Courses
Your interests, your future. At Fordham Law, you can select from nearly 300 elective courses that will help you discover your legal interests while developing expertise in specific legal areas.
A Representative Sample of Electives
Corporate & Finance
Corporate & Finance
- Advanced Business Bankruptcy
- Advanced Business Law
- Banking Litigation
- Bankruptcy
- Broker-Dealer
- Business Bankruptcy
- Commercial Arbitration
- Commercial Drafting
- Commercial Finance/Secured Transactions
- Commercial Transaction
- Comparative Corporate Law
- Compliance
- Corporate Crisis Management
- Corporate Crisis Management and International Investigations
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Finance: Legal Aspects
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Reorganization Under Bankruptcy Code
- Corporate Strategy and Taxation
- Corporate Sustainability, Transnational Business, and Human Rights
- Corporate Tax
- Corporations
- E-Commerce
- Employment Law
- Global Capital Markets and Governance
- Global Corporate Compliance
- Globalization of American Corporations: Tax and Regulatory Policy
- Income Taxation
- Insurance Law and Litigation
- International Banking
- International Business Transactions
- International Commercial Arbitration
- International Commercial Law Seminar
- International Trade Law
- Introduction to the Deal
- Law and Professional Sports
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Partnership and LLC Law
- Public Finance Law and Practice
- Real Estate Drafting
- Real Estate Finance
- Real Estate Transactions
- Securities Litigation
- Securities Regulation
- Securities Regulation: The Broker-Dealer Perspective
- Securities Regulation Drafting
- Securitization
- Trust and Wills
Litigation & Civil Practice
Litigation & Civil Practice
- Civil Litigation Drafting
- Complex Litigation
- Criminal Litigation Drafting
- Discovery and Pretrial Process
- Domestic Arbitration Practicum
- Evidence
- Federal Courts
- International Arbitration Practicum
- International Commercial Arbitration
- Land Use Law
- New York Practice
- Patent Litigation
- Professional Responsibility: Civil Litigation
- Transnational Litigation and Arbitration
Experiential Learning
Experiential Learning
- Advanced Trial Advocacy
- Accounting Experiential Skills
- Advanced Appellate Advocacy
- Appellate Advocacy and Civil Rights Experiential
- Commercial Drafting
- Commercial Litigation Drafting and Mediation
- Compliance Risk Assessment
- Criminal Litigation Drafting
- Critical Race Theory
- Family Law Drafting
- Fashion Ethics and Sustainability and Development
- Fundamental Lawyering Skills
- Intellectual Property Drafting
- International Law and Justice Practicum
- Real Estate Drafting
- Securities Regulation Drafting
- The Art of In-House Counsel
- Trial and Arbitration Advocacy
- Upper Class Legal Writing Workshop
- Writing/Righting Race in the Public Sphere
- Externship: Advanced Seminar
- Externship: Government Civil Litigation Seminar
- Externship: Housing Litigation Seminar
- Externship: Intro Seminar
- Externship: Judicial Seminar
- Externship: New York City Council Seminar
- Externship: NYC Law Dept: Environmental
- Externship: NYC Law Dept: Special Federal Litigation
- Externship: Queens DA Conviction Integrity Unit Seminar
- Externship: Queens District Attorney Seminar
- Externship: Voting Rights Seminar
Clinics
Clinics
- Community Economic Development
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Criminal Defense
- Entrepreneurial Law
- Family Advocacy
- Federal Litigation
- Federal Tax
- Global Anti-Racism
- Immigrant Rights
- International Human Rights
- Legislative and Policy Advocacy
- Mediation
- Queens DA Prosecution Clinic
- Rule of Law Clinic
- Samuelson-Glushko Intellectual Property and Information Law
- Securities Litigation and Arbitration
Dispute Resolution
Dispute Resolution
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Arbitration Practice
- Conflict Management Systems Design
- Domestic and International Arbitration Practicum
- Fundamental Lawyering Skills
- International Arbitration
- Introduction to the Deal
- Negotiations
- Trial and Arbitration Advocacy
Constitutional Law & Policy
Constitutional Law & Policy
- Colloquium in Law and Philosophy
- Comparative Constitutional Law
- Constitution, Presidency, Law & National Security
- Current Supreme Court Controversies
- First Amendment
- Language of the Constitution
- Law of the City of New York
- State and Local Government
- United States Foreign Relations Law
- Regulation of Financial Institutions
- Slavery and the Constitution
Criminal Law
Criminal Law
- Anti–Money Laundering Law
- Capital Punishment
- Complex Criminal Litigation
- Computer Based Crimes
- Criminal Law Theory
- Criminal Litigation Drafting
- Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
- Criminal Procedure: Investigative
- Discovery and Pretrial Process
- Discovery Drafting
- Environmental Law
- Ethics in Criminal Advocacy
- Evidence
- New York Criminal Procedure
- Organized Crime
- Race, Gender & Crime
- White Collar Criminal Investigations and Parallel Civil Proceedings
Environmental Law
Environmental Law
- Climate Change: Law and Policy
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
Fashion Law
Fashion Law
- Cosmetics Regulation
