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PLAW 4301 - Lawyering Skills: Legal Analysis and Advocacy
Introduces students to the fundamental concepts related to the legal system, legal analysis, and persuasive oral argument.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Must be admitted to Pre-Law Academy.
Credits: 3
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PLAW 3002 - Legal Profession Internship
Internship in the legal profession.
Credits: V1-3
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PLAW 3101 - Legal Profession Seminar
Introduces students to people in the legal profession, exposes students to different legal practice areas, and covers information about admission to law school.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Must be admitted to Pre-Law Academy.
Credits: 1
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First-Year Law Course |
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LAW 5405 - Civil Procedure
A general survey using federal court procedure as a model, including jurisdiction of courts, pleading, disposition without trial, joinder of claims and parties, effects of judgments, and appellate review.
Credits: 4
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LAW 5401 - Constitutional Law
First-year course required for all students.
Prerequisites & Notes
A study of the federal judiciary’s doctrine and practice of judicial review, judicial power, and jurisdiction of the courts, the power of Congress to regulate commerce, the power of the states to regulate commerce, and the protection of private rights, privileges, and immunities under the Constitution, which includes the substantive rights of freedom of enterprise, freedom of expression, freedom of religion, and freedom from discrimination.
Credits: 4
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LAW 5402 - Contracts
A study of the enforceability of promises, the creation of contractual obligations, performance and breach, the impact of the contract on the legal relationships of nonparties, and the examination of contract doctrine in three settings: personal service, sales of goods, and construction contracts.
Credits: 4
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LAW 5310 - Criminal Law
Inquiry into the sources and goals of the criminal law, limitations on the state’s power to define criminal liability, general principles of liability and defenses, and the characteristics of particular crimes.
Credits: 3
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LAW 5108 - Introduction to the Study of Law
This course teaches incoming students how to succeed in law school by learning how to learn and apply the law. The methods of the course are not based on anecdotes or outdated presumptions about learning, but on educational psychology—the science of learning. Instead of leaving students to teach themselves how to study law, as was often the case in the traditional law school model, this course expressly details the best practices for the study of law. Materials in the course are coordinated with students’ other first-semester professors, and faculty members have substantial input into the materials and methods of this course. By contextualizing the materials of this course within the scope of the law you are learning in other first-year courses, the skills students learn here become more immediately relevant.
Credits: 1
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LAW 5306 - Legal Practice I
An introduction to the legal system covering case briefing, case synthesis, and statutory analysis, as well as principles and practice of legal writing, client interviewing, client counseling, negotiations, and legal bibliography and research.
Credits: 3
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LAW 5307 - Legal Practice II
Instruction in legal method, including case and statutory analysis, through objective and persuasive legal writing and oral argument. Instruction in the sources and use of materials for legal research, including computer-assisted research, and in legal citation. Written assignments include letters, memoranda, and briefs. Introduction to dispute resolution processes including mediation, arbitration, settlement conferences, mini-trials, and summary jury trial.
Prerequisites & Notes
LAW 5306 with a grade of D or better; nonconcurrent.
Credits: 3
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LAW 5403 - Property
An introduction to the law of personal property and real property, including estates and other interests in land, real property marketing and conveyancing, and landlord and tenant problems.
Credits: 4
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LAW 5404 - Torts
Standards and principles governing legal liability for intentional and unintentional invasions of interests of person and property.
Credits: 4
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Advanced-Required Law Course |
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LAW 6435 - Business Entities
A study of business organizations (including partnership, limited partnership, and other unincorporated business forms) and business corporations; the factors affecting the selection of the form of a business enterprise; the nature of corporate entities; and the promotion, organization, activities, financing, management, and dissolution of business corporations.
Credits: 4
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LAW 6420 - Commercial Law
A study of the financing and distribution of goods from manufacturer to ultimate consumer, with special emphasis given to the financing of sales transactions (Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code) and to the processes for payment of sales-generated obligations (Articles 3, 4, and 5 of the Uniform Commercial Code).
