Course Schedule
Classes Found
Financial Market Policy
- S. Bauguess
- WED 1:00 – 4:00 pm SZB 416
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 396W
- Cross-listed with:
- Finance
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will not use floating mean GPA
Description
Same as LAW 379M, Topic: Security Market Policy. This is a Business School course, cross-listed with the Law School. Students interested specifically in the legal regulation of securities should pay special attention to the Law School's courses Securities Regulation and Capital Markets.
This course provides a general framework – both theoretical and practical – to identify, analyze, and understand the tradeoffs that government regulators make when deciding financial and securities markets policy. You will develop the tools to understand the market failures and inefficiencies that lead to these choices, as well as their consequences on capital raising, investor welfare, securities trading, corporate governance, and financial stability.
At the end of the course you should understand how the legal and economic boundaries between investors, companies, and financial intermediaries give rise to incentives and behaviors that (1) fuel financial innovation, (2) lead to market abuses and fraud, (3) engender systemic risk, and (4) drive the need for continuous regulatory calibration to promote and maintain orderly and efficient markets.
General topic areas are fixed, but the learning exercises and assignments will be guided by current market developments and practices among asset managers, securities dealers, banks, public corporations, and investment companies. Students are expected to carry a significant reading and writing load throughout the semester.
Topic areas covered
- A brief history of financial markets
- Evolution of banking, from Medici to Morgan; development of public securities markets; panics, crises, and the rise of capital market regulators
- The policy and politics of making rules
- Congress, regulatory agencies, and the courts; identifying market failures; understanding the policy tradeoffs
- Securities fraud and misconduct
- Insider trading, offering fraud, and financial misreporting; defining abusive market practices; detection methods and market surveillance
- Financial market stability
- Causes and consequences of systemic risk; private market finance and shadow banking; international regulatory cooperation
- Technology disruptions and financial innovation
- Approving new financial products; algorithmic trading and machine learning risks; FinTech and democratizing finance
- Social responsibility in securities regulation
- Disclosure of ESG factors; pursuit of human rights; promoting diversity and inclusion
Financial Methods for Lawyers
- TUE, THU 10:30 – 11:37 am TNH 2.139
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 292G
- Short course:
- 8/27/24 — 11/5/24
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
The class is designed for law students of all interests, including those who are undecided and those who are focused on a particular area such as litigation, public interest law, family law, regulatory work, criminal law, or business law. Financial Methods for Lawyers covers time value of money, expected value decision making, and investment in enterprises. It also covers the basic financial statement components: balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements. The class is only available on a pass/fail basis. It is designated as a skills course. Students earn points toward a passing grade through online quizzes, Excel spreadsheet and other exercises, and regular attendance.
Financial Methods for Lawyers
- TUE, THU 10:30 – 11:37 am TNH 3.140
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 292G
- Short course:
- 1/16/24 — 4/4/24
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
The class is designed for law students of all interests, including those who are undecided and those who are focused on a particular area such as litigation, public interest law, family law, regulatory work, criminal law, or business law. Financial Methods for Lawyers covers time value of money, expected value decision making, and investment in enterprises. It also covers the basic financial statement components: balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements. The class is only available on a pass/fail basis. It is designated as a skills course. Students earn points toward a passing grade through online quizzes, Excel spreadsheet and other exercises, and regular attendance.
Financial Methods for Lawyers
- TUE, THU 10:30 – 11:37 am TNH 2.137
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 292G
- Short course:
- 8/22/23 — 10/31/23
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
The class is designed for law students of all interests, including those who are undecided and those who are focused on a particular area such as litigation, public interest law, family law, regulatory work, criminal law, or business law. Financial Methods for Lawyers covers time value of money, expected value decision making, and investment in enterprises. It also covers the basic financial statement components: balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements. The class is only available on a pass/fail basis. It is designated as a skills course. Students earn points toward a passing grade through online quizzes, Excel spreadsheet and other exercises, and regular attendance.
