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Specialized Areas Of Study
The School of Law does not require students to declare a major field of study. MU's balanced curriculum exposes students to the techniques of case analysis, statutory construction and legislative drafting and enables them to achieve success in many different fields of law upon graduation.
While students are encouraged to strive for a balanced program of legal education building on a strong foundation of basic courses, students may select from among the many elective courses available in their second and third year of study to tailor their individual program to their individual interests. MU's broad curriculum and the faculty's expertise prepare students for a wide range of career options.
Listed below are many of MU's courses. Not all courses are offered every year. Courses are grouped into different areas of interest in the law. Students may want to consider these courses when planning schedules. For additional help in schedule planning contact Assistant Dean Bailey, Assistant Dean Gonzalez, or your faculty advisor.
Part I-Required Courses
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Required Courses (1st year) Civil Procedure 1 & 2 Contracts I § 2 Criminal Law Property Torts Legal Research & Writing Advocacy & Research Lawyering Completion of Perspectives Requirement |
Required Courses (Second year) Constitutional Law Evidence (Second or Third year) Criminal Procedure Professional Responsibility Completion of a writing requirement (Second and Third year) Completion of Perspectives Requirement |
Part II-Elective Courses Grouped by Area of Interest
(Students can always consider an Externship in one of these areas. In addition, there may be Law Review/Journal/MELPR/Board of Advocates/Clinic programs that will augment study in these areas.)
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Civil Litigation Administrative Law Advanced Legal Research Advanced Trial Practice Advocacy, Family Violence & Public Policy Appellate Advocacy Arbitration Civil Rights Client Interviewing & Counseling Clinical Skills Conflict of Laws Dispute Resolution Famous Trials Federal Courts Insurance Law International Commercial Arbitration International Dispute Resolution International Moot Court Legislation Mediation Negotiation Pretrial Products Liability Remedies Transnational Litigation Trial Practice Constitutional Law/Civil Rights Administrative Law Employment Discrimination Fair Housing Federal Civil Rights Federal Courts Freedom of Speech State Constitutional Law Corporate Law Antitrust Law Banking Law Basic Federal Income Taxation Business Planning Business Organizations Business Bankruptcy Corporate Taxation Corporate Finance *Econ. Of Transactions & Contracting (College of Agriculture) Employee Benefits Employment' Discrimination Partnership Taxation Sales & Leases of Goods Secured Transactions Securities Regulation White Collar Crime Criminal Law/Litigation Advocacy Family Violence & Public Policy Appellate Advocacy Client Interviewing & Counseling Clinical Skills Constitutional Law Criminal Justice Administration Criminal Litigation Skills Criminal Procedure Criminal Law Death Penalty Seminar Evidence Famous Trials Jurisprudence Mental Disability & the Law Pretrial Litigation Professional Responsibility Trial Practice White Collar Crime Dispute Resolution Arbitration Arbitration & Labor Problems Client Interviewing & Counseling Conflict Theory Cross-Cultural Negotiation Damages Dispute Resolution Famous Trials International Dispute Resolution International Commercial Arbitration Mediation Negotiation Pretrial Public Policy & Dispute Resolution Trial Practice Electronic & Commercial Law Business Organizations *Controls of Information (School of Journalism) Copyright Law Corporate Finance Cyberspace Law & Cyber Lawyering Digital Divide: Race, Class, Education & Tech. Electronic Commerce Law European Union Law Freedom of Speech & Association International Aspects of Intellectual Prop. Law International Business Transactions Media Law Modem Payment Systems Sales and Leases of Goods Secured Transactions Software Law Sports Law Trademark Law Environmental Law Administrative Law Environmental Law Land Use Controls *Rural and Agricultural Law (College of Agriculture) Water Law Estate Planning Basic Federal Income Taxation Elder Law Estate Planning and Taxation Estates and Trusts Will and Trust Drafting Ethics, Law and Society American Legal History to 1865 American Legal History since 1865 Comparative Law Famous Trials Gender and the Law Jurisprudence Law and Society Law and Literature *Philosophy of Law (College of Arts & Science) Professional Responsibility Religious Liberty Family Law Administrative Law Advocacy Family Violence & Public Policy Children & the Law Disability Law Elder Law Employee Benefits Family Law Immigration Law Pretrial Trial Practice |
