Summer 2025 SCHEDULE UPDATES

New Courses 

• Externship I Seminar with Professor Wedderburn:  Wednesdays, 5:45pm - 7:45pm on the following dates: 6/4; 6/11; 6/18; 6/25; 7/9; and 7/16.

• Securities Law and the Internet with Professors Norman and Paz: Tuesday, 5:45 - 9:05 p.m. In summer 2025, this course will have a LAWD, LAWG, and LAWJ section. 

Day/Time/Date Change

• Tax and Research Writing with Professors Dilorio and Wiley: This course will meet on Wednesdays, 5:45 - 9:05 pm.

fall 2025 SCHEDULE UPDATES

Canceled Courses

• Advanced Online Legal Research with Professor Ryan.
• Arbitration in Latin America with Professor Zuleta.
• Comparative Constitutional Law with Professor Tew.
• Critical Issues Facing the Department of Justice: DOJ's Mission, the Rule of Law, Exercise of Discretion, Enforcement Policy Priorities, and Seeking Justice: Role of Defense Counsel with Professor Grindler.
• Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, and Surveillance Law with Professor West.
• Decentering the Police in Community Safety Practicum (Project-Based Practicum) with Professor Duckett.

• Externship I with Professor Monteleone.

• Externship I with Judge Carroll.
• Global Competition Law and Policy with Professors Damtoft and Katona.
• Global Derivatives Law and Regulatory Policy (LAWD section cancelled only).
• Government Contracts and National Security M&A with Professor Rechden.

• Health and Human Rights with Professors Cabrera and Serrano. 

• Hot Topics in Antitrust with Professor Devlin.
• International Right to Health with Professor Grover. 
• Philosophy of Law Seminar: Experimental Jurisprudence with Professor Tobia.
• Private Law and the Costs of Climate Change Seminar with Professor Saad. This seminar will be offered in spring 2026.
• Shareholder Power, Voting, and the Governance of Firms Seminar with Professor Zytnick.
• Tax Law and Public Finance Workshop with Professors Satterthwaite and Manoli.
• Trial Practice with Professors Hussain and Szanyi.
• U.S. Legal Research Analysis & Writing with Professor Wojcik. 

Day/Time/Date Changes

• Blume Public Interest Scholars Seminar with Professors Wolfman and Saladino: This course will meet on the following dates: 9/5, 9/19, 10/3, 10/10, 10/31, 11/7, and 11/21. 

• Business Essentials: A Mini-MBA for Lawyers with Professor Hills (both sections): The course will normally meet for 85 minutes, but six classes will meet the full 2 hours. In Fall 2025, the dates the course will meet the full 2 hours are: 10/7, 10/23, 11/4, 11/6, 11/11, and 11/20. There will also be three joint class sessions on Fridays, from 9:35 am - 11:00 am. In Fall 2025 the dates of the joint classes are 10/10, 11/7, and 11/14. 

• Constitutional Issues in Corruption & Election Crime Enforcement with Professor Keller: This course will meet on Thursdays, 5:45 - 7:05 pm.

• Executive Accountability Seminar with Professor Dreeben will meet on Thursdays, 1:20 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.

• Externship I Seminar (Section 30 & 32) with Professor Monteleone: This course will meet on Tuesday, 7:55 p.m. - 9:55 p.m.

• Housing Advocacy Litigation Clinic at Rising for Justice, Law Students in Court Division with Professor Sing: This clinic will meet on Mondays, 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

• International Debt Workouts with Professor Rechden will meet on the following dates: 9/5, 9/19, 9/26, and 10/3.

• Professional Responsibilities of Government Lawyers with Professors Luban, Regan and Marcus: This course will meet on the following dates: 8/27, 9/3, 9/10, 9/17, 10/1, 10/8 and 10/15.

• Race and Poverty in Capital and Other Criminal Cases Seminar with Professor Bright: This course will not meet on Wednesday, October 15.  It will meet instead on Wednesday, October 22.  The revised meeting dates for the course are: 8/25, 8/27, 9/3, 9/8, 9/10, 9/15, 9/22, 9/24, 9/29, 10/6, 10/8, 10/20 and 10/22.

• Social Media Law with Professor Dwyer: This course will meet on Mondays, 1:20 - 3:20 p.m.

• State and Local Governments in a Federal System: Laboratories of Democracy with Professor Chertoff: This course will meet on Tuesdays, 1:20 - 3:20 p.m.

• The United States Constitution: A Historical Perspective with Professors Puig-Lugo will meet on the following dates: 10/25 and 11/22.

