Elective Courses

What follows are the elective courses in the J.D. curriculum offered at Temple Law School during a typical academic year. Note that offerings change from year to year as individuals join the faculty, faculty members go on leave, and new courses are added.

Trial Advocacy

Advanced Trial Advocacy
Advanced Trial and Litigation Strategy
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Civil Procedure II
Conflict of Laws
Damages and Statistics in Litigation
Evidence
Federal Courts and Jurisdiction
Interviewing, Negotiating and Counseling
Introduction to Trial Advocacy
Post Trial Review: Appellate Procedure
Remedies
Trial Advocacy I
Trial Advocacy II
See Also: Clinical Programs

Business and Tax Law

Commercial/Corporate Law
Advanced Problems in European Union Law
Antitrust
Banking
Bankruptcy
Business Associations
Business Law Clinical
Commercial Finance Transactions
Corporate Finance
Corporate Law
Corporate Reorganization: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Corporate Tax Planning
Corporate Transactions
Entertainment Law
Insurance
International Commercial Transactions
International Investment and Trade Policies
International Organizations
Law of the European Union
Law of Public Finance
Legal Problems of the Small Business
Negotiating and Drafting Business Acquisition Documents
Payment Systems
Representing Charitable Organizations Clinical
Sales
Secured Transactions
Securities Regulation Sports Law
Transactional Practice I
Transactional Practice II
United States Attorney Clinical: Bankruptcy Unit

Taxation

Accounting for Lawyers
Compliance and Penalties*
Corporate Taxation
Corporate Taxation II*
Corporate Tax Planning
Estate and Gift Taxation
Estate Planning I*
Estate Planning II*
Federal Estate and Gift Tax Clinical
Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts*
International Taxation
Planning for the Family that Owns and Operates a Business*
Qualified Employee Benefit Plans*
Real Estate Taxation*
State and Local Taxation*
Tax Policy
Tax Procedure*
Taxation
Taxation II
Taxation of Affiliated Corporations*
Taxation of Business Entities
Taxation of Exempt Organizations*
Taxation of Partnerships and S Corporations

*LL.M. courses open to J.D. students

Property

Estate and Gift Taxation
Family Law: Economics of Divorce Land Use Planning
Real Estate Development Finance
Real Estate Transactions
Theories of Property
Trusts and Estates

Torts

City Solicitor Clinical: Claims Litigation
Products Liability
Strict Liability-Products and Beyond

Tort Litigation and Trial Practice Clinical (SEPTA)

Labor Law

Collective Bargaining
Employment Discrimination
Employment Law
Labor Law
Public Employment Law

Intellectual Property/Technology Law

Antitrust
Biotechnology Law
Computer Law
Copyrights
Cyberspace Law
Cyberspace Policy
Entertainment Law
Intellectual Property Licensing Law
International Intellectual Property
Introduction to Intellectual Property
Law, Science and Technology
Patents
Patent Litigation
Patent Prosecution
Trademarks

International and Comparative Law

Courses Offered in Philadelphia
Admiralty
Advanced Problems in European Union Law
Comparative Constitutional Law
Comparative Law
Comparative Law: Dispute Settlement
Integration of Customary Law and Common Law in English-Speaking Africa
International Commercial Transactions
International Environmental Law
International Intellectual Property
International Investment and Trade Policies
International Law
International Organizations
International Protection of Human Rights
International Taxation
Introduction to Asian Legal Systems: Traditional Values and Governance
Law of the European Union

Courses Offered in Tokyo
Admiralty
Comparative Constitutional Law
Comparative Criminal Procedure
Comparative Dispute Settlement
Comparative Products Liability
Current Issues in Japanese Law
East/West Negotiation Seminar
International Commercial Transactions
International Environmental Law
International Intellectual Property
International Protection of Human Rights
Introduction to Asian Legal Systems: Traditional Values and Governance
Introduction to European Community Law
Introduction to Japanese Law
Secured Transactions
Taxation of U.S.-Japan Transactions

Courses Offered in Athens
Admiralty: International Maritime Law
Comparative Public Law
International and European Criminal Law
International Intellectual Property
Introduction to European Community Law

Courses Offered in Rome
Immigration Law
International Business Transactions
International Dispute Resolution
Introduction to European Union Law

Courses Offered in Tel Aviv
Comparative Constitutional Law
Comparative Religious Law: Christianity, Islam, Judaism
Legal Aspects of the Middle East Peace Process
White Collar Crime from a Global Perspective

