This course introduces law students to foundational components of the business of sport, including stadium/arena development, M&A and equity investment, sponsorship/commercial activation, and media rights.
This research-oriented seminar is intended for students interested in international finance and the structure of financial regulation in the global economy.
Protest or riot? Civil disobedience or insurrection? Cities, universities, and other governmental entities must simultaneously protect free speech and public safety while managing mass demonstration events. The legal, ethical, and …
This seminar is aimed at giving students a full view of Political Law as a field from a legal practitioner's standpoint. Topics include constitutional and public policy underpinnings of regulation, …
This seminar examines the development of U.S. citizenship through law, history, and politics, including topics such as naturalization, birthright citizenship (jus soli), citizenship by descent (jus sanguinis), and expatriation/denaturalization.
This seminar will be jointly offered in the Law School and the Department of Environmental Sciences and co-taught by members of those departments. The course will use several species restoration …
The goals of this course are (i) to introduce students to transactional law, (ii) to provide negotiations training in the context of transactional practice, and (iii) to further practical legal …
This seminar offers an introduction to state constitutional law with a comparative approach to analyze the text, structure, and interpretive traditions of various state constitutions.
This is a colloquium inviting scholars writing in public law to present works in progress. The class will meet to dissect the work before having the scholar present the work …
This seminar will address the potential moral underpinnings of contract law. Our primary focus will be on the relationship between contract and promise.
This course is designed for students in the Program in Law & Public Service and/or students considering a public-interest career. During the seminar, we will confront pressing questions of what …
This course will ask whether and how the Constitution can be read to protect the poor. We will explore the Supreme Court's flirtation with such protection during the 1960s and …
This is a simulation course in which students act as outside lawyers hired to defend a hypothetical corporation in every phase of a criminal investigation from the discovery of potential …
This is the second semester of a yearlong study project. Part of the class will be focused on identifying research topics in advance of a fieldwork trip to a site …
This seminar will explore planning techniques and legal issues surrounding protection of landscapes of natural, historical and cultural value and public uses of those landscapes. The seminar will be conducted …
This seminar will explore legal issues from a philosophically informed perspective. The course offers the opportunity for students to interact with prominent scholars, to help shape cutting-edge work, to hone …
In each meeting, a leading scholar will present a current legal research paper using the methodology of law and economics.
This seminar is designed to teach the skills required of appellate advocates. We will begin with the necessary steps lawyers must take at the trial level to preserve issues for …
This class explores legal controversies from the period preceding the American Revolution to the ratification and early implementation of the Constitution.
This course takes a deep dive into the prosecution and defense of professional liability cases. Students will learn how to prosecute and defend professional liability cases while gaining competency with …