In American corporate governance, a "proxy fight" occurs when one or more dissident candidates challenge the board's own nominees for election to the board of directors. In the last few years, the rise of shareholder activism and major changes to the SEC's proxy regulations have reinvigorated the proxy fight as a shareholder tool. This Course will explore the proxy fight, with an emphasis on current trends.

This course explores the foundation of transformative justice through a lens of holistic defense.

In this short course, students will examine a key set of decisions made during Special Counsel Mueller's investigation of the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. During each of the sessions, instructors will present on the legal, political, practical, and human context for a set of issues, and then examine why and how particular decisions were made. The final sessions will focus on obstruction of justice and presidential accountability.

This short course will examine salient features of the legal and economic framework in which we provide medical care in the United States.

The course will focus on the federal regulation of investment companies (mutual funds, close-end funds, ETFS) and their investment advisors.

This short course aims to provide an understanding of the fundamental principles of public international law pertaining to settlement of disputes between states, the procedures (methods) available and the institutions (forums) that makes up the settlement system.

The course will examine ethical & legal issues related to reproduction. While some historical coverage will take place, primary emphasis will be on current topics, such as abortion regulation, coerced medical interventions, conscientous provider accommodations, state ultrasound legislation, prenatal genetic testing, the pregnant woman in research, & regulation of the fertility industry.

This course explores the process of judicial decision-making and how lawyers influence those decisions, and how law clerks aid in the process, with a focus on analytical, writing, and communication skills that aid in the process.

We will explore how to advise boards of directors, and private equity firms, when their companies face capital structure challenges.

This course is designed to provide students with a practical perspective on the governance and management of global law firms and how the structure of firms manifests itself in the culture of a firm.