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University of Mississippi School of Law

Course Selection Guide Spring 2012

Course Selection Guide – Spring 2012

Contents

Strategies for Selecting Courses ................................................................................................................ 1 The Course and Exam Schedule Requirements Bar Exam Preparation Areas of Interest Logistics Prerequisites Sequencing Frequency Variety / Enrichment / Diversity Clinical and Externship Opportunities Certificate Programs Professors You Like / Professors You Have Not Had Size / Style Consultation With Advisors / Employers / Professors

Skills and Writing Courses ........................................................................................................................ 6

Upper Level Courses Emphasized on the Bar Exam ............................................................................... 8

Areas of Interest ........................................................................................................................................ 10 Alternative Dispute Resolution Business/Transactional Law Civil Rights Law Clinical Programs: Criminal Clinical Programs: Civil Commercial Litigation Criminal Law Domestic Relations Employment Law Environmental Law Estate Planning General/Solo Practice Government Law Intellectual Property International Law Public Interest Law Real Estate Space and Aviation Law Tax Law Tort Litigation

Course Logistics ........................................................................................................................................ 31

Perspectives Courses ................................................................................................................................. 34

Elective Courses Typically Offered by Each Professor ......................................................................... 35

Links ........................................................................................................................................................... 38


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Strategies for Selecting Courses

In order to plan your second- and third-year schedules wisely, you will need to consider a number of factors – including preparation for the bar exam, your interests and career goals, and the practical realities of how often certain courses appear on the schedule. The list of “strategies” below offers a number of perspectives you should consider as you formulate your course choices.

The Course and Exam Schedule

Foremost, you should consult the Course and Exam Schedule issued a few months before each semester. The schedule will list the specific courses offered for that semester, their meeting times, and their exam times. Notably, a typical schedule includes several new or experimental classes not described in the School of Law catalog – these courses appear under the name Selected Legal Topics.

You will often find that two (or more) courses you want to take appear in the same time slot on the schedule. Accordingly, one of the significant challenges you will face is to choose which of these classes you want to take. Several of the strategies detailed below will help you make this choice – in particular, you should consider how often the conflicting courses typically appear on the schedule (see Frequency).

As you plan your schedule, you should carefully determine the exam dates for each class. While you should not avoid an important class just because it will lead to a demanding exam schedule, you should not unnecessarily disadvantage yourself with an exam schedule that gives you insufficient time to study for each course.

Requirements

To graduate you must earn 90 credit-hours and have a G.P.A. of 2.00 or better. Beyond the required first-year curriculum, you must satisfactorily complete: (1) Legal Profession (Law 603 – a course offered each semester that focuses on major issues confronting lawyers and the ethical rules governing the practice of law), (2) the Skills Requirement (you must take 3 credits of Skills Courses), and (3) the Upper Level Writing Requirement (you must take a writing class in which you complete either a 20+ page academic paper or equivalent substantial writing projects). Some courses may satisfy both the Skills and Upper Level Writing Requirements – in such a case, you may choose which requirement the course satisfies, but it may not satisfy both requirements simultaneously. Each semester, the Course Schedule will indicate which classes satisfy the Skills and Upper Level Writing Requirements. Please refer to Skills and Writing Courses for a list of classes usually offered in a format that typically satisfy either the Skills or Upper Level Writing Requirements.


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Bar Exam Preparation

The bar exam emphasizes first-year courses and certain upper-level courses. In order to prepare for the bar, many students enroll in a bar review course following graduation. Although you can learn a few new topics during bar review, prudence dictates that you should take a significant number of bar courses during law school, especially those subjects heavily tested by the bar examiners.

Please refer to Upper-Level Courses Emphasized on the Bar Exam for guidance on which courses will help you prepare for the bar.

Course Selection

Many students – perhaps even the majority – do not yet have clearly defined career plans, or definite thoughts about which area of law they enjoy. Some will have broad general law practices. In addition, the areas in which many lawyers practice will change over the course of their careers. It, therefore, is important to take a range of courses that constitute the backbone of a solid legal education. The faculty strongly recommends that all students take many if not all of the following courses: Civil Procedure II Constitutional Law II Corporations Criminal Procedure I Evidence Family Law Income Tax of Individuals Secured Transactions Wills and Estates You should also enroll in a steady progression of bar subjects. Next, you should consider several of the course selection strategies listed below and take courses with the expectation that you will develop a sense of which area of law suits you best. Ideally, you should also avail yourself of the special opportunities that law school offers to expand your interests by exploring unfamiliar topics and courses that will enrich your life as a lawyer even if they do not tangibly benefit your career.


