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COURSE#	COURSENAME	CREDIT	COURSE DESCRIPTION
First Year Curriculum
5488	Constitutional Law	4	Constitutional law studies judicial review: powers of government; federalism; requirements of due process and equal protection; individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
5409	Contracts	4	Contracts concerns the creation and enforcement of contract obligation. Covering, acceptance, consideration, interpretation, formalities such as statute of frauds and parol evidence rule, assignment of contract obligation, assumption of duties, rights of third party beneficiaries, and remedies for contract breach.
5303	Criminal Law	3	Criminal law focuses on the basic concepts of substantive criminal law under both the common law and the model penal code. Including presentation of evidence, the reasonable doubt standard, the role of the jury, the role of counsel, justification for punishment, actus reus and mens rea, omissions, mistake of fact and law, proportionality, legality, and homicide.
5235	Legal Analysis, Research & Communication	2	Legal Analysis, Research & Communication covers the fundamental Principles of effective legal communication applicable to all forms of legal writing. Basic form of certain legal instruments, including a lease, a pleading, an office memorandum, and an applellate brief. Appellate oral argument included.
5406	Procedure	4	Procedure is the study of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Includes pretrial and trial procedure in the federal district courts, personal and subject matter jurisdiction, venue, the application of state law by federal courts, and conflicts of laws.
5408	Property	4	Property is the Introduction to basic principles of property law; acquisition of property; types of property; type of property interests; transfer of ownership; recording systems; conveyancing; landlord and tenant; regulation of land use.
5418	Torts	4	Torts surveys intentional, negligent and strict liability torts, with selective treatment of such topics as product liability, nuisance, defamation, and privacy law.
Business and Commercial Law
5251	Accounting and the Law	2	Accounting and the Law provides an understanding of how to prepare and interpret balance sheets, and other major statements containing financial information; insight into interpreting financial information when analyzing the condition of a business; understanding of time value of money concepts; of how accounting principles are established and how the accounting profession is regulated.
5297	Advanced Torts	2	Advanced torts examines areas of tort law such as defamation, misrepresentation, nuisance tort reform, and insurance and takes a deeper look at products liability, conversion, and trespass to chattel.
5330	Antitrust	3	Antitrust provides an introduction to the U.S. antitrust laws, which are designed to protect free competition by prohibiting monopolization and agreements between competitors that restraint trade.
6339	Arbitration	3	Arbitration focuses on the arbitration process, including procedural problems related to the initiation of the arbitration procedure and the jurisdictional power of the arbitrator.
7397	Bankruptcy (Chapter 11 Reorganizations) Seminar	3	Bankruptcy (Chapter 11 Reorganizations) Seminar introduces Chapter 11 reorganization from the filing of a petition to the confirmation of a plan of reorganization.
5365	Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights	3	Bankruptcy & Creditors Rights emphasizes the effect that bankruptcy can have on ongoing transactions.
5365	Bankruptcy	3	Bankruptcy examines issues arising when a consumer debtor files a bankruptcy petition under either chapter 7 (liquidation) or chapter 13 (repayment plan) of the Bankruptcy Code. Topics include debtor eligibility, property exemptions, payment and priority of creditor claims, dischargeable debts, trustee avoidance powers, contract reaffirmations, and requirements of an acceptable repayment plan.
5421	Business Organizations	4	Business Organizations concerns the state and federal law applicable to partnerships, corporations, and other similar entities, and deals with the formation, operation, and dissolution of these various types of business enterprises.
5353	Business Planning	3	Business Planning explores the tax and business issues encountered in the selection and formation of an entity to conduct a new business including the tax and business issues that arise as the business grows, secures additional financing, and is sold.
5264	Business Torts	2	Business Torts cover torts that typically cause pure economic harm, harms to the pocketbook, rather than harms to the person or property. The course emphasizes the operation of various business torts and will examine the torts' applicability to particular business or economic settings.
5217	Communication Law	2	Communication Law examines the federal regulation of the electronic mass media with particular focus on regulatory models for legislative and judicial oversight of broadcasting, cable, and new communications technologies.
7297	Comparative Consumer Law Seminar	2	Comparative Consumer Law Seminar examines consumer law from an international perspective. Following the review of American consumer law, students research the consumer laws of different countries for comparative purposes.
7305	Consumer Law Seminar	3	Covers various consumer law topics during the semester including the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, debt collection practices, warranties, bankruptcy, landlord/tenant law, consumer credit, home repairs, the Texas Insurance Code and automobile sales.
5397	Contract Drafting	3	Contract Drafting focuses on how to draft effective agreements that accomplish the client's goals in an ethical manner. Elective course for first year students only.
6214	Corporate Finance	2	Corporate Finance considers state corporate laws and federal securities laws regulating the financing of corporations, both closely held and public. The course focuses on various financing methods, including common stock, preferred stock, and convertible and straight debt, as well as dividends, stock purchases, and mergers. Corporate disclosure and corporate governance are also considered.
5297	Ethics	2	Ethics identifies the ethical dimensions of business and legal practice through the examination of philosophical theories about ethics and the good life. Students conduct ethical inquiries into particular problems in order to reach an acceptable resolution and study the ethical dimensions of business relationships.
5369	Insurance Law	3	Insurance Law examines the regulation of insurance contracts and insurance companies, including underwriting regulation, doctrines of contract interpretation, claims-processing regulation, solvency regulation, and special remedies for breach. The course covers both th
6301	International Commercial Arbitration	3	International Commercial Arbitration compares various dispute resolution strategies, focusing on international arbitration and the various arbitral institutions and regimes.
6302	International Contracting	3	International Contracting deals with various aspects of doing business across national boundaries.
6232	Legal Drafting	2	Legal Drafting covers rules and strategies for, drafting litigation documents and documents intended to avoid litigation. The course emphasizes planning documents needed in preventive law, such as various types of contracts, policies, and regulations.
5297	Market Regulation	2	Market Regulation covers the regulation of competition, industry regulation, and social regulation including antitrust laws and their enforcement.
5230	Mergers & Acquisitions	2	Mergers and Acquisitions is an examination of the law and finance of corporate acquisitions; evaluation of the nature of capital markets and the efficient markets hypotheses; analysis of the motives underlying acquisitions; study of the legal duties and liabilities of directors facing takeover bids.
6346	Payment Systems	3	Payment Systems examines selected state and federal law that governs payment transactions involving checks, promissory notes, letters of credit, credit cards, and electronic fund transfers.
5311	Products Liability	3	Products Liability is a general survey that examines various theories of recovery for injuries caused by a product.
6359	Regulated Industries	3	Regulated Industries focuses on the regulation and deregulation of transportation (surface and air), communications (long distance telephone and cable), and "natural monopolies" (local telephone and electric power).
6224	Remedies	2	Remedies covers of legal and equitable remedies available in civil actions including injunctions, specific performance, common law "writs," restitution, money damages, attorney's fees, prejudgment interest, and federal civil rights actions.
5358	Sales & Leasing	3	Sales & Leasing reviews the legal rights and duties of suppliers and users of goods and services and compares the allocation of risks by the sales system and the lease system.