Financial Methods for Lawyers
- TUE, THU 10:30 – 11:37 am TNH 2.124
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 292G
- Short course:
- 1/10/23 — 3/30/23
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
The class is designed for law students of all interests, including those who are undecided and those who are focused on a particular area such as litigation, public interest law, family law, regulatory work, criminal law, or business law. Financial Methods for Lawyers covers time value of money, expected value decision making, and investment in enterprises. It also covers the basic financial statement components: balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements. The class is only available on a pass/fail basis. It is designated as a skills course. Students earn points toward a passing grade through online quizzes, Excel spreadsheet and other exercises, and regular attendance.
Financial Methods for Lawyers
- TUE, THU 10:30 – 11:37 am TNH 2.137
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 292G
- Experiential learning credit:
- 2 hours
- Short course:
- 8/23/22 — 11/1/22
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
The class is designed for law students of all interests, including those who are undecided and those who are focused on a particular area such as litigation, public interest law, family law, regulatory work, criminal law, or business law. Financial Methods for Lawyers covers time value of money, expected value decision making, and investment in enterprises. It also covers the basic financial statement components: balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements. The class is only available on a pass/fail basis. It is designated as a skills course. Students earn points toward a passing grade through online quizzes, Excel spreadsheet and other exercises, and regular attendance.
Financial Methods for Lawyers
- TUE 10:30 – 11:37 am TNH 2.123
- THU 10:30 – 11:37 am TNH 2.137
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 292G
- Experiential learning credit:
- 2 hours
- Short course:
- 1/18/22 — 4/7/22
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
Same as LAW 272P, Financial Methods for Lawyers.
The class is designed for law students of all interests, including those who are undecided and those who are focused on a particular area such as litigation, public interest law, family law, regulatory work, criminal law, or business law. Financial Methods for Lawyers covers time value of money, expected value decision making, and investment in enterprises. It also covers the basic financial statement components: balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements. The class is only available on a pass/fail basis. It is designated as a skills course. Students earn points toward a passing grade through online quizzes, Excel spreadsheet and other exercises, and regular attendance.
Financial Methods for Lawyers
- TUE, THU 2:15 – 3:22 pm TNH 2.114
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 292G
- Experiential learning credit:
- 2 hours
- Short course:
- 8/26/21 — 11/4/21
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
Same as LAW 272P, Financial Methods for Lawyers.
The class is designed for law students of all interests, including those who are undecided and those who are focused on a particular area such as litigation, public interest law, family law, regulatory work, criminal law, or business law. Financial Methods for Lawyers covers time value of money, expected value decision making, and investment in enterprises. It also covers the basic financial statement components: balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements. The class is only available on a pass/fail basis. It is designated as a skills course. Students earn points toward a passing grade through online quizzes, Excel spreadsheet and other exercises, and regular attendance.
Financial Methods for Lawyers
- TUE, THU 10:35 – 11:47 am ONLINE
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 272P
- Experiential learning credit:
- 2 hours
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
This course will be taught in person but with the option of remote participation via Zoom. Please note that this course might become online-only in the event that actual in-person attendance during the semester consistently falls below a threshold to be determined in the exercise of reasonable discretion by the instructor and the Student Affairs Office.
The class is designed for law students of all interests, including those who are undecided and those who are focused on a particular area such as litigation, public interest law, family law, regulatory work, criminal law, or business law. Financial Methods for Lawyers covers time value of money, expected value decision making, and investment in enterprises. It also covers the basic financial statement components: balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements. The class is only available on a pass/fail basis. It is designated as a skills course. Students earn points toward a passing grade through online quizzes, Excel spreadsheet and other exercises, and regular attendance.
Financial Methods for Lawyers
- TUE, THU 9:00 – 10:07 am ONLINE
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 272P
- Experiential learning credit:
- 2 hours
- Short course:
- 8/27/20 — 11/5/20
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
This course will be taught entirely online via Zoom.
