Course Description

Not all courses described will be offered during any one academic year. Students should consult semester schedules and registration information to select courses that reflect their interests and that will allow them to meet graduation requirements.

Unless a course is designated as a first year course, it requires the completion of the courses taken in the first two evening semesters of law school. Those courses are Civil Procedure, Contracts, Lawyering Skills & Values I & II, Property, and Torts. These prerequisites are not separately listed in the course descriptions below.

If a course has additional prerequisites or corequisites (which might include Constitutional Law I or Criminal Law), those are listed as part of the course description. Prerequisites and corequisites cannot be waived. Students are responsible for ensuring they have taken the prerequisites for any course or are enrolled in the corequisites for any course. Failure to have taken prerequisites and corequisites may result in involuntary withdrawal from a course, with a concomitant loss of credits and possible delay of graduation.

Note: A student has completed a prerequisite if his or her record shows a grade (A through F or P/F) in the NSU system. Students who have not received a grade will be treated as completing a course only if the professor certifies to Student Affairs that the student has satisfied all course requirements other than the exam or final paper/project.

A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P R S T U W

Total Courses Available: 168

Administrative Law (3 Credits) LAW 0695 - Course focusing on the powers and structure of the administrative process in our constitutional system. Specific attention is given to the nature of the powers vested in administrative agencies, the problems of administrative procedure, and the scope of judicial review applicable in the context of agency rule-making and adjudication.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I
Recommended: Federal Jurisdiction

Admiralty Law (3 Credits) LAW 0800 - Course examining the law governing transportation on navigable waters. Topics discussed include: jurisdiction of federal and state courts to hear admiralty and maritime cases; personal injury and wrongful death claims; liability of carriers for damage to cargo; liability and damage arising from maritime collisions; chartering of vessels; salvage; and general average.

ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Clinic (8 Credits) LAW - Fall clinic providing student interns with the opportunity to serve as third-party neutrals in dispute resolution. Students register for an in-house placement (LAW 1035 - 4 credits Pass/D/Fail) and two 2-credit courses: a skills and interdisciplinary/policy course (LAW 1037 - 2 credits graded) and a doctrinal law course (LAW 1036 - 2 credits graded).
Additional Prerequisite(s): See Clinic Prerequisites

Advanced Criminal Law: Federal Crimes (2 Credits) LAW 0776 - Course examining the prosecution and defense of federal crimes, including racketeering, drug trafficking, bank secrecy, mail fraud, perjury, and obstruction of justice. The course also covers elements of and defenses to substantive crimes and selected issues in the investigative process, such as plea bargaining, immunity, and sentencing.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I and Criminal Law
Additional Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): Evidence

Advanced Legal Analysis Lab (0 Credits) LAW 1013 - Required component of the Critical Skills Program, giving students in their final year of law school skills needed to prepare for the bar exam. It consists of weekly labs focusing on areas covered on the multistate portion of the bar exam and tested in multiple choice format.

Advanced Legal Analysis Workshop (0 Credits) LAW 1014 - Required component of the Critical Skills Programgiving students in their final year of law school skills needed to prepare for the bar exam. It consists of weekly workshops focusing on areas covered on the state portion of the bar exam and tested in multiple choice and essay format.

Advanced Legal Research Techniques (2 Credits) LAW 0677 - Course examining the application of advanced techniques of legal research to complex legal problems. Students develop and perfect their skills in using basic research sources and learn the use of advanced research sources not covered in Lawyering Skills and Values I & II.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I and Criminal Law

Advanced Legal Research: Special Topics (1 Credit) LAW - One-credit special topics course focusing on advanced legal research methodologies and sources not covered in Lawyering Skills and Values I & II, including Florida Law, Administrative Law, Taxation, Bankruptcy, and International Law. Registration materials will list each available 1-credit topic with its own course number and any prerequisites or corequisites. No more than 3 credits in Advanced Legal Research, including Advanced Legal Research Techniques, may be counted toward graduation requirements.

Advanced Professional Responsibility Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 0697 - ALSV Workshop exploring ethical and professionalism issues encountered in transactional and litigation practice. Students participate in simulations of disciplinary committee discussions and consider whether a self-regulated disciplinary system is effective.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Professional Responsibility

Advanced Trial Advocacy (3 Credits) LAW 0893 - ALSV Workshop building upon the skills students have learned in the basic Trial Advocacy course. The focus is on advanced skills, including difficult witnesses, technology in the courtroom, damages in civil cases, and theory and theme selection. Students conduct direct and cross examinations, introduce evidence, make opening statements and closing arguments, and participate in two trials. The workshop is taught either in semester-long form or in a shorter, more-intensive format.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Evidence and Trial Advocacy

Agency (2 Credits) LAW 0920 - Course involving consideration of the ways in which one may incur liability for damages caused by the acts of others, particularly in the business setting, and of those circumstances which make it possible to take advantage of contracts into which one has not personally entered.

American and Caribbean Law Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 1073 - ALSV Workshop conducted with the American and Caribbean Law Initiative, an educational exchange with students from U.S. and Caribbean Law Schools. Students research problems assigned by a Caribbean or U.S. government agency, participate in a presentation to the agency, and prepare drafts and a final course paper. Research problems and areas vary each semester. Unless waived by an assigned faculty member, the course requires either a trip to a Caribbean country or a visit to a U.S. or state agency office to present completed research.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I and permission of the instructor

American Legal History Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0794 - Seminar concerning the social and historical development of American lawyers as a professional group; growth of a Colonial bar; anti-lawyer sentiment in the new republic; the rise of professional organizations and a corporate bar; the structure of legal education; popular culture as it helps shape as well as reflect public attitudes toward bench and bar; and stability and crisis in the contemporary period.

Animal Law (2 Credits) LAW 0526 - Course examining the law of non-human animals. Topics include litigation concerning companion pets and therapy pets; veterinary malpractice; trusts for non-human beneficiaries; and animal cruelty and neglect statutes. Ethics, policy, and social justice play an important role in class discussions about competing values and viewpoints. As the field develops, the course will also address issues such as the classification of animal rights terrorists as domestic terrorists under the Patriot Act and judicial recognition of higher primates as legal persons.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I and Criminal Law

Antitrust Law (3 Credits) LAW 1019 - Course examining U.S. antitrust laws, principally the Sherman Act and the Clayton Act, and the manner in which the federal courts have interpreted these laws to promote competition.

Appellate Practice Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 0874 - ALSV Workshop , examining the process of appellate advocacy and appellate decisionmaking. Using simulation exercises, students explore whether the record of a completed litigation presents appealable questions and which issues to appeal. They also develop the techniques of effective brief writing and oral argument and learn the theory and practice of law making by appellate adjudication.
Additional Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): Evidence

Arbitration (2 Credits) LAW 0667 - Course examining the theory and practice of arbitration in Florida, the United States, and internationally. Topics include drafting arbitration clauses, initiating and conducting an arbitration, under what circumstances arbitration is the better alternative in dispute resolution, and obtaining or avoiding the entry of judgment on an arbitration award.

Art Law Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0643 - Seminar exploring the impact of traditional legal concepts as they relate to the particular needs of the artist. Topics include destruction, smuggling, and theft of art work; censorship and artistic freedom; and copyright. Not open to students who have taken the Art Law course
Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I, Criminal Law, and Constitutional Law II

Aviation Law () LAW 0786 - This course examines the regulation of the aviation industry in the United States. Topics to be discussed include the principles and history of flight; the design, manufacture, modification, repair, and documentation of aircraft; the legal rights and duties of passengers and crewmembers; air cargo shipments; and the construction, financing, and use of airports. In addition to the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board, special attention will be given to how 9/11 has affected the field.

Bankruptcy Law (3 Credits) LAW 0783 - Course surveying the rights and remedies of debtors and creditors in bankruptcy and under state law. Strategic considerations of alternative remedies are emphasized. This is a prerequisite for Bankruptcy Workshop and is not open to students who are taking or have taken Bankruptcy Workshop.

