Interest Areas
Law and Economics
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Animal Law
January 25, 2023
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…
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Quantitative Reasoning
January 24, 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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Introduction to Accounting 3-Week Section
January 24, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: In Class This 1-credit spring course is designed to help students develop an understanding of the accounting information presented in corporate…
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Classical Liberalism and the Rule of Law
January 24, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam
Students will be expected to complete two short papers in response to course readings, and a longer paper… -
Corporations
January 24, 2023
Prerequisites: There is no formal prerequisite for the course. Students without a basic familiarity – not necessarily expertise – with rudimentary accounting and finance concepts,…
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Wielding Impact: Economics as Tool for Justice
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam The study of the law is inextricably linked with the study of what constitutes justice. Yet formalistic legal doctrine…
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Securities Regulation
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: Most students find it helpful to have completed or to take concurrently a course in Corporations before taking Securities Regulation. Exam Type: In Class…
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International Taxation
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: Taxation Exam Type: In Class This course will cover the basic federal income tax concepts, policy and law relating to taxation of foreign persons…
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Stakeholder Capitalism
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites:There are no prerequisites for the course. However, it is recommended that students either (a) have taken or are taking concurrently the Corporations course at…
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Corporate and Capital Markets Law and Policy
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for the course. However, it is recommended that students either (a) have taken (or are taking concurrently) the Corporations course…
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Empirical Law and Finance
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Empirical tools have been increasingly used in litigation, regulation, and policymaking in the fields of corporate law, corporate governance,…
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Race, Class, Policing, and Punishment
January 20, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam The virtually unprecedented overall rate at which we lock people up in this country, combined with the extreme concentration…
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Critical Corporate Theory Lab
January 20, 2023
Prerequisite: By Permission. Students interested in applying to join the Lab should submit a short (300 word maximum) statement of interest to Professor Hanson. The…
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Legal Policies, Randomized Control Trials, and Ethics
January 20, 2023
Prerequisites: Students who have completed either of the following Spring 2021 reading groups, Evaluating Criminal Justice Reform or Legal Policies, Randomized Control Trials, and Ethics,…
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Federal Budget Policy
January 20, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam
Students enrolled in the course will be expected to submit a series of reaction papers to… -
Securities Regulation
January 20, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class
In addition to an in-class examination, students will be asked to participate in blog postings on a… -
Failed Corporations: A Post-Mortem
January 20, 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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Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Fintech
January 19, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class We will explore in this course the law and policy issues that are raised by the use of the…
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Introduction to Accounting
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: In Class This 1-credit fall course is designed to help students develop an understanding of the accounting information presented in…
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Trusts and Estates
January 19, 2023
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…
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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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Introduction to Finance Concepts 4-Day Section
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: In Class This 1-unit course is designed to provide students with no prior coursework in finance an introduction to core concepts…
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Critical Corporate Theory Lab
January 19, 2023
Prerequisite: By Permission. Students interested in applying to join the Lab should submit a short (300 word maximum) statement of interest to Professor Hanson. The…
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Economic Analysis of Law
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: In Class What effects does law have? Do corporations pollute less, market safer products, and adhere more often to their…
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Comparative Corporate Governance
January 19, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Any-Day Take-Home
Paper option available. The business corporation is a central institution in the modern capitalist economy. There are,… -
Fundamentals of Statistical Analysis
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: No prerequisites, prior empirical or software background is not required for this course. This class can be taken as part of the HLS empirical…
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Farmed Animal Law and Policy
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: There are no formal prerequisites for the class, although an environmental law or animal law survey course is recommended. Exam Type: No Exam This…
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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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Law and Economic Development
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Any-Day Take-Home This course will explore past and present debates about the role of the legal order in economic development. We…
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Corporate Finance
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: Students must have taken Analytical Methods, Introduction to Finance Concepts, or a similar introduction to basic present value calculations at HLS or elsewhere. Exam…
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Law and Economics
January 19, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will provide students with exposure to ongoing research in the economic analysis of law. At most of…
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Corporate Governance: Corporate Purpose
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: Corporations, as co-requisite, or sufficient background with permission of the instructor. Exam Type: No Exam In this course, we will examine classic writings and…
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Empirical Methods and Data Analysis for Lawyers
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam: No Exam Empirical data, and statistical and empirical tools and concepts, are increasingly used in litigation, regulation, and legal policymaking and research.
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Tax Law, Finance, and Strategic Planning
January 19, 2023
Prerequisite: Taxation Exam Type: No Exam This course develops tools for understanding and evaluating the effect tax laws have on strategic planning in both business…
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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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Financial and Legal Needs of Low and Moderate Income Households
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam: No Exam The seminar will examine the opportunities and perils in consumer financial services available to low and moderate income households. We…
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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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Conceptions of Legal Entities
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: A prior or parallel course in corporate law at HLS or elsewhere, or prior experience in matters relating to the corporation or other business…
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Corporations
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: There is no formal prerequisite for the course. Students without a basic familiarity – not necessarily expertise – with rudimentary accounting and finance concepts,…
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Corporate Finance
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: No prerequisites, but a corporations course is strongly advised. Exam Type: In Class This course addresses the fundamentals of financial economics and reviews applications…
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Corporations
January 18, 2023
Prerequisites: This is an introductory course without formal prerequisites. Nevertheless, students who are unfamiliar with rudimentary accounting and finance concepts are encouraged to take…