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2026-2027 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog 
    
 
  Jul 18, 2026
 
2026-2027 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog

Law - International Arbitration, Micro-Credential - LLM Program


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The micro-credential in International Arbitration will focus on subjects relating to the settlement of disputes outside of national courts and before arbitral fora, and will include specific courses on how to structure international transactions to prepare for arbitration, the practice and theory of international arbitration, and substantive international law related to state-to-state and investor-state arbitration. Credits taken in this micro-credential will also count toward the student’s general LL.M. degree.

Curriculum:


Completion of this micro-credential requires that students take at least nine credit hours, with a grade of C or higher, in courses drawn from each of the following two rubrics as well as an internship/externship:

Commercial Law:


International Business Transactions or, if not offered in a given term, another course approved by the CILE Director that provides a comparable introduction to commercial and business law.

Dispute Resolution:


International Arbitration Seminar, The Practice of International Litigation and Arbitration, or another course approved by the CILE Director that provides a comparable introduction to one or more forms of alternative dispute resolution.

International Law


Public International Law or, if not offered in a given term, or another course approved by the CILE Executive Director that provide a comparable introduction to commercial and business law.

Internship/Externship:


The completion of a topical externship for credit as approved by the CILE Director.

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