Earn Your Master of Legal Studies Online
Earn a career-boosting degree, available fully online from University of Arizona Law
The Online MLS is the Smart Choice
If your current or future career involves the growing areas of regulation, compliance, law, negotiations, human resources, law enforcement, or working with agencies, tribal governments or corporations, the Master of Legal Studies (MLS) degree will enhance your knowledge and effectiveness.
Understand laws and regulations (without needing a law license), and advance your career and development prospects by obtaining legal and critical-thinking skills with the Master of Legal Studies degree.
The fully online format means you can take classes from anywhere and still receive the same rigorous education, in-depth support and improved career preparation that comes with a University of Arizona degree.
“[Having the degree] enriches my ability to inform the public about the government and those who run it or make decisions about policy. I also hope that it will make me a more competitive candidate for any jobs I seek in the future.”
-Andrea Kelly ('16), News Director, Arizona Public Media
Respected
Arizona's only member of the prestigious Association of American Universities
#1
in alumni earning potential among Arizona's public universities
-Payscale, 2018
Best Buy
Arizona's only "best buy"
-Fiske Guide to Colleges, 2019
Degree Highlights
- Provides a strong legal foundation
- 30-units, part-time or full-time, available fully online
- Fall, spring and summer start options
- 12 available concentrations + interdisciplinary courses
- Take core law school subjects with elite professors from one of the nation's top law schools
- Close, substantive interaction with faculty
- Improve your career prospects by gaining critical skills and knowledge that cross industries and prepare you to lead
- Launching Spring 2021: In-person classes in Maricopa County
Career Possibilities
University of Arizona Law MLS graduates have secured positions in insurance, employee benefits, procurement, contracts administration, compliance, business analysis, public policy, law enforcement, law office support services and in a wide variety of other fields. Students have obtained positions with governmental agencies, business organizations, social service providers, educational institutions, non-profits and international NGOs.
Jobs held by recent Master of Legal Studies graduates include:
- Adoptions Case Manager
- Anti-Money Laundering/Bank Secrecy Act Analyst
- Commercial Real Estate Broker
- Community Outreach Associate
- Compliance Analyst
- Contract Administrator
- Court Administrator
- Environmental Policy Development Manager
- Financial Advisor
- Financial Crime Consultant
- Human Resources Officer
- Insurance Broker
- Probation Officer
- Legal Analyst
- News Director
- NGO Program Officer
- Paralegal
- Quality Assurance Manager
- Risk Manager
- Teacher
- Tribal Advocate