6347	Secured Financing	3	Secured Financing addresses the "elevated" legal rights of the secured creditor by focusing upon Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code -- the law of secured financing. The course discusses the rights and remedies of the secured creditor and the unsecured creditor, and the effect of bankruptcy upon these rights and remedies.
5363	Securities Regulation	3	Securities Regulation addresses the basic principles of our unique system of securities regulation including jurisdiction, the identification of securities, the analysis and evaluation of the disclosure philosophy as it pertains to domestic and international offerings, “blue sky” laws, exemptions from registration under the 1933 Act, and civil liabilities for unregistered offerings or inadequate disclosure.
6307	Sports Law	3	Sports Law covers topics such as representation of the professional athlete in contract negotiations and endorsements, the player-club contractual relationship, antitrust and collective bargaining issues in amateur and professional sports, sports tort liability, and representation of the recreational amateur and professional in sports injury litigation.
5348	Texas Consumer Law	3	Texas Consumer Law discusses Texas law relating to the sale or lease of goods and services, with emphasis on the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, Texas product liability law, debt collection and state and federal warranty law.
5297	The Law & Business of Sports	2	The Law & Business of Sports examines the intersection of law and management issues within the current sports business environment. Special emphasis in the course will be placed on the emerging trends and business dynamics of North American professional sports. Lecture topics will include the position of professional and amateur sports in the American economic landscape, the law and economics of professional sports leagues, professional sports management, sports venue finance, sports franchise valuation and acquisition, media and sports, sports marketing and branding, licensing, merchandising and intellectual property issues in sports, labor matters in professional sports, international sports organizations, and U.S. collegiate sports.
Constitutional and Criminal Law
6357	Children's Rights	3	Children's Rights explores the interaction between children and the legal system. It examines the constitutional rights of children, child custody and visitation, abuse and neglect proceedings, adoption, juvenile delinquency, regulation of children's conduct, financial responisbility and control, and medical decision-making.
7297	Civil Rights - 1983 Seminar	2	Civil Rights - 1983 Seminar explores the civil right of action for deprivations, inflicted under color of state law, of rights secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States. It covers the remedy which is used to enforce all constitutional rights (from school desegregation to the First Amendment rights of sexually-oriented businesses who claim to be zoned out of existence).
5323	Conflict of Laws	3	Conflict of Laws focuses on the controlling law if there are competing legal principles from various jurisdictions that have a connection with the controversy, including problems in an international context.
5488	Constitutional Law	4	Constituional Law examines judicial review: powers of government; federalism; requirements of due process and equal protection; individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
7349	Constitutional Law Seminar	3	Constitutional Law Seminar explores Constitutional Law issues from the viewpoint of both our constitutional law heritage, as reflected in U.S. Supreme Court opinions and the statements of political leaders and scholars, and our religious heritage, as reflected in statements of religious leaders, religious bodies, and religious writings.
7324	Criminal Procedure Seminar	3	Criminal Procedure Seminar explores the criminal system and the constitutional guarantees stemming from the Bill of Rights and the 14th amendment.
6215	Criminal Procedure II	2	Criminal Procedure II covers crimianl issues including the right to the assistance of counsel's bail and pretrial detention, the grand jury process, jury selection, constitutional rules related to the prosecution's burden of proof and "elements" of criminal offenses, sentencing, double jeopardy; and post-conviction claims.
7384	Criminal Sentencing Seminar	3	Criminal Sentencing Seminar covers the various American sentencing models. Traditional goals of sentencing and the traditional "indeterminate" model of sentencing. The course also explains recent revolution in sentencing in the federal system brought about by the introduction of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, a "determinate" model of sentencing and the use, viability, and appropriateness of alternatives to incarceration, such as rehabilitation programs, community service, house arrest, fines and probation.
6342	Death Penalty Law	3	Death Penalty Law covers substanitive death penalty law, beginning with the supreme court's decision in 1972 to strike down all then-existing law, and continuing through the court's most recent term. Primary focus will be on federal decisions, by the sumpreme court and the court of appeals, but state court decisions, particularly cases from Texas, will also receive significant attention.
7297	Death Penalty Law Seminar	2	Death Penalty Law Seminar addresses only legal issues related to the death penalty including United States Supreme Court's Eighth Amendment jurisprudence on capital punishment since 1972 through the present day.
6303	Equal Protection	3	Equal Protection deals primarily with the following words in the Fourteenth Amendment : "nor shall any State . . . deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." The course looks at black slavery and "Jim Crow" segregation and turns to modern problems, including affirmative action and the powers of Congress under the Fifth Section of the Fourteenth Amendment.
5321	Federal Jurisdiction	3	Federal Jurisdiction covers litigation-oriented topics related to Congress' control over the jurisdiction of the federal courts and the relationship between federal courts and the states. Topics include Article III and its effect on congressional apportionment of traditional federal law jurisdiction, federal administrative agencies, and state courts; the Erie doctrine and federal diversity jurisdiction; the vs. Supreme Court's federalism jurisprudence; "federal question" jurisdiction; "federal common law"; federal removal jurisdiction; pendent and ancillary jurisdiction; and federal appellate jurisdiction.
5312	First Amendment	3	First Amendment explores the protections afforded by the Free Speech, Free Exercise of Religion, and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The course considers unprotected speech, the scope of protection afforded to protected speech, and the question of what constitutes a prohibited establishment of religion.
5497	Juvenile Criminal Clinic	4	The Juvenile Criminal Clinic students represent real clients in juvenile proceedings including hearings, bench trials, and jury trials for misdemeanors, felonies, probation violations, placement reviews and transfer hearings, or other matters that develop through juvenile representation proceedings.
5422	Juvenile Criminal Defense Clinic II	4	Juvenile Criminal Defense Clinic II is a more advanced course for students who have completed the Juvenile Criminal Clinic. This course helps students learn how to represent children in delinquency proceedings.
5351	Juvenile Law	3	Juvenile Law covers statutes and case law governing the rights of children alleged to be delinquent, incorrigible, or neglected.
7297	Law & Religion Seminar	2	Law & Religion Seminar examines the law's treatment of religious organizations and the role of religion in a pluralistic society. Topics include: the religion clauses of the First Amendment; tort litigation against churches and religious employers; religion in the classroom; and the role of religion in democratic politics.
5297	Mental Health Issues in Criminal Law	2	Mental Health Issues in Criminal Law covers the mental health issues that arise in criminal law including mental competency and forcing medication, diminished capacity, insanity and specialized mental health defenses, mental retardation, the mitigation in capital and non-capital sentencing, intoxication and substance abuse issues, and, mental competency in capital cases.
5402	Prosecution Criminal Clinic	4	The Prosecution Criminal Clinic places law students in the District Attorney's office in either Harris or Fort Bend Counties where they experience all phases of criminal prosecution.
5397	Property Crime in the Information Age	3	Property Crime in the Information Age focuses on how criminal law deals with takings of new forms of property, such as business information, trade secrets, and copyrighted material. The material reviews criminal theft and introduces criminal misappropriation and infringement.
6320	Supreme Court Term	3	Supreme Court Term examines major decisions from the most recent term of the U.S. Supreme Court.
6348	Texas Criminal Procedure	3	Texas Criminal Procedure examines the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the Texas Rules of Criminal Evidence and Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.
