Law (LAW)


5103 Civil Procedure I. Civil procedure in state and federal courts; introductory survey of procedures by which questions of substantive law commonly are raised and determined; procedural and remedial background; law governing controversies in federal courts; details of procedure in a lawsuit, including forum selection, pleading, joinder of claims and parties, discovery, the pretrial conference, disposition without trial, trial before a judge or jury, post-trial motions and appeals; issue and claim preclusion. (F)

5114 Contracts. Prerequisite: admission to College of Law. Basic first-year survey course which explores the nature and enforceability of promises. Subjects include contract formation, performance, termination of contracts, material breach, remedies for breach of contract, mistake and excuse for nonperformance, statute of frauds, interpretation of contract language, conditions, assignment and delegation, and third party beneficiaries. (F)

5122 Legal Research, Writing & Advocacy I. Introduction to legal research and techniques of legal writing including legal memoranda and briefs. (F)

5133 Torts I. Prerequisite: admission to the College of Law. Introduction to basic principles of civil liability with study of intentional wrongs, negligence, causation, defenses and immunities, and joint responsibility. (F)

5134 Constitutional Law. Selected issues, including: judicial review; the judicial process in construing and applying the United States Constitution; federal and state powers, federalism and separation of powers; an introduction to the concepts of equal protection and due process. (Sp)

5143 Torts II. Prerequisite: admission to College of Law. Course principally covers strict liability, products liability, vicarious liability, defamation, compensatory and punitive damages, wrongful death claims, nuisance, misrepresentation and fraud. (Sp)

5202 Legal Research, Writing and Advocacy II. Introduction to oral advocacy and brief writing. (Sp)

5203 Civil Procedure II. Civil procedure in state and federal courts; introductory survey of procedures by which questions of substantive law commonly are raised and determined; procedural and remedial background; law governing controversies in federal courts; details of procedure in a lawsuit, including forum selection, pleading, joinder or claims and parties, discovery, the pretrial conference, disposition without trial, trial before a judge or jury, post-trial motions and appeals; issue and claim preclusion. (F)

5223 Criminal Law. General principles of criminal responsibility and the elements of common law, statutory crimes, and defenses. Emphasis is placed on the subject of criminal intent. (Sp)

5234 Property. Introduction to basic property concepts, including: adverse possession; estates in land; landlord and tenant; concurrent estates; nonpossessory interests (including easements, licenses, covenants and equitable servitudes); and real estate transactions. (Sp)

5303 Criminal Procedure I. The administration of criminal justice, including rights of accused persons, initiation of prosecution, preliminary examinations, and an overview of procedural steps. Emphasis is placed on the privilege against self-incrimination, rules on arrest, search and seizure, and the exclusionary rule. (F, Sp)

5314 Evidence. Presentation of evidence; judicial control and legal reasoning in the determination of issues of fact; topics relating to the admissibility of evidence, including relevancy, testimonial and real evidence; the original writing rule; and topics relating to the exclusion of evidence, including hearsay, the right of confrontation and privileged communications. (F, Sp)

5323 Professional Responsibility. The nature of law as a profession; problems facing the profession and the individual lawyer. Fundamentals of legal ethics and responsibilities, with emphasis on the Model Rules of Professional Conduct of the American Bar Association. (F, Sp, Su)

5403 Administrative Law. Basic considerations relating to administrative agencies, including nondelegation doctrine, fact versus law distinction, agency rule making, adjudication, due process requirements, information gathering, and judicial review. (F, Sp, Su)

5410 Bankruptcy. 3 to 4 hours. Rights and remedies of debtors and creditors; bankruptcy including liquidation, reorganization, and wage earner plans; attachment, judgment execution; garnishment, fraudulent conveyances, bulk sales and collection remedies including compositions and assignments. (F, Sp)

5433 Corporations. Formation of corporations; duties and powers of corporate management; corporate control; shareholder rights, shares, dividends; derivative suits, fundamental changes and dissolution. (F, Sp)

5443 Family Law. The rights, obligations, and liabilities arising from marital and nonmarital relations; divorce; marital property alimony, child support. (F, Sp, Su)

5450 The First Amendment. 2 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: 5214. The First Amendment: Individual rights of expression, assembly, association and religion. Permissible government restrictions and regulations in relation to activities protected by the First Amendment. (Irreg.)