Credits: 4
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LAW 6339 - Criminal Procedure
Survey of procedures applicable in the criminal justice system from arrest through post-conviction remedies.
Credits: 3
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LAW 6416 - Evidence
An examination of the problems of proof, including study of the admission and exclusion of information on the basis of relevancy, economy, policy and protection of the individual or the state, examination of witnesses, substitutes for evidence, and procedural considerations.
Credits: 4
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LAW 6434 - Income Taxation
A basic understanding of both the concepts related to the federal income taxation of individuals, and how those concepts are reflected in complex statutes and regulations.
Credits: 4
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LAW 6357 - Professional Responsibility
Provides a basic foundation for dealing with ethical and professional responsibility problems that practitioners encounter. Students examine the duties, roles, and responsibilities of practicing attorneys. Discussion focuses on applying ethics rules and avoiding grievances and professional malpractice claims.
Credits: 3
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LAW 6415 - Wills and Trusts
A study of the transfer of property by descent, wills, testamentary substitutes, and trusts, including a study of construction problems.
Credits: 4
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Advanced-Elective Law Course |
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LAW 6340 - Academic Legal Writing
Course designed to: (i) instruct students in academic legal writing, argument, and research and (ii) guide students through the process of writing their student comments for publication.
Credits: 3
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LAW 6018 - Accounting for Lawyers
This course is intended for the law student who does not have an accounting background. Topics covered include basic accounting concepts and terminology; how to analyze and understand financial statements; and legal issues involving financial statements, including how to recognize possible manipulations or distortions
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6079 - Administrative Law
Examines the role of the administrative process in our society, formal and informal, and emphasizes the powers and procedures common to all administrative agencies and the relationships among the legislative, judicial, and executive branches in the development of public policy.
Credits: V3-4
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LAW 6335 - Admiralty and Maritime Law
Provides an introduction to the substantive and procedural law that governs maritime activities and relationships involved with the private and commercial operation of vessels on the navigable waters within the U.S. and oceans around the globe.
Credits: 3
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LAW 7360 - Advanced Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic
Focus is on communication skills, facilitation, and mediation in simulated exercises and in writing assignments with additional requirements; course meets the Texas 40-hour training for mediators.
Credits: 3
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LAW 6098 - Advanced Business Entities
A seminar addressing contemporary issues in the law relating to business entities, including agency, corporations, partnerships, and limited liability partnerships and companies. Students will prepare papers and presentations on selected topics.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: LAW 6435 .
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6201 - Advanced Immigration Law
An advanced seminar course that is designed to simulate a clinical experience. This course expands on the basic immigration law course and specifically focuses on two broad areas of immigration practice: family-based immigration law and relief from removal.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequsite: LAW 6031 .
Credits: 2
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LAW 6333 - Advanced Legal Analysis
Covers basic and advanced topics covered on the Multistate Bar Examination, as well as approaches for taking the multiple-choice questions on the bar exam.
Credits: 3
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LAW 6110 - Advanced Legal Performance Skills
Students will be provided a process for approaching the closed-universe writing task of the MPT, opportunities to practice the process, and to gain greater skill in self-assessment of their written work-product.
Prerequisites & Notes
LAW 5306 and LAW 5307 with a grade of D or better; nonconcurrent.
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LAW 6078 - Advanced Legal Research
Builds on the principles and techniques of legal research. Technical areas of legislative history, state and federal administrative law, publications of the federal government, and nonlegal research sources will be presented.
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6075 - Agricultural Biotechnology Law
This course examines issues of policy and law in agricultural biotechnology, including synthetic biology, genetically modified organisms, transgenic animals, foods, cloning, CRISPR, crimes, economic espionage, intellectual property and environmental laws. These issues will be considered within the context of governmental regulatory approaches as well as private sector participation. This interdisciplinary course is designed for law students who have either nonscience or science/engineering undergraduate majors.
