Fall 2025 Class Descriptions: Electives
Securities Regulation (LWBC580)
Instructor(s): Stephen Ferruolo
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
Concentration(s): Business and Corporate Law (JD), Public Interest Law (JD), LLM in Business and Corporate Law (LLMB), Business and Corporate Law (LLMUS), Business and Corporate Law (MSLS)
Recommended Class(es): Corporations
The Securities Regulation class will include an overview of the capital markets and the underwriting process, the structure and prohibitions of the Securities Act, the registration process, the definitions of security and exempted securities, the private and limited offering exemptions, offerings by underwriters, affiliates and dealers, civil liability under the Securities Act, fraud in connection with a purchase or sale of a Security, and general civil liability provisions.
Note:
This is a required course for the Business and Corporate Law Concentration (JD).
Supreme Court (LWPP580)
Instructor(s): Michael Ramsey
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
Requirement(s): Writing
Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I or permission of instructor
This course considers the contemporary role, structure and procedures of the United States Supreme Court through an examination of selected cases currently pending before the Court. Students investigate the views and outlook of the Court's current justices as to the Court's role generally and with respect to these particular cases. Substantial classroom discussion, an in-class presentation, and a paper reflecting significant independent research will be required.