| LAWE 590 | Jurisprudence | Introduction to the field of jurisprudence, the academic discipline devoted to answering the fundamental question: What is law? We will explore the many ways that scholars have attempted to define law and legal systems against a series of related con... |
| LAWE 592 | Legal History Seminar | Explores the history of the common law and the development of Anglo-American legal institutions. Focuses on the evolution of the jury system and the distinction between law and equity. |
| LAWE 597 | Appellate Advocacy | An introduction to the Federal Rules of Evidence. Concepts addressed include relevance, categorical rules of exclusion, character evidence, competency and credibility of witnesses, hearsay and its exceptions, privileges, authentication, and scientifi... |
| LAWE 599 | Evidence | An introduction to the Federal Rules of Evidence. Concepts addressed include relevance, categorical rules of exclusion, character evidence, competency and credibility of witnesses, hearsay and its exceptions, privileges, authentication, and scientifi... |
| LAWE 600 | Federal Income Taxation | Introduces students to the principles and policies of federal income taxation. Provides a framework for recognizing and dealing with tax issues and with tax-related strategies or transactions encountered in other legal practice specialties, including... |
| LAWE 601 | Pre-Trial Litigation Skills | Enhances understanding of critical pretrial tools and provides practical experience with using these tools. Course requires drafting a variety of pretrial documents that are frequently used in litigation, such as a complaint, and a pretrial motion. A... |
| LAWE 602 | Business Associations | Focuses on the law governing corporations, as well as the law of agency, partnerships, and limited liability companies. Discussion will include the choice of business form, distribution of power between mergers and owners, fiduciary duties of manager... |
| LAWE 603 | Criminal Procedure: Investigation | Examines constitutional law in the criminal context, focusing on the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Topics explored include the selective incorporation doctrine, the exclusionary rule, the Fourth Amendment's protection against unrea... |
| LAWE 604 | Criminal Defense Practice | Designed to educate the student as to the importance of developing positive client relationships in order to fulfill their responsibilities as attorneys and counselors at law. Importance and methods of developing positive relationships with clients w... |
| LAWE 605 | Criminal Law and Psychiatry | Explores the intersections between criminal law and psychiatry/psychology. Discusses psychiatric diagnoses and the roles of mental health professionals within the criminal justice system, including `evaluator` and `expert.` Topics include competency... |
| LAWE 606 | Wills and Trusts | Considers the transmission of property when an owner dies: laws of intestate distribution that are applied where there is no will; the use of wills , including rules of execution, change and interpretation; and the intention and use of trusts, with e... |
| LAWE 607 | Administrative Law | The common process by which the law produced by government agencies is produced and challenged. Study of the constitutional limits on bureaucratic power and structure and examination the most important sections of federal and state statutes that impo... |
| LAWE 611 | Real Estate Transfers and Finance | Surveys modern real estate transactions, such as condominiums, cooperatives, sales and leasebacks, leasehold mortgages, FHA and VA financing, tax consequences, title insurance, construction loan agreements, and shopping center leases. |
| LAWE 612 | Agency And Partnership | Creation of agency relationships; contractual liability of principals (disclosed and undisclosed), agents and third parties; tort liability of principals; fiduciary duties of agents; partnership: creation, rights, and duties of partners, dissolution... |
| LAWE 613 | Antitrust | Control of private economic power in the United States, focusing on the law regarding monopolies, mergers, and restrictive business practices as regulated by the Sherman and Clayton acts. Some attention to other federal antitrust legislation such as... |
| LAWE 615 | Selected Topics in Virginia Law | Provides instruction in substantive law, thought processes, and writing and test-taking skills needed for success on the Virginia Bar Exam. The learning methodology will be iterative, consisting of substantive lectures and materials followed by exten... |
| LAWE 616 | Children And The Law | Analysis of the legal relationships among children, families, and the state. Focus on how the law balances the rights and interests of children, their parents and caregivers, and the state under both the federal constitution and state law. Topics inc... |
