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Upper-Class Courses and Seminars

LL.M. in American Law students have the benefit of selecting elective courses from the entire range of BU Law's J.D. upper-class curriculum.

Note: (S) indicates a seminar

Acctg. for Financial Institutions (BK) Administrative Law Adv. Administrative Law (S) Advanced ADR (S) Adv. Legal Writing and Editing (S) Advanced Trial Practice (S) Africa i-Parliaments Clinic (C) Affordable Housing Law (S) Alternative Dispute Resolution American Legal History Animal Law (S) Antitrust, IP & Innovation Policy (S) Antitrust Law Appellate Advocacy Director Appellate Adv.: Criminal Appeal (S) Attorney-Client Privilege (S) Autism and Society Banking Structure & Regulation (BK) Bankruptcy (BK) Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights Bankruptcy Practice (S) Biomedical Innovation (GSM) Business Bankruptcy Business of Law (S) Central Banks (BK) Civil Litigation Program (C) Civil Rights Litigation (S) Civil War & Reconstruction (S) Commercial Code Commercial Law: Payments Commercial Law: Sales Commercial Law: Sec. Trans. Commercial Lending (BK) Comparative Family Law (S) Comparative Law (S) Compliance Programs (BK) Community Courts (C) The Constitution & Foreign Affairs Constitutional Theory (S) Consumer Financial Services (BK) Consumer Law Copyright Law Corporate Finance Corporate Governance (S) Corporations Criminal Clinical Program (C) Criminal Procedure: Adjudicatory Criminal Procedure: Comprehensive Criminal Procedure: Invest. Process Current Issues in Employment Law (S) Deals: Econ. Structure of Trans. Disability Law (S) Discovery: Theory & Practice (S) Domestic Violence (S) E-Commerce & Business Lawyer (S) Effective & Ethical Depositions (S) Employee Benefit Plans Employment Discrimination/Emp. Law Energy Law & Policy (S) English Legal History Entertainment Law (S) Entrepreneurial Management (GSM) Entrepreneurship (GSM) Environmental Law Ethical Iss./Med. & Public Health (SPH) European Legal History European Union Law Evidence Family Law Federal Civil Practice (S) Federal Courts Federal Habeas Corpus (S) Fiduciary Law (S) Financial Institutions Mgmt. (BK) Financial Reporting for Lawyers The First Amendment Food & Drug Law (S) Forensic Mental Health (S) Foucault and Law (S) Gender & Law Colloquium (S) Globalization of Legal Profession (S) Gov't Regulation of Financial Services Gov't Regulation of Insurance (BK) Gov't & New Entrepreneur (GSM) Health Care Reform & Constitution (S) Health Care Transactions (S) Health Ins., Managed Care & Law (S) Health Law HL, Bioethics & Human Rights (SPH) Health Law Externship (C) Hedge Funds (BK)

Historical Persp./Law & Culture (S) Homicide Investigations & Trials (S) Housing Law (S) Human Rights Law (NEW) Immigration Law Insurance Law Intellectual Property Int'l Business Agreements (S) Int'l Business Arbitration (S) Int'l Business Transactions Int'l Competition Law Research (S) Int'l Economic Institutions (BK) Int'l Intellectual Property (S) International Law Int'l Law for the 21st Century (S) International Legal Research (S) International Project Finance (S) Int'l Securities Transactions (BK) International Taxation I (GTP) Intro to Federal Income Taxation Islamic Law (S) Jewish Law (S) Judging in American Lgl. System (S) Juvenile Delinquency (S) Labor Law Land Use Law & Development (S) Law & Economics Workshop (S) Law & Sexual Minorities (S) Law & Sports (S) Law & the Color Line (S) Law & the Democratic Process Law, Work & Poverty (S) Lawyering in the 21st Century (S) Leadership & Negotiations (SPH) Legal Externship (C) Legal Writing Fellows Legislative Counsel Clinic (C) Legislative Drafting Clinic (C) Legislative Drafting Clinic/Editors (C) Legislative Internship (C) Licensing Law & Practice (S) NEW Local Government Law Mediation: Theory and Practice (S) Medical Research & the Law (S) Mergers and Acquisitions Mergers and Acquisitions (BK) Microfinance and Development (BK) Mutual Funds (Investment Co.) National Security Law (S) Negotiated M&A (S) Patent Law Patent Prosecution (S) Philosophy of Law Pooled Funds (BK) Pretrial Advocacy, Civil & Criminal Private Equity and Venture Capital (S) Professional Responsibility Prosecutorial Ethics (S) Real Estate Finance and Tax (S) Refugee and Asylum Law (S) Remedies Representing Life Sciences Co. (S) Resp. to Human Rights Violations Restorative Justice Securities Activities of Banks (BK) Securities Regulation Securitization Semester in Practice Program (C) Starting New Ventures (GSM) Software and the Law (S) Supreme Court 2009 Term (S) Taxation of Corporations Taxation of Financial Instruments Tax Policy (S) Technology Commercialization (GSM) Topics in Education Law (S) Topics in Trademark Law (S) Trade Secrets & Restrictive Covenants Transnational Lending (BK) Trial Advocacy Trial Advocacy: Advanced Trial Evidence Trust & Honesty Trusts, Wills & Basic Estate Planning Unfair Competition & Trademark US Mutual Fund Regulation (BK) War on Drugs - U.S. Drug Policy (S) White Collar Crime (S) Wrongful Convictions (S)