Credits: V1-3
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LAW 6254 - Agricultural Law
Federal and Texas laws affecting the agricultural and food industry. Impact of federal farm programs; Packer and Stockyards Act; agriculture commodities; basic agriculture financing and warehousing; soil, water, environmental, and conservation laws and regulations. Regulation of health and safety in agriculture and food industry.
Credits: 2
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LAW 6083 - Antitrust Law
Surveys U.S. antitrust laws. Focuses on trade practices prohibited by the Sherman, Clayton, and FTC Acts, including monopolization, price-fixing, distribution restrictions, boycotts, and tying.
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6030 - Appellate Advocacy
Research and writing of briefs and participation in competitive rounds of oral arguments in appellate cases; designed to develop writing and advocacy skills and increase the student’s understanding of the relationship between precedent and policy in the resolution of legal controversies.
Credits: V1-2
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LAW 6317 - Banking Law
A survey of the history, structure, and regulatory scheme of the American banking system, with emphasis on regulation of bank activities, traditional and nontraditional bank holding companies, and bank failure.
Credits: 3
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LAW 6001 - Bankruptcy Law
An introduction to creditors’ remedies and debtor’s rights under state and federal law. The primary focus is the Federal Bankruptcy Code, but also includes federal law relating to debt collection, state law relating to creditors’ prejudgment and post-judgment remedies, fraudulent transfers, and exempt property.
Credits: V2-4
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LAW 7105 - Board of Barristers
Board of Barristers.
Credits: 1
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LAW 7408 - Capital Punishment Clinic
Students will work with the West Texas Public Defense Office on capital cases. Students will work with attorneys, mitigation specialists, investigators, and other professionals in helping to represent those facing the death penalty. Students will use cutting-edge techniques and apply their legal education to a wide variety of activities, including investigation, client and witness interviews, legal research, legal writing, restorative justice, criminal procedure, and substantive criminal law. The classroom component will continue the student’s study of capital punishment jurisprudence and focus on skills development, ethics, and cases.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: LAW 6206 .
Credits: 4
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LAW 6206 - Capital Punishment Seminar
The course studies the death penalty in the United States and Texas, with an overview of the constitutional law governing the death penalty; the history of capital punishment; and current issues surrounding the legal developments, social consequences and moral debate involving implementation of the death penalty. Topics will include an examination of a capital trial from the defense perspective, mitigation, restorative justice and limitations on executions, with an emphasis on the Texas capital murder statutory scheme in theory and application. A substantial writing requirement will be required on a topic of current significance and development within the capital arena.
Credits: 2
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LAW 7409 - Caprock Regional Public Defender Clinic I
The clinic will provide court appointed legal representation to criminal defendants and juvenile respondents for the courts of the participating rural counties of the South Plains region. Students will apply their legal education to all aspects of criminal representation including investigation, interviewing clients and witnesses, legal research, legal writing, negotiations, and all courtroom trial skills. The classroom component will continue the student’s study of criminal law and procedure focusing on skills development, ethics, and case strategy in real on-going criminal matters.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: LAW 6339 , LAW 6357 , LAW 6416 .
Credits: 4
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LAW 7410 - Caprock Regional Public Defender Clinic II
The clinic will provide court appointed legal representation to criminal defendants and juvenile respondents for the courts of the participating rural counties of the South Plains region. Students will apply their legal education to all aspects of criminal representation including investigation, interviewing clients and witnesses, legal research, legal writing, negotiations, and all courtroom trial skills. The classroom component will continue the student’s study of criminal law and procedure focusing on skills development, ethics, and case strategy in real on-going criminal matters.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: LAW 6339 , LAW 6357 , LAW 6416 , LAW 7409 .
Credits: 4
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LAW 7407 - Civil Practice Clinic
Students under supervision of faculty member will spend about 220 hours during the semester working on civil cases in which the student has primary responsibility.
