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Joint Degrees

GW offers joint degree programs for both JD and LLM degree students. If you are interested in one of the programs, you must apply separately to each school. Each school will independently review and accept applicants.

Joint Juris Doctor Programs

For JD candidates, the law school offers joint degree programs with five other schools within the University. For further information on these programs, please contact our Admissions Office at [email protected] or 202.994.7230.

School of Business

JD/Master of Business Administration (57 credits, 12 cross credits allowed from MBA to Law and 14 cross credits allowed from Law to MBA.)

Elliott School of International Affairs

JD/MA (40 credits, 12 cross credits to and from each program)

Graduate School of Education and Human Development

JD/Master of Education Policy (36 credits, 12 cross credits to and from each program)

Columbian College of Arts and Sciences

• JD/MA: (36 credits, 12 cross credits to and from each program, except Women's, Gender, Sexuality Studies.) Three degrees possible: History (with a concentration in U.S. legal history);  Women's, Gender, Sexuality Studies (6 Law cross credits); Women's, Gender, Sexuality Studies (with a concentration in Public Policy) (6 Law cross credits).
• JD/Master of Public Administration (40 credits, 12 cross credits to and from each program).
• JD/Master of Public Policy (40 credits, 12 cross credits to and from each program).

Milken Institute of Public Health

• JD/Master of Public Health (45 credits, 8 Law credits applied to MPH, 12 health credits apply to Law)
• JD/Public Health Certificate (18 credits, 6 credits cross credits to and from each program)

After the first year of law study, the law school will allow joint degree students to count up to a maximum of 12 credit hours of coursework completed in a master’s program. These credits will count toward completion of the 84 credit hours required for the law degree of which 67 law credits must be for a letter grade. The grade of Credit (CR) or No Credit (NC) will be recorded on the Law School transcript for each master’s program course and a student must receive a grade of at least B- to receive a grade of Credit. Grades of Credit resulting from courses taken in other master’s programs will count toward the total of 17 credit hours under the Credit/No Credit option allowed after completing the first year of law school. (Note: students transferring into the GW Law program are limited to a maximum of 8 Credit/No Credits.) Under American Bar Association guidelines, law students receive 1 credit hour for each 700 minutes of scheduled class time in a semester; therefore, a law student may in some cases earn only 2 credits for a course offered by another graduate program at the University for 3 credits. Online coursework offered by another GW school may not be undertaken by a law student for credit toward the law degree.

With the exception of the MBA program, which requires one year of exclusive residency and enrollment, joint degree students may enroll in a combination of law and master's level courses each semester after the first year of law study is complete. There are many employment and other advantages to beginning the joint degree program after the second year of law courses. Students may enroll in a minimum of 12 credits to be considered full-time, and a maximum of 17 credits per semester. Any combination of law and master's level credits is acceptable. Joint degree students may also be part-time (less than 12 total credits per semester).

Law school tuition rates govern, unless a joint degree student is enrolled exclusively in master's program courses. In such semesters or summer sessions, the graduate tuition rate will apply.

The joint degrees must be conferred simultaneously and only after all requirements for both degrees have been met. The Records Office in consultation with Student Affairs will transfer 12 credits to the law school transcript in the final month before graduation. It is the responsibility of each joint degree student to ensure that grades from the final semester or summer of study are transferred to the law school for credit to qualify for graduation. Capstone projects, language requirements, and/or any other requirements must be fully met before the law degree will be conferred. Eligibility to sit for a state bar exam is usually contingent on completing the law degree, which will only occur when the master's degree requirements have also been fulfilled.

As a rule, law students are eligible for three years of financing through law school funds, or four years if a student is enrolled in the part-time program Check with the law school Office of Financial Aid for specific guidelines on funding available to joint degree students whose enrollment will exceed the established matriculation periods.

Joint Master of Laws/Master's Degree Programs and LLM Double-Degree Program

The law school offers two joint degree programs for LLM candidates and one LLM double-degree program. For further information on these programs, please contact our Graduate Admissions Office at [email protected] .

Milken Institute School of Public Health

LLM/MPH is offered for students pursuing a General LLM or the LLM in Environmental Law

LLM/MA (in the field of  history  with a concentration in U.S. legal history; in the field of  women's studies ; and in the field of public policy with a concentration in women's studies is offered for students who are pursuing the LLM in International and Comparative Law

University of Groningen, Netherlands

Two LLM degrees, Energy and Environmental Law LLM from GW Law and Energy and Climate Law LLM from the University of Groningen, may be earned in one year through this mutual exchange program.  

Students must be admitted to both the law school and, separately, to the school that will confer the other master's degree. Each school must separately approve a student's application to pursue a joint degree program. The joint degrees must be conferred simultaneously and only after all requirements for both degrees have been met.

The law school will allow 6 credit hours of work completed in the other GW master's program to count toward completion of the 24 credit hours required for the LLM degree. The grade of CR (Credit) or NC (No Credit) will be recorded for such courses; a student must receive a grade of at least B- to receive a grade of Credit. Law students receive 1 credit hour for each 700 minutes of scheduled class time in a semester; therefore, a law student may in some cases earn only 2 credits for a course offered by another school of the University for 3 credits. For the double-degree program with the University of Groningen, students must complete at least 12 credit hours of work at GW Law and will be credited with 1 hour for every 2 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) earned at the University of Groningen in accordance with the other requirements of the program.

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LLM PhD Integrated Course, Eligibility, Admission, Syllabus, Subjects, Scope & Career Growth

• What is LLM Ph.D.?

LLM Ph.D. is an integrated dual degree course. It combines postgraduate-level LLM and doctoral Ph.D. programmes. LLM PhD dual degree can be pursued by students who come from different academic backgrounds. It is one of the best ways to develop the right amount of knowledge in the field of law. As people are becoming aware of their legal rights and responsibilities, the demand for law courses has increased among students. There are numerous specialisations offered in law courses such as international business law, patent law, civil law , human rights law, corporate law , and labour law .

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The LLM course can be completed in one year, and from then onwards, you can start your Ph.D . The PhD after LLM duration will be of three to four years. A lot of people consider LLM to be the degree that you need to do if you are looking to teach a student in college or if you want to pursue a Ph.D. You need to keep reading the article to know more about this integrated PhD after LLM programme.

