School of Law Course Catalog 2020 - 2021

 

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Class NameClass#Offered TermsCredits
Introduction to American Law 100 Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
3-0-0
5-0-0
5-0-0
American Law in Historical Perspective 200 Not offered this year
Introduction to Law 300 Not offered this year
Global Health and Justice 305 Winter
0-3-0
Law, Science and Technology 310 Not offered this year
Independent Study Or Research 600 Not offered this year
Doctoral Dissertation 800 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
Variable
Introduction to Perspectives on the Law A500 Winter
0-1-0
Contracts A501 Winter
Winter
0-6-0
0-3-0
Civil Procedure I A502 Autumn
Winter
6-0-0
0-3-0
Property I A503 Winter
0-6-0
Torts A504 Autumn
6-0-0
Criminal Law A505 Spring
0-0-5
Legal Analysis, Research and Writing A506 Autumn-Winter-Spring
3-2-2
Constitutional Law I: Constitutional Structures of Government A507 Autumn
Spring
3-0-0
0-0-6
Transnational Law A508 Spring
0-0-3
Administrative Law A509 Autumn
Winter
Spring
4-0-0
0-4-0
0-0-4
Sales A510 Not offered this year
Payment Systems and FinTech A511 Not offered this year
Secured Transactions A512 Autumn
3-0-0
Business Organizations A515 Autumn
Winter
Spring
4-0-0
0-4-0
0-0-4
Accounting For Lawyers A516 Spring
0-0-2
Securities Regulation A517 Winter
0-4-0
Trusts and Estates A519 Autumn
5-0-0
Community Property A521 Not offered this year
Real Estate Transactions A523 Spring
0-0-3
Water Law A525 Autumn
3-0-0
Environmental Law A527 Winter
0-4-0
Public Land Law A529 Not offered this year
Individual Income Tax A530 Autumn
Winter
6-0-0
0-6-0
Mergers And Acquisitions A534 Spring
0-0-4
Securities and Shareholder Litigation A536 Not offered this year
Land Use Planning Seminar A540 Spring
0-0-3
Comparative and Transnational Commercial Law A544 Not offered this year
International Environmental Law A545 Not offered this year
Civil Rights A548 Spring
0-0-4
Antitrust Law And Policy A552 Autumn
4-0-0
Feminist Jurisprudence Seminar A553 Winter
0-4-0
Labor Relations And The Law A554 Winter
0-4-0
Employment Discrimination A556 Winter
0-4-0
National Security Law Seminar A558 Autumn
3-0-0
Law And Economics A561 Summer
4
Employment Law A562 Spring
0-0-4
Local Government Law A563 Autumn
3-0-0
American Indian Law A565 Winter
0-4-0
Criminal Justice Policy Seminar A572 Not offered this year
International Law A574 Autumn
4-0-0
Human Rights History Seminar: Rights, Revolutions, Republics A575 Winter
0-4-0
Immigration Law A577 Autumn
4-0-0
International Business Transactions A578 Spring
0-0-3
Child Advocacy Seminar A579 Not offered this year
Family Law A580 Autumn
Spring
4-0-0
0-0-4
Washington Constitutional Law A581 Winter
0-4-0
Bankruptcy A582 Winter
0-3-0
Admiralty A585 Not offered this year
Survey of the American Judiciary A588 Not offered this year
Constitutional Law: Equal Protection, Fundamental Rights, Due Process A590 Autumn
Winter
Spring
2-0-0
0-2-0
0-0-2
Constitutional Law: Freedom Of Expression A591 Winter
0-4-0
Constitutional Law II A592 Autumn
5-0-0
Jurisprudence and Moral Philosophy A595 Spring
0-0-4
Intensive Legal Writing Workshop A597 Winter
0-2-0
Legal Research Methods A599 Autumn
Winter
4-0-0
0-3-0
Civil Procedure II B500 Winter
Spring
Spring
Summer
0-4-0
0-0-2
0-0-4
4
Evidence B503 Autumn
Winter
Spring
6-0-0
0-6-0
0-0-4
Introduction to American Law Master of Jurisprudence B505 Autumn
5-0-0
Conflicts Of Laws B506 Summer
3
Federal Courts And The Federal System B507 Winter
0-4-0
Business, Social Responsibility and Human Rights Seminar B508 Winter
0-2-0
Problems In Professional Responsibility B510 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
4-0-0
0-4-0
0-0-4
4
Legislation and the Formulation of Public Policy B512 Autumn
4-0-0
Street Law B514 Not offered this year
Criminal Procedure: Investigation B515 Autumn
Spring
5-0-0
0-0-5
