GW Law Alumni Elective Courses Survey About You 1. Year of graduation (if you hold multiple degrees from GW Law, please select your most recent graduation year) [drop-down list included 1925-2010] 2. Practice Area Please select the area that is closest to your current practice. If you are retired or no longer practicing law, please select the area in which you most recently practiced. Judges may select either their most recent practice area or the area that best describes their current caseload. Administrative Law (including government agencies & legislatures) Commercial Law (including banking, bankruptcy, real estate & other business) Corporate & Securities Employment & Labor Environmental Family Law (including estate planning) General Practice Government Contracts Intellectual Property International Business International Public Law Litigation Civil (including alternative dispute resolution) Litigation Criminal Never/only briefly practiced law Personal Injury Public Interest & Non-Profits Tax 3. If you have experienced a significant change in your practice area during your legal career and would like to respond to this survey based on an additional practice area, as well, please use the link at the end of the survey to do so. If you are responding to this survey for the second time based on an additional practice area from your legal career, please indicate it here. This is my 2nd time through the survey. GW Law Alumni Elective Courses Survey 1
4. With respect to your practice area selection above, please identify the type of organization in which you practice: Large firm (100+ lawyers) Medium firm (10-99 lawyers) Small firm or solo practice (<10 lawyers) Government Corporation or other business Non-Profit organization Never/only briefly practiced law 5. With respect to your practice area selection above, please select your location/metro area: Atlanta, Georgia Baltimore, Maryland Boston, Massachusetts Chicago, Illinois Cincinnati, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Dallas, Texas Denver, Colorado Detroit, Michigan Hartford, Connecticut Honolulu, Hawaii Houston, Texas Kansas City, Missouri/Kansas Los Angeles, California Miami, Florida Minneapolis, Minnesota New York City, New York Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Virginia Orlando, Florida Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Phoenix, Arizona Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Richmond, Virginia Sacramento, California Salt Lake City, Utah San Diego, California San Francisco, California Seattle, Washington Trenton, New Jersey Washington, D.C. Other Large City (not listed) Suburban or Other Small City (not listed) Rural (not listed) Outside the United States GW Law Alumni Elective Courses Survey 2
Most Useful Elective Courses 6. Based on my practice area selection in question #2, the most useful courses I took were (please select at least one but no more than three): Note: The course list in the following questions is not an exhaustive list of current or historical course offerings at GW Law, and the names of courses change over time. Please select the one that sounds closest to the one you took. Some current electives may have been required courses when you took them; please treat all courses except basic first year courses as electives. Administrative Law & Regulation Administrative Law Antitrust Law Communications Law Energy Law Food & Drug Law Genetics & the Law Health Care Law Information Privacy Law Law & Medicine Law in Cyberspace Lawyers, Lobbying & Law Legislation Civil Litigation Alternative Dispute Resolution Appellate Practice Complex Litigation Conflicts of Laws Evidence Federal Courts Pre-Trial Advocacy Products Liability Remedies Trial Advocacy Commercial Law Banking Law Business Bankruptcy & Reorganization Commercial Paper Consumer Protection Law Creditors Rights Housing Law & Policy Insurance Law of Real Estate Financing Modern Real Estate Transactions Secured Transactions Constitutional Law & Civil Rights Advanced Constitutional Law American Jury Asian Americans & the Law Civil Rights Legislation Disabled People & the Law Federal Indian Law First Amendment Gender Discrimination & the Law Immigration law Law & Religion Law of Democracy Law of Race & Slavery Law of Separation of Powers Sexuality & the Law Voting Rights Law Corporate & Securities Regulation Agency & Partnerships Business Planning Corporations Corporate Finance Law & Accounting Securities Regulation Takeovers & Tender Offers Criminal Law & Procedure Adjudicatory Criminal Procedure Computer Crime Counterterrorism Law Criminal Procedure Criminal Tax Litigation Drugs & the Law Forensic Science International Criminal Law Military Justice White Collar Crime GW Law Alumni Elective Courses Survey 3
Employment & Labor Employee Benefit Plans Employment Discrimination Law Employment Law Gender Discrimination & the Law Labor Law Sports & the Law Environmental Law Air Pollution Law Animal Law & Wildlife Protection Coastal Navigation & Wetlands Law Control of Solid & Hazardous Waste Energy Law & Regulation Environmental & Toxic Torts Environmental Issues in Business Transactions Environmental Law International Environmental Law International Law of Climate Change Natural Resources Law Regulation of Toxic Substances Risk Trade & Sustainable Development Water Pollution Control Family Law & Estate Planning Domestic Violence Law Elder Law Estate Planning Family, Child & the State Family Law Trusts & Estates Wealth Transfer Taxation Women, Money & Law Government Contracts Comparative Public Procurement Formation of Government Contracts Government Contracts Government Contracts Advocacy Government Contracts Costs & Pricing Performance