CURRICULUM & COURSE PLANNING

COURSE PLANNING ADVICE

Professor Susan Bennet "How to Use Law School to Help You Become a Lawyer"
Susan Bennett, Professor of Law

Susan Bennett is director of the Community and Economic Development Law Clinic and professor of law. She holds expertise in community economic development; nonprofit organizations; law, poverty, and the homeless; legal services for the poor; pro bono legal services; public interest law; federal housing law and programs.

Professor Walter Effross "Before and Beyond Business Associations: Business Law Resources and Courses"
"Off the Beaten Path"
Walter Effross, Professor of Law

Walter Effross joined the faculty of the American University Washington College of Law after practicing commercial and computer law at two of the largest law firms in New Jersey. He teaches courses in Corporate Bankruptcy, E-Commerce Law & Drafting, Business Associations, Corporate Governance, Negotiable Instruments, and Sales & Secured Transactions.

Professor James May "Antitrust Law"
James May, Professor of Law

James May is professor of law, specializing in antitrust, U.S. Legal History and Contracts Law. Early in his career, Mays was an attorney with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and senior staff assistant for the National Commission for the Review of Antitrust Laws and Procedures. He is author of many law review and other articles on antitrust law.

Professor David Snyder "I am interested in Business Law, WHAT COURSES SHOULD I TAKE?"
David Snyder, Professor of Law

David Snyder was appointed professor of law at the Washington College of Law in the fall of 2007 and was appointed director of the Business Law Program in 2008. He graduated summa cum laude from Tulane University Law School in 1991, and he has been a law professor at Tulane, Indiana University in Bloomington, and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

Antitrust & General Regulation of Business

Banking & Financial Institutions

Business Entities, Securities, & Finance

Commercial Law & Bankruptcy

Commercial Litigation & Arbitration

Employment & Labor Relations

Field Components/Law Clinics/Research

  • (LAW 784) Securities Field Component (2-3 hrs.)
  • (LAW 785) Commodity Futures Trading Field Component (2-3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-957) Real Estate Development & Planning: Supervision (2-3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-752) General Practice Clinic (3-4 hrs.)
  • (LAW-758) Intellectual Property Clinic (8 hrs./yr.)
  • (LAW-762) Tax Clinic (3 hrs./semester)
  • (LAW-768) Community Economic Development Clinic (8 hrs/yr.)
  • (LAW-799) Legal Research Project (1-12 hrs.)

General Business Law

  • (LAW-928) Analytic Methods for Business Law (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-672) Law & Accounting (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-632) Law & Economics (2 hrs.) *
  • (LAW-651) Lawyer Bargaining (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-929) Advanced Legal Research Techniques (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-849) Legal Drafting: Commercial (3 hrs.) **

Intellectual Property

International & Comparative Business Law

  • General Courses

    • (LAW-619) Comparative Law (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-660) International Law (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-621) Conflict of Laws (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-795) Global Corruption & the Rule of Law (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW 990) International Business Negotiations (2-3 hrs.)

  • International Trade Regulation

    • (LAW-657) International Trade Law I (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-969) International Trade Law II: IP & Services (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-809) The United States Trade Regime (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-817) Advanced International Trade: Policy Issues (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-817) Advanced Issues in International Trade Policy (2-3 hrs.)
      • Trade Development
    • (LAW-950) Regional Free Trade Agreements (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-952) Regulation of Goods & Services-Regional Free Trade Agreements (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-953) Investment Under Regional Free Trade Agreements (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-954) Dispute Res. Under Regional Free Trade Agreements (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-829) Comercio y Medio Ambiente (Trade & Environment in Americas) In Spanish only (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-734) Investment, Trade & Human Rights (3 hrs.)

International & Comparative Business Law (Cont'd.)

  • International Transactions

    • (LAW-661) International Business Transactions (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-890) Transnational Reach of Economic Regulations (2-3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-736) Sem: International Contract Law (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-973) International Sales (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-986) Comparative Secured Transactions (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-634) Legal Aspects of Foreign Direct Investment (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-653) International Finance Law (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-679) Protection of Foreign Investment (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-841) International Project Finance (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-958) Managing Political Risk in Project Financings (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-795) International Petroleum Transactions (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-959) International Business Transactions in Latin America (2 hrs.)