| LAWE 618 | Payments in the 21st Century: How Money Moves | Law relating to negotiable instruments, bank deposits and collections, and electronic money transfers, with emphasis on Articles 3, 4, and 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code, the Expedited Funds Availability Act, and Regulation CC. |
| LAWE 619 | Core Commercial Law Concepts | Explores the core concepts involved in (1) sales and leases of goods,(2) notes, checks, and electronic forms of payment, (3) credit transactions involving letters of credit and (4) credit transactions involving collateral other than real property. Em... |
| LAWE 620 | Environmental Law | Explores how lawyers can contribute to environmental protection through litigation, regulation, and policy advocacy. From Supreme Court decisions to local issues such as water pollution in the James River, examines the interaction of Congress, federa... |
| LAWE 621 | Conflict of Laws | Explores the law which applies to parties and transactions involving two or more states, or two or more nations. Emphasis on the variety of choice of law methodologies employed by American courts, including both traditional and modern approaches to c... |
| LAWE 623 | Corporate Taxation | Introduction to the taxation of corporations and their shareholders, from formation of the corporation to liquidation. Builds on knowledge and skills acquired in the Federal Income Taxation course by examining the tax consequences of corporate events... |
| LAWE 624 | Core Legal Concepts | Provides instruction in substantive law, thought processes, and writing and test-taking skills needed for success on the Uniform Bar Exam. The learning methodology will be iterative, consisting of substantive lectures and materials followed by extens... |
| LAWE 625 | Criminal Procedure: Adjudication | Federal and Virginia procedures at various stages of a criminal prosecution, including bail, preliminary hearings, indictments, discovery, speedy trial, double jeopardy, plea bargaining, jury selection, venue, and jurisdiction. |
| LAWE 626 | Civil Rights History | No Description Set |
| LAWE 627 | Diversity in Education and Employment | No Description Set |
| LAWE 628 | Employment Discrimination Law | Study of federal laws prohibiting workplace discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, and disability. The primary focus of the course will be on the theories of discrimination that have evolved under the various... |
| LAWE 629 | Employment Law | Analysis of statutory and common law regulation of the employment relationship, including employer testing and information gathering, wage and hour regulation, OSHA, workers compensation, wrongful discharge and other common law actions challenging di... |
| LAWE 630 | Legislative Advocacy | No Description Set |
| LAWE 631 | Civil Litigation Fundamentals | Prepares students to (1) interview the client, (2) conduct informal fact investigation, (3) choose the proper forum, (4) draft, file and serve a complaint, (5) respond to a complaint with an answer or motion to dismiss, (6) seek or resist discovery,... |
| LAWE 632 | Advanced Trial Advocacy | Refines and builds on the skills covered in Trial Practice or Lawyering Skills by using more complex civil and criminal problems and files developed by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy for training the more experienced trial advocate. Specia... |
| LAWE 633 | Estate And Gift Taxation | The nature of the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes and deal with issues that arise in connection with these taxes, such as valuing assets, calculating the tax, determining when a gift is made, qualifying for the gift tax annual ex... |
| LAWE 634 | National Security and New Technologies | No Description Set |
| LAWE 635 | Taxation of Partnerships and LLCs | Nature and formation of a partnership; taxation of partnership income; transactions between related parties; termination of partnership; sale of partnership interest; distribution by partnership; special basis adjustment; and distribution to retiring... |
| LAWE 636 | Federal Courts | Explores the federal courts in detail, paying special attention to the scope of their constitutional and statutory powers. Building on concepts of Constitutional Law and Civil Procedure, addresses topics such as the federal courts' power to declare c... |
| LAWE 637 | State and Local Taxation | No Description Set |
| LAWE 638 | Law and Literature | Explores the themes rule of law v. equity; law, justice, and morality; the role of narrative; and the role of the lawyer in counseling and advocating for a client by reading literary texts (that may include classic texts, modern texts, graphic novels... |
| LAWE 639 | Public Policy Research and Drafting | Combines both advanced legal research and writing instruction with a client-based experience. Provides students with an opportunity to explore advanced legal research in the public policy field, develop their writing skills in the context of creating... |