New Courses 

• Competition Enforcement and “Big Tech:” The DOJ and FTC Cases Against Major Technology Platforms with Professors Shelanski and London: 2 credit paper and 3 credit writing requirement, Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

• Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Real Estate Documents with Professor Klein: 3 credits, Special Requirement, Mondays, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

• Gen AI and Big Law with Professor Walters: 1 credit, Special Requirement, Tuesdays, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

• Government Contracts and National Security M&A with Professor Rechden: 2 credits, Paper, Wednesdays, 5:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
• International Business Transactions with Professor Chukwu: 3 credits, take-home exam, Mondays, 5:45 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.

• Legislation with Professor Tobia: 3 credits, in-class exam, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:00 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.

• Shareholder Power, Voting, and the Governance of Firms Seminar with Professor Zytnick: 2 credit paper and 3 credit writing requirement, Wednesdays, 1:20 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.

Professor Changes 

• Accounting for Lawyers will be co-taught by Professors Woody and Esquivel.

• Corporate Income Tax Law I will be co-taught by Professors Madaj and Wang.

• Corporate Legal Department Practicum (Fieldwork Practicum) will now be co-taught by Professors Folsom and Fagre. 

• Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Real Estate Documents with Professor Klein: 3 credits, Special Requirement, Mondays, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

• Entertainment Law will be taught by Michelle Rogers and Brandon Slade.

• Estate Planning: Estate and Git Tax will be co-taught by Professors Goode and Koss.

• Externship I Seminar (Section 30 & 32) will be taught by Professor Monteleone.

• Externship I Seminar (J.D. Externship Program) (sections 15 and 37) will be taught by Professor Ondrade.

• Externship I Seminar (J.D. Externship Program) (Sections 23 and 24) will be taught by Melody Alemansour.

• Foreign Relations Law will be co-taught by Professors Bellshaw and Marcovitz.

• Front Lines and Foreign Risk: National Security Through the Lens of CFIUS and Team Telecom will be co-taught by Professors Brasure and Sullivan.

• Human Rights Advocacy in Action Practicum (Project-Based Practicum) will be taught by Michelle Liu, Melody Vidmar, and Awista Ayazi.

• Industry Epidemics: NCDs, Commercial Risk Factors and the Law will be co-taught by Professors Barbosa and Castagnari.

• Intellectual Property Litigation: Pretrial Skills will be co-taught by Professors Chang, Cuviello, Davenport, and Sauer.

• LL.M. Externship Seminar will be taught by Professor Joly.

• National Security Law will be co-taught by Professors Huntley and Newman.

• Racial Equity in Education Law & Policy Clinic will be taught by Professor Ali.

• Securities Regulation (LAW 396-08) will be co-taught by Professors Cavanagh and Faigus.

• Externship I (section 12 & 35) will be taught by Professor Monteleone.

• Entertainment Law will now be taught by Professor Slade.

Requirement/Restriction Changes

• Artificial Intelligence and the Law with Professor Ohm: There are no prerequisites for this course. 

• Corporations with Professor Goldsmith Romero: This course will have a take-home exam.
• Family Law I: Marriage and Divorce with Professor Tsoukala: This course will have an in-class exam.
• Global Derivatives Law and Regulatory Policy with Professor Scopino: This course will have an in-class exam.

SPRING 2026 SCHEDULE UPDATES

Canceled Courses

• Comparative Law with Professor Feinerman.

• Comparative Law: China in Context with Professor Jia.

• Issues in Disarmament: Proliferation, Terrorism, and Great Power Rivalry Seminar with Professor Koplow.

• Law and Authoritarianism with Professor Jia.

• Legislation with Professor Tobia.

• Pursuing Fraud Against the Government: A Model of Complex Civil Litigation with Professor Rennert.

• Regulating Online Speech in the Age of Social Media with Professor Dwyer.

• Securities Regulation with Professor Zytnick.

• Shareholder Power, Voting, and the Governance of Firms Seminar with Professor Zytnick.

• Supreme Court Topics: The Role of Dissenting Opinions with Professor Hartnett.

• U.S. Legal Research Analysis & Writing (Section 16) with Professors Clouser and Finocchiaro.

• Week One Teaching Fellows with Professor Dwyer.

• Week One Teaching Fellows with Professor Koplow.

• Economic Justice in the Regulation of Infrastructural Industries: Energy, Water, Telecommunications, Transportation with Professor Hempling.

• Advanced Criminal Procedure and Litigation with Professor Lowell.

