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.

Accounting for Lawyers
Administrative Law
Advanced Bankruptcy Clinic
Advanced Civil Procedure
Advanced Externship
Advanced In-House Clinic
Advanced Legal Analysis I
Advanced Legal Analysis II
Advanced Legal Research
Advanced Persuasive Writing
Aging and Longevity Law
American Legal History
American Legal Studies
American Legal Studies Practicum
American Trial Courts: Introduction to New York State Court Practice
Animal Rights Law
Antitrust Law (iLaw)
Arbitration
Bankruptcy Clinic
Bankruptcy Law
Bioethics & the Law
Business Organizations I
Business Organizations II
Child Advocacy Clinic
Civil Dispute Resolution & Procedure
Civil Practice Externship
Civil Procedure Survey
Community Law Services Clinic
Compliance Law
Conflict of Laws
Constitutional Law I
Constitutional Law II
Contracts I
Contracts II
Contracts Survey
Copyright Law (iLaw)
Corporate Finance (iLaw)
Criminal Defense Clinic
Criminal Law I
Criminal Law II
Criminal Procedure
Criminal Prosecution Clinic
Current Issues in Racism and the Law
Cybercrime
Disability Law
Drafting Commercial Documents
Economics for Lawyers (iLaw)
Education and Youth Justice Clinic
Education Law
Employment Law
Employment Discrimination Law
Entertainment Law
Environmental Crimes
Environmental Law
Evidence
Family Law
Family Law Clinic
Family Violence
Federal Income Tax
First Amendment Seminar
Foundation of Legal Analysis: Toolkit
Health Law
Health Care Compliance Law (iLaw)
Honors Trusts & Estates with Module
Human Trafficking
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Clinic
Independent Research (1 credit)
Independent Research (2 credits)
Independent Research (3 credits)
Insurance Law
Intellectual Property (2 credits)
Intellectual Property (3 credits)
International Law
International Sales Law & Arbitration
Interviewing, Negotiating & Counseling* 
Introduction to Compliance
Introduction to Federal Income Tax (Tax I)
Introduction to Legal Analysis I
Introduction to Legal Analysis II
Introduction to NYS Court Practice: Justice Courts
Introduction to the U.S. Legal System
Introduction to Workers' Compensation
Jewish Law
Judicial Clerkship Externship Seminar
Land Use, Zoning, & Planning
Landlord-Tenant Law
Landlord-Tenant Mediation Clinic
Law & Economics
Law & Entrepreneurship
Law Practice Management
Legal & Ethics Issues Medical Malpractice
Legal Process I
Legal Process II
Legal Process for Foreign Attorneys (LL.M. Tutorial)
Licensing in Intellectual Property
Mediation as a Conflict Resolution Process
Mergers & Acquisitions (iLaw)
Negotiations
New York Legal Research
New York Practice
Patent Law
Patent Litigation
Patent Practice Seminar
Pre-Trial Litigation
Pro Bono Scholars Externship Seminar
Professional Responsibility
Professional Responsibility: Ethical Criminal Practice
Property
Property Law Survey
Racism & American Law
Real Estate Transactions
Relationship Approaches to Lawyering and Justice
Remedies
Sales
Securities Regulation (iLaw)
Secured Transactions
Selected Topics in Criminal Justice
Selected Topics in Criminal Justice: Comparing Jewish Law & American Law
Selected Topics in Criminal Justice: New York Criminal Practice
Selected Topics in Criminal Law: Contemporary Topics
Selected Topics in Criminal Law: New York Practice
Selected Topics in Employment Discrimination
Selected Topics in Racism & American Law: The History and Legal Trials of the Scottsboro Boys
Selected Topics in Tort Law
Selected Topics in Torts: Litigation Tort Claims
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: Direct Exam and Admission of Evidence
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: Expert Witnesses
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: Family Law Case
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: NY Rules of Evidence
Selected Topics in Trial Advocacy: Opening and Closing Arguments
Selected Topics in Trial Practice
Selected Topics in Trial Practice: Cross-Examination
Senior Citizen Project Clinic
Sentencing Law and Policy
Small Business & Not-for-Profit Clinic
Special Education Law
Sports Law
State & Local Government Law
Street Law
Structural Barriers and the Pursuit of Equity
Supreme Court Seminar
Torts
Torts Survey
Trademark Law (iLaw)
Trial Practice
Trusts & Estates
Veterans & Servicemembers Rights Clinic
White-Collar Crime
Wrongful Convictions

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