Baylor LAW: Law
LAW 9101: LARC 1: Intro to Legal Writing
2 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · Matthew Cordon
Legal Analysis, Research, and Communication (LARC) 1 is a one-hour credit course taken during each student's first quarter of law school. In this course, students learn fundamentals in important aspects of legal writing and problem-solving, including: (1) leg…
LAW 9104: LARC 4: Transactional Drafting
1 credit hours · 2 sections · 31 open seats · Melina Bales, Michael Smith
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9203. During the course, students will obtain an awareness and understanding of a transactional environment, analyze commercial issues, recognize negotiation points, and learn to draft legal documents and correspondence in a business setti…
LAW 9105: LARC 5: Litigation Drafting
1 credit hours · 3 sections · 46 open seats · Mike Berry, Lee Ann James, Lewis Tandy
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9104. LARC 5 introduces students to writing that is common in the litigation process. The assignments focus on developing well-rounded legal communicators who can tailor their writing to varied audiences and may include drafting of pleadin…
LAW 9118: Transactional Law Practice Lab
1 credit hours · 1 section · 24 open seats · JP Haskins, James Howard
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9521. This practice lab will introduce students to the types of issues and documents they may encounter during a transactional practice through the scope of a hypothetical transaction. Students will be assigned to represent one of the tw…
LAW 9126: Integrating Faith & Legal Prac
1 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Robert Callahan
The goal of this course is to teach future lawyers how to integrate their work as attorneys with their faith, moral philosophy, and ideologies. The course will explore the integration of faith and legal practice, provide practical tools for navigating conflict…
LAW 9135: Extended Bar Preparation Skill
1 credit hours · 1 section · 100 open seats · Marta Young
This course is intended to be taken prior to the time in which a student will complete their commercial bar preparation course. This course is designed to jumpstart your bar exam preparation by developing your substantive knowledge and sharpening your critical…
LAW 9156: Criminal Law Boot Camp
1 credit hours · 1 section · 16 open seats · Richard Alpert
A limited number of students may participate in a Criminal Law Boot Camp for one hour of pass/fail credit. The class must have a minimum of twelve students to make, and is limited to a maximum of 16 students. This course will introduce students to Texas state …
LAW 9200: Patent Advocacy
2 credit hours · 1 section · 14 open seats · Derek Gilliland, Gregory Passa
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9321 and LAW 9354 (both may be taken concurrently). A survey of the unique issues and elements of an intellectual property lawsuit. Topics covered include assessing whether a lawsuit is the proper course of action and the risks of litigati…
LAW 9207: Tax & Acct Princ for Lawyers
2 credit hours · 1 section · 70 open seats · Christine Robinson
An introduction to federal income tax law and financial accounting principles with primary emphasis on business and investment income and deductions, exclusions from gross income, capital gains and losses from the disposition of property, and the tax consequen…
LAW 9208: Labor Law Seminar
2 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Patricia Wilson
A study of the law and current issues regarding labor relations, including union elections, the negotiation and administration of collective bargaining agreements, unfair labor practices, and dispute settlement. Particular attention is paid to the National Lab…
LAW 9212: Business Basics for Lawyers
2 credit hours · 1 section · 27 open seats · Leah Jackson Teague
The class will provide a better understanding of business concepts for law students without a business background, and it will supplement coverage in other business and transactional courses. Business topics will include accounting, financial statements, econo…
LAW 9214: Construction Law
2 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Brian Carroll, Shaina Swanson
The many components and complexities of the construction industry offer an ideal setting for demonstrating how multiple areas of the law (contracts; procurement; torts, insurance, environmental concerns; dispute resolution, property (emphasis on lien law), adm…
LAW 9220: Trial Adv:Beg.Trial Advocacy
2 credit hours · 1 section · 16 open seats · Robert Little
Students who have taken Practice Court, the School of the Trial or the Advanced School of the Trial, are ineligible to take this class for credit. This course seeks to provide students with a foundation in the art of trial advocacy prior to more advanced trai…
LAW 9226: Supreme Court Seminar
2 credit hours · 1 section · 27 open seats · Brian Serr
A limited enrollment seminar (18 students) in which students assume the role of United States Supreme Court justices. The seminar entails arguing and deciding cases currently pending before the Supreme Court. Once decided, a student is assigned to write the Co…
LAW 9227: Client Relations
2 credit hours · 1 section · 24 open seats · Leah Jackson Teague
Students in this course seek to develop those skills necessary to establish appropriate professional relationships with clients. Specifically, the class engages in exercises that encourage students (i) to recognize and use different questioning techniques; (ii…
LAW 9229: Professional Responsibility
2 credit hours · 1 section · 115 open seats · Ed Kinkeade
A study of the role and responsibility of the legal profession. Subjects covered include the disciplinary rules of professional conduct, client relations, pro bono services, professionalism, and economics of the profession.