LLM PhD stands for Master of Legislative Law- Doctor of Philosophy. The Ph.D. topic depends on what subjects you have chosen in your LLM. The Ph.D. in legal studies helps students understand the advanced legal system of the country and the different policies that come into play to make juridical decisions. A candidate who is applying for an LLM course must be keen to study law and the various niches that the law offers.

The fee structure of the LLM PhD integrated course is planned by the management authority of the academic institution. It may vary across colleges, depending on the facilities provided and previous academic records. The average LLM PhD fees range from Rs. 2 lakhs to Rs. 6.3 lakhs, based on the college choice.

The LLM PhD joint degree is suitable for all professionals. Whether you are a lawyer or a non-lawyer, it does not matter. LLM PhD dual degree is well recognised internationally and will stand the test of time. The masters of law are not only for lawyers who fight their cases in the courtroom. People in industrial business, academia, marketing, international diplomacy, and administration are some of the different opportunities in which you can kickstart your career with this master’s degree.

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Every institute has its own eligibility criteria for the integrated LLM PhD course. we have provided you with the basic LLM PhD eligibility that every law school demands from the students.

• First, a student must have done a bachelor's in law or have some kind of degree in law, which could be either a BA LLB or BBA LLB from a recognised university or college.
• Some colleges may have a higher minimum percentage when it comes to the admission process in LLM. But for most law schools, a minimum of 55 per cent of previous bachelors is required.
• When it comes to the age limit, there is no specified age to take LLM courses in various colleges in the country. You only need to complete your graduation to pursue LLM.

For a person to pursue a PhD in law after LLM , one needs to have a good observational trait to look for even the smallest details. Also, they should be good at interpersonal skills and should be comfortable in running the debate. Below are some LLM PhD skills helpful to the students throughout the course.

Suppose you are interested in doing your LLM course along with a Ph.D. You need to make sure that you apply to all the top law schools that are present in the country. Also, when you are pursuing LLM, you need to take a specialisation in it. Below is the general LLM PhD application process followed at most colleges in India.

• Candidates who want to get admission to the LLM course first need to appear for the national entrance exams. To get admission to the top law schools that the nation has to offer.
• Once you have filled out the application form for the LLM course entrance test, you need to appear in the exam and score good marks. After the result is out, colleges will have their cut-off for the respective entrance exams, and you can apply for those colleges whose cut-off you have cleared.
• After applying to college, you need to visit the campus for the final interview round, where the administration will ask you a general question and test your verbal skills.
• Now, if you are selected for the college, you will start your LLM course and during those 12 months, you can choose the topic for your Ph.D. and submit a draft to the college.
• Also, if you are interested in combining LLM courses along with a Ph.D., the whole admission process is the same. But, candidates also need to provide the working experience certificate, which needs to be off at least three to five years.

A cut-off is the minimum required score that determines the eligibility of candidates to offer enrollment in academic programmes. It is affected by three major factors: the number of candidates participating in the examination, the number of available seats, and the difficulty level of the examination. It is difficult to predict the LLM PhD cutoff, as it changes every year. Candidates are advised to check the college's websites for the publication of the LLM PhD cutoff.

The Common Law Admission Test-Postgraduate ( CLAT-PG) is an offline test at the national level that provides admission to various law-related courses. Across the country, there are many colleges and universities that accept CLAT-PG scores to provide admission. Below are some of the top colleges accepting CLAT PG scorecards.

There are several different LLM PhD subjects and specialisations, that you can choose when you are pursuing the course. Depending on your specialisation, the LLM PhD syllabus will be different for each course. Below is the LLM PhD curriculum which is followed at the Auro University, Surat .

LLM PhD dual degree course allows students to learn new different core subjects, which can help in building a good law career. Given below are some of the law specialisations which you should be looking for when you apply for the LLM PhD integrated course.

• Business Law
• Criminal Law
• Human Rights
• Taxation Law

There are a number of opportunities open up for you once you complete your LLM Ph.D. LLM courses will bring both respect and money into your life. There are a lot of public areas where the government needs an LLM course candidate to help them out. Graduates can work for the government as well as private organisations. Moreover, they can also open up their own consultancy or legal aid firm and become an entrepreneur. Pursuing a career as an academician is another choice you can opt for.

Given below, we have named some career options that you can choose after completing your LLM with an integrated Ph.D. Here is the list of LLM PhD career options that you can choose that can easily provide both social respect and a respectable annual salary.

Advocate :- You can have a great career both in India and abroad when it comes to becoming an advocate. You will be able to showcase your knowledge of Indian law. To succeed in this line, you need to have an astute for human behaviour and psychology.

Lawyer : A lawyer is a professional who practices law. He or she provided advice to clients on legal matters. He or she may advocate and represent clients in the courts. A lawyer interprets the legal terms to clients and interprets laws, rulings, and regulations for individuals and businesses. He or she conducts case studies and prepares legal documents.

Legal Advisor :- A legal consultant or legal advisor helps the company sign a legal contract with the new companies or with the new client. It requires you to have legitimate research, drafting, and research related to your company's projects.

Judge :- One of the highly reputed jobs in India can be taken up if you have completed your LLM PhD course. Surely you need to take an exam for that, but this course will help you prepare for it, and during the interview stage the postgraduate degree with a Ph.D. is going to help you pass the process with flying colours.

Several recruiters hire individuals with legal expertise directly through campus placements. These recruiters visit the campuses of premier law colleges like ICFAI Law School, Hyderabad , Saveetha University, Chennai , and RNB Global University, Bikaner . Some of the notable recruiters for LLM PhD courses are provided in the table below.

We have provided below the salary details based on the law career job profiles. The salary offered to LLM PhD graduates may vary depending on their job profile and area of law specialisation and the structure of the employing organisation.

Source: Payscale

An LLM PhD is a higher level of qualification in the field of legal studies. Successful LLM PhD graduates can become law professors and start teaching in law colleges and universities. They can either start working with NGOs, media houses, NPOs, legal firms, or in the court of law. Note that, specific employment areas depend on the individual's specialisation, preference, and experience.

