Boston College Law School

List of Courses in Alphabetical Order

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FALL 2008
Course # Credits Course Title Instructor

ILL73101 3   Administrative Law McCann
LL34801  2   Adv. Civil Rights Microagressions Wells
LL79702  3   Adv. Legal Research Neary/Sullivan
LL48501  3   Adv. Legal Writing Connors
LL31001  3   Advising Business Planner Yen/Gennari
LL68601  3   Anglo-American Legal History Coquillette
LL47102  2   Appellate Advocacy Carey
LL85801  3   Attorney General Clinical Program Seminar Barnico
LL85601  4   Attorney General Clinical Progam Barnico
LL95601  2   Bankruptcy Law Research Neary
LL61701  2   Board of Student Advisors Carey
LL73301  4   Business Bankruptcy Hillinger
LL97901  3   Civil Litigation Clinic Class Anderson/Karmely/Minuskin
LL97801  4   Civil Litigation Clinic Anderson/Minuskin/Karmely/Minuskin
LL33401  3   Civil Motions Practice Brassard
LL68201  4   Commercial Law: Secured Transactions Hillinger
LL42501  4   Commercial Law: Payment Systems Rogers
LL32601  4   Community Enterprise Clinic Tremblay
LL86401  3   Comparative Law Baron
LL73901  3   Conflict of Laws Wilkins
LL66601  3   Constitutional Law II Kalscheur
LL66603  3   Constitutional Law II Perju
LL76601  3   Consumer Law Fishman
LL75001  4   Corporations Brudney
LL75004  3   Corportions Quinn
LL93501  4   Criminal Justice Clinic (Defense) Beckman/Herrmann
LL93501  4   Criminal Justice Clinic (Prosecution) Sarda
LL90401  3   Criminal Justice Clinic Beckman/Herrmann/Sarda
LL94301  3   Criminal Procedure Bloom
LL93001  2   Dispute Negotiation White
LL70302  3   Education Law & Public Policy Margetta-Morgan
LL47801  2   Environmental Legal Research Shear
LL96901  4   Environmental Law Wirth
LL99301  4   Estate and Gift Tax Madoff
LL33501  3   European Union Moot Court Team Carey
LL43901  3   European Union Law Perju
LL99603  3   Evidence Cassidy
LL74702  3   Family Law Katz
LL80801  3   Government Contracts Saltman
LL35401  3   Health Law and Policy I Baron/Heifetz
LL46101  1   Human Rights Interdisciplinary Seminar Lykes
LL67001  7   ICT: Theory & Practice Kanstroom/Vandepuye
LL62101  3   ICT: Research Project Kanstroom/Vandepuye
LL67401  3   ICT: Theory & Practice Seminar Kanstroom/Vandepuye
LL32001  2   Immigration Clinic Hooper/Wax
LL74901  3   Immigration Law Kanstroom
LL47001  2   Immigration Law Guided Research Seminar Breda/Sharif
LL41201  3   Intellectual Property Survey Olson
LL45101  2   International Arbitration O'Neill
LL75201  3   International Aspects of U.S. Income Tax Ault
LL48801  3   International Business Transactions Garcia
LL98701  3   International Comparative Law Review Wylie
LL42001  3   International Criminal Law Barrozo
LL67601  2   International Environmental Law Wirth
LL43601  2   International Human Rights Kanstroom
LL88601  3   International Law Arauyo
LL67501  1   International Legal Research Sullivan
LL69601  3   International Trade Law Garcia
LL98101  3   Jessup International Law Moot Court Carey
LL49801  2   Judge & Community Courts (Clinic) Cratsley/Connors
LL49601  2   Judge & Community Courts Seminar Cratsley/Connors
LL38801  3   Juvenile Justice Seminar Sherman
LL38901  4   Juvenile Rights Advocacy Sherman
LL75901  3   Land Use Planning Witten
LL99901  3   Law Review Wylie
LL52201  1   Legal Research and Writing/LL.M.S. Students Hupper/Sullivan
LL91001  2   Media Law Papandrea
LL92501  3   Mediation Gray
LL51501  3   National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Bloom

