Winter 2021

Note: This course is restricted to first-year J.D. students only. The drop deadline for 1L January Experiential Term classes is December 4, 2020. Students may…

Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Making Rights Real: The Ghana Project (1 fall classroom credit…

Prerequisites: None. This course is designed for students with and without prior programming experience. Exam Type: No Exam This course is a variant of…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: One-day takehome

In addition there will be a 1200-word paper due at the end of the workshop.
Ideal Discourse…

Enrollment in this clinic will not fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: This clinic requires that students have taken at least…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam. Students enrolled in the course will be expected to submit a series of reaction papers to daily assignments, some…

This course is co-taught by Sheila Heen, Deborah Goldstein, Alonzo Emery, Gillien Todd, and Lisa Dicker. Note: This course is restricted to first-year J.D. students…

Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Environmental Law and Policy Clinical Course (1 winter classroom credit).

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This class covers selected topics in health care law, public health law, and (especially) bioethics. Among the topics that…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This course will draw on case studies to examine international labor migration flows, governance issues under national and international…

This course is co-taught by Professors Esme Caramello, Tyler Giannini, Michael Gregory, and Dehlia Umunna. Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This course is designed…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam

There will be no final exam or research paper – instead, students will write a 300-500 word…

Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: The Role of the State Attorney General (2 fall classroom…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Last Class Take-Home

Class participation and successful completion of weekly assignments will count for a significant portion of the…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: One Day Take-Home This course examines the challenges, successes, and opportunities in harnessing state and non-state efforts to promote international environmental…

This course is co-taught by Professors Esme Caramello, Tyler Giannini, Michael Gregory, and Dehlia Umunna. Note: This course is restricted to first-year J.D. students only.

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam The course will focus on the rapidly-changing legal system that is designed to regulate government ethics. The course will…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam The Appellate Courts and Advocacy Workshop combines a substantive review of key appellate litigation doctrines concerning appellate jurisdiction, standards…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Last Class Take-home This course provides an introduction to quantitative concepts and methods that are increasingly important for lawyers. We will…

Prerequisites: None Exam: No Exam Since the killing of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri in August 2014, there has been an…

Required Clinic Component: Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic (2 winter clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically enroll…

Note: This course is restricted to first-year J.D. students only. The drop deadline for 1L January Experiential Term classes is December 4, 2020. Students may…

Required Clinic Component: Supreme Court Litigation Clinic (2 winter clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically enroll…

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Last Class Take-Home This course provides a rigorous introduction to the field of international commercial arbitration, which has become the default…

Required Clinic Component: Environmental Law and Policy Clinic (2 winter clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam

A paper is required.
This course explores the full range of federal regulation of products subject to…

Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Supreme Court Litigation (1 winter classroom credit). This clinic…

Prerequisite: For JD students there are no formal prerequisites, although familiarity with the rules of evidence is assumed throughout the course. For LLM students, permission…

Required Class Component: Criminal Justice Appellate Clinical Seminar (1 winter clinical credit). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically…

Note: This course is restricted to first-year J.D. students only. The drop deadline for 1L January Experiential Term classes is December 4, 2020. Students may…

Prerequisites: Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and Fourteenth Amendment or Constitutional Law: First Amendment Exam Type: No Exam The contemporary debate over the proper…

Prerequisite: Corporations or permission to waive the requisite. Exam Type: In Class Successful M&A lawyers (and bankers) provide leadership and judgment in the…

Note: This course is restricted to first-year J.D. students only. The drop deadline for 1L January Experiential Term (JET) classes is December 4, 2020. Students…