Law (LAW)

LAW 4040 (s) Special Topics (1-16 credits)

Credit arranged

LAW 8050 Civil Procedure and Introduction to Law (4 credits)

Overview of U. S. legal systems, providing basics on civil litigation and legal principles. Covers litigation topics including pleadings, pretrial management, discovery, summary judgment, trial, post-trial motions, judgment, personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction and related topics with a focus on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Typically Offered: Fall.

LAW 8060 Civil Procedure II (3 credits)

Continuation of LAW 8050 on the process and principles of civil litigation in the U. S.

Prereqs: LAW 8050

LAW 8070 Property (4 credits)

This property law course is a required part of the curriculum. The course introduces students to personal and real property interests including donative transfers, estates and future interests, cotenancy, selling and financing real property, landlord and tenant, easements, public and private control of land use, as well as other basic property law concepts. Typically Offered: Fall.

LAW 8090 Torts (4 credits)

The common law providing private redress for injuries primarily to person or property. The course examines the three basic theories of tort liability: intent, negligence, and strict liability.

LAW 8120 Criminal Law (3 credits)

The sources and purposes of the criminal law; the meaning of criminal responsibility, the elements of crimes, and the administration of criminal justice.

LAW 8130 Contracts (4 credits)

Basic elements of private, consensual agreements enforced by law under common law and UCC Article 2: formation, principles of bargain or reliance, methods to police the bargain, interpretation, performance/breach and remedies for breach, defenses to liability, and the rights and liabilities of third parties upon assignment and delegation. Typically Offered: Fall.

LAW 8140 Contracts II (3 credits)

Continuation of LAW 8130 on the basic elements of private, consensual agreements enforced by law under common law and UCC Article 2.

Prereqs: LAW 8130

LAW 8150 Legal Writing & Analysis (2 credits)

In this course, students learn communication and reasoning skills fundamental to the practice of law. Typically Offered: Fall.

LAW 8160 Constitutional Law (4 credits)

An examination of the institution of judicial review and of the constitutional divisions of government power in the United States; the principles of separation of powers and federalism; and the constitutional protection of certain individual rights and liberties, particularly under the 14th Amendment. Typically Offered: Spring.

LAW 8170 Academic Skills Lab I (1 credit)

Fundamental skills instruction designed to develop the legal analysis and writing skills needed to perform well in law school. Topics include critical reading, case briefing, course outlining, issue spotting, exam outlining, and exam writing. Graded P/F.

LAW 8180 Academic Skills Lab II (1 credit)

Intensive instruction focused on enhancing students’ skills by written and oral exercises in case reading, briefing, analyzing, synthesizing, note taking, outlining, communicating, and exam taking skills. The course also addresses study habits, time management, and stress reduction. Graded P/F.

LAW 8210 Legal Research (1 credit)

Basic elements of legal research in print and electronic resources, including generating search terms; researching secondary sources, cases, and statutes; and using citators for case research.

LAW 8250 Written and Oral Advocacy (3 credits)

Builds upon the skills learned in Legal Writing and Analysis and includes simulated client work involving persuasive writing techniques and oral advocacy. Typically Offered: Spring.

Prereqs: Law 815

LAW 8500 First Amendment Seminar (3 credits)

Amendment’s Speech, Press, Association, Establishment, and Free Exercise Clauses, and the interrelatedness between free expression and religious freedoms. The course investigates analytical problems in First Amendment jurisprudence including philosophical foundations of free expression, free association, free exercise of religion, and the prohibition against government establishment of religion.

Prereqs: LAW 8160 and LAW 9050

LAW 8510 Advanced Torts (2-3 credits)

Selected topics in tort law, including products liability, traditional strict liability, defamation, and business torts. Two-credit course covers fewer areas of study.

Prereqs: LAW 8090

LAW 8520 NREL Field Course (2 credits)

Summer field course exploring the implementation of natural resource and environmental law on the ground in Idaho, focusing on the effects of state and federal resource management and protection statutes on public and private landscapes. Accelerated course.

