Online / Distance Education Courses

This page lists online courses offered by Washburn Law in previous and upcoming semesters that apply toward the ABA 30-credit distance education limit

Because ABA Standards restrict distance learning, students seeking to enroll in Third Year Anywhere® should not take any distance education courses prior to their third year of law school. See also: J.D. graduation checklist (100 KB PDF).

Be advised that courses listed below that have been offered in the past are not guaranteed to be offered as online distance education again in a future semester. In addition, a course previously offered in a particular semester (e.g., fall) may, if offered again, be in a different semester (e.g., spring). You are encouraged to meet with one of the program professors as you engage in course planning for Third Year Anywhere®.

Updated April 1, 2024.

Course Title (Course Number) | Credit Hours | Professor

Spring 2024

  • E-Discovery (LW 984) - 2 - Carpenter
  • International Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples (LW 919) - 3 - Kowalska
  • Law of Armed Conflict (LW 927) - 3 - Martin
  • Lawyering Competencies II (LW 894) - 1 - Leisinger
  • Lawyering Competencies II (LW 894) - 1 - Martin
  • Leadership for Lawyers (LW 883) - 2 - Sneed
  • Multistate Legal Analysis (LW 963) - 3 - Baldwin
  • Race and the Law (LW 902) - 2 - Butler
  • Specialized Legal Research: Statutory and Regulatory Law (LW 949) - 2 - Ginzburg
  • Secured Transactions (LW 838) - 3 - Roark
  • Debtor/Creditor Relations (LW 718) - 3 - Fox

Fall 2023

  • Decedents' Estates and Trusts (LW 915) - 3 - Grant
  • Insurance Law (LW 710) - 3 - Mendoza
  • International Business Transactions (LW 778) - 3 - Westbrook
  • Kansas Legal Research (LW 702) - 2 - Sneed
  • Lawyering Competencies I (LW 893) - 1 - Leisinger
  • Lawyering Competencies I (LW 893) - 1 - Martin
  • Multistate Legal Analysis (LW 963) - 3 - Baldwin
  • Public International Law (LW 928) - 3 - Martin
  • Real Estate Transactions (LW 733) - 3 - Circo

Summer 2023

  • Specialized Legal Research: Statutory and Regulatory Law (LW 949) - 2 - Ginzburg

Spring 2023

  • Climate Change Crises and the Law (LW 891) - 2 - Martin, Craig
  • E-Discovery (LW 984) - 2 - Carpenter, Derrick
  • International Business Transactions (LW 778) - 3 - Westbrook, Amy
  • Lawyering Competencies II (LW 894 (1) - 1 - Martin, Craig
  • Lawyering Competencies II (LW 894 (2) - 1 - Leisinger, Shawn
  • Leadership for Lawyers (LW 883) - 2 - Sneed, Thomas
  • Multistate Legal Analysis (LW 963) - 3 - Griggs, Marsha
  • Sports and the Law (LW 974) - 2 - Lauritsen, Brittany
  • Third Year Anywhere® Externship (LW 993 (1) - 6 - Martin, Craig
  • Third Year Anywhere® Externship (LW 993 (2) - 6 - Leisinger, Shawn

Fall 2022

  • Children in the Law (LW 885) - 2 - Dupree, Shanelle
  • Civil Procedure II (LW 868 (2) - 2 - Bahadur, Rory
  • Decedents' Estates and Trusts (LW 915) - 3 - Grant, Emily
  • Insurance (LW 710) - 3 - Mendoza, Marcos
  • Lawyering Competencies I (LW 893 (1) - 1 - Martin, Craig
  • Lawyering Competencies I (LW 893 (2) - 1 - Leisinger, Shawn
  • Multistate Legal Analysis (LW 963) - 3 - Griggs, Marsha
  • Public International Law (LW 928) - 3 - Martin, Craig
  • Specialized Legal Research: Business and Tax Law (LW 920) - 2 - Sneed, Thomas
  • Third Year Anywhere® Externship (LW 993 (1) - 6 - Martin, Craig
  • Third Year Anywhere® Externship (LW 993 (2) - 6 - Leisinger, Shawn

