MSL Program Concentration:
General Legal Studies
The General MSL track offers maximum flexibility for professionals seeking a broad graduate legal education tailored to their careers. Students can design an individualized curriculum by selecting courses across multiple legal disciplines — compliance, healthcare, financial services, tax, and estate planning. The General MSL offers students the ability to truly customize what they want and need in a program, creating a versatile pathway aligned with their goals. Ideal for leaders across industries, this track builds foundational legal fluency, sharpens critical thinking skills, and provides a competitive edge in roles that intersect with legal and regulatory issues.
The MSL at UF Law
The Master of Studies in Law (MSL) at the University of Florida Levin College of Law is a fully online, 30-credit graduate degree designed for working professionals who work adjacent to the law but do not intend to practice law.
Whether you’re in compliance, tax, finance, healthcare, estate planning, or another profession that may encounter legal issues, the MSL program provides a solid legal foundation tailored to your profession.
You’ll gain practical knowledge of the legal landscape relevant to your industry—strengthening your decision-making, compliance awareness, and leadership capabilities.
The UF Law MSL program creates pathways to learning for a diverse community of adult learners. Whatever your background or motivation, joining the program means beginning a journey that is equal parts challenging and transformative. At UF Law, MSL students develop the tools to think critically about legal and regulatory systems, enhance their professional effectiveness, and better serve the organizations and communities they support. When you choose the MSL program, you move one step closer … toward new opportunities, toward your professional goals, and toward becoming part of the famed Gator Nation.
Kristen Hardy, Senior Lecturer and Senior Legal Skills Professor
Courses:
Students seeking a general MSL may select 9 classes (18 credits) from the areas of study courses or the electives list of courses. See the MSL Curriculum Roadmap.
Degree Requirements
Required classes for ALL students, all areas of study
- Introduction to the U.S. Legal System (M.S.L.)
JRM 5352 | 2 Credits - Introduction to Administrative Law
JRM 5501 | 2 Credits - Incorporated Businesses for Non-Lawyers
JRM 5000 | 2 Credits - Introduction to Contracts
JRM 5010 | 2 Credits - Ethics and Professional Standards for Non-Lawyers
JRM 5210 | 2 Credits - Unincorporated Businesses for Non-Lawyers
JRM 5066 | 2 Credits