Frequently Asked Question (FAQs)

To get admission in LLM, you need to have a bachelor's in the same field, which is a legal study. You can get admission to LLM course postgraduate courses in some colleges. Still, top law schools require you to have previous experience in the field or a graduate degree.

Yes, when you enrol in an LLM course you have to choose a specialisation for your postgraduate. During this decision-making, you can choose criminal law, or family law as your specialisation. These will help you learn the core concepts of Indian law which will be beneficial for you in the long term when you need to represent your client in court. 

You need to have work experience in this field and your bachelors have to be related to legal studies in one way or the other. 

There are certain exceptions that can go beyond one year of the time period but mostly LLM course full-time programmes take one year to complete. Some schools do offer part-time and distance learning to their students so that LLM course can be done in two to three years depending on the law school. 

Yes. You will need three or more years to complete LLM Ph.D. In this programme, a student needs to choose a topic for the research and come up with the solution and thesis along with the published paper at the end of the final year to complete the programme. LLM course is a postgraduate degree in law. 

Yes, candidates can pursue an LLM PhD integrated course of four years. Note that, they must have a bachelor’s degree in law first.

Yes, you can apply for Ph.D. programme after one year of LLM, but make sure you have pursued LLM in full-time mode, otherwise, your application may not be considered.

Most colleges cover LLM PhD courses in four years, however, it can take up to five years as well, depending on the curriculum and specialisation.

The application process involves meeting educational requirements, appearing for an entrance exam (if any), and appearing for an interview.

No, there is no national-level exam for the LLM PhD integrated course.

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Georgetown Law sponsors degree programs in which students may simultaneously earn a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the Law Center and a graduate degree from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business (M.B.A.), McCourt School of Public Policy (M.P.P.), Walsh School of Foreign Service (M.S.F.S., M.A.A.S., M.A.E.R.E.S., M.A.G.E.S., M.A. Latin American Studies, or M.A.S.S.P.), the Department of Government (J.D./Ph.D.), the Department of Philosophy (J.D./M.A., J.D./Ph.D.), or the graduate program at Georgetown Law (J.D./LL.M.). A J.D./M.P.H. is also offered in cooperation with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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Harvard law school/university of cambridge jd/llm joint degree program.

The Harvard Law School and the University of Cambridge J.D./LL.M. Joint Degree Program provides an efficient avenue to earn two degrees by enabling Harvard J.D. candidates to earn a Cambridge LL.M. and a Harvard J.D. in a total of three-and-a-half years.

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Dual degrees.

The study of law increasingly is informed by an understanding of other disciplines, such as management or public health. BU Law offers 17 dual degree programs with other graduate schools at Boston University and at several international universities, as well as through its own LLM programs. These programs enable students to receive two degrees in less time than it would take if the degrees were pursued separately.

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Jd/phd — law and psychology.

There are nearly as many intersections between law and psychology as there are areas of policy regulation. Conflict resolution and negotiation; judgment and decision-making capacity; prejudice and stereotyping; criminal responsibility; competency; assessment of evidence, including the reliability of eyewitnesses, and lie detection; hedonics; developmental psychology and educational policy; addiction and drug policy—these are just a few of the frontiers open to scholars and practitioners educated in both law and psychology.

Stanford has a rich tradition of collaboration between its psychology department and law school, with faculty members co-authoring publications, and students working together and enrolling in interdisciplinary programs. Stanford’s psychology department has long been considered the strongest in the nation, with an atypical breadth of scholarly strength that supports a wide range of student interests. Stanford is also one of the nation’s leading centers for neuroscience research , bringing together biologists, psychologists, social scientists, and policymaker-lawyers to deepen our understanding of the brain.

Students pursuing a JD/PhD in law and psychology generally go on to academic careers in law schools, psychology departments, policy jobs, and think tanks. However, issues pursued through this joint degree program are also highly relevant to legal practice. Every day, litigators and negotiators make strategic decisions based on accounts of human decision-making. Those who regulate markets make decisions based on accounts of how people process distinct sorts of information. Those who work with medical ethicists make judgments that depend on assumptions about competency or the nature of pain.

Special Requirements

Students must have completed a year of law school before entering the psychology department or have completed a year of psychology graduate school before applying to the law school.

Course Requirements

As many as 54 quarter units of approved courses may be counted toward both degrees. No more than 31 quarter units of approved courses that originate outside the law school may count toward the law degree.

The maximum number of law school credits that may be counted toward the PhD in psychology is the greater of: (i) 36 quarter units; or (ii) the maximum number of units from courses outside the department that PhD candidates in psychology are permitted to count toward the PhD under general psychology department guidelines or in the case of a particular student’s individual program.

Note to applicants:  The Knight-Hennessy Scholars program awards full funding to Stanford graduate students from all disciplines, with additional opportunities for leadership training and collaboration across fields. Joint Degree applicants are encouraged to apply to the  Knight – Hennessy Scholars Program.  Please be aware that the Knight-Hennessy Scholars applications are due in early Autumn one year prior to enrollment. View dates and deadlines: knight-hennessy.stanford.edu/dates-and-deadlines .

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JD-LLM in International Human Rights

Northwestern Law and its Center for International Human Rights offers a four-year joint degree program leading to both a JD and an LLM in International Human Rights, with a focus on both international human rights law and international criminal law. Northwestern Law remains the only law school in the country to offer a joint JD-LLM in International Human Rights (JD-LLM IHR) program.

Students enrolled in the JD-LLM IHR program will receive a thorough grounding in the norms and mechanisms of international human rights law and international criminal law. A distinctive feature of the program will be the requirement that students complete a semester-long externship with one of a number of designated international and hybrid criminal tribunals, foreign supreme courts, and international human rights organizations.

