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Aids Crisis and International Law

LAW 595

More than 30 million people are infected with HIV in the world, most of them in areas without access to adequate medical care or treatment. This course will explore some of the legal issues posed by the AIDS pandemic, including the legal challenges made by the pharmaceutical industry against those who supply essential medications. This course will also explore trade treaties which restrict countries from using generic drugs to combat AIDS. The course will also examine whether international law provides any rights or remedies to individuals living with HIV or AIDS.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

LAW 611

A combination lecture and clinical simulation course based on negotiation, arbitration and mediation as alternatives to litigation in resolving civil disputes. The course materials cover specific alternative dispute resolution techniques, such as fact-finding, mini-trials and summary jury trials. Practical strategies for lawyers are discussed. A primary area of focus is the role of the lawyer in each of the different processes. Simulations are conducted to develop practice skills and as a basis for exploring the public policy and other issues that arise in this area.

American Legal Research & Writing

LAW 551

This survey course will provide LL.M. students with exposure to and training in the following areas: (1) legal research; (2) legal writing, including citations; and (3) professional skills, including basic litigation and oral advocacy skills. Prerequisites: This course is one of two required coursed for LL.M. students only.

Animal Law Seminar

LAW 331

This course considers the moral and legal issues surrounding the relationship between humans and domestic and non-domestic animals. The connection of morality to the law will be explored as will major moral theories relating to the relationship between animals and humans. In this context the concept of 'rights' will be analyzed and its potential application to animals will be discussed. With this theoretical background, the course then looks at the use of animals in agriculture and experimentation, and the application of the federal Animal Welfare Act to these practices. Thereafter the course focuses on state law, which is where a great deal of the domestic law on animals resides. In this connection, the course reviews the concept of animals as property, liability for and damages recoverable for injuries to and by animals, and wills and trusts problems relating to bequests for the benefit of animals. Finally, the course discusses certain intellectual property issues, including patenting of animals and copyright of artwork by animals, as well as selected issues of international and comparative law relating to animals. This course can be taken for credit for the Environmental, Intellectual Property and International Law certificates.

Antitrust

LAW 505

A survey of federal and state laws that promote competition, inhibit monopolies and restrain free trade in the United States, including the Sherman, Clayton, and Federal Trade Commission acts; and principal antitrust issues and practices, including cartel restraints on trade, monopolization, mergers, distributional restraints, tying, price discrimination, and unfair antitrust competition.

Appellate Advocacy

LAW 602

Art and Law

LAW 344

Examines intellectual, personal and cultural property issues raised by the ownership and management of art and artifacts by discoverers, creators, museums, and institutions.

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