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LAW 6023 - National Security Law V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
Addresses the allocation of foreign affairs powers between the state and national governments and the allocation of those powers among the three branches of the national government. Emphasizes the War Powers Act and the President’s authority to project U.S. armed forces overseas without Congressional approval.
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LAW 6026 - Regional Externship V10-12 Semester Credit Hours
Offers students the opportunity to experience a public interest, government, or general counsel’s office of law or law-related practice during either the fall or spring semester. Students work in an externship placement observing and participating in legal work as well as participating in professional bar activities. The course includes a classroom component.
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LAW 6027 - Water Law V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
A study of private law systems for allocating water among users, the public law systems of allocation, groundwater management, development of new water supplies, interstate disputes, and water pollution.
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LAW 6028 - Securities Regulation Law V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LAW 6435 . Covers the basics of federal securities regulation. Focusing on the two principal securities statutes, the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the course will examine a range of topics including the public company disclosure regime (as amended by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002); the initial public offering (IPO) process; offerings exempt from registration; secondary distributions; securities fraud; and forms of liability.
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LAW 6030 - Appellate Advocacy V1-2 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6031 - Immigration Law V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6033 - Federal Courts V3-4 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6034 - Trademarks and Unfair Competition V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
A study of basic principles of unfair competition, focusing on state and federal trademark law. Topics include protectability, the acquisition of rights, registration, infringement, dilution, and cybersquatting.
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LAW 6035 - Negotiation Workshop Law V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
Development of negotiating skills used in settling litigation and negotiating transactions; use of negotiation skills, strategies, and techniques through simulation exercises.
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LAW 6037 - Texas Pretrial Procedure V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
A study of the Texas law in civil cases pertaining to subject matter jurisdiction within the state system, jurisdiction of persons and property, pleadings, venue, parties, effects of prior adjudications, attacks on final judgments, discovery, and disposition without trial.
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LAW 6039 - Introduction to Intellectual Property V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
General survey of the legal protection of intellectual property, including patent, trade secret, copyright, and trademark.
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LAW 6040 - Law and Science Legal Research V1-2 Semester Credit Hours
Students will become familiar with both U.S. primary sources of law and international legal materials, and relevant secondary sources, focusing on topical practice materials, specialized electronic data-bases, and current awareness tools. Focuses on the research needs of students intending to pursue a law and science concentration.
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LAW 6041 - Advanced Income Taxation V3-4 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LAW 6434 . A study of taxation principles applicable to formation, management, reorganization, and dissolution of business entities with particular emphasis upon the corporation-shareholder relationship in both closely held and publicly owned corporations.
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LAW 6046 - Comparative Law: The English Legal System V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
A survey of the development of the English legal system with special emphasis on European influences and on the period 1990 to the present day. Although historical development will be covered, the main focus will be on the struggles within a millennial legal system as it adjusts to modern pressures and trends. Comparisons to the United States system will be included throughout the course.
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LAW 6047 - Trial Advocacy V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LAW 6416 . A practical course involving demonstrations and student practice in all aspects of the trial of civil and criminal cases which provide significant opportunities for jury persuasion, instructor analysis and commentary respecting student performance and evaluation of trial tactics.
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LAW 6049 - State and Local Taxation V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LAW 6434 . A study of fundamental state and local taxation issues, including federal constitutional restrictions on state taxation of interstate businesses, use tax collection responsibilities, and state tax procedure.
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LAW 6050 - Patent Law V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
Devoted to fundamentals of patent law; patentable subject matter, novelty, nonobviousness, and utility as well as content requirements for a patent application, infringement, defense, and remedies.
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LAW 6053 - Mergers and Acquisitions V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LAW 6435 . This course examines the planning and execution of corporate mergers and acquisitions. While the doctrinal focus will be state corporate law, a number of other subjects pertinent to M&A transactions will also be touched upon, including securities, antitrust, tax, and accounting issues. Emphasis will be placed upon problems and exercises illustrating the nature and dynamics of transactional legal practice.
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LAW 6061 - Elder Law V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6063 - Copyright Law V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
A detailed analysis of the Copyright Act of 1976 and amending statutes. Issues include copyrightability, fair use, educational exemption, public performance rights, ownership renewal and transfer, and infringement.
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LAW 6065 - Discrimination in Employment V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6068 - First Amendment V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
Study of the principal lines of historical, philosophical, and doctrinal first amendment development and the primary first amendment case law of the Supreme Court.