5310	White Collar Crime	3	White Collar Crime covers traditional offenses, such as fraud, bribery, and extortion; regulatory crimes, such as environmental offenses; and crimes that prohibit the use of information or copyrighted material, such as insider trading and file sharing over the internet. Students analyze issues such as the expanded role of the federal government and the theories that justify prosecuting the corporation.
5361	Women and the Law	3	Women and the Law explores the ways in which women have been treated as a special legal category.
Employment and Labor Law
5297	Employee Benefits Law	2	Employee Benefit Law explores the laws regulating broad-based employer-provided deferred compensation, such as defined benefit pension plans and 401(k) plans, and welfare benefits, such as health and life insurance. The course emphasizes the applicable tax and labor laws that govern employee benefits, but also takes into account relevant public policy considerations.
5362	Employment Discrimination	3	Employment Discrimination examines the basic doctrines designed to protect individuals from employment decisions that affect them unfairly because of an immutable status apparently unrelated to their productivity as employees. The principal focus is on Title VII which forbids discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, or national origin. Attention also is given to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and other discrimination statutes.
5343	Employment Law	3	Employment Law provides an overview of employment in non-unionized, private sector workplaces by examining common law doctrines and statutes that regulate the employment relationship. Specific topics include employment at will, wrongful discharge, breach of contract, discrimination, privacy, wages and hours, workplace in jury, post-employment issues, and arbitration.
7297	Employment Law Seminar	2	Advanced research, writing and study of employment law topics.
5380	Labor Law	3	Labor Law focuses on the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, the principal law governing the relationship between private sector employer and labor unions. It examines the law of unionization and collective bargaining and the efficacy of federal regulation of employee efforts to collectively bargain with employers.
6201	Special Topics in Discrimination Law (Sexual Orientation and the Law)	2	Special Topics in Discrimination Law (Sexual Orientation and the Law) explores the relationship between sexual orientation (and/or identity) and the law by examining how the state regulates sexuality, gender, gender roles, and sexual orientation, in a variety of substantive legal areas.
6207	Worker's Compensation	2	Worker's compensation examines workers' compensation systems, both State and Federal, how it involves and relates to numerous other fields of law including: family law, employment law and labor law.
Energy, Natural Resources, and Environmental Law
6226	Advanced Oil & Gas Contracts	2	Advanced Oil & Gas Contracts focuses upon the contracts used in domestic oil and gas exploration and production operations, including oil & gas leases, operating agreements, unitization agreements, farm outs and term assignments, purchase and sale agreements, and other contractual arrangements.
5207	Clean Air Act	2	Clean Air Act focuses on the implementation of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments and will include ozone non attainment issues, regulation of mobile sources, toxic emission sources, acid rain, permitting, strato spheric ozone depletion, global warming and enforcement. The legal framework and the role of EPA, the state, regulated entities and citizens in implementation of the Act will also be explored.
5364	Coastal and Ocean Law	3	Coastal and Ocean Law focuses on philosophy, environmental concerns, and conflicting uses as necessary reasons for a separate government policy concerning coastal zone management. It is designed to provide information to citizens concerning their rights and responsibilities in coastal law, permit procedures, and necessary understandings of the methods required to deal with government agencies involved in the management of coastal and marine assets.
5297	Comparative Biotechnology	2	Comparative Biology explores the policy challenges associated with emerging biotechnology innovations, including stem cell research, human cloning, gene patents and bio-banking. It will cover and compare relevant national and international law, however, the emphasis will be on ethical and policy issues, such as the difficulty of making laws on controversial topics in pluralistic societies.
6332	Economics of the Energy Industry *(Class meets in RM. 118 Mc Elhinney)	3	Economics of the Energy Industry explores the state of the energy world, the eco nomics of exhaustible resources, energy markets, regulation, and restructuring of the industry and provides tools for evaluating projects throughout the energy value chain from exploration to marketing and from transportation to power generation.
5397	Energy, Inc.	3	Energy Inc. is a business and public policy course on the energy industries focusing is on global energy markets and policy through the lens of a virtual company, Energy Inc. Students work in teams on investment projects across the energy value chains and compete for capital budget from Energy Inc.'s management. Students also are required to complete individual assignments, including a review actual peer companies using financial data for benchmarking.
6343	Energy, Law & Policy	3	Energy, Law, & Policy surveys the laws governing the production and use of oil and gas, coal, hydropower, and nuclear energy, and the deregulation and restructuring of the gas and electricity sectors.
7333	Energy, Law & Policy Seminar	3	Energy, Law & Policy Seminar examines selected topics in the development and use of energy: oil and gas, coal, nuclear, and electricity.
7397	Environmental Law Land Use Management Seminar	3	Environmental Law Land Use Management Seminar examines the various ways in which the government regulates private and public lands for the environment's sake. Traditional concepts of land control such as nuisance, eminent domain, takings, and the public trust doctrine are also explored, e.g. The regulation of wetlands, coastal are as, agricultural lands, flood plains, habitats for endangered or threatened species, and public lands (such as forests, wildlife refuges, are also grazing areas, and recreation areas).
7397	Environmental Law Seminar	3	Environmental Law Seminar is a seminar on "trade and environment" - the limitations on environmental protection measures when those measures have a direct or indirect effect on international trade in goods or services or international investments.
5384	Environmental Clinic I	3	Environmental Clinic I places students in governmental or public service organizations involved in the field of environmental law.
5396	Environmental Clinic II	3	Environmental Clinic II places students in governmental or public service organizations involved in the field of environmental law.
6221	Environmental Enforcement	2	Environmental Enforcement provides an overview of environmental enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels. It focuses on criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement of the major environmental statutes including air pollution, water pollution, and solid waste. Students will learn how to prosecute and defend environmental lawsuits through a combination of case analysis , lectures, real-life scenarios, and participation in a mock negotiated settlement conference.
5390	Environmental Law	3	Environmental Law examines the theory behind environmental laws and examines the major statutes to get an overview understanding of the legal framework.
5225	Hazardous Waste Law	2	Hazardous Waste Law focuses on the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
5371	International Energy Transactions	3	International Energy Transactions studies overseas petroleum transactions, including negotiation and contracting with host countries and national oil companies, operating aspects of production, and product distribution and transportation.
6336	International Environmental Law	3	International Environmental Law ia a study of basic principles of international law and selected environmental treaties, declarations, and other international law instruments through which the world community is responding to transboundary and global environmental problems. Topics include waste disposal, air pollution and climate change, protection of animal species and loss of biodiversity, and regulation of trade in chemicals.
5297	Law of Biodiversity Conservation	2	Law of Biodiversity Conservation provides students with an understanding of the existing domestic and international legal framework for protecting critical ecosystems. The course investigates the key U.S. laws and international treaties and conventions that address biodiversity and habitat protection, including the Climate Change Convention and the Convention on Biodiversity.
6362	Natural Resources Law	3	Natural Resources Law surveys the mechanisms for the management, use, and preservation of natural resources on federal land, including wildlife, wilderness, refuges rivers, national parks, minerals, and timber. It also considers the history, jurisdiction, and conflicts of the land management agencies under the various natural resources statutes such as the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, the General Mining Law, the Mineral Leasing Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, to name a few.