5460 Equality of Rights in American Constitutional Law. Prerequisite: 5134. The study of individual rights in federal constitutional law emphasizing cases not generally covered in the introductory constitutional law course, with emphasis on the concepts of substantive due process, procedural due process, takings, the contracts clause, suspect and invidious governmental classifications in violation of the equal protection clause. (F, Sp)

5463 Income Taxation of Individuals. Structure of the federal income tax with emphasis on operation of the system through use of concepts such as income, basis, gains and losses, realization and recognition, exclusions and deductions. (F, Sp)

5470 Wills & Trusts. 3 to 4 hours. Intestate succession, execution, interpretation, amendment, revocation and contest of wills, rights of decedent's family, will substitutes and the avoidance of probate; creation, validity, funding, amendment and termination of trusts and the fiduciary obligation. (F, Sp)

5520 Alternative Dispute Resolution. 2 to 3 hours. Negotiation, mediation and arbitration; includes court-ordered arbitration, mini-trials, summary jury trials and other formal and informal means of resolving disputes short of formal court adjudication. (Irreg.)

5530 Civil Pretrial Litigation. 2 to 3 hours. The study of litigation tactics and techniques prior to trial. Included are discovery, motion practice, witness preparation, settlement, alternate dispute resolution, pretrial conferences, mini-trials, summary jury trials, and other related areas. (F, Sp)

5533 Conflict of Laws. The law relating to transactions with elements in more than one state or nation, jurisdiction of courts and enforcement of foreign judgments, choice of law problems, constitutional issues, and the theoretical basis of choice of law, including an introduction to the problems of renvoi and characterization. (Irreg.)

5543 Federal Courts. Examines concepts of case or controversy, federal subject matter jurisdiction; supplemental jurisdiction; venue; removal; substantive law applied in federal courts; and the relationship of the state and federal courts. (Irreg.)

5553 Remedies. A study of remedies available in court actions, including specific performance, injunctions, and other equitable remedies. (F, Sp)

5600 Selected Legal Problems in American Indian Law. 2 to 3 hours. Study of current legal problems as they relate to Indian law. (Irreg.)

5600 Tribal Courts and Tribal Law Seminar. (2 hours) This course examines the history and development of tribal justice systems, the application of traditional and modern tribal laws and norms, and the roll of tribal courts in governmental and international affairs.

5602 Comparative Indigenous Peoples' Law Seminar. Prerequisite: admission to College of Law. Seminar wll examine the differences and similarities between Canadian, United States, Australian and New Zealand laws affecting native peoples. Participants in the seminar will include students from law schools at University of Ottawa, University of Saskatchewan, Aukland University, and Monash University attending via television. Federal Indial law is not a prerequisite, but strongly recommended. (Sp)

5610 American Indian Law. 2 or 3 hours. The history of federal Indian policy and its impact on modern Indian problems; the Bureau of Indian Affairs; the federal government-Indian relationship and policy; tribal sovereignty; states' rights; criminal, civil, and taxing jurisdiction in Indian country; rights of individual Indians; tribal self-government; property rights; water rights; andhunting and fishing rights. (F).

5633 Native American Natural Resources. Prerequisite: admission to College of Law. Covers a variety of issues relating to tribal interests in and jurisdiction over environmental resources. Course coverage includes tribal rights to land; land use and environmetnal protection in Indian country; economic and natural resource development issues (including grazing, minerals, timber and taxation), water rights, and hunting and fishing rights. (F, Sp)

5702 Agency & Partnership. Legal principles concerning association in business by agency, partnership, and other unincorporated forms. (F, Sp)

5703 Antitrust Law. Federal and state antitrust laws approached on the basis of type of conduct, i.e., monopolies, mergers, price control by private business, exclusive dealing contracts, fair trade pricing, agreements not to compete; discrimination in distribution and refusals to deal; and unfair trade practices. (F)

5720 Corporate Finance. 2 or 3 hours. The course will cover advanced topics in corporate law, including valuation, senior securities, successor liability and mergers and acquisitions. (Irreg.)

5732 Insurance. Life, health, property, and liability insurance, including the nature of insurance, insurance interest, interests of the named insured and others, subrogation, the insured event, exceptions, warranties, representations, concealment, formation of the contract, and waiver and estoppel. (Irreg.)