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LAW 6071 - Employment Law V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
Focuses on laws governing the employer-employee relationship with respect to personnel issues that arise in nonunion settings.
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LAW 6073 - Race and Racism V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
Addresses the many and various ways in which race and the law intersect and interact. Topics range from affirmative action to interracial adoption.
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LAW 6078 - Advanced Legal Research V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6079 - Administrative Law V3-4 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6082 - Cybersecurity Law and Policy V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6083 - Antitrust Law V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6087 - Advanced Bankruptcy Law V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Law 6001. Advanced study of federal bankruptcy law, including jurisdiction, consumer plans, family farmer plans, and business reorganizations.
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LAW 6090 - Gaming and Racing Law V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6095 - Leadership for Lawyers V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
Addresses the art and science of leadership as it specifically applies to lawyers in their roles as legal advisors to leaders and as leaders in business and government.
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LAW 6096 - Supreme Court Seminar V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
Explores constitutional law and appellate advocacy. Students will act both as appellate advocates, arguing cases currently pending in the Supreme Court, and as Supreme Court justices, adjudicating those cases. In their roles as Supreme Court justices, students conduct case conferences and draft bench memoranda and judicial opinions. The course is designed both to develop skills and to examine in depth current issues in constitutional law, Supreme Court decision-making in constitutional and other types of litigation, and the Supreme Court as an institution in the legal system and society.
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LAW 6098 - Advanced Business Entities V2-3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LAW 6435 . 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.
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LAW 6099 - Guardianship Law V1-3 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6102 - Texas Legal Research 1 Semester Credit Hours
Focuses on the resources and methodology used in performing legal research in Texas.
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LAW 6104 - Legal Research for Transnational Practice 1 Semester Credit Hours
Focuses on the research needs of the business and transactional lawyer, including resources for corporate practice, taxation, securities, estate planning, and real estate practice. Students will become familiar with both primary sources of law and relevant secondary sources.
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LAW 6105 - Civil Trial: Practice and Litigation Materials 1 Semester Credit Hours
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
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LAW 6106 - Foreign, Comparative, and International Legal Research 1 Semester Credit Hours
Familiarizes students with the basic sources in international law and the national law of foreign jurisdictions, and helps students develop the skills to efficiently research foreign and international legal questions. Students will learn how to find international treaties, decisions of international tribunals, various IGO documents, the legislation and court decisions of common law and civil law countries, and much more.
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LAW 6201 - Advanced Immigration Law 2 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequsite: LAW 6031 . 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.
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LAW 6203 - Health Care Transactions and Financing 2 Semester Credit Hours
Provides an overview of health care entities and their organizations, financing, operational issues, and regulatory environment. Instructional emphasis is on the role of the lawyer in representing and advising the health care client.
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LAW 6205 - Wind Energy Law and Policy 2 Semester Credit Hours
Wind energy is one of the renewable energies that contribute to reducing the use of fossil fuels. More than 3 per cent of Texas’ energy is supplied by wind energy, and it is the fastest growing energy sector in the U.S., with Texas the leading state in megawatts produced. This emerging technology has raised new and unique legal issues and a growing legal practice area. This course will include a contextual survey of the societal effects, benefits, and science and technology of wind energy; application of property law, water law, oil and gas law, environmental law, natural resource law, energy law, tribal law, and aviation law as they apply to wind energy; the federal role in developing and regulating wind energy; state, local, and private sector regulatory roles; and global approaches to wind energy law.
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LAW 6206 - Capital Punishment Seminar 2 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6207 - Texas Juvenile Law 2 Semester Credit Hours
Provides a general introduction to all stages of the juvenile justice system in Texas. Students will study Title 3 of the Texas Family Code and relevant case law as the basis for Texas juvenile law. Topics will include juvenile arrest, intake, detention, discretionary transfer, adjudication, dispositional alternatives, modification, confessions, waivers and determinate sentencing. Coverage includes the differences between the adult and juvenile justice process and the philosophy of a separate juvenile system.
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LAW 6208 - Crimes in Intellectual Property and Information Law 2 Semester Credit Hours
A study of criminal law relating to the fields of intellectual property and information law. Includes the study of theft, conversion, and misappropriation; trade secrets and the Economic Espionage Act; the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; federal mail and wire fraud; and identity theft.
