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Note:  For current schedule of classes, please check the Registar's Course Schedules page or Cardinal Station

Concentration Courses:

Comparative and International Trade (Day, 3 hrs.; Eve., 2 hrs.)
Comparative Constitutional Law (3hrs.)
Comparative European Legal History: Roman Law and the Ius commune
Comparative Foundations of Modern Law Comparative International Taxation (2 hrs.)
Comparative Law (3 hrs.)
Comparative Law Seminar: Political Violence (3 hrs.)
Conflict of Laws (3 hrs.) (Course with int’l component: Must be verified by instructor prior to registration) 
Directed Research (2 hrs.)
Immigration and Nationality Law (2 hrs.)
Immigration/Human Rights Clinical Externship (5 hrs.)
Immigration Law and Policy (2 hrs.) 
International Business Transactions (2 hrs.)
International Civil Litigation (3 hrs., one semester)
International Criminal Law (2 hrs.)
International Economic Regulation (3 hrs.)
International Humanitarian Law: Peacekeeping (3 hrs.)
International Human Rights Law (2 or 3 hrs.)
International Intellectual Property Law (2 hrs.)
International Regulation of Telecommunications (2 hrs.)
Intro to International Arbitration and Mediation (2 hrs.)
Law of the European Union (3 hrs.)
Legal Externship: Becoming a Lawyer (3 or 4 hrs.)
Legal Externship: Supervised Fieldwork (2 or 3 hrs.)
Maritime Law (2 hrs.)
Military Law: A Comparative Perspective (2 hrs.)
National Security Law and Policy Seminar (2 hrs.)
Public International Law (3 hrs.)
Space Law (2 hrs.)

For international students only:  You must take a legal research and writing course to become familiar with the American legal system and ensure proficiency in American legal analysis and writing. You may also be required to take a first-year common law course.

Advanced Legal Research

Advanced Legal Writing and Research

Legal Drafting Seminar

Law Journal Editing

 Law Journal Writing

 Directed Research

Courses with a qualifying course paper

Students may enroll in up to two graduate level courses in the various schools on campus as well, such as:

MGT 501 - Ethics in Business and Economics

MGT 589 - International Corp Finance

MGT 590 - International Business

Pol 538 - Topics in International Political Economy

Pol 545A - Congress and Parliament

Pol 563A - Russia Under Yeltsin, Putin, and Beyond

Pol 579 - Capitalism

Pol 606 - Introduction to International Affairs

Pol 651 - Political Theory I

Pol 680 - Seminar on Latin American Politics

TRS  733C - Topics in War and Peace