| LAWE 640 | Legal Business Design Challenge | Provides students with opportunity to work directly with a law firmincluding for-profit and non-profit firmson a real-life market opportunity that the firm might pursue. Students will be embedded with lawyers and other professionals at the firm and,... |
| LAWE 641 | Intellectual Property Fundamentals | Survey of intellectual property law, including copyright, trademark, patent and other subject matters. Serves as the foundation course for the specialist who wishes to pursue the Intellectual Property certificate, but also a good choice for the gener... |
| LAWE 642 | International Business Transactions | Problems in international trade and investment; regulation of international trade by national governments and international agencies. Emphasis on lawyer's role in counseling firms engaged in international activities. |
| LAWE 643 | International Law | Basic principles, including sources of international law, settlement of international disputes, responsibilities and immunities of sovereign states, human rights, and the machinery of international law and justice. |
| LAWE 644 | Labor Law | Analysis of origin and scope of National Labor Relations Act and role of the National Labor Relations Board and the courts in interpreting the statute. Focus on right of employees to organize unions, choice of bargaining representative, strikes and p... |
| LAWE 645 | Land Use Planning | Government control of use of land and eminent domain. Zoning, subdivision control, and urban redevelopment and planning. |
| LAWE 646 | Ending Slavery & Securing Freedom: The History of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments | No Description Set |
| LAWE 648 | Race & the Constitution | No Description Set |
| LAWE 649 | Technology Law | No Description Set |
| LAWE 650 | Plea Bargaining & Sentencing | No Description Set |
| LAWE 651 | Constitutional Law II: Individual Rights | An exploration of individual rights in the federal constitution, covering the speech, press, and free exercise rights in the First Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms in the Second Amendment, and the rights of equal protection and due process... |
| LAWE 652 | Lawyers as Leaders | No Description Set |
| LAWE 653 | Introduction to Business | Introduces students to basic business principles and then reinforces this knowledge through application to actual business settings. There are two parts to the course. Part I will be a series of online modules on the business disciplines of Accountin... |
| LAWE 654 | Products Liability Law | Analyzes the affirmative cause of action for personal injuries caused by defective products, applicable defenses, and other relevant theoretical, policy and practical issues. Emphasis is on strict liability in tort under Section 402A of the Restateme... |
| LAWE 655 | Intellectual Property Law and Policy | Examines the legal and public policy considerations regarding intellectual property protection in various fields and industries. In particular, explores whether intellectual property protection and enforcement is beneficial and necessary for the crea... |
| LAWE 656 | Remedies | Putting legal theory into the practical context of its ultimate remedy for the client, covers primarily equitable remedies Covers the equitable remedies of bills of peace, receiverships, injunctions to enforce contracts, injunctions to prevent torts,... |
| LAWE 657 | Expert Evidence | Technical and legal aspects of scientific aids in the trial of civil and criminal cases. Scientific experts participate as guest lecturers. |
| LAWE 658 | Securities Regulation | Discussion of the theory of disclosure, examination of information that is important to investors (`material` in securities lingo), and investments that fall within the definition of a `security` under federal law. Considers, mandatory disclosure by... |
| LAWE 660 | Regulatory Law Practicum | Practice-oriented exposure to regulatory law and to legal careers working within and against government agencies. Assignments include client counseling, negotiating against the government, multi-stakeholder policy planning, writing and enforcing regu... |
| LAWE 661 | Writing for Clerks | No Description Set |
| LAWE 662 | Virginia Legal Research | Expands the basics of legal research learned in first-year lawyering skills to specific legal issues in Virginia. Work with common Virginia primary and secondary legal resources used in all three branches of Virginia government and complete graded re... |
| LAWE 664 | Virginia Procedure | Specialized course in Virginia civil procedure which covers the subject of procedure from the point of view of practice in the Virginia state courts. Covers every aspect of procedure from self-help, subject matter jurisdiction, active jurisdiction, s... |
