School of Law Course Catalog 2026 - 2027

 

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Class NameClass#Offered TermsCredits
Introduction to American Law 100 Autumn
Autumn
3-0-0
5-0-0
Global Health and Justice 305 Winter
Winter
0-3-0
0-0-0
Independent Study Or Research 600 Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Summer
Summer
Summer
Summer
1-0-0
1-0-0
1-0-0
1-0-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-0-1
0-0-1
0-0-1
0-0-1
1
1
1
1
Doctoral Dissertation 800 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
Variable
Introduction to Perspectives on the Law A500 Spring
0-0-1
Contracts A501 Winter
Spring
0-7-0
0-0-3
Civil Procedure I A502 Autumn
Winter
6-0-0
0-3-0
Property I A503 Winter
0-6-0
Torts A504 Autumn
Winter
7-0-0
0-3-0
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
Administrative Law A509 Winter
Spring
0-4-0
0-0-4
Sales A510 Autumn
4-0-0
Secured Transactions A512 Autumn
3-0-0
Business Organizations A515 Autumn
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
4-0-0
0-4-0
0-4-0
0-0-4
0-0-4
Accounting For Lawyers A516 Spring
0-0-2
Securities Regulation A517 Winter
0-4-0
Trusts and Estates A519 Autumn
Winter
5-0-0
0-4-0
Community Property A521 Spring
0-0-3
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 Spring
0-0-4
Individual Income Tax A530 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
4-0-0
0-6-0
0-0-6
6
Mergers And Acquisitions A534 Autumn
4-0-0
International Merger Control Seminar A535 Winter
0-2-0
Land Use Planning Seminar A540 Winter
0-3-0
Civil Rights A548 Spring
0-0-4
Advanced Legal Research A549 Spring
0-0-3
Antitrust Law And Policy A552 Autumn
4-0-0
Feminist Jurisprudence Seminar A553 Winter
0-4-0
Labor Relations And The Law A554 Autumn
4-0-0
Employment Discrimination A556 Winter
0-4-0
National Security Law Seminar A558 Autumn
3-0-0
Law And Economics A561 Spring
Summer
0-0-4
4
Employment Law A562 Spring
Summer
0-0-3
3
Local Government Law A563 Winter
0-3-0
American Legal History Seminar A564 Not offered this year
American Indian Law A565 Autumn
4-0-0
International Law A574 Autumn
4-0-0
Human Rights History Seminar: Rights, Revolutions, Republics A575 Winter
0-4-0
Cross-Border and International Criminal Law A576 Winter
0-3-0
Immigration Law A577 Autumn
4-0-0
International Business Transactions A578 Winter
Spring
0-4-0
0-0-4
Child Advocacy Seminar A579 Spring
0-0-3
Family Law A580 Autumn
Spring
4-0-0
0-0-3
Washington Constitutional Law A581 Winter
0-3-0
Bankruptcy A582 Winter
0-3-0
American Public School Law A584 Winter
0-3-0
Admiralty A585 Not offered this year
Constitutional Law: Equal Protection, Fundamental Rights, Due Process A590 Spring
0-0-2
Constitutional Law II A592 Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Spring
4-0-0
4-0-0
0-4-0
0-0-4
Jurisprudence and Moral Philosophy Seminar A595 Not offered this year
Advanced Legal Analysis Seminar A596 Autumn
3-0-0
Legal Research Methods A599 Autumn
Winter
Winter
Spring
Summer
4-0-0
0-4-0
0-3-0
0-0-4
3
Civil Procedure II B500 Winter
Spring
Spring
0-4-0
0-0-4
0-0-2
Evidence B503 Autumn
Winter
Spring
6-0-0
0-5-0
0-0-5
Introduction to American Law Master of Jurisprudence B505 Autumn
5-0-0
Conflicts Of Laws B506 Spring
0-0-2
Federal Courts And The Federal System B507 Autumn
4-0-0
Business, Social Responsibility and Human Rights B508 Summer
2
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 Seminar B512 Spring
0-0-3
Advanced Evidence B513 Spring
0-0-3
Street Law B514 Winter-Spring
0-4-4
Criminal Procedure: Investigation B515 Autumn
Winter
Spring
5-0-0
0-4-0
0-0-4
Juvenile Justice Seminar B517 Not offered this year
Appellate Advocacy B518 Autumn
2-0-0
Pre-Trial Practice B519 Autumn
4-0-0
Trial Advocacy B520 Autumn
Autumn
3-0-0
0-0-0
Trial Advocacy II B521 Spring
Spring
0-0-3
0-0-0
Mediation Skills Training B522 Autumn
1-0-0
Negotiation B523 Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
4-0-0
4-0-0
0-4-0
0-4-0
0-0-4
0-0-4
Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar: Restorative Justice B524 Spring
0-0-4
Mediation Clinic B526 Autumn-Winter
4-4-0
Workers’ Rights Clinic B528 Winter-Spring
0-5-4
Advanced Environmental Law And Practice Seminar B529 Spring
0-0-4
Judicial Externship B530 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
2-0-0
0-2-0
0-0-2
2
Immigration Law Clinic B531 Autumn-Winter-Spring
