LAW 862TUT - Cross-Border Legal Studies Capstone

This course is a requirement for the Cross-Border Legal Studies Concentration. All students interested in taking this course must get permission from Professor Lewis in order to enroll. This class will have classroom and experiential components. It is designed to give students exposure to and substantive experience with the types of cross-border work they may encounter as practicing attorneys. Students will be partnered with lawyers engaged in cross-border legal practice to work on projects that implicate a range of subject areas and legal issues. Students will interact regularly with attorneys at their law firms as well as in the classroom. Assignments will include preparing written work products for both attorney and client audiences, as well as developing and delivering oral presentations relating to the semester-long legal projects. The specific practice areas covered will be determined based on the interests of the students participating and attorney availability, but may include business transactions, tax, immigration, trade, investment, environmental and real estate issues, among others. While the participating attorneys will provide feedback and liaise closely with Professor Lewis, all work will be supervised, review and graded by Professor Lewis.

Credits: 3-4

Prerequisites & Notes
Requisite: Course reserved for cross border concentration students.