LL98201  3   National Moot Court Herrmann
LL63501  3   National Security Law Brown
LL61801  3   National Environmental Law Moot Court Plater
LL95503  3   Professional Responsibility Tremblay
LL64101  3   Real Estate Finance Levine
LL75301  2   Sciencific Evidence Seminar Brodin
LL48901  10 Semester in Practice Wylie
LL45901  3   Semester in Practice Seminar Wylie
LL95701  3   Sports Law McCann
LL92603  4   Tax I Repetti
LL77701  3   Taxation II Ring
LL96001  2   Tax Law Research Most
LL52101  2   The U.S. Legal System LL.M. Students Hupper
LL78301  2   Trial Practice Chernoff/Jaffe
LL78302  3   Trial Practice Curtin
LL78303  3   Trial Practice McEvoy
LL67901  4   Trusts and Estates Madoff
LL98301  3   U.C.C. Reporter Digest Hillinger


SPRING 2009

Course # Credits Course Title Instructor

LL TBA          Admiralty Law Bigelow
LL TBA     3   Advanced Contracts: Sales in Practice Holleman
LL94601   2   Advanced Criminal Justice Class (Defense) Beckman/Herrmann
LL34201   3   Advanced Immigration Law Clinic Holper/Wax
LL34101   2   Advanced Immigration Law Seminar Wax/Holper
LL79702   3   Advanced Legal Research Sullivan/Sharif
LL48501   3   Advanced Legal Writing Connor, J.
LL48502   3   Advanced Legal Writing Spencer
LL48503   3   Advanced Legal Writing and Analysis Juel
LL73501   3   American Jury Brassard
LL34401   3   American Legal Education Coquillette
LL94001   3   Antitrust Law Olson
LL47102   2   Appellate Advocacy Carey
LL72601   3   Arbitration Dolan
LL85601   3   Attorney General Clinical Program Barnico
LL85801   3   Attorney General Clinical Program Seminar Barnico
LL97101   2   Banking Law Whiting
LL61701   2   Board of Student Advisors
LL98501   3   Business Decisionmaking Greenfield
LL37601   2   Business Immigration Law Ellison
LL40101   3   Business Planning Wiley
LL73201   2   Church and State Seminar Kalscheur
LL97801   4   Civil Litigation Clinic Anderson/Karmely/Minuskin
LL97901   3   Civil Litigation Clinic Class Anderson/Karmely/Minuskin
LL68202   4   Commercial Law: Secured Transactions Rogers
LL33601   4   Community Enterprise Clinic Tremblay
LL TBA          Constitutional History: Philadelphia Convention Bilder
LL66602   3   Constitutional Law II Papandrea
LL37901   3   Consumer Bankruptcy Rao
LL74601   4   Copyright Yen
LL74801   3   Corporate Finance TBA
LL75003   3   Corporations Jones
LL87701   2   Criminal Justice Clinic (Prosecution)Advanced Sarda
LL93501   4   Criminal Justice Clinic Class Sarda
LL94303   3   Criminal Procedure Barrozo
LL94302   3   Criminal Procedure Bloom
LL97501   2   Criminal Procedure (Adjudication) Massing
LL93002   2   Dispute Negotiation Aronson
LL47601   3   Domestic Violence and the Law Merryman
LL69201   3   Economic Analysis of the Law Greenfield 
LL91801   3   Employment Discrimination Kohler
LL40301   3   Employment Law Kohler
LL78901   3   Entertainment Law Brown, C./Rosen
LL98901   3   Environmental Affairs Law Review Plater
LL60901   3   Environmental Corporate Lawyering: REgulatory Compliance Doliner
LL45001   3   Environmental Law Teaching Seminar (Adv.) Plater
LL74301   3   Estate Planning (Tax) Madoff
LL99601   4   Evidence Brodin
LL99602   3   Evidence Hurowitz
LL94201   2   Family Court Practice Ginsburg
LL98001   3   Family Law Seminar: Parenting, Custody and Adoption Katz