Credits: 4
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LAW 6368 - Civil Rights Law
In developing rules for constitutional and statutory civil rights litigation, the Supreme Court is continually balancing the need to enforce the Constitution and civil rights laws with countervailing interests such as state sovereignty and the goal of preventing litigation from exerting a chilling effect on government officials in the performance of their duties. With that balancing act as backdrop, this course will trace the evolution of the legal tools available to civil rights plaintiffs and the legal obstacles they must overcome to obtain relief, including immunities, justiciability, and limitations on the enforceability of statutory rights. We will analyze the applicable legal principles both in terms of their theoretical and policy underpinnings and their practical effects, in order to provide students with a solid doctrinal foundation and to consider more broadly how procedural rules can dictate substantive outcomes and how gaps develop between rights and remedies.
Credits: 3
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LAW 6236 - Civil Trial: Practice and Litigation Materials
Focuses on practice and litigation materials that correspond with the parts of the civil trial process. Students will become familiar with secondary sources such as practice guides, form books, jury instructions, and CLE materials that are helpful during the various parts of the civil trial process. Students will use both print sources and electronic resources.Civil
Credits: 2
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LAW 6219 - Clinic Support Course
Provides instruction in substantive and procedural law applicable to cases handled by students in the clinic fieldwork component companion to this course, identification and resolution of ethical issues commonly encountered in the area of supervised practice, development of professional skills to enable students to assume responsibility for actual casework in the area of interviewing and counseling, case analysis and planning, problem solving, fact investigation, negotiation, and mediation, document drafting, and advocacy. Course involves lectures, discussion, simulation exercises, mock hearings and case rounds.
Credits: 2
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LAW 6218 - Commercial Litigation
Studies the theories of recovery and relevant causes of action in business and commercial disputes, including advance/alternative contract law, tortious interference, fraud, trade secrets, and antitrust law. Focuses on the mechanics and procedure of litigating a commercial lawsuit with particular emphasis on discovery, motion practices, and arbitration.
Credits: 2
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LAW 6022 - Conflict of Laws
The law relating to transactions or occurrences when some or all of the operative facts arise in more than one state; jurisdiction of court’s enforcement of foreign judgments and decrees; choice of conflicting law in situations involving torts, contracts, property, marriage, divorce, and procedural problems.
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6233 - Constitutional Law Seminar
A study of selected problems in constitutional law.
Credits: 2
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LAW 6021 - Contemporary Legal Development
Topics, which will be announced, will emphasize current issues and problems in law.
Credits: V1-4
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LAW 6242 - Corporate Restructuring
Students learn about the process of Chapter 11 reorganization, which is compared and contrasted with out-of-court restructurings. Students read cutting-edge cases involving difficult Chapter 11 issues, discuss those cases, and prepare a significant research paper or set of papers for credit. Moreover, students are introduced to corporate finance terms. Students learn the sources of the law (chambers rules, local rules, Bankruptcy Rules, Title 11, Title 28 and the Constitution).
Credits: 2
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LAW 6249 - Crimes in Intellectual Property and Information Law
Explores the problems in applying traditional notions of theft and misappropriation to intellectual property and information. Coverage of the specific criminal provisions of the law relating to trade secret, copyright and trademarks will be included, as well as legal aspects of identity theft and the criminal use of computers.
Credits: 2
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LAW 7405 - Criminal Defense Clinic I
Students will serve, under faculty supervision as lead counsel and represent indigent criminal defendants in a variety of misdemeanor, felony, juvenile, and appellate matters in state and federal courts.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: LAW 6339 , LAW 6357 , LAW 6416 .
Credits: 4
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LAW 7406 - Criminal Defense Clinic II
Students will serve, under faculty supervision as lead counsel and represent indigent criminal defendants in a variety of misdemeanor, felony, juvenile, and appellate matters in state and federal courts.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: LAW 7405 .
Credits: 4
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LAW 6248 - Criminal Trial Research
Focuses on research needs during the criminal trial process, including pertinent practice guides and form books that provide information and documents relevant to each state of the process. Students will become familiar with relevant secondary sources with a focus on practice materials and resources for drafting documents.
