Administrative Law 3-680 (Credits:3)
This course examines the administrative process, including why administrative agencies are created, how they obtain information and the uses of that information, what proceedings agencies can commence, and what controls over agency action exist.

Alternative Dispute Resolution 3-330 (Credits:2)
Parties to a potential or actual lawsuit may seek to resolve their differences without resorting to a trial. This course will introduce students to alternative dispute resolution, teach the skills necessary to effectively employ various processes, including negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, and examine the legal, ethical, and policy issues that arise in alternative dispute resolution. Students learn and practice skills through a combination of assigned readings, classroom demonstrations, and simulations.

American Legal History 3-524 (Credits:2)
This course will look at American law in the context of American history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. (Law in the colonial and founding periods of American history is treated in Origins of the Constitution (Law 3-610).

Appellate Practice 3-320 (Credits:3)
This course addresses the fundamentals of appellate practice and procedure, focusing primarily upon principles governing the federal courts of appeals. Among the topics to be covered are preserving errors for appellate review, appeal of final judgments and interlocutory orders, initiating and perfecting an appeal, standards of appellate review, and seeking review of appellate-level decisions in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Asylum Law Clinic 3-351 (Credits:4)
In this clinical course, students will review the basics of asylum law and procedure and also develop various professional skills (e.g. interviewing and counseling). Students will represent asylum seekers and render legal assistance to families in immigration matters. Students will also write appellate briefs for the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Bioethics 3-501 (Credits:2)
This course will consider the ethical issues underlying the ethical dimensions of human life from the moment of conception to natural death.

Business Organizations 2-201 (Credits:4)
This course serves as an introduction to ways of structuring business relationships (agency, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, etc.) and the substantive issues that arise from choosing any of these forms of doing business. Topics include types of agency, fiduciary duties of agents, employees, partners, officers and board of directors, partnership rights, partnership disputes, corporate promoters, duties of officers and directors, closely held corporations, inside information, mergers, acquisitions and takeovers.

Church and State 3-529 (Credits:2)
Students in this course will explore the role of the "state" or civil governance in human affairs from the perspective of religious thought and Church doctrine. Fundamental questions include: What is the role of the state in salvation? What are the duties of the state toward individuals in terms of order and virtue? Does Revelation have a part to play in civil governance? What is authority and from where does it originate? These questions and more will be considered in the context of Judeo-Christian thought from Mosaic Law to the 21st century.

Civil Procedure I 1-300 (Credits:3)
This course is a basic study of the operation of courts including an introduction to the organization of state and federal courts and relationships between them. Topics studied will include jurisdiction over persons, things, and subject matter; venue; the scope of litigation as to claims, defenses, and parties; pleading, pretrial motions, discovery, and pretrial conferences; trials and the functions of judges, juries, and lawyers; appeals and the role of appellate courts; and the enforcement and finality of judgments and decrees.

Complex Litigation 3-306 (Credits:3)
Courts increasingly review sophisticated and novel legal claims that involve numerous parties and complex factual issues. This course explores how these cases are structured, managed and resolved through the judicial process. Substantial attention is given to the class action device.

Constitutional Law 2-602 (Credits:4)
Our country is founded upon a constitution that serves as the supreme law of the land. This course looks at this supreme law and studies how the Supreme Court became supreme, as well as how the constitution orders our society by establishing the three branches of the federal government, the relationship between the federal and state governments, and the individual liberties that protect citizens from either federal or state power are the subject of this course.

Contracts I 1-200 (Credits:3)
This course will consider the kinds of promises that are enforced at law, and the nature of the protection given by it. Inquiry will be made into the formation, performance, and discharge of contracts; contract assignment, termination, and modification; and the variety, scope, and limitations on remedies.

Criminal Procedure 2-601 (Credits:3)
This course will consider the problems in administering a system of criminal law; constitutional and policy limitations upon public officers in dealing with suspected, charged, and convicted offenders.

Directed Research 3-002 (Credits:1)

Education Law 3-246 (Credits:3)
This course focuses on the legal implications of educational policy and procedure (i.e. due process, property rights, compulsory education, establishment clause, equity). This course will provide an overview of administrative and judicial processes as they relate to student rights; employee rights; (substantive and procedural, constitutional and statutory); school governance; school finance; students rights (First Amendment, due process and privacy); student records, parental rights, desegregation, teacher certification, contracts and tenure; due process and other rights of teachers, employment discrimination, collective bargaining, the education of students with disabilities and other issues related to public education both nationally and in the State of Florida.

Estate and Gift Tax 3-820 (Credits:3)
This course is an examination of the federal unified transfer tax system, and will cover federal gift tax, estate tax and generation-skipping transfer tax in detail, including transfer tax implications of creating revocable and irrevocable trusts, acquiring and disposing of joint property, life insurance and charitable gift planning. The course will also review various planning techniques for the continuation or disposition of a client's business interests.

