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International Legal Studies Program Courses
fall_2017

Fall 2017 Course Schedule

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LAW-659A-001 U Advanced EU Law Policy & Diplomacy (CANCELLED) IO x 3 Fernanda Nicola     CANCELLED   09:00AM 11:50AM
LAW-739B-001 U Advanced Human Rights Law HR x 3 Juan Mendez 11 22 MW N104 09:00AM 10:20AM
LAW-980-001 U Advanced International Law: Law & Peace Negotiations Instructor permission required HR   3 Paul Williams 22 40 FSSu -See Course notes for times N101    
LAW-795PW-001 U Advanced Legal Writing: Intellectual Property IP x 2 Sean Flynn 20 30 W N101 04:00PM 05:50PM
LAW-614-001 Alternative Dispute Resolution x 3 James Boykin 15 16 T Y236 06:00PM 08:50PM
LAW-614-002 Alternative Dispute Resolution x 3 Wala Blegay 13 16 M N103 06:00PM 08:50PM
LAW-580-001 American Legal Institutions (Internationally-trained LLMs Only) Required for non-common law first semester students x 2 William Berenson 28 65 W Y402 08:00PM 09:50PM
LAW-795O-001 U Anti-Corruption Law Bus. x 2 Nancy Boswell 15 22 T N103 04:00PM 05:50PM
LAW-656-001 Asylum & Refugee Law HR x 3 Ubaid Ul-Haq 23 40 W YT16 09:00AM 11:50AM
LAW-724A-001 Banking & Financial Institutions: U.S. Regulation US law based Bus. x 2 Gerard Comizio 20 40 T Y115 06:00PM 07:50PM
LAW-972-001 U* Bilateral Investment Treaty Arbitration Bus., Arb. x 2 Marinn Carlson 17 22 T N103 08:00PM 09:50PM
LAW-813-001 U Comparative Environmental Law Env. x 3 David Hunter 9 22 MW N103 01:30PM 02:50PM
LAW-667-001 Cyberlaw IP   2 Matthew Schruers 31 65 Th N102 06:00PM 07:50PM
LAW-726-002 U Development Finance, the World Bank, and IFIs x 2 Charles DiLeva 19 22 Th N105 08:00PM 09:50PM
LAW-715-001 U Disability & the Law US law based HR x 3 Robert Dinerstein 9 16 TTh Y236 10:30AM 11:50AM
LAW-629-001 Environmental Law US law based Env.   3 Barry Breen 23 40 M Y115 07:25PM 10:15PM
LAW-754-008 Externship: ILSP LLM (ILSP LLM Only)   1-6 Melanija Radnovic 4   N/A      
LAW-636-001 Family Law Gender x 3 Nancy Polikoff 50 65 TTh Y402 01:30PM 02:50PM
LAW-636-002 Family Law US law based Gender x 3 Macarena Saez 35 65 W Y401 06:00PM 08:50PM
LAW-782-001 U* Family Law: Children of LGBT Parents (CANCELLED) Gender x 2 Nancy Polikoff     CANCELLED   01:00PM 02:50PM
LAW-641-001 Federal Indian Law US law based HR x 3 Ezra Rosser 7 22 TTh N103 10:30AM 11:50AM
LAW-676A-001 Gender and International & Comparative Law HR, Gender x 2 Daniela Kraiem 8 22 F N104 10:00AM 11:50AM
LAW-719D-001 U* Global Health Law HR x 2 Cristina Leria-Sirvent, Javier Vasquez 13 22 W Y404 08:00PM 09:50PM
LAW-626-001 Human Rights Law HR, Gender   3 Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon 30 65 TTh Y403 03:00PM 04:20PM
LAW-655-001 Immigration & Naturalization HR   3 Cora Tekach 32 65 MW Y403 04:00PM 05:35PM
LAW-655-002 Immigration & Naturalization HR x 3 David McConnell 10 65 S N102 01:30PM 04:45PM
LAW-967-001 Immigration Issues: Family & Employment HR x 2 Nancy Lawrence 16 22 T N103 01:00PM 02:50PM
LAW-795Y-001 U Immigration Law & Ethics HR   2 Leon Fresco 7 22 W N103 08:00PM 09:50PM
LAW-670-001 Intellectual Property Law and Policy IP x 3 Michael Carroll 33 65 TTh Y403 01:30PM 02:50PM
LAW-963-001 International & Comparative Patent Law IP x 2 Jon Santamauro, Dominic Keating 10 22 Th C317 07:30PM 09:20PM
LAW-990-001 U International Business Negotiations Bus. x 3 Robert Lawrence 13 16 Th* N105 04:00PM 05:50PM
LAW-661-001 International Business Transactions Bus., Trade x 3 Kenneth Anderson 48 65 MW N102 06:00PM 07:20PM
LAW-789-001 International Commercial Arbitration: U.S. & Comparative Perspectives Required for the Arb. Specializaton Bus., Arb.   3 Horacio Grigera-Naon, Claudia Frutos-Peterson 16 40 M YT16 09:00AM 11:50AM