The class is designed for law students of all interests, including those who are undecided and those who are focused on a particular area such as litigation, public interest law, family law, regulatory work, criminal law, or business law. Financial Methods for Lawyers covers time value of money, expected value decision making, and investment in enterprises. It also covers the basic financial statement components: balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements. The class is only available on a pass/fail basis. It is designated as a skills course. Students earn points toward a passing grade through online quizzes, Excel spreadsheet and other exercises, and regular attendance.
Financial Methods for Lawyers
- TUE, THU 10:30 – 11:37 am TNH 2.123
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 272P
- Experiential learning credit:
- 2 hours
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
The class is designed for law students of all interests, including those who are undecided and those who are focused on a particular area such as litigation, public interest law, family law, regulatory work, criminal law, or business law. Financial Methods for Lawyers covers time value of money, expected value decision making, and investment in enterprises. It also covers the basic financial statement components: balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements. The class is only available on a pass/fail basis. It is designated as a skills course. Students earn points toward a passing grade through online quizzes, Excel spreadsheet and other exercises, and regular attendance.
Financial Methods for Lawyers
- TUE, THU 1:00 – 2:07 pm TNH 2.138
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 272P
- Experiential learning credit:
- 2 hours
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
The class is designed for law students of all interests, including those who are undecided and those who are focused on a particular area such as litigation, public interest law, family law, regulatory work, criminal law, or business law. Financial Methods for Lawyers covers time value of money, expected value decision making, and investment in enterprises. It also covers the basic financial statement components: balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements. The class is only available on a pass/fail basis. It is designated as a skills course. Students earn points toward a passing grade through online quizzes, Excel spreadsheet and other exercises, and regular attendance.
Food and Agriculture Lab and Workshop: Law. Policy. Principle. Practice.
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 196V
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Food and Agriculture Lab and Workshop: Law. Policy. Principle. Practice.
- FRI 1:05 – 4:05 pm TNH 3.127
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 196V
- Short course:
- 2/2/24 — 2/23/24
- Cross-listed with:
- Other school
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
Evaluation involves a brief paper plus mandatory attendance for the four classes, with optional attendance for the field trips.
This new one-credit offering will explore topics related to the accelerating food and water challenges facing our country, our community, and people all over the globe. These topics are likely to include: climate effects on arable land and irrigation water; rising soil salinity; nutrified water flows; food waste; food labeling; extensive and intensive industrial agriculture, including for animal production; locovorism; food cultures; “novel” proteins; and future foods. Our topics are sure to include the quickening moral demands for justice for animals; a human “right to food”; and a more equitable, healthy, and secure food system for all. With these emergent drivers spinning the wheel of fortune, American food law and policy are being called on to respond. These responses in the teeth (so to speak) of consumer preferences, scientific developments, political pressures, and market movements will provide key reference points for the course.
We will draw on work being done in food law clinics and food research institutes housed in law schools around the country. Expert guests, some from these settings, will help to shape the workshop experience.
The course design—a “lab” of experiences, ideas, and ideals--is intended to provide an inter-disciplinary offering to law students and those from a variety of other fields.
There is likely to be an optional field trip (or two) and an optional final dinner, off-site, to be prepared by the instructor, possible guests, and members of the class. These extra meetings won’t count (at all) toward a student’s grade in the course.
Course requirements:
1--The class will meet in four Friday sessions of three hours each. Full attendance is mandatory.
2—For Law students, the course is offered pass/fail.
3—Students from non-Law departments and programs may take the course pass/fail or for one graded credit (available only in cross-listed sections that do not allow pass/fail). The latter option will require the satisfactory completion (no bots allowed) of a research and writing assignment that may be administered on a one-time in-class basis, attendance required, at a time separate from the four class sessions.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 196W
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
Taught by Sandra Gonzalez.
