This is a list of approved-elective courses (in addition to the basic and required courses addressed in Part III.B and any directed study courses, which are approved for each major subject to any limitations and additional approval requirements set forth elsewhere in these regulations). Some approved-elective courses require additional approval from the Director before a student may register in the course for credit towards the LL.M. degree.  See Part III.B.3.c. The approved-elective course list is updated on a regular basis by the Director with the approval of the Graduate Studies Committee. Course selections must be discussed in connection with the Plan of Work filed with the Director prior to registration for each semester.

1. Corporate and Finance Law.
   
   Accounting for Lawyers (LEX 7001) 2 credits^[3]
   Administrative Law (LEX 7006) 3-4 credits
   Advanced Bankruptcy Law (LEX 7009) 3 credits
   Advanced Issues in Bankruptcy (LEX 8005) 3 credits
   Advanced Managerial Finance (FIN 7220) 3 credits
   Agency & Partnership (LEX 7011) 2-3 credits 
   Alternative Dispute Resolution (LEX 7016) 2 credits
   Antitrust (LEX 7026) 2-4 credits
   Antitrust and Trade Regulation: Current Issues (LEX 8001) 3 credits
   Arbitration of Labor Disputes (LEX 7031) 2 credits
   Banking Law (LEX 7045) 2 credits
   Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights (LEX 7051) 3 credits
   Business and Community Law Clinic (LEX 8631) 6 credits
   Business Planning (LEX 7060) 4 credits
   Business Planning: A Transactional Approach (LEX 7061) 8 credits
   Commercial Systems (LEX 7661) 2 credits
   Commercial Law Seminar (LEX 8031) 3 credits
   Consumer Law
   Consumption-Based Taxation (LEX 7131) 2 credits
   Contract Drafting Seminar (LE 8039) 3 credits
   Copyright Law (LEX 7136) 3 credits
   Corporate Counsel Externship: Colloquium (LEXC 8516) 2 credits 
   Corporate Finance (LEX 7141) 3 credits
   Developing the Commercial Real Estate Project (LEX 7172) 3 credits
   Employee Benefits Law (LEX 7205) 3 credits
   Employment Discrimination (LEX 7216) 2-3 credits
   Employment Law (LEX 7221) 2-3 credits
   Federal Tax Practice (LEX 7316) 2 credits
   Foreign Direct Investment (LEX 7326) 3 credits
   Fundamentals of Business and Coummunity Law Clinic (LEX 8643) 4 credits
   Futures and Options (FIN 7340) 3 credits
   Health Care Organizations & Finance (LEX 7353) 3 credits
   Health Care Quality, Licensing, & Liability (LEX 7354) 3 credits
   Health Policy: The Firm, The Market and The Law (LEX 7360) 3 credits
   Immigration and Nationality Law (LEX 7371) 2-3 credits
   Insurance Law (LEX 7381) 2 credits
   International and Comparative Business Law: Doing Business in China Seminar (LEX 8161) 3 credits
   International Aspects of U.S. Taxation (LEX 7401) 2-3 credits
   International Business Transactions (LEX 7404) 3 credits
   International Commercial Arbitration (LEX 7384) 3 credits
   International Finance: Transactions, Regulation & Policy (LEX 7406) 3 credits^[4]
   International Intellectual Property Law (LEX 7407) 3 credits
   International Trade (LEX 8185) 3 credits
   Introduction to Contemporary Patent Law (LEX 7655) 3 credits
   Investment Policies (FIN 7230) 3 credits
   Law of Electronic Commerce (LEX 7828) 3 credits
   Mergers and Acquisitions (LEX 7603) 2-3 credits
   Money and Capital Markets (FIN 7090) 3 credits
   Negotiation (LEX 7616) 2-3 credits
   Patent Enforcement (LEX 7651) 3 credits
   Patent Law (LEX 7656) 3 credits
   Public Finance Law (LEX 7676) 2 credits
   Real Estate Financing (LEX 7701) 2-3 credits
   Secured Transactions (LEX 7756) 3 credits
   Securities Litigation (LEX 7758) 2-3 credits
   Securities Regulation (LEX 7761) 2-3 credits
   State and Local Taxation (LEX 7771) 3 credits
   Statistics and the Law (ECO 6120) 3 credits
   Tax Policy: Current Issues Seminar (LEX 8361) 3 credits
   Taxation of Corporations (LEX 7821) 4 credits
   Taxation of Corporations: Mergers and Restructurings (LEX 7014) 4 credits
   Taxation of Partnerships (LEX 7311) 2-3 credits
   Trademarks and Unfair Competition (LEX 7831) 2-3 credits
   White Collar Crime (LEX 7941) 3 credits
   Workers Compensation Law I (LEX 7951) 2 credits
    
