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Course Descriptions
As of 2/10/2012 3:20:47 AM
This listing provides links to descriptions of currently scheduled and/or recently offered courses. Please refer to the
course schedules
for further details on current offerings. To select a course description, click on the appropriate link below:
First Year Required
Most of the work for the first year is required. There are several reasons for this. One reason is that there are some basic principles which any serious and thoughtful student would choose to study early in his or her career. The study of this fairly traditional material has become one of the experiences shared by almost all lawyers. Also, knowledge of all the materials to which the student is exposed makes it somewhat easier for first-year instructors to plan a program which minimizes overlapping presentations. By restricting elections in the first year, the School is able to keep the first-year students together in groups of about 90. The logistics of scheduling 90-person groups is much more manageable under restricted elections than it would be in an environment in which elections varied widely.
The required curriculum is presented to four sections of students. One section begins in early summer; the other three sections begin in early fall. Courses include:
510 Civil Procedure
520 Contracts
530 Criminal Law
540 Intro to Constitutional Law
590 Legal Practice I
591 Legal Practice II
592 Legal Practice Skills
560 Property
580 Torts
First Year Elective
To complete the first-year program, students who began their studies in the fall term are allowed to choose one elective from a particular group of courses. (Students who began in the summer are unlimited in their choice of electives.) In the recent past, that group has included the following courses:
628 Animal Law
417 Civil Rights Litigation
463 Civil Rights/Homeland Security
443 Critical Issues in Law and Dev
805 Environmental Justice
826 Fair Housing Law & Policy
818 Faking It
817 Fed Sentencing: Evol&Dynamics
516 Formation of the Common Law
451 Global Constitutionalism
416 Good Government
894 Good Life/Government
716 In-House Counsel
857 Income Tax Treaties
502 Int'l Corp Governance
434 Intell Hist of Compet Policy
811 International Project Finance
567 Investment Banking
835 Law & Econ Development: India
777 Law and Development
778 Law and Development Research
861 Law and Economics Workshop
822 Law and Inequalities
731 Legal Ethics & Prof Resp
475 Legal Repres of Children
873 Legislation
425 Philosophy of Law and Econ
420 Public Sector Employment
460 Punishment
780 Sexuality and the Law
715 Stat Interp & Legisl Proc
833 Tax Policy Workshop
450 Thinking Law/Ancient Cultures
606 Transnational Law
892 Uncensored Hist of Int'l Law
Upper Class
After the first year, the curriculum is almost entirely elective.
However, all students must take at least one offering classified as a seminar and fulfill the requirement in professional responsibility. All students who matriculated in the Summer of 2001 or after must also complete the Transnational Law course (#606).
In addition, not more than 15 hours nor fewer than 10 hours may be elected for credit in any term by full-time students without approval. Any program of fewer than 10 hours, or programs in the shorter summer term, will constitute proportionately less residence credit toward the law degree.
751 Accounting for Lawyers
601 Administrative Law
605 Advanced Transnational Law
628 Animal Law
517 Anti-Discrimination Law
504 Antitrust and IP
637 Bankruptcy
616 Bloodfeuds
660 Boundr of Citzshp
577 Business & Econ of Health Law
750 Chapter 11 Reorganization
607 Children and the Law
505 Chinese Law&Legal Institutions
740 Chinese Legal History
506 Cognitive Sci&Legal Reasoning
623 Commercial Transactions
