Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions of private companies is very different from public company transactions. This course explores the structuring and negotiating of private deals by strategic (another company) and financial (private equity) purchasers through detailed discussion of and exercises focused on actual transactions.

In this seminar, students learn about current research in law-relevant psychology and will apply it to various tasks like: engaging with clients, witnesses, & juries; negotiating; group problem solving; and planning for the future.

This experiential class is devoted to helping students with the nuts and bolts of contract provisions typically encountered at law firms and corporate jobs. Beyond the basics, the main  portions  of  the  class will consist of review and  markup of specific  transactional documents accumulated from real life transactions, and then practice negotiations of small groups within the class, with feedback on substance and style.

This course will help students develop the language skills and knowledge to properly represent monolingual Spanish-speaking clients. Students will study Spanish language legal vocabulary and practice explaining legal concepts to Spanish speakers. Students will also develop core cultural competency and legal skills.

This course seeks to complement the law school's robust trial advocacy curriculum by focusing on the litigation that takes place before trial, and how every step in a case's lifespan affects the ultimate outcome of the case. Students will focus on developing their advocacy skills in the pretrial motion process and gaining a practical understanding of the increasingly important role of discovery in civil cases.

The seminar surveys the laws and policies governing the management of lands and natural resources under federal ownership (some one-third of the nation's continental land area).

This course explores domestic humanitarian immigration law as it affects refugees and those seeking asylum within the United States.

This class explores a variety of topics that arise in the practice of business law. The colloquium will include classroom overview lectures and featured guest speakers who will discuss their professional experiences as practitioners in various areas of law and business.

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, formation and entity choice, campaign finance, lobbying, and foreign participation. Voting rights, redistricting, and election law will not be covered.

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 initiatives of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to study biodiversity conservation.