Columbus School of Law

Advanced Courses Curriculum

Instructional offerings change as the law moves in new directions, as faculty members are added, and as new intellectual interests develop among students and faculty. Although all courses will not be offered in any given year, and some may not be offered for several years or may be removed from the list of approved courses, the following have been approved by the faculty as instructional offerings at the school. A list of the course offerings available in a given semester and the professors who teach them will be posted prior to student registration. In all two-semester courses, the first semester course is a prerequisite to the second-semester course, unless the requirement is waived by the professor.

To assist students in planning and organizing their upper-level course programs, the faculty has divided our upper-level curriculum into 31 "course clusters." Students who wish to concentrate in a particular area of the law will find the clusters helpful as a curriculum planning guide. Additional counseling and information on concentrations will be provided by the academic dean's office and by individual faculty advisers.

I. Professional Responsibility (Required)

II. Commercial Subjects

III. Corporate and Economic Law

IV. Criminal Law and Justice

V. Individual Rights and Liberties

VI. International Law and Relations

VII. Litigation, Practice and Procedure

VIII. Property Law

IX. Taxation

X. Urban and Social Problems

XI. Communications

XII. Perspective on Law and the Legal System

XIII. Co-curricular and Independent Research

At the CUA School of Law, the academic programs are a comprehensive legal education weaving a strong theoretical foundation with sophisticated practical training. This distinctive educational approach furnishes students with the mental tools to face the demands of the 21st century.