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In addition to taking courses to prepare for the bar exam, you should also take courses to prepare for your career and to satisfy your interests. To the extent you know the area of practice that you would like to pursue, you should take core and supplemental courses in that field. In many substantive areas, you will find it difficult to take every core course, much less every related course, and still cover a safe number of bar subjects. You will need to make some compromises and sacrifices. Similarly, although you can use law school to follow your personal interests, you should balance that pursuit with the reality of the bar exam.

Please refer to Areas of Interest for guidance on different major substantive areas of practice, the core and supplemental courses in those fields, and some suggestions on which courses to take as soon as possible.

Logistics Prerequisites

Some upper-level courses have prerequisites and/or co-requisites. For example, Evidence is typically a prerequisite for the trial practice courses, and Income Taxation of Individuals is a common prerequisite for the advanced tax courses. Occasionally, instructors waive the prerequisites.

Please refer to Course Logistics for guidance on prerequisites.

Sequencing

Many upper level courses will make more sense if you have taken appropriate foundation courses first – even if those foundation courses are not prerequisites.

Please refer to the Areas of Interest listings for guidance on which Core courses you should take as soon as possible. In each area of interest, you will find certain courses marked with an asterisk designating that course as a foundation course.

Frequency

The School of Law offers some upper-level courses every semester – typically those heavily tested on the bar and those foundation courses necessary for more advanced study. Other courses, however, appear less frequently. In planning your schedule, you should recognize that certain courses may be offered only once while you are in law school – you need to take those courses when they appear.

Please refer to Course Logistics for guidance on the approximate frequency each course is offered.


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Variety / Enrichment / Diversity

Law school affords you the chance to explore topics that practicing lawyers cannot find listed on the CLE calendar. A number of theoretical and interdisciplinary courses appear on the schedule each year (e.g., Law and Literature). Moreover, courses outside your anticipated area of practice will increase your understanding of and appreciation for the law and will enrich your professional life. On a more practical level, exploration of the curriculum may lead you to shift your interests in a direction more suited to your personality or intellect than the area you initially planned on studying. Please refer to Perspectives Courses for a list of classes that offer a theoretical or interdisciplinary understanding of the law.

Clinical and Externship Opportunities

To receive hands-on experience in the practice of law, you should consider the Law School’s clinical and externship programs. In the Civil Legal Clinic, 2L and 3L students work in one of seven areas: child advocacy, elder law, policy/legislation, transactional, housing, tax and street law (for more information, see Desiree Hensley). In the Criminal Appeals Clinic, 3L students are admitted to practice before the state supreme court or court of appeals for the purpose of representing a client during the appellate process (for more information, see Phil Broadhead). In the Mississippi Innocence Project, 2L and 3L students investigate and litigate cases – DNA cases as well as non-DNA cases – to aid incarcerated individuals who have viable claims of innocence (for more information, see Tucker Carrington). The Public Service Internship places 3L students with government agencies and with judges, public defenders, and prosecutors, as well as with non-profit organizations and other pro bono attorneys (for more information, see Kevin Frye). The Prosecutorial Externship places 3L students locally and around the country with all levels of prosecutor – local, state, and federal prosecutors (for more information, see Hans Sinha). The Appellate Judicial Externship Program places 3L students with appellate judges (for more information, see Hans Sinha). The Business Regulation Externship places 2L and 3L students on-site with state regulators in Jackson, Mississippi (for more information, see Mercer Bullard or Farish Percy).

NOTE: Many of these programs have prerequisites. Please consult Course Logistics.

Certificate Programs

The Law School has approved a Certificate in Criminal Law (see Hans Sinha) and a Certificate in Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law (see Joanne Gabrynowicz). Each certificate requires extensive concentration in that substantive area. To obtain one of


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these certificates you typically must begin the coursework during your second year in order to complete the requirements.

Professors You Like / Professors You Have Not Yet Had

If you do not have a defined area of interest, and you have enrolled in a reasonable number of bar subjects, it may make sense to take courses offered by professors that you enjoy or by professors with whom you have not yet had a class. The logic for taking courses with professors you like is that your enthusiasm for the teacher may lead to success in the course and interest in the topic. Be forewarned, however, that some professors adopt different styles in different courses, while others teach dramatically unrelated topics. By taking classes with new professors, you will not only explore the curriculum, but will also experience a variety of approaches to legal reasoning.

Please refer to Course Logistics and to Elective Courses Typically Offered by Each Professor for guidance on which upper level classes each instructor usually teaches.

Size/Style

In the same way that diversity of subject matter will enrich your legal education, variety of course size and style will also prove beneficial. After first-year, many students take advantage of numerous courses with small enrollments – usually the non-bar exam topics. Moreover, the second- and third-year electives provide many opportunities for enrollment in classes that deviate from the standard case method and the single-final-exam approach. An ideal schedule would include a mix of large and small classes, and a combination of exam classes, practice/skills classes, and paper-writing courses.

