5271 Advanced Negotiation - (offered in Spring 2026)
Legal Negotiation, participation in the ABA Negotiation Competition, or participation in the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition.
5309 Advanced Trial Advocacy - (offered in Spring 2026)
Trial Advocacy
6337 Appellate Civil Rights Clinic - (offered in Spring 2025)
Good academic standing and eligible for Texas Supervised Practice Card.
6203 Bankruptcy Tax - (offered in Spring 2026)
Federal Income Tax
7334 Brainstorming to Bankrolling - (offered in Spring 2026)
The prerequisite for this course is graduate standing.
7334 Brainstorming to Bankrolling: Beyond The Classroom - (offered in Fall 2024)
The prerequisite for this course is graduate standing.
5297 Business Planning - (offered in Spring 2026)
Federal Income Tax is a prerequisite. Corporate Tax and Partnership are recommended but not required.
5416 Civil Justice Clinic I - (offered in Spring 2026)
Completion of 30 credits. Good academic standing.
5224 Civil Justice Clinic II - (offered in Summer I 2026)
Completion of Civil Justice Clinic I, Civil Practice Clinic I, or Consumer Law Clinic I. Good academic standing.
5323 Conflict of Laws - (offered in Fall 2025)
First-year Procedure course, or its equivalent. Foreign LLM students who have taken Intro to American Law will satisfy this prerequisite.
6364 Contract Drafting - (offered in Spring 2026)
1L Contracts. (We will review key contract-law doctrines along the way.) A business background is helpful but not required — all necessary business information will be covered in class and/or in reading materials.
5352 Corporate Tax - (offered in Spring 2026)
Prerequisite: Federal Income Taxation
5300 Criminal Defense Clinic - (offered in Summer I 2025)
Completion of Evidence, good academic standing, and eligible for Texas Supervised Practice Card.
5397 Criminal Defense Clinic II - (offered in Spring 2025)
Completion of Evidence, Criminal Defense Clinic good academic standing, and eligible for Texas Supervised Practice Card.
5300 Criminal Justice Clinic - (offered in Summer I 2026)
Completion of Evidence, good academic standing, and eligible for Texas Supervised Practice Card.
6340 Criminal Justice Clinic II - (offered in Spring 2026)
Completion of Evidence, Criminal Defense Clinic good academic standing, and eligible for Texas Supervised Practice Card.
5297 Death and Taxes - (offered in Spring 2024)
Federal Income Tax
6240 Death Penalty & Criminal Appeals Clinic - (offered in Spring 2026)
Good academic standing, plus the ability to take elective classes in accordance with the University of Houston Law Center student handbook. Students seeking to take Death Penalty & Criminal Appeals Clinic must fill out the Clinics Application. (Click the link found on the UHLC Clinics page: Clinics - University of Houston Law Center). If you experience any difficulties with the online application, please contact Professor Jeu at ccjeu@central.uh.edu.
6335 Entertainment Law Clinic - (offered in Spring 2026)
Completion of Entertainment Law (6377) and IP Survey (6376); completion of at least 45 credits, and eligible for Texas Supervised Practice Card.
5316 Entertainment Law Clinic II - (offered in Summer I 2026)
Satisfactory completion of Entertainment Law Clinic I
5402 Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic I - (offered in Spring 2026)
Good academic standing and eligible for Texas Supervised Practice Card.
5395 Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic II - (offered in Spring 2026)
Good academic standing and completion of Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic I.
5397 Environmental Appellate Advocacy - (offered in Spring 2024)
Environmental Law Or permission from Professor Hester.
5368 Estate Planning - (offered in Fall 2025)
Federal Income Tax and Trusts & Wills (unless, due to extraordinary circumstances, special permission from the professor is obtained in advance)
5225 Financial Products Taxation - (offered in Spring 2026)
Federal Income Tax
5400 Government and Nonprofit Externship I - (offered in Spring 2026)
- Completion of 30 hours, good academic standing, no honor code violations, and the Externship Director’s approval. The ED will review the online applications and then email each student regarding his/her application status.
6355 Government and Nonprofit Externship II - (offered in Spring 2026)
- Satisfactory completion of Externship I, good academic standing, no honor code violations, and approval of instructor.
5333 Health Transactions - (offered in Spring 2024)
Health Law Finance and Transactions
5601 Immigration Clinic I - (offered in Spring 2026)
Good academic standing.
5405 Immigration Clinic I (FLLM ONLY) - (offered in Spring 2026)
Good academic standing.
5301 Immigration Clinic II - (offered in Summer I 2026)
- Completion of Immigration Clinic I. Good academic standing.
6213 Innocence Investigations - (offered in Spring 2026)
Good academic standing, plus the ability to take elective classes in accordance with the University of Houston Law Center student handbook. Students seeking to take Innocence Investigations do not need to fill out the Clinics Application.
5600 Judicial Externship I - (offered in Spring 2026)
- Completion of 30 hours, good academic standing, no honor code violations, and the Externship Director’s approval. The ED will review the online applications and then email each student regarding his/her application status.
