Law (LAWS)

LAWS 5501:   Constitutional Law I  
The first semester of a coordinated two-semester coverage of intergovernmental relations in the federal system, powers of Congress, and the limitations imposed upon the powers of both federal and state governments for the protection of individual rights.  
3 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5505:   Contracts  
School of Law  
The law of enforceable promises, including contract formation, interpretation, conditions, breach, performance and remedies, as well as promissory estoppel and restitution.  
3 - 6 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture/Lab  
LAWS 5510:   Criminal Law  
The sources of criminal law, analysis of criminal intent, conditions of criminal responsibility and particular crimes and procedure in criminal actions.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5515:   Civil Procedure I  
School of Law  
The basic course on the structure and power of American courts, focusing on personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, and venue.  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5516:   Civil Procedure II  
The rules of pleading, procedure, and practice in the federal courts.  
2 - 4 credits  
Prerequisites
LAWS 5015 or LAWS 5515.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5520:   Torts  
School of Law  
Civil liability for harm to persons, property and other interests, including negligence, intentional torts and strict liability actions and related doctrine of causation, damages, privileges, and defenses.  
3 - 6 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5525:   Property  
Ownership and transfer of interests in land, including present and future estates, tenancies, easements, and covenants; real estate law and practice, with emphasis on mortgages, deeds of trust, and secured interests in real property.  
3 - 6 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5701:   Intro to Law I: Legal Systems  
Introduces the sources, structures, and institutions of domestic and public international law, with applications to the air and space industries.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5702:   Intro to Law II: Legal Applica  
Develops analytical reasoning and examines administrative and international governance frameworks essential to aerospace regulation and policy.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5710:   Capstone in Air and Space Law  
Prepares students for a comprehensive oral and written final exam through applied, scenario-based practice.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5711:   Cybersecurity in Air and Space  
Examines legal and policy frameworks for protecting aerospace systems from cyber threats and ensuring data security.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5712:   AI in Air and Space Law  
Explores legal, ethical, and regulatory issues in applying AI to aviation and space operations.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5713:   Export Rules Air & Space Tech  
Explains the laws, processes, and compliance requirements for transferring aerospace goods, technology, and services across borders.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5714:   Gov Contracts in Air and Space  
Covers the rules, processes, and strategies for securing and managing aerospace contracts with government agencies.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5715:   Sustain Law in Air & Space  
Analyzes legal frameworks for environmental protection in aviation and space, from emissions to orbital debris.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5730:   International Aviation Law  
Analyzes legal principles, institutions, and agreements regulating the use of airspace and international air transport.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5731:   U.S. Aviation Law  
Surveys U.S. aviation laws, regulations, and policies, from safety and liability to security and environmental compliance.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5732:   Private International Air Law  
Examines treaties and legal rules that determine responsibility for passengers, cargo, and ground damage in cross-border flights.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5733:   Drone Law and Policy  
Explores U.S. and international rules, privacy, security, and ethical issues in drone use.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5740:   Outer Space Law and Commerce  
Analyzes how treaties and norms intersect with geopolitical competition and cooperation in space.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5742:   Aerospace Business and Law  
Explores how legal frameworks and business strategy interact in the aviation and space industries.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5743:   Satellite Communications Law  
Explores international and U.S. regulation of spectrum, satellites, and transnational information flows.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5744:   Satellite Imaging and Data Law  
Examines legal and policy issues in the collection and use of satellite-based Earth observation data.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5745:   Military Space Law  
Explores the legal and policy frameworks governing the use of space for defense and security purposes.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5900:   Prof. Identity Formation  
School of Law  
This class will introduce students to the concept of professional identity formation. Students will be able to define what professional identity formation is, generally, and specifically what it means to them, individually. This course is also designed to assist students in developing skills necessary for academic and professional success. This is part of the required curriculum. First-year law students will audit the course in the fall and take it for ZF credit in the spring.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5905:   Legal Methods  
An introduction to law school methods and pedagogy.  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5920:   Legal Research I  
School of Law  
The study and practice of basic legal research skills, primarily using state law materials and focusing on secondary sources and case law.  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5921:   Legal Research II  
Continued study and practice of refined and expanded legal research skills, applying them to more complex legal problems, primarily using federal law materials and focusing on statutory law, statutory interpretation, and administrative law.  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 5930:   Legal Writing I  
School of Law  
The study and practice of basic legal writing skills, primarily using state law materials and focusing on objective legal writing.  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture/Lab  
LAWS 5931:   Legal Writing II  
Continued study and practice of refined and expanded legal writing skills, applying them to more complex legal problems, primarily using federal law materials and focusing on persuasive legal writing.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture/Lab  
LAWS 5940:   Contract Negotiation & Draftin  
An introduction to both contract negotiation and drafting. Coverage of basic contract provisions and precise drafting.  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
Course Fees:
$600.00
$550.00
  
LAWS 5990:   Legal Methods  
An introduction to law school methods and pedagogy.  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6000:   Legal Profession  
School of Law  
Historical background of the legal profession, its proper functions in society, and ethical conduct in the practice of law.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6005:   Advanced Legal Ethics  
Study of selected problems in legal ethics. Topics covered may include lawyering in the digital age, access to justice, current issues in legal ethics, and in-depth case studies.  