Day/Time/Date Changes

• Advanced International Commercial Arbitration with Professor Whitesell: This course will now meet on Saturday, 2/28 from 11:10am - 1:10pm.

• Housing Advocacy Litigation Clinic at Rising for Justice, Law Students in Court Division with Professors Wedderburn and Sing: This course will meet on Mondays, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
• International Arbitration in Asia with Professor Kim: This course will meet on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (1/23, 1/24, and 1/25) from 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
• Legal Writing Seminar: Theory and Practice for Law Fellows with Professor Cedrone: This course will meet on Mondays, 7:55 p.m. - 9:55 p.m.

• Legal Writing Seminar: Theory and Practice for Law Fellows with Professor Lipman: This course will meet on Thursdays, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

• Legal Writing Seminar: Theory and Practice for Law Fellows with Professor Perlin: This course will meet on Mondays, 7:55 p.m. - 9:55 p.m.

• Negotiations Seminar with Professor Eckblad: This course will meet on the following dates: 4/10, 4/11, 4/12, 4/17, 4/18 and 4/19.

• Nonprofit Joint Ventures and Tax Credits with Professor Sanders: This course will meet on Thursdays, 11:10 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.

• SEC Enforcement Process with Professors Dorfman and Radke: This course will meet on Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

• Taxation & Development Seminar with Professor Perry: This course will meet on Mondays, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

• Technology and Society Impact Lab (Project-Based Practicum) with Professors Ohm and Jones: This course will meet on Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

New Courses

• Access to Justice: Addressing the Civil Justice Gap for Indigent Clients with Professor Rosenbaum: 2 credits, Special Requirement, Experiential, Thursdays, 11:10 - 1:10.

• Advanced Legal Writing with Generative AI with Professor DeLaurentis: 2 credits, special requirement, Mondays, 11:10 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.
• Bankruptcy Law with Professor Flax: 2 credits, in-class exam, Mondays, 1:20 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.

• Computer Programming for Lawyers: Intermediate with Professor Ohm: 3 credits, special requirement, Wednesdays, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

• Crypto Lawyering with Professor Brummer: 1 credit, special requirement, Week One, Monday, January 5, 2026 - Thursday, January 8, 2026, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

• Decentering the Police in Community Safety Practicum (Project-Based Practicum) with Professor Duckett: 5 credits, Special Requirement, Wednesdays, 1:20pm - 3:20pm.

• Emerging Technology in Financial Services with Professor Goldsmith Romero: 2 credit paper and 3 credit writing requirement, Mondays, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

• LAW 1992 v01 Entrepreneurship: The Lawyer’s Role In Building A Thriving Venture with Professor Chodos: 2 credits, take-home exam, Thursday, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

• From Wrong to Remedy: Litigating Human Rights Cases in U.S. Courts with Professor Fryszman: 2 credits, paper and special requirement, Mondays, 5:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. Note: This course will appear on the Curriculum Guide tomorrow, October 29.

• International Arbitration from the Arbitrator’s Point of View with Professor Tercier: 1 credit, take-home exam, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday,  9:00 a.m. - 1:20 p.m. on the following dates: 3/20, 3/21, and 3/22.

• Mediation Seminar with Professor Keenan: 3 credits, Paper & Special Requirement, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on the following dates: 1/23-25 and 2/6-8.

• Music Law Seminar: Changing Landscapes in the Music Industry and the Law that Governs It with Professors Ross and Huppe: 2 credits, paper, Wednesdays, 11:10 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.

• National Security Crisis Law: Edge Technologies with Professor Donohue: 5 credits, paper, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.  Students are required to attend the in-person portion of the simulation, Friday, Mar. 13, 2026, 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, Mar. 14, 2026, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.  This course begins on January 12 and ends on March 20.

• National Security Cyber Law & Policy with Professors Gupta and Raleigh: 2 credits, Paper, Tuesdays, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

• Private Law and the Costs of Climate Change Seminar with Professor Saad: 2 credit paper and 3 credit writing requirement, Wednesdays, 11:10 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.

• Regulating Private Health Insurance and Health Care Prices: Legal and Policy Disputes with Professor Spratt: 3 credits, Paper, Tuesday, 5:45 p.m. - 8:50 p.m.

• Space Law Seminar with Professor Mirmina: 3 credits, Writing Requirement, Wednesdays 5:45 - 7:45pm. 

• Tax Law and Public Finance Workshop with Professors Satterthwaite and Manoli: 2 credit paper and 3 credit writing requirement, Tuesdays, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

• Taxation of Partnerships with Professors Brodie and Chandrasekhar: 2 credits, Take-Home Exam, Tuesdays, 11:10 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.

