• LAW 8817

    Independent Research (YR)
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    Fall 2025

    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.

  • LAW 8843

    Directed Research
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    Fall 2025

    Eligible students receive 2 credits for participating in a sustained, productive and educationally valuable project for at least 85 hours of work supervised by an eligible faculty member.

  • LAW 8850

    International Tax Practicum Fellow
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    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    The fellow for the International Tax Practicum will be a rising 3L, typically one who took the Practicum in the previous year. The fellow will work with the instructor to develop tax-treaty practice problems and litigation scenarios to be completed by the students; give students written feedback on their responses to the problems and/or cases, and meet with students (together with the instructor) to provide oral feedback.

  • LAW 9038

    Mindfulness and Legal Practice
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    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    In recent years, there has been growing recognition that the cultivation of mindfulness ¿ a focused, non-judgmental awareness of the present moment ¿ can be a powerful tool for enhancing the well-being and effectiveness of legal professionals. In this course, we will explore the theory and practice of mindfulness as it relates to the unique challenges and opportunities of the legal profession.

  • LAW 9089

    Seminar in Ethical Values (YR)
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    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This is the first semester of a yearlong seminar designed to enhance students' understanding of ethical issues and address the broader ethical and moral responsibilities of the lawyer as citizen and leader.

  • LAW 9091

    Seminar in Ethical Values (1-Term)
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    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This is a 1-term version of the seminar designed to enhance students' understanding of ethical issues and address the broader ethical and moral responsibilities of the lawyer as citizen and leader.

  • LAW 9254

    Human Rights Study Project (YR)
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    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This is the first semester of a yearlong study project. Part of the class will be focused on identifying research topics in advance of a fieldwork trip to a site country to be determined. The second goal of the class is to practically prepare for human rights fieldwork.

  • LAW 9286

    English Legal History to 1776
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    Fall 2025

    This lecture course covers the development of legal institutions, legal ideas, and legal principles from the medieval period to the 18th century, emphasizing the impact of transformations in politics, society, and thought on the major categories of English law: property, torts and contracts, corporations, family law, constitutional and administrative law, and crime.

  • LAW 9999

    Dissertation Research
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    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    For doctoral research taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.