JD/MA Electives
The following law school courses will count as MA electives.JD/MA Electives
The following law school courses may count as MA electives. Please note that some of the approved elective courses may require prerequisites. All of these courses may not be offered every semester or even every academic year. Please consult the Law School catalog or the faculty member to determine whether and/or when the course will be offered.
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Health Law and Policy | Intellectual Property | Environmental Law and Policy | Forensics | Methodology | Technology
JD/MA Electives
Health Law and Policy |
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| Law 200 | Administrative Law |
| Law 205 | Antitrust |
| Law 229 | State and Local Government Law |
| Law 250 | Family Law |
| Law 284 | Globalization and the Family |
| Law 267 | Insurance Law |
| Law 283 | Global Law Workshop: The Law and Politics of International Cooperation |
| Law 290 | Remedies |
| Law 301 | AIDS and the Law |
| Law 309 | Children and the Law |
| Law 321 | Law and Policy of Innovation: Life Sciences |
| Law 329 | Education Law |
| Law 341 | FDA and Policy |
| Law 345 | Gender and the Law |
| Law 347 | Health Care Law and Policy |
| Law 347S | Health Care Law and Policy Course Plus |
| Law 364 | Global Health |
| Law 399 | Forensic Psychiatry |
| Law 400 | Health Justice Clinic |
| Law 401 | Advanced Health Justice Clinic |
| Law 402 | AIDS Policy Clinic |
| Law 404 | Advanced HIV/AIDS Policy Clinic |
| Law 416 | Children’s Law Clinic |
| Law 461 | Health Policy Practicum |
| Law 471 | Science Regulation Lab (“SciReg Lab”) |
| Law 472 | Amicus Lab |
| Law 502 | Forensic Litigation |
| Law 512 | Medicine and the Law |
| Law 528 | Capital Punishment |
| Law 529 | Genetics and the Law |
| Law 541 | Non–Profit Organizations |
| Law 569 | Health Law Colloquium |
| Law 573 | Shaping Law and Policy: Advocacy and the Affordable Care Act |
| Law 576 | Agency Law in a Changing Economy |
| Law 579 | Mass Torts |
| Law 583 | Globalization of the Family |
| Law 584 | Genetics and Reproductive Technologies |
| Law 589 | Legislative Advocacy |
| Law 590 | Risk Regulation in the US, Europe and Abroad |
| Law 593 | Sexuality and the Law |
| Law 595 | Rethinking Federal Regulation |
| Law 599 | Race Bioethics and the Law |
| Law 601 | Duke Law in DC: Federal Policymaking |
| Law 604 | Ad Hoc Seminar (depending on topic) |
| Law 605 | Race and the Law Speakers Series |
| Law 611 | Readings: Examining the Opioid Crisis |
| Law 611 | Readings: Rethinking Gender |
| Law 611.35 | Readings – Theranos: Leadership, Corporate Governance and Ethics |
| Law 616 | Animal Law and Ethics |
| Law 618 | Reading: Introduction to Health Law and Policy |
| Law 636 | Food, Agriculture and the Environment |
| Law 640 | Independent Study (depending on topic) |
| Law 672 | Constitutional Law and Politics of the Affordable Care Act |
| Law 677 | Duke Law in DC: Rethinking Federal Regulation |
| Law 704 | Elder Law |
| Law 705 | Bioethics |
| Law 706 | Complexity, Law and Public Policy |
| Law 716 | Cybersecurity, Privacy and Government Surveillance |
| Law 718 | Collective Decisions and Individual Well Being: An Introduction to Social Choice Theory |
| Law 736 | Advanced Issues in Children and Family Law |
| Law 764 | Privacy: Post-Dobbs World |
| Law 757 | AI and Legal Strategy |
| Law 774 | Taboo Trades and Foreign Exchanges |
| Law 848 | Insurance Law |
| Law 855 | Data Breach Response and Cybersecurity Due Diligence |
Intellectual Property |
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| Law 200 | Administrative Law |
| Law 205 | Antitrust |
| Law 206 | International Arbitration |
| Law 229 | State and Local Government Law |
| Law 252 | Foreign Relations Law |
| Law 270 | Intellectual Property |
| Law 307 | Internet and Telecommunications Law and Policy |
| Law 321 | Innovation in the Life Science Industries |
| Law 322 | Copyright Law |
| Law 346 | Intellectual Capital and Competitive Strategy |
| Law 352 | International Business Transactions |
| Law 361 | International Trade Law |
| Law 369 | Patent Law and Policy |
| Law 375 | International Intellectual Property |
| Law 393 | Trademark Law and Unfair Competition |
| Law 465 | Patent Claim Drafting and Foundation of Patent Strategy |