668 Communications Law
667 Comparative and EU Taxation
526 Comparative Criminal Procedure
756 Comparative Hum Rgts Law
500 Computer Crimes
764 Const & Fund Rgts/Comp Persp
538 Constitutional Equality
632 Constitutional Litigation
680 Constitutionalism in S Africa
722 Consumption Taxes
633 Copyright
527 Corporate Criminality
635 Corporate Finance
749 Corporate Taxation
641 Crim Just: Invest&Police Prac
643 Crim Pro:Bail to Post Con Rev
645 Criminal Procedure Survey
640 Critical Race Theory
667 Cyberlaw
790 Early Amer Legal History
651 Economic Analysis of Law
710 Employee Benefits & Exec Comp
653 Employment Discrimination
609 Employment Law
657 Enterprise Organization
658 Entertainment Law
791 Environmental Crimes
679 Environmental Law and Policy
671 EU Competition Law
525 Eur Leg Syst in Comp w/ US
664 European Legal Order
669 Evidence
673 Family Law
781 FDA Law
675 Federal Antitrust
677 Federal Courts
686 Federal Indian Law
535 Finance for Lawyers
709 Financial Regulation
681 First Amendment
763 Foreign Affairs
516 Formation of the Common Law
683 Fourteenth Amendment
788 Habeas Corpus
684 Health Law and Policy
672 Health Law: Regulation
737 Higher Education Law
771 How to Save the Planet
687 Immigration and Nationality
716 In-House Counsel
702 Insurance Law
539 Int'l & Comparative Antitrust
766 Int'l Commercial Arbitration
502 Int'l Corp Governance
785 Int'l Criminal Law
682 Int'l Environment Law & Policy
602 Int'l Investment Law
786 Int'l Law of War
622 Internat'l Humanitarian Law
576 International Bankruptcy
678 International Finance
724 International Refugee Law
691 International Tax
695 International Trade Law
631 Intro Con Law & Am Legal Pro
644 Intro to Inc Tax of Business
567 Investment Banking
700 Japanese Law
693 Jurisdiction and Choice Of Law
782 Jurisprudence
660 Juvenile Justice
699 Labor Law
735 Land Use Planning and Control
625 Law and Bioethics
777 Law and Development
778 Law and Development Research
629 Law Firms and Legal Careers
659 Law of Managing Money
731 Legal Ethics & Prof Resp
569 Legislation and Regulation
707 Mass Media Law
705 Mergers and Acquisitions
797 Model Rules and Beyond
508 Modern Amer Legal History
575 Natural Resources Law
726 Partnership Tax
727 Patent Law I
568 Patent Law II
537 Personal & Subj Matter Jurisd
721 Persuasion and the Law
780 Protect Hum Rgts in Int'l Law
630 Public International Law
585 Rabbinics/Ancient Jewish Law
518 Race and American Law
776 Real Estate Finance Law
793 Regulation of Research
636 Religious Liberty
738 Remedies
696 Rsrch and Analysis in Amer Law
515 Sales and Secured Financing
789 Secured Trans & Bankruptcy
743 Securities Regulation
799 Senior Judge Seminar
794 Senior Judge Seminar II
745 Sex Equality
780 Sexuality and the Law
792 Sports Law
715 Stat Interp & Legisl Proc
798 Statistics for Lawyers
509 Tax of Cross Border Fin Trans
746 Tax of Financial Instruments
747 Taxation of Individual Income
723 The Public Corporation
796 Thinking Analytically
791 Toxic Substances/Toxic Torts
760 Trademarks and Unfair Comp
606 Transnational Law
755 Trusts and Estates I
757 Trusts and Estates II
519 UN & Other Int'l Orgs
793 Voting Rights / Election Law
761 Water Law
634 Water Wars/Great Lakes
Seminar
The distinctive feature common to all seminars is the small number of students ordinarily enrolled. Most seminars require substantial student writing. Some are of an intensely practical, semi-clinical nature; others are topical, involving close study of matters of contemporary interest. All seminars reflect the personal academic interests of faculty members. The list of seminars offered each year is highly fluid, as faculty members are free to present topics reflecting their current research interests. About 20 seminars are offered in both the fall and winter terms. A list follows of recently offered seminars.
