Courses

Your interests, your future. At Fordham Law, you can select from nearly 300 elective courses that will help you discover your legal interests while developing expertise in specific legal areas.

A Representative Sample of Electives

Corporate & Finance

Advanced Business Law
Advertising and Marketing Law
Banking Litigation
Bankruptcy
Broker-Dealer
Commercial Arbitration
Commercial Drafting
Commercial Finance/Secured Transactions
Commercial Transaction
Comparative Corporate Law
Compliance
Corporate Crisis Management
Corporate Crisis Management and International Investigations
Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance: Legal Aspects
Corporate Governance
Corporate Practice: Financial and Strategic Tools
Corporate Reorganization Under Bankruptcy Code
Corporate Strategy and Taxation
Corporate Tax
Corporate Transactions: Finance and Litigation
Corporations
Employment Law
Entrepreneurial Law

Fundamentals of Private Equity Fund Formation
Global Capital Markets and Governance
Global Corporate Compliance
Globalization of American Corporations: Tax and Regulatory Policy
How Mergers and Acquisitions Get Done
Income Taxation
Insurance Law and Litigation
International Business Transactions
International Commercial Arbitration
International Commercial Law Seminar
International Trade Law
Introduction to the Deal
Investment Management and Compliance
Law and Professional Sports
Market Structure Regulation, Trading and Risk Management
Mergers and Acquisitions
Partnership and LLC Law
Public Finance Law and Practice
Securities Litigation
Securities Regulation
Securities Regulation Drafting
Securities Regulation: The Broker-Dealer Perspective
Securitization
Transactional Contract Law
Trust and Wills

Litigation & Civil Practice

Civil Litigation Drafting
Commercial Litigation
Criminal Litigation Drafting
Discovery and Pretrial Process
Domestic Arbitration
Domestic Arbitration Practicum
Evidence
Federal Courts
International Arbitration

International Arbitration Practicum
International Commercial Arbitration
Jewish Law: Sources, Principles, Jurisprudence
Land Use Law
Medical Malpractice Litigation Practicum
New York Practice
Patent Litigation
Professional Responsibility: Civil Litigation
Trusts and Wills

Experiential Learning

Accounting Experiential Skills
Advanced Appellate Advocacy
Advanced Trial Advocacy
Appellate Advocacy and Civil Rights Experiential
Commercial Drafting
Commercial Litigation Drafting and Mediation
Criminal Litigation Drafting
Critical Race Theory
Family Law Drafting
Fashion Ethics and Sustainability and Development
Fashion Law Drafting
Fundamental Lawyering Skills
Intellectual Property Drafting
International Law and Justice Practicum
Narrative Advocacy Drafting
Pro Bono Scholars
Real Estate Drafting
Securities Regulation Drafting
The Art of In-House Counsel
Trial and Arbitration Advocacy

Upper Class Legal Writing Workshop
Writing/Righting Race in the Public Sphere
Externship: Advanced Seminar
Externship: CED/Transactional Seminar
Externship: Center for Family Representation Seminar
Externship: City Bar Justice Center – Fed Pro Se Project Seminar
Externship: Government Civil Litigation Seminar
Externship: Housing Litigation Seminar
Externship: Immigration Law Seminar
Externship: Intro Seminar
Externship: Judicial Seminar
Externship: New York City Council Seminar
Externship: NYC Law Dept: Environmental
Externship: NYC Law Dept: Special Federal Litigation
Externship: NYC Special Federal Litigation
Externship: Queens DA Conviction Integrity Unit Seminar
Externship: Queens District Attorney Seminar
Externship: Sanctuary for Families – Economic & Civil Justice Seminar
Externship: Voting Rights Seminar

Clinics

Community Enterprise Clinic
Corporate Social Responsibility
Criminal Defense
Entrepreneurial Law
Federal Litigation
Federal Tax
Housing and Environmental Justice Litigation

Immigration Policy and Advocacy
Intellectual Property Law
International Human Rights
Legislative Advocacy
Mediation
Rule of Law
Securities Litigation and Arbitration

Dispute Resolution

Alternative Dispute Resolution
Appellate Advocacy and Civil Rights
Arbitration Practice
Conflict Management Systems Design
Domestic Arbitration
Domestic Arbitration Practicum

Fundamental Lawyering Skills
International Arbitration
International Arbitration Practicum
Introduction to the Deal
Mediation Clinic Seminar & Casework Negotiation Practicum
Trial and Arbitration Advocacy

Constitutional Law & Policy

Colloquium in Law and Philosophy
Comparative Constitutional Law
Current Supreme Court Controversies
Election Law & Democracy
Election Reform
First Amendment
Founding of the US Constitution & Foreign Affairs