Prereqs: Permission

LAW 8530 Education Law (3 credits)

Issues pertaining to the history and structure of U. S. public education including religious and private school alternatives, school funding, curriculum and governance, student supervision, equal educational opportunity issues including race and disability, employment issues including collective bargaining, and students’ and teachers’ rights and responsibilities including free speech and due process.

LAW 8570 Introduction to American Law (3 credits)

Examination of the American legal system for foreign-trained lawyers. Topics, related to both statutory and common law, include fundamental legal concepts, key doctrinal areas of law, the American legal education system, how laws are made and function, and how law evolves over time.

Prereqs: Registered as L. L. M. student

LAW 8580 Advanced Criminal Procedure: Adjudications (3 credits)

A study of the federal constitutional constraints on criminal adjudications, with a focus on the right to counsel, pretrial release, the grand jury, prosecutorial discretion, discovery obligations, guilty pleas and plea bargaining, jury trial rights, double jeopardy, and sentencing.

Prereqs or Coreqs: LAW 9530

LAW 8590 Advanced Advocacy (2 credits)

A simulation course focusing on advanced persuasive writing techniques and oral advocacy skills.

Prereqs: LAW 8150

LAW 8600 Applied Legal Reasoning (3 credits)

Training in the analytical, writing, and organizational skills needed to efficiently analyze legal questions under time pressure and prepare for the bar exam. Using 2–3 doctrinal subjects, students apply critical reading, issue spotting, organizational, and writing skills to multiple-choice, essay, and performance problems. Open only to students in their last year of law school. Graded P/F.

LAW 8610 Civil Rights Litigation (3 credits)

In Civil Rights Litigation, students develop a basic understanding of claims, defenses and remedies available in 42 U. S. C. § 1983 actions, including claims brought against the police and prisons. Students will also be introduced to employment, disability and housing discrimination. They will be able to identify and evaluate litigation and alternative dispute resolution strategy, from both a plaintiff’s and defendant’s perspective.

Prereqs: LAW 8160

LAW 8620 Arbitration Law (3 credits)

An examination of the basics of contract enforcement through the method of arbitration. Determining arbitrability, standards for interpreting contract language, strikes, discipline and discharge, drug testing, pre-and post-contract grievances as well as U. S. Supreme Court cases affecting arbitration, are among the many subjects the students will explore. Classes will include a review of a fact pattern taken from an actual labor contract with students asked to comment on the potential arbitration issues raised by same. In addition, students will participate in a mock arbitration hearing as the arbitrator and either as corporate or union counsel. A student’s accomplishment of these outcomes will be assessed by means of an arbitration brief and decision, self-assessment paper, and participation in arbitration hearings. Arbitration Law satisfies the experiential learning requirement. Typically Offered: Fall (Even Years).

LAW 8630 Death Penalty Seminar (3 credits)

Focuses on the doctrinal evolution of modern capital punishment jurisprudence, with a special emphasis on the Eighth, Fourteenth, and Sixth Amendments. The seminar will cover specific themes such as death qualification and jury selection; race and the imposition of the death penalty; narratives of life and death in capital trials and the role of aggravating and mitigating evidence; the right to counsel; the execution of juveniles, the intellectually disabled, and the mentally ill; the constitutional dimensions of innocence; the constitutionality of lethal injection and other methods of execution; and the political and moral debate about capital punishment. Typically Offered: Varies.

LAW 8640 Election Law (2-3 credits)

Offers a survey of contemporary issues in American election law. Topics may include the right to vote and judicial review of voter eligibility requirements; felon disenfranchisement; the electoral college; reapportionment, redistricting and racial and partisan gerrymandering; campaign finance; the Voting Rights Act; the regulation of political parties and party primaries; ballot access; direct democracy; and electoral administration. Typically Offered: Varies.

