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Courses

Boalt Hall provides a rich curriculum consisting of courses in both traditional law school subject areas as well as in emerging, cutting-edge fields. These courses feature a variety of classroom techniques, including:

• the Socratic method;
• formal lectures;
• informal lectures and discussions with groups of 20 to 30 students;
• seminar classes of fewer than 12 students; and
• skills and clinical classes where students have the opportunity to take on the role of lawyers either with real clients or in simulated settings.

In addition to the classes listed here, topical courses are typically offered each semester. The courses listed below are regularly taught, although not every course is taught every semester. Course descriptions, content and requirements are subject tochange.

Course Descriptions

First-Year Curriculum
Business, Law and Economics
Clinics
Comparative Legal Studies
Environmental Law
Family Law
Interdisciplinary Studies
International Legal Studies
Law and Technology
Legal History and Historical Law
Legal Theory and Ethics
Litigation and Procedure
Public Law and Policy
Social Justice
Tax, Estates and Trusts