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Clinical Program provides hands-on lawyering experiences with real people, enhancing understanding of the roles and responsibilities of practicing attorneys.

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Field Placement offers a hands-on legal externship covering litigation, drafting, policy, and regulation. Students integrate legal skills into practice and develop professional identity under supervision.

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Advanced Criminal Procedure covers various important procedural problems arising in federal and state criminal proceedings.

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This course covers international taxation concepts and issues, including jurisdiction rules, tax avoidance and evasion, fiscal relations between industrialized and less developed countries, and the taxation of foreign persons and income.

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A survey of United States immigration law.

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Students participate in every stage of publishing the Wisconsin International Law Journal, reviewing, selecting, and editing articles, and researching and writing original analyses on international legal issues.

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Student-published journal exploring the intersection of law and society, focusing on gender, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and other intersecting identities.

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Law Review is a journal of legal analysis where students review, select, and edit scholarly articles, participating in all stages of the publication process.

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Selected problems in constitutional law covering local, state, or federal topics.

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Federal Appeals Project examines federal appellate procedure, criminal law, and advanced legal research to develop strategic and ethical skills for representing clients in federal direct criminal appeals before the Seventh Circuit.

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Covers problems under the Securities and Exchange Act, other federal and state regulatory measures, and the operation of the S.E.C.

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Seminar on selected problems in criminal justice administration with topics reflecting instructor and student interests.

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Seminar on selected problems in international law where topics reflect the interests of the instructor and students.

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A land law seminar where topics reflect the interests of the instructor and students.

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Health Law provides an overview of complex laws governing the health care industry and the practical realities of lawyers specializing in this practice area, covering key laws and regulations.

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Adoption Law and Policy addresses legal issues in creating adoptive families, examining state, federal, and international regulations, constitutional limits, and ethical obligations of professionals.

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Law and Contemporary Problems explores current issues relevant to the practice of law, including liberal democratic theory and its link to law.

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Introduction to and skills training in general law practice, focusing on interviewing, counseling, negotiation, and legal writing.

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Law in Practice prepares students for practical legal work by developing research, transactional planning, and litigation practice skills.

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Introduction to estate planning covering the function of the lawyer, ethical issues, estates not subject to tax, tax-oriented planning, living trusts, health care issues, and gift strategies.

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Environmental Law and Practice surveys substantive environmental law, focusing on statutes, cases, and regulations and their application in permitting, commercial transactions, and enforcement.

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Directed research under faculty supervision where the scope and subject are arranged between the student and faculty.

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Directed Reading involves independent readings from an instructor-prepared list, with subject matter agreed upon by the instructor and student.

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The Health Justice Clinic is an interdisciplinary course offering individual and system advocacy for patients facing life-changing health events, covering medical decision-making, insurance, debt, and disability policies.

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Family Law: Parent and Child covers parent-child relationships, rights of unmarried parents, custody, neglect, termination of parental rights, and the foster care and adoption systems.

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Land Use Controls examines limitations on private land use through nuisance law, covenants, and public actions like zoning, master plans, and urban redevelopment.

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Introduction to Law and Humanities examines how legal systems interact with cultural, historical, and philosophical contexts through literature, film, and philosophy.

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This course links social sciences perspectives to central themes of law and legal institutions, analyzing how social, political, and cultural phenomena shape law and its impacts.

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Law in Action reviews the interaction of law (judicial decisions, legislation, administrative actions) with public policy, studying approaches to resolve significant issues and examining their actual impact.

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Senior Honors Thesis is an individual study course for Legal Studies majors writing theses for their honors degree.

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