LAW 9245: Children & the Law
2 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Stephanie Tang
This course focuses on the status and rights of children within the legal system. Students will study the various legal doctrines that shape how children are addressed in the law. Students will learn how children’s rights have developed over time in the priv…
LAW 9248: Elder Law
2 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Elisa Rainey, James Rainey
Overview of the legal practice and policy relating to aging individuals and those with special needs. Issues covered are: ethics in representing the elderly, Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Social Security Disability, Medicare, Medicaid, vetera…
LAW 9251: Oil, Gas & Energy Res Law 2
2 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · William Farrar
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9249. This course covers advanced mineral extraction issues and expands on the basic principles covered in Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law I. Students will learn transaction document evaluation and drafting techniques that an attorney de…
LAW 9254: Juvenile Justice
2 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Gary Coley
A study of all stages of the juvenile justice system, including intake, certification, adjudication, and disposition.
LAW 9264: Intellectual Property
2 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Connie Nichols
A survey of the law regarding the formation and protection of rights in intangible property and unfair trade practices of businesses. Subjects covered include a survey of copyright and patent law as well as a detailed study of trademark, trade secret and unfa…
LAW 9278: Int Bus Trans & Disputes
2 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Juan Alcala
This course surveys a broad range of factors and legal issues that impact international transactions and the disputes that eventually follow, exposing students to: (a) the history and evolution of international trade and legal traditions; (b) the legal instrum…
LAW 9285: Healthcare Fraud & Abuse
2 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · Pat Souter
The healthcare industry is governed by complex statutory and regulatory requirements that impact operations, financing and the delivery of healthcare. A lawyer representing a client in the healthcare industry must be knowledgeable in these areas since many are…
LAW 9287: Administrative Law: Texas
2 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · Craig Bennett
A study of state agency regulation within Texas. This course focuses on the role of state agencies in regulating the lives of citizens and businesses in Texas, the source and limits of such state agency authority, the legal requirements for agencies to make la…
LAW 9292: Business Planning & Drafting
2 credit hours · 1 section · 24 open seats · Elizabeth Miller
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9521. A practice skills course centered around hypothetical business problems and transactions involving closely held businesses. The course includes analysis of, and exercises involving, choice and structure of entity, ethical concerns in…
LAW 9295: Bankruptcy
2 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Deborah Perry
A study of liquidation and reorganization of businesses under the Bankruptcy Code, including forms of relief, commencement and administration of cases, the bankruptcy estate, treatment of secured and unsecured claims, use of cash collateral, avoidance actions,…
LAW 9299: Family Law Advocacy & Proc
2 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Ben Selman, Sunejiro Agbuke
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9504, LAW 9370. Participatory practice examination of selected legal, substantive, procedural and practice considerations in the engagement, preparation and presentation of family law litigation involving dissolution of marriage and suits …
LAW 9300: National Security Law
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Dyllan Taxman
This course is designed to survey the interaction between established rules and principles of law (primarily constitutional and criminal law) and the United States' need to protect and defend itself and promote national security policies. This course will exam…
LAW 9301: Constitutional Law: Ind Libert
3 credit hours · 1 section · 98 open seats · Brian Serr
This course is an introduction to the U.S. Constitution's protection of individual freedom, focusing especially on the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause, and also including an introduction to several of the core concepts of the First Amendment…
LAW 9310: E-Commerce
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Connie Nichols
This course explores the range of legal issues arising from the emergence of the Internet as a medium for transacting business. The course considers how the law has reacted to challenges posed by the Internet. Specific areas covered include jurisdictional anal…
LAW 9312: Property 2
3 credit hours · 2 sections · 120 open seats · Jessica Asbridge, Bridget Fuselier
A study of the interests which may be created in real property, the rights and obligations that exist by virtue of ownership of such interests, and the means of transferring those interests. Topics covered include: possession and how it affects property owners…
LAW 9313: Water Law
3 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · Walt Shelton
A study of water law legal systems in the United States related to ownership, rights of use, and public rights in surface water and groundwater. Surface water systems include prior appropriation schemes in most western states and riparian rights based systems…
LAW 9316: Contract Drafting & Neg
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Kayla Landeros