Degree Requirements

The joint degree program requires the completion of the requirements for the JD, plus an additional 20 credits from courses related to international human rights law. These courses must include the following core courses:

• International Human Rights I 
• International Criminal Law 
• Human Rights Colloquium 

The remaining 12 credits can be fulfilled from an array of elective courses relating to international human rights law or international criminal law. While courses may vary from year to year, elective courses offered may include:

• Clinic Practice: Human Rights Advocacy at Home and Abroad
• Clinic Practice: Center for International Human Rights
• Nation Building: International Human Rights in Transitional Societies
• Comparative Human Rights: Differing Perspectives in Europe, the Americas, the U.S.
• A New World Order: the Role of the United Nations in Advancing a Rule of Law and Individual Human Rights
• The Law of War/International Humanitarian Law
• Corporate Human Rights Responsibility
• Refugees and Asylum
• International Environmental Law
• Women, Children and Human Rights
• Graduate Thesis

Students must also complete a 12-credit, semester-long externship with one of a number of designated international and hybrid criminal tribunals, foreign supreme courts, or international human rights organizations. The externship can be undertaken during the joint degree student’s second, third, or fourth years. For further information regarding externships, please see the International Externship page.

Upon completion of all requirements, JD-LLM IHR students are awarded both degrees simultaneously.

All JD-LLM IHR students who are interested in journal service must compete in the journal writing competition during the spring following their first year of law school.

Students must identify their program on the administrative contact form (and not on any competition submissions to be evaluated).

Journal service must consist of two consecutive years. Non-consecutive years of journal service result in an incomplete and limited journal experience for both the student and the journal.

When journals submit their list of selected student competitors, the journal will be informed if any selections are JD-LLM IHR students. If so, when making the offer, the journal will ask that student to declare his or her intentions between the following options: 

To serve for two consecutive years (student plans to complete externship in his or her 4th year)

• To defer journal service for one year (student plans to complete externship in his or her 2nd year)

In exceptional circumstances, a student may be able to complete his/her externship during the third year. If a student wishes to complete his/her externship during the third year, then the student must communicate his or her absence in a timely manner to the journal executive board. During the year in which a student is completing an externship, his or her journal role must be consistent with both the student's absence and the journal's needs regarding that student's service. Thus, the journal will only allow the student to take on a role that can be fulfilled without being physically present on campus for both semesters of the academic year. Such roles will vary from journal to journal and from board position to board position. This approach is the same that is applied when any journal member seeks to study abroad during a year of journal service.

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For further information, please contact by email:

Professor Bridget Arimond , Director of the LLM Program in International Human Rights

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The four-year JD-LLM is a unique and innovative dual degree program designed for current NYU JD students seeking specialist academic expertise in international law. The program aims to provide close mentoring and specialist training for a small number of outstanding students who will go on to make a significant contribution to scholarship, teaching and innovative practice in the field of international law. Additionally, students in the program are designated as Institute for International Law and Justice Scholars which provides financial assistance for the four years of study. Interested NYU JD students apply to the IILJ during their 2L year and to the Office of Graduate Admissions for the full-time LLM in International Studies during their 3L year.

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The Joint JD/LLM Program is an opportunity for JD students to set themselves apart, develop an expertise in an area of law, and make themselves more marketable in a chosen field of practice. Making the decision now can save you time and money. This option provides existing JD students with the opportunity to:

• Complete JD and LLM degrees at the same time
• Obtain two (2) degrees in a shorter amount of time – on average one additional semester instead of 1 full-time year
• Incur Less cost – on average 15 credit hours instead of 24; also some credits can be completed under the JD credit hour rate
• Earn JD/LLM after the completion of 105 credit hours (separately JD/90 credit hours, LLM/24 credit hours = 114)

You can learn more about the Joint JD/LL.M. Program and information on the LL.M. specialty areas by viewing a recent informational session and panel discussion, click HERE . To view the PPT slide information only, please click HERE . See recording from the 9/17/2020 Information Session HERE and PPT slides HERE .

Students in the J.D./LL.M. Joint Degree program earn J.D. and LL.M. degrees upon the completion of 105 credits. The J.D. and the LL.M. degrees are awarded at the same time. *

Each LL.M. program requires the completion of a specific number of specialty-specific credits:

• Energy, Environment and Natural Resources (15 credits of EENR coursework)
• Health Law (18 credits of health law coursework to include Advanced Health Law-5108)
• Intellectual Property & Information Law (15 credits of IPIL coursework)
• International Law (15 credits of international law coursework)
• Tax Law (18 credits of tax law coursework, including Tax Research-5151 and Tax Ethics-5288, plus Federal Income Tax-5459. The four-credit Federal Income Tax course does not count toward the required 18 credits of tax coursework.)

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J.d./ll.m. in national and global health law.

Offered in conjunction with the  O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law , Georgetown’s health law LL.M. program trains lawyers to apply their specialized legal skills to improve population health in the United States and globally. The innovative full- or part-time course of study explore the intersections of health and law, including global health governance, health and human rights, food and drug law, access to health care, and legal interventions to prevent and control infectious and non-communicable diseases. The J.D./LL.M. in National and Global Health Law degree program enables Georgetown Law students to earn both a J.D. degree and an  LL.M. in National and Global Health Law  in a total of seven full-time semesters (or longer if completed on a part-time basis).

Students must apply for admission to the program at the end of their 2L/3E year.

Under this program, students count 12 credits completed during their J.D. studies toward the LL.M. degree. Of these 12 credits, at least 8 credits must be health law "specialization credits."  Following completion and conferral of the J.D. degree, students must complete an additional 12 credits of coursework, of which at least 8 must be health law "specialization credits."

Following acceptance into the J.D./LL.M. degree, students must complete:

• Global Health Law course  (3-credit option), which will count toward the "specialization credits"; and
• A practicum listed under the health law "specialization" course list or an externship that must be approved by the Director of the Health Law LL.M. Program (Note: while an externship is highly encouraged, externship credits do not count toward the "specialization credits").

This program is only open to students who are earning their J.D. at Georgetown Law. Students may complete the additional credits on a full-time or part-time basis.  J.D./LL.M. students are expected to complete their LL.M. credits within two years of receiving their J.D. degree.

For more information about the LL.M. degree in National and Global Health Law and the other courses that count as "specialization credits" toward the degree, visit the LL.M. in National and Global Health Law page.

For more information, contact the Office of Graduate Admissions .

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Explore our dual-degree programs.

Today's lawyers practice in an environment of increasing complexity. Many specialty areas-including health care, domestic matters, business, and the environment-operate at the intersection of law and other disciplines, calling for specialized knowledge and training. To prepare you for the challenges of this kind of legal work, we offer several dual-degree programs in partnership with other leading academic institutions in the region. 