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 389R
- Cross-listed with:
- Other school
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
This course will examine the constitutional, statutory, and jurisprudential principles applicable to the foreign relations of the United States. Topics include the constitutional allocation of foreign-affairs powers between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches; the power to make and unmake treaties and other international agreements; foreign relations in the federal courts; interbranch disputes over the conduct of foreign relations; the role of the states in foreign relations; the power to declare war and direct military forces in the field; and the status of international law in the American constitutional order. Students will be evaluated based on class participation (20%) and an open-book final exam (80%).
From the Campaign Trail to the Courtroom: Political Law Controversies in the 2024 Presidential Election
- MON 3:55 – 5:45 pm TNH 2.123
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 296W
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
This two-credit writing class centers upon the most critical political law controversies that will arise during the course of the 2024 presidential election, from the campaign trail through Election Day! Topics include: the roles and responsibilities of major and minor political parties; campaign lies and election-related misinformation; the influence of — and public transparency around — big money in politics; problems with the electoral college; and the spike in election law litigation generally, including post-election contests. For each issue, students will first learn the relevant foundational law — typically, rooted in the U.S. Constitution and, in particular, guided by the First Amendment. Then, the class will explore modern controversies, drawing heavily from the events of the 2024 election cycle as they unfold and hearing, at times, directly from practitioners.
Students will be evaluated on: (a) their robust participation in class, including debates and hypothetical exercises rooted in real-world dilemmas facing election lawyers and campaign counsel; and (b) a series of 4-5 page essays assigned throughout class.
There are no prerequisites, although as an upper-level offering the class assumes students have successfully completed at least one course in constitutional law. The class is structured to complement, and not duplicate, Professor Marziani’s fall “Election Law and Policy” seminar.
From the Campaign Trail to the Courtroom: Political Law Controversies in the 2024 Presidential Election
- TUE 3:55 – 5:45 pm TNH 2.124
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 296W
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
This two-credit writing class centers upon the most critical political law controversies that will arise during the course of the 2024 presidential election, from the campaign trail through Election Day! Topics include: the roles and responsibilities of major and minor political parties; campaign lies and election-related misinformation; the influence of — and public transparency around — big money in politics; problems with the electoral college; and the spike in election law litigation generally, including post-election contests. For each issue, students will first learn the relevant foundational law — typically, rooted in the U.S. Constitution and, in particular, guided by the First Amendment. Then, the class will explore modern controversies, drawing heavily from the events of the 2024 election cycle as they unfold and hearing, at times, directly from practitioners.
Students will be evaluated on: (a) their robust participation in class, including debates and hypothetical exercises rooted in real-world dilemmas facing election lawyers and campaign counsel; and (b) a series of 4-5 page essays assigned throughout class.
There are no prerequisites, although as an upper-level offering the class assumes students have successfully completed at least one course in constitutional law. The class is structured to complement, and not duplicate, Professor Marziani’s fall “Election Law and Policy” seminar.
Getting Complex Deals Done: Structuring, Documenting, and Closing an Oil and Gas Asset Sale
- MON 1:15 – 3:15 pm JON 5.206
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 296W
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
This course is intended for students in their second or third years at the School of Law. Although not a requirement to register for the course, it would be ideal for students taking the course to have completed the basic Oil and Gas Law course. Students taking the course will also likely find it helpful to have completed the Business Associations and Federal Income Taxation courses.
