4030, 4040.  Contracts and Sales I and II.  3 hours each.
An introduction to the law of legally enforceable promises including offers and their acceptance; duration and termination of offers; consideration; requisites of contracts under seal; parties affected by contracts; parole evidence rule; statute of frauds; performance of contracts; effect of illegality; discharge of contracts.

4050.  Criminal Law.  3 hours.
The historical development of criminal law as well as the analysis of the necessary elements of crimes and the consideration of the principal classes of crimes.

4070, 4080.  Legal Research I and II.  2 hours each.
An intensive one-year course in legal bibliography, research methods, and writing. Instruction is by lecture and clinical methods, with assignments including library exercises, memoranda, and an appellate brief (with oral argument). Assignments are supervised and critiqued. Introduces concept of authorities and analysis of authorities, as well as research and technical writing forms.

4090, 4100.  Property I and II.  3 hours each.
The concept of property; acquisition of possessory rights in personal and real property; extent of possessory rights in land; the estate system of present and future interests, co-ownership and marital property; landlord and tenant; easements and servitude; transfer of property; introduction to land transactions; introduction to public control of land use.

4120, 4130.  Torts I and II.  3 hours each.
These courses explore the basic principles underlying the law of civil liability for conduct causing damage to others. Topics include intentionally inflicted harm to a person's physical or emotional well-being, negligently inflicted harm and liability resulting from use and misuse of products.

4180.  Constitutional Law I.  3 hours.
This course addresses the meaning and impact of the Constitution of the United States, particularly with regard to the subjects of federalism, separation of powers, the judicial function and due process of law.

4190.  Constitutional Law II.  3 hours.  Prerequisite: JURI 4180
This course focuses on constitutional protections of liberty and equality apart from protections that stem from principles of substantive and procedural due process. Subjects typically covered in the course include the Contract Clause, equal protection, freedom of expression, the right to free exercise of religion and the prohibition of laws respecting an establishment of religion.

4210.  Corporations.  3 hours.
Examination of problems in the organization and functioning of a corporation, including such matters as disregard of the corporate entity, management and control, federal regulation of insider trading, proxy solicitation and shareholder voting, derivative actions, and special problems of the close corporation.

4250.  Evidence.  4 hours.
Covers rules governing admission and exclusion of testimony, documents, exhibits, expert proof and experiments in criminal and civil cases.  Also concerned with mechanics of proof, proper form of objections, order of proof, and burden of proof in criminal and civil trials.  The subjects of hearsay, relevancy, character evidence and the law of witness impeachment and cross-examination are explored in detail.

4280, 4290.  Trusts and Estates I and II.  3 hours each.  JURI 4280 is prerequisite for JURI 4290.
Substantive and procedural rules concerning holding and gratuitous disposition of wealth, including intestate succession, wills, will substitutes and inter vivos and testamentary trusts; substantive law of express and charitable trusts; remedies for wrongs relating to disposition of wealth; fiduciary powers, duties and liabilities; construction problems relating to future interests and powers of appointment.

5120.  Federal Income Tax.  4 hours.
Introduction to policy and practice of federal income taxation of individuals, including determination of gross income, allowance of deductions and credits, sales and dispositions of property, capital gains and losses, and problems of attribution of income.

4000.  Agency, Partnership and Limited Liability Companies.  3 hours.
Analysis of the major rights and duties associated with business relationships involving principals and agents, partners, franchisors and franchisees, and participants in LLCs.  The evolution of these relationships is also explored in the context of domestic and global outsourcing.

4150.  Appellate Advocacy.  2 hours.
This course is designed to help students become successful appellate advocates. Students will be presented with a hypothetical appellate problem from which they will prepare a brief and oral argument. Each student must select (or be assigned), a teammate for the brief writing and oral argument components of the course. The briefs will be entered in the Talmadge Best Brief Competition and students are required to participate in the first two rounds of the Talmadge Moot Court Competition. Grades will be based on evaluations of the following items: (1) appellate brief, (2) videotaped argument, (3) competition argument, and (4) writing exercise(s).  Limited to 2L students.

4160.  Appellate Practice.  3 hours.
Provides advanced instruction and experience in the drafting of appellate briefs.  Each student is required to write two briefs, after research on the legal issues on appeal, with one involving a federal law issue and the other involving a state law issue.  Students will be assigned to represent the appellant on one brief, and the appellee on the other.  Oral advocacy is lightly covered as each student is required to make short oral presentations arguing the merits of their briefs. The course also deals with Federal and Georgia Rules of Appellate Procedure, including such areas as preserving issues for appeal, appealability, and initiating and perfecting appeal.

4170.  Payment Systems.  3 hours.
Analysis of the law of payment systems. It explores the classical law of negotiable instruments including checks, notes, and drafts. Introduction to use of these instruments in both consumer and commercial settings. Attention is focused on common risks in dealing in checks: insufficient funds, stop orders, fraud, intervening legal process. As time allows, the older law of negotiable instruments is compared with the developing law of credit cards and electronic funds transfer. Course seeks to develop skill in dealing with complicated statutory material; in particular, Articles 3 and 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

4196.  Constitutional Theory.  3 hours.  Prerequisite:  JURI 4180.
This course will investigate the history and theory that lay behind the creation and ratification of the American Constitution.  Attention will focus on the work of Madison, Hamilton, and other leading thinkers at the time of the founding itself.  Areas of study will include the Constitutional Convention, the ratification process, and the activities of antifederalist critics of the Constitution.  Readings will be drawn from both secondary and original materials, with special emphasis placed on The Federalist Papers.

Student responsibilities will include regular attendance at and thoughtful preparation for class sessions.  The major determinant of the student's grade will be work done in connection with a written project, concerning the founding period, to be approved by the professor.  Student contributions to class discussion and performance on on a page-limited take-home examination will also factor into grading.

4198.  Constitutional Law Seminar.  2 hours.  Prerequisite:  JURI 4180 or JURI 4190
This seminar will focus on Constitutional Law at a greater level of depth than occurs in two basic courses.  Student efforts will center on researching discrete subjects within constitutional law.  These subjects will be determined in consultation with the professor and must be approved by the professor.  There will, in particular, be opportunities to work on such subjects as religious displays, affirmative action, presidential immunities and the like.

