission of GRE scores is not compulsory for this program, however, it is recommended to submit a minimum 292 score for a better chance of admission.

Graduates of the Master of Laws program in biotechnology and genomics can excel in the following legal fields:

• agricultural law and policy
• bioethics
• biomedical research ethics and law
• biotechnology policy
• biotechnology licensing and litigation
• FDA regulation
• genetics and the law
• health law, particularly public health law
• intellectual property law
• nanotechnology law and policy
• neuroscience and the law
• patent law and patent litigation
• privacy