2 - 3 credits  
Prerequisites
LAWS 6000.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6010:   Legal History  
School of Law  
The origin and development of the ideas of law and justice in ancient Greece and Rome and the history of legal doctrine and legal systems in England and the United States.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6015:   Legal Process  
Consideration of the utility and interrelationship of various lawmaking institutions.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6020:   Jurisprudence  
The nature of law, together with classical and contemporary theories of jurisprudence, their development, and comparison.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6021:   Business Assoc for Bus Lawyer  
The class is designed for students who have a strong interest in business law and is more demanding than the typical survey on the law of business organizations. In this course, students will learn the principal substantive laws governing corporations and other forms of business organization and how to draft provisions of organizational documents and other business law documents.  
3 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6025:   Comparative Law  
Comparison of Anglo-American and civil law systems; emphasis on civil litigation, the courts, the judiciary, and the organization and training of the legal profession.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6030:   Law and Film  
The use of films as legal texts, with a focus on the effects of films on popular perception of the law, lawyers, law practice, public policy and ethics.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6032:   Law and Literature  
A study of a variety of literary texts as a basis for relection about the nature of the law and its practice.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 6034:   Law and Economics  
The application of basic economic principles to a variety of legal issues, including property, environmental law, contracts, torts, crime and punishments, and corporate law. No prior economics training is required.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6036:   Gender and the Law  
Explores legal issues of particular interest and concern to men, women and person who are "otherly gendered." Focuses on the social construction of gender in our legal history and conducts a study of the American Jurisprudence's treatment of gender-based social issues.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6038:   Critical Race Theory  
This course dissects the social construction of race's impact on our legal history and conducts a study of the American Jurisprudence's treatment of racial and social issues.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6040:   Internet Law  
Survey of the effect of the Internet on legal principles and the practice of law in the United States.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6101:   Constitutional Law II  
School of Law  
The second semester of a coordinated two-semester coverage of intergovernmental relations in the federal system, powers of Congress, and the limitations imposed upon the powers of both federal and state governments for the protection of individual rights.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6110:   Legislation  
The legislative process, national and state; the principles of statutory construction; and techniques of bill drafting.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6115:   Administrative Law  
School of Law  
Powers and procedures of administrative agencies and reviewing courts at the federal and state levels, including federal and state administrative procedures acts.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6120:   Local Government Law  
School of Law  
The formation and administration of types of local communities such as counties, cities, towns, and levee and drainage districts and related public administration problems.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6125:   Federal Law and Indian Tribes  
This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the federal government’s legal relationship with the tribes that have inhabited the area that now comprises the United States for thousands of years. The role of states and local governments in dealing with tribes is largely determined by the federal government and is also addressed.  
2 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6130:   Immigration Law  
School of Law  
Asurvey of United States immigration law and policy.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Discussion  
LAWS 6140:   Constitutional Law Seminar  
Problems in Constitutional law, such as church and state, freedom of expression, and other constitutional guarantees and provisions.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 6141:   Fourth Amendment Seminar  
An in-depth study of the Fourth Amendment, combining both theory and practice and focusing on selected topics.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 6200:   Crim. Procedure I: Investigati  
School of Law  
A study of constitutional restrictions on criminal investigative practice which typically precede institutional formal judicial proceedings, with special emphasis upon search and seizure, interrogation, right to counsel at the pretrail stage and operation of the exclusionary rule.  
3 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6201:   Crim. Procedure II: Adjudicati  
A study of issues surrounding state and federal criminal litigation beginning with the decision to commence formal judicial proceedings.  
3 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6210:   Problems in Criminal Procedure  
Defense of entrapment and double jeopardy; prosecutorial discretion; guilty pleas; grand juries; preliminary hearings; jurisdiction and venue; post-conviction remedies.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6215:   Criminal Trial Practice  
School of Law  
State federal practice and procedure in criminal-cases-involving written and oral exercises, including mock trial, the use of discovery procedures, pretrial proceedings, motions and other aspects of criminal trial practice. Z grade  
1 - 3 credits  
Prerequisites
LAWS 6300 and (LAWS 6200 or LAWS 6201).  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6216:   Criminal Trial Evidence Skills  
Uses role-playing and demonstrations to teach the practical application of the Rules of Evidence: skills will include objections; foundations; responses to various objections; motions; and other common evidentiary situations at trial. Students will not present a complete trial.  
2 credits  
Prerequisites
LAWS 6200 and LAWS 6300.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6220:   Sentencing  
A study of the sentencing process. Topics covered may include: sentencing guidelines, sentencing alternatives, the philosophy of sentencing, restitution, forfeiture, probation and parole.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6223:   Capt. Punishment & the Jdcl. P  
A seminar course covering the philosophical and sociological debates over the death penalty, focusing on sighnificant U.S. Supreme Court cases concerning the death penalty since 1972.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 6230:   Federal Trial Practice  
Use of federal discovery procedures, pretrial proceedings, and motions. Trial of mock cases, civil and criminal, under federal rules. Z grade  
2 - 3 credits  
Prerequisites
LAWS 6300.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6235:   Federal Habeas Corpus Remedies  
This is a seminar overview of the federal habeas corpus writ, both historically and after the enactment of the Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6240:   White Collar Crime  
School of Law  
Examination of the substantive laws and procedural issues often associated with the prosecution and defense of non-violent crimes characterized by deceit, deception, and abuse of power or trust.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6243:   Cybercrime  
A study of issues and case law surrounding substantive and procedural questions raised by computer and internet crime.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6300:   Evidence  
School of Law  
The function of the court and jury; the competency, privilege and examination of witnesses; the exclusionary rules of evidence and exceptions.  
