LAW 1. Law Visit Away. 1-16 Credit Hours.
For information on the visit away program, please see https://student.law.miami.edu/policies/finance/transfer-federal-student-aid-consortium-agreement/ or contact the Office of the Law Registrar at 305-284-4825.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 100. Business Associations. 3-4 Credit Hours.
This course is an introduction to agency, partnerships, LLCs and corporations, with a principal focus on the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of corporate directors, officers and shareholders.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 101. Commercial Law: Secured Transactions. 4 Credit Hours.
This is a course in the law of secured transactions. The focus is upon Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, although the course also covers transactions secured by interests in financial assets, much of which is governed by Article 8 of the UCC. The course proceeds by introducing the foundation concepts of the attachment, perfection, and priority of security interests, in considerable detail, including questions of the competition between security interests and Federal tax liens.
LW: Contracts.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 102. Commercial Law: Payment Systems and Negotiable Instruments. 3-4 Credit Hours.
The form and function of negotiable instruments (promissory notes, checks and drafts) under Article 3 of the Uniform Commercial Code; the system of bank collection of negotiable instruments under Article 4 of the UCC and federal reserve regulations; the modern payment media, including consumer electronic fund transfers under the EFTA and commercial wire transfers under Article 4A of the UCC. Consideration will be given to certain innovations enacted by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, including amendments to Regulation J of the Federal Reserve, governing the check clearing system; and clearinghouse requirements for swap transactions.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 103. Corporate Tax. 2-3 Credit Hours.
This course focus considers the basic tax consequences of transactions involving corporations and shareholders. .
Prerequisite: Federal Income Tax I.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 104. Securities Regulation. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 105. Federal Income Tax I. 4 Credit Hours.
This course introduces the basic concepts of, and helps students learn to solve problems with, the federal tax code and regulations. Subjects include: whether, to whom, and when income is subject to taxation; capital recovery; business deductions; and capital gains.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 106. Trusts and Estates. 3-4 Credit Hours.
This course will introduce students to trust and estate law with an emphasis on practical application.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 107. Agency and Partnership. 2-3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 108. Antitrust. 2-3 Credit Hours.
This course covers the three primary areas of modern U.S. antitrust enforcement: restraints of trade, monopolization, and harmful mergers and acquisitions.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 109. Banking Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 11. Civil Procedure I. 3 Credit Hours.
This course introduces the rules and principles governing procedural law in civil litigation.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 110. Bankruptcy. 3 Credit Hours.
An intensive study of the problems of the debtor and creditor under federal bankruptcy law.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 111. Communication Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 112. Copyright Law. 3 Credit Hours.
This course will address the legal protection provided under the Copyright Act of 1976 (and subsequent amendments) for artistic, musical and literary works, and software.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 113. Corporate Finance. 2-3 Credit Hours.
This course will introduce the law and economics of corporate finance.
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: Business Associations.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 114. Urban Land Use Law. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 115. Commercial Law: Theory and Practice. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 116. The Corporate Lawyer. 3 Credit Hours.
Requisite: must be a First Year JD Law Student (1L).
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 117. Startup Law and Entrepreneurship. 2 Credit Hours.
The purpose of this class is to explore the legal, business and practical aspects of counseling and/or starting a business enterprise. Startup Law exposes students, through practical experience, rigorous scholarship and policy analysis, to the diverse legal issues that are encountered by for-profit and nonprofit start-ups and growing businesses/organizations.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 118. Race in the Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 119. Insurance Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 12. Contracts. 4 Credit Hours.
This course is part of the required first-year JD curriculum. It provides exposure to basic contract law.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 121. Securities Regulation II. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 122. Florida Family Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 123. Introduction to Financial Accounting for Lawyers. 3 Credit Hours.
The course focuses on the analysis and use of financial accounting information in the evaluation of corporate performance.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 124. Corporate Finance: Asset Partitioning and the Rise of the Firm. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 125. Bankruptcy Bootcamp. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 126. Constitutional Law III. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 127. Partnership Tax. 3 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Federal Income Tax I.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 128. LWOW Sprint-X Inc.. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 13. Elements. 3 Credit Hours.
This course concentrates on specific substantive fields of law, focusing explicitly on legal institutions, the theories underlying them, the process of legal reasoning and the ways in which the law evolves.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 130. Torts Stories. 3 Credit Hours.
Requisite: must be a First Year JD Law Student (1L).
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 132. Trademark Law. 2 Credit Hours.
This course will provide an introduction to the legal protection under US law for trademarks, service marks and trade dress.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 134. Real Property and Government. 2 Credit Hours.
This course explores how government creates, regulates, and influences private ownership and use of real property.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 135. Economics for Lawyers. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 136. Family Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 137. Bankruptcy Tax. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 138. International Intellectual Property. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 139. Patent Law. 3 Credit Hours.
This course will cover the most important features of U.S. patent law.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 14. Property. 4 Credit Hours.
This course is part of the required first-year JD curriculum traditionally known as real rights or rights over things. It deals with possession and ownership of land and with the incidents thereof, including private and public restrictions on its use and development, nuisance, trespass, concurrent interests, landlord and tenant, and eminent domain.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 140. Taxation of Business Entities. 3 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Federal Income Tax I.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 143. Power and Influence. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 144. International Debt Workouts. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 145. Closely Held Businesses. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 147. Intellectual Property Problem Solving. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 148. The Morality of Intellectual Property. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 149. Global Issues and Con Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 15. Torts. 4 Credit Hours.
This course is part of the required first-year JD curriculum. This course examines the law governing civil liability for personal injury. The fundamental objective is to provide the student with knowledge of civil law also known as private law.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 150. Florida Legal Research Techniques. 1 Credit Hour.
This course is designed to equip students with the skills to utilize Florida legal resources effectively. This course will introduce students to Florida legal resources and provide hands-on experience in using Florida print and electronic legal resources.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 151. Legal Research Techniques. 2-3 Credit Hours.
This course will focus on teaching “real-world” legal research skills to prepare students for the challenges they will face in legal practice. Students will develop effective research skills, and an in-depth knowledge of the research tools. Specifically, this course will expose students to research methods and strategies that are employed in practice to effectively and efficiently research using secondary sources, statutes, cases, regulations, legislative materials, and practice materials, utilizing both current and emerging legal research tools and technology. The course will also review legal authority, how it is organized, and how to access it efficiently.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 153. Products Liability. 3 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Torts.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 154. Corporate Compliance and Risk Management. 3 Credit Hours.
This is an introduction to the growing Corporate Compliance segment of the legal industry.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 155. Principles of Legal Analysis. 0 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: SUS.
LAW 156. Internet Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 157. Intellectual Property for Business Lawyers. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 159. Media Law: Freedom of the Press in America Today. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 16. Criminal Procedure. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 160. Current Topics in Delaware Mergers and Acquisitions. 1-4 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 161. Mortgage Crisis. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 162. Negotiating and Drafting for the Business Entertainment I. 1-2 Credit Hours.
This course is designed for students who are interested in pursuing a transactional practice, and who wish to gain experience in advising clients, and reading, drafting and negotiating contracts, thereby better preparing themselves to meet the demands of parties actually engaged in commercial deals.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 163. Negotiating and Drafting for the Business of Entertainment II. 1 Credit Hour.
Prerequisite: Negotiating and Drafting for the Business of Entertainment I (LAW162 AS or LAW162BS) or 3Ls with the permission of the Professor.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 164. Regulation of Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers. 2 Credit Hours.
This course will examine the regulatory and compliance obligations of financial professionals that deal in securities and provide investment advice.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 165. Commercial Law: UCC. 4 Credit Hours.
With global specialization, trade is essential for life. Contracts must be concluded, goods shipped, and payments received. Much US trade law derives from the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) which you met in your Contracts course. This course includes selected topics in Article 2 (sales), Article 3 (negotiable instruments), Article 4A (payment orders), Article 5 (letters of credit), and Article 7 (bills of lading). More than half of the course will examine the largely independent life of Article 9 (secured transactions) which among other virtues helps soothe the fears of parties sending money and goods into the unknown. This is a unique, rigorous, assignment-based, online, asynchronous course centered on approximately three hours of weekly session videos which open each Friday morning, preceded by detailed class prep assignments due midnight Thursday, and followed by wider-ranging post-video assignments due Tuesdays. Save for the 3-hour multiple-choice final exam proctored in-person at Miami Law the course could be taken from anywhere on earth with an appropriate Internet connection. Since assignments begin immediately, the course cannot be added after Classes Begin without written permission. You must complete all first eight course assignments to continue in the course.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall.
LAW 166. Drafing Credit Documentation. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 167. Banking Law II. 3 Credit Hours.
Pre-Requisite for Banking law II.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 168. Comparative Sales. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 169. Regulatory State. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 17. U.S. Constitutional Law I. 4 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 170. Nature and Foundation of Entrepreneurship. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 171. Law and Economics of Corporate Crimes. 1-2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 172. Didd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 173. LWOW Sprint. 3 Credit Hours.
N/A
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.
LAW 174. Mergers and Acquistions. 2-3 Credit Hours.
This course will explore the law of mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
Pre-reg: BA (may be taken concurrently).
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 175. International Contracts. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 176. Images of Evil in Criminal Law. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 177. The Role of the In-House Counsel at a Nonprofit. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.
LAW 178. Mortgage Law. 2 Credit Hours.
This course examines the use of mortgage substitutes, installment land contracts, rights and duties of parties prior to foreclosure transfer of the mortgagor’s and the mortgagee’s interests and theories of title.
Prerequisite: Property.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 179. International Human Rights Lawyering and Advocacy. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.
LAW 180. Gender Violence, Social Justice, & Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 181. Latin American Family Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 182. Medical Responsibility. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 183. Entertainment Law: Theater and Venue Contracts. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 184. Bankruptcy Debtors and Creditors Right. 4 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 185. SEC Investigations: Ponzi Schemes, Stock Manipulations, and Insider Trading. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 186. Advanced Copyright in the Digital Age. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 187. Class Action Litigation. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 188. The Law and Development in Latin America. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 189. European Union Law and Institutions: Responding to the Financial Crisis. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.
LAW 19. Legal Communication and Research I. 2 Credit Hours.
Introduces students to sources of law, the nature of precedent, legal research, common law and statutory analysis, objective and persuasive legal writing, appellate advocacy, and the drafting of legal documents.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 190. Core Credit Independent Study. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 191. World Poverty and Human Rights. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
LAW 192. Discovery. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.
LAW 193. Representing the Professional Athlete. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.
LAW 194. The Legal Environment of the Cruise Industry. 3 Credit Hours.
Miami is the Cruise Capital of the World. Most of the millions of passengers who cruise from the US must bring their suits against cruise lines in the courts of South Florida. The rights of passengers and US regulation of cruise ships will be discussed, as will the environmental effects of cruising. Seafarer rights under US law also will be discussed.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall.
LAW 195. Negotiating and Drafting Sports Venue Agreements. 1-2 Credit Hours.
This course will provide students the opportunity to negotiate and draft complex agreements that a lawyer advising a sports team/owner and/or their counterparties , would encounter.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 196. Representing the Pre-Professional Athlete. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 197. Mindfulness and Leadership. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.
LAW 198. Cuba: Law, Policy, and Transition. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 2. LL.M. Oral Communication. 4 Credit Hours.
Requisite: Plan of LLM.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 200. Administrative Law. 4 Credit Hours.
This is a course about laws and rules that bind federal agencies, and thus about the extent to which federal agencies can make rules and decisions that bind us. It surveys the means by which people (and their lawyers) can challenge or influence administrative exercises of authority in the face of often broad or ambiguous delegations of authority from Congress, and in particular how and when agency decisions are subject to judicial review.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 201. False Confessions and Custodial Interrogations. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 202. Employment Discrimination. 3 Credit Hours.
This course will focus on the federal laws prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of race, sex (including sexual harassment and pregnancy), age, national origin (including language), disability, and other bases.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 203. The Religion Clauses. 1 Credit Hour.
