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IIEL WTO Certificate   [Updated 17 april 2008]

The Institute of International Economic Law offers the opportunity for students to obtain a certificate testifying to special competence in WTO understanding in addition to their respective degrees. However, the certificate is neither a diploma, nor does it change the title of the degree students are pursuing at Georgetown University Law Center. Students must complete all of their degree requirements (J.D., LL.M., S.J.D.) to receive a WTO certificate. (A student does not have to be an IIEL Fellow to receive this certificate.)

To receive this certificate, an enrolled student must give notice to the IIEL of intent to fulfill the special focus requirements for this certificate. This notification is due by the end of the second week of classes in the first semester of LL.M. studies or, for J.D. students, by the end of the second week of classes in the first semester of their second year of studies.

Requirements for Certificate in World Trade Organization (WTO) Studies

The WTO Studies Certificate is available to students earning an LL.M. or J.D. at the Law Center. (Students earning an S.J.D. at the Law Center, and students earning graduate degrees in other related subjects at Georgetown University who are eligible to enroll in courses at the Law Center, may obtain the WTO Studies Certificate only by permission of the IIEL.)   Students will not be admitted solely for the WTO Studies Certificate program. Successful completion of a basic international law course, either at Georgetown Law or elsewhere, is a prerequisite for the WTO Studies Certificate, and this qualifying course does not count toward the 12 credits required for the WTO Studies Certificate.

The following are requirements for the WTO Studies Certificate:

• To receive the WTO Studies Certificate, students must successfully complete 12 elective credits of course work on WTO-related subjects, selected from specific courses listed as eligible for the WTO Studies Certificate and posted on this IIEL website.  [Updated 17April 2008.]

• Students must maintain an overall grade point average of “B” (3.0 GPA) or higher.

• Students must complete a seminar paper on a WTO law subject approved by the IIEL.

• Students must participate in extracurricular activities related to WTO subjects. (See Certificate brochure for 2007-2008).

 

Note: Academic credit transferred from other institutions and/or graduate programs will not count toward the WTO Studies Certificate.

Students should download the brochure  and send the Notification Form to the following address:

Institute of International Economic Law
WTO Certificate
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Notification Forms can also be emailed to iiel@law.georgetown.edu

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