Looking for a gentler semester? Start with courses where students have earned higher grades.
Highest historical GPA first. At least 100 letter grades over the five years through the selected term. Grades reflect past outcomes, not workload or a guaranteed result.
Historical grades cover up to five years through the selected term. Only courses with at least 100 letter grades are ranked.
SOCIOLOGY OF LAW examines the social origins, processes, and effects of law and legal institutions.
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Historical reviews of Alfonso Morales: Reviewers reported excessive reading and writing requirements initially, though the actual workload was reduced by reading only three books.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025LAW 742 (Taxation I) covers federal income taxation, including its basic rules, theory, and policy.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026LAW 722 teaches legal analysis, advocacy, and writing skills including issue formulation, fact analysis, legal research, and written communication.
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Fall 2024–Fall 2025Covers relevancy, hearsay, exclusionary rules, witness examination, and procedural considerations.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026LAW 744 ADMINSTRATIVE LAW examines the administrative process, common powers and procedures, and inter-agency relationships in public policy development.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026LAW 940 covers topics reflecting current issues relevant to the practice of law.
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Historical reviews of Signe Janoska-Bedi: Signe Janoska-Bedi's course was rated as difficult, though the reviewer found the content on markets, tech, and academia rewarding.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026CIVIL PROCEDURE covers the development of the modern civil action, including pleading, discovery, trial, motions, appeals, and state and federal procedures.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025LAW 817 covers the law of agency, partnership, limited liability companies, and closely held corporations.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026LAW 734 covers the legal and practical aspects of property transmission at death, including wills, trusts, and estate taxation.
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Fall 2024–Spring 2026LAW 726 examines the theoretical problems of defining criminal conduct and the limitations of criminal law in preventing undesirable behavior.
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Fall 2023–Fall 2025LAW 850 covers the ethical and professional responsibilities required for practicing lawyers.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Covers the creation of promissory liability, interpretation of conduct, and remedies for breach, including unfairness as a reason for avoiding liability.
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Reviewers describe Contracts as a dense and complicated class. Sharafi’s final exam is noted as tough but fair, while Hendley uses practice problems to ensure preparation.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025LAW 725 covers various aspects of criminal procedure and criminal justice administration, focusing on constitutional limitations upon criminal justice practices.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025