LAW 9000 - Introduction to U.S. Law.

3 Credit Hours

Requirements: This course is required for LL.M. students with a foreign law degree.
Description
This course introduces LL.M. students whose first law degree was awarded by a law school in a foreign country to the concepts of law fundamental to, and the legal institutions operating within, the United States legal system. The course will include an overview of the U.S. legal system including the functions and procedures of civil and criminal courts. It also includes a survey of substantive legal topics that form a core of knowledge essential to the practice of law in the United States.