Credits: 2
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LAW 6082 - Cybersecurity Law and Policy
Cybersecurity law is a rapidly developing field and involves multiple fields of law, including national security law, intelligence law, criminal law, constitutional law, and administrative law. Cybersecurity is the regulation of the internet, electronically controlled infrastructure, and electronic communications using technological, social, and legal controls implemented by government and private entities to secure data and networks from theft and attack by foreign enemies of the state, domestic terrorists, hackers, competitors, spies and other adversaries.
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6107 - Deposition
A practice simulation course that puts students in the role of taking attorney, defending attorney, and deponent. Teaches the civil procedure underpinnings of deposition practice along with the practical skills to conduct a deposition.
Credits: 1
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LAW 6065 - Discrimination in Employment
A study of the constitutional, statutory, and regulatory standards for eliminating and prohibiting discrimination on the basis of the individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in hiring, discharging, classifying, or promoting employees, or changing their conditions of employment. It covers the procedures necessary for filing an action for discrimination; the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and how it operates; the standards set out by the major cases; and EEOC regulations for determining discrimination and what obligations employers (public and private), labor unions, and employment agencies are under, including the requirement for affirmative action programs.
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6061 - Elder Law
Overview of the legal practice and policy relating to aging individuals and older society. Issues covered are: ethical issues in representing the elderly, age discrimination in employment, income maintenance and social security, Medicare, Medicaid, private health insurance benefits, long - term services, guardianship, elder abuse, neglect, and crime.
Prerequisites & Notes
LAW 6415 ; D or greater; nonconcurrent.
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6071 - Employment Law
Focuses on laws governing the employer-employee relationship with respect to personnel issues that arise in nonunion settings.
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6302 - Energy Law
Explores issues related to traditional energy sources, such as coal, petroleum, natural gas, and nuclear energy, as well as non-traditional renewable energy sources.
Credits: 3
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LAW 6259 - Energy Tax
Focuses on the federal income taxation of domestic oil-and-gas operations and transactions, including exploration, development, production, and abandonment as well as operations and transactions relating to renewable energy. Students will learn the historical context and development of oil-and-gas provisions in U.S. tax law as a basis for learning the laws and regulations that apply today, as well as more recent developments relating to renewable energy.
Prerequisites & Notes
D or better in LAW 6434 .
Credits: 2
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LAW 6263 - Energy Transactions
This course will teach students about the various types of transactions and documents used in those transactions in the oil-and-gas industry: leases, farmouts, joint-operating agreements, purchase-and-sale agreements, surface leases, assignments, etc. It will also cover transactions and documents relating to renewable energy.
Prerequisites & Notes
LAW 6311 .
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LAW 6327 - Environmental Law
The respective roles of the federal and state governments in handling such problems as air and water pollution, agricultural pollution, use of public lands, and land-use planning. Federal and state regulatory means to safeguard the environment will be considered in detail.
Credits: 3
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LAW 6019 - Estate and Gift Taxation
An estate planning course that examines the impact of federal transfer taxes (gift tax, estate tax, and generation-skipping transfer tax) on various types of dispositions of property during life and at death, the administrative and judicial process in resolving federal estate and gift tax controversies, and the social and economic implications of taxation of distributions of wealth.
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6227 - Estate Planning
Techniques of planning and implementing dispositive arrangements, including both inter vivos and testamentary dispositions; factors influencing the choice of one technique over another, including the income and estate and gift tax consequences of a particular course of action.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: LAW 6415 .
Credits: 2
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LAW 6005 - Estate Planning and Community Property Law Journal
Students will be permitted to receive course credit and satisfy the advanced writing requirement under the same rules as allowed for Law Review.
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6275 - Externship Program
Students may take an externship for credit in which they work under the supervision of a lawyer or a judge. The externship course includes a classroom component and students meet together with faculty members to discuss their work experiences in their externship placement.