Prerequisite: Con Law II.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 205. Labor Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Labor law structures the process through which workers organize and engage collectively, rather than individually, with their employers. This course will cover the basics of private sector labor law in the United States.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 206. Applied Topics in Advanced Music Copyright Law. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 207. Water Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 208. Evidence. 4 Credit Hours.
This course is concerned with the law of evidence applicable in civil and criminal proceedings in the United States.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 209. Federal Courts. 3 Credit Hours.
This course explores, sometimes in intensive detail, the principal jurisdictional bases of federal Article III courts.
Prerequisite: US Con Law I.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 210. Remedies. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 211. Civil Procedure II. 3 Credit Hours.
This course will expand on several areas and concepts covered by Civil Procedure I and add additional topics.
Prerequisite: Civil Procedure.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 212. Mental Health Law. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 213. Environmental Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 214. State and Local Government Policy. 2-3 Credit Hours.
States are the “laboratories of democracy” Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis said, and contemporary theories of localism argue that policy change can be driven by innovation at the municipal level. Each state has its own Constitution, its own court system, and its own legislative process.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 215. Analysis of Evidence. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 216. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW III: ARMAGEDDON IPA. 3 Credit Hours.
The particular focus of the course is the recent work of the Supreme Court reassessing important propositions of federal law.
Prerequisite: US Con Law I.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 217. Constitutional Law II. 4 Credit Hours.
This course covers the history and scope of individual rights under the U.S. constitution.
Prerequisite: US Con Law I.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 219. Finance and Regulation of Health Care Industry. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 221. Mass Incarceration. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 222. LEGISLATION (First Year Elective). 3 Credit Hours.
Requisite: must be a First Year JD Law Student (1L).
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 223. Alternative Dispute Resolution. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 224. Modern Alcohol Beverage Law. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 225. Health Law and Policy. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 226. Florida Tort Law: The Real Deal. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 227. Environmental Justice. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 228. Human Rights Advocacy in Latin America. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 229. Housing Discrimination. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 230. Complex Litigation. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 231. Disability Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 233. Florida Constitutional Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Unlike U.S. Constitutional Law, Florida Constitutional law must address several constitutional texts - the 1968 Constitution and its amendments. The course surveys Florida Constitutional Law in an effort to suggest something of its complexity.
Prerequisite: US Con Law I.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 235. Emerging Forms of Philanthropy and the Role of Private Foundations in Effecting Social Change. 1 Credit Hour.
This course will examine the role of private foundations in helping to effect social change, the tools they have available, the limitations on their activities, recent criticisms, and the emerging forms of philanthropy that offer different ways to achieve social impact.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 236. BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, AND SPORTS IMMIGRATION LAW. 2 Credit Hours.
This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of business immigration laws and procedure in the United States.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 237. LAW AND POLITICAL ECONOMY. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 239. Law and Medicine. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 240. WTO Litigation and Climate Change. 1-2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 242. Religion and Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 243. Islamic Law and Human Rights Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 244. Food Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 246. Employment Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 247. Labor and Employment Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 248. Space Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 249. Alcohol Beverage Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Survey of beverage alcohol and governance of all 3 tiers of the beverage alcohol industry in conjunction with various state and federal alcoholic beverage statutory schemes, promulgated rules and decisional case law.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 250. Election Law: Hot Topics. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 251. Search and Seizure. 3 Credit Hours.
Search and Seizure explores the evolution of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. The course, open to undergraduate and law students, develops the skills necessary to understand, evaluate, and develop legal arguments. Through the study of the government’s use of surveillance tactics over the decades, students will learn to evaluate legal arguments for and against limiting government searches and seizures of people and their property. Materials will include landmark Supreme Court decisions as well as journalistic and videos and articles that place those decisions in historical context. Grades will be based on a series of approximately three 300-to-500-word essays and a final examination.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 252. Environmental Law and Policy. 4 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 253. Natural Resources. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 254. Sports Law. 2 Credit Hours.
This course will survey the major areas of sports law with a focus on the laws governing professional and collegiate leagues, teams and athletes. The areas of sports law to be studied include antitrust, labor (collective bargaining and arbitration), trademark and copyright, rights of publicity and privacy, and anti-discrimination law. The laws that protect athletes from discrimination that will be highlighted are the U.S. Constitution (Equal Protection), Title VI and IX of the Civil Rights Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The history and underlying economics of professional and amateur sports will be introduced as necessary to aid in understanding the material.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 255. Hospitals, Health Care Services, and Access: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 256. First Amendment. 4 Credit Hours.
This course focuses on the individual rights guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. In particular, we will cover free speech and the press in the first half of the course, and both religion clauses (free exercise and establishment) in the second half. When applicable, the course will incorporate current events.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 257. CONSTRUCTION LAW. 3 Credit Hours.
LW: Contracts.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 258. Dispute Resolution in Latin America (Spanish). 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 259. Consumer Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 260. Environmental Litigation and Policy. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 261. MARITIME P.I.. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 262. UNION ORGANIZING AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN THE ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS INDUSTRIES. 1 Credit Hour.
This short course will provide an overview of union organizing under the National Labor Relations Act with a focus on real life organizing activities in connection with popular television shows and movies that the instructor has handled as well as in the Sports Industry.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 263. THE FUTURE OF LAW PRACTICE. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 264. Election Law. 3 Credit Hours.
This course provides an overview of the legal regulation of elections and politics with an emphasis on current controversies.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 265. SPECIAL TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS LAW. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 267. TOXIC TORTS & TOXIC REGULATION. 2 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Torts.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 268. LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 269. Hot Topics in Insurance Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 270. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE - LIFE SKILLS FOR LAWYERS. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 271. FLORIDA CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 272. Florida Civil Procedure. 2-3 Credit Hours.
Florida’s Rules of Civil Procedure provide the procedural framework for every case as it proceeds from the filing of the initial Complaint to a summary disposition or a trial.
Prerequisite: Civil Procedure.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 273. Medical Ethics. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 274. Sentencing Law and Policy. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 275. International Economic and Social Rights. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 276. Health Care and the Constitution. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 277. Aviation Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 278. Law of Obligations. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 279. Wrongful Convictions: Causes and Remedies. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 280. Aging and Special Needs Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 281. Entertainment Law. 1 Credit Hour.
This course is designed to arm students with the fundamentals of understanding the legal, business, and creative standpoints of production from its inception.
Open to students enrolled in the LL.M. or J.D./LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (“EASL”) who also have the prior permission of EASL’s Director of the Entertainment Track (Greg Levy). Please do NOT contact the Professor for permission.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 282. Human Trafficking. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 283. The Olympic Games and the Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 284. Galileo Project: Law, Science, Truth, and Power. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 285. Regulation of Identification. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 286. Planning Skills (Tax Skills and Policy). 3 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Federal Income Tax I.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 287. Cyber Crimes. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 288. Genome Ethics and Public Policy. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 289. Business of Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
LAW 29. Legal Communication and Research II. 2 Credit Hours.
Students work on litigation matters from filing to appeal. Students begin by writing a pre-trial motion—for example, a motion to dismiss, a motion for summary judgment, or a procedural motion. Students also present an oral argument on this motion.
Pre-Requisite: LComm I.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 290. Comp Legal Geog: Colonial and Postcolonial Land Regimes in the British Empire and Successor States. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 291. Competitive Strategy and the Legal Services Industry. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 292. Social Enterprise Clinic. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
LAW 293. Food and Drug Law (FDA). 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
LAW 294. Implementing Affordable Care Act. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 295. NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 296. The EU and NAFTA as the Regional Arrangements. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 297. LAW PRACTICE: SYSTEMIC ADVOCACY. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall.
LAW 299. Preparing the Corporate Client for Litigation. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 3. LL.M. Reading and Writing. 4 Credit Hours.
Requisite: Plan of LLM.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 300. Admiralty. 3 Credit Hours.
A study of legal issues arising in the maritime and recreational boating industry, including admiralty jurisdiction, maritime liens, salvage, cargo, carriage of goods by sea, charter parties, general average, the rights of seamen and maritime workers, collision and limitation of liability.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 301. National Security Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 302. Negotiation. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 303. Coastal Law. 3 Credit Hours.
This course examines the competing interests in the coastal zone, the problems of public and private ownership rights, State and Federal issues, and the conflicts of legal jurisdiction. Shifts in federal policy, as well as varying policy considerations, are explored in depth.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 304. Comparative Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 305. Corporate Skills for New Lawyers. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 306. Conflict of Laws. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 307. CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 308. Legal Informatics. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 309. International Business Transactions. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 310. Presentation of Evidence in International Arbitration. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 311. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 312. International Law. 3 Credit Hours.
This course provides students with an understanding of the development and application of the law governing the international community, its basic principles, doctrines, methodologies, institutions and processes.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 313. International Sales. 2 Credit Hours.
The course will provide the students an overview of the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts and CISG (Convention on International Sales of Goods) as main bodies of law in international commercial transactions.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 314. International Tax. 3 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Federal Income Tax I.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 315. Jurisprudence. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 316. Latin American Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 317. Ethics and Professionalism in an Ever-Changing World. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 318. Law of the Sea. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 319. Video Game Law. 1 Credit Hour.
Open to students enrolled in the LL.M. or J.D./LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (“EASL”) who also have the prior permission of EASL’s Director of the Entertainment Track (Greg Levy). Please do NOT contact the Professor for permission.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 320. Substantive Criminal Law. 3 Credit Hours.
This course examines the building blocks of how our criminal justice system defines criminal culpability – mental state, act, defenses and group liability – with the goal of enabling the student to approach any criminal case and understand how it might be charged or defended.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 321. Rule 56: Mastering Summary Judgment Motions. 2 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: LComm I & II; Civil Pro I.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 322. European Sport Law. 2 Credit Hours.
The overall course will cover regulatory bodies and dispute resolution methods, intermediaries and transfers, IP, and taxation, giving the student a holistic view of how the global sports ecosystem works, as well as a number of key happenings that take place within that system.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 323. THE ADVERSARY SYSTEM. 3 Credit Hours.
This course examines how the Supreme Court has at times fulfilled and at times neglected its constitutional duty to preserve our adversarial system of criminal justice.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 324. Advertising Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 325. European Comm Law. 2-3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 326. Constitutional Law III: The Constitutional Law of Business. 3 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: US Con Law I.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 327. Federal Courts IPA. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 328. The Freedom of Information Act. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 329. TRADE SECRETS. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 330. CLIMATE FINANCE. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Finance and financial markets are a significant focus of actions and policies to address climate change.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 331. TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube: The Legal Framework Governing Social Media. 1 Credit Hour.
n/a
Pre-req: must have taken Intellectual Property, IP for Business Lawyers, Copyright, or Trademark & Plan of EASL LL.M. or JD/ EASL LL.M. JD students with permission of the Director of EASL LL.M. Program. (Greg Levy).
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.
LAW 332. Criminal Procedure Adjuducation. 3 Credit Hours.
This course is the adjudication or "bail to jail" component of criminal procedure.
Prerequisite: Criminal Procedure.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 333. Int'L Economic Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 334. International Environmental Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 335. Immigration Law. 3 Credit Hours.
This course offers an introduction to immigration law, procedure and policy.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 336. International Finance. 1-3 Credit Hours.
The class examines legal issues relating to transnational financial activity.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 337. Comparative Constitutional Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 338. Basic Concepts in International Arbitration. 1 Credit Hour.
This is an intensive course intended for two types of students: those who are generally interested in international business transactions and want an overview of the most frequent method for resolving contractual disputes, and those who are intending to go on to take more intensive courses in the field of international dispute resolution.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 339. Doing Business in Latin America. 3 Credit Hours.
This course aims to prepare students to work in a cross-border and transnational legal and business context in Latin America.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 340. International Criminal Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 341. International Copyright. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 342. The Free Speech Clause. 1 Credit Hour.
Prerequisite: First Amendment or U.S. Constitutional Law II.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 343. Navigating Antitrust Risk. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 344. Property II. 3 Credit Hours.
This course is designed for students who have an interest in further exploring aspects of Property Law outside (or in more depth than) the coverage in their 1L class.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 345. ANTITRUST II. 2 Credit Hours.