LAW 8960 Agriculture Law (3 credits)

This course is aimed at students whose practice could include representing farmers, ranchers, the agencies that regulate them, or the businesses with which they deal (e. g. , grain elevators, banks, meat packing companies), and students who might be involved in ag law policy. It is a survey course, designed to introduce students to the many ways that the law treats these farmers and ranchers distinctively. Typically Offered: Spring (Even Years).

LAW 8970 Family Justice Clinic (3-6 credits, max 12)

Students represent survivors of domestic and sexual violence in civil proceedings primarily involving Civil Protection Orders. Clinic students also assist with divorce, custody, termination of parental rights, adoption, minor guardianship, and contempt proceedings. Course provides experiential learning credit.

Prereqs: LAW 9500, LAW 9620, LAW 9710 and permission. Prereqs or LAW 9580 or LAW 9540 recommended. LAW 9630 recommended.

Coreqs: LAW 9680

LAW 9010 (s) Seminar (1-16 credits)

Credit arranged. See the Class Schedule for specific topics.

LAW 9012 Civil Mediation (2 credits)

Credit may not be earned in both LAW 9120 and LAW 9130. A study of conflict resolution, negotiation, and mediation theory, process, and skills. Exploration of each stage of the mediation process and attendant strategies and skills. Offered through the Northwest Institute for Dispute Resolution. Accelerated course. Graded P/F.

Prereqs: Permission

LAW 9030 Introduction to Intellectual Property (3 credits)

Introduction to the four substantive areas of intellectual property: trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, and patents, with an emphasis on the tension in each body of law between private rights and the public’s interest.

LAW 9040 Federal Courts (3 credits)

The constitutional structure and the practical role of the federal court system, with great emphasis on the working relationship between federal and state courts.

LAW 9050 Constitutional Law II (3 credits)

Study of individual rights and liberties protected by the Constitution. This course will introduce students to substantive due process, the equal protection clause, and foundational principles of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the separation of church and state. Typically Offered: Fall.

LAW 9070 Administrative Law (3 credits)

An examination of the constitutional limits on administrative agencies, the procedural requirements for agency decision making, and judicial review of agency actions. The focus is on federal administrative law.

LAW 9080 Workplace Law (4 credits)

Survey course covering state common law exceptions to the employment at will doctrine, federal anti-discrimination statutes, federal statutory protection of collective activity, and other state and federal law governing the employment relationship; exploration of the processes of hiring, firing, and setting the terms and conditions of employment.

LAW 9090 Energy Law (3 credits)

Energy Law is the study of how we power our lives. We will study the law and policy of coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear power, electricity, wind, solar, and other renewables. We will cover laws related to mining. We will learn about the carbon credits system and we will discuss utility companies. We will also cover the technology behind the sources of energy. The course will cover pollution and clean air. We will discuss climate change. We will discuss cryptocurrency and the energy use to mine it. We will use readings from the textbook which will be informed and supplemented with other articles and readings. Students will be graded on a class presentation, class participation, and your choice of either taking a final exam or writing a paper on a topic of your choosing. Typically Offered: Fall (Odd Years).

LAW 9100 Antitrust (3 credits)

Study of the application of the antitrust law to cooperation among competitors, agreements between suppliers and customers regarding the resale of products, exclusive dealing arrangements, monopolization, and mergers.

LAW 9120 Civil Mediation (2 credits)

Credit may not be earned in both LAW 9120 and LAW 9130. A study of conflict resolution, negotiation, and mediation theory, process, and skills. Exploration of each stage of the mediation process and attendant strategies and skills. Offered through the Northwest Institute for Dispute Resolution. Accelerated course. Graded P/F.

Prereqs: Permission

LAW 9130 Family Mediation (2 credits)

Credit may not be earned in both LAW 9120 and LAW 9130. A skills-based study of family mediation designed for those wishing to mediate or represent clients in the mediation process. Topics covered include structuring the mediation process, guidelines for division of assets, construction of parenting plans, and ethical concerns. Offered through the Northwest Institute for Dispute Resolution. Accelerated course. Graded P/F.

LAW 9160 Public Interntl Law (3 credits)

Survey of major areas of the law of nations and international organizations.

