The School offers certificates in three concentrations for students wishing to supplement their law degree with a special area of emphasis.

Students can earn a certificate in employment law through a broad range of courses that address the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees. Students must complete 11 credit hours of approved coursework in employment law and write a paper of publishable quality on a topic pertaining to employment law. All candidates in the certificate program are required to take the basic law labor course and pass with a grade of C or higher.

Specific Requirements: See http:law.slu.edu/emplaw/certificate.html

For more information, call or e-mail Professor Susan FitzGibbon, Director of the Center for Employment Law, at (314) 977-2768.

The Certificate in Health Law

To earn a certificate in Health Law, students must complete 10 credit hours of approved coursework in designated health law courses, write a paper of publishable quality on a topic pertaining to health law and participate in a supervised experience in a health law practice setting. Students must also attend and participate in the Center's Distinguished Speakers Series, Symposia and Practitioner in Residence programs over the course of their law school career. Summary papers of 5 colloquial sessions are required.

Specific Requirements:
See http:law.slu.edu/healthlaw/academics/juris_doctor/certificate.html

For more information, call or e-mail Mary Ann Jauer, Program Coordinator for the Center for Health Law Studies, at (314) 977-3067.

The Center for 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.