LW: PRE-REQ- ANTITRUST.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 346. Comparative Immigration Law. 2-3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 347. Immigration Law and Policy. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 348. Museum Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 349. DIGITAL ASSET AND BLOCKCHAIN REGULATION. 2 Credit Hours.
In this course, we will discuss the most significant legal and regulatory issues pertinent to the space.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 350. Marine Ecology and Law Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 351. International Business Law Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 352. Boilerplate: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 353. INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH LAW AND THE TALMUD. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 354. IMPEACHMENT POLITICS IN CONSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE. 1-2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 356. Transactional Lawyering: Negotiating and Drafting Contracts. 2 Credit Hours.
LW: Contracts.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 357. European Union Competition (Antitrust). 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 358. International Family Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 359. Therapeutic Jurisprudence. 2-3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 360. Philosophy of Law. 3-4 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 361. Water Resources Law and Policy: China and Vietnam. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 363. Dispute Resolution in Latin America. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 364. Gaming Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 365. Elder Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 367. International Arbitration in Latin America. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 368. European Company Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 369. Race, Ethnicity, and Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 370. Federal Indian Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 371. International Civil Dispute Resolution. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 374. Global Lawyering. 2-3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 375. Military Justice. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 376. Corporate Criminal Liability: European Perspectives. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 377. U.S. and Latin America: Lawyering across Borders. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 378. Economy and Society: Institutions and National Development. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 380. Human Rights and Risk Management for Business Lawyers. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 381. The Law, Literature, and Capital Punishment. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 382. Large Scale Litigation - Practical Skills. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 383. Immigration, Ethnicity, and Public Policy. 1-3 Credit Hours.
This course exposes students to the recent literature on immigration and immigrant and ethnic minorities in order to explore the linkages through which "immigrants" become "ethnics" and the contrasting social and economic results of the process.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 384. Race, Ethnicities, and Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 385. European Union: History, Institutions, and Policy. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 386. Multi-Level Protection of Rights in Europe. 2-3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 387. SYSTEMIC ADVOCACY AND COMPLEX ACTIONS. 3 Credit Hours.
This course surveys complex actions and systemic advocacy as critical supplements to conventional law practice.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 388. Investment Arbitration. 1-2 Credit Hours.
Investment arbitration is developing into a distinct specialization as parties increasingly rely on arbitration provisions in Foreign Investment Legislation, Bilateral Investment Treaties as well as such instruments as the Energy Charter Treaty, the Washington Convention and NAFTA for mechanisms to settle disputes between states and investors.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 389. Human Rights in Times of War. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 39. Transactional Drafting and Negotiation (Cml-Llmo). 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 390. Spanish for Lawyers I. 3 Credit Hours.
The main objective of this program is to polish the students communicative skills, as well as develop the profession-specific vocabulary, for oral and written interaction with colleagues and clients in a formal and professional legal setting in Spanish.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 391. Water Resources Law and Policy: China and Vietnam. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 392. Art Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 393. Doing Business and Dispute Resolution - China. 4 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 394. Civil Rights, Economic Justice, and Independent Media. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 395. Cultural Property and Heritage Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 396. Migration and Immigration Policy Law and Reform. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 397. Tort Law: A Comparative Approach. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 398. INTERNATIONAL BANKRUPTCY (VIRTUAL). 3 Credit Hours.
Pre-requisite: Bankruptcy.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 399. Immigration, Strategy, and Removal Defense. 2 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Immigration Law.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 4. Introduction to Legal Communication and Writing. 2 Credit Hours.
Requisite: Plan of LLM.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 400. Professional Responsibility - U.S. and Multinational Practice Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Requisite: Plan of LLM.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall.
LAW 401. Ethics, Law, and Justice. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 402. Legal Ethics. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 403. Legal Profession. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 404. PRO BONO AND PUBLIC INTEREST LAW ETHICS AND LEADERSHIP SEMINAR. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 405. Ethics and Public Service. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 406. Professional Responsibility. 3 Credit Hours.
This course introduces students to the ethical requirements of the practice of law in The United States based on the American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Utilizing a problem-oriented casebook, the course covers the responsibilities of lawyers and their relationships with clients, the legal profession, the courts, and the public.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 407. LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW SEMINAR. 2 Credit Hours.
This seminar will introduce students to both plaintiff- and defense-side lawyer malpractice and professional liability litigation against the backdrop of the rules and standards of ethical and professional conduct promulgated by the American Bar Association, American Law Institute, and state court systems and bar associations (including The Florida Bar), as well as relevant federal and state statutes and common law doctrines governing the law of lawyering.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 408. Mindful Ethics: Professional Responsibility for Lawyers in the Digital Age. 3 Credit Hours.
his course uses cutting-edge fact patterns and legal decisions involving lawyer misconduct, social media and technology to expose students to the realities of professional missteps that can follow from seemingly innocuous activities.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 5. Introduction to Legal Research. 1 Credit Hour.
Requisite: Plan of LLM.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 50. Legal Career Paths. 0 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 500. God, Science, and Politics. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 501. THE LAW OF INTERNATIONAL TREATIES. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 502. HEALTH LAW: FRAUD AND ABUSE. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 503. Legal Academic Writing. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 504. Consumer Protection. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 505. Drafting and Negotiating International Oil and Gas Agreements. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 506. The Tenth Justice. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 507. Trial Strategies. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 508. THE LAW OF CREATIVITY. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 509. Advanced Legal Writing: Non-Litigation Drafting. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 510. International Trade Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 511. Enterprise Technologies for Lawyers. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 512. Civil Rights Litigation. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 513. Mindfulness in Law. 2 Credit Hours.
This course explores the role of mindfulness as a collection of tools of awareness that can enrich one's skillset in relationship to the stimulating and challenging aspects of legal practice and life.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 514. Policing the Police. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 515. PRACTICAL SKILLS FOR LAWYERS. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 516. Topics in Advanced Copyright. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 517. REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, AND SUSTAINABILITY. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 518. Advanced Topics in Bankruptcy. 2 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Bankruptcy previously or concurrent.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 519. Drafting Complex Arbitration Clauses. 1 Credit Hour.
This course will provide students with an overview on the drafting of complex arbitration clauses in an international context and has important practical applications.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 520. Statistics for Lawyers. 3 Credit Hours.
This course will introduce law students to the statistical analyses frequently used in the legal system.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 521. Robot Law. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 522. THE DEATH PENALTY AS A LEGAL AND SOCIETAL PHENOMENON. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 523. Legal Issues in Guantánamo. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 524. THE LEGAL DEFENSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 525. Health, Ethics, Law, and Policy. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 526. The Uncitral Model Law On International Commercial Arbitration. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 527. Law Firm Management Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
N/A
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.
LAW 528. Space Law: Regulating and Incentivizing Private Commercial Activities in Outer Space. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 529. Transnational Litigation and International Arbitration with a European Nexus. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 530. Real Estate Transactions. 2 Credit Hours.
This course provides an in-depth analysis of how real property is purchased, sold and financed.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 531. COMMUNITY LAWYERING: DESIGNING RADICAL PRAXIS. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 532. Socially Engaged Art in Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 533. TRANSACTIONAL SKILLS I. 3 Credit Hours.
This interactive, practice-oriented course is a prerequisite to Transactional Skills II and will introduce students to the core building blocks of commercial contracts and the fundamentals of negotiation and drafting. Students will learn how to translate business terms into contract terms and will act as junior associates working with their peers and a practicing attorney.
Pre-requisite: Contracts & B.A. (Pre-req or Co-req).
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 534. Topics in Florida Practice. 2 Credit Hours.
This course provides students with a foundation of content and skills necessary to pass the Florida bar exam.
Requisite: Must be graduating 3L or LL.M in their final semester of law school.
Components: LEC.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
LAW 535. LAW FOR GROWTH STAGE COMPANIES. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 536. Complex International Negotiations. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 537. Advanced Topics in Family Law. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 538. Diversity and the English Legal System. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 540. Marriage Equality: Practical Implications for a Post-DOMA Landscape. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 541. Deal Skills: Cross Border Finance Transactions. 1-2 Credit Hours.
This skills course will cover the lifetime of finance transactions from the term sheet stage, through closing and beyond.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 542. Children and the Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 543. Religious Freedom and Same-Sex Marriage. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 544. GENOMIC MEDICINE, ETHICS AND THE LAW. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 545. Database Management Systems for Lawyers. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 546. Transactional Skills III: Advanced Business Practices and Drafting of Transaction Documents. 2 Credit Hours.
This is a practice skills course for students having completed TS II and will address in greater depth the business and legal issues applicable to public and private acquisition transactions.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 547. Big Data for Lawyers. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 548. Introduction to Death Penalty Litigation. 2 Credit Hours.
This course will serve as an orientation to death penalty litigation in Florida, focusing on the changing state law, the growing national consensus against the death penalty, Florida's unique position, and constitutional challenges.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 549. Motion Picture Financing. 1 Credit Hour.
Open to students enrolled in the LL.M. or J.D./LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (“EASL”) who also have the prior permission of EASL’s Director of the Entertainment Track (Greg Levy). Please do NOT contact the Professor for permission.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 550. Urbanization, Capitalism, and Development Class. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 551. Topics on Multistate Bar Exam. 0-2 Credit Hours.
The course is structured as a 2-hour seminar focusing on MBE subjects and questions.
Requisite: Must be graduating 3L or LL.M in their final semester of law school.
Components: LEC.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
LAW 552. Intellectual Property in Digital Media. 1 Credit Hour.
Open to students enrolled in the LL.M. or J.D./LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (“EASL”) who also have the prior permission of EASL’s Director of the Entertainment Track (Greg Levy). Please do NOT contact the Professor for permission.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 553. Philosophies of Sentencing. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 554. International Humanitarian Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 555. Climate Change Law and Policy. 2 Credit Hours.
This two-credit course examines regulation of climate change from an international, national, and local perspective.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 556. Law and Power in the European Union. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 557. Introduction to Programming for Lawyers. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 558. Inter-Am System of Human Rights. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 559. Law and Popular Culture. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 560. TRANSACTIONAL SKILLS II. 3 Credit Hours.
A critical skill for any aspiring lawyer is the ability to review and draft documents that pertain to different types of transactions and situations. This course provides students with the opportunity to follow a number of such transactions—from the inception of the client relationship through the entire deal process and its ultimate closing.
Pre-requisite: Must have taken Business Associates and Transactional Skills I.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 561. Education Reform, Policy, and the Social Organization of Schooling. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 562. International Maritime. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 563. TRUSTS & ESTATES ESSENTIALS. 2 Credit Hours.
This course introduces students to (and prepares them for advanced study and research in) the substantive law of wills, trusts, and estates.
Requisite: Cannot take Trusts & Estates Essentials (LAW563) if previously taken Trusts & Estates (LAW106).
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 564. Introduction to Caribbean Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 565. Adv Programming for Lawyers. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 566. Memos, Pleadings, and Motions. 2 Credit Hours.
Memos, Pleadings, and Motions is an intensive writing course that hones a key skill for legal practice: transforming a predictive memo into a persuasive court filing. The course includes lessons on argument structure, legal research, grammar, writing style, and citations.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 567. Legal Advocacy and Same-Sex Marriage. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 568. Patent Litigation. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 569. Race, Class, and Power: University Course on the #BlackLivesMatter Movement. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 570. Spanish for Lawyers II. 3 Credit Hours.
The second course in the Spanish for Lawyers Program, this class builds upon the content and skills developed in the first one.
Prerequisite: Spanish For Lawyers (Beginner).
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 571. International State Responsibility. 1-2 Credit Hours.
For the international community to consider that it has a system of law, its subjects must somehow be held responsible for breaches of legal obligations.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 572. Everglades Law & Policy. 2 Credit Hours.
This compressed course will provide an overview of the law and policy of Everglades restoration through a blend of field visits and classroom learning.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 573. Data Security and Incident Response. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 574. The Law and Lawyers in Modern Literature. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 575. Comparative Criminal Justice. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 576. The Language of Habeas. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 577. Latin American Law and Institutions. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 578. Forensics of Advocacy in International Arbitration I. 2 Credit Hours.