5740 Payment Systems. 2 to 3 hours. Course wll cover the checking system, the credit and debit card system, electronic funds transfer, letters of credit, interest payments, negotiable instruments and the securities trading and settlement system. Substantive law would be Articles 3, 4, 4A, 5 and 8 of the UCC as well as the Expedited Funds Availability Act, parts of the Truth in Lending Act and the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (and implementing regulations.) (F, Sp)

5742 Private Equity Law and Practice Seminar. This seminar presents an opportunity to learn about private equity funds which may fund start-ups, buyouts, and privatizations. The seminar will address a variety of legal disciplines including the law of corporations, partnerships tax, employee benefits, antitrust, securities, secured transactions, and negotiable instruments. (F, Sp)

5750 Secured Transactions. This course will cover Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Topics covered include the establishment and perfection of security interests pursuant to credit sales contracts, problems of focusing on the interface beween Article 9 and federal bankruptcy law, priority disputes among collateral claimants, default, and rights after default. Emphasis will be placed on developing an understanding of and facility with the code's statutory scheme. (F, Sp)

5753 Federal Securities Regulation. Federal securities laws and the activities and industry they govern; the meaning of "security"; regulation of the issuance, sale, resale, and purchase of securities; disclosure requirements, generated by registration; anti-fraud provisions; and civil liability. (F, Sp)

5760 Transactions in Goods. 2 to 3 hours. Covers Uniform Commercial Code Article 2 (sale of goods); 2A (leases of goods), 5 and 7 (letters of credit and documents of title, as they interface with sale and lease transactions). This course also covers contracts for the international sale of goods (CISG). (F, Sp)

5763 Mergers and Acquisitions. Prerequisite: prior or concurrent enrollment in 5433. Recommended: federal securities regulation. The course provides an understanding of the issues arising in business acquisition (and divestiture) transactions. Coverage is given to theories underlying acquisitions, alternative acquisition techniques and planning considerations that bear on the choice among those techniques. (Sp)

5810 Capital Punishment and the Judicial Process. 2 or 3 hours. Study of the death penalty in the United States, including: the history of capital punishment; constitutional issues mitigating and aggravating evidence in guiding the sentencer's decision to impose; exclusion of jurors; use of psychiatric experts; state post-conviction remedies; federal habeas review; recently-expanded federal death penalty; and international law and capital punishment. (Irreg.)

5820 Forensic Evidence Seminar. 1 to 2 hours. Prerequisite: 5314. A study of technical and legal aspects on the use of forensic science techniques.. Specific topics include DNA pathology, ballistics, serology, fingerprint analysis, and various tests for intoxication. Legal issues on the admissibility and limitations of expert testimony is considered. (Sp)

5830 Criminal Procedure II. 2 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: 4223, 5303. Discovery, motion practice, plea bargaining, jeopardy, prosecutorial discretion, speedy trial, sentencing options and procedures; appeals; post conviction remedies, pardon and parole, detainers, and related matters. (Sp)

5913 American Legal History. Prerequisite: admission to College of Law. The development and characteristics of American legal institutions and basic themes in American law and legal philosophy. (Sp)

5920 Complex Litigation. 2 to 3 hours. Examines the procedure for preparation and trial of mass tort and other complex cases in federal court including: jurisdiction, joinder, intervention, consolidation, transfer, discovery, preclusion, class action, and trial procedures. (Irreg.)

5932 Jurisprudence. The nature and prupose of law, its relations to civilization and the social order; nature of legal principles; legal philosophies from primitive to modern times. (Irreg.)

6000 Selected Problems in International Law. 1 to 4 hours. May be repeated twice with change of content. Involves current legal problems as they relate to international law. (Su)  

6010 English Legal System. 1 or 2 hours. This course covers England's contemporary legal system. Topics covered include the courts, the organization of the legal profession, the nature of the practice of law in England, access to civil and criminal justice and alternative dispute resolution. (Su)

6020 Comparative Law. 2 or 3 hours. A comparison of the corresponding features of the American system of law and the systems of law of other nations. (F)

6030 European Union Law. This course covers the legal status of the European Union and the sources, implementation, and enforcement of community law. Emphasis wll be placed on the competition law of the European Union. (Su)

6040 International Business Transactions. 2 or 3 hours. Legal issues in international trade, licensing, and investment; limitations affecting movement of goods and flow of capital; organization, financing, and protection of international business; contract negotiation and dispute resolution and foreign investment. (F)

6050 International Human Rights. 2 to 3 hours. The sources, norms, institutions, and process of international human rights law; the incorporation of human rights law into domestic legal systems, particularly the United States. (Irreg.)