2. Labor and Employment Law.
   
   Access to Justice Seminar (LEX 8002) 3 credits
   Administrative Law (LEX 7006) 3-4 credits
   Advanced Labor Economics (ECO 6400) 4 credits
   Agency & Partnership (LEX 7011) 2-3 credits 
   Alternative Dispute Resolution (LEX 7016) 2 credits
   Civil Rights Clinic (LEX 8607) 4 credits
   Concepts and Processes of Dispute Resolution I: Negotiation Theory and Practice (DR 7210) 3 credits
   Concepts and Processes of Dispute Resolution II: Neutral Intervention Theory and Practice (DR 7220) 3 credits
   Current and Future Trends in Collective Bargaining (ELR 7700) 3 credits
   Disability Law Clinic (LEX 8641) 4 credits
   Employee Benefits Law (LEX 7205) 3 credits
   Entertainment Law (LEX 7221) 2-3 credits
   Immigration and Nationality Law (LEX 7371) 2 credits
   Labor Arbitration (LEX 7495) 2 credits
   Labor Economics and Human Resources (ECO 7400) 4 credits
   Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining (MGT 7750) 3 credits
   Labor Relations and Public Policy (ECO 6420) 3 credits
   Labor Relations Law in North America (ELR 7400) 3 credits
   Labor Law in the Public Sector (LEX 7506) 2 credits^[5]
   Movement Lawyering (LEX 7606) 2 credits
   National Labor Relations Act: Current Problems (LEX 8271) 3 credits
   Negotiation (LEX 7616) 2-3 credits
   Practicum in Dispute Resolution (LEX 7660) 3 credits
   Privacy Law (LEX 7669) 2-3 credits
   Public Service Externship: Colloquium (LEX 8599) 2 credits^[6]
   Race and the Law (LEX 7689) 3 credits
   Sports and Inequality Seminar (LEX 8351) 3 credits
   Sports and the Law (LEX 7766) 2-3 credits
   Union Contract Administration (MGT 7770) 3 credits
   White Collar Crime (LEX 7941) 3 credits
   Workers Compensation Law I (LEX 7951) 2 credits
   Workers Rights in a Global Economy (LEX 7960) 3 credits
    