Bankruptcy Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 0601 - ALSV Workshop examining the rights of creditors and debtors using simulations and exercises. Students assume the role of lawyers involved in bankruptcies and bankruptcy-related proceedings.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Bankruptcy Law

Bioethics Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0897 - Seminar exploring legal and ethical issues faced by patients and physicians as a result of developing medical technology. Topics include organ transplantation, genetic engineering, such end of life decisions as physician assisted suicide, reproductive rights including abortion, and experimentation on fetuses and other human subjects.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I

Business Entities (4 Credits) LAW 0516 - Course introducing the law of business organizations, including agency, partnership, limited liability companies, and business corporations. Topics include choice of entity, formation and structure of the entity, power and fiduciary responsibility of management, rights and liabilities of shareholders, corporate capital structure and finance, and shareholders' derivative litigation. Federal securities law is introduced. This is a required second year course for both day and evening students.

Business Planning Workshop (3 Credits) LAW 0807 - ALSV Workshop examining business problems, including choice of business entities; formation of corporations; business agreements, such as shareholders' agreements for closely-held corporations; and use of qualified deferred compensation agreements. The course also may cover recapitalizations, mergers, and other reorganizations and divisions. Problems are analyzed using principles of corporate or partnership law and federal tax law.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Business Entities and Income Tax (LAW 0701). Introduction to Income Tax (LAW 0702) does not satisfy the Income Tax prerequisite for this course.

Business Practice Clinic (12 Credits FT or 6 Credits PT) LAW - Fall or Winter clinic giving students an opportunity to develop business skills in a corporate law office, business law firm, or government/administrative legal department under the mentorship of an experienced business law attorney. Students register for an external placement (LAW 0947 - 9 credits Pass/D/Fail for FT placements or LAW 0948 – 3 credits Pass/D/Fail for PT placements) and one 3-credit course (Practice & Perspectives - LAW 0949 - 3 credits Pass/D/Fail).
Additional Prerequisite(s): See Clinic Prerequisites

Children and Families Clinic - Fall or Winter (12 Credits) LAW - Fall or Winter clinic giving students an opportunity to serve as interns either in the NSU in-house clinic, under the supervision of NSU Law professor-practitioners, or in a legal-aid or government office that provides legal assistance to children and families. Students register for an in-house or external placement (LAW 0929 - 6 credits Pass/D/Fail) and three 2-credit courses: a skills course (Advanced Practice Skills - LAW 0930 - 2 credits graded), a doctrinal course (Clinical Family Law - LAW 0932 - 2 credits graded), and a policy course (Children's Legal Rights - LAW 0931 - 2 credits graded).
Additional Prerequisite(s): See Clinic Prerequisites

Children and Families Clinic - Summer (6 Credits) LAW - Summer clinic giving students an opportunity to serve as interns either in the NSU in-house clinic, under the supervision of NSU Law professor-practitioners, or in a legal-aid or government office that provides legal assistance to children and families. Students register for an in-house or external placement (LAW 0928 - 4 credits - Pass/D/Fail) and one 2-credit course combining interdisciplinary/policy issues, skills, and doctrinal law (LAW 0927- 2 credits graded).
Additional Prerequisite(s): See Clinic Prerequisites

Civil Forfeiture Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 0869 - ALSV Workshop examining forfeiture law beginning with its historical and theoretical aspects and progressing to contemporary practice and procedure. Students draft pleadings and other legal documents.
Additional Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): Criminal Procedure

Civil Pre-Trial Practice (3 Credits) LAW 0517 - ALSV Workshop involving simulation of the pre-trial process. Students participate in motion hearings and oral depositions. They also draft attorney fee agreements, pleadings, written discovery, motions and accompanying memoranda of law, a final pre-trial order, and jury instructions. This workshop is required for all students in the Litigation Track.
Additional Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): Evidence

Civil Procedure (4 Credits) LAW 0652 - Course introducing the theory and mechanics of enforcing substantive rights through civil litigation. Major concepts emphasized include the jurisdiction of state and federal courts; pleadings and pre-trial motions; discovery; post-trial motions; and the appellate process. This is a required first year course for day and evening students.

Civil Rights Litigation Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0615 - Seminar exploring the history and current scope of 42 USC §§ 1981-1985 as remedies for constitutional deprivations and as a means to enforce statutory rights. The course considers both actions for injunctive relief and actions for damages and examines the defenses available to individual defendants and governmental bodies.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I

Civil Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2 Credits) LAW 0501 - Course examining the legislation, regulations, and cases determining the rights of individuals with various disabilities and the constitutional rights of persons with mental illness or mental retardation. Among the topics studied are rights to employment, education, access to buildings and transportation systems, and medical treatment. Students who are part of the Persons with Disabilities Project have preference over other students for seats in this course.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I

Comparative Corporate Governance Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 1060 - Seminar examining and comparing the structure, objectives, and mechanism of corporate governance. The U.S. corporate governance structure is compared with that of England, Germany, and a developing country such as Cameroon in areas such as monitoring and legal compliance, executive compensation, takeovers, derivative litigation and enforcement of director duties, shareholder activism, and competition for corporate chartering.
Additional Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): Business Entities

Comparative Law Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0668 - Seminar examining and comparing the history, structure, and institutions of civil law, common law, and other legal traditions in Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. In certain years, the seminar may focus on one or more specific legal regimes.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I and Criminal Law

Computers and the Law (2 Credits) LAW 0788 - Course examining the law governing computer software and digital content. Topics include: jurisdiction and choice of law; intellectual property in cyberspace; content regulation; privacy; anonymity and encryption; unauthorized access; electronic commerce; international computer law; and internet governance. No background in computer science is required, although students should be willing to be exposed to some technical terminology.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I and Criminal Law

Condominium Law (3 Credits) LAW 0866 - Course examining the legal and practical considerations in selecting the condominium format of development. The course includes an in-depth look at condominium operations, from board liability and responsibility to enforcement of covenants and restrictions.

Conflict of Laws (3 Credits) LAW 0693 - Course emphasizing choice of governing law in cases involving multi-jurisdictional elements. The focus is on analyzing when a court may or should adopt the law of another jurisdiction. Other topics studied include the state's obligation to recognize the judgments of sister states and the limits of personal jurisdiction.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I, Criminal Law, Family Law, and Wills and Trusts (LAW 0655) (students can substitute the separate courses in Wills (LAW 0955) AND Trusts (LAW 0956) for Wills and Trusts).

Constitutional Decisionmaking Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0797 - Seminar developing an understanding of the dynamics of the judicial decisionmaking processes of the U.S. Supreme Court. Topics covered include constitutional treatment of race and gender, presidential powers and the war on terrorism, and the welfare state.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I

Constitutional Law I (4 Credits) LAW 0625 - Course examining the Constitution of the United States, its interpretation, and its application. Topics include developments relating to judicial review of legislative action, problems of federalism, limits on the power of government regulation, and the protection of civil and political rights. This is a required first year course for day students and a required second year course for evening students.

Constitutional Law II (2 Credits) LAW 0629 - Course involving in-depth consideration of the federal constitutional protection of freedom of speech and freedom of religion, with emphasis on freedom of speech in the political context. This is a required second year course for day students and a required third year course for evening students.

Construction Law (2 Credits) LAW 0919 - Course investigating the construction process and the legal relationships among the participants. Topics include construction contracts, bidding on contracts, contracts with architects and engineers, liens, and responsibility for payment and for defects.

Consumer Protection (3 Credits) LAW 0504 - Course examining the regulation of unfair and deceptive trade practices under the common law, the Federal Trade Commission Act, administrative regulations and decisions, policy statements, and the Florida Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Students who take this course during a Fall or Winter semester must perform 24 hours of volunteer work at the Broward County Consumer Affairs Department during that semester.

Contracts (4 Credits) LAW 0612 - Course providing a comprehensive study of the creation, transfer, and termination of contract rights and duties. This is a required first year course for day and evening students.

Copyrights and Trademarks (3 Credits) LAW 0816 - Course examining the protection available for original works of authorship (including literary, artistic, and musical works, as well as computer programs) under the federal Copyright Act, and of the protection available for trademarks under state and federal law. With respect to both copyright and trademark law, we consider: what is potentially protectable, the requirements for protection, the extent of that protection, how infringement is proven, and defenses that may be raised by an alleged infringer.

