Our master's degree in law gives domestic and international students the opportunity to develop legal skills and enhance their knowledge in specific areas of law.<br>The UMKC LL.M. program focuses on advancing lawyering skills, including legal analysis, research, writing, interviewing, counseling and negotiating. Through one capstone experience, students have the opportunity to compete in the LL.M.<br>The School of Law offers two graduate study programs in law leading to the master of laws degree: the LL.M. (Taxation), and the LL.M. in Law (General). The Master of Laws permits students to emphasize their study in one of eight emphasis areas or in an areas of the student's choice based on the curriculum, subject to approval by the student's academic advisor and to availability of courses. An emphasis area is elective and is not required. Admission to the LL.M program in taxation is limited to applicants who have attained the juris doctor or equivalent degree from an approved law school and who have a law school GPA of at least 2.7 on a 4.0 scale.