The International Trade and Finance Certificate is available to concurrently enrolled J.D. students at KU Law.
The International Trade and Finance Certificate allows KU Law students to specialize their studies in the areas of international trade, international business, and international finance.
The International Trade and Finance Certificate is designed to serve the following purposes:
- to assist KU Law students in preparing for the increasingly global practice of law, and in particular to emphasize the business nature of that practice; and
- to give KU Law graduates a competitive advantage in the employment market.
In addition to all other J.D. degree requirements, students must also complete the certificate requirements for the International Trade and Finance Certificate.
Students who intend to pursue a certificate program should complete the Declaration Form. The form deadline for your intention to pursue a certificate is November 1st of your 3L year, though you may certainly do so earlier. If you fail to meet the requirements of the certificate by the time you graduate, you will not earn the certificate.
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| 9 |
| Advanced International Trade Law | |
| International Commerce and Investment | |
| International Trade Law | |
| 1. | 5-6 |
| |
| Accounting for Lawyers | |
| Business Planning Seminar | |
| Corporate Finance | |
| Mergers and Other Acquisitions | |
| Real Estate Finance | |
| Securities Regulation | |
| Taxation of Business Enterprises | |
| 2. | 2-3 |
| |
| Antitrust Law | |
| Biolaw | |
| Elections and Campaign Finance | |
| Energy Law and Policy | |
| Health Law and Policy | |
| Higher Education and the Law Seminar | |
| Intellectual Property | |
| Media and the First Amendment | |
| Oil and Gas | |
| Patent Law | |
| Patent Practice | |
| Water Law | |
| Special Topics: _____ (with approval of the certificate director) | |
| 3. | 2-3 |
| |
| Comparative Law | |
| Federal Indian Law | |
| Human Rights Law and Literature | |
| Immigration Law | |
| International Law and Literature | |
| Islamic Law | |
| Public International Law | |
| Total Hours | 18-21 |
1. A course in International Finance, Portfolio Management, International Tax, Financial Law, International Banking Law, or International Securities Regulation offered by the School of Business or the Department of Economics, with the director's approval.
2. A course on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Trade, and/or Electronic Commerce.
3. Any other course focusing on a comparative dimension of a field of law, including Comparative Constitutional Law, Tax Law, or the legal system of another country, region, culture, or religion, with permission of the director.
At the completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Acquire Knowledge and understanding of substantive and procedural law.
- Develop legal analysis and reasoning, legal research, problem-solving, professional skills, and written and oral communication in the legal context.
- Exercise proper professional and ethical responsibilities to clients and the legal system.
