Curriculum

Concentration

International Law

18credits required

Eighteen credits built on two core courses. Study abroad and the International Internship Program both feed it, and clinic credits count toward the electives.

Enrol by October 1 (January graduates) / February 1 (May graduates) · completion form November 1 (January graduates) / March 1 (May graduates)

Plan around these

Courses listed by a concentration but absent from the 2026-27 catalog may be on a multi-year rotation, renamed, or discontinued. Verify with Academic Services.

  • Listed but not running in 2026–27: International Business Transactions or International Trade Law, Advanced Legal Writing: International Advocacy, The Law of Democracy: Comparative Constitutions, Directed Study, Emerging Issues in Law: Information Technology and Transnational Business, European Union Law, Externship - Domestic, Externship - International, Externship: Ireland, Foreign Direct Investment Moot Court Competition

What it takes

  • 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.
  • Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples Clinic

Suffolk's requirements page · its course list · Academic Rules

Courses that count

34 listed, 18 running this year.

All students must take:

International Law3 crFall only

Sara Dillon

International Business Transactions or International Trade Law3 crNot offered 2026-27

B. Elective Courses

Admiralty Law2 crFall only

John Bromley

Advanced Immigration2 crSpring only

Ragini Shah

Advanced Legal Writing: International Advocacy3 crNot offered 2026-27
The Law of Democracy: Comparative Constitutions3 crNot offered 2026-27
Directed Study2 crNot offered 2026-27
Emerging Issues in Law: Information Technology and Transnational Business2 crNot offered 2026-27
European Union Law3 crNot offered 2026-27
Externship - Domestic3 crNot offered 2026-27
Externship - International3 crNot offered 2026-27
Externship: Ireland2 crNot offered 2026-27
Federal Indian Law and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the U.S3 crSpring only

Nicole Friederichs

Foreign Direct Investment Moot Court Competition2 crNot offered 2026-27
Human Rights Law Survey3 crFall only

Christy Fujio

Human Rights Project2 crFall only

Lorie Graham

Human Rights Protection in Europe2 crNot offered 2026-27
Immigration: Business2 crFall only

Matthew Maiona

Immigrant Justice Clinic5 crNot offered 2026-27
Immigration Law3 crFall only

Alexandra Peredo Carroll

Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples Clinic5 crBoth terms

Nicole Friederichs

International Business Transactions3 crFall only

Christopher Gibson

International and Comparative Legal Research2 crSpring only

Richard Buckingham

International Environmental Law3 crSpring only

Dalindyebo Shabalala

International Intellectual Property Law3 crFall only

Dalindyebo Shabalala

International Investment Law3 crSpring only

Christopher Gibson

International Law Concentration Thesis2 crNot offered 2026-27
International Tax Law3 crSpring only
International Trade Law3 crSpring only

Sara Dillon

Islamic Law and Legal Systems3 crSpring only

Ali Khadem

Jessup International Moot Court Competition2 crNot offered 2026-27
Military Law2 crFall only

Brad Tully

The Laws of War2 crNot offered 2026-27
Transnational Law Review2 crNot offered 2026-27

Verified 2026-08-27. Confirm with Academic Services before you plan around it.

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