To be awarded the specialization in International and Comparative Law, students must maintain a B- (2.7) grade average in courses taken for the specialization. Detailed course descriptions are linked in the listings below. Prospective students should bear in mind that, due to curriculum scheduling and faculty availability, not every class listed is taught each year. This is most often true in the case of seminar courses. A sufficient number of courses will be available to enable those students who choose to specialize to satisfy the specialization requirements.
LL.M. Specialization in International and Comparative Law
Curriculum
The below requirements notwithstanding, a graduate of a non-U.S. law school may instead satisfy the requirements of this specialization by successfully completing Law 278 (Comparative Law), three U.S. law courses, and a substantial paper that considers U.S. law in comparative context.
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Group A
(At least two courses are required)
LAW 270Public International Law
LAW 271International Business Transactions
LAW 272International Trade Law
LAW 273International Human Rights Law
LAW 277Comparative Constitutional Law
LAW 278Comparative Law
LAW 298International Criminal Law
LAW 438International Environmental Law and Policy
LAW 443Comparative Environmental Law
LAW 614Global Perspectives on Criminal Procedure
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Group B
(Sum of courses from Groups A and B must equal at least four)
LAW 214Civil Rights
LAW 224U.S. International Taxation
LAW 266Critical Race Theory
LAW 267Federal Indian Law
LAW 269National Security Law
LAW 301Art and Cultural Property Law
LAW 313Conflict of Laws
LAW 318Law, Gender, and Sexuality
LAW 331Immigration Law
LAW 338Islamic Jurisprudence
LAW 348European Union Law
LAW 376Law and Dissent
LAW 383Political Asylum and Refugee Law
LAW 389Prison Law and Policy
LAW 432International and Comparative Sports Law
LAW 444Indigenous Peoples in International Law
LAW 462The Law of Peace
LAW 463Regional Human Rights Protection: The Inter-American System
LAW 465Prospects for International Justice
LAW 466Public Health, Migration, & Human Rights
LAW 468China and the International Legal Order
LAW 469Comparative Corporate Law
LAW 484Information Privacy and Data Protection
LAW 489Future Law: Law and Governance under transformative societal trends
LAW 508Intro to Food Law and Policy
LAW 542Race, Sexuality, and the Law
LAW 566Laws of War (International Humanitarian Law)
LAW 584Human Rights and Sexual Politics
LAW 589Human Rights Advocacy & Storytelling
LAW 611A/BClimate Change and Energy Law
LAW 614Global Perspectives on Criminal Procedure
LAW 616Theories of International Law
LAW 636Chinese Law & Legal Institutions
LAW 649Religious Legal Systems: Jewish Law
LAW 653Advanced Critical Race Theory
LAW 657Contemporary Issues Facing the International Criminal Court
LAW 658Human Rights and War Crimes Digital Investigations
LAW 671Comparative Education: Law and Policy
LAW 678Comparative National Security Law and Policy
LAW 716International Climate Change Law and Policy Clinic
LAW 717International Human Rights Clinic
LAW 773Immigrants' Rights Policy Clinic
LAW 782International Commercial Arbitration Law and Advocacy
LAW 792Immigrant Family Legal Clinic
LAW 794Human Rights Litigation Clinic
LAW 927Human Rights in Action
LAW 941Law of the US - Mexico Border
LAW 951Human Rights Challenge
LAW 957Hard Cases Make Bad (Human Rights) Law
LAW 964Comparative Sex Equality