LAW 9170 Negotiation and Appropriate Dispute Resolution (3 credits)

Simulation and seminar style instruction in negotiation techniques, mediation and arbitration, focusing on skill development and legal and ethical issues frequently faced by lawyers.

LAW 9180 Internet Law (2-3 credits)

Introduction to the legal and policy challenges presented by commerce and communication on the Internet. Topics include Internet governance, sovereignty and jurisdiction, free speech, privacy and surveillance, and the protection of intellectual property. Two-credit course covers fewer areas of study.

LAW 9190 Business Associations (4 credits)

Agency, partnerships, corporations, and other types of business organizations; limitations on powers and authority of partners, corporate officers, and directors.

LAW 9200 Securities Regulation (3 credits)

The law of corporate finance under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

LAW 9210 Accounting for Lawyers (2 credits)

Examination of basic accounting principles designed as background for the tax and business law courses for those students without accounting and business experience and intended to make the lawyer conversant with accountants.

LAW 9220 Trademarks and Unfair Competition (2-3 credits)

Trademarks include words, symbols, colors, pictures, packaging and product design by which businesses identify themselves and their products and services. Trademark rights as they exist in the U. S. today stem from common law principles of unfair competition in business. This course examines the validity of rights claimed in trademarks, including what conduct infringes these rights, and examines the current scope of these rights in view of their historical unfair competition roots. Typically Offered: Spring (Odd Years).

LAW 9230 Payment Systems (2-3 credits)

The study of paper-based and other methods of payment under state and federal law with primary focus on the law of negotiable instruments under Article 3 of the Uniform Commercial Code, Bank Deposits and Collections, and Electronic Funds Transfers under Articles 4 and 4A of the UCC and Federal Reserve Board Regulations J and CC and related federal statutes.

LAW 9240 Sales (3 credits)

The study of the law relating to the sale of goods under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code and related statutes and treaties, including introduction to the structure, purposes, and policies of the Uniform Commercial Code.

LAW 9250 Property Security (3 credits)

Overview of the law relating to secured credit including the mechanisms for creating enforceable security and mortgage interests in real and personal property.

LAW 9260 Bankruptcy (3 credits)

Federal bankruptcy law, the collective forum for resolving the rights of financially distressed debtors and their creditors, emphasizing basic principles applicable to all filings, liquidation, or rehabilitation of consumer debtors, and the pervasive effect of bankruptcy on everything from family law to business transactions and relationships.

LAW 9270 Business Entities Taxation (2-3 credits)

Introduction to the federal income tax treatment of corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and their owners. The course will explore the tax consequences that occur throughout an business entity’s life cycle, including formation, business operations, and termination.

Prereqs: LAW 9300

LAW 9280 Tribal Nation Economics & Law (3 credits)

Survey of economic development strategies by various Tribal Nations, including an overview of federal incentive programs and disincentives for the growth of strong tribal economies. Tribal legal codes, commercial projects, and federal Indian law parameters will be discussed. Topics will include: the tribal government-owned corporate model, gaming enterprises, economic diversification, the federal 8(a) program, limitations on tribal tax-exempt bond offerings, and value-added on-reservation products. LAW 9280 is a law class and will be graded based on the norms and expectations to which law students are normally held. AIST 478 is an undergraduate course that will be assessed on a P/F basis according to the general norms and expectations for an upper division undergraduate course. (Spring, alt/years)

LAW 9300 Taxation I (3-4 credits)

Income and deductions, accounting methods, transactions resulting in capital gain, deferral of tax, and choice of the taxable person; introduction to tax procedure and to income taxation of trusts, estates, and partnerships.

LAW 9310 Patents and Law Practice (2-3 credits)

This course will examine the law and policy underlying the U. S. patent system, with a focus on the legal means for obtaining, challenging, and enforcing patent rights. A technical background is not required, but a willingness to engage with some technical aspects of patentable subject matter is. Typically Offered: Spring (Even Years).