| LAWE 666 | Energy Law | Focus on the laws and policies that govern the exploitation of energy resources and the production and distribution of electricity. Includes an introduction to the structure of energy law, and in particular its unique hybrid of three types of laws: (... |
| LAWE 667 | Human Rights Seminar | A general introduction to international human rights. Issues covered include nature of concept of human rights; origin and development of the International Bill of Rights; thematic procedures available for protection of human rights in the United Nat... |
| LAWE 669 | Art of the Argument | Explores the rhetorical roots of argument, the five types of argument described by Wilson Huhn, and the psychology of persuasion. Using client hypotheticals based on labor and employment law, develops the skills needed to craft persuasive arguments i... |
| LAWE 670 | Interviewing And Counseling | In-depth analysis of pretrial lawyering skills using interdisciplinary materials. Explores interpersonal relationships, focusing on role of attorney in relation to client, the legal system (including other attorneys), and society. Classroom discussio... |
| LAWE 672 | Negotiation | Introduction to the theory and practice of negotiations. Game theory, economic model bargaining, social-psychological theories and the problem-solving negotiation theory are each studied. Explores the different negotiation styles, techniques of prepa... |
| LAWE 674 | Tax Policy Seminar | Designed for students generally interested in public policy issues as well as for those specializing in tax. Focuses on the policies and structures of a well designed tax system; examines the goals, politics, and history of tax reform; and provides a... |
| LAWE 675 | Sales And Leases | Articles 2 (Sales) and 2A (Leases) of the Uniform Commercial Code, including the structure and methodology of the Uniform Commercial Code, as it is reflected in Articles 2 and 2A, and the Code's relationship to, similarities with, and differences fro... |
| LAWE 676 | First Amendment Law | Examines American constitutional law pertaining to religion, speech, and the media, including the law pertaining to aid for sectarian schools, prayer in public schools, conscientious objection, censorship, association, and access to trials and state... |
| LAWE 677 | Secured Transactions | An introduction to the law governing contractually created interests in personal property used to secure payment or performance of obligations. Study of the creation, perfection, priority and enforcement of security interests in personal property und... |
| LAWE 679 | Contract Drafting | In this Law Skills IV pilot course, Application of contract law principles to the drafting of contracts through weekly written exercises, drafting assignments, and negotiations. Techniques to draft clear and accurate contracts and to effectively revi... |
| LAWE 680 | Health Law | Focuses on the federal and state laws and regulations applicable to the health care industry, with a particular focus on the regulation of health care providers. Topics covered include: laws regulating referral relationships between health care provi... |
| LAWE 682 | Civil Trial Advocacy | No Description Set |
| LAWE 683 | Voting Rights | Traces the history of voting rights law in the United States, considers how the passage of various Amendments to the United States Constitution and the passage and reauthorizations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 have affected how voting rights are... |
| LAWE 685 | International Law Practicum | Legal research and analysis on cutting-edge, contemporary international law issues. Provide advice as requested by international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank. At the end of the semester, may present the outcome of the r... |
| LAWE 686 | Civil Rights Litigation | If a cop frisks you when he shouldn't, can you collect damages from him? If a public school requires prayer before every class, what can you do stop the constitutional violation? If you call 911 and the dispatcher fails to dispatch an officer, have y... |
| LAWE 687 | White Collar Crime | Study of what are generally considered to be business or organizational crimes. Topics to be explored may include: mail and wire fraud, conspiracy, public corruption, perjury (including false statements and false claims liability), money laundering,... |
| LAWE 688 | Mediation | No Description Set |
| LAWE 689 | Corporate Finance | Topics covered include an analysis of corporate financial statements; security pricing; and other investment topics. No preliminary ability in finance is assumed and basic skills such as the time value of money are introduced. Microsoft Excel is util... |
| LAWE 690 | Sports and the Law | A survey course addressing legal issues presented by both professional and amateur sports in a variety of settings. Examines such issues as the legal concept of amateurism, the organization of amateur sports associations, and eligibility for particip... |
| LAWE 692 | Federal Income Tax Lab | No Description Set |
