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he curriculum has been constructed to provide a comprehensive general legal education and to offer many opportunities for specific areas of study. The Law School offers students advanced courses and seminars in practically every area of the law – over 180 courses from which to choose. Most of these courses are offered annually and, in some cases, once every several years. The variations from year to year reflect the current interests of the faculty and the addition of new faculty members. To read a course description, click on a letter below. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | V | W

A Accounting for Lawyers Accounting for Lawyers: Advanced Problems Administrative Law Administrative Law Writing Practicum Advanced Civil Procedure Advanced Copyright and Trademark Law Seminar Advanced Copyright and Trademark Law Advanced Federal Courts Colloquim Advanced Legal Research Advanced Professional Development I Advanced Professional Development II Agency, Partnership - LLC Alternative Dispute Resolution American Legal History Animal Rights Law Antitrust and Health Care Antitrust Law Appellate Advocacy Appellate Practice and Writing Arbitrating Investor Rights Seminar Art Law Practicum: Advanced Problems Art Law Seminar: Advanced Problems Art, Entertainment and Media Law Seminar    B Banking Law Bioethics and Public Policy Brooklyn Journal of International Law Border and Homeland Security Law Brooklyn Law Review Business Crimes and Corporate Litigation Business Reorganizations    C Capital Punishment Law Civil Practice Workshop Civil Procedure Commercial Law Seminar: Advanced Topics in Secured Transactions Commercial Law Seminar: Current Topics Commercial Law Seminar: Transactions in Stocks and Bonds Climate Change, Economic Development and Human Rights Clinic - Advanced Corporate Real Estate Clinic - Consumer Counseling and Bankruptcy Clinic - Consumer Counseling and Bankruptcy Seminar Clinic - Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy Clinic - Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy Seminar Clinic - Capital Defender and Federal Habeas Clinic - Capital Defender and Federal Habeas Seminar Clinic - Civil Practice Externship Seminar Clinic - Civil Practice Externship Clinic - Community Development Seminar Clinic - Community Development Clinic - Corporate and Real Estate Seminar Clinic - Corporate and Real Estate Clinic - Criminal Appeals Defense Clinic - Criminal Appeals Manhattan DA Office Clinic - Criminal Appeals Seminar Clinic - Criminal Practice Externship Clinic - Criminal Practice Internship Seminar Clinic - Employment Law Clinic - Employment Law Seminar Clinic - Federal Civil Litigation NYC Law Department Clinic - Federal Civil Litigation Seminar Clinic - Health Law Internship Seminar Clinic - Health Law Internship Clinic - BLS-Holland & Knight Pro Bono Project Clinic - BLS-Holland & Knight Pro Bono Project Seminar Clinic - Judicial Clerkship Externship Clinic - Judicial Clerkship Seminar Clinic - Mediation Clinic - Mediation Seminar Clinic - Prosecutors: U.S. Attorney, EDNY Clinic - Prosecutors: U.S. Attorney, EDNY Seminar Clinic - Prosecutors Clinic - Prosecutors Seminar Clinic - Securities Arbitration Clinic - Securities Arbitration Seminar Clinic - Second Look Program Clinic - Second Look Seminar Clinic - Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Clinic - Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Seminar Clinic: Transactional Law/Community Development Externship Clinic: Transactional Law/Community Development Seminar Collective Bargaining Workshop Commercial Transactions: Sales and International Sales Commercial Transactions: Commercial Paper and Banking Commercial Transactions: Sales and Secured Transactions Commercial Transactions: Secured Transactions Commercial Arbitration Commercial Law Commercial Leasing Comparative Business Organizations Comparative Contract Law Seminar Comparative Mass Media Law Seminar Comparative Constitutional Law Comparative Criminal Procedure Comparative Tort Law Constitutional Law III: First Amendment Conflict of Laws Constitutional Law Consumer Protection Law Contracts Controversies in Corporate Law Seminar Copyright Law Corporate Law Seminar: Comparative Corporate Governance Corporate Finance Corporate Law: Advanced Topics Corporate Law: Mergers and Acquisitions/ Corporate Governance Corporations Criminal Law Seminar: Current Events Criminal Law, Procedure and Evidence Workshop Criminal