LL79201   4   Federal Courts Spiegel
LL79101   2   Food and Drug Law Green
LL69101   3   Frederick Douglas Moot Court Karmely
LL96601   3   Globalization and International Economic Law Garcia
LL70801   3   Health Care Finance and Organizations Hashimoto
LL41701   4   Housing Law Clinic Berman
LL41801   3   Housing Law Clinic Class Berman
LL46101   2   Human Rights Interdisciplinary Seminar Brinton-Lykes
LL99501   3   Immigration Law Moot Court Carey
LL42301   2   International Organizations Wirth
LL37401   2   Insurance Law Research Breda
LL41202   4   Intellectual Property Survey Liu
LL98701   3   International Comparative Law Review Wylie
LL62101   3   International Criminal Tribunals (ICT) Kanstroom/Vandepuye
LL67001   7   International Criminal Tribunals (ICT) Kanstroom/Vandepuye
LL67401   3   International Criminal Tribunals (ICT) Kanstroom/vandepuye
LL50001   3   J. Braxton Craven Moot Court Barnico
LL98101   3   Jessup International law Moot Court Carey
LL83801   3   Judicial Process Bloom
LL63201   3   Jurisprudence: Fundamentals of Private Law FitzGibbon
LL38901   4   Juvenile Rights Advocacy Sherman
LL36001   2   Law and Accounting Mason/White
LL37701   2   Law and Lawyers in Literature Sarda
LL67301   3   Law of War, War Crimes and Genocide Ryan
LL62401   2   Law Practice Technology Most
LL78701   3   Legal Interviewing and Counseling West
LL66801   3   Legislation and Regulation Araujo
LL46301   3   Libel Litigation Steinfield
LL67701   3   Mergers and Acquisitions Quinn
LL61901   3   Mock Trial Team Bennett/McManus
LL62701   3   Modern Legal Theory Perju  
LL44301   3   Local Government Law Levine
LL52001   1   London Program (King's College) Minuskin
LL51001   9   London Program Externship Minuskin
LL53001   2   London/Advanced European Minuskin
LL54001   1   London/British Law Minuskin
LL92502   3   Mediation Gray
LL75101   2   Mutual Fund Regulation Roiter
LL61801   3   National Environmental Law Moot Court Plater
LL98201   3   National Moot Court Herrmann
LL72301   3   Partnership: Transactions, Planning and Tax Repetti
LL84001   3   Patent Law Olson
LL95501   3   Professional Responsibility Coquillette
LL95504   2   Professional Responsibility Maffei
LL46001   2   Professional Responsibility: Prosecutorial Ethics Richardson
LL90701   2   Professional Responsibility Research Shear
LL44701   3   Saul Lefkowitz IP Moot Court Liu
LL90601   2   Securities Law Research Neary
LL40501   2   Securities Litigation and Enforcement Jones
LL70601   3   Seminar on Law and Higher Education Harrington
LL45301   2   State Constitutional Law Seminar Kafker
LL92601   4   Tax I Ring
LL77801   3   Tax III (Advanced Corporate Tax) Repetti
LL78001   3   Tax Policy Ring
LL79001   3   Third World Law Journal Wylie
LL47401   2   Topics in Energy Law Brunell
LL41401   3   Trademark and Unfair Competition Liu
LL78306   3   Trial Practice McEvoy
LL78308   2   Trial Practice Ginsburg/Chernoff
LL78309   3   Trial Practice Muse
LL67902   4   Trusts and Estates Hurwitz
LL98301   3   U.C.C. Reporter Digest Hillinger
LL91201   3   Understanding Urban Ecosystems Lord/Toffler
LL38301   2   White Collar Crim (Selected Topics) Cassidy
LL35001   4   Women and the Law Clinic Karmely
LL34901   3   Women and the Law Clinic Class Karmely

