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Elective Courses

Advanced Lawyering Skills
Advanced Evidence Seminar
Advanced Legal Research
Advanced Pretrial Advocacy
Advocacy I and II
Appellate Practice
Client Counseling
Criminal Procedure
Elder Law
Evidence
Field Placement Clinics
In-House Clinics
Law Firm Leadership and
        Management Skills
Legal Problems of Indigents
Mediation
Negotiation
Statutory Interpretation
Statutory Interpretation Seminar
Writing and Editing for Lawyers
Writing Workshop

Constitutional and Civil Rights Law
Advanced Torts
Applied Human Rights
Civil Liberties Litigation
Comparative Constitutional Law
Comparative Judicial Law Making in the
       U.S. and the European Union Seminar
Constitutional Theory
Criminal Procedure
The Constitutional Law of Religion
Elder Law Seminar
Elder Law
Employment Discrimination
Equal Protection and Civil Rights
Evidence
Federal Courts
First Amendment — Free Speech
Gender and the Law Seminar
Immigration Law
Law and Individuals with
        Disabilities Seminar
Law and Sexuality Seminar
Protection of Individual Rights
        Under State Constitutions Seminar
Race, Racism and American
        Law Seminar
Religious Liberty Seminar
The Right To
The Supreme Court Seminar

Corporate and Commercial Law
Accounting I and II
Advanced Torts
Agency, Partnerships and
        Limited Liability Entities
Agricultural Law Seminar
Antitrust
Banking Regulation
Basic Federal Income Taxation
Business Bankruptcy
Business Planning for Mergers and
        Acquisitions I
Business Planning for Mergers and
        Acquisitions II
Business Planning for Small Business Enterprises
Commercial Law of the
        European Union
Comparative Corporate Law
Conflict of Laws
Construction and Surety Law
Consumer Protection
Corporations
Debtor and Creditor Law
Environmental and Toxic Torts
Environmental Law
Evidence
Federal Securities Regulation
Foreign Investment in Russia and the CIS
Global Practices in Commercial Litigation
Insurance Law
International Trade Law
Lawyering and Ethics for the
        Business Attorney Seminar
Maritime Law
Mergers, Acquisitions and
        Divestitures
Partnership Taxation
Payment Systems
Products Liability
Sales
Secured Transactions
State Securities Regulation
Tax Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions
Taxation of Corporations and
        Shareholders
White Collar Crime

Criminal Law
Advanced Criminal Procedure
Criminal Procedure
Evidence
Juvenile Law
Pennsylvania Criminal Law
        Practice
Post-Conviction Process
White-Collar Crime

Dispute Resolution and Trial Advocacy
Advanced Criminal Procedure
Advanced Pretrial Advocacy
Advocacy I and II
Appellate Practice
Arbitration in the United States
Civil Liberties Litigation
Conflict of Laws
Conflict Resolution Theory Seminar
Environmental Litigation
Evidence
Federal Regulatory and Legislative
        Practice Seminar
Global Practices in Commercial Litigation
Mediation
Negotiation
Pennsylvania Criminal Law
        Practice
Pennsylvania Practice
Remedies

Environmental and Natural
Resources Law

Agricultural Law
Environmental and Toxic Torts
Environmental Law
Environmental Litigation
International Environmental
        Law Seminar
Law, Science and Policy Seminar
Maritime Law
Natural Resources Law
Ocean and Coastal Law
Wildlife Law Seminar

Family Law and Estate Planning
Agricultural Law
Client Counseling
Elder Law
Estate Planning and Wealth Transfer
        Transactions I and II
Evidence
Family Law
Gender and the Law Seminar
Juvenile Law
Law and Sexuality Seminar
Mediation
Negotiation
Probate Practice
Reproductive Technology and
        the Law Seminar
Trusts and Estates

Government and Politics
Administrative Law
Constitutional Theory
Education Law Seminar
Evidence
Federal Contract Law
Federal Courts
Federal Regulatory and Legislative
        Practice Seminar
Higher Education Law
Legislation
The Supreme Court Seminar

