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2nd and 3rd Year Curriculum

The program in the second and third years is largely elective, and the Law School’s course offerings are designed to allow students to gain both a breadth of legal knowledge and depth within particular subject areas.  Although students are primarily free to choose their own curriculum during these years, all second year students must take Evidence and Legal Ethics and Professionalism.  In addition, each student must elect and complete at least one seminar and fulfill a Legal Practice course requirement. See Requirements for Graduation.

Elective courses are intended to achieve a number of different objectives. One, of course, is to provide more detailed understanding of the substance of the law in a particular area. Another is to allow for the development of specific intellectual or practical skills, such as effective written or oral communication, close reading of complex statutory materials, clinical proficiency, and so on. A third is to provide a more sophisticated understanding of law by studying theoretical fields like jurisprudence, history, or policy studies. Elective courses usually aim at more than one of these purposes, but the balance among objectives will vary from course to course.

The choice among elective courses will depend in part on the student's professional objectives. Those aiming at a general law practice, for example, might emphasize courses that provide wide substantive coverage and the development of a full array of basic skills. Students who want a specialized practice, such as tax or natural resources law, might choose a sequence of courses relevant to that area. In any event, all students should choose elective courses to assure that they are exposed to all of the major objectives during their legal education. Students will find advice on structuring their choices at our Advising Center.

The following list of course offerings is divided into general topical areas. Students should bear in mind that certain basic courses may be recommended or required prerequisites for advanced courses. Where a course does have a required prerequisite, that requirement is indicated in the list below by a footnote. For some courses, there is a recommended, but not required, sequence. For more information on recommended sequencing and on required prerequisites, students should consult individual course descriptions.

Please note that the list provided here includes all of the courses offered by the Law School over several academic years. Therefore, it might be that a course listed here will not in fact be offered in a given year. More specific information on the availability of courses can be obtained from individual course descriptions and from the Planned Course Offering Schedule, available from our Academic Schedules page.

Required Courses
  • Evidence
  • Legal Ethics and Professionalism
  • One Legal Practice Course (of your choice)
          Legal Aid Clinic
          American Indian Law Clinic
          Appellate Advocacy Clinic
          Immigration Clinic
          Natural Resource Litigation Clinic
          Advanced Trial Advocacy
          Law Practice Management
          Motions Advocacy
          Trial Advocacy
          Trial Practice
          Business Planning
          Real Estate Planning
          Litigation Drafting
  • One seminar (see curricula list below)
Curricula

Courses for each curriculum are listed below. Diamonds indicate sections offered for terms. Click the course title to view all available terms for which the course is offered. Click the diamond to jump to offered sections for that term.


American Indian Law      Fal 05   Spr 06   Fal 06   Spr 07 
  Courses
    Advanced American Indian Law         
    American Indian Law      View Sections  
  Related Clinical Offerings
    American Indian Law Clinic    View Sections View Sections View Sections
  Seminars
    Advanced American Indian Law    View Sections View Sections  
 
Business and Commercial Law      Fal 05   Spr 06   Fal 06   Spr 07 
  Prerequisites or Recommended Basic Courses
    Agency, Partnership and the LLC      View Sections  
    Corporations      View Sections  
  Courses
    Accounting Issues for Lawyers      View Sections  
    Antitrust    View Sections   View Sections
    Arbitration    View Sections   View Sections
    Bankruptcy    View Sections   View Sections
    Business Planning    View Sections   View Sections
    Business Transactions    View Sections    
    Corporations    View Sections   View Sections
    Creditors' Remedies and Debtors' Protection      View Sections  
    International Business Transactions         
    Mergers, Acquisitions and Reorganizations    View Sections   View Sections
    Secured Transactions    View Sections   View Sections
    Securities Regulation      View Sections  
    Sports Law      View Sections  
  Related Clinical Offerings
    Entrepreneurial Law Clinic    View Sections View Sections View Sections
  Seminars
    Advanced Corporate Law    View Sections    
    Humanizing Contracts    View Sections    
    Law and Economics of the Information Age    View Sections    
 
Criminal Law      Fal 05   Spr 06   Fal 06   Spr 07 
  Prerequisites or Recommended Basic Courses
    Criminal Procedure: Adjudicative Process    View Sections   View Sections
    Criminal Procedure: Investigative Phase    View Sections View Sections  
  Courses
    Domestic Violence    View Sections   View Sections
    White Collar Crime         
  Related Clinical Offerings
    Criminal Defense Clinic    View Sections View Sections View Sections
    Criminal Defense Clinic I      View Sections  
    Criminal Defense Clinic II    View Sections   View Sections
  Seminars
    Advanced Criminal Procedure        View Sections
 
