Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
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Elective Courses and Specialized Areas of Study

The Law School curriculum provides many elective courses which cover a wide range of substantive legal knowledge and lawyering skills.  The upper level curriculum permits students to take courses in specialty areas of law, develop fundamental lawyering skills, and concentrate their legal education in particular areas of interest.  These elective courses are listed by basic specialty areas.

Commercial Law
Bankruptcy Externship
Business Reorganization in Bankruptcy
Commercial Paper
Debtor-Creditor
Franchising Seminar
Problems in Bankruptcy
Sales

Constitutional Law
Civil Rights
Constitutional Law Seminar
Tennessee Constitutional Law

Corporate/Business Law
Antitrust
Business Organizations II
Corporate Finance
Securities Regulation
Unfair Trade Practices

Domestic Relations Law
Child Advocacy Clinic
Domestic Violence Clinic
Family Law
Juvenile Law

Estate Planning and Probate Law
Elder Law
Elder Law Clinic
Estate and Gift Tax
Estate Planning

Intellectual Property Law
Copyright
Cyber Law
Entertainment Law Seminar
Gaming Law Seminar
Patent Law
Sports Law

International and Comparative Law
Comparative Law Seminar
Immigration Law
International Law
Transnational Legal Problems

Jurisprudence, Interdisciplinary Study
and Public Policy
Critical Race Theory Seminar
Jurisprudence
Law and Economics
Law, Science and Technology Seminar
Legal History
Social Welfare/Poverty Law Seminar

Labor and Employment Law
Employment and Labor Seminar
Fair Employment Practices
NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) Externship
Worker's Compensation

Lawering Skills Practice
ADR-Labor
ADR-Mediation
Child Advocacy Clinic
Disability Law and Practice
Domestic Violence Clinic
Elder Law Clinic
Evidence Seminar
General Sessions Civil Litigation Clinic
Legal Argument and Appellate Practice
Legislation
Pre-Trial Litigation
Trial Advocacy
Professional Responsibility
U.S. Attorney Externship
Writing For and About Litigation

Procedure/Civil and Criminal
Administrative Law
Civil Procedure III
Conflicts
Criminal Procedure II
Federal Courts A
Federal Courts B
Remedies

Real Estate/Environmental Law
Environmental Law
Environmental Law Seminar
Environmental Torts
Land Use Planning
Natural Resources Law
Realty Transactions

Taxation
Estate and Gift Tax
Federal Taxation of Business Enterprise
Non-Profit Organization Tax
Partnership Tax
Tax Seminar

Torts/Product Liability Law
Environmental Torts
Products Liability
Torts Seminar