• 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 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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• 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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