4212.  Business Transaction Drafting.  2 hours.  Prerequisite:  JURI 4210 or JURI 5940
Both a nuts-and-bolts guide for beginning drafters and and an advanced focus on avoiding the three types of ambiguity in legal documents. Using dozens of real life examples of typical contract provisions, the course introduces techniques applicable to virtually all drafting projects for making better word choices and improving sentence structure. Weekly readings and hands-on drafting exercises designed to reinforce techniques.

4215.  Anatomy of a Mergers and Acquisitions Deal.  2 hours.  Prerequisite:  JURI 4210 or JURI 5940
Provides overview of typical asset sale transaction and the role of an attorney in it.  Students will assume role of counsel for one party, as well as that of legal specialist, and will follow transaction from confidentiality agreement through closing.

4220.  Corporations Seminar.  2 hours.   Prerequisite: JURI 4210
Subjects considered include mergers and transfers of control, hostile acquisitions, tender offers and defensive tactics. Each student will choose between writing a paper and taking an exam.

4230.  Jurisprudence.  2 hours.
An examination of natural law theories, both those based on revealed religion and those without religion.  Guidelines for understanding how law actually develops and is related to society, and its consequences.

4235.  Perspectives on the Legal Process.  3 hours.
A survey of 20th century perspectives on the nature of law and the legal process. Historical and philosophical approach, focusing on key writers and "schools," including Holmes, Cardozo, legal Realism, H.L.A. Hart, Dworkin, law and economics, public choice, critical legal studies, feminist jurisprudence and critical race theory.

4240.  Jurisprudence Seminar.  2 hours.
Participants in this seminar will consider perspectives on law offered within various schools of Christian theology.  Students will read selections from the works of Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox writers, including Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Martin Luther King, Jr., Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Aleksander Solzhenitsyn. Other readings will be drawn from Christian Perspectives on Legal Thought, a compilation of essays by law professors identifying with various Christian traditions. Consideration will also be given to relevant biblical passages. Each student will prepare a substantial research paper on a topic relating to the course material, and will make a class presentation concerning the results of that research.

4255.  Sentencing Seminar. 2 hours.
In 2001, close to a million people were sentenced in either state or federal court in this country.  The goals of sentencing, as well as the process of sentencing and the types of sentences imposed, have varied dramatically from state to state and between the state and federal government.  To complicate matters, the Supreme Court recently has imposed constitutional limitations on sentencing procedures that almost certainly will affect federal sentencing and very likely will affect sentencing in certain states. In this seminar, we will examine the overarching goals of sentencing, policy considerations driving sentencing, constitutional and statutory limitations on sentencing schemes, and the basics of sentencing practice in this country.

4261.  International Intellectual Property Seminar.  3 hours.  Prerequisite:  Any IP course or permission.
This seminar will explore the principles and policies supporting the international protection of intellectual property rights, as well as the sources of those rights.  We will focus on the international treaty arrangements for copyright, patent, and trademark protection, as well as on questions of enforcement, jurisdiction, and choice of law.  The course will also examine the function of international intellectual property organizations, recent developments in the European Union, and issues relating to establishing and enforcing intellectual property rights in less developed nations.  No background in science, engineering, or international law is required for this course.

4270.  International Criminal Law.  3 hours.  Prerequisite:  JURI 4640 or JURI 4670
The course will examine the development and current state of international criminal law.  We will begin by exploring the history of international criminal justice, from the aftermath of World War I to the recent establishment of the International Criminal Court.  Next, we will deal with the "core crimes" of international criminal law (crime against peace/aggression, genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes), theories of liability (joint criminal enterprise, command responsibility, superior orders), and available defenses. Finally, we will discuss a number of topical issues in international criminal law, such as the nature of the war on terrorism and U.S. opposition to the International Criminal Court. Course requirements will include class participation and the completion of a research paper.

4275.  Criminal Procedure Seminar:  Landmark Cases in Criminal Litigation.  2 hours.
The course examines an array of notable Supreme Court criminal procedure and evidence cases by deeply delving into the litigation and surrounding stories that accompany each case.  The course will cover approximately 10-14 landmark cases commonly reviewed in Evidence and Criminal Procedure I and II (Katz, Miranda, Terry, Batson, and Powell, to name a few).  Students will be expected to write a paper as well as do a presentation.  Laptops are not permitted in class.

4320.  Administrative Law.  3 hours. 
Focuses on law controlling federal and state administrative action. Along with constitutional restraints, student is asked to consider statutory and judicially formulated rules for the administrative process. Control over administrative discretion and enforced accountability are major themes. Attention is devoted to federal and state Administrative Procedure Acts.

4340.  Antitrust Law. 3 hours.
A study of federal antitrust law with emphasis on leading cases decided by U.S. Supreme Court under Sherman and Clayton Acts.

4370.  Law Office Management.  3 hours.
Review of economic, social, and management science theories applicable to law firm organization, operation, and evolution. Analysis of economic consequences of specific law firm activities associated with the recruitment, training, and promotion of attorneys, the execution of specific practice development strategies, and servicing of particular client categories and practice areas. This analysis is augmented by classroom exposure to technologies which optimize law firm productivity, including the development and application of expert systems.

4380.  Economic Analysis of Law.  2 hours.
Application of economic principles to analysis of legal issues and institutions. Focus upon law's determination of fundamental market context governing economic exchange, namely the role of torts, contracts, crime control, and discrimination prohibitions as definers and protectors of property rights, upon effects of government intervention in markets via antitrust and regulatory activities, and upon performance of law enforcement agencies and the judiciary. Knowledge of elementary economics required.

4385.  Legal Accounting.  2 hours.
Accounting is the language of business and knowledge of accounting is important to lawyers in various practice areas.  This course covers basic accounting terminology, financial statements, accounting principles and auditing standards, financial statement analysis, and accounting issues that arise in business and the practice of law.  Not recommended for students who have taken more than two accounting classes.

4390.  Military Law.   2 hours.
The course will focus on the system of military justice in the United States, and its sources of authority under the U.S. Constitution, the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), and the Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM). The course will also address the history of military justice in the United States and particularly the UCMJ since its enactment in 1951; the complementary relationship between military discipline and the UCMJ; scope of military jurisdiction; the different types of crimes established in the UCMJ; military trial practice and procedure , including a comparison between the evidentiary and procedural rules under the UCMJ/MCM and the civilian federal courts; the appellate courts established under the UCMJ; the role of the military lawyer and the organization and role of the several Judge Advocate General departments within DoD; the role of the military commander under the UCMJ; significant military cases reaching the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts; discussion of the use of military commissions in the Global War on Terror and a comparative analysis of military justice systems of other nations.