• Telecommunications Law and Policy Seminar with Professor Nuechterlein: 3 credits, Writing Requirement/Paper, Tuesdays, 3:30pm - 5:30pm and select Fridays, 11:10am - 1:10pm

• U.S. Legal Research Analysis & Writing with Professor Dundon: 2 credits, Special Requirement, Monday, 1:20 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.

Requirement/Restriction Changes

• Advanced Legal Writing with Generative AI with Professor DeLaurentis: This course counts toward the 6 credits of experiential coursework required of students matriculating as first-year students in Fall 2016 or later.

• Communications Law and Policy with Professors Kahn and Whitesell: This course will have an in-class exam.

• Constitutional Law II: Individual Rights and Liberties with Professor Snyder: This course will have an in-class exam.

• Corporations with Professor Goldsmith-Romero: This course will have an take-home exam. 

• Family Law II: Child, Parent, and the State with Professor Tsoukala: This course will have an in-class exam. 

• The Law and Policy of the Energy Transition with Professor Sempertegui: This course will have an in-class exam.

Professor Changes 

• Advanced International Taxation will be co-taught by Professors Barlow and Ng.

• Advanced Law of the Sea: National Security Concerns will be taught by Professor Materna.

• Advanced Topics in Corporate Law: Corporate Transaction Litigation in Delaware will now be co-taught by Vice Chancellor Glasscock, Vice Chancellor David, and Professor Leon. 

• Antitrust in Action: Evaluating the Deal and Advising the Board of Directors will be co-taught by Professors Aronson and Sheerin.

• Arguing Free Speech in the 21st Century Seminar will be co-taught by Professors Cole and Blatt.

• Employee Benefits Practicum will be co-taught by Professors Scott, Wolff, and TBD.

• Environmental Law will be co-taught by Professors Shenkman and Payne.

• Gender and U.S. Foreign Policy will be taught by Jennifer Hawkins.

• Housing Advocacy Litigation Clinic at Rising for Justice, Law Students in Court Division will be co-taught by Professors Wedderburn and Sing.

• Human Rights Advocacy in Action Practicum (Project-Based Practicum) will be taught by Michelle Liu, Melody Vidmar, and Awista Ayazi.

• International Law I: Introduction to International Law will be co-taught by Professors Johnston and Sedgewick.

• Mediation Seminar will be co-taught by Professor Keenan and Judge Sacks.

• Racial Equity in Education Law & Policy Clinic will be taught by Professor Ali.

• Securities Regulation will be co-taught by Professors Brummer and Younis.

• Trial Practice will be co-taught by Judges Pasichow and Hertzfeld.

• White Collar Crime and Securities Fraud will be taught by Professor Salgado.

• Tech Law Scholars Seminar II will be co-taught by Professors Dwyer and Weiner.

• The International Court of Justice: Its Role, Jurisprudence and Future will be co-taught by Professors Mathias and Stewart.

• Externship I (Section 35 and 36) will now be taught by Professor Blanchard.

• Questioning Witnesses In and Out of Court will now be taught by Professor Williams. 

• Week One Teaching Fellows (section 50) will now be taught by Professor Williams.

• Trauma-Informed Lawyering will now be taught by Professor Schmaedick Tan.

• Trauma-Informed Lawyering (Week One Teaching Fellows) will now be taught by Professor Schmaedick Tan.
• Space Law Seminar will now be taught by Professors Mirmina and Wessel.
•  World Health Assembly Simulation and the companion Week One Teaching Fellows will now be co-taught by Professors Egbokhare, Hoverter, and Kayongo.

Course Description Changes

• Civil Rights Statutes and the Supreme Court Seminar with Professor Gornstein and Judge Srinivasan.

• Environmental Research Colloquium with Professor Arroyo: Students taking the course for two credits must write at least four long discussion posts (800 to 1000 words each) which will serve as substantive written work in lieu of a final research paper. 

• Technology and Society Impact Lab (Project-Based Practicum) with Professors Ohm and Jones: The Tech & Society Impact Lab is currently accepting applications for Spring 2026.  This interdisciplinary class is open to LL.M. and second, third, and fourth year JD students at the law school, as well as students in other Georgetown graduate programs.  The application is available here and is due November 15.  Decisions should be communicated by November 25.  Because space in the class is limited, we recommend that you register for a full courseload for Spring with an eye toward dropping one class if you're offered a spot in the 3-credit lab. If you have additional questions please don't hesitate to reach out. To learn more about the class, click here.