This course integrates environmental law theory with practical skills including legal research, regulatory analysis, advocacy skills, working with experts, environmental litigation considerations and environmental matter/case management tools. Students will work on assignments mirroring real-world environmental law practice through simulated client matters, regulatory compliance projects, and litigation skills practices.

In this course we will study the law of ancient Greece (especially classical Athens) and Rome within their varying historical, political, and social contexts. We will consider Greek and Roman views on the nature of law and its role in society; the origins and sources of law; the historical development of law; forms of dispute resolution, legal procedure, and legal argumentation; and amateurism vs. professionalism in legal systems. We will look in some detail at the substantive topics of “criminal” law, personal status and family law, and international law.

The course provides the analytical foundations for legal practice in the modern world — a world in which sound legal advice requires the mastery of the techniques and language of disciplines such as economics, decision theory and game theory. After a brief review of the methodology of law and economics, this course exposes students to a broad survey of micro-economics, decision-theory and game-theory concepts. These analytical methods play a crucial role in the design and understanding of legal rules.

This course will focus on the constitutional holdings of the Roberts Court and their academic critique and reception, with a goal of understanding the approach to liberty, equality, and popular self-rule that undergirds the Roberts Court’s reasoning. The course will have a proportionate focus on law that bears directly on democratic self-governance, but will also consider other constitutional law holdings that impact democratic self-rule and personal liberty and equality.

This is a course about the federal courts’ distinctive role in the U.S. legal system. To a great extent, the subject is procedural—that is, it addresses the how of the law, rather than the what. For example, if you want to bring a civil rights suit (or defeat one), you will likely have to acquaint yourself with the law of federal courts. Viewed more abstractly, the course is a chance to explore the powers and responsibilities of the Federal Judiciary within a complex governmental structure.

This ULWR seminar applies principles of psychology—the scientific study of how people think, feel, and behave—to normative legal doctrine and contemporary policies, practices, and procedures in the area of criminal law and sentencing. The class will draw on recent work in cognitive, social, and moral psychology to address topics including (1) culpability and mental state attributions; (2) causation judgments; and (3) punishment, including both the way people use and understand punishment and its actual effects on behavior.

This course is designed to familiarize the students with the systems and governing bodies that regulate college athletics.

This course examines how these various regulatory systems shape the industry as well as the past and current legal problems and issues that it faces. Students will use critical and analytical thinking to develop a basic understanding of areas of management and governance of the different levels of college athletics.

The legal profession stands at a pivotal crossroads. According to CLIO's "Legal Trends Report," approximately 74% of hourly work in the legal industry could be automated by AI. This creates a stark reality for legal professionals: either you automate by yourself, or you become automated. This course positions students at the forefront of this transformation, providing essential knowledge and skills to be among the early adopters who will shape the future of legal practice.

“Federal Appellate Litigation” aims to deepen your understanding of federal appellate litigation, with a particular focus on the doctrines and procedural rules governing appeals. Throughout the semester, students will explore key phases of the appellate process—from identifying and preserving issues for appeal, to briefing and argument at the appellate level, and ultimately considering petitions to the Supreme Court.

This course provides a survey of the complex legal topics that make up the body of agricultural law with a critical analysis of how and why agriculture is treated differently than other industries. The course covers both substantive areas of agricultural law as well as agriculture-specific issues falling within traditional categories of law, and emphasizes current legal issues of significance within the world of production agriculture and agribusiness.