4400.  Comparative Law.  3 hours.
A prime purpose is to study, through the comparative method, why law changes when it does change, thus casting light on relationship of legal rules, instructions, and structures to society in which they operated. The course has 3 parts: (1) examination of phenomenon of legal borrowing, the most frequent source of change, (2) discussion of particular incidents of legal culture and change, and (3) introduction to French and German law by examination of particular institutions.

4410.  Conflict of Laws.  3 hours.
Jurisdiction over persons and things; domicile as basis of personal jurisdiction; law governing creation of personal and property rights; recognition and en- forcement by one state of rights created by laws of another state, including questions arising out of capacity, marriage, legitimacy and inheritance; nature and effect of judgments and decrees, and their enforcement outside rendering jurisdiction; choice of law; impact of U.S. Constitution on conflict of laws issues.

4420.  Constitutional Litigation. 3 hours.
Addresses a number of issues arising in damages actions brought under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, which authorizes a cause of action against persons who violate constitutional rights under color of state law. Topics covered may include distinction between common law and constitutional torts, scope of governmental liability, official immunity, damages, causation, state court suits, procedural defenses, attorney's fees, and meaning of "under color of." Suits against federal officers, under principle established in Bivens v. Six Federal Narcotics Agents, may also be discussed.

4425.  Foreign Affairs and the Constitution.  3 hours.  Prerequisite:  JURI 4180.
Examines how U.S. law both constrains and is constrained by U.S. foreign relations and the foreign policy-making process. The course considers issues relating to separation of powers, federalism, individual rights, and the influence of international norms on US constitutional development.

4430.  Copyright Law.  3 hours.
Focus is upon various methods to protect literary, musical, and artistic work under law of copyright. Copyright is a statutory subject based upon Copyright Act of 1909 and its amendments and Copyright Act of 1976. The course deals with what can be copyrighted, infringement actions, rights enjoyed by the copyright proprietor, jurisdiction and various remedies. 

4431.  Copyright Seminar.  2 hours.
"Hot" topics in copyright law, discussed in detail including concerns raised by the Internet, software protection, preemption problems, and database protection.  Students research a complex topic , write a research paper and make oral presentations.  Each student will be allowed to become an expert on a particular copyright problem or issue.

4460.  Criminal Procedure I.  3 hours. 
A study of criminal process from pre-arrest investigation to trial. Emphasis on pretrial rights of suspects, including privilege against self-incrimination, right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure, and due process and other rights attaching to pre-trial confrontation between accused and the witnesses against him. In addition, guilty pleas will be examined.

4470.  Criminal Procedure II.  3 hours. 
A study of criminal process beginning with bringing of formal charges and concluding with adjudication of the guilt or innocence of the accused. Emphasis on prosecutorial discretion; preliminary hearing and grand jury procedures; joinder and severance; plea bargaining; criminal discovery; right to speedy trial, assistance of counsel, confrontation, and trial by jury; double jeopardy; and sentencing.  Criminal Procedure I is not a prerequisite.

4480.  Post Conviction Relief.  3 hours. 
Historical development and present availability of judicial relief in federal and state systems for persons detained pursuant to conviction for crime who assert unlawfulness of detention. Habeas corpus and statutory motions to vacate or set aside, the principal forms of post- conviction relief, will be studied in depth. Other modes of relief, including coram nobis, also examined. Consideration will be given to proposals for reform.

4485.  Habeas Corpus.  3 hours.
This course examines, outside the postconviction relief context, the history, development, and current availability and use, in this country and others, of the writ of habeas corpus, a fundamental legal protection whereby individuals unlawfully restrained of their liberty may obtain release from their illegal custody by court order.

4500.  Criminal Defense Clinic II.  4-6 hours.  Prerequisite: JURI 5170. 
Not open to students with credit in JURI 5150. Grades for variable credit clinical courses, such as this, are computed fifty percent (50%) satisfactory- unsatisfactory, fifty percent (50%) traditional A-F scale. Intensive clinical training in trial advocacy through workshops, simulation, lecture and representation of clients by students licensed to practice under the Law School Legal Aid Agency Act.

4560.  Estate Planning Seminar.  2 hours.  Prerequisite: JURI 4280 and JURI 4590 or permission of instructor. 
Typical problems involved in planning effective and economical gift distribution of property interests. Attention given to preparation of estate plans and drafting of appropriate instruments to accomplish goals. Focus on restrictions imposed by law of trusts, wills, future interests, and federal taxation.

4570.  Federal Courts.  3 hours.
Nature, source and extent of federal judicial power. Original, removal, and appellate jurisdiction and procedure in federal courts. State law as rule of decision.

4590.  Federal Estate and Gift Taxation.  3 hours.  Prerequisite/Corequisite:  JURI 4280.
Focuses on federal tax law and policy affecting the transfer of wealth, including the gift tax, the estate tax, and the generation skipping transfer tax. Statutes, regulations and interpretative materials and their application to hypothetical problems are addressed to lay a foundation for the study of estate planning.

4600.  Corporate Tax.  3 hours.  Prerequisite:  JURI 5120
Taxation of corporations; taxation of shareholders and corporations on formation of the corporation, distributions from the corporation to shareholders, redemption of stock and liquidation of the corporation; taxable acquistions and tax free reorganizations; Subchapter S.

4620.  Georgia Practice and Procedure.  3 hours.
An advanced course in Civil Procedure.  Explores in depth the Georgia Civil Practice Act and Long-Arm Statute, as interpreted by Georgia appellate court decisions, along with selected constitutional and statutory provisions allocating jurisdiction among trial courts, venue, and validity of judgments.

4630.  Insurance Law.  2 hours.
Survey of law governing insurance, including its regulation; judicial treatment of insurance contracts; rules applicable to various types of insurance, such as property, life, and liability insurance; and special duties of good faith and fair dealing in the insurance context.

4640.  International Law I.  3 hours.
Introduction to the role of law in international relations, focusing on the processes by which international law is developed, implemented and enforced.  Topics include: the nature and the sources of international law; the law of treaties; the role of states, international organizations, non-governmental groups, corporations and individuals in international law; the relationship between international and national law, particularly with respect to the United States; the jurisdiction of states and their immunity from jurisdiction in international law; dispute resolution; and the law on the use of force.  The course will make extensive use of case studies, focusing on contemporary issues such as the "global war on terrorism," the war in Iraq, nuclear proliferation, and global environmental problems.