Evidence 2-301 (Credits:3)
This course will consider the principles governing the admissibility of evidence, the competency of witnesses, and the respective functions of a lawyer, judge, and jury in the presentation and evaluation of evidence.

Family Law 3-250 (Credits:3)
General survey of laws regulating the creation, on-going status of the family and its dissolution in light of its perennial status.

Federal Taxation 2-800 (Credits:4)
This course will consider federal personal income tax, with an introduction to business and corporate income tax, and federal tax procedure. Emphasis is placed on developing the student's ability to examine and understand statutory, judicial, and administrative tax law and to apply the law in solving specific problems.

Health Care Law 3-420 (Credits:3)
This is an interdisciplinary introduction to the largest industry in the United States, the health care industry. Subjects to be covered include regulating the quality of health care, the relationship of provider and patient, organizing health care delivery, access to health care, health care cost control, antitrust, and interdisciplinary decision making.

Immigration 3-903 (Credits:2)
This course will consider how the federal government exercises its exclusive control over immigration.

Intellectual Property Law 3-450 (Credits:3)
This course will survey the law of intellectual property, including trade secret, trademark, copyright, patent, right of publicity, idea submission, federal preemption, antitrust, and related doctrines. Overall, the course seeks to provide a framework for the student to differentiate the intellectual property rights at issue in a given situation, and how those property rights are established and protected. This course is intended as a general overview of intellectual property law, and provides a strong foundation for the more advanced courses.

International Business Transactions 3-902 (Credits:3)
This course reviews the formation, regulation and collapse of international business transactions.

International Human Rights 3-904 (Credits:3)
This course will provide an introduction to the international law of human rights. Attention will be paid to the historical evolution of human rights, treatment of human rights within the U.N. system, the growing significance of European human rights law, and to challenges in fighting contemporary human rights abuses.

International Law 3-901 (Credits:3)
Independent countries have agreed to abide by various laws generally promulgated by the United Nations as well as common law developed through the law of the sea. How these laws are developed and made part of international law including their enforcement will be considered in this course.

International Law and the Holy See 3-913 (Credits:2)
This course will examine the international legal personality and sovereignty of the Holy See in international law including its relationships with international organizations. The Holy See is the government of the universal Church composed of the Sovereign Pontiff and of the institutions that proceed from him (cf. Code of Canon Law (CIC), c. 361; Code of Canon Law of the Eastern Churches (CCEO), cc. 43. The Holy See is a sovereign subject having an original, non-derived legal personality independent of any authority or jurisdiction. Its sovereignty is an inherent attribute in conformity with its traditions and the requirements of its religious and moral mission The Holy See has “full ownership, exclusive dominion, and sovereign authority and jurisdiction” over Vatican City State, which is placed temporarily in its service (Lateran Pact (1929), art. 3).

Jurisprudence 2-501 (Credits:3)
The purpose of this course is to discern those legal concepts that lie at the heart of the legal discipline. This course will build upon those issues addressed in Moral Foundations of the Law and more fully consider notions such as the idea of the rule of law itself, the tension between natural law and positivism, rules and discretion, discourse, justice, desert, consent, equality, morality, efficiency, loyalty and consistency.

Land Use Planning 3-415 (Credits:2)
This course will consider how governments regulate the use of land, and the limits of such regulation.

Law and Children 3-252 (Credits:2)
Students in this course examine various legal theories affecting children, including: legal and social understanding of the role of the family, parents, the child and the State; rights of the prenatal child; legal and moral consequences of artificial reproductive techniques; substantive law dealing with children both as victims and perpetrators; abuse and neglect, and dependent children; rights of children in schools; regulation of children's conduct; survey of delinquency proceedings; medical and psychological issues, including medical-decision making processes affecting children; and mental health commitment of children.

Law and Economics 3-530 (Credits:2)
Law and economics refers to a distinct field of study that applies the methodology of economics - primarily, microeconomics (sometimes referred to as price theory) - to a broad range of legal issues. Over the last several decades the field has expanded significantly, attracting both academic economists and legal scholars. Accordingly, the course is intended to introduce the basic principles of microeconomics and to develop skill in applying "economic reasoning" to issues in tort law, contract law, and property rights, as well as to various aspects of government regulation and policy.

Law and Literature 3-525 (Credits:2)
This course will examine the law and legal systems through a study of literature. The instructor may conduct this examination broadly through examination of various works from multiple authors, or more specifically through the works of a particular author.

