UPPER DIVISION CURRICULUM The School of Law offers a robust selection of courses and seminars in diverse areas of law that reflect a commitment to public service and professional ethics. Students who have completed core first-year courses select courses ranging from traditional bar preparation classes to highly specialized legal topics to supervised clinical practice. SLU LAW also offers opportunities for students to participate in (and receive credit for) one of three student-run law journals as well as develop critical legal skills in areas such as appellate advocacy, trial practice and client counseling. Students interested in specializing may choose from one of nine concentration programs. The following courses and seminars were offered in 20122013 or are offered in 2013-2014. (H): HUMANITIES (PS): PROFESSIONAL SKILLS 10
COURSES Administrative Law Admiralty Law Advanced Commercial & Business Transactions (PS) Advanced Legal Analysis & Bar Examination Strategies Advanced Legal Research (PS) Advanced Real Estate Transactions (PS) Alternative Dispute Resolution American Legal History (H) Anatomy of a Patent (PS) Antitrust Law Applied Mediation Clinic (PS) Applied Mediation Skills (PS) Banking Regulations & Transactions Bankruptcy Bioethics and the Law (H) Biotechnology Law & Policy Business Associations Civil Advocacy (PS) Civil Advocacy Clinics I & II (PS) (Areas include General Litigation, Child Advocacy, Community & Economic Development, Elder Law, Family Law & Immigration Law) Civil & Political Rights of Immigrants Civil Practice (PS) Civil Rights Law Client Counseling I (PS)
Commercial Transactions Comparative Law (H) Competition Based Advocacy (PS) (Includes opportunities to compete in multiple trial and appellate advocacy competitions as well as client counseling, negotiations and the national Health Law Transactional Competition) Complex Litigation Conflict of Laws Constitutional Law II Copyright Corporate Counsel Practicum Corporate Finance (PS) Corporate Tax Criminal Defense Advocacy (PS) Criminal Defense Clinic I & II (PS) Criminal Procedure-Adjudication Criminal Procedure-Investigation Directed Research Disability Law Domestic Relation Practice (PS) Education Law Elder Law Employment Discrimination Employment Law Agency Practice (PS) Employment Law Semester in D.C. Employment Relations Entertainment Law Environmental Due Diligence in Real Estate Transactions (PS)
Environmental Law Estate Planning (PS) European Human Rights (H) European Union Law (H) Evidence Externship Clinic I & II (PS) Family Law FDA Law & Policy Federal Courts Federal Criminal Prosecution (PS) Fiduciary Taxation First Amendment Forensic Evidence (PS) Fraud, Abuse & Health Care (PS) Global & Economic Justice: Perspectives on Inequality Health Care Law Health Care Quality Health Law Agency Practice (PS) Health Law, Policy & Advocacy: Grassroots Advocacy Health Law, Policy & Advocacy: Legislative Advocacy Health Law Semester in D.C. Health Care Finance & Business Planning (PS) HIPAA Privacy Law History, Impact & Regulation of Consumer Credit (H) Immigration Law Income Tax of Trusts & Estates Innovation in Medicine & Medical