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LAW 4051
The Death Penalty in America

The death penalty has gotten increased media attention due to high profile death row exonerations, and has long been under siege for other reasons, such as racial disparities in its imposition and the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17655 LAW 4051   LEC 001

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LAW 4131
The Nature, Functions, and Limits of Law

A general-education course to acquaint students with how our legal system pursues the goals of society. The course introduces students to various perspectives on the nature of law, what functions it ought ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3131, GOVT 3131

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17225 LAW 4131   LEC 001

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LAW 5001
Civil Procedure

An introduction to civil litigation, from commencement of an action through disposition on appeal, studied in the context of the federal procedural system. Also, a detailed consideration of federalism ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17569 LAW 5001   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17570 LAW 5001   LEC 002

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 5041
Contracts

An introduction to the nature, functions, and processes of exchange, contract, and contract law. The course focuses on the predominant rules and principles governing contract and related obligation, including ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17577 LAW 5041   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17578 LAW 5041   LEC 002

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 5061
Criminal Law

An introductory study of the criminal law, including theories of punishment, analysis of the elements of criminal liability and available defenses, and consideration of specific crimes as defined by statute ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17581 LAW 5061   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17582 LAW 5061   LEC 002

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LAW 5081
Lawyering

Lawyering is a full-year course designed to introduce first-year students to lawyering skills, with primary emphasis on legal writing, analysis, research, and oral presentations. Assignments are usually ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • 17571 LAW 5081   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • 17572 LAW 5081   LEC 002

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • 17573 LAW 5081   LEC 003

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • 17574 LAW 5081   LEC 004

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • 17575 LAW 5081   LEC 005

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • 17576 LAW 5081   LEC 006

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 5121
Property

This is a course in basic property law. It covers acquisitions of rights in property, estates in land, concurrent ownership, landlord/tenant relations, and regulation of land use. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17579 LAW 5121   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17580 LAW 5121   LEC 002

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 5131
Business and Financial Concepts for Lawyers

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  • 18316 LAW 5131   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6000
Law In-Absentia Study

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 12 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 17590 LAW 6000   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Staff

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6001
Accounting for Lawyers

This course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts and fundamentals of financial accounting. It will focus on (1) accrual accounting concepts, principles and conventions, (2) the presentation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17591 LAW 6001   LEC 001

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LAW 6005
Business and Financial Concepts for Lawyers

This 1-credit course is designed to prepare students who have no business background for (1) legal practice in areas involving business transactions, business regulation, and/or business litigation, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 17585 LAW 6005   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6011
Administrative Law: The Law of the Regulatory State

An introduction to the constitutional and other legal issues posed by the modern administrative state. Topics include: procedural due process, separation of powers, procedural modes of administrative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17584 LAW 6011   LEC 001

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LAW 6019
Dispute Resolution Practicum

Purpose is to link classroom discussion and analysis of arbitration and mediation with opportunities for students to observe actual arbitration and mediation cases. The course is designed to be an advanced ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 6019

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16717 LAW 6019   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6024
Managing and Resolving Conflict

Deals with managing and resolving workplace conflicts and examines dispute resolution and conflict management in both union and nonunion settings. The course covers two related topics: (1) third-party ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 4012, ILRLR 6012

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16714 LAW 6024   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6080
Mediation: Theory and Practice

This course is offered to students interested in acquiring thorough knowledge of the theory and practice of mediation as well as the techniques employed by effective mediators. In the first segment of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 6023

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16720 LAW 6080   SEM 101

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6085
Law Practice Technology

This course introduces and investigates the use of current technologies in law firm practice. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  • 17586 LAW 6085   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6113
Arbitration Law, Policy, and Practice

This course is designed to familiarize students with the law, policy, and practice of arbitration. Arbitration is the principal method of resolving disputes between unions and employers, securities brokers ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17592 LAW 6113   LEC 001

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LAW 6121
Bankruptcy

Selected topics in the law of bankruptcy, including consumer and business bankruptcy. The course will cover bankruptcy liquidation, the 'fresh start' in consumer bankruptcy, rehabilitation provisions, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17593 LAW 6121   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6131
Business Organizations

An introduction to the legal rules and principles, as well as some of the economic factors, that underlay the conduct of business enterprise in the United States. A principal focus will be upon the large, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17587 LAW 6131   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6158
Client Counseling

