Course List
As of 9/27/2016 5:39:30 AM
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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 75-80. The logistics of scheduling large 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 Procedure520 Contracts530 Criminal Law540 Intro to Constitutional Law598 Legal Pract:Writing & Analysis590 Legal Practice I591 Legal Practice II592 Legal Practice Skills593 Legal Practice Skills I594 Legal Practice Skills II580 TortsFirst Year Elective
To complete the first-year program, students who began their studies in the fall term must choose a three- or four-credit elective. (Students who began in the summer are unlimited in their choice of electives.) In the recent past, that group has included the following courses:
808 Adv Topics in Statutory Interp870 Changing Families/Changing Law680 Constitutionalism in S Africa611 Corporate Compliance:Pol&Pract723 Corporate Lawyer: Law & Ethics640 Critical Race Theory651 Economic Analysis of Law828 Economic Inequality & the Law653 Employment Discrimination803 Energy Law: Reg of Electricity657 Enterprise Organization791 Environmental Crimes669 Evidence675 Federal Antitrust863 Forensic Science and the Law516 Formation of the Common Law451 Global Constitutionalism684 Health Law687 Immigration and Nationality785 Int'l Criminal Law602 Int'l Investment Law678 International Finance692 International Law Fundamentals567 Investment Banking820 IP Law: Future of Publishing700 Japanese Law693 Jurisdiction and Choice Of Law777 Law and Development778 Law and Development Research861 Law and Economics Workshop731 Legal Ethics & Prof Resp475 Legal Repres of Children569 Legislation and Regulation797 Model Rules and Beyond508 Modern Amer Legal History871 Police and Surveillance Reform855 Probability, Profiles & Proof560 Property514 Race Law Stories859 Religious Liberty745 Sex Equality404 SexualOrien/GenderID & the Law878 State Supreme Court Practice425 Topics in Criminal Law Theory490 Topics in Education Law755 Trusts and Estates I974 Unemployment Insurance Clnc IUpper Class
After the first year, the curriculum is almost entirely elective.
However, all students must take at least one offering that satisfies each the upper-level writing requirement, the professional responsibility requirement. the International or Comparative Law Course Distribution Requirement, and the Statutory or Regulatory Course Distribution Requirement. Students must also complete two credits in experiential courses (see Clinic, Practice Simulation, and Externship classes listed in the sections below).751 Accounting for Lawyers601 Administrative Law504 Antitrust and IP748 Art Law637 Bankruptcy616 Bloodfeuds660 Boundaries of Citizenship596 Business Basics for Lawyers548 Business Economics for Lawyers646 Chinese Constitutionalism597 Civ Rights & Const Litigation666 Climate Change and the Law661 Climate Change/Sustainability623 Commercial Transactions756 Comparative Hum Rgts Law716 Complex Litigation500 Computer Crimes586 Conflict of Laws719 Const'l Theory & Prac in China538 Constitutional Equality680 Constitutionalism in S Africa722 Consumption Taxes633 Copyright611 Corporate Compliance:Pol&Pract527 Corporate Criminality635 Corporate Finance723 Corporate Lawyer: Law & Ethics750 Corporate Reorganization749 Corporate Taxation649 Corruption641 Crim Just: Invest&Police Prac643 Crim Pro:Bail to Post Con Rev645 Criminal Procedure Survey578 Critical Issues in Law&Develop640 Critical Race Theory790 Early Amer Legal History651 Economic Analysis of Law638 Electronic&Class Action Discov710 Employee Benefits & Exec Comp653 Employment Discrimination609 Employment Law656 English Medieval Family Law657 Enterprise Organization658 Entertainment Law791 Environmental Crimes679 Environmental Law and Policy507 Equal Prot: Race, Rights, Rem.665 Estate and Gift Tax769 Ethics/Thriving in Law Pract603 European Union Colloquium664 European Union Law669 Evidence673 Family Law781 FDA Law675 Federal Antitrust677 Federal Courts686 Federal Indian Law535 Finance for Lawyers709 Financial Regulation681 First Amendment763 Foreign Affairs516 Formation of the Common Law683 