Course Descriptions

LAW 8601 - Advocacy Clinic for the Elderly (YR)

This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville. With attorney supervision, students represent elderly clients on a variety of legal matters, including basic wills and powers of attorney, guardianships, consumer issues, Medicaid and Medicare benefits, nursing home regulation and quality of long-term care, elder abuse and neglect, and advance medical directives.



Credits: 8

LAW 8602 - Appellate Litigation Clinic (YR)

This yearlong clinical course provides students the opportunity to brief and argue one or more appeals before a federal appeals court. The rules and procedures applicable in the federal appellate system will be examined. Fundamentals of oral and written appellate advocacy will be discussed, with a focus on each student’s individual work project.



Credits: 0

LAW 8603 - Appellate Litigation Clinic (YR)

This is the second semester of a yearlong clinical course providing students the opportunity to brief and argue one or more appeals before a federal appeals court. The rules and procedures applicable in the federal appellate system will be examined. Fundamentals of oral and written appellate advocacy will be discussed, with a focus on each student’s individual work project.



Credits: 4

LAW 8604 - Capital Post-Conviction Clinic (YR)

This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center (VCRRC). The work of the clinic is centered on the representation of persons sentenced to death in Virginia and issues relevant to these cases.



Credits: 0

LAW 8605 - Capital Post-Conviction Clinic (YR)

This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center (VCRRC). The work of the clinic is centered on the representation of persons sentenced to death in Virginia and issues relevant to these cases.



Credits: 5

LAW 8606 - Child Advocacy Clinic (YR)

This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with JustChildren, a program of the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville. Students may represent children with legal issues in the areas of education law, laws governing access to services for incarcerated children, mental health and developmental disabilities law, and foster care and social services law. Students will be given an opportunity to work on policy issues.



Credits: 4

LAW 8607 - Child Advocacy Clinic (YR)

This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with JustChildren, a program of the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville. Students may represent children with legal issues in the areas of education law, laws governing access to services for incarcerated children, mental health and developmental disabilities law, and foster care and social services law. Students will be given an opportunity to work on policy issues.



Credits: 4

LAW 8608 - Criminal Defense Clinic

The semester-long Criminal Defense Clinic provides a first-hand, experience-based study of the processes, techniques, strategy, and responsibilities of legal representation at the trial level.



Credits: 5

LAW 8609 - Employment Law Clinic (YR)

This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic offered in cooperation with the Legal Aid Justice Center and local attorneys. The clinic is designed to give students first-hand experience in the practice of employment law, from both the plaintiff and defense side.



Credits: 0

LAW 8610 - Employment Law Clinic (YR)

This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic offered in cooperation with the Legal Aid Justice Center and local attorneys. The clinic is designed to give students first-hand experience in the practice of employment law, from both the plaintiff and defense side.



Credits: 8

LAW 8611 - Environmental Law and Conservation Clinic (YR)

This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic related to the protection and restoration of natural resources and environmental quality. Cases in this clinic may include Clean Water Act citizen suits, wetlands cases, air permit appeals, road project cases, NEPA challenges, and forest management cases. Students will be involved in legal and factual research, as well as writing pleadings, briefs and other significant documents.



Credits: 4

LAW 8612 - Environmental Law and Conservation Clinic (YR)

This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic related to the protection and restoration of natural resources and environmental quality. Cases in this clinic may include Clean Water Act citizen suits, wetlands cases, air permit appeals, road project cases, NEPA challenges, and forest management cases. Students will be involved in legal and factual research, as well as writing pleadings, briefs and other significant documents.



Credits: 4

LAW 8614 - Litigation and Housing Law Clinic (YR)

This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville. Students will assist clients with housing problems. Cases may include issues related to eviction and rent escrow, grievance hearings, abatement of substandard building conditions, and other enforcement of residents’ rights.



Credits: 0

LAW 8615 - Litigation and Housing Law Clinic (YR)

This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville. Students will assist clients with housing problems. Cases may include issues related to eviction and rent escrow, grievance hearings, abatement of substandard building conditions, and other enforcement of residents’ rights.