4-4-4
Advanced Clinic B532 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
1-0-0
0-1-0
0-0-1
1
Interviewing And Counseling For Lawyers B533 Autumn
Spring
2-0-0
0-0-2
Legislative Externship B535 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0
Drafting Business Documents B536 Winter
Spring
Spring
0-3-0
0-0-3
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, Business, and Policy B544 Autumn
4-0-0
Cross-Border Business Transactions B546 Spring
0-0-4
Comparative Constitutional Law Seminar B547 Winter
0-4-0
Forensics B548 Spring
0-0-4
American Legal System and Method B550 Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
4-0-0
4-0-0
4-0-0
4-0-0
4-0-0
Comparative Legal Studies Seminar B551 Autumn
3-0-0
Tutorial In Comparative Law B552 Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Summer
Summer
Summer
Summer
1-0-0
1-0-0
1-0-0
1-0-0
2-0-0
2-0-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-0-1
0-0-1
0-0-1
0-0-1
1
1
1
1
Roman Law B555 Winter
0-2-0
Islamic Law B556 Not offered this year
Graduate Writing Seminar B557 Winter-Spring
Winter-Spring
0-3-3
0-3-3
Criminal Justice Externship B560 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0
International Law Of The Sea B561 Winter
0-3-0
Women, Poverty, and Natural Resource Management Seminar B564 Spring
0-0-2
U.S. Coastal And Ocean Law B565 Spring
0-0-3
General Externship Perspectives Seminar B567 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
2-0-0
0-2-0
0-0-2
2
Election Law B572 Winter
0-2-0
Consumer Law Seminar B574 Spring
0-0-3
Legal Problems Of Economic Development Seminar B578 Winter-Spring
0-2-2
Law and Sustainable International Development B579 Autumn
4-0-0
Externship Tutorial B580 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
Variable
Land, American Culture, and the Law B581 Spring
0-0-3
International Development Practicum B582 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
1-0-0
0-1-0
0-0-1
1
Indigenous Governance Law Seminar B584 Winter
0-4-0
Natural Resources Law B585 Not offered this year
Global Development Law & Policy Workshop B586 Spring
0-0-2
Sustainable Business Law B587 Winter
0-4-0
Leadership in Sustainable Development Colloquium B588 Autumn-Winter
1-1-0
International Humanitarian Law B595 Spring
0-0-3
International Human Rights B596 Autumn
4-0-0
Journal Seminar B597 Autumn-Winter
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Winter
1-1-0
1-0-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
0-1-0
Special Topics B599 Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Summer
1-0-0
3-0-0
0-2-0
0-2-0
0-0-2
0-0-1
0-0-2
0-0-2
0-0-2
1
Constitutional Law I: Constitutional Structures of Government for International Law Graduates C507 Autumn
3-0-0
Global Business Law Practicum C528 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
1-0-0
0-1-0
0-0-1
1
For-Profit Small Firm Externship C530 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
4-0-0
0-4-0
0-0-4
4
For-Profit Corporate Counsel Externship C535 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
4-0-0
0-4-0
0-0-4
4
Advanced Writing Project E500 Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
1-0-0
0-1-0
0-0-1
1
White Collar Crime E502 Not offered this year
International Business Compliance E505 Spring
0-0-3
Transforming Legal Services Seminar E507 Winter
0-4-0
Persuasive Writing E508 Autumn
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
Summer
4-0-0
0-4-0
0-4-0
0-0-3
0-0-4
4
Venture Capital Deals E511 Spring
0-0-3
Rule of Law Seminar E512 Spring
0-0-2
Theories and Tools for Combatting Corruption Seminar E513 Spring
0-0-2
Post-Conviction Review E515 Spring
0-0-3
Criminal Procedure: Adjudication E516 Winter
Spring
0-4-0
0-0-4
Ninth Circuit Appellate Advocacy Clinic E519 Autumn-Winter-Spring
4-2-2
Entrepreneurial Law Clinic E523 Autumn-Winter-Spring
3-3-3
Poverty Law E525 Winter
0-4-0
Masters of Jurisprudence Practicum E528 Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
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 Not offered this year
Indigenous Economic Development and the Law Seminar E531 Spring
0-0-3
Civil Rights & Justice Clinic E532 Autumn-Winter-Spring
4-4-4
Small or Solo Law Practice E536 Spring
0-0-4
Cannabis Law Seminar E541 Spring
0-0-2
Sports Law Fundamentals E543 Autumn
Spring
3-0-0
0-0-3
Privacy Law E544 Autumn
Winter
2-0-0