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9104. This course will cover a variety of topics and skills related to a transactional practice and will build on the skills students learned in Legal Analysis, Research & Communication (LARC) 4: Transactional Drafting. Specifically, this …
LAW 9319: Bus Trans: Mergers & Acq
3 credit hours · 1 section · 35 open seats · Michael Smith
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9521. The prerequisite may be waived for students with appropriate business background. This course is an introduction to mergers & acquisitions that will focus primarily on the structuring, negotiation and documentation of private M&A tr…
LAW 9324: Complex Litigation
3 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · Jim Underwood
This course explores topics in the area of advanced civil procedure. The course deals with the applicable law governing complexities inherent in civil litigation due to a multiplicity of parties or other lawsuits. A large segment of the course will focus upon …
LAW 9325: Business Law Boot Camp
3 credit hours · 1 section · 32 open seats · Elizabeth Miller
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9521. This course is an intense intersession course offered between the spring and summer quarters. The course provides a practical perspective on multiple aspects of business and its legal requirements and implications, including forming …
LAW 9326: Remedies
3 credit hours · 1 section · 115 open seats · Laura Hernandez
An introduction to the legal relief available to a successful litigant. The course will discuss legal damages, equitable damages as well as ancillary requests for relief. Besides learning the mechanics of each remedial instrument, the class will discuss the …
LAW 9331: Real Estate: Texas Title Issue
3 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · Bridget Fuselier
A study of selected problems of Texas land law. The course includes material on contracts of sale, title examination, foreclosure issues related to title, and judicial procedures relating to land titles. Drawing a metes and bounds description of real property,…
LAW 9332: Wealth Transfers
3 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · Tom Featherston
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9504. Increasingly, the focus of private or individual wealth planning is on asset protection (i.e., planning to insulate the client's estate from the claims of creditors at any time and claims of spouses upon the termination of the marria…
LAW 9333: Advanced Legal Research
3 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · Matthew Cordon
Instruction in a broad range of legal research materials and advanced research methods. This course is intended as a practical skills course that expands beyond the scope of LARC 2, the first-year research course. Sources covered include a number of practice m…
LAW 9339: Comm Real Estate: Leasing
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Whitney Holmes
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9338 recommended. This course will prepare students to discharge the review, analysis and drafting responsibilities of a junior transactional associate in a standard commercial lease transaction. Students will learn the primary functions …
LAW 9342: Comm Law: Secured Trans
3 credit hours · 1 section · 98 open seats · Larry Bates
A study of Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code involving consensual security interests in personal property and fixtures and the sale of accounts and chattel paper. Topics covered include creation of a security interest, types of collateral and ty…
LAW 9346: Taxation of Business Entities
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Christine Robinson
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9207. This survey course examines the tax consequences of organizing and operating business entities in a comparative manner. Basic federal tax principles of C corporations, S corporations, and partnerships (including limited liability com…
LAW 9349: Consumer Protection
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Whitney Holmes
A study of consumer protection laws, with focus on the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, warranty law, federal and state debt collection practices acts, and basic insurance law principles.
LAW 9350: Adv Criminal Procedure
3 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · Rachel Kincaid
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9356. A study of constitutional and statutory limitations on criminal prosecutions. These authorities govern the right to counsel, prosecutorial discretion, pretrial detention, guilty pleas and plea bargaining, constitutional discovery, j…
LAW 9351: White Collar Crime
3 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · Paul Yanowitch
A soup to nuts survey of white collar crime, focusing on federal statutory and regulatory offenses that are frequently prosecuted in the business, corporate and personal setting, including mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, RICO, securities …
LAW 9352: Texas Criminal Prac & Proc
3 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · Richard Alpert
This class will introduce students to the rules and strategies and procedures that govern the practice of criminal law in Texas. Because the vast majority of state criminal practitioners get their start representing the State, the emphasis will be a road map t…
LAW 9356: Criminal Procedure
3 credit hours · 2 sections · 196 open seats · Dyllan Taxman, Rachel Kincaid
A study of the constitutional limitations on police investigation of crime, including the limits on searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment and constitutional protections for people subject to police interrogation.