Candidates for dual-degree programs must meet the separate admissions criteria and degree requirements of each school. Through credit sharing, you can satisfy the requirements for degrees in two related disciplines in less time, and at less expense, than would otherwise be possible. Students interested in a dual-degree program typically apply to both schools at the same time. If you are admitted to both schools, you will enroll in one school and defer the offer of admission to the other school until the following year. However, you may also decide to pursue a dual-degree program after you are already enrolled in one school.

Dual-degree students must receive both degrees at the same time in order to be listed as dual-degree recipients in the graduation program. While Maryland Carey Law will count up to 9 credits of non-law graduate work toward the JD, whether or not the student is in a dual-degree program, the other school may not be able to count law school credits toward the other degree if the degrees are not awarded at the same time.

In addition to the following, other dual-degree programs may be developed for students who request them.

The Master of Arts in Criminal Justice program prepares students for research, teaching, and professional employment in the operational agencies in the field of criminal justice. It is offered through the Institute of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the University of Maryland, College Park. For more information, call (301) 405-6838 or visit  http://www.ccjs.umd.edu/ .

The JD-MALA Dual-Degree Program is offered in cooperation with the St. John’s College (SJC) Graduate Institute in Annapolis, Maryland.

Through credit sharing, students in this dual-degree program can satisfy the requirements for two degrees in different disciplines in less time, and at less expense, than would otherwise be possible. Students interested in the JD-MALA Dual-Degree Program must apply separately for admission to both schools. Applicants must meet the separate admission criteria and complete the distinct degree requirements at each institution. 

If admitted to both programs, students may enroll in and obtain degrees from both programs simultaneously, although students typically enroll in one school and defer admission to the other school until the following year. For example, the first year of study at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law is comprised almost entirely of required courses; therefore, first-year law students do not take courses at the SJC Graduate Institute that year. Instead, students beginning the program at the law school enroll in relevant courses at SJC during the second year. Alternatively, JD-MALA Dual-Degree Program students may begin their studies at SJC before beginning the first year of law school, but none of the courses taken that year would transfer from SJC to the JD program. 

Regardless of the order of enrollment, participation in this JD-MALA Dual-Degree Program must be formally established prior to the completion of any coursework that would be intended to transfer from one of these institutions to the other.  Once participation is approved, the schedule for fulfilling degree requirements for each program may be completed in a variety of ways, including completing courses at both institutions concurrently or successively. The SJC MALA program must be completed within eight years of matriculation, while the Maryland Carey Law JD program must be completed within seven years. To be strategic, students are encouraged to communicate interest in this dual-degree program as early as possible and to work very closely with both institutions to devise a sensible and comprehensive long-term enrollment plan. Ultimately, in order to be listed as a dual-degree recipient in both commencement programs, dual-degree program participants must complete their last requirements for both degrees in the same term. 

The University of Maryland Carey School of Law will accept nine credits awarded by the SJC Graduate Institute Politics and Society segment toward the JD, provided that those credits were earned after the start of enrollment at Maryland Carey Law. Specific topics to be submitted for approval in conjunction with the Politics and Society segment include courses in the areas of History, Politics and Society, and Philosophy and Theology. In all cases, any classes taken at SJC that are intended to apply to the law degree must be approved by the Office of Registration and Enrollment at Maryland Carey Law prior to the student’s enrollment in those SJC courses. This approval process formalizes the student’s participation in the JD-MALA Dual-Degree Program from the perspective of the law school. 

The St. John’s College Graduate Institute will accept nine credits awarded by the University of Maryland Carey School of Law toward the MALA degree, provided that grades of B- or higher were earned at Maryland Carey Law. Specific courses to be considered for transfer include Constitutional Law II, Criminal Law, and Property Law. In all cases, any classes taken at Maryland Carey Law that are intended to apply to the MALA degree must be approved by the SJC Associate Dean of Graduate Programs prior to the student’s enrollment in those School of Law courses. This approval process formalizes the student’s participation in the JD-MALA Dual-Degree Program from the perspective of the SJC Graduate Institute. 

For more information about the Master of Arts in Liberal Arts at the St. John’s College Graduate Institute, visit  https://www.sjc.edu/academic-programs/graduate/masters-liberal-arts  or email  [email protected] .

The Master of Business Administration program is designed to prepare students for positions of responsibility in industry, commerce, or government, or as preparation for legal careers working with those in such positions.

The University of Maryland Carey School of Law partners with three local-area MBA programs:

• Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park (or its evening program offered on the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus). For more information, call (301) 405-2278 or visit  http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu .
• Merrick School of Business at the University of Baltimore. For more information, call (410) 837-4777 or visit  http://www.ubalt.edu/merrick .
• Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University. For more information, call (410) 234-9220, email  [email protected] , or visit  http://carey.jhu.edu/admissions .

Specifically, Maryland Carey Law and the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins have an agreement in which any student who completes their first year of law school at Maryland Carey Law in  good standing  is automatically admitted to the MBA program at Johns Hopkins.  You can find more information  about the submitting an application for the MBA program and the JD/MBA  here .

The University of Maryland Carey School of Law partners with the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics for law students also interested in obtaining their  Master of Bioethics (MBE) , an innovative, interdisciplinary program combining approaches from science and technology, the humanities and arts, and public health and medicine. The MBE degree prepares students from diverse personal and professional backgrounds to address the bioethics challenges they will face in professional and civic life. The purpose of the JD/MBE dual degree program is to facilitate the integration of both legal and bioethics academic programs to prepare students for a diverse range of careers in the law and bioethics. Students will receive two degrees, one from each school. Program students must seek advising from each school for a clear understanding of course requirements and options available.

For more information, contact Rebecca Hall, Managing Director of the Law & Health Care Program, at  [email protected] .

The Community Planning Program brings together an active community of scholars and students to creatively confront the issues facing our cities and metropolitan regions. Through instruction, participation in research, and community interaction, students explore the changing character and critical problems of modern urban development. The curriculum emphasizes student understanding of the political, economic, institutional, and social context within which planners work with a diverse range of stakeholders to develop and implement plans, policies, and programs. Specializations include housing and economic development, land use, growth management and environmental planning, transportation planning, and social planning. The Urban Studies and Planning Program will accept up to 9 credits of JD coursework towards the MCP degree, while Maryland Carey Law will grant up to 9 credits of MCP coursework toward the JD.