3 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6301:   Problems in Evidence  
Advanced evidentiary problems.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6310:   Advanced Torts  
This course will cover some or all of the following topics: defamation, privacy, misuse of legal procedure, interferences with advantage relations, statutory torts, civil rights, products liability, and other possible areas of torts not covered in the required first-year course.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6312:   Alternative Dispute Resolution  
School of Law  
Introduction to nonadjudicative dispute resolution processes that utilize problem-solving approaches to resolve disputes, including client interviewing and counseling, negotiation, mediation, arbitration, summary jury trials, special masters, mini-trials and mediation- arbitration. Practical experience gained through role-playing exercises.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 6314:   Complex Litigation  
This course will examine the procedures used to resolve complex civil cases. It is an advanced course in civil procedure. Topics will include methods of aggregating litigation (joinder, multidistrict litigation and class actions), case management (narrowing issues for trial and streamlining discovery), and remedial issues.  
2 - 3 credits  
Prerequisites
(LAWS 5015 or LAWS 5515) and (LAWS 5016 or LAWS 5516).  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6316:   Pretrial Practice  
Instruction and practice in the legal skills needed for pretrial practice in federal and state courts, including pretrial planning, investigation, pleading, discovery, motions, and settlement.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6318:   The Prosecution Function  
School of Law  
Examines the role and duties of the American prosecutor from a historical, theoretical, and practical aspect.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6320:   Remedies  
Legal and equitable remedies, including the law of damages, restitution, and injunctive relief.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6322:   Interviewing and Counseling  
Theory and practice of interviewing and counseling clients and negotiating on their behalf.  
1 - 6 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Internship, Lecture  
LAWS 6340:   Mississippi Civil Practice  
School of Law  
Civil practice and procedure in the courts of Mississippi.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6342:   Federal Jurisdiction  
School of Law  
Emphasis on litigation against the state and federal government. Includes general grants of jurisdiction and current utilization in damage suits against the state or federal treasury, provisions of the United States Code that waive sovereign immunity for specific types of litigation, code provisions that authorize discrete causes of action and make provisions for attorneys fees, and development of litigation that generates maximum economic impact.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6344:   Supreme Court Practice  
Practice and procedure before the U.S. Supreme Court, including appeals, certiorari, and motions.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6400:   Income Taxation of Individuals  
School of Law  
Introductory income tax concepts, including: gross income; deductions; identification of taxpayers; problems incident to the sale, exchange, and other disposition of property; recognition; and characterization concepts.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6401:   Income Tax II  
School of Law  
Advanced topics in the federal income taxation of individuals, including tax treatment of significant property transactions; consideration of timing of income and deductions; time value of money concepts; characterization issues; and additional treatment of special deduction limitation provisions.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
LAWS 6400.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6410:   Accounting  
Students are introduced to the basics of accounting, including the balance sheet and statement of cash flows. Z grade.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6411:   Legal Accounting  
Accounting principles; accounting procedures for proprietorships, partnerships and corporations; legal implications of various procedures. (For students with no more than 3 hours of undergraduate accounting or no more than 6 hours of other undergraduate economics or finance courses or permission of instructor).  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6415:   Inc. Tax. of Corp. & Shrhldr.s  
Tax considerations in corporate formations, distributions, redemptions, liquidations, and reorganizations.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
LAWS 6400.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6416:   Federal Tax. of Gratuitous Tra  
Federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6417:   Partnership Taxation  
School of Law  
Tax meaning of "partnership"; formation transactions between partner and partnership; determination and treatment of partnership income; sales or exchanges of partnership interests; distributions, retirement, death of a partner; drafting the partnership agreement.  
1 - 3 credits  
Prerequisites
LAWS 6400.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6418:   Tax Problems  
Advanced tax problems.  
1 - 3 credits  
Prerequisites
LAWS 6400.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 6420:   Deferred Compensation  
Commonly used deferred compensation arrangements, including qualified pension, annuity, profit-sharing and stock bonus plans, nonqualified plans, restricted property, statutory and nonstatutory option plans.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6422:   Securities Regulation  
An examination of federal and state securities laws and how they regulate securities offerings, issuers, markets, and market participants.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6424:   Secured Transactions  
Theoretical and practical justifications for the creation of security interests in personal property. Emphasis is on Articles 1, 2A, and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and bankruptcy law.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6426:   Corporate Finance Law  
School of Law  
The law governing corporate finance and acquisitions, including enterprise valuation, capital structure, dividend policy, mergers, takeovers, and takeover defenses.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6428:   Capt. Structure and Valuation  
The course covers how companies finance their operations using different forms of debt and equity, and the principles of how businesses are valued. Z grade.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6430:   Bankruptcy  
Exploration of the legal, practical, and theoretical aspects of financial insolvency of both individuals and business entities under the Bankruptcy Code. Emphasis on topics that apply both to liquidations and reorganizations under the Bankruptcy Code, including involuntary bankruptcy, claims resolution, scope of bankruptcy discharge, executory contracts, trustee's avoidance powers and distribution. In addition, the individual's right to a "fresh start" will be examined.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6431:   Bankruptcy Reorganization Sem  
Examination of the legal, practical, and theoretical aspects of reorganizing the financial affairs of business entities and individuals under Chapters 11, 12, and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
LAWS 6430.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 6440:   Commercial Paper  
Study of Articles 3, 4 and 4 A of the Uniform Commercial Code concerning negotiable instruments and payment systems.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6445:   Banking Law  
Survey of federal and state banking statutes and legal problems in the field of banking.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6450:   Crypto Rules  
This course provides a survey of diverse areas of the law as they intersect with digital assets. The 1-credit version of the class focuses on the most contentious issues, which are primarily questions about where digital assets fit in the complex financial services regulatory structure. In addition to learning about crypto rules, students will learn a lot about financial service regulations. The 2- and 3-credit versions address a broader range of topics, including intellectual property, freedom of speech, extortion, drug dealing, environmental protection, banking and money, privacy, terrorism, social inclusion, and, of course, taxes.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6460:   Trusts  
The historical development, formal elements, and creation of express, resulting, and constructive trusts; their differentiation from other legal relations and their administration.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6462:   Wills and Trusts Drafting  
Drafting wills and trusts with special emphasis on tax aspects.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
LAWS 6464.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6464:   Wills and Estates  
School of Law  
The execution, revocation, construction, and probate of wills and the administration of trusts and estates.  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6468:   Estate Planning  
Planning lifetime and testamentary dispositions of property; postmortem planning; analysis of small and large estates.  