5355	Oil & Gas	3	Oil & Gas examines property concepts (such as trespass, adverse possession, and cotenancy) applied to a mineral that moves underground and which is often owned separately from ownership of the surface estate. It also examines the rights and duties of parties under an oil and gas lease, and state conservation laws (such as driling permits, pooling and unitization) aimed at preventing waste of oil and gas and assuring "fair shares" to owners of the resource.
5239	Oil & Gas Tax	2	Oil & Gas Tax focuses on federal taxation of domestic oil and gas exploration and production operations, taxation of foreign oil and gas exploration and production operations, included in the course, although in summary tax models foreign jurisdictions can adopt and the resulting U.S. tax overlay.
5285	Practice of Environmental Law	2	Practice of Environmental Law addresses many of the regulations and issues most relevant to the day-to-day environmental practice in a variety of different contexts: how to identify and manage potential environmental violations or liabilities; how to address environmental violations or contaminated properties in the course of a real estate transaction or corporate merger; how to prosecute, defend, or negotiate environmental enforcement actions, citizen suits, or toxic tort suits; how to represent clients in Superfund matters; how to counsel clients on environmental compliance; and how to participate in and influence regulatory proceedings.
5297	Toxic Torts	2	Toxic Torts focuses upon legal issues arising in cases involving exposure to toxic substances, such as asbestos, silica, silicone gel breast implants, chemicals, or prescription drugs. Mass tort litigation, class actions, causation issues, work place exposures, and the interplay with various environmental statutes are also addressed.
Family Law
6357	Children's Rights	3	Children's Rights explores the interaction between children and the legal system. It will examine the constitutional rights of children, child custody and visitation, abuse and neglect proceedings, adoption, juvenile delinquency, regulation of children's conduct, financial responisbility and control and the medical decision making process for minors.
5257	Domestic Violence	2	Domestic Violence examines the interaction between the legal system and individuals/families victimized by domestic violence. Major course topics are the shelter movement, impact of battering on custody disputes, battered women's syndrome as it relates to a criminal defense, criminal penalties for battering, battering as it affects immigrants and other minorities, and civil remedies as tools to fight battering.
5397	Family Law	3	Family Law focuses on legal issues that arise from having a child. Topics include marriage (and its legal effects), divorce, unmarried partners, paternity, contraception, abortion, adoption, assisted reproduction, children's rights, child support, child custody, premarital, postnuptial and separation agreements, alternate dispute resolution in family law matters, and modification and enforcement of support obligations.
5314	Family Law Practice	3	Family Law Practice is a review of Texas family law practice and procedure with an emphasis on issues that arise in the actual practice of family law. Covering the division of property, a wide array of children's issues, temporary orders, discovery, retirement plans, protective orders, trial skills, interviewing clients, setting and collecting attorney's fees, understanding mental health evaluations, and the valuation of assets.
7340	Family Law Seminar	2	Family Law Seminar will focus on a particular topical issue relating to family law. Views of commentators toward that issue are explored and the class reviews the manner in which the issue is addressed under the law of various states and countries.
5234	Health Legislation	2	Health Legislation reviews enactments from the most recent legislative session in Texas, selected recent enactments from other states and the U.S. Congress, and related case law.
5397	Juvenille Dependency Clinic	3	In the Juvenile Dependency Clinic students represent children in abuse or neglect cases brought against parents or caretakers by the Texas Department of family and Protective Services. Student attorneys participate in agency and court hearings, interact with other attorneys and interview child clients and other parties
	Juvenile Law	3	Juvenile Law covers statutes and case law governing the rights of children alleged to be delinquent, incorrigible, or neglected.
5397	Marital Property Rights	3	Marital Property Rights explores various issues relating to property rights of those involved in various types of intimate relationships.
7341	Marital Property Rights Seminar	3	Marital Property Rights Seminar covers an advanced issue pertaining to marital property rights and the right of partners.
Government Regulation
5257	Disabilities and the Law	3	Disabilities and the Law is a study of legal issues affecting persons with disabilities, including education, higher education, employment, architectural barriers, transportation, public accommodations, public services, housing, and access to health care.
7297	Election Law Seminar	3	Election Law Seminar studies federal and Texas Constitutional, statutory and regulatory actions relating to elections. Particular attention is directed to suffrage,elections, campaign finance and redistricting.
7340	Health Legislation Seminar	2	Health Legislation Seminar focuses on state legislation, but issues relating to federal legislation, city codes, regulations, the technical aspects of legislative and regulatory drafting, and the procedural and political process of getting legislation passed and implemented.
7329	Higher Education Law Seminar	3	Higher Education Law Seminar covers legal issues concerning colleges and universities: the legal establishment of public and private colleges; academic freedom; faculty; students; and affirmative action.
5360	Legislation	2	Legislation covers the basic theories of the legislative process and the theory and doctrine of statutory interpretation and examines the lawyering involved throughout the making and application of laws.
	Regulation of Health Care Professionals	2	Regulation of Health Care Professionals covers many areas relating to the regulation of physicians, hospitals, and managed care providers and touches upon regulation of providers of health care services other than physicians, such as nurses, midwives, and dentists.
6323	Securities Regulation Seminar	3	Securities Regulation addresses the basic principles of our unique system of securities regulation including jurisdiction, the identification of securities, the analysis and evaluation of the disclosure philosophy as it pertains to domestic and internatio
5259	State & Local Government Law	3	State & Local Government Law examines the organization and powers of local government units and the relationship between local, state, and federal governments. It also emphasizes government's obligations as an employer, and local and state government liability, especially for state and federal (constitutional) torts.
Health Law
	Advanced Health Law	1	Advanced Health Law provides LL.M students with an opportunity to develop and present their own research projects as well as to survey a wide range of topics in health law and policy.
5297	Advanced Public Health Law & Ethics	2	Advanced Public Health Law & Ethics provides an overview of basic public health principles and the governing law. The course examines the legal basis for public health regulation and explores the tensions among public health activities, civil liberties, property rights, and other significant interests. The course also examines current policy issues, including immunization, bioterrorism, forced medical treatment, disease reporting and surveillance, infections disease control, and tobacco regulation.
	Antitrust	3	Antitrust provides an introduction to the U.S. antitrust laws, which are designed to protect free competition by prohibiting monopolization and agreements between competitors that restraint trade.
	Biotechnology and the Law	2	Biotechnology and the Law explores the impact that biotechnology has on specific areas of law and business. Topics include intellectual property and its exploitation, regulatory affairs,privacy concerns, and public policy issues.
7333	E-Health Law Seminar	2	E-Health Law Seminar examines regulatory approaches to new technology (including telemedicine and cybermedicine) by state legislatures, boards of medicine and pharmacy, and federal agencies.
5297	Elder Law	2	Elder Law explores financial and end-of-life planning for the elderly, including the use of trusts, wills, advance directives and powers of attorney; examines the role of the guardian and attorney ad litem ; analyzes the role of Medicare and Medicaid; and considers the legal aspects of home health, assisted living and nursing home alternatives for senior citizen care.
5397	Food & Drug Law	2	Food and Drug Law deals with the Federal Government's attempts to protect the public health and individual welfare in the development and marketing of foods, drugs and cosmetics.