4670.  International Human Rights.  3 hours.
Study of international human rights law and international and regional organizations, states and private actors in field.  Examines instruments and institutions forming sources of human rights law (UN system, including Charter and treaties, European, African and Inter-American human rights regimes), role of NGOs and interaction between domestic and international law.

4675.  International Business Transactions.  3 hours.
TBA

4710.  International Taxation.  2 hours.
Considers role of American lawyer acting as tax planner in context of transna- tional business transactions; U.S. income taxation consequences of foreign corporations and individuals doing business and investing in U.S.; similar tax consequences of American companies and individuals doing business and investing in foreign countries.

4760.  Labor Law.  3 hours.
Examines National Labor Relations Act, focusing on history and evolution of labor relations laws, union organizational activity, collective bargaining, economic weapons, the duty of fair representation, and federalism and labor relations.

4790.  Land Use.  3 hours.
Analysis of the legal and administrative aspects of the regulation of land use for development and the problems and techniques of urban planning. Particular attention is given to zoning, subdivision controls, public acquisition of land and urban redevelopment.

4800.  Land Use Clinic.  4-6 hours.
This is a policy-based clinic that allows students to gain practical skills and provides them with   knowledge of land use law and policy-making.  Students work with local governments, state agencies, non-profits and landowners to devise practical solutions to local and state land use issues.  Focuses include growth management, greenspace preservation, affordable housing, and other regulatory tools.  Students meet in a weekly seminar covering substantive law, legal skills, regulatory drafting, and interdisciplinary subjects related to land use.

4820.  Sociology of Law.   3 hours.
Characterized by a scientific rather than normative emphasis, legal sociology focuses on empirical patterns of legal behavior, such as initiation and winning of law suits, origins and content of rules, and the development of legal institutions. Most literature has addressed case-level variation and the course will reflect this. But instead of analyzing cases in terms of the applicable rules and policies, lectures and readings will invoke the social characteristics of participants (e.g., social ties, status, marginality, reputation and organizational affiliations) to predict and explain case outcomes. Sociological techniques by which social differentials in cases (discrimination) might be minimized will also be studied. Modern American materials will be emphasized.

4821.  Race and Law.  3 hours.
An examination of the effects of race on the structure and practice of law, on thinking about law, and on legal education.

4822.  Sexual Orientation Law.  2 hours.   Prerequisite: JURI 4190
Examination of laws and regulations relating to sexual orientation and sexual identity, and the effect of laws on homosexuals and members of other sexual minorities.  Focuses on relevant constitutional law (e.g., equal protection, due process, privacy, political, and First Amendment rights), family law, property law, immigration law and federal, state and local laws protecting, or discriminating against, sexual minorities.  In the process, the course will examine how social mores and changes are reflected in laws and legal developments, and vice versa.  This course will also present a practical guide to representing sexual minorities by offering creative approaches to couples and individuals whose needs are not recognized under current legal paradigms. Course will incorporate historical, comparative, international and scientific perspectives where appropriate.

4823.  Law, Medicine and Culture.  2 hours.
This course examines medical-legal issues in a religious and cross-cultural context.  Topics discussed include  euthanasia, assisted suicide, abortion, surrogacy, informed consent and cultural conflicts between immigrants/minorities and the American medical community.  Reading material includes court cases from various countries and discussions from medical, legal and anthropological journals/books.

4825.  Election Law.  3 hours.
This course examines the law regulating our political process, and considers how those regulatory choices shape substantive policy outcomes. The course covers campaign finance regulation, redistricting, voting rights, and the regulation of political party primaries.

4827.  Animal Law.  3 hours.
This seminar will explore the legal treatment of animals throughout the law.  After an examination of different ethical conceptions about the appropriate treatment of and uses for animals, the course will look at a variety of topics, possibly including: regulatory schemes for wildlife, including hunting regimes and protection of endangered species; regulation of domesticated animals for food, research, and entertainment; regulations of veterinary practices; and the role that animals play in traditional areas of law including property, torts, and criminal law.  Students will be expected to complete a research paper.

4840.  Law in the Gospels.  2 hours.
Study of comparative legal history, involving "law in action" in the life of one man. Not a class about religion or religious faith. Focuses on the stance of Jesus on legal issues and the authorities' response.

4850.  Corporate Governance.  3 hours.  Prerequisite:  JURI 4210
Examination of competing models of corporate governance from the dual perspectives of economic theory and societal well-being. Students consider implication of economic theory for designing solutions to current problems in corporate governance. Each student writes an independent research paper.

4860.  English Legal History.  3 hours.
A broad-ranging survey of evolution of English law and legal institutions, with emphasis on constitutional law, development of the court systems, and 19th century legal reforms. American legal history will also be examined when time permits.

4880.  Legislation and Statutory Interpretation.  3 hours.
This basic survey course has two major goals.  First, though we think of ourselves as a common law country, most of our laws come from statutes.  Lawyers, in whatever kind of law practice they engage, find themselves confronted regularly with statutes which must be made sense of.  Therefore, the ability to read, interpret, and argue from statutes is a fundamental skill for any attorney.  The first goal of this course, then, is to introduce the practical skills and basic theory for working with statutes.  Second, and more broadly, students may have noticed that "law school" might be better described as "court school."  That is, there is much education about courts, judges, and judicial process, but far less about how most of our laws are made.  The second goal of this course, then, is to explore the legislative process, and to begin to understand how the three branches of the federal government (and most states, as well) speak to one another. 

The course will combine standard law school teaching methods (lecture and socratic discussion) with interactive classroom exercises.  Most of the course grade will be based on an exam, but classroom engagement and perhaps one or two (very very short) written assignments will factor in as well.

4885.  Legislative Interpretation Seminar.  2 hours.
TBA

4910.  Natural Resources. 3 hours.
The law governing the acquisition and use of natural resources, with particular regard to natural resources on publicly owned lands.

4920.  Patent Law.  3 hours.
Patents are federal exclusionary rights for inventions, and a few are worth billions of dollars.  Their complexity, high value and intangibility have led to extensive litigation and judicial ingenuity at the Federal Circuit and Supreme Court.  This course surveys the law and policy of validity, transactions and enforcement for patents.  BEGINNING IN THE SPRING TERM OF 2007, THOSE WHO ENROLL IN THIS COURSE ARE INELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SURVEY COURSE.

