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).
- 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.
Click the links to scroll down the alphabetical listing of courses:
| A-B | C-D | E-F | G-K | L-M | N-Q | R-S | T-Z |
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Download the complete list of course content descriptions (pdf)
Updated 04/26/2011
Courses (as of Spring 2010)
* 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).
| C-D (R indicates Required Course) |
Credits | Offered* |
| Cities & Towns, Law of Recommended: Constitutional Law I & II, Administrative Law |
3 | Every Other Year Next: '10-'11 |
| Civil Procedure (R) | 4 |
Every Fall |
| Civil Rights Recommended: Constitutional Law I & II |
3 | Irregularly Next: '10-11 |
| Clinical Courses | Varies | Every Semester |
| Communications Skills Lab Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in Professional Responsibility |
1 | Every Spring |
| Community Property Prerequisite: Property |
2 | Every Semester |
| Comparative Civil Liberties | 2 | Irregularly |
| Comparative Law | 2 | Every Other Year Next '11-'12 |
| Comparative Women's Rights | 3 | Every Spring |
| Conflict of Laws Prerequisites: Constitutional Law I |
2 | Annually |
| Constitutional Law I - Government Structures (R) | 3 | Every Fall |
| Constitutional Law II - Civil Liberties (R) Prerequisite: Constitutional Law I |
3 | Every Spring |
| Consumer Law | 3 | Irregularly |
| Contracts (R) | 4 | Every Spring |
| Corporations Prerequisite: Agency & Partnership |
3 | Final Offering: Spring 2011 |
| Criminal Law (R) | 3 | Every Spring |
| Criminal Procedure (R) Prerequisite: Constitutional Law I |
3 | Every Semester |
| 2 | Irregularly | |
| Directed Research (See Academic Rules 2-3F & 3-7) |
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).
* 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).
| G-J (R indicates Required Course) |
Credits | Offered* |
| Gonzaga Journal of International Law Prerequisite: Vested Member or Board Member |
1-4 | Annually |
| Health Care Organization and Finance Law | 3 | Annually |
| Immigration Law | 3 | Annually |
| Insurance Law |
3 | Every Fall |
| Intellectual Property |
3 | Annually |
| Intellectual Property - Transactions and Licensing Prerequisite: Intellectual Property |
2 | Annually |
| International Business Transactions Prerequisite: Business Associations Recommended: International Law |
3 | Annually |
| International & Comparative Intellectual Property Law Prerequisite: Intellectual Property |
3 | Annually |
| International Environmental Law | 3 | Annually |
| International Human Rights | 3 | Annually |
| International Law |
3 | Annually |
| International Organizations Seminar Recommended: Prior course in international law |
2 | Irregularly |
| Jurisprudence** | 2 | Annually |
| Jurisprudence Reflecting Catholic Social Teaching | 2 | Irregularly |
| Justice and Society* | 3 | Annually |
| Juvenile Law* | 2 | Every Other Year Next: '11-'12 |
* Course schedules are subject to change without notice.
| L-M (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 |
2 | Annually |
| Law and Sexuality Recommended: Constitutional Law II |
2 | Irregularly |
| Law Practice Management Prerequisite: Open to 3Ls only |
2 | Annually |
| Law Review - Editing Prerequisite: Membership in Law Review |
4-6 | |
| Legal History Seminar |
2 | Irregularly |
| Legal Research and Writing I & II (R) | 2 & 2 | Fall (I) and Spring (II) |
| Legal Research and Writing III & IV (R) Prerequisites: Legal Research & Writing I & II |
2 & 2 | Fall (III) and Spring (IV) |
| Litigation & Dispute Resolution Skills Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in Evidence |
3 | Every Semester |
| Litigation Skills & Professionalism Lab | 2 | Every Fall |
| Media Law | 2 | Irregularly |
| 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).
