Course Information

Course Number

604

Credits

3

Ad Hoc Seminar

Seminars organized and led by groups of five or more students, under the supervision of a faculty member. The topics vary according to the students' interests. Law School Rule 3-12 governs the development of ad hoc seminars.

Credits --> Variable.

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Please note that course organization and content may vary substantially from semester to semester and descriptions are not necessarily professor specific. Please contact the instructor directly if you have particular course-related questions.

Sections/Instructors

Donald H. Beskind
Sunny Kim
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.07
Spring 2011
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High Profile Cases

Michelle Benedict Nowlin
Abigail Faulkner
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.05
Spring 2011
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Food Law & Policy

Guy-Uriel Charles, Deborah K. Ross, Laurence R. Helfer
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.02
Fall 2010
Violence Against Women in Haiti*

Permission only course via application. Contact Dean Sherman for more information.
2 credits, graded
Students will research international and comparative laws on violence against women and domestic violence, with a particular focus on Haiti and other developing countries in Latin America. Adjunct professor Deborah Ross, a member of the North Carolina legislature and the former director of the ACLU of North Carolina, will be primarily responsible for supervising students' research.

Kathryn Webb Bradley
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.01
Fall 2010
*Adoption Law*
2 credits

Contact Jennifer Bonilla jab53@duke.edu for further information.

Laurence R. Helfer
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.05
Spring 2010
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International Social Justice & Legal Services Trip to Brazil

Paul H. Haagen
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.03
Fall 2009
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Arguments that Formed America

Bill Brown
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.02
Fall 2009
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Wine Law

Kathryn Webb Bradley
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.01
Fall 2009
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A Brave New World: Topics in Assisted Reproductive Technology

Andrew Foster, Richard L. Schmalbeck
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.13
Spring 2009
Law of Social Enterprises

Daniel S. Bowling III
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.12
Spring 2009
Labor Law & Psychology

Barak D. Richman
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.11
Spring 2009
LDS Perspectives on the Law

Thomas B. Metzloff
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.10
Spring 2009
Restaurant Law

Steven L. Schwarcz
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.09
Spring 2009
Wine Law

Ernest A. Young
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.08
Spring 2009
Libertarian Legal and Political Thought

Lisa Kern Griffin
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.07
Spring 2009
Advanced Issues in Character Evidence

Bill Brown
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.06
Spring 2009
Chartered Financial Analysis

Jennifer Jenkins
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.05
Spring 2009
Information Privacy Law

John Dugard
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.04
Spring 2009
Drafting Rules for American Intervention for Humanitarian Purposes

John Dugard
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.03
Spring 2009
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International Trafficking of Persons

Ernest A. Young
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.02
Spring 2009
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Church & State Relations

Ernest A. Young
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.01
Spring 2009
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Readings in Administrative Law

Michael E. Tigar
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.05
Fall 2008
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International Criminal Tribunals
*1 credit, ungraded*

Neil Vidmar
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.04
Fall 2008
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Michael E. Tigar
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.03
Fall 2008
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Jonathan K. Ocko
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.02
Fall 2008
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George Gopen
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.01
Fall 2008
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Ad Hoc Seminar 604.00
Spring 2008
604.01 Law & Literature - 1 credit (Foster)
604.02 Intro to Asylum Law - 1 credit (Linnartz)
604.03 Gaming Law - 2 credits (Zelenak)
604.04 Wine Law - 2 credits (Schwarcz)
604.05 The War on Drugs - 2 credits (Mosteller)
604.07 LDS Perspectives on the Law - 2 credit (Daniels)
604.09 The Legal Profession in Contemporary Media - 1 credit (Magat)

Ad Hoc Seminar 604.03
Fall 2006

Ad Hoc Seminar 604.02
Fall 2006

Ad Hoc Seminar 604.01
Fall 2006

Jedediah Purdy
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.04
Spring 2006

Ad Hoc Seminar 604.03
Spring 2006

Ad Hoc Seminar 604.02
Spring 2006

Andrew Foster
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.01
Spring 2006

Ad Hoc Seminar 604.03
Fall 2005

Katharine T. Bartlett
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.02
Fall 2005

H. Jefferson Powell
Ad Hoc Seminar 604.01
Fall 2005