Required International Law Courses

1.  At least three of the following: 

            International Trade Law (3) (Gantz)
            International Commercial Transactions (3) (Kozolchyk)
            Comparative Commercial Law (3) (Kozolchyk)
            European Union Law (2) (Butler)
            Multinational Tax Transactions (2) (Raby or Swain)
            International Antitrust and IP Law (3) (Orbach)

2.  At least two of the following:

            NAFTA and other Regional Trade Agreements (2) (Gantz)   
            Public International Law (3) (Obiora or Gantz)
            Comparative Law (3) (Merico)
            Structuring of International Transactions (2) (Raby)
            International Human Rights Law (3) (Anaya)
            International Environmental Law (2) (Engel or Gantz)
            International Intellectual Property Law (1) (Austin)
            Asian Law (2) (Hornick)
            Foreign Investment in Developing Nations (2) (Hornick)
            Trade and Globalization in the 21st Century (2) (Kolbe)
            Globalization and the Preservation of Culture (3) (Hershey)

Required U.S. Domestic Law Courses

1.  Three of the following:

            Corporations/Business Associations (3) (Orbach or Ibrahim)
            Administrative Law (3) (Engel)
            Regulatory State (Engel or Orbach)
            Federal Tax Law (3-5) (Andrews or Hymel)
            Uniform Commercial Code (3) (Braucher)
            Secured Transactions (3) (Boyd)

2.  At least two of the following:

            Bankruptcy Law (3) (Braucher)
            Partnerships/Close Corporations (3)
            Anti-trust law (3) (Ratner)
            Law and Economics (3) (Orbach)
            Securities law (3)
            Patent Law (3) (Adelman)
            Trademark Law (3) (Austin)
            Copyright Law (3) (Austin)
            Accounting for lawyers (2) (Hymel)
            Intellectual Property Law (3) (Adelman)
            Immigration Law (3) (Silverman)
            Corporate Ethics (2) (Schneyer)
            Corporate Taxation (3) (Hymel)
            LLC, LLP and Partnership Taxation (3) (Hymel)

Comments:
There is some flexibility with the required courses, where, for example, some courses are not offered each year, or new ones are developed.  Professor Gantz will act initially as the advisor for the program, and consult on any requests for exceptions with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

For JD students who take advantage of our NACLE, Puerto Rico or other foreign exchange programs, courses they take in “foreign” law may be counted toward the certificate requirements, at the discretion of the faculty advisor and the Associate Dean.

The minimum first-year GPA for entrance to the certificate track is 2.7, the same as the minimum requirement for term time exchanges.   The certificate program is open as well to rising 2Ls who believe that they can or will qualify.

A candidate’s law review or journal note, or independent substantial paper on an approved topic may be counted against the required course requirements, again with the approval of the faculty advisor and associate dean.

Contact Information: 

David A. Gantz (gantz@law.arizona.edu)
Kay Kavanagh (kavanagh@law.arizona.edu)