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#Law courses

General Course Descriptions

Learn about the College of Law s regular course offerings by browsing the complete course list .

Learn about the College of Law s current or upcoming courses for the current academic year by browsing the university graduate course catalog.

Special Topics Courses (Law 990)

The college offers a staggering variety of courses in special topics that run the gamut of the study of law. Fall under course number Law 990, some of our special topics courses have included the following:

• American Jurisprudence
• Animal Ethics and the Law
• Children, Parents, and the State
• Commercial Leasing
• Energy Law
• Internet and Information Privacy Law Seminar
• Legal Crisis Communications
• The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• Sex, Gender, and Justice
• Seminar in Psychiatry and the Law
• Software Licensing
• State and Local Government
• State and Local Taxation

Non-Law Elective Courses

Eligible law students may receive credit toward the JD for acceptable performance in a maximum of 6 semester hours in graduate-level courses taken in other departments at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, that materially contribute to the study of law. Course selection and registration are subject to guidelines approved by the law faculty. These guidelines include the requirement that any such course be acceptable for credit towards a graduate degree in the department offering the course. Courses in which the primary content consists of substantive law will not be accepted for JD credit under this option. Prior approval of the associate dean for academic affairs is required.

Non-law courses will be credited on a Satisfactory/No Credit basis and a grade of B or better is required in order to receive a Satisfactory. Students enrolled in dual-degree programs may not receive credit toward the JD for courses taken in other university departments except for those taken in conjunction with the dual degree.