Other Courses

Other courses that have been approved by the faculty, but that are not currently offered, include:

• Advanced Bankruptcy
• Advanced Constitutional Law: Church and State (3 credits)
  This course involves discussion of the relationship of law, government, and religion in America. Topics include the history and philosophy of the free exercise and establishment clauses, the definition of religion, the history of church-state relations from colonial America to the present, and the Supreme Court's explication of doctrine in such areas as church property disputes, public and private education, employment, taxation, the courtroom, personal autonomy, and the administrative state. Other topics may include the influence of canon law in American law and the interplay of law and religion in other societies.
• Advanced Constitutional Law: 14th Amendment
• Advanced Constitutional Law: History and Theory
• Advanced Criminal Procedure
• Advanced Elder Law
• Advanced Evidence Seminar (2 credits) (Prerequisites: Evidence I and II)
  This seminar covers in greater depth topics merely touched upon in the basic evidence course, including scientific (and other expert) evidence; privileges; the structure of the rules of relevance; issues of psychology and law, including memory and identification; and presumptions and burdens of proof, among other topics.
• Advanced Torts (2 credits)
  This course examines tort liability for interference with contract or other advantageous relations; defamation; injurious falsehood; invasion of privacy; and misuse of legal procedure.
• Advanced Trial Advocacy
• Advanced Wealth Strategies Seminar
• Amendments
• Appellate Practice (2 credits)
  This course will present a practice guide to handling an appeal. The class will survey the appellate courts' structure, jurisdiction and functions. Then the class will address each step in the appellate process, with particular emphasis on the governing rules. The students will have the opportunity to draft necessary forms and documents needed to pursue and perfect an appeal.
• Aviation Law
• Banking
• Bankruptcy II: Advanced Bankruptcy
• Business Planning (3 credits)
• Capital Punishment Seminar (2 credits)
• Collective Bargaining
• Community Development Clinic
• Comparative Legal Profession
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Intellectual Property Strategy Seminar
• Corporate Planning (3 credits) (Prerequisite: Business Associations)
  Corporate Planning is an extension and expansion of the incorporation section of Business Associations. The emphasis is on small, closely-held corporations, and the course includes three primary topics. After a brief analysis of the major business forms (Partnership, LLC, LLP, Limited Partnerships, S-Corporations, and C-Corporations), the tax problems involved in the corporate form of business are examined. Following that, focus is on the formal requirements for incorporation, including a thorough study of capitalization. Finally, emphasis shifts to shareholder agreements, by-laws, and other methods of insuring tranquility among shareholders.
• Crime and Immigration (2 credits)
• Disability Rights Seminar
• Education Law (2 credits)
  This is a survey course concerning the law directly affecting public and private education, with an emphasis on public education. Included are analyses of church-state relationships, state entities, local school boards, financial problems, use of school property and resources, tort liability, contractual liability, terms and conditions of teachers' employment, rights and duties of students, and school board policies and procedures.
• Eleventh Amendment Seminar
• Employment Law
• European Union Law and Institutions
• Federal Sector Equal Employment Opportunity Law: Litigation Before the EEOC Seminar (2 credits)
  This course is designed to familiarize the student with the EEOC and federal court case law development pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended. The course will also emphasize the development of practice skills in administrative litigation before the EEOC. The students will also learn to prepare and respond to various documents and pleadings used in this practice area.
• Federal Sentencing Guidelines
• Federal Tax Litigation
• Human Rights in the Americas
• Intellectual Property Strategy
• International and Comparative Gender Issues
• International Criminal Activity
• International Dispute Resolution
• International Finance
• International Law: Human Rights, the Global Environment and World Order
• International Law of Common Areas
• International Litigation
• International Taxation
• Land Use Controls
• Land Use Planning Seminar
• Law and Economics (3 credits)
  This course offers a study and critique of the use of economic analysis for clarifying legal policy and for the appraisal of court decisions. The course will focus on the extent to which virtually all areas of the law can be understood as the institutional embodiment of the principle of economic efficiency. Prior knowledge of economics is not essential, and the course will include a brief overview of basic economic theory.
• Law and Mental Health Systems
• Law of the North American Free Trade Area
• Legal Philosophy
• Legislation
• Military Law
• Municipal Corporations
• Negotiation and Settlement Skills Seminar
• Residential Real Estate Seminar
• Software and Internet Law
  This course will cover various aspects of intellectual property law as they related to specific issues arising from use of the internet. Problems unique to the internet, such as those related to privacy, e-commerce, and accuracy will also be presented.
• White Collar Crime
• Worker's Compensation