Course Terms
Winter 2021
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Teaching Lawyering for Justice
January 20, 2023
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…
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Lawyering for Justice in the United States
January 20, 2023
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.
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Environmental Law and Policy Clinical Course
January 18, 2023
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…
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Environmental Law and Policy Clinic
January 18, 2023
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).
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Diversity and Dispute Resolution
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam
There will be no final exam or research paper – instead, students will write a 300-500 word… -
Introduction to Trial Advocacy
January 18, 2023
This course is co-taught by Professor Ron Sullivan, Honorable Jay Blitzman, Mr. Thomas Newman, and Ms. Santha Sonenberg. Note: This course is restricted to first-year…
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International Commercial Arbitration
January 18, 2023
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…
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Policing the Police
January 18, 2023
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…
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Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
January 18, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Supreme Court Litigation (1 winter classroom credit). This clinic…
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Prerequisite: Corporations or permission to waive the requisite. Exam Type: In Class Successful M&A lawyers (and bankers) provide leadership and judgment in the…
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Trial Advocacy Workshop
January 18, 2023
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…
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Appellate Courts and Advocacy Workshop
January 18, 2023
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…
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Financial Analysis and Valuation
January 18, 2023
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…
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The Role of the Article III Judge
January 18, 2023
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…
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Leadership Fundamentals
January 18, 2023
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…
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Supreme Court Litigation
January 18, 2023
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…
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State Constitutional Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam
Each student will be responsible for one in-class presentation and two 6-8 page papers. This survey… -
Computer Science for Lawyers (CS50 for Lawyers)
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None. This course is designed for students with and without prior programming experience. Exam Type: No Exam This course is a variant of…
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Bioethics and Health Law: Selected Topics
January 18, 2023
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…
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Sports Law Clinic
January 18, 2023
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…
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Making Rights Real: The Ghana Project Clinic
January 18, 2023
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…
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Sports and the Law: Representing the Professional Athlete
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Last Class Take-Home
Class participation and successful completion of weekly assignments will count for a significant portion of the… -
Ideal Discourse: JuryX Workshop
January 18, 2023
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… -
Quantitative Reasoning
January 18, 2023
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…
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Pathways to Leadership Workshop for the Public Sector
January 18, 2023
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…
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Food and Drug Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam
A paper is required. This course explores the full range of federal regulation of products subject to… -
Criminal Justice Appellate Clinical Seminar
January 18, 2023
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…
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Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic
January 18, 2023
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…
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Negotiation Workshop
January 18, 2023
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…
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Legal Profession: Government Ethics – Scandal and Reform
January 18, 2023
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…
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Government Lawyer: Attorney General Clinic
January 18, 2023
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…
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International Environmental Law
January 18, 2023
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…
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Advocacy: Beyond the Courtroom
January 18, 2023
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…