Consultation With Advisors / Employers / Professors

You should discuss course selection with professors whose opinions you value, potential or future employers, and other mentors. In other words, ask for guidance.


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Skills Courses

The following classes satisfy the Skills Requirement. Remember, you must complete a total of 3 credits. Please consult the Course Schedule to determine which courses are offered each semester.

Advanced Legal Research Alternative Dispute Resolution Appellate Advocacy Business Regulation Externship Civil Law Clinic Criminal Appeals Clinic Criminal Trial Practice Estate Planning Federal Trial Practice General Practice Innocence Project Interviewing and Counseling Lawyering Skills Workshop Pretrial Practice Prosecutorial Externship Public Service Internship Wills and Trusts Drafting


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Writing Courses

The following courses are often offered in a format that will fulfill the Upper-Level Writing Requirement. Consult the Course Schedule each semester to determine which courses are actually offered as Upper-Level Writing Requirement courses. Note that the Course Schedule typically includes one or more Selected Legal Topic classes that satisfy the Upper-Level Writing Requirement.

Advanced Legal Research Advanced Legal Writing Advanced Search and Seizure Bioethics Capital Punishment and the Judicial Process Coastal and Ocean Law Communications Law Constitutional Law Seminar Criminal Appeals Clinic Disability Law and Policy Estate Planning Fourth Amendment Seminar Gaming Law Health Care Law II International Human Rights Law International Space Law Legal History Prosecution Function School Law Seminar Supreme Court Practice Tax Problems U.S. National Aviation Law U.S. National Space Law White Collar Crime and Selected Legal Topic courses as listed in the Course Schedule


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Upper-Level Courses Emphasized on the Bar Exam

In many states, the bar exam consists of four components typically tested over three days: (1) the State Essay Exam, (2) the Multi-State Essay Exam, (3) the Multi-State Bar Exam, and (4) the Multi-State Performance Exam. Additionally, you must pass the Multi-State Professional Responsibility Exam, although you may take this component in advance of the bar exam.

– The State Essay Exam typically covers several substantive areas beyond the first year curriculum. Listed below are the areas tested for several states. PLEASE CONDUCT YOUR OWN RESEARCH TO CONFIRM THAT THE SPECIFIC TOPICS TESTED BY EACH STATE.

Mississippi: Administrative Law, Agency, Bankruptcy, Commercial Paper, Conflict of Laws, Constitutional Law I & II, Contracts/Sales, Corporations, Criminal Law & Procedure I, Domestic Relations, Evidence, Federal Civil Procedure, Federal Income Tax, Federal Jurisdiction & Rules of Civil Procedure, Mississippi Constitutional Law, Partnerships, Practice & Procedure of Mississippi Courts, Professional Conduct & Ethics, Real Property, Secured Transactions, Torts, UCC, Wills, Estates, Trusts & Future Interests, and Worker’s Compensation.

Alabama: Alabama Civil Litigation (Civil Procedure & Remedies), Agency, Conflict of Laws, Equity, Family Law, Partnerships, UCC, Trusts & Estates, and Wills

Arkansas: Agency, Commercial Paper, Conflict of Laws, Constitutional Law I & II, Contracts/Sales, Corporations, Criminal Law & Procedure I, Domestic Relations, Equity, Evidence, Federal Civil Procedure, Partnerships, Secured Transactions, Wills, and Estates & Trusts

Tennessee: Agency, Civil Procedure (State & Federal), Commercial Paper & Bulk Transfers, Conflict of Laws, Constitutional Law I & II, Contracts/Sales, Corporations, Criminal Law & Procedure I, Corporations, Domestic Relations or Personal Status, Evidence, Partnerships, Personal Property, Professional Responsibility, Restitution & Remedies, Secured Transactions, State Constitutional Law, and Wills & Estates.

– The Multi-State Essay Exam covers the following topics – with the topics and number of questions selected by the state: Business Associations (Agency and Partnership; Corporations and Limited Liability Companies), Conflict of Laws, Constitutional Law I & II, Contracts/Sales, Criminal Law and Procedure I, Evidence, Family Law, Federal Civil Procedure, Real Property, Torts, Trusts and Estates (Decedents’ Estates; Trusts and Future Interests), and Uniform Commercial Code (Commercial Paper (Negotiable


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Instruments); Secured Transactions). – The Multi-State Bar Exam is a six-hour, two-hundred question multiple-choice examination covering Contracts/Sales, Torts, Constitutional Law I and II, Criminal Law and Procedure I, Evidence, and Real Property. – The Multi-State Performance Test consists of a case file and some legal authorities. You must assess the facts, analyze the relevant authorities (potential cases, statutes, and administrative materials), and complete a writing project that applies the law to the facts in a manner that resolves the client’s problem. The test often contains ethical issues as well other areas of substantive law.