5515 Judicial Externship II - (offered in Spring 2026)
- Completion of 30 hours and Judicial Externship I, good academic standing, no honor code violations, and the Externship Director’s approval. The ED will review the online applications and then email each student regarding his/her application status.
5140 Legal Methods - (offered in Spring 2026)
Students vest into the requirement to take this course based on class rank after the fall of the 1L year.
6313 Master Thesis - Energy - (offered in Spring 2026)
: LL.M. student or joint J.D./LL.M. student and approval of your LL.M. course selection advisor.
6314 Master Thesis - Health - (offered in Spring 2026)
LL.M. student or joint J.D./LL.M. student and approval of your LL.M. course selection advisor.
6311 Master Thesis - Intellectual Property - (offered in Spring 2026)
LL.M. student or joint J.D./LL.M. student and approval of your LL.M. course selection advisor.
6309 Master Thesis - International - (offered in Spring 2026)
LL.M. student or joint J.D./LL.M. student and approval of your LL.M. course selection advisor.
6312 Master Thesis - Tax - (offered in Spring 2026)
LL.M. student or joint J.D./LL.M. student and approval of your LL.M. course selection advisor.
5350 Mediation Clinic I - (offered in Spring 2026)
- Completion of Student Mediation Training, and Professor approval.
5275 Mediation Clinic II - (offered in Summer I 2026)
Completion of Mediation Clinic I.
5411 Military Justice Clinic - (offered in Spring 2026)
Completed or concurrently enrolled in Evidence
5413 Military Justice Clinic II - (offered in Spring 2026)
Completed or concurrently enrolled in Evidence
5397 Partnership Tax - (offered in Spring 2026)
Fed Tax
6205 Patent Prosecution - (offered in Spring 2026)
Either Patent Law or IP Survey in a prior semester or in the same semester as this course; or permission of the instructors
5227 Procedure of Patent Litigation - (offered in Spring 2026)
Patent Law, OR Patent Remedies & Defenses
5261 Real Estate Tax - (offered in Fall 2024)
Fed Tax
5277 Records Sealing and Expunction I - (offered in Spring 2026)
Student must be in good academic standing and must obtain permission from the instructor.
5259 State & Local Taxation - (offered in Fall 2025)
Federal Income Tax
5471 Street Law II - (offered in Spring 2026)
Street Law I
5267 Tax Accounting - (offered in Fall 2025)
Federal Income Tax (Law 5359 or Law 5459)
5254 Tax Controversy & Litigation - (offered in Spring 2026)
Federal Income Tax.
5288 Tax Ethics - (offered in Fall 2025)
Federal Income Tax and Professional Responsibility
5293 Tax Fraud & Money Laundering - (offered in Spring 2026)
Federal Income Tax
6373 Tax Policy - (offered in Spring 2025)
Federal Income Taxation
5292 Tax Procedure & Practice - (offered in Fall 2025)
Fed Income Tax
5151 Tax Research - (offered in Fall 2025)
Prerequisites: Federal Tax and Corporate Tax recommended; ability to perform on-line searches in Lexis and/or Westlaw. This is an LLM class; JD students may take this course with instructor's permission.
5266 Taxation of Exempt Organizations - (offered in Spring 2026)
Federal Income Tax (past or concurrent enrollment)
6220 Trademark Prosecution - (offered in Spring 2026)
The Trademark Prosecution Course is a trademark law course for students who have completed either the Trademark and Unfair Competition law course, and/or the IP Survey course, and/or who are enrolled in or have completed the Trademark Prosecution Clinic 1, and seek practical experience in successful strategies to search, prepare, file, and prosecute a US Trademark Application with the United State
5297 Trademark Prosecution Clinic - (offered in Fall 2025)
Satisfactory completion of IP Survey or Trademark & Unfair Competition or Trademark Prosecution or co-registration with Trademark Prosecution.
5297 Trademark Prosecution Clinic 2 - (offered in Spring 2026)
Only open to students who have completed either Trademark Simulation or Trademark Prosecution Clinic 1.
5386 Trial Advocacy - (offered in Spring 2026)
Evidence, it may be taken concurrently
5197 US Attorney Clinical Lab - (offered in Fall 2025)
Criminal Law; White Collar Crime
5251 VOIR DIRE- The Art of Juror De-Selection - (offered in Spring 2026)
Trial Advocacy or instructor approval.
5251 VOIR DIRE: The Art of Juror De-Selection - (offered in Spring 2025)
Trial Advocacy or instructor approval.
7397 WRC Health Transactions - (offered in Spring 2026)
6365 Health Law Finance and Transactions
7397 WRC: Health Transactions - (offered in Spring 2025)
6365 Health Law Finance and Transactions
7307 WRS: Advanced Topics in Intellectual Property - (offered in Fall 2025)
Intellectual Property Survey, or Patent Law, or Patent Remedies & Defenses, or Trademark Law, or Copyright Law.
