Courses Offered at USD School of Law

Not every course is offered each academic year. Course descriptions, content and requirements are subject to change.

(LWPP 510) Administrative Law
(LWLP 512) Advanced Legal Research (online)
(LWGC 505) Advanced Legal Writing
(LWTE 504) Advanced Partnership Tax - NEW course (Remote via Zoom)
(LWTE 556) Advanced Pass-Thru Taxation
(LWLP 515) Advanced Trial Advocacy
(LWAC 500) Advocacy Competition Teams
(LWVL 596) Agency Externship I
(LWVL 590) Agency Externship II
(LWLP 517) Alternative Dispute Resolution
(LWGC 510) Animal Law
(LWPP 509) Anti Corruption Law & Policy
(LWBC 503) Antitrust
(LWVL 501) Appellate Clinic
(LWVL 509) Appellate Clinic II
(LWIP 505) Art Law
(LWIP 506) Artificial Intelligence and the Law
(LWIC 547) Asylum and Refugee Law
(LWBC 510) Bankruptcy
(LWIP 510) Biotechnology Law
(LWIC 508) Brexit & National Self-Government
(LWBC 512) Bus Transactions in Emerging Markets
(LWBC 520) Business Planning
(LWVL 502) CA Regulatory Law Clinic I
(LWVL 512) CA Regulatory Law Clinic II
(LWLP 521) California Civil Discovery Practice
(LWLP 520) California Civil Procedure
(LWCR 505) California Criminal Litigation Skills
(LWPP 570) California Reg Law & Public Interest (formerly Public Interest & Practice)
(LWVL 507) Child Advocacy Clinic: Dependency I & II
(LWVL 505) Child Advocacy Clinic: Policy I & II
(LWVL 503) Child Advocacy Clinic: Youth Justice I & II
(LWFC 520) Child Rights & Remedies
(LWVL 510) Civil Clinic I
(LWVL 511) Civil Clinic II
(LWAA 510) Civil Procedure
(LWPP 521) Civil Rights Theories Seminar
(LWLP 524) Class Action Law Forum
(LWEV 503) Climate Change Law & Policy
(LWFC 554) Community Property
(LWTE 544) Community Property
(LWIC 515) Comparative Constitutional Law
(LWLP 523) Complex Litigation
(LWTE 534) Consolidated Group Tax
(LWAA 515) Constitutional Law I
(LWPP 525) Constitutional Law II
(LWPP 576) Constitutional Separation of Powers
(LWGC 514) Contemplative Practice of Law
(LWGC 563) Contract Drafting
(LWGC 562) Contract Drafting GRAD
(LWAA 520) Contracts
(LWGC 518) Controlled Substances
(LWIP 525) Copyright Law
(LWVL 591) Corporate Counsel Externship I
(LWVL 589) Corporate Counsel Externship II
(LWBC 530) Corporate Finance
(LWIP 528) Corporate Innovation & Legal Policy
(LWTE 560) Corporate Tax
(LWVL 570) Corporate Technology Externship
(LWBC 545) Corporations
(LWCR 510) Corrections & Sentencing
(LWAA 525) Criminal Law
(LWCR 520) Criminal Procedure I
(LWCR 525) Criminal Procedure II
(LWEV 506) Cross Border Marine Pollution
(LWBC 550) Deals
(LWCR 530) Death Penalty
(LWPP 520) Discrimination Law & Diversity
(LWGC 521) E-Discovery Law
(LWVL 550) Education & Disability Clinic I
(LWVL 551) Education & Disability Clinic II
(LWFC 530) Education Law
(LWVL 549) Education Law Externship I
(LWYB 549) Education Law Externship I & II
(LWPP 553) Election Law
(LWPP 535) Employment Discrimination
(LWPP 537) Employment Law
(LWPP 540) Energy Law & Policy
(LWVL 518) Energy Law and Policy Clinic I & II
(LWBC 553) Entertainment Law
(LWVL 520) Entrepreneurship Clinic I
(LWVL 521) Entrepreneurship Clinic II
(LWEV 520) Environmental Law
(LWGC 519) Estate Planning Seminar
(LWIC 521) European Union Law
(LWLP 529) Evidence
(LWLP 530) Evidence Advocacy Lab
(LWAA 575) Experiential Advocacy Practicum I
(LWAA 576) Experiential Advocacy Practicum II
(LWFC 540) Family Law
(LWPP 545) Federal Courts
(LWTE 530) Federal Estate & Gift Taxation
(LWVL 555) Federal Tax Clinic I
(LWVL 556) Federal Tax Clinic II
(LWTE 535) Federal Tax Procedure
(LWBC 555) Finance & Accounting for Lawyers
(LWTE 533) Financial Accounting for Tax
(LWIC 568) Free Trade Agreements
(LWGC 520) Fundamentals of Bar Exam Writing
(LWJT 515) Gender Discrimination
(LWJT 523) Gender Discrimination
(LWGC 578) Health Care Reform
(LWGC 534) Health Law & Bioethics
(LWGC 523) Health Law & Policy
