Course List
Descriptions, A-B
- Administrative Law (LW 780; 3 hours)
- Admiralty and Maritime Law (LW 735; 3 hours)
- Adoption (LW 887; 2 hours)
- Advanced Evidence: Expert Witnesses (LW 737; 1 hour)
- Advanced Intellectual Property Seminar (LW 954; 2 hours)
- Advanced Legal Research (LW 800; 2 hours)
- Advanced Natural Resources Law (LW 774; 2-3 hours)
- Advanced Oil and Gas Law (LW 855; 3 hours)
- Advanced Trial Advocacy (LW 724; 2 hours)
- Agricultural Law (LW 706; 3 hours)
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (LW 753; 3 hours)
- Antitrust (LW 782; 3 hours)
- Appellate Practice (LW 767; 2 hours)
- Arbitration (LW 854; 2 hours)
- Art Law (LW 924; 2 hours)
- Barbados: Alternative Dispute Resolution (LW 848; 3 hours)
- Barbados: Comparative and International Taxation Law (LW 846; 3 hours)
- Barbados: Comparative Constitutional Law (LW 845; 3 hours)
- Barbados: Comparative Legal Systems-- Labor and Employment Law (LW 849; 3 hours)
- Barbados: Comparative Trade Law (LW 844; 3 hours)
- Barbados: Topics in Comparative Law and Criminal Procedure (LW 842; 3 hours)
- Business Associations (LW 703; 4 hours)
Descriptions, C
- Capital Punishment Seminar (LW 822; 2 hours)
- Child Advocacy Training (LW 913; 1-2 hours)
- Children in the Law (LW 885; 2 hours)
- Civil Procedure I (LW 863; 4 hours)
- Civil Procedure II (LW 868; 2 hours)
- Client Counseling (Competition) (LW 825; 1-2 hours)
- Climate Change Crisis and the Law (LW 891; 2 hours)
- Clinic: Advanced Litigation (LW 756D; 1-3 hours)
- Clinic: Advanced Transactional (LW 911D; 1-3 hours)
- Clinic: Litigation (LW 756; 4-5 hours)
- Clinic: Transactional (LW 911; 4-5 hours)
- Collaborative Law (LW 931; 1-2 hours)
- Commercial Law (LW 870; 4 hours)
- Commercial Leasing (LW 871; 1 hour)
- Commercial Transactions and Bankruptcy in Agriculture (LW 987; 1 hour)
- Comparative Constitutional Law (LW 916; 2-3 hours)
- Comparative Constitutional Law: Rights (LW 851; 3 hours)
- Comparative Family Law (LW 852; 2 hours)
- Comparative Tort Law (LW 843; 3 hours)
- Conflict of Laws (LW 755; 3 hours)
- Constitutional History (LW 840; 2 hours)
- Constitutional Law I (LW 861; 4 hours)
- Constitutional Law II (LW 862; 3 hours)
- Constitutional Litigation Seminar (LW 748; 3 hours)
- Contracts (LW 700; 4 hours)
- Copyright Law (LW 953; 3 hours)
- Corporate Compliance: Law and Policy (LW 785; 2-3 hours)
- Criminal Appeal Advocacy (LW 903; 3 hours)
- Criminal Appeal Advocacy: Advanced Topics (LW 903D; 1-2 hours)
- Criminal Law (LW 729; 3 hours)
- Criminal Procedure (LW 750; 3 hours)
- Criminal Procedure II (LW 839; 3 hours)
- Criminal Procedure: Investigations (LW 752; 3 hours)
- Cross Examination Techniques (LW 906; 1 hour)
Descriptions, D-E
- Debtor/Creditor Relations (LW 718; 3 hours)
- Decedents' Estates and Trusts (LW 915; 3-4 hours)
- Directed Research (LW 763; 1-3 hours)
- Directed Research: Advanced Topics in Workplace Law (LW 884; 1-2 hours)
- Directed Research: Veterans' Claims (LW 970; 2 hours)
- Directed Study in Complex Litigation (LW 864; 2 hours)
- Divorce Practice (LW 716; 2 hours)
- Domestic Violence (LW 890; 1-3 hours)
- Drafting Contracts and Conveyances (LW 946; 1 hour)
- E-Discovery (LW 984; 2 hours)
- Elder Law (LW 932; 2-3 hours)
- Election Law (LW 945; 2-3 hours)
- Employee Benefits Law (LW 709; 2-3 hours)
- Employment Discrimination (LW 786; 3 hours)
- Employment Law (LW 917; 2-3 hours)
- Energy Regulation (LW 803; 2 hours)
- Entrepreneurial Law (LW 910; 3 hours)
- Environmental Law (LW 744; 3 hours)
