Academics

Course Descriptions

The following is an alphabetical listing of all required and elective courses. Students may select from more than 100 elective courses, enabling them to explore various aspects of the law and begin to build a foundation in an area of specialization. In addition, many electives are small-group seminars, providing extensive personal interaction with faculty members and classmates.

J.D. Course Descriptions

Accounting for Lawyers
Administrative Law
Advanced Evidence
Advanced Externship
Advanced In-House Clinic
Advanced Legal Analysis
Advanced Legal Research
Advanced Persuasion Writing
Aging: Health Law and Policy
Alternative Dispute Resolution Tutorial
Antisemitism and the Law
Antisemitism Law Clinic
Antitrust Law (iLaw)
Appellate Advocacy
Bankruptcy / Mortgage Foreclosure Clinic
Bankruptcy Law
Business Organizations I
Business Organizations II
Child Support Mediation Clinic
Child Welfare Seminar
Children and the Law
Civil Dispute Dispute Resolution and Procedure
Civil Practice Externship
Climate Change Law & Policy
Complex Litigation
Constitutional Law
Contracts I
Contracts II
Copyright Law
Criminal Defense Clinic
Criminal Law I
Criminal Law II
Criminal Procedure
Criminal Prosecution Clinic
Cybercrime
Drafting Commercial Documents
EDiscovery Law (iLaw)
Education Justice Clinic
Education Law
Employment Law
Employment Discrimination Law
Entertainment Law
Entrepreneurship and the Law
Environmental Law
Estate Administration
Estate & Gift Taxation
Evidence
Family Law
Family Violence
Federal Income Tax
First Amendment
Forensic Criminology
Health Care Law
Health Law I
Health Law II
HIPAA and Cybersecurity
Honors Trusts & Estates with Module
Human Trafficking
Immigration Law
Immigration Rights Advocacy Clinic
Independent Research (1 credit)
Insurance Law
Intellectual Property (2 credits)
Intellectual Property (3 credits)
International Criminal Law
Interviewing, Negotiating & Counseling* 
Introduction to Federal Income Tax (Tax I)
Introduction to Trial Advocacy I
Introduction to Trial Advocacy II
Judicial Clerkship Externship Seminar
Jurisprudence
Land Use, Zoning, & Planning
Landlord-Tenant Law
Landlord-Tenant Mediation Clinic
Law and AI
Law and Bioethics
Law and Reproduction
Law Practice Management
Legal & Ethics Issues Medical Malpractice
Legal Process I
Legal Process II
Mediation as Dispute Resolution
Music Law
Negotiations
New York Legal Research
New York Practice
Not-for-Profit Law Clinic
Patent Law
Poverty Law
Practical Legal Analysis
Practicing Employment Discrimination
Pre-Trial Litigation
Principles of Healthcare Security
Pro Bono Scholars Externship Seminar
Products Liability
Professional Responsibility
Property
Public Health Law
Racism & American Law
Real Estate Transactions
Remedies
Sales
Secured Transactions
Selected Topics in Contracts 
Selected Topics in Corporate Law
Selected Topics in Criminal Justice
Selected Topics in Criminal Justice: Comparing Jewish Law & American Law
Selected Topics in Criminal Law: New York Practice
Selected Topics in Torts: Litigation Tort Claims
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: Direct Exam and the Admission of Evidence
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: Direct and Cross of Experts
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: Expert Witnesses
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: Jury Selection
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: Opening and Closing Arguments
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: Cross-Examination
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: Objections and Evidence Rules
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: Opening and Closing Statements
Senior Citizen Law Project Clinic
Small Business Legal Assistance Clinic
Sports Law
Structural Barriers and the Pursuit of Equity
Torts (4 credits)
Trademark Law
Trial Practice
Trusts & Estates
21st Century Technology and the Law: Deepfakes, AI, NIL and Social Media
Under Color of Law
Veterans & Servicemembers Rights Clinic
Wrongful Convictions

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