Law Review 3-004 (Credits:1)

Mediation Law Clinic 3-355 (Credits:4)
Mediation, which is often described as facilitated negotiation, is an increasingly popular method for resolving disputes. This course focuses on the practical aspects of resolving disputes through mediation. Through readings, lectures, role-plays, and observing and co-mediating actual small claims disputes, students learn conflict resolution skills, and how to evaluate the benefits and limits of dispute resolution processes. If a student satisfactorily completes the course, he/she is eligible to apply to the Florida Supreme Court to become a certified County Court Mediator.

Moot Court Appellate Competition 3-007 (Credits:1)
This course will provide an opportunity for students to learn the craft of appellate advocacy through participation in intraschool or interschool competition.

Moot Court Board 3-006 (Credits:1)

Moral Foundations of the Law I 1-500 (Credits:1)
Law is necessary to form a civil society. In order to form such a society, lawmakers must understand what man is, and how to order society in a prudential fashion. This course will consider the nature of man and his desire to order society in order to understand the foundations of law.

National Security Law 3-905 (Credits:2)
In order to protect important national interests, a variety of federal laws prevent the sale of certain information and equipment to certain countries. In addition, federal employees are required to keep certain information secret. This course will consider the laws involved in protecting our national security.

Papal Teaching and the Law 3-520 (Credits:3)
The Holy Fathers through history have provided some of the most profound insights into the law and the human condition. Social encyclicals, as well as those that discuss the value of human life and the law will be considered in this unique course.

Patent Law 3-453 (Credits:3)
This course will cover the major components of United States patent law involved in patent securement and enforcement. The course will examine patentable subject matter and requirements for patentability, including novelty, non-obviousness, and enablement; an overview of procedure before the U.S. Patent Office; patent infringement including claim interpretation and doctrine of equivalents; defenses to infringement; and remedies. This course will also explore the role played by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the continually evolving nature of patent law. A technical proficiency in science or engineering is not required.

Patent Law Clinic 3-353 (Credits:2)
In this clinical course, students will render legal assistance to a client seeking to prosecute a patent. Students will have the opportunity to review the basics of patent law and develop professional skills relevant to patent prosecution.

Personal Bankruptcy 3-225 (Credits:3)
This course will cover the filing of bankruptcy by an individual under the bankruptcy code.

Products Liability 3-110 (Credits:2)
Producers of products are made liable for injuries due to those products. This course will consider the growth in liability on the part of manufacturers in the past 30 years and the ways in which producers have reacted to this liability.

Professional Responsibility 2-502 (Credits:3)
This course not only introduces students to the laws of lawyering and The Model Rules of Professional Conduct of the American Bar Association, but also considers the basis and purpose for those rules, as well as the history, goals, structure, values, rules and responsibilities of the legal profession and its members.

Property I 1-400 (Credits:3)
This course will be an inquiry into the nature of "property" and "ownership" of land and structures on land, and the ways in which ownership may be established, restricted, transferred, and divided among various persons.

Religious Freedom 3-621 (Credits:2)
This course will specifically focus on the religious clauses of the First Amendment. It will provide an in-depth review of the Supreme Court's treatment of religious freedom in the United States.

Research, Writing, and Advocacy I 1-001 (Credits:2)
The legal profession demands eloquence coupled with competence. This course begins the training necessary for students to integrate their professional research, writing and oral advocacy skills with substantive law.

Research, Writing, and Advocacy III 2-001 (Credits:2)
This course is a continuation of the first year course integrating professional research, writing and oral advocacy skills with substantive law.

Sales 3-202 (Credits:3)
Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code regulates the sale of goods between many commercial entities. This course will consider how Article 2 is designed to facilitate and regulate commerce.

Secured Transactions 3-203 (Credits:3)
This course considers aspects of security in personal property. Topics considered include legal principles relevant to the creation of the security interest to its perfection, priorities between competing security interests and between a security interest and other kinds of property interests, payment and redemption, and realization procedures. Emphasis will be on Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Torts I 1-100 (Credits:3)
This course studies the bases for obtaining judicial relief in civil actions for physical, emotional and appropriational harms to personalty, property and relational interests. Specifically, the course examines the objectives of the tort system, recognized bases of tort liability, and applications in specific areas such as products liability, landowners and occupiers, defamation and invasion of privacy. The course also offers some consideration of alternative reparation systems.

Trial Advocacy 3-310 (Credits:3)
Prerequisite: Evidence This course reviews the basic principles of litigation and trial advocacy. Students will be required to master opening statements, direct examination, admissibility of proof, objections, and closing statements.

Wills, Trusts, and Estates 3-260 (Credits:3)
This course will examine the fundamentals of the law governing inter vivos and testamentary means of gratuitously transferring property. Consideration is given to the laws of intestate succession, of wills and will-substitutes (including trusts); to problems of construction; to the probate process; and to future interests and perpetuities law. Throughout the course, students will consider the ethical challenges inherent in the practice of law in this area, and in particular will address concerns involving providing protection for family members, planning for incapacity and confronting end-of-life issues.