| LAWE 693 | Law Of the European Community | (Offered only in Cambridge Summer Program). Surveys institutions of the EU and examines substantive principles of EU law and their integration into the legal systems of member countries. |
| LAWE 694 | Comparative Pub Law Of Us & Uk | Introduces and compares several legal traditions, including the civil law, Islamic law and the legal systems of China and Japan. Emphasizing on the civil law tradition, examines shared legal roots in archaic/chtonic and Roman law and their distinct e... |
| LAWE 695 | Veteran's Law Moot Court | No Description Set |
| LAWE 696 | Externship: Advanced | No Description Set |
| LAWE 697 | The Death Penalty | Introduction to one of the most controversial criminal justice issues of our timethe death penalty. Historical examination of the forces that led to abolition of the death penalty in 1972 and reinstatement in 1976, ushering in the modern death penalt... |
| LAWE 698 | Constitutional and Statutory Law of Public Employment | No Description Set |
| LAWE 699 | Selected Topics | . |
| LAWE 700 | Entertainment Law | Issues of law and policy affecting the entertainment industry. |
| LAWE 702 | Family Law Procedure | Specialized course in Virginia family law procedure concentrates on actual practice in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Equips the JDR practitioner with the particular procedural aspects of jurisdic... |
| LAWE 704 | Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization | Explores what happens when a business or consumer defaults on debts. While most of the classes will deal with the Bankruptcy Code, we will also cover Virginia creditors rights law. |
| LAWE 705 | Mergers and Acquisitions | Focuses on the law governing corporate mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, and proxy contests. Discussion will include transaction structure, purchase agreements, stockholder litigation, and relevant state and federal laws, with a primary focus... |
| LAWE 707 | Family Law | Examines the legal rules governing family relationships and the policies and principles underlying them. Focuses on the following topics: who can marry; the rights, duties, and obligations of marriage; the state's interest in marriage; the dissolutio... |
| LAWE 709 | Animal Law | Exploration of this emerging field of law with an emphasis on the latest cases, legislation and legal theory behind it. Areas of study include anti-cruelty; dogfighting; cockfighting; standing; wills and trusts benefitting animals; factory farming; T... |
| LAWE 711 | Workers Compensation | A practical survey of workers' compensation in Virginia. Focuses on providing a substantive overview of the law, combined with projects geared toward teaching students to handle actual workers' compensation cases, from the investigation and filing of... |
| LAWE 715 | The Prosecution Project | Policy clinic that is a unique collaboration between law students and professional prosecutors through a partnership with the Committee on Justice and Professionalism of the Virginia Association of Commonwealths Attorneys (VACA). Through readings and... |
| LAWE 718 | Poverty Law Practicum | Explores the legal and policy responses to poverty in the United States and addresses how the law shapes the lives of poor people and communities. Special focus upon the Greater Richmond area, examining the extent of poverty, the root causes, and the... |
| LAWE 719 | Selected Issues in Public International Law | (Offered only in Cambridge.) Consideration of various discrete issues of public international law, including statehood, boundaries, the law of war, jurisdiction and state responsibility, and their relation to municipal law. |
| LAWE 721 | Corporate Governance | An overview of corporate governance today and the frauds that prompted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (`SOX`), particularly WorldCom and Enron. Includes most of the major SOX reforms and related changes in stock exchange listing standards. Also treat... |
| LAWE 722 | Veteran's Law | Introduction to the administrative law of veterans benefits. Focus on the public policy behind veterans benefits, the practical aspects of filing disability compensation claims with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and appealing the... |
| LAWE 724 | Professional Responsibility: Family Law | Delineates the ethical responsibilities of lawyers in family law cases. Issues related to the lawyer-client relationships: communication and confidentiality; conflicts of interests; controlling the case; ethical tactics; ethical negotiations; mediati... |
| LAWE 726 | Corporate Compliance | A rapidly growing and promising practice area, corporate compliance involves the design, implementation, and monitoring of corporate policies and procedures for reducing the risk of violations within a company. Studies the role of compliance officers... |
