Academic Programs
Certificate in International & Comparative Law
To earn a Certificate in International and Comparative Law, a student must complete the eighty-six semester hours required for the Juris Doctor degree and satisfy all JD requirements. Within the elective course work required for the JD degree, a student must complete fifteen (15) credit hours from the listed international and comparative law courses. Two courses are required, and three electives are required. All courses are three (3) credits unless otherwise indicated. Certificate courses may not be audited.
An applicant must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.00 in the Certificate courses. If a student takes more than the five courses required for the Certificate, all of the international and comparative courses will factor into the final GPA. A student must declare on this form all of the Certificate courses taken, even if a grade is not yet known.
Brian F. Havel
Distinguished Research Professor of Law
Director, International Aviation Law Institute
Required Courses
(Total of 6 credits)
1. Law 250: Public International Law or Law 422: Public International Law2. One of the following Seminars or an Independent Study:
- Law 250: Cultural Property
- Law 250: International Criminal Law: Substantive
- Law 250: International Criminal Law: Procedural
- Law 250: International Environmental Law
- Law 250: Law and International Security
- Law 250: International Business
- Law 250: Jewish Law
- Law 250: Independent Study
Elective Courses, Seminars and Practicum
- Law 208: Human Rights Practicum (1 credit)
- Law 250: Cultural Property Seminar
- Law 301: European Law Mini-Course: Special Topics in the Law (1 credit)
- Law 349: International Trade Law
- Law 353: International Environmental Law
- Law 404: Advanced Domestic and International Trademark Practice
- Law 429: Legal Clinic I: Asylum
- Law 514: Legal Clinic II: Asylum
- Law 444: Environmental Law
- Law 448: International Business Transactions
- Law 454: International Intellectual Property
- Law 470: Advanced Domestic & International Patent Practice (2 credits)
- Law 478: Comparative Law
- Law 479: Law of the European Union
- Law 482: International Protection of Human Rights I
- Law 484: International Protection of Human Rights II
- Law 485: International Organizations
- Law 502: Jewish Law
- Law 516: Immigration Law and Policy
- Law 517: Asylum and Refugee Law and Policy
- Law 537: International Moot Court
- New: Transnational Litigation (no number; course not offered yet)
- New: International Armed Conflicts Law
Students may only apply for one certificate.