This is the first installment in a two-semester simulation of arbitral proceedings, covering all practical aspects of an international arbitration from the genesis of a dispute to a plenary hearing.
Requisite: International Arbitration LL.M. or J.D./International Arbitration LL.M. student.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 579. FORENSICS OF ADVOCACY IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION II. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 580. HEALTH LAW: PRACTICE AND WORKSHOP. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 581. Regulation of Mutual Funds and Investment Advisers. 2 Credit Hours.
This course, Regulation of Mutual Funds and Investment Advisers, is an advanced course in securities regulation.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 582. Cyber Security Policy and Regulations. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 583. THE EVOLUTION OF PRODUCT LIABILITY IN THE UNITED STATES. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 584. BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS STRATEGIES. 1 Credit Hour.
This course is an introduction to the application of Blockchain technology in different business environments and industries.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 585. Social Media Law. 2 Credit Hours.
This two-credit course covers the law governing social media platforms and how it shapes the speech that we read and post online.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 586. Federal Policymaking: Legislation, Regulation, and Litigation. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 587. Judgment and Decision Making. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 588. FLORIDA POST-CONVICTION PROCEDURE. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 589. INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW AND PRACTICE. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 590. CONTEMPORARY LAW FIRM FORMATION, INNOVATION, AND MANAGEMENT. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 591. Ancient Greek and Roman Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Provides a broad, historical overview of the legal systems of both ancient Greece and Rome. The focus of the course falls upon articulating the chief attributes of two very different legal frameworks from the ancient Mediterranean world: Greek law was primarily ‘procedural’ in nature, that is, concentrated above all on questions of process, jurisdiction, and the like, whereas Roman law was ‘substantive,’ considering inter alia rights, obligations, and offenses. In considering these differences, the course treats some of the most famous figures in the ancient canon—including Lysias, Demosthenes, and Cicero—as well as a range of legal topics from criminal law to family law, contracts, and delicts.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 592. PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION IN THE PRIVATE PRACTICE. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 593. Justice and the Pro Bono Ethic. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 594. Advanced Trademark. 2 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Trademark.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 596. Florida Family Law: Parenting Issues. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 598. Florida Family Law: Financial Issues. 2 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Family Law taken prior or concurrent with this course.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 599. Law, Policy, and Technology. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 600. Waldo: Workers and Labor Defense Organization. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 601. Environmental Planning and the Environmental Impact Statement. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 602. Cultural Property and Heritage. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 603. International Commercial Arbitration. 2 Credit Hours.
The seminar is a survey of the law and regulation of international commercial arbitration as seen from the perspective of the United States courts.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 604. HABEAS CORPUS SEMINAR. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 605. Topics in Citizenship and Immigration Law Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 606. SELECT TOPICS IN ART AND MUSEUM LAW SEMINAR. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 607. Assembly and Protest: War, Race, and Class. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 608. Islamic Finance Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 609. Emotion and the Law. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 610. EVIDENCE AND TRIAL PRACTICE SEMINAR; ADVANCED TOPICS. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 611. TOPICS IN TECHNOLOGY LAW SEMINAR. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 612. COMMUNITY EQUITY INNOVATION & RESOURCE LAB. 2 Credit Hours.
Pre-req or Co-req: Public Interest Law Seminar.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 613. SEXUALITY, GENDER IDENTITY AND THE LAW. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 614. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 615. Writing for the Judiciary. 2 Credit Hours.
This seminar is designed to closely replicate the actual responsibilities of a law clerk to a United States Supreme Court Justice.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 616. LAW, TECHNOLOGY AND PRACTICE. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 617. Rights of Nature. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 618. UCC: Essentials. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 619. Comparative Corporate Goverence Sem. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 620. CONTRACTS & EXCUSES: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 621. Sources of and Responses to the New Equality. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 622. American Legal History Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 623. Race, Slavery, and Citizenship in the Nineteenth-Century United States. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 624. Death Penalty Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 625. Philosophy of Law Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 626. Advanced Torts. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 627. THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE: THE CURRENT MOMENT. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 628. Contemporary Issues in Class Action Litigation Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 629. Conservation, Tourism, and Development Seminar (Coastal Management). 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 630. Fourth Amendment Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 631. Workers Compensations Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 632. Scientific Evidence: In Theory and in Court. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 633. International Sustainable Development Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Pre-requisite: At least one of the following: international law, international environmental law, international economic law, environmental law.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 634. Complex Litigation Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 635. Feminism and the First Amendment. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 636. LAW FIRM ETHICS, LEADERSHIP, AND MANAGEMENT SEMINAR. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 637. Constitutionalism, Democracy, and Human Rights. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 638. Advanced New York Convention Workshop. 2 Credit Hours.
Requisite: International Arbitration LL.M. or J.D./International Arbitration LL.M. student.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 639. The Criminalization of Homelessness: Causes, Policy Responses, and Practical Lawyering. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 640. LAW & NEUROSCIENCE. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 641. Criminal Justice Colloquium. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 642. Social Justice in the Administrative State. 2 Credit Hours.
N/A
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 643. MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION: LAW, PRACTICE, AND STRATEGY. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 644. Research for Litigators. 1 Credit Hour.
Research for Litigators is a research skills course that gives students practice using resources and research strategies deployed in various stages of litigation.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 645. Current Topics in Criminal Litigation Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Pre-Requisite: Substantive Criminal Law or equivalent.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 646. Voting Rights Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 647. Employment Discrimination Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 648. Intellectual Property Theory Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 649. CONTRACTS & EXCUSES: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 650. U.S. TAX POLICY: CURRENT TOPIC. 2 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Federal Income Tax I.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 651. Public Int Law and Ethics. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 652. Advanced Bankruptcy: Cross-Border, Municipal, and ABC Proceeding. 2 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Bankruptcy previously or concurrent.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 653. Litigation: Past, Present, and Future. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 654. Constitution, Rights, and Territory in American History Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 655. FEDERAL CRIMINAL MOTION PRACTICE SEMINAR. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 656. Public Sector Employment Law Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 657. Advanced Immigration. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 658. Mindfulness and Motivating Business Compliance with the Law. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 659. Minority Rights in International Law Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 660. First Amendment Fundamentalism. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 661. SECOND AMENDMENT FUNDAMENTALISM SEMINAR. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 662. Comparative Criminal Law Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 663. Law of the Sea Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 664. The Duty to Protect Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 665. RACE & ECONOMIC JUSTICE. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 666. Internet Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 667. Advanced Constitutional Law Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 668. TAX LAW RESEARCH. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 669. Pretrial Litigation Practice. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 670. Marine Ecology and the Law Seminar. 2-3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 671. International Organizations Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 672. Advanced Topics in Reproductive Rights/Reproductive Justice. 2 Credit Hours.
n/a
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 673. Business Planning Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Business Associations and Federal Income Tax I.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 674. Food Law Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 675. Marine Insurance. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 676. Transitional Justice and Human Rights Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 677. Ethics 2030: The Next Agenda for the Model Rules of Professional Responsibility. 2 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Professional Responsibility.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 678. Pre-Emption Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 679. INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE FOR LAWYERS. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 680. Globalization and Law Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 681. FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT. 2 Credit Hours.
Arbitration is an essential part of dispute resolution today, including both purely domestic disputes as well as cross-boarder disputes. As a consequence, practitioners are required to understand the legal framework under which arbitration is conducted in the United States.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 682. Torture and the Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 683. Trade in Antiquities: U.S. and International Law and Policy Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 684. Indigenous Women's Rights. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 685. Advanced Arbitration Seminar. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 686. International Business and National Security Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 687. Civil Rights in the Supreme Court. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 688. Issues in Appellate Law Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 689. Procedure: Legislative and Judicial Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 690. Florida Mortgage Law Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 691. Topics in Jewish Law Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 692. Building Worker and Community Power to Respond to the Carceral State. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 693. Selected Readings in Gender Violence. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 694. Arms Control Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 695. Introduction to Federal and Florida Arbitration Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 696. Islamic Legal System. 2 Credit Hours.
This course is an introduction to the Islamic legal system in both its historical and contemporary forms.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 697. NON-COMPETE LAW. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 698. Critical Race Feminism Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 699. Judge in Jewish and U.S. Legal Systems in Comparative Perspectives Seminar. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 700. Advanced Appellate Advocacy I. 2 Credit Hours.
Whether you are arguing to an appellate judge, a trial judge, or the senior partner in a law firm, you need to know how to make a strong legal argument. Rarely does this come naturally to people. This class helps students develop the skills to write effectively and argue under fire.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 701. Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) in College Athletics. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 702. Advanced Appellate Advocacy II. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: WKS.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 703. Criminal Justice Policy Reform. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 704. PRIVACY LAW. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 705. THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF SOVEREIGN DEBT MANAGEMENT. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 706. Evidentiary Theory Workshop. 2 Credit Hours.
Requisite: Must be graduating 3L or LL.M in their final semester of law school.
Components: WKS.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 707. Special Topics in Federal Courts. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 708. Bankruptcy Clinic I. 3 Credit Hours.
The Eleanor R. Cristol and Judge A. Jay Cristol Bankruptcy Pro Bono Assistance Clinic at Miami Law offers pro bono legal services to low-income individuals and entities that are dealing with financial problems.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 709. Bankruptcy Clinic II. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 710. Fundamentals of Human Rights Law. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 711. DEATH PENALTY PRACTICUM. 3 Credit Hours.
Pre-requisite: Introduction to Death Penalty Litigation.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 712. CRIMINAL EVIDENCE WS. 2 Credit Hours.
This workshop is designed to teach specific trial skills: Cross-examination, voir dire examination, and the opening and closing arguments.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 713. Class Action and Multi District Litigation. 1-2 Credit Hours.
Historically, litigation involved the adjudication of disputes between individual parties over discreet claims. See, Best Practices in Federal Pretrial Litigation I. In the modern world, it has become increasingly common for legal disputes to involve multiple parties, battling over multiple claims in separate forums.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 714. Fashion Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 715. Judicial Writing. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 716. SELECTED PROBLEMS IN CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 717. Craft Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis: Reg and Transactional Considerations for Industry and Investors. 1 Credit Hour.
This course will explore these concepts from both the vantage point of the operators of these businesses, as well as from the perspective of investors in this robust period of incubation and growth. The goal of this course will be to enable critical issue spotting for attorneys at the periphery of these industries or to serve as a jumping off point for attorneys who wish to specialize in these substantive areas.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 718. COVID -19: LAWYERING IN A PANDEMIC. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 719. NEGOTIATION SKILLS FOR CLIENT COUNSELING. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 720. TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: BIODIVERSITY LAW. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 721. Electronic Discovery. 2 Credit Hours.
This advanced writing course focuses on electronic discovery under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules of the Southern District of Florida.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 722. Business Litigation. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 723. International Investment Agreements. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 724. A.I. Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 725. Negotiation Skills. 1 Credit Hour.
This course focuses on the concepts and techniques in lawyer negotiation situations.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 726. COLLABORATIVE FAMILY LAW DIVORCE. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 727. Aviation Law W/S. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 728. CROSS CULTURAL COLLABORATION. 2 Credit Hours.
Requisite: Plan of LLM.
Components: WKS.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 729. COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES IN EMERGING MARKETS. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 730. Advanced Workshop On Wto Dispute Settlement. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 731. Wrongful Convictions: Causes and Remedies. 2 Credit Hours.
The course will examine the criminal justice system from the point of view of innocence persons convicted of crimes.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 732. Law and Economics of Intellectual Property and Innovation. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 733. Comparative Admiralty and Maritime Law. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 734. Environmental Appellate Advocacy. 2 Credit Hours.
This course introduces students to general appellate rules and procedures with a focus on brief writing and oral advocacy.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 735. LAWYERING AND ETHICS FOR THE BUSINESS ATTORNEY. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 736. PROGRAMMING FOR LAWYERS IN PYTHON. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 737. Children and Youth Law Clinic I. 6 Credit Hours.
Many cases have impact beyond the individual clients served by the Clinic. The Clinic views its educational mission as one in which students do not just learn the law, they help make the law. The Clinic is also an integral player in Florida's children's legal services community, engaging in statewide impact litigation, law reform advocacy and community lawyering.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 738. Children and Youth Law Clinic II. 6 Credit Hours.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 739. UN Climate Negotiations. 1-2 Credit Hours.
