International and Comparative Law Concentration
The International and Comparative Law Concentration provides students with essential tools to understand how law operates in a global context and prepares them to address legal issues that cross international borders. The concentration is awarded upon completion of at least 13 units of international and comparative law courses and a substantial research paper on an international law topic. Students must maintain a grade point average of at least 3.0 in graded concentration classes.
International and Comparative Law Concentration Requirements
To qualify for the concentration, students must take one International and Comparative Law Foundation Course and a minimum of ten units of International and Comparative Law Elective Courses, from the lists below. Other courses not listed that involve a significant international, comparative, or transnational element may qualify for concentration credit on a case-by-case basis. ***Please note that at least five elective credits must be classroom credit (i.e. excluding journal, moot court, independent study, clinical, or externship credit).***
Writing Requirement
JD students must also either: (1) complete a paper on an international, comparative, or transnational law topic that is supervised by a faculty member, which can also be used to satisfy the JD writing requirement and/or other JD concentration writing requirement (subject to permission from the other concentration); or (2) participate for at least 1 year on the Jessup Moot Court or the Asylum and Refugee Law Moot Court.
International and Comparative Law Foundation Courses
JD students must take at least one foundational course (3 units) plus at least ten additional units of course credit, at least five of which must be classroom credit (i.e. excluding journal, moot court, independent study, clinical, or externship credit). Other courses not listed that involve a significant international, comparative, or transnational element may qualify for concentration credit on a case-by-case basis.
Foundation Courses
(or equivalent taken through a study abroad program)
Elective Courses
Note: not all of these are offered every year; check course catalog to confirm
- 233 Asylum and Refugee Law (3)
- 210D Comparative Criminal Justice (2 or 3)
- 233B Comparative Forced Displacement (2)
- 261A Comparative Judicial Process (2)
- 242 Conflict of Laws (2 or 3)
- 277 Federal Indian Law (3)
- 248B Human Rights in Context (2)
- 411D Immigration and Nationality Law Review (1 or 2)
- 292 Immigration Law and Procedure (3 or 4)
- 440 Immigration Law Clinic (4)
- 274K International and Comparative Intellectual Property (3)
- 297BT International Arbitration (3)
- 230 International Environmental Law (3)
- 211E International Negotiation and Mediation (2)
- 247A International Taxation (3)
- 411A Journal of International Law and Policy (1 or 2)
- 209G Privacy, Technology, and the Law (2)
- 237B Special Topics in Legal Theory: Ancient Athenian Law (2)
- 213B Transnational Civil Litigation (2)
International and Comparative Law Concentration Form
Upon satisfying the above requirements students should complete the International and Comparative Law Completion of Requirements Form.