AREAS OF STUDY
Because of the strength of our program and our commitment to educating well-rounded lawyers, St. Thomas law school offers a vast catalog of courses that can be tailored to fit the professional aspirations of each student. Whether your passion is corporate law, civil litigation, dispute resolution, criminal law, family law, public interest law, international law or one of the many other specialty areas of law, the faculty and staff at St. Thomas can help advise you on a curriculum that truly fits with your personal and professional goals.
As one of the first law schools in the nation to offer graduate degrees in organizational ethics and compliance, St. Thomas law school offers a formal J.D. concentration in this area. Below are examples of areas in which you can choose to focus your study, each including a select list of courses.
Accounting for Lawyers
Administrative Law
Antitrust Law
Banking Law
Bankruptcy
Business Associations
Business Externship
Business Planning
Clinic: Bankruptcy Litigation
Clinic: Nonprofit Organizations (I and II)
Contracts
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Employment Law
Environmental Law
Ethical Leadership in Corporate Practice
Federal Estate and Gift Tax
Federal Income Taxation
Financial Markets
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Litigation
International Business Transactions
Mergers and Acquisitions
Negotiations
Patent Law
Payment Systems (Inc. Neg. Instr.)
Pensions and Employee Benefits
Sales
Secured Transactions
Securities Regulation
Topics: Broker Dealer Regulation
Topics: Corporate and Securities Law
Topics: Private Fund Regulation
Transactional Drafting
Administrative Law
Advanced Evidence
Advanced Torts
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Civil Pretrial Litigation
Civil Procedure
Civil Procedure II
Client Interviewing and Counseling
Clinic: Appellate
Clinic: Community Justice Project
Clinic: Consumer Bankruptcy
Clinic: Elder Law Practice Group
Clinic: Immigration Law Practice Group
Clinic: Immigration Appellate
Conflict of Laws
Constitutional Litigation Practicum
Contracts
Evidence
Federal Jurisdiction
Judicial Externship
Lawyering Skills (I, II and III)
Litigation with the Federal Government
Mediation
Moot Court Competition
Negotiations
Personal Injury: No Fault
Auto Insurance
Property
Real Estate Transactions
Remedies
Torts
Trial Advocacy
Advanced Evidence
Client Interviewing and Counseling
Clinic: Community Justice Project
Clinic: Criminal and Juvenile Defense
Clinic: Federal Commutations
Crime and Punishment
Criminal Law
Criminal Practice
Criminal Procedure I: Investigation and Pre-Trial
Criminal Procedure II: Trial and Post-Trial
Domestic Violence
Evidence
Infamous Trials
Judicial Externship
Misdemeanor Defense Externship (I and II)
Moot Court and Mock Trial Teams
Negotiations
Public Interest Externship
Sentencing Law
Topics: Investigations
Trial Advocacy
White Collar Crime and Compliance
Wrongful Convictions
Administrative Law
Advanced Evidence
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Bankruptcy
Business Associations
Civil Pre-Trial Litigation
Civil Procedure
Client Interviewing and Counseling
Clinic: Bankruptcy Litigation
Clinic: Elder Law Practice Group
Clinic: Immigration Law Practice Group
Consumer Law
Contracts
Criminal Procedure I: Investigation and Pre-Trial
Criminal Procedure II: Trial and Post-Trial
Employment Law
Estate Planning and Administration
Family Law
Real Estate Transactions
Personal Injury: No Fault
Auto Insurance
Professional Responsibility
Property
Small Firm Practice
Torts
Wills, Estates and Trusts
Workers’ Compensation
Administrative Law
Clinic: Immigration Law Practice Group
Comparative Constitutional Law
Immigration Law
International Business Transactions
International and Comparative Intellectual Property
International Finance
International Human Rights
International Law
International Law and Catholic Social Thought
Islam and Civil Liberties in Europe
Topics: Hate Speech
Topics: Introduction to European Union Law
Administrative Law
Alternative Dispute Resolutions
Canon Law of Marriage
Clinic: Bankruptcy Litigation
Clinic: Community Justice Project
Clinic: Consumer Bankruptcy
Clinic: Elder Law Practice Group
Clinic: Immigration Law Practice Group
Clinic: Immigration Appellate
Clinic: Nonprofit Organizations
Clinic: Religious Liberty
Constitutional Law
Consumer Law
Crime and Punishment
Domestic Violence
Energy Law Practicum
Environmental Law
Equal Justice Applied Research
First Amendment: Religious Liberty
Foundations of Justice
Immigration Law
International Human Rights
International Law and Catholic Social Thought
Islam and Civil Liberties in Europe
Litigation with the Federal Government
Mediation
Personal Injury: Automobiles
Poverty Law
Public Interest Externship
Social Security Law
Topics: Law and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition
Topics: Race, Ethnicity and Health
Workers’ Compensation
Wrongful Convictions
Administrative Law
Banking Law
Compliance Programming: Design, Operation, and Performance
Corporate Governance
Employment Law
Enterprise Risk Management
Environmental Law
Ethical Culture
Ethical Leadership in Corporate Practice
Executive Perspectives in Ethics and Compliance
Financial Markets
Health Law (I and II)
Immigration Law
International Business Transactions
Introduction to Legal Reasoning
Negotiations
Securities Regulations
Topics: Broker Dealer Regulation and Compliance
Topics: Compliance Externship
Topics: Food and Drug Law
Topics: Investigations
Topics: Private Fund Regulation
White Collar Crime and Compliance