Health Law
Administrative Law
Elder Law
Evidence
Food and Drug Law Seminar
Health Care Industry
        Regulation
Law and Individuals with
        Disabilities Seminar
Law and Medicine
Reproductive Technology and
        the Law Seminar

International and Comparative Law
Commercial Law of the
        European Union Seminar
Comparative Antitrust Law
Comparative Constitutional and Public Law
        (U.S. & Canada)
Comparative Constitutional Law
Comparative Corporate Law
Comparative Judicial Law Making in the
        U.S. and the European Union Seminar
Comparative Law Seminar
Cross-Border Legal
        Practice Seminar
European Union Law Seminar
Evidence
Foreign Investment in Russia and the CIS
Gender, Culture and International
        Human Rights Seminar
Global Practices in Commercial Litigation
History of International Law Seminar
Immigration Law
International Air and Space Law
International Environmental
        Law Seminar
International Law
International Organizations
International Organizations Seminar
International Protection of
       Human Rights Seminar
International Refugee Law Seminar
International Tax
International Trade Law
Introduction to Transnational Law
        and Legal Issues
Law of the Sea
Law of Treaties
Maritime Law
Native American Law
Ocean and Coastal Law
Russian Law
Taxation of Multinational
        Transactions
The United Nations and International
        Law Seminar

Labor and Employment Law
Administrative Law
Arbitration in the United States
Business Planning for Mergers and
        Acquisitions I
Business Planning for Mergers and
        Acquisitions II
Employee Benefits Law
Employment Discrimination
Employment Law Survey Part I
Employment Law Survey Part II
Evidence
Labor Law
Labor Practice
Law and Individuals with
        Disabilities Seminar
Tax Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions

Perspectives
Advanced Corporate Tax Seminar
Anglo-American Legal History Seminar
Animal Law
Applied Human Rights
Aviation Law
Commercial Law of the European
        Union Seminar
Constitutional Theory
Economic Analysis of Law
Gender and the Law Seminar
Foreign Investment Law in Russia
        and the CIS
Gender, Culture and International
        Human Rights Seminar
Independent Study
International Refugee Law Seminar
Jurisprudence Seminar
Native American Law
Race, Racism and American
        Law Seminar
The Right To
Russian Law
Sports and Public Policy
Sports Law

Public Interest Law
Animal Law
Applied Human Rights
Civil Liberties Litigation
Consumer Protection
Criminal Procedure
Education Law Seminar
Elder Law
Elder Law Seminar
Employment Discrimination
Environmental Law
Equal Protection and Civil Rights
Evidence
Family Law
Federal Regulatory and Legislative
        Practice Seminar
Field Placement Clinics
Gender, Culture and International
        Human Rights Seminar
Higher Education Law
Immigration Law
In-House Clinics
Juvenile Law
Law and Individuals with
        Disabilities Seminar
Legal Problems of Indigents
Legislation
Protection of Individual Rights
        Under State Constitutions
        Seminar
Race, Racism and American
        Law Seminar

Real Property
Advanced Federal Income Taxation
Agricultural Law
Construction and Surety Law
Environmental and Toxic Torts
Insurance Law
Land Use Controls
Real Estate Transactions
Remedies
Wildlife Law Seminar

Science & Intellectual Property
Agricultural Law
Biotechnology Law
Communications Law
Copyrights
Evidence
Food and Drug Law Seminar
Health Care Industry Regulation
Internet Law
Law of Artistic Persons and
        Properties Seminar
Law, Science and Policy Seminar
Patent Law
Trademarks

Taxation
Advanced Federal Income Taxation
Advanced Federal Securities Regulation
Basic Federal Income Taxation
Business Planning for Mergers and
        Acquisitions I
Business Planning for Mergers and
        Acquisitions II
Business Planning for Small Business Enterprises
Employee Benefit Law
Estate Planning and Federal Wealth
        Transfer Taxation I and II
Evidence
International Tax
Mergers, Acquisitions
        and Divestitures
Partnership Taxation
State and Local Taxation
Statutory Interpretation Seminar
Tax Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions
Tax Policy Seminar
Taxation of Corporations and
        Shareholders
Taxation of Multinational
        Transactions


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