Courses
2nd & 3rd Year Programs
Stanford Law School offers more courses in the advanced curriculum than any student could take during law school. The following is a list of many of the elective courses that have been offered at the Law School during the last several years. Although the offerings vary from year to year, this list illustrates the diversity of courses available at the school.
Interdisciplinary Legal Studies
- 21st Century Professional Skills and Practice Management
- Advanced Legal Research
- Art and the Law
- Can Philosophical Insights or Empirical Knowledge Help Us Make Hard Choices?
- Conflicts, Ethics, and the Academy
- Entertainment Law
- Facilitation for Attorneys
- History of American Law
- Human Trafficking: Historical, Legal, and Medical Perspectives
- Introduction to Microeconomics
- Law and Culture in American Fiction
- Law and Culture in American Film
- Law and Economics Seminar I
- Law and the Rhetorical Tradition
- Legal History Workshop
- Legal Profession Workshop: Deconstructing Big Law
- Legal Studies Workshop
- Medical-Legal Issues in Children's Health
- Mental Health Law: Forensics
- Myth, Law, and Practice
- Pivotal Moments in American Institutions and Public Law, 1791-Present
- Remedies
- Research Design for Empirical Legal Studies
- Spanish For Lawyers
- Sports Law
- Statistical Inference in Law
- Technological, Economic and Business Forces Transforming the Private Practice of Law
- Wine and the Law
- Writing Workshop: Law and Creativity
Business and Commercial Law
- Accounting
- Advanced Antitrust: Litigating an Antitrust Case
- Advanced Legal Writing: Business Transactions
- Advanced Legal Writing: Business Transactions, Technology and Social Enterprise
- Antitrust
- Banking Law
- Bankruptcy
- Corporate Acquisitions
- Corporate Finance I
- Corporate Governance and Practice Seminar
- Corporate Law: Theory and Practice
- Corporate Reorganization
- Corporations
- Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions
- Deal Litigation Seminar
- Deals I
- Deals II
- Derivatives
- International Business Negotiation
- International Commercial Arbitration
- Law and Economics Seminar II
- Modern Capital Markets and the Financial Crisis
- Organizations and Transactions Clinic: Clinical Coursework
- Organizations and Transactions Clinic: Clinical Methods
- Organizations and Transactions Clinic: Clinical Practice
- Payment Systems
- Private Equity Investing
- Quantitative Methods: Finance
- Real Estate Transactions
- Secured Credit
- Securities Litigation
- Securities Regulation: Raising Capital in U.S. Markets, from Start-up through IPO and Beyond
- The Evolution of Finance
- The Role of the Modern General Counsel
- U.S. SEC Law Student Observer Program and Securities Regulation Seminar
- Venture Capital I
- Venture Capital II: Starting and Running a Venture-Backed Company
Civil Procedure and Litigation
Public Interest Law
- Advanced Community Law Clinic
- Advanced Immigrants' Rights Clinic
- Community Law Clinic: Clinical Coursework
- Community Law Clinic: Clinical Methods
- Community Law Clinic: Clinical Practice
- Disability: Law, Human Rights and Justice
- Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Law in Social Enterprises
- Entrepreneurship, Leadership and the Law Practicum
- Immigrants' Rights Clinic: Clinical Coursework
- Immigrants' Rights Clinic: Clinical Methods
- Immigrants' Rights Clinic: Clinical Practice
- Immigration Law and the Constitutional Rights of Non-Citizens
- International Public Interest Lawyering Colloquium
- Law and Social Change in the Global Context
- Local Government Law
- Public Interest Law and Practice
- Regulation of the Political Process
- Social Justice Impact Litigation: Issues and Strategies
Criminal Law and Procedure
- Advanced Criminal Defense Clinic
- Advanced Criminal Law and Public Policy: A Research Practicum
- Criminal Defense Clinic: Clinical Coursework
- Criminal Defense Clinic: Clinical Methods
- Criminal Defense Clinic: Clinical Practice
- Criminal Law and Policy: Research Workshop
- Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
- Criminal Procedure: Investigation
- Criminal Prosecution Clinic: Clinical Coursework
- Criminal Prosecution Clinic: Clinical Methods
- Criminal Prosecution Clinic: Clinical Practice
- Juvenile Justice and Social Policy
- Law and Economics of Death Penalty Seminar
- Mind the Gap: Exploring Selected Areas of American Inequality
- Sentencing and Corrections
- Supreme Court Simulation Seminar
- Three Strikes Project: Criminal Justice Reform & Individual Representation
- White Collar Crime
Public Policy
Civil Procedure and Litigation, Criminal Law and Procedure
Environmental Law and Natural Resources
- Advanced Environmental Law Clinic
- California Coast: Science, Policy and Law
- Creating New Legal Tools to Address the Environmental Impacts of Energy Projects
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law and Policy
- Environmental Law Clinic: Clinical Coursework
- Environmental Law Clinic: Clinical Coursework
- Environmental Law Clinic: Clinical Methods
- Environmental Law Clinic: Clinical Methods
- Environmental Law Clinic: Clinical Practice
- Environmental Law Clinic: Clinical Practice
- Modern Fossil Fuel Extraction
- Natural Resources Law and Policy
- Sustainable Energy: Business Opportunities and Public Policy
- Toxic Harms
International and Comparative Law
- Advanced International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic
- Advanced Legal Writing for American Practice
- Comparative Law
- Comparative Law and Society
- Counterterrorism Law and Institutions
- European Union Law
- Foreign Legal Study: Bucerius Law School
- Foreign Legal Study: Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
- Foreign Legal Study: European University Institute
- Foreign Legal Study: National University of Singapore
- Foreign Legal Study: Peking University Law School
- Foreign Legal Study: Waseda University
- International Human Rights
- International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic: Clinical Coursework
- International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic: Clinical Methods
- International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic: Clinical Practice
- International Law
- International Trade Regulation
- Legal Cultures and Legal Professionals in Latin America and Latin Europe
- Rethinking Refugee Communities
- State-Building and the Rule of Law Workshop
- State-Building and the Rule of Law Workshop: Advanced (ALEP)
- State-Building and the Rule of Law Workshop: Advanced (BLPP)
- State-Building and the Rule of Law Workshop: Advanced (ILEI)
- State-Building and the Rule of Law Workshop: Advanced (TLLEP)
- Workshop on International Security, Law, and Social Science
- Advanced Legal Writing: Drafting and Negotiating Sports Law Transactions
- Better: Improving Decision-Making, Achievement, and Performance
- Civil Procedure I
- Confidence, Influence and Leadership
- Constitutional Law and Lawyers in Context
- Education Law and Policy
- Evidence
- Failure
- Federal Courts
- Group Behavior
- History of the Common Law in England and America
- How Can You Represent Those People?