Credits: 8

LAW 8616 - Immigration Law Clinic

In this semester-long clinic students will be assigned several clients and handle at least one complicated case involving extensive client interviewing, factual investigation, and legal analysis. Students will work with clients who are victims of violence, clients appealing denials of applications for status, special categorization or procedures, or clients with past criminal or immigration history.
Prerequisite: LAW 7042 or LAW 7077.



Credits: 4

LAW 8617 - International Human Rights Law Clinic

This semester-long clinical course gives students first-hand experience in human rights advocacy under the supervision of international human rights lawyers. Projects provide practical experience with activities lawyers engage in to promote respect for human rights; build the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective human rights lawyers; and integrate the theory and practice of human rights.



Credits: 4

LAW 8618 - Mental Health Law Clinic (YR)

This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center. Students will represent mentally ill or mentally disabled clients on a variety of legal matters including Social Security, Medicaid, and disability benefits claims; disability discrimination claims; access to housing; and access to mental health or rehabilitative services.



Credits: 0

LAW 8619 - Mental Health Law Clinic (YR)

This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center. Students will represent mentally ill or mentally disabled clients on a variety of legal matters including Social Security, Medicaid, and disability benefits claims; disability discrimination claims; access to housing; and access to mental health or rehabilitative services.



Credits: 8

LAW 8620 - Patent and Licensing Clinic I

This clinic involves instruction and practical training in patent drafting as well as the negotiation and drafting of patent and software license agreements. Topics include the evaluation of inventions and computer software; preparation, filing and prosecution of patent applications; dealing with patent examiners; and researching intellectual property issues and technology transfer.



Credits: 3

LAW 8621 - Patent and Licensing Clinic II

In this clinic, students can choose to work exclusively with patent attorneys drafting, filing, and prosecuting patent applications or working exclusively with licensing agents to draft license agreements, negotiate licensing terms and conditions, prepare confidentiality agreements, and marketing documents.



Credits: 2

LAW 8622 - Prosecution Clinic (YR)

This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic in which students explore a range of practical, ethical, and intellectual issues involved in the discharge of a prosecutor’s duties and responsibilities including discovery and exculpatory evidence, duty not to prosecute on less than probable cause, cross-warrant situations, prosecution of multiple defendants and joint trial, witness recantation and preparation, and improper argument at trial.



Credits: 0

LAW 8623 - Prosecution Clinic (YR)

This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic in which students explore a range of practical, ethical, and intellectual issues involved in the discharge of a prosecutor’s duties and responsibilities including discovery and exculpatory evidence, duty not to prosecute on less than probable cause, cross-warrant situations, prosecution of multiple defendants and joint trial, witness recantation and preparation, and improper argument at trial.



Credits: 8

LAW 8624 - Supreme Court Litigation Clinic (YR)

This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic introducing students to all aspects of current U.S. Supreme Court practice through live cases. Working on teams, students will handle actual cases from the seeking of Supreme Court review to briefing on the merits.



Credits: 4

LAW 8625 - Supreme Court Litigation Clinic (YR)

This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic introducing students to all aspects of current U.S. Supreme Court practice through live cases. Working on teams, students will handle actual cases from the seeking of Supreme Court review to briefing on the merits.



Credits: 4

LAW 8626 - Family Resource Clinic (YR)

This is the first semester in a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center. Students advocate on behalf of poor families who experience legal problems connected to welfare reform and public benefit programs. Clinic students will address the legal needs of lowincome families who seek or receive public benefits, or who are former public benefit recipients attempting to make the transition to financial independence.



Credits: 4

LAW 8627 - Family Resource Clinic (YR)

This is the second semester in a yearlong clinic offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center. Students advocate on behalf of poor families who experience legal problems connected to welfare reform and public benefit programs. Clinic students will address the legal needs of low income families who seek or receive public benefits, or who are former public benefit recipients attempting to make the transition to financial independence.



Credits: 4

LAW 8628 - Innocence Project Clinic (YR)

This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic to investigate three potential wrongful convictions of incarcerated individuals in the state of Virginia. One case will have forensic evidence (usually DNA) that could potentially be tested, and two will be non-DNA cases. Student will interview potential clients and witnesses, review case files, collect records, search court files and more.