Credits: 2
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LAW 6326 - Family Law
Legal problems related to the establishment, dissolution, and reorganization of family relationships, including marriage, divorce, parental responsibility, alimony and child support, adoption, and injuries to family relations.
Credits: 3
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LAW 7401 - Family Law and Housing Clinic I
Upon application, 8 students will be invited to work in the Family Law and Housing Clinic. Students will apply their legal education to all aspects of family law and housing law representation, including investigation, interviewing clients and witnesses, legal research, legal writing, negotiations, and all courtroom trial skills. Under close supervision, as qualified law students holding a third-year bar card, the students will represent clients throughout all of the legal process. The classroom component will continue the student’s study of Family Law and Housing Law and will focus on skills development, ethics, and case strategy in real on-going criminal matters. This clinic requires a commitment of 220 hours per semester, which will return a unique, experiential opportunity for third-year students in completing their legal education and preparing them for the real world.
Credits: 4
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LAW 7402 - Family Law and Housing Clinic II
A continuation of Family Law and Housing Clinic I.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: LAW 7401 .
Credits: 4
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LAW 6033 - Federal Courts
A study of the jurisdiction of the federal courts and of the procedural rules related to jurisdictional matters, including the law applied by the federal courts, federal question and diversity jurisdiction, removal jurisdiction, jurisdictional amount, appellate jurisdiction, and conflicts between the state and national judicial systems.
Credits: V3-4
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LAW 6068 - First Amendment Seminar
The seminar provides an in-depth exploration of various contemporary First Amendment issues focusing on the protections of free speech, free press, freedom to petition, freedom of religion, and government regulation of these rights. Topics for study will include incitement of violence, hate speech, commercial speech, sexually oriented speech, campaign finance restrictions, places available for speech, government aid to religion, religious exemptions from government regulation, and religious displays and religious speech in public areas.
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6090 - Gaming and Racing Law
Legal aspects of gambling and racing activities, with special emphasis on Texas statutes and administrative rules and regulations for horse racing, dog racing, games of chance, and lottery activities.
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6010 - Global Biosecurity Law
Examines international history in biodefense law, including major treaties in biosecurity and biosafety law, the Biological Weapons Convention, and the Cartegena Protocol; biosecurity regulations and legal frameworks in other countries; international law and public health as well as regulatory approaches of the World Health Organization; and biodiplomacy and the role of Interpol in biocrimes.
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6099 - Guardianship Law
Designed to teach the student how to begin, administer, and close a guardianship for an incapacitated person/minor. The student also will learn alternatives to guardianships and planning techniques to avoid guardianships as well as learn the differences in a guardianship proceeding and a mental health commitment. Will provide a practical look at how to represent a client who may be applying to be a guardian or a client who is the subject of a guardianship proceeding.
Credits: V1-3
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LAW 6060 - Human Rights
Introduces the origins of the idea of human rights and the legal and political human rights movement. Covers the basic international agreements and other instruments and the customary international law of human rights as well as their implementation by international and national courts and other bodies.
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6031 - Immigration Law
A study of the constitution, federal statutes, regulations, case law, and administrative decisions relating to citizenship, aliens, and admission into and deportation from the United States.
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6343 - Indigenous Justice
This course examines the legal, regulatory, ethical, policy and pragmatic aspects of indigenous cultural heritage and the role of anthropology and archaeology in the United States and globally. Topics include cultural resource management in public and private contexts, participation of stakeholders, and expert anthropological knowledge in legal contexts and public participation. Topics include: the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA); cultural patrimony; museums; the role of government; the role of the courts; the role of the United Nations; postcolonialism; decolonizing methodologies; social justice issues; tourism, environmental and cultural relationships; oral sources; case studies and other ways of knowing the past that are embedded in law and policy.