LAW 9357: Healthcare Law
3 credit hours · 1 section · 30 open seats · Pat Souter
A survey of federal and state laws that impact healthcare providers and their industry as a whole. Topics include professional licensure, the professional patient relationship including confidentiality and privacy concerns, informed consent considerations, acc…
LAW 9360: Constitutional Law:Free Speech
3 credit hours · 1 section · 60 open seats · Paul Yanowitch
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9301. A deep dive into the First Amendments protection of Speech (and related protections like Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Association). Topics include; protected versus unprotected speech; the regulation of conduct imbued with ele…
LAW 9362: Employment Discrimination
3 credit hours · 1 section · 35 open seats · Lawrence Morales
A study of employment discrimination law, including Title Vll of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. This course entails a study of the major federal anti-discrimination laws, with particular…
LAW 9369: Patent Drafting & Prosecution
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Gregory Passa
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9321 (may be taken concurrently). This course is for those interested in patent litigation, prosecution, or patent licensing, or for potential inventors. The course aims to cover the structure of a patent, including the required filings. …
LAW 9374: Comm Lending Transactions
3 credit hours · 1 section · 20 open seats · Kayla Landeros
Prerequisite(s): LAW 9521. This course focuses on the practical business and legal concepts inherent in commercial lending transactions and demonstrates how those issues arise in financing documents. Students will learn the basic provisions of commercial lendi…
LAW 9383: Conflict of Laws
3 credit hours · 1 section · 95 open seats · Luke Meier
The study of the law applicable to transactions connected in whole or in part with two or more jurisdictions. The general problems connected with jurisdiction of courts, foreign judgments, the application of federal constitutional provisions, and the choice of…
LAW 9401: Con Law: Structure, Pwr & Leg
4 credit hours · 1 section · 110 open seats · Laura Hernandez
The Constitution creates and separates the powers of the 3 branches of government. It also distinguishes and governs the relationships among the federal government and the several states. These limits on governmental power were, and still sometimes are, invoke…
LAW 9405: Civil Procedure
4 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · Jeremy Counseller
An introduction to our judicial process as a method of dispute resolution. The focus of this course is on the choices open to litigants and how the rules of procedure facilitate or prevent the attainments of those objectives. Major areas of concentration inc…
LAW 9407: Contracts 1
4 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · Larry Bates
A comprehensive survey of the law of contracts both at common law and under the Uniform Commercial Code. This course examines the legal and equitable remedies for enforcing contracts, the creation of promissory liability, contract interpretation, performance …
LAW 9413: Torts 1
4 credit hours · 1 section · 40 open seats · Jim Underwood
A study of the standards and principles governing compensation at law for private wrongs, including the basic principles of intentional wrongs, negligence, strict liability, affirmative defenses, damages and apportionment. Students receive four hours of credi…
LAW 9504: Trusts & Estates
5 credit hours · 1 section · 70 open seats · Tom Featherston
A study of the gratuitous transfers of wealth, including wills, intestate succession, trusts and other non-testamentary transfers. The course also covers the property rights of spouses under the Texas community property system.
LAW 9520: Practice Court 2: Trial Evid
5 credit hours · 1 section · 115 open seats · Liz Fraley
Practice Court 2, taken in the first quarter of the Practice Court Program, is an intensive, in-depth study of trial procedure, evidence law and trial advocacy. Classroom instruction focuses primarily upon a detailed study of the rules of procedure and evidenc…
LAW 9521: Business Organizations 1
5 credit hours · 1 section · 70 open seats · Elizabeth Miller
A study of basic agency principles and the law governing the formation and operation of corporations, general and limited partnerships (including limited liability partnerships) and limited liability companies. The course requires the study of common law and …
LAW 9V00: International Human Rights
3 credit hours · 3 sections · 140 open seats · Brian Serr, Tristan Kaisharis
Selected topics as approved by the Law School Curriculum Committee and Law School Faculty.