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Courses by Category

* Required courses
(B) California Bar courses

Business Organizations and Transactions
  Agency
Antitrust
Business Planning
Commercial Transactions (UCC) I* & II
Entertainment Law
Feature Film Financing
International Business Negotiations
International Business Transactions
International Commerce
Modern Real Estate Transactions
Remedies* (B)
Securities Regulations
   
Contractual Relations
 

Agency
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitration Law
Business Planning
Commercial Transactions (UCC) I & II
Contracts I & II* (B)
Entertainment Law
International Business Transactions
Modern Real Estate Transactions
Remedies (B)
Sports Law

   
Criminal Law and Procedure
 

Adjudicative Criminal Procedure
Antitrust
Criminal Law* (B)
Criminal Procedure* (B)
Criminal Punishment
Criminal Trial Advocacy
Evidence* (B)
Immigration Law
International Criminal Justice
International Criminal Law
Juvenile Justice
Securities Regulations
White Collar Crime

   

Dispute Resolution

 

Advanced Interviewing, Counseling & Negotiation
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Professional Responsibility (B)

   
Environmental Law
 

Administrative Law
Constitutional Law I & II*
Environmental Justice
Environmental Law
International Environmental Law
Local Government Law
Modern Real Estate Transactions
Natural Resources & the Law
Real Property I & II* (B)
Remedies* (B)

   
Family Law
 

Adoption Law
Children’s Advocacy Clinic
Community Property* (B)
Constitutional Law I & II* (B)
Current Developments in Family Law
Estate Planning
Family Law
Family Violence Clinic
Journal of Child and Family Advocacy
Juvenile Justice
Juvenile Trial Advocacy
Special Education Law
Wills and Trusts* (B)

 
Health Law

Biotechnology and Intellectual Property
Civil Trial Advocacy
Reproductive Technologies and the Law
Torts I & II* (B)

   
Intellectual Property

Advanced Copyright
Advanced Intellectual Property
Art and the Law
Biotechnology and Intellectual Property
Computers and the Law
Copyright Law
Entertainment Law
Information Privacy
Intellectual Property Litigation
International Copyright Law
International Patent Law
International Trademark Law
Internet Law
Licensing and Technology Law
Patent Law
Patent Prosecution
Rights of Publicity
Sports Law
Trademarks and Unfair Competition
Trade Secrets Law
Video Game Law

   
International Law

Admiralty Law
Advanced Immigration Law
Advanced Topics in International Law
Comparative Legal Systems
Immigration
International Business Negotiations
International Business Transactions
International Copyright
International Criminal Justice
International Criminal Law
International Environmental Law
International Human Rights
International Law
International Patent Law
International Trade & the WTO
International Trademark Law
Islamic Law

   
Labor Law

Administrative Law
Contracts I & II* (B)
Disability Law
Employment Law
Entertainment Law
Immigration Law
Labor Law
Law & Literature
Local Government Law
Sex Discrimination
Sports Law

   
Litigation Skills

Advanced Interviewing, Counseling &
Negotiation
Civil Procedure I & II* (B)
Civil Trial Advocacy
Conflict of Laws
Criminal Procedure* (B)
Criminal Trial Advocacy
Evidence* (B)
Externship
Intellectual Property Litigation
Legal Writing I & II*
Pretrial Litigation Skills
Pretrial Litigation Skills
Professional Responsibility(B)
Trial Advocacy Honors Board
Writ & Appellate Practice

   
Procedure
 

Adjudicative Criminal Procedure
Administrative Law
Advanced Legal Bibliography
Civil Procedure I & II* (B)
Conflict of Laws
Criminal Procedure* (B)
Evidence* (B)
Immigration Law
Legal Policy Clinic
Local Government
Moot Court Honors Board
Pretrial Litigation Skills
Remedies* (B)
Securities Regulations
Trial Advocacy Honors Board

   
Property
 

Admiralty Law
Art and the Law
Bankruptcy
Community Property* (B)
Computers and the Law
Copyright Law
Entertainment Law
Environmental Law
Estate & Gift Tax
Estate Planning
Internet Law
Land Use Planning
Licensing and Technology Law
Local Government Law
Modern Real Estate Transactions
Native Americans & the Law
Patent Law
Patent Prosecution
Real Property I & II* (B)
Remedies* (B)
Sports Law
Trademark Prosecution
Wills and Trusts* (B)

   
Public Law
 

Administrative Law
American Constitution Convention
Antitrust Law
Animal Rights
Comparative Legal Systems
Constitutional Convention
Constitutional Law I & II* (B)
Constitutional Law (1st Amendment)
Constitutional Law (Privacy)
Environmental Law
Externship
Federal Courts
Gaming Law
Immigration Law
International Human Rights
Introduction to American Legal Systems
Jurisprudence
Law of Slavery
Legal Analysis Workshop
Legal Policy Clinic
Local Government Law
Native Americans & the Law
Public Interest Law
Professional Responsibility(B)
Race & Feminist Theory
Race, Racism and the Law
Sex Discrimination
Sexual Orientation & The Law
Special Education Law
Street Law
Women & the Law

   
Research, Writing, and Drafting Skills

Advance Legal Reasoning
Journal of Child and Family Advocacy
Law Review
Lawyering Skills
Legal Writing I & II*
Modern Real Estate Transactions
Pretrial Litigation Skills
Professional Responsibility (B)
Professional Skills I & II
Writ & Appellate Practice

 
Taxation

Administrative Law
Business Planning
Corporate Tax
Corporations* (B)
Estate & Gift Taxation
Estate Planning
Federal Income Taxation
Wills and Trusts* (B)

 
Torts
 

Admiralty Law
Advanced Torts
Conflict of Laws
Employment Law
Local Government Law
Remedies* (B)
Torts I & II* (B)

 
Transactions

Agency
Antitrust
Bankruptcy
Business Planning
Commercial Transactions (UCC) I* & II
Corporations* (B)
Estate Planning
International Business Transactions
International Trade and the WTO
Modern Real Estate Transactions
Sports Law

 
Summer Abroad courses
  Given the unique nature of WLS Summer Abroad Programs’ cutting-edge courses in international and comparative law, some courses may be offered only once. Below are examples of courses offered in past WLS Summer Abroad programs.
 

Aviation Law
Comparative African Constitutionalism
Comparative Approaches to Gay and Lesbian Parenting: Artificial Insemination,
Adoption, Foster Care, Child Custody
Comparative Constitutional Law
Comparative Legal Traditions
Comparative Rights of Publicity
Discrimination Against the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgendered Community
A Comparative Approach
Feature Film Finance
Foreign Relations Law
Globalization and the Law
Holocaust, Genocide and the Law
Human Rights in the Age of Terrorism
Intercultural Communications for Lawyers
International Animal Law
International Business Transactions: Trade Law of Emerging Markets
International Commerce
International Gaming Law
International Intellectual Property
International Protection of Software
International Sports Law
International Trade and WTO
Introduction to French/EU Law
Introduction to Spanish Legal Systems
Legal Drafting
Legal Issues of LGBT Youth
Media Transactions
Music Law
National Security Law
Negotiations: An International Perspective
New Forms of Transnational Governance
Race in Law and Culture
Recognition of Lesbian and Gay Relationships
Religion & State in Comparative Perspective
Sexual Orientation & the Law
The AIDS Crisis and International Law
The Struggle to Include Women’s Rights and LGBT Rights as Part of International Human Rights
Women, Law & Culture