Doctor's degree International and Comparative Law - Cornell University

Doctor's degree International and Comparative Law from Cornell University is a Campus Ph.D Law degree that prepares you for a Legal career. Cornell Law offers an opportunity to its students to earn both a J.D. degree and an LL.M. degree in three years, including one session at either the Cornell Law School-Universit? Paris I Panth?on-Sorbonne Summer Institute of International and Comparative Law in Paris, or the Summer Law Institute in Suzhou, China. The J.D./LL.M program requires 20 upperclass credits in international and comparative law , in addition to the 84 credits required for the J.D. degree . The 20 required credits must include: Three specifically-designated courses ? Public International Law; Comparative Law and Conflict of Laws Participation in either the Paris (at least 4 credits) or Suzhou Summer Institute The 20 required credits may include: A thesis option, which requires satisfactory completion of a five credit thesis Up to four of the six language class credits available to all J.D. students Courses that are taken--in accordance with the law school's rules and regulations and if related to international, comparative, or foreign law--in other divisions of Cornell University , including its area studies programs (East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Institute for African Development, Latin American Studies and the Institute for European Studies) Approved courses that are taken by participants in the law school's Semester Abroad Program, in which J.D./LL.M. students may earn up to sixteen credits for study at an approved foreign law school or faculty View more details on Cornell University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Law courses.