2 - 3 credits  
Prerequisites
LAWS 6416.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6470:   International Finance  
Introduction to the financial problems of foreign operations. Foreign exchange, transfer of funds, banking services, international financial institutions, and investment decisions, with major emphasis upon rational and financial problems of multinationals.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6474:   International Investment Law  
Introduction to international investment law and arbitration, both in terms of substantive protection for investors and in relation to investor-state dispute settlement.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6477:   International Tax  
This course is a survey course in U.S. international taxation.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6500:   Business Associations  
School of Law  
A survey of the law of business associations, focusing on corporations and their formation, structure, finance, and governance; close corporation problems; regulation of corporate disclosures and proxy solicitations under federal securities law; securities fraud and insider trading.  
3 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6503:   Mergers and Acquisitions  
Integrated study of statutes, case law, and practical skills associated with business transactions, including statutory mergers, stock and asset sales, and similar deal structures. The course also includes the study of the deal process, including negotiation, drafting of term sheets and definitive agreements, diligence, and closing conditions.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6510:   Copyright Law  
Survey of copyright law, including copyrightable subject matter, the requirements for protection, the bundle of rights encompassed by copyright, infringement, defenses (such as fair use and the First Amendment), preemption issues, and some aspects of foreign protection. Resale royalties, moral rights, the right of publicity and other related doctrines also will be discussed.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6512:   Patent Law  
Survey of patent law, including patentable subject matter; patent validity, novelty, nonobviousness, utility and enablement; patent infringement; and patent licensing.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6514:   Intellectual Property  
A survey of the field of intellectual property law, including federal copyright, patent and trademark law, as well as state law doctrine relating to trade secrets, unfair competition, dilution, the right of publicity, and misappropriation.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6515:   Emerging Issues in IP  
With the continued emergence of global economies and digital technologies, the area of intellectual property has received much attention in the last 20 years. In this class, we will explore recent challenges to intellectual property and the legal reactions to those challenges from P2P file sharing to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the America Invents Act.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6516:   Intl. Intellectual Property  
This course will focus on the major substantive trends and major institutions in the field of international intellectual property.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6520:   Trademark Law  
Trademarks have grown in value to corporations as a means to communicate quickly and clearly with consumers. This course provides a thorough grounding in the world of trademark law: understanding the reasons for trademarks' worth to their owners and evaluating the best way to establish them and to defend them.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6530:   Business Planning  
Advanced problems in corporate transactional practice.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6540:   Insurance  
The nature, form, interpretation, and application of the various kinds of insurance contracts.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6545:   Antitrust Law  
Trade regulation under federal antitrust law, including the law of price fixing, market allocation, boycotts and other agreements among competitors; predatory pricing and other forms of monopolization and attempted monopolization; resale price maintenance, tying arrangements, territorial and customer limitations and other forms of vertical agreements; horizontal and vertical mergers; and price discrimination.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6547:   Intl. Commercial Arbitration  
Examines the most widely used process for resolving international commercial disputes  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6550:   Employment Discrimination  
Employment discrimination as regulated by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other federal statutes.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6551:   Employee Benefits  
Upper-level seminar that examines the various sources of American employees benefit law.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 6553:   Workers' Compensation  
Compensation for employment injuries, with primary emphasis on the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Act.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6554:   Labor Law  
The regulation of relations between employers and labor unions at common law and under federal legislation, with primary emphasis on employee rights to organize and bargain under the National Labor Relations Act.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6590:   Risk Mgmt. and Compliance I  
School of Law  
This course will explore both the theory and practice of risk management and compliance along with the implementation and execution of risk management and corporate compliance programs. Specific topics will include the role of boards, lawyers and other professionals; the role of ethics and codes of conduct; compliance systems and frameworks; risk management; key statutes; and government regulatory frameworks and enforcement efforts. The course is especially appropriate for future in- house attorneys, ethics and compliance officers, directors of risk, corporate lawyers, defense counsel, or even prosecutors and other government lawyers.  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6601:   Intercollegiate Sports Law  
Sports Law I addresses the interaction between the law and intercollegiate sports, including the regulation of college athletics by the NCAA. The course addresses issues of torts, contracts, constitutional law, labor law, antitrust, private association law, and NCAA compliance.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 6602:   Professional Sports Law  
This class explores legal issues related to the professional sports industries, including torts, contracts, constitutional law, antitrust, labor, agency, alternative dispute resolution, intellectual property, real property, taxation, and other related issues.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6605:   Entertainment Law  
This course examines legal issues relevant to the entertainment industry, including television/cable/radio, film, music, publishing, and theater.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6610:   Communications Law  
Ethical and legal rights and responsibilities of print and broadcast journalists. Attention to Constitutional law, Mississippi statutes and precedent, and FCC regulation.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6615:   Gaming Law  
School of Law  
This course will focus on laws that regulate, prohibit or permit gambling in various forms.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 6630:   Contemp Iss. in NCAA Complianc  