- Environmental Regulation of the Oil and Gas Industry (LW 967; 1 hour)
- Estate and Business Planning for Farmers and Ranchers (LW 873; 1 hour)
- Estate Planning and Taxation (LW 749; 4 hours)
- Evidence (LW 757; 4 hours)
- Evolution of a Business Transaction (LW 937; 1 hour)
- Externship I (LW 921; 2 hours)
- Externship II (LW 922; 2 hours)
- Externship: Workplace Law (LW 881; 2 hours)
Descriptions, F-J
- Family Law (LW 728; 3 hours)
- Family Law Quarterly Junior Staff Editing (LW 831; 1 hour)
- Family Law Quarterly Senior Staff Editing (LW 832; 1-2 hours)
- Family Law Seminar (LW 754; 2 hours)
- Farm and Ranch Taxation (LW 986; 1 hour)
- Farm Income Tax Planning and Management (LW 874; 2 hours)
- Federal Courts (LW 759; 3 hours)
- Federal Indian Law (LW 841; 3 hours)
- Financial Issues in Divorce (LW 888; 2 hours)
- Fundamentals of Oral Argument (LW 859; 1 hour)
- Fundamentals of Real Estate Law (LW 938; 1-2 hours)
- Fundamentals of United States International Taxation (LW 827; 3 hours)
- Gender, Sexuality, and the Law (LW 934; 3 hours)
- Global Intellectual Property Enforcement Law (LW 964; 3 hours)
- Graduate Legal Seminar (LW 974; 0 hours)
- Health Care Law and Policy (LW 830; 2-3 hours)
- Higher Education Law (LW 951; 2 hours)
- Housing Law (LW 872; 2-3 hours)
- Human Trafficking Law in the United States (LW 775; 2 hours)
- Immigration Law (LW 815; 2-3 hours)
- Independent Readings in Natural Resources Law (LW 826; 1-2 hours)
- Independent Study in Oil and Gas Law (LW 969; 1-2 hours)
- Insurance Law (LW 710; 3 hours)
- Intellectual Property (LW 808; 3 hours)
- International Business Transactions (LW 778; 3 hours)
- International Dimensions of Family Law (LW 850; 3 hours)
- International Human Rights (LW 812; 2-3 hours)
- International Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples (LW 919; 3 hours)
- International Intellectual Property Law (LW 948; 3 hours)
- International Law SEE Public International Law
- International Petroleum Arbitration (LW 972; 1 hour)
- International Petroleum Transactions (LW 973; 3 hours)
- Interviewing and Counseling (LW 914; 2 hours)
- Introduction to Anglo-American Law (LW 975; 2 hours)
- Introduction to Nonprofit Law (LW 950; 1 hour)
- Jessup International Moot Court Competition (LW 978; 1-4 hours)
- Judicial Externship (LW 976; 2-4 hours)
- Jurisprudence (LW 799; 2 hours)
- Jury Selection and Voir Dire (LW 877; 1 hour)
- Juvenile Offender (LW 886; 2 hours)
Descriptions, K-M
- Kansas Legal Research (LW 702; 2 hours)
- Labor Law (LW 783; 3 hours)
- Landlord Tenant Law (LW 879; 1 hour)
- Law and Accounting (LW 717; 2 hours)
- Law and Economics (LW 853; 2-3 hours)
- Law in Context (LW 971; 2 hours)
- Law Journal Editorial Board (LW 764; 1-2 hours per semester)
- Law Journal Membership (LW 771; 1 hour per semester)
- Law of Armed Conflict (LW 927; 3 hours)
- Law Practice Management (LW 824; 2 hours)
- Law Practice Technologies (LW 925; 1 hour)
- Lawyering Competencies I (LW 893; 1 hour)
- Lawyering Competencies II (LW 894; 1 hour)
- Leadership for Lawyers (LW 883; 2 hours)
- Legal Analysis, Research & Writing for the Government Client (LW 965; 2 hours)
- Legal Analysis, Research and Writing I (LW 875; 3 hours)
- Legal Analysis, Research and Writing II (LW 876; 3 hours)
- Legal History Seminar (LW 798; 2 hours)
- Legal Research for Legal Scholars (LW 869; 1 hour)
- Legal Writing for Clerkships and Externships (LW 962; 1 hour)
- Legislation (LW 776; 3 hours)
- Litigation Strategies (LW 912; 3 hours)
- Local Government Law (LW 820; 2 hours)