This course would offer students detailed practical exposure to the manner in which complex acquisition and disposition (“A&D”) transactions are structured, documented, and consummated. Since the instructor’s practice has focused, for 43 years, on energy-related transactions, the template transaction for the course will be the sale of a substantial package of upstream oil and gas assets. During the 14 class sessions, we will cover:
(a) negotiating philosophy and basic contract drafting principles, including the strategic use of defined terms;
(b) who are the sellers, and why do they sell; who are the buyers, and why do they buy;
(c) selecting the transaction structure: asset sale v. business combination v. sale of equity, including high level discussions of divisive mergers and federal income tax, securities law, and other considerations;
(d) overview of financing alternatives for an upstream oil and gas acquisition;
(e) engaging an investment banker and implementing a data room, including the structure and terms of the confidentiality agreements between the seller and prospective buyers;
(f) letters of intent and term sheets; and
(g) the structure and terms of an asset purchase and sale agreement, including:
- the identification and description of the assets to be sold;
- the valuation of the assets and the determination of the purchase price, including the use of an earnest money deposit, adjustments to the purchase price, the structuring and use of earnouts, and allocations of the purchase price for federal income tax and due diligence purposes;
- the assumption of liabilities by the buyer; the retention of liabilities by seller;
- commonly encountered representations and warranties and their purposes;
- the development and performance of a plan of due diligence, with focus on title- and environmental-related due diligence, including title- and environmental-related purchase price adjustments;
- pre-closing covenants of the parties, including the applicability of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act and covenants detailing the seller’s obligations regarding preferential rights to purchase, required consents to assignment, and other restrictions on transferability;
- conditions precedent to closing; remedies for breach and other failures to satisfy conditions; and waiver of conditions and consequences of waivers;
- mechanics and logistics of closing, including the use (or non-use) of opinions of counsel;
- selected conveyancing issues;
- post-closing covenants, including the preparation of the final settlement statement, change of operator issues, surviving confidentiality obligations, and obligations of the seller to provide transitional operations and accounting services;
- post-closing indemnification, including limited survival of representations and warranties, scope of indemnities, the “express negligence rule”, and indemnity “thresholds”, “baskets”, and “caps”; and
- the “miscellaneous provisions”, with focus on the assignability of the PSA, the selection of governing law, responsibility for taxes, the role of alternative dispute resolution, and limitations on the types of damages recoverable for breach.
Global Energy Transactions: Legal, Financial, and Scientific Perspectives
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 390G
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Global Energy Transactions: Legal, Financial, and Scientific Perspectives
- O. Anderson
- J. Butler
- WED 3:55 – 6:45 pm TNH 2.123
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 390G
- Cross-listed with:
- Other school
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
Students will do a full cycle analysis of a net zero-carbon natural gas development. This will include technical, financial, and legal analyses of the project including geologic assessment of the resource, development of the production facilities, transportation of the gas to a combined cycle power plant, and capture and sequestration of the emissions. The country will be specified in the early weeks of the class, but it will be a country other than the United States of America. The class is open to students enrolled in the McComb’s School of Business MBA program, graduate students in the Jackson School of Geosciences, the Cockrell School of Engineering, JD and international LLM students in the School of Law, and to other students who indicate a special interest in the topic. Students will work in teams of four or more students from different academic disciplines (geology, engineering, business, and law). To assure an appropriate balance of team members, enrollment is subject to application and approval. Students will learn how to evaluate geologic information made available in a bid round package, analyze the fiscal terms offered by the host government as well as the general economics of the project, analyze the legal regime, determine and quantify the risks associated with an investment, and propose a full cycle CCUS pilot project to the selected government. Each team will present an oral report and prepare a written report to the Board of Directors of the Longhorn Petroleum Corp., consisting of faculty members and guest board members. Both the shorter oral and longer written reports will evaluate risks and designs of the projects, propose a competitive bid, including an exploration plan and a preliminary plan explaining the pilot CCUS project, projecting costs, and proposing government incentives to commercialize CCUS.