Employment and Labor Law      Fal 05   Spr 06   Fal 06   Spr 07 
  Courses
    Employment Discrimination    View Sections    
    Employment Law      View Sections  
    Labor Law      View Sections  
  Seminars
    Forced Labor      View Sections  
 
Environment and Natural Resources      Fal 05   Spr 06   Fal 06   Spr 07 
  Prerequisites or Recommended Basic Courses
    Foundations of Natural Resources Law and Policy      View Sections  
  Courses
    Energy Insecurity and Sustainable Energy    View Sections   View Sections
    Environmental Law    View Sections   View Sections
    International Environmental Law      View Sections  
    Land Use Planning    View Sections    
    Mining and Energy Law      View Sections  
    Public Land Law    View Sections   View Sections
    Toxics and Hazardous Waste    View Sections   View Sections
    Water Law      View Sections  
  Seminars
    Advanced Natural Resources Law    View Sections   View Sections
 
Externship Program      Fal 05   Spr 06   Fal 06   Spr 07 
  Courses
    Extern Program    View Sections View Sections View Sections
 
Family and Juvenile Law      Fal 05   Spr 06   Fal 06   Spr 07 
  Courses
    Domestic Violence    View Sections   View Sections
    Family Law      View Sections  
    Juvenile Justice      View Sections  
    Parent, Child and State    View Sections    
  Related Clinical Offerings
    Juvenile Law Clinic    View Sections View Sections View Sections
 
Government and Public Law      Fal 05   Spr 06   Fal 06   Spr 07 
  Courses
    Administrative Law      View Sections View Sections
    Civil Rights Legislation    View Sections    
    Education Law    View Sections   View Sections
    Federal Courts    View Sections   View Sections
    First Amendment         
    Immigration and Citizenship Law    View Sections   View Sections
    Legislation      View Sections View Sections
    Local Government      View Sections  
    Supreme Court Decision Making         
  Seminars
    Civil Liberties Litigation      View Sections  
    Constitutional Foundations: Core Ideas        View Sections
    Constitutional Theory    View Sections    
    Humanizing Contracts    View Sections    
    Separation of Powers      View Sections  
 
Health Law      Fal 05   Spr 06   Fal 06   Spr 07 
  Courses
    Health Law I: Finance, Administration and Organization of Health Care         
    Health Law II: Medical Malpractice Litigation      View Sections  
  Seminars
    Advanced Topics in Health Law and Policy        View Sections
    Bioethics and Law      View Sections  
    Public Health Law and Ethics    View Sections    
 
Intellectual Property, Technology and Telecommunication      Fal 05   Spr 06   Fal 06   Spr 07 
  Prerequisites or Recommended Basic Courses
    Introduction to Intellectual Property Law    View Sections View Sections  
  Courses
    Copyright    View Sections   View Sections
    Patent Law    View Sections   View Sections
    Patent Litigation    View Sections   View Sections
    Standards and Standardization Wars      View Sections View Sections
    Telecommunications Law and Policy      View Sections  
    Trademark and Unfair Competition Law      View Sections  
  Related Clinical Offerings
    Entrepreneurial Law Clinic    View Sections View Sections View Sections
  Seminars
    Information Privacy         
    Law and Economics of the Information Age    View Sections    
 
International and Comparative Law      Fal 05   Spr 06   Fal 06   Spr 07 
  Prerequisites or Recommended Basic Courses
    International Law      View Sections  
  Courses
    Comparative Law         
    European Union Law    View Sections    
    International Business Transactions         
    International Environmental Law      View Sections  
    International Human Rights: Crime and Punishment    View Sections    
  Seminars
    Comparative Constitutional Law         
 
Legal Theory, Jurisprudence and Social Policy      Fal 05   Spr 06   Fal 06   Spr 07 
  Courses
    Economic Analysis of Law         
    Jurisprudence    View Sections View Sections  
    Law and Religion        View Sections
    Law and the Biology of Human Nature        View Sections
  Seminars
    Class and Law    View Sections   View Sections
    Constitutional Foundations: Core Ideas        View Sections
    Forced Labor      View Sections  
    Gender, Law, and Public Policy