Course Descriptions

This is a comprehensive list of courses and not all courses listed are offered every year. Please check the current year’s course catalog for the courses offered during the current academic year. 

372 Access to Justice

100 Administrative Law

860 Advanced Analysis in Pre-Bar Skills

549 Advanced Animal Law

110 Advanced Civil Procedure: Conflict of Laws

109 Advanced Contracts: Commercial Transactions

106 Advanced Contracts: Sales & Leases 

227 Advanced Corporate Tax

598 Advanced Legal Research

212 Advanced Legal Writing

214 Advanced Legal Writing: Litigation

229 Advanced Partnership Tax

793 Advanced Small Business Legal Clinic

307 Advanced Tax

705 Advanced Tax Clinic 

353 Advanced Topics in Federal and Tribal Law in Indian Country

484 Advanced Trial Practice: Civil  

215 A.I. & Law

450 Alternative Dispute Resolutions

586 American Legal History

788 Animal Law Clinic I

789 Animal Law Clinic II

790 Animal Law Clinic: Advanced

449 Animal Law Fundamentals

448 Animal Law Legislation and Lobbying

768 Animal Law Litigation Clinic I

769 Animal Law Litigation Clinic II

620-623 Animal Law Review

924 Animal Law Trial Advocacy

303 Animal Legal Philosophy

407 Animal Rights Law & Jurisprudence

208 Anti-Discrimination Law

104 Antitrust Law

517 Appellate Advocacy

927 Aquatic Animal Law

441 Aviation Law

116 Bankruptcy & Debtor/Creditor

113 Business Associations I

213 Business Associations II

152 Business Law: Lawyering & Ethics

413 Cannabis Law & Policy

564 Children and the Law

015 Civil Procedure

317 Civil Rights Litigation

463 Clean Air Act

582 Clean Water Act

492 Climate Change: International Law

493 Climate Change: U.S. Law and Policy

446 Companion Animal Law

314 Comparative Constitutional Law

387 Comparative Law

500 Complex Litigation

007 Constitutional Law I

207 Constitutional Law II

328 Consumer Financial Law & Regulation

326 Consumer Protection Litigation

321 Contract Drafting

221 Contract Drafting: Entertainment Law

222 Contract Drafting: Sneaker Law

019 Contracts 

008 Contracts I - prior to Fall 2023

009 Contracts II - prior to Fall 2023

331 Copyright Law

337 Copyright Law in Practice

756 Crime Victims Litigation Clinic

459 Crimes Against Animals

758/759 Criminal Justice Reform Clinic

249 Criminal Justice Seminar

513 Criminal Justice: Sentencing

148 Criminal Law I

248 Criminal Law II: White Collar Crime

904 Criminal Law in Indian Country

017 Criminal Procedure I

115 Criminal Procedure II

462 Crimmigration, Crisis, and Conflict

460 Cultural Resources Protection

149 Current Issues in Criminal Law

278 Current Issues in Work Law

487 Cyber Crime

347 Data Privacy and Security Compliance

383 Drug Law and Policy

150 Earthrise Ethics I

151 Earthrise Ethics II

335 Elder Law

340 Electronic Discovery

605 Emerging Topics in Animal Law - A

606 Emerging Topics in Animal Law - B

600 Emerging Topics in Environmental Law

376 Employee Benefits Law

338 Employment Discrimination

131 Employment Law I

336 Energy Law: Electricity Regulation

236 Energy Resources: Law & Policy

406 Energy Transition in the West

345 Entertainment Law

325 Entrepreneurship & Business Principles

742 Environmental and Natural Resources Law: Practicum

750 Environmental Clinic I: Earthrise

751 Environmental Clinic II: Earthrise

481 Environmental Enforcement

342 Environmental Justice

784 Environmental Justice/Civil Rights: Practicum

118 Environmental Law

594 Environmental Law Advocacy I

595 Environmental Law Advocacy II

344 Environmental Litigation

352 Environmental Negotiation and Mediation

341 Environmental Prosecution

508 Epic Corporate Scandals

346 Estate & Gift Tax

348 Estate Planning

122 Evidence

864 Extended Bar Review

804, 810, 825 Externships

124 Family Law

506 Family Mediation

798 Farmed Animal Protection Project I

799 Farmed Animal Protection Project II

356 Federal Courts

489 Federal Habeas Corpus: Law & Practice

354 Federal Indian Law

358 Federal Tax Procedure

415 Food Law

504 Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Law

360 Forest Law & Policy

021 Foundations of Professional Practice I

022 Foundations of Professional Practice II

536 Global Wild Animal Law

524 Hazardous Waste

560 Health Law & Policy

