Course Terms
Winter 2022
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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 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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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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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… -
Trial Advocacy Workshop
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite(s): It is highly recommended (but not required) that students complete a course in Evidence prior to taking this course. Familiarity with the rules of…
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American Indian Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This course is an introduction to federal Indian law, the body of law recognizing and limiting the sovereignty of…
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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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Local Government Law
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: One Day Take-Home Local governments exert tremendous influence over inequality, race relations, environmental health, political power, and housing and real estate.
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Criminal Procedure: Investigations
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Any Day Take-Home This course examines the issues that arise under the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments during the government’s investigatory…
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Financial Accounting 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 (JET) classes is Friday, December 3, 2021.
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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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Prerequisite: Corporations or permission to waive the requisite. Exam Type: One Day Take-Home Successful M&A lawyers (and bankers) provide leadership and judgment in…
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International Commercial Arbitration
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Last Class Take-Home This course provides an intensive introduction to the law, theory and practice of international commercial arbitration, which has…
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American Constitutionalism and the Insular Cases
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Any Day Take-Home This course will explore the constitutional history of American imperialism and, more specifically, the U.S. Supreme Court’s doctrine…
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The Craft of Lawyering
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 Friday, December 3, 2021.
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Introduction to Trial Advocacy
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 Friday, December 3, 2021.
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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 the jurisdiction…
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Negotiation Workshop
January 18, 2023
This course is team taught by a team of five faculty in collaboration with five teaching fellows. Faculty: Morgan Franklin ’17, Lecturer on Law, Clinical…
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Technology and the Public Interest
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 Friday, December 3, 2021. Students…
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Fashion Law Lab
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This experiential course meets January 4 to 14, 2022 and is taught by Nana Sarian, who served as General…
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Prerequisites: Property or permission of the instructor to waive the requisite. Exam Type: No Exam This experimental course will engage recent calls for a rewriting…
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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… -
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 Friday, December 3, 2021.
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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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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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Partnership Tax
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: Taxation or permission of the instructor to waive the prerequisite. Exam Type: In Class This class covers the formation, operation, and liquidation of all…
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Communications and Internet Law and Policy
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam The course will provide an introduction and overview to questions of communications and Internet law and policy. The intensive…
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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… -
Criminal Justice Appellate Clinical Seminar
January 18, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic (2 winter clinical credits + 2-3 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in…
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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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International Labor Migration
January 18, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will draw on case studies to examine international labor migration flows, governance issues under national and international…
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JuryX Workshop
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam
Instead there will be a 1200-word paper due at the end of the workshop. Ideal Discourse… -
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 (JET) classes is Friday, December 3, 2021.
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The Role of the Article III Judge
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: 1L Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and Fourteenth Amendment, or Constitutional Law: First Amendment Exam Type: No Exam The contemporary debate…
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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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Advocacy: The Courtroom and Beyond
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 Friday, December 3, 2021.