Courses and Seminars by Subject Matter* *Please note that courses and seminars can change from year to year, and not all courses and seminars may be offered each year. Please consult the most recent course selection materials for a current listing of courses and seminars. This list also includes courses in the BU graduate programs in Banking and Financial Law ( BK ), and in Taxation ( TX ), that are open to JD students. In addition, it includes some BU School of Management and School of Public Health courses that may be open to JD students; however, please check with the Law Registrar s Office how many LAW credits we may grant for those courses consistent with ABA requirements, as they likely will differ from what the other schools award for credit. Banking and Financial Institutions and Instruments Banking and Financial Law Research Banking Structure and Regulation (BK) Bankruptcy (BK version of course) Central Banks, Commercial Banks, and Financial Markets (BK) Commercial Lending (BK) Compliance in Financial Services Companies Compliance Programs (BK) Consumer Financial Services (BK) Corporations Corporate Finance Government Regulation of Financial Services Government Regulation of Insurance (BK) Hedge Funds (BK) International Business Transactions International Securities Transactions (BK) Introduction to Project Finance (BK) Introduction To The Characteristics And Taxation Of Financial Instruments Mergers and Acquisitions Microfinance and Development (BK) Mutual Funds Negotiable Instruments Private Equity and Venture Capital Transactions (S) RICS, REITs, and REMICs (TX) Securities Activities of Banks (BK) Securities Regulation (BK version of course) Securitization Tax Aspects of International Banking (BK) Taxation of Financial Products: Policy and Theory (TX) Taxation of Financial Products: Principles and Application (TX) Transnational Lending (BK) Civil Rights
Advanced Constitutional Law: The Fourteenth Amendment Civil Rights Litigation Civil Rights of Non-Citizens in the Immigration Process (S) Civil War & Reconstruction (S) Critical Race Theory (S) Disability Law (S) Current Issues in Employment Law Education Law and Policy (S) Election Law Employment Discrimination and Employment Law Federal Civil Practice (S) Federal Courts Housing Law (S) Law And Sexual Minorities (S) Political Responsibility (S) Privacy (S) Problems in the Study of Race and Litigation (S) Race, Nation and The Development of American Law (S) The Color Line (S) Commercial Law and Consumer Transactions Antitrust Law Bankruptcy & Creditors Rights Bankruptcy Practice: Chapter 11 Reorganizations and Sales of Businesses (S) Business Law: Sales Business Law: Secured Financing Transactions Business Law: The Uniform Commercial Code Commercial Law: Sales Commercial Law: Secured Financing Transactions Commercial Lending (BK) Consumer Financial Services (BK) Consumer Law Contract Drafting Housing Finance and Community Development: Balancing Public Purposes and Private Roles (BK) International Business Transactions Negotiable Instruments Privacy (S) Securities Regulation Securitization Transaction Simulation 1: Sale of a Family Business and Related Real Estate Transaction Simulation 2: Auction and Sale of a Private Company Constitutional Law
Advanced Constitutional Law: The Fourteenth Amendment American Constitutional History (S) Civil Rights Litigation The Constitution And Foreign Affairs (S) Constitutional Health Care Litigation (S) Constitutional History: Civil War & Reconstruction (S) Constitutional History: The Founding Years (S) Constitutional Theory (S) Election Law Federal Civil Practice (S) Federal Courts Federal Habeas Corpus (S) First Amendment Health Care Reform & the Constitution (S) Historical Perspectives on Law, Constitutions And Culture (S) Law and the Lobby Law And Religion (S) Law and Sexual Minorities (S) Privacy (S) Supreme Court 2013 Term: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure And Habeas Cases (S) Corporate Law and Finance and Transactional Law Advanced Corporate Law (S) Alternative Dispute Resolution Antitrust Law Banking Structure and Regulation (BK) Bankruptcy & Creditors Rights Bankruptcy Practice (S) Business Law: Sales Business Law: Secured Financing Transactions Business Law: The Uniform Commercial Code Central Banks, Commercial Banks, and Financial Markets (BK) Chinese Law for U.S. Lawyers (S) Commercial Lending (BK) Compliance in Financial Services Companies Compliance Programs (BK) Consolidated Corporations (TX) Consumer Financial Services (BK) Contract Drafting Corporate Finance Corporate Governance (S) Corporate Reorganizations (TX) Corporations
