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 Pavlick, or your faculty advisor.
Part I–Required Courses
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
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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
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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.)
Civil Litigation
Administrative Law
Advanced Legal Research
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 Dispute Resolution
International Moot Court
Legislation
Mediation
Negotiation
Pretrial
Products Liability
Remedies
Trial Practice
Corporate Law
Antitrust Law
Banking Law
Basic Federal Income Taxation
Business Planning
Business Organizations
Business Bankruptcy
Corporate Taxation
Corporate Finance
Dispute Resolution
*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
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
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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
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
Communications Law
Copyright Law
Cyberspace Law & Cyber Lawyering
Digital Divide: Race, Class, Education & Tech.
Electronic Commerce Law
Intellectual Property
Media Law
Patent Law & Policy
Software Law
Trademark Law
International 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
Labor and Employment
Administrative Law
Disability Law
Employee Benefits
Employment Discrimination
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
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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
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