Course List
As of 6/28/2017 5:52:33 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:
751 Accounting for Lawyers701 Africa in the Global Leg Syst505 Chinese Law680 Constitutionalism in S Africa633 Copyright723 Corporate Lawyer: Law & Ethics578 Critical Issues in Law&Develop640 Critical Race Theory651 Economic Analysis of Law828 Economic Inequality & the Law653 Employment Discrimination657 Enterprise Organization791 Environmental Crimes679 Environmental Law and Policy669 Evidence675 Federal Antitrust624 Federal Criminal Law681 First Amendment516 Formation of the Common Law451 Global Constitutionalism684 Health Law737 Higher Education Law687 Immigration and Nationality702 Insurance Law and Policy602 Int'l Investment Law630 International Law692 International Law Fundamentals693 Jurisdiction and Choice Of Law699 Labor Law777 Law and Development778 Law and Development Research731 Legal Ethics & Prof Resp569 Legislation and Regulation797 Model Rules and Beyond508 Modern Amer Legal History536 Nat'l Security & Civ Liberties727 Patent Law871 Police and Surveillance Reform560 Property514 Race Law Stories652 Secured Transactions745 Sex Equality404 SexualOrien/GenderID & the Law878 State Supreme Court Practice747 Taxation of Individual Income425 Topics in Criminal Law Theory755 Trusts and Estates I974 Unemployment Insurance Clnc I793 Voting Rights / Election LawUpper 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 Law774 Advanced Topics in Int'l Tax701 Africa in the Global Leg Syst748 Art Law637 Bankruptcy616 Bloodfeuds660 Boundaries of Citizenship596 Business Basics for Lawyers548 Business Economics for Lawyers659 Capital Markets Regulation646 Chinese Constitutionalism505 Chinese Law597 Civ Rights & Const Litigation666 Climate Change and the Law671 Climate Change and the Law623 Commercial Transactions756 Comparative Hum Rgts Law716 Complex Litigation500 Computer Crimes586 Conflict of Laws719 Const'l Theory & Prac in China680 Constitutionalism in S Africa633 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 Law657 Enterprise Organization658 Entertainment Law791 Environmental Crimes679 Environmental Law and Policy507 Equal Prot: Race, Roles, Rgts665 Estate and Gift Tax769 Ethics/Thriving in Law Pract664 European Union Law669 Evidence673 Family Law781 FDA Law675 Federal Antitrust677 Federal Courts624 Federal Criminal Law686 Federal Indian Law709 Financial Regulation681 First Amendment763 Foreign Affairs516 Formation of the Common Law683 Fourteenth Amendment639 Fourth Amdt & Technology670 Gender Law and Policy788 Habeas Corpus684 Health Law737 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 Governance682 Int'l Environment Law & Policy602 Int'l Investment Law690 Int'l Trade & Tax Law766 International Arbitration576 International Bankruptcy678 International Finance717 International IP630 International Law692 International Law Fundamentals694 International Litigation724 International Refugee Law691 International Tax695 International Trade Law631 Intro Con Law & Am Legal Pro644 Intro to Inc Tax of Business697 Intro to US Tax Law567 Investment Banking700 Japanese Law693 Jurisdiction and Choice Of Law782 Jurisprudence699 Labor Law777 Law and Development778 Law and Development Research711 Law of the Internet731 Legal Ethics & Prof Resp569 Legislation and Regulation698 Making of Civil Law549 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 Law536 Nat'l Security & Civ Liberties575 Natural Resources Law547 Operations for Lawyers726 Partnership Tax727 Patent Law721 Persuasion and the Law782 Philosophy of Law779 Prisons and the Law742 Prisons and the Law Colloq772 Prof. of English Legal System560 Property735 Public Control of Land Use518 Race and the Law514 Race Law Stories762 Reproductive Justice784 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 Comp606 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 Topics809 Anatomy of a Deal854 Anti-corruption Law & Practice870 Changing Families/Changing Law806 Chinese Corporation847 Civil Rights Advocacy410 Clean Energy Law & Envt Const412 Collat Conseq of Crim Conv848 Colloquium on Int Refugee Law462 Comparative Asylum Law892 Contract Theory852 Counter-terr Strat&Int'l Law883 Crafting a Career in the Law443 Critical Issues in Law and Dev828 Economic Inequality & the Law805 Environmental Justice844 Evolution of Energy Law426 Evolution of Gender Crimes818 Faking It454 Financial Reform863 Forensic Science and the Law467 Fund of Real Estate Trans888 Global Animal Law451 Global Constitutionalism894 Good Life/Government866 Health Reform &Related Controv464 Human Dignity846 Impact Litigation857 Income Tax Treaties839 Innovation in Life Sciences831 Int'l Commercial Transactions827 Intellectual Property Workshop485 International Law & Security811 International Project Finance419 Investor Litigation820 IP Law: Future of Publishing835 Law & Econ Development: India861 Law and Economics Workshop482 Law and Theology435 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 Workshop873 Legislation887 Literature for Lawyers871 Police and Surveillance Reform478 Policing and Public Safety849 Pro Bono and BigLaw855 Probability, Profiles & Proof834 Problems in Const'l Theory876 Public Control of Land Use843 Refugee Law Reform845 Refugee Rights Workshop859 Religious Liberty469 Reproductive Justice856 Righting Wrongs889 Roman Law875 Sel Topics on 4th Amend Law404 SexualOrien/GenderID & the Law878 State Supreme Court Practice860 Student Scholarship Workshop813 Supreme Court Litigation425 Topics in Criminal Law Theory490 Topics in Education Law821 Unjustified Enrichment824 Use of Force in Int'l Law822 Women, Peace and SecurityClinic
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 Field921 Civil-Criminal Litig Clnc Sem920 Civil-Criminal Litigation Clnc955 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 II951 Human Trafficking Clinic954 Human Trafficking Clinic Sem907 Int'l Transactions Clinic906 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 & Pract714 Autonomous Vehicle Data728 Bankruptcy Practicum655 Business Dev for Associates448 Business Planning479 Collective Bargain&Arbitration752 Combat Human Trafficking in US736 Consumer Class Actions676 Contracting in Complex Transac486 Couns & Advocacy in Antitrust733 Detroit Litigation Advoc Wksh654 Editing and Advocacy411 Entrepreneurial Bus Practicum405 Envir Admin Law Practicum628 Environmental ADR428 Evidence Practicum417 Fair Housing Practicum415 Family Law Litigation429 Federal Prosecution & Defense430 Fund of Appellate Practice456 Government Relations Practicum494 In-House Counsel734 Innovation / Complex Problems729 Innovation Platform619 Int'l Cartel Enforcement470 Intellectual Property Practice465 International Litigation489 IP & Innovation Strategy732 Joint Ventures Practicum703 Legal Issues/Autonomous Veh495 Negot Entrepreneurial Issues712 Negotiation457 Nuts /Bolts of Estate Planning708 Owning It: Rio and Detroit444 Patent Litigation499 Private Equity807 Public Interest Litigation498 Real Estate Entrepreneurship406 Real Estate Transactions725 Securities Reg Practicum432 Tax Plan for Real Estate Trans437 Tax Planning for Business614 Tax Procedure433 Transactional Drafting753 Trial Practice764 Workplace Law & Policy AdvocStudy Abroad, Externship, Research
961 Detroit Litigation Advoc Sem960 Detroit Litigation Advoc Wksh949 Externship Paper940 Full-time Externship941 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