Course Schedule Updates

Summer 2024 SCHEDULE UPDATES

Canceled Courses

Professor Changes 

FALL 2024 SCHEDULE UPDATES

Canceled Courses

New Courses

Day/Time/Date Change

  • Advanced Legal Writing: Practical Lawyering Skills and Strategies with Professor Donahoe: In Fall 2024, this class will meet on 10/4 from 12:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. and 10/5, 10/6, 11/9, and 11/10 from 9:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. 

  • Antitrust Law with Professor Pitt: In Fall 2024, the first class meeting for this course will meet over Zoom on Friday, 8/30, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Students not enrolled in the course who need the Zoom link should email Professor Pitt at JPitt@wc.com. Enrolled students should access Canvas for the Zoom link.  Please review the Meeting Info section on the Curriculum Guide for the revised class meeting dates. This course will not meet on 8/26, 9/16, and 9/30.  To make up for these missed classes the course will meet on Friday, 8/30, Sunday, 9/15, and Sunday, 9/29.   Please review the Meeting Info section in the Curriculum Guide for the times.  Also, the following class sessions will be held by Zoom: 8/30, 9/9, 9/23, and 10/7.

  • Applied Legal Composition with Professor DeLaurentis will meet on Tuesdays, 11:10 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.

  • Arbitration in Latin America with Professor Zuleta will now meet on Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on the following dates: 11/09, 11/10, 11/16, and 11/17. 

  • Business Essentials: A Mini-MBA for Lawyers with Professor Hills (both sections): The course will normally meet for 85 minutes, but five classes will meet the full 2 hours. In Fall 2024, the dates the course will meet the full 2 hours are: 10/10, 10/29, 11/5, 11/19, and 11/21. There will also be four joint class sessions on Fridays, from 9:35 am - 11:00 am. In Fall 2024, the dates of the joint class sessions are: 9/27, 10/25, 11/8, and 11/15.

  • Computer Programming for Lawyers: An Introduction with professor Orey: 2 Credits, Special Requirement, this course will meet on Mondays 5:45pm-7:45pm (8/26 to 10/28) and Wednesdays 5:45pm-6:45pm (8/26 to 10/16).

  • Copyright Law with Professor Cohen: This course will not meet on 9/23 and 11/6.  To make up for the cancelled classes, this course will meet from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. on the following dates: 9/4, 9/11, 10/15 (Monday classes meet), 10/21, 10/23, and 10/28.

  • Estate Planning: Special Topics in Transfer Tax with Professors Beckwith, Bradenham, and Kaufman: This course will meet on Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:45-7:45 p.m. on the following dates: 10/23, 10/28, 10/30, 11/4, 11/6, 11/11, 11/13, and 11/18. 

  • Industry Epidemics: NCDs, Commercial Risk Factors and the Law with Professors Barbosa and Castagnari: This course will meet on Mondays, 1:20 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.

  • International Business Negotiations (Negotiating International Technology Licenses, International Joint-Venture Contracts and Foreign Investment Contracts) with Professor Tejtel: This course will meet on Tuesdays, 1:20 - 3:20 pm on the following dates: 8/29, 9/5, 9/12, 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/31, 11/7, and 11/14. In addition, this course will meet on two Saturdays (10/26 and 11/9) from 2:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. 

  • International Economic Law and Institutions with Professor Hillman: This course will meet on Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:35 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

  • Law and Social Change with Professor Hunter: This course will meet 11:10 a.m. - 1:10 p.m. every Tuesday and on the following Thursdays: 8/29, 9/12, 9/26, 10/10, 10/24, 11/7, and 11/21.

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

Professor Changes

Requirement Changes

  • Constitutional Law II: Individual Rights and Liberties with Professor Cole: This course meets the upper-level graduation requirement for JD students matriculating in Fall 2022 and later under the following Institutional Learning Outcome, which provides that the course will provide students with an "[a]bility to think critically about the law’s claim to neutrality and its differential effects on subordinated groups, including those identified by race, gender, indigeneity, and class."

  • Constitutional Law II: Individual Rights and Liberties with Professor Goodwin: This course meets the upper-level graduation requirement for JD students matriculating in Fall 2022 and later under the following Institutional Learning Outcome, which provides that the course will provide students with an "[a]bility to think critically about the law’s claim to neutrality and its differential effects on subordinated groups, including those identified by race, gender, indigeneity, and class."

  • Employment Discrimination with Professor Simmons: J.D. students may not take this course on a pass/fail basis.  This course will have an in-class exam.

  • How to Design Your Own Data Privacy Law Seminar with Professor Lancieri: There are no prerequisites for this course.  It is recommended that students have taken Information Privacy Law or The GDPR: Background, Development, and Consequences.  This course no longer requires professor permission for LL.M. students. 

  • Public Health Law and Ethics with Professor Gostin: This course will have a take-home exam. 

