Course List
As of 4/21/2021 1:26:19 AM
This listing provides links to descriptions of currently scheduled and/or recently offered courses. Please refer to the
Office of Student Records homepage for further details on current offerings. To select a course description, click on the appropriate link below: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 & Analysis593 Legal Practice Skills I594 Legal Practice Skills II580 TortsTo 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 Lawyers748 Art Law647 Business Law in China659 Capital Markets Regulation505 Chinese Law&Legal Institutions671 Climate Change Law652 Commercial Law: Sec Trans&Mtgs586 Conflict of Laws680 Constitutionalism in S Africa633 Copyright635 Corporate Finance723 Corporate Lawyer: Law & Ethics645 Criminal Procedure Survey578 Critical Issues in Law&Develop640 Critical Race Theory638 Electronic&Class Action Discov796 Empirical Methods710 Employee Benefits & Exec Comp653 Employment Discrimination609 Employment Law657 Enterprise Organization791 Environmental Crimes679 Environmental Law and Policy669 Evidence673 Family Law781 FDA Law675 Federal Antitrust681 First Amendment670 Gender Law and Policy684 Health Law737 Higher Education Law687 Immigration and Nationality766 Int'l Commercial Arbitration682 Int'l Environment Law & Policy577 Intellectual Property Survey766 International Arbitration717 International IP630 International Law724 International Refugee Law714 K-12 Education Law699 Labor Law731 Legal Ethics & Prof Resp569 Legislation and Regulation707 Mass Media Law797 Model Rules and Beyond508 Modern Amer Legal History727 Patent Law782 Philosophy of Law: Sel Topics779 Prisons and the Law560 Property735 Public Control of Land Use518 Race and the Law525 Regulating Contagion/ Leg Hist738 Remedies652 Secured Transactions745 Sex Equality792 Sports Law747 Taxation of Individual Income760 Trademarks and Unfair Comp740 Tribal Law755 Trusts and Estates I793 Voting Rights / Election Law975 Workers' Rights Clnc ResearchAfter 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).768 21st C. Infrastr/Lawyer's Role751 Accounting for Lawyers601 Administrative Law648 Advanced Constitutional Interp774 Advanced Topics in Int'l Tax701 Africa in the Global Leg Syst504 Antitrust and IP748 Art Law637 Bankruptcy704 Blockchain and the Law616 Bloodfeuds660 Boundaries of Citizenship548 Business Economics for Lawyers647 Business Law in China659 Capital Markets Regulation505 Chinese Law&Legal Institutions671 Climate Change Law668 Communications Law756 Comparative Hum Rgts Law716 Complex Litigation586 Conflict of Laws538 Constitutional Equality607 Constitutional Law in China680 Constitutionalism in S Africa722 Consumption Taxes633 Copyright772 Corporate & White Collar Crime611 Corporate Compliance:Pol&Pract527 Corporate Criminality635 Corporate Finance723 Corporate Lawyer: Law & Ethics750 Corporate Reorganization749 Corporate Taxation641 Crim Just: Invest&Police Prac643 Crim Pro:Bail to Post Con Rev795 Crimes Against Vulnerable Comm645 Criminal Procedure Survey605 Crimmigration578 Critical Issues in Law&Develop640 Critical Race Theory503 Data Privacy Law685 Design Fulfilling Life in Law620 Disability Rights790 Early Amer Legal History651 Economic Analysis of Law638 Electronic&Class Action Discov796 Empirical Methods710 Employee Benefits & Exec Comp653 Employment Discrimination609 Employment Law657 Enterprise Organization658 Entertainment Law791 Environmental Crimes679 Environmental Law and Policy507 Equal Prot: Race, Rights, Rem.664 European Union Law669 Evidence673 Family Law781 FDA Law675 Federal Antitrust677 Federal Courts686 Federal Indian Law709 Financial Regulation681 First Amendment763 Foreign Affairs516 Formation of the Common Law670 Gender Law and Policy788 Habeas Corpus684 Health Law737 Higher Education Law786 History of International 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 Law577 Intellectual Property Survey766 International Arbitration678 International Finance717 International IP630 International Law694 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 Banking636 Islamophobia and the Law700 Japanese Law693 Jurisdiction and Choice Of Law718 Jurisprudence714 K-12 Education Law699 Labor Law711 Law of the Internet621 Law&Pol'y Trade Invest LatinAm731 Legal Ethics & Prof Resp569 Legislation and Regulation708 Local Government698 Making of Civil Law549 Management & Orgs for Lawyers642 Mass Incarceration707 Mass Media Law705 Mergers and Acquisitions797 Model Rules and Beyond508 Modern Amer Legal History625 Music Copyright536 Nat'l Security & Civ Liberties575 Natural Resources Law547 Operations for Lawyers726 Partnership Tax727 Patent Law782 Philosophy of Law: Sel Topics589 Policy Wksh: Mich Court Reform779 Prisons and the Law742 Prisons and the Law Colloq560 Property735 Public Control of Land Use518 Race and the Law525 Regulating Contagion/ Leg Hist738 Remedies696 Rsrch and Analysis in Amer Law674 Rules of Play:Sports Legal Sys515 Sales and Secured Financing652 Secured Transactions743 Securities Regulation799 Senior Judge Seminar794 Senior Judge Seminar II745 Sex Equality792 Sports Law720 Stockholder Litigation746 Tax of Financial Instruments747 Taxation of Individual Income760 Trademarks and Unfair Comp606 Transnational Law600 Transnational Law Colloquium740 Tribal Law755 Trusts and Estates I784 Unjustified Enrichment793 Voting Rights / Election Law634 Water Wars/Great LakesThe 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.