Fourteenth Amendment639 Fourth Amdt & Technology788 Habeas Corpus684 Health Law684 Health Law and Policy737 Higher Education Law780 Human Rights: Themes and Var687 Immigration and Nationality787 Impact of Hum Rts on Int Law702 Insurance Law and Policy502 Int'l Corp Governance785 Int'l Criminal Law682 Int'l Environment Law & Policy767 Int'l Environmental Finance602 Int'l Investment Law690 Int'l Trade & Tax Law766 International Arbitration576 International Bankruptcy678 International Finance682 International IP692 International Law Fundamentals694 International Litigation724 International Refugee Law691 International Tax695 International Trade Law631 Intro Con Law & Am Legal Pro541 Intro to Constitutional Law 1542 Intro to Constitutional Law 2644 Intro to Inc Tax of Business697 Intro to US Tax Law567 Investment Banking700 Japanese Law693 Jurisdiction and Choice Of Law782 Jurisprudence699 Labor Law735 Land Use Planning and Control777 Law and Development778 Law and Development Research711 Law of the Internet731 Legal Ethics & Prof Resp569 Legislation and Regulation549 Management & Orgs for Lawyers546 Marketing for Lawyers707 Mass Media Law705 Mergers and Acquisitions797 Model Rules and Beyond508 Modern Amer Legal History544 Narrative Skills and the Law575 Natural Resources Law547 Operations for Lawyers726 Partnership Tax727 Patent Law568 Patent Law II721 Persuasion and the Law779 Prisons and the Law742 Prisons and the Law Colloq772 Prof. of English Legal System560 Property514 Race Law Stories776 Real Estate Finance Law784 Right and Wrong696 Rsrch and Analysis in Amer Law674 Rules of Play515 Sales and Secured Financing652 Secured Transactions743 Securities Regulation799 Senior Judge Seminar794 Senior Judge Seminar II745 Sex Equality792 Sports Law746 Tax of Financial Instruments747 Taxation of Individual Income739 Title IX and Higher Education760 Trademarks and Unfair Comp595 Transactional Contracts606 Transnational Law755 Trusts and Estates I519 UN & Other Int'l Orgs744 Use of Force in Int'l Law793 Voting Rights / Election Law761 Water Law634 Water Wars/Great LakesSeminar
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.
808 Adv Topics in Statutory Interp874 Advanced Copyright Law Topics804 Advanced Corporate Law840 Advanced Environ Law809 Anatomy of a Deal854 Anti-corruption Law & Practice870 Changing Families/Changing Law806 Chinese Corporation412 Collat Conseq of Crim Conv848 Colloquium on Int Refugee Law462 Comparative Asylum Law852 Counter-terr Strat&Int'l Law443 Critical Issues in Law and Dev471 Disability Law828 Economic Inequality & the Law410 Energy Law & Clean Power Plan803 Energy Law: Reg of Electricity805 Environmental Justice426 Evolution of Gender Crimes818 Faking It454 Financial Reform863 Forensic Science and the Law467 Fund of Real Estate Trans451 Global Constitutionalism894 Good Life/Government866 Health Reform &Related Controv464 Human Dignity846 Impact Litigation857 Income Tax Treaties481 Innocent Defendants831 Int'l Commercial Transactions827 Intellectual Property Workshop485 International Law & Security440 International Law Workshop811 International Project Finance419 Investor Litigation477 Investor Protection820 IP Law: Future of Publishing861 Law and Economics Workshop435 Law Firm Careers/Evolv Prof877 Law in Slavery and Freedom865 Law of American Federalism838 Law of Armed Conflict810 Law, Protest & Social Change869 Legal Chall for an Aging Popul851 Legal History Workshop475 Legal Repres of Children887 Literature for Lawyers871 Police and Surveillance Reform478 Policing and Public Safety855 Probability, Profiles & Proof834 Problems in Const'l Theory474 Problems in Media Law876 Public Control of Land Use843 Refugee Law Reform845 Refugee Rights Workshop859 Religious Liberty469 Reproductive Justice856 Righting Wrongs889 Roman Law875 Sel Topics on 4th Amend Law800 Seminar Supplement404 SexualOrien/GenderID & the Law878 State Supreme Court Practice860 Student Scholarship Workshop813 Supreme Court Litigation425 Topics in Criminal Law Theory490 Topics in Education Law824 Use of Force in Int'l LawClinic
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.