Counseling the Start-up Entrepreneur (S) Deals: The Economic Structure Of Transactions Deals Skills Estate and Gift Taxation (TX) Executive Compensation (TX) Executive Compensation-Advanced (TX) Fiduciary Law Financial Reporting For Lawyers Government Regulation of Financial Services Government Regulation of Insurance (BK) Hedge Funds (BK) Inbound International Taxation (TX) International Business Agreements (S) International Business Arbitration (S) International Business Transactions International Competition Law Research (S) International Development And Project Finance (S) International Securities Transactions (BK) International Tax (S) International Tax I (TX) International Tax II (TX) International Taxation I: Trade, Investment, And Finance International Trade Regulation Introduction to Corporate Tax (TX) Introduction To Federal Income Taxation Introduction to Financial Restructuring Practice (S) Introduction to Project Finance (BK) Law & Economics (S) Law And Economics Workshop (S) Legal Aspects of Capital Formation & Allocation (S) Legal Ethics and CSR for Corporate Lawyers (S) Life Cycle of a Business Venture ) TX) Making Tax Law (TX) Mergers And Acquisitions Microfinance and Development (BK) Mutual Funds Negotiable Instruments Negotiated Mergers And Acquisitions (S) Non-Profit Organizations (S) Partnership Tax I (TX) Partnership Tax II (TX) Pensions and Profit Sharing Plans (TX) Private Equity And Venture Capital Transactions (S) Real Estate Finance And Tax (S) Real World Contracts
Restitution And Unjust Enrichment RICs, REITs, and REMICs (TX) Securities Activities of Banks (BK) Securities Law Research Securities Regulation Securitization Shareholder Activism (S) Standards and Responsibilities in Tax Practice (TX) State and Local Tax (TX) Structuring Intellectual Property Ownership (TX) Taxation of Bankruptcies and Workouts (TX) Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders Taxation of Financial Instruments Taxation of Financial Products: Policy and Theory (TX) Introduction to the Characteristics And Taxation Of Financial Instruments Taxation of Intellectual Property (TX) Tax Accounting (TX) Tax Aspects of Bankruptcies and Workouts (TX) Tax Aspects of Buying and Selling a Business (TX) Tax Aspects of Charitable Giving (TX) Tax Aspects of International Banking (BK) Tax Law Research Tax Practice & Procedure (TX) Topics in Tax Policy (S) Transactional Drafting (S) Transnational Lending (BK) Transaction Simulation 1: Sale of a Family Business and Related Real Estate Transaction Simulation 2: Auction and Sale of a Private Company Trust and Honesty In Law, Business and Public Policy US Transfer Pricing (TX) Criminal Law and Procedure Advanced Trial Practice (S) Appellate Advocacy: The Criminal Appeal (S) Crime And Punishment: Philosophical Perspectives (S) Criminal Clinical Program Criminal Motions and Advocacy Criminal Procedure Domestic Violence (S) Evidence Federal Habeas Corpus (S) Forensic Mental Health Issues For Lawyers (S) Health Care Fraud and Abuse (S) Homicide Investigations And Trials: Theory And Practice (S)
Juvenile Delinquency (S) Pretrial Advocacy: Civil and Criminal Prosecutorial Ethics (S) Restorative Justice: Principles And Practices Semester-in-Practice (Atlanta) Sex Crimes (S) Supreme Court 2012 Term: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Habeas Cases (S) Trial Advocacy Trial Evidence White Collar Crime (S) Wrongful Convictions And the U.S. Criminal Justice System (S) Wrongful Convictions Clinic Environmental Law Research Advanced Environmental Law: Environmental Litigation (S) Biotechnology Law & Ethics (S) Energy Law & Policy (S) Environmental Justice Law Environmental Law Federal Civil Practice Federal Courts Global Climate Change (S) Land Use Topics in Environmental Law (S) Family Law and Gender Children & The Law Civil Litigation Program Client Counseling Constitutional Theory (S) Critical Race Theory (S) Domestic Violence (S) Education Law And Policy (S) Employment Discrimination And Employment Law Estate and Gift Taxation (TX) Estate Planning (TX) Estate Planning-Advanced (TX) Family Law Feminist Jurisprudence
