Online Juris Master (JM) | General

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Next Start Dates: January 19, 2026 | February 16, 2026 | March 23, 2026

Gain Legal Skills for Your Career with an Online Juris Master Degree

No matter the industry, advanced experts and leaders often find that to tackle the most significant problems in their fields, they need to understand the law. But if you don’t plan to become an attorney, how can you get the legal skills you need as quickly as possible? Liberty University designed a 100% online Juris Master (JM) – General degree to fit your need for a customizable, flexible, and fast legal studies degree.

With a core of advanced law studies and research skills, you can customize your approach to legal studies to fit your career needs. Our Juris Master online degree is designed to teach you master’s-level legal studies without the bar examination preparations that are part of a Juris Doctor degree, so you can focus on what matters most to you. Through this 100% online program, you will have the freedom to continue your career while finishing an in-depth and tailored legal studies degree.

Your officially conferred degree name will be Juris Master (JM) – General.

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Why Choose Liberty University’s Online Juris Master – General Track?

If you need to understand legal policy and regulations that govern businesses, educational institutions, nonprofits, and government agencies, Liberty’s online Juris Master degree will help you gain a broad, in-depth study of legal issues in your industry. As our most flexible online law degree program, the Juris Master – General degree can help you build an unbeatable combination of professional and legal knowledge that’s just right for your career.

Unlike the lengthy and restrictive degree plans required for bar-eligible Juris Doctor degrees, we designed our Juris Master – General degree to give you a streamlined core of legal studies with customizable electives. Building on this foundation, you can choose electives that will help you build a targeted skill set. This format gives you the flexibility you need to study and complete assignments when it is most convenient for your schedule.

Our Juris Master degree is taught by practicing lawyers with real-world experience. Our professors care about you and strive to provide the mentorship and support you need throughout your degree program.

Because Liberty University is a Christian school and desires to Train Champions for Christ in the law and policy field, the online Juris Master program is grounded in biblical ethics and professional responsibility that reflects a Christian worldview. You can be confident that our approach to legal issues will be based on a foundation of ethics and responsible practice.

What Will You Study in Our Online Juris Master Degree?

In our Juris Master – General program, you can gain a critical foundation of research, policy analysis, and legal writing. You will review the foundations of law and jurisprudence as well as legal ethics and professional responsibility.

Depending on which electives you choose, topics may include laws related to health care, corporate law, intellectual property, administrative law, and risk management. You will examine the process of meeting legal, ethical, and professional standards set by government agencies and third-party players. You can study how organizations develop and administer practical standards to screen and evaluate employees, communicate and educate them on compliance issues, investigate non-compliance, and take appropriate disciplinary and remedial measures.

With a firm foundation in legal studies, the Juris Master degree can equip you with a broad skill set to tackle legal issues in any industry you choose.

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At Liberty University, a private Christian education is less expensive than you think. Over the last 10 years, Liberty University’s Online Program has only raised its standard tuition costs by less than 5% – and most of our online tuition rates rank in the top 35% for affordability for 2025 when compared to our leading online competitors.

Graduate Full Time	$580/Credit
Graduate Part Time	$645/Credit
Military Graduate	$290/Credit

These rates are reflective of academic year 2025-2026. Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.

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Apply online or over the phone with an admissions counselor by calling (800) 424-9596.
- A non-refundable, non-transferable $50 application fee will be posted on the current application upon enrollment (waived for qualifying service members, veterans, and military spouses – documentation verifying military status is required).
Send official college transcripts (mailed as sealed, unopened copies or sent via a direct electronic transcript system). A regionally or nationally accredited bachelor’s degree with at least a 3.0 GPA is required for admission in good standing. Applicants who have earned a master’s degree or at least 12 graduate credits from an accredited institution will be assessed on the basis of the master’s-level degree work.
- Unofficial transcripts can be used for acceptance purposes with the submission of a Transcript Request Form.
Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment. For information on alternative assessments or TOEFL waivers, please call Admissions or view the official International Admissions policy.

Preliminary Acceptance

If you are sending in a preliminary transcript for acceptance, you must:

Be in your final term and planning to start your master’s degree after the last day of class for your bachelor’s degree.
Complete a Bachelor’s Self-Certification Form confirming your completion date. You may download the form from the Forms and Downloads page or contact an admissions counselor to submit the form on your behalf.
Submit an official/unofficial transcript to confirm that you are in your final term. The preliminary transcript must show a minimum of 105 completed credit hours.
If you are a current Liberty University student completing your undergraduate degree, you will need to submit a Degree/Certificate Completion Application.
Send in an additional, final official transcript with a conferral date on it by the end of your first semester of enrollment in the new master’s degree.

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Unofficial College Transcript Policy

Unofficial transcripts combined with a Transcript Request Form can be used for admission. Official transcripts are required within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first, and will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.

Before sending unofficial college transcripts, please make sure they include the following:

Your previous school’s name or logo printed on the document
Cumulative GPA
A list of completed courses and earned credit broken down by semester
Degree and date conferred (if applicable)

Official College Transcript Policy

An acceptable official college transcript is one that has been issued directly from the institution and is in a sealed envelope. If you have one in your possession, it must meet the same requirements. If your previous institution offers electronic official transcript processing, they can send the document directly to luoverify@liberty.edu.

If the student uses unofficial transcripts with a Transcript Request Form to gain acceptance, all official transcripts must be received within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first. Failure to send all official transcripts within the 60-day period will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.

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Tuition discounts – $290 per credit hour for graduate courses
Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder*
8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)

*Not applicable to certificates.

These rates are reflective of academic year 2025-2026. Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.

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Frequently Asked Questions for Our Online Juris Master’s Degree

What can I do with a Juris Master degree?

Our Juris Master degree is designed to give you specialized legal skills that can help you thrive in your unique field. This degree can open the door to many new roles in your industry that require legal knowledge but are not a formal law practice.

Because a Juris Master degree focuses entirely on complementing your professional experience with a focused study of the law, it is not designed to meet requirements to sit for the bar exam or practice law. In fact, the American Bar Association only approves residential Juris Doctor programs. If you are thinking about becoming an attorney, we encourage you to apply to our residential JD program.

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