News and Events Upper-Level Courses
In your upper-level years, you will choose from among a rich and diverse selection of specialized courses that build on your first-year foundation. You can sample from a wide variety of courses in fields such as health law, intellecutal property, privacy, criminal law and public interest law, to name just a few. If you who want to specialize in a specific area of law, you will have the opportunity to combine courses and clinics in your academic terms with full-time work with employers across the globe during your co-op terms. By the time you graduate, you will be better prepared for the practice of law than students at any other law school in the country.
While the law school encourages a broad exposure to the law through academic and cooperative work, we realize that some students may wish to focus on a specific academic area. A list of upper-level courses is provided to assist students in their selections. Students who are interested in particular aspects of legal practice should note that the Co-op Program provides the full range of complementary practice experiences. The academic calendar is subject to change. Not all courses are offered each academic year. Consult the Course Catalog available from the Office of Academic and Student Affairs for specific information about when courses are offered.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Negotiation
Clinical Courses**
Advanced Immigrant Justice Clinic
Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic
Community Business Law Clinic
Domestic Violence Clinic
Immigrant Justice Clinic
Immigration Law
IP CO-LAB (Intellectual Property Law Clinic)
Poverty Law and Practice Clinic
Prisoners’ Rights Clinic
Public Health Legal Clinic
**Fulfills Public Interest Requirement
Constitutional Law
Advanced Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
Advanced Criminal Procedure: Investigation
Balancing Liberty and Security Seminar
Constitutional Litigation
Employment Discrimination
Federal Courts and the Federal System
First Amendment
Land Use
Natural Resources Law
Prisoners’ Rights Clinic
Sexuality, Gender and the Law
State and Local Government
Wrongful Convictions and Post-Conviction Remedies
Corporate/Business Law
Antitrust
Basic Income Taxation
Branding Law and Practice
Business Bankruptcy
Community Business Law Clinic
Consumer Bankruptcy
Copyright Law
Corporate Finance
Corporate Taxation
Corporations
Creative & Innovative Economies: IP, Community Development, Sustainable Business Practice
Entertainment Law
Inside Counsel
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Transactions Practice
IP CO-LAB (intellectual property law clinic)
International Business Transactions
International Investment Arbitration and Litigation Practice
International Trade
Law and Strategy
Law of Financial Institutions
Legal Accounting
Negotiation
Non-Profit Organizations
Patent Law
Secured Transactions
Securities Regulation
Sports Law
State and Local Taxation
Transactional Drafting Seminar
Criminal Law
Advanced Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
Advanced Criminal Procedure: Investigation
Balancing Liberty and Security Seminar
Evidence
Juvenile Courts: Delinquency, Abuse and Neglect
Prisoners’ Rights Clinic
Wrongful Convictions and Post-Conviction Remedies
Environmental Law
Administrative Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Energy Law and Policy
Environmental Law
Global Energy Justice
International Environmental Law
Land Use
Law and Economic Development
Natural Resources Law
Negotiation
State and Local Government
Family Law and Estate Planning
Comparative Family Law
Contemporary Issues in Family Law
Domestic Violence Clinic
Elder Law
Estate Planning
Family Law
Juvenile Courts: Delinquency, Abuse and Neglect
Poverty Law and Practice Clinic
Reproductive and Sexual Rights and Health
Social Welfare Law
Trusts and Estates
Health Law
Applied Learning Experience for JD/MPH
Bioethics and the Law
Current Issues in Health Law and Policy
Disability Law
Drug Law and Policy
Legal Blogging: Health Law
Economic Perspectives on Health Policy
Health Care Fraud and Abuse
Health Law
Law and Biotechnology
Poverty Law and Practice Clinic
Problems in Public Health Law
Public Health Advocacy Clinic
Reproductive and Sexual Rights and Health
Intellectual Property
Bioproperty
Branding Law and Practice
Creative and Innovative Economies: IP, Community Development, Sustainable Business Practice
Copyright Law
Data Regulation and Compliance
Information Privacy Law
Information Security Law
Internet Law
Entertainment Law
Intellectual Property
IP CO-LAB (Intellectual Property Law Clinic)
Intellectual Property Transactions Practice
Law and Biotechnology
Law and Technology
Law Practice Technology and the Legal Profession
Patent Law
Trademark Law
International and Comparative Law
Balancing Liberty and Security Seminar
Comparative Law: Law, Markets and Democracy in East Asia
Cross Border Litigation
Energy Law and Policy
International and Foreign Research
International Business Transactions
International Environmental Law
International Human Rights and the Global Economy
International Investment Arbitration and Litigation Practice
International Law
International Trade
Law and Economic Development
Refugee and Asylum Law
Jurisprudence, Legal History and Social Issues
Advanced LSSC (LSSC LFs only)
American Legal Thought: Traditional and Critical
Bioethics and the Law
Critical Race Theory
Disrupt the Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline - Restorative Justice
Dynamic Lawyering for Systemic Change
First Amendment