Applicants must apply to each program separately and be accepted by both programs. The MCP program requires a grade of B or better in law coursework in order to grant transfer credit. Credits from the MCP program can be transferred to the Law program only if they are taken while the student is enrolled in the Law program and vice versa. This means that students cannot take advantage of the transfer of credits if they have already completed either of the programs.

Applicants for the dual-degree in Community Planning/Juris Doctor should use the four-letter code “LCPL” on the online University of Maryland, College Park application for the MCP. For more information, contact Dr. Casey Dawkins, URSP Program Director, at  [email protected]  or (301) 405-2158; and Kristen Stack Tepper, URSP Program Coordinator, at  [email protected]  or (301) 405-6311.

The University of Maryland Carey School of Law partners with two MPH programs:

• The  Master of Public Health (MPH) Program , based in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, is designed to provide students in the professional schools of the University (Law, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Social Work) with the opportunity for formal training in public health. Students may choose from one of three concentrations — Epidemiology, Community & Population Health, and Global Health. The goal of these concentrations is to emphasize the development of public health skills through core and concentration requirement courses that are skills based.
• The  Master of Public Health Program  at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

For more information, contact Rebecca Hall, Managing Director of the Law & Health Care Program, at (410) 706-5369 or  [email protected] .

The  Master of Social Work Program  exposes students to issues and methods of social work and to the relationships between social work programs and the legal system. It is offered through the University of Maryland School of Social Work. For more information, call (410) 706-7922.

The purpose of the Doctor of Pharmacy dual-degree program is to facilitate the integration of these two academic programs to prepare students for a diverse range of health care and legal careers. This program is offered through the School of Pharmacy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. A very useful FAQ about the dual degree program is located at  http://www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/academics/dualdegrees/PharmD-JD.html . For more information, call the School of Pharmacy Admissions at (410) 706-7653; and Rebecca Hall, Managing Director of the Law & Health Care Program, at (410) 706-5369 or  [email protected] .

Through the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park, students may earn a Master of Public Policy. This program develops the critical and analytical skills necessary to the formulation of public policy and management of public sector and nonprofit programs. Students in the Master of Public Policy program must complete 48 credits of approved courses consisting of a core curriculum, requirements of a chosen specialization, and general electives. For more information, call (301) 405-6331, email  [email protected] , or visit  http://publicpolicy.umd.edu/graduate/admissions/application-process/dual-programs .

This is offered through the University of Maryland Baltimore County. The Law and Public Policy program recognizes that a knowledge of legal and social science, literature, combined with the analytical tools from both fields, is strong preparation for careers in teaching, legislative analysis, or policy positions. The law school will accept 9 credits from the policy sciences program, and policy sciences will normally accept 6 to 9 law credits at the master's level 12 to 15 law credits at the PhD level. For more information, call Graduate Admissions at (410) 455-2537, School of Public Policy at (410) 455-3202, or visit  http://www.umbc.edu/gradschool/programs/pub_pol.html .

Maryland Carey Law and UMBC have partnered to facilitate the integration of two academic programs to prepare students for a diverse range of cybersecurity and legal careers. Through a sharing of elective credits and flexible scheduling, students can earn the Juris Doctor (JD) and the Master’s of Professional Studies (MPS) in Cybersecurity degrees in less time, and therefore with less cost, than would be required if each degree was completed separately. To obtain the MPS degree, students must earn 30 credits. Up to 12 credits from Maryland Carey Law can be used to fulfill this requirements. Up to 9 credits from the MPS program at UMBC can be used to complete the 85 credit requirement for the JD degree. Students interested in the Dual Degree program must apply and meet all application criteria and be admitted into the JD and the MPS programs separately before beginning this Dual Degree program. If accepted into both programs, students will work with each program’s administrators to plan out their academic schedule.

For information about each program, visit:  https://www.law.umaryland.edu/Programs-and-Impact/Cybersecurity-and-Crisis-Management/Degree-Programs/  and  https://professionalprograms.umbc.edu/cybersecurity/masters-of-professional-studies-cybersecurity/

For additional information, please contact Markus Rauschecker, CHHS Cybersecurity Program Director, at  [email protected]

HLS-Cambridge: Eligibility and Application Information

Eligibility.

Up to six Harvard 2Ls are selected annually to spend their 3L year reading for the LL.M. degree in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The admissions process begins with an application through HLS in January of the candidate’s 2L year and ends with a decision by Cambridge in early spring for matriculation at Cambridge the following fall.

HLS students who are already enrolled in joint degree programs, either with other Harvard schools or other American universities, are not eligible to apply for the Cambridge program. Students who transfer to HLS after completing their first year at another law school are also not eligible for the Cambridge program.

Students who would like to discuss the possibility of obtaining disability accommodations for the Cambridge LL.M. should contact Lakshmi Clark, Director of Student Affairs, at  [email protected]  or (617) 496-2437 prior to applying.

Applications

As a first step in the application process, students should submit the following materials by  Friday, January 5, 2024  to International Legal Studies, by e-mail to  [email protected] :

• A statement of interest for review by the HLS Study Abroad Committee.  The statement of interest should be five pages in length and should elaborate on the applicant’s educational and professional objectives and identify a proposed course of study at Cambridge, including specific classes.
• Cambridge college preferences.   Please indicate a first and second choice of Cambridge colleges and explain the reasons for the selections.  Each student admitted to the Cambridge LL.M. program will be assigned to a college and must also indicate these first two college preferences on the Cambridge application form. It is not possible to amend these preferences after the application form is submitted, so students should think carefully about their choice of colleges. For further information, please see “Cambridge Colleges,” below.
• An official copy of your current HLS transcript.   The transcript should include your most recent reported grades as of the application deadline. Students can order official transcripts online by going to the  Office of the Registrar’s Transcripts Requests page  and selecting “Placing a Transcript Order Online.” Official transcripts may be in electronic or paper form but must be sent directly from the Office of the Registrar, or, if delivered by the student, arrive in the original signed and sealed envelope.  (Please note that requests for HLS transcripts may take 3-5 days to process, so applicants should plan accordingly.) 
• Letters from two academic references.  Although applicants may provide letters of reference from faculty members at schools other than HLS, it is desirable to provide at least one recommendation from an HLS professor. Students should bear in mind that letters of recommendation that explain how an applicant performed in their academic studies in comparison to their peers are of particular value to the Committee. The University of Cambridge puts considerable weight on academic performance. The University of Cambridge provides the following instructions for faculty recommenders: “Please comment on the applicant’s academic fitness and general suitability to undertake the proposed course of research or study, in relation to the qualification sought. Also include any other information which you think is relevant to the application. If the applicant’s native language is not English, please comment on the applicant’s level of fluency and proficiency, particularly in the context of their academic work, if known.”   Letters should be sent directly by the recommenders to International Legal Studies, by e-mail to  [email protected] .  If they are submitted by the student, rather than the faculty member, they should be provided in signed and sealed envelopes.