Climate change is arguably the most pressing and complex environmental problem facing our planet. This class delves into the issues of law and policy involved in the international regulation of climate change mitigation and adaptation. The travel course centers around attending one week of the annual climate change treaty negotiations and writing short policy briefs on international climate change issues.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 740. Mediation Advocacy. 2 Credit Hours.
This course will prepare students to effectively advocate on behalf of their client in mediation.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 741. Introduction to the Deal. 3 Credit Hours.
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: Business Associations.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 742. Mediation. 2 Credit Hours.
This seminar examines mediation theory and practice from the perspective of the Florida mediator.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 743. Law and the Media. 2 Credit Hours.
This seminar will explore how law and the mass media interact by examining issues such as the development of sexual harassment law and the proliferation of high-profile trials.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 744. RESEARCHING THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 745. FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL RESEARCH. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 746. BIOETHICS MEDIATION. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 747. International Moot Court I. 2 Credit Hours.
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to refine their written and oral advocacy skills on international law litigation.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 748. International Moot Court II. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: WKS.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 749. Reorganization in Bankruptcy Workshop. 2 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Bankruptcy previously or concurrent.
Components: WKS.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 750. BEST PRACTICES IN PRETRIAL LITIGATION IN THE FEDERAL COURTS. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 751. Business and Human Rights. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Human rights advocates and governments have increasingly focused on corporate accountability for human rights impacts.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 752. Trial Competition Workshop. 1-2 Credit Hours.
Components: WKS.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 753. Poverty Law, Policy, and Practice. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: WKS.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 754. PATENT PROSECUTION. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 755. HEALTH LAW AND POLICY. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 756. (RE)SEARCHING FOR JUSTICE. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 757. TRANSACTIONAL LEGAL RESEARCH. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 758. Professional Responsibility and Ethics I Workshop. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 759. TRADEMARK MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS STRATEGY. 2 Credit Hours.
This course focuses on the primary legal and procedural requirements for acquisition, registering, maintaining, exploiting, and enforcing trademarks under federal law.
LW: Pre-requisite: IP for Business Lawyers or Trademark Law.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 760. Human Rights Clinic. 6 Credit Hours.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 761. Animal Law. 2 Credit Hours.
N/A
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 762. Latin American Contracts. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 763. WHITE COLLAR CRIMINAL LAW. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 764. INTRODUCTION TO TELEVISION LEGAL AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS. 1 Credit Hour.
Open to students enrolled in the LL.M. or J.D./LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (“EASL”) who also have the prior permission of EASL’s Director of the Entertainment Track (Greg Levy). Please do NOT contact the Professor for permission.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 765. Human Rights Clinic I. 6 Credit Hours.
The Human Rights Clinic (HRC) works for the promotion of social and economic justice globally and in the United States. Students gain firsthand experience in cutting-edge human rights litigation and advocacy at the local, national, regional, and international levels.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 766. Human Rights Clinic II. 6 Credit Hours.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 767. INTERNATIONAL ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING: LAW, POLICY, AND COMPLIANCE. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 768. Criminal Prosecution and Defense Lawyering. 2 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Criminal Procedure and Substantive Criminal Law.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 769. Legal Protection of the Ocean and its Biodiversity. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 770. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND THE NEW YORK CONVENTION. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 771. Winning Federal Motions Practice I. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 772. Winning Federal Motion Practice II. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 773. Tenants Rights Clinic. 6 Credit Hours.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 774. Miami/Zurich Seminar in Business and Finance. 2-3 Credit Hours.
The Miami/Zurich Seminar in Business and Finance focuses on international and comparative law issues in business and finance. In this program, a small group of selected Miami students has the opportunity to spend 5 days in May in Zurich with students and professors from the University of Zurich. These students spend 5 days in February at Miami Law hosting visiting students from the Swiss university.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 775. Maritime and Coastal Legal and Policy Issues in Miami. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 776. Family Mediation Workshop. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: WKS.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 777. Litigation Skills I: Summer Intensive. 6 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 778. Professional Responsibility and Ethics Workshop II. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 779. Federal Appellate Clinic I. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: PRA.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 780. Litigation Skills I Workshop: Pretrial. 3 Credit Hours.
This comprehensive and rigorous trial training program offers students a unique opportunity to develop fundamental skills for trial practice.
Prerequisite: Evidence or Analysis of Evidence.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 781. ADVANCED RHETORIC: LEGAL ANALYSIS, PERSUASION, AND ADVOCACY. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 782. Restorative Justice Processes. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 783. Death Penalty Workshop. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 784. University of Strathclyde-Miami Law Clinic Exchange Workshop. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: WKS.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 785. Health Rights Clinic I. 6 Credit Hours.
The Health Rights Clinic is a medical legal partnership operated in collaboration with the UM Miller School of Medicine. Students participating in the Health Rights Clinic represent multiple clients in different legal matters related to health.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 786. Health Rights Clinic II. 1-6 Credit Hours.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 787. Street Law I. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 788. Street Law II. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 789. Innocence Clinic I. 6 Credit Hours.
The Innocence Clinic is dedicated to identifying and correcting wrongful convictions and is committed to exonerating innocent individuals and combating injustice. Miami Law’s Innocence Clinic is one of two Innocence Network member organizations in Florida and is the only university-based innocence organization in the state.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 790. Effective Client Communications. 2 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Civil Procedure I, LComm I and II.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 791. Children and Youth Law Clinic. 6 Credit Hours.
The Children & Youth Law Clinic (CYLC) is an in-house, live-client clinic that represents children in foster care and former foster youth in dependency, health care, mental health, disability, independent living, education, immigration and other general civil legal matters, ensuring that they have a voice in court proceedings.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 792. Innocence Clinic II. 6 Credit Hours.
The Innocence Clinic is dedicated to identifying and correcting wrongful convictions and is committed to exonerating innocent individuals and combating injustice. Miami Law’s Innocence Clinic is one of two Innocence Network member organizations in Florida and is the only university-based innocence organization in the state.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 793. Investor Rights Clinic. 6 Credit Hours.
The Investor Rights Clinic is a one-semester clinic staffed by second and third-year law students who represent under-served investors in securities arbitration claims against their brokers before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). FINRA is a self-regulatory organization that administers the largest forum for arbitration of securities claims in the United States. Arbitration is the most widely used means of resolving disputes in the securities industry.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 794. Federal Appellate Clinic II. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: PRA.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 795. Miami Leipzig Exchange. 2-3 Credit Hours.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 796. MINDFULNESS AND NEGOTIATION. 1 Credit Hour.
This course explores the ways that mindfulness may enrich one’s skill set in relationship to the negotiation process.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 797. Immigration Clinic I. 6 Credit Hours.
Established in the fall of 2009, the Immigration Clinic provides a challenging opportunity for students to advocate on behalf of immigrants in a wide variety of complex immigration proceedings. In addition to helping individual clients, students collaborate with other immigrant rights groups on projects that reform the law and advance the cause of social justice for immigrants.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 798. IMMIGRATION CLINIC II. 6 Credit Hours.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 799. STARTUP CLINIC. 4 Credit Hours.
The Startup Clinic introduces University of Miami School of Law students to the practice of law in the context of providing strategic legal and business advice to actual clients on the various issues that arise from starting, managing, and growing their businesses.
Prerequisite: Startup Law and Entrepreneurship.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
LAW 800. Upper Level Writing Requirement. 2-3 Credit Hours.
Independent research course that provide a rigorous writing experience in a legal context in conformity with ABA Standard 303.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 801. Individual Research. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 802. Independent Research. 2 Credit Hours.
Independent research course that provide a rigorous writing experience in a legal context in conformity with ABA Standard 303.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 803. Individual Research. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 804. Individual Research. 1-4 Credit Hours.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 805. Transactional Skills III: M & A Simulation. 2 Credit Hours.
N/A
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 806. COVID -19: LAWYERING IN A PANDEMIC EXPERIENTIAL PROJECT. 1-2 Credit Hours.
LW: CO -REQ COVID -19: LAWYERING IN A PANDEMIC.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 807. Law and Society. 2-3 Credit Hours.
This course delves into the realm of legal theory and its multifaceted exploration of the legal system’s structure, its effectiveness, and the dynamics of compliance with, and resistance to, the law.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 808. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDEPENDENT PAPERS AGGREGATED. 3 Credit Hours.
One course in intellectual property (e.g., Patent, Copyright, Trademark, IP for Business Lawyers) or professor permission in light of relevant work or life experience (e.g., experience as a patent agent or in copyright licensing business).
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 809. Investigations. 1 Credit Hour.
N/A
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 810. Transactional Skills III: Legal and Business Issues in Initial Public Offerings. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 811. WNBPA Practicum. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 812. Food, Animals, and Environmental Policy. 3 Credit Hours.
We all eat food several times a day, and all food production or extraction has environmental impacts. This course starts from the relatively recent scientific understanding that animals produced or caught for human consumption have outsized environmental impacts relative to other foods, particularly in an era of industrialized, concentrated production.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 813. Statutory Employment Law. 1 Credit Hour.
This class provides a survey of the law governing the primary statutes that govern the basic equality and safety-net guarantees of the employment relationship: Title VII, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and Workers Compensation. The emphasis is the legal rights of the individual employee. The materials will not cover labor law or common law doctrines, and, while covering the basics of Title VII, is not intended to provide comprehensive coverage of employment discrimination. Students interested in more in-depth treatment of those topics are encouraged to take Employment Law, Labor Law and/or Employment Discrimination instead of or in addition to this class. This class will also not cover employee benefits/ERISA. Students who have taken Professor Elmore's 3-credit Employment Law (LAW 246) class may not take this course.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 814. Law and A.I. Practicum. 3 Credit Hours.
The AI Practicum is an innovative, hands-on program designed for students at the University of Miami School of Law to develop critical skills in the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the legal domain. Through this practicum, students will engage in the development, testing, and evaluation of AI technologies to enhance legal education, research, and practice. This course is divided into three core areas: Developing AI Skills in the Legal Domain, Testing AI Tools, and Leading Law and AI Projects.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 815. SYSTEMIC ADVOCACY PRACTICUM. 2 Credit Hours.
Co-requisite: Soc Impact Advocacy Seminar.
Components: PRA.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 816. Business Law Review. 2-3 Credit Hours.
Independent research course that provide a rigorous writing experience in a legal context in conformity with ABA Standard 303.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 817. University of Miami Law Review. 2-3 Credit Hours.
Independent research course that provide a rigorous writing experience in a legal context in conformity with ABA Standard 303.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 818. International and Comparative Law Review. 2-3 Credit Hours.
Independent research course that provide a rigorous writing experience in a legal context in conformity with ABA Standard 303.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 819. Inter-American Law Review Writing. 2-3 Credit Hours.
Independent research course that provide a rigorous writing experience in a legal context in conformity with ABA Standard 303.
Components: IND.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 820. Principles of Public Interest Lawyering. 3 Credit Hours.
SUMMER PUBLIC INTEREST FELLOWSHIP - Students will engage in a survey course alongside a full-time internship at a non-profit or governmental agency designed to introduce them to the foundations of public interest advocacy and social justice. A combination of weekly readings, lectures, in-class projects, simulations and workshops will foster a greater understanding of various aspects of public interest lawyering and the access to justice gaps in our legal system. Students will explore different mechanisms for change including direct service, policy, impact work, and movement lawyering, as well as conflict resolution strategies, and will be exposed to issues that impact low-income and vulnerable communities including immigration law, criminal justice reform, environmental justice, health law advocacy, child advocacy, and other vital topics.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Summer.
LAW 821. CRIMINAL CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS. 2 Credit Hours.
This course will provide a comprehensive overview of the investigation and prosecution of federal criminal civil rights violations in the United States, with a specific focus on hate crimes and police misconduct cases.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 822. ADVANCED HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 823. Analytical Methods for Lawyers. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 824. FRAUD RISKS FOR START-UPS AND INVESTORS. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 825. EASL-LegalARTLink PRACTICUM. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Students in the EASL LL.M. or J.D./LL.M. program gain practical legal experience by assisting artists with legal issues.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 826. Cyber Civil Rights Initiative Practicum. 2 Credit Hours.