School of Law  
Students will learn about current significant issues facing athletics compliance professionals. Areas of focus will include sports wagering and the impact on compliance operations, antitrust litigation cases and discussions of student-athletes as employees, also, antitrust issue of the Name/Image/Likeness legislation and/or NCAA legislative changes in that area. Z grade.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6700:   Public International Air Law  
School of Law  
Examines the relevant principles of public international law that apply to the use of air space by examining the sources of international air law and the law-making processes affecting the regime of air space and international air transport.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6701:   Private International Air Law  
School of Law  
Covers the unification of private international air law through the adoption of international conventions.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6702:   U.S. National Aviation Law  
This course covers domestic aviation laws, regulations and policy and explores all major aspects of aviation law, including, but not limited to: government regulation, liability, aircraft financing, economic regulation of domestic air routes and rates; aviation security and environmental law.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6710:   Drone Law and Policy  
From military uses to wedding photography, this course will review the birth and swift evolution of the drone industry and assess the benefits and pitfalls of its growth. It will compare and analyze existing and proposed regulatory frameworks in the U.S. and other jurisdictions taking into particular consideration evolving technology.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6711:   Int'l Aviation Fin. & Leasing  
Covers the primary legal and practical aspects of international aviation finance and leasing law.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6731:   Telecommunication Law  
Issues of the transnational flow of information, which include states' technical and social concerns when international communication is involved.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6733:   Government Contracts  
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the law pertaining to government procurement and fiscal law. Students will analyze unique features of federal procurement and discuss the functions of various branches of government, including the congressional appropriation of funds available for contracting.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6734:   Cyber Law and Cybersecurity  
This course provides students with an understanding of the development of law and policy related to cyberspace and cybersecurity. It examines social and legal cyber governance rules, processes, and structures with an emphasis on U.S. and international laws related to cybersecurity, data security, law enforcement surveillance, cyber crime, privacy, and related issues.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6900:   Professional Skills  
Students learn and perform legal skills in key areas of law practice, and receive detailed feedback and critiques. Taught by visiting elite practitioners and resident instructors.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6901:   Lawyering Skills Workshop  
A simulation-based practice course, including exercises in interviewing and counseling, fact investigation, case assessment, negotiation, motion practice, trial practice, and ethics.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 6910:   Writing for the Bar Exam  
School of Law  
This course will cover the foundational skills necessary to be successful on the written components of the bar exam. The focus of the course will be on essay writing and analytical skills.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6915:   Bar Exam Prep I  
School of Law  
This second-year law course is a skills-development course that focuses on improving students’ proficiency in approaching, analyzing, and answering bar exam questions related to first-year law substantive topics. Additional emphasis will be on refining memorization skills and learning how to self-assess  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6919:   Bar Exam Skills  
This class will prepare students for the process of studying for the bar exam. It will help them develop successful study schedules and techniques and will help them learn successful strategies for mastering each component of the exam. Z grade.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6925:   Research for Legal Scholarship  
School of Law  
Research for Legal Scholarship is intended to serve as a companion course to upper-level courses with a significant writing component but may be taken as a stand-alone course. The course will survey the resources and techniques used to conduct scholarly research, both online and in print. In-class and homework exercises will help each student conduct individualized research.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6927:   International Legal Research  
This course surveys resources and techniques used to research foreign, comparative, and international law, both online and in print.  
2 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6930:   Academic Legal Writing  
School of Law  
Academic Legal Writing is a seminar course on academic legal research, writing, and argument designed to help students prepare scholarly articles for publication.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6940:   Contract Drafting  
Theory and practice of contemporary contract drafting.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6960:   Speaker's Edge  
This course leverages the elements of formal competition allowing students to hone their communication, coaching, and critical-thinking skills. Business success continues to demand effective verbal communication skills. Speaker's Edge focuses on formal public speaking, but the course also demands that participants consider their "presentation of self" in informal and interpersonal contexts. Our goal is to allow students to experience multiple opportunities to present speeches, critique and coach others, and "road test" their professional networking abilities in an intensive two-week "boot camp" for advanced business communication.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6970:   Advocacy Competition  
Participation in an external skills competition or similar program (including appellate advocacy, mock trial, negotiation, and other advocacy or skills activities). Z grade  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study  
LAWS 6971:   Moot Court Board  
School of Law  
Participation in the administration of the Moot Court Board. Limitation: maximum of one Z credit per semester and four Z credits total for co-curricular activities (including law journals, advocacy programs, and similar activities). Z grade  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study  
LAWS 6972:   Negotiation Board  
School of Law  
Participation in and administration of the Negotiation Board. Limitation: maximum of one Z credit per semester and four Z credits total for co-curricular activities (including law journals, advocacy programs, and similar activities). Z grade  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study  
LAWS 6973:   Trial Advocacy Board  
School of Law  
Participation in the administration of the Trial Advocacy Board. Limitation: maximum of one Z credit per semester and four Z credits total for co-curricular activities (including law journals, advocacy programs, and similar activities). Z grade  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study  