Credits: 3
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LAW 7411 - Innocence Clinic I
The clinic will work to provide pro bono representation and investigation services to individuals seeking to prove their innocence of crimes for which they have been convicted, and to redress the causes of wrongful convictions. Students will use cutting edge techniques while applying their legal education to a wide variety of activities including investigation, interviewing clients and witnesses, legal research, legal writing, restorative justice, criminal procedure and substantive criminal law. The classroom component will continue the student’s study of post-conviction criminal jurisprudence focusing on skills development, ethics, and case strategy in real on-going cases.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: LAW 6339 , LAW 6357 , LAW 6416 .
Credits: 4
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LAW 7412 - Innocence Clinic II
The clinic will work to provide pro bono representation and investigative services to individuals seeking to prove their innocence of crimes that they have been convicted, and to redress the causes of wrongful convictions. Students will use cutting edge techniques while applying their legal education to a wide variety of activities including investigation, interviewing clients and witnesses, legal research, legal writing, restorative justice, criminal procedure and substantive criminal law. The classroom component will continue the student’s study of post-conviction criminal jurisprudence focusing on skills development, ethics, and case strategy in real on-going cases.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: LAW 6339 , LAW 6357 , LAW 6316 .
Credits: 4
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LAW 6009 - Insurance Law
The law applicable to the formation, construction, and enforcement of contracts for life, casualty, and property insurance; government regulation of the insurance industry.
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 6076 - International and Comparative Family Law
This course will introduce students to various family law policies in different countries and the commonalities and differences in the various systems. Family Law (LAW 6326 or LAW 6258 ) and Public International Law (LAW 6342 ) would be helpful, but are not necessary prior to taking this course.
Credits: V1-3
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LAW 6306 - International Business Transactions
International globalization and communications over the Internet have made it a certainty that almost every area of the practice of law in the 21st Century will at some point touch upon international commerce. This course introduces students to the legal aspects of doing business abroad, particularly in developing countries. The topics are relevant not only for students who hope to learn to deal with problems faced by large multinational corporations investing in foreign nationals, but also for students who will work in rural areas where local merchants may be importing crafts or specialty items for resale. Students will develop the tools necessary to assist their clients in writing international contracts, anticipating problems, and resolving conflicts that develop along the way. Some of the topics covered in the course include international contracting, international financing, choice of law and forum problems, forms of direct and indirect foreign investment, transfer of technology problems, transnational litigation, arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution, and a survey of U.S. and European antitrust laws and how these laws are impacted by international treaties and laws.
Credits: 3
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LAW 6349 - International Humanitarian Law: The Legal Regulation of War
Examines the laws governing armed conflict, including the concepts of jus ad bellum and jus in bello; the law of belligerent occupation; the protection of non-combatants, including civilians and persons rendered hors de combat; and the legitimate means and methods of warfare.
Credits: 3
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LAW 6268 - International Water Law and Human Rights
This course considers the basic concepts of international law relating to the uses of freshwater resources (both surface and ground water). The course will address the exploitation, management, and conservation of domestic and transboundary water resources; consider issues of ownership, sovereignty, and rights to water; and delve into the ethics, human and environmental aspects of water. Throughout the course, the work of United Nations and other international organizations will be assessed and case studies will be incorporated into class discussions and assignments to address such topics as: availability, distribution, and scarcity of global freshwater; rights to and sovereignty over natural resources; conflict, conflict resolution, and dispute prevention; the ethics of water; human rights; water and the environment; and development, exploitation, and conservation of transboundary freshwater resources.
Credits: 2
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LAW 6319 - Introduction to Emerging Technologies Law and Policy
Introduces law and non-law students to emerging technologies and how law and policy frame interactions with it both domestically and globally.
Credits: 3
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LAW 5327 - Introduction to Environmental Law
An overview of every major source of environmental law in the U.S., including a survey of all major environmental statutes.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is designed specifically for graduate students pursuing the MSIS in Energy.
Credits: 3
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LAW 6039 - Introduction to Intellectual Property
General survey of the legal protection of intellectual property, including patent, trade secret, copyright, and trademark.