Summer 2022

  • Evolution of a Business Transaction (LW 937) - 1 - Westbrook, Amy

Spring 2022

  • Agricultural Law (LW 706) - 3 - McEowen, Roger
  • Clinic: Transactional (LW 911) - 4 to 5 - Jackson, Janet Thompson
  • Comparative Alternative Dispute Resolution (LW 848) - 2 - Leisinger, Shawn (intersession, January 3-14)
  • E-Discovery (LW 984) - 2 - Carpenter, Derrick
  • Human Trafficking Law in the United States (LW 775) - 2 - Hogan, Merideth
  • International Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples (LW 919) - 3 - Kowalska, Tonya
  • Lawyering Competencies II (LW 894 (1)) - 1 - Jackson, Janet Thompson
  • Lawyering Competencies II (LW 894 (2)) - 1 - Leisinger, Shawn
  • Leadership for Lawyers (LW 883) - 2 - Sneed, Thomas
  • Legal Analysis, Research and Writing for the Government Client (LW 965) - 2 - Jackson, Katharine
  • Multistate Legal Analysis (LW 963) - 3 - Griggs, Marsha
  • Natural Resources Law (LW 773) - 2 - Griggs, Burke
  • Race and the Law (LW 902) - 2 - Butler, Cheryl
  • Third Year Anywhere™ Externship (LW 993 (1)) - 6 - Jackson, Janet Thompson
  • Third Year Anywhere™ Externship (LW 993 (2)) - 6 - Leisinger, Shawn

Fall 2021

  • Children in the Law (LW 885) - 2 - Dupree, Shanelle
  • Clinic: Transactional (LW 911) - 4 to 5 - Jackson, Janet Thompson
  • Debtor/Creditor Relations (LW 718) - 3 - Boyack, Andrea
  • Decedents' Estates and Trusts (LW 915) - 3 - Grant, Emily
  • Employment Discrimination (LW 786) - 3 - Butler, Cheryl
  • Health Care Law & Policy (LW 830 (2)) - 3 - Smith, Sharla
  • Insurance (LW 710) - 3 - Mendoza, Marcos
  • International Business Transactions (LW 778) - 3 - Westbrook, Amy
  • Introduction to Nonprofit Law (LW 950) - 2 - Jackson, Janet Thompson
  • Kansas Legal Research (LW 702) - 2 - Sneed, Thomas
  • Lawyering Competencies I (LW 893 (1)) - 1 - Jackson, Janet Thompson
  • Lawyering Competencies I (LW 893 (2)) - 1 - Leisinger, Shawn
  • Professional Responsibility (LW 770 (1)) - 3 - Griggs, Marsha
  • Third Year Anywhere™ Externship (LW 993 (1)) - 6 - Jackson, Janet Thompson
  • Third Year Anywhere™ Externship (LW 993 (2)) - 6 - Leisinger, Shawn

Summer 2021

  • Civil Procedure II (LW 868) - 2 - Bahadur, Rory
  • Specialized Legal Research: Foreign, Comparative & International Law (LW 930) - 2 - Ginzburg, Barbara

Spring 2021

  • Clinic: Transactional (LW 911) - 4 to 5 - Jackson, Janet Thompson
  • Clinic: Advanced Transactional (LW 911D) - 1 - Jackson, Janet Thompson
  • Decedents' Estates and Trusts (LW 915) - 3 - Grant, Emily
  • E-Discovery (LW 984) - 2 - Carpenter, Derrick
  • Insurance (LW 710) - 3 - Mendoza, Marcos
  • International Business Transactions (LW 778) - 3 - Westbrook, Amy
  • Lawyering Competencies I (LW 878) - 1 - Jackson, Janet Thompson and Leisinger, Shawn
  • Multistate Legal Analysis (LW 963) - 3 - Griggs, Marsha
  • Specialized Legal Research: Business and Tax (LW 920) - 2 - Sneed, Thomas
  • Third Year Anywhere™ Externship (LW 993) - 6 - Jackson, Janet Thompson

Fall 2020

  • Clinic: Transactional (LW 911) - 4 to 5 - Jackson, Janet Thompson
  • Legal Analysis, Research and Writing for the Government Client (LW 965) - 2 - Jackson, Katharine