Pre-req and/or Co-Req: Law, Policy, and Technology; Civil Rights Litigation; or The Wire.
Components: PRA.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 827. Florida Supreme Court Internship. 1-12 Credit Hours.
The Florida Supreme Court Fellows Program provides third-year law students with a unique opportunity to learn about Florida's highest court operation and gain experience as future lawyers and leaders in their communities.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 828. Psychology Public Policy and Law Journal. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 829. Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition I. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: PRA.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 830. International Energy Arbitration. 1 Credit Hour.
Energy-related disputes represent around 40% of the ICSID case load. Some of the most controversial cases that have resulted in the largest damages awards concern energy projects. Energy, in its many forms (oil, gas, mining, electric power and other energy industries), continues to be at the center of the debate as it engages in energy transition efforts.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 831. SJD Seminar. 3 Credit Hours.
The SJD Seminar is open to students admitted to the University of Miami School of Law’s SJD program. The seminar presupposes that SJD candidates have developed significant expertise in general areas of substantive law and have already identified an area of inquiry for the conduct of advanced research.
Components: SEM.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 832. Civil Rights Practicum. 2 Credit Hours.
Pre-req and/or Co-Req: Law, Policy, and Technology; Civil Rights Litigation; or The Wire.
Components: PRA.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 833. Spanish for Lawyers: Individual Study. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 834. PREP Fellows. 2-4 Credit Hours.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 835. CLINICAL FELLOW. 1-6 Credit Hours.
Fellows provide mentorship to current Interns and engage in advanced clinical work.
Components: CLN.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 836. National Security and Armed Conflict Law Review. 1-2 Credit Hours.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 837. Writing and Editing for Lawyers. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 838. Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition II. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: PRA.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 839. Race and Social Justice Law Review. 2-3 Credit Hours.
Independent research course that provide a rigorous writing experience in a legal context in conformity with ABA Standard 303.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 840. CEPS 3L Fellowship. 1-4 Credit Hours.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 841. Law and Economics. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 842. Disaster Law. 1 Credit Hour.
This course examines the law and policy of disasters (natural and technological) from hazard-mitigation planning, to emergency response, to cost sharing and compensation after an event, to long-term recovery. Climate change is increasing both the frequency and severity of natural disasters.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 843. Speaking the Law. 1 Credit Hour.
This public speaking course focuses on advancing the verbal communication skills lawyers need outside the courtroom. The course takes law students from client pitches to large-audience presentations and teaches the students how to present their work and ideas to various groups. During this first course offering, the course will prepare students for effective presentations to potential and current clients, third parties, mediators, and opposing counsel. Students will be given all written materials necessary to prepare their presentations. Students will therefore be able to focus on improving their verbal communication skills.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 844. LAW REVIEW EXECUTIVE BOARD I. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: EXP.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Fall.
LAW 845. LAW REVIEW EXECUTIVE BOARD II. 2 Credit Hours.
Participating students receive credit for work on a law review. Students who participate can receive one or two pass/fail academic credits each semester, up to four credits in total. The number of credits a student is entitled to is determined by the number of hours of academic work attributed to the executive board position on the law review. Students must complete a minimum of 42.5 hours of work for one credit. Students must complete a minimum of 85 hours of work for two credits.
Components: EXP.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 846. SUPERVISED PRACTICAL TRAINING. 0 Credit Hours.
Components: THI.
Grading: SUS.
LAW 847. Environmental Legal Research. 1 Credit Hour.
n/a
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 848. Entrepreneurship Principles for Start-Up Businesses. 2-3 Credit Hours.
In this course, law students will learn about the start-up business process and the various legal issues that arise in the process.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 849. Lwow X Compliance. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: DIL.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 850. Externship:Burton Young Fellow. 1-6 Credit Hours.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 851. Florida Topics in Environmental Law & Policy. 3 Credit Hours.
This course will provide an overview of environmental policy at the state and local level in Florida. The course will include an analysis of relevant law, policy, and emerging issues for Florida-specific environments, focusing on environmental themes that are of particular importance to marine professionals, such as: Everglades restoration, coral reef protection, fish and wildlife management, watershed and land management, invasive and listed species, waste management, energy, and climate change policies.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 852. Social Justice Research Capstone Seminar. 0 Credit Hours.
This course is only open to students in Social Justice & Public Interest (SJPI) Concentration and Area of Focus.
Components: SEM.
Grading: NON.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 853. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LEGAL RESEARCH. 1 Credit Hour.
This course will focus on federal and state administrative law research skills and provide students opportunities to practice these skills.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 854. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CLINIC I. 2-6 Credit Hours.
The clinic provides rights education, interdisciplinary research, public policy resources, and advocacy and transactional assistance to low- and moderate-income communities discriminated against by public and private actors in the fields of civil rights (e.g., housing and transportation), environmental protection (e.g., climate change, food access, land use, and pollution), and poverty law (e.g., economic development and municipal equity).
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall.
LAW 855. NIL and Content Creator Lab. 2 Credit Hours.
The Lab consists of UM Law students and supervising attorneys who collaborate with UM student athletes and content creators through teams of 2-3 law students assigned to athlete or content creator clients. The Lab takes a holistic approach in building, pitching and legally protecting your business. Each team assists clients, on a pro bono basis, in building brands and creating unique business opportunities by managing all legal aspects, including entity formation, contract review and negotiation, and brand protection. Here at The Lab, we’re a team! We work with clients to fulfill their wishes. Together, The Lab empowers student athletes and content creators to leverage their NIL rights and monetization opportunities as a vehicle to learn business, legal and life skills.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 856. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CLINIC II. 2-6 Credit Hours.
The clinic provides rights education, interdisciplinary research, public policy resources, and advocacy and transactional assistance to low- and moderate-income communities discriminated against by public and private actors in the fields of civil rights (e.g., housing and transportation), environmental protection (e.g., climate change, food access, land use, and pollution), and poverty law (e.g., economic development and municipal equity).
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.
LAW 857. RACE, CRIME & POLITICS. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 858. ADVANCED FOUNDATIONS IN LAW. 2 Credit Hours.
This course provides students with the foundational skills necessary to be successful in law school and on the bar exam.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 859. Transactional Skills III: Negotiating and Drafting Private Equity Agreements. 2 Credit Hours.
This course is designed to introduce students to the legal framework that governs the private equity industry. Co-taught by an in-house private equity lawyer and a partner at a law firm, this course focuses on the role of lawyers in the formation and operation of private equity funds, with an emphasis on practical preparation of students. Topics covered include fund formation, deal sourcing, transaction documentation, operations, and environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) issues. Course Objectives By the end of this course, students should be able to (i) identify key legal documents, concepts and terms critical to the private equity industry, (ii) describe why and how private equity funds are raised and operated, and (iii) apply their knowledge via providing comments and commentary to draft legal documentation.
Pre-requisite: Option 1 - Contracts, Business Associations, and TS I and TS II "OR" Option 2 - Contracts, Business Associations, TSI AND either Law 546, OR Introduction to the Deal, "OR" permission from Professor Weldon.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall.
LAW 860. Fisheries and Wildlife: Law and Policy. 3 Credit Hours.
This course will provide an overview of fisheries and wildlife law, including practical applications at the federal, state, and local level. The course will also include an introduction to statutes, rules, regulations, and emerging issues in fisheries and wildlife law and policy. This course will focus on themes that are of particular importance to environmental professionals, such as sustainable fisheries, marine mammal protection, aquaculture, fish and wildlife management, criminal enforcement, and conservation of public lands/waters.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 861. Advanced Topics in International Law. 2 Credit Hours.
This course explores the intricate interplay between law and politics in the realm of Public International Law.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 862. Advanced International Moot Court. 2 Credit Hours.
The course covers basic concepts of international law, public and private, plus oral advocacy skills and research techniques.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 863. Salvage, Treasure & Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. 3 Credit Hours.
This course will examine the relevant maritime law in the area of international treasure salvage, in particular the general maritime law of salvage and that of finds, the Abandoned Shipwreck Act, the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, and key international convention in this area, in particular the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) and the 2001 UNESCO Convention on Underwater Cultural Heritage.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 864. Observer Engagement at COP. 1 Credit Hour.
This one-credit course focuses on climate change from an international perspective, through the lens of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 865. THE CLOUD IS BENEATH THE SEA-SUBMARINE CABLES AND INTERNATIONAL LAW. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 866. CYBER CIVIL RIGHTS INITIATIVE PRACTICUM II. 2 Credit Hours.
LW: Pre-Req - Cyber Civil Rights Practicum I.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 867. COMMUNITY LAWYERING PRACTICUM. 1-2 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: Community Lawyering: Designing Radical Praxis (LAW531).
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 870. Externship: Civil Rights. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 872. Law Review Writing I. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 873. Dissertation Research and Writing. 6 Credit Hours.
Dissertation Research and Writing to develop their own course of study throughout the residency year. The student’s course of study is to be developed with, and is subject to the approval of, the faculty advisor. The course of study will involve extensive research in the area of law that is the subject of their dissertation.
Components: THE.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 874. Health Law and Practice Practicum. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: PRA.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 875. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW INDEPENDENT PAPER AGGREGATION SEMINAR. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 876. Litigation Skills II: Criminal Litigation. 3 Credit Hours.
Litigation Skills II: Criminal Litigation, a three credit advanced litigation skills workshop for students who have successfully completed Litigation Skills I. This in-depth workshop, taught by practicing criminal defense attorneys, will have students utilizing actual police reports, depositions and real-life fact patterns, as well as various hypotheticals. The course will cover all aspects of criminal litigation, including complex pretrial motions, developing trial strategy, jury selection, advanced persuasion techniques, use of storytelling, direct and cross examination techniques, examining expert witnesses, plea bargaining and sentencing advocacy. Students will participate in mock trials and will hear from local judges, prosecutors, and/or law enforcement officers.
Prerequisite: Litigation Skills I.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 877. Litigation Skills II: Business Litigation. 3 Credit Hours.
This advanced business/civil litigation training course is for students who have successfully completed Litigation Skills I. It is taught by practicing commercial litigation attorneys. Students will be trained to litigate civil business litigation cases from the inception of a case through trial. The pre-trial phase of the course will focus on case development. Students will draft and argue motions to dismiss, draft written discovery, depose and defend fact witnesses, depose and defend expert witnesses (actual practicing accountants who are brought to class), argue motions to strike/limit expert witnesses (Daubert challenges), argue punitive damages motions, and participate in a mediation. Students will develop advanced persuasion techniques, examination techniques, and advocacy skills, and learn about ethics in the legal profession and business litigation. At the end of the course, students will be divided into teams and will prepare for, and try, a final jury trial, after which they will receive feedback from local judges and mock jurors on their performance.
Prerequisite: Litigation Skills I.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 878. Litigation Skills II: Trial Team. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 879. Litigation Skills Externship. 3-6 Credit Hours.
The Litigation Skills program provides rigorous, hands-on training, enabling students to gain the practical skills necessary for professional legal practice.
Prerequisite: Litigation Skills I.
Components: EXP.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 880. Litigation Skills I Workshop: Trial. 3 Credit Hours.
This comprehensive and rigorous trial training program offers students a unique opportunity to develop fundamental skills for trial practice.
Prerequisite: Evidence or Analysis of Evidence.
Components: PRA.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 881. Criminal Justice Policy Reform Practicum. 2 Credit Hours.
Pre-Req: Must be enrolled in the Criminal Justice Policy Reform Lecture (LAW703).
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 883. Externship: Washington DC. 6-9 Credit Hours.
