This short course will examine the philosophical foundations of some of the most pressing debates in contemporary constitutional theory, and explore the implications of these debates for how we think …
This short course exposes students to a set of situations where contract provisions risk blowing up a deal (or actually do) and shows them how sophisticated practitioners worked to solve …
This course will provide an introduction to domestic and international legal issues arising from economic and financial sanctions, with an emphasis on sanctions imposed by the United States and its …
This course will confront historical and modern controversies in administrative law. Topics will change from year to year, but may include: the appropriate contours of executive, legislative, and judicial control …
This short course will cover the content and structure of different types of agreements used in cross-border business transactions, as well as the process by which these agreements are negotiated, …
In American corporate governance, a "proxy fight" occurs when one or more dissident candidates challenge the board's own nominees for election to the board of directors. In the last few …
This is a policy-making short course focused on a controversial, highly-relevant, and rapidly-evolving public policy issue -- "government ethics" (for this short course, the laws governing lobbying and campaign finance). …
This short course examines contemporary controversies, influences, research, and roles surrounding school choice programs.
This course explores the foundation of transformative justice through a lens of holistic defense.
This short course will explore a historical sequence of important innovations in the design of corporate law, emphasizing the creativity that drives the field.
In this short course, students will examine the role of a special counsel investigating a president.
This course will examine the Supreme Court from the perspective of its institutional role and the behavior of its members and of those whose professional lives circle around it. Since …
This course introduces students to various topics within the broader field of artificial intelligence law.
This short course introduces students to various topics within the broader field of internet law.
This short course will examine salient features of the legal and economic framework in which we provide medical care in the United States.
This short course offers a quick but intensive training course in effective verbal communications.
This intensive interdisciplinary experience brings medical students and law students together for two-weeks to explore topical issues at the frontier of clinical care, law, and neuroethics through multidisciplinary readings, immersion …
This course will explore corporate litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery, the nation's preeminent forum for resolving business disputes, from a doctrinal and practical perspective. It will introduce students …
At the most basic level, it is easy to conceive of the role of a general counsel as giving advice to the entity and its agents on what the law …
The course will focus on the federal regulation of investment companies (mutual funds, close-end funds, ETFS) and their investment advisors.