As you can see, some subjects appear on several components of the bar exam. Upper-level electives tested on multiple components in many states include:

Civil Procedure II Conflict of Laws Constitutional Law II Corporations Criminal Procedure I Evidence Family Law UCC (Secured Transactions & Commercial Paper) Wills and Estates


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Areas of Interest

In the course of your law school career, you should consider taking courses that will prepare you for a particular practice area or area of personal interest to you. This section of the Guide provides a list – by no means exhaustive – of such areas of interest and separates related courses into core and supplemental categories.

You may wish to sample core courses in a variety of areas or, if you already know what practice area you expect to pursue or have a strong personal interest in, you may wish to take most or all of the core courses and a significant number of supplemental courses in that area. Unfortunately, in most cases you will not have time to take more than a small number of supplemental courses under a particular area of interest. You should also consider other strategies for selecting courses, especially with respect to courses that will best prepare you for the bar exam.

The list of areas of interest is provided immediately below, with the core and supplemental courses for each area beginning on the following page. In some cases, an asterisk appears next to a core course. This means that the course is one that generally should be taken before at least one other course in the list (e.g., Income Tax I before Income Tax II). The asterisk is intended to help you determine the order in which you take courses, but not to suggest that the asterisked course is necessarily more important than other core courses in a particular area.

Areas of Interest

Alternative Dispute Resolution Business / Transactional Law Civil Rights Law Clinical Programs: Criminal Clinical Programs: Civil Commercial Litigation Criminal Law Domestic Relations Employment Law Environmental Law

Estate Planning General / Solo Practice Government Law Intellectual Property International Law Public Interest Law Real Estate Space Law Tax Law Tort Litigation


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Alternative Dispute Resolution Core

Alternative Dispute Resolution* Civil Procedure II

Evidence* Pretrial Practice

Supplemental Administrative Law Advanced Legal Research Advanced Legal Writing

Conflict of Laws Employer-Employee Relations Employment Law Entertainment Law Family Law Federal Jurisdiction International Commercial Arbitration Interviewing and Counseling Immigration Law Labor Arbitration Law Labor Law Problems in Evidence Sentencing Sports Law Workers’ Compensation


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Business / Transactional Law

Core Corporations* Secured Transactions Income Tax I* Securities Regulation Bankruptcy* Income Tax of Corporations

Supplemental Administrative Law Agency and Partnership Antitrust Law Banking Law Bankruptcy Reorganization Seminar Business Planning Business Regulation Externship Commercial Paper Communications Law Conflict of Laws Copyright Law Corporate Finance Deferred Compensation Employer-Employee Relations Employee Benefits Employment Discrimination Entertainment Law Environmental Law Evidence Federal Jurisdiction Gaming Law Health Care Law Income Tax II Insurance Intellectual Property International Trade Labor Law I Legal Accounting Law and Computers (Internet Law) Law and Economics Partnership Tax Patent Law Remedies Sports Law Trusts White Collar Crime


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Civil Rights Law

Core Constitutional Law II* Constitutional Law Seminar Disabilities Law and Policy Employment Discrimination Federal Trial Practice Political and Civil Rights Supreme Court Practice

Supplemental Advanced Legal Research Advanced Legal Writing

Bioethics Capital Punishment and the Judicial Process Constitutional Law Seminar Criminal Procedure I: Investigations Eminent Domain Employer-Employee Relations Federal Indian Law Federal Habeas Corpus Remedies Federal Jurisdiction Higher Education and the Law Innocence Project International Human Rights Law International Security Law and Policy Jurisprudence Law and Medicine Law and Religion Law of Armed Conflict Legal History Legal History of Slavery Legal Problems of Indigence Legislation Remedies School Law Seminar Sex Discrimination Special Education Law Seminar Structures and Powers in the U.S. Constitution Supreme Court Practice


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Clinical Programs: Civil

Core Civil Law Clinic Civil Procedure II* Evidence* Family Law Federal Trial Practice

Supplemental

Alternative Dispute Resolution Business Regulation Externship Family Law Seminar Housing Law Interviewing and Counseling Legal Problems of Indigence Legislation Pretrial Practice Public Service Internship


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Clinical Programs: Criminal

Core Criminal Appeals Clinic Criminal Procedure I: Investigations* Criminal Procedure II: Adjudication* Criminal Trial Practice Evidence Innocence Project Prosecution Function Prosecutorial Externship

