Concentration Requirements

Students must complete:

Three units from the "Introduction to International Law" course;
At least six units of advanced elective courses chosen from the courses listed on this page;
At least two units of an experiential opportunity

Moreover, all students are required to carry out significant research and writing work during their studies. 

Core Requirements:

Introduction to International Law: 

This foundational course (three units) introduces students to the basic notions of international and comparative law. It is always offered two times a year, including a session for 1Ls.

Advanced Electives:

A minimum of six units in advanced elective courses must be successfully completed. Students seeking to specialize in one of the three available Sub-Concentrations (International Business Law; International Criminal and Human Rights Law; International and Comparative Law), must complete a minimum of six units from the specific Sub-Concentration. Courses with an asterisk (*) are those offered in 2019-2020.

International Business Law:

Core

• Introduction to International Law*

Electives

• Climate Change Law*
  
• European Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
• International Commercial Arbitration and the CISG*
• International Trade*
• International Business Transactions*
• International Intellectual Property
• International Taxation I (LAWN-4007)
• International Taxation II (LAWN-4014)
• Licensing in an International Global Context*

Experiential Component

• Vis Moot Court (Hong Kong or Vienna)*
• International Arbitration Moot Court Program*

International Criminal and Human Rights Law:

Core

• Introduction to International Law*

Electives

• Human Trafficking Seminar*
• Loyola Immigrant Justice Clinic*
• Immigration Law* or Introduction to Immigration Law*
• International Protection of Human Rights*
• Law and Genocide
• Law and the Use of Force
• Law of War Seminar*

Experiential Component

• Inter-American Court of Human Rights Moot Court Team
• International Human Rights Center*

International & Comparative Law:

Core

• Introduction to International Law*

Elective

Any course listed under the other two Sub-Concentrations plus:

• Comparative Religion and the Law*

Experiential Component

• Inter-American Court of Human Rights Moot Court Team
• International Human Rights Center*
• Vis Moot Court (Hong Kong or Vienna)*
• International Arbitration Moot Court Program*

Research and Writing:

There are many ways in which students enrolled in the International and Comparative Law Concentration can satisfy the requirement to do relevant and significant research and writing work. Some of these are:

• Being a staffer or editor at one of our school’s law reviews;
• Participating in a moot court competition;
• Participating in one of the clinics;
• Taking the Advanced Legal Research class