The Practice Areas represent a suggested concentration of courses that a student should consider taking if he or she anticipates practicing in one of the nine identified areas. Unlike the track system, no certificate is given and no courses are required. These Practice Areas are suggestions only. Not every elective is offered every academic year.
Business Law
First-year required courses:
Contracts I and II
Property I and II
Upper-level required courses:
Business Organizations
Sales and Leases
Secured Transactions
Strongly suggested electives:
Business Planning*
Contract Planning
Corporations: From Formation to Major Transactions I*
Financial Accounting for Lawyers
Income Taxation
Intellectual Property
International Business Transactions
Real Estate Finance
Securities Regulation*
Taxation of Business Entities*
Recommended electives:
Advanced Negotiation and Analysis
Antitrust
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Reorganizations Seminar
Corporations: From Formation to Major Transactions II*
Client Counseling
Employment Discrimination
Employment Relations
Environmental Law
Federal Crimes Seminar
International Business Litigation and Arbitration
International Trade Law
Products Liability
Real Property Planning
Electives with an asterisk (*) require completion of prerequisite courses before enrollment
First-year required courses:
Civil Procedure I and II
Constitutional Law I
Contracts I and II
Legal Research and Writing I and II
Property I and II
Torts I and II
Upper-level required courses:
Constitutional Law II
Evidence
Professional Responsibility and Ethics
Sales and Leases
Trial Advocacy
Strongly suggested electives:
Advanced Trial and Appellate Advocacy*
E-Discovery
Federal Courts
Government Litigation
Introduction to Complex Litigation
Jury Selection
Pretrial Litigation
Remedies
Recommended electives:
Administrative Law
Advanced Legal Research
Advanced Legal Writing
Advanced Negotiation and Analysis
Bankruptcy
Client Counseling
Conflict of Laws
Employment Discrimination
Employment Relations
Environmental Law
Federal Courts
Immigration Law
Insurance Law
International Business Litigation and Arbitration
Mediation Advocacy
Products Liability
Public School Law Litigation Seminar
Scientific Evidence*
Senior Law Clinic
Workers’ Compensation
Electives with an asterisk (*) require completion of prerequisite courses before enrollment
First-year required courses:
Constitutional Law I
Criminal Law
Upper-level required courses:
Constitutional Law II
Criminal Procedure
Evidence
Trial Advocacy
Strongly suggested electives:
Criminal Procedure Adjudication
Federal Crimes Seminar
Federal Criminal Defense Planning
Jury Selection
NC Criminal Defense Advocacy I
NC Criminal Defense Advocacy II
NC Prosecution Advocacy I
NC Prosecution Advocacy II
Plea Bargaining
Recommended electives:
Advanced Criminal Law Seminar
Advanced Legal Research
Advanced Legal Writing
Advanced Negotiation and Analysis
Client Counseling
Crimmigration Law
E-Discovery
Immigration Law
Juvenile Abuse, Neglect and Dependency Law
Restorative Justice Clinic
Scientific Evidence*
Electives with an asterisk (*) require completion of prerequisite courses before enrollment
First-year required courses:
Property I and II
Legal Research and Writing I and II
Upper-level required courses:
Wills and Trusts
Business Organizations
Evidence
Secured Transactions
Strongly suggested electives:
Client Counseling
Estate Administration*
Estate and Gift Taxation
Estate Planning*
Financial Accounting for Lawyers
Recommended electives:
Bankruptcy
Business Planning*
Conflict of Laws
Elder Law Planning
Family Law
Family Law Planning*
Health Law
Income Tax
Senior Law Clinic
Social Security Disability Law
Taxation of Business Entities*
Electives with an asterisk (*) require completion of prerequisite courses before enrollment
First-year required courses:
Civil Procedure I and II
Constitutional Law I
Contracts I and II
Criminal Law
Legal Research and Writing I and II
Property I and II
Torts I and II
Upper-level required courses:
Business Organizations
Constitutional Law II
Criminal Procedure
Evidence
Professional Responsibility and Ethics
Sales and Leases
Trial Advocacy
Wills and Trusts
Strongly suggested electives:
Contract Planning
Estate Administration*
Estate and Gift Taxation
Estate Planning*
Family Law
Mediation Advocacy
Pretrial Litigation
Recommended electives:
Administrative Law
Advanced Trial and Appellate Advocacy*
Business Planning
Client Counseling
E-Discovery
Elder Law Planning
Employment Discrimination
Employment Relations
Family Law Planning*
Financial Accounting for Lawyers
Insurance Law
Jury Selection
Law Practice Management
Real Estate Finance
Real Property Planning
Remedies
Senior Law Clinic
Social Security Disability Law
Scientific Evidence*
Start Your Own Law Firm
Workers’ Compensation
Electives with an asterisk (*) require completion of prerequisite courses before enrollment
First-year required courses:
Civil Procedure I and II
Constitutional Law I
Legal Research and Writing I and II
Upper-level required courses:
Constitutional Law II
Strongly suggested electives:
Administrative Law
Federal Courts
Government Litigation
Local Government Law
Recommended electives:
Advanced Legal Research
Advanced Legal Writing
Crimmigration Law
Education Law Seminar
Employment Discrimination
Employment Relations
Environmental Law
Firearms Law and the Second Amendment
Health Law
Immigration Law
International Trade Law
Juvenile Abuse, Neglect and Dependency Law
Law and Public Policy
Military Law
National Security Law
North Carolina Constitutional Law
Public School Law Litigation Seminar
Securities Regulation*
Special Education Law
Social Security Disability Law
Workers’ Compensation
Electives with an asterisk (*) require completion of prerequisite courses before enrollment
First-year required courses:
Constitutional Law I
Contracts I and II
Legal Research and Writing I and II
Torts I and II
Upper-level required courses:
Business Organizations
Constitutional Law II
Evidence
Strongly suggested electives:
Administrative Law
Health Law
Recommended electives:
Advanced Legal Research
Advanced Legal Writing
Antitrust
Elder Law Planning
Employment Relations
Government Litigation
Intellectual Property Law
Juvenile Abuse, Neglect and Dependency Law
Local Government Law
Mediation Advocacy
Patent Law
Products Liability
Senior Law Clinic
Social Security Disability Law
Special Education Law
Electives with an asterisk (*) require completion of prerequisite courses before enrollment
First-year required courses:
Civil Procedure I and II
Contracts I and II
Property I and II
Upper-level required courses:
Business Organizations
Evidence
Trial Advocacy
Strongly suggested electives:
Contract Planning
Copyright Law
Introduction to Intellectual Property
Patent Law*
Patent Preparation and Prosecution*
Trademark and Unfair Competition
Recommended electives:
Administrative Law
Advanced Negotiation and Analysis
Antitrust
Client Counseling
Corporations: From Formation to Major Transactions I and II*
International Business Litigation and Arbitration
International Business Transactions
Pretrial Litigation
Remedies
Traditional and Social Media Law Problems and Solutions
Electives with an asterisk (*) require completion of prerequisite courses before enrollment
First-year required courses:
Property I and II
Contracts I and II
Torts I and II
Legal Research and Writing I and II
Upper-level required courses:
Wills and Trusts
Business Organizations
Constitutional Law II
Professional Responsibility and Ethics
Strongly suggested electives:
Environmental Law
Estate Administration
Homeowners Association Law and Planning
Real Estate Finance
Real Property Planning
Recommended electives:
Bankruptcy
Conflict of Laws
Income Tax
Insurance Law
Remedies
Electives with an asterisk (*) require completion of prerequisite courses before enrollment