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Graduate Record 2018-2019 
    
Graduate Record 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

Course Descriptions


 

Law

  
  • LAW 8008 - Ideas of the First Amendment


    This course develops skills of close critical reading, as well as an understanding of the central ideas of the First Amendment tradition. The emphasis is on how those ideas emerged in various historical periods from particular political, legal, and intellectual struggles.



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8009 - Copyright Law


    The federal copyright statute protects rights in literary and artistic property. Topics covered in this course include the subject matter of copyright; ownership; formalities; duration and transfer; infringement; fair use; rights and remedies of copyright owners; pre-emption of state copyright laws; the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.



    Credits: 2 to 3
  
  • LAW 8010 - Patent Law


    Patent protection is increasingly important in the knowledge economy. Advances in biotechnology, controversial uses of patent rights, and divergent court opinions are impacting this area in far-reaching ways. This course will explore many of these developments while maintaining a primary focus on the principal rules pertaining to patent protection and enforcement.



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8011 - International Taxation


    A survey of the income tax aspects of (1) foreign income earned by U.S. persons and entities, and (2) U.S. income earned by foreign persons and entities. The principal focus will be on the U.S. tax system, but some attention will be devoted to adjustments made between tax regimes of different countries through tax credits and tax treaties.



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8012 - Legal Issues in Corporate Finance (Law & Business)


    This course examines legal issues that arise from different financing choices made by corporations, the relationship between a corporation and its investors, and how the courts have treated that relationship. Topics include firm valuation in change-of-control transactions and in bankruptcy, the rights of debt-holders and preferred stockholders, and common stockholders’ claims to dividends.



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8013 - Mergers and Acquisitions


    This course focuses on the corporate and securities law issues relevant to mergers and acquisitions, including the Williams Act; state statutory and case law; as well as important forms of private ordering such as poison pills, lockups, earnouts, and the allocation of risks by the acquisition agreement. Relevant accounting and tax issues will be covered as well.



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8015 - Partnership Tax


    This course will examine the basic principles in the application of the federal income tax to partnerships and their partners. Due to recent changes in the law, an increasing number of private firms, whether or not organized as partnerships, will be subject to these rules in the future. The course is taught by using problems that illustrate the principles discussed in class.



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8016 - Securities Regulation


    The course will examine the federal statutes and regulations relating to the sale of securities and the duties of issuers, underwriters, brokers, dealers, officers, directors, controlling persons, and other significant market participants. We will discuss the regulation of public and private offerings, trading markets, and disclosure and corporate governance of publicly traded companies. Enrollment not allowed in LAW 8016 or 8017 if either taken previously.



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8017 - Securities Regulation (Law & Business)


    The course will examine the federal statutes and regulations relating to the sale of securities and the duties of issuers, underwriters, brokers, dealers, officers, directors, and other market participants. Topics will include the regulation of public and private offerings, trading markets, accounting standards, the lawyer’s role in verifying financial information, and the use of finance theory in securities litigation.



    Credits: 3 to 4
  
  • LAW 8018 - Trusts and Estates


    The course will cover intestate succession; requirements for the execution, revocation, republication, and revival of wills and codicils; probate procedure and grounds for will contests; requisites for the creation and termination of private trusts; inter vivos transactions that serve as will substitutes; planning for incapacity; and problems in the interpretation of wills.



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8019 - Virginia Practice and Procedure


    The course is organized and presented primarily for students who intend to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The course includes a study of the Virginia judicial system and problems of jurisdiction and venue within that system; pleading and practice both at law and in equity; a study of the Rules of Court; and the procedural statutes and applicable case law.



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8021 - Constitutional Law II: Law and the Theory of Equal Protection


    This course will provide an in-depth look at the case law and theory of the Equal Protection Clause.



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8022 - Federal Income Tax: Advanced Topics


    This class is a continuation of Federal Income Tax. Students will be exposed to important aspects of federal income tax law not covered (or covered only briefly) in the basic tax course.



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8023 - Advanced Patent Law


    This course will examine various advanced topics in patent remedies (including the law governing damages calculations), ownership and licensing issues, patent exhaustion, antitrust, inequitable conduct and administrative aspects of patent practice (including the new administrative processes added by the patent reform statute signed into law in September, 2011).