Applicants will be notified by February 1 if they are being nominated for the Cambridge LL.M. program.  After that, each nominated student will receive instructions and an individualized application link from the Cambridge Graduate Admissions Office.  Students will then have seven days to complete the on-line application and upload the supporting materials.

When completing the on-line application, students will provide their recommenders’ names and e-mail addresses.  The system will generate an invitation for recommenders to submit materials via the reference portal.  (It is expected that the content of  these reference letters will be the same as that of the letters reviewed by the HLS Study Abroad Committee.)

Admissions decisions are ultimately made by the University of Cambridge.

Application Timeline

J anuary 5, 2024 Application materials are due to International Legal Studies.

Mid-January Each applicant meets individually with a member of the HLS study abroad team to discuss how the year at Cambridge could fit into their academic and career goals.

February 1 Students will be notified whether they have been selected as nominees for the Cambridge LL.M. program. Nominees will then receive an individualized application link and will have seven days to complete the Cambridge on-line application and upload the supporting materials.

Mid-March Students are notified of admissions decisions by the University of Cambridge.

April 15 Students who are admitted to Cambridge must make a firm commitment to the program.

Cambridge Colleges

Colleges form the basis for much of the academic and social life at Cambridge. In choosing a College, HLS students may wish to consider the composition of the student body, including whether it has undergraduate as well as graduate students; its location (including where graduate students are housed in relation to the faculty of law); its facilities and activities (library, dining, sports, social events), the “personality” of the College and its degree of formality; its alumni network; and the availability of funding for doctoral-level study, among other factors.

All of the Colleges on this list particularly welcome applications from HLS students to the LL.M. program and have agreed to consider each application made. Each College has its own policy on the number of places that it makes available for LL.M. students in any one year. A typical College will accept between three to six LL.M. students (across all applications received) but some will accept fewer students and some considerably more. In general, the graduate colleges tend to have higher numbers of LL.M. students (in some cases accepting 20 or more LL.M. students). College admissions offices will usually answer queries about the typical size of an LL.M. cohort, and the Link Coordinator at Cambridge, Jens Scherpe ( [email protected] ), is always happy to answer questions that HLS students may have.

Applicants can learn about  how the College system works  and admittance restrictions on the Cambridge website. It can also be useful to speak with HLS students who have studied at Cambridge or to contact the officers of the  Cambridge Graduate Union  for an “unofficial” perspective on the various Colleges. Upon request, the  International Legal Studies office  can provide HLS students with contact information of past participants in the HLS-Cambridge Joint Degree Program as well as their tips about things to consider when choosing a College.

HLS students will need to designate their preferred Colleges as part of their application to Cambridge and may not change these preferences later.

It is also possible for HLS students to express preferences for other Cambridge Colleges but the likelihood of acceptance cannot be predicted. Competition for places in some Cambridge Colleges is particularly intense, due to either the small number of places available or the large number of applicants who ranked that College as a first choice. If an HLS applicant is not accepted by either of the two preferred Colleges indicated on their application form, they will be assigned to another college as designated by Cambridge.

A few Colleges have restrictions and some do not have housing for married couples.

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Fighting for Workplace Justice

July 22, 2024

Peggy Browning Fellow Justin McCulloch L’26 worked with the legal department of the United Steelworkers (USW) in Pittsburgh this summer.

Justin McCulloch L’26 is a rising 2L from Coconut Creek, FL, who hopes to work in civil rights and labor law.

This summer, I worked as a Peggy Browning Fellow with the legal department of the United Steelworkers (USW) in Pittsburgh, PA. Under the guidance of the USW’s General Counsel, I aided the legal department in advocating for and defending members across North America. This includes traditional steelworkers, employees in the rubber industry, and faculty at the University of Pittsburgh.

In my role, I had the opportunity to complete intense research into NLRB decisions, arbitrations, and circuit court decisions, as well as drafting position statements for bargaining and grievance arbitration. My primary work focused on assisting in protecting members’ rights under collective bargaining agreements, enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), and ensuring positive gains in new rounds of negotiations. Most recently, I played an active research role in the Steelworkers’ preparation for an arbitration in connection with a merger involving one of the union’s largest employers, where the USW hopes to protect their hard-fought gains, which they have achieved over several decades of labor activism.

My summer work is a part of the mission of the Peggy Browning Fund (PBF). The PBF is a nonprofit organization established in memory of Margaret A. Browning L’78, prominent labor attorney and Member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). PBF’s fellowship program seeks to educate and inspire the next generation of advocates for workplace justice. The fellowship provides aspiring labor/employment lawyers with the opportunity to work under the tutelage of experienced labor lawyers at union-side firms, worker nonprofits, and in-house union counsel. I want to use this experience and my connections at USW to grow my network in the labor movement and build my knowledge of labor law. My work at USW has solidified that my home is in the labor movement and has pushed me toward pursuing a career as a worker’s rights advocate. I would be particularly interested in working in the South.

Later this year, I will attend the Peggy Browning Workers’ Rights Conference, where I and the other Fellows will share our experiences, gain new knowledge, and continue our fight for a better workplace for all people.

My passion for labor law was fostered by my upbringing and my Penn Carey Law experience. As the grandson of a member of the Polish Solidarity (Solidarność) movement, I was raised to believe in the dignity of all labor, as well as the awesome power that workers could harness and utilize—if only given the chance. My first year at Penn Carey Law provided a unique avenue to channel that belief into legal knowledge and activism. From learning about the role of tort law in the development of workplace safety and labor agitation, to advocating for worker benefits in my Legal Practice Skills brief, I have been able to exercise and build upon my passion for the law and the cause of labor.

