Certificate of Concentration in International Legal Studies

J.D. students are eligible to receive the certificate distinction on their official transcript upon the successful completion of all requirements for graduation in either the civil law curriculum or the common law curriculum and LAW-L878 International Law plus nine (9) credit hours from the following list of electives. 

**Please note: Not all courses are offered every semester.**

  • LAW-L803  Western Legal Tradition 
  • LAW-L805  Law of the European Union I
  • LAW-L811   Law of the European Union II
  • LAW-L816  Comparative Law Seminar 
  • LAW-L832  Immigration and Citizenship Law
  • LAW-L876  Conflict of Laws
  • LAW-L879  Admiralty Seminar: Introduction to International Law of the Sea
  • LAW-L884  International Law Seminar 
  • LAW-L886  Environmental Law Seminar: Law and the Climate Crisis or Climate in the Courts
  • LAW-L923  International Organizations and Institutions
  • LAW-L924  Human Rights Advocacy Project 
  • LAW-L925  International Trade Law 
  • LAW-L928  International Dispute Resolution 
  • LAW-L929  Energy and the Environment in International Law 
  • LAW-L932  Immigration Law Seminar 
  • LAW-L933  Asylum and Refugee Law
  • LAW-L937  Selected Topics in Immigration Law
  • LAW-L981  International Taxation 
  • LAW-G884  Foreign Summer Program Seminar

Students must maintain a G.P.A. average of 3.0 or better in all classes taken to satisfy the course requirements for the certificate, while also graduating with an overall G.P.A. of at least 2.50, in order for this distinction to be noted on their official transcript.