Corporate Finance (3 Credits) LAW 1047 - Course surveying corporate finance and the process of capital formation, debt, preferred stocks, convertible securities, distributions, and acquisitions.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Business Entities

Corporate Tax (3 Credits) LAW 0769 - Course examining corporate tax law, including formation, operation, and receipt of recurring and liquidating distributions.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Business Entities and Income Tax (LAW 0701). Introduction to Income Tax (LAW 0702) does not satisfy the Income Tax prerequisite for this course.

Corporate Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 0748 - ALSV Workshop involving issues that arise in a corporate setting. Depending on the instructor’s focus, which will be announced in advance of registration, this workshop may cover venture capital financing, initial public offerings, reorganizations or mergers, securities arbitration, or other relevant topics. Students will draft documents and engage in role-playing appropriate to the workshop’s focus.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Business Entities
Recommended: Income Tax, Securities Regulation, and Corporate Tax will be helpful if taken before or concurrently with Corporate Workshop.

Criminal Justice Clinic - Fall or Winter (12 Credits) LAW - Fall or Winter clinic giving students an opportunity to intern in a prosecutors or public defenders office, where they learn the practical aspects of trial preparation and may participate in actual trials. Students register for an external placement (LAW 0933 - 6 credits Pass/D/Fail) and three graded 2-credit courses: a skills course (Criminal Justice Clinic Problems - LAW 0935 - 2 credits graded), a doctrinal course (Advanced Criminal Procedure - LAW 0936 - 2 credits graded), and an interdisciplinary/policy course (Psychology and the Criminal Process - LAW 0934 - 2 credits graded).
Additional Prerequisite(s): See Clinic Prerequisites
Recommended: Criminal Pre-Trial Practice

Criminal Justice Clinic - Summer (6 Credits) LAW - Summer clinic giving students an opportunity to intern in a prosecutors or public defenders office, where they learn the practical aspects of trial preparation and may participate in actual trials. Students register for an external placement (LAW 0938 - 4 credits Pass/D/Fail) and one 2-credit course combining interdisciplinary/policy issues, skills, and doctrinal law (LAW 0937 - 2 credits graded).
Additional Prerequisite(s): See Clinic Prerequisites
Recommended: Criminal Pre-Trial Practice

Criminal Law (4 Credits) LAW 0670 - Course examining basic principles of American criminal law: definition of crimes, criminal responsibility, defenses, proof, and punishment.

Electives may also be taken - see below for additional graduation requirements and recommended bar courses (check prerequisites before registering)

Criminal Pre-Trial Practice (2 Credits) LAW 0711 - ALSV Workshop involving simulation of pre-trial practice in a criminal law context.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Evidence

Criminal Procedure (3 Credits) LAW 0645 - Course introducing the basic Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment constitutional doctrines that govern the investigative and pre-trial stages of the criminal justice system. Students may use Criminal Procedure to satisfy their two-out-of-three menu requirement. This is a second year preference course for day and evening students.

Criminal Procedure - AAMPLE® (0 Credits) LAW 1645 - AAMPLE® course introducing the basic Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment constitutional doctrines that govern the investigative and pre-trial stages of the criminal justice system. Students may use Criminal Procedure AAMPLE® to satisfy their two-out-of-three menu requirement.

Current Constitutional Issues Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0796 - Seminar examining current issues in American constitutional law. Past topics have included Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Gender Discrimination, The Patriot Act, AIDS Law, and Racial Discrimination. This seminar may be offered under a different course number tied to a particular constitutional issue.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I

Current Supreme Court Cases Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 0509 - ALSV Workshop in which students discuss, debate, and try to “decide” some of the leading cases presently before the U.S. Supreme Court. Each student will be asked once or twice during the term to advocate one side of a given case and take questions from the class. Students will also submit written opinions for these cases. Any student, other than one presenting the arguments, may write a concurring or dissenting opinion in any case. These cases have, for the most part, divided lower courts and will likely divide the U.S. Supreme Court. On a voluntary basis, students will have an opportunity to attend oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I

Defamation, Privacy and Publicity (3 Credits) LAW 0642 - Course examining the law relating to economic torts. It covers deceit, defamation, business defamation, product disparagement, interference with contractual obligation, invasion of privacy, abuse of the judicial system, and civil rights torts. The course concludes with a study of issues of current concern, such as tort reform.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I

Dependency Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 2001 - ALSV Workshop examining dependency court practices and procedure governing cases of alleged child abuse and neglect, from filing of the initial shelter petition through termination of parental rights. Through assigned readings, discussions, writing assignments, and simulated dependency hearings, students learn both effective representation of children and case file management. The optional fieldwork portion of this workshop provides students with the opportunity to participate in the representation of children in the Broward County Guardian Ad Litem Program. Not open to students who have taken Guardian Ad Litem (LAW 0808) before Fall 2005.

Domestic Violence Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 0694 - ALSV Workshop examining domestic violence issues from the perspective of law practice in a variety of doctrinal areas. Areas of coverage may include issues related to family law, civil procedure, evidence, criminal law, constitutional law, tort law, immigration, cross-cultural and same-sex relationships, professional responsibility, and alternative dispute resolution.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Family Law

Elder Law Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0737 - Seminar involving study of a broad range of doctrinal and policy issues having a strong impact on the elderly in the United States. In addition to focusing on doctrinal law, the seminar employs an interdisciplinary approach to highlight the unique aspects of elder law and emphasize the ethical and professional issues faced by attorneys representing older clients.

Electoral Process (2 Credits) LAW 0602 - Course examining the American electoral system. Topics include local governance and the role of political parties, preclearance and the Voting Rights Act, majority rule and minority vote dilution, redistricting, campaign finance, and Bush v. Gore.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I

Elements of Legal Analysis I (0 Credits) LAW 1088 - Fall semester second-year component of the Critical Skills Program. ELA I is mandatory for any student whose overall GPA was below 2.6 after his/her first two semesters of law school. ELA I consists of individualized sessions, small group sessions, workshops, and writing labs, all of which are designed to enhance the skills necessary to successfully complete law school and become licensed to practice law. ELA I is also available to any student in his or her first semester of the second year, regardless of GPA.

Elements of Legal Analysis II (0 Credits) LAW 1089 - Winter semester second-year component of the Critical Skills Program. ELA II is mandatory for any student whose overall GPA is below 2.6 after his/her first three semesters of law school. It is also mandatory for any student whose GPA was below 2.60 in each of the first two semesters of law school irrespective of GPA after the third semester of law school. ELA II consists of individualized sessions, small group sessions, workshops, and writing labs, all of which are designed to enhance the skills necessary to successfully complete law school and become licensed to practice law. It is also available for any student in his or her second semester of the second year, regardless of GPA.

Eminent Domain (3 Credits) LAW 1075 - Course providing an overview of eminent domain proceedings. Students learn to handle a simple condemnation action and to find, analyze, and apply the law in this area. Topics covered include: authority of the condemning agency to exercise power; public purpose doctrine; necessity for the taking; administrative considerations; order of taking; pre-trial and trial preparation and procedures; and inverse condemnation issues and private property rights protection as they affect the condemnation proceeding. Florida law is addressed as well.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I

Employee Benefits Law Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 1053 - ALSV Workshop introducing the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and employee benefit provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The workshop raises issues encountered by lawyers practicing in the fields of civil rights, domestic relations, bankruptcy, labor, or corporate and securities, through a series of practice-oriented research and drafting assignments regarding retirement, health, and other employee benefit plans.
Recommended: Income Tax

Employment Discrimination (3 Credits) LAW 0633 - Course surveying federal law prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of race, national origin, sex, age, and disability. The course focuses principally on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and secondarily on the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Reconstruction Era civil rights statutes.

Employment Law (3 Credits) LAW 0632 - Course examining the rights of individual employees in mostly non-union settings. The course covers a wide array of federal laws governing most employees, including minimum wage laws, the Family Medical Leave Act, workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, pension law, and employment discrimination law.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I and Constitutional Law II

Entertainment Law (2 Credits) LAW 1048 - Course surveying legal doctrines involved in entertainment litigation and transactions, including artistic control, credit and attribution, compensation, and legal issues arising from evolving entertainment technology. Recommended: Copyright or Copyrights and Trademarks. Not open to students who have taken a combined Sports & Entertainment Law course.