    Credits: 2 to 3
  
  • LAW 8024 - Mergers and Acquisitions (Law & Business)


    This course focuses on the corporate and securities law issues relevant to mergers and acquisitions, including the Williams Act; state statutory and case law; as well as important forms of private ordering such as poison pills, lockups, earnouts, and the allocation of risks by the acquisition agreement. Relevant accounting and tax issues will be covered as well.



    Credits: 3 to 4
  
  • LAW 8025 - Advanced Contracts


    This course introduces students to a variety of disciplinary approaches to the study of both consumer and business contracts. The disciplines include economics, psychology and finance. Some attention will be paid to the analysis of common law contract doctrines, but a good deal of the course will focus on public policy issues surrounding the regulation of consumer, commercial and financial contracts. Prerequisite: LAW 6002



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8026 - Taking Effective Depositions


    In this course, students will learn in detail the rules and procedures associated with taking depositions in federal litigation. This is a hands-on, practical problem simulation course. Prerequisite: LAW 6000 Civil Procedure and LAW 6104 Evidence



    Credits: 2 to 3
  
  • LAW 8027 - EU Taxation


    This course covers limits imposed under EU law on EU Member States’ ability to tax EU nationals, EU companies, and capital movements into and out of the European Union. Prerequisite: LAW 6106 Federal Income Tax



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8028 - Advanced Corporate Finance


    In this course we will seek to understand the problems of general business managers focused on corporate policy and business investment.



    Credits: 1
  
  • LAW 8029 - Investments and Valuation in Financial Markets


    This course will provide students with an understanding of the theory and practice of investment decision making and how assets are valued in financial markets.



    Credits: 1
  
  • LAW 8505 - Clinical Topics


    A series of Law clinics. The series will be designated by different sections of the course.



    Credits: 1 to 5
  
  • LAW 8600 - Advocacy Clinic for the Elderly (YR)


    This is the first 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: 0
  
  • 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. Prerequisite: 3rd-year Law, LAW 6000, LAW 6003, LAW 6104, and LAW 7071 or LAW 7072 or LAW 7605



    Credits: 4
  
  • 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. Prerequisite: 3rd-year Law, LAW 6000, LAW 6003, LAW 6104, and LAW 7071 or LAW 7072 or LAW 7605



    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. Prerequisite: 2nd-year or 3rd-year Law



    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: 4
  
  • 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: 4
  
  • 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: 0
  
  • 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: 8
  
  • LAW 8614 - Litigation and Housing Law Clinic (YR)


    Offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center, the clinic teaches and develops trial skills using housing law as the substantive background, and eligible students appear and argue in local courts.



    Credits: 4
  
  • LAW 8615 - Litigation and Housing Law Clinic (YR)


    Offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center, the clinic teaches and develops trial skills using housing law as the substantive background, and eligible students appear and argue in local courts.



    Credits: 4
  
  • 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.



    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 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 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: 3
  
  • 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: 5
  
  • 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 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. Prerequisite: 2nd-or 3rd-year Law



    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 Alternative Dispute Resolution 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: 4
  
  • LAW 8631 - Family Alternative Dispute Resolution 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: 2
  
  • 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: 3
  
  • 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: 3
  
  • 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. Prerequisite:2nd-year or 3rd-year Law



    Credits: 4
  
  • 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. Prerequisite:2nd-year or 3rd-year Law



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8637 - Entrepreneurial 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: 3
  
  • 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: 3
  
  • 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. Prerequisite: 2-yr or 3-yr JD LAW



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8640 - Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic


    Students in the clinic will have the opportunity to participate in the legal practice of the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), a highly respected non-profit law firm dedicated the protection and restoration of the natural resources and the environment of the Southeast.



    Credits: 5 to 6
  
  • LAW 8641 - First Amendment and the Scholarly Process (YR)


    This is the first semester of a yearlong seminar is designed for students who are interested in working on a longer scholarly project, who might be interested in a career in law teaching, and who also have an interest in constitutional law, jurisprudence, or public law more broadly conceived.



    Credits: 0
  
  • LAW 8642 - First Amendment and the Scholarly Process (YR)


    This is the second semester of a yearlong seminar is designed for students who are interested in working on a longer scholarly project, who might be interested in a career in law teaching, and who also have an interest in constitutional law, jurisprudence, or public law more broadly conceived.



