The following elective courses are grouped in topical areas. You should plan to select elective courses from several of these areas in order to obtain a broad legal education. We make reasonable efforts to offer all elective courses on a periodic basis, although we cannot guarantee that any course or seminar will be available to every student who wishes to take it. More precise information on the courses and seminars is in the Washington College of Law Catalog, which is mailed to candidates accepted for admission. Descriptions of specific course offerings, including any new course not listed here, will be made available by the registrar prior to the beginning of each semester.
Administrative Law & Regulatory Policy |
Courses
- Administrative Law
- Agency and Employer-Employee Relations
- American Indian Law
- Antitrust Law
- Asylum and Refugee Law
- Communications Law (Common Carrier & Broadcast)
- Copyright
- Education Law
- Employment Discrimination
- Employment Rights Law
- Environmental Law
- Federal Regulatory Process (summer)
- Food and Drug Law
- Government Contracts
- Health Law
- Housing Discrimination
- Immigration Law
- International and Comparative Antitrust Law
- International Telecommunications
- Lobbying and the Legistlative Process
- National Economic Policy
- Patent Law
- Private Workplace Law
- Public Labor Law
- Regulation of Energy
- Role of the Federal Prosecutor
- Separation of Powers: Foundations of the Modern Administrative State
- Sex-Based Discrimination
- Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection
- U.S. Trademark Law
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Seminars
- Administrative Law and Regulations
- Advanced Antitrust Law
- Advanced Constitutional Law
- Advanced Environmental Law: Liability and Torts
- Advanced Issues in Immigration Policy and Litigation
- Advanced Problems in Administrative Law and Regulatory Policy
- Disability and the Law
- Domestic Banking
- Environmental Litigation
- Individual Rights and Immigration Adjudication
- Law of Nonprofit Organizations
- Law, Policy, and American Intelligence Activities
- Legislation
- Local Government Law
- Presidential Power
- Public Employment Law
- Public Information Law and Policy
- Regulation of Commodity Futures Markets (with CFTC Field Component)
- Regulation of Securities Markets (with SEC Field Component)
- Research Seminar: Administrative Law
- Research Seminar: American Indian Law
- Telecommunications Law and Regulation
- The Washington Lawyer
Clinic
- Community and Economic Development Law Clinic
Field Component and Placement
- Federal Regulatory Process Externship
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Business and Commercial Law (see also Taxation) |
Courses
- Advanced Corporate Law
- Advanced Issues in International Business Transactions: Transnational Reach of Economic Regulation
- Agency and Employer-Employee Relations
- Antitrust Law
- Aviation Law: International Aspects
- Business Associations
- Corporate Bankruptcy
- Corporate Crime
- Corporate Finance
- Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
- Domestic Banking
- Economic Regulation of Business
- Entertainment Law
- Federal Corporate Tax
- Insurance
- International Banking
- International Telecommunications
- Investment and Trade Law of the Middle East
- Law and Accounting
- Law and Economics
- Negotiable Instruments
- Sales and Secured Transactions
- Securities Regulation
- Sports Law
- Unfair Trade Practices & Consumer Protection
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Seminars
- Advanced Antitrust Law
- Advanced Problems in Securities Law
- Advanced Torts
- Banking Law and Regulation
- Business Planning and Securities Regulations
- Environmental Issues in Business Transactions
- Financial Institutions
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Products Liability
- Reg. of Commodity Futures Markets (with CFTC Field Component)
- Reg.of Securities Markets (with SEC Field Component)
- Transnational Corporations
- White-Collar Crime
Field Components
- Commodities Regulation Field Component
- Securities Regulation Field Component
Dual Degree Program
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Constitutional Law |
Courses
- Administrative Law
- Constitutional Rights and Liberties
- Education Law
- Employment Discrimination
- Federal Courts
- First Amendment
- Housing Discrimination
- Law in the Information Society
- Law of the American Political Process
- Legislation
- Media Law
- Race, Equity, and the American Legal System
- Sex-Based Discrimination
- State Constitutional Law