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Course Titles by General Subject

Advanced Topics
LL46401 Authority and Leadership in Professional Life

Business Law: Commercial
LL44901 Advanced Property: Commercial Lease
LL73301 Business Bankruptcy
LL42501 Commercial Law: Payment Systems
LL68201 Commercial Law: Secured Transactions
LL68202 Commercial Law: Secured Transactions
LL37901 Consumer Bankruptcy
LL92001 International Banking and Financial Law

Business Law: Corporate
LL31001 Advising the Business Planner
LL94001 Antitrust Law 
LL40101 Business Planning
LL74801 Corporate Finance 
LL75001 Corporations
LL75002 Corporations
LL75003 Corporations
LL50101 Current Topics in Securities Law
LL48801 International Business Transactions 
LL36001 Law and Accounting
LL67701 Mergers and Acquisitions
LL75101 Mutual Fund Regulation
LL77401 Securities Regulation

Business Law: Labor and Employment
LL64001 Comparative Labor & Employment Law Seminar
LL43001 Employee Benefits Law (Not offered in 2007-2008)
LL91801 Employment Discrimination 
LL75701 Labor Law 
LL95701 Sports Law

Business Law: Taxation
LL43001 Employee Benefits Law (Not offered in 2007-2008)
LL99301 Estate and Gift Tax
LL75201 International Aspects of U.S. Income Tax
LL72301 Partnership: Transactions, Planning and Tax
LL92601 Taxation I
LL92602 Taxation I
LL92603 Taxation I
LL77701 Taxation II (Corporate Tax)
LL77801 Taxation III (Advanced Corporate Tax)

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Clinical Education
LL94601 Advanced Criminal Justice Class (Defense)
LL34201 Advanced Immigration Law Clinic
LL34101 Advanced Immigration Law Seminar
LL85601 Attorney General Clinical Program
LL85801 Attorney General Clinical Program Seminar
LL97801 Civil Litigation Clinic
LL97901 Civil Litigation Clinic Class
LL90401 Criminal Justice Clinic
LL93501 Criminal Justice Clinic Class
LL87701 Criminal Justice Clinic (Prosecution) Advanced
LL41701 Housing Law Clinic
LL41801 Housing Law Clinic Class Clinic Class
LL32001 Immigration Law Clinic
LL62101 International Criminal Tribunals (ICT): Research Project
LL67001 International Criminal Tribunals (ICT): Theory and Practice
LL67401 International Criminal Tribunals (ICT): Theory and Practice Seminar.
LL49801 Judge and Community Courts Clinic
LL49601 Judge and Community Courts Seminar
LL83801 Judicial Process
LL38901 Juvenile Rights Advocacy
LL51001 London Program
LL52001 London Program Class (King's College)
LL53001 London/Advanced European Union Law
LL54001 London/British Law
LL35001 Women and the Law Clinic
LL48901 Semester In Practice
LL45901 Semester In Practice Seminar

Criminal Justice
LL94601 Advanced Criminal Justice Class (Defense)
LL90401 Criminal Justice Clinic
LL93501 Criminal Justice Clinic Class 
LL94301 Criminal Procedure
LL94302 Criminal Procedure
LL94305 Criminal Procedure
LL97501 Criminal Procedure (Adjudication)
LL39301 Death Penalty Seminar
LL47601 Domestic Violence & Law
LL38801 Juvenile Justice Seminar
LL38901 Juvenile Rights Advocacy
LL96701 Mental Health and the Law
LL38301 White Collar Crime

Dispute Resolution: ADR
LL72601 Arbitration
LL93001 Dispute Negotiation
LL93002 Dispute Negotiation
LL45101 International Arbitration (Not offered in 2007-2008)
LL44201 International Civil Litigation
LL92501 Mediation
LL92502 Mediation

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Dispute Resolution: Litigation
LL47102 Appellate Advocacy
LL94201 Family Court Practice
LL96501 Trial Objections and Motions in Limine
LL78301 Trial Practice
LL78302 Trial Practice
LL78303 Trial Practice
LL78306 Trial Practice
LL78307 Trial Practice
LL78308 Trial Practice
LL78309 Trial Practice
LL63301 Trial Practice:Domestic Relations (Not offered in 2007-2008)
LL74501 Trial Practice - Evidence

Ethics
LL62801 Moral Responsibility of Lawyers
LL95501 Professional Responsibility
LL95503 Professional Responsibility
LL95504 Professional Responsibility
LL95505 Professional Responsibility

Family Law
LL47601 Domestic Violence & Law
LL74702 Family Law (Marriage and Divorce)
LL94202 Family Court Practice
LL68401 Family Law: Child, Parent, State
LL72801 Marriage: Law and Theory
LL63301 Trial Practice: Domestic Relations

Intellectual Property
LL74601 Copyright
LL78901 Entertainment Law
LL95001 Intellectual Property Research
LL49101 Intellectual Property Survey
LL41202 Intellectual Property Survey
LL84001 Patent Law and Policy
LL95701 Sports Law
LL41401 Trademark and Unfair Competition