4930.  Trademark Law.  3 hours.
Acquisition of trademark rights, registration, infringement, false advertising, dilution, remedies, and international aspects of trademark law.  BEGINNING IN THE SPRING TERM OF 2007, THOSE WHO ENROLL IN THIS COURSE ARE INELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SURVEY COURSE.

4950.  Secured Transactions.  3 hours.
Security interests in personal property and fixtures, focusing on Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code; financing sales of goods and financing arrangements based on goods, fixtures, intangibles, and proceeds as collateral.

4960.  Securities Regulation. 3 hours.  Prerequisite: JURI 4210
This overview of the federal securities laws focuses primarily on the Securities Act of 1933.  Topics covered include the definition of a security, the registration of securities offerings with the Securities & Exchange Commission, exemptions from registration, secondary distributions, and civil liabilities.

4990.  Employment Discrimination.  3 hours.
Examines law regulating distinctions in the employment relationship. The emphasis is on federal statutory law regulating race, sex, religion, national origin, age and disability discrimination in employment.

5000.  State and Local Taxation.  2 hours.
A study of principles and problems of state and local taxation in our federal system. Examines ad valorem property taxes, corporate and personal income taxes, sales and use taxes, and other state and local taxes imposed on business. Federal constitutional limitations on state tax power explored in detail and considerable attention is devoted to problems of dividing income of multi-jurisdictional corporations among the states.

5010.  State and Local Taxation Seminar.  2 hours.  Prerequisite:  JURI 5000 (or equivalent experience). 
An in-depth study of selected problems in the field of state and local taxation.

5040.  Trial Practice Seminar.  2 hours.  Prerequisite: JURI 4250 or permission of instructor.
A study of trial methodology, including jury voir dire, opening statements in jury and bench trials, introduction of proof and pre-trial as well as trial objections to evidence, and delivery of final arguments. Problems in civil and criminal litigation are analyzed, with emphasis upon demonstration of techniques by students in the course.

5050.  Intellectual Property Survey.  3 hours.
Provides students with an introduction to federal intellectual property law and state law protection of trade secrets, unfair competition, and publicity rights, with a special emphasis on trademark law, and the constitutional, technological, and antitrust aspects of intellectual property protection.  With the exception of those who took this course in the 2005-6 or 2006-7 academic year, those who take this course are ineligible for JURI 4920, Patent Law, or JURI 4930, Tradmark Law.

5060.  Workers' Compensation. 3 hours.
Analyzes law governing workplace accidents and diseases and its relationship to orthodox tort doctrine. Among topics studied are substantive limitations on coverage, administrative process in handling claims, and various approaches toward computing compensation awards.

5070.  Planning and Drafting for the Closely Held Business.  3 hours.   Prerequisite:  JURI 4210 or JURI 5940
This course is designed to introduce the student to the issues which are important in the planning, negotiation, and execution of agreements and other documents which affect the formation, operation and disposition of small closely held businesses. Emphasis will be placed on the drafting of sample agreements, such as limited liability operating agreements, buy-sell shareholder agreements, stock or asset sale agreements, and employmentagreements.

5080.  Life Cycle of the Corporation.  3 hours.  Prerequisite:  JURI 4210 or JURI 5940
This class follows the life-cycle of a corporation from inception through venture financing, IPO, M&A, and bankruptcy, aiming to provide an overview of corporate practice.  The class incorporates Harvard Business School cases and emphasizes group work and participation.  Beyond the substantive coverage, the course introduces students to the various kinds of drafting a corporate practice requires. Students are evaluated on class participation, 3 drafting exercises, and a final paper and presentation.  This course was known previously as Business Planning Seminar.

5090.  Partnership Taxation.  2 hours.  Prerequisite: JURI 5120
Deals with impact of federal income tax on formation and operation of businesses conducted in partnership form. Special emphasis on tax ramifications of sale of partnership interest, death or retirement of partner, and dissolution of partnership.

5140.  Family Violence Clinic.  4-6 hours.
Superior Court civil litigation clinic representing lower income victims of domestic abuse in obtaining protective orders.  Students work as lay advocates and student practitioners to provide direct service to clients including screening and referral, interviewing, counseling, pleading and case preparation, negotiation, and advocacy at final hearings under the Third Year Practice Act.  Class discussion centers on readings in texts and statutes relating to family violence, as well as on theory and practice of lawyering in a litigation/negotiation context. (See description of JURI 4500 for clinic grading policy.)

5150, 5160.  Prosecutorial Clinic I and II.  2 and 3-6 hours, respectively.
This clinic is a three-semester program. Students begin in the spring semester of their second year and continue throughout both semesters of their third year. In the first semester, students attend a weekly seminar and learn how criminal cases are investigated, charged, and prosecuted in Georgia. In the second and third semesters, in addition to attending a weekly seminar on more advanced prosecutorial topics, students perform an externship in a public prosecutor's office. Student externs not only provide research and document drafting assistance but are also authorized under the Third Year Practice Act to make court appearances on behalf of the state at preliminary hearings, grand jury, motion hearings, and trials. Enrollment is limited to 30 students. (See description of JURI 4500 for clinic grading policy.)

5190.  Supervised Research.  1 or 2 hours.
Supervised Research involves an in-depth written analysis of a legal issue under close faculty tutoring and supervision. It requires significant legal research, original thinking and analysis, and must produce final paper of a kind and quality similar to that found in law review articles.

5200.  International Law Seminar.  2 hours.   Prerequisite:  JURI 4640.
This course is an advanced reading seminar on international law.  Reading and discussion will focus on recent works on the role (and limits) of international law, focusing in particular on the Iraq war and terrorism.  Students will write a 20-25 page research paper on a topic of their choice and present their paper to the seminar.

5205.  International Law Colloquium.  2 hours.  Prerequisite:  JURI 4640.
This course will meet for seven two-hour sessions.  It will consist of presentations of substantial works-in-progress on a variety of international law topics by prominent scholars from other law schools. In addition to reading the manuscripts and actively participating in classroom discussion of the work with the presenters, students will be expected to write a 3-4 page reaction paper on each of the colloquium papers.  This course is limited to 12 students.

5280.  Environmental Law. 3 hours.
State, Federal, and International legal response to problems of air pollution, water pollution, solid waste, pesticides, noise, and radiation. Emphasis on public regulation, but some consideration given to private remedies.

