Saint Louis University School of Law
Centers
### Centers

#### Center for Health Law Studies

The center was first established in 1982 and focuses on the intersection between health care systems and the legal system. The Center has been ranked first in the country by *U.S. News \& World Report* 16 of the last 17 years. The center has twelve full\-time faculty members and four affiliated faculty members who publish work in law, medicine and ethical journals. It offers a range of health law courses taught by full\-time faculty, including foundational and specialized health law courses each semester. The Center also hosts the *Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law \& Policy* and hosts a distinguished speaker series as well as an annual Health Law Symposium.

Students involved in the Center also have the opportunity to spend a semester in [Washington, D.C.](/wiki/Washington%2C_D.C. "Washington, D.C.") clerking full time for health\-related federal agency. Past agencies have included the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition's Health Care Division.

#### Center for International and Comparative Law

The Center for International and Comparative Law ("CICL") promotes legal scholarship over many corners of international law. The school offers both pragmatic and theory based courses, including, but not limited to, [public international law](/wiki/Public_international_law "Public international law"), [international trade](/wiki/International_trade "International trade"), [multinational corporate responsibility](/wiki/Corporate_responsibility "Corporate responsibility"), [international tax](/wiki/International_tax "International tax"), [comparative law](/wiki/Comparative_law "Comparative law"), [immigration law](/wiki/Immigration_law "Immigration law"), [international criminal law](/wiki/International_criminal_law "International criminal law"), [gender rights](/wiki/Women_in_international_law "Women in international law") and [international human rights](/wiki/Human_rights "Human rights").

Additionally, there are several ways for students to get involved with international law outside of the classroom. There are multiple opportunities to study law in foreign countries with study abroad programs in [Madrid](/wiki/Madrid "Madrid"), [Berlin](/wiki/Berlin "Berlin"), [Orléans](/wiki/Orl%C3%A9ans "Orléans"), [Paris](/wiki/Paris "Paris"), [Bochum](/wiki/Bochum "Bochum"), and [Cork](/wiki/Cork_%28city%29 "Cork (city)"). The school has a [Jessup Moot Court](/wiki/Philip_C._Jessup_International_Law_Moot_Court_Competition "Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition") Team. In 2023, the team took second place in the [Midwest](/wiki/Midwest "Midwest") Regional Rounds held in [Chicago](/wiki/Chicago "Chicago") and won third best brief. Previous, the team had advanced to the semi\-final rounds of the 2009 Southwest Super Regionals in [Houston, Texas](/wiki/Houston%2C_Texas "Houston, Texas"), and subsequently won third place for best brief overall. The school also has a chapter of the International Law Student Association, commonly called ILSA, that is student\-led and organized.

In conjunction with *Saint Louis University Law Journal*, CICL hosts a biannual symposium that addresses timely legal issues in international and comparative law. The symposium usually lasts one to two days and consists of speeches by experts and also panel debates over the issues that the symposium is focused on. Speakers also write articles written on their respective topics that are published in the *Law Journal* the following year. The 2023 symposium was titled *The Legitimacy and Legality of War: From Philosophical Foundations to Emerging Problems* which focused on investigating war crimes in the ongoing [Russo\-Ukrainian War](/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War "Russo-Ukrainian War"). Past topics include *Misinformation/Disinformation and the Law*, *Internationalism and Sovereignty*, and *Perspectives on Fighting Human Trafficking.*[https://www.slu.edu/law/international/pdfs/cicl\-factsheet\-links.pdf](https://www.slu.edu/law/international/pdfs/cicl-factsheet-links.pdf) 

Coursework offered on international law include European Human Rights Law, Immigration Law, International Business Transactions, International Humanitarian Law, as well as seminar classes where students write long\-form academic articles on international law.[https://www.slu.edu/law/international/pdfs/cicl\-factsheet\-links.pdf](https://www.slu.edu/law/international/pdfs/cicl-factsheet-links.pdf) 

#### William C. Wefel Center for Employment Law

The Center was founded in 1987 and offers a range of courses addressing the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees, including the prohibition of discrimination; establishment of collective bargaining relationships in the private and public sector; regulation of employee benefits; health and safety in the workplace; and arbitration and mediation of labor and employment disputes. The Center has eight full\-time faculty. To obtain a concentration in employment law, students must complete 11 hours of approved coursework in the employment field and write a paper of publishable quality on an employment law topic. All students in the concentration take the basic law labor course. Every year, the student\-sponsored Employment Law Association and the Center offer a variety of extra\-curricular programs for students.

Students involved in the Center have the opportunity to spend a semester in [Washington, D.C.](/wiki/Washington%2C_D.C. "Washington, D.C.") working federal agencies such as the Department of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).


What coursework is offered on international law?