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.
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.
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Business and Commercial Law
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Accounting Issues for Lawyers |
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Bankruptcy |
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Business Planning |
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Business Transactions |
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Creditors' Remedies and Debtors' Protection |
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Securities Regulation |
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Criminal Law
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Capital Punishment in America |
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Advanced Criminal Procedure |
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Theory of Punishment |
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Employment and Labor Law
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Environment and Natural Resources
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Climate Change Law and Policy |
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Family and Juvenile Law
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Government and Public Law
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Administrative Law |
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Civil Rights Legislation |
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Election Law |
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Adv Constitutional Law Equality and Privacy |
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Civil Liberties Litigation |
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Constitutional Theory |
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Health Law
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Bioethics and Law |
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Health Law I: Finance, Administration and Organization of Health Care |
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Public Health Law and Ethics |
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Intellectual Property, Technology and Telecommunication
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Introduction to Intellectual Property Law |
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Copyright |
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Intellectual Property Counseling and Prosecution |
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Patent Law |
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Patent Litigation |
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Telecommunications Law and Policy |
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Trademark and Unfair Competition Law |
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Entrepreneurial Law Clinic |
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Technology Law and Policy Clinic |
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Information Privacy |
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International and Comparative Law
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International Law |
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International Legal Theory: Structure and Critique (1500-1945) |
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Comparative Criminal Procedure |
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Conflict of Laws |
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Energy Justice |
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International Business Transactions |
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International Criminal Law |
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International Dispute Resolution |
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International Environmental Law |
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International Human Rights Law |
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Law and the Holocaust |
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Law and Economic Development |
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Legal Theory, Jurisprudence and Social Policy
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Advanced Torts |
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Conflict of Laws |
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Economic Analysis of Law |
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Law and Neuroscience |
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Legal Ethics and Professionalism |
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Race and American Law |
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Antidiscrimination and First Amendment |
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Class and Law |
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Constitutional Theory |
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Environmental Philosophy and Law |
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Gender Law |
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Law and Economic Development |
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Power, Ethics, and Professionalism |
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Theory of Punishment |
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Litigation, Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Evidence |
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Evidence and Trial Practice |
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Advanced Appellate Advocacy |
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Advanced Trial Advocacy |
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Arbitration |
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Complex Civil Litigation |
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Law Practice Management |
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Legal Negotiation |
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Mediation |
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Motions Advocacy |
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Patent Litigation |
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Trial Advocacy |
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Trial Competition |
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Criminal and Immigration Defense Clinic |
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Criminal Defense Clinic |
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Power, Ethics, and Professionalism |
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Moot Court Competitions
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Rothgerber Moot Court Competition |
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Trial Competition |
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Property, Trust and Estates, and Land Use
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Wills and Trusts |
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Cultural Property Law |
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Estate Planning |
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Federal Estate and Gift Tax |
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Land Use Planning |
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Public Land Law |
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Real Estate Planning |
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Affordable Housing |
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Research and Writing
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Advanced Legal Research |
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Advanced Legal Writing |
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Colorado Legal Research |
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Independent Legal Research |
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Independent Legal Research: Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy |
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Independent Legal Research: Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy |
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Independent Legal Research: Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law |
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Independent Legal Research: Law Review |
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Independent Legal Research: Law Review |
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Judicial Opinion Writing |
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Legal Interpretation and Legislative Process |
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Legal Research Skills for Practice |
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Advanced Criminal Procedure |
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Advanced Natural Resources Law |
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Advanced Topics in American Indian Law |
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Affordable Housing |
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Civil Liberties Litigation |
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Class and Law |
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Constitutional Theory |
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Environmental Philosophy and Law |
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Gender Law |
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Information Privacy |
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Law and Literature |
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Power, Ethics, and Professionalism |
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Tax Policy |
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Theory of Punishment |
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Taxation
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Income Taxation |
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Corporate Taxation |
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Estate Planning |
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Federal Estate and Gift Tax |
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Non Profit Law |
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Partnership Taxation |
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Seminars |
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Tax Policy |
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