Environmental and Land Use Clinic - Fall or Winter (12 Credits) LAW - Fall or Winter clinic giving students an opportunity to serve as interns in-house on complex litigation matters under the supervision of NSU Law professor-practitioners or externally with government offices or private law firms specializing in environmental issues. Students register for an in-house or external placement (LAW 0951 - 6 credits Pass/D/Fail), and three 2-credit courses: a skills course (Environmental and Land Use Practice and Procedure - LAW 0952 - 2 credits graded), a doctrinal course (Advanced Environmental and Land Use Law - LAW 0953 - 2 credits graded), and an interdisciplinary/policy course (Environmental Science and the Lawyering Process - LAW 0954 - 2 credits graded).
Additional Prerequisite(s): See Clinic Prerequisites

Environmental and Land Use Clinic - Summer (6 Credits) LAW - Summer clinic giving students an opportunity to serve as interns in-house on complex litigation matters under the supervision of NSU Law professor-practitioners or externally with government offices or private law firms specializing in environmental issues. Students register for an in-house or external placement (LAW 0957 - 4 credits Pass/D/Fail) and one 2-credit course combining interdisciplinary/policy issues, skills, and doctrinal law (LAW 1042 - 2 credits graded).
Additional Prerequisite(s): See Clinic Prerequisites

Environmental Law (2 Credits) LAW 0771 - Course emphasizing federal legislation aimed at controlling pollution and protecting the human environment. Topics include: the nature, effects, and legal control of air and water pollution; regulation of wetlands dredging and development; and protection of land and groundwater from hazardous waste contamination. The course also considers selected common law doctrines, judicial review of agency decisionmaking, and practical issues arising in environmental disputes.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I

Environmental Law and Business (2 Credits) LAW 0950 - Course surveying the business aspects of environmental law, with emphasis on the environmental components of business transactions, disclosure obligations, document preparation, and the potential environmental liabilities of lenders, trustees, and others.

Estate and Gift Tax (3 Credits) LAW 0715 - Course providing an intensive examination of the federal estate and gift tax laws, key related income tax provisions, and selected issues of estate law policy.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Wills and Trusts (LAW 0655) or BOTH Wills (LAW 0955) and Trusts (LAW 0956).
Recommended: Income Tax (LAW 0701 or LAW 0702).

Estate Planning Workshop (3 Credits) LAW 0725 - ALSV Workshop involving a practice-oriented study of estate planning, including estate, gift, and income tax aspects, with concentrations on the marital deduction and unified credit, use of irrevocable trusts, and drafting.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Income Tax (LAW 0701); Wills and Trusts (LAW 0655) or BOTH Wills (LAW 0955) and Trusts (LAW 0956). Introduction to Income Tax (LAW 0702) does not satisfy the Income Tax prerequisite for this course.

Evidence (4 Credits) LAW 0614 - Course considering rules relating to methods of proof of disputed facts, including competency, privileges, examination of witnesses, relevance, hearsay, and principal rules of exclusion. This is a required second year course for day students and a required third year course for evening students.

Evidence Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 2000 - ALSV Workshop focusing on Florida rules of evidence warranting in-depth analysis, such as those pertaining to expert witnesses, the jury process from selection to function, privileges, judicial notice, presumptions, and burdens of proof. The workshop blends specific doctrinal issues with their practical application. It also examines Florida law and other state law distinctions important for the Florida practitioner.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Evidence

Family Law (3 Credits) LAW 0635 - Course covering the law regarding the family relationship - including the rights and responsibilities of parents, spouses, grandparents, and children - and the creation and dissolution of the family. Topics include adoption, spouse and child abuse, alimony, property distribution, child support, and child custody. Students may use Family Law to satisfy their two-out-of-three menu requirement. This is a second year preference course for day students and evening students.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I

Family Law Litigation Workshop (3 Credits) LAW 0686 - ALSV Workshop workshop involving issues and problems involved in the litigation of marital dissolutions. Students explore all stages from initial client interview, pre-trial motions, and discovery, through trial, property settlement, and post judgment relief.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Evidence and Family Law

Federal Jurisdiction (3 Credits) LAW 0685 - Course examining the jurisdiction of the federal courts. The course considers the source of federal jurisdiction, constitutional and statutory limits, problems of federalism, and appellate and collateral review.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I

Florida Constitutional Law (2 Credits) LAW 0775 - Course surveying the organic law of the State of Florida, with special emphasis on legislative and executive powers, organization and powers of the judiciary, finance and taxation, and local government. Students also learn the state's history and organizational scheme and the various entities that affect the public and private lives of citizens.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I

Florida Land Development Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 1016 - ALSV Workshop in which students participate in mock permitting hearings and negotiations with respect to a hypothetical land development project in Florida. The workshop introduces students to state, regional, and local permitting processes that are implicated in major land development projects in Florida.

Gambling Law (2 Credits) LAW 0525 - Course examining the history, current status, and future prospects of gambling laws in Florida and throughout the United States, with considerable attention devoted to the methods used by states and the federal government to ensure the integrity of the gaming industry and suppress its attendant ills (including compulsive gambling and organized crime). Although the course focuses primarily on casinos, considerable time is spent discussing lotteries, pari-mutuel wagering, and sports bookmaking.

Goodwin Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 1078 - Seminar exploring emerging issues of law, led by a faculty member and distinguished experts in law and other disciplines. Past topics have included Tradewinds in Caribbean Law, Securities Law and Policy, International Human Rights in the 21st Century, and Media Intrusion into Private Lives. Students prepare a paper on a topic related to the seminar topic. Registration materials will list the current seminar, which may have a different course number, and any prerequisites or corequisites.

Health Law (3 Credits) LAW 0997 - Course surveying statutes, regulations, cases, legal issues, and policy considerations facing health care professionals, providers, and consumers in a rapidly changing field. Topics include physician assisted suicide; physician-patient relationships; patient rights, including informed consent, confidentiality, and withholding and withdrawal of treatment; medical staff privileges and discipline; access to emergency services; business, competition, and antitrust issues; fraud and abuse compliance; mental health; health care workers and communicable diseases, including HIV and AIDS; public health and bioterrorism; modern reproductive issues, including the genome and cloning; technology as applied to health care delivery and services; and business aspects of clinical research on human subjects.

Immigration, Nationality, and Refugee Law (2 Credits) LAW 0723 - Course examining the key issues, policies, and regulations governing the entrance of persons into the United States, including status, classification, preferences, asylum, and review.
Recommended: Constitutional Law I and Administrative Law

Income Tax (3 Credits) LAW 0701 - Course introducing basic concepts of federal income taxation: gross income; exemptions, deductions, and credits; timing and other problems involving accounting methods; capital gains and losses; and assignment of income. Not open to students who are taking or have taken Introduction to Income Tax (LAW 0702). This course is a Fall semester second year preference course for day students and is offered every Fall semester for third and fourth year evening students.

Insurance (3 Credits) LAW 0830 - Course examining principles of insurance law and providing an overview of life, fire, casualty, and marine insurance. Topics include negotiation and settlement of insurance claims and frequently litigated conditions and exclusions in insurance contracts.

International Business Transactions (3 Credits) LAW 0837 - Course surveying legal issues involved in international commercial transactions. Topics include letters of credit, bills of lading, COGSA, customs, GATT, export regulation, and remedies for unfair international trade practices.

International Criminal Law Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 1043 - Seminar examining selected international criminal law issues, including the rapidly developing system for international prosecution of crimes, economic crimes (e.g., money laundering and drug trafficking), and crimes against humanity (e.g., terrorism, genocide, and war crimes). Relevant procedural issues are examined, including jurisdiction, extradition, and prosecution in international tribunals.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Criminal Law
Recommended: Criminal Procedure

International Law (3 Credits) LAW 0840 - Course introducing the international legal system and the way in which international law and international legal institutions shape relations between states. Topics include the legal relationship between nations, the nature and sources of international law, international organizations, the International Court of Justice, and current international law issues.