980 Advanced Clinical Law910 Child Advocacy Clinic911 Child Advocacy Clinic Seminar929 Child Welfare Appellate Clinic964 Civil Mediation Clinic965 Civil Mediation Clinic Field955 Comm & Econ Develop Clinic956 Comm & Econ Develop Clinic Sem927 Crim Appellate Practice928 Criminal Appel Pract Field993 Entrepreneurship Clinic994 Entrepreneurship Clinic Sem930 Environmental Law Clinic972 Federal Appel Litig Clnc I973 Federal Appel Litig Clnc II921 General Clinic: Civil-Crim Sem920 General Clinic: Civil-Criminal954 Human Traffic&Slavery Clnc Sem951 Human Trafficking&Slavery Clnc906 Int'l Transactions Clinic907 Int'l Transactions Clinic952 Juvenile Justice Clinic953 Juvenile Justice Clinic Sem933 Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic934 Low-Income Taxpayer Clnc Field976 Michigan Innocence Clinic977 Michigan Innocence Clinic Sem958 Pediatric Advoc Clinic959 Pediatric Advoc Clinic Sem966 Transactional Lab & Clinic974 Unemployment Insurance Clnc I975 Unemployment Insurance Clnc II978 Veterans Legal Clinic979 Veterans Legal Clinic SeminarPractice Simulation
608 Advanced Legal Research612 Alt Dispute Resolution617 Anatomy of a Commercial Trial730 Appellate Advoc:Skills & Pract728 Bankruptcy Practicum655 Business Dev for Associates448 Business Planning479 Collective Bargain&Arbitration736 Consumer Class Actions676 Contracting in Complex Transac720 Corporate Crim Practicum486 Couns & Advocacy in Antitrust411 Entrepreneurial Bus Practicum405 Envir Admin Law Practicum628 Environmental ADR402 Ethics Colloquium428 Evidence Practicum417 Fair Housing Practicum415 Family Law Litigation429 Federal Prosecution & Defense430 Fund of Appellate Practice494 In-House Counsel729 Innovation Platform619 Int'l Cartel Enforcement470 Intellectual Property Practice465 International Litigation734 Intro to Problem Solving489 IP & Innovation Strategy732 Joint Ventures Practicum703 Legal Issues/Autonomous Veh495 Negot Entrepreneurial Issues712 Negotiation457 Nuts /Bolts of Estate Planning444 Patent Litigation499 Private Equity807 Public Interest Litigation498 Real Estate Entrepreneurship725 Securities Reg Practicum432 Tax Plan for Real Estate Trans437 Tax Planning for Business433 Transactional Drafting753 Trial Practice764 Workplace Law & Policy AdvocStudy Abroad, Externship, Research
949 Externship Paper940 Full-time Externship941 Full-time Externship Paper941 Full-time Externship Seminar947 Geneva Externship948 Geneva Externship Seminar943 India Externship942 Law Practicum Research990 Part-time Externship991 Part-time Externship Seminar998 PublicSect K-12Educ Ext Pract997 PublicSect K-12Educ Ext Sem995 PublicSect K-12Educ Externship900 Research992 Research: Special Projects945 Semester Study Abroad946 Semester Study Abroad Paper970 SJD Research938 South Africa Externship939 South Africa Externship Sem