| LAWE 728 | Sentencing Law | Explores the theories of criminal punishment, the criminal sentencing process, and contemporary issues in sentencing. Topics include: the traditional justifications for criminal punishment--retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, and rehabilitation-... |
| LAWE 730 | Spanish Legal Skills | One semester course learning targeted legal subjects in Spanish. Topics include immigration law, family law, labor law, contract law and criminal law and use materials written by Latin American Professors of Law and notable US attorneys. Lectures del... |
| LAWE 731 | Corruption, Human Rights, and Mega Sports | Uses an ongoing an international sports competition to addresses several salient international anti-corruption issues, including bribery, money laundering, bank secrecy, tax evasion, etc. |
| LAWE 734 | Professional Responsibility: Criminal Practice | Reviews some of the major ethical considerations that confront prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys, including ethical considerations surrounding the discovery process, ethical pleading principles, joint defense agreements, inadvertent disclosu... |
| LAWE 737 | Corruption in International Sports II | Examines laws that prohibit the bribing of foreign government officials for business purposes, focusing principally on the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, but also examining the UK Bribery Act, the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, and the UN Convent... |
| LAWE 743 | Restorative Justice | Methods for responding to conflict or crime in a collaborative manner that prioritizes healing, prevention, and community-based reconciliation. Considers the theory of restorative justice and explore restorative practices in various U.S. contexts inc... |
| LAWE 744 | Patent Law | Covers fundamental doctrines of patent law and is designed to serve as a basic course for those who wish to specialize in this field, as well as to provide a general background for a corporate or business practice. Topics will include eligible subjec... |
| LAWE 745 | D.C. Externship | Supervised externship (field placement) in a federal agency or nonprofit organization in Washington, DC and weekly seminar. Students must (1) work an average of 35 hours per week for 15 weeks at their field placement (500 hours total), (2) attend and... |
| LAWE 746 | Externship: In-House | Students placed with national and international corporations. Focuses on topics related to the role of in-house counsel, substantive issues related to the work of in-house counsel, and professionalism issues. See the Director of Externships for more... |
| LAWE 748 | Advanced Legal Research | Explores legal research strategies and resources more comprehensively and in-depth than what is covered during first year as well as an increased emphasis on electronic resources. Review of primary American legal sources in all types of formats plus... |
| LAWE 749 | Externship: Litigation | Placements that primarily involve litigation. The course focuses on the litigation process, trial techniques, and professionalism. See the Director of Externships for more details. |
| LAWE 750 | Externship: Civil | Placements are available with non profit lawyers as well as local, state, and federal government lawyers working on civil law matters. Opportunities are offered in the areas of litigation, public policy, legislative advocacy, and regulatory law. Two-... |
| LAWE 751 | Externship: Criminal | Placements with state and federal prosecutors and public defenders. Students must have completed the requirements for third year practice certification for all placements. Two-hour classroom component required. Graded pass/fail. See the Director of E... |
| LAWE 752 | Externship: Judicial | Placements are offered in the chambers of both state and federal judges. Students assume the role of a law clerk. Opportunities are available at both the trial and appellate levels. Two-hour classroom component required. Graded pass/fail. See the Dir... |
| LAWE 753 | Children's Defense Clinic | Students advocate on behalf of children appearing before area juvenile courts. In the majority of cases, students serve as defense counsel for youth accused of delinquency (criminal) offenses. Students are also occasionally assigned to work on other... |
| LAWE 754 | Crimmigration | Addresses the legal and policy issues that arise at the intersection of immigration law, criminal law, and criminal procedure. Explores how individuals perceived to have violated a criminal offense are treated in the immigration law system, how indiv... |
| LAWE 756 | International Business Practice | A hands-on opportunity to develop strategies for Virginia companies seeking to expand their businesses in foreign markets. Students meet with a Virginia business client to define the scope of their project, identify legal issues, research foreign and... |