LAW 9320 Estate Planning (3 credits)

Inter vivos, testate, and intestate disposition of property with emphasis upon estate and gift tax impact and consideration of the law of future interests.

LAW 9330 State Debtor-Creditor Law (2 credits)

Study of the legal mechanisms for enforcing judgments, and the rights and protections of debtors and creditors as a matter of state law.

LAW 9340 Land-Use Law and Planning (3 credits)

This course addresses the regulation of private lands by state and local governments; will investigate social and cultural agreements about land as influenced by and institutionalized in Constitutional protections, state statutory regimes and local programs; and will develop a working knowledge of the general legal principles, and policy and planning issues relevant to private land management. Enrollment limited to 25 students.

LAW 9370 Wildlife Law and Policy (3 credits, max 3)

An examination of state and federal law applicable to wildlife. (Spring, alt/yrs)

LAW 9380 Intl Environ & Water Law (3 credits)

An examination of international environmental law and the law of international water courses. (Spring only)

LAW 9390 Law, Science, & Environment (2 credits)

The use of science in the courtroom and in agency decision making, with emphasis on natural resources and environmental law. This course will explore both the process and substantive areas of selected areas of science and the law. Recommended Preparation: LAW 9070. (Spring, alt/years)

LAW 9400 International Human Rights (3 credits)

An overview of international rights and humanitarian law and advocacy, including a focus on particular topics of timely interest determined by the instructor and students.

LAW 9410 Wills Estates & Trusts (3 credits)

Intestate succession, wills, and administration of estates in probate.

LAW 9420 Water Law of the American West (3 credits)

The basics of water allocation law with a focus on western water law. Study of the development of the common law of water allocation and of comprehensive statutory systems including the implementation of water law through administrative agencies and water rights adjudication. Typically Offered: Fall.

LAW 9440 State and Local Government Law (3 credits)

Review of the source, scope, and limits of local government power, with reference to Idaho and other state examples. The course will consider the relationship of local governments to the state and federal government, as well as to neighboring communities and individuals.

LAW 9450 Community Property (2 credits)

Special problems that arise in connection with the community property system in the western states.

LAW 9470 Environmental Law (3 credits)

Environmental planning and protection, regulation of air and water pollution, waste disposal, use of pesticides and other toxic chemicals, and remedies for environmental injury. Cooperative: open to WSU degree-seeking students.

LAW 9480 Public Lands and Resources Law (3 credits)

This course examines the natural resource allocation and management systems applicable to the public lands, including the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, National Forest Management Act, Mineral Leasing Act, Wilderness Act, and other relevant federal statutes.

LAW 9490 Native American Law (3 credits)

Study of Tribal Sovereignty and interaction with the U. S. government at various levels with an emphasis on treaty rights, jurisdictional issues, the trust relationship, protection of lands, the eras of U. S. Indian policy, and the continued assertion of tribal rights and interests. LAW 9490 is a law class and will be graded based on the norms and expectations to which law students are normally held. AIST 420 is an undergraduate course that will be assessed on a P/F basis according to the general norms and expectations for an upper division undergraduate course.

LAW 9500 Evidence (3 credits)

The law governing the presentation of proof in Idaho and federal courts.

LAW 9520 Remedies (3 credits)

Consideration of legal and equitable relief available to aggrieved parties in contractual or other relationships.

LAW 9530 Criminal Procedure: Investigations (3 credits)

A study of the federal constitutional constraints on criminal investigations, with a focus on searches and seizures, arrests, interrogations, identification procedures, and the right to counsel.

LAW 9540 Trial Skills (3 credits)

Credit cannot be earned in both LAW 9540 and LAW 9580. Instruction in the skills fundamental to litigation and the techniques of persuasive witness examination and argument, combining classroom instruction and individually critiqued student exercises. Limited enrollment.