Forensic Mental Health Issues For Lawyers (S) Gender, Law & Policy Colloquium (S) International Estate Planning (TX) Introduction To Federal Income Taxation Juvenile Delinquency (S) Law And Sexual Minorities (S) Law, Work and Poverty (S) Mediation: Theory & Practice (S) Trusts, Wills & Basic Estate Planning Writing Supplement to Family Law Writing Supplement to Trusts & Estates Health Law Research American Legislative Practice Antitrust Law Bench to Bedside (BU Graduate School of Management course) Biomedical Innovation (BU Graduate School of Management course) Biotechnology Law & Ethics (S) Constitutional Health Care Litigation (S) Disability Law (S) Drugs, Devices & Diagnostics (BU Graduate School of Management course) Employee Benefit Plans Environmental Law Ethical Dimensions of Public Health Policy (BU School of Public Health course) Ethical Issues in Medicine and Public Health (BU School of Public Health course) Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law (S) Genetics, Law and Public Health (BU School of Public Health course) Government Regulation of Insurance (BK) Health Care Fraud And Abuse (S) Health Care Rationing: Needs and Options (BU School of Public Health course) Health Care Reform And The Constitution (S) Health Care Transactions (S) Health Insurance, Health Reform And The Law (S) Health Law Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights Health Law Externship Program Health Law Research Health, Poverty and Law (S) Health Sector Consulting (BU Graduate School of Management course) Human Rights & Health (BU School of Public Health course) Insurance Law Law & Ethics of Medical Research (S) Legal Strategies to Reduce Health Risks (BU School of Public Health seminar)
Legislative Policy and Drafting Clinic (Health) Medical Research And The Law (S) Mental Health Law (S) Mental Health Law (BU School of Public Health course) Non-Profit Organizations Public Health Law (S) Representing Life Sciences Companies (S) Immigration Law and Policy Advanced (S) Challenging Government Misconduct in the Immigration Context (S) Civil Litigation Program: Asylum & Human Rights Clinic Federal Civil Practice Federal Courts Immigrants & The Law: Alienage in America (S) Immigration Detention Clinic Immigration Law Refugee And Asylum Law (S) Intellectual Property and Law and Technology Art Law (S) Copyright Law Counseling the Start-Up Entrepreneur (S) Entertainment Law (S) Food, Drug And Cosmetic Law (S) Harms and Benefits (S) Intellectual Property Intellectual Property & The Internet (S) Intellectual Property Law Research Intellectual Property Workshop (S) International Intellectual Property (S) International Trade Regulation Legislative Policy & Drafting Program Licensing Law And Practice (S) Patent Law Patent Prosecution (S) Privacy (S) Representing Life Sciences Companies (S) Structuring Intellectual Property Ownership (TX) Taxation of Intellectual Property (TX) Telecommunications Law
Trade Secrets & Restrictive Covenants Trademark and Unfair Competition Unjust Enrichment International, Foreign, and Comparative Law Admiralty Africa i-parliaments Clinic Chinese Law for U.S. Lawyers (S) Civil Litigation Program: Asylum & Human Rights Clinic Comparative Law (S) English Legal History European Union Law EU VAT (TX) Global Climate Change (S) Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights (S) Inbound International Taxation (TX) International and Comparative Legal Research (S) International Banking Structure and Regulation: Current Challenges (BK) International Business Agreements: Negotiating, Structuring And Drafting (S) International Business Arbitration (S) International Business Transactions International Competition Law Research (S) International Criminal Law (S) International Development and Project Finance (S) International Human Rights (S) International Intellectual Property (S) International Law International Tax (S) International Tax II (TX) International Taxation: Trade, Investment and Finance International Trade Regulation Jewish Law (S) Law & Development (S) Law & Ethics of War (S) National Security and Foreign Relations Law (S) Privacy (S) Refugee and Asylum Law (S) Semester-in-Practice Program (Geneva) Space Law (S) Structuring Intellectual Property Ownership (TX) The Constitution & Foreign Affairs (S) Transnational Litigation US Transfer Pricing
Labor Law and Employment Relations Civil Litigation Program: HEFD or ERC Current Issues In Employment Law (S) Disability Law (S) Employee Benefit Plans Employment Discrimination and Employment Law Employment Law Practice (S) Executive Compensation (TX) Labor Arbitration Practice (S) Labor Law Law, Work And Poverty (S) Pensions and Profit Sharing Plans (TX) Land Use and Real Estate Affordable Housing Law (S) Counseling The Small Business (S) Environmental Law Historic Preservation (S) Housing Law (S) Insurance Law Land Use Local Government Law Real Estate Finance And Tax (S) Real Estate Taxation (TX) RICs, REITs, and REMICs (TX) Transaction Simulation 1: Sale of a Family Business & Related Real Estate Legal Ethics/Professional Responsibility Effective and Ethical Depositions (S) Lawyering in the 21 st Century (S) Professional Responsibility HEFD or ER section of Pre-Trial Advocacy in Civil Litigation Clinical Program Criminal Trial Practice Professional Responsibility (in Criminal Clinical Program) Legal Ethics class in Legal Externship Program Legal Theory, Law and Philosophy, Legal History American Constitutional History (S)