The D.C. externship program provides students with an opportunity to learn multiple dimensions of lawyering through integration of real-world practice experience and academic inquiry. The D.C. Externship seeks to expose students, in particular, to the landscape of legal practice within government and non-profit agencies that operate in Washington, D.C. Under the supervision of a licensed attorney, students do their fieldwork at approved externship placements in a diverse range of litigation, transactional and policy settings. The classroom component of the course focuses on legal skills, ethics, theory and professional development to enhance the student’s learning in the real world practice setting.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
LAW 884. Immigration Rights Externship. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 885. TAXATION OF SHIPPING. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: PRA.
Grading: SUS.
LAW 886. Llm Externship. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: THI.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 887. NFTs: LEGAL AND BUSINESS CONSIDERATIONS. 1 Credit Hour.
You’ve probably been hearing a lot about “blockchains”, “smart contracts”, and “NFTs”. If these topics interest you, here’s a chance to do a deep dive into these emerging technologies with one of the leading experts and negotiators in the field. Steve Krause is VP, Head of Commercial Legal for Dapper Labs, the creators of NBA Top Shot™, NFL ALL DAY™, UFC Strike™, CryptoKitties™, and the developer of the original NFT License. By the end of this weeklong course, you’ll have a deeper understanding of these evolving technologies, popular current debates and critiques, and their potential to create and drive value in the future.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 888. Health Law Externship. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: PRA.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 889. LL.M. Practicum I. 1-3 Credit Hours.
This hands-on component is also required in many LL.M. programs and is also available to J.D./LL.M students. A practicum requirement affords students the opportunity for additional training in the workplace.
Components: PRA.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 890. LL.M. Practicum II. 1-6 Credit Hours.
This hands-on component is also required in many LL.M. programs and is also available to J.D./LL.M students. A practicum requirement affords students the opportunity for additional training in the workplace.
Components: PRA.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 891. LL.M. Practicum III. 1-4 Credit Hours.
This hands-on component is also required in many LL.M. programs and is also available to J.D./LL.M students. A practicum requirement affords students the opportunity for additional training in the workplace.
Components: PRA.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 892. International Distribution and Franchise Agreements. 1 Credit Hour.
In an ever-increasing global marketplace, businesspeople seek a variety of ways to place their services and products overseas via direct investment or through a net of local players in the targeted markets. The course will address the issues that are commonly embedded in international distribution and franchise relationships, including pre-contractual negotiation, performance, and non-performance.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 893. General Counsel Practicum. 3 Credit Hours.
The General Counsel Practicum is a blueprint for students to learn, in a hands-on environment with the Legal Department at the MIAMI Association of REALTORS®, the skills needed to practice as a general counsel. Topics include contract drafting, regulatory compliance, risk management, corporate and nonprofit governance (for both MIAMI REALTORS® and its subsidiaries), alternative dispute resolution (arbitrations, ombud program, mediations, and ethics cases), government affairs, public policy, labor and employment issues, and strategic legal decision-making. The practicum allows a limited number of students (up to six) to be placed with the Legal Department at MIAMI REALTORS®, Inc., the largest local REALTOR® association in the United States with 62,000 members, and second largest in the world. The course is for 3 credits and is pass/fail. The course meets weekly for two hours with the Chief Legal Counsel of MIAMI REALTORS® (and guest speakers) for subject matter training and professional development. Students are required to attend other meetings for credit (e.g., board meetings, vendor meetings, contract negotiations).
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 895. Rules of Play: Sports and Games as Legal Systems. 1 Credit Hour.
This course operates from the premise that sports and other games are legal systems that present a rich array of legal problems, interesting in their own right and often also interesting because of their analogy to problems that arise in other contexts. Among the topics to be discussed are: (1) How should competition be structured? For example, what metrics should be used to determine a winner? How (if at all) should ties be broken? What standards should be used for eligibility (for example, in the case of transgendered and bionic athletes)? (2) How should the bounds of acceptable conduct be determined? For example, when should deception or stalling be punished, and when should they be treated as acceptable parts of the game? How should misconduct be punished? (3) What are appropriate remedies for official errors?
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 896. Externship I. 3 Credit Hours.
The University of Miami School of Law Externship Program is a JD class that provides second-year (2L) and third-year (3L) students, in good academic standing, an opportunity to gain practical legal experience by working with corporations (in-house legal department or general counsel's office), government agencies, public interest organizations or the judiciary for academic credit. Students gain legal experience by working under the supervision of practicing lawyers, which is enhanced by a classroom component that allows students to maximize the learning opportunity. Law firms, of any size, do not qualify to serve as externship field placements.
Components: EXP.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 897. Externship II. 3 Credit Hours.
The University of Miami School of Law Externship Program is a JD class that provides second-year (2L) and third-year (3L) students, in good academic standing, an opportunity to gain practical legal experience by working with corporations (in-house legal department or general counsel's office), government agencies, public interest organizations or the judiciary for academic credit. Students gain legal experience by working under the supervision of practicing lawyers, which is enhanced by a classroom component that allows students to maximize the learning opportunity. Law firms, of any size, do not qualify to serve as externship field placements.
Components: EXP.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 898. Externship III. 3 Credit Hours.
The University of Miami School of Law Externship Program is a JD class that provides second-year (2L) and third-year (3L) students, in good academic standing, an opportunity to gain practical legal experience by working with corporations (in-house legal department or general counsel's office), government agencies, public interest organizations or the judiciary for academic credit. Students gain legal experience by working under the supervision of practicing lawyers, which is enhanced by a classroom component that allows students to maximize the learning opportunity. Law firms, of any size, do not qualify to serve as externship field placements.
Components: EXP.
Grading: SUS.
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, & Summer.
LAW 899. ENERGY REGULATION IN AN AGE OF TRANSITION. 1 Credit Hour.
The energy system is in the midst of profound transformation, driven by concerns about climate change and efforts to decarbonize energy supply; technological innovations that have made renewable energy, energy storage, and electric vehicles economically competitive; a constantly shifting regulatory landscape; and global conflicts that have revived calls for the United States to become both energy independent and to ramp up its exports of fossil fuels.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 900. ENTERTAINMENT, ARTS, AND SPORTS LAW SPEAKER SERIES I. 0 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: SUS.
LAW 901. Introduction to U.S. Litigation. 1 Credit Hour.
Requisite: Plan of International Law or JD/LLM Int'l, International Law or JD/LLM Int'l Arbitration.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 902. Entertainment Law in Latin America. 1 Credit Hour.
This course will cover the legal aspects of television show production in Latin America, oriented to attorneys willing to practice in the field of entertainment for either U.S. or foreign TV networks and production companies doing business in Latin America.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
LAW 903. Purchase and Sale of a Minor League Baseball Team. 1-2 Credit Hours.
This course will place students in the role of law firm associates simulating a transaction to either buy or sell a professional sports team. Students will work along side senior partners and associates at the law firm of Sidley Austin.
Open to students enrolled in the LL.M. or J.D./LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (“EASL”) who also have the prior permission of EASL’s Director of the Entertainment Track (Greg Levy). Please do NOT contact the Professor for permission.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.
LAW 904. REPRESENTING A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS FRANCHISE CASE STUDY COMPETITION. 0 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 905. ENTERTAINMENT, ARTS, & SPORTS LAW SPEAKER SERIES II. 0 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: SUS.
LAW 906. Legal Issues in Motion Picture Production and Distribution. 1 Credit Hour.
Open to students enrolled in the LL.M. or J.D./LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (“EASL”) who also have the prior permission of EASL’s Director of the Entertainment Track (Greg Levy). Please do NOT contact the Professor for permission.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 907. Intellectual Property Transactions & Negotiations. 1 Credit Hour.
This course will analyze agreements with material intellectual property rights components, including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret license agreements; distribution agreements; and supply agreements. The course will introduce students to different types of intellectual property provisions—including warranties, indemnifications, and license grantbacks—and different methods of drafting, analyzing, and negotiating agreements.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall.
LAW 908. ENTERTAINMENT LAW: A REAL-WORLD GUIDE TO THE PRACTICE. 1 Credit Hour.
Open to students enrolled in the LL.M. or J.D./LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (“EASL”) who also have the prior permission of EASL’s Director of the Entertainment Track (Greg Levy). Please do NOT contact the Professor for permission.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 909. ARBITRATION INSTITUTIONS IN A CHANGING AND CHALLENGING WORLD. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 910. International and Comparative Media Law. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 911. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION IN LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN. 1 Credit Hour.
This course will cover various issues related to international arbitration in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Requisite: International Arbitration LL.M. or J.D./International Arbitration LL.M. student.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 912. Music Law. 1 Credit Hour.
During this short course, you will be representing a hypothetical four member band of which two of the members are the primary songwriters starting with your initial client interview with the band and the terms of your representation agreement. You will explore the material issues to be addressed in the band partnership agreement (including ownership of the group name and the group’s songs), material terms of recording agreements and music publishing agreements, analyze the various sources of income available to the songwriter/recording artist and discuss how each of those income streams is determined.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 913. Crimes at Sea. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 914. INDIE FILM & THE LAW. 1 Credit Hour.
Open to students enrolled in the LL.M. or J.D./LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (“EASL”) who also have the prior permission of EASL’s Director of the Entertainment Track (Greg Levy). Please do NOT contact the Professor for permission.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 915. Cutting Edge Issues for Sports Law Practitioners in a Collectively Bargained World. 1 Credit Hour.
Requisite: Plan of Entertainment, Arts, & Sports Law or JD/ Ent, Arts, & Sports. JD students can enroll with permission of Greg Levy.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 916. TELEVISION DEAL MAKING IN THE 21ST CENTURY. 2 Credit Hours.
Open to students enrolled in the LL.M. or J.D./LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (“EASL”) who also have the prior permission of EASL’s Director of the Entertainment Track (Greg Levy). Please do NOT contact the Professor for permission.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 917. SPORTS BETTING AND REGULATION. 1 Credit Hour.
This course deals with inbound and outbound tax issues encountered in representing high net worth individuals/private clients.
Open to students enrolled in the LL.M. or J.D./LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (“EASL”) who also have the prior permission of EASL’s Director of the Entertainment Track (Greg Levy). Please do NOT contact the Professor for permission.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 918. The Business of Sports: The View from the Front Office. 1 Credit Hour.
Requisite: Plan of Entertainment, Arts, & Sports Law or JD/ Ent, Arts, & Sports. JD students can enroll with permission of Greg Levy.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 919. E-SPORTS. 1 Credit Hour.
Requisite: Plan of Entertainment, Arts, & Sports Law or JD/ Ent, Arts, & Sports. JD students can enroll with permission of Greg Levy.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 920. COMPARATIVE COMPANY LAW:US-LATIN AMERICA. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 921. ADVANCED ORAL ADVOCACY IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. 1 Credit Hour.
Requisite: International Arbitration LL.M. or J.D./International Arbitration LL.M. student.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 922. Law and Policy of Charitable Foundations Created by Entertainers, Athletes, and Artists. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 923. PROTECTION OF LIVING MARINE RESOURCES. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 924. PIRACY, TERRORISM, AND DRUG SMUGGLING IN THE MARITIME DOMAIN. 1 Credit Hour.
This course is a primer into the legal foundations of piracy, maritime terrorism, and the war on drugs in the maritime domain.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 925. EASL TUTORIALS AND SITE VISITS II. 0 Credit Hours.
Requisite: Plan of LL.M Entertainment, Arts, & Sports Law or JD/ Ent, Arts, & Sports.
Components: LEC.
Grading: SUS.
LAW 926. Copyright and Trademark Litigation. 1 Credit Hour.
Open to students enrolled in the LL.M. or J.D./LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (“EASL”) who also have the prior permission of EASL’s Director of the Entertainment Track (Greg Levy). Please do NOT contact the Professor for permission.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 927. Media Distribution. 2 Credit Hours.
Open to students enrolled in the LL.M. or J.D./LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (“EASL”) who also have the prior permission of EASL’s Director of the Entertainment Track (Greg Levy). Please do NOT contact the Professor for permission.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 928. DISPUTE RESOLUTION, TECHNOLOGY AND THE DIGITAL ECONOMY. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 929. ADVANCED TOPICS IN ARBITRATION THEORY. 1 Credit Hour.
