• LAW 6675: Gift/Estate Taxation

  2.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Focuses on the federal estate and gift tax consequences of wealth transfers. Students learn to analyze the federal estate and gift tax section of the Internal Revenue Code. Prerequisites: income taxations, trusts and estates.
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• LAW 6680: Federal Courts

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Every exercise of federal judicial power places a federal court in a position of possible conflict with another government actor. On the one hand, the federal court might trench on the Congress's constitutional lawmaking powers; on the other, it might usurp a function that could be performed by a state court. This course examines these two themes of separation of powers and federalism by scrutinizing the jurisdiction of the federal courts. The course covers justiciability doctrines (standing, ripeness, and mootness), congressional power to control federal court jurisdiction, constitutional and statutory parameters of federal question jurisdiction, federal common law, basic contours of litigation under 42 U.S.C. 1983, state sovereign immunity and the Eleventh Amendment, and the various abstention doctrines.
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• LAW 6685: Health Law

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Introduces students to a wide variety of law governing health care. Study professional licensing and liability, institutional regulation and liability, EMTALA, ERISA, the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and fraud and abuse laws. Provides a critical first step for students interested in specializing in health law and an overview for any general practitioner.
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• LAW 6700: Indian Law

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Surveys the law that applies to Native Americans and tribal governments. The course deals primarily with federal law because of the unique relationship between the federal government and tribes, which are sovereign entities, and because federal law controls most Native American activities. The main issues are jurisdictional; that is, they concern the allocation of legislative (or regulatory) and judicial (both civil and criminal) jurisdiction among federal, tribal, and state governments. History has played a crucial role in the evolution of Indian Law; we will examine some of that history early in the course. We will also explore how Congress and the Supreme Court have each molded the law in this area. Other topics may include: family law, hunting and fishing, taxation, gaming, and protection of natural resources and the environment on tribal lands. As it is not possible to cover the entire text in a 3-credit course, students' input will be sought in selecting particular areas to cover.
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• LAW 6710: Insurance Law

  2.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Discussion of all types of insurance from the point of view of an attorney advising clients and of a consumer. It is relevant and important for those going into any aspect of the law as insurance is involved in most law from business to litigation to domestic to estate planning. It covers standard insurance policy language, as well as case law and practical ideas for dealing with insurance.
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• LAW 6715: Immigration Law

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Practical approach to topics such as the standards for admission of immigrants; nonimmigrant visas for students, workers and tourists: regulation and exclusion of undocumented aliens; legal procedures for admission, exclusion and deportation; refugee law; and citizenship law. Additionally, legislative history and policy behind applicable legislation and case law is discussed. Prerequisites: Complete first year of law school.
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• LAW 6720: International Law

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Covers international law in its classic sense--public international law, or "the law of nations" as it's referred to in the Constitution. It looks at topics such as the sources and evidence of international law, sovereignty, the relationship of international law to national law, the bases of national jurisdiction, the international use of force, human rights, etc. However, modern public international law also includes areas of more immediate interest to practicing lawyers, such as conflicts between nations over which one has the right to assert jurisdiction over certain activities, international extradition, and immunities from jurisdiction.
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• LAW 6725: Intellectual Property

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Introductory overview of principles of intellectual property protection particularly trademark, copyright and patent law. USA law will be integrated into a comparative analysis of International intellectual property law.
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• LAW 6730: Jurisprudence

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines American legal thought from the nation?s inception through today. We will discuss issues related to the nature of law, the nature of judicial decision making, the relationship between law and society, and the like. The first part of the course will explore historically important jurists, jurisprudents, and schools of thought, including the constitutional framers, natural law thinkers, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and Benjamin Cardozo. The second part of the course will explore current schools of thought, including law and economics, feminist jurisprudence, pragmatism, and postmodernism.
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• LAW 6735: Native Am Nat Resrc Law

  2.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines federal and tribal law, (chiefly statutes, regulations, cases and treaties), governing environmental regulation and management of tribal land water minerals, fish and wildlife, and cultural resources. Explores the federal trust doctrine, aboriginal title, reserved rights, allotment, and the tribes-as-states-doctrine. Prerequisites: none.
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