Certificate programs are not standalone credentials and may only be earned in conjunction with the Juris Doctorate degree. Students must apply for admission to a certificate program in their 2L or 3L year and are encouraged to contact the appropriate staff for application procedures, requirements, and advising.

Each certificate program requires:

Completion of 14 credits in the certificate area. At registration each term, students may review the course catalog (limit the search by Certificate name in “course types”) to determine which courses count toward a particular certificate program. Students may take these courses to count toward the required 14 credits. In addition, Program Directors may approve non-listed courses prior to the students enrollment in the courses. Program Directors also retain discretion to audit a student's transcript and approve previously taken courses that will count toward the 14-credit certificate requirement. Although students may apply to multiple certificate programs, credits earned for one certificate cannot count toward a second certificate.
Completion of a capstone requirement. Students can complete the capstone requirement in one of two ways: (1) complete the Graduation Writing Requirement (GWR) in a course that is both certificate-approved and GWR-approved; or (2) complete an experiential learning course that is both certificate-approved and experiential-learning approved. A course's eligibility for these capstone requirements will be listed in the registration materials. Alternatively, students may satisfy the capstone requirement by obtaining the Directors approval of: (1) experiential learning that was conducted in another course; (2) a paper that was written in another course; or (2) a paper that was written as part of an Independent Research project. The Director retains complete discretion to determine whether a course or paper satisfies the capstone requirement. Credits earned in an approved GWR-eligible course will count toward the 14-credit certificate requirement.

List of Courses -- * : also GWR approved.

course Introduction to American Law

course Legal Research and Analysis

course Polar Law *

course Sports Law *

course Immigration Litigation *

course Foreign Relations Law *

course International Criminal Law *

course War Crimes and the Law of War *

course Conflict of Laws

course International Law and Dispute Resolution *

course International Business Transactions *

course Comparative Law *

course Immigration Law

course Selected Problems in International Law *

course International Litigation and Arbitration *

course Human Rights

course International Children's Rights

course International Children's Rights Practicum

course International Law Moot Court

course International Law Moot Court Competition

course Willamette Journal of International Law

course Clinic: Immigration

course Advanced Clinic: Immigration

Law-Only Certificate: International Law

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