LL.M. Specialization in International and Comparative Law

Specialization Requirements

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.

* Any one (1) credit course will only count as half a Group B course towards the specialization, i.e. you would need to take two 1 credit courses to have it count as a single Group B course.

Group A (At least two courses are required)
Course # Course Name
270 Public International Law
271 International Business Transactions
273 International Human Rights Law
277 Comparative Constitutional Law
278 Comparative Law
298 International Criminal Law
438 International Environmental Law and Policy
443 Comparative Environmental Law
614 Seminar: Global Perspectives on Criminal Procedure
Group B (Sum of courses from Groups A and B must equal at least four)
Course # Course Name
214 Civil Rights
224 U.S. International Taxation
232 Cybersecurity Law and Policy
266 Critical Race Theory
267 Federal Indian Law
269 National Security Law
301 Art and Cultural Property Law
304 International Intellectual Property
313 Conflict of Laws
318 Law and Sexuality
331 Immigration Law
332 Immigrants' Rights
335 Religious Legal Systems: Jewish Law
338 Islamic Jurisprudence
348 European Union Law
369 Anti-Terrorism and Criminal Enforcement
376 Law and Dissent
383 Political Asylum and Refugee Law
431 Immigration Law and Practice
432 International and Comparative Sports Law
457+ Comparative Governance and Constitutional Rights
458+ Law of the Sea
464 Human Trafficking
465 Prospects for International Justice
467+ Human Rights Law Beyond Borders
468 China and the International Legal Order
507 Labor Law and Social Policy
509 Indigenous Peoples, Sustainability, and Climate Change
511 A/B Social Media and the Future of Democracy
528 Tribal Legal Systems
549 Introduction to Islamic Law
558 Political Crimes and Legal Systems
561 Role of Law in Social Movements: Lessons from the US and Beyond
566 Laws of War & the War(s) on Terror
583 Foreign Relations Law
584 Human Rights and Sexual Politics
611A+/B Climate Change and Energy Law
614 Global Perspectives on Criminal Procedure
616 Theories of International Law
636 Current Issues in Chinese Law
637 Good (Native) Governance
653 Advanced Critical Race Thoery
657 Contemporary Issues Facing the International Criminal Court
659 Comparative Corporate Law
671 Comparative Education: Law and Policy
678 Comparative Counterterrorism Law and Policy
691 Global Justice
708 Civil Rights and Police Accountability Clinic
717 International Human Rights Clinic
728 Tribal Legal Development Clinic
735 Asylum Clinic
773 Immigrants' Rights Policy Clinic
782 International Commercial Arbitration Law and Advocacy
792 Immigrant Family Legal Clinic
793 Human Rights in Action: Collaborative Grassroots Lawyering in Honduras
927 International Human Rights Clinic: International Field Experience
941 Law of the US - Mexico Border
951 Human Rights Challenge*
956 Legal Holocaust in Hitler's Europe
957 Hard Cases Make Bad (Human Rights) Law

  • + indicates 1 credit course

    The above 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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