This course considers the formation and operation of corporations and compares corporations to other business forms. It examines the roles and duties of those who control businesses and the power of investors to influence and litigate against those in control. The course also addresses the special problems of closely held corporations and issues arising out of mergers and attempts to acquire firms. The course uses both new tools derived from the corporate finance and related literature and traditional tools to explore a wide range of phenomena and transactions associated with the modern business enterprise.

This course explores the substantive provisions of U.S. immigration law and the procedures for deciding immigration-related issues.

"This class will explore the topic of taboo trades (e.g. prostitution, marijuana, paying college athletes) through the production of a weekly podcast in with a guest scholar, lawyer, or regulator. Students will read relevant work of the guest and develop questions and content for the podcast. Two students will be ""guest producers"" for each podcast and take the lead in selecting questions and materials, and help conduct the interviews."

In this short course, students will learn negotiation theories and techniques, and they will apply them to legal situations.

This course introduces the institutions and rules governing international trade. The principal focus is the World Trade Organization and its rules governing tariffs, non-tariff barriers, dumping, subsidies, trade in services, health and safety standards, and intellectual property rights, as well as its international dispute settlement mechanism. The course also covers the U.S. legal framework for international trade relations.

This seminar will consider the theory and practice of drug product liability litigation lawsuits before, and now after, the Supreme Court's recent landmark decision in Wyeth v. Levine (2009). We will consider the legal principles governing such lawsuits, such as inadequate warning; the learned intermediary doctrine; and medical causation.

This course will concentrate on the provisions that apply to all taxpayers, with particular concern for the taxation of individuals. The course is intended to provide grounding in such fundamental areas as the concept of income, income exclusions and exemptions, non-business deductions, deductions for business expenses, basic tax accounting, assignment of income, and capital gains and losses.

Professional Responsibility. Enrollment not allowed in LAW 7071, 7072, 7134, or 7605 if any taken previously.

This course will examine the response of law to racial issues in a variety of contemporary legal contexts. Topics may include criminal justice, education, employment, interracial relationships and adoption, hate speech, voting. Mutually Exclusive with LAW 7707 Race and Law (SC) and LAW 9058 Race and Law Seminar

"This seminar will explore the current state of thinking about the relationship between identity, politics and the law. The seminar will focus on the idea of ""reparations,"" exploring the history of the concept, theoretical justifications, and empirical evidence of its significance. Will explore the idea of reparations both in the domestic context and in the global south, and explore the relationships among race, colonial identity, and other factors grounding claims for reparations and the amount that is owed."