Course Prerequisites
A substantial number of second- and third-year courses have 1 or more upper-level courses as prerequisites.
| Course | Prerequisite |
|---|---|
| Advanced International Trade Law | A basic course in international trade regulation or equivalent or permission of instructor |
| Advanced Legal Ethics | Professional Responsibility |
| Advanced Litigation | Evidence, Trial Advocacy, and permission of instructor if Advanced Litigation has been taken |
| Agriculture Law | Commercial Law: Secured Transactions* |
| Bankruptcy | Commercial Law: Secured Transactions |
| Biodiversity Law | Environmental Law Survey |
| Business Associations II | Business Associations I |
| Business Planning Seminar | Business Organizations or Business Associations I and Business Associations II, Federal Income Taxation, Taxation of Business Enterprises |
| Conflict of Laws | 45 hours of law school credit or permission of instructor |
| Contracts III | Contracts |
| Corporate Finance | Business Associations I |
| Corporate Transactions: Process and Issues | Business Organizations or Business Associations I and Business Associations II |
| Criminal Prosecution Clinic | Evidence, Trial Advocacy*, qualification under Kansas Rule 719 (See Clinic Rules) |
| Deposition Skills Workshop | Evidence |
| Estate Planning: Practice | Estate Planning: Principles |
| Estate Planning: Principles | Estates and Trusts, Federal Income Taxation |
| Federal Courts and the Federal System | Jurisdiction or permission of instructor |
| Federal Tax Procedure | Federal Income Taxation |
| Immigration/Asylum Law Clinic | Immigration Law |
| Independent Research | 40 hours of law school credit, 2.0 overall grade-point average |
| Jurisdiction | Civil Procedure |
| Legal Aid Clinic | Professional Responsibility, Trial Advocacy*, qualification under Kansas Rule 719 (See Clinic Rules) |
| Mergers and Acquisitions | Business Organizations or Associations I and Business Associations II |
| Moot Court Competition | Second-year status |
| Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations | Business Organizations, or Business Associations I, or Federal Income Taxation |
| Patent Law | Intellectual Property |
| Pension and Employee Benefits Law | Federal Income Taxation |
| Project for Innocence and Post-Conviction Remedies | Project for Innocence and Post-Conviction Remedies Class*, Criminal Procedure* |
| Securities Regulation | Business Associations I and Business Associations II, or Business Organizations |
| State Constitutional Law | Introduction to Constitutional Law |
| Taxation of Business Enterprises | Business Organizations, or Federal Income Taxation and Business Associations I |
| Topics in Family Law | Family Law |
| Topics in the Law of Cyberspace | Introduction to Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works or permission of instructor |
| Transactional LawMeet | Contract Drafting |
| Trial Advocacy | Evidence |
| Tribal Judicial Support Clinic | Federal Indian Law; Sovereignty, Self-determination, and the Indigenous Nations; or Native American Natural Resources |
| *concurrent enrollment acceptable |
