Program: Subject Matter Areas - Hofstra University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Jun 22, 2025

2005-2006 Law Catalog

The School of Law offers a wide and diverse range of courses. The courses listed below are arranged by general topical areas. Not every course listed below is offered during each academic year.

Advocacy/Litigation

LAW 1700 - Civil Procedure I Credits: 3
LAW 1701 - Civil Procedure II Credits: 2
LAW 2712 - Advanced Trial Advocacy Credits: 2
LAW 2754 - Advanced Appellate Advocacy Credits: 2
LAW 2769 - Advanced Mediation Seminar Credits: 2
LAW 2776 - Advanced Trial Techniques: Use of Expert Witnesses Credits: 2
LAW 2783 - Appellate Advocacy Credits: 2
LAW 2784 - Applied Evidence: Evidentiary Oral Argument in Trial Courts Credits: 2
LAW 2819 - Courtroom Criminal Procedure Credits: 2
LAW 2822 - Domestic Violence Case Credits: 2
LAW 2823 - Discovery and Depositions Credits: 2
LAW 2842 - Introduction to Divorce Practice Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 2875 - International Commercial Arbitration Credits: 2
LAW 2878 - International Civil Litigation in U.S. Courts Credits: 2
LAW 2897 - Lawyers’ Ethics Credits: 2
LAW 2900 - Lawyer Malpractice Credits: 2
LAW 2906 - Legal Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiation Credits: 3
LAW 2914 - Moot Court Competition Seminar Credits: 2
law 2922 - Motion to Supress Credits: 2
LAW 2931 - Representing Clients in Mediation Credits: 2
LAW 2938 - Seminar on Contracts and Torts Credits: 2
LAW 3708 - Advanced Legal Research Credits: 3
LAW 3709 - Advanced Legal Writing Credits: 3
LAW 3709 - Litigation and Drafting Skills Credits: 3
LAW 3720 - Alternatives to Litigation Credits: 3
LAW 3755 - Conflict of Laws Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 3815 - Ethics and Economics of Law Practice Credits: 3
LAW 3826 - Externship Program Credits: 3
LAW 3835 - Federal Courts Credits: 3
LAW 3926 - Introduction to Child and Family Advocacy Credits: 3
LAW 3935 - Pretrial Skills Credits: 3
LAW 3952 - Remedies Credits: 3
LAW 3956 - Scientific Evidence Credits: 3
LAW 3969 - Selected Problems in New York Civil Practice Credits: 3
LAW 4761 - Evidence Credits: 4
LAW 4815 - Pretrial Litigation Credits: 4
LAW 5800 - Criminal Justice Clinic Credits: 6
LAW 5801 - Political Asylum Clinic Credits: 6
LAW 5802 - Child Advocacy Clinic Credits: 6
LAW 5803 - Mediation Clinic Credits: 6
LAW 5812 - Housing Rights Clinic Credits: 6

Commercial and Corporate Law

LAW 1705 - Contracts I Credits: 3
LAW 1706 - Contracts II Credits: 3
LAW 2750 - Accounting for Lawyers Credits: 2
LAW 2757 - Advanced Bankruptcy Credits: 2
LAW 2790 - Banking Law Credits: 2
LAW 2792 - Business Drafting Seminar Credits: 2
LAW 2793 - Business Planning Seminar Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 2807 - Corporate Finance Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 2810 - Corporate Government Seminar Credits: 2
LAW 2812 - Complex Corporate Transactions Seminar Credits: 2
LAW 2825 - Debtor Rehabilitation Seminar Credits: 2
LAW 2830 - Environmental Law in Commercial and Real Estate Transactions Credits: 2
LAW 2875 - International Commercial Arbitration Credits: 2
LAW 2876 - International Business Transactions Credits: 2
LAW 2896 - Law in Cyberspace Credits: 2
LAW 2898 - Law of International Trade Credits: 3
LAW 2913 - Mergers and Acquisitions Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 2918 - Nonprofit Corporations Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 2919 - Comparative Consumer and Products Liability Law Credits: 2
LAW 2930 - Public Finance Seminar Credits: 2
LAW 2932 - Product Regulation and Liability in the United States and the European Union Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 2934 - Regulation of the Securities Market and Broker-Dealers Credits: 2
LAW 2938 - Seminar on Contracts and Torts Credits: 2
LAW 2940 - Role of Treaties in International Business Decision Making Credits: 2
LAW 3732 - Antitrust Credits: 3
LAW 3744 - Commercial Paper Credits: 3
LAW 3773 - Consumer Transactions Credits: 3
LAW 3788 - Transactional Lawyering: Translating Deals into Contracts Credits: 3
LAW 3794 - Debtor-Creditor Credits: 3
LAW 3815 - Ethics and Economics of Law Practice Credits: 3
LAW 3952 - Remedies Credits: 3
LAW 3960 - Secured Transactions Credits: 3
LAW 3964 - Securities Regulation Credits: 3
LAW 3982 - Telecommunications Law and Policy Credits: 3
LAW 4701 - Business Organizations Credits: 4
LAW 4711 - Commercial Transactions Survey Credits: 3 or 4

