Course Offerings
Many of you will be most interested in our varied international and comparative law courses. Popular choices from past years, as well as some new course offerings, would include those listed below. Those courses with an (F) indicate fall semester courses, and (S) are projected to be offered in the spring semester.
Course Descriptions
Current Semester
Past Semester
Comparative Law
Comparative Law (F)
Comparative Contract Law Seminar (F)
Basic Notions of Latin American Contracts Workshop (S)
Latin American Law (S)
European Community Law (S)
Caribbean Law (F)
Islamic Legal Systems Law
Introduction to U.S. Law (for foreign lawyers) (F)
Comparative Food Law (S)
Comparative Corporate Governance (S)
Comparative Criminal Law (S)
Law of Obligations (F)
International Business and Trade
Doing Business in Latin America (F)
International Business Transactions (S)
International Economic Law (S)
International Sales (F)
International Credit Transactions (S)
Project Finance in Latin America (S)
International Tax (F)
International Finance (F)
International Law
International Law (F) (and summer)
International Human Rights (S)
International Copyright (S)
Research Methods in International Foreign and Comparative Law Seminar (S)
Press Freedoms in the Americas (seminar)(F)
Democracy, Constitutions and Human Rights Seminar (S)
International Organizations (seminar) (S)
International Moot Court (F)
International Criminal Law (F and S)
Dispute Resolution
Alternative Dispute Resolution (F and S)
Mediation Workshop (F and S)
Arbitration (S)
Transnational Litigation (F)
Transnational Litigation and Arbitration (S)
International Commercial Arbitration Seminar
International Commercial Arbitration Workshop (S)
Immigration
Immigration Law (F)
Asylum and Visa Workshop (S)
Advanced Immigration Seminar (S)
Citizenship Seminar (S)
Ocean and Coastal Law
Law of the Sea (F)
Law of the Sea Seminar (S)
Admiralty 1 (F)
Admiralty 2 (S)
Coastal Law (S)
Marine Insurance Seminar (F)
Marine Ecology & Law (S)
Maritime Personal Injury (S)
Marine Pollution Seminar (F)
Other Interesting Subjects:
This listing includes some very innovative courses offered by UM that defy traditional categories:
Cultural Property and Heritage Law
Intellectual Property
Privacy Law
Internet Law
Banking Law
Reparations and Restorative Justice Seminar
Aviation Law
Antitrust Law (S)
Environmental Law
Everglades/Ecosystem Seminar (S)
Work Law
Communications Law
Copyright Law
Other considerations: At UM Law School, a “seminar” generally denotes a course for which a major paper is required. If you are concerned about your ability to write significant papers in English, you will probably want to avoid seminars, at least for the fall semester.
UM Law also offers LL.M. Programs in Inter-American Law, International Law, Ocean and Coastal Law, Real Property Development, Taxation, and Estate Planning. Depending on your background and interests, you may wish to consider LL.M. level courses in these specialty areas.
UM Law does offer several courses in Spanish. These courses are intended for J.D. law students who are trying to improve their knowledge of technical Spanish. We discourage native Spanish speakers from taking these courses.
Also see:
Course Description
Required Courses by Major
