• LAW 9175

    Theory and Practice of Biodiversity Conservation
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     GPA

    3.53

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This seminar will be jointly offered in the Law School and the Department of Environmental Sciences and co-taught by members of those departments. The course will use several species restoration initiatives of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to study biodiversity conservation.

  • LAW 9197

    Public Utility Regulation Seminar
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     GPA

    3.51

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course is intended to introduce students to the theories behind the public utility--both historically and in its new iterations. Students will learn about public utility regulation as the precursor to much of modern administrative law.

  • LAW 9199

    International Business Negotiation
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     GPA

    3.42

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    The goals of this course are (i) to introduce students to transactional law, (ii) to provide negotiations training in the context of transactional practice, and (iii) to further practical legal skills. The focus is on having students apply their legal and non-legal knowledge in the context of serving as a lawyer negotiating an international business transaction within the controlled environment of the classroom.

  • LAW 9200

    Federal Litigation Practice
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     GPA

    3.52

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course seeks to complement the law school's robust trial advocacy curriculum by focusing on the litigation that takes place before trial, and how every step in a case's lifespan affects the ultimate outcome of the case. Students will focus on developing their advocacy skills in the pretrial motion process and gaining a practical understanding of the increasingly important role of discovery in civil cases.

  • LAW 9208

    Monetary Constitution Seminar
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     GPA

    3.49

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This seminar will focus on the history and law of the financial infrastructure of our nation's government.

  • LAW 9218

    Public Law Colloquium
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     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This is a colloquium inviting scholars writing in public law to present works in progress. The class will meet to dissect the work before having the scholar present the work to the group.

  • LAW 9226

    Contract Theory
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     GPA

    3.49

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This seminar will address the potential moral underpinnings of contract law. Our primary focus will be on the relationship between contract and promise.

  • LAW 9229

    Advanced Topics in Law and Public Service
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     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course is designed for students in the Program in Law & Public Service and/or students considering a public-interest career. During the seminar, we will confront pressing questions of what it means to be a lawyer working in the public interest.

  • LAW 9232

    Bioethics and the Law Seminar
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     GPA

    3.41

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course explores the intersection among medicine, technology and the law. Topics may include human reproduction and birth, human genetics and the privacy and ownership of genetic information, death and dying, research involving human subjects, organ transplantation, and public health and bioterrorism.Prerequiste: Equivalent to LAW 7008

  • LAW 9233

    Global Legal History
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     GPA

    3.41

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course considers European legal regimes as they moved around the globe. It examines those regimes interactions with one another and with non-European legal cultures from roughly 1500 to 1900.