- Human Rights and Film
- International Investment Law
- Issues in Philanthropy
- JSD Research Colloquium
- Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic: Clinical Methods
- Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic: Clinical Practice
- Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic: Clinical Coursework
- Law and Performance
- Law and Sexuality
- Law, Narrative, and Boundaries
- Law, Race, and Inequality
- Lawyering and Social Intelligence
- Legal Ethics
- Legal Fictions
- Modern Surveillance Law
- Moot Court
- Oral Argument Workshop
- Personal Satisfaction in Legal Practice
- Policy Practicum: Court-Supervised Remediation of Complex Environmental Problems
- Policy Practicum: Election Administration and Reform
- Policy Practicum: Empirical Study of Patent Troll Litigation
- Policy Practicum: Improving Bone Marrow Donation Programs
- Policy Practicum: Institutional and Legislative Copyright Reform
- Policy Practicum: Mediation Confidentiality and Attorney Malpractice in California
- Policy Practicum: Obesity in Santa Clara County
- Policy Practicum: Social Mobility In Higher Education
- Policy Practicum: State Law Enforcement Access to Customer Records of Communication Companies
- Policy Practicum: Stream Flow Restoration Transactions
- Policy Practicum: Tax Regulatory Project
- Privacy and Technology in Law and Practice
- Property
- Regulatory Economics (ECON 158)
- Searching for Balance
- SPILS Law and Society Seminar
- SPILS Masters Thesis
- SPILS Research Methods Workshop
- Taxation I
- TGR: Dissertation
- The Article III Judge
- The Criminal Trial Jury
- The Future of Human Rights: Law, Politics, and Social Justice in a Multipolar, Multimedia World
- The Future of Labor Law & Policy
- The Law of Democracy
- The Sea Around Us: Ethical, Physical, and Emotional Connections Between Humans and the Ocean
- Thinking Like a Policy Analyst: Introduction to Policy Analysis
- Three Strikes Project: Criminal Justice Reform in Action
- When Bad Things are Done by Good People
Dispute Resolution, Mediation, and Negotiation
Dispute Resolution, Mediation, and Negotiation, Environmental Law and Natural Resources
Constitutional Law and Theory
- Advanced Religious Liberty Clinic
- Advanced Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
- Constitutional Law
- Constitutional Law: Freedom of Speech
- Constitutional Law: The Fourteenth Amendment
- Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law
- Direct Democracy
- Equal Protection: Race and the Law
- Protection of Personality
- Religion and the First Amendment
- Religious Liberty Clinic: Clinical Coursework
- Religious Liberty Clinic: Clinical Methods
- Religious Liberty Clinic: Practice
- Reproductive Justice: Law, Policy and Advocacy
- Terrorism and the Courts
- The United States Senate as a Legal Institution
Family Law
Business and Commercial Law, International and Comparative Law
Science, Technology, and Intellectual Property Law
- Communications Law: Internet and Telephony
- Cyberlaw/Fair Use Clinic: Advanced
- Cyberlaw/Fair Use Clinic: Advanced
- Health Law: Finance and Insurance
- Health Law: The FDA
- Intellectual Property: Advanced Patents
- Intellectual Property: Commercial Law
- Intellectual Property: Copyright
- Intellectual Property: Licensing
- Intellectual Property: Patents
- Intellectual Property: Strategy for Technology Companies
- Intellectual Property: Trademark and Unfair Competition Law
- Internet Torts and Crimes
- Introduction to Intellectual Property
- IP Advanced Topics: The Future of Online Music and Online Video
- Law and Biosciences Workshop
- Law and Biosciences: Neuroscience
- Law, Science, and Technology Colloquium
- Legal Aspects of Autonomous Driving
- Legal Technology and Informatics
- Patent Litigation Workshop
- Patent Prosecution
- Why Intellectual Property?: Rationales and Critiques of IP Law
Legal Theory
Independent Study
Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, Public Policy
Labor and Employment Law
Externship
International and Comparative Law, Science, Technology, and Intellectual Property Law
Civil Procedure and Litigation, Science, Technology, and Intellectual Property Law
Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, International and Comparative Law
Professional Responsibility and Ethics
Civil Procedure and Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Mediation, and Negotiation
Civil Procedure and Litigation, Constitutional Law and Theory