802 Adv Topics in Torts, Ins, Comp803 Advocacy for Underdogs809 Anatomy of a Deal854 Anti-corruption Law & Practice484 Antitrust Hot Topics477 Antitrust: Merger Hot Topics655 Business Dev for Associates806 Chinese Corporation847 Civil Rights Advocacy410 Clean Energy & Climate Chg Law841 Consent and Coercion892 Contract Theory476 Corporations and Human Rights829 Cur Issues in Public Law Litig850 Defamation488 Documentary and the Law419 Econ Exploit & Abuse of Rights413 Emerging Issues in Poverty Law805 Environmental Justice881 Ethics, Justice & Int'l Law844 Evolution of Energy Law818 Faking It863 Forensic Science and the Law888 Global Animal Law451 Global Constitutionalism894 Good Life/Government409 Gun Control866 Health Reform &Related Controv403 Housing Law and Policy464 Human Dignity626 Immigrant Justice Lab884 Impact Economy846 Impact Litigation857 Income Tax Treaties839 Innovation in Life Sciences831 Int'l Commercial Transactions827 Intellectual Property Workshop506 Internal Investigations832 International Criminal Law420 International IP440 International Law Workshop811 International Project Finance477 Investor Protection812 Islamic Law835 Law & Econ Development: India861 Law and Economics Workshop804 Law and Finance898 Law and Psychiatry Crossroads482 Law and Theology435 Law Firm Careers/Evolv Prof450 Law in Rural America877 Law in Slavery and Freedom899 Law of War814 Law&Diplomacy: African Nations459 Law&Hist:Econ Instit of Capit421 Law&Slavery:Reopen a Cold Case869 Legal Chall for an Aging Popul851 Legal History Workshop873 Legislation478 Policing and Public Safety893 Presidential Powers875 Privacy, Tech & 4th Amendment816 Private Agreements, Pub Values442 Private Law Theory849 Pro Bono and BigLaw834 Problems in Const'l Theory408 Public Interest Litig Ethics815 Public Law Workshop431 Race and International Law427 Race, Law, and Citizenship837 Rebuilding American Democracy845 Refugee Rights Workshop469 Reproductive Rights & Justice889 Roman Law438 Secrecy and Transparency493 Sexual Harassment in Empl&Educ404 SexualOrien/GenderID & the Law473 Startups: Law & Business416 State Government Law & Policy878 State Supreme Court Practice860 Student Scholarship Workshop445 Sustainability and Int'l Trade424 Tax Policy Seminar833 Tax Policy Workshop422 The Laws of Change436 The Rule of Law836 The United Nations407 Theories of Rights439 Title IX and Higher Education423 Topics in Art Law441 Topics/ Surveillance: Law&Tech801 Trolley Problem/ Moral Puzzles422 US Asylum Practice822 Women, Peace and SecurityCertain 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 Clinic901 Civil Rights Litig Initiative921 Civil-Criminal Litig Clnc Sem920 Civil-Criminal Litigation Clnc955 Community Enterprise Clinic956 Community Enterprise Clnc Sem927 Crim Appellate Practice928 Criminal Appel Pract Field993 Entrepreneurship Clinic994 Entrepreneurship Clinic Sem930 Envt'l Law & Sustain Clinic931 Envt'l Law & Sustain Clnc Sem972 Federal Appel Litig Clnc I973 Federal Appel Litig Clnc II951 Human Trafficking Clinic954 Human Trafficking Clinic Sem906 Int'l Transactions Clinic907 Int'l Transactions Clinic952 Juvenile Justice Clinic953 Juvenile Justice Clinic Sem933 Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic934 Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic Sem976 Michigan Innocence Clinic977 Michigan Innocence Clinic Sem958 Pediatric Advoc Clinic959 Pediatric Advoc Clinic Sem978 Veterans Legal Clinic979 Veterans Legal Clinic Seminar974 Workers' Rights Clinic I981 Workers' Rights Clinic: Litig912 Workers' Rights Clinic: Policy975 Workers' Rights Clnc Research984 Workers' Rts Clinic:Supv&Litig985 Workers' Rts Clnc:Supv&Lit Sem608 Advanced Legal Research612 Alt Dispute Resolution617 Anatomy of a Commercial Trial730 Appellate Advoc:Skills & Pract448 Business Planning807 Civil Rights Litigation479 Collective Bargain&Arbitration736 Consr Class Actns & Cmplx Litg676 Contracting in Complex Transac486 Couns & Advocacy in Antitrust627 Dialogue Across Difference733 Editing & Advocacy: Litigation662 Editing & Advocacy: Transac405 Envir Admin Law Practicum428 Evidence Practicum429 Federal Prosecution & Defense622 Feedback Loops719 Good with Words656 Good with Words: Speak/Present654 Good with Words: Writing/Edit456 Government Relations Practicum734 Innovation / Complex Problems729 Innovation Platform619 Int'l Cartel Enforcement470 Intellectual Property Practice732 Joint Ventures Practicum632 Law of Evidentiary Privilege703 Legal Issues/Autonomous Veh663 Legal Tech Literacy&Leadership663 Legal Technology & Innovation447 Local Government Practicum495 Negot Entrepreneurial Issues712 Negotiation457 Nuts /Bolts of Estate Planning444 Patent Litigation773 Peacemaking in State Just Sys499 Private Equity480 Promoting Soc Jus/Facilitation498 Real Estate Entrepreneurship406 Real Estate Transactions725 Securities Reg Practicum432 Tax Plan for Real Estate Trans437 Tax Planning for Corp Transac629 The Startup General Counsel433 Transactional Drafting753 Trial Advocacy/Civil415 Trial Advocacy/Family411 Unicorns/ Negot Ven Cap Invest944 Advanced Externship961 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