Clients come to lawyers seeking problem-solving advice. This course follows a "client-centered" approach to counseling that will examine techniques lawyers can use to help clients make good decisions. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/UnSat

  • 17594 LAW 6158   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6161
Comparative Law: The Civil Law Tradition

This course introduces students to the institutional and conceptual organization of "civil law" legal systems (which govern almost all of Western and Eastern Europe and Latin America, as well as significant ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18079 LAW 6161   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6191
Conflict of Laws

This course will address the subject of conflict of laws in its theoretical and historical context, and will place a special emphasis on the international elements of conflict of laws. There will be a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17601 LAW 6191   LEC 001

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LAW 6204
Cornell Prison Education Program Teaching Practicum

Students in the Practicum will co-teach a law-related course at either Auburn or Cayuga correctional facilities, as part of the Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP), which offers college courses to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 17602 LAW 6204   TA 651

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Staff

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LAW 6242
Corporate Finance

Any practice of business law requires a knowledge of accounting and corporate finance to be able to properly advise one's clients. This course will cover basic corporate finance concepts to enable an attorney ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17604 LAW 6242   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6264
Criminal Procedures: Investigations

Criminal Procedure: Investigations examines the constitutional law that governs police attempts to solve crime and bring perpetrators to justice. The course considers the role of the Fourth Amendment ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17605 LAW 6264   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6301
Directed Reading

An examination of a topic through readings selected by arrangement between the instructor and an individual student or group of students (not exceeding eight). view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-2 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 17595 LAW 6301   DIS 201

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Staff

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6311
Education Law

This course focuses on selected legal issues that arise in the public and private education context, with emphasis on the elementary and secondary school setting. Topics considered include the legal and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17596 LAW 6311   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6361
Environmental Law

The course surveys the major environmental laws, with a primary focus on federal statutes. Emphasis will be placed on the various sources of liability to both individuals and corporations from common law, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17597 LAW 6361   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6401
Evidence

The rules of evidence in civil and criminal cases with emphasis on relevance, hearsay, authentication, witnesses, experts, and confrontation. The course focuses on the Federal Rules of Evidence, with some ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17588 LAW 6401   LEC 001

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LAW 6421
Family Law

Broadly understood, family law is the study of state-imposed rules regulating intimacy and intimate relationships in society. In this course we evaluate our assumptions and beliefs about the appropriateness ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17598 LAW 6421   LEC 001

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LAW 6422
Family Law Clinic

Students will assist indigent clients in obtaining uncontested divorces and initial support orders. Skills learned include client interviewing and drafting pleadings, judgments, and other state-mandated ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • 17758 LAW 6422   CLN 301

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LAW 6431
Federal Courts

This course examines the various constitutional, statutory, and judge-made doctrines that control access to the federal courts to vindicate federal rights. It is particularly valuable for those planning ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17599 LAW 6431   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6432
Federal Criminal Practice

The course will focus on federal criminal proceedings from a practice based perspective and will introduce students to the different stages of a federal criminal prosecution. Topics covered will include ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17606 LAW 6432   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6441
Federal Income Taxation

A basic course designed to develop understanding of tax concepts and ability to work effectively with the Internal Revenue Code, regulations, cases, and other tax materials. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17589 LAW 6441   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6461
Financial Institutions

An introduction to the regulatory structures, as well as some of the economic, technological and other factors, that pattern the conduct of financial intermediation in the U.S. The principal focus will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NBA 6460

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17607 LAW 6461   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6501
Insurance Law

Insurance is an increasingly important tool for the management of risk by both private and public enterprises. This course provides a working knowledge of basic insurance law governing insurance contract ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17609 LAW 6501   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6531
International Commercial Arbitration

A study of arbitration as increasingly the dispute resolution method of choice for international trade and transactional disputes (where the parties are from different countries). The course introduces ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17610 LAW 6531   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6563
International Mergers and Acquisitions

Addresses the principal business and legal issues in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, including forms and techniques of combining two businesses, negotiation, pricing and other economic terms, due ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NBA 5870

  • 1.5-2 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17699 LAW 6563   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6564
International Taxation

This course examines the principles underlying the U.S. taxation of U.S. persons who earn income abroad and the U.S. taxation of foreign persons who earn income in the United States. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17659 LAW 6564   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6569
Introduction to Depositions