LAWS 6982:   Individual Study I  
School of Law  
Research and writing on an assigned topic under supervision of a faculty member. Requires completion of application form by student and supervising instructor. See law registrar for details. Z grade  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study  
LAWS 6992:   Research Assistant I  
School of Law  
Research assistance for a faculty member. Requires completion of application form by student and supervising instructor. Please see law registrar for details. Z grade  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study  
LAWS 6995:   Conflict Management Practicum  
This practicum will allow selected law students to work within the Dean Of Students Office as mediators/advisers in undergraduate prehearing and administrative hearing processes. Law students will assist that office in handling the 500-plus caseload per semester by learning the requisite legal and educational foundation and receiving proper training. Z grade  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Internship  
LAWS 6999A:   Legal Topics I  
School of Law  
Selected legal topics to be designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6999B:   Selected Legal Topics II  
School of Law  
Additional selected legal topics to be designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6999C:   Selected Legal Topics III  
School of Law  
Additional selected legal topics to be designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6999D:   Selected Legal Topics IV  
School of Law  
Selected legal topics to be designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6999E:   Selected Legal Topics V  
School of Law  
Selected legal topics to be designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6999F:   Selected Legal Topics VI  
School of Law  
Selected legal topics to be designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6999G:   Selected Legal Topics VII  
School of Law  
Selected legal topics to be designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 6999H:   Selected Legal Topics VIII  
Selected legal topics to be designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7010:   Legal Problems of Indigence  
School of Law  
Problems of indigence under federal and state welfare programs; employer-employee relationship, unemployment compensation; consumer buying and debt; housing; family relationships.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7015:   Political and Civil Rights  
School of Law  
Studies in the field of personal liberties (freedom of speech, religion, association), political rights (apportionment) and civil rights (personal violence, education, voting, and employment).  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7017:   International Human Rights Law  
Examines the growing body of international law relating to the protection of rights enjoyed by all human beings.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 7020:   Disability Law and Policy  
Examines the various sources of American disability antidiscrimination law.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7030:   Law and Religion  
School of Law  
A seminar course covering the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 7100:   Higher Education and The Law  
School of Law  
A survey of the ways in which various facets of higher education (both in public and private institutions) are becoming subject to the legal process.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7140:   School Law Seminar  
State and federal decisions affecting public and private education; constitutional considerations stressed.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 7210:   Law and Medicine  
Medical malpractice litigation with emphasis on the physician as a defendant or as a witness.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7215:   Health Care Law  
A survey of legal issues related to the health care industry.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7216:   Health Care Law II  
Focused study on particular issues in health care law and policy, as selected by the instructor.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7220:   Bioethics  
A three-hour course that covers a broad range of bioethics issues, including stem cell research, fetal tissue research, genetic testing, genetic engineering, human experimentation, the right-to-die, the right to demand medical treatment, physician-assisted suicide, reporductive rights, surrogate reproduction, medical informed consent, feminism issues regarding medical treatments, racism involving medical treatments, and other standard bioethics issues relating to patients' due process, interest, and right of privacy.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7300:   Family Law  
School of Law  
The validity and requisites of marriage; the grounds for annulment and divorce; and the rights and duties arising out of the relation of husband and wife, parent and child, guardian and ward.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7320:   Children In The Legal System  
School of Law  
Study of the law as it relates to minors in the public and private sectors.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7340:   Family Law Seminar  
Analysis and particularized study of selected problems in family law.  
1 - 3 credits  
Prerequisites
LAWS 7300.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 7410:   Housing Law  
A study of laws related to housing and the lawyer's role in developing and implementing solutions to housing problems, including homelessness, substandard housing, security of tenure, affordability, and neighborhood stability.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 7420:   Land Finance I  
Procedures and devices involved in financing real estate ventures, apartments, shopping centers, and condominium projects; federal financing programs.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7421:   Land Finance II  
Advanced problems in financing real estate ventures; specialized federal programs; recent developments in state and federal regulations. Emphasis will be given to the real estate planning aspects of such ventures.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7425:   Land Planning  
People, government, and land use; policy goals and governmental methods; zoning, subdivision regulations, urban renewal, housing for low-income families and industrial development.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7426:   Land Titles  
The basic course in adjective real estate law and practice, including methods of recording and conveyancing and problems in the preparation of instruments of title and abstracts of title.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7510:   Environmental Law  
The role of legal institutions in the protection of environmental quality, with emphasis on pollution and sound.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7511:   Intl. Environmental Law  
The sources and application of international environmental law, including the customary international law of the environment; transboundary pollution; international law of the sea; natural resource and species conservation; ozone depletion; climate change; and international trade and the environment.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7513:   Environmental and Toxic Torts  
A study of common law tort theories addressing harm to persons, property, or the environment by environmental contamination or exposure, and preemption by existing environmental statutes.  