5290.  Environmental Law Practicum.  3-4 hours.
Course objectives: (1) To provide educational environment where students apply principles and skills learned in the traditional classroom to pressing community concerns; (2) to provide an opportunity for students and faculty to work with other disciplines (law, policy, ecology, economics) in integrated environmental decisionmaking and problem-solving; (3) to meet community needs for environmental assistance.  Course includes a classroom component featuring readings and lectures by interdisciplinary faculty and a service component whereby students work in groups with stakeholders (farmers, industrialists, governmental agencies and nongovernmental organizations) to proactively address environmental issues within a particular community.

5310.  Capital Assistance Project.  2 hours.
Students work with attorneys at agencies which defend individuals charged with capital offenses. In the classroom component, students will discuss work experiences, examine current issues in capital punishment, and evaluate special problems which confront the attorney defending a capital case.

5330.  Family Law.  3 hours.
Significant aspects of family law, including marriage, divorce, separation, custody, and non-traditional families.

5340.  Advanced Employment & Labor Law Seminar.  2 hours.  Prerequisite: JURI 4760 or JURI 4990 or JURI 5650
A study of the overlapping regulation of employment by the National Labor Relations Act, Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and state common law claims.

5350.  Communications Law.  3 hours.
Covers fundamental goals and policies served by our First Amendment.  Focuses on state torts of defamation and privacy, as limited by First Amendment concerns.  Finally, the course will cover the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the federal regulations of broadcasting and cable.

5360.  International Trade Laws.  3 hours.
Examines national and international policies and laws relating to international trade and investment.

5430.  Securities Litigation and Enforcement.  3 hours.  Prerequisite:  JURI 4210
This course examines private, SEC, and criminal enforcement of the federal securities laws.  Topics considered include fraud on the market, market manipulation, international reach of the fraud provisions, and securities arbitration, as well as developments under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  This course is altogether distinct from, and does not presuppose knowledge of, the course in securities regulation.

5450.  Pretrial Civil Litigation.  3 hours.
In this course, the student will play the role of a lawyer in a civil law firm assigned cases for which he or she is primarily responsible.  Beginning with the decision whether to accept representation of a particular client, the course will cover each of the major steps necessary to file and prepare a civil case to start trial.  There are no prerequisites for this course, but Evidence and Legal Profession are suggested as helpful courses to have completed. 

5455.  Litigation Document Drafting.  3 hours.
This course will provide an introduction to and overview of the litigation process leading up to trial, with an emphasis on the written work product that attorneys must generate during the course of litigation, including pleadings, discovery, and selected procedural and substantive motions.

5460.  Regulation of Pensions & Employee Benefits.  3 hours.
The non-tax aspects of employee benefit law, with primary emphasis on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), including the policies behind the federal regulation of pensions and benefits, issues of sex and age discrimination; spousal interests; preemption of state law; fiduciary law; and termination of plans.

5490.  Real Estate Development.   2 hours.   Prerequisite: JURI 4780
Selected issues in real estate development law, including financing, securities, tax, and business planning considerations. Course work will include negotiation and drafting of documentation for real estate project and preparation of memoranda.

5510.  Independent Project.  1 or 2 hours.
Independent projects provide student with flexible opportunity to independently explore legal issues or questions sometimes not found in any course or seminar and without following format of a formal research paper. Projects must involve significant legal, social, or empirical research or experience.

5550.  Sports Law.  2 hours.
An examination of the legal issues that commonly arise within competitive sports and in intercollegiate, professional, and individual settings. Focuses on the state of the law in several key areas through the lens of sports -- due process, privacy, equal protection, liability, labor relations, antitrust, employment, taxation, copyright and trademark, etc. We begin by exploring the "best interest of the sport" principle in professional sports to set up our discussion of professional athletes as labor. Here, we concentrate on the reserve clause, the market for players, collective bargaining, and sports agents. We then touch briefly on personal injury in sports before moving to intercollegiate athletics. Here, we examine due process and academic integrity, commercialism and amateurism, and gender equity. We then explore the business of sport: broadcasting and merchandising, franchises and leagues, and monopoly. We conclude the course with a class on individual sports.

5560.  Complex Litigation.  3 hours.
This course will focus upon the major procedural and substantive issues that arise in the context of complex civil litigation. The major focus will be on class actions, including the requirement for class certification, judicial management of such cases, class settlements, the determination of attorneys' fees, and the effect of the federal Class Action Fairness Act of 2005. Students will be evaluated based on class participation, group work, and the writing of 3 memos or sections of briefs.  There will be no final exam and laptops are not permitted in class.

5576.  Media Law.  3 hours.
Examines a variety of legal issues affecting the news media.  After an introductory examination of traditional constitutional issues arising out of the First Amendment and a philosophical look at the justifications for free speech protection, the course  explores how these traditional principles are balanced against competing interests not only in constitutional law but also in common law and statutory regulations.  Issues dealt with include prior restraint, defamation, privacy, access to court proceedings, access to government meetings and documents, the reporters's privilege, and intellectual property issues affecting the press.  In addition this course addresses issues specific to electronic media, although it focuses on the communicative, as opposed to the administrative or regulatory aspects of this emerging area of law.

5582.  Electronic Commerce.  3 hours.
TBA

5585.  Bioethics.  3 hours.
This seminar examines legal, ethical, and social problems generated by advances in health, medicine and biotechnology. Some of the issues covered include human cloning and stem cell research, gene-based therapies, death and dying, reproductive technologies, experimentation with human subjects, and societal limits on scientific developments.

5610.  Civil Tax Practice and Procedure.  2 hours.
Study of practice before Internal Revenue Service and various tax forums, including audit process, procedures relating to determination of tax liability and tax collection, and extraordinary procedures, such as jeopardy and termination assessment.

5611.  Tax Crimes. 2 hours.
Criminal tax investigations and prosecutions; constitutional defenses to the compulsory production of evidence; attorney-client privilege, confidentiality and other defenses available to taxpayers and third parties.

5622.  Public Health Law.   3 hours.
This course offers an overview of Public Health Law. The course begins by defining public health law with historic, contemporary, and international comparative law-policy perspectives, discusses the government entities most involved in public health domestically and internationally, and then surveys a range of applications. Coverage encompasses reproductive health, vaccination, biodefense, integration of genomics (study of gene function) and population genetics into public health policy and practice, and international public health.

5630.  Health Law Survey.  3 hours.
Introduces major legal and policy concepts in health law including: quality, access, and patient rights.  The section on quality will examine malpractice litigation, licensing regulations, and institutional efforts to lower error rates.  The section on access will focus on issues of equity, justice, and economics in the distribution of health care resources.  In particular this section will focus on government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, employer-based healthcare plans, and how to control costs in a health care system.  The last section will examine the rights of patients including concepts such as informed consent, privacy, and autonomy over life and death decisions.