5397	Forensic Medicine	3	Forensic Medicine addresses social issues that affect both legal and medical principles and practice. This course requires students to explore and address those issues that demand greater collaborative interaction between law and medicine as the early 21st century presents new and important challenges to society's health and welfare.
	Fraud & Abuse	3	Fraud & Abuse examines the top priorities of federal and state law enforcement officials: fraud in the delivery of health care. The course focuses on the major civil and criminal laws used to combat health care fraud, including the Medicare and Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, the civil and criminal False Claims Acts, mail and wire fraud, false statements, money laundering, and RICO. The course also addresses major topics in health care fraud enforcement, such as corporate liability, compliance programs, sentencing, fraud in "e-health" ventures, and fraud in managed care.
5225	Genetics and the Law - INTERSESSION	2	Genetics and Law examines new developments in genetics tied to the Human Genome Project, including issues involving eproduction, access to health care, discrimination, privacy, forensics and gene therapy.
	Health Law I	3	Health Law I explores the important issues associated with health care and the law. Topics include litigation and malpractice, informed consent, medical information, records, and confidentiality, provider-patient relationship and the obligation to treat, private insurance and managed care, public insurance including Medicare and Medicaid, provider employer-employee considerations, and fraud and abuse.
	Health Law Clinic I	4	Health Law Clinic I gives students the opportunity to gain experience in the health law field through placements in non-profit or governmental agencies, such as a hospital's office of general counsel.
	Health Law Clinic II	3	Health Clinic II gives students the opportunity to gain experience in the health law field through placements in non-profit or governmental agencies, such as a hospital's office of general counsel. Clinics are available in Houston and surrounding areas. The course requires completion of Professional Responsibility and a classroom educational component to receive clinic credit.
6331	Health Law I: Bioethics and Quality of Care	3	Health Law I: Bioethics and Quality of Care focuses on control of death/dying, reproductive technologies, organ donation/transplantation and public health. The course also surveys the major mechanisms for ensuring the quality of health care including medical malpractice, professional licensure, and institutional regulation.
5115	Health Law II - Access, Regulation, and Enterprise	3	Health Law II- Access, Regulation, and Enterprise is an introductory health law course focuses on health care organizations and health care finance. Health care organizational issues considered include: regulation of health care organizations, health care transactions, antitrust, fraud and abuse. Health care financing issues include the regulation of privacy health insurance, Medicare and Medicaid. This course replaces Health Law (Law 5315), and students cannot receive credit for both Health Law (Law 5315) and this course, Health Law II.
6251	Health Law -Advanced	1	Health Law - Advanced provides LL.M. students with an opportunity to develop and present their own research projects as well as survey selected topics. This course is limited to, and required for, LL.M. students.
	Health Law Transactions	2	Health Law Transactions explores the application of federal and state regulatory principles to health care transactions. This course assumes general familiarity with issues discussed in Health Law II; e.g.,the corporate practice of medicine doctrine, antitrust, and fraud and abuse.
	Health Privacy	2	Health Privacy examines the health information privacy standards that promulgate one portion of the Administrative Simplification provisions of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"). It also addresses state health information privacy laws including, the privacy provisions set forth in the Texas Hospital Licensing Law, the Texas Medical Practice Act, and the Texas Medical Records Privacy Act.
6210	HIV and the Law	2	HIV and the Law covers a wide range of legal, social, and personal topics relating to HIV and AIDS, such as discrimination, public health, insurance, family law, and tort law.
5235	Law, Ethics, and Brain Policy	2	Law, Ethics, and Brain Policy covers legal and ethical aspects of brain injury (mental disorders, competency, and criminal responsibility), brain treatments (stem cell, psychosurgery, electroconvulsive therapy), brain imaging (permanently unconscious patients, lie detection), brain death policies, and the emerging field of neuroethics and law.
5297	Law & Ethics in Health Policy	2	Law & Ethics in Health Policy explores topics such as the goals of health care, health care reform, how health policy is made, and several areas of legal and ethical controversy such as policies pertaining to access to health care, resource allocation, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, vulnerable populations, and end of life issues.
7238	Law & Bioethics Seminar	3	Law & Bioethics Seminar examines the legal, ethical and policy aspects of current controversies in bioethics including privacy and confidentiality, terminal care decisions, patients' right to refuse treatment, organ donation and transplantation, and human subject experimentation.
7213	Law, Medicine & Public Policy Seminar	3	Law, Medicine & Public Policy Seminar attempts to understand the nature of how difficult health delivery considerations and issues interact with law that result in particular types of public policy. Practical considerations include, health provider methods of practice, economic and social incentives and disincentives, and public choice will be assessed and explored to provide and understand how the particular health and policy became extant, the difficulties with such law and policy, and what solutions can address the issues raised.
7212	Law & Psychiatry Seminar	2	Law and Psychiatry Seminar covers current topics in law and psychiatry, including civil commitment, right to treatment, right to refuse treatment,competency to stand trial, the insanity defense and the psychiatrist's role in the sentencing process.
7397	Legal Aspects of Bioethics Seminar	2	Legal Aspects of Bioethics Seminar examines the legal, ethical, and policy aspects of current controversies in bioethics: privacy and confidenciality, terminal care decisions, patients' rights to refuse treatment, organ donation and transplantation, and experimentation involving human subjects.
	Legal Issues in Health Care ( @ UTMB Galveston)	3	Legal Issues in Health Care ( @ UTMB Galveston) covers important legal issues associated with health care, as well as examine whether assumptions of the legal system comport with medical practice, and whether they are empirically justified.
5340	Life & Health Insurance	2	Life & Health Insurance covers classic common law principles applicable to insurance contracts. Substantive and structural provisions of life and health insurance contracts and related topics such as brochures. It also surveys the of adjustment process and how-extra contractual, court-originated legal regulation has changed the landscape, insurance and federal and state statutory regulation of life and health insurance.
5397	Medical Malpractice Litigation	2	Medical Malpractice Litagation is a broad-based study of malpractice law and policy, including the effect of malpractice on health care access, quality, and cost; malpractice legal doctrine; and legislative reforms.
5297	Medicare	3	Medicare provides an overview of the Medicare program, focusing on structural, coverage, and reimbursement issues. Other topics include the programs history, efforts to expand the availability of managed care options for Medicare beneficiaries, fraud and abuse issues, and the debate concerning the future solvency and structure of the program.
5358	Rural Health Law	2	Rural Health law will focus on the unique issues of the rural community and how health policy, laws and regulations impact health care services in those areas. Students will be required to read the assigned materials prior or each class and be prepared to discuss them. There will be several guest lectures who will address traditional heal law topics such as corporate practice of medicine, Medicare fraud and abuse, antitrust and similar laws and regulations as they apply to the rural health care provider
7208	Poverty, Health & Public Policy Seminar	3	Poverty, Health & Public Policy Seminar reviews ways in which health needs of the poor are different in degree and kind, as well as the ways in which health institutions and programs can either address or aggravate these needs. Topics for course coverage and research include nutrition, communicable diseases, family dysfunction, housing and environment, human experimentation, medical education and institutions, and fundamental concepts, such as informed consent, health and poverty.
7397	Public Health Law Seminar	2	Public Health Law Seminar examines the legal basis for public health regulation and explores the tension between public health activities, civil liberties, property rights, and other significant interests. Topics include current public health law and policy issues, including immunization/vaccination, forced medical treatment, bioterrorism preparedness, disease reporting and surveillance, infectious disease control, quarantine, and tobacco regulation.