  • Race and Poverty in Capital and Other Criminal Cases Seminar with Professor Bright: This course meets the upper-level graduation requirement for JD students matriculating in Fall 2022 and later under the following Institutional Learning Outcome, which provides that the course will provide students with an "[a]bility to think critically about the law’s claim to neutrality and its differential effects on subordinated groups, including those identified by race, gender, indigeneity, and class."

  • Slavery, Abolition, and the Constitution with Professor Mikhail: This course meets the upper-level graduation requirement for JD students matriculating in Fall 2022 and later under the following Institutional Learning Outcome, which provides that the course will provide students with an "[a]bility to think critically about the law’s claim to neutrality and its differential effects on subordinated groups, including those identified by race, gender, indigeneity, and class."

  • The Magic of Corporate Separateness Seminar with Professor Thompson: All J.D. and LL.M. students will be required to complete a substantial paper that satisfies each element of the writing requirement for J.D. students as outlined in the Student Handbook.

Credit Hour Changes

Course Description Changes

​SPRING 2025 SCHEDULE UPDATES

Canceled Courses

New Courses 

Day/Time Changes

  • Applied Legal Composition with Professor DeLaurentis: This course will meet on Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.

  • Business, Capitalism, and Society with Professors Feinerman and Shaw: Upperclass Week One course.  This course will meet Monday, January 6, 2025 - Thursday, January 9, 2025 from 1:30 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.

  • Business Essentials: A Mini-MBA for Lawyers with Professor Hills (section 05): The course will normally meet for 85 minutes, but five classes will meet the full 2 hours. In Spring 2025, this course will meet from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. on the following dates: 2/6, 2/27, 3/25, 4/3, 4/8. There will also be four joint class sessions on Fridays, from 9:35 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. In Spring 2025, the dates of the joint class sessions are: 1/31, 3/21, 3/28, 4/4.

  • Business Essentials: A Mini-MBA for Lawyers with Professor Hills (section 09): The course will normally meet for 85 minutes, but five classes will meet the full 2 hours. In Spring 2025, this course will meet from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. on the following dates: 2/6, 2/27, 3/25, 4/3, 4/8. There will also be four joint class sessions on Fridays, from 9:35 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. In Spring 2025, the dates of the joint class sessions are: 1/31, 3/21, 3/28, 4/4.

  • Current Developments in International Taxation Seminar with Professor Grinberg: This course will meet on Wednesdays, 11:10 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.

  • Discussion Skills for International Lawyers with Professor Cheng will meet on Friday, 1:20 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (3/14 and 3/21), Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. (3/15 and 3/22), and Friday, 1:20 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (3/28).

  • Emerging Topics in Social Media Law with Professor Reich: Week One course. This course will meet Monday, January 6, 2025 - Thursday, January 9, 2025, 1:30 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.

  • Environmental Justice: Law, Policy & Regulation with Professors Bolston and Prather will meet on Thursdays, 5:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.

  • Ethics in International Arbitration with Professor Kantor: This course will meet on Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 p.m. - 5:20 p.m. on the following dates: 2/15, 2/16, 2/22, and 2/23.

  • Global Indirect Tax: The VAT with Professors Ahanchian and Stephanny: This course will meet on Wednesdays, 11:10 a.m. - 1:10 p.m. on the following dates: 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, and 2/26.

  • Information Privacy Law with Professor Cohen: This course will not meet on 3/10 and 3/12.  To make up for the cancelled classes, this course will meet from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. on the following dates: 2/10, 2/12, 2/24, 4/9, 4/14 and 4/16.

  • International Business Negotiations with Professor Finkelstein will meet on Mondays, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. In addition, the seminar will meet on Friday, 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. on the following dates: 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, and 2/28. A special session will be held Friday, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. on 2/14 due to the Monday of Presidents Day being a holiday. The course will also meet Friday, 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. on 3/14. Due to the Friday sessions, the Monday sessions will end earlier in the semester.

  • Legal Writing Seminar: Theory and Practice for Law Fellows with Professor Perlin: This course will meet on Wednesdays, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
  • Negotiations and Mediation Seminar with Professors Berger and Rozdeiczer: This course will meet on 2/21, 2/22, 2/23, 3/28, 3/29, and 3/30.

  • Securities Regulation (section 07) with Professor Tu: This course will meet on Tuesdays, 5:45 p.m. - 8:50 p.m.

  • Technology and Society Impact Lab (Project-Based Practicum) with Professors Ohm and Jones: This course will meet on Wednesdays, 11:10 a.m. - 1:40 p.m.

  • The United States Constitution: A Historical Perspective with Professor Puig-Lugo: This course will meet on Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. on the following dates: 10/26 and 11/16. 
  • Theories of Statutory Interpretation Seminar with Professor Krishnakumar: This course will meet on Thursdays, 1:20 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.

Professor Changes

Requirement Changes

Credit Hour Changes

Course Description Changes

Course Number Changes 

Title Changes