5640.  Timing Concepts in Taxation.  2 hours.  Prerequisite: JURI 5120
Timing issues of income tax law: when an item of income should be included and a deduction taken. Includes integrity of the taxable year, tax accounting methods, inventory, depreciation, installment sales provisions, net operating losses, tax benefit rule, claim of right doctrine, and equity compensation.

5650.  Employment Law.  3 hours.
Examines legal regulation of the employment relationship, focusing on the erosion of the employment-at-will doctrine through various tort and contract theories, law of employee mobility including non-competes and trade secrets, protection of employee privacy and speech interests, entitlement to overtime under the Fair labor Standards Act, and the regulation of health and pension benefits under ERISA.

Excludes the union/management issues covered in Labor Law and statutory discrimination issues covered in Employment Discrimination.  Requirements include active class participation, a short memo, and a 24 hour self-scheduled take-home final exam.

5660.  Business Crime.  3 hours.
This course will cover the mens rea elements of federal crimes and the law of conspiracy and attempt.  The course also will specifically address federal "White Collar" crime statutes covering a variety of offenses, including fraud, bribery, racketeering and extortion, and cases interpreting these statutes.

5680.  Corporate Law/Appellate Litigation.  3 hours.  Prerequisite:  JURI 4210
Advanced course in corporate law appellate litigation in which students learn through experiencing the roles of both oral advocate and Delaware Supreme Court Justice in connection with two currently pending Delaware Supreme Court cases and the actual briefs filed therein.

5690A.  Public Interest Practicum.  2 or 3 hours.
Designed to teach students to discover what peoples' needs are, to be able as lawyers to summon community's resources for meeting those needs, and to determine what lawyers can do to insure the community's services are in place and functioning. Students will be required to work with both service institutions and individuals who are the clients of those institutions. They will be assigned to cases and graded on their success in solving the problems raised.

5700.  Advanced Trial Practice. 2 hours.  Prerequisites: JURI 4250 or JURI 5040
Trials of advanced or multi-party cases, such as adverse possession, commercial litigation, conspiracy and product liability actions; some expanded problems in evidence and trial procedure. Drafting projects include pre- trial documents, motions in limine and post-trial motions.

5715.  Law, Literature and Business.  2 hours.  Prerequisite:  JURI 4210 or JURI 5940
This course begins with a survey of different methods of approaching law and literature.  We will then explore how law and literature applies to the world of business entities, transactions, corporate disclosure, and the role of the business attorney.  Students will present final papers based on individual research.

5720.  Elder Law.  2 hours.
Aspects of federal and state elderly programs and problems; special risk populations; significance of older population growth; representation of elderly clients; guardianship; lifetime estate management; testamentary estate disposition; living wills and "right to die" debate; health and long-term care; housing, transportation and employment policies; public assistance.

5730.  Dispute Resolution.  3 hours.
The range of dispute resolution methods (from raw power through negotiation, mediation and arbitration to litigation) requires an extension of legal training in two ways. first, students will analyze which device provides the most appropriate dispute resolution method for a given conflict; and second, students will explore the essentials of neutral analysis, with its stress on power relationships, information flow and pragmatic judgment.

5750.  International Environmental Law.  3 hours.
Interdisciplinary introduction to international environmental law and policy, focusing on how international environmental regimes emerge, develop and influence behavior.  Selected case studies on topics such as acid rain, global warming, whaling, deforestation, and trade in endangered species.

5770.  Advanced Copyright.  2 hours.  Prerequisite: JURI 4430.
Issues of copyright created by modern communications technology; the historical and constitutional context of copyright and their relevance to the proposed National Information Infrastructure.

5780.  Education Law Seminar.  2 hours.  Prerequisite:  JURI 5781.
The course material and class discussions will build on doctrine, theory and policy from the Education Law survey course. The topics covered may include issues of free speech, due process, religion, academic freedom, home schooling, gifted and special education, school violence, Title IX, harassment and bullying, desegregation, discipline, school vouchers, and school funding.

5781.  Education Law.  3 hours.
Federal and state authority (constitutional, statutory, and regulatory) to govern public and private schools; parent, student, and teacher rights and responsibilities.

5790.  Advanced Torts Seminar.  2 hours.
Alternatives to the common law tort system for the handling of mass torts: innovative causes of action and remedies, complex litigation, prenegotiated mass tort settlements, and government regulation of health risks.

5800.  Western Legal Tradition.  3 hours.
Development of law in the western world -- continental Europe, the British Isles, North America and Latin America focusing on factors that cause law to change and that determine the nature and shape of the legal change.

5810.  International Civil Litigation.  3 hours.
Globalization has increased the frequency of transboundary civil disputes, whether between two companies like Microsoft and Sony or in business dealings with sovereigns like China.  More than ever, the next generation of lawyers needs to know the law governing topics such as personal jurisdiction over foreign companies, forum nonconveniens, discovery in international disputes, forum selection clauses and foreign judgments.

5830.  European Union Law.  2 hours.  Prerequisite: JURI 4640
Designed to enable student to understand EU legal system and institutions as they evolve.  Experts from Brussels teach discrete parts of the course.  Topics include: introduction to the history and nature of the European Union (EU); law-making and administrative institutions and processes in the EU; economic sectoral policies, including competition and state aids, transport and agriculture; the internal market, including the freedoms (movement of goods, workers, capital, services); harmonization of national laws process, including company law, intellectual property, tax; external economic trade policy (common commercial policy); the impact of the Single European Act and the Treaty on European Union, including the expanded economic, commercial, social and political scope of the EU; the role of the European Economic Area.

5840.  Capital Punishment.  3 hours.
An in-depth examination of the legal and social issues surrounding capital punishment.  Surveys a variety of legal issues in areas of criminal law and procedure, constitutional law and ethics which confront attorneys in capital cases. The course will encourage students to synthesize the social and legal facets to objectively evaluate the complex issues involved in capital punishment.

5850.  Document Drafting. 3 hours.
Document drafting will provide upper level law students with the opportunity to apply legal principles acquired in substantive courses to drafting of non-litigation documents. Provides students with the fundamental skills necessary to draft documents such as contracts and wills. Additional focus on eliciting information from clients to provide a factual basis for the preparation of such documents.  Course is limited to 18 students.

