{"id":14025,"date":"2015-11-19T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?page_id=14025"},"modified":"2025-08-14T11:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:16:14","slug":"international-comparative-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/academics\/explore-your-options\/international-comparative-law\/","title":{"rendered":"International &#038; Comparative Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At BU Law, students can choose from dozens of courses in public international law, which covers the relations between countries; private international law, which deals with cross-border business transactions; and comparative law, which focuses on the laws of other countries. In addition to survey courses that provide a basic understanding of the issues, the curriculum includes in-depth offerings exploring topics ranging from English legal history and Islamic law to international taxation, globalization, and law and war.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Outside the classroom, students can apply what they are learning in experiential settings, including through the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/current-students\/jd-student-resources\/experiential-learning\/clinics\/international-human-rights-clinic\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">International Human Rights Clinic<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which partners with NGOs around the world to advocate for communities and issues related to forced migration; the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/current-students\/jd-student-resources\/legal-writing-appellate-advocacy-programs\/appellate-advocacy-program-competitions\/jessup-moot-court-competition\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jessup Moot Court Competition<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which is the oldest and best-known international law student competition; and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ilj\/\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">BU International Law Journal<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, where students can publish their own papers or edit the submissions of legal scholars. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">BU Law students also have the opportunity to connect and collaborate with students and faculty from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">BU Law also offers a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/current-students\/jd-student-resources\/curricular-requirements\/concentration-requirements-faculty\/international-law\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Concentration in International Law<\/span><\/a><span aria-label=\"Rich text content control\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/academics\/dual-degrees\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">dual JD\/MA in International Relations<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">. <\/span><\/span> <span aria-label=\"Rich text content control\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The LLM in American Law program is a top destination for global practitioners seeking to understand US law and lawyering, and LLM students provide an international and comparative law perspective for their JD counterparts in shared classes.<\/span><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At BU Law, students can choose from dozens of courses in public international law, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10885,"featured_media":109116,"parent":89808,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bu-landing","meta":[],"bu-publication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14025"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10885"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14025"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119652,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14025\/revisions\/119652"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=14025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}