804 Advanced Corporate Law
840 Advanced Environ Law
814 Affirm Act: Int'l/Comp Dimens
809 Anatomy of a Deal
446 Anti-Discrimination Law
806 Chinese Corporation
417 Civil Rights Litigation
463 Civil Rights/Homeland Security
412 Collat Conseq of Crim Conv
848 Colloquium on Int Refugee Law
462 Comparative Asylum Law
887 Con Law Workshop
443 Critical Issues in Law and Dev
817 Disability Law
471 Disability Law
413 Dissatisf w/ Admin of Justice
414 Econ Analysis of Law
410 Energy Law and Climate Change
842 Environ Litg in Supreme Court
805 Environmental Justice
881 Ethics, Justice & Int'l Law
426 Evolution of Gender Crimes
441 Exoneration:Civil Implications
826 Fair Housing Law & Policy
818 Faking It
427 False Convictions:Adv Workshop
409 Fed Investig and Prosecution
817 Fed Sentencing: Evol&Dynamics
458 Financial Derivatives
454 Financial Reform
467 Fund of Real Estate Trans
451 Global Constitutionalism
416 Good Government
894 Good Life/Government
418 Governance of European Union
890 Governance Workshop
472 Health Care Reform in the U.S.
464 Human Dignity
476 Impact Investment Lawyering
886 Impact of Hum Rts on Int Law
857 Income Tax Treaties
831 Int'l Commercial Transactions
879 Int'l Dispute Resolution
857 Int'l Law and Terrorism
434 Intell Hist of Compet Policy
827 Intellectual Property Workshop
440 International Law Workshop
811 International Project Finance
883 Intro to Talmudic Law
419 Investor Litigaton
812 Islamic Law
835 Law & Econ Development: India
840 Law & Philosophy
861 Law and Economics Workshop
822 Law and Inequalities
435 Law Firm Careers/Evolv Prof
877 Law in Slavery and Freedom
838 Law of Armed Conflict
459 Law&Hist:Econ Instit of Capit
869 Legal Chall for an Aging Popul
851 Legal History Workshop
475 Legal Repres of Children
873 Legislation
873 Legislation Seminar
468 Music, Law, and Technology
899 National Security Law
846 Nonprofit Law and Policy
447 Open Government
421 Patent Litigation
425 Philosophy of Law and Econ
893 Presidential Power
834 Problems in Const'l Theory
815 Proseminar in Public Law
844 Pub Int Leg Thry: Education
825 Public Interest Advocacy
402 Public Interest Colloquium
807 Public Interest Litigation
420 Public Sector Employment
460 Punishment
405 Race, Law, and Society
896 Real Estate Development
845 Refugee Rights Workshop
469 Reproductive Justice
821 Restitution &Unjust Enrichment
889 Roman Law
449 Rules of Play
865 Selec Tpcs in Fed Jurisdiction
800 Seminar Supplement
403 Sentencing Law and Policy
849 Student Scholarship Workshop
813 Supreme Court Litigation
404 Supreme Crt Thry & Pract
801 Tax Plan for Bus Trans
406 Tax Plan for Real Est Trans
833 Tax Policy Workshop
407 Teach the Prof: Oil&Gas Law
891 The Board of Directors
897 The Law in Cyberspace
450 Thinking Law/Ancient Cultures
422 Transactional Drafting
455 Tribal Justice Systems
892 Uncensored Hist of Int'l Law
423 US-Canadian Trans Environ Law
Clinic
Certain aspects of being a lawyer, particularly those which require interpersonal and performance skills as well as understanding of certain legal institutions, are appropriately taught in a clinical setting. In such programs, students can learn not only from discussing and analyzing theories of practice, but also by working with lawyer role models and by supervised involvement in actual cases. The Law School provides a variety of clinical opportunities for its students. Most of the clinical programs are taught on a pass/fail basis.
980 Advanced Clinical Law
910 Child Advocacy Clinic
911 Child Advocacy Clinic Seminar
920 Clinical Law I
921 Clinical Legal Advocacy Sem
955 Comm & Econ Develop Clinic
956 Comm & Econ Develop Clinic Sem
927 Crim Appellate Practice
928 Criminal Appel Pract Field
993 Entrepreneurship Clinic
994 Entrepreneurship Clinic Sem
930 Environmental Law Clinic
972 Federal Appel Litigation Clnc
951 Human Trafficking Clinic
954 Human Trafficking Clinic Sem
936 Int'l Taxpayer Clinic
937 Int'l Taxpayer Clinic Field
906 Int'l Transactions Clinic
907 Int'l Transactions Clinic
952 Juvenile Justice Clinic
953 Juvenile Justice Clinic Sem
933 Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
934 Low-Income Taxpayer Clnc Field
964 Mediation Clinic I
967 Mediation Clinic II
976 Michigan Innocence Clinic
977 Michigan Innocence Clinic Sem
958 Pediatric Advoc Clinic
959 Pediatric Advoc Clinic Sem
Practice Simulation
730 Adv Appellate Advocacy
668 Adv Copyright Practice
470 Advanced IP Practice
608 Advanced Legal Research
612 Alt Dispute Resolution
728 Bankruptcy Practicum
448 Business Planning
754 Business Trans Practicum I
759 Business Trans Practicum II
452 Client Counseling
453 Copyright Termination Pract
650 Corporate Finance Tutorial
790 Criminal Trial Advocacy
445 Cross Border Trans/Deal Making
439 Cross-Border Contracts
662 Elements of Advocacy
411 Entrepreneurial Bus Practicum
473 Entrepreneurial Exits
628 Environmental ADR
428 Evidence Practicum
415 Family Law Litigation
429 Federal Prosecution & Defense
430 Fund of Appellate Practice
456 Government Relations Practicum
465 International Litigation
442 Lawyering Skills/Diverse World
408 Litigation Strategy
431 Mortgage Finance & Regulation
712 Negotiation
457 Nuts /Bolts of Estate Planning
444 Patent Litigation
461 Refugee Rights Workshop
725 Securities Reg Practicum
432 Tax Plan for Real Estate Trans
437 Tax Planning for Business
433 Transactional Drafting
753 Trial Practice
Study Abroad, Externship, Research
940 External Studies
941 Externship Paper
947 Geneva Externship
948 Geneva Externship Seminar
942 Law Practicum Research
990 Part-time Externship
900 Research
945 Semester Study Abroad
946 Semester Study Abroad Paper
970 SJD Research
938 South Africa Externship
939 South Africa Externship Sem