5870.  Environmental Dispute Resolution.  2 hours.
Conflict management, anatomy of negotiation, planning and conduct of negotiations, and resolving multiparty environmental disputes.

5890.  Immigration Law.  2 hours.
Topics covered will extend from the history and beginning of immigration law to applicable law for securing temporary visas, refugees and asylum, 'green card' immigration, and employer rules in regard to immigrants.

5895B.  Advanced Immigration Law II.   2 hours.
Topics covered include removal, asylum, withholding of removal, waivers, judicial process and procedure and forms of relief.  Focuses on what happens once a non-citizen has been charged and placed in immigration removal (formerly deportation) proceedings. Examination of each step of the proceeding and with the choices required in the effort to avoid removal such as: responding to charges and putting government to its proof; determining client's immigration history and possible eligibility for relief from removal; preparing a winning case on paper; preparing the client and other witnesses to testify; available appeal options and requirements for motion to reopen. Analysis of legal standards and preparation of the following applications for relief: bond, cancellation of removal, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) cancellation of removal, and asylum relief along with withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture, and the various forms of Waivers. Asylum law will be covered in depth. 

5920.  Taxation of Nonprofits.   3 hours.   Prerequisite:  JURI 5120.
Advanced study of the tax laws affecting nonprofit organizations, including charities and other types of nonprofit groups.  Special focus on requirements for federal 501(c)(3) tax-exemption, including organizational requirements, operational requirements, exclusivity requirements, lobbying limitations, political campaign limitations, private inurement restrictions and private benefit rules.  In addition, focus on taxes imposed on nonprofits, including special excise taxes imposed on private foundations and other nonprofit organizations, unrelated business income tax, termination tax and others.  Some focus on tax rules that affect charitable giving and some focus on state laws that affect nonprofit organizations.  Paper required.  Course is limited to 18 students.

5940.  Nonpublic Business Associations.  3 hours.   Not available to students with credit in Corporations (JURI 4210).
After a brief exploration of the law of agency and fiduciary duties, course compares the corporation to other business forms, including partnerships and limited liability companies.  Focus then shifts to the structure of the private corporation and the relationship between the board, shareholders (majority and minority), and managers.

5970A.  Civil Clinic I.  2-6 hours.
The objective of this course, in which various governmental and private organizations will provide placements for student externships, is to engage students in three primary learning experiences: direct exposure to the skills and methods of legal practice; focused application of legal concepts to real conflicts; and reflective appraisal of their own abilities, values, and professional goals. In addition to the field work provided by the externships, a clinic seminar will provide a jurisprudential context in which to consider and organize the learning gained in the field.

5970B.  Summer Externship.   2-4 hours.
The Summer Externship supports students working in governmental, judicial and private non-profit placements through a focused program of reading, reflection and professional development.  Students gain direct exposure to the skills and methods of legal practice, focused application of legal concepts to real conflicts, and reflective appraisal of their own skills and abilities.  each student engages in an ongoing conversation with the clinic supervisor through journals and interviews;  together with readings, this contact expands and deepens the practical and jurisprudential learning gains in the field.

5975A.  Mediation Practicum I.  3 hours.
The course consists of in-class, simulation-based training, including interactive training on the mediation process, the role and competencies of the mediator, ethical and regulatory rules governing mediation and a series of specific topics of mediation practice.  It also includes an introduction to small claims court and to the primary legal issues that students will encounter in practice.  This course is designed to satisfy the requirements of the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution ("GODR") for the training of court-certified mediators.

5975B.  Mediation Practicum II.  3 hours.  Prerequisite:  JURI 5975A
This clinical course includes four primary components:  1) solo mediation of selected cases in the Clarke County Magistrate Court, 2) weekly two-hour class sessions which will combine in-depth assessments of completed cases and integrated discussions of readings in mediation theory and practice, 3) advanced readings on mediation and dispute resolution theory, and 4) regular periodic reflective writing in the form of two journals and a learning appraisal.  Students will meet individually with the clinical supervisor for individual feedback and evaluation.

5980.  Advanced Evidence Seminar.  2 hours.  Prerequisite or Corequisite:  JURI 4250
Advanced study and writing work on evidence and litigation topics, including subjects like hearsay, experts, final arguments, and motions for a new trial.  Involves study and discussion of problem areas and research, writing, and preparation as well as defense of a major paper on a specific litigation problem.  Potential paper topics include matters like husband/wife privilege, expert witness standards in federal and Georgia practice, and the limits of closing argument.  At the election of the student, the paper can be prepared in a manner which will fulfill the Advanced Writing Requirement of the law school.

5990.  Law and Disability.  2 hours.
Students will become acquainted with sources of federal and state law affecting persons with disabilities, with primary emphasis on the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students will interact with guest lecturers who work with disabled people, or who are themselves disabled, or both, to gain first-hand knowledge of the issues which affect disabled people. A major research paper will be expected.

7501. Graduate Seminar in United States Legal System.  2 hours
Provides a forum for discussion of certain aspects of the structure and content of the legal system of the United States. Focuses particularly on issues relating to the Constitution and federalism, while introducing the participants to concepts and principles that characterize substantive law.

7502. Graduate Seminar II.  2 hours.
Discussion and critique of various topics culminating in the student's presentation of his/her master's thesis.

COURSE CLUSTERS 

The UGA law school faculty has designed a course cluster system to guide upper-level students toward a curriculum that may more effectively support their areas of special interest. 

General Practice

In choosing courses within this area of concentration, note that the general practice area is more difficult to define than other areas because general practices may vary according to such factors as location and size of firm. Also bear in mind that this general area of concentration may overlap with other areas, e.g., litigation.

Foundation Courses

• Commercial Paper
• Constitutional Law I & II
  
• Corporations
• Evidence
• Trusts & Estates I
• Criminal Procedure I
• Georgia Practice & Procedure
• Real Estate Transactions
• Secured Transactions
• Workers' Compensation
• Federal Income Tax
• Employment Law

Other Related Courses

• Agency & Partnership
• Trusts & Estates II
• Administrative Law
• Bankruptcy
• Life Cycle of the Corporation Seminar
• Conflict of Laws
• Constitutional Litigation Seminar
• Criminal Procedure II
• Equitable Remedies
• Federal Courts
• Federal Estate & Gift Taxation
• International Legal Transactions
• Law & Society
• Municipal Corporations
• Employment Discrimination
• Export & Import Trade Regulation
• Family Law