Elective Courses
Elective Courses
Upper-level students may choose to take several elective courses during their second and third years of law school. Several of these courses may be taken to satisfy requirements of the areas of concentration. Students should consult with Associate Dean Leah Jackson and the student catalog when determining which elective courses they should take.
The following is a listing of elective courses offered at Baylor Law School. The student catalog contains descriptions of these courses. This list contains the name of the course and the primary instructor among the full-time faculty (if applicable).
| Course | Primary Instructor(s) | |
| Administrative of Estates | Professor Tom Featherston | |
| Administration of Estates Capstone | Professor Tom Featherston | |
| Advanced Criminal Procedure | Professor Brian Serr | |
| Advanced Evidence Law | Professor Gerald Powell | |
| Advanced Legal Research | Professor Matt Cordon | |
| Advanced Studies in Health Law Externship | ||
| Advanced Trial Advocacy Skills | Professor Gerald Powell | |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | Professor Mike Rogers | |
| Antitrust Law | Professor David Swenson | |
| Appellate Procedure | ||
| Arbitration | Professor Mike Rogers | |
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Attorney General, Child Support Division, Externship
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| Banking Law | ||
| Bankruptcy | Professor Larry Bates | |
| Business and State Issues in Environmental Law | Professor Walt Shelton | |
| Business Organizations II | Professor Elizabeth Miller | |
| Business Planning and Drafting | Professor Elizabeth Miller | |
| Business Transactions Capstone | Professor Elizabeth Miller | |
| Civil Liberties | Professor David Guinn | |
| Client Counseling | Professor Patricia Wilson | |
| Clinical Experience in Criminal Law | ||
| Commercial Law: Negotiable Instruments | Professor David Swenson | |
| Commercial Law: Secured Transactions | Professor Larry Bates | |
| Conflict of Laws | Professor Ron Beal | |
| Copyright Law | Professor David Swenson | |
| Corporate Taxation | Associate Dean Leah Jackson | |
| Creditors' Remedies | ||
| Criminal Practice and Procedure | Professor Mark Osler | |
| Employment Discrimination | ||
| Employment Relations | ||
| Environmental Agency Externships | ||
| Environmental Law | Professor Walt Shelton | |
| Estate Planning | Professor Thomas Featherston | |
| Family Business Planning | ||
| Family Law | Professor Mike Rogers | |
| Family Law Practice Skills | ||
| Federal Administrative Law | Professor Ron Beal | |
| Federal Courts | Professor Rory Ryan | |
| Franchising | ||
| Health Care Law | ||
| Health Care Litigation | ||
| History of English Common Law | Professor Gerald Powell | |
| Immigration Law | ||
| Independent Studies in Law | ||
| Insurance | ||
| Intellectual Property | Professor David Swenson | |
| Intellectual Property II: Practice Skills | ||
| International Business Transactions | ||
| International Trade Law | ||
| Judicial Externship | ||
| Jurisprudence | Dean Emeritus Angus McSwain | |
| Juvenile Justice | Professor Mark Osler | |
| Labor Law | Professor Melissa Essary | |
| Law, Public Policy and Scripture | Dean Brad Toben | |
| Law Review | Professor Larry Bates | |
| Legal Services Externship | Professor David Swenson | |
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Local Government, Constitutional and Federal Liabilities
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Professor David Guinn | |
| Management of Complex Litigation | ||
| Municipal Government | Professor Michael Morrison | |
| Natural Resources Protection and Water Law | Professor Walt Shelton | |
| Nonprofit Organizations | ||
| Oil and Gas | Professor William Farrar | |
| Oil and Gas Drafting Problems | Professor Emeritus Edwin Horner | |
| Oral Advocacy | Professor Mark Osler | |
| Partnership Taxation | Associate Dean Leah Jackson | |
| Patent Law and Drafting | Professor David Swenson | |
| Personal Injury Trial Law | ||
| Post Conviction Procedure: Sentencing | Professor Mark Osler | |
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Post Conviction Procedure: Appeals and Habeas Corpus
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| Products Liability | ||
| Real Estate Finance | ||
| Remedies | ||
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Retirement Law |
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| Securities Regulation | Professor Mike Rogers | |
| Separation of Church and State | Professor David Guinn | |
| Sports Law | Professor David Swenson | |
| Supreme Court Seminar | Professor Brian Serr and Professor Larry Bates | |
| Texas Administrative Law | Professor Ron Beal | |
| Texas Land Practice | Dean Emeritus Angus McSwain | |
| Texas Life Insurance Company Externship | ||
| Texas Railroad Commission Externship | ||
| H. Hart Nance Course in Trusts and Estates II | Professor Tom Featherston | |
| Trusts and Estates Capstone | Professor Tom Featherston | |
| Voting Rights, Reapportionment & Redistricting | Professor David Guinn | |
| White Collar Crime | Professor Elizabeth Miller |