GU Law Offers Three Areas of Concentration
Concentrations are the rough equivalent of majors at the undergraduate level. Unlike majors, though, concentrations are voluntary -- you are not required to complete one.
If you plan to pursue a concentration. you are expected during your sixth semester to submit a Concentration Declaration Form to the Registrar's Office.
Gonzaga Law offers concentrations in:
- Business Law
- Environmental/Natural Resources Law
- Public Interest Law
Successful completion of the requirements for a concentration will be noted on your transcript.
Business Law Concentration
The Business Law Concentration requires that you:
- complete 20 Business Law credits
- complete a directed research project on an issue of Business Law
- maintain at least a 3.0 in these courses:
- Agency & Partnership
- Bankruptcy
- Corporations
- Creditors' Rights
- Taxation of Individual Income
- obtain five credits from the following courses, selected from at least two of the four blocks: :
For this purpose all courses taken from these lists will be deemed taken for the concentration.
| TAX |
CREDITS |
COMMERCE |
CREDITS |
| Taxation of Business Entities |
3 |
Sales (Formerly UCC 2) |
3 |
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Payment Systems |
3 |
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| GENERAL |
CREDITS |
LABOR |
CREDITS |
| Advanced Intellectual Property |
2 |
Employment Law |
3 |
| Antitrust |
3 |
Labor Law I |
3 |
| Business Planning |
2 |
Labor Law II |
2 |
| Insurance Law |
3 |
Sports Law |
2 |
| Intellectual Property |
3 |
Workers' Compensation |
2 |
| International Business Transactions |
3 |
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| NAFTA |
3 |
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| Products Liability |
2 |
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| Real Estate Transactions |
2 |
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| Securities Regulation |
3 |
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Environmental/Natural Resources Law Concentration
The Environmental/Natural Resources Law Concentration requires that you:
- complete at least 18 credits from the courses below (all courses taken from this list will be deemed taken for the concentration)
- maintain a GPA of at least 3.0 in said courses
- complete a directed research project on an issue of Environmental or Natural Resources Law
NOTE: Some courses may not be offered on a regular basis.
| COURSES |
CREDITS |
| Environmental Dispute Resolution |
3 |
| Environmental Law - NEPA, ESA, CAA & CWA |
3 |
| Environmental Law - Toxic & Hazardous Waste Control |
2 |
| Environmental Law - Environmental Litigation |
2 |
| Federal Indian Law |
3 |
| International Environmental Law |
3 |
| Mineral Development Law |
2 |
| Oil & Gas Law |
3 |
| Public Lands Law |
3 |
| Water Law |
3 |
| Zoning & Land Use |
3 |
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Public Interest Law Concentration
The Public Interest Law Concentration requires that you:
- complete these courses:
- Civil Rights
- Public Benefits Law
- Jurisprudence, or Justice & Society
- complete at least one other course from the list below
- after obtaining Rule 9 eligibility, complete:
- at least two consecutive semesters of at least four credits each at the Clinic,
or
- at least two consecutive semesters of at least three credits each at an approved externship program (for this purpose, a semester would include the summer after your second year, so that you could combine clinical experiences in that summer and the fall semester of the third year).
- complete a directed research project on an issue of Public Interest Law
- including the above, complete a minimum of 18 credits from:
- clinical courses
- approved externships
- and the courses listed below.
NOTE: Students must have an average grade point of at least 3.0 in the classroom and clinical courses taken for the concentration ( for this purpose, all courses taken from the list below will be deemed taken for the concentration).
| COURSES |
CREDITS |
| Advanced Family Law |
3 |
| Bankruptcy |
3 |
| Consumer Law |
3 |
| Education Law |
3 |
| Elder Law |
2 |
| Employment Law |
3 |
| Federal Indian Law |
3 |
| Jurisprudence |
3 |
| Juvenile Law |
2 |
| Landlord/Tenant Law |
2 |
| Justice & Society |
3 |
| Women & the Law |
3 |
| Workers' Compensation |
3 |
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