• LAW 6615: Taxation of Bus Entities

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Surveys the federal income tax consequences of major events in the existence of business entities and their owners including formations, contributions, operations, distributions, redemptions, and liquidations. This course compares taxation of Subchapter C corporations, Subchapter S corporations, and partnerships. Students will spend significant time on statutory interpretation and along the way consider policy issues that affect how the taxation of businesses is structured and enforced under the Internal Revenue Code.
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• LAW 6620: Creditor's Rights

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Investigates legal and practical problems regarding the rights of both creditors and debtors. It begins with a brief survey of state law remedies available to creditors when debtors are either unable or unwilling to pay. These remedies include judgment execution and related proceedings, which provide for seizure and sale of a debtor's property, avoidance of a debtor's fraudulent transfer of its property, and other remedies provided by state law. This portion of the course also considers limitations on creditor actions to recover debt payment.
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• LAW 6630: Criminal Procedure

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines the constitutional rights of criminal suspects and defendants under the 4th, 5th and 6th Amendments of the United States Constitution. Much of the focus is on law enforcement practices and the constitutional principles that constrain the police.
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• LAW 6635: Domestic Violence

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Helps prepare students to take part in the Legal Services Program, which has been expanded to include a Domestic Violence Legal Assistance Project. The legal profession as a whole will benefit from both this class and the expansion of the legal services clinic to include a domestic violence clinic. A new set of legal professionals will be created who have a better understanding of domestic violence and its wide ranging implications. These legal professionals will go on to represent victims effectively, make well-informed legal decisions, create effective legislation, and further educate judges, attorneys and other professionals throughout the state on the dynamics of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking and on the critical importance of applying the law in a safe and effective fashion when handling such cases.
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• LAW 6640: Family Law

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  From marriage to divorce, property distribution, child custody and the termination of parental rights, this class will explore the many areas and facets of family law with an eye toward providing students with a firm doctrinal grounding, while preparing them for what they will face as they enter into practice. In the context of this exploration we will look closely at many of the cultural issues noted above, and the effects those issues are having not just on the family and the law related to the family, but on society as a whole.
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• LAW 6645: Children and the Law

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Covers a range of children's issues, including: dependency; termination of parental rights; adoption, child custody and support; parental rights; and the juvenile justice system. It is suitable for students considering a career in child advocacy, or who have any interest in the subject of juvenile law. Prerequisite: complete first year of law school.
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• LAW 6650: Eng & Sct Leg Hist

  2.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  The goal is to give students a better understanding of how our law came to be as it is, through study of a revolutionary age. Scots law is included with English law to provide perspective on how a kindred legal system developed. Students will assist in planning the particulars of the course, and will make presentations on the assigned subjects for study. One or more papers will be required. Students may satisfy the College of Law advanced writing requirement in the submission of the papers.
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• LAW 6660: Environmental Law

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Provides an overview of the broad field of environmental law, with an emphasis on the major federal environmental statutes such as the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, and statutes regulating both hazardous wastes and toxic chemicals in commerce. In considering these various statutes, we will consider both their substantive requirements and their conceptual approaches to environmental protection. The course will also touch briefly on issues such as the role of states in implementing these national laws, various approaches to enforcement of these laws, common-law doctrines relevant to environmental protection, and economic aspects of environmental law.
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• LAW 6665: Education Law

  2.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Study of law as it applies to public and private education in America, including federal and state regulation of education, constitutional rights of students and teachers, school financing, desegregation and affirmative action, and equal opportunity in education. Introduction to the most important legal issues relating to primary and secondary (K-12) education, and to a lesser extent issues concerning higher education.
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• LAW 6670: Estate Planning

  2.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Applies estate and gift tax principles in a survey of estate planning principles and techniques. Traditional estate planning tools including wills, trusts, and durable powers of attorney will be discussed as well as post-mortem planning, administration issues, and planning for special situations, such as owners of closely held businesses, entrepreneurs, and the disabled. Estate planning focuses heavily on planning for individuals who have sufficient wealth to make them subject to the estate and gift tax portions of the Internal Revenue Code. As such, the focus is heavily on tax consequences of various planning methods. Of course, the same planning techniques generally can be applied to those individuals with modest or little wealth.
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