| Law 501 | International Civil Litigation |
| Law 527 | Access to Medicines: Intellectual Property and Global Public Health |
| Law 604 | Ad Hoc Seminar (depending on topic) |
| Law 674 | Non-State Actors in the International Legal System |
| Law 683 | Patent Litigation |
| Law 706 | Complexity, Law and Public Policy |
| Law 720 | Advanced Copyright: Digital Technologies |
| Law 724 | Intellectual Property, Public Domain and Free Speech |
| Law 745 | Trade Secrecy: Doctrine, Policy, Frontier Issues |
| Law 754 | Intellectual Property Transactions |
| Law 771 | Defamation and Invasion of Privacy |
| Law 781 | Music’s Copyright: A Historical Incentives-Based and Aesthetic Analysis of the Law of Musi |
| Law 813 | IP in the Digital Age: Creating a Video Game |
Environmental Law and Policy |
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| Law 200 | Administrative Law |
| Law 206 | International Arbitration |
| Law 229 | State and Local Government Law |
| Law 234 | Energy, Environment and the Law |
| Law 235 | Environmental Law |
| Law 252 | Foreign Relations Law |
| Law 267 | Insurance Law |
| Law 275 | International Law |
| Law 283 | Global Law Workshop: The Law and Politics of International Cooperation |
| Law 290 | Remedies |
| Law 298 | Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy |
| Law 320 | Water Resources Law |
| Law 327 | Energy Law |
| Law 368 | Natural Resources Law and Policy |
| Law 371 | Product Liability |
| Law 443 | Environmental Law and Policy Clinic |
| Law 443A | Advances Environmental Law and Policy |
| Law 471 | Science Regulation Lab (“SciReg Lab”) |
| Law 503 | Sources of Environmental Law |
| Law 520 | Climate Change and the Law |
| Law 523 | Law of the Sea |
| Law 579 | Mass Torts |
| Law 590 | Risk Regulation in the US, Europe and Beyond |
| Law 598 | Environmental Law and the Constitution |
| Law 611 | Readings: Climate Change and Financial Markets |
| Law 617 | Environmental Law Readings Workshop |
| Law 636 | Food, Agriculture and the Environment |
| Law 706 | Complexity, Law and Public Policy |
| Law 714 | Coastal Resilience in the Face of Climate Change |
| Law 718 | Collective Decisions and Individual Well Being: An Introduction to Social Choice Theory |
| Law 737 | Environmental Litigation |
| Law 741 | Climate Change and Financial Markets |
| Law 845 | Clean Water Litigation |
Forensics |
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| Law 226 | Criminal Procedure: Investigations |
| Law 245 | Evidence |
| Law 307 | Internet and Telecommunications Law and Policy |
| Law 317 | Criminal Justice Ethics |
| Law 366 | Advanced Issues in Wrongful Convictions |
| Law 399 | Forensic Psychiatry |
| Law 472 | Amicus Lab |
| Law 493 | Wrongful Conviction Clinic |
| Law 502 | Forensic Litigation |
| Law 506 | Fraud Investigation |
| Law 528 | Capital Punishment |
| Law 529 | Genetics and the Law |
| Law 553 | Empirical Research Methods in Law |
| Law 579 | Mass Torts |
| Law 584 | Forensic Sciences Colloquium |
| Law 592 | Telecommunications Law |
| Law 633 | Interrogation and Testimony Seminar |
| Law 694 | Post 9/11 Immigration and Digital Surveillance Policy |
| Law 716 | Information Policy and Government Surveillance Law |
| Law 734 | Evidence in Practice |
Methodology |
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| Law 195 | US Legal Analysis, Research and Writing for International Students |
| Law 201 | Legal Writing: Craft and Style |
| Law 257 | Empirical Law and Economics |
| Law 290 | Remedies |
| Law 313 | Judicial Decision Making |
| Law 319 | Analytical Methods |
| Law 351 | Survey of Immigration Law & Policy |
| Law 356 | Effective Communication Outside of the Classroom |
| Law 359 | Introduction to Law and Economics |
| Law 363 | Legislative and Statutory Interpretation |
| Law 380 | Research Methods in International, Foreign and Comparative Law |
| Law 388 | Social Science Evidence in Law |
| Law 460 | Negotiation |
| Law 471 | Science Regulation Lab (“SciReg Lab”) |
| Law 472 | Amicus Lab |
| Law 473 | Scholarly Writing Workshop |
| Law 500 | Arbitration: Law and Practice |
| Law 502 | Forensic Litigation |
| Law 510 | Legal Interviewing and Counseling |
| Law 524 | Health & Medical Research for Lawyers |
| Law 531 | In-House Law Practice |
| Law 549 | Corporate Counseling and Communications |