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Seminars
- Advanced Constitutional Law
- AIDS and the Law
- Civil Rights and Liberties
- Contemporary Problems in Antidiscrimination Law
- Death Penalty
- Law and Disability
- Law of Information Privacy
- Litigating Reparation for African Americans
- Local Government Law
- Political Crime and Terrorism
- Presidential Power
- Remedies for Constitutional and Complex Cases
- Sexual Orientation and the Law
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Criminal Law |
Courses
- Appellate Advocacy
- Corporate Crime
- Criminal Procedure II
- Criminal Trial Practice
- Evidence
- International Criminal Law
- Remedies
Dual Degree Program
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Seminars
- Advanced Criminal Procedure
- Advanced Evidence
- Comparative Criminal Procedure
- Death Penalty
- Juvenile Law: Children's Legal Rights
- Political Crime and Terrorism
- Postconviction Remedies
- Remedies for Constitutional and Complex Cases
- Sanctions, Sentencing, and Corrections
- White-Collar Crime
Clinic
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International Law International Organizations, State Relations, and Human Rights |
Courses
- Admiralty
- Asylum and Refugee Law
- Comparative Law
- Cultural Differences, Gender, and International Human Rights
- Current Issues in International Organizations
- Human Rights
- International and Comparative Antitrust Law
- International Application of U.S. Environmental Law
- International Conflict of Laws
- International Copyright Law
- International Criminal Law
- International Environmental Law
- International Humanitarian Law
- International Law (Public)
- International Organizations and Multinational Institutions
- International Wildlife Law and Policy
- Law of the European Union
- National Security Law
Dual Degree Program
Clinic
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Seminars
- Advanced Human Rights
- Advanced Issues in Immigration Law: Policy, Enforcement and Review.
- Comparative Anglo-American, Israeli, and Talmudic Law
- Current Issues in International Organizations
- Democracy and the Environment: Citizens, States, and Rules of Law in Sustainable Development
- Ethnic Identity and International Law
- Gender and International Human Rights
- Individual Rights and Immigration Adjudication
- International Courts
- International Environmental Dispute Resolution
- International Institutions and Environmental Protection
- International Narcotics Control
- International Project Finance
- International Protection of Human Rights
- International Remedies
- Law of the Sea
- Political Crime and Terrorism
- Space Law and Satellite Communication
- Temas Especiales en Derecho Internacional
- Trade and the Environment
- Transboundary Air Pollution
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International Law Transnational Investment, Trade, Banking, and Development |
Courses
- Advanced Issues in International Business Transactions: Transnational Reach of Economic Regulation
- Aviation Law: International Aspects
- Domestic Banking
- International and Comparative Antitrust Law
- International and Comparative Copyright Law
- International Banking
- International Business Taxation
- International Business Transactions
- International Conflict of Laws
- International Development (School of International Service)
- International Financial Law & Development Finance
- International Law (Public)
- International Telecommunications
- Introduction to International Trade
- Investment and Trade Laws of the Middle East
- Judicial Assistance in Transnational Litigation
- Law of the European Union
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Seminars
- Advanced Issues in International Trade
- Banking Law and Regulation
- International Commercial Arbitration
- International Contract Law
- International Financial Institutions
- International Monetary Law
- Legal Aspects of Foreign Direct Investment
- Legal Issues of Transnational Corporations
- Trade and the Environment
- Transnational Corporations
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Jurisprudence and Legal History |
Courses
- Comparative Law
- Conflict of Laws
- Jurisprudence
- Law and Economics
- Theories of Pedagogy
- U.S. Legal History I
- U.S. Legal History II
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Seminars
- Asian Pacific Americans and the Laws
- Frontiers of Legal Thought
- Law and Literature
- Modern Legal Theory
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Labor Law |
Courses
- Sex-Based Discrimination