International Contracting B516 Autumn-Winter
2-2-0
Juvenile Justice Seminar B517 Spring
0-0-4
Pre-Trial Practice B519 Autumn
4-0-0
Trial Advocacy B520 Winter
Winter
Summer
0-3-0
0-0-0
4
Trial Advocacy II B521 Not offered this year
Mediation Skills Training B522 Not offered this year
Negotiation B523 Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
Spring
Summer
4-0-0
4-0-0
0-4-0
0-4-0
0-0-3
0-0-4
0-0-4
4
Alternative Dispute Resolution B525 Not offered this year
Mediation Clinic B526 Autumn-Winter
Autumn
4-4-0
0-0-0
Workers’ Rights Clinic B528 Winter-Spring
0-5-4
Advanced Environmental Law And Practice Seminar B529 Not offered this year
Judicial Externship B530 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
Summer
Summer
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
8
0
0
Immigration Law Clinic B531 Autumn-Winter-Spring
4-4-4
Advanced Clinic B532 Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Spring
Summer
2-0-0
1-0-0
0-1-0
0-2-0
0-0-1
1
Interviewing And Counseling For Lawyers B533 Autumn
Spring
2-0-0
0-0-2
Counseling Workshop B534 Autumn
Winter
Spring
1-0-0
0-1-0
0-0-1
Legislative Externship B535 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0
Drafting Business Documents B536 Autumn
Winter
Winter
Spring
3-0-0
0-3-0
0-3-0
0-0-3
Agency Externship B538 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0
Public Interest Law Externship B539 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0
Japanese Law B540 Winter
0-4-0
Chinese Law B541 Winter
0-4-0
Space Law and Policy B544 Spring
0-0-4
Deposition Practice B545 Spring
0-0-3
Comparative Constitutional Law Seminar B547 Autumn
2-0-0
Forensics B548 Spring
0-0-4
American Legal System and Method B550 Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
4-0-0
4-0-0
4-0-0
4-0-0
Comparative Legal Studies Seminar B551 Autumn
4-0-0
Tutorial In Comparative Law B552 Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Summer
Summer
Summer
Summer
1-0-0
1-0-0
1-0-0
1-0-0
1-0-0
2-0-0
0-1-0
0-2-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-0-1
0-0-1
0-0-1
0-0-1
0-0-1
0-0-2
1
1
1
1
Research Tutorial B554 Autumn-Winter-Spring
2-2-4
Islamic Law B556 Winter
0-4-0
Graduate Writing Seminar B557 Autumn-Winter
Winter-Spring
2-2-0
0-3-3
Doctoral Seminar B558 Autumn-Winter
2-2-0
Criminal Justice Externship B560 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0
International Law Of The Sea B561 Not offered this year
Quantitative Methods In The Law B562 Not offered this year
Women, Poverty, and Natural Resource Management Seminar B564 Spring
0-0-2
Legal Problem Solving in the Corporate Context B566 Spring
0-0-3
General Externship Perspectives Seminar B567 Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
Summer
Summer
2-0-0
2-0-0
0-2-0
0-2-0
0-2-0
0-2-0
0-0-2
0-0-2
2
2
Field Seminar in Law, Rights, and Governance B568 Autumn
5-0-0
PhD Colloquium B571 Winter-Spring
0-1-2
Election Law B572 Winter
0-3-0
Supreme Court Decision Making Seminar B573 Winter
0-3-0
Consumer Law Seminar B574 Spring
0-0-3
Legal Problems Of Economic Development Seminar B578 Autumn-Winter-Spring
2-2-2
Law and Sustainable International Development B579 Not offered this year
Externship Tutorial B580 Spring
Summer
Variable
International Development Practicum B582 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
1-0-0
0-1-0
0-0-1
1
Indigenous Governance Law B584 Winter
0-2-0
Natural Resources Law B585 Autumn
4-0-0
Global Development Law & Policy Workshop B586 Winter-Spring
0-2-2
Leadership in Sustainable Development Colloquium B588 Spring
0-0-1
International Humanitarian Law B595 Spring
0-0-4
International Human Rights B596 Autumn
4-0-0
Journal Seminar B597 Autumn-Winter
Autumn-Winter
Autumn-Winter
Autumn-Winter
1-1-0
1-1-0
1-1-0
1-1-0
Advanced Research & Writing Seminar B598 Spring
0-0-2
Special Topics B599 Autumn-Winter-Spring
Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
Summer
Summer
Summer