Requisite: International Arbitration LL.M. or J.D./International Arbitration LL.M. student.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 930. ADVANCED TOPICS IN ARBITRATION: PUBLICATION. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 931. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION IN LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN II. 1 Credit Hour.
Requisite: International Arbitration LL.M. or J.D./International Arbitration LL.M. student.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 932. ICSID PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 933. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND EUROPEAN UNION LAW. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 934. UM-FLORENCE COMPARATIVE SPORTS LAW. 1 Credit Hour.
Requisite: Plan of LL.M Entertainment, Arts, & Sports Law or JD/ Ent, Arts, & Sports.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 935. EASL TUTORIALS AND SITE VISITS II. 0 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: SUS.
LAW 936. THE LAW OF FORCE MAJEURE: THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. 2 Credit Hours.
Requisite: Plan of Entertainment, Arts, & Sports Law or JD/ Ent, Arts, & Sports. JD students can enroll with permission of Greg Levy.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 937. TAXATION OF ATHLETES AND ENTERTAINERS. 1 Credit Hour.
This course will look at selected current income tax issues which affect athletes and entertainers. It is designed for students in either the EASL or Tax LLM programs.
Prerequisite: Federal Income Tax I.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 938. REIMAGINING COURTS - REMOTE COURT PROCEEDINGS AND TRIAL DURING THE COVID-19 ERA AND BEYOND. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 939. ADVANCED TOPICS IN ART LAW. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 940. SPORT, ETHICS, MORALITY AND THE LAW. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 941. SPORT, ETHICS, MORALITY, AND THE LAW II. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: PRA.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 942. CULTURAL PROPERTY AND ANTIQUITIES TRAFFICKING: IMPORTATION LAWS AND BORDER ENFORCEMENT. 1 Credit Hour.
This course will identify and analyze the laws applicable to the importation of cultural artifacts, art and antiquities into the United States, and the international treaties and conventions the U.S. employs to prevent illicit trafficking.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 943. TOPICS IN LEGAL ANALYSIS: FOUNDATIONS. 2 Credit Hours.
Topics in Legal Analysis: Foundations is a skills-development course focused on providing multiple opportunities to enhance writing and legal analysis.
Prerequisite: LComm I & LComm II.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 944. INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW. 2 Credit Hours.
This course intends to introduce students to the fundamental legal principles that govern foreign direct investments (FDI).
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 945. COMMUNICATIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS IN ENT AND SPORTS. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 946. OFFSHORE FINANCIAL CENTERS: LAW, POLICY & PRACTICE. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 947. International Moot Court. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 948. Investing in Sports: Private Equity and Emerging Industry Trends. 1 Credit Hour.
This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to test their investment and financial knowledge and allows for them to do so in the world of sports business, with the use of live case studies.
Requisite: Plan of LL.M Entertainment, Arts, & Sports Law or JD/ Ent, Arts, & Sports.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Spring.
LAW 949. BIDDING AND HOSTING MAJOR EVENTS. 1 Credit Hour.
Requisite: Plan of LL.M Entertainment, Arts, & Sports Law or JD/ Ent, Arts, & Sports.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 950. Special Topics in Cinematic Arts: Producing the Art Documentary. 2-3 Credit Hours.
The class will review the elements of an art documentary, storytelling, reproduction, production, the art of the interview, the use of B Roll, archival footage, music, editing that result in the final product.
Open to students enrolled in the LL.M. or J.D./LL.M. in Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law (“EASL”) who also have the prior permission of EASL’s Director of the Entertainment Track (Greg Levy). Please do NOT contact the Professor for permission.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall.
LAW 951. TOPICS IN LEGAL ANALYSIS: PRINCIPLES. 2 Credit Hours.
Prerequisite: LComm I & LComm II.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 952. Women in Professional Sport: A Legal, Social and Business Analysis. 1 Credit Hour.
This course will explore the formation of the first and longest standing sports labor union for professional women athletes.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 953. Music Festivals, Live Concerts & other Live Productions. 1 Credit Hour.
Music Festivals, Live Concerts and other Live Productions is a 1-week intensive program designed for students who wish to develop a hands-on approach to addressing and resolving legal issues that commonly arise during the production of music festivals and live concerts. This course was specifically developed to introduce students to real-world production scenarios from the perspectives of event organizers, venue operators and performance artists.
Requisite: Plan of Entertainment, Arts, & Sports Law or JD/ Ent, Arts, & Sports. JD students can enroll with permission of Greg Levy.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 954. Globalization & Arbitration. 1 Credit Hour.
Requisite: International Arbitration LL.M. or J.D./International Arbitration LL.M. student.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 955. Introduction to Doing Business in Latin America. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 956. BLANK SPACE: IP LAW THROUGH THE LENS OF TAYLOR SWIFT. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 957. Chat ENT: AI's Impact on Entertainment, Arts and Sports. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 958. Player Licensing and International Games (in London). 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 959. International Arbitration and ESG (Environment, Social and Governance Issues). 1 Credit Hour.
This course focuses on the relationship between Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues and international arbitration. The course considers the legal and policy framework related to ESG, a concept which gives structure to a range of issues that are relevant to investment and development. It reviews how international arbitration has had a pioneering role related to ESG issues, and examines current “battleground” issues through investment arbitration case studies.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 960. Human Rights Clinic. 4-6 Credit Hours.
Components: PRA.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 961. Arbitration of Art and Cultural Heritage Disputes. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 962. Liv Golf, The PGA tour, and The future of Professional Golf. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 963. Sports, Entertainment and Social Impact. 1 Credit Hour.
Students will gain an understanding of the history of Social Impact in Sports and Entertainment, ideologies, and the ways they have been institutionalized, The course will also explore the various tactics brands, athletes, teams and fans have demonstrated various tactics and methodologies employed to exercise their First Amendment rights. Students will look at outcomes and analyze the gains and losses of each effort.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 964. Advanced Corporate Tax. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 965. Introduction to the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art. 1 Credit Hour.
The Washington Principles, yet soft law, have an enormous effect on the work of museums and collections that possess works of art that changed hands between 1933 and 1945. The course "An Introduction to the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art" will analyze the basic ideas of this document and its legal and ethical implications. It will look at the practices of courts and restitution committees in their search for just and fair solutions.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 966. Advanced Condos, Co-Ops, and Planned Developments. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 967. Drafting Design and Construction Documents. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 968. Entertainment Law Transactions. 1 Credit Hour.
This course is intended to approach the study of Entertainment Law Transactions focusing on Television and Film contracts and business practices from a practical perspective to better understand best business practices in legal negotiations. In accordance with the following, we will be focusing on key components/clauses of transactions and agreements.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 969. Law of Green Buildings. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 970. Current Issues in Real Estate Finance. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 971. Complex Issues in High-Profile and High-Net Worth Divorces. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 972. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION: DESIGN SYSTEMS. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 973. Income Tax Treaties. 1-3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 974. Federal Tax Planning. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 975. Title Insurance. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 977. Soccer Law. 1 Credit Hour.
This compressed course will provide an overview of the structure of organized international soccer, the extent of FIFA’s jurisdiction, the rules of procedure under FIFA Football Tribunal and the appeals before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Students will also learn the rules and proceedings of player’s transfers and the regulations governing the activity of soccer agents.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 979. Federal Appellate Clinic. 4 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 98. Orientation. 0-16 Credit Hours.
The course introduces students to the campus and provides support and guidance both inside the classroom and on campus.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 980. Negotiating and Drafting: Art. 1-2 Credit Hours.
Students will engage in simulation based learning on the life-cycle of an artist deal. They well represent either an artist or a art institution and engage in a simulation that may include the sale of art, loan agreement for art and an artists IP licensing agreement.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 981. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SERVICES: BUSINESS & LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS. 1 Credit Hour.
Prerequisite: Plan of EASL LLM or JD/LLM EASL or have taken "Transactional Skills I".
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 982. Torture and the Law. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 983. Financial Instruments. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 984. Introduction to Maritime Law in Latin America. 1 Credit Hour.
This short course will start with a general review of the main international maritime conventions and the status of their ratification in Latin America. The course will follow with the general overview of the maritime laws and regimes in the following five Latin American countries: México, Panamá, Colombia, Brazil and Argentina. This review will cover the main features of the maritime law of these countries, including the existence of maritime acts and laws, the sources of maritime law, the existence of special maritime jurisdictions, maritime arbitration, the carriage of goods by sea laws and other special maritime institutions such as the arrest of vessels and the limitation of liability of the shipowner.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 985. Health and Elder Law Clinic: Medical Legal Partnership. 4-6 Credit Hours.
Components: PRA.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 986. Damages in International Arbitration. 1 Credit Hour.
For most parties, the amount of damages awarded is the key to success or failure in an arbitration. Damages quantification therefore constitutes a critical part of giving effect to the parties’ rights and obligations through arbitration. However, notwithstanding the importance of the damages award to the parties, damages quantification often does not receive the attention it deserves. This course addresses that inadequacy by exploring the best methods and procedures for quantifying damages in international arbitration cases.
Requisite: International Arbitration LL.M. or J.D./International Arbitration LL.M. student.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 987. International Law & War. 3 Credit Hours.
Pre-requisite: International Law (Law312), Intl Economic Law (Law333), Intl Crim Law (Law340), Intl Environmental Law (Law334), Or Intl Human Rights (Law311).
Components: SEM.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 988. DOING BUSINESS IN LATIN AMERICA WORKSHOP. 2 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 989. PLAYBOOK FOR LEADERSHIP AND THE LAW I. 2 Credit Hours.
Leaders aren’t born, they are developed. In today’s interconnected world, anyone can lead.
Requisite: Plan of LL.M Entertainment, Arts, & Sports Law or JD/ Ent, Arts, & Sports.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall & Spring.
LAW 990. PLAYBOOK FOR LEADERSHIP AND THE LAW II. 1 Credit Hour.
Requisite: Plan of LL.M Entertainment, Arts, & Sports Law or JD/ Ent, Arts, & Sports.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 991. Sneaker Law. 1 Credit Hour.
Requisite: Plan of LL.M Entertainment, Arts, & Sports Law or JD/ Ent, Arts, & Sports.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 992. Roman Law: Jurists, Corporations, and Empire Form Antiquity to Today. 3 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 993. Sports Negotiations: The Player Contract. 1 Credit Hour.
This course Sports Negotiations: The Player Contract is designed to immerse students in the art of contract negotiation, with a primary focus on the player contract negotiation process.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 994. MARITIME ARBITRATION. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 995. CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS. 2 Credit Hours.
The class will introduce students to and review cross-border transactions and their process generally.
Prerequisite: Enrolled in the LL.M. or J.D./LL.M. in International Law; OR may request permission here: intl-llm@law.miami.edu.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW 996. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. 0 Credit Hours.
Components: LEC.
Grading: SUS.
LAW 997. Immgration Clinic. 2-6 Credit Hours.
Components: PRA.
Grading: GRD.
LAW 998. Cross Borders Practice of Law Symposium. 1 Credit Hour.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Fall.
LAW 999. Introduction to U.S. Law. 2 Credit Hours.
The course is intended to provide a student with an understanding of American law and the American legal system.
Requisite: Plan of LLM.
Components: LEC.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
LAW SAB1. Law Semester Exchange. 1-6 Credit Hours.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
LAW SAB2. Law Semester Exchange. 1-6 Credit Hours.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
LAW SAB3. Law Semester Exchange. 1-6 Credit Hours.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
LAW SAB4. Law Semester Exchange. 1-6 Credit Hours.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
LAW SAB5. Law Semester Exchange. 1-6 Credit Hours.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
LAW SAB6. Law Semester Exchange. 1-6 Credit Hours.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
LAW SEP. Law Semester Exchange. 1-17 Credit Hours.
Students with an interest in studying at a foreign law school need to begin planning for their semester away as soon as possible, namely, during their first year of the J.D. program. Students must complete three semesters of the J.D. program before they are allowed to spend a semester at one of our partner schools. For information on study abroad programs, please see www.miami.edu/studyabroad or contact the Study Abroad Office at 305-284-3434.
Components: EXP.
Grading: GRD.
Typically Offered: Offered by Announcement Only.
