Like in other Di Tella graduate law programs, the Master’s program and Specialization in Criminal Law offer updated international and interdisciplinary education that nurtures from both the Anglo-American and German traditions of legal criminal thinking. 

The Specialization Graduate Program consists of thirteen mandatory courses given throughout three semesters. The initial four courses provide the students with conceptual tools and advanced theories. Moreover, students will be exposed to different criminal law classes and seminars addressing specific issues related to local criminal law, comparative and international. The program concludes with a final paper. 

The Master’s Program consists of three additional courses, on top of the thirteen courses of the Specialization in Criminal Law, and a set of optional courses. The program concludes with a Thesis presentation. Students will benefit from a workshop that will help them write their thesis. 

The admission process is pursued in two steps: the first one, for the Specialization Graduate Program, and the second one, for the Master’s Program.

Students are required to possess an undergraduate law degree in order to apply for the Specialization. Candidates for the Master’s Program are selected based on their general performance in the Specialization, and in particular, their thesis. 

The faculty has both an international and interdisciplinary profile. Professors are drawn from the Law School and other universities and institutions around the world, such as Buffalo Law School, the International Criminal Court, the University of California at Los Angeles.