Certificate in International and Comparative Law

Students who wish to receive the certificate in international and comparative law must complete successfully no fewer than 10 hours of international and comparative law offerings.

Minimum requirements for the Certificate are:

(1) 3 hours of International Law;
(2) 3 hours of specialized international or comparative law courses;
(3) 2 hours of comparative law
(4) 2 hours of course work focusing on the law of a specific geographic region, such as Europe, the European Union, Asia, Africa, or Latin America; and
(5) a substantial writing in International or Comparative Law, as approved by the Certificate faculty advisor. Both directed and research projects and seminar papers fulfill the substantial writing requirement.

Students may satisfy the requirements in (3) and (5) above by taking a single comparative law seminar. The Certificate faculty advisor and the Co-Directors of the Center for International and Comparative Law have discretion to approve for the Certificate individually crafted programs of study.

Students also may receive the Certificate in International & Comparative Law by completing successfully at least 3 hours of International Law and a semester abroad program sponsored by the School of Law. At present the School of Law sponsors semester abroad programs at Université de Paris-Dauphine and Université d' Orléans in France, and the University College Cork in Ireland.

The Certificate faculty advisor is Professor Nan Kaufman who encourages students to discuss their programs of study with her. She may be reached at (314) 977-2794 or via email at kaufman@slu.edu.