6060 International Law Foundations. 2 to 3 hours. An introduction to the international legal system: its structure, rules, and process; the incorporation of international law into domestic legal system, particularly in the United States; in current issues including dispute resolution, jurisdiction, environmental protection, human rights, and use of force. The course is not international business transactions or comparative law. (Sp)

6100 Selected Legal Problems. 1 to 4 hours. Involved current legal problems. Subject matter and course credit will be included with the enrollment instructions. (F, Sp)

6110 Bioethics and the Law. 2 to 3 hours. Legal, ethical, and economic analysis of problems posed by advances in biomedical technologies. Includes problems raised by behavior control through direct organic intervention, genetic engineering; extension of human powers and faculties by artificial means, human reproduction and death control; and regulation of experimentation involving human subjects. (Irreg.)

6113 Children and the Law. Prerequisite: 5214, 5443. Children and their relationship with parents and the state in reference to a child's name, educaiton and health care; neglect; abuse; termination of parental rights; adoption; and new reproductive technologies. (Sp)

6130 Education Law. 2 or 3 hours. A survey of legal issues affecting education, including students' rights, teachers' rights, desegregation, special education, educational finance, and church-state relations. (Irreg.)

6140 Employment Law. 3 to 4 hours. A survey of state and federal regulation of the employment relationship in the private sector, including federal labor statutes, collective bargaining, arbitration, and other employee rights recognized by law. (F, Sp)

6150 Equal Employment Opportunity. 2 to 3 hours. Federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and federal regulations mandating affirmative action by federal contractors. (F, Sp)

6163 Lawyering in the 21st Century. Prerequisite: admission to College of Law. Advanced course in law and ethics of lawyering, with primary focus on issues at the forefront of the modern legal profession, worldwide, nationally and locally. (Sp)

6170 Gender Based Discrimination. 2 to 3 hours. Problems affecting women in domestic relations, educaiton, employment, social security, criminal justice, credit practices, insurance, and or military service; feminist jurisprudence. (Irreg.)

6190 Health Law. 2 or 3 hours. The legal aspects of medicine; civil liability of medical professionals and health care providers; organization and regulation of the medical profession; uses of medical science in litigation; selected health sciences and public policy issues such as human reproduction, the right to treatment, and mental health problems. (F, Sp)

6210 Immigration Law. 2 to 3 hours. Constitutional, statutory, and regulatory framework for the admission, exclusion, and deportation of non-citizens who seek immigrant and non-immigrant status in the United States; refugee and asylum law and policy, and citizenship acquisition. (F, Sp)

6230 News Media Law. 2 to 3 hours. The legal framework governing the gathering, preparation, and dissemination of information and entertainment to broad audiences by means of print and electronic media. Topics covered will include restraints on publication, access to governmental and judicial proceedings and records, defamation and invasion of privacy, and regulation of broadcasting and cable television. (F, Sp)

6272 Workers' Compensation. Historical and current principles of compensation for worker injuries, disease, or death arising out of employment, including coverage and procedures of relevant Oklahoma and federal statutes, types of disabilities and benefits, prerequisite for entitlement to benefits, defense, and rules against third parties. (Irreg.)

6310 Advanced Legal Research. 2 to 3 hours. Identification and analysis of traditional print resources, electronic sources, specialized research techniques, and emerging information technologies. Research strategies. Developments and trends in legal publishing. (Irreg.)

6311 American Indian Law Review. Production of a written note or comment for the Review or other approved activities associated with production of the Review. (F, Sp, Su)

6313 Child Abuse Clinic. Prerequisite: 5443, 6113. Each student enrolls for an entire academic year for three hours each semester. (F, Sp, Su)

6320 Directed Legal Research. 1 to 2 hours. Legal research and writing under the supervision of a faculty member. The student must write a paper of sufficient quality to be considered for publication in a law review or other publication. A student may enroll in one or two credit hours with supervising faculty member's permission. (F, Sp, Su)

6321 Competitions. Students who participate on a trial or appellate advocacy competition team sponsored by the College of Law and directly supervised by a faculty member may enroll in this course. (F, Sp)

6322 Criminal Litigation Skills. Emphasizes Oklahoma criminal law and procedure as a vehicle to teach fundamental lawyering skills, including interviewing, counseling, and negotiation; basic trial techniques. (F, Sp)