Prereqs: LAW 9500 and Permission

LAW 9550 Appellate Advocacy Program (2 credits)

A brief-writing and oral advocacy course run as the McNichols Moot Court competition. Students attend class once a week for the first six weeks of the semester, write a two-issue appellate brief, and make a minimum of two oral arguments. Accelerated course. Graded P/NP; credits earned are not class hours.

LAW 9560 Moot Court (1,2 credits)

Preparation of appellate briefs and argument of cases orally in regional or national competition; grading and evaluating briefs of students participating in second-year appellate advocacy program (with approval of the faculty advisor of the second-year appellate advocacy program); the faculty supervisor of each competition is the final arbiter of the number of credits awarded within the guidelines. Graded P/F; credits earned are not class hours. Only those students who will complete all the activities for their appellate moot court program (including attending the competition) by the end of fall semester may register for credits in the fall semester; all other students eligible for credits under this course register in the spring. Graded P/F; credits earned are not class hours. Limited enrollment.

LAW 9570 Mock Trial (2 credits)

Participation as an attorney on a mock trial team in regional or national competition; the faculty supervisor of each competition is the final arbiter of the credits awarded within the guidelines.

Prereqs: LAW 9540 or LAW 9580 or Permission

LAW 9580 Trial Advocacy (2 credits)

Credit cannot be earned in both LAW 9540 and LAW 9580. An intensive seven-day course offered the week before classes regularly begin in the fall. The course follows the National Institute of Trial Advocacy Training format of faculty demonstration, discussion, student performance, and critique, culminating in a mock jury trial on the last day of the training. Limited enrollment. Graded P/F.

Prereqs: LAW 9500 and Permission; Limited to third-year law students unless waived by the Director of Clinical Programs

LAW 9590 Critical Legal Studies (2-3 credits, max 3)

Critical Studies focuses on deconstructing traditional hierarchies within the law and legal institutions and looks to foster change by critically analyzing the law and these institutions. This course will cover one or more of the following subjects: Feminism, Critical Race Studies, Race-Feminism, Gender/Gender Identity/Queer Studies. course covers more areas of study.

LAW 9600 Conflict Of Laws (2-3 credits)

A study of the principles for deciding which law applies to incidents and transactions crossing state lines and of the constitutional limitations on a state's rights to impose its own law in suits arising out of such incidents and transactions; enforcement of foreign judgments, the jurisdiction of courts, and the special jurisdictional problems in domestic relations cases.

LAW 9610 Jurisprudence (2 credits)

Consideration of the various views and philosophies of law as expressed in classical and contemporary writings; methods of legal analysis, the relationship between law and justice, between law and power, and between law and truth.

LAW 9620 Professional Responsibility (3 credits)

Consideration of the various views and philosophies of law as expressed in classical and contemporary writings; methods of legal analysis, the relationship between law and justice, between law and power, and between law and truth.

LAW 9630 Family Law (3 credits)

Legal problems of the family, including marriage, annulment, adoption, and divorce.

LAW 9640 Children and the Law (2-3 credits)

Examines the legal status of children, including topics such as the parent-child relationship, guardianship, representation of children, neglect, and adoption. Two-credit course covers fewer areas of study.

LAW 9650 Elder Law (2-3 credits)

An overview of the legal regimes and practical issues that face lawyers representing older clients. Topics include Social Security, pensions, annuities, Medicare, Medicaid, health care decision-making, property management, special needs trusts, guardianships, conservatorships, elder abuse, elder housing, end of life issues, and special ethical issues for attorneys representing elder persons. Two-credit course covers fewer areas of study.

LAW 9670 Advanced Legal Writing (2 credits)

This course will focus on advanced writing concepts, including advanced study of standards of review, development of policy arguments and legislative intent analysis, writing jury instructions, drafting statutes, and drafting judicial opinions; additionally, there will be a heavy emphasis on style. As such, it is assumed that students have mastered the skills learned in Legal Research & Writing. This course does not satisfy the upper division writing requirement. Limited enrollment.