Depositions are a critical component of pretrial discovery. Indeed, many cases are lost, won, or settled because of information gleaned at a deposition. Attorneys also often modify trial strategies because ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 17611 LAW 6569   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6681
International Law and Foreign Direct Investment

This course studies legal aspects of direct foreign investments. It seeks to identify legal problems that are likely to affect a commercial investment in a foreign country. Inter alia, it deals with the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17612 LAW 6681   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6701
Legislation

Much of the "law" that lawyers work with is statutory. This course will examine both how legislatures go about doing their work (that is, legislative process) and how courts and others utilize legislative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17613 LAW 6701   LEC 001

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LAW 6710
Law and Literature

This seminar will study the relationship between law and literature to pose broad questions about the interpretive and other stakes of different theoretical approaches to literary criticism. We will consider ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17687 LAW 6710   LEC 001

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LAW 6737
National Security Law

In the wake of 9/11, the question of American national security has been at the forefront of legal and political debate. This course will examine the current constitutional framework guiding national security ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17615 LAW 6737   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6738
Negotiation Skills

Attorneys in all practice areas negotiate frequently. Neither deal lawyers nor litigators can claim negotiation as "theirs" to the exclusion of attorneys in other practice areas. This course will provide ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 17614 LAW 6738   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6742
Patent Law

This course will focus on U.S. patent law giving comprehensive coverage of doctrinal elements and touching on key policy issues. No technical background is required. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17646 LAW 6742   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6743
Selected Topics in Patent Law and Practice

This course will consider important assumptions that underlie much current day patent law and practice but are seldom articulated or critically analyzed. Students will consider the legal effect(s) of "public ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17647 LAW 6743   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6761
Principles of American Legal Writing

This course provides foreign-trained lawyers with an introduction to the American legal system and essential principles of legal writing, analysis and legal research skills in the United States. Students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Graded

  • 17648 LAW 6761   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6781
Products Liability

Applications of products-liability doctrine and theory to a variety of problems drawn from or closely approximating actual litigation. An overview of the relevant case law, statutes, and administrative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17649 LAW 6781   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6782
Professional Responsibility for the 21st Century Practitioner

It will explore a variety of the legal, ethical and real-world issues commonly faced by modern lawyers in their daily practices, regardless of their specialties or the institutions in which they serve. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17653 LAW 6782   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6821
Securities Regulation

This course analyzes key issues under the U.S. federal securities laws, principally the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with respect to the domestic and international offer ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17652 LAW 6821   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6822
Social Science and the Law

This course examines the relationship of social science to law, focusing on the growing use of social science in the legal system. Over the past several decades, increasing numbers of social scientists ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17654 LAW 6822   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6841
Sports Law

The course traces the development of sports law in the United States. Particular attention is given to the relationship of sports with antitrust and labor law. Contemporary issues involving arbitration, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17650 LAW 6841   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6871
Supervised Writing

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 17660 LAW 6871   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Staff

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6881
Supervised Teaching and Supervised Writing - Lawyering Program Honors Fellows

Lawyering Program Honors Fellows serve for the full academic year as teaching assistants in the Lawyering course. With training and guidance from the Lawyering faculty, Honors Fellows work on ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 17661 LAW 6881   TA 650

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Staff

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6891
Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders

This course examines the federal income taxation of corporate transactions, including incorporations, dividends, redemptions, liquidations, and reorganizations. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17663 LAW 6891   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6921
Trial Advocacy

The course is devoted to the study and weekly performance of the full range of trial techniques. Fundamental skills are taught in the context of challenging procedural and substantive law problems. Each ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17662 LAW 6921   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Jan 12 - Jan 19, 2015

    • Staff

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6956
The Government Lawyer

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 18080 LAW 6956   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 6981
WTO and International Trade Law

The law of the World Trade Organization (WTO), including international trade theory, the WTO dispute settlement process, and the basic WTO rules and nondiscrimination principles limiting national trade ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NBA 6980

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17664 LAW 6981   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 7012
Advanced Criminal Procedure: Post-Conviction Remedies

This course examines the procedural and substantive law governing collateral challenges to criminal convictions in state and federal courts, and explores the tensions between the criminal justice system's ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17669 LAW 7012   SEM 101