Intellectual Property Law
5260	Advanced Contract Drafting	3	Advanced Contract Drafting deals with drafting various agreements (including IPIL-related agreements), ranging from sales through licenses, and other forms of contract.
6214	Copyright Law	3	Copyright Law deals with the protection of the works of human intellect (literature, music, art, computer programs, etc.) under the Copyright Act of 1976, as amended. The course includes subject matter, ownership, duration, formalities, exclusive rights, infringement actions and defenses, remedies, federal preemption of state law and international aspects of copyright.
5341	Digital Transactions	2	Digital Transactions focuses on issues in software and database licensing, and in transactions conducted online.
6204	Entertainment Law		Entertainment Law includes issues related to music, motion pictures, television, book publishing, multimedia and internet, theatre, and sports. The emphasis in this course will be the music and film industry and the variety of legal problems, transactions and issues encountered in representing performers, writers, managers, producers, record companies, publishing companies and other industry clients.
5201	Intellectual Property Survey	2	Intellectual Property Survey covers domestic intellectual property laws - patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret - through statues and cases.
7297	Intellectual Property Law Seminar	2	Intellectual Property Law Seminar examines controversial topics in the intellectual property law field.
7297	Intellectual Trade & Investment Seminar	2	Int'l Trade & Investment Seminar examines and researches the law surrounding international economic relations, including the public and private law of international trade and foreign investment. We will then have an introduction to researching international and comparative law related to economic matters.
5297	International Intellectual Property	2	International Intellectual Property covers international public law, private international intellectual property law, copyright law, or trademark law; and, to a lesser degree, comparative aspects of IP law among the major trading countries or regions of the world.
5360	Licensing & Technology Transfer	3	Licensing & Technology Transfer covers the introduction to the transfer of technology by licensing agreements where underlying rights are patent, trademark, copyright, or trade secret (know-how). Agreement structures and legal limitations via antitrust laws. U.S . law emphasis and some foreign laws are considered.
	NAFTA	3	NAFTA covers the provisions of the North America Free Trade Agreement that affect economic and business relations between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Class discussions center on the domestic laws that govern NAFTA-and on the inevitable problem areas that arise from their administration
5355	Network Law	3	Network Law examines current issues associated with law on the Internet. Topics include property rights law, including the role of copyright and trademark law and laws associated with rights established under criminal law and trespass in Internet contexts, privacy law issues in the online context, including the role and impact of privacy policies, and electronic commerce will also be covered, including especially the handling of informational assets as commercial subject matter online with regard to use restrictions and liability risks.
5332	Patent Law	3	Patent Law covers the substantive U.S. law of patents including eligible subject matter, utility, novelty and nonobviousness requirements, requirements of the patent specification, scope of claims, and modern infringement law.
6205	Patent Prosecution	2	Patent Prosecution takes the fundamental concepts taught in Patent Law and applies and builds upon these concepts in the prosecution setting. The course covers: the substantive law governing patent descriptions and claims; practical issues relating to drafting applications and claims; basic procedural aspects of patent prosecution; the substantive law relating to rejections based on prior art as well as those not based on prior art; and practical and strategic issues relating to responding to official actions.
5226	Patent Remedies and Defenses	2	Patent Remedies and Defenses covers statutory and rules provisions governing U.S. patent litigation; commonly sought remedies and defenses; recent Federal Circuit decisions; jurisdictional and venue issues.
5284	Property	4	Property will introduce basic principles of property law; acquisition of property; types of property; type of property interests; transfer of ownership; recording systems; conveyancing; landlord and tenant; regulation of land use.
	Property & Casualty Insurance (Texas)	2	Property & Casualty Insurance (Texas) examines the major insurance coverages encountered in the practice of law and the legal causes of action an insured may assert against its insurer including commercial liability, professional liability, personal auto, and personal homeowners coverages.
7397	Regulation of Health Care Professionals Seminar	2	Regulation of Health Care Professionals explores the regulatory environment affecting physicians and other health care professionals, including licensing, staff privileges, and peer review
7397	SEM: Advanced Topics in Copyright	3	SEM: Advanced Topics in Copyright Law provides students the opportunity for in-depth exploration of topics of interest to them, including technological, international and historical problems in the field of copyright law.
6307	Special Topics in Patent Law -- INTERSESSION	1	Special Topics in Patent Law -- INTERSESSION advanced patent law topics, including claim construction, doctrine of equivalents and prosecution history estoppel, anablement, written description, means-plus-function claiming, design patents, inventorship, patent jurisdiction, appellate issues, and certain patent treaties.
5197	Special Topics in Internet Law -- INTERSESSION	1	Special Topics in Internet Law -- INTERSESSION explores several salient areas within the growing body of novel legal theories and legislative responses that are emerging in the areas of patent, trademark and copyright law.
5317	Trade Secrets	2	Trade Secrets explores common law roots of unfair competition laws and their modern offshoots with emphasis placed on protecting and enforcing trademarks and trade dress. It covers the law on appropriation of ideas, misappropriation doctrine, trade secrets, federal preemption, deceptive trade practices, defamation and disparagement.
6324	Trademark and Unfair Competition	3	Trademark and Unfair Competition explores common law roots of unfair competition laws and their modern offshoots. Emphasis is placed on protecting and enforcing trademarks and trade dress. The course also covers the law on appropriation of ideas, misappropriation doctrine, trade secrets, federal preemption, deceptive trade practices, defamation and disparagement.
International Law and Admiralty
6200	Asylum Law	2	Asylum law is a comparative law course covering international origins (legal, religious and political) of refugee law and procedure; a comparative analysis of the procedures and precedents of the U.S. and other countries in the treatment of those seeking protection within their borders; an analysis of the types of harm that may qualify as a basis for refugee classification; the motivation or causation of this harm and the burden on the asylum-seeker to prove this motivation; treatment of gender-based and juvenile claims; bars to asylum - statutory and discretionary reasons claims may be denied; related forms of relief; procedures in seeking refugee relief before the court and the Department of Homeland Security, and present and future trends in the treatment of refugees.
5215	Basics of Import & Export Regulation	3	Basics of Import & Export Regulation provides a succinct overview to U.S. Import Regulation and U.S. Export Controls. Topics include the legal basis for import and export procedures, an overview to critical legal issues facing importers and exporters, an examination of corporate legal compliance in the context of international trade and a review of currently pending legislative, and administrative initiatives that shape import and export legal requirements into the future.
5323	Comparative Law	3	Comparative Law gives students a basic working knowledge of procedural and substantive law in civil law systems, the systems prevalent in Europe, Latin America, and much of Asia and Africa; compares civil law features with common law approaches to the same legal problems, including different modes of analysis and different approaches to law reform; analyze how legal systems operate and general norms or principles that could be considered universal.
5357	European Union Law (Introduction to)	3	European Union Law (Introduction to) studies the transnational law of the European Union (formerly European Community) which touches all aspects of trade, investment, labor relations, and human rights in those countries who are members of the European Union.
7297	Human Rights Seminar	3	Human Rights Seminar addresses the nature, sources, and types of human rights and international and domestic arrangements designed to promote better implementation of human rights law and litigation of human rights claims.