Constitutional Law

LAW 2791 - Civil Liberties and the War Against Terrorism: Continuity Change in the Aftermath of September 11 Credits: 2
LAW 2799 - Constitutional Theory Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 2824 - Current Problems in Constitutional Law Credits: 2
LAW 2848 - Foreign Affairs and the Constitution Credits: 2
LAW 2912 - Mass Media and the First Amendment Credits: 2
LAW 2933 - Religion and the Constitution Credits: 2
LAW 2942 - Sex-based Discrimination Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 3760 - Constitutional Law I Credits: 3
LAW 3761 - Constitutional Law II Credits: 3
LAW 3791 - Death Penalty Credits: 3
LAW 3840 - First Amendment: Speech, Association and the Religion Clauses Credits: 3
LAW 3911 - Law and Race Credits: 2
LAW 3920 - Legal Issues in Public Education Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 3986 - Voting Rights and Election Law Credits: 2 or 3

Criminal Law

LAW 1710 - Criminal Law Credits: 3
LAW 2767 - Criminal Procedure II: Adjudication Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 2811 - Comparative Criminal Punishment Credits: 2
LAW 2819 - Courtroom Criminal Procedure Credits: 2
LAW 2820 - Crime and Communities Credits: 2
LAW 2822 - Domestic Violence Case Credits: 2
LAW 2877 - International Criminal Law Credits: 2
LAW 2887 - Juvenile Justice Seminar Credits: 2
LAW 2939 - Sentencing Reform Seminar Credits: 2
LAW 2954 - Federal Criminal Law Credits: 2
LAW 3791 - Death Penalty Credits: 3
LAW 3939 - The Prosecutor’s Role: Prosecuting a Criminal Case Credits: 3
LAW 3956 - Scientific Evidence Credits: 3
LAW 4751 - Criminal Procedure I: Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments Credits: 4
LAW 5800 - Criminal Justice Clinic Credits: 6

Environmental and Natural Resources

LAW 2826 - Energy, the Environment, and the Global Economy Credits: 2
LAW 2830 - Environmental Law in Commercial and Real Estate Transactions Credits: 2
LAW 2839 - International Environmental Law Credits: 2
LAW 3812 - Environmental Law Credits: 3
LAW 3846 - Health and Safety Regulation Credits: 3
LAW 3898 - Land Use Regulation Credits: 3
LAW 3916 - Law of the Sea Credits: 3
LAW 3934 - Preservation Law Credits: 3
LAW 3956 - Scientific Evidence Credits: 3

Estate Planning

LAW 2777 - Aging and the Law Seminar Credits: 2
LAW 2836 - Federal Estate and Gift Tax Credits: 2
LAW 2838 - Estate Planning Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 2956 - Advanced Problems in Estate Planning Credits: 2
LAW 4837 - Wills, Trusts, and Estates Credits: 4

Family Law

LAW 2796 - The Law’s Response to Reproductive Technology Credits: 3
LAW 2801 - Comparative Family Law: Marriage, Civil Unions and Registered Partnerships Credits: 2-3
LAW 2822 - Domestic Violence Case Credits: 2
LAW 2828 - Divorce: Comparative and International Perspectives Credits: 2
LAW 2834 - Property Division in Divorce Proceedings Credits: 3
LAW 2841 - International Family Law Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 2842 - Introduction to Divorce Practice Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 2869 - Family Law LLM: Thesis I Credits: 2
LAW 2887 - Juvenile Justice Seminar Credits: 2
Law 2904 - Legal Decision Making for Children and Incompetent Adults Credits: 3
LAW 3735 - Child Abuse and Neglect Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 3736 - The Child, The Family and the State: Legal Issues Affecting Minors Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 3792 - Domestic Violence Seminar Credits: 3
LAW 3831 - Family Law Credits: 3
LAW 3926 - Introduction to Child and Family Advocacy Credits: 3
LAW 5802 - Child Advocacy Clinic Credits: 6