Summer 2020

  • Civil Procedure II (LW 868) - 2 - Bahadur, Rory
  • Farm Income Tax Planning and Management (LW 874) - 2 - McEowen, Roger
  • Specialized Legal Research: Statutory and Regulatory Law (LW 949) - 2 - Ginzburg, Barbara

Spring 2020

  • Clinic: Transactional (LW 911) - 4 to 5 - Jackson, Janet Thompson
  • International Business Transactions (LW 778) - 3 - Westbrook, Amy
  • Professional Responsibility-California (LW 926) - 2 - Online (not WU staff)

Fall 2019

  • Clinic: Transactional (LW 911) - 4 to 5 - Jackson, Janet Thompson
  • Legal Analysis, Research and Writing for the Government Client (LW 965) - 2 - Jackson, Katharine

Summer 2019

  • Farm Income Tax Planning and Management (LW 874) - 2 - McEowen, Roger
  • Specialized Legal Research: Business and Tax (LW 920) - 2 - Sneed, Thomas

Spring 2019

  • Clinic: Transactional (LW 911) - 4 to 5 - Jackson, Janet Thompson
  • Legal Analysis, Research and Writing for the Government Client (LW 965) - 2 - Jackson, Katharine

Fall 2018

  • Clinic: Transactional (LW 911) - 4 to 5 - Jackson, Janet Thompson
  • Criminal Procedure: Investigations (LW 752) - 3 - Online (not WU staff)

Summer 2018

  • Specialized Legal Research: Statutory and Regulatory Law (LW 949) - 2 - Creighton Miller and Barbara Ginzburg

Spring 2018

  • Farm Income Tax Planning and Management (LW 874) - 2 - McEowen, Roger
  • Legal Analysis, Research and Writing for the Government Client (LW 965) - 2 - Jackson, Katharine

Summer 2017

  • Specialized Legal Research: Statutory and Regulatory Law (LW 949) - 2 - Creighton Miller and Ginzburg, Barbara

Spring 2017

  • Legal Analysis, Research and Writing for the Government Client (LW 965) - 2 - Jackson, Katharine

Fall 2016

  • Legal Analysis, Research and Writing for the Government Client (LW 965) - 2 - Jackson, Katharine

Summer 2016

  • Specialized Legal Research: Statutory and Regulatory Law (LW 949) - 2 - Creighton Miller and Barbara Ginzburg

Spring 2016

  • Legal Analysis, Research and Writing for the Government Client (LW 965) - 2 - Jackson, Katharine
  • Securities Regulation (LW 785) - 3 - Westbrook, Amy

Fall 2015

  • Oil and Gas Law (LW 740) - 3 - Pierce, David

Summer 2015

  • Entrepreneurial Law (LW 910) - 3 - Jackson, Janet Thompson
  • Specialized Legal Research: Statutory and Regulatory Law (LW 949) - 2 - Creighton Miller and Barbara Ginzburg

Spring 2015

  • Legal Analysis, Research and Writing for the Government Client (LW 965) - 2 - Jackson, Katharine
  • Oil and Gas Law (LW 740) - 3 - Pierce, David

Summer 2014

  • Entrepreneurial Law (LW 910) - 3 - Jackson, Janet Thompson
  • Specialized Legal Research: Statutory and Regulatory Law (LW 949) - 2 - Creighton Miller and Barbara Ginzburg

Fall 2013

  • Legal Analysis, Research and Writing for the Government Client (LW 965) - 2 - Jackson, Katharine
  • Secured Transactions (LW 870) - 3 - Westbrook, Amy

Summer 2013

  • Secured Transactions (LW 870) - 3 - Westbrook, Amy

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Distance Education

No student shall enroll in distance education courses until that student has completed instruction in a minimum of 15 credit hours toward the J.D. degree. Notwithstanding this, a student may not enroll in a distance education course during the fall or spring semester of the first year of law school. A student may use no more than 30 credit hours of distance education coursework towards satisfaction of the J.D. degree requirements. When in residence, a student may enroll in no more than 9 credits of online education per semester absent permission from the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

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