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)
| A-B (R indicates Required Course) |
Credits | Offered* |
| Administrative Law** Prerequisite: Constitutional Law 1 |
3 | Irregularly |
| Admiralty | 3 | Irregularly |
| Advanced Criminal Procedure Prerequisite: Criminal Procedure |
3 | Annually |
| Advanced Legal Research Prerequisites: Legal Research & Writing I & II |
2 | Every Spring |
| Advanced Torts |
2 | Irregularly |
| Advanced Trademark & Unfair Competition Law Prerequisite: Intellectual Property |
2 | Every Fall |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | 2 | Irregularly |
| Antitrust | 3 | Irregularly |
| Art and Jurisprudence | 2 | Irregularly |
| Bankruptcy Recommended: Creditors' Rights |
3 | Annually |
| Business Associations | 4 | Every Semester |
| Business Planning Prerequisites: Any three of the following: Business Associations; Securities Regulation; or Taxation of Business Entities Recommended: Taxation of Gifts & Estates |
2 | 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).
| C-D (R indicates Required Course) |
Credits | Offered* |
| Cities & Towns, Law of Recommended: Constitutional Law I & II, Administrative Law |
3 | Irregularly |
| Civil Procedure (R) | 4 |
Every Fall |
| Civil Rights |
3 | Irregularly |
| Clinical Courses | Varies | Every Semester |
| Communications Skills Lab Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in Professional Responsibility |
1 | Every Spring |
| Community Property |
2 | Every Semester |
| Comparative Civil Liberties | 2 | Irregularly |
| Comparative Law | 2 | Irregularly |
| Comparative Women's Rights | 3 | Irregularly |
| Conflict of Laws Prerequisites: Constitutional Law I |
2 | Every Spring |
| 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 | Every Other Spring |
| Contracts (R) | 4 | Every Spring |
| 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).
| E-F (R indicates Required Course) |
Credits | Offered* |
| Education Law Recommended: Constitutional Law I & II, Administrative Law |
3 | Every Spring |
| Employment Discrimination Seminar | 3 | Irregularly |
| Employment Law |
3 | Annually |
| Environmental Dispute Resolution | 3 | Irregularly |
| Environmental Law - NEPA, ESA, CAA, & CWA |
3 | Annually |
| Environmental Law - Toxic & Hazardous Waste Control |
2 | Irregularly |
| Estate Planning Prerequisites: Taxation of Gifts & Estates |
2 | Every Spring |
| Ethical Issues in Representing Children** | 2 | Irregularly |
| Evidence (R) | 3 | Every Semester |
| Family Law Prerequisites: Constitutional Law I Recommended: Constitutional Law II, Evidence |
3 | Annually |
| Federal Indian Law | 3 | Every Fall |
| Federal Jurisdiction Prerequisite: Constitutional Law I |
3 | Every Spring |
| Foundations of Appellate Law Prerequisite: Legal Research & Writing IV, or equivalent Moot Court experience |
2 | Every 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).
| G-J (R indicates Required Course) |
Credits | Offered* |
| Gaming Law Recommended: Federal Indian Law & Administrative Law |
2 | Irregularly |
| 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 | Every Fall |
| Insurance Law |
3 | Every Fall |
| Intellectual Property |
3 | Every Fall |
| Intellectual Property - Transactions and Licensing Prerequisite: Intellectual Property |
2 | Every Spring |
| International Business Transactions Prerequisite: Business Associations Recommended: International Law |
3 | Every Fall |
| International & Comparative Intellectual Property Law Prerequisite: Intellectual Property |
3 | Every Spring |
| International Environmental Law | 3 | Annually |
| International Human Rights | 3 | Annually |
| International Law |
3 | Every Fall |
| Jurisprudence** | 2 | Every Spring |
| Justice and Society* | 3 | Annually |
| Juvenile Law* | 2 | Irregularly |
* Course schedules are subject to change without notice.
| L-M (R indicates Required Course) |
Credits | Offered* |
| Labor Law I (Private Sector) |
3 | Every Spring |
| Landlord/Tenant Law |
2 | Every Spring |
| 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 | Annually |
| 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 | Every Fall |
| Payment Systems Recommended: Sales (formerly UCC 2) |
3 | Irregularly |
| Perspectives on the Law (R) | 3 | Annually |
| Products Liability Recommended: Sales |
2 | Irregularly |
| Professional Responsibility (R) | 3 | Every Semester |
| Property (R) | 4 | Every Spring |
| Public Benefits Law | 3 | Irregularly |
| Public Lands Law | 3 | Irregularly |
* 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** |
3 | Every Fall |
| Remedies | 2 | Annually |
| Sales |
3 | Every Fall |
| Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition Prerequisite: Selection by faculty coach |
1 | Every Spring |
| Secured Transactions Recommended: Sales |
3 | Every Fall |
| Securities Regulation | 3 | Annually |
| Sports Law | 2 | Irregularly |
| State Constitutional Law Prerequisite: Constitutional Law I |
2 | Irregularly |
* 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 | Every Spring |
| 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 | Every Semester |
| 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 | Irregularly |
| Workers' Compensation Prerequisites: Evidence, Civil Procedure |
2 | Irregularly |
| Zoning and Land Use Regulation |
3 | Every Spring |
*Course schedules are subject to change without notice.
Selected Topics
| Selected Topics | Credits | Offered* |
| Animal Law Recommended: Wills & Trusts, Administrative Law, Environmental Law |
2 | Irregularly |
| Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 Recommended: Federal Indian Law, Family Law |
2 | Irregularly |
*Course schedules are subject to change without notice.
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