International Law Concentration

Five courses and a semester abroad, or alternatively, eight courses total or equivalent credits

I. Mandatory Courses (All Required):
- International Law (Law 827: either as 1L elective or 2L/3L course)
- International Trade Law (Law 871)
- Comparative Law (Law 818; or other related course designated as meeting this requirement.)

NOTE: For third-year students graduating in either Dec. 2007 or May 2008, the following courses have been designated as meeting the Comparative Law requirement:  German Law (Fall 07); Japanese Law (Fall 07); Trials of the Holocaust (Fall 07); Prof. Klug's Con Law II section (Fall 07); Islamic Law (Fall 07; Spring 08); Chinese Law (Spring 08); Law & Globalization (Spring 08); Human Rights, Politics & Society (Spring 08)

II. Mandatory Choice (At least one required from each of list A and B):

List A
- European Union Law
- Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Seminar
- International Business Transactions
- International Commercial Arbitration
- International Environmental Law
- International Human Rights
- International Intellectual Property
- International Taxation
- Law of Armed Conflict
or any Special Problems in International Law (Law 918) course designated as partially fulfilling Concentration requirements.

List B
- African Law
- Chinese Law
- Comparative Constitutional Law
- Cross-Cultural Negotiations
- German Law (Giessen Professors)
- Immigration Law
- Islamic Law
- Latin American Legal Institutions
- Law & Modernization Seminar
- North America / East Asia Seminar
- Russian Law

III. Semester Study Abroad
- Brazil (Catholic U - Rio)
- Chile (Portales)
- France (Paris X)
- Germany (Giessen)
- Holland (Groenigen)
- Peru (Catholic U - Lima)
- South Africa (Witwatersrand)
- United Kingdom (Sheffield)
- European Union Institute (Florence)

Student earning a 3.3 (“B+”) cumulative average in courses fulfilling International Law Concentration requirements will receive Honors in the Concentration.