Credits: V2-3
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LAW 5311 - Introduction to Oil and Gas Law
A study of the basic principles, concepts, terminology of oil-and-gas law in the U.S.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is designed specifically for graduate students pursuing the MSIS in Energy.
Credits: 3
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LAW 5309 - Introduction to U.S Energy Law and Policy
An overview of the history of energy policy and the theories of policy formulation and regulation affecting the production, distribution and consumption of energy in the United States today.
Credits: 3
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LAW 5356 - Introduction to Wind Law
An overview of every aspect of wind law.
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is designed specifically for graduate students pursuing the MSIS in Energy.
Credits: 3
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LAW 7101 - Journal of Biosecurity, Biosafety, and Biodefense Law
Students will edit submissions to the Journal of Biosecurity, Biosafety, and Biodefense.
Credits: 1
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LAW 7012 - Journal of the Energy Law Practitioner
The Journal of the Energy Law Practitioner (JELP), which was founded in 2022, is a student-run publication at Texas Tech University School of Law. Energy is the business that runs every other business, which makes practicing law in this area just as important for a dynamic and robust economy. Our purpose is to publish content related to issues relevant and useful to those interested in the area of energy law and provide practical articles, which discuss current trends and inspire new ideas to address today’s complex challenges. JELP is committed to the publication of impactful energy-related articles by knowledgeable scholars and practicing attorneys in the field, as well as emerging scholars and attorneys, who will advance discussion and analysis of timely issues in energy law. It is also the goal of this journal to sustain and strengthen Texas Tech University School of Law’s energy-law program, in order to cultivate legal expertise in this field and develop critical learning for all its members. Issues are published and made available online twice a year, in the spring and fall.
Credits: V1-4
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LAW 6367 - K-12 Education Law
A study of the law that examines the legal structure of the K-12 public school system as well as the complex interrelationships between state and federal constitutional, statutory, administrative, and judicial law. Major topics of education law to be examined include student discipline; free speech, grievances and association rights; religion in schools; educator and student privacy issues; and educator liability.
Credits: 3
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LAW 6341 - Land Use Law
Land Use examines the basic concepts of law relating to the constitutional limitations on property ownership and its evolution. The course will address the history of nuisance, zoning, constitutional issues that arise around land management, subdivisions, urban redevelopment, affordable housing, smart growth, and limitations on the police powers authority for land use development as dictated by Fourteenth Amendment Due Process, Equal Protection, First Amendment and Fifth Amendment taking jurisprudence. Finally, the course evaluates how land use decisions affect environmental quality and impacts.
Credits: 3
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LAW 6237 - Law and Religion
This seminar addresses three aspects of law and religion: (1) belief systems of various world religions, (2) legal systems of world religions, and (3) court opinions construing the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. Areas of discussion include church-state issues throughout America’s history; government regulatory and adjudicative powers over religious organizations, institutions, and persons; religious pluralism; religious expression in public and political forums; and the law of religious liberty.
Prerequisites & Notes
LAW 5401 with a grade of D or better; noncurrent.
Credits: 2
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LAW 6040 - Law and Science Legal Research
This class focuses on the research needs of students intending to pursue a law and science concentration. Students will become familiar with both U.S. primary sources of law and relevant secondary sources, focusing on topical practice materials, specialized electronic data-bases, and current awareness tools.
Credits: V1-2
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LAW 6243 - Law Office Management
An applicatory study of basic principles of being in business, location and organization of a law firm, office and law practice management functions and systems, technology and support services, and performing legal work efficiently and effectively.
Credits: 2
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LAW 6222 - Law Practice Technology
This seminar will survey various technologies that practitioners may encounter during the course of legal practice, particularly in solo or small firm environments.
Credits: 2
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LAW 7002 - Law Review
Law Review
Credits: V1-2
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LAW 6334 - Legal Analysis
A survey of real property, oil and gas, family law, and marital property, with a heavy emphasis on writing under timed conditions. Enrollment at instructor’s discretion.
Credits: 3
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