5297	Immigration Law	3	Immigration Law is a study of United States laws relating to the permanent and temporary entry of foreign nationals into the U.S.
5265	Immigration Law & Business	2	Immigration Law & Business covers all aspects of immigration law including: family visa processing; employment based immigration; asylum and refugee law; naturalization and citizenship; removal proceedings before the immigration court; relief from removal; administrative and judicial review of agency decisions.
6301	International Business Transactions	3	International Business Transactions considers key elements of contemporary transnational business law from the standpoint of a practicing attorney based in the U.S.A. In addition to relevant U.S. Law, particular attention will be given to the World Trade Organization and related agreements the European Union and its impact on business transactions between EU nations and the U.S.A ., and NAFTA, other U.S. free trade agreements, and their impact on business transactions among their nations.
6302	International Commercial Arbitration	3	International Commercial Arbitration compares various dispute resolution strategies, focusing on international arbitration and the various arbitral institutions and regimes.
5393	International Contracting	3	International Contracting deals with various aspects of doing business across national boundaries.
5393	International Criminal Law	3	International Criminal Law examines the nature, sources and evidences of international criminal law; the forms of individual responsibility for international crimes; state responsibilities to prosecute or extradite; various forms of defense or limitations of responsibility; jurisidiction of states under international law; prosecution of international crimes within U.S. and international fora; and types of international crime, including offenses against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and other crimes against human rights.
5371	International Energy Transactions	3	International Energy Transactions studies overseas petroleum transactions, inlcuding negotiation and contracting with host countries and national oil companies, operating aspects of production, and product distribution and transportation.
7297	International Environmental Law Seminar	3	International Environmental Law Seminar covers the foundations for legal response to current global environmental challenges and the exploration of the leading issues.
7334	International Law & the Use of Force Seminar	2	International Law & the Use of Force Seminar focuses on use of force in international law, the crime of aggression, and other crimes such as genocide, other crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
5294	International Law	3	International Law covers the basics of public international law, including the nature and sources of itnernational law, incorporation into U.S. law, jurisdiction and extradition, the use of force, and the law of the sea, airspace, and outer space.
5294	International Litigation and Arbitration	2	International Legal Arbitration addresses suits by and against foreign parties, including problems of in personam and in rem jurisdiction, forum-selection clauses, foreign sovereign immunity, the taking of evidence abroad, enjoining suits abroad, forum non-conveniens and recognition of judgments. The treatment of international commercial arbitration will include analysis of the arbitration agreement and pertinent drafting considerations, the international treaties and model laws on international arbitration, the application of arbitration agreements to non-parties, and judicial assistance and interference with the arbitral process.
5387	International Tax	3	International Tax provides a comprehensive analysis of the two fundamental areas of th e U.S. income taxation system applicable to international transactions: axation of non-resident aliens and foreign corporations on income derived from U.S. sources and, taxation of U.S. persons and corporations on income received from non-U.S. sources.
5324	International Trade	3	International Trade covers the theory and rules of the international legal system governing trade in goods and services under the World Trade Organization agreements; the U.S. law and practice in controlling imports, exports, and unfair trade practices; and the settlement of trade disputes.
7301	International Trade Seminar	3	International Trade Seminar concentrates on the private law of international trade in goods and on national and international regulation of trade across national borders, International trade in services, and financing.
5378	Introduction to American Law	3	Intro to Americam Law covers the American legal method for foreign lawyers.
5297	Introduction to Chinese Law	3	Introduction to Chinese provides an introduction to the legal system and basic laws of the People's Republic of China. The course examines the new Chinese laws and regulations on SARS, Chinese legal history and legal reforms, the current government structure and law-making process and constitution law and human rights, criminal law and criminal procedure , civil law and civil procedure, administrative law, property law, foreign trade law (including a Joint Venture contract drafting session), and intellectual property law.
5378	Introduction to European Law	3	Intro. to European Law discusses the constitutional structure and general policy of the 25-member-states Organization and especially of the new body of law including treaties, regulations, and case law that provides the legal framework for institutions and activities of the European Union as a political and trade partner for the U.S.A.
5397	Introduction to Mexican Law	2	Introduction to Mexican Law provides an introduction to the Mexican legal system, concentrating on selected aspects of laws and legal institutions. The course covers the history of Mexican law, constitutional law, separation of powers, structure of the judicial system, judicial procedure, and certain aspects of business and private law.
	Law and Development in Africa	2	Law and Development in Africa studies of the role of law in the process of development in Africa, with emphasis on modern African constitutions and economic, social, and women’s rights, including the rights to housing and health-care.
	Law and International Economic Relations	3	International Economic Law deals with economic relations in which the actors and the consequences of their acts influence events beyond the borders of a single nation. Actors include governments, international organizations, private companies, individuals, associations and trade unions.
5297	Law of Biodiversity Conservation	2	Law of Biodiversity Conservation provides students with an understanding of the existing domestic and international legal framework for protecting critical ecosystems. The course investigates the key U.S. laws and international treaties and conventions that address biodiversity and habitat protection, including the Climate Change Convention and the Convention on Biodiversity.
5418	Law of International Organizations	3	The Law of International Organizations examines the legal structure, procedures, and the political environment of International Organizations. The United Nations with its Charter, Court of Justice, and the UN Specialized Agencies are addressed in the areas of trade, defense, or other specialized cooperation.
5297	Legal Research - Foreign section	2	Legal Analysis, Research, and Communication provides a foundation of vital skills to be used as a student and practitioner. This class begins two weeks before the start of fall semester.
5360	Licensing & Technology Transfer	3	Licensing & Technology Transfer studies of the law of licensing of intellectual property rights and deals with the major provisions encountered in software, patent, copyright, and trademark licenses.
5297	Maritime Cargo and Collision	3	Maritime Cargo and Collision examine admiralty proceedings, the means to obtain a vessel's release from seizure, the laws of the U.S. and other nations regarding the international shipment of cargo, collision between vessels, and a review of U.S. laws relative to pollution of the seas.
7304	Maritime Cargo, Collision, and Ocean Pollution Seminar	3	Maritime Cargo, Collision and Ocean Pollution Seminar considers controlling law maritime cargo and collision situations including the international shipment of cargo aboard vessels and ocean collisions in both domestic and international waters.
7208	Problems in International Trade and Investment Seminar	3	Problems in International Trade and Investment Seminar explores international trade regulations or regional trade mechanisms and issues that impinge upon trade, such as environmental, labor, and service issues. Investment subjects include foreign investment in the United States; U.S. investment abroad; regulation of multinational corporations; antitrust and restrictive trade practices; comparative systems of regulating foreign investment; and conflicts of law issues.
6323	Space Law	3	Space Law surveys the development of space law and policy, the evolving law for the International Space Station and future exploration, and settlement of the solar system. Topics include: International Space Law (multinational and bilateral treaties, and the common international law of space); National Space Law (U.S., Russian, European, Japanese and Chinese); and the space policy of the United States.
5310	US Export Regulation	2	U.S. Export Regulation focuses on export control procedures of the primary federal agencies that regulate U.S. Export Policy. Including procedures of the Department of Commerce and Bureau of Export Administration.