4-2-2
1-0-0
1-0-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-3-0
0-0-1
0-0-1
4
1
1
Constitutional Law I: Constitutional Structures of Government for International Law Graduates C507 Autumn
3-0-0
Professional Ethics for International LLM Students C510 Autumn-Winter
2-2-0
For-Profit Small Firm Externship C530 Autumn
Winter
Spring
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
For-Profit Corporate Counsel Externship C535 Autumn
Winter
Spring
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
Advanced Writing Project E500 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0
White Collar Crime E502 Spring
0-0-3
International Business Compliance E505 Winter
0-4-0
Access To Justice Seminar E507 Autumn
2-0-0
Persuasive Writing E508 Winter
Summer
Summer
0-3-0
3
3
Banking Law E510 Not offered this year
Rule of Law Seminar E512 Spring
0-0-2
Theories and Tools for Combatting Corruption Seminar E513 Not offered this year
The Law Of Nonprofit Organizations E514 Winter
0-3-0
Post-Conviction Review E515 Spring
0-0-2
Criminal Procedure: Adjudication E516 Winter
0-4-0
Torts II E518 Summer
2
European Union Constitution E520 Not offered this year
Litigation Perspectives: Bench to Trench E521 Spring
0-0-3
Advanced Constitutional Law: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity E522 Not offered this year
Entrepreneurial Law Clinic E523 Autumn-Winter-Spring
3-3-3
Children and Youth Advocacy Clinic E524 Not offered this year
Poverty Law E525 Spring
0-0-3
Masters of Jurisprudence Practicum E528 Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Summer
Summer
Summer
Summer
Summer
Summer
Variable
Tribal Court Clinic E529 Autumn-Winter-Spring
4-4-4
Tools for Social Change: Race and Justice Clinic E530 Autumn-Winter-Spring
4-4-4
Indigenous Economic Development and the Law Seminar E531 Spring
0-0-4
Risk and Reward in Sustainable Development E534 Not offered this year
Small or Solo Law Practice E536 Autumn
4-0-0
Cannabis Law Seminar E541 Spring
0-0-2
Privacy Law E544 Autumn
2-0-0
International Trade Law E545 Winter
0-2-0
International Commercial Arbitration E546 Not offered this year
Moderate Means Program Practicum E552 Autumn
4-0-0
Technology Law And Public Policy Clinic E554 Autumn-Winter-Spring
4-4-4
Legislation E555 Not offered this year
International Human Rights Clinic E556 Not offered this year
Human Rights Advocacy Seminar E557 Winter-Spring
0-2-2
Contemporary Muslim Legal Systems Seminar E560 Not offered this year
Critical Race Theory Seminar E561 Spring
0-0-4
Museum Law E562 Autumn
3-0-0
Washington Innocence Project Clinic E566 Not offered this year
Lat Crit Theory, Praxis & Community Seminar E571 Not offered this year
Race And The Law E572 Not offered this year
Persuasive Oral Communication E576 Winter
0-3-0
Foundations in American Law Tested on the Bar Exam E578 Winter-Spring
0-2-2
International And Foreign Law Research E579 Not offered this year
Globalization and the Law E583 Autumn-Winter
2-2-0
MJ Professional Development Seminar E584 Winter-Spring
0-1-1
Not-for-Profit Organizations Clinic E591 Winter-Spring
0-2-1
Regulatory Environmental Law and Policy Clinic E594 Autumn-Winter
5-5-0
Wildlife Law Seminar E596 Winter
0-3-0
Climate Change Law Seminar E598 Spring
0-0-3
Legislative Advocacy Clinic E599 Not offered this year
Fundamentals Of Health Law H501 Autumn
4-0-0
Medical Malpractice H502 Spring
0-0-3
Medical Ethics And Jurisprudence H503 Winter
0-3-0
International Bioethics, Social Justice & Health Seminar H506 Spring
0-0-1
Beginning Of Life: Rights And Choices Seminar H508 Winter
0-2-0
End Of Life: Rights And Choices H509 Not offered this year
Topics In Law And Medicine H510 Winter-Spring
0-2-2
Public Health Law H512 Autumn
3-0-0
Legal Issues in Emerging Healthcare Technologies H513 Autumn
4-0-0
Global Health Law H515 Spring
0-0-3
Genetics And The Law H520 Winter
0-3-0
Medicare and Medicaid Finance and Reimbursement H521 Not offered this year
