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Required Introductory Courses

Required First-Year Courses

Contracts
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Philip Hackney	4
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Lu-in Wang	4

U.S. Legal System
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Jaclyn Belczyk	3
Spring Term 2020-2021		Professor Jaclyn Belczyk	3

Required Upper-Level Courses

Business Organizations
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Peter Oh	3
Spring Term 2020-2021		Professor Charles Cohen, Esquire Professor Matthew Shames, Esquire	3

Business Planning, Entrepreneurship & Technology
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Craig Heryford, Esquire	2

Commercializing New Technologies
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Susan Cohen Professor Stephanie Dangel	3

Business Organizations is required. Choose at least one of the other courses.

Electives

Choose courses from this list of electives.

Introduction to Accounting for Lawyers
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Reid Meyer	1

Biotechnology Law
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor C. Black, Jr.	2

Employment Law
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Spring Term 2020-2021		Professor Pat Chew	3

Intellectual Property
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Kevin Ashley	3

Choose at least 2 electives.

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Antitrust
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Peter Oh	3

Bankruptcy
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Judith Fitzgerald	3

Commercial Transactions in Goods
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Haider Ala Hamoudi	3
Spring Term 2020-2021		Professor Jacqueline Lipton	3

Copyright Law
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Spring Term 2020-2021		Professor Michael Madison	3

Energy Law and Regulation
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor John Hammond, Esquire	3

Information Privacy: Law and Practice
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Spring Term 2020-2021		Professor William Maruca, Esquire	2

Legal Writing for the Transactional Lawyer
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Stephanie Dangel	2

Legislation and Regulation
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Elena Baylis	3
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Ben Bratman	3
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Greer Donley	3

Nonprofit Tax Exempt Organizations
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Spring Term 2020-2021		Professor Penina Lieber, Esquire	2

Securities Regulation
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Charles Cohen, Esquire Professor Matthew Shames, Esquire	3

Trademark Law
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2020-2021		Professor Michael Madison	3