General Practice Administrative Law Advanced Legal Research Advocacy, Family Violence & Public Policy Bankruptcy Basic Federal Income Taxation Business Organizations Children & the Law Client Interviewing and Counseling Conflict of Law Current Topics in Bankruptcy Disability Law Dispute Resolution Elder Law Employee Benefits Employment Discrimination Employment Law Estates & Trusts Family Law Insurance Law Legislation Local Government Law Modem Payment Systems Negotiation Pretrial Products Liability Real Estate Finance Remedies Sales and Leases of Goods Secured Transactions Trial Practice Health Care Law Bioethics Business Planning Disability Law Employee Benefits Law Genetics Law & Policy Health Care Law and Policy Legal & Social Implications of Pretrial Trial Practice Intellectual Property Law Antitrust Law Communications Law Copyright Law Cyberspace Law & Cyber Lawyering Digital Divide: Race, Class, Education & Tech. Electronic Commerce Law Freedom of Speech & Association Intellectual Property International IP Media Law Patent Law & Policy Software Law Trademark Law International Law Comparative Constitutional Law Conflict of Laws European Union Law Foreign Affairs and the Constitution Immigration Law International Business Transactions International Commercial Arbitration International Law International Human Rights International Taxation Transnational Litigation Labor and Employment Administrative Law Arbitration & Labor Problems Disability Law Employee Benefits Employment Discrimination Employment Law Immigration Law Labor Law Public Law and Policy Administrative Law Advocacy Family Violence & Public Policy Antitrust Law Civil Rights Conflict of Laws Constitutional Law Criminal Justice Administration Disability Law Education Law Elder Law Employee Benefits Employment Discrimination Environmental Law Fair Housing Foreign Affairs and the Constitution Freedom of Speech and Association Gender and the Law Government Regulation of Business Immigration Law International Law International Human Rights Labor Law Law & Social Sciences Legislation Local Government Law Media Law Religious Liberties State Constitutional Law Real Estate Law Bankruptcy Business Organization Business Planning Business Bankruptcy Commercial Real Estate Transactions & Development Seminar Commercial Real Estate Leasing Corporate Finance Fair Housing Land Use Control Partnership Taxation Real Estate Transactions Securities Regulation Taxation of Property Transactions Tax Basic Federal Income Taxation Corporate Taxation Elder Law Employee Benefits Estates Planning and Taxation International Taxation Partnership Taxation Tax Research Taxation of Property Transactions |
Part III--The Bar Examination
Virtually every state, including Missouri, requires satisfactory passage of
- The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE), a multiple choice examination
- The Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), a multiple choice examination;
- An Essay Examination. The Essay Examination may be the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) or, as in Missouri, some combination of the MEE and state-based essay questions.
The Multistate Bar Examination consists of the following subject areas:
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedure
- Evidence
- Real Estate
- Torts
The Multistate Essay Examinations consists of the following subject areas:
- Business Associations
- Agency & Partnership
- Corporations and LLC's
- Conflict of Laws
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedure
- Evidence
- Family Law
- Federal Civil Procedure
- Trusts and Estates
- Decedents' Estates
- Trusts and Future Interests
- Uniform Commercial Code
- Sales (Article 2)
- Negotiable Instruments (Article 3)
- Secured Transactions (Article 9)
Missouri Essay Examination: Regulations of the Missouri Board of Law Examiners state that the Missouri Essay Examination "may include essay questions prepared by the National Conference of Bar Examiners for the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) and essay questions prepared by the Board. The essay questions may cover all or some of the following subject matters:
- Agency and partnership
- Corporations
- Conflict of law
- Estates
- Family law
- Federal civil procedure
- Trusts and future interests
- Sales
- Commercial paper
- Secured transactions
- Administrative law
- Remedies
- Missouri civil procedure