Law and Society
	American Indians and Indian Law	2	American Indians and Indian Law examines the foundations and evolution of tribal sovereignty and federal Indian policy. Students consider the complex relationships and tension among tribal, state, and federal governments and discuss traditional and contemporary native legal systems.
5397	American Legal History	3	American Legal History studies the development of the anglo-American legal system with emphasis on the creation of the English systems of common law and equity.
5330	Analytic Methods	3	Analytic Methods teaches practical analytical methods on problems that arise in a wide range of legal practice settings. The course consist of decision analysis, games and information, contracting, accounting, finance, microeconomics, law and economics, and statistics and regressions.
6204	English Legal History	3	English Legal History discusses the development of English law from the twelfth to the eighteenth century with emphasis on the nature of legal change, the relationship between legal and social change, and the development of individual rights.
5405	How to Reason: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Public Policy	2	How to Reason: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Public Policy covers the basic reasoning approaches of a number of disciplines, including logic, economics, ethics, political science, scientific method, jurisprudence, psychology, statistics, rhetoric, finance, and management and applies methods to legal issues and public policy questions.
5329	Islamic Law	3	Islamic Law examines the development of Islamic jurisprudence through comparative and historical approaches, emphasizing the interaction between law and society.
5351	Jurisprudence	2	Jurisprudence examines students' notions about law and standard paradigms that have influenced legal thinkers through the ages.
6225	Law & Economics	3	Law & Economics addresses the use of economic tools and their application to legal principles.
7397	Law & Theology Seminar	2	Law & Theology Seminar features an interdisciplinary analysis of selected concepts common to legal and theological studies.
7308	Sandra Day O'Connor Seminar	3	Sandra Day O'Connor Seminar is a longitudinal study of the jurisprudence of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Litigation, Advocacy, and Related Courses
5297	Advanced Trial Advocacy	3	Advanced Trial Advocacy focuses on persuasion and methods for causing a judge or jury to view evidence from a litigant's perspective.
7297	American Legal History Seminar	3	American Legal History Seminar is a study of the judicial opinions and philosophy of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor from 1981 to the present.
5344	Appellate Advocacy	3	The Appellate Advocacy teaches advanced oral and written advocacy techniques. Students give oral arguments, write briefs and receive critiques from adjunct professors, who are appellate lawyers. The course also examines appellate procedure and practice in trial courts.
5365	Attorney Communication and Persuasion Techniques	2	Attorney Communication and Persuasion Techniques helps students become more effective, precise, clear, credible, and persuasive. Teaches students about the psychological underpinnings of the communication process, how people process information and how to communicate more clearly, powerfully and persuasively.
7297	Colloquium Seminar	3	Colloquium Seminar requires students to read completed works or drafts and come prepared to discuss, analyze, comment upon and critique the paper which faculty membesr present. Students write three reaction papers to the presentations given by the guest faculty speakers that discuss the thesis of the presented scholarship and critically analyze whether its author succeeds in his/her objectives.
5323	Conflict of Laws	3	Conflict of Laws focuses on the controlling law if there are competing legal principles from various jurisdictions that have a connection with the controversy, including problems in an international context.
5297	Depositions	2	Depositions teaches students how to take and defend depositions and receive critiques. Topics include defending depositions planning discovery, opening the deposition, entering into stipulations, engaging in information gathering, seeking admissions, making and responding to objections and concluding the deposition.
5357	Evidence	3	Evidence addresses the rules that govern the admission of proof at trial. Topics include relevance, the hearsay rule and its exceptions, the impeachment of witnesses, privileges, opinion testimony, expert witnesses, and scientific evidence.
5459	Federal and Pre-Trial Procedure	3	Federal and Pre-Trial Procedure offers a comprehensive study of the Federal Rules and Statutes, as well as the rules of the local Federal Court, that relate to the pre-trial phase of litigation.
5381	Legal Negotiations	3	Legal Negotiations helps participants improve their skills in negotiation, joint decision-making, and joint problem solving,
5406	Pre-Trial Litigation	3	Pre-Trial Litigation stresses pretrial rules and practice in civil cases. The course emphacizes thinking, writing, oral advocacy, and judgment in an experiential context.
6224	Remedies	2	Remedies examines legal and equitable remedies available in civil actions including injunctions, specific performance, common law "writs," restitution, money damages, attorney's fees, prejudgment interest. It also addresses remedies available in state and federal court, and in contract, tort, and federal civil rights actions.
5386	Trial Advocacy	3	Trial Advocacy prepares students for the mastery of trial skills through the development of a case theory, selecting a jury, conducting direct and cross examinations, handling exhibits, impeaching witnesses, and presenting opening statements and closing arguments.
7297	Women and the Law Seminar	3	Women and the Law Seminar explores the ways in which women have been treated as a special legal category in a number of different substantive areas, and considers the jurisprudential theories that seek to redefine the social significance of gender.
Practice Skills Training
6226	Advanced Legal Research	2	Advanced Legal Research covers both primary and secondary law including legislative history, electronic research and printed sources, looseleaf services, formbooks and practice aids, indices, citators, and West's American Digest System, theories and strategies of "legal research and issue analysis and problem solving" and emphasizes the problems encountered in everyday legal practice.
5207	Class Actions	3	Class actions examines the governing legal principles and current issues in class action litigation in federal and Texas courts. It explores the procedural requirements, legislation and court decisions, constitutional principles, and the ethical issues that arise and all phases of a class action are discussed including pleading and certification issues, discovery, case management issues, class notice, settlement, trial, and judicial review.
6300	Client Interviewing and Counseling	3	Client Interviewing and Counseling will provide simulations, self critiques, peer and faculty evaluations, and observations students learn techniques for interviewing and counseling clients, interviewing witnesses, negotiation skills and other practices techniques.
6349	Consumer Law Clinic	4	Consumer Law Clinic focuses on consumer law issues, students enrolled in this clinic work as student attorneys with Lone Star Legal Aid and learn the law by a mixture of theory and actual hands-on experience representing low income clients at Justice Court, County Court, and District Court.
5402	Criminal Prosecution Clinic	4	Criminal Prosecution Clinic places students in the District Attorney's office in either Harris or Fort Bend Counties where they experience all phases of criminal prosecution.
5497	Criminal Defense Clinic	4	Criminal Defense Clinic gives students criminal court appointments under the supervision of a practicing criminal defense attorney. Students participate in all phases of a defendant's case.
5303	Criminal Defense Clinic Juvenile II.	4	Criminal Defense Clinic Juvenile II is a more advanced course for students who have completed the Juvenile Defense Clinic and helps students learn how to represent children in delinquency proceedings.
6300	Externship Clinic I.	5	Externship Clinic I serves as a public interest law firm for students where they have responsibility for representing a client.
6500	Externship Clinic II	5	Externship Clinic II allows students to work on additional lawyering skills while improving the lawyering skills they have already gained.
5383	Factual Investigations	2	Factual Investigations explores sources and research techniques in traditional and electronic media for such activities as due diligence investigations, acquisition and use of military licensing information, government information.
5411	Health Law Clinic I	4	Health Law Clinic I gives students the opportunity to gain experience in the health law field through placements in non-profit or governmental agencies, such as a hospital's office of general counsel.
5342