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Bullet::Course Descriptions & Frequency


The list below indicates how frequently courses are expected to be offered. It is intended as a guide only. The School of Law does not guarantee that courses will actually be offered as frequently as indicated or in the semester listed.

  • Click the Course Name for a complete description.
  • (R) following the course name indicates required course.
  • (*) Courses marked by an asterisk may be taught more frequently than listed (either every year if listed as every other; or every semester if listed as taught during only one semester).
  • Courses listed as taught irregularly will be offered when student interest and faculty availability warrent.
  • Except for some skills classes, a class with enrollment of fewer than ten students is likely to be canceled.
  • Changes may occur for other reasons, although reasonable efforts will be taken to avoid changes that unduly frustrate student expectations.

Download a comprehensive list including all Course Descriptions (PDF).

Course Descriptions (as of Spring 2007)

COURSE DESCRIPTION (R indicates Required Course)

CREDITS

OFFERED

Administrative Law*
Prerequisite: Constititional Law 1

3

Annually - fall

Admiralty

3

Every other year
(next '08-'09)

Advanced Copyright Law
Prerequisite: Intellectual Property

 3

Annually - fall

Advanced Trademark & Unfair Competition Law
Prerequisite: Intellectual Property

 2

 Annually

Agency and Partnership

3

Annually - fall

Agency and Partnership Skills Lab
Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in Agency & Partnership

1

 

Alternative Dispute Resolution

2

Annually

Bankruptcy
Recommended: Creditors' Rights

3

Annually - spring

Business Planning
Prerequisites: Any three of the following: Agency & Partnership; Corporations; Securities Regulation; or Taxation of Business Entities
Recommended but not required: Taxation of Gifts & Estates

2

Annually - spring

Cities & Towns, Law of
Recommended: Constitutional Law I & II, and Administrative Law

3

Every other year (next '07-'08)

Civil Procedure (R)

5

Annually

Civil Rights
Recommended: Constitutional Law I & II

3

Annually

Clinical Courses

Varies

Every semester

Communications Skills Lab
Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in Professional Responsibility

1

Annually - spring

Community Property
Prerequisite: Property

2

Every semester

Comparative Civil Liberties

2

 

Comparative Law

2

Every other year
(next '07-'08)

Conflict of Laws
Prerequisites: All first-year courses

2

Annually - spring

Constitutional Law I (R)

3

Annually - spring

Constitutional Law II (R)

3

Every semester

Consumer Law

3

Every other year
(next '07-'08)

Contracts (R)

5

Annually

Corporations
Prerequisite: Agency & Partnership

3

Annually - spring

Creditors' Rights
Prerequisite: Contracts & Property
Recommended: Sales (Formerly UCC2)

3

Annually

Criminal Law (R)

3

Annually - fall

Criminal Procedure (R)
Prerequisite: Constitutional Law I

3

Every semester

Criminal Trial Process
Prerequisite: Criminal Procedure

3

Annually

Directed Research
(See also academic Rules 20 & 22)

1-2

 

Education Law
Recommended: Constitutional Law I & II and Administrative Law

3

Irregularly
(next '07-'08)

Elder Law*
Prerequisite: Trust & Wills

2

Every other year
(next '07-'08)

Employment Law
Prerequisite: All first-year courses

3

Annually - fall

Environmental Dispute Resolution

3

Every other year
(next '07-'08)

Environmental Law - NEPA, ESA, CAA, & CWA
Prerequisites: All first-year courses

3

Annually

Environmental Law - Toxic & Hazardous Waste Control
Prerequisites: All first-year courses

2

Every other year
(next '07-'08)

Estate Planning
Prerequisites: Taxation of Gifts & Estates

2

Annually - spring

Ethical Issues in Representing Children*

2

Every other year

Evidence (R)

3

Every semester

Family Law
Prerequisites: All first-year courses 
Recommended: Constitutional Law II & Evidence

3

Every semester

Federal Indian Law

3

Annually

Federal Jurisdiction
Prerequisite: Constitutional Law I

3

Annually

Foundations of Appellate Law
Prerequisite: Legal Research & Writing IV,
or equivalent Moot Court experience

2

Annually - spring

Fundamentals of Health Care Law

3

Annually

Gonzaga Journal of International Law
Prerequisite: Vested Member or Board Member

1-4

Annually

Immigration Law

3

Annually - fall

Insurance Law
Prerequisites: Contracts & Torts

3

Annually - fall

Intellectual Property
Prerequisite: All first-year courses

3

Annually - fall

Intellectual Property - Transactions and Licensing
Prerequisite: Intellectual Property

 2

Annually

International Business Transactions
Prerequisite: Corporations
Recommended: International Law