Credits: 4

LAW 8629 - Innocence Project Clinic (YR)

This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic to investigate three potential wrongful convictions of incarcerated individuals in the state of Virginia. One case will have forensic evidence (usually DNA) that could potentially be tested, and two will be non-DNA cases. Student will interview potential clients and witnesses, review case files, collect records, search court files and more.



Credits: 4

LAW 8630 - Family Mediation Clinic (YR)

This is the first semester of a yearlong clinic focusing on two alternative dispute resolution methods used to resolve conflicts involving families and children - mediation and collaborative law practice. The family disputes will include child custody, visitation, financial support, equitable distribution of property, and related issues.



Credits: 0

LAW 8631 - Family Mediation Clinic (YR)

This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic focusing on two alternative dispute resolution methods used to resolve conflicts involving families and children - mediation and collaborative law practice. The family disputes will include child custody, visitation, financial support, equitable distribution of property, and related issues.



Credits: 6

LAW 8632 - Nonprofit Clinic (YR)

This is the first semester of a yearlong clinical course providing students the opportunity to work with nonprofit organizations and assist with legal issues in their formation and day-to-day operations.



Credits: 0

LAW 8633 - Nonprofit Clinic (YR)

This is the second semester of a yearlong clinical course providing students the opportunity to work with nonprofit organizations and assist with legal issues in their formation and day-to-day operations.



Credits: 6

LAW 8634 - First Amendment Clinic (YR)

This is the first semester of a yearlong clinical course offering law students the opportunity to gain practical legal experience involving timely free speech and press issues. Supervised by the legal staff of the Thomas Jefferson Center, students work as a team in conducting legal research, meeting with clients and co-counsel, and drafting legal memoranda and briefs. Open to 2nd - and 3rd - year Law students only.



Credits: 0

LAW 8635 - First Amendment Clinic (YR)

This is the second semester of a yearlong clinical course offering law students the opportunity to gain practical legal experience involving timely free speech and press issues. Supervised by the legal staff of the Thomas Jefferson Center, students work as a team in conducting legal research, meeting with clients and co-counsel, and drafting legal memoranda and briefs.



Credits: 7

LAW 8636 - Family Mediation Clinic

This semester-long clinical course is open to 2L and 3L students. The course focuses on mediation as an alternative dispute resolution method to resolve conflicts involving families and children. Mediation, an alternative to adversarial litigation, uses a neutral third-party facilitator to guide and empower the parties to reach their own agreements.



Credits: 4

LAW 8637 - Transactional Law Clinic

The clinic involves instruction and practical training on advising start-up companies and drafting basic corporate documentation. As part of the clinic, students will work with and advise Darden students who have been accepted to participate in the Darden Business Incubator.



Credits: 2

LAW 8638 - International Human Rights Law Clinic (YR)

This is the first semester of a year-long clinical course that gives students first-hand experience in human rights advocacy under the supervision of international human rights lawyers.



Credits: 4

LAW 8639 - International Human Rights Law Clinic (YR)

This is the second semester of a year-long clinical course that gives students first-hand experience in human rights advocacy under the supervision of international human rights lawyers.



Credits: 4

LAW 8650 - Appellate Litigation: Principles and Practice

This course deals with the most significant aspects of appellate practice, with a focus on the doctrines and rules applicable in the federal courts of appeals. Some attention will be paid to Supreme Court practice. Students learn the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and applicable case law principles to illuminate the practical issues in handling any appeal, state or federal.



Credits: 3

LAW 8651 - Emerging Growth Companies and Venture Capital Financing: Principles and Practice

This course deals with legal and business issues that arise in representing emerging-growth technology companies, with a particular emphasis on venture capital transactions, liquidity events, intellectual property, and corporate formation, governance, and capital structure.



Credits: 2

LAW 8652 - Emerging Markets: Principles and Practice

This seminar explores the legal and regulatory structures affecting foreign investors seeking to participate in the development of so-called “emerging markets” and in particular in the restructuring of formerly socialist economies.



