MSL Concentration in International and Comparative Law

Director: R. Celorio; Faculty Advisers: P. S. Berman, F. Bignami, K. Brown, L. Dickinson, W. Dodge, D. Fontana, S. Murphy, E. Swaine

MSL candidates concentrating in International and Comparative Law (ICL) must complete 24 credit hours, including:

  • Introduction to U.S. Law and Legal Writing for MSL Students (6950)
  • A minimum of 12 credits from the ICL courses listed below.

Note: Credit earned in courses offered as part of GW Law's Oxford Program may be applied toward MSL program requirements.

ICL Courses

  • Conflict of Laws (6234)
  • International Taxation (6312)
  • Reading Group (Victims’ Rights in International Human Rights and International Criminal Law) (6351)
  • Immigration Criminal Enforcement (6367)
  • Trade and Sustainable Development (6435)
  • International Environmental Law (6454)
  • International Climate Change Law (6455)
  • International Copyright Law (6473)
  • Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the U.S. International Trade Commission (6489)
  • International and Comparative Patent Law (6490)
  • International Intellectual Property (6491)
  • Comparative Public Procurement (6508)
  • Procurement in International Development (6516)
  • International Law (6520)
  • International Money Laundering, Corruption, and Terrorism (6521)
  • International Business Transactions (6522)
  • International Commercial Law (6524)
  • International Trade Law (6526)
  • Advanced International Trade Law (6527)
  • International Litigation (6528)
  • International Organizations (6530)
  • Comparative Law (6532)
  • International Family Law (6533)
  • Law of the European Union (6534)
  • Islamic Law (6535)
  • Immigration Law I (6538)
  • Immigration Law II (6539)
  • Refugee and Asylum Law (6540)
  • International Finance (6541)
  • International Banking and Investment Law (6542)
  • Chinese Law and Legal Institutions (6543)
  • International Investment Law and Arbitration (6544)
  • International Project Finance (6545)
  • International Law of Human Rights (6546)
  • Regional Protection of Human Rights (6547)
  • Space Law (6548)
  • Chinese Business Law (6549)
  • Law of the Sea (6550)
  • Law of War (6552)
  • U.S. Export Controls and Economic Sanctions (6553)
  • International Criminal Law (6554)
  • Comparative Constitutional Law (6555)
  • International Arbitration (6556)
  • Introduction to Transactional Islamic Law (6557)
  • International Negotiations (6558)
  • Nation Building and the Rule of Law (6559)
  • Public International Law Seminar (6562)
  • International Business Transactions Seminar (6564)
  • Comparative Law Seminar (6565)
  • Human Rights Lawyering (6568)
  • International Human Rights of Women (6570)
  • Human Rights and Environmental Protection (6571)
  • International Arbitration in Latin America (6581)  
  • Field Placement (6668)**
  • Graduate Clinical Studies (6697)**
  • International Dispute Resolution (6682)
  • U.S. Foreign Relations Law (6871)
  • Human Trafficking Law (6572)

** With the permission of the program director

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