Spring Term Elective Course

Prerequisites: None Exam: No Exam; Paper in lieu of examination The world’s economic and political order reels under mounting challenges: the global financial crisis, the…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: One-Day Take-home The subject of this course is the criminal process “from bail to jail.” We will address some of the…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: One-Day Take-Home This course explores copyright law and policy.  Approximately two thirds of the readings and class time are devoted to…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar examines mass media depictions and imaging in our increasingly-tumultuous modern era. It situates this loaded imaging process…

Prerequisite: Public International Law is recommended. Exam Type: One-Day Take-Home The law of war is one of the oldest branches of international law, but whether…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam
Students will be expected to complete three reaction papers and send in discussion questions in advance of class.
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Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This course explores various strategies for systemic law and policy reform, focusing on legal systems that impact children, including…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam In this seminar we will examine the ways in which the rhetorical and communications principles of framing and narrative…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Environmental justice has taken center stage as a social, political, and legal issue in recent years, and one cannot…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This course offers an in-depth examination of the phenomenon of gender-motivated violence. Following a consideration of the prevalence and…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam In this reading group on Feminist Utopias, we explore literature, essays and history of women’s law reform movements through…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam More than 10 million Americans are under “correctional supervision” in the United States, which incarcerates people at a rate…

Prerequisite: Taxation Exam Type: In Class This course covers the major tax law and policy issues involved in the organization, operation, and restructuring of U.S.

Prerequisite: Admission is by application via email to Susannah Barton Tobin at stobin@law.harvard.edu by October 31, 2023. Please include a paragraph expressing your interest in…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Any Day Take-home This course uses the example of China as a springboard for asking fundamental questions about the nature of…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Any Day Take-Home

Course requirements include class participation, multiple short pieces of writing, and an exam.
This course is…

Prerequisites: Sound understanding of financial statements and valuation topics/models. Admission is by permission only and interested students should send a resume and a cover letter…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam. Students will be expected to complete two short papers in response to course readings, and a longer paper at…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class This course examines freedom of disposition in American succession law by way of: (a) intestate succession; (b) wills (including…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class Presidential elections are a uniquely consequential aspect of American democracy, yet they are governed by a distinct legal framework…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This reading group will provide an overview of different sectors of the food system and how law and policy…

Prerequisites: Civil Procedure or faculty permission to waive the prerequisite is required. Exam Type: Any Day Take-home This course will study legal doctrines, litigation strategies…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Cybersecurity and cyber conflict pose unique legal problems for governments, companies and citizens, with profound implications for the future of the…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Any Day Take-Home This course will introduce students to the federal Lanham Act and related common law doctrines designed to protect…

Prerequisites: Taxation Exam Type: One-Day Take Home This course will cover the basic federal income tax concepts, policy and law relating to taxation of foreign…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam What is a Constitution? Why, and under what circumstances, do people make them? What about the United States and…

Prerequisites: (A) One prior course on American constitutional law, and (B) one prior course on constitutional law, federal courts, administrative law, jurisprudence, or legislation /…

Prerequisite: There are no prerequisites, and 1L students are welcome in the class. Exam Type: One Day Take-Home Students will be evaluated on the basis…

Prerequisites: LLM students must have taken (1) Either Civil Procedure or Federal Courts, or equivalent coursework; AND (2) one of the following: Contracts, Torts, or…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam The threat of potentially catastrophic consequences from climate change due to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere…

Prerequisite: None. This course is designed to be fully accessible to those with no prior quantitative training or background in the subjects covered. Exam Type:…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam The Bonobo Sisterhood reading group explores the power and potential of female alliances to disrupt patriarchal systems. Through a…

Prerequisite: Patent Law or the permission of the instructor. Exam Type: No Exam In recent years, global public health has taken a turn for the…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam A survey of the main outlines of Continental European legal history from the fall of the Roman Empire to…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will examine various facets of the recent jurisprudence of the U.S. Supreme Court. We will consider a…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This workshop is devoted to reading and discussing new scholarly work on law and political economy. Outside speakers and…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This reading group will explore how environmental disasters drive migration and displacement in the United States, and how federal…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: In Class This course is a survey of federal natural resources law with a particular emphasis on how courts resolve disputes…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Through a combination of lectures and in-class simulations, this course will (i) provide an overview of the foundational aspects…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Algorithms are increasingly used in our society and their role is likely to increase in the next several decades.

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class In addition to an in-class examination, students will be asked to participate in blog postings on a range of…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type:One-Day Take-home This course will explore the role of race and ethnicity in American legal jurisprudence and history. Areas of focus will…

Schedule is forthcoming. Prerequisite: For JD students, you must have completed Corporations prior to enrolling in this course. For LLM students, Corporations or its equivalent…

Prerequisite: None Exam: In Class According to one of the framers, the “soul of the Constitution” was the clause allocating authority over money.   Over the…

Prerequisites: For JD students, completion of First Year Legal Research and Writing. For LLM students, completion of LRWA I is required and an enrollment…

Prerequisite: Instructor permission is required. Please send your CV to Brenda Bee (bbee@law.harvard.edu). Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will explore a series of issues…

Prerequisite: By Permission. Please send a one paragraph description of your related background and interest in the subject area to the instructor. Exam Type: No…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: In Class This course is taught from a book written by B-school professors for B-school students. It is entirely self-contained: there…

Pre/Co-requisites: Concurrent registration in Continental Legal History, or equivalent preparation is required, as is the ability to read simple Latin prose.

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This course will focus on equality, with an emphasis on racial equality, under the Fourteenth Amendment and the…