Credits: 3

LAW 8653 - Employment Law: Principles and Practice

Ranging from Title VII to defamation law, from ERISA to workers’ compensation, from the Americans with Disabilities Act to the law of employee handbooks, employment law encompasses a vast body of law regulating the employment relationship. This course examines employment law doctrine and theory from a practical perspective.



Credits: 3

LAW 8654 - Environmental Lawyering: Principles and Practice

This is a course about the tasks of lawyers representing clients in environmental disputes, from rulemaking to litigation to negotiation. Although focused on environmental problems, the course develops skills of general use in crafting and implementing strategies for clients in high visibility matters affecting the public interest. The course develops several case scenarios based on actual proceedings.



Credits: 3

LAW 8655 - Estate Planning: Principles and Practice

his seminar considers the principal tax and non-tax aspects of estate planning, with emphasis on sophisticated tax planning techniques for wealthy individuals.



Credits: 3

LAW 8656 - Practical Trial Evidence: Principles and Practice

This course explores the most commonly encountered evidentiary challenges in litigation today. The keys to success include forms of proof where the factual foundations are challenging, the law demands unexpected elements to support offered proof, or the unwritten aspects of trial practice interfere with “textbook” efforts to get proof in the record.



Credits: 3

LAW 8658 - Real Estate Transactions: Principles and Practice

This course is about making deals to acquire or develop long-lived, income-producing assets, focusing specifically on financing techniques for the equity piece of investment in income-producing real estate. Emphasis will be placed on the use of present value analysis. Financial structures used to invest in real estate, principally pass-thru entities taxed as partnerships, will be analyzed.



Credits: 3

LAW 8659 - Drug Product Liability Litigation: Principles and Practice

This seminar will consider the theory and practice of drug product liability litigation lawsuits before, and now after, the Supreme Court’s recent landmark decision in Wyeth v. Levine (2009). We will consider the legal principles governing such lawsuits, such as inadequate warning; the learned intermediary doctrine; and medical causation.



Credits: 3

LAW 8800 - Dillard Fellow (YR)

This is the first semester of a yearlong practicum in which selected upper-level students serve as teaching assistants in the law school’s Legal Research and Writing Program.



Credits: 0

LAW 8801 - Dillard Fellow (YR)

This is the second semester of a yearlong practicum in which selected upper-level students serve as teaching assistants in the law school’s Legal Research and Writing Program.



Credits: 3

LAW 8802 - Graduate Legal Research and Writing I

This course introduces LL.M. students to the fundamentals of U.S. legal research materials, methods, and strategies as well as various forms of legal writing.



Credits: 1

LAW 8803 - External Study: Research Practicum

This research practicum is part of a two-part course that allows selected students to spend one semester away from the law school in a supervised setting combining academic legal research and work experience under the supervision of an educational, charitable, governmental or nonprofit host organization.



Credits: 9

LAW 8804 - External Study: Research Project

This research project is part of a two-part course that allows selected students to spend one semester away from the law school in a supervised setting combining academic legal research and work experience under the supervision of an educational, charitable, governmental or nonprofit host organization.



Credits: 3

LAW 8805 - Graduate Legal Research and Writing II

This course continues to introduce LL.M. students to the fundamentals of U.S. legal research materials, methods, and strategies as well as various forms of legal writing.



Credits: 1

LAW 8806 - Externship: Field Experience

This field experience is one part of a two-part externship combining academic study and work experience under the supervision of a faculty member and an educational, charitable, governmental or nonprofit host organization.



Credits: 2

LAW 8807 - Externship: Directed Study

This directed study is one part of a two-part externship combining academic study and work experience under the supervision of a faculty member and an educational, charitable, governmental or nonprofit host organization.



Credits: 1

LAW 8810 - Directed Research

LAW 8811 - Independent Research

This course is a semester-long independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member.



Credits: 1

LAW 8812 - Independent Research

This course is a semester-long independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member



Credits: 2

LAW 8813 - Independent Research

This course is a semester-long independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member.



Credits: 3

LAW 8814 - Independent Research (YR)

This course is the first semester of a yearlong independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member.



Credits: 0

LAW 8815 - Independent Research (YR)

This course is the second semester of a yearlong independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member.