| Law 552 | The Study of Judicial Behavior |
| Law 553 | Empirical Research Methods in Law |
| Law 566 | Legal Interviewing and Counseling |
| Law 576 | Agency Law in a Changing Economy |
| Law 585 | Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Not-for-Profit Law and Management |
| Law 589 | Legislative Advocacy |
| Law 595 | Rethinking Federal Regulation |
| Law 633 | Interrogation and Testimony Seminar |
| Law 657 | Research Tutorial |
| Law 702 | Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| Law 707 | Statutory Interpretation Colloquium |
| Law 718 | Social Choice Theory – Cost Benefit Analysis and Beyond |
| Law 731 | Legal Strategy |
| Law 747 | Developing the Scholarship Agenda |
| Law 756 | AI in Legal Research: Foundations and Information Organization |
| Law 773 | Research Methods in Business Law |
| Law 775 | Corporate Ethics |
| Law 777 | Deal Skills for the Transaction Lawyer |
| Law 790 | Writing for Publication |
| Law 791 | Judicial Writing |
| Law 817 | Excel for Lawyers |
Technology |
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| Law 200 | Administrative Law |
| Law 205 | Antitrust |
| Law 208G | Bioethics and the Law |
| Law 219H | Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
| Law 227 | Use of Force in International Law: Cyber, Drones, Hostage Rescues, Piracy and More |
| Law 229 | State and Local Government Law |
| Law 270 | Intellectual Property |
| Law 292G | Telecommunications Law |
| Law 307 | Internet and Telecommunications Law & Policy |
| Law 312 | Cybercrime |
| Law 316 | Intro to Cyber Law and Policy |
| Law 321 | Innovation in the Life Science Industries |
| Law 331 | Introduction to Privacy Law & Policy |
| Law 332 | Coded Governance: Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Crypto-ventures |
| Law 341 | FDA and Policy |
| Law 346 | Intellectual Capital and Competitive Strategy |
| Law 347 | Healthcare Law and Policy |
| Law 358 | Structuring Venture Capital and Private Equity Transactions |
| Law 364 | AI law & Policy |
| Law 369 | Patent Law and Policy |
| Law 375 | International Intellectual Property |
| Law 409 | Entrepreneurship Immersion |
| Law 441 | Start-up Ventures Clinic |
| Law 441A | Advanced Start-Up Ventures Clinic |
| Law 471 | Science Regulation Lab (“SciReg Lab”) |
| Law 475A | Law and Policy Lab (depending on topic) |
| Law 502 | Forensic Litigation |
| Law 525 | AI Law and Policy |
| Law 527 | Access to Medicines |
| Law 532 | Venture Capital Financing |
| Law 533 | Government Enforcement and Global Corporate Compliance |
| Law 534 | Advising the Entrepreneurial Client |
| Law 540 | Startup Law: Representing the Company |
| Law 550 | Legal Issues of Cybersecurity and Data Breach Response |
| Law 525 | AI Law and Policy |
| Law 557 | Space Law/Law of Mars |
| Law 576 | Agency Law in a Changing Economy |
| Law 581 | FinTech and the Law |
| Law 584 | Genetics and Reproductive Technologies |
| Law 588 | Investigating and Prosecuting National Security Cases |
| Law 589 | Legislative Advocacy |
| Law 590 | Risk Regulation in the US, Europe and Beyond |
| Law 591 | Frontier Robotics |
| Law 595 | Rethinking Federal Regulation |
| Law 609 | Readings: Introduction to Cyber Law and Policy |
| Law 611 | Readings: Laws of Mars/Space Law |
| Law 611AB.01 | Readings: National Security |
| Law 611.17 | Readings – Regulatory Reboot: Reimagining Financial Regulation with FinTech and Financial Inclusion |
| Law 611.26 | Readings – Issues in Cryptocurrency Law and Policy |
| Law 611.54 | Readings – Law and Algorithms |
| Law 713 | Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship |
| Law 716 | Cybersecurity, Privacy and Government Surveillance |
| Law 740 | Data and Democracy |
| Law 745 | Future of Contracts |
| Law 754 | IP Transactions |
| Law 756 | AI in Legal Research: Foundations and Information Organization |
| Law 764 | Privacy: Post-Dobbs World |
| Law 765 | Technology in the Law Office |
| Law 769 | Design Law |
| Law 777 | Deal Skills |
| Law 778 | Law & Entrepreneurship |
| Law 834 | Lawyering Inside a Global Technology Company |
| Law 839 | Early Stage Financing: The Emergence of Crowdfunding |
| Law 853 | The Way it all Works: Investing, Negotiating, and Operating in the Real World |
| Law 855 | Data Breach Response and Cybersecurity Due Diligence |
| Law 861 | Blockchain and Smart Contracts |