COURSE SELECTON AND CAREER PLANNING
Every spring a series of counseling sessions is held to provide students with an overview of course offerings in various areas of the law and to assist them in selecting courses and defining their career objectives. Students may also consult members of the faculty for course and career planning. In addition, the Career Development Office provides a central storehouse of information regarding many types of legal careers.
To assist students in choosing upper-class courses and planning graduate programs of study, the Law School’s courses are listed below according to principal practice areas, with a brief introduction to the gateway courses in each area. Each listing begins with those basic courses in the practice area that are typically offered in multiple sections, moves next to advanced courses typically offered just once each year, and continues with seminars and clinics related to the practice area. Some courses are listed in several practice areas.
Many courses listed in the course description section of this Bulletin under the headings Law and Other Disciplines (Law 590–617) and Skills and Simulations Courses (Law 640–667) are not repeated in the practice areas listed below. This is because they concern perspectives on the law or lawyering skills that are applicable to all of these practice areas. Students should, therefore, consider taking courses from these categories to complement courses taken within specific practice areas.
Students should consult course descriptions to determine the prerequisites and eligibility criteria.
Practice Areas