6323 Criminal Defense Clinic. Prerequisites: 5104, 5314, 5323, and legal intern license. Clinical experience providing students the opportunity to represent indigent defendants charged with municipal, misdemeanor and felony offenses in Cleveland and McClain Counties . Students handle every aspect of the defense of a criminal case, including interviewing, investigating, negotiating, litigating motions and conducting the trial. (F, Sp, Su)

6331 Oklahoma Journal of Law and Technology. Prerequisite: admission to College of Law. Electronically published law review dedicated to the convergence of law and technology. (F, Sp)

6350 General Practice II. 4 to 5 hours. Additional topics regarding organization and management of legal work in a lecture-workshop format. (F, Sp)

6363 Civil Clinic. Prerequisites: 5104, 5314, 5323 and intern license. Student interns, working from an office operated by the Law Center, participate in actual representation of low-income clients in civil trials and transactions. Experience is acquired through court appearances, jury and non-jury trials, interviewing, discovery, drafting of pleadings, negotiation and counseling under the supervision of the clinical legal education staff. Students maintain an active caseload and office hours. (F, Sp, Su)

6372 Civil Practice Skills. Classroom instruction complements the Civil Clinic course designed to prepare students to assist and represent clients in civil cases and transactions; teaches fundamental lawyering skills, including law office management, interviewing, counseling, negotiation, mediation, fact investigation, discovery procedures, trial preparation, and professional responsibility. (F, Sp, Su)

6391 Oklahoma Law Review. Prerequisite: Oklahoma Law Review membership. Production of a written note or comment for the Review or other approved activities associated with production of the Review. (F, Sp, Su)

6400 Selected Legal Problems of Applied Nature. 1 to 4 hours. Subject matter and course credit will be announced. (F, Sp)

6410 Trial Techniques. 2 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: 5314. An introduction to basic trial techniques under simulated trial situations. Students will conduct opening statements, direct and cross examination of witnesses, introduce and use exhibits, impeachment, expert examination, jury selection, closing arguments and a final trial. (F, Sp, Su)

6500 Selected Problems in Agriculture. 1 to 4 hours. Selected issues in agricultural law, including agriculture environmental law, agricultural administrative law, agriculture public law, cooperatives. (Irreg.)

6510 Energy and Natural Resources. 2 to 3 hours. Regulation of natural resources capable of energy fuels production; environmental technological and economic impacts of coal, water, oil, gas, uranium, and solar energy sources through exploration, development, production, transportation, and end use; legal context of natural resource conservation, allocation, and distribution. (Irreg.)

6520 Intellectual Property. 2 to 3 hours. The nature of the rights, acquisition and enforcement of, and property and contract interests in patents, trademarks, and copyrights. (F, Sp)

6523 Environmental Law. Common law and statutory approaches to environmental, economic, and technological impacts on society; jurisprudential underpinnings of environmental law; environmental administrative process and scope of judicial review; quality standards for land, air, and water, including minimal standards for preventing degradation or exhaustion of human and natural environments. (F, Sp)

6530 Land Use Control. 2 to 3 hours. Judicial, statutory, and administrative restrictions on use and development of land; zoning; restrictive covenants, subdivision regulations, land use planning, doctrines of nuisance and eminent domain; utilization of air space and historic preservation. (F, Sp)

6540 Oil and Gas. 3 to 4 hours. Nature of property interests in oil and gas; conveyancing of interests in oil and gas; legal interests created by oil and gas leases; the validity of leases; the habendum, drilling, and rental clauses; assignment of interests of lessor and lessee; rents and royalties; and the conservation of oil and gas. (F, Sp)

6550 Oil and Gas Contracts. 2 to 3 hours. Examination of contracts used in the oil and gas industry for exploration, production and development of oil and gas properties and for investment; the nature of the relationships created by such contracts, the rights and duties of the parties, income tax consequences and governmental regulation of such contracts. (Sp)

6552 International Petroleum Transactions. This course will study the international oil and gas business, a business that must be uniquely concerned with both public and private international law, as well as domestic law of the business entity's home state, the host government, and oftentimes, a third country. Students will study the sovereign rights to minerals, including disputes that arise between neighboring countries regarding boundary disputes. Students will look at how crude oil is bought and sold on the world market. Students will study the various types of host governemtnt contracts used by various countries to assign development rights to private companies, including how such rights are acquired, and study how disputes between a private company and host government are resolved. Students will also look at contracts between private companies engaged in eplorationand production operations. (Sp)

6560 Title Examination and Assurance. 2 to 3 hours. A study of conveyancing, with emphasis on the examination of abstracts of title to real property. (F, Sp)

6570 Real Estate Transactions. 2 to 3 hours. The first two-thirds of the course covers the terms and legal issues involved in drafting, executing, and enforcing residential real estate contracts, including obtaining and evaluating title evidence prior to closing and recovery for breach of title guarantees. The last third of the course will introduce certain basic commercial real estate transactions, including processes and issues involved in housing subdivisions, condominiums, shopping centers, and commercial leases. (Irreg.)

