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Elective Courses and Specialized Areas of Study
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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
Commercial Paper
Debtor-Creditor
Problems in Bankruptcy
Sales

Constitutional Law
Civil Rights
Federal Courts A
Federal Courts B
Tennessee Constitutional Law Seminar

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

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

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

Intellectual Property Law
Copyright
Cyber Law
Patent Law
Sports Law

International and Comparative Law
Comparative Law Seminar
Immigration Law
International Business Transactions
International Economic Law
International Law

Jurisprudence, Interdisciplinary Study
and Public Policy
Education/Civil Rights
Federal Discrimination Seminar
Gun Control/Gun Rights Seminar
Jurisprudence
Law and Accounting
Law and Economics
Legal History
Mental Health Law
Social Welfare/Poverty Law Seminar

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

Lawering Skills Practice
ADR-Labor
ADR-Mediation
ADR-Negotiation
Business Planning
Child Advocacy Clinic
Criminal Justice Externship
Disability Law and Practice
Elder Law Clinic
Ethics Seminar
General Sessions Civil Litigation Clinic
Judicial Externship
Legal Argument and Appellate Practice
Legislation
Memphis Area Legal Services Externship
Pre-Trial Litigation
Tax/Small Business Clinic
Trial Advocacy
Professional Responsibility
Scholarly Writing for Law Students Seminar
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
Tennessee Civil Procedure Seminar

Real Estate/Environmental Law
Environmental Law
Environmental Law Seminar
Land Use Planning
Realty Transactions

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

Torts/Product Liability Law
Insurance Law
Products Liability

The University of Memphis
Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
3715 Central Avenue
Memphis, TN  38152
(901) 678-2421
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The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law | 3715 Central Avenue | Memphis, TN 38152 | (901) 678-2421