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 7016
Colloquium on Law and Social Movements

When and why do social movements use the law instead of some other form of collective action? Under what conditions do they succeed and when do they fail? What does the law say about protest, and how does ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17670 LAW 7016   SEM 101

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 7060
African American Social History, from 1910 to the Present: Race, Work, and the City

Examines the experience of black Americans from the start of the Great Migration just before World War I. Topics include the effects of migration on work experiences and unionization patterns, the impact ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16640 LAW 7060   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 7072
Animal Rights

This cutting-edge and constantly evolving field of law will explore the statutory and case law in which the legal, social, or biological nature of nonhuman animals is an important factor. The course encompasses ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3972

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17526 LAW 7072   SEM 101

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 7091
Biblical Law

Analysis of law and narrative in the Bible from the perspective of ancient law and legal history. Topics include the nature of the law codes (e.g., hypothetical formulation versus statutory law), legal ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17671 LAW 7091   SEM 101

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 7123
Chinese Law: Tradition and Modernization

This seminar offers an examination of how tradition and embedded cultural values have influenced the legal modernization in contemporary China. The focus of the seminar will be on the issues and dilemmas ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17727 LAW 7123   SEM 101

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 7146
Comparative Legal Philosophy

This seminar introduces students to the philosophy of law from a comparative perspective, focusing on such topics as the concept of law, the nature of judicial reasoning, theories of justice ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17728 LAW 7146   SEM 101

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 7160
Deals Seminar: Law and Investment Banking - The General Counsel's Perspective

This seminar will focus on the legal and compliance issues faced by a large global financial institution, preparing students to advise financial institutions on issues arising in the current regulatory ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17731 LAW 7160   SEM 101

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 7166
Deals Seminar: Capital Markets Transactions

This seminar examines selected legal issues and documents in connection with capital raising transactions by companies and investment banks in the United States securities markets. Initial public offerings ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17732 LAW 7166   SEM 101

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LAW 7174
Deals Seminar: Secured Transactions

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17733 LAW 7174   SEM 101

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LAW 7175
Deals Seminar: Drafting and Analyzing Corporate Agreements

This course is intended to familiarize students interested in a transactional practice with key provisions of significant contracts they may encounter. Its focus will be on clauses that are found in a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17734 LAW 7175   SEM 101

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LAW 7195
Estate Planning

This course examines estate planning from simple testamentary planning to more sophisticated testamentary and lifetime planning. The course reviews the federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17729 LAW 7195   SEM 101

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LAW 7196
Europe and the United States: Fiscal and Political Choices and Economic Consequences

The purpose of this course is to examine the political and fiscal choices of Europe and the United States, and examine the economic consequences of them. The books chosen for study will be Boomerang by ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17730 LAW 7196   SEM 101

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LAW 7231
Ethnoracial Identity in Anthropology, Language, and Law

This course examines the role that both law and language, as mutually constitutive mediating systems, occupy in constructing ethnoracial identity in the United States. We approach the law from a critical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 6424, ANTHR 6424, LSP 6424

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15876 LAW 7231   SEM 101

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LAW 7293
European and U.S. Responses to the Global Financial Crisis

This course will examine the institutional and regulatory changes taking place on both sides of the Atlantic in response to the global financial crisis. We will consider the economic rationales underlying ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17738 LAW 7293   SEM 101

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LAW 7314
International Law / International Relations Colloquium (1/2)

This interdisciplinary colloquium, held at the law school and jointly offered with the Department of Government, invites scholars to present research related to international law and international relations. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0.5 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 17740 LAW 7314   SEM 101

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LAW 7321
International Criminal Law

The seminar examines the questions surrounding international criminal law as a separate discipline and the sources of and basic principles underlying the subject. Particular attention will be paid to the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17741 LAW 7321   SEM 101

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LAW 7358
International Environmental Law

The development of international environmental law since the 1960s is a remarkable exercise in law making. This course will review this development, its legal foundations and fundamental principles. It ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17742 LAW 7358   SEM 101

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LAW 7371
Islamic Law and History

This course is designed to introduce law students to the terminology, principles, and concepts of classical Islamic law. After discussing the origins and evolution of Islamic law, we will turn first to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17745 LAW 7371   SEM 101

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LAW 7392
Jurisprudence of War