| N-P (R indicates Required Course) |
Credits | Offered* |
| Nonprofit Organizations* | 2 | Annually |
| Oil and Gas Law | 3 | Irregularly |
| Patent Prosecution and Litigation* Recommended: Intellectual Property |
2 | Annually |
| Payment Systems Prerequisite: Contracts Recommended: Sales (formerly UCC 2) |
3 | Every Other Year Next: '10-'11 |
| Perspectives on the Law (R) | 3 | Every Fall |
| Products Liability Prerequisite: Torts Recommended: Sales |
2 | Every Other Year Next: '10-'11 |
| Professional Responsibility (R) | 3 | Every Semester |
| Property (R) | 4 | Every Spring |
| Public Benefits Law | 3 | Irregularly |
| Public Lands Law | 3 | Every Other Year Next: '10-'11 |
| Public Policy Law for American Indians | 3 | First in Fall '10 Then Every Fall |
* 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).
| R-S (R indicates Required Course) |
Credits | Offered |
| Real Estate Transactions** Prerequisite: Property |
3 | Annually |
| Remedies | 2 | Annually |
| Sales Prerequisite: Contracts |
2 or 3 | Annually |
| Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition Prerequisite: Selection by faculty coach |
1 | Annually |
| Secured Transactions Prerequisite: Contracts, Property Recommended: Sales |
3 | Annually |
| Securities Regulation | 3 | Annually |
| Sports Law | 2 | Irregularly |
| State Constitutional Law Prerequisite: Constitutional Law I |
2 | Every Other Year Next: '10-'11 |
* 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).
| T-Z (R indicates Required Course) |
Credits | Offered* |
| Taxation of Business Entities Prerequisite: Taxation of Individual Income |
3 | Annually |
| Taxation of Current Compensation and Benefits Prerequisite: Taxation of Individual Income |
2 | Irregularly |
| Taxation of Gifts and Estates | 2 | Every Fall |
| Taxation of Individual Income | 3 | Every Fall |
| Torts (R) | 4 | Every Fall |
| Transactional Skills & Professionalism Lab (R) | 2 | Every Spring |
| Trial Advocacy Prerequisite: Evidence |
3 | Every Semester |
| Trusts & Wills |
3 | Annually |
| Trusts & Wills Skills Labs 1 & II Prerequisite: Completion of or Enrollment in Trusts & Wills |
1 | Fall (I) and Spring (II) |
| Washington Practice Prerequisite: Must be third-year student |
3 | Every Spring |
| Water Law | 3 | Every Other Year Next: '11-'12 |
| White-collar Crime Seminar | 2 | Irregularly |
| Women and The Law | 2 | Irregularly |
| Workers' Compensation Prerequisites: Evidence, Civil Procedure |
2 | Irregularly |
| Zoning and Land Use Regulation Prerequisite: Property |
3 | Every Spring |
*Course schedules are subject to change without notice.
Selected Topics
| Selected Topics | Credits | Offered* |
| Animal Law Prerequisites: All first-year courses Recommended: Wills & Trusts, Administrative Law, Environmental Law |
2 | Irregularly |
| Art and Jurisprudence | 2 | Irregularly |
| Comparative Mental Disability Law & Human Rights | 2 | Irregularly |
| Health Care Fraud and Abuse Seminar Prerequisites: All first-year classes, Health Care Organization and Finance Law, Administrative Law |
2 | Irregularly |
| Health Law - Fraud and Abuse and Antitrust Prerequisites: Health Care Organization & Finance Law |
2 | Irregularly |
| Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 Recommended: Federal Indian Law, Family Law |
2 | Irregularly Next: '10-'11 |
| International Cultural Heritage Law Prerequisites: All first-year courses |
2 | Irregularly |
| Law of the Plateau Tribes Prerequisite: Federal Indian Law Recommended: Criminal Procedure, Administrative Law |
2 | Irregularly |
| Law of Sentencing & Corrections Prerequisite: Criminal Law Recommended: Criminal Procedure, Administrative Law |
2 | Irregularly |
*Course schedules are subject to change without notice.
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