International Law Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0843 - Seminar dealing with international law and the use of force by states. While the course provides an overview of how public international law has attempted to regulate the resort to war by governments (including WWI, WW2, Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, Panama, the Gulf), it will focus somewhat more specifically on Balkan wars.

International Litigation (2 Credits) LAW 0836 - Course exploring special problems that U.S. lawyers encounter when litigating a dispute in another country, including service of process abroad, obtaining evidence abroad, and extra-territorial application of U.S. law. Included in the course is a discussion of these concepts as they relate to arbitration.

International Practice Clinic (12 Credits FT or 8 Credits PT) LAW - Winter clinic giving students an opportunity to intern with international humanitarian organizations or private law firms specializing in international business law or in immigration law. Students register for an external placement (LAW 0980 - 8 credits Pass/D/Fail for FT placements or LAW 0981 – 4 credits Pass/D/Fail for PT placements), a 3-credit courses (International Legal Practice - LAW 0982 – 3 credit graded), and a 1-credit biweekly course (LAW 0983 1 credit).
Additional Prerequisite(s): See Clinic Prerequisites

International Protection of Human Rights (3 Credits) LAW 0722 - Course introducing the institutions and legal framework for the international protection of human rights, including UN and regional systems for human rights protection. The course also focuses on the legal role of the state and the individual in the global community and compares U.S. domestic law with the emerging law of human rights. Not open to students who are taking or have taken the International Protection of Human Rights Seminar (LAW 0617).

International Protection of Human Rights Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0617 - Seminar considering human rights laws and the institutions and processes for their protection and enforcement. Topics include problems of implementation and enforcement, conflicting concepts of human rights, cultural relativism, refugee law, humanitarian law, and transitions to democracy in Latin America. The seminar also covers the domestic application of human rights law and the procedural mechanisms available for their international protection. Not open to students who are taking or have taken the International Protection of Human Rights course (LAW 0722).

International Regulation of Trade (2 Credits) LAW 0514 - Course focusing on the international rules and organizations that attempt to regulate trade and investment between nations. Topics include: the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); the World Trade Organization (WTO); free trade agreements such as NAFTA; customs unions such as the European Union; and U.S. institutions involved with international trade.

International Tax (2 Credits) LAW 0703 - Course focusing on the ways in which the U.S. tax system applies to international transactions. Topics include both the taxation of foreign entities and foreign individuals doing business in or investing in the U.S. ("inbound transactions") and the taxation of U.S. entities and U.S. individuals investing, exporting, licensing, rendering services, and engaging in business activities outside the U.S. ("outbound transactions").
Additional Prerequisite(s): Income Tax (LAW 701 or LAW 702) is a prerequisite. Students with an accounting, undergraduate business major, or M.B.A. degree may take Income Tax as a Corequisite.

Interviewing and Counseling (2 Credits) LAW 1062 - ALSV Workshop examining and developing the skills involved in investigating facts and interviewing and counseling clients. Instructional techniques include readings, discussions, audiovisual presentations, and extensive participation in role-plays and simulations. Students also investigate doctrinal, procedural, and evidentiary issues in order to discharge effectively their role in each step of the process. Not open to students who are taking or have taken Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiating (LAW 0665).
Additional Prerequisite(s): Evidence

Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiating (3 Credits) LAW 0665 - ALSV Workshop examining and developing skills involved in investigating facts, interviewing and counseling clients, settling disputes, and negotiating transactions. Instructional techniques include readings, discussions, audiovisual presentations, and extensive participation in role-plays and simulations. Students also investigate doctrinal, procedural, and evidentiary issues in order to discharge effectively their role in each step of the process. Not open to students who are taking or have taken Negotiating Workshop (LAW 0672) or Interviewing and Counseling (LAW 1062).
Additional Prerequisite(s): Evidence

Introduction to EU Law (2 Credits) LAW 1071 - Course examining the law and legal structures of the European Union. Topics include: the legislative, administrative, and judicial structure of the EU; allocation of power between EU and member states; relationships with nonmember states; and rights of EU citizens.

Introduction to Income Tax (2 Credits) LAW 0702 - Course introducing basic tax concepts such as gross and taxable income, inflation adjustments, and basis. Students will be exposed to how tax law influences such life or litigation events as saving for a child's education and making intrafamily gifts; structuring a personal injury settlement; buying (and later selling) versus renting a home; and obtaining a divorce. Not open to students who are taking or have taken Income Tax (LAW 0701). This course does not satisfy the Income Tax prerequisite for Business Planning Workshop, Corporate Tax, or Estate Planning Workshop.

Introduction to Spanish Law (1 Credit) LAW 0513 - Online course taught in Spanish by professors from the University of Barcelona, introducing different aspects of Spanish law, e.g., constitutional law, civil law, and civil procedure; European community law; and the geography and history of Spain. The course is taught every Fall semester, in a five-week period, following the end of the Selected Topics in Spanish Law course. This is a required course for students interested in participating in the NSU-UB dual degree program. It is an elective for all other students.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I, Criminal Law, and fluency in Spanish.

Jewish Law Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 1074 - Seminar exploring aspects of Jewish law that involve the relationship of human beings to one another and within the context of society. The seminar considers traditional texts, including the Tanakh and the Talmud, and canons of interpretation (legal hermeneutics). Specific topics include criminal law (capital punishment), family law (get or bill of divorce), estate planning (inter vivos and testamentary gifts), debtor-creditor law (prohibition against interest and sabbatical year), humane laws and duties (duty to rescue), and constitutional issues regarding application of Jewish law in the United States.

Judicial Internship (3 Credits) LAW - External placement offering students an opportunity to serve as research clerks to state trial and appellate court judges, federal magistrates, and federal court judges. Students must register for both the Judicial Internship (LAW 0734 - 2 credits Pass/D/Fail) and a Judicial Internship Class (LAW 0719 - 1 credit graded). The class surveys the operation of U.S. courts, the goals and pressures of the judicial system, the function of juries, judicial powers and methods, and the judiciary's role in law reform.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I and Criminal Law; 2.2 GPA (3.0 federal district court; 2.8 other federal; 2.6 for DCA; or higher set by the judge). Placements are made by the professor, not by the student. Students must attend the mandatory meeting during January of the semester before the summer program begins. The professor will make placements as soon after that meeting as they can be arranged. The summer program is limited to 20 students. If more than 20 students apply, 1L students are given preference.

Jurisprudence Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0735 - Seminar examining the relationship between selected areas of western philosophy and the specific concerns of legal philosophy. Topics include knowledge and truth; minds, bodies and persons; ethics and moral responsibility; and philosophy and religion.

Juvenile Law (2 Credits) LAW 0506 - Course examining the juvenile justice system, focusing on issues of delinquency, dependency (abuse and neglect), and status offenses (non-criminal misbehavior).
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I, Criminal Law, and Criminal Procedure

Labor Law (3 Credits) LAW 0750 - Course surveying federal law governing labor-management relations, including union representation, collective bargaining, strikes, and lockouts.

Land Use Planning Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0704 - Seminar examining police power techniques available to state and local governments to regulate land development. The seminar examines basic legal concepts underlying land use control, including nuisance and the "takings" question, aspects of zoning and subdivision control, and recent innovations, such as planned unit development and growth management.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I

Landlord Tenant Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 1070 - ALSV Workshop continuing the study of landlord and tenant law begun in the basic course on property. Students draft and negotiate a lease in order to gain greater understanding of both commercial and residential relationships.

Law and Education: Students with Disabilities Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0902 - Seminar examining the educational rights of students with disabilities, focusing on the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The seminar considers the impact of these Acts on the public school system, as well as the rights they provide to students with disabilities attending primary and secondary schools and public and private colleges and universities.

Law and Literature Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0718 - Seminar examining the interrelationship of literature and the law. The seminar considers how attorneys may use literary techniques and devices and how literary themes influence the life and practice of the lawyer. It compares approaches of the law and literature to various problems, noting when the human element can properly serve as a tool for the lawyer. Students learn the need for good writing technique in legal documents. Readings come predominantly from poetry, short stories, and drama.
Additional Prerequisite(s): 2.5 average GPA in Lawyering Skills and Values I & II or an M.A. or higher in English or American Literature

Law and Medicine Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0895 - Seminar examining the interrelationship between the professions of law and medicine in a variety of contexts.