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LAW 6209 - Texas Administrative Practice 2 Semester Credit Hours
A study of Texas administrative practice and procedure with an examination of the powers and procedures common to Texas state agencies, the rulemaking and adjudication processes employed by those agencies, and judicial review of state agency decision-making.
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LAW 6212 - Human Rights 2 Semester Credit Hours
Introduces the origins of the idea of human rights and the legal and political human rights movement. It 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.
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LAW 6217 - Entertainment Law 2 Semester Credit Hours
A study of the practice considerations of legal counsel in the entertainment industry through examination of issues in motion pictures, television, music, theatre, and publishing. Relevant source materials will include case law, statutes and regulations, representative contractual documents, and industry custom.
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LAW 6218 - Commercial Litigation 2 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6219 - Clinic Support Course 2 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6222 - Law Practice Technology 2 Semester Credit Hours
This seminar will survey various technologies that practitioners may encounter during the course of legal practice, particularly in solo or small firm environments.
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LAW 6223 - Constitutional Law Seminar 2 Semester Credit Hours
A study of selected problems in constitutional law.
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LAW 6223 - Texas Practice 2 Semester Credit Hours
A survey of Texas real property, oil and gas, Texas family law, and marital property, with a heavy emphasis on writing under timed conditions. Enrollment at instructor’s discretion and limited to 20 students.
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LAW 6224 - Mental Disability Law 2 Semester Credit Hours
A study of various practical and theoretical aspects of law and psychiatry in the context of competency to stand trial, the insanity defense, rights of persons with mental illness or mental disability, civil commitment proceedings, discrimination issues, and related topics.
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LAW 6225 - Advanced Legal Analysis 2 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6226 - Consumer Law 2 Semester Credit Hours
A consideration of the law relating to merchant-consumer transactions, with special emphasis on the place and operation of consumer credit in our society, existing and proposed legislation affecting consumers, and judicial and extrajudicial self-help methods available to aggrieved merchants and consumers.
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LAW 6227 - Estate Planning 2 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LAW 6415 . 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.
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LAW 6229 - International Humanitarian Law 2 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6237 - Law and Religion 2 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6241 - Legal History Seminar 2 Semester Credit Hours
This seminar is for students who are interested in a careful study of selected topics in American legal history. The seminar consists mostly of secondary course reading, class discussion based on reading assignments, and one short writing assignment. Discussion topics include such subjects as the Supreme Court, law of slavery, views of religion, and substantive due process (Lochner) civil liberties.
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LAW 6243 - Law Office Management 2 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6250 - Texas Land Titles 2 Semester Credit Hours
Contracts for sale of land; forms of deeds; descriptions; warranty and other covenants of title; escrows; recording statutes; practice in drafting; acquisition of title to land through adverse possession.
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LAW 6253 - Texas Estate Administration 2 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LAW 6415 . Provides comprehensive coverage of what happens after a person dies to provide the decedent’s successors in interest with proof that they are now the new owners of the decedent’s property and pay creditor and others with claims against the decedent or the decedent’s property.
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LAW 6254 - Agricultural Law 2 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6255 - Sports Law 2 Semester Credit Hours
A study of the law as it affects professional and amateur sports. It probes the relationships among the leagues, the individual clubs, the players’ unions, and the athletes. Topics covered are players’ contracts, arbitration, remedies, antitrust issues, labor exemptions, discipline of players and clubs, collective bargaining, liability for injuries, amateur athletics, and NCAA problems.
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LAW 6274 - Pretrial Litigation 2 Semester Credit Hours
Concerns civil pretrial litigation according to Federal or Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. Assignments will include drafting of pretrial documents, taking depositions, and arguing motions.
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LAW 6275 - Externship Program 2 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6276 - Products Liability 2 Semester Credit Hours
A comprehensive study of the civil action for harm resulting from defective and dangerous products, including the historical development of this theory of liability and its component parts, the problems concerning vertical and horizontal privity, defectiveness, proof, available defenses, damages, and remedies.
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LAW 6302 - Energy Law 3 Semester Credit Hours
Explores issues related to traditional energy sources, such as coal, petroleum, natural gas, and nuclear energy, as well as non-traditional renewable energy sources.
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LAW 6304 - Real Property Finance and Transactions 3 Semester Credit Hours
A study of residential and commercial real estate transactions. Topics of discussion will include: negotiating the purchase and sale contract, methods of title assurance; the secondary mortgage market; land acquisition and development loans; various mortgage instruments and alternatives such as adjustable rate mortgages, wrap around mortgages, leasehold mortgages, purchase money mortgages, sale and lease backs, and contracts for deed; tax considerations in real estate transactions; shopping centers; condominiums; and cooperatives.