0-2-0
International Trade Law E545 Winter
0-3-0
International Commercial Arbitration E546 Not offered this year
Artificial Intelligence Law E548 Autumn
2-0-0
Complex Litigation Seminar E550 Spring
0-0-3
Technology Law And Public Policy Seminar E553 Winter
0-2-0
Technology Law And Public Policy Clinic E554 Autumn-Winter-Spring
4-4-4
Legislation E555 Autumn
4-0-0
Human Rights Advocacy Seminar E557 Winter-Spring
0-2-2
Critical Race Theory Seminar E561 Spring
0-0-2
Museum Law E562 Autumn
3-0-0
Race And The Law E572 Winter
0-4-0
Empirical Research Methods Seminar: Data-Driven Law E573 Autumn
4-0-0
Veterans Clinic E575 Autumn-Winter-Spring
3-3-3
Persuasive Oral Communication E576 Winter
0-3-0
Foundations in American Law Tested on the Bar Exam E578 Winter
Spring
0-2-0
0-0-2
Race, Policing, and Section 1983 Litigation Seminar E582 Winter
0-2-0
Globalization and the Law E583 Not offered this year
MJ Professional Development Seminar E584 Winter-Spring
0-1-1
Transgender Rights Seminar E585 Winter
0-2-0
Low Bono Legal Research E586 Spring
0-0-3
Housing Justice Clinic E587 Winter-Spring
0-5-4
Regulatory Environmental Law and Policy Clinic E594 Autumn-Winter
5-5-0
Animal Law E595 Not offered this year
Wildlife Law Seminar E596 Not offered this year
Climate Change Law Seminar E598 Winter
0-4-0
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
Legal, Ethical & Social Issues In Public Health Genetics H504 Autumn
3-0-0
International Bioethics, Social Justice & Health Seminar H506 Spring
0-0-1
Beginning Of Life: Rights And Choices Seminar H508 Autumn
2-0-0
Topics In Law And Medicine H510 Winter-Spring
0-2-2
Public Health Law H512 Spring
0-0-4
Digital Health Innovation & Policy Seminar H514 Winter-Spring
0-2-2
Genetics And The Law H520 Winter
0-3-0
Health Law Practicum H528 Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Summer
Summer
Summer
Variable
Disability Law and Policy H530 Not offered this year
Mental Health And The Law H534 Autumn
3-0-0
Research Ethics And Regulation H536 Spring
0-0-3
FDA Law H545 Winter
0-3-0
Competition in Health Care H580 Spring
0-0-3
Trademark and Trade Secret Law P502 Autumn
4-0-0
International Intellectual Property Law P505 Spring
0-0-2
Copyright Law P507 Autumn
3-0-0
Patent Law P508 Autumn
3-0-0
Antitrust and Intellectual Property Rights P509 Winter
0-4-0
Advanced Copyright Law P522 Spring
0-0-3
Right of Publicity P525 Autumn
2-0-0
Intellectual Property Law Practicum P528 Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Winter
Winter
Winter
Winter
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Summer
Summer
Summer
Summer
Variable
Entertainment Law P535 Spring
0-0-3
Music Law & Policy P536 Winter
0-3-0
Forensic Musicology P537 Spring
0-0-2
Video Game Law P538 Winter
0-2-0
Music Industry Deals P540 Not offered this year
Copyright Case Study: The Wizard of Oz P541 Autumn
2-0-0
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
0-4-0
Patent Prosecution P550 Spring
0-0-4
Strategic Intellectual Property Commercialization P552 Winter
0-3-0
Intellectual Property Survey P567 Autumn
3-0-0
Drafting Intellectual Property Licenses P577 Spring
0-0-3
IP Innovations in Science and Technology P589 Spring
0-0-2
Graduate Intellectual Property Law Tutorial P590 Winter
0-2-0
Taxation Of Corporations and Shareholders T501 Autumn
3-0-0
Federal Tax Controversies and Procedures T502 Spring
0-0-2
Income Taxation of Business and Investments T504 Autumn
5-0-0
Introduction To Income Taxation T505 Autumn
2-0-0
Tax Practice And Skills T506 Winter
0-2-0
Tax and Social Justice Seminar T507 Not offered this year
U.S. Aspects of International Taxation T508 Winter
0-5-0
Estate And Gift Taxation T510 Autumn
3-0-0
Taxation of Partners and Partnerships T511 Winter
0-4-0
Estate Planning T513 Spring
0-0-3
Drafting Estate Planning Documents T514 Spring
0-0-2
Taxation Of S Corporations T518 Spring
0-0-2
Compensation And Benefits II T522 Winter
0-2-0
Transfer Pricing Seminar T524 Spring
0-0-2
Federal Tax Clinic T526 Autumn-Winter-Spring
3-3-3
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
Tax Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions T530 Spring
0-0-3
Taxation of Estates, Trusts, and Beneficiaries T532 Winter
0-2-0
State And Local Taxation T534 Winter
0-4-0
Tax Writing T548 Autumn
2-0-0

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