This externship placement enables LL.M. students to gain practical experience in a tax-focused entity.
Graduate Tax Independent Study
This upper-level course for Tax LL.M. students requires authorship of a significant paper representing substantial legal research.
Graduate Tax Paper Option
Tax LL.M. candidates may elect to write a 15-page research paper in addition to the examination and other regular requirements for this course.
Higher Education Law and Policy
This course introduces students to the legal and policy frameworks that govern higher education in the United States.
Law and Economics
Law and economics is one of the most influential schools of thought in modern law. The ideas propounded by the economic analysis of law are gaining increasing traction in court decisions and in legal policy. This course will examine the major contributions of law and economics in contract, tort, and property, as well as in other areas of law that may not initially appear to be amenable to economic reasoning.
Legal Journalism
This course provides students with the opportunity to write and publish news articles and commentary on current legal issues.
Legal Research: Corporate/Business Law
This course helps students refine research skills, learn shortcuts, and develop cost-effective and efficient research strategies for corporate or business law related projects.
Legal Research: Criminal Law
This course helps students refine research skills, learn shortcuts, and develop cost-effective and efficient research strategies for criminal law related projects.
Legal Research: Family Law
This course helps students refine research skills, learn shortcuts, and develop cost-effective and efficient research strategies for family law related projects.
Legal Research: Intellectual Property
This course helps students refine research skills, learn shortcuts, and develop cost-effective and efficient research strategies for intellectual property law related projects.