2 - 3 credits  
Prerequisites
LAWS 5020 or LAWS 5520.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7515:   Natural Resources Law  
Protection and multiple uses of natural resource system. Topics will include an overview of federal lands; the role of federal agencies; protected lands, such as the National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System; the public trust doctrine; and wildlife management.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7518:   Agricultural Law  
School of Law  
This course will provide an overview of the legal framework governing agricultural operations, with particular attention to environmental and land use regulations. The course will specifically examine how agriculture affects water quantity and quality, as well as the legal mechanisms in place to minimize such impacts. The course will also cover the intersection of agricultural and animal law with respect to livestock operations and aquaculture (fish farming). Current agricultural topics will be covered, such as sustainability issues, organic certification, and the production and sale of GMO products.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7520:   Coastal and Ocean Law  
The legal framework associated with the coastal zone and ocean environment. Public access to coastal lands and waters, public trust, wetlands regulation, international law of the sea, fisheries law, and marine pollution.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7530:   Oil and Gas  
School of Law  
Landowners' interests in oil and gas in place; interpretation and assignment of related contracts and leases; royalties; and the conservation of oil and gas.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7535:   Energy Law  
The study of electricity regulation and electricity rate-making. The course will also examine regulation of the energy sources, including coal, natural gas, and renewables.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7540:   Climate Change and Policy  
Explores the interrelation of law, science, and poliics involved in addressing climate change at the national and international level.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7552:   Employer-Employee Relations  
Statutory and common law regulation of the employment relationship, including working conditions, discharge, and covenants not to compete.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7600:   International Law  
School of Law  
The nature, scope, development, and jurisdiction of international law; treaties; state responsibility; dispute resolution; human rights.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7601:   Current Problems in Intl. Law  
Present-day problems and developments in international law; analysis of trends.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7602:   International Trade  
This course examines the legal framework, policy, and jurisprudence of the international trading system, focusing primarily on the substantive legal rules of the World Trade Organization. Topics include the relationship between domestic and international law, the WTO dispute resolution system, nondiscrimination obligations in international trade, regional trade agreements, subsidies, anti-dumping, trade in services, trade and the environment, and trade and intellectual property.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7605:   Conflict of Laws  
Enforcement of foreign country and foreign state judgments and problems arising in cases where the conflicting rules of different jurisdictions may apply.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7610:   Admiralty Law  
School of Law  
History and development of the admiralty and maritime jurisdictions, limitation of liability, maritime liens, carriage of goods by water, seamen's remedies, marine insurance, general average and other substantive areas of admiralty and maritime law.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7615:   European Union Law  
The institutions of the European Union, including the Commission, Council of Ministers, Parliament, and the European Court of Justice; how laws are made; implications of European integration for free movement of goods, persons, services, and capital.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7620:   Law of Armed Conflict  
Examination of rules of international law applicable to armed conflicts, with emphasis on contemporary case studies; includes the law on resort to force (jus ad bellum) and the law on conduct of hostilities (jus in bello).  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7621:   Intl. Security Law and Policy  
Legal issues relating to war and armed conflict, separation of constitutional powers, emergency powers, the security role of the United Nations and the strengthening of the enforcement of international humanitarian law; related political, military, and diplomatic ramifications.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7700:   International Space Law  
School of Law  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7701:   US Domestic Space Law  
This course covers the most developed body of domestic space law in the world: that of the United States. It addresses the nation's civil and military programs and offers a wide variety of commercial activities: launches, remote sensing, and satellite communications, among others.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7710:   Space Security Law  
School of Law  
Space Security Law addresses a wide variety of national and international legal issues dealing with both the security of the space environment and national security derived from reliance on space assets, such as telecommunications satellites, remote sensing satellites and launch technologies.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7711:   Remote Sensing Law  
School of Law  
Remote sensing is a vaulable technology in science, foreign policy, national security, and commerce. This course provides an overview of international and domestic remote sensing law and identifies issues in the United States and the international community.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7712:   Space Race 2.0: Law and Lawfar  
Space Race 2.0: Law, Power and Cognitive Warfare examines how international law has become a domain of competition in the new space race. Students will compare the Outer Space Treaty with UNCLOS, the Antarctic Treaty and Arctic governance while exploring how states, particularly China, use legal narratives and cognitive warfare to shape legitimacy, advance claims, and contest global leadership on Earth and in space.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7713:   Problem Solving in Space Law  
This course focuses on commercial space activities - specifically those considered "new space" activities that have not yet been regulated or addressed at an international or national level. It moves discussion from the academic and theoretical and considers practical applications of the law, identifies gaps in the law, and encourages students to think practically about this.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7714:   Astra Politica  
School of Law  
Astra Politica offers an analysis of stakeholder motivations and legal and ethical responsibilities and relationships in space activities both in low Earth orbit and beyond in order to gain an understanding of the impact of space activities on national and international relations and assess legal frameworks and develop legal solutions for resource management.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7715:   Comparative National Space Law  
Survey the comparative national regulatory frameworks governing space activities, with a particular focus on the legal frameworks that govern private and governmental entities engaged in commercial space activities.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7915:   Bar Exam Prep II  
School of Law  
This third-year law course is a skills-development course that focuses on improving students’ proficiency in approaching, analyzing, and answering bar exam questions related to doctrinal course subject matter. Additional emphasis will be on refining memorization skills and learning how to self-assess understanding of concepts.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7920:   Advanced Legal Research  
School of Law  
Legal research strategies and resources (including electronic resources, CD-ROM, the Internet, and online services) for specialized topics, such as municipal law, legislative history, federal administrative law, and international law.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
LAWS 7930:   Advanced Legal Writing  
A lecture/lab course to expand skills acquired in first-year legal research and writing courses.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture/Lab  
LAWS 7937:   Professional Bus. Law Writ. I  
Professional Business Law Writing I, II, and III are three separate courses. In each course, the student will draft three publishable 1,000- to 2,000-word commentaries, each on a different current development in business law, for a professional publication such as a state bar association magazine, state bar committee newsletter, or topical practitioner periodical. Students are typically expected to incorporate comments on and produce between five and 10 drafts for each commentary as a minimum condition of completing the course. The instructor will give a series of lectures on professional writing at times to be determined in coordination with enrolled students' schedules. The instructor will assign reading and may require students to complete assigned writing exercises. Completion of PBLW I, II, and III shall satisfy the upper-level writing requirement.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7938:   Professional Bus. Law Writ. II  
Professional Business Law Writing I, II, and III are three separate courses. In each course, the student will draft three publishable 1,000- to 2,000-word commentaries, each on a different current development in business law, for a professional publication such as a state bar association magazine, state bar committee newsletter, or topical practitioner periodical. Students are typically expected to incorporate comments on and produce between five and 10 drafts for each commentary as a minimum condition of completing the course. The instructor will give a series of lectures on professional writing at times to be determined in coordination with enrolled students' schedules. The instructor will assign reading and may require students to complete assigned writing exercises. Completion of PBLW I, II, and III shall satisfy the upper-level writing requirement.  
