International & Comparative Law The international and comparative law concentration focuses students on the examination of the nature and sources of international law, procedures for handling disputes, sanctions, the roles of individual, state, region and world organizations, the law of the sea and space and an analysis of current challenges. Students are required to enroll in one experiential course to complete the concentration. The faculty advisers for this concentration are Mortimer Sellers and Nienke Grossman.

Attention: The requirements for this concentration have been updated for students who are subject to the experiential requirement.

The list below is for students who are NOT subject to the experiential requirement.


Required course:

  • International Law

Choose three of the following:

  • Comparative Law
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Foreign Taxation (GTP)
  • Immigration Law
  • International Business Transactions
  • International Criminal Law: Courts, Crimes and Defenses
  • International Intellectual Property
  • Law and Human Rights
  • Maritime Law
  • National Security Law 
  • One course offered in the Summer Abroad Program in Aberdeen, Scotland
  • One course offered in the Winter Abroad Program in Curacao
  • Other ABA-approved study abroad programs (only one course in any single program can be counted)
  • Any course taken in a foreign law school for which UBalt grants credit toward the JD degree
  • Any course/activity listed in below in the next two categories that are not also being used to satisfy the requirements in those categories.

Choose one of the following writing courses:

  • Human Rights Seminar
  • European Community Law Seminar
  • International Environmental Law Seminar 
  • Women's  International Human Rights Seminar
  • Military Law Seminar

Choose one of the following experiential courses or activities:

  • CICL Student Fellows Program
  • Attorney Practice Externship involving international law (approved by the director of the Attorney Practice Externship Program in consultation with the International and Comparative Law advisors)
  • Jessup International Moot Court Team
  • International Environmental Moot Court Team
  • International Human Rights Moot Court Team
  • Immigrant Rights Clinic I