::Course Descriptions & Frequency

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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).
• Irregularly - Courses listed as taught irregularly will be offered when student interest and faculty availability warrant.
• 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.

Courses (as of Spring 2007)

(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 Corporate Law Seminar	2	Irregularly
Advanced Evidence Seminar Prerequisite: Evidence	2	Irregularly
Advanced Family Law Prerequisites: All first-year courses, Evidence, Constitutional Law I & II, Family Law	3	Irregularly
Advanced Legal Research Prerequisites: Legal Research & Writing I & II	2	Irregularly
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
Antitrust	3	Irregularly
Bankruptcy Recommended: Creditors' Rights	3	Annually/ Spring
Bioethics & The Law	3	Irregularly
Business Planning Prerequisites: Any three of the following: Agency & Partnership; Corporations; Securities Regulation; or Taxation of Business Entities Recommended: Taxation of Gifts & Estates	2	Annually/ Spring

* Course schedules are subject to change without notice.
** 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).

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(R indicates Required Course)	Credits	Offered*
Cities & Towns, Law of Recommended: Constitutional Law I & II, 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)
Comparative Women's Rights	3	Irregularly
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
Death Penalty Seminar	2	Irregularly (Next '07-'08)
Directed Research (See academic Rules 20 & 22)	1-2

* Course schedules are subject to change without notice.
** 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).

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(R indicates Required Course)	Credits	Offered*
Education Law Recommended: Constitutional Law I & II, Administrative Law	3	Irregularly (Next '07-'08)
Elder Law* Prerequisite: Trust & Wills	2	Every Other Year (Next '07-'08)
Employment Discrimination Seminar	2	Irregularly
Employment Law Prerequisites: 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)
Environmental Litigation	2	Irregularly
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
First Amendment Seminar Recommended: Constitutional Law I & II	2	Irregularly
Foundations of Appellate Law Prerequisite: Legal Research & Writing IV, or equivalent Moot Court experience	2	Annually/ Spring
Fundamentals of Health Care Law	3	Annually

* Course schedules are subject to change without notice.
** 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).

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(R indicates Required Course)	Credits	Offered*
Gonzaga Journal of International Law Prerequisite: Vested Member or Board Member	1-4	Annually
Health Care Fraud & Abuse Seminar Prerequisites: All first-year classes, Fundamentals of Health Care Law, Administrative Law	2	Irregularly
Immigration Law	3	Annually/ Fall
Insurance Law Prerequisites: Contracts, Torts	3	Annually/ Fall
Intellectual Property Prerequisites: 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 Cultural Heritage Law Prerequisites: All first-year courses	2	Irregularly
International Environmental Law**	3	Every Other Year
International Human Rights	2	Annually, but may be in Florence
International Law Prerequisites: All first-year courses	3	Annually
International Organizations Seminar Recommended: Prior course in international law	2	Irregularly
Jurisprudence**	2	Every Other Year (Next '07-'08)
Jury Work	2	Irregularly
Justice and Society**	3	Every Other Year (Next '07-'08)
Juvenile Law**	2	Every Other Year (Next '07-'08)

* Course schedules are subject to change without notice.
** 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).

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(R indicates Required Course)	Credits	Offered*
Labor Law I (Private Sector) Prerequisites: All first-year courses	3	Annually
Labor Law II (Public Sector) Prerequisite: Labor Law I	2	Irregularly
Landlord/Tenant Law Prerequisite: Property	2	Annually
Law Review - Editing Prerequisite: Membership in Law Review	4-6	Annually
Legal History	2	Irregularly
Legal Research and Writing I & II (R)	2 & 2	Fall & Spring
Legal Research and Writing III & IV (R) Prerequisites: Legal Research & Writing I & II	1 & 1	Fall & Spring
Litigation & Dispute Resolution Skills Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in Evidence	3	Every Semester
Mental Disability Law	3	Irregularly
Moot Court Prerequisite: Permission of faculty coach	2

* Course schedules are subject to change without notice.
** 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).

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(R indicates Required Course)	Credits	Offered*
Non-Profit Organizations Seminar	2	Irregularly
North American Free Trade	3	Irregularly
Oil and Gas Law	3	Every Other Year (Next '07-'08)
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	Every Other Year (Next '08-'09)
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)

* Course schedules are subject to change without notice.
** 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).

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(R indicates Required Course)	Credits	Offered
Real Estate Transactions** Prerequisite: Property	3	Annually
Remedies	2	Annually/ Spring
Sales (formerly UCC 2)** Prerequisite: Contracts	3	Annually/ Fall
Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition Prerequisite: Selection by faculty coach	1	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 (Next '07-'08)

* Course schedules are subject to change without notice.
** 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).

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(R indicates Required Course)	Credits	Offered*
Taxation of Business Entities Recommended: Taxation of Individual Income	3	Annually
Taxation of Gifts and Estates	2
Taxation of Individual Income	3	Annually
Theory of Taxation	2	Irregularly
Torts (R)	5	Annually
Trial Advocacy Prerequisite: Evidence	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)
White Collar Crime Seminar	2	Irregularly
Women and The Law	2	Irregularly (Next '07-'08)
Workers' Compensation Prerequisites: Evidence, Civil Procedure	2	Every Other Year
Zoning and Land Use Regulation Prerequisite: Property	3	Annually

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Selected Topics

Courses	Credits	Offered*
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

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