Academics

Certificate in International and Comparative Law

Courses

The following courses must be completed by each candidate for a Certificate in International and Comparative Law:

Required Courses

(14 credits)

Required Courses: Two of the following three courses, the additional course qualifies as an elective:

• Public International Law (PIL) (3 credits)
• International Business Transactions (2 credits)
• Comparative Law (2)

Required International Experience:

• Participation in a Semester or Summer overseas program such as the London Program, Copenhagen, Augsburg, Rwanda and Uganda.

Students are strongly encouraged to participate in the following:

• Pepperdine International Law Society
• Student Membership in American Society of International Law
• Jessup, Vis or Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Moots
• Straus Hong Kong-Beijing
• Straus London-Geneva

Elective Courses: Ten units from the following:

• Asylum Clinic (2-4 Credits)
• Asylum and Refugee Law (2 Credits)
• Clinical Law-International (1 credit) (London Program only)
• Cross-Cultural Conflict and Dispute Resolution (2)
• Current Issues in International Dispute Resolution (2)
• European Union Law (3) (London Program only)
• International Commercial Arbitration (2-3)
• International Commercial Dispute Resolution (2)
• International Entertainment & Copyright Law (2-3) (London Program only)
• International Environmental Law (2) (London Program only)
• International Investment Disputes (2-3)
• International Litigation (2)
• International Tax (3)
• International Trade (2)
• Moot Court-London, Jessup, Vis, or FDI (1)
• Immigration Law (2)
• Human Rights (2/3) (IPL recommended)

Additional electives when offered:

• Foreign Relations Law (2 Credits) (PIL recommended)
• Conflict of Laws (3 Credits)
• Seminar in Advanced Constitutional Law (Comparative Constitutional Law)
• Diplomacy
• War Crimes (2 Credits)
• Global Justice & Legal Issues
• Admiralty and Maritime Law (3 Credits)
• Independent Study