LAW-738-001 U International Courts (CANCELLED) IO x 3 John Heywood, Chris J. Brantley     CANCELLED   07:30PM 10:20PM
LAW-850-001 International Criminal Law HR x 2 Susana SaCouto 17 22 T N105 03:00PM 04:50PM
LAW-795CL-001B U* International Criminal Law & Procedure Practicum HR x 3 Susana SaCouto 9 10 M C217 01:00PM 02:50PM
LAW-795C-001 U International Disaster Relief (CANCELLED) HR x 2 Ingrid Nifosi-Sutton     CANCELLED   03:00PM 04:50PM
LAW-799-E008 International Human Rights & Humanitarian Law Research Project (HRHL LLM) HR   1-6 Claudia Martin, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon   22        
LAW-669-001 International Labor & Employment Law Bus., IO x 2 Owen Herrnstadt 8 22 M C317 06:00PM 07:50PM
LAW-660-001 International Law All 8 specializations x 3 Diane Orentlicher 23 65 TTh NT08 03:00PM 04:20PM
LAW-679-001 U International Law of Foreign Investment Bus., Arb., Trade x 3 Srilal Perera 18 40 TTh YT16 06:00PM 07:20PM
LAW-662-001 U* International Organizations & Multilateral Institutions Required for IO specialization IO   2 Diane Orentlicher 16 40 W Y115 01:00PM 02:50PM
LAW-841-001 International Project Finance Bus. x 2 Douglas Adler, Roger Cohen 17 22 W N105 06:00PM 07:50PM
LAW-657-001 International Trade Law I (CANCELLED - Moved to Spring 2018) Required for Trade Specialization Bus., Trade, IO x 3 Padideh Ala'i     CANCELLED   01:30PM 02:50PM
LAW-721-001 U* Law of the Sea Env. x 2 Steven Snell 8 22 M NT02 01:00PM 02:50PM
LAW-096-001 Legal English for Lawyers (Internationally-trained LLMs Only; Addl Cost) not-for-credit x 0 Marleen Hein-Dunne 3 22 TTh C217 01:00PM 02:50PM
LAW-580-002 Legal Research & Writing (Internationally-trained LLMs Only) Required for non-common law first semester students   2 Catherine Schenker   50 MF* Y403 12:00PM 01:20PM
LAW-635-001 National Security Law   2 Jennifer Daskal 44 65 M N102 10:00AM 11:50AM
LAW-685-001 Oil and Gas Law US law based Env. x 2 Benjamin Nussdorf 8 22 W Y404 06:00PM 07:50PM
LAW-688-001 Patent Law IP x 3 Jonas Anderson 34 65 TTh NT07 03:00PM 04:20PM
LAW-795AD-001 Practical Aspects of International Dispute Resolution Bus., Arb. x 2 Luke Sobota, Charles Kotuby 15 22 W C317 09:00AM 10:50AM
LAW-795F-001 U* Prevention of Genocide, Torture, and Other International Crimes HR x 2 Juan Mendez 17 22 W N103 03:00PM 04:50PM
LAW-707C-001 U Problems in the Democratic Process: Election Law US law based   2 Herman Schwartz 13 22 W NT03 04:00PM 05:50PM
LAW-630-001 Regulation of Energy US law based Env.   3 Josh Hurwitz, Elisabeth Myers 8 22 M N103 03:00PM 05:50PM
LAW-795SJ-001 Social Justice (CANCELLED) US law based   2 Herman Schwartz     CANCELLED   04:00PM 05:50PM
LAW-828-001 U Space Law & Satellite Communications x 3 Pamela Meredith 19 24 M NT02 03:00PM 05:50PM
LAW-997-001 Strategic Litigation in International Human Rights HR x 2 Macarena Saez 13 22 T C317 10:00AM 11:50AM
LAW-609-001 Trademark Law IP x 3 Christine Farley 63 65 MW Y402 09:00AM 10:20AM
LAW-581-001 U.S. Business Law (Internationally-trained LLM's Only) NY Bar approved Bus., Arb. x 3 Alan Jacobs 18 40 Th N102 09:00AM 11:50AM
LAW-503-002 U.S. Constitutional Law (Internationally- trained LLMs Only) NY Bar approved HR x 3 Kevin Hancock 30 40 T N101 06:30PM 09:20PM
LAW-507-001 U.S. Criminal Law (Internationally-trained LLMs only) x 3 Benjamin Miller 19 40 M NT07 07:30PM 10:20PM
LAW-809-001 U.S. Trade Regime Bus., Trade   3 John Magnus, Matthew Nicely 13 22 Th NT02 07:00PM 09:50PM
  • U = Completion of the course with a satisfactory grade and completion of all other aspects of the Upper-Level Writing Requirement Policy meets the Upper-Level Writing Requirement
  • U* = Completion of the course, additional work, and all other aspects of the Upper-Level Writing Requirement Policy satisfies the Upper-Level Writing Requirement