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LAW 6306 - International Business Transactions 3 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6307 - Nanotechnology Law and Policy 3 Semester Credit Hours
An examination of the scope of nanotechnology as a science and as a commercialized application of science. In addition, the course will examine the legal, regulatory and policy aspects of this emerging technology. Few cases and few laws and ordinances specifically address nanotechnology, but every federal agency has developed a policy statement on its approach to regulation of nanotechnology in its jurisdictional area. Some agencies such as EPA and FDA are well into the aspect of regulation of nanotechnology using existing statutory and regulatory frameworks.
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LAW 6309 - Corporate Taxation 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LAW 6434 . A study of the tax consequences of formation, operation, and liquidation of C corporations and S corporations.
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LAW 6310 - Texas Criminal Procedure 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LAW 6339 . The law regulating the Texas criminal process from arrest through post-conviction review with an emphasis on its unique characteristics.
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LAW 6311 - Oil and Gas Law I 3 Semester Credit Hours
A study of the law of oil and gas with emphasis on the interests that may be created in oil and gas, the rights of the landowner, provisions in the oil and gas lease, the rights of assignees, and legislation dealing with production and conservation.
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LAW 6312 - Non-Profit Organizations 3 Semester Credit Hours
Covers all the laws relating to non-profit entities. It includes legal requirements to obtain non-profit status and to obtain and maintain tax exempt status. It applies certain law, such as copyright and labor laws, to non-profit entities and considers specialized legal problems relating to particular non-profits, such as churches, schools, hospitals, political organizations, homeowner’s associations, labor organizations, social clubs, trade and professional associations and cooperatives.
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LAW 6313 - Partnership Taxation 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LAW 6434 . A study of the tax consequences of formation, operation, and liquidation of partnerships.
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LAW 6314 - Texas Trial and Appellate Procedure 3 Semester Credit Hours
A study of the Texas law in civil cases pertaining to trial and appellate procedure concerning the jury, presentation of the case, motions for instructed verdict, the court’s charge, the verdict, trial before the court, post-trial motions and procedures, final and appealable judgments, appellate jurisdiction, perfection of appeal, the courts of appeals, the Supreme Court of Texas, and original proceedings in appellate courts.
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LAW 6315 - Military Criminal Justice 3 Semester Credit Hours
Advanced critical study of the law pertaining to American military criminal justice, with the primary objective being the acquisition of an understanding of military criminal law as it is administered throughout the armed forces under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. A second objective of the course is to acquire an understanding of the historical development of our military justice system, and to understand the relationship of military justice to the laws of war and trials of persons by military commissions.
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LAW 6317 - Banking Law 3 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6318 - Oil and Gas Law II 3 Semester Credit Hours
Prerequisite: LAW 6311 . A study of the law of the transactions; related documentation; and the important jurisprudence, rules, regulations, and statues that govern many facets of oil and gas exploration and conservation. This course also covers legal issues and transactions relating to the exploration, production, and marketing of petroleum worldwide.
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LAW 6319 - Introduction to Emerging Technologies Law and Policy 3 Semester Credit Hours
Introduces law and non-law students to emerging technologies and how law and policy frame interactions with it both domestically and globally.
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LAW 6320 - American Indian Law 3 Semester Credit Hours
Examines the legal relationship between American Indian nations and the United States, including implications for states and individual citizens.
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LAW 6321 - Current Topics in Criminal Law and Procedure 3 Semester Credit Hours
Analyzes foundational principles of criminal law and procedure in the context of modern criminal justice issues.
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LAW 6323 - Space Law 3 Semester Credit Hours
Space law is the body of law that applies to space related activities. It has roots in law beginning in the 1800s to more recent analogous law of Antarctica. Domestic law, international law governing international relations, cooperative science, exploration and commercial activities will be covered in this course.
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LAW 6324 - Tax Practice and Procedure 3 Semester Credit Hours
Designed to teach students how to represent both those clients who have tax problems and those who are in competition with the Internal Revenue Service for a debtor’s money. The course focuses on subtitle F of the Internal Revenue Code. Students will learn the rules for how the IRS acquires information and determines taxes, what the IRS must do to make legal assessment of taxes, and what the limits are to the IRS’s lien and levy powers (as well as the difference been liens and levies). Students will learn how the IRS is structured and which IRS officers can best help clients.
