Academics

Electives – Course Concentrations

Beyond courses required for each specific year of study, students select electives which correspond to their particular areas of interest in the law. Students also should be aware of the subject matter which will be tested on the bar examination in their respective jurisdictions and should schedule their courses accordingly.

The following courses do not reflect the entire catalog of courses offered by Duquesne University School of Law, but a selection of the commonly offered courses.

Agency

  • Tax Exempt Organizations
  • Federal Taxation of Individuals
  • Health Care Finance
  • Health Care Law
  • Corporate Employee Benefits
  • Tax Practice and Procedure
  • International Business Regulation
  • 501(c)(3) Clinics

Commercial Law

  • Advanced Problems in Contracts and Commercial Law
  • International Business Transactions
  • Contracts
  • Secured Transactions
  • Sales
  • Bankruptcy
  • Negotiable Instruments

Constitutional Law

  • First Amendment Seminar
  • Administrative Law
  • Constitutional History of the U.S.
  • Constitutional Law
  • Federal Courts and the Federal System
  • Pennsylvania Constitutional Law
  • American Legal History
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Immigration Law
  • Constitutional Criminal Procedure
  • Local Government
  • Legal Rights of the Elderly
  • Law of Presidential Power
  • Political and Civil Rights
  • Constitutional Jurisprudence

Corporate Law

  • Low Income Tax Practicum
  • Corporate and Partnership Tax
  • Accounting for Lawyers
  • Corporations
  • Securities Regulation
  • Business Planning
  • Antitrust
  • Real Estate Skills
  • Insurance Law
  • Consumer Law

Criminal Law

  • Criminal Practice Skills
  • Trial Advocacy
  • Practice Before the Minor Judiciary
  • Causes of Wrongful Convictions Seminar
  • Criminal Advocacy Clinic
  • Criminal Law and Procedure
  • Constitutional Law
  • Political and Civil Rights
  • Evidence
  • Federal Criminal Law
  • Pennsylvania Constitutional Law
  • Constitutional Criminal Procedure
  • Juvenile Law
  • Clinics

Law of the Aged

  • Estates and Trusts
  • Fiduciary Administration
  • Accounting for Lawyers
  • Estate Planning
  • Health Care Law
  • Law and Medicine
  • Law and Psychology
  • Law and Medical Ethics
  • Law and Psychiatry
  • Administrative Law
  • Legal Rights of the Elderly
  • Clinics

Environmental and Real Estate Law

  • Pennsylvania Environmental Law and Administrative Process
  • Administrative Law
  • Agency
  • Property
  • Federal & International Environmental Law
  • Construction Law
  • Real Estate Skills
  • Environmental Litigation Skills
  • Insurance Law
  • Real Estate Planning
  • Environmental Law
  • Air Pollution and Waste Management
  • Introduction to Environmental Law
  • Land Use Planning
  • Environmental and Toxic Torts Law
  • Clinics

Health Care Law

  • Administrative Law
  • Torts
  • Health Care Corporations Law
  • Law and Medical Ethics
  • Antitrust
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Health Care Finance
  • Law and Medicine
  • Tax Exempt Organizations
  • Health Care Law
  • Law and Medicine
  • Law and Psychology
  • Law and Psychiatry
  • Legal Rights of the Elderly
  • Clinics

Intellectual Property

  • Administrative Law
  • Antitrust
  • Computer Law
  • Patent and Trade Secret Law
  • Trademark and Copyright
  • Patent Bar
  • International Intellectual Property

International Law

  • Business Law of the European Union
  • International Business Transactions
  • Alternate Dispute Resolution
  • Commercial Transactions
  • Immigration Law
  • Law of the European Union
  • Securities Regulation
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Federal and International
  • Environmental Law
  • Comparative Law (Latin America)
  • International Intellectual Property
  • Comparative Law (Europe)
  • Philosophy of Law
  • International Law
  • Roman Law
  • Introduction to Jewish Law
  • Corporations

Labor and Employment Law

  • Public Sector Labor Law
  • Administrative Law
  • Torts
  • Labor Law
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Agency
  • Employee Benefits
  • Contracts
  • Clinics

Law and Human Resources

  • Administrative Law
  • Employment Discrimination
  • ERISA
  • Clinics

Law and Technology

  • Computer Law
  • Patent Bar
  • Air Pollution and Waste Management
  • Environmental and Toxic Torts Law
  • Patent and Trade Secret Law
  • Trademark and Copyright
  • Construction Law
  • Health Care Law

Skills Training and Clinics

  • Criminal Practice Skills
  • Low Income Tax Practicum
  • Deposition Skills
  • Practice Before the Minor Judiciary
  • Economic and Community Development Clinic
  • Pleading and Discovery Skills
  • Trial Advocacy
  • Appellate Practice Skills
  • Real Estate Skills
  • Alternate Dispute Resolution
  • Estate Planning
  • Pennsylvania Civil Procedure
  • Environmental Litigation Skills
  • Advanced Legal Writing
  • Legal Research and Writing
  • Clinics

Litigation

  • Advocacy and Adjudication
  • Deposition Skills
  • Practice Before the Minor Judiciary
  • Administrative Law
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Evidence
  • Insurance Law
  • Remedies and Damages
  • Tax Practice and Procedure
  • Trial Advocacy
  • Pennsylvania Civil Procedure
  • Criminal Law and Procedure
  • Constitutional Criminal Procedure
  • Federal Courts and the Federal System
  • Pleading and Discovery Skills
  • Environmental Litigation Skills
  • Appellate Practice Skills
  • Real Estate Skills
  • Patent Bar
  • Professional Responsibility
  • Clinics

Individual Welfare Law

  • Causes of Wrongful Convictions Seminar
  • First Amendment Seminar
  • Civil and Family Justice Clinic
  • Family Law
  • Consumer Law
  • Juvenile Law
  • Immigration Law
  • Estate Planning
  • Estates and Trusts
  • Legal Rights of the Elderly
  • Fiduciary Administration
  • Political and Civil Rights
  • Contracts
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Clinics

Personal and Professional Enrichment

  • Advocacy and Adjudication
  • Accounting for Lawyers
  • Saturday Review Course
  • Law and Religion
  • American Legal History
  • Constitutional Jurisprudence
  • Law of Presidential Power
  • Law and Psychology
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Law and Medicine
  • Comparative Law (Latin America)
  • Comparative Law (Europe)
  • Local Government Law
  • Professional Responsibility
  • Law of the European Union
  • Canon Law
  • Political and Civil Rights
  • Philosophy of Law
  • Roman Law
  • Law and Medical Ethics
  • Introduction to Jewish Law
  • Clinics

Regulatory Law

  • Pennsylvania Environmental Law and Administrative Process
  • Administrative Law
  • Antitrust
  • Local Government Law
  • Land Use Planning
  • Real Estate Planning
  • Securities Regulation
  • Immigration Law
  • Introduction to Environmental Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Air Pollution and Waste
  • Control Management
  • Insurance Law
  • Construction Law
  • Federal Taxation of Individuals
  • Tax Practice and Procedure
  • Clinics

Tax Law

  • Low Income Tax Practicum
  • Corporate and Partnership Tax
  • Tax Exempt Organizations
  • Estate Planning
  • Business Planning
  • Federal Taxation of Individuals
  • State and Local Tax
  • Tax Practices and Procedures
  • Clinics

 

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