Governmental Law and the Legislative Process

LAW 2753 - Admiralty Law Credits: 2
LAW 2791 - Civil Liberties and the War Against Terrorism: Continuity Change in the Aftermath of September 11 Credits: 2
LAW 2800 - Citizenship and Nationality Law Credits: 2
LAW 2826 - Energy, the Environment, and the Global Economy Credits: 2
LAW 2895 - Law and the Welfare State Credits: 2
LAW 2921 - Patent Law Credits: 2
LAW 2930 - Public Finance Seminar Credits: 2
Law 2941 - Representing Health Care Providers Credits: 2
LAW 3700 - Administrative Law Credits: 3
LAW 3732 - Antitrust Credits: 3
LAW 3805 - Employment Law Credits: 3
LAW 3808 - Energy Law and Policy Credits: 3
LAW 3812 - Environmental Law Credits: 3
LAW 3846 - Health and Safety Regulation Credits: 3
LAW 3868 - Housing and Community Development Credits: 3
LAW 3872 - Immigration Law Credits: 3
LAW 3889 - Labor Law Credits: 3
LAW 3898 - Land Use Regulation Credits: 3
LAW 3911 - Law and Race Credits: 2
LAW 3925 - Legislative Process Credits: 3
LAW 3964 - Securities Regulation Credits: 3
LAW 3977 - State and Local Government Credits: 3
LAW 3982 - Telecommunications Law and Policy Credits: 3
LAW 3986 - Voting Rights and Election Law Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 5801 - Political Asylum Clinic Credits: 6
LAW 5812 - Housing Rights Clinic Credits: 6

Health Law

LAW 2777 - Aging and the Law Seminar Credits: 2
LAW 2796 - The Law’s Response to Reproductive Technology Credits: 3
Law 2904 - Legal Decision Making for Children and Incompetent Adults Credits: 3
LAW 2909 - Medicare and Medicaid Law Credits: 2
LAW 2911 - Managed Care and the Evolution of the Doctor-Patient Relationship Credits: 2
LAW 2920 - Medical Malpractice Credits: 2
LAW 2927 - Products Liability Credits: 2
Law 2941 - Representing Health Care Providers Credits: 2
LAW 3733 - Biotechnology: Law, Business, and Regulation Credits: 3
LAW 3734 - Bioethics and the Law Credits: 3
LAW 3844 - Health Law Credits: 3
LAW 3846 - Health and Safety Regulation Credits: 3
LAW 3956 - Scientific Evidence Credits: 3
LAW 3965 - Sexuality and the Law Credits: 3

Intellectual Property Law

LAW 2768 - Advanced Patent Law Seminar Credits: 2
LAW 2827 - Entertainment Law Credits: 2
LAW 2921 - Patent Law Credits: 2
LAW 2948 - Trademarks Credits: 2
LAW 3778 - Copyright Credits: 3
LAW 3871 - Intellectual Property Survey Credits: 2
LAW 3975 - Sports Law Credits: 2

International Law

LAW 2798 - Comparative Human Rights Law Credits: 2
LAW 2800 - Citizenship and Nationality Law Credits: 2
LAW 2801 - Comparative Family Law: Marriage, Civil Unions and Registered Partnerships Credits: 2-3
LAW 2809 - Comparative Constitutional Law Credits: 2
LAW 2811 - Comparative Criminal Punishment Credits: 2
LAW 2826 - Energy, the Environment, and the Global Economy Credits: 2
LAW 2837 - European Union Law Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 2839 - International Environmental Law Credits: 2
LAW 2841 - International Family Law Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 2848 - Foreign Affairs and the Constitution Credits: 2
LAW 2875 - International Commercial Arbitration Credits: 2
LAW 2876 - International Business Transactions Credits: 2
LAW 2877 - International Criminal Law Credits: 2
LAW 2878 - International Civil Litigation in U.S. Courts Credits: 2
LAW 2880 - International Institutions Credits: 2
LAW 2882 - International Human Rights Law Seminar Credits: 2
LAW 2885 - International Taxation Seminar Credits: 2
LAW 2893 - Law and international Economic Development Credits: 2
LAW 2898 - Law of International Trade Credits: 3
LAW 2919 - Comparative Consumer and Products Liability Law Credits: 2
LAW 2932 - Product Regulation and Liability in the United States and the European Union Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 2940 - Role of Treaties in International Business Decision Making Credits: 2
LAW 2955 - The Use of Force in International Law: From Peacekeeping to Terrorism Credits: 2
LAW 3752 - Comparative Law Credits: 3
LAW 3872 - Immigration Law Credits: 3
LAW 3881 - International Law Credits: 3
LAW 3916 - Law of the Sea Credits: 3
LAW 5801 - Political Asylum Clinic Credits: 6