Law and Psychiatry Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 1077 - Seminar dealing with the relationship between legal and mental health systems. Topics include: professional liability; confidentiality in psychotherapy; the Tarasoff case; involuntary hospitalization and treatment; Florida's Baker Act; children and families; competency to stand trial in criminal cases; mental disorders and mens rea; and legal regulation and psychiatric medication.

Law of E-commerce (3 Credits) LAW 0500 - Course that will provide an introduction to the legal and policy issues raised by electronic commerce. Specifically, the course will discuss the legal requirements of electronic commerce including issues such as jurisdiction, choice of laws and conflict of laws, trademark and domain names, cybersquatting, electronic contracting (i.e., click-wrap and shrink-wrap agreements), electronic auctions, electronic payments, taxation, online dispute resolution, data protection, tort, defamation, constitutional law, online privacy issues, intellectual property, procedural, domestic and international conflicts and regulation.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I; Criminal Law

Law of Managed Health Care (3 Credits) LAW 1044 - Course examining the history of health insurance, the emergence of managed care, and the legal structures of the organizations that deliver managed care. The course reviews current judicial and legislative developments and application of ERISA law to modern managed care relationships. Additional topics include legal responsibilities and liabilities of the participants from three different, but related, perspectives: managed care organizations; health care providers (physicians and hospitals); and patients.

Law Office Management Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 0651 - ALSV Workshop providing hands-on experience in the practical aspects of organizing a law practice. The workshop is divided into units covering The Office and Its Technology, Bar Grievances and Attorney Malpractice, Trust Accounting in Florida, Good Billing Practices, Marketing, and Small Firm Survival. Included in these units are concepts useful in litigation and transactional practice, such as corporate structure, real estate contracts, employment procedures, and office infrastructure.

Lawyering Skills and Values I (3 Credits) LAW 0753 - Course integrating legal theory with practice, professionalism, and technology in a transactional setting. LSV I combines instruction in legal research, writing, and analysis with other practical lawyering skills while focusing on predictive legal analysis. Case files are used to develop problem-solving strategies, conduct legal research, draft legal memoranda, and negotiate a settlement of a transactional case. This is a required first year course for day and evening students.

Lawyering Skills and Values II (3 Credits) LAW 0754 - Course integrating legal theory with practice, professionalism, and technology in a pre-trial litigation setting. As students work through a case file, they interview clients, draft demand letters, client letters, pleadings and motions, research and write pre-trial memoranda, develop persuasive writing skills, counsel clients, orally argue a motion, and participate in court-ordered mediation. This is a required first year course for day and evening students who have received a passing grade in LSV I. Students who do not receive a passing grade in LSV I during the first year must take LSV II the first time it is offered after they receive a passing grade in LSV I.
Prerequisite(s): Passing grade in Lawyering Skills and Values I (LSV I).

Legal Drafting Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 0752 - ALSV Workshop in which students prepare documents in the context of ongoing transactions.

Legal Study Skills I (0 Credits) LAW 0523 - Fall semester first-year component of the Critical Skills Program, addressing and developing essential skills. Legal Study Skills I begins in Orientation with classes describing the stages of a lawsuit, court structure, case structure, case briefing, and synthesis. It continues through the Fall semester with small group sessions teaching the skills necessary to succeed in the early stages of law school. This is a required first year course for day and evening students.

Legal Study Skills II (0 Credits) LAW 0527 - Winter semester first-year component of the Critical Skills Program, addressing and developing essential skills. Legal Study Skills II first entails learning from the first semester exams and reviewing class preparation, note taking, and outlining. It then turns to preparing for exams. This is a required first year course for day and evening students.

Legislation Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0859 - Seminar focusing on how courts interpret statutes and how the methods and tools of interpretation are related to the process by which statutes come into existence. Each student will write a research paper, present that paper to the group, and participate in a legislative simulation.

Local Government Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0846 - Seminar exploring issues resulting from the exercise of state and local governmental powers in a federal system. Topics include questions of local governmental autonomy, municipal incorporation and annexation, and intergovernmental conflict and coordination. The seminar also examines the roles of key participants in the local government process, including legislators, judges, and executive branch officials.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I

Mediation Theory and Practice (2 Credits) LAW 0522 - ALSV Workshop teaching students the theory of mediation. Students develop and practice mediation skills while observing and mediating actual cases. They also study ethical and legal issues arising from the mediation process and resulting roles and obligations.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of 28 credits and a 2.0 GPA

Medical Malpractice (2 Credits) LAW 0873 - Course providing students with an overview of medical malpractice litigation from the plaintiff and defendant perspective. In particular, this course will examine the Florida Medical Malpractice statute and other related tort law concepts.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I and Criminal Law
Additional Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): Evidence

Moot Court Traveling Team Advanced Writing Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 1874 - ALSV Workshop in which students will learn advanced persuasive writing through drafting and redrafting a complete appellate brief that addresses the special considerations present when competing in the artificial context of an academic moot court contest. All students on Moot Court Traveling Teams must take this course before they attend a national competition on behalf of Moot Court. After all Moot Court team members needing the course have been manually enrolled in the course, then any remaining open seats in the class may be occupied by members of the HLSA, BLSA, Jessup or VIS Competition Teams. This workshop is graded Pass/D/Fail.

Natural Resources Law (2 Credits) LAW 0609 - Course examining natural resources that are subject to depletion. In each class, students discuss current topics of interest in Florida and principles of federal or international law on a similar problem. Traditional topics of mining, timber, and fisheries are expanded to new areas, such as the growth management approach to protecting natural resources and genetic alteration of crops.

Negotiating Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 0672 - ALSV Workshop providing an in-depth analysis of negotiating strategies and styles, with emphasis on negotiating skills through classroom discussion and student participation in negotiation simulations. Not open to students who have taken or are taking Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiating (LAW 1062).
Prerequisite(s): Evidence

Nonprofit Organizations Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 1051 - ALSV Workshop focusing on nonprofit organizations. Topics covered include organization and dissolution, operation and governance, regulation of charitable solicitation, public benefit organizations, mutual benefit organizations, and private foundations.

Ocean and Coastal Law (2 Credits) LAW 0503 - Course surveying uses of the oceans, coastal zone, and their resources. The course examines emerging law and policy stemming from the Oceans Act of 2000 and evaluates provisions for sustainability, precautionary principles, pollutants, and trade in endangered species. It covers laws such as the Coastal Zone Management Act, international fisheries agreements, the Dolphin-Tuna restrictions, rules for marine preserves, carrying capacity development limits in the Florida Keys, pollution controls of ships and ocean disposal, and legal provisions for restoration of large wetlands.

Online Social Security (3 Credits) LAW 1083 - Course introducing social security law. It focuses on how Social Security's benefit rules relate to employment, family relationships, and household composition; how its procedures address the challenge of adjudicating the massive number of benefit claims arising each year; and where lawyers fit in that process. It treats programs found in Title II of the Social Security Act of 1935, including old-age insurance (retirement) benefits, survivors' benefits, and disability benefits, as well as questions of entitlement and benefit amount under Title XVI, the Supplemental Security Income program. The course is taught via the Internet by Professor Peter Martin of Cornell Law School. For a description of what that entails, see the course web site: http://www.law.cornell.edu/socsec/course/.

Patents (2 Credits) LAW 0815 - Course examining the law governing the creation, use, and loss of rights in patentable inventions.