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LAW 6325 - NAFTA and Free Trade in the Americas 3 Semester Credit Hours
Introduces students to the substantive legal, procedural, and institutional aspects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Students will develop tools for transnational practice. Special attention will be given to methods of resolving disputes under NAFTA and to the controversies of environmental and labor law enforcement under the NAFTA Side Agreements. The course introduces students to concepts of free trade beyond the NAFTA by examining the prospects for future integrations and by comparing and contrasting the NAFTA with the World Trade Organization, the European Union, and the more recent Free Trade Agreement signed by the United States, which used the NAFTA as a template.
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LAW 6326 - Family Law 3 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6327 - Environmental Law 3 Semester Credit Hours
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.
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LAW 6328 - Intelligence Law 3 Semester Credit Hours
Examines the development of intelligence law beginning with the creation of the CIA in 1947. Explores identification, examination and analysis of current legal questions that face governments, intelligence practitioners, citizens and persons in the United States. Review of Constitutional, statutory, and executive authorities that govern the intelligence community; intelligence structures of the United States and other countries; natural tension between law enforcement and intelligence activities and surveillance of persons in a constitutional democracy; and FISA and data mining activities. Examines changes instituted with the USA PATRIOT ACT of 2001 and the Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 in the context of post 9/11 changes in the federal structure for handling intelligence. Litigation against U.S. intelligence, surveillance, wiretaps and espionage complete the scope of the course.
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LAW 6329 - Introduction to United States Law LL.M. 3 Semester Credit Hours
An introduction to the American legal system, focusing primarily on the structure of the federal government; federalism-i.e., the relationship of the fifty states to the federal government; and the structure of the American judicial system. The course covers the role of the Constitu-tion, statutes, judicial decisions, and administrative rules in the devel-opment of American law, and some of the substantive legal principles employed In American courts in such areas as constitutional law, contract law, torts, and administrative law.
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LAW 6330 - Legal Research and Writing for the LL.M. Student 3 Semester Credit Hours
Introduction to legal analysis through objective and persuasive legal writing. Instruction in legal research strategy and in legal citation, Written assignments include memoranda and briefs.
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LAW 6339 - Criminal Procedure 3 Semester Credit Hours
Survey of procedures applicable in the criminal justice system from arrest through post-conviction remedies. Advanced required course (26 hours total to be taken during second and third year; 15 hours must be taken during second year).
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LAW 6342 - Public International Law 3 Semester Credit Hours
An introductory course in international legal studies, with attention given to recognizing, analyzing, and solving international law problems in the areas of international military intervention, sociopolitical rights, economic development and well-being, and environmental protection. Special emphasis is focused on the sources of international law and the manner in which it is changing to meet the demands of the future.
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LAW 6357 - Professional Responsibility 3 Semester Credit Hours
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. Advanced required course (26 hours total to be taken during second and third year; 15 hours must be taken during second year).
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LAW 6366 - Health Care Law 3 Semester Credit Hours
Provides an overview of aspects of health law including access, financing, quality of care, human reproduction, and death and dying issues. Analyzes the relationships between patient, family, provider, regulators, and other interested third parties. Impact of public policy and technology on these relationships.
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LAW 6402 - Complex Litigation 4 Semester Credit Hours
An advanced civil procedure course with emphasis on class actions and multi-party disputes in a unitary federal forum. The subject matter also includes permissive and compulsory party joinder, intervention, discovery, duplicative or related litigation, judicial control of pretrial litigation, the preclusive effects of judgments, and the consequences of failure to join.
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LAW 6415 - Wills and Trusts 4 Semester Credit Hours
A study of the transfer of property by descent, wills, testamentary substitutes, and trusts, including a study of construction problems. Advanced required course (26 hours total to be taken during second and third year; 15 hours must be taken during second year).
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LAW 6416 - Evidence 4 Semester Credit Hours
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. Advanced required course (26 hours total to be taken during second and third year; 15 hours must be taken during second year).
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LAW 6420 - Commercial Law 4 Semester Credit Hours
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). Advanced required course (26 hours total to be taken during second and third year; 15 hours must be taken during second year).
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LAW 6434 - Income Taxation 4 Semester Credit Hours
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. Advanced required course (26 hours total to be taken during second and third year; 15 hours must be taken during second year).
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