Elective Course

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam As AI and networked digital technologies have become increasingly omnipresent and societally impactful, lawyers need to be prepared to…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam The main impetus for the Constitution of 1787 was the perception, spelled out in the very first paragraph of…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This Reading Group will provide students with an overview of private equity and explore various policy implications associated with…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam We will look briefly at the classical debate between exponents of natural law (Thomas Aquinas) and positive law (John…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam Misdemeanors comprise the vast bulk of the American criminal system, approximately 80 percent of criminal dockets, yet they are…

Prerequisites: Students who have completed either of the following Spring 2021 reading groups, Evaluating Criminal Justice Reform or Legal Policies, Randomized Control Trials, and Ethics,…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam The law possesses an inherent duality between society’s normative ideals and its positive commitment to the relevance and importance…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam An introduction to jurisprudence and the philosophy of law. Note: This reading group will meet on the following dates:…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This course will focus on human rights advocacy in the Muslim world. After providing an introduction to Islamic law,…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam It is commonly thought that wars end after a decisive military battle produces to a conclusive victory – one…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam There has been a vigorous, decades-long debate around the governance of digital technology – one conducted variously in the…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam Water is sometimes scarce, sometimes abundant, but always essential to life. Its governance presents a unique mix of international,…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam Debt is a powerful force in our market society. In addition to its economic significance, it implicates important social…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam In this reading group, we will explore historic and ongoing legal and policy debates about the fuels that power…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This reading group will explore situations and applications that challenge core principles in negotiation, mediation, and dispute systems design…

Prerequisite: 1L Constitutional Law or Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers Exam Type: No Exam Administrative law in the United States is often viewed as a…

Prerequisite: Some background in constitutional law may be helpful, but there are no prerequisites; all are welcome to enroll. Exam Type: No Exam The U.S.

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This is the second itertation of this course and will reflect some lessons learned from last year.  Its origin…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam At the intersection of debates about religion, private morality and public policy, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam In self-consciously reacting against the 19th century Realist novel, the Modernist authors of the 1920s and 1930s experimented with…

Prerequisite: This seminar will be by permission of the instructor, who strongly prefers that students have a background in advanced study of Jewish legal material.

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam In spring 2020-spring 2021, the United States ran a nationwide, real-time, high-stakes experiment to see what happened when you…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam In spring 2020-spring 2021, the United States ran a nationwide, real-time, high-stakes experiment to see what happened when you…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam In fall 2020, the United States is running a nationwide, real-time, high-stakes experiment to see what
happens when…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This workshop aims to provide students with an historical perspective on the phenomenon of legal pluralism world-wide, but with…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: In Class The class will analyze the strategic, practical and policy issues involved with copyright and trademark litigation from the…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam
Grades will be based upon short responses to weekly readings, a small project and presentation, and class…

Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…

Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office. This writing group will meet over…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Last Class Take-Home This course explores the complex relationship between Jews, Christians, and the development of law in the first centuries…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam In modern constitutional democracies, supreme court judges assume a role that entangles them in many of the most contentious…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This course, co-taught by David Kennedy and Martti Koskenniemi, will consider six themes discussed in their 2023 book “Of…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class Privacy is a key concern motivating legal challenges to private firms and public entities alike. Further, privacy is a…

Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…

Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…

Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…

Prerequisites: The seminar is intended for students who have studied money as a legal institution. Students must have completed one of the following courses previously:…

Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…

Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…

Prerequisite: Open to members of HLS Jessup International Moot Court and Willem Vis International Commercial Arbitration Teams Exam Type: No Exam This course, which is…

Prerequisite: Students who wish to enroll should have taken a course in either monetary law, financial regulation, or the history of economic regulation; participation is…

Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…

Required Clinic Component: Government Lawyer: U.S. Attorney Clinic (4-5 clinical credits; either fall or spring semester). Students who are accepted into this clinic will be…

Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…

Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…

Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…

Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…

Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…

Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…

Students enrolling in Fall-Spring groups are required to submit a signed Writing Group Registration Form to the Registrar’s Office by October 14, 2022.…