Personal Injury Litigation Clinic (12 Credits) LAW - Fall semester clinic giving students opportunities to develop the lawyering skills needed in personal injury litigation. Students are placed in plaintiff and defendant law firms under the supervision of experienced private attorneys who act as their mentors. Students register for an external placement (LAW 0958 - 6 credits Pass/D/Fail) and three 2-credit courses: a skills course (Litigation Skills - LAW 0960 - 2 credits graded), a doctrinal course (Tort Issues - LAW 0961 - 2 credits graded), and an interdisciplinary/policy course (Medicine and the Economics of Tort Damages - LAW 0959 - 2 credits graded).
Additional Prerequisite(s): See Clinic Prerequisites

Post-Conviction Relief Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 1001 - ALSV Workshop providing hands on experience in post-conviction DNA litigation. Students will learn the legal and scientific principles necessary to litigate post-conviction DNA cases. They review transcripts of real, and sometimes pending, DNA cases, identify potential DNA issues, and draft Motions for Post-Conviction DNA testing. While most in-class discussion focuses on the law in these post-conviction proceedings and the relevant scientific evidence issues, students also learn file maintenance, fact-finding techniques, and appellate practice skills. The workshop is limited to twelve students.

Probate Law Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 0713 - ALSV Workshop integrating the law of property, trusts, and estates and exploring the administration of estates and the resolution of claims to estates. The workshop will include both doctrinal and practical considerations.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Wills and Trusts. Students can satisfy this prerequisite by completing either the combined Wills and Trusts course (LAW 0655) or BOTH of the separate courses in Wills (LAW 0955) and Trusts (LAW 0956).

Products Liability (3 Credits) LAW 0820 - Course examining problems involved in the expanding field of responsibility of manufacturers and distributors with respect to defects in their products.

Professional Responsibility (3 Credits) LAW 0649 - Course examining the lawyer's professional role and social responsibilities, emphasizing the Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Topics include disclosure and confidentiality, conflicts of interest, fees, advertising, group legal services, corporate counsel, and pro bono representation. The course also introduces students to the Code of Judicial Conduct. This course is required for graduation.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Summer/Fall: 3L day status or 3L or 4L evening status; Winter: 2L day status or 3L evening status.

Property (4 Credits) LAW 0653 - Course introducing rights and interests in both real and personal property. Topics include possession, estates in land, landlord and tenant, real estate transactions and finance, and private and governmental control of land use. This is a required first year course for day and evening students.

Real Estate Finance Law (3 Credits) LAW 0865 - Course covering the law involved in financing real estate transactions. Transaction topics include the real estate market, purchase and sale contracts, brokers, deeds, recording acts, title assurance, title insurance, and closings. Financing topics include mortgages, foreclosure, alternatives to foreclosure, and deficiency judgments. Advanced financing topics include financing construction and development, mechanics' liens, and alternatives to mortgage financing. Not open to students who have taken or are taking Real Estate Finance - The Basics (LAW 1061) or who took the 2-credit Real Estate Finance Law course before Fall 2005.

Real Estate Finance Law - The Basics (2 Credits) LAW 1061 - Basic course covering the law involved in financing real estate transactions. Transaction topics include the real estate market, purchase and sale contracts, brokers, deeds, recording acts, title assurance, title insurance, and closings. Financing topics include mortgages, foreclosure, alternatives to foreclosure, and deficiency judgments. Not open to students who have taken or are taking the 3-credit Real Estate Finance Law course (LAW 0865) or who took the 2-credit Real Estate Finance Law course before Fall 2005.

Real Property Closing Workshop (3 Credits) LAW 0751 - ALSV Workshop developing skills in closing real estate transactions and planning real property related investments. This workshop also covers legal and financial issues in acquiring, constructing, using, and disposing of residential and business properties.

Real Property Complex Transactions Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 1151 - ALSV Workshop designed to engage students in a practice oriented approach to learning the legal components of and the skills needed for drafting the documentation involved in sophisticated real property transactions. Such transactions typically include, but are not limited to, drafting and negotiating purchase and sale contracts for commercial properties; providing financing for commercial real estate; analyzing and addressing conveyancing issues arising from business entities; leasing issues involved with commercial transactions; analyzing conveyancing issues arising from properties involving subdivisions, shopping centers, and the like; analyzing environmental issues in real property and lending transactions; and recognizing and dealing with the unique features involved with like-kind exchanges.

Remedies (3 Credits) LAW 0755 - Course considering legal, equitable, and restitutionary remedies in contract and tort cases; specific performance, reformation, and restitution for unjust enrichment in cases of fraud and mistake; and measure of damages for injury to personal, property, and business interests.

Scientific Evidence Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 0616 - ALSV Workshop exploring the law regarding the admissibility of scientific evidence and the tactics and strategy involved in the use of expert witnesses at trial. Students draft appropriate pleadings, conduct pre-trial interviews of expert witnesses, and conduct direct and cross examinations of expert witnesses in a trial setting.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Evidence and either Trial Advocacy or Civil Pre-Trial Practice

Securities Regulation (3 Credits) LAW 0850 - Course examining problems relating to the issuance and distribution of securities with emphasis on federal and state securities regulations, including the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Not open to students who have taken Securities Regulation Workshop or Advanced Corporate Law: Securities/Commodities.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Business Entities. Students with an undergraduate business major or an M.B.A. may take Business Entities as a Corequisite.

Selected Topics in Spanish Law (1 Credit) LAW 0508 - Course taught in Spanish by a visiting professor from the University of Barcelona. The course introduces aspects of procedural or substantive Spanish law, such as constitutional law, commercial law, law of successions (inheritance), civil procedure, or criminal law. Specific topics will depend on the particular expertise of the professor teaching the course. The course includes consideration of the sources, main characteristics, and legal institutions of Spanish law and public and private laws, rights and obligations of parties under the law, and enforcement aspects of the law. The course will be taught at the beginning of every Fall semester, in a three-week period. This course is required for students interested in participating in the NSU-UB dual degree program. It is an elective for all other students.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I, Criminal Law, and fluency in Spanish

Sentencing Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 1076 - ALSV Workshop examining the practical aspects of the law relating to plea negotiations and sentencing guidelines and the application of creative lawyering skills in this most important aspect of representing a client in a criminal case.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Evidence

Sports Law (2 Credits) LAW 1017 - Course introducing the field of sports law by examining the legal rights and responsibilities of fans, agents, coaches, doctors, referees, and reporters.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Criminal Law and Constitutional Law I. Not open to students who took a combined Sports & Entertainment Law course.

Street Law (2 Credits) LAW 1004 - Course and field placement, supervised by a faculty member, providing law students the opportunity to teach a Street Law course in local high schools and middle schools. Law students attend a weekly seminar at the Law Center and teach three hours per week.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I, Criminal Law, and a 2.0 GPA at pre-registration and when term begins

Student Competition Credits () LAW - Participating students receive credit for work on scholarly publications. Course numbers and credit information for individual publications may be found here. Students who participate only in interscholastic competitions are limited to 4 competition credits. Students who participate on a student publication are limited to 5 publication credits. Students who participate in both types of activity are limited to a total of 5 competition and publication credits.
Additional Prerequisite(s): 2.0 GPA at pre-registration and when term begins (or higher GPA set by organization)

Student Publication Credits () LAW - Participating students receive credit for work on scholarly publications. Course numbers and credit information for individual publications may be found here. Students who participate only in interscholastic competitions are limited to 4 competition credits. Students who participate on a student publication are limited to 5 publication credits. Students who participate in both types of activity are limited to a total of 5 competition and publication credits.
Additional Prerequisite(s): 2.0 GPA at pre-registration and when term begins (or higher GPA set by organization)

Supervised Research (1 Credit) LAW 0814 - Independent project involving research and production of a scholarly paper on a selected topic under the supervision of a full-time faculty member conversant with the field. This project does not satisfy the graduation writing requirement for any student who began at NSU Law Center after Fall 2002.
Additional Prerequisite(s): 2.0 GPA at pre-registration and when term begins

Supervised Research (2 Credits) LAW 0809 - Independent project involving research and production of a scholarly paper on a selected topic under the supervision of a full-time faculty member conversant with the field. This project does not satisfy the graduation writing requirement for any student who began at NSU Law Center after Fall 2002
Additional Prerequisite(s): 2.0 GPA at pre-registration and when term begins

Tax Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 0698 - ALSV Workshop covering representation of a taxpayer before the Internal Revenue Service; preparation and trial of tax cases in the federal courts; taxpayers' relationships with the Internal Revenue Service including audit procedures, conferences, and request for rulings; assessment of deficiencies and penalties; and administrative powers and procedures of the Internal Revenue Service.