Global Energy Transactions: Legal, Financial, and Scientific Perspectives
- O. Anderson
- J. Butler
- R. Chuchla
- C. Moore
- WED 3:45 – 6:35 pm TNH 3.126
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 390G
- Cross-listed with:
- Other school
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Prof. keeps own waitlist
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
Students will do a full cycle analysis of a net zero-carbon natural gas development. This will include technical, financial, and legal analyses of the project including geologic assessment of the resource, development of the production facilities, transportation of the gas to a combined cycle power plant, and capture and sequestration of the emissions. The country will be specified in the early weeks of the class, but it will be a country other than the United States of America. The class is open to students enrolled in the McComb’s School of Business MBA program, graduate students in the Jackson School of Geosciences, the Cockrell School of Engineering, JD and international LLM students in the School of Law, and to other students who indicate a special interest in the topic. Students will work in teams of four or more students from different academic disciplines (geology, engineering, business, and law). To assure an appropriate balance of team members, enrollment is subject to application and approval. Students will learn how to evaluate geologic information made available in a bid round package, analyze the fiscal terms offered by the host government as well as the general economics of the project, analyze the legal regime, determine and quantify the risks associated with an investment, and propose a full cycle CCUS pilot project to the selected government. Each team will present an oral report and prepare a written report to the Board of Directors of the Longhorn Petroleum Corp., consisting of faculty members and guest board members. Both the shorter oral and longer written reports will evaluate risks and designs of the projects, propose a competitive bid, including an exploration plan and a preliminary plan explaining the pilot CCUS project, projecting costs, and proposing government incentives to commercialize CCUS.
Global Energy Transactions: Legal, Financial, and Scientific Perspectives
- O. Anderson
- J. Butler
- R. Chuchla
- C. Moore
- WED 3:45 – 6:35 pm TNH 3.124
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 390G
- Cross-listed with:
- Other school
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Prof. keeps own waitlist
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
Same as LAW 379M, Topic: Law, Finance, and Science of Global Energy Transactions.
In this class, students will do a full cycle analysis of a net zero-carbon natural gas development. This will include technical, financial, and legal analyses of the project including geologic assessment of the resource, development of the production facilities, transportation of the gas to a combined cycle power plant, and capture and sequestration of the emissions. The country will be specified in the early weeks of the class, but it be a country other than the United States of America. The class is open by application to students enrolled in the McComb’s School of Business MBA program, graduate students in the Jackson School of Geosciences, the Cockrell School of Engineering, JD and international LLM students in the School of Law, and to other students who indicate a special interest in the topic. Students will work in teams of four or more students from different academic disciplines (geology, engineering, business, and law). The students will learn how to evaluate geologic information made available in a bid round package, analyze the fiscal terms offered by the host government as well as the general economics of the project, analyze the legal regime, determine and quantify the risks associated with an investment, and propose a full cycle CCUS pilot project to the selected government. Each team will present an oral report and prepare a written report to the Board of Directors of the Longhorn Petroleum Corp., consisting of faculty members and guest board members. Both the shorter oral and longer written reports will evaluate risks and designs of the projects, propose a competitive bid, including an exploration plan and a preliminary plan explaining the pilot CCUS project, projecting costs, and proposing government incentives to commercialize CCUS.
Health Law
- TUE, THU 1:05 – 2:20 pm TNH 3.142
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 395E
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
This is a survey course covering legal issues in health care delivery, health insurance financing, and the responsibilities of health care professionals to patients. Students will be introduced to the legal and policy considerations that have shaped the relationships between providers (physicians and hospitals), payers (public and private), and patients and how different areas of law have developed when applied to the healthcare industry. We will consider implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and ongoing reform efforts for healthcare law and policy. In addition to presenting essential material for those intending to represent health care providers and payers, serve as health care regulators and policymakers, or advocate on behalf of individuals, the course offers students of all backgrounds an introduction to the legal governance of one-sixth of the U.S. economy.
Health Law
- MON, WED 2:15 – 3:30 pm TNH 3.125
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 395E
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
Same as LAW 364E, Health Law.
This is a survey course covering legal issues in health care delivery, health insurance financing, and the responsibilities of health care professionals to patients. Students will be introduced to the legal and policy considerations that have shaped the relationships between providers (physicians and hospitals), payers (public and private), and patients and how different areas of law have developed when applied to the healthcare industry. We will consider implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and ongoing reform efforts for healthcare law and policy. In addition to presenting essential material for those intending to represent health care providers and payers, serve as health care regulators and policymakers, or advocate on behalf of individuals, the course offers students of all backgrounds an introduction to the legal governance of one-sixth of the U.S. economy.