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 3.5 cumulative average in courses fulfilling International Law Concentration requirements will receive Honors in the Concentration. (Note: the Concentration Honors level for December 2008 and May 2009 graduates will be 3.3.)