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International and Comparative Law
LL34101 Advanced Immigration Law Seminar
LL34201 Advanced Immigration Law Clinic
LL37601 Business immigration Law
LL86401 Comparative Law
LL43901 European Union Law
LL43101 Foreign Relations of the United States
LL96601 Globalization and International Economic Law
LL46101 Human Rights Interdisciplinary Seminar (Cancelled)
LL74901 Immigration Law
LL32001 Immigration Law Clinic
LL45101 International Arbitration (Not offered in 2007-2008)
LL75201 International Aspects of U.S. Income Tax
LL92001 International Banking and Financial Law
LL48801 International Business Transactions
LL62101 International Criminal Tribunals (ICT): Research Project
LL67001 International Criminal Tribunals (ICT): Theory and Practice
LL67401 International Criminal Tribunals (ICT): Theory and Practice Seminar
LL88601 International Law
LL67501 International Legal Research
LL42301 International Organizations
LL67301 Law of War, War Crimes and Genocide
LL51001 London Program Externship
LL52001 London Program Class (King's College)
LL53001 London/Advanced European Union Law
LL54001 London/British Law
LL90301 Trade and the Environment

Lawyering Skills
LL85801 Attorney General Clinical Program Seminar
LL62401 Law Practice Technology
LL47201 Spanish for Lawyers

Legal History, Philosophy and Theory
LL34401 Americn Legal Education
LL41101 American Legal Theory
LL68601 Angelo-American Legal History
LL60101 Catholic Social Thought and the Law
LL73202 Church and State 
LL37801 Critical Race Theory
LL69201 Economic Analysis of the Law
LL99001 Elements of the Law
LL63201 Jurisprudence
LL72801 Marriage: Law and Theory Seminar

Practice and Procedure
LL73501 American Jury
LL33401 Civil Motion Practice
LL73901 Conflict of Laws
LL99601 Evidence
LL99602 Evidence
LL99603 Evidence
LL79201 Federal Courts

Property: Estate Planning
LL74301 Estate Planning
LL92LL67901 Trusts and Estates
LL67902 Trusts and Estates

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Property: Land Law and Environmental Law
LL44901 Advanced Property: Commercial Lease
LL61001 American Indian Law
LL96901 Environmental Law
LL33901 Environmental Law: Clean Water
LL47901 Environmental Law and Policy: New Frontiers-Global Warming
LL32201 Environmental Law Seminar: Current Topics
LL45001 Environmental Law Teaching Seminar (Adv.)
LL47801 Environmental Law Research
LL75901 Land Use Planning
LL64101 Real Estate Finance
LL91501 Regulatory Practice: Hazardous and Toxic Material
LL90301 Trade and the Environment
LL91201 Understanding Urban Ecosystems

Public Law: Constitutional, Administrative and Legislative
LL73101 Administrative Law
LL73102 Administrative Law
LL76201 Business Law and Health Policy
LL34601 Civil Rights in Education: Titles VI & IX & the Equal Protection Clause
LL48601 Civil Rights Litigation Section 1983
LL66601 Constitutional Law II
LL66602 Constitutional Law II
LL66603 Constitutional Law II
LL66604 Constitutional Law II 
LL70301 Education Law and Public Policy
LL70302 Education Law and Public Policy 
LL80801 Federal Government Contracts Law Seminar (Cancelled)
LL84202 First Amendment
LL35401 Health Law and Policy I
LL35501 Health Law and Policy II
LL81201 Human Rights Litigation in American Courts (Cancelled)
LL49201 Law and Education Reform 
LL66801 Legislation and Regulation
LL44301 Local Government Law
LL91001 Media Law
LL96701 Mental Health and the Law
LL63501 National Security Law
LL70601 Seminar on Law and Higher Education (Not offered in 2007-2008)
LL80501 Sexuality and the Law
LL45301 State Constitutional Law
LL69901 Social Security Law (on-line course)

Research and Writing
LL48501 Advanced Legal Writin
LL48502 Advanced Legal Writing
LL48503 Advanced Legal Writing
LL45803 Advanced Legal Writing and Analysis
LL79701 Advanced Legal Research
LL47102 Appellate Advocacy
LL95601 Bankruptcy law Research
LL47801 Environmental Law Research
LL37401 Insurance Law Research
LL67501 International Legal Research
LL95001 Intellectual Property Research (IP Research)
LL48301 Online Immigration law Guided Research Seminar

Seminar offered through Boston College Department of Political Science
LL99101 Institutions and Cooperation in World Politics

Special LL.M. Courses 
(For LL.M. students only)
LL52101 The United States Legal System
LL52201 Legal Research and Writing for LL.M.s

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