Supplemental

Advanced Search and Seizure Capital Punishment and the Judicial Process Cybercrime Federal Habeas Corpus Remedies Federal Jurisdiction Interviewing and Counseling Legislation Problems in Evidence Public Service Internship Sentencing White Collar Crime Youth Court Seminar


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Commercial Litigation

Core Bankruptcy Corporations* Civil Procedure II* Evidence* Federal Trial Practice Mississippi Civil Practice Pretrial Practice Secured Transactions


Administrative Law Alternative Dispute Resolution Antitrust Law Bankruptcy Reorganization Seminar Business Regulation Externship Commercial Paper Conflict of Laws Corporate Finance Employer-Employee Relations Employment Discrimination Entertainment Law Federal Indian Law Federal Jurisdiction Insurance Intellectual Property International Commercial Arbitration Income Tax I Labor Law Law and Computers (Internet Law) Law and Economics Legal Accounting Legislation Problems in Evidence Remedies Securities Regulation Sports Law White Collar Crime Workers’ Compensation


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Criminal Law

Core Criminal Appeals Clinic Criminal Procedure I: Investigations* Criminal Procedure II: Adjudication* Criminal Trial Practice Evidence* Federal Habeas Corpus Remedies Innocence Project Prosecution Function/Externship


Advanced Search and Seizure Capital Punishment and the Judicial Process Cybercrime Federal Indian Law Federal Jurisdiction Legislation Problems in Evidence Public Service Internship Sentencing White Collar Crime Youth Court Seminar


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Domestic Relations

Core Alternative Dispute Resolution Children in the Legal System Family Law* Family Law Seminar


Administrative Law Bioethics Conflict of Laws Employee Benefits Estate Planning Federal Indian Law Federal Trial Practice Law and Medicine Income Tax I Interviewing and Counseling Immigration Law Trusts Wills and Estates Youth Court Seminar


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Employment Law

Core Disabilities Law and Policy Employee Benefits Employment Discrimination Employer-Employee Relations* Labor Arbitration Labor Law I* Labor Law II Sex Discrimination


Administrative Law Alternative Dispute Resolution Deferred Compensation Entertainment Law Federal Jurisdiction Higher Education and the Law Insurance Labor Arbitration Law Law and Economics Legislation Local Government Law Political and Civil Rights School Law Seminar Seaman’s Remedies Sports Law Workers’ Compensation


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Environmental Law

Core Administrative Law* Environmental Law* Legislation


Agriculture Law Coastal and Ocean Law Federal Indian Law Federal Jurisdiction International Environmental Law Land Planning Law and Economics Oil and Gas Public Utility Law Remedies Remote Sensing Law White Collar Crime


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Estate Planning

Core Future Interests and Trusts Income Tax I* Income Tax II Legal Accounting Wills and Estates* Wills and Trusts Drafting

Supplemental

Agency and Partnership Conflict of Laws Deferred Compensation Employee Benefits Estate Planning Federal Taxation of Gratuitous Transfers Tax Problems Trusts


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General / Solo Practice

Core Alternative Dispute Resolution Civil Procedure II Corporations* Criminal Procedure I: Investigations Criminal Procedure II: Adjudication Evidence Family Law General Practice Income Tax I* Land Finance I or Land Titles Mississippi Civil Practice Pretrial Practice


Agency and Partnership Administrative Law Bankruptcy Business Planning Conflict of Laws Employer-Employee Relations Employment Discrimination Federal Jurisdiction Federal Trial Practice Immigration Income Tax II Income Tax of Corporations Insurance Lawyering Skills Workshop Legal Accounting Local Government Law Remedies Secured Transactions Wills and Estates Wills and Trusts Drafting Workers’ Compensation


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Government Law

Core Administrative Law* Appellate Judicial Externship Program Business Regulation Externship Constitutional Law II* Federal Jurisdiction Federal Trial Practice Legislation*


Antitrust Banking Regulation Disabilities Law and Policy Communications Law Criminal Procedure II: Adjudication Eminent Domain Employment Discrimination Environmental Law European Communities Law Federal Indian Law Federal Jurisdiction Gaming Law Health Care Law Health Care Law II Higher Education and the Law Housing Law Immigration Indian Law International Law International Security Law and Policy Intellectual Property Land Planning Law of Armed Conflict Local Government Law Political and Civil Rights Public Service Internship Public Utility Law School Law Seminar Securities Regulation Structures and Powers in the U.S. Constitution U.S. Aviation Law U.S. Domestic Space Law Workers’ Compensation


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Intellectual Property

Core Administrative Law* Copyright Law Intellectual Property* Patent Law


Antitrust Cybercrime Entertainment Law International Trade Law and Computers (Internet Law) Law and Economics Legislation Remedies Remote Sensing Law