Human Behavior, Legal Doctrine and Regulatory Design
Immigrant Justice Clinic
Immigrant Justice Practicum
International Human Rights and the Global Economy
Laboratory Seminar in Applied Design and Legal Empowerment
Law and Social Movements
Professional Responsibility
Sexuality, Gender and the Law
Labor and Employment Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Disability Law
Employment Discrimination
Employment Law - Compensation, Benefits and Retirement
Employment Law - Job Security and Rights
Employment Law - Safety Health
Entertainment Law
Labor Law I
Labor Law II
Negotiation
Poverty Law and Practice Clinic
Sports Law
Whistleblower Law
Litigation and Judicial Process
Advanced Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
Advanced Criminal Procedure: Investigation
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Appellate Advocacy
Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic
Constitutional Litigation
Domestic Violence Clinic
Evidence
Federal Courts and the Federal System
Laboratory Seminar in Applied Design and Legal Empowerment
Legal Interviewing and Counseling
Legislation and Regulation
Pretrial Civil Practice and Advocacy
Professional Responsibility
Public Health Advocacy Clinic
Quantitative Methods
Whistleblower Law
Property
Bioproperty
Branding Law and Practice
Community Economic Development
Community Economic Development Practicum
Copyright Law
Corporations
Estate Planning
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Transactions Practice
IP CO-LAB (intellectual property law clinic)
Land Use
Natural Resources Law
Patent Law
Poverty Law and Practice Clinic
Trusts and Estates
Public Interest and Advocacy
Advanced LSSC (LSSC LFs only)
Disrupt the Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline—Restorative Justice
Bioethics and the Law
Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic
Consumer Law
Defense, Offense and Dreaming: Lawyering for Social Movements
Disability Law
Domestic Violence Clinic
Dynamic Lawyering for Systemic Change
Education Law
Employment Discrimination
Employment Law - Compensation, Benefits and Retirement
Employment Law - Job Security & Rights
Employment Law - Safety Health
Energy Law and Policy
Environmental Law
First Amendment
Health Care Fraud and Abuse
Health Law
Housing Matters: Overview of Fair Housing Laws and the Social Impact of Homelessness
Human Rights in the United States
Immigration Law
Juvenile Courts: Delinquency, Abuse and Neglect
Labor Law I
Labor Law II
Laboratory Seminar in Applied Design and Legal Empowerment
Law and Economic Development
Law and Inequality
Law and Social Movements
Law Practice Management: Access to Justice
Non-Profit Organizations
Poverty Law and Practice Clinic
Pretrial Civil Practice and Advocacy
Prisoners’ Rights Clinic
Private Litigitation in the Public Interest
Problems in Public Health Law
Public Health Advocacy Clinic
Race and the Law
Race, Justice and Reform
Racial Minority Representation, the US Constitution, the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Refugee and Asylum Law
Reproductive and Sexual Rights and Health
Rights of Noncitizens
Sexuality, Gender and the Law
Social Welfare Law
Public Regulation
Administrative Law
Antitrust
Drug Law and Policy
Education Law
Employment Discrimination
Employment Law - Compensation, Benefits and Retirement
Employment Law - Job Security & Rights
Employment Law - Safety Health
Energy Law and Policy
Environmental Law
Health Law
Immigration Law
Labor Law I
Labor Law II
Land Use
Law and Ethics of Advocacy
Law of Financial Institutions
Natural Resources Law
Poverty Law and Practice Clinic
Public Health Advocacy Clinic
Quantitative Methods
Securities Regulation
Social Welfare Law
State and Local Government
Whistleblower Law
Skills
Advanced Legal and Interdisciplinary Research
Advanced Legal Research
Advanced Legal Research Online
Advanced LSSC (LSSC LFs only)
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Amicus Curiae Project
Appellate Practice
Community Business Law Clinic
Constitutional Litigation
Corporate Finance
Cost Effective Legal Research
Creative and Innovative Economies: IP, Community Development, Sustainable Business Practice
Domestic Violence Clinic
Dynamic Lawyering for Systemic Change
Estate Planning
Evidence
Inside Counsel
IP CO-LAB (intellectual property law Clinic)
Intellectual Property Transactions Practice
International and Foreign Legal Research
Labor Arbitration Workshop
Laboratory Seminar in Applied Design and Legal Empowerment
Law Practice Management: Access to Justice
Law Practice Technology and the Legal Profession
Law Review, Legal Writing and Scholarly Publication
Legal Accounting
Legal Blogging: Health Law
Legal Interviewing and Counseling
Legal Research and Writing
Legal Research Workshop
Legal Writing Workshop
Master Class in Legal Design
Negotiation
Poverty Law and Practice Clinic
Pretrial Civil Practice and Advocacy
Prisoners’ Rights Clinic
Public Health Advocacy Clinic
Quantitative Methods
Spanish for Lawyers
Strategies for Bar Success
Transactional Drafting Seminar
Trial Practice
Taxation
Basic Income Taxation
Corporate Taxation
Elder Law
Estate Planning
Non-Profit Organizations
State and Local Taxation
Torts (Advanced)
Poverty Law and Practice Clinic
Public Health Advocacy Clinic
LLM
Intensive Introduction to American Law and Legal Institutions
Intensive Introduction to Legal Research and Writing for LLM Students
Legal Reserach and Writing for LLM Students: Preparing for Co-op
Introduction to Civil Procedure
Introduction to the Law of Contracts
Introduction to US Constitutional Law