Labor and Employment Law

LAW 2770 - Advanced Problems in Labor and Employment Law Credits: 2
LAW 2835 - ERISA and Pension Rights Seminar Credits: 2
LAW 2874 - Internal Union Affairs Credits: 2
LAW 2942 - Sex-based Discrimination Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 3740 - Collective Bargaining Credits: 3
LAW 3799 - Dispute Settlement Credits: 2
LAW 3805 - Employment Law Credits: 3
LAW 3806 - Employment Discrimination Credits: 3
LAW 3884 - Labor Arbitration Credits: 3
LAW 3889 - Labor Law Credits: 3
LAW 3943 - Public Sector Labor Law Credits: 2
LAW 3975 - Sports Law Credits: 2
LAW 3981 - Strikes, Boycotts, Picketing and Injunctions Credits: 3

Legal History and Social Science

LAW 2890 - Law and the Popular Culture Credits: 2
LAW 2903 - Legal History Credits: 2 or 3
Law 2904 - Legal Decision Making for Children and Incompetent Adults Credits: 3
LAW 3803 - Economic Analysis of Law Credits: 3
LAW 3850 - History of Women and the Law Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 3907 - Law and Psychiatry Credits: 2
LAW 3911 - Law and Race Credits: 2

Philosophy and Ethics

LAW 2833 - Ethical Problems in Federal Tax Practice Credits: 2
LAW 2888 - Jurisprudence Credits: 3
LAW 2891 - Law and Literature Credits: 2
LAW 2897 - Lawyers’ Ethics Credits: 2
LAW 3738 - Classics in Law and Rhetoric: A Close Reading Seminar Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 3815 - Ethics and Economics of Law Practice Credits: 3
LAW 3839 - Feminist Jurisprudence Credits: 3
LAW 3850 - History of Women and the Law Credits: 2 or 3

Real Estate and Property Law

LAW 1730 - Property Credits: 4
LAW 2802 - Commercial Leasing Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 2808 - Cooperatives, Condominiums, and Homeownder Associations Credits: 2
LAW 2830 - Environmental Law in Commercial and Real Estate Transactions Credits: 2
LAW 2935 - Real Estate Negotiation Techniques Credits: 3
LAW 2943 - State and Local Taxation Credits: 2
LAW 2946 - Taxation of Real Property Transactions Credits: 2
LAW 3868 - Housing and Community Development Credits: 3
LAW 3898 - Land Use Regulation Credits: 3
LAW 3934 - Preservation Law Credits: 3
LAW 3945 - Real Estate Finance Seminar Credits: 3
LAW 4827 - Real Estate Transactions Credits: 4
LAW 5812 - Housing Rights Clinic Credits: 6

Taxation

LAW 2762 - Advanced Corporate Tax Credits: 2
LAW 2833 - Ethical Problems in Federal Tax Practice Credits: 2
LAW 2835 - ERISA and Pension Rights Seminar Credits: 2
LAW 2836 - Federal Estate and Gift Tax Credits: 2
LAW 2838 - Estate Planning Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 2843 - Federal Tax Procedure Credits: 2
LAW 2885 - International Taxation Seminar Credits: 2
LAW 2943 - State and Local Taxation Credits: 2
LAW 2944 - Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions Credits: 2
LAW 2945 - Taxation of Partnerships Credits: 2
LAW 2946 - Taxation of Real Property Transactions Credits: 2
LAW 2956 - Advanced Problems in Estate Planning Credits: 2
LAW 3785 - Federal Income Taxation of Corporations Credits: 3
LAW 4805 - Federal Income Taxation of Individuals Credits: 4

Torts

LAW 1735 - Torts Credits: 4
LAW 2873 - Insurance Law Credits: 2
LAW 2900 - Lawyer Malpractice Credits: 2
LAW 2919 - Comparative Consumer and Products Liability Law Credits: 2
LAW 2927 - Products Liability Credits: 2
LAW 2938 - Seminar on Contracts and Torts Credits: 2
LAW 3755 - Conflict of Laws Credits: 2 or 3
LAW 3803 - Economic Analysis of Law Credits: 3
LAW 3812 - Environmental Law Credits: 3
LAW 3871 - Intellectual Property Survey Credits: 2
LAW 3952 - Remedies Credits: 3
LAW 3956 - Scientific Evidence Credits: 3