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International Law

Core Comparative Law* Conflict of Laws International Law* International Trade

Supplemental

Admiralty Coastal and Ocean Law Current Problems in International Law European Communities Law Federal Indian Law Immigration Law International Aviation Law International Commercial Arbitration International Environmental Law International Human Rights Law International Security Law and Policy International Space Law Law of Armed Conflict Remote Sensing Law


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Public Interest Law

Core Constitutional Law II* Federal Trial Practice Legislation Political and Civil Rights

Supplemental Advanced Legal Research Advanced Legal Writing Alternative Dispute Resolution Appellate Judicial Externship Program Business Regulation Externship

Civil Legal Clinic Disabilities Law and Policy Environmental Law Family Law Federal Indian Law Federal Jurisdiction Health Care Law Health Care Law II Housing Law Immigration Law Income Tax I Indian Law Innocence Project International Human Rights Land Planning Law and Literature Law and Medicine Law and Religion Legal History Legal Problems of Indigence Public Interest Internship Remedies Special Education Law Seminar Youth Court Seminar


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Real Estate

Core Eminent Domain Future Interests and Trusts Land Finance I* Land Finance II Land Planning Land Titles

Supplemental

Agency and Partnership Agriculture Law Bankruptcy Eminent Domain Seminar Environmental Law Housing Law Local Government Law Oil and Gas


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Space and Aviation Law

Core Administrative Law* Intellectual Property International Aviation Law International Law* International Space Law International Trade Journal of Space Law Remote Sensing Law Space Security Law U.S. Domestic Space Law* U.S. Aviation Law*


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Tax Law

Core Corporations* Income Tax I* Income Tax II Income Tax of Corporations Legal Accounting* Partnership Tax

Supplemental

Administrative Law Business Planning Corporate Finance Deferred Compensation Employee Benefits Estate Planning Federal Taxation of Gratuitous Transfers Future Interests and Trusts Law and Economics Legislation Tax Problems White Collar Crime Wills and Estates Wills and Trusts Drafting


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Tort Litigation

Core Alternative Dispute Resolution

Civil Procedure II* Evidence* Federal Trial Practice Mississippi Civil Practice Pretrial Practice

Supplemental

Advanced Legal Research Advanced Legal Writing Appellate Advocacy Civil Law Clinic Conflict of Laws Disabilities Law and Policy Employer-Employee Relations Employment Discrimination Federal Jurisdiction Health Care Law Health Care Law II Insurance Interviewing and Counseling Law and Economics Law and Medicine Political and Civil Rights Problems in Evidence Remedies Sex Discrimination Workers’ Compensation


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Course Logistics

The following list is offered for advisory purposes only. Actual scheduling – the frequency of offering and the specific instructor – will depend on curricular issues, staffing, and a host of other factors. This list includes only those courses listed in the School of Law catalog and not those Selected Legal Topics courses offered during any given semester. Consult the Course Schedule to determine which courses are offered by which professor and the exact prerequisites.

Course Frequency Instructor Prerequisites Administrative Law Every Year Case, C. Green Admiralty Infrequently Advanced Legal Research Every Year Gilliland Advanced Legal Writing Every Year J. Williams, Derrick, M.A. Percy Agency and Partnership Infrequently Agriculture Law Infrequently Alternative Dispute Resolution Every Year Pittman Antitrust Infrequently Myers Appellate Advocacy Every Other Year Appellate Judicial Externship Every Year Sinha Banking Law Infrequently Bullard Bankruptcy Every Year Czarnetzky Bankruptcy Reorganization Sem Every Other Year Czarnetzky Bankruptcy Bioethics Every Other Year Pittman Business Law Practicum Every Year Bullard Business Planning Infrequently Business Regulation Externship Every Semester Bullard, Alexandre Corp. & 1 bus. reg. course Capital Punish. & Judicial Process Every Other Year Berry Children in the Legal System Every Year S. Davis Civil Law Clinic Every Semester Hensley Civil Procedure II Every Semester Cooper, Percy, Case Climate Change and Policy Infrequently Coastal and Ocean Law Every Year Showalter Commercial Paper Every Other Year C. Green Communications Law Infrequently Comparative Law Infrequently Conflict of Laws Every Year Hoffheimer Constitutional Law II Every Semester Nowlin & Rychlak Constitutional Law Sem Every Year Cochran Copyright Law Infrequently Myers Corporate Finance Law Every Year Bullard