LAW 9680 Domestic Violence and the Law (2-3 credits, max 3)

This seminar will cover the legal system's response to the problem of domestic violence and to a lesser extent, stalking and sexual assault. Students will explore both civil and criminal avenues of redress. Existing shortcomings of those responses, and proposed reforms, will be examined. The course will address how domestic violence is treated in a variety of legal contexts, including in relation to child abuse, custody, visitation, mediation, parent education at divorce, relocation, child abduction, and torts.

LAW 9700 Advanced Legal Research (2 credits)

An advanced course covering all forms of materials, in all formats (print, microformat, electronic), available for conducting legal research.

LAW 9710 Lawyering Process Seminar (2 credits)

Client representation skills, with an emphasis on pre-trial civil litigation; classroom and simulation instruction in interviewing, counseling and negotiating skills, pleading, discovery, and motion practice. Limited enrollment.

LAW 9730 Field Placement - Independent Study (1-5 credits, max 12)

Students perform legal work in selected public service positions under the supervision of experienced judges and lawyers. Students will complete reading and writing assignments under faculty supervision. Credits earned are not classroom credits. Typically Offered: Fall and Spring.

Prereqs: Permission

LAW 9740 Legal Aid Clinic (3-6 credits, max 12)

From time to time, specific legal aid clinics may be offered. The content of such clinics is announced in advance of the semester in which they are offered. Course provides experiential learning credit.

Prereqs: LAW 9620; and Permission; and qualification for limited license as legal intern in Idaho

LAW 9750 Field Placement-Public Service (1-5 credits, max 12)

Students perform legal work in selected public service positions under the supervision of experienced judges and lawyers. Students must attend periodic classes. Credits earned are not classroom credits. Typically Offered: Summer.

Prereqs: Permission

LAW 9760 Semester in Practice (1-12 credits, max 12)

Students perform legal work in the public or private sector under the supervision of a field supervisor. Open only to students in their last year of law school. Students attend periodic classes focused on professional growth and formation, ethics, and reflecting on the transition to practice. Graded pass/fail. Credits earned are not classroom credits. Graded Pass/Fail. Typically Offered: Fall and Spring.

Prereqs: Permission

LAW 9770 Clinical Lab (1 credit, max 4)

One-credit lab courses providing clinical experience for interested upper-division students. The labs, designed to allow students to obtain practical experience in conjunction with upper-division substantive courses, labs are supervised by experienced practitioners. Graded P/F.

LAW 9780 Entrepreneurship Law Clinic (3-6 credits, max 12)

Real-life experience handling transactional legal problems and assisting businesses and not-for-profits. Course provides experiential learning credit.

Prereqs: LAW 9190 and LAW 9620; and LAW 9660, LAW 9670, or LAW 9710; and Permission; and qualification for limited license as legal intern in Idaho

LAW 9790 Native American Natural Resource Law (3 credits)

Study of the natural resources over which Tribal Nations assert stewardship or seek to influence others regarding protection of resources including sacred sites, land use and environmental protection, natural resource development, taxation, water rights, rights associated with hunting, fishing and gathering, and international approaches to indigenous lands and resources. Recommended Preparation: LAW 9490.

LAW 9800 Copyrights (2-3 credits)

A survey of U. S. domestic copyright law, focusing on current provisions of the Copyright Act of 1976, as amended, and leading cases interpreting those provisions. Particular attention is paid to policy challenges created by the Internet and by the increasing internationalization of copyright law. Two-credit course covers fewer areas of study.

LAW 9810 Critical Legal Studies Journal (1-4 credits, max 4)

Participation in the student edited Crit Law Journal. Credit awarded upon approval of the editor-in-chief and faculty advisor. Graded pass-fail; credits earned are not classroom credit hours.

Prereqs: Acceptance to the Crit Journal

LAW 9820 Law Review (1-4 credits, max 4)

Graded P/F; credits earned are not class hours. The awarding of credit is subject to approval by the editor-in-chief and faculty advisor.

LAW 9830 Directed Study (1-2 credits, max 4)

Individual research on a significant legal problem and the writing of a paper thereon that must be approved by the faculty member under whose direction the work is done. Graded P/F; credits earned are not class hours.