Theater Law (2 Credits) LAW 0518 - Course surveying the law governing the theater industry. Subjects covered include authorship rights of playwrights, financial rights of investors, employment rights of performers, and attendance rights of audiences. Although the focus is on Broadway shows, Off-Broadway and amateur productions area also considered.

Torts (4 Credits) LAW 0648 - Course surveying the traditional and emerging concepts of rights and responsibilities arising from conduct that results in harm to others. This is a required first year course for day and evening students.

Travel Law Seminar (2 Credits) LAW 0521 - Seminar introducing current legal issues facing the travel industry, with emphasis on international travel. Selected topics may include legal liabilities of airlines, cruise ship operators, travel agents, innkeepers, and tour operators. Not open to students who have taken the Travel Law course (LAW 0841)

Trial Advocacy (3 Credits) LAW 0890 - ALSV Workshop covering the tactics and strategy involved in various phases of civil and criminal trials including opening statements, direct and cross-examination of witnesses, expert witnesses, use of documentary and demonstrative evidence, and closing arguments. Extensive use is made of video equipment to tape the daily exercises. Students participate as members of two - person trial teams and participate in two full trials. The workshop is taught either in semester-long form or in a shorter, more-intensive format. Preferences: Winter semester, second year day students; Fall semester, third year day students. Evening students will be offered seats in this course after they have completed all prerequisites. Not open to students who took Intensive Trial Advocacy (LAW 0891) before 2005.
Additional Prerequisite(s): Evidence

Trusts (2 Credits) LAW 0956 - Course examining the rules governing the creation and elements of express trusts, both private and charitable, rights of beneficiaries, termination of trusts, and the duties and liabilities of the trustee. They also study implied trusts, both resulting and constructive. Not open to students who have taken Wills and Trusts (LAW 0655). Students may use Trusts to satisfy their two-out-of-three menu requirement only if they also take the Wills (LAW 0955) class. When offered during the academic year, Trusts is a second year preference course for day students.

UCC: Negotiable Instruments Law (3 Credits) LAW 0691 - Course involving a study of Articles 3, 4, and 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code, including essentials of negotiability, transfer, superior rights of a holder in due course, defenses, liability on endorsements and warranties, bank collections, and the relationship between bank and customer. The course also explores modern payment media: credit cards, debit cards, and commercial wire transfers.

UCC: Negotiable Instruments Law - AAMPLE® (0 Credits) LAW 1691 - AAMPLE® course involving a study of Articles 3, 4 and 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code, including essentials of negotiability, transfer, superior rights of a holder in due course, defenses, liability on endorsements and warranties, bank collections, and the relationship between bank and customer. The course also explores modern payment media: credit cards, debit cards, and commercial wire transfers.

UCC: Sales (2 Credits) LAW 0688 - Course surveying the law of sales and leases. The course focuses primarily upon Articles 1, 2, and 2A of the Uniform Commercial Code and explores the rights, duties, and liabilities of parties to modern sales and lease transactions.

UCC: Secured Transactions (2 Credits) LAW 0687 - Course involving study of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, focusing principally on secured transactions involving personal property and fixtures. The course explores commercial secured financing relationships and examines the debtor-creditor relationship in state law as well as in bankruptcy.

Unincorporated Business Entities (2 Credits) LAW 0682 - Course covering partnerships (general and Limited), limited liability partnerships, and limited liability companies. This course is not open for credit to students who have taken either a combined Agency/Partnership course or a separate Partnership course. This course is open for credit to students who took only a separate Agency course or who never took Agency. Students who took a combined Agency/Partnership course elsewhere may audit Unincorporated Business Entities.

Wetlands Regulation Law (2 Credits) LAW 1015 - Course surveying wetlands law and regulation at federal, state, and local levels. The course examines the nature and ecological functions of wetlands areas, federal statutes that regulate wetlands dredging and development, and the roles and jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the EPA, and other federal agencies and departments. Private property rights, regulatory takings, and mitigation banking will be treated, as will the state environmental resource permit process and certain local wetlands programs.

Will Drafting Workshop (2 Credits) LAW 0524 - ALSV Workshop providing practice drafting provisions commonly found in wills. Topics covered include fiduciary appointments and powers, tax and expense apportionments, beneficiary designations, drafting for special needs beneficiaries, simultaneous death, and common drafting and execution errors.
Additional Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): Wills and Trusts (LAW 0655) or Wills (LAW 0955)

Wills (2 Credits) LAW 0955 - Course examining the law of property transmission upon death through intestate and testate distribution. Topics include execution, alteration, and revocation of wills; rights of immediate family members; and contest of wills. Not open to students who have taken or are taking the 4-credit Wills and Trusts course (LAW 0655). Students may use Wills to satisfy their two-out-of-three menu requirement only if they also take the Trusts course (LAW 0956). When offered during the academic year, Wills is a second year preference course for day students.

Wills and Trusts (4 Credits) LAW 0655 - Course examining the law of property transmission through intestate and testate distribution and express and implied trusts. Topics include: execution, alteration, and revocation of wills; rights of immediate family members; contest of wills; creation and elements of express trusts, both private and charitable; rights of beneficiaries; termination of trusts and the duties and liabilities of the trustee; and implied trusts, both resulting and constructive. Not open to students who have taken or are taking the 2-credit Wills course (LAW 0955) or the 2-credit Trusts course (LAW 0956). Students may use Wills and Trusts to satisfy their two-out-of-three menu requirement. This course is a second year preference course for day and evening students.

Workers Compensation (3 Credits) LAW 0520 - Course considering the statutory, judicial, and administrative aspects of the no-fault system of compensation for workplace-related injuries. The course examines the rights of the employee and the obligations of the employer in light of legislative changes that attempt to balance those rights while considering the rising costs of health care.

ILSA Journal Board (0, 1, or 2 credits per semester) LAW 1806

ILSA Journal Executive Board (0, 1, or 2 credits per semester) LAW 1805

ILSA Journal Junior Staff (0 or 1 credit per year) LAW 1808

ILSA Journal Senior Staff (0 or 1 credit per semester) LAW 1807

ILSA Writing Requirement (0 credit) LAW 1809
Note: ILSA Law Journal students register for this course to indicate satisfaction of writing requirement

International Citator Board of Editors (0, 1, or 2 credits per semester) LAW 1810

International Citator Staff (0 or 1 credit per semester) LAW 1811

Law Review Associate Editor (0, 1, or 2 credits per semester) LAW 1801

Law Review Board of Editors (0, 1, or 2 credits per semester) LAW 1800

Law Review Junior Staff (0 or 1 credit per year) LAW 1803

Law Review Senior Staff (0 or 1 credit per semester) LAW 1802

Law Review Writing Requirement (0 credit) LAW 1804
Note: Nova Law Review students register for this course to indicate satisfaction of writing requirement

ATLA Team Witness (0 credit) LAW 1821

ATLA Trial Team (0, 1, or 2 credits per competition) LAW 1820

BLSA Mock Trial Team (0, 1, or 2 credits per competition) LAW 1824

BLSA Moot Court Team (0, 1, or 2 credits per competition) LAW 1817

Client Counseling Competition (0 or 1 credit per competition) LAW 1823

HNBA Moot Court Team (0, 1, or 2 credits per competition) LAW 1818

Jessup Moot Court Coach (0, 1, or 2 credits per competition) LAW 1816

Jessup Moot Court Team (0, 1, or 2 credits per competition) LAW 1815

Mock Trial Team (0, 1, or 2 credits per competition) LAW 1825
Note: used only for trial teams not sponsored by ATLA or BLSA

Moot Court Brief Writer (0 or 1 credit per competition) LAW 1813

Moot Court Team (0, 1, or 2 credits per competition) LAW 1819
Note: used only for moot court teams not sponsored by Moot Court Board, BLSA, or HLSA

Moot Court Travel Team (0 or 1 credit per competition) LAW 1812

Moot Court Travel Team & Brief (0, 1, or 2 credits per competition) LAW 1814

Negotiation Competition (0 or 1 credit per competition) LAW 1822