An investigation of the deeper theoretical and conceptual problems underlying the Law of War. Covered topics will include the collective nature of genocide, aggression, and crimes against humanity; modes ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18081 LAW 7392   SEM 101

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LAW 7412
Law and Humanities Colloquium

In an era of increasing interdisciplinary collaboration, the fields that comprise the humanities are engaging in new ways with law as well as with each other, and projects developed within the context ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 7412

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17746 LAW 7412   SEM 101

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LAW 7580
Markets, Morals, and Methods

This seminar is devoted to the foundations of choice, agency, and welfare -- matters that lie at the core of normative legal and economic theory. Readings, guest speakers, and class discussion will focus ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17748 LAW 7580   SEM 101

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LAW 7672
Race and the Criminal Justice System

This seminar will try to answer one of the most sensitive questions facing Americans today: Why are African Americans grossly over-represented in the American criminal justice system? Some answer this ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17749 LAW 7672   SEM 101

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LAW 7675
Issues in Financial Regulation

This seminar will seek to introduce students to a broad range of legal and regulatory issues that arise in connection with, and as a result of, financial innovation and increasing globalization of financial ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17764 LAW 7675   SEM 101

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LAW 7741
The Separation of Powers

The nature and consequences of our constitutional "separation of powers" is a topic of substantial debate, with significant implications for our system of government. This seminar examines the ways this ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17753 LAW 7741   SEM 101

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LAW 7744
Selected Topics in Mergers and Acquisitions

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18082 LAW 7744   SEM 101

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LAW 7755
Social Dilemmas in Legal Fact-Finding

Fact-finding is an important part of any legal proceeding, civil and criminal alike. The course deals with various social dilemmas that arise with regard to the way courts determine factual findings and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 17754 LAW 7755   SEM 101

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LAW 7783
Topics in Intellectual Property

Sizable disagreement and controversy surround many areas of intellectual property. This seminar explores these disputes. By surveying the academic literature the seminar aims to introduce, understand, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17755 LAW 7783   SEM 101

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LAW 7785
War Crimes Trials and the Law of Genocide

Beginning in November 1945, in an unprecedented attempt to bring war criminals to justice, more than 20 senior government officials and military leaders of Hitlerʼs Third Reich were indicted and tried, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17756 LAW 7785   SEM 101

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LAW 7801
Immigration Appellate Law and Advocacy Clinic

Students will write appellate briefs to the Board of Immigration Appeals on behalf of clients who have petitioned to remain in the United States because they fear persecution or torture in their home countries. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17759 LAW 7801   CLN 301

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LAW 7805
Advanced Labor Law Clinic

The Advanced Labor Law Clinic provides students another opportunity to deepen their understanding of traditional labor and employment law by representing the interests of workers with typical workplace ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17760 LAW 7805   CLN 301

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Cornell, A

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LAW 7811
Capital Punishment Clinic 1

Death penalty litigation: investigation and the preparation of petitions, memoranda, and briefs. This course is taught as a clinic. Two or possibly three capital cases are worked on by students. Case selection ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17761 LAW 7811   CLN 301

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LAW 7812
Child Advocacy Clinic 1

Students will participate in the representation of children who are the subject of family court proceedings. Cases are likely to involve children who are the subjects of petitions such as: abuse or neglect, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17763 LAW 7812   CLN 301

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LAW 7813
Child Advocacy Clinic II

Students in Clinic II will:1) work directly on law guardian cases, taking greater responsibility and working more independently than they are able to in the Child Advocacy Clinic I; 2) develop a more in-depth ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17769 LAW 7813   CLN 301

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LAW 7815
Capital Punishment Clinic 2

Death penalty litigation: investigation and the preparation of petitions, memoranda, and briefs. This course is taught as a clinic. Two or possibly three capital cases are worked on by students. Case selection ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17766 LAW 7815   CLN 301

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LAW 7832
Externship - Full Time

The Externship - Full Time course allows students (24 in fall, 16 in spring) to earn 12 credit hours as externs working full time at approved placement sites at virtually any location (most sites are non-profit ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 12 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 17767 LAW 7832   CLN 301

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Galbreath, G

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LAW 7834
Externship - Part Time, Other Local