- Employment Discrimination
- Worker Rights in the Global Economy
- Employment Rights Law
- Health Law
- Public Labor Law
- Private Workplace Law
- Regulation of Workplace Risks
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Seminars
- Disability and the Law
- Pension Law
- Public Employment Law
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Litigation and the Lawyering Process |
Courses
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Civil Trial Practice
- Criminal Trial Practice
- Evidence
- Expert Scientific Evidence
- Federal Courts
- Judicial Assistance in Transnational Litigation
- Lawyer Bargaining
- Lawyers and Clients: Interviewing and Counseling
- Pretrial Litigation
- Role of the Federal Prosecutor
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Seminars
- Advanced Civil Procedure: Complex Litigation
- Advanced Evidence
- Advanced Torts
- Environmental Litigation
- International Remedies
- Law and the Behavioral Sciences
- Products Liability
- Remedies for Constitutional and Complex Cases
- The Washington Lawyer
Clinics
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Property Real Estate |
Courses
- Oil and Gas Law
- American Indian Law
- Regulation of Energy
- Taxation in Real EstateTransactions
- Land Transfer and Finance
- Land Use Regulation
- Natural Resources
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Seminars
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Property Land Use and Environmental Law |
Courses
- Advanced Environmental Law: Liability and Torts
- Environmental Law
- Heritage Resources Law
- International Application of U.S. Environmental Law
- International Environmental Law
- International Wildlife Law and Policy
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Seminars
- Advanced Civil Procedure: Complex Litigation
- Environmental Issues in Business Transactions
- Environmental Litigation
- Environmental Protection in Indian Country
- Federal Public Lands and Natural Resource Law
- International Environmental Dispute Resolution
- International Institutions and Environmental Protection
- Research Seminar: International Environmental Law
- Transboundary Air Pollution
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Property Intellectual Property |
Courses
- Advanced Copyright
- Communications Law
- Entertainment Law
- International and Comparative Copyright
- International Telecommunications
- Law in the Information Society
- Law of Professional Sports
- Patent Law
- U.S. Trademark Law
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Seminars
- Computer Law and Drafting
- Law in Cyberspace
- Law of Information Privacy
- Telecommunications Law and Regulation
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Property Wills and Estates |
Courses
- Law and Accounting
- Federal Estate and Gift Tax
- Planning and Drafting of Wills and Trusts
- Federal Personal Income Tax
- Wills, Trusts, and Estates
- Future Interests
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Public Interest Law |
Courses
- Administrative Law
- Advanced Issues in Immigration Policy and Litigation
- American Indian Law
- Community Development and Advocacy
- Education Law
- Employment Discrimination
- Family Law
- Federal Courts
- Food and Drug Law
- Global Public Interest Practice
- Health Law
- Immigration Law
- Individual Rights and Immigration Adjudication
- Juvenile Law: Children's Legal Rights
- Law of the American Political Process
- Legal Issues of Work and Parenting
- Race, Equity, and the American Legal System
- Sex-Based Discrimination
- Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection
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Seminars
- Advanced Family Law Practice
- Advanced Family Law Theory and Policy
- AIDS and the Law
- Asian Pacific Americans and the Law
- Disability and the Law
- Health Law Issues: Federal Programs and
- Education Law Health Reform Managed Care
- Law and Poverty
- Law of Nonprofit Organizations
- Law, Policy, and American Intelligence Activities
- Medical Malpractice
- Presidential Power
- Products Liability
- Sexual Orientation and the Law
Clinics
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Taxation |
Courses
- Federal Corporate Income Tax
- Federal Estate and Gift Tax
- Federal Personal Income Tax
- International Business Taxation
- Partnership Tax
- Taxation in Real Estate Transactions
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Seminars
- Advanced Tax Policy and Problems
- Pension Law
- Research Seminar: Tax and Developing Countries
Clinic
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