1 credit  
Prerequisites
LAWS 7937.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7939:   Prof. Bus. Law Writ. III  
Professional Business Law Writing I, II, and III are three separate courses. In each course, the student will draft three publishable 1,000- to 2,000-word commentaries, each on a different current development in business law, for a professional publication such as a state bar association magazine, state bar committee newsletter, or topical practitioner periodical. Students are typically expected to incorporate comments on and produce between five and 10 drafts for each commentary as a minimum condition of completing the course. The instructor will give a series of lectures on professional writing at times to be determined in coordination with enrolled students' schedules. The instructor will assign reading and may require students to complete assigned writing exercises. Completion of PBLW I, II, and III shall satisfy the upper-level writing requirement.  
1 credit  
Prerequisites
LAWS 7937 and LAWS 7938.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7940:   Analytical Methods  
Analytical Methods covers how decision trees and expected values can be used in a variety of legal contexts, including contract terms, settlement negotiations, and regulatory compliance, and how economics and game theory relate to legal practice. The objective is for students to understand and learn to apply nonlegal analytic tools in the practice of law. Z grade.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7975:   Mississippi Law Journal  
School of Law  
Research, writing, and editing assignments and other duties necessary to the operation of the Mississippi Law Journal. Limitation: maximum of one Z credit per semester and four Z credits total (five for EIC) for co- curricular activities (including law journals, advocacy programs, and similar activities). Z grade  
1 - 5 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study  
LAWS 7976:   Sports Law Review  
School of Law  
Research, writing, and editing assignments and other duties necessary to the operation of the Sports Law Review. Limitation: maximum of one Z credit per semester and four Z credits total (five for EIC) for co- curricular activities (including law journals, advocacy programs, and similar activities). Z grade  
1 - 5 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study  
LAWS 7977:   Journal of Space Law  
School of Law  
Research, writing, and editing assignments and other duties necessary to the operation of the Journal of Space Law. Limitation: maximum of one Z credit per semester and four Z credits total (five for EIC) for co- curricular activities (including law journals, advocacy programs, and similar activities). Z grade  
1 - 5 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study  
LAWS 7982:   Individual Study II  
School of Law  
Research and writing on an assigned topic under supervision of a faculty member. Requires completion of application form by student and supervising instructor. Application due significantly in advance of enrollment. See law registrar for details.  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7991:   Clinics: Advanced  
School of Law  
Students prepare wills, health care directives, and powers of attorney for elderly clients; students advise clients on Medicaid, Medicare, nursing home law, consumer law, guardianship/conservatorship, and elder abuse issues; and students represent clients in administrative hearings and in court.  
1 - 12 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Clinical Inst, Independent Study, Internship  
LAWS 7992:   Research Assistant II  
School of Law  
Research assistance for a faculty member. Requires completion of application form by student and supervising instructor. Application due significantly in advance of enrollment. See law registrar for details.  
1 - 4 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study  
LAWS 7994:   Clinics: Externship  
School of Law  
Students perform supervised legal work at government agencies, courts, and public-service organizations under the mentorship of attorneys and judges. Z grade.  
1 - 12 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Internship  
LAWS 7995:   Business Law Practicum  
The Business Law Practicum will provide students with an introduction to basic concepts and business law subjects and assist them in the development and completion of business-law related projects.  
2 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Internship  
LAWS 7997A:   Master's Thesis I  
School of Law  
Preparation of thesis proposal.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Thesis  
LAWS 7997B:   Master's Thesis II  
School of Law  
Literature review.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Thesis  
LAWS 7997C:   Master's Thesis III  
School of Law  
Drafting and completion of thesis.  
1 - 6 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Thesis  
LAWS 7999A:   Advanced Legal Topics I  
School of Law  
Additional advanced legal topics as designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7999B:   Advanced Legal Topics II  
School of Law  
Additional advanced legal topics as designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7999C:   Advanced Legal Topics III  
School of Law  
Additional advanced legal topics as designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7999D:   Advanced Legal Topics IV  
School of Law  
Additional advanced legal topics as designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7999E:   Advanced Legal Topics V  
School of Law  
Additional advanced legal topics as designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7999F:   Advanced Legal Topics VI  
Additional advanced legal topics as designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7999G:   Advanced Legal Topics VII  
Additional advanced legal topics as designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty. Z grade.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7999H:   Advanced Legal Topics VIII  
Additional advanced legal topics as designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty. Z grade.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
LAWS 7999J:   Advanced Legal Topics IX  
Additional advanced legal topics as designated by the Curriculum Committee of the law faculty. Z grade.  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture