Administrative Law & Government Regulation

This large and important field deals with the process by which government regulates the activities of businesses or individuals. Administrative Law is the foundation course for all study in this area. Other key survey courses include Antitrust Law, Trademark Law and Unfair Competition, and Legislation. Advanced courses explore the administrative process in the context of a single commercial activity such as health care or the telecommunications industry. Almost all of the courses included in the closely related practice areas of environmental law, government contract law, intellectual property law, labor law, and taxation, which are set out separately in this practice area listing, could fairly be termed species of administrative law and government regulation.

Foundation Courses

  • 6400  Administrative Law (3)  
  • 6402  Antitrust Law (3) 
  • 6416  Legislation (2 or 3)  
  • 6474  Trademark Law and Unfair Competition (2 or 3)

Advanced Courses

  • 6387  Voting Rights Law (2) 
  • 6389  Higher Education Law (2)
  • 6403  Advanced Antitrust Law Seminar (2)  
  • 6408  Food and Drug Law (2)  
  • 6410  Health Care Law (4)  
  • 6411  Health Care Law Seminar (2)  
  • 6412  Communications Law (2 or 3)  
  • 6414  Telecommunications Law (2)   
  • 6418  Legislative Analysis and Drafting  (2)
  • 6419  Campaign Finance Law (2 or 3) 
  • 6420  Congressional Investigations Seminar (2)  
  • 6421  Lawyers, Lobbying, and the Law (2)
  • 6422  Local Government Law (2)  
  • 6426  Public Law Seminar (2)  
  • 6438  Energy Law and Regulation (2) 
  • 6485  Law in Cyberspace (2 or 3) 
  • 6486  Information Privacy Law (3) 
  • 6595  Race, Racism, and American Law (2 or 3) 
  • 6616  Genetics and the Law (2 or 3)
  • 6622  Public Justice Advocacy Clinic (4, 5, or 6)  
  • 6671  Government Lawyering (2)
  • 6876  Homeland Security Law and Policy (2)  

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