LAW 9840 Real Estate Transactions (2-3 credits)

Aspects of the standard commercial real estate purchase transaction, including real estate contracts, title issues, construction, default, financing, leasing, and structuring real estate development transactions. Two-credit course covers fewer areas of study.

LAW 9850 Immigration Law and Policy (3 credits)

The rights and limitations relating to various types of immigration status, different kinds of visas, admission and removal procedures, grounds of inadmissibility and deportation, and defenses.

LAW 9860 Judicial Clerkship Seminar (1-2 credits)

Seminar focusing on advanced writing concepts within the judicial context, with instruction on common types of legal writing practiced by judicial clerks.

Prereqs: Permission

LAW 9870 Law Practice Management (1-2 credits)

Topics in the business of law practice, including accepting and billing clients, managing case files and client trust accounts, making business arrangements, and managing human, physical, and financial resources. Graded Pass/No Pass. Two-credit course covers more areas of study. Course provides experiential learning credit.

LAW 9890 Mass Media Law (2 credits)

Seminar addressing legal issues in new technologies and the rapidly changing mass-media environment. Topics are generally organized around a single theme, such as First Amendment law and theory, privacy or Freedom of Information Act issues, commercial speech regulation, and media and the electoral process.

LAW 9910 Skill Practicum (1-16 credits)

From time to time, specific skills courses are arranged and made available for a semester. The exact content of each skills course is announced in advance of the semester in which it is offered.

LAW 9920 White Collar Crime (2-3 credits)

Federal law prohibiting financial, non-violent crime, including fraud, racketeering, and bribery. The course examines principles of statutory interpretation, grand jury investigations, parallel civil proceedings, corporate and individual responsibility, sentencing guidelines, and federal-state coordination.

LAW 9950 Community Law Clinic (3-6 credits, max 12)

Representing clients in proceedings primarily involving family law issues including divorce, custody, termination of parental rights, adoption, and contempt proceedings. Clinic students also advocate for victims in domestic violence protection order hearings, defend clients in criminal misdemeanor cases, and represent clients in consumer protection matters, landlord-tenant disputes, and probate actions. Course provides experiential learning credit.

Prereqs: LAW 9500, LAW 9620, and LAW 9710; and permission; and qualification for limited license as legal intern in Idaho. LAW 9630 recommended.

Coreqs: LAW 9580

LAW 9960 Immigration Clinic (3-6 credits, max 12)

Represent immigrant clients in administrative applications, immigration court cases, federal litigation, and appeals, including in the Ninth Circuit. Advise community members on immigration issues. A seminar provides students an opportunity to study the substantive law and lawyering skills needed for their work and to reflect on it. Course provides experiential learning credit. It's recommended that LAW 9710 and 9580 are taken previously or concurrently.

Prereqs: LAW 9500, LAW 9620, and LAW 9850 or permission; and permission; and qualification for limited license as legal intern in Idaho.

LAW 9970 Mediation Clinic (1-6 credits, max 9)

Legal aid clinic in which legal interns provide mediation services and hone their skills in communication, facilitation, negotiation, organization, and ethics.

Prereqs: LAW 9120 or LAW 9130; and LAW 9500, LAW 9620, and LAW 9710; and permission; and qualification for limited license as legal intern in Idaho

LAW 9980 Tax Clinic (2-6 credits, max 9)

Representation of low-income taxpayers in disputes with the IRS at the audit, appeals, collection, and Tax Court levels. Students are exposed to the Boise tax community through frequent practitioner guest lecturers, an IRS field trip, and by attending Tax Court calendars, and they are required to complete a community outreach project. Recommended Preparation: LAW 9270, LAW 9500, and LAW 9580.

Prereqs: LAW 9300, LAW 9620, and LAW 9710; and permission; and qualification for limited license as legal intern in Idaho

LAW 9990 (s) Study Abroad/Off Campus (1-18 credits)

Credit arranged. Graded P/F.