Public Interest Law

Administrative Process
Advanced Administrative Law Advanced Constitutional Law: Equal Protection
Affirmative Action: Constitutional and Statutory Legitimacy Comparative Constitutional Law
Constitutional Law and Foreign Policy
Education Law
Employment Discrimination
Federal American Indian Law
Federal Legislation and Public Policy
First Amendment
Immigration and Nationality
Juvenile Law
Law of Public Finance
Legislation
Local Government Law
Parents, Children and the State
Political and Civil Rights
Privacy
Public Health in the Time of AIDS
Religious Rights Under the United States Constitution
Social Legislation: Law and the Elderly
State Constitutional Law
Violence Against Women
See Also: Clinical Program

Criminal Law and Procedure

Criminal Defense Advocacy Clinical:
Camden Public Defender
Philadelphia Defender
Criminal Law II
Criminal Procedure I
Criminal Procedure II
Criminal Prosecution Clinical:
Camden Prosecutor
Philadelphia District Attorney
Federal Criminal Law
Federal Criminal Practice Clinical:
Federal Defender
United States Attorney
Death Penalty Litigation Clinical
Juvenile Law
Post Trial Review: Appellate Procedure
United States Attorney Clinical: Health Care Fraud
Violence Against Women
White Collar and Organized Crime

Environmental Law

Advanced Environmental Law
Environmental Law
Environmental Law Clinical
Hazardous Waste
International Environmental Law
Water Law

Family Law

Advanced Family Law: Current Issues
Family Law: Custody
Family Law: Economics of Divorce
Juvenile Law
Law, Family and Society
Parents, Children and the State
Temple Legal Aid Office Clinical: Domestic Relations Mediation

Health Care Law

Civil Law Practice: The Full Service Model
Current Problems in Law and Medicine
Health Care Law: Bioethics
Health Care Law: Medical Malpractice
Health Care Law: Regulation and Financing
Health Care into the 21st Century
Mental Health Law
Public Health in the Time of AIDS
Public Interest Advocacy Clinical

Jurisprudence

American Legal History
Critical Jurisprudence
English Legal History
Jurisprudence
Law, Family and Society
Law and Feminism
Law in a Social Science Perspective
Law, Justice and Morality
Law, Science and Technology
Selected Problems in Philosophy of Law
Sexual Orientation and the Law
Women and the Law

Clinical Program

Civil Litigation Clinicals
Civil Law Practice: The Full Service Model
City Solicitor:
Claims Litigation
Code Enforcement
Community Legal Services
Homeless Advocacy Law Project
Temple Legal Aid Office: Family Law
Tort Litigation and Trial Practice (SEPTA)
United States Attorney: Bankruptcy Unit

Criminal Litigation Clinicals
Criminal Defense Advocacy:
Camden Public Defender
Philadelphia Public Defender
Criminal Prosecution:
Camden Prosecutor

Judicial Clerkship Clinical
Federal Judicial Clerkship

Mediation Clinicals
Philadelphia Housing Court
Small Claims Mediation
Temple Legal Aid Office: Domestic Relations Mediation

Non-Litigation Clinicals
Business Law
Elderly Law Project
Environmental Law
Federal Estate and Gift Tax
Immigration Law
Public Interest Advocacy
Representing Charitable Organizations
Legal Education and Participation (Temple-LEAP)

Writing Seminars

Abortion
Advanced Administrative Law
Advanced Commercial Problems
Advanced Constitutional Law: Equal Protection
Advanced Environmental Law
Advanced Family Law: Current Issues
Advanced Problems in European Union Law
Advanced Trial and Litigation Strategy
Affirmative Action: Constitutional and Statutory Legitimacy
American Legal History
Banking
Civil Procedure II
Comparative Law
Constitutional Law and Foreign Policy
Corporate Law
Corporate Tax Planning
Criminal Procedure II
Critical Jurisprudence
Current Problems in Law and Medicine
Cyberspace
Death Penalty
Education Law
Employment Discrimination
English Legal History
Family Law: Current Issues
Federal Legislation and Public Policy
First Amendment
Health Care Law: Bioethics
Health Care Law: Medical Malpractice
Immigration and Nationality
Integration of Customary Law and Common Law in English-Speaking Africa
International Protection of Human Rights
Jurisprudence
Juvenile Law
Land Use Planning
Law and Feminism
Law, Justice and Morality
Law, Science and Technology
Law in a Social Science Perspective
Legal Problems of the Small Business
Legal Research and Writing III
Local Government Law
Parents, Children and the State
Post Trial Review: Appellate Procedure
Privacy
Products Liability
Professional Responsibility
Real Estate Transactions
Religious Rights Under the United States Constitution
Selected Problems in Philosophy of Law
Sexual Orientation and the Law
Strict Liability: Products and Beyond
Tax Policy
Theories of Property
Violence Against Women
White Collar and Organized Crime