3

Annually - fall

International & Comparative Intellectual Property Law
Prerequisite: Intellectual Property

 3

Annually - spring

International Environmental Law*

3

Every other year

International Law
Prerequisites: All first-year courses

3

Annually - fall

Jurisprudence*

2

Every other year

Justice and Society*

3

Every other year

Juvenile Law*

2

Every other year
(next '07-'08)

Labor Law I (Private Sector)
Prerequisites: All first-year courses

3

Annually

Landlord/Tenant Law
Prerequisite: Property

2

Annually

Law Review - Editing
Prerequisite: Membership in Law Review

4-6

Annually

Legal Research and Writing I & II (R)

2 & 2

Annually - fall

Legal Research and Writing III & IV (R)
Prerequisites: Legal Research & Writing I & II

1 & 1

Annually - fall

Litigation & Dispute Resolution Skills
Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in Evidence

3

Every semester

Moot Court
Prerequisite: Permission of faculty coach

2

 

Saul Lefokowitz Moot Court Competition
Prerequisite: Selection by faculty coach

1

Fall

Oil and Gas Law

3

Every other year

Patent Prosecution and Litigation
Prerequisite: Intellectual Property

2

Annually

Payment Systems
Prerequisite: Contracts  
Recommended: Sales (formerly UCC 2)

3

Annually

Products Liability
Prerequisite: Torts  
Recommended: Sales (formerly UCC 2)

2

Annually

Professional Responsibility (R)

3

Every semester

Property (R)

5

Annually

Public Benefits Law

3

Every other year
(next '08-'09)

Public Lands Law

3

Every other year
(next '08-'09)

Real Estate Transactions*
Prerequisite: Property

3

Annually

Remedies

2

Annually - spring

Sales (formerly UCC 2)*
Prerequisite: Contracts

3

Annually - fall

Securities Regulation

3

Annually - fall

Sports Law

2

Every other year
(next '08-'09)

State Constitutional Law
Prerequisite: Constitutional Law I & II

2

Every other year

Taxation of Business Entities
Recommended: Taxation of Individual Income

3

Annually

Taxation of Gifts and Estates

2

 

Taxation of Individual Income

3

Annually

Torts (R)

5

Annually

Trial Advocacy

3

Every semester

Trusts & Wills
Prerequisites: All first-year courses

3

Every semester

Trusts & Wills Skills Labs I & II
Prerequisite: Completion of or Enrollment in Trusts & Wills

1

Annually - spring 

Washington Practice
Prerequisite: None, but must be 3rd Year Student

3

Annually - spring

Water Law

3

Every other year
(next '07-'08)

Workers' Compensation
Prerequisite: Evidence & Civil Procedure

2

Every other year

Zoning and Land Use Regulation
Prerequisite: Property

3

Annually

*Course schedules are subject to change without notice.

Seminars & Irregularly Offered Courses

COURSE DESCRIPTION

CREDITS

NEXT OFFERED

Advanced Corporate Law Seminar

2

 

Advanced Evidence Seminar
Prerequisite: Evidence

3

 

Advanced Family Law
Prerequisites: All first-year courses, Evidence, Constitutional Law I & II, and Family Law

3

 

Advanced Legal Research
Prerequisites: Legal Research & Writing I & II

2

 

Antitrust

3

 

Bioethics & The Law

3

 

Comparative Women's Rights

3

 

Death Penalty Seminar

2

 2007-2008

Employment Discrimination Seminar

2

 

Environmental Litigation

2

 

First Amendment Seminar
Recommended: Constitutional Law I & II

2

 

Health Care Fraud & Abuse Seminar
Prerequisites: All first-year classes, Fundamentals of Health Care Law, Administrative Law

2

 

International Cultural Heritage Law
Prerequisites: All first-year courses

2

International Human Rights

 2

Annually, but may be in Florence

International Organizations Seminar
Recommended: Prior course in International Law

2

 

Jury Work

2

 

Labor Law II (public Sector)
Prerequisite: Labor Law I

2

 

Legal History

2

 

Mental Disability Law

3

2007-2008

Non-Profit Organizations Seminar

2

2007-2008

North American Free Trade

3

 

Theory of Taxation

2

 

White Collar Crime Seminar

2

 

Women and The Law

2

2007-2008

Selected Topics: Animal Law
Prerequisites: All first-year courses
Recommended: Wills & Trusts, Administrative Law, Environmental Law

2

 

Selected Topics: Comparative Mental Disability Law & Human Rights

2

 

Selected Topics: Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978
Recommended: Federal Indian Law, Family Law

2

 

Selected Topics: Law of Sentencing & Corrections  
Prerequisite: Criminal Law
Recommended: Criminal Procedure, Administrative Law

2

 
*Course schedules are subject to change without notice.


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