    Credits: 6
  
  • LAW 8643 - Consumer Law Clinic (YR)


    This is the first semester of a yearlong course that requires students to participate in case work in both the fall and spring semesters. In addition, in the fall, there will be a seminar which will meet once a week. Students will learn basic information about various consumer protection statutes while doing exercises covering the entire range of client representation.



    Credits: 4
  
  • LAW 8644 - Consumer Law Clinic (YR)


    This is the second semester of a yearlong course that requires students to participate in case work in both the fall and spring semesters. In addition, in the fall, there will be a seminar which will meet once a week. Students will learn basic information about various consumer protection statutes while doing exercises covering the entire range of client representation.



    Credits: 4
  
  • LAW 8645 - Health and Disability Law Clinic (YR)


    Students in this first semester of a yearlong clinic represent mentally ill and elderly clients in legal proceedings, negotiations, administrative hearings and court proceedings (to the extent permitted by law) on a variety of legal matters.



    Credits: 4
  
  • LAW 8646 - Health and Disability Law Clinic (YR)


    Students in this second semester of a yearlong clinic represent mentally ill and elderly clients in legal proceedings, negotiations, administrative hearings and court proceedings (to the extent permitted by law) on a variety of legal matters.



    Credits: 4
  
  • LAW 8647 - Immigration Law Clinic (YR)


    In this 1st semester of a year-long clinic, clients come from diverse backgrounds and frequently have unusual factual scenarios that bring them to the doors of Legal Aid. Students will be expected to work with the clients and understand what they want and what can be pursued through available legal mechanisms. The Clinic will focus on complicated asylum cases arising out of emerging areas of the law as well as other cases.



    Credits: 4
  
  • LAW 8648 - Immigration Law Clinic (YR)


    This is the 2nd half of a year-long clinic (LAW 8647 & LAW 8648)



    Credits: 4
  
  • 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 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. Prerequisites: 2nd - or 3rd - year JD



    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 8660 - International Tax Practicum - Fall (YR)


    This is the 1st semester of a year-long course using a mock litigation as a lens for studying issues in international tax law. The case study may implicate domestic tax law of any jurisdiction, tax treaties, and EU law. Students will be given a fact-pattern and will identify legal issues raised by the fact pattern. Students will draft briefs for both the government and taxpayer on the issues raised by the mock litigation.



    Credits: 1
  
  • LAW 8661 - International Tax Practicum - Spring (YR)


    This is the 2nd semester of a year-long course using a mock litigation as a lens for studying issues in international tax law. The case study may implicate domestic tax law of any jurisdiction, tax treaties, and EU law. Students will be given a fact-pattern and will identify legal issues raised by the fact pattern. Students will draft briefs for both the government and taxpayer on the issues raised by the mock litigation.



    Credits: 1
  
  • LAW 8662 - Religious Liberty and the Scholarly Process - Fall (YR)


    This course is the first semester of a year-long course considering the jurisprudence of religious liberty in the United States with special emphasis on recent judicial and scholarly debates about religious exemptions, corporate religious rights, equal funding of the religious mission, church autonomy, religion’s distinctiveness, and the future of church-state separation.



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8663 - Religious Liberty and the Scholarly Process - Spring (YR)


    This course is the second semester of a year-long course considering the jurisprudence of religious liberty in the United States with special emphasis on recent judicial and scholarly debates about religious exemptions, corporate religious rights, equal funding of the religious mission, church autonomy, religion’s distinctiveness, and the future of church-state separation.



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8800 - Legal Writing 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: 2
  
  • LAW 8801 - Legal Writing 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: 1
  
  • 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 - FT Externship: Field Experience


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



    Credits: 10
  
  • LAW 8804 - FT Externship: Directed Study


    This directed study is one part of a two-part full-time externship combining academic study and work experience under the supervision of a faculty member and 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 - PT 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: 3
  
  • LAW 8807 - PT 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 8808 - DC Externship: Field Experience


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



    Credits: 10
  
  • LAW 8809 - DC Externship: Directed Study


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



    Credits: 3
  
  • LAW 8810 - Directed Research


    Eligible students receive credit for serving as research assistants supervised by selected law school faculty members.



    Credits: 1
  
  • 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


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



    Credits: 12
 

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