LEGISLATION

LAW 750

Legislation and regulation play the dominant role in shaping law in the modern American legal system. All lawyers, irrespective of the area of law must understand statutes and regulations. An introduction providing a deeper understanding of these forms of law and the institutions that make this law, and to help them better appreciate the role that lawyers play in the American legal system as it operates in practice. To think like a lawyer, and hence to represent or advise clients, requires an ability to do so in the context of the regulatory state.

LAW 743

Examines a range of processes encountered by lawyers, including negotiation of, inter alia, injury claims, criminal charges, family disputes, and commercial disputes, as well as participation of their parties (mediators, judges).

LAW 940

Topics reflect current issues relevant to the practice of law.

LAW 722

Learn to formulate precise legal issues; analyze complex facts; find relevant law; identify, evaluate, and apply legal rules in creative and nuanced ways; and effectively communicate answers in writing.

LAW 805

Learn the basics of the federal legislative process and develop an understanding of the fundamentals of how courts interpret statutes in a variety of areas of law. Focus on applying the courts' techniques, learning to make arguments in favor of or against particular interpretations of a given statute based on the specific techniques courts use, and recognizing the relative strength of different arguments.