Credits: 2

LAW 8816 - Independent Research (YR)

This course is the first semester of a yearlong independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member.



Credits: 0

LAW 8817 - Independent Research (YR)

This course is the second semester of a yearlong independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member.



Credits: 3

LAW 8818 - Independent Research (YR)

This course is the first semester of a yearlong independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member.



Credits: 0

LAW 8819 - Independent Research (YR)

This course is the second semester of a yearlong independent research project resulting in a substantial research paper supervised and graded by a selected law school faculty member.



Credits: 3

LAW 8820 - Exchange: University of Auckland

Selected students may participate in this international exchange program during the fall semester of their third year.



Credits: 12

LAW 8821 - Exchange: Bucerius Law School

Selected students may participate in this international exchange program during the fall semester of their third year.



Credits: 12

LAW 8822 - Exchange: University of Melbourne

Selected students may participate in this international exchange program during the fall semester of their third year.



Credits: 12

LAW 8823 - Exchange: University of Nottingham

LAW 8824 - Exchange: Tel Aviv University

Selected students may participate in this international exchange program during the spring semester of their second year.



Credits: 12

LAW 8825 - Exchange: Waseda University

LAW 8826 - Exchange: University of Sydney

LAW 8827 - Exchange: Instituto de Empresa (IE)

LAW 8828 - Exchange: Seoul National University

LAW 8844 - Dual Degree: Sciences Po (YR)

This course is the first semester of a yearlong international combined-degree with University Paris 1 Pantheon - Sorbonne Law School and Sciences Po/Paris in which selected students can participate during their third year.



Credits: 0

LAW 8845 - Dual Degree: Sciences Po (YR)

This course is the second semester of a yearlong international combined-degree with University Paris 1 Pantheon - Sorbonne Law School and Sciences Po/Paris in which selected students can participate during their third year.



Credits: 27

LAW 8848 - Third-Year Thesis (YR)

This is the first semester of a yearlong intensive research project resulting in a thesis completed under close faculty supervision coupled with an oral defense before a faculty committee.



Credits: 0

LAW 8849 - Third-Year Thesis (YR)

LAW 9000 - International Ifs in the Long 19th Century

The period from 1789 to 1917, ‘the long 19th century,’ begins with the French Revolution and ends with World War I and the Russian Revolution. This seminar undertakes a variety of ‘what if?’ speculations associated with crucial events affecting the United States and Europe during this period, with special attention paid to the actual and potential roles of domestic and international law.



Credits: 3

LAW 9001 - Banking Regulation

This seminar studies the basic concepts underlying the regulation of depository institutions in the United States, and, where appropriate, contrasts the U.S. regulatory approach with those followed by other countries. Topics include systemic risk and consumer protection, activity restrictions imposed on depository institutions and their affiliates, lending limits and the bank failure process, among others.



Credits: 3

LAW 9002 - Sites and Systems: Science, Planning, and Law

This seminar addresses the challenges of managing environmental issues in the context of the human-natural systems within which they occur. These challenges include defining the character and scope of ecosystems, establishing the goals appropriate to managing ecosystems, and assessing institutional arrangements to achieve those goals.



Credits: 3

LAW 9003 - Strategy in Civil Litigation: Pleading and Procedure

This seminar will concentrate on skills needed in effective pre-trial advocacy. It will emphasize strategy in pleading, motions and discovery practice stressing both the style and substance of winning litigation techniques. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, particularly Rules 1-39, 41, 45, 54, 56 and 68, will be examined and applied to various factual scenarios.



Credits: 3

LAW 9004 - International Investment Law

This course examines the substantive law governing international investment, explores how rights and obligations can be enforced in an investment dispute, and considers the proper role of investment law in the international legal system.



Credits: 3

LAW 9005 - Families with Children with Disabling Conditions and Chronic Illnesses

This seminar will focus on the issues faced by families in which a child has a disabling condition, including mental and physical disabilities, or a chronic illness. Some areas of law respond to the needs of the families, but many areas of the law have not yet addressed the implications for the families of the special health and care needs of the children.