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Corporations Every Semester Bradley, Bullard Criminal Appeals Clinic Every Semester Broadhead Criminal Justice & Critical Studies Infrequently Criminal Procedure I: Investigations Every Semester Hall, Nowlin Criminal Procedure II: Adjudication Every Year Clancy, Mason Criminal Trial Practice Every Semester Evid. Critical Race Theory Infrequently Alexandre Current Problems in Int’l Law Infrequently Cybercrime Every Year Clancy, Mason Deferred Compensation Infrequently D. Davis Disabilities Law and Policy Infrequently Alexandre Eminent Domain Infrequently Eminent Domain Seminar Infrequently Employee Benefits Infrequently Employer-Employee Relations Infrequently Employment Discrimination Every Year Berry Entertainment Law Every Year Myers Environmental Law Every Year Case Estate Planning Every Year K. Green European Communities Law Infrequently Evidence Every Semester S. Davis, Weems, P. Williams Family Law Every Year Bell, S. Davis Family Law Seminar Infrequently Bell Family Law Federal Habeas Corpus Remedies Every Year Broadhead Federal Indian Law Every Year Barnes Federal Jurisdiction Every Year Cochran Fed. Tax. of Gratuitous Transfers Every Year K. Green Federal Trial Practice Every Semester Evid & CivProII (pre / co) Fourth Amendment Seminar Every Year Clancy Future Interests and Trusts Infrequently Gaming Law Every Other Year Rychlak Gender and the Law Infrequently Alexandre General Practice Every Semester Health Care Law Every Year Gilchrist Health Care Law II Every Year Gilchrist Higher Education and the Law Every Other Year Cooper Housing Law Infrequently Immigration Law Infrequently Income Tax. of Corporations Every Year D. Davis Income Tax of Individuals Income Taxation of Individuals Every Semester D. Davis, K. Green Income Taxation II Every Year D. Davis Income Tax of Individuals Innocence Project Every Year Carrington Insurance Every Year Percy Intellectual Property Every Year Myers


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International Aviation Law Every Year Serrao Int’l Commercial Arbitration Every Other Year Brower International Environmental Law Infrequently International Human Rights Law Infrequently Brower, Alexandre International Law Every Year Brower Internet Law Infrequently DeLeve Int’l Security Law and Policy Every Other Year Rychlak International Space Law Every Other Year Gabrynowicz International Trade Every Year Brower Interviewing and Counseling Every Year J. Williams Journal of Space Law Every Semester Gabrynowicz Jurisprudence Every Year Nowlin Labor Arbitration Law Infrequently Labor Law I Every Other Year Berry Labor Law II Infrequently Land Finance I Every Year K. Green, Stumberg Land Finance II Infrequently Land Planning Infrequently Land Titles Infrequently Law and Economics Every Year Bullard Law and Literature Every Year Law and Medicine Every Other Year Pittman Law and Religion Every Year Roy Law of Armed Conflict Every Other Year Brower Law Journal Year Semester Bell Lawyering Skills Workshop Infrequently Hall Legal Accounting Infrequently D. Davis Legal History Infrequently Hoffheimer Legal History of Slavery Infrequently Mills Legal Profession Every Semester Cooper, Roy, Gershon Legal Problems of Indigence Every Year Bell Legal Process Infrequently Legislation Every Other Year Hall Local Government Law Every Other Year Little Mississippi Civil Practice Every Year Abbott Civ Pro II Moot Court Board Every Semester Hall Oil and Gas Infrequently Partnership Taxation Every Year K. Green Income Tax of Individuals Patent Law Infrequently Political and Civil Rights Every Year Alexandre Pro Bono Service Every Semester Bell, Hall Pretrial Practice Every Year Pittman Problems in Evidence Infrequently Prosecution Function Every Semester Sinha


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Prosecutorial Externship Every Semester Sinha Prosecution Func. (co-req) Public Service Internship Every Semester Frye Evid & Legal Profession Public Utility Law Infrequently Remedies Every Year Hoffheimer Remote Sensing Law Infrequently Gabrynowicz School Law Seminar Infrequently Secured Transactions Every Semester Barnes, Czarnetzky Securities Regulation Every Year Bullard Corporations Seaman’s Remedies Infrequently Sentencing Every Year Mason Sex Discrimination Infrequently Space Security Law Infrequently Blount Special Education Law Seminar Infrequently Structures & Powers in the U.S. Con. Every Year C. Green Sports Law Every Year Berry Supreme Court Practice Every Year Cochran Tax Problems Every Other Year D. Davis Trusts Infrequently U.S. Aviation Law Every Other Year Serrao U.S. Domestic Space Law Every Other Year Gabrynowicz White Collar Crime Every Year Berry Wills and Estates Every Year Weems Wills and Trusts Drafting Every Year Frugé Wills & Ests Workers’ Compensation Every Year Bradley Youth Court Seminar Infrequently Perspectives Courses

These catalog courses offer a theoretical or interdisciplinary approach to the law.