The Externship - Part Time, Other Local course allows students to earn 4 or more credit hours as externs working at least 8 hours per week at approved placement sites in the Ithaca area while continuing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 17768 LAW 7834   CLN 301

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Galbreath, G

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LAW 7835
E-Government Clinic 1 and 2

Interested students must register through the clinic registration procedure. Submit to Mary Newhart (mjn3@cornell.edu) a resume and a letter of interest within one week after the end of the pre-registration ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 17770 LAW 7835   CLN 301

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LAW 7838
Human Rights Advocacy at Home and Abroad

In this clinical course, students will work on projects that will expose them to diverse forms of human rights advocacy. The clinic is litigation-oriented, although clinic students may also be exposed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17771 LAW 7838   CLN 301

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LAW 7861
Externship - Part Time, Judicial

The Externship - Part Time, Judicial course allows students to earn 4 or more credit hours as externs working at least 8 hours per week as a law clerk in the chambers of a New York or Federal judge in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 17772 LAW 7861   CLN 301

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Galbreath, G

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LAW 7862
Externship - Pro Bono Scholars Program

The Externship - Pro Bono Scholars Program course allows third year students in their last semester to take the NY Bar Examination on February 24 and 25, 2015 and then earn their last 12 credits hours ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 12 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 17773 LAW 7862   CLN 301

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Galbreath, G

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 7871
Labor Law Clinic

The Labor Law Clinic will provide students a practical opportunity to learn labor law, while making meaningful contributions to the labor movement and working people. This clinic will combine a substantive ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17774 LAW 7871   CLN 301

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LAW 7905
Advocacy for LGBT Communities Clinic I

The LGBT clinic is dedicated to advancing the legal rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. The clinic represents diverse members of the LGBT community in a variety of legal matters ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17775 LAW 7905   CLN 301

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LAW 7906
Advocacy for LGBT Communities Clinic II

The LGBT clinic is dedicated to advancing the legal rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Students who have completed LGBT Clinic I can seek the instructor's permission to enroll ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17779 LAW 7906   CLN 301

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LAW 7907
Advocacy for LGBT Communities Clinic (LGBT Clinic) III

The LGBT clinic is dedicated to advancing the legal rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Students who have completed LGBT Clinic II can seek the instructor's permission to enroll ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Graded

  • 17780 LAW 7907   CLN 301

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LAW 7911
Externship - Part Time, Neighborhood Legal Services

The Externship - Part Time, Neighborhood Legal Services course allows 1 or 2 students to earn 5 or more credit hours as externs working at least 17 hours per week at the local legal services office in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-6 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 17781 LAW 7911   CLN 301

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Galbreath, G

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 7915
Advanced Global Gender Justice Clinic

This course offers students who have completed the International Human Rights Clinic or Global Gender Justice Clinic the opportunity to pursue one or more projects in conjunction with the Global Gender ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 17782 LAW 7915   CLN 301

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Brundige, E

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LAW 7925
New York Attorney General Clinic

The New York State Attorney General offers a clinic in which law students work 12-15 hours per week in his office in Syracuse, New York and attend a weekly class at Cornell. Each student is assigned to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 6 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 17783 LAW 7925   CLN 301

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LAW 7926
New York Attorney General Clinic II

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 18479 LAW 7926   CLN 301

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Staff

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 7951
United States Attorney's Office Externship

The United States Attorney's Office Clinic is a program in which law students work 12-15 hours per week for the United States Attorney's Office in Syracuse, New York. Each student is assigned to work for ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 18083 LAW 7951   CLN 301

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Cornell, A

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 7953
Securities Law Clinic 1

The course will focus on fundamental investigatory and advocacy skills applicable to representation of public investors in disputes subject to arbitration at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17776 LAW 7953   CLN 301

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LAW 7954
Securities Law Clinic 2

The course will focus on fundamental investigatory and advocacy skills applicable to representation of public investors in disputes subject to arbitration at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17777 LAW 7954   CLN 301

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Jacobson, W

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 7955
Securities Law Clinic 3

The course will focus on fundamental investigatory and advocacy skills applicable to representation of public investors in disputes subject to arbitration at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17778 LAW 7955   CLN 301

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Jacobson, W

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LAW 9901
Graduate Research

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0 Credits Graded

  • 17668 LAW 9901   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Jan 20 - Apr 24, 2015

    • Staff

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