| LAWE 758 | Immigration Law | Explores the statutory and policy aspects and underpinnings of immigration law, including immigrant and nonimmigrant classifications, admission and exclusion issues, immigration compliance and immigration reform. |
| LAWE 760 | Housing Law | Explore the law and policy of housing. Considers the housing market in the United States, both for renters and for homeowners. Topics may include housing affordability, inclusionary/exclusionary zoning, the subprime mortgage crisis, government progra... |
| LAWE 762 | Medical Malpractice | Liability of physician for injuries arising out of the physician patient relationship. Includes coverage of standard of care, causation, informed consent, intentional torts, and recoverable damages. |
| LAWE 766 | Aging and Disability Law Practicum | Study of the law that impacts the elderly. Application of knowledge by giving legal advice to elderly clients through a medical-legal partnership with the VCU Health System. Topics include public benefit programs, the aging network, health care decis... |
| LAWE 768 | Trademark Law | Will cover federal and common-law trademark law, trade secrets, and unfair competition. Within the unfair competition section, topics will include interference with contractual relations, trade libel, unfair competition under the Lanham Act, publicit... |
| LAWE 770 | Wrongful Conviction Seminar | A topical introductory course addressing the causes of wrongful convictions. The readings are multi-disciplinary and heavily drawn from law review articles. Class participation is an important piece. The class has several guest speakers who address p... |
| LAWE 772 | Advanced Clinical Practice: Intellectual Property | With faculty permission, students who have completed a clinical experience in Intellectual Property may enroll for advanced clinical work in the same field for between two and six credits. Advanced students will take leadership roles in clinic matter... |
| LAWE 774 | Wrongful Conviction Clinic | With supervision from the director of the Institute of Actual Innocence, students will screen, investigate and, when possible, help prepare cases for post-conviction litigation under Virginia's Writs of Actual Innocence. Litigation work is only possi... |
| LAWE 775 | Advanced Clinical Practice: Wrongful Convictions | With faculty permission, students who have completed a clinical experience in the Wrongful Conviction Clinic may enroll for advanced clinical work in the same field for between two and six credits. Advanced students will take leadership roles in clin... |
| LAWE 776 | Advanced Clinical Practice: Children's Defense | With faculty permission, students who have completed a clinical experience in the Childrens Defense Clinic enroll for advanced clinical work in the same field for between two and six credits. Advanced students will take leadership roles in clinic mat... |
| LAWE 778 | Family Law Clinic | Working under the supervision of the clinic director, students will represent low-income clients in the City of Richmond on family law-related matters in a multi-disciplinary collaboration with faculty-supervised graduate students from Virginia Commo... |
| LAWE 779 | London Externship Program | Placements are available with law firms/chambers; government related agencies and organizations, such as the House of Commons and Crown Prosecution Services; law societies; citizens' advice bureaus; royal courts; property management and development f... |
| LAWE 780 | Research Assistant | A student may take no more than 2cr of Research Assistant for credit in any semester and may take no more than 3cr of Research Assistant to count towards the number of credits required for graduation. To apply for a Research Assistant for credit, a s... |
| LAWE 781 | Immigration Rights Practicum | Hands-on experience in immigration law through a combination of doctrinal teaching and representation of actual clients in immigration court. Analysis of and response to an immigration consultation, effective representation of clients in removal proc... |
| LAWE 783 | Criminal Trial Advocacy | Advanced trial techniques and evidentiary issues in criminal practice. Oral motions, opening statements, direct examinations, cross examinations, introductions of physical evidence, closing arguments, and anticipated objections to evidence. The class... |
| LAWE 785 | Domestic Violence Seminar | Explores the dynamics of domestic violence, its impact on families, and how our justice system responds to protect and punish those involved. Topics surveyed include mandatory arrest policies, victimless prosecutions, civil protective orders, and com... |
| LAWE 786 | Advanced Legal Analysis and Writing | Provides students with additional instruction and practice in legal analysis and writing. Course consists of several individual writing assignments and students receive substantial individual assistance during the process of drafting, editing, and co... |
