<br />
boston college law school<br />
office of academic services<br />
course selection handbook<br />
This course handbook reflects the information available as of April 24, 2012. For<br />
the latest in course updates, additions and changes, please visit:<br />
http://www.bc.edu/lawcourseupdates<br />
2012-2013<br />
boston<br />
college<br />
law<br />
Table of Contents<br />
I. Principles of Course Selection ..........................................................................1<br />
II. Course Descriptions for 2012-2013 (by general subject) ...................................8<br />
III. Courses Satisfying Perspectives on Justice and the Law Requirement .....73<br />
V. Courses Satisfying the Lawyering Skills Requirement ................................74<br />
VI. Courses Satisfying the ABA Upper Level Writing Requirement ...............76<br />
VII. Registration Process ..................................<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=1"> boston college law school office of academic serv</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=2"> Table of Contents I. Principles o</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=3"> Course Descriptions for 2012-2013 by General Subj</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=4"> Business Law: Taxation ..........................</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=5"> Criminal Justice ................................</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=6"> Family Law ......................................</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=7"> Legal History, Philosophy and Theory ............</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=8"> LL75901 Land Use Planning LL64101 </a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=9"> LL47001 Immigration Law Research LL37</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=10"> Principles of Course Selection The informatio</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=11"> Develop specialized knowledge by taking a re</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=12"> Corporate/Securities Corporate Finance </a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=13"> Please note that the Massachusetts student practi</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=14"> Simulation courses emphasize the skills and activ</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=15"> Theory. Courses that satisfy the “Perspectives on</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=16"> added (including others being offered during 2012</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=17"> Business Law: Commercial LL32301 Advanced Cont</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=18"> LL42801 Behavioral Law & Economics Seminar (Sprin</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=19"> to understand the commercial law of investment se</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=20"> obligation of insurers to treat claimants fairly.</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=21"> Business Law: Corporate LL31001 Advising the B</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=22"> LL74801 Corporate Finance (Spring: 3) Prerequisit</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=23"> a “board book” that will include all the relevant</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=24"> provisions negotiated in merger agreements. The o</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=25"> Health Act. This is a dynamic and controversial a</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=26"> Business Law: Taxation LL99301 Estate and Gift</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=27"> LL92601 Taxation I (Spring: 4) Prerequisites: Non</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=28"> concept of income and the tax base; defining effi</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=29"> LL97801 Civil Litigation Clinic – Fieldwork One S</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=30"> seven or ten office hours per week at the clinic,</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=31"> together in skills training simulations, presenta</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=32"> practicum. The practicum brings together students</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=33"> Students will therefore have the opportunity to o</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=34"> LL52001 London Program Class (King’s College) (Sp</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=35"> LL54001 London/British Law (Spring: 1) Prerequisi</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=36"> public defender’s offices; family law, legal serv</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=37"> dynamics as a way to learn about the larger dynam</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=38"> on a final written examination, with class partic</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=39"> on-line topical discussions. It is the pre or co-</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=40"> crimes (including bank fraud and securities fraud</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=41"> The course will both study the substantive law, a</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=42"> LL90901 Civil Discovery Practice (Fall: 3) Prereq</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=43"> and students will regularly be asked to participa</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=44"> examination. The course is designed to develop pr</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=45"> LL95502 Professional Responsibility (Spring: 3) P</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=46"> LL95504 Professional Responsibility (Spring: 3/4)</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=47"> LL74701 Family Law (Spring: 3) Prerequisites: Non</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=48"> course explores the legal and policy issues that </a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=49"> LL44501 Patent Litigation (Spring: 3) Prerequisit</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=50"> LL95101 Technology Transactions and Licensing (Sp</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=51"> waivers of removability. The course also addresse</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=52"> LL81101 European Legal Integration: History and T</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=53"> LL47001 Immigration Law Research Seminar (Fall: 2</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=54"> LL48801 International Business Transactions (Fall</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=55"> research exercise will account for fifty percent </a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=56"> LL60701 Semester in Practice: International Human</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=57"> LL75801 American Pragmatism (Spring: 3) Prerequis</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=58"> LL66001 Foundations of Western Legal Thought (Fal</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=59"> LL62701 Modern Legal Theory (Fall: 2/3) Prerequis</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=60"> This course is conceived of as a seminar in which</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=61"> commentary by counsel during the course of the tr</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=62"> LL99605 Evidence (Fall: 4) Prerequisites: None E</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=63"> LL97201 Spanish for Lawyers (Lawyering with Spani</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=64"> LL67902 Trusts and Estates (Fall: 4) Prerequisite</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=65"> LL47501 Climate Law and Policy (Fall: 3) Prerequi</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=66"> LL96901 Environmental Law (Fall: 4) Prerequisites</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 67" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=67"> LL32201 Environmental Law Seminar: Current Topics</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=68"> Participants will become well-versed in all aspec</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=69"> LL73101 Administrative Law (Spring: 3) Prerequisi</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 70" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=70"> a 20-page research paper. Students will also be r</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 71" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=71"> final drafts of the Constitution. It will also co</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 72" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=72"> LL76601 Consumer Law (Spring: 2) Prerequisites: N</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 73" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=73"> LL70301 Education Law and Public Policy (Fall or </a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 74" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=74"> foods. Course grading will be determined by class</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 75" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=75"> The grade is based on an examination; class atten</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 76" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=76"> LL49201 Seminar on Law and Education Reform (Spri</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 77" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=77"> constitutional landscape, we can also expect sign</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 78" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=78"> LL79702 Advanced Legal Research (Spring: 3) Prere</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 79" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=79"> each other’s work and by revising their own schol</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 80" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=80"> Students will receive an introduction to the inte</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 81" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=81"> materials such as formbooks. Students will also l</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 82" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=82"> Courses in Academic Year 2012-2013 that satisfy t</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 83" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=83"> Courses in Academic Year 2012-2013 that satisfy t</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 84" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=84"> LL84001 Patent Law (Olson Spring) L</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 85" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=85"> The courses, competitions and publications offere</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 86" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=86"> LL44501 Patent Litigation (Mueller Spring)</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 87" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=87"> Registration Process Boston College web servi</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 88" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=88"> Registration Instructions by Telephone 1. Cal</a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 89" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=89"> System not available You are calling outside the </a>
<a title="coursehandbook2012 page 90" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/85bdb879?page=90"> Collection Hold Contact: Student Services, Credit</a>