  • International Banking & Finance

    • (LAW-726) Sem: International Financial Institutions (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-727) International Banking (2 hrs.)

  • International Intellectual Property

    • (LAW-845) Cultural Property Law (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-963) International & Comparative Patent Law (2 hrs.) **
    • (LAW-646) International & Comparative Trademark Law (3 hrs.) **
    • (LAW-698) International & Comparative Copyright Law (3 hrs.) **

  • Other International Regulation of Business

    • (LAW-699) International & Comparative Antitrust Law (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-833) International Regulation of Securities Markets (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-624) US International Taxation (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-746) Comparative Tax (2 hrs.) **
    • (LAW-808) International Business & Human Rights (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-956) Sem: Select Issues in International Business Law (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-875) International Telecommunications (2 hrs.)

  • International Commercial Litigation & Arbitration

    • (LAW-677) International Litigation & Arbitration (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-789) International Commercial Arbitration (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-738) Sem: International Courts (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-675) Transnational Litigation (3 hrs.) **
    • (LAW-954) Dispute Res. Under Regional Free Trade Agreements (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-972) Bilateral Investment Treaty Arbitration (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-795) International Dispute Resolution Involving Sovereigns (2 hrs.)

Real Estate

  • (LAW-518) Property (4 hrs.) *
  • (LAW-671) Land Transfer and Finance (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-730) Land Use Planning and Practice (3-4 hrs.)
  • (LAW-731) Sem: Real Estate Planning (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-957) Real Estate Development (2-3 hrs.) **
  • (LAW-985) Housing Law (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-710) Environmental Issues in Business Transactions (2 hrs.) **
  • (LAW-768) Community Economic Development Clinic (8 hrs/yr.)

Regulated Industries

  • Communications, Media, and Electronic Commerce

    • (LAW-810) Communications Law (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-888) Telecommunications Law (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-875) International Telecommunications (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-828) Sem:Space Law/Satellite Communications (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-683) Media Law: Mass Media (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-642) Entertainment Law (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-667) Law in Cyberspace (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-836) Computer Crime (2 hrs.)

  • Energy

    • (LAW-630) Regulation of Energy (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-685) Oil and Gas Law (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-824) Natural Resources, Energy & the Environment (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-795) International Petroleum Transactions (2 hrs.)

  • Health Care

    • (LAW-640) Health Law (3-4 hrs.)
    • (LAW-715) Disability and the Law (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-834) Public Health Law (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW 719) Sem: Selected Topics in Health Law (2-3 hrs.)
      • Health Care Business Transactions & Fraud Prevention
      • Health Care Mergers & Acquisitions
      • Health Care Fraud & Abuse: Contracts & Compliance
      • Current Trends in American Health Policy
      • Privacy & Health Information Technology
      • Genetics and the Law
      • Global Health & Comparative Health Systems
    • (LAW-991) Drug Products Liability (3 hrs.)
    • (LAW-648) Food & Drug Law (2 hrs.)

    Other Regulated Industries

    • (LAW-674) Sports Law (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-858) Aviation Law: Domestic & International Aspects (2 hrs.)
    • (LAW-828) Sem:Space Law/Satellite Communications (3 hrs.)

Tax

  • (LAW-647) Federal Personal Income Tax (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-639) Federal Corporate Income Tax (3 hrs.) **
  • (LAW-644) Partnership Tax (3 hrs.) **
  • (LAW-624) US International Taxation (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-745) Pension & Employee Benefit Law (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-746) Advanced Tax Policy & Problems (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-852) Law of Non-Profit Organizations: Taxation of Non-Profits (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-645) Federal Estate and Gift Tax (3 hrs.) **
  • (LAW-768) Community Economic Development Clinic (8 hrs/yr.)
  • (LAW-762) Janet R. Spragens Tax Clinic (3 hrs./semester)