3. Taxation.
   
   Accounting for Lawyers (LEX 7001) 2 credits^[7]
   Administrative Law (LEX 7006) 3-4 credits
   Business and Community Law Clinic (LEX 8631) 6 credits
   Business Planning (LEX 7060) 4 credits
   Business Planning: A Transactional Approach (LEX 7061) 8 credits
   Consumption-Based Taxation (LEX 7131) 2 credits
   Corporate Finance (LEX 7141) 3 credits
   Employee Benefits Law (LEX 7205) 3 credits
   Estate, Gift and Inheritance Taxation (LEX 7241) 2 credits^[8]
   Federal Tax Practice (LEX 7316) 2 credits
   Fundamentals of Business and Community Law Clinic (LEX 8643) 4 credits
   Futures and Options (FIN 7340) 3 credits
   International and Comparative Business Law: Doing Business in China Seminar (LEX 8161) 3 credits
   International Aspects of U.S. Taxation (LEX 7401) 2-3 credits^[9]
   International Business Transactions (LEX 7404) 3 credits
   International Finance: Transactions, Regulation & Policy (LEX 7406) 3 credits^[10]
   International Tax Treaties (LEX 7416) 2 credits
   Law of Electronic Commerce (LEX 7828) 3 credits
   Mergers and Acquisitions (LEX 7603) 2-3 credits
   Public Finance Law (LEX 7676) 2 credits^[11]
   Public Service Externship: Colloquium (LEX 8599) 2 credits^[12] 
   Real Estate Financing (LEX 7701) 2-3 credits
   Securities Regulation (LEX 7761) 2-3 credits
   State and Local Taxation (LEX 7771) 3 credits^[13]
   Tax Accounting Methods and Accounting for Income Taxes (ACC 7410) 3 credits
   Tax Exempt Organizations (LEX 7806) 2-3 credits^[14]
   Tax Policy: Current Issues Seminar (LEX 8361) 3 credits
   Tax Policy Seminar: Role and Impact of Congressional Oversight on Abusive 
   Tax Strategies (LEX 8363) 3 credits
   Taxation of Corporations (LEX 7821) 4 credits
   Taxation of Corporations: Mergers and Restructurings (LEX 7014) 4 credits
   Taxes and Business Strategy (ACC 7450) 3 credits
   Trusts and Decedents' Estates (LEX 7841) 4 credits
   White Collar Crime (LEX 7941) 3 credits
    
4. U.S. Law.

• Upper-level J.D. courses. U.S. Law majors may select any upper-level J.D. course, so long as the prerequisite is satisfied and, if necessary, the instructor consents. Credits awarded will conform with other requirements in these regulations (e.g., limitations on clinics and externships and directed studies).
• First-year J.D. courses. U.S. Law majors are not permitted to enroll in first-year J.D. courses, unless the course instructor consents and the Director approves on petition from the student based on extraordinary circumstances. Preparation for a bar exam is not an extraordinary circumstance meriting such approval.

3. If Accounting for Lawyers is not offered at the Law School at any time during the academic year, a student may enroll that year in Financial Reporting and Analysis (BA 6000) 2 credits, with the approval of the Director.

4. If International Finance: Transactions, Regulation & Policy is not offered at the Law School at any time during the academic year, a student may enroll that year in International Finance (FIN 7870) 3 credits, with the approval of the Director.

5. If Labor Law in the Public Sector is not offered at the Law School during the academic year, the student may enroll that year in Public Sector Labor Relations (ELR 7430) 3 credits

6. Registration requires Director approval for specific organization externship.

7. If Accounting for Lawyers is not offered at the Law School at any time during the academic year, a student may enroll that year in Financial Reporting and Analysis (BA 6000) 2 credits, with the approval of the Director.

8. If Estate, Gift and Inheritance Taxation is not offered at the Law School at any time during the academic year, a student may enroll that year in Financial and Estate Planning (ACC 7440) 3 credits, with the approval of the Director.

9. If International Aspects of U.S. Taxation is not offered at the Law School at any time during the academic year, a student may enroll that year in Taxation of International Business and Multinational Transactions (ACC 7400) 3 credits, with the approval of the Director.

10. If International Finance: Transactions, Regulation & Policy is not offered at the Law School at any time during the academic year, a student may enroll that year in International Finance (FIN 7870) 3 credits, with the approval of the Director.

11. If Public Finance Law is not offered at the Law School at any time during the academic year, a student may enroll that year in Advanced Public Finance (ECO 6510) 4 credits, with the approval of the Director.

12. Registration requires Director approval for specific organization externship.

13. If State and Local Taxation is not offered at the Law School at any time during the academic year, a student may enroll that year in Taxation by State and Local Jurisdictions (ACC 7420) 3 credits, with the approval of the Director.

14. If Tax Exempt Organizations is not offered at the Law School at any time during the academic year, a student may enroll that year in Taxation of Exempt Organizations (ACC 7430) 3 credits, with the approval of the Director.