American Legal History Civil War & Reconstruction (S) Comparative Law (S) Constitutional History: Civil War & Reconstruction (S) Constitutional History: The Founding Years (S) Constitutional Theory (S) Crime and Punishment: Philosophical Perspectives (S) Critical Race Theory (S) English Legal History Feminist Jurisprudence (S) Foucault And Law (S) Habermas, Law & Democracy (S) Harms and Benefits (S) Historical Perspectives on Law, Constitutions And Culture (S) Jewish Law (S) Law & Ethics of War (S) Law, Language & Literature (S) Philosophy Of Law Political Responsibility: A Duty To Obey And A Duty To Disobey (S) Race, Nation And The Development Of American Law Restorative Justice: Principles and Practices The Color Line Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Appellate Practice Research Advanced (S) Advanced Alternative Dispute Resolution (S) Advanced Civil Procedure: Access To The Courts Advanced Environmental Law: Environmental Litigation (S) Advanced Legal Research Advanced Legal Writing and Editing Workshop (S) Advanced Trial Practice (S) Alternative Dispute Resolution Anatomy of a Mass Tort (S) Appellate Advocacy: The Criminal Appeal (S) Civil Litigation Program Civil Rights Litigation Client Counseling Criminal Clinical Program Criminal Motions and Advocacy Criminal Procedure Discovery: Theory And Practice (S)
E-Discovery & Advanced Civil Procedure (S) E-Discovery Law & Practice Effective & Ethical Depositions (S) Evidence Federal Civil Practice (S) Federal Courts Federal Habeas Corpus (S) International Business Arbitration (S) Judging In The American Legal System (S) Judicial Externship Program Judicial Writing (S) Legal Writing for Civil Litigation (S) Mediation: Theory And Practice (S) Negotiation (S) Patent Prosecution Persuasive Writing (S) Pretrial Advocacy: Civil and Criminal Representing Clients in Civil Actions (S) Restitution and Unjust Enrichment Trial Advocacy Trial Advocacy: Advanced Trial Evidence White Collar Crime (S) Public Law,, Legislation Research Advanced (S) Africa i-parliaments Clinic American Legislative Practice Compliance in Financial Services Companies Food, Drug And Cosmetic Law (S) Government Regulation of Insurance (BK) Health Care Fraud And Abuse (S) Health Insurance, Health Reform And The Law (S) Insurance Law Labor Law Law and the Lobby Legislative Policy & Drafting Clinics Local Government Law Making Tax Law (TX) Semester-in-Practice Program (Washington, D.C.)
State and Local Government Law Research Affordable Housing Law (S) Education Law and Policy (S) Election Law Housing Law (S) Land Use Local Government Law Taxation Consolidated Corporations (TX) Corporate Reorganizations (TX) Estate and Gift Taxation (TX) Estate Planning (TX) Estate Planning-Advanced (TX) EU VAT (TX) Executive Compensation (TX) Federal Income Tax II (TX) Inbound International Taxation (TX) International Estate Planning (TX) International Tax (S) International Tax II (TX) International Taxation I: Trade, Investment And Finance Intro to Corporate Tax (TX) Introduction To Federal Income Taxation Life Cycle of a Business Venture (TX) Making Tax Law (TX) Partnership Tax I (TX) Partnership Tax II (TX) Pensions and Profit Sharing Plans (TX) Standards & Responsibilities in Tax Practice (TX) State and Local Taxation (TX) Structuring Intellectual Property Ownership (TX) Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders Tax Accounting (TX) Tax Aspects of Buying and Selling a Business (TX) Tax Aspects of Charitable Giving (TX) Tax Aspects of International Banking (BK) Tax Issues in Business Decisions (TX) Tax Practice & Procedure (TX) Taxation of Bankruptcies and Workouts (TX) Taxation of Financial Products: Principles and Application (TX)
Taxation of Financial Products: Policy and Theory (TX) Taxation of Intellectual Property (TX) Taxation of Trusts and Fiduciaries (TX) RICs, REITs, and REMICs (TX) Tax Policy (S) Taxation of Intellectual Property (TX) US Transfer Pricing (TX) Torts-Advanced Anatomy of a Mass Tort (S) Economic Torts (S) Insurance Law Law & Economics (S) Law & Economics Workshop (S) Tort Policy (S) Trusts and Estates Client Counseling (S) Estate Planning (TX) Estate Planning-Advanced (TX) International Estate Planning (TX) Introduction To Federal Income Taxation Tax Aspects of Charitable Giving (TX) Taxation of Trusts and Fiduciaries (TX) Trusts, Wills & Basic Estate Planning Other Admiralty Law Animal Law Art Law Entertainment Law Sports Law