Credits: 3

LAW 9006 - Advanced Verbal Persuasion

This course develops advanced oral advocacy skills, including effective performance techniques, writing for speaking, and the ability to handle difficult speaking situations.



Credits: 3

LAW 9007 - An American Half-Century

From 1940 to 1990, the United States eventually led the democratic world to victory in two worldwide struggles’World War II and the Cold War’ against authoritarian systems. This course examines this pair of victories, especially the Cold War, through the role of international law, as well as the interplay between U.S. domestic law and foreign policy.



Credits: 3

LAW 9008 - Children and the Law

In this seminar students will examine the law’s treatment of children’s rights. Students will explore the current state of the law regarding the complexities involved with assigning rights and responsibilities to children and those who care for them, and the barriers and limitations courts and legislatures confront when making decisions regarding children.



Credits: 3

LAW 9009 - Cybercrime

This seminar examines key legal and policy issues associated with cybercrime. Because cybercrime can be committed in and from any corner of the world, the seminar focuses principally on U.S. laws and legal materials, but will include relevant legal materials from countries in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.



Credits: 3

LAW 9010 - Police Misconduct

This seminar explores the legal issues that arise when police officers abuse their authority. The emphasis will be on the constitutional and federal legal landscape. Topics will include the causes and kinds of police misconduct, constitutional standards for police behavior, obstacles to prosecuting police officers, and the limits of litigation as a tool for preventing and redressing police misconduct.



Credits: 3

LAW 9011 - Legal Careers and Life Satisfaction

This seminar will explore attorneys’ job satisfaction and their reactions to job dissatisfaction (e.g., depression, alcoholism). A goal of the seminar will be to identify factors that promote or attenuate job satisfaction in particular, and life satisfaction more generally, among attorneys practicing law in various settings (e.g., large firm, small firm, in-house counsel, public interest).



Credits: 3

LAW 9012 - Federalism: History and Theory

This seminar provides students with an opportunity to investigate problems in the history and theory of American federalism. We will focus on the changing nature and sources of the discourses of federalism in political thought and constitutional law.



Credits: 3

LAW 9013 - Climate Change: Science, Markets, and Policy

This seminar will provide multiple perspectives on what many consider the greatest environmental issue of our time and one with far-reaching implications for how we and future generations will live and do business.



Credits: 3

LAW 9014 - Federalism

This seminar examines what the Supreme Court has described as ‘the oldest question of constitutional law’ in America: the allocation of authority between national and state governments. It considers the historical underpinnings and political theory of federalism, American constitutional doctrines of federalism, and questions of judicial federalism.



Credits: 3

LAW 9015 - Franchise Law

LAW 9016 - Comparative Constitutional Law Seminar

This seminar will explore the issues entailed in the drafting and uses of a constitution. To what extent do constitutions reflect universal values (such as human rights), and to what extent are they grounded in the culture and values of a particular people? How much borrowing goes on in the writing of a constitution? In what respects do the United States Constitution and American constitutionalism serve as models for newer democracies?



Credits: 3

LAW 9017 - Current Issues in Patent Law

LAW 9018 - American Social and Legal History

LAW 9019 - Constitutionalism: History and Jurisprudence

This seminar focuses on various ways of thinking about constitutions and constitutionalism. We will draw upon the various schools of jurisprudence, historical and contemporary sources, and important moments in the history of constitutionalism, such as the founding period of the United States and in France, the era of liberalism in 19th century Europe, and the emergence of social and economic rights in the 20th century, etc.



Credits: 3

LAW 9020 - Construction Law

This seminar will focus on the law relating to construction contracts. It will use a textbook and local construction contracts as source materials. The seminar will cover issues relating to private and public construction, from selection of contract models to disputes resolution.



Credits: 3

LAW 9021 - Environmental Law and Federalism: Case Studies in Politics & Public Policy

This seminar focuses on the real-world impact that ‘new federalism’ is having on environmental law and policy at both the federal and state levels. The course blends discussions of key federalism cases from the Supreme Court and lower federal courts with case studies rooted in current public policy and political disputes. The seminar may consider wetlands depletion, loss of endangered species, air pollution, energy policy, and global warming.



Credits: 3