Areas of Concentration

• Business Transactional Law >> more
  

  The Concentration in the Law of Business Transactions emphasizes information, analytical tools and skills lawyers require in representing business clients. It offers students the opportunity to specialize in courses that will expose them to the legal and practical issues that arise in business-oriented, transactional practice.

  Sample courses include: Corporation Tax, International Taxation and Partnership Tax

• Civil Litigation Skills >> more
  

  The Concentration in Civil Litigation Skills allows students to demonstrate, in addition to basic knowledge of substantive legal doctrine, completion of coursework focusing on traditional litigation skills, and participation in a clinical experience while in law school.

  Sample courses include: Evidence, Conflict of Laws and Remedies or Federal Courts

• Criminal Litigation Skills >> more
  

  The Concentration in Criminal Litigation Skills provides students an opportunity to develop the skills and relationships necessary to become successfully employed in the fields of criminal defense and prosecution.     

  Sample courses include: Criminal Procedure, Trial Advocacy and Seminars in Death Penalty, White Collar Crime and Law and Psychiatry

• Taxation >> more
  

  The Concentration in Taxation offers students the opportunity to concentrate in courses that will expose them to the complex concepts and statutes that underlie taxation.

  Courses include: Fiduciary Taxation, Estate Planning and Seminars in Comparative European Union Taxation

• Concentration in Urban Development, Land Use and   Environmental Law >> more
  

  The Concentration in Urban Development, Land Use and Environmental Law has an interdisciplinary flavor. Students are encouraged to take courses in the graduate programs of the Department of Public Policy under the School’s policy of permitting six hours of graduate-level work to count towards the law degree.

  Courses include: Administrative Law, State and Local Government and Land Use Control