Law, Procedure, Evidence and Film Lore Workshop Criminal Law Criminal Procedure I Criminal Procedure II    D Debtor and Creditor Rights Directed Research Discovery Workshop Divorce Mediation Workshop Domestic Violence and the Law    E Election Law: the Law of Democracy Electronic Discovery and Evidence Workshop Employment Discrimination Employment Law Entertainment Law Entertainment Law Workshop Environmental Law Topics Seminar Environmental Law Estate Planning European Union Law Evidence Workshop: the Law of Privilege Evidence Evidence Workshop    F Family Law Federal Civil Litigation, Public Law and Justice Seminar Federal Courts and the Federal System Federal Criminal Investigation Federal Criminal Law Federal Estate and Gift Tax Federal Income Taxation The For-Profit/Nonprofit Boundary Seminar Forced Migration: the Law of Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Internally Displaced People Fundamentals of Legal Drafting

H Health Law Health Law and Health Care Reform Health Law Transactions Workshop Housing Law, Policy, & Finance    I Ideas of the First Amendment Immigration and Nationality Law Immigration and Work Immigration Law: Advanced Problems Independent Research Information Privacy Law Insurance Law International and Foreign Law Research International Business Transactions International Commercial Arbitration International Commercial Arbitration International Criminal Law International Criminal Tribunals International Environmental Law International Human Rights International Human Rights Advocacy Seminar International Intellectual Property International Law International Litigation International Securities Regulatory Law Seminar International Trade Law International Trade/ Customs Law Intensive Negotiation Workshop International Arbitration International Bankruptcy Internet Law Interviewing and Counseling IP Law Colloquium IP Seminar: Challenges & Reforms in the Information Age Issues in Broker-Dealer Regulation Seminar    J Jessup International Moot Court Jewish Legal History Seminar Journal of Law and Policy Jurisprudence Seminar: How Judges Think Jurisprudence Jurisprudence Seminar    L Labor Arbitration Labor Law Labor Law I Labor Law II Labor Law: Advanced Problems Land Use Controls Law and Economics Law and Literature Seminar Law and Police Policy Seminar Law and Technology Law and the Brain Seminar Law of Condos, Co-Ops and Homeowners Associations Law of Non-Profit Organizations Law of War Seminar Law, Language, and Cognition Seminar Law, Politics and Personality Seminar Legal Writing I Legal Writing II (Moot Court) Legislation and Statutory Interpretation Litigating an IP Case    M Marriage and the Law Mass Media Law Media Law and Policy Seminar Mediation Skills Workshop Medical Products Liablity Seminar Mental Health Law Moot Court Competitions    N Negotiation Seminar New York Civil Practice New York Civil Practice New York Criminal Procedure Workshop Newsgathering and the Law Seminar    P Parent, Child and State Seminar Patent Law Payment Systems Pension Rights and Executive Compensation Perspectives in Legal Analysis I Perspectives in Legal Analysis II Privacy and the Workplace Problem Solving Courts Products Liability Professional Responsibility Property Property Law Colloquium Public Health Law and Policy    R Race and the Law Real Estate Development Real Estate Finance Real Estate Finance Workshop Real Estate Practice Real Estate Practice & Finance Regulation of Human Rights: Africa, Europe and Latin America Religion and the Constitution Religion and the Law Seminar Remedies Representing Health Care Facilities    S Scientific Evidence Seminar Securities Fraud: Criminal and Regulatory Enforcement Securities Regulation Seminar on the Trial Jury Sentencing Law Seminar Sexuality and the Law Spanish for Lawyers Sports Law Statistical Inference and the Law Seminar State and Local Government Strategic Applications of Federal Jurisdiction Seminar    T Tax Policy Tax: Corporations and Shareholders Taxation of Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Taxation of Executive Compensation Tax: International Transactions Tax: Partners and Partnerships Tax: Securities and Other Financial Instruments Telecommunications Law Terrorism and Civil Liberties Seminar The Law of Higher Education The Legal Profession Torts Trademark and Unfair Competition Trading Derivatives: Practice and Law Transportation and Maritime Law Trial Advocacy Trusts and Estates    W Women And The Law Writing for Law Practice Wrongful Convictions Seminar