- Mediation (LW 817; 2 hours)
- Military Law (LW 882; 2 hours)
- Mineral Title Examination (LW 952; 1 hour)
- Mining Law (LW 977; 1 hour)
- Moot Court (LW 762; 1-2 hours)
- Multistate Legal Analysis (LW 963; 3 hours)
Descriptions, N-S
- Natural Resources Law and Policy (LW 773; 2-3 hours)
- Negotiation (LW 857; 2 hours)
- Negotiation Competition (LW 777; 1-2 hours)
- Oil and Gas Conservation Law and Practice (LW 966; 1 hour)
- Oil and Gas Joint Operations (LW 856; 2 hours)
- Oil and Gas Law (LW 740; 3 hours)
- Oil and Gas Taxation (LW 968; 1 hour)
- Patent Law (LW 918; 2 hours)
- Patent Prosecution (LW 961; 2 hours)
- Pretrial Advocacy-Civil (LW 765; 3 hours)
- Pretrial Advocacy-Criminal (LW 768; 3 hours)
- Principles of International and Comparative Taxation (LW 983; 3 hours)
- Professional Responsibility (LW 770; 3 hours)
- Professional Responsibility - California (LW 926; 2 hours)
- Property (LW 732; 4 hours)
- Public Employment Law (LW 959; 2 hours)
- Public International Law (LW 928; 3 hours)
- Public Land Law (LW 747; 3 hours)
- Race and the Law (LW 902; 2-3 hours)
- Real Estate Transactions (LW 733; 3 hours)
- Remedies (LW 739; 3 hours)
- Renewable Energy Law: Wind and Solar (LW 985; 1 hour)
- Rural Practice Externship (LW 858; 6 hours)
- Specialized Legal Research: Business and Tax (LW 920; 1-2 hours)
- Specialized Legal Research: Foreign and International Law (LW 930; 1-2 hours)
- Specialized Legal Research: Statutory and Regulatory Law (LW 949; 2 hours)
- Sports and the Law (LW 794; 2 hours)
- Study Abroad, Maastricht University (LW 990; 6-15 hours)
- Study Abroad Through Partner Law School (LW 992; 1-6 hours)
Descriptions, T-Z
- Taking and Defending Depositions (LW 907; 1 hour)
- Tax Clinic: Low Income Taxpayer (LW 791; 1-3 hours)
- Tax Policy Seminar (LW 823; 2 hours)
- Tax Procedure (LW 813; 2 hours)
- Taxation by State and Local Governments (LW 788; 2 hours)
- Taxation of Business Enterprises (LW 940; 3 hours)
- Taxation of Gratuitous Transfers, Estates, and Trusts (LW 793; 3 hours)
- Taxation of Individual Income (LW 790; 3 hours)
- Third Year Anywhere™ Externship I (LW 993; 6 hours)
- Third Year Anywhere™ Externship II (LW 994; 6 hours)
- Torts (LW 725; 4 hours)
- Torts: Product Liability and Privacy (LW 723; 2 hours)
- Trademark Law (LW 898; 3 hours)
- Transactional Drafting (LW 707; 3 hours)
- Transactional Intellectual Property Practice: Trademarks and Marketing (LW 834; 2 hours)
- Trial Advocacy (and Intensive Trial Advocacy Program) (LW 766; 2 hours)
- Trial Advocacy Competition (LW 805; 1-2 hours)
- Tribal Law and Government (LW 941; 2-3 hours)
- Veterans Law (LW 955; 3 hours)
- Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Compliance (LW 892; 1-2 hours)
- Water, Environmental, and Regulatory Law lmpacting Agriculture (LW 988; 1 hour)
- Water Law (LW 742; 3 hours)
- White Collar Crime (LW 936; 2-3 hours)
- Workers' Compensation (LW 781; 2 hours)
- Writing for Law Practice (LW 901; 3 hours)
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Washburn Law recognizes that there are many different paths into and out of law school. To provide its graduates with the maximum flexibility for career options, Washburn Law has carefully designed its first-year and upper-level curriculum, including its requirements and electives, to ensure that graduates from its juris doctor program achieve and exceed the ABA mandated learning outcomes. Our curriculum evolves with the practice of law; consequently, it is subject to change.