Suffolk University Law School, ranked No. 1 in legal tech by National Jurist on multiple occasions, announces the launch of the country’s first STEM-designated LLM in Legal Innovation and Technology (LIT).

This groundbreaking 24-credit program prepares graduates to lead in the legal innovation space through courses at the frontier of legal practice, including Generative AI and the Delivery of Legal Services, The Law of Artificial Intelligence, and Process Improvement and Legal Project Management. Applications will be accepted starting January 1, 2025, for Fall 2025 enrollment. Students may complete the program in one year full-time or up to three years part-time.

“Drawing on Suffolk’s extensive experience in legal innovation and technology, our curriculum features cutting-edge coursework that introduces new methods and mindsets and builds students’ understanding of emerging technologies,” says Suffolk Law Dean Andrew Perlman.

The LIT LLM is designed for anyone seeking a competitive advantage in legal services through adoption of innovative methods and new technologies—capabilities that law firms, legal departments, and legal technology companies all increasingly demand. Those likely to benefit include practicing lawyers; legal professionals with a JD (or international equivalent) serving in operations, analytics, or client solutions roles; and foreign trained lawyers interested in STEM-designated OPT training. Students receive hands-on learning with real tools, enabling them to gain practical workplace skills such as document automation and ethical and effective incorporation of Generative Artificial Intelligence.

As the nation’s first law school to launch a LIT Concentration for JD students, Suffolk Law is regularly ranked among the most innovative law schools in the country by Bloomberg Law. LIT faculty include creators of award-winning tools recognized by the White House, a teacher dubbed “perhaps the most tech-savvy law profession in the nation” by the American Bar Association Journal, and recipients of honors like ABA Legal Rebel, ABA Women of Legal Technology, and several Fastcase 50 awards for visionary leadership. Through research and development work focused on access to justice, Suffolk’s LIT Lab has built tools and designed systems to help thousands of individuals obtain vital legal services.

“Suffolk's LIT faculty are nationally recognized doers and builders, and they share their real-world experience with their students,” says Professor Dyane O'Leary, director of Suffolk’s Legal Innovation & Technology Center. “The LLM in LIT program will complement students’ existing black-letter law knowledge with fresh exposure to modern tools.”

Graduates of Suffolk’s JD LIT programs are making impactful contributions. For example:

• Julia Rodgers, JD ’16, CEO of HelloPrenup.com, recently became the first legal technology winner on ABC’s Shark Tank.
• Vedika Mehera, JD ’15, is director of Orrick Labs, the global law firm’s in-house technology innovation group.
• Aubrie Souza, JD ’22, is a senior court management consultant at the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) helping to modernize court systems.

For more information, visit the LLM LIT website.  

About Suffolk University Law School

Located in downtown Boston, Suffolk University Law School is consistently ranked among the most innovative law schools in the nation. Its Legal Innovation & Technology program has been ranked No. 1 or No. 2 by National Jurist on three consecutive occasions, and the school has twice been named to Bloomberg Law’s Top Innovators List (2023, 2024).