2023-2024 Law School Catalog

International Law

Courses

Core Courses- 6 Credits

LAW-2220International Law

3

Students must choose one of the following courses:

LAW-2224International Business Transactions

3

LAW-2221International Trade Law

3

Elective Courses

In addition to the required core courses, students must elect courses totaling twelve (12) credits from the list below or through courses approved by the Director of the International Concentration, offered in the Summer Law Program, held in Galway or an equivalent academic program. No more than six (6) credits taken at academic programs not run by Suffolk University Law School may be used toward completion of the International Law Concentration.

Courses:

LAW-2025Admiralty Law

2

LAW-2265Advanced Legal Writing

3

LAW-0005Directed Study

2

LAW-9111Emerging Issues in European Union Business Law and Policy

1

LAW-2170Emerging Issues in Law: Information Technology and Transnational Business

2

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Externship - Domestic

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Externship - International

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Externship: Ireland

LAW-2386Federal Indian Law and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the U.S.

3

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Foreign Direct Investment Moot Court Competition

LAW-8170Human Rights Survey

3

LAW-2407Human Rights Protection in Europe

2

LAW-0082Human Rights Project

2

LAW-2989Immigration: Business

2

LAW-2467Immigration Clinic Casework

3

LAW-2218Immigration Law

3

LAW-2468Human Rights & Indigenous People Seminar

2

LAW-2331International and Comparative Legal Research

2

LAW-2224International Business Transactions

3

LAW-2907International IP: Copyright

2

LAW-2424International Investment Law

3

LAW-2601International Law Concentration Thesis

2

LAW-2887International TaxLaw

3

LAW-2221International Trade Law

3

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Jessup International Moot Court Competition

LAW-2814Military Law

2

LAW-2339Laws of War

2

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Transnational Law Review

LAW-2467 and LAW-2468: Please note that while students participating in the Immigration Clinic and Indigenous Peoples' Rights Clinic receive 10 course credits, only 5 credits may be applied to the International Law Concentration's elective course requirements.

How to Enroll

Enrollment in the International Law Concentration is accomplished by filing a Notice of Enrollment form.

Concentration enrollment may occur as soon as a student completes the first year in law school in good standing.

The latest date students may enroll in a Concentration is October 1 for students graduating in January, and February 1 for students graduating in May.

Formal enrollment in the International Law Concentration is not complete until the Notice of Enrollment form is filed. Once enrolled in the Concentration, students will be invited to participate in a variety of programs and special events of interest to international law practitioners.

Requirements

Continued enrollment in the International Law Concentration is contingent upon the student:

  • Completing the two required core courses;
  • Completing such other Concentration skills and elective credits so that it is possible to complete the required 18 credits in approved International Law Concentration courses by the time the student graduates;
  • Periodically reviewing the student's progress in attaining the requisite grade point averages with one of the Concentration Faculty Director(s) and/or the Assistant Dean for Academic Services.
  • Obtaining the Concentration Faculty Directors' approval of the student's plan for completing the Concentration's writing requirement.

Upon completion of the required courses, elective courses, the writing requirement and total credit hours required by the International Law Concentration, students must complete and file a Notice of Concentration Completion form with the Office of Academic Services.

The latest date students may file Concentration Completion forms is November 1 for January graduates, and March 1 for May graduates.

Internships

Three (3) course credits will be given for participation in the International Internship Program. No more than three (3) internship credits and no more than a total of five (5) credits of ungraded activities (including any internship) may be used towards satisfying the elective course requirements of the Concentration.

Internships must be approved by the internship director, the administrative director of concentrations, and the International Law Concentration faculty director(s).

Clinics

The current Clinical Programs which may be used International Law Concentration credit are:

  • Immigration Law Clinic
  • Indigenous Peoples' Rights Clinic

Participation in these clinics requires application and acceptance prior to the academic semester during which the clinical program will be taken. Please take note of the clinic eligibility requirements.

Students may apply up to four (4) credits from participation in these Clinics toward the elective course requirements of the Concentration.