Bioethics Comparative Law International Human Rights Law Jurisprudence Law and Computers Law and Economics Law and Literature Law and Medicine Law and Religion Legal History


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Elective Courses Typically Offered by Each Professor

The following list is offered for advisory purposes only. Actual scheduling will depend on curricular issues, instructor interest, staff availability, and a host of other factors. This list includes only catalog courses and not any Selected Legal Topics professors may offer.

Abbott Mississippi Civil Practice Alexandre Critical Race Theory Disabilities Law and Policy Gender and the Law

Political and Civil Rights Barnes Federal Indian Law Secured Transactions Bell Family Law Legal Problems of Indigence Berry

Capital Punishment and the Judicial Process Employment Discrimination Labor Law I Sports Law

Bradley Corporations Workers’ Compensation Broadhead Criminal Appeals Clinic Federal Habeas Corpus

Brower International Commercial Arbitration International Human Rights Law International Law International Trade Law of Armed Conflict Bullard Banking Law Business Law Practicum

Business Regulation Externship Corporate Finance Law Corporations Law and Economics Securities Regulation Carrington

Innocence Project Case Administrative Law

Civil Procedure II Environmental Law Clancy Criminal Procedure II

Cybercrime Cochran Constitutional Law Seminar Federal Jurisdiction Supreme Court Practice


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Cooper Civil Procedure II

Higher Education and the Law Legal Profession

Czarnetzky Bankruptcy Bankruptcy Reorganization Seminar Corporations Secured Transactions Davis, Donna Deferred Compensation

Income Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders

Income Taxation of Individuals Income Taxation II International Tax Tax Problems Davis, Sam Children in the Legal System Evidence Family Law DeLeve Law and Computers (Internet Law) Gabrynowicz International Space Law Journal of Space Law Remote Sensing Law

Space Law U.S. Domestic Space Law Gilliland Advanced Legal Research

Green, Karen Estate Planning Federal Taxation of Gratuitous Transfers Income Taxation of Individuals Income Tax II Partnership Tax Real Estate Transactions Green, Christopher Administrative Law

Agency and Partnership Commercial Paper

Structures & Powers of US Constitution Hall Criminal Procedure I

Criminal Trial Practice Federal Trial Practice

Legislation Hensley

Civil Legal Clinic Hoffheimer Conflict of Laws Legal History

Remedies Mason

Criminal Procedure II Cybercrime Sentencing Myers Antitrust Law Copyright Law Federal Trial Practice

Entertainment Law Intellectual Property


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Nowlin Constitutional Law II Criminal Procedure Jurisprudence Percy Civil Procedure II Insurance Pittman Alternative Dispute Resolution Bioethics Law and Medicine Pretrial Practice Roy Legal Profession Law and Religion Rychlak Constitutional Law II

Evidence Gaming Law International Security Law & Policy Serrao International Aviation Law U.S. National Aviation Law Sinha Appellate Judicial Externship Program

Comparative Law Prosecution Function

Prosecutorial Externship Weems Evidence Wills and Estates Williams, J. Advanced Legal Writing

Interviewing and Counseling


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Links Mississippi Bar Admissions http://www.mssc.state.ms.us/baradmissions/baradmissions.html Mississippi Bar Review Info http://www.barbri.com/courseInfo/courseInfo.html?selectedState=MS&selectedStateName=Mississippi Other States Alabama Bar Admissions http://www.alabar.org/admissions/ Arkansas Bar Admissions https://courts.arkansas.gov/opp/bar_admission.cfm Louisiana Bar Admissions http://www.lascba.org/ Tennessee Bar Admissions http://www.state.tn.us/lawexaminers/ Texas Bar Admissions http://www.ble.state.tx.us/main_menu.htm Washington, D.C. Bar Admissions (by motion after admission to any state bar w/ minimum score) http://www.dcappeals.gov/dccourts/appeals/coa/index.jsp National National Conference of Bar Examiners http://www.ncbex.org/ Bar Review Info – with links for each state (which include topics tested in each state) www.barbri.com Course Selection Advice From Other Law Schools Hofstra Course Selection Guide http://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/law_course_selection_guide0607.pdf Wisconsin’s Principles of Course Selection http://www.law.wisc.edu/current/selectingcourses.htm Tulane Law School http://www.law.tulane.edu/uploadedFiles/Academic_Progams/Courses.pdf

http://www.lascba.org/

http://www.state.tn.us/lawexaminers/

http://www.ble.state.tx.us/main_menu.htm

http://www.dcappeals.gov/dccourts/appeals/coa/index.jsp

http://www.ncbex.org/

http://www.law.wisc.edu/current/selectingcourses.htm

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University of Mississippi · In order to plan your second and third- year schedules wisely, you will need to - consider a number of factors including preparation for the bar exam,