483 Hemp Law and Policy

330 History of the Common Law

240 Human Trafficking

364 Immigration Law

126 Income Tax I

226 Income Tax II

702 Individual Research

451 Industrial Animal Agriculture Law

423 Information Privacy Law

366 Insurance Law

121 Integrated Evidence and Trial Advocacy

333 Intellectual Property: Advanced Topics

368 Intellectual Property Law Survey

409 International Animal Law

370 International Business Transactions

461 International Criminal Law

543 International Dispute Resolution

534 International Environmental Law

754 International Animal and Environmental Law Clinic

580 International Human Rights

388 International Investment Law

576 International Tax

531 International Trade Law and Environment

854 International Wildlife Clinic - LLM

951 International Wildlife Law

365 Interstate Compacts

610 Introduction to Environmental Legal Studies

611 Introduction to US Legal Studies

389 Islamic Law & Politics

471 Judicial Clerkship

570 Jurisprudence: What is Justice?

468 Jurisprudence Seminar: Federalist Papers

373 Juvenile Justice

377 Labor Law

375 Labor Law

380 Land Use Planning

540 Law and Economics

921 Law and Ethics of Animal Testing

452 Law and Education

482 Law and Religion

275 Law in Spanish

414 Law of Columbia River

572 Law of Global Labor Markets

497 Law Practice Management

562 Law, Science, & Environment

012 Lawyering I

013 Lawyering II

210 Lawyering III

476 Lawyering in Indian Country

155 Legal Ethics for Government and NGO Lawyers

050 Legal Methods

478 Legal Regulation of the Political Process

023 Legal Research

592 Legal Research: Administrative Law

584 Legal Research: Advising Businesses

593 Legal Research: Animal Law

583 Legal Research: Environmental Law

597 Legal Research: International & Foreign

399 Legislation: Interpretation and Application of Statutes

424 LGBTQ+ Rights in an Age of Religious Exemption

281 Litigation Strategy and the Art of War

514 Mediation/Negotiation Skills

520 Medical Malpractice

154 Modern Ethics and the Future of Lawyering

732 Moot Court: ABA Negotiation School Competition

738 Moot Court: ABA Tax

739 Moot Court: ABA Tax National

724 Moot Court: Client Counseling

726 Moot Court: Jessup International Law Competition

728 Moot Court: Mock Trial

736 Moot Court: NALSA

225 Movement Lawyering

405 National Security Law

926 Native American Indian Civil Rights

518 Native American Natural Resources Law

401 Natural Resources Law

573 Natural Resources Law & Science

786 Natural Resources Litigation/WRLC: Practicum

787 Natural Resources Litigation/WRLC: Practicum Advanced

466 Negotiation

442 Nonprofit Animal Law

501 Nonprofit Law

408 Ocean and Coastal Law

412 Oregon Constitutional Law

521 Oregon Criminal Law

382 Oregon Land Use

402 Oregon Local Government Law

134/135 Oregon Pleading and Practice

416 Patent Law & Policy

455 Patent Prosecution

475 Poverty and the Law

479 Poverty, Race, and the Law

153 Practical Legal Ethics

748 Practice of Immigration Law: Practicum

230 Pretrial Advocacy

014 Property

136 Property Transactions

796/797 Public Defense Practicum

453 Public Health Law and Policy

425 Public Interest Lawyering

138 Public International Law

420 Public Lands & Resources Law

429 Public Trust

558 Race and the Law

132 Regulation & Ethics of Law

120 Remedies

519 Renewable Energy Finance and Development

491 Renewable Energy Law and Policy

574 Reproductive Rights and Justice

108 Secured Transactions

422 Securities Regulation

792 Small Business Legal Clinic

792 Small Business Legal Clinic: Patents

426 Sports Law

708/709 Street Law

554 Supreme Court

569 Supreme Court and the Environment

503 Sustainability in Law & Business

704 Tax Clinic

419 Technology and Patent Litigation

397 Technology Transfer & Licensing

546 Telecommunications Law

270 Tenant Eviction Defense

279 The Practice of Employment and Labor Law

457 Title IX on Campus

016 Torts

140 Torts II

432 Trademark & Unfair Competition Law

465 Transformative Immigration Law

430 Trial Advocacy

588 Understanding Racism Dialogue Group

591 Veterans Law and Policy

590 Victims in Criminal Procedure

434 Water Law

436 Wildlife Law

146 Wills & Trusts

440 Workers’ Compensation

467 Wrongful Convictions