Certificate in National Security and Counterterrorism Law
This concentration recognizes students who have sought to prepare themselves as professionals in the expanding fields of national security and counterterrorism law. A certificate recognizing this accomplishment is available to students, in good standing, who have taken a concentration of courses after the first year as part of the J.D. program at the College of Law.
Obtaining the Certificate
Law students interested in obtaining the Certificate in National Security and Counterterrorism Law should consult the list of required and elective courses and other credit-bearing activities. A Proposed Program of Study should be submitted to INSCT preferably by end of the spring semester of the first year. In the last semester of the third year, a final petition should be submitted to INSCT identifying courses and other work completed, in addition to work underway during the final semester. An unofficial transcript and a draft copy of the writing requirement paper should be attached to the petition. The Director will recommend granting the Certificate to students who have met all of the requirements and who are in good standing at the College of Law.
Program Requirements
Fifteen credits must be earned to be eligible for the certificate, six from the required courses and nine from the elective courses listed below. Please note that elective courses change each semester, check MySlice for most up to date information about electives.
>> For a list of certificate courses offered for spring, 2010, click here.
Required Courses
Two of the following courses:
National Security Law (LAW 700)
Perspectives on Terrorism
(LAW 744, PSC 700, HST
700)
Counter Terrorism and the Law (LAW 790)
Foreign Relations Law (LAW 864)
National Security and Counter Terrorism Research Center (LAW 822)
Elective Courses
Law Courses:
Administrative Law (LAW 702)
Advanced Constitutional Law (LAW 713)
Advanced Criminal Procedure (LAW 801)
Advanced Torts (LAW 785)
Bioethics (LAW 724)
Civil Rights (LAW 758)
Computer Crimes (LAW 759)
Constitutional Criminal Procedure - Adjudication (LAW 796)
Constitutional Criminal Procedure – Investigation (LAW 708)
Contemporary Issues in Atrocity Law (LAW 899)
Counter Terrorism
and the Law (LAW 790)
Federal Courts (LAW 721)
Federal Criminal Law (LAW 735)
Foreign Relations (LAW 871)
Health Law (LAW 707)
Immigration Law (LAW 788)
International Criminal Law LAW 797)
International Human Rights (LAW 778)
International Law (LAW 728)
Internet Law (LAW 775)
Law of Armed Conflict (Law 840)
Legal Aspects of Future War (LAW 863)
Mass Communications (LAW 740)
National Security and Counterterrorism Research Center (LAW 822)
National Security Law (LAW 700)
Perspectives on
Terrorism (LAW 744, PSC 700, HST 700)
Prosecuting Terrorists in Article III Courts (LAW 779)
Refuge and Asylum Law (LAW 711)
War Crimes Trials (LAW 869)
Non-Law Courses:
Comparative Civil Military Relations (PSC 785)
Comparative Foreign Policy (PSC 783)
Congress and National Security (PPA 730)
Crisis Management
(PSC 600)
Culture in World Affairs (ANT
707, IRP 707)
Defense Challenges
for the 21st Century (IRP 715 in Washington, D.C.)
Democracy and Terrorism in
Southeast Asia (IRP 700)
European
Peacemaking (IRP 635, HST 635) (in London and Syracuse)
Fundamentals of Conflict Studies
(PPA 601, IRP 601, SOS 601)
History of International
Relations (HST 645, IRP 645)
Homeland Security: State and Local Government Preparedness and
Response (PPA 730)
Homeland Security: Federal Policy & Implementation Challenges (PPA
730)
Homeland Security (IST 600)
Humanitarian Action: Challenges,
Responses, Results (PPA
765)
International Conflict & Peace (PSC
754)
International Law and
Organizations (PSC 752)
International Negotiation (PSC
760)
International Organizations &
Security (PPA 730)
International Relations in the
Middle East (PSC 600)
International Security (PPA 704)
International Security Theory (PSC
700)
International
Security and the Asymmetric Use of Force (PPA 730, PSC 700)
Middle East Anthropology (ANT
668)
The Modern Presidency (HST 615)
Multilateral
Peacekeeping (IRP 701, ANT 701) (in NYC and Syracuse)
Negotiation in
International Conflict (IRP 715, PPA 715) (in Washington, D.C.)
Non-State Actors in World Affairs
(PSC 757)
Non-Traditional
Challenges to Global Security (IRP 715, PPA 715) (in Washington,
D.C.)
Obstacles to Democracy in the
Muslim World (IRP 700)
Political Leadership (PSC 700)
Post-Conflict Reconstruction (PPA
715) (in Washington, D.C.)
Radicalism in the Greater Middle
East (IRP 700)
Responding to Proliferation of
WMD's (PPA 705)
Seminar in
Communications, Crises, and Leadership (COM 600)
Seminar in
Resource Management (BUA 600)
Strengthening Inter-Agency
Coordination (PPA
715) (in Washington, D.C.)
Theories of International
Relations (IRP 651)
Transnational Crimes, Drugs,, and Terrorism (PSC 700)
UN Organizations: Managing for
Change (PPA 730)
Understanding Peacekeeping: Israel
and the UN (IRP 700)
U.S. National Security & Foreign
Policy (PPA 706, PSC 706)
War and Society I (HST 715)
War and Society II (HST 715)
War and the Liberal Conscience (IRP
635)
World at War (HST 615)
Independent study, graduate level courses at Syracuse University not listed above that have related content, and courses in national security or counter terrorism from other ABA-approved law schools may fulfill the elective course requirement, subject to the approval of the Director.
Certificate Writing Requirement
Students seeking the certificate must complete the College of Law writing requirement on a topic of national security or counter terrorism law. Note: Students who also pursue the GLAP certificate may not submit the same paper or any paper that relies on substantially the same research for the INSCT and GLAP certificates.
Questions may be directed to Marlene Diamond via e-mail at mhdiamon@law.syr.edu or 443-2284.