| LAWE 788 | Copyright Law | A detailed examination of the law that protects literary, musical, artistic, and other works of authorship, with particular attention to the 1976 federal copyright statute, as amended. Topics include requirements for and scope of copyright protection... |
| LAWE 790 | Intellectual Property and Transactional Clinic | Students represent for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, as well as artists, authors and inventors from a variety of backgrounds. Students will help business startup clients by engaging in business formation counseling and by preparing and fil... |
| LAWE 793 | Trial Competition | Students in this class are selected by the instructors to prepare for and participate in an interscholastic trial competition. Graded pass/fail. |
| LAWE 796 | Independent Study | Independent research on approved selected topics. Topic must be approved in writing prior to registration by the associate dean and by the instructor under whose supervision the research is conducted. Limit of three semester hours total for independe... |
| LAWM 701 | The U.S. Legal System | Introduces students with foreign legal training to the American legal system, including its history and governmental structure, the common law system and its methodology, the adversary system and jury trials, an overview of federal and state court sy... |
| LAWM 702 | U.S. Legal Research and Writing | Develop and practice effective communicate English about legal issues, using the style and analytic approach of U.S. legal discourse. Development of familiarity with the tools and techniques to research issues of U.S. Law. |
| LAWR 503 | Constitutional Law | An introduction to the law of the United States Constitution and to the legal dynamics of constitutional drafting and interpreting. Separation of powers, federalism, economic and social regulation, privileges, and immunities of U.S. citizenship, and... |
| LAWR 506 | Criminal Law | Sources of criminal law; constitutional limitations on power to create and define crimes; elements of crimes; conduct, mental state, causation; specific offenses, including homicides, sex offenses, larceny and other property offenses; defenses of mis... |
| LAWR 513 | Contracts | Basic elements of contract law. Stress on the agreement process, i.e., offer and acceptance, consideration, and substitutes for consideration. Avoidance of contractual obligations, conditions, performance, and breach of contracts are examined, as are... |
| LAWR 514 | Torts | Liability for personal injuries and injuries to property. Includes analysis of various intentional tort theories, the concepts of negligence and strict liability, and the privileges and defenses which may apply to actions brought in tort. May include... |
| LAWR 515 | Civil Procedure | Introduction, with emphasis on federal law, to rules governing jurisdiction, venue, service of process, pleadings, joinder, discovery, summary adjudication, trial, judgments, direct and collateral attack on judgments, appellate procedure, and choice... |
| LAWR 516 | Property | Introduction to property laws, with emphasis on the concepts of title and possession of personal and real property; finders and bailments; rights and remedies of the possessor; donative transactions; rights of the bona fide purchaser; historical back... |
| LAWR 517 | Legal Analysis and Writing I | Introduces first-year law student to essential lawyering skills including legal analysis, predictive and persuasive writing, and oral communication. |
| LAWR 518 | Legal Analysis and Writing II | Introduces first-year law student to essential lawyering skills including legal analysis, predictive and persuasive writing, and oral communication. |
| LAWR 519 | Legislation and Regulation | Legislation and Regulation provides an introduction to public lawmaking in the modern administrative state. It examines the way Congress and administrative agencies adopt binding rules of law (statutes and regulations, respectively) and the way imple... |
| LAWR 520 | Legal Research | Introduces first year law students to the tools used in law practice to find primary and secondary sources of legal authority. Identify and evaluate these tools and sources to enunciate and interpret rules and support legal arguments. |
| LAWR 522 | Professional Identity Formation I | Introduces students to competencies, guiding principles, and practices considered foundational to effective, ethical, and meaningful legal practice. |
| LAWR 523 | Professional Identity Formation II | Introduces students to competencies, guiding principles, and practices considered foundational to effective, ethical, and meaningful legal practice. |
| LAWR 598 | Trial Advocacy | Introduces second-year students to essential lawyering skills of trial and appellate advocacy. Must be taken during the second year |
| LAWR 605 | Professional Responsibility | Ethical standards of the legal profession, including judicial ethics and unauthorized practice. |