How Judges Decide
Law and Democracy
New York Practice
Reforming Our Electoral System
Regulation of Financial Institutions
Slavery and the Constitution

Criminal Law

Anti–Money Laundering Law
Complex Criminal Litigation
Criminal Justice and the Modern Prosecutor
Criminal Law Theory
Criminal Litigation Drafting
Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
Criminal Procedure: Investigative
Cyber Crimes

Discovery and Pretrial Process
Discovery Drafting
Environmental Law
Ethics in Criminal Advocacy
Evidence
New York Criminal Procedure
Race, Gender & Crime

Environmental Law

Bioethics & the Law
Climate Change
Energy Law

Environmental Law
Food & Drug Law
Renewable Energy Development Law

Fashion Law

Cosmetics Regulation
Fashion and Commercial Real Estate Law
Fashion and Employment Law
Fashion Ethics, Sustainability, and Development
Fashion & International Business
Fashion Law and Finance

Fashion Law and International Trade
Fashion Law and Social Justice
Fashion Law Drafting & Practicum
Fashion Law Practicum
Jewelry Law

Intellectual Property

Advanced Blockchain, Digital Assets, and Smart Contracts
Advanced Legal Research
Art and Cultural Heritage Law
Copyright Law
Copyright, Trademark, and Patent
Counseling and Advocacy in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Matters
Digital Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Electronic Discovery and Information Governance
Intellectual Property Law
Introduction to Blockchain, Crypto Currencies, Digital Assets: Legal and Business Issues
Journalism and the Law
Patent Law
Patent Litigation
Trademark Law

Comparative, International & Human Rights

Anti-Discrimination Law
Antitrust – International Cross-Border Mergers
Antitrust Law
Asian Americans and the Law
Comparative Constitutional Law
Comparative Corporate Governance
Critical Race Theory
Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility
Human Rights Law
Immigration Law

International Business Transactions
International Commercial Arbitration
International Human Rights Scholarship
International Law
International Litigation and Arbitration
International Taxation
International Trade Law
Nuclear Weapons and International Law
Refugee Law and Policy
Slavery and the Law

Labor & Employment Law

Disability Law
Employment Discrimination
Employment Law
Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Law
Labor and Employment Law Drafting

Labor Law
Law and Professional Sports
Role of General Counsel
Workers, Law & Changing Economy

Legal History & Legal Theory

American Law and the Influence of Religion
Criminal Law Theory
Critical Race Theory
Family Law

Gender, Sexuality, and the Law
Natural Law & Social Justice
Poverty Law
Race, Gender & Crime

Property/Real Estate Law

Affordable Housing
Clinical Housing Litigation Seminar and Fieldwork
Community Economic Development Clinic Seminar and Fieldwork
Cooperatives and Condominiums
Land Use

Land Use and Real Estate Development
Real Estate Drafting
Real Estate Finance
Real Estate Transactions
Residential Landlord-Tenant Law

Professional Responsibility & Development

Advanced Seminar in Public Interest Lawyering
Alternative Dispute Resolution Ethics
Ethics in Criminal Advocacy
Ethics in Public Interest Law
Leadership for Lawyers
Peer Mentorship and Leadership
Professional Responsibility

Professional Responsibility: Civil Litigation
Professional Responsibility: Lawyers and Justice
Professional Responsibility: The Special Role of Lawyers in Upholding Democracy
Professional Responsibility: Transactional
#Lawyering Up: Skills for Success in the Legal Profession – Beyond the Books

Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Law

Access to Justice
Anti-Discrimination Law
Critical Race Theory
Feminism, Race and the Law

Health Law & Biomedical Ethics
Race and the Law
Race, Gender, and Crime

Public Interest Law

Administrative Law
Advanced Legal Research: Public Interest
American Law and the Influence of Religion
Consumer Protection Law
Disability Law
Ethics in Public Interest Law
Family Law
First Amendment

Health Law & Biomedical Ethics
Healthcare Policy and the Law
Human Rights
Immigration Law
International Human Rights
Law and Policy of Climate Change
Nonprofit Law
Poverty Law

Tax Law

Accounting for Lawyers
Advanced Legal Research: Taxation
Corporate Strategy and Taxation
Corporate Tax

Globalization of American Corporations
Income Taxation
International Taxation
Tax Policy and Distributive Policy

Technology

Advanced Legal Research
Advanced Legal Research: Law Practice Technology
AI, Copyright, and Creative Industries: Legal Challenges and Beyond
Compliance, Technology and Financial Services
Counseling & Advocacy in Intellectual Property & Information Technology Matters
Electronic Discovery and Information Governance

Global Financial Regulation in the Digital World
Information Law Survey
Information Privacy Law
Intellectual Property Law
Legal Process Innovation
Technological Change and the Law

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