After this summer, I hope to use my real-life experience with the USW to inform my education as I prepare for coursework in employment discrimination and labor law. Having learned key skills and important expertise from one of the oldest and strongest unions in the county, I plan to use those tools to pursue pro-bono projects at the Law School and activism in the Philadelphia area. Post graduation, I hope to continue the fight for workplace justice at a union-side law firm or pursuing my other legal interests: freedom of religion and church-state separation.

Pathways to the Profession highlights Penn Carey Law students and post-graduate fellows as they launch impactful legal careers. From summer internships in the private sector to public interest post-graduate fellowships and externships, these firsthand accounts of substantive legal work demonstrate the myriad opportunities available to Penn Carey Law students and graduates.

Read more Penn Carey Law students’ Pathways to the Profession.

UMD Researchers Lead a Comprehensive Survey on Prompting Techniques

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) systems are becoming increasingly prevalent in both industry and research settings. These systems rely heavily on prompting, or prompt engineering, where developers and end users interact with the AI through carefully designed prompts. Despite the widespread use and research in this area, there remains a lack of standardized terminology and a clear ontological understanding of what constitutes a prompt, largely due to the field's growing nature.

In response, University of Maryland undergraduate computer science majors Michael Ilie , Sander Schulhoff , along with Ph.D. student Alexander Hoyle and affiliate computer science Professor Philip Resnik , have led a collaborative, multi-institutional study on prompting techniques for GenAI systems. 

Their paper, " The Prompt Report: A Systematic Survey of Prompting Techniques ," addresses these gaps by initially attempting to categorize the diverse and unfamiliar territory of prompting techniques. Their goal is to offer a comprehensive taxonomy and terminology that covers a broad range of existing prompt engineering methods and can accommodate future developments. 

The researchers discuss over 200 prompting techniques, frameworks built around them and critical issues such as safety and security that need to be considered when using them. The paper introduces a comprehensive vocabulary of 33 terms, a taxonomy of 58 text-only prompting techniques and 40 techniques for other modalities. Additionally, the paper presents a meta-analysis of the entire literature on natural language prefix-prompting.

By bringing together diverse perspectives and expertise, the team produced a study that offers a holistic view. The study, involving researchers from OpenAI , Microsoft and various universities, is the largest of its kind and encompasses thousands of papers on the subject.

"Working with a large team was very beneficial as each person had their unique knowledge of prompting that we included in the paper," Schulhoff said. “It unites the field into a single document containing extensive foundational work. The paper is already making an impact, with previously unclear terminology being elucidated and prompting techniques being standardized."

“What began as an independent study project that Sander was doing with me turned into an enormous contribution to the current public discussion about large language models,” said Resnik, who holds joint appointments in the University of Maryland's Institute for Advanced Computer Studies and Department of Linguistics . “Right now, designing good prompts for LLMs is alchemy or animal training; people are busily experimenting with ways of getting these systems to produce the results they want, but it's a chaotic process because nobody knows what's actually going on under the hood. The prompt report paper takes a huge step toward creating some order amid the chaos, and it's already having a big impact on the community.”

—Story by Samuel Malede Zewdu, CS Communications 

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Other contributors to the paper include:

Nishant Balepur (University of Maryland)

Konstantine Kahadze (University of Maryland)

Amanda Liu (University of Maryland)

Chenglei Si (Stanford)

Yinheng Li (Microsoft)

Aayush Gupta (University of Maryland)

HyoJung Han (University of Maryland)

Sevien Schulhoff (University of Maryland)

Pranav Sandeep Dulepet (University of Maryland)

Saurav Vidyadhara (University of Maryland)

Dayeon Ki (University of Maryland)

Sweta Agrawal (Instituto de Telecomunicações)

Chau Pham (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Feileen Li (University of Maryland)

Hudson Tao (University of Maryland)

Ashay Srivastava (University of Maryland)

Hevander Da Costa (University of Maryland)

Saloni Gupta (University of Maryland)

Megan L. Rogers (Texas State University)

Inna Goncearenco (Icahn School of Medicine)

Giuseppe Sarli (Icahn School of Medicine, ASST Brianza)

Igor Galynker (Mount Sinai Beth Israel)

Denis Peskoff (Princeton)

Marine Carpuat (University of Maryland)

Jules White (Vanderbilt)

Shyamal Anadkat ( OpenAI)

The Department welcomes comments, suggestions and corrections.  Send email to editor [-at-] cs [dot] umd [dot] edu .

ChipChat: NYU Tandon Team Fabricates the World’s First Chip Designed through AI Conversations

A team of researchers with ties to NYU Tandon—Drs. Ramesh Karri and Siddharth Garg, Ph.D. candidate Jason Blocklove, and a former post-doctoral researcher and research assistant professor Dr. Hammond Pearce—have developed a blueprint for creating microchips using AI. Over the past year or so the team was able to fabricate the world’s first microchip designed through conversations with a Large Language Model (LLM) AI platform, and then prove its viability by winning the first-place prize in the Efabless AI Generated Design Contest. In doing so, the team has provided a powerful “proof of concept” at a time when major chip design software companies, including Synopsys ( https://news.synopsys.com/2023-11-15-Synopsys-Announces-Synopsys-ai-Copilot,-Breakthrough-GenAI-Capability-to-Accelerate-Chip-Design ), Cadence ( https://www.cadence.com/en_US/home/solutions/cadence-ai-platform.html ),  and NVIDIA ( https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/llm-semiconductors-chip-nemo/ ) have announced plans to integrate natural language AI into semiconductor design flows. 

“Chip Chat,” as the technique was named, promises to help simplify and accelerate chip development.Through back-and forth conversations with OpenAI’s GPT-4, the team was able to author the hardware description language (HDL), or Verilog code, needed to explain the digital circuits and systems that make up the chip’s architecture.

The NYU Tandon team later presented Chip Chat in a paper at the Machine Learning for CAD (MLCAD) workshop in September 2023 (see https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10299874 ).