Health Care Employment Law H526 Not offered this year
Health Law Practicum H528 Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Summer
Summer
Summer
Variable
Disability Law and Policy H530 Spring
0-0-3
Mental Health And The Law H534 Spring
0-0-3
Research Ethics And Regulation H536 Not offered this year
Health And Human Rights H540 Not offered this year
FDA Law H545 Winter
0-3-0
Interactive Seminar H579 Not offered this year
Competition in Health Care H580 Spring
0-0-3
Health Care Fraud & Abuse H582 Not offered this year
Health Law Tutorial H599 Spring
0-0-2
Trademark and Trade Secret Law P502 Autumn
4-0-0
International Intellectual Property Law P505 Winter
0-2-0
Copyright Law P507 Autumn
3-0-0
Patent Law P508 Autumn
3-0-0
Antitrust and Intellectual Property Rights P509 Not offered this year
Advanced Research and Writing Seminar P510 Not offered this year
Advanced Copyright Law P522 Spring
0-0-3
Right of Publicity P525 Winter
0-2-0
Intellectual Property Law Practicum P528 Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
Spring
Summer
Summer
Variable
Entertainment Law P535 Spring
0-0-3
Music Law & Policy P536 Spring
0-0-3
Advanced Patent Law P545 Winter
0-3-0
Advanced Trademark Law P546 Winter
0-3-0
Legal Protection of Computer Software P547 Spring
0-0-3
Litigation Strategies for Protection of Technology P548 Winter
0-3-0
Patent Prosecution P550 Spring
0-0-4
Patent Prosecution and Counseling Practicum P551 Spring
0-0-4
Strategic Intellectual Property Commercialization P552 Winter
0-3-0
Intellectual Property Survey P567 Not offered this year
Drafting Intellectual Property Licenses P577 Spring
0-0-3
Graduate Intellectual Property Law Tutorial P590 Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
Summer
Summer
1-0-0
2-0-0
0-2-0
0-0-2
1
2
3
Taxation Of Corporations and Shareholders T501 Autumn
3-0-0
Federal Tax Controversies and Procedures T502 Spring
0-0-2
Problems Of Timing T503 Not offered this year
Income Taxation of Business and Investments T504 Autumn
4-0-0
Introduction To Income Taxation T505 Autumn
2-0-0
Tax Practice And Skills T506 Not offered this year
Tax and Social Justice Seminar T507 Autumn
3-0-0
U.S. Aspects of International Taxation T508 Winter
0-5-0
Estate And Gift Taxation T510 Winter
0-3-0
Taxation of Partners and Partnerships T511 Winter
0-4-0
Exempt Organizations T512 Not offered this year
Estate Planning T513 Spring
0-0-3
Drafting Estate Planning Documents T514 Spring
0-0-2
International Taxation I T515 Not offered this year
International Taxation II T516 Not offered this year
Taxation Of S Corporations T518 Spring
0-0-2
Compensation And Benefits I T521 Not offered this year
Compensation And Benefits II T522 Not offered this year
International Estate Planning T523 Not offered this year
Transfer Pricing Seminar T524 Spring
0-0-2
Advising Privately-Owned Businesses T525 Not offered this year
Federal Tax Clinic T526 Autumn-Winter-Spring
3-3-3
Taxation Of Financial Instruments T527 Not offered this year
Graduate Tax Practicum T528 Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Summer
Summer
Summer
Summer
Summer
Variable
International Tax Practice Seminar T529 Spring
0-0-3
Tax Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions T530 Winter
0-2-0
Advanced Transactional Tax Problems T531 Not offered this year
Taxation of Estates, Trusts, and Beneficiaries T532 Spring
0-0-2
Tax Crimes: Investigations, Prosecutions, and Penalties T533 Not offered this year
State And Local Taxation T534 Autumn
4-0-0
Tax Research & Writing T540 Not offered this year
State And Local Tax II T542 Not offered this year
Taxation Of Intellectual Property T545 Not offered this year
Tax Writing T548 Autumn
2-0-0
International M&A Transactions T549 Not offered this year
Global Perspectives on International Taxation T550 Not offered this year

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