Interest Areas
Contracts
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Cyberlaw Clinic Seminar
February 7, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Cyberlaw Clinic (3-5 fall clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically enroll you in…
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Cyberlaw Clinic Seminar
February 7, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Cyberlaw Clinic (3-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically enroll you in…
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Statutes and Justice
February 7, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam The principal controversy in modern statutory construction is the debate between purposivists and textualists. But these opponents in fact…
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Transactional Law Clinics
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Transactional Law Clinical Workshop (2 spring classroom credits). This clinic…
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Transactional Law Clinics
February 7, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Transactional Law Clinical Workshop (2 fall classroom credits). This…
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Transactional Law Clinical Workshop
February 7, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Transactional Law Clinics (4-5 spring clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically enroll you…
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Transactional Law Clinical Workshop
February 7, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Transactional Law Clinics (4-5 fall clinical credits). This clinic and course are bundled; your enrollment in the clinic will automatically enroll you…
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Law and Philosophy Workshop
February 7, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This workshop will examine new ideas at the intersection of law and philosophy. The workshop will meet weekly and…
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Bankruptcy
February 6, 2023
Pre/Corequisite: Students without prior basic exposure to business should normally take Corporations concurrently. Exam Type: In Class This is a comprehensive survey of the…
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Failed Corporations: A Post-Mortem
February 6, 2023
Prerequisites: Corporations is a required prerequisite and a course in bankruptcy or corporate reorganizations will be helpful, although not required. LLM students with experience in…
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Mergers and Acquisitions
February 3, 2023
Prerequisite or Corequisite: Corporations. For LLM students with the relevant background but who have not taken Corporations at HLS, contact Prof. Coates’s assistant, Stacy Tollman…
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Access to Justice in the Digital World
February 2, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This reading group explores the impact of new and emerging digital technologies on the longstanding barriers that low-income and…
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Contractual Interpretation
January 30, 2023
Prerequisite: JD: Contracts or permission to waive from the instructor. LLM: No prerequisite. Exam Type: No Exam This reading group explores the problem of contractual…
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M&A Innovation: Doctrine, Theory, and Practice
January 30, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam Merger and acquisition (“M&A”) deals evolve in response to doctrinal developments, economic and social changes, and the business purpose…
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Music and Digital Media
January 30, 2023
Prerequisites: A prior course or other background in copyright law would be useful but is not required. Exam Type: No Exam This course explores a…
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Advanced Topics in Contracts: Third Parties
January 30, 2023
Prerequisite: Contracts Exam Type: No Exam The seminar will focus on third parties in the law of contracts, commercial transactions, and private law more broadly.
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Startup Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Legal Technology
January 30, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This reading group will explore the journey of entrepreneurship via a combination of both case studies and supplemental readings.
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Cyberlaw Clinic
January 30, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Cyberlaw Clinical Seminar (2 spring classroom credits). This clinic and…
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Cyberlaw Clinic
January 19, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Cyberlaw Clinical Seminar (2 fall classroom credits). This clinic and…
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Contract Design: Theory and Practice
January 19, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will explore practices and strategies of contract design as one of the main tasks performed by transactional…
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Ethics, Economics and the Law
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Explores controversies about the use of markets and market reasoning in areas such as organ sales, procreation, environmental regulation,…
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Sports and the Law: Examining the Legal History and Evolution of America’s Three “Major League” Sports: MLB, NFL and NBA
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Last Class Take-home This introductory Sports Law course will offer an overview of the three major sports that dominate the American…
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Sports Law: Advanced Contract Drafting
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Last Class Take-home This course will provide students the opportunity to negotiate and draft agreements that a lawyer advising a…
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Bankruptcy
January 19, 2023
Co-requisite: Students without prior basic exposure to business should normally take Corporations concurrently. Exam Type: In Class This basic bankruptcy course covers the major…
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Contract Design
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites:None Exam Type: No Exam Student Welcome Video Good contracts create value by giving parties the right incentives to achieve their goals. A…
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Fashion Law Lab
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This experiential course meets Tuesday, January 3 to Friday, January 13, 2023 and is taught by Nana Sarian, a…
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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…