- Fashion Ethics, Sustainability, and Development
- Fashion Law and Finance
- Fashion Law and International Trade
- Fashion Law and Social Justice
- Fashion Law Practicum
- Fashion Licensing
- Fashion Modeling Law
- Fashion Retail Law
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property
- Advanced Legal Research: Copyright, Trademark, and Patent
- Art and Cultural Heritage Law
- Blockchain and Smart Contracts
- Blockchain, Virtual Currencies, and Tokens: Business and Legal Issues
- Copyright Law
- Counseling and Advocacy in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Matters
- Digital Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- Fintech and Artificial Intelligence: Regulatory and Corporate Law Framework
- Intellectual Property and Advanced Technology: Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain
- Intellectual Property Law
- Patent Law
- Patent Litigation
- Patent Practice Skills
- Smart Securities and Blockchain Regulations
- Trademark Law
Comparative, International & Human Rights
Comparative, International & Human Rights
- Admiralty and International Maritime Law
- Advanced Legal Research: Foreign and International
- Antitrust – International Cross-Border Mergers
- Antitrust Law
- Asian Americans and the Law
- Comparative Constitutional Law
- Comparative Corporate Governance
- Corporate Sustainability, Transnational Business, and Human Rights
- Crimmigration: The Intersection of Immigration and Criminal Law and Procedure
- Diversity and Inclusion in Law Practice
- Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Human Rights Law
- Immigration Law
- International Business Transactions
- International Commercial Arbitration
- International Human Rights Scholarship
- International Law
- International Litigation and Arbitration
- International Taxation
- International Trade Law
- Labor Law in International Context
- National Security Law
- Nuclear Weapons and International Law
- Refugee Law and Policy
Labor & Employment Law
Labor & Employment Law
- Disability Law
- Diversity and Inclusion in Law Practice
- Employment Discrimination
- Employment Law
- Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Law
- Labor and Employment Arbitration
- Labor and Employment Law Drafting
- Labor Law
- Law and Professional Sports
- Role of General Counsel: Counselor, Strategist & Manager
- Workers, Law & Changing Economy
Legal History & Legal Theory
Legal History & Legal Theory
- Criminal Law Theory
- Critical Race Theory
- Family Law
- Gender, Sexuality, and the Law
- Natural Law & Social Justice
- Positive Lawyering
- Poverty Law
- Race, Gender & Crime
Property/Real Estate Law
Property/Real Estate Law
- Clinical Housing Litigation Seminar and Fieldwork
- Community Economic Development Clinic Seminar and Fieldwork
- Cooperatives and Condominiums
- Land Use
- Land Use and Real Estate Development
- Real Estate Drafting
- Real Estate Finance
- Real Estate Transactions
- Residential Landlord-Tenant Law
Professional Responsibility
Professional Responsibility
- Advanced Seminar in Public Interest Lawyering
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Ethics
- Corporate Counsel
- Ethics in Criminal Advocacy
- Ethics in Public Interest Law
- Professional Responsibility
- Professional Responsibility: Lawyers and Justice
Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Law
Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Law
- Access to Justice
- Anti-Discrimination Law
- Critical Race Theory
- Gender, Sexuality, and the Law
- Gender, Violence, and the Law
- Health Law & Biomedical Ethics
- Race and the Law
- Race, Gender, and Crime
- Slavery and the Constitution
- Special Victims, Domestic Violence, and Sexual Crimes
Public Interest Law
Public Interest Law
- Administrative Law
- Advanced Legal Research: Public Interest
- Advanced Seminar in Public Interest Lawyering
- Consumer Protection Law
- Disability Law
- Election Law
- Employment Discrimination
- Environmental Law
- Ethics in Criminal Advocacy
- Ethics in Public Interest Law
- First Amendment
- Healthcare Policy and the Law
- Health Law & Biomedical Ethics
- Human Rights
- Immigration Law
- International Human Rights
- Law and Policy of Climate Change
- Nonprofit Law
- Poverty Law
Tax Law
Tax Law
- Accounting for Lawyers
- Advanced Legal Research: Taxation
- Corporate Strategy and Taxation
- Corporate Tax
- Globalization of American Corporations
- Income Taxation
- International Taxation
- Tax Policy and Distributive Policy
- Trusts and Wills
Technology
Technology
- Advanced Legal Research: Law Practice Technology
- Artificial Intelligence & Law Practice Today
- Blockchain and Smart Contracts
- Blockchain, Virtual Currencies, and Tokens: Business and Legal Issues
- Compliance, Technology and Financial Services
- Counseling & Advocacy in Intellectual Property & Information Technology Matters
- E-Commerce
- E-Law in the Global Setting: Data
- Electronic Discovery and Information Governance
- Fintech and Artificial Intelligence
- Information Law Survey
- Information Privacy Law
- Intellectual Property and Advanced Technology: Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain
- Intellectual Property Law
- Internet Law and Policy
- Law and Neuroscience Seminar
- Law and Technology: The Corporate Lifecycle
- Mass Media Law
- Technological Change and the Law