(LWGC 536) Health Law & Reproduction
(LWWI 559) Honors Moot Court Competition
(LWVL 500) Housing Rights Clinic I & II
(LWIC 527) Human Rights Advocacy
(LWCR 538) Human Trafficking
(LWVL 532) IP Externship
(LWGC 526) IP Legal Research (online)
(LWVL 530) Immigration Clinic I
(LWVL 531) Immigration Clinic II
(LWIC 529) Immigration Law
(LWBC 567) In-House Corporate Counseling
(LWTE 536) Income Tax of Trusts & Estates
(LWWI 599) Independent Supervised Research
(LWIP 555) Intellectual Property Law Speaker Series
(LWIP 550) Intellectual Property Survey
(LWIC 531) International Asia-Pacific Commercial Arbitration
(LWIC 533) International Business Transactions
(LWIC 536) International Civil Litigation
(LWIC 537) International Contracts
(LWIC 542) International Energy Law
(LWIC 539) International Environmental Law
(LWTE 538) International Estate Planning
(LWIP 545) International Intellectual Property
(LWIC 550) International Internet & IP Law - Madrid
(LWGC 527) International Legal Research (online)
(LWIC 545) International Migration Law & Policy
(LWIC 548) International Negotiations - Madrid
(LWIC 553) International Redress
(LWTE 539) International Taxation
(LWIC 558) International Trade and Investment
(LWLP 535) Interviewing & Counseling
(LWCR 540) Introduction to Restorative Justice (online)
(LWGC 530) Intro to US Law
(LWVL 598) Judicial Externship
(LWJT 530) Jurisprudence
(LWJT 531) Jurisprudence of Sports
(LWLP 545) Labor Law
(LWEV 560) Land Use Regulation
(LWWI 542) Law Journal Editing and Research
(LWGC 537) Law at the Movies
(LWGC 555) Law of Intimate Relations
(LWIC 560) Law of the Sea
(LWGC 564) Legal Analysis
(LWGC 560) Legal Writing & Research, GRAD
(LWAA 545) Legal Writing & Research I
(LWAA 546) Legal Writing & Research II
(LWPP 566) Legislative Advocacy & the Law (Washington DC)
(LWLP 556) Mediation Skills
(LWLP 555) Mediation in Commercial Cases
(LWGC 577) Medical Malpractice
(LWBC 570) Mergers & Acquisitions
(LWIC 565) Mexican Law
(LWWI 550) Mock Trial
(LWWI 555) Moot Court
(LWGC 576) Multistate Bar Exam Review (online format)
(LWPP 567) Native American Law
(LWPP 557) Native American Law (previously titled American Indian Law)
(LWLP 560) Negotiation
(LWTE 562) Non-Profit Law
(LWEV 565) Ocean and Coastal Law
(LWTE 545) Partnership Tax
(LWIP 570) Patent Law
(LWIP 568) Patent Litigation I
(LWTE 548) Payroll Taxes
(LWPP 573) Poverty Law
(LWLP 567) Pre-Trial Practice
(LWGC 581) Privacy & Data Security (previously titled Privacy Law)
(LWLP 568) Products Liability
(LWAA 580) Professional Responsibility
(LWAA 530) Property
(LWVL 544) Public Interest Law Clinic
(LWIC 575) Public International Law
(LWTE 550) REITs
(LWBC 577) Real Estate Transactions
(LWLP 570) Remedies
(LWPP 574) Reparations
(LWCR 570) Scientific Evidence
(LWBC 580) Securities Regulation
(LWBC 585) Sports and the Law
(LWVL 560) State Income Tax Clinic I
(LWVL 561) State Income Tax Clinic II
(LWVL 562) State Sales & Use Tax Clinic I
(LWVL 563) State Sales & Use Tax Clinic II
(LWTE 552) State and Local Taxation
(LWAA 590) Tax I
(LWTE 565) Tax Litigation
(LWTE 568) Tax Planning Lab
(LWTE 514) Tax Policy (remote)
(LWTE 574) Tax Practice & Penalties
(LWTE 570) Tax Research
(LWTE 557) Taxation of Financial Instruments - NEW course
(LWTE 575) Taxation of Property Transactions
(LWAA 540) Torts
(LWIP 575) Trade Secrets
(LWIP 580) Trademark Law
(LWIP 582) Trademark Prosecution - NEW course
(LWIP 590) Transactional IP - NEW Course
(LWTE 584) Transfer Pricing
(LWIC 590) Transitional Justice
(LWLP 550) Trial Advocacy - Civil
(LWGC 590) Trusts & Estates
(LWTE 555) Trusts & Estates
(LWBC 592) UCC: Sales
(LWVL 580) Veterans Clinic I
(LWVL 581) Veterans Clinic II
(LWVL 594) Washington DC Externship Program
(LWEV 511) Water Law
(LWVL 583) Women's Legal Clinic I
(LWVL 584) Women's Legal Clinic II
(LWVL 585) Workers Rights Clinic II
(LWFC 546) Youth Law