of Government Contracts Intellectual Property Chemical & Biotech Patent Law Computer Law Copyright Law Entertainment Law Federal Circuit Genetics & the Law Intellectual Property International Copyright International & Comparative Patent Law Licensing of Intellectual Property Patent Law Patent Enforcement Patent Strategies & Practices Trademark & Unfair Competition International Business Law Admiralty Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration International Business Transactions International Competition Regime International Commercial Law International Banking International Environmental Law International Finance International Trade Law US Export Control & Regulation International Public Law Comparative Law Human Rights Law Immigration Law International Law International Civil Litigation International Organizations International Rights of Women Law of War National Security Law Nation Building & the Rule of Law Nuclear Nonproliferation Law Refuge & Asylum Law Space Law U.S. Foreign Relations Law GW Law Alumni Elective Courses Survey 4
Skills Courses Client Interviewing & Counseling Clinics Legal Drafting Mediation Moot Court Negotiation Outside Placement Taxation Corporate Taxation Federal Income Taxation International Taxation Law & Accounting Nonprofit Organizations: Law & Taxation Partnership & LLC Taxation State & Local Taxation Wealth Transfer Taxation GW Law Alumni Elective Courses Survey 5
Wish I'd Taken Courses 7. Based on your practice area selection in question #2, what courses would have assisted you or would you now take to assist you? (OPTIONAL; please select up to three) Administrative Law & Regulation Administrative Law Antitrust Law Communications Law Energy Law Food & Drug Law Genetics & the Law Health Care Law Information Privacy Law Law & Medicine Law in Cyberspace Lawyers, Lobbying & Law Legislation Civil Litigation Alternative Dispute Resolution Appellate Practice Complex Litigation Conflicts of Laws Evidence Federal Courts Pre-Trial Advocacy Products Liability Remedies Trial Advocacy Commercial Law Banking Law Business Bankruptcy & Reorganization Commercial Paper Consumer Protection Law Creditors Rights Housing Law & Policy Insurance Law of Real Estate Financing Modern Real Estate Transactions Secured Transactions Constitutional Law & Civil Rights Advanced Constitutional Law American Jury Asian Americans & the Law Civil Rights Legislation Disabled People & the Law Federal Indian Law First Amendment Gender Discrimination & the Law Immigration law Law & Religion Law of Democracy Law of Race & Slavery Law of Separation of Powers Sexuality & the Law Voting Rights Law Corporate & Securities Regulation Agency & Partnerships Business Planning Corporations Corporate Finance Law & Accounting Securities Regulation Takeovers & Tender Offers Criminal Law & Procedure Adjudicatory Criminal Procedure Computer Crime Counterterrorism Law Criminal Procedure Criminal Tax Litigation Drugs & the Law Forensic Science International Criminal Law Military Justice White Collar Crime GW Law Alumni Elective Courses Survey 6
Employment & Labor Employee Benefit Plans Employment Discrimination Law Employment Law Gender Discrimination & the Law Labor Law Sports & the Law Environmental Law Air Pollution Law Animal Law & Wildlife Protection Coastal Navigation & Wetlands Law Control of Solid & Hazardous Waste Energy Law & Regulation Environmental & Toxic Torts Environmental Issues in Business Transactions Environmental Law International Environmental Law International Law of Climate Change Natural Resources Law Regulation of Toxic Substances Risk Trade & Sustainable Development Water Pollution Control Family Law & Estate Planning Domestic Violence Law Elder Law Estate Planning Family, Child & the State Family Law Trusts & Estates Wealth Transfer Taxation Women, Money & Law Government Contracts Comparative Public Procurement Formation of Government Contracts Government Contracts Government Contracts Advocacy Government Contracts Costs & Pricing Performance of Government Contracts Intellectual Property Chemical & Biotech Patent Law Computer Law Copyright Law Entertainment Law Federal Circuit Genetics & the Law Intellectual Property International Copyright International & Comparative Patent Law Licensing of Intellectual Property Patent Law Patent Enforcement Patent Strategies & Practices Trademark & Unfair Competition International Business Law Admiralty Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration International Business Transactions International Competition Regime International Commercial Law International Banking International Environmental Law International Finance International Trade Law US Export Control & Regulation International Public Law Comparative Law Human Rights Law Immigration Law International Law International Civil Litigation International Organizations International Rights of Women Law of War National Security Law Nation Building & the Rule of Law Nuclear Nonproliferation Law Refuge & Asylum Law Space Law U.S. Foreign Relations Law GW Law Alumni Elective Courses Survey 7
Skills Courses Client Interviewing & Counseling Clinics Legal Drafting Mediation Moot Court Negotiation Outside Placement Taxation Corporate Taxation Federal Income Taxation International Taxation Law & Accounting Nonprofit Organizations: Law & Taxation Partnership & LLC Taxation State & Local Taxation Wealth Transfer Taxation Additional Comments 8. Additional comments (please feel free to include rationale for courses you selected in the previous questions, observations on the source or value of the advising you received as a student, or comments on related topics) GW Law Alumni Elective Courses Survey 8