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Bar Topics and NYU School of Law Courses
This list contains courses taught at NYU School of Law that have been deemed sufficient by the Court of Appeals to satisfy the basic American Law course requirement. The courses are listed by bar topic and not all courses are taught each year.
Note that in printed materials, Administrative and Regulatory State was listed as a course that counts under the Constitutional Law bar topic, but this course is not open to graduate students.
* Not offered in the academic year 2008-2009.
Business Relationships and/or UCC
| Course ID | Title |
| L03.3045 | Admiralty |
| L12.3547 | Advanced Copyright* |
| L12.3507 | Advanced Trademark |
| L12.3020 | Antitrust Law |
| L12.3506 | Antitrust Law and Economics |
| L12.3022 | Antitrust & Regulatory Alternatives l |
| L03.3009 | Banking Law and Regulation* |
| L03.3031 | Bankruptcy |
| L03.3520 | Bankruptcy Reorganizations: Case Administration |
| L12.3001 | Copyright Law |
| L03.3024 | Corporate Bonds* |
| L03.2010 | Corporations |
| L03.4602 | Corporations for International LL.M Students* |
| L03.2010 | Corporations for LL.M. Students |
| L07.3020 | Employee Benefits Law |
| L07.3016 | Employment Discrimination Law |
| L07.3025 | Employment Law |
| L07.3001 | Labor Law I |
| L03.3055 | Law of Nonprofit Organizations |
| L03.3043 | Mergers and Acquisitions |
| L12.3010 | Patent Law I |
| L12.3544 | Patent Law II* |
| L03.3013 | Restructuring Firms & Industries |
| L07.3503 | Selected Issues in Employee Benefits Law* |
| L03.3040 | Survey of Securities Regulation |
| L12.3035 | Trademark Registration and Procedure* |
| L03.4602 | U.S. Corporate Law and Theory |
Conflict of Law
| Course ID | Title |
| L09.3010 | Conflict of Laws |
Constitutional Law (NY and Federal)
| Course ID | Title |
| L01.3515 | Administrative Process |
| L01.1001 | Administrative and Regulatory State* |
| L01.3021 | The Administrative and Regulatory State for Transfer and LL.M.s |
| L01.3019 | Advanced Administrative Law* |
| L01.2001 | Constitutional Law |
| L01.3535 | Constitutional Litigation |
| L01.3536 | Current Constitutional Issues (1 or 3 credits)* |
| L01.3511 | Current Issues in Immigrants Rights* |
| L01.3008 | First Amendment Rights of Expression and Association |
| L01.3511 | Free Speech and Censorship* |
| L01.3030 | Immigration Law |
| L01.3520 | Immigration Law & Rights of Noncitizens* |
| L06.3006 | Introduction to Legal Philosophy* |
| L01.3010 | The Law of Democracy |
| L09.3020 | New York Practice* |
| L06.3512 | Race, Values and the American Legal Process |
| L01.3018 | Statutory Interpretation* |
| L01.3576 | The Seperation of Powers |
| L05.4615 | U.S. Legal Methodology |
Contracts
| Course ID | Title |
| L03.3519 | Advanced Contracts* |
| L03.3038 | Comparative Corporate Governance* |
| L03.4001 | Contracts for International LL.M. Students* |
| L03.4002 | U.S. Contract Law and Theory |
| L03.3516 | Contract Theory Seminar* |
| L12.3535 | Entertainment Law |
| L13.3525 | Health Law |
| L03.3050 | Insurance Law* |
| L03.2030 | Payment Systems* |
Criminal Law and Procedure
| Course ID | Title |
| L04.3051 | Business Crime |
| L04.3005 | Capital Punishment Law and Litigation |
| L04.3016 | Complex Federal Investigations |
| L04.2010 | Criminal Litigation |
| L04.3010 | Criminal Procedure |
| L04.3011 | Criminal Procedure: Bail to Jail* |
| L04.3518 | Criminal Procedure: Fourth and Fifth Amendments* |
| L04.3518 | Criminal Procedure: Police Investigation* |
| L04.3015 | Federal Criminal Practice* |
| L04.3507 | Federal Criminal Practice and Procedure* |
| L04.3501 | Organized Crime Control |
| L04.3512 | Race, Poverty and Criminal Justice |
| L04.3568 | Sentencing |
Evidence
| Course ID | Title |
| L09.2010 | Evidence |
| L09.3015 | Evidence and Professional Responsibility |
Family Law
| Course ID | Title |
| L08.3030 | Child, Parent and State |
| L08.3001 | Family Law |
| L08.3535 | Mental Disability Law |
| L08.3509 | Sexuality and the Law* |
| L06.3599 | Sexuality and the Law |
Federal Income and Estate Taxation
| Course ID | Title |
| L11.3055 | Advanced Corporate Tax Problems |
| L11.3036 | Corporate Tax for ITP* |
| L11.3080 | Corporate Tax I & II |
| L11.3028 | Survey of Corporate Taxation* |
| L11.3006 | Estate and Gift Taxation |
| L11.3007 | Estate Planning |
| L11.3048 | Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax* |
| L11.2001 | Income Taxation |
| L11.3004 | Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates |
| L11.3046 | Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates II |
| L11.3015 | Partnership Taxation |
| L11.3034 | Partnership Taxation II* |
| L11.3031 | Survey of Tax Procedure |
| L11.3010 | Tax Aspects of Charitable Giving |
| L11.3040 | Tax Exempt Organizations* |
| L11.3012 | Tax Penalties and Prosecutions |
| L11.3520 | Tax Policy |
| L11.3542 | Tax Policy Colloquium |
| L11.3008 | Tax Procedure |
| L11.3002 | Taxation of Affiliated Corporations |
| L11.3045 | Taxation of Financial Instruments |
| L11.3054 | Taxation of Private Equity Transactions* |
| L11.3027 | Taxation of Property Transactions I and II |
| L11.3043 | Taxation of Property Transactions I and II* |
| L11.3047 | Taxation of Property Transactions I* |
| L11.3042 | Taxation of Property Transactions I* |
| L11.3030 | Taxation of Property Transactions II* |
| L11.3044 | Taxation of Property Transactions II |
| L11.3016 | Taxation of Subchapter S Corporations* |
| L11.3001 | Timing Issues & Income Tax |
Labor Law
| Course ID | Title |
| L07.3520 | Employee Pension & Health Benefits Law * |
NY and Civil Jurisdiction and Procedure
| Course ID | Title |
| L09.3504 | Complex Litigation |
| L09.2015 | Federal Courts and the Federal System |
| L09.3527 | Trial Advocacy |
| L09.3510 | Trial and Appellate Advocacy |
Professional Responsibility
| Course ID | Title |
| L06.3015 | Professional Responsibility & Regulation of Lawyers |
Real Property
| Course ID | Title |
| L10.3508 | Advanced Property Seminar* |
| L10.3503 | Land Use Regulation* |
| L10.3020 | Land Use Regulation |
| L10.3035 | Real Estate Transactions |
Torts
| Course ID | Title |
| L08.3040 | Torts: Products Liability* |
Trusts, Wills, and Estates
| Course ID | Title |
| L10.2010 | Trusts and Estates |