6580 Water Law. 2 to 3 hours. The system of water rights; riparian, appropriation, and prescriptive rights; stream, surface, and ground water; transfer and termination of rights; injuries caused by water; development of water supplies; federal-state, interstate, and intrastate conflicts; water pollution control; federal and Indian rights and federal water resource problems. (F, Sp)

6602 Church State Relations. The Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clauses; historical and current relationships between government and religious, secular, and anti-religious interests. (Irreg.)

6612 Civil Rights & Liberties Seminar. Consideration of selected topics in the field of civil liberties and civil rights. (F)

6630 Communications and Law of Torts Seminar. Tort liability arising from communications, especially mass media and other public communications. This includes “communications torts,” such as defamation, evasion of privacy, and infringement of the right of publicity; and application to communications of economic torts, negligence and other theories of tort liability. (Irreg.)

6632 Constitutional Law Seminar. Selected topics and issues of constitutional law. (Sp)

6640 Corporate Bankruptcy and Reorganization. 1 to 2 hours. Subjects covered will include plan formulation and confirmation, debt restructuring, post petition financing, and ethical issues. (Irreg.)

6662 Employment Law Seminar. The law of employment, including personnel practices, employment contracts, employee rights and federal-state regulation of employer-employee relationships. (Irreg.)

6680 Family and Law Torts Seminar. 1 to 2 hours. Tort liability within the family, family tort liability to third parties, injuries to family members, interference with family relationships, wrongful birth, and related topics. (Sp)

6682 Forensic Evidence Seminar. Prerequisite: 5314. Study of technical and legal aspects of the use of forensic science techniques in criminal law cases. Specific topics include forensic pathology, ballistics, forensic serology, fingerprint analysis, and various tests for intoxication. Legal issues of admissibility and limitations of expert testimony will be explained in depth. (F)

6690 International Law - Common Law Systems Seminar. 1 to 2 hours. The practical introduction to the laws and legal systems of "common law" countries, other than the United States (England, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and most other countries that once were part of the British Empire), with emphasis on legal research, to gain experience in the use of foreign legal materials that are relevant to American legal problems, as well as international problems. (Irreg.)

6700 Selected Legal Problems Seminar. 1 to 4 hours. May be repeated twice with change of content. Involves current legal problems. Subject matter and course credit will be included with the enrollment instructions. (F, Sp)

6712 Products Liability Seminar. Regulation and civil liability of manufacturers and distributors of defective products. (Sp)

6810 Estate Planning. 2 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: 6843. Maximization, tax and non-tax issues relating to the preservation and administration of wealth through use of wills, trusts, future interests, and inter vivos gifts. (Sp)

6820 Income Taxation of Corporations. 3 to 4 hours. Prerequisite: 5463. Advanced study of the federal income tax with emphasis on taxation of the organization, operation, reorganization, and liquidation of corporations and business entitites. (Sp)

6822 Income Taxation of Trusts & Estates. Prerequisite: 5463. Subchapter J of the Internal Revenue Code, involving income taxation of trusts, estates, and beneficiaries. (Irreg.)

6830 Pensions and Employee Benefit Plans. 2 to 3 hours. Planning, establishment, and administration of pension, health care and other employee benefit plans under the tax and labor laws. (Irreg.)

6832 Partnership Tax. Prerequisite: 5463. Subchapter K of the Internal Revenue Code, involving taxation of partnerships and partners. (F)

6840 Tax Procedure. 2 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: 5463. Federal tax procedure and conflict resolution, including administrative practice, trial and appellate review. (Irreg.)

6843 Wealth Transfer Taxation. Federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, applicable to gratuitous transfers. (F)

6920 Torts III. 2 to 3 hours. Tort remedies for interference with family relations, economic relations, and public rights, misuse of judicial process; economic and business torts, including interference with contractual relations, injurious falsehood, unfair competition, and misappropriation; publicity and privacy. (Irreg.)



Updated:April 19, 2008