Concentrations

Massachusetts School of Law affords students the opportunity to concentrate their studies in specific areas. However, students are not required to do so. The six areas offered during the academic year are: Litigation, Criminal Law, Family Law, Real Estate, Labor Law, and Business and Corporate Law.

A student who is concentrating must take eighteen course hours in the subject, with no more than two required courses counting towards the eighteen-hour requirement, and in addition must either take a clinic in the concentration or write an independent research paper in it.

Courses offered for a concentration in Litigation:

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Case Preparation and Strategy
• Civil Procedure and Conflict Resolution
• Criminal Procedure
• District Court Practice and Procedure
• Evidence
• Factual Investigation
• Health Law
• Interviewing and Counseling
• Medical Malpractice
• Motions and Litigation Practice
• Massachusetts Evidence
• Negotiation in the Legal Context
• Oral Advocacy and Communication
• Products Liability
• Prosecution and Adjudication
• Mediation, Conciliation, and Negotiation Skills Training

Courses offered for a concentration in Criminal Law:

• Bail to Jail
• Case Preparation and Strategy
• Collaborative and Alternative Justice
• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure
• District Court Practice and Procedure (Criminal)
• Evidence
• Federal Crimes
• Factual Investigation
• Interviewing and Counseling
• Juvenile Law
• Law and Psychiatry: Civil and Criminal Aspects
• Negotiation in the Legal Context
• Massachusetts Evidence
• Motions and Litigation Practice
• Prosecution and Adjudication
• Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Practice

Courses offered for a concentration in Family Law:

• Aging and the Law
• Civil Procedure and Conflict Resolution
• Collaborative and Alternative Justice
• Constitutional Law
• Drafting Wills and Trusts
• Family Law
• Family Law Advocacy Clinic
• Family Law Mediation and Negotiation
• Health Care Law
• Interviewing and Counseling
• Juvenile Law
• Law and Psychiatry: Civil and Criminal Aspects
• Mediation, Conciliation & Negotiation
• Mental Health Law
• Motions and Litigation Practice
• Negotiation in the Legal Context
• Special Education Law
• Wills and Trusts

Courses offered for a concentration in Real Estate:

• Contracts
• Conveyancing
• Drafting Contracts and Agreements I & II
• Environmental Law
• Landlord-Tenant Law
• Land Use Regulation
• Property
• Real Estate Financing
• Real Estate Taxation
• Secured Transactions (UCC)

Courses offered for a concentration in Business and Corporate Law:

• Bankruptcy Law
• Business Entities & Operation
• Contracts
• Drafting Contracts and Agreements I & II
• Creating and Representing New Businesses
• Secured Transactions (UCC)

Courses offered for a concentration in Human Resources:

• Administrative Law
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Business Entities & Operation
• Drafting Contracts and Agreements I & II
• Employment Discrimination Law
• Human Resource Law
• Torts
• Worker’s Compensation

Courses offered for a concentration in Finance and Asset Management Law:

• Administration of Estates
• Aging and the Law
• Bankruptcy Law
• Business Litigation
• Drafting Wills and Trusts
• Estate Taxation
• Individual Taxation
• Insurance Law
• Wills and Trusts

Courses offered for a concentration in Intellectual Property, Media, Information Law:

• Administrative Law
• Business Negotiations and Agreements
• Contracts
• Copyrights and Trademarks
• Drafting Contracts and Agreements I & II
• E-Commerce
• First Amendment Issues
• Intellectual Property
• International Business
• Internet Law
• Property
• Sports & Entertainment Law

Courses offered for a concentration in Juvenile Law:

• Collaborative & Alternative Justice
• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure
• Education Law
• Family Law
• Family Law Advocacy Clinic
• Interviewing and Counseling
• Juvenile Court Practice
• Juvenile Law
• Law and Psychiatry
• Massachusetts Constitutional Law & Evidence
• Negotiations in the Legal Context
• Remedies

Courses offered for a concentration in Land Use and Planning:

• Administrative Law
• Constitutional Law
• Conveyancing
• Drafting Contracts and Agreements I and II
• Environmental Law
• Landlord Tenant Law
• Land Use Regulations
• Local Government Law
• Property
• Real Estate Financing

Courses offered for a concentration in Civil Litigation:

• Advanced Litigation Skills
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Case Preparation and Strategy
• Civil Procedure and Conflict Resolution
• Law and Psychiatry: Civil and Criminal Aspects
• Massachusetts Evidence
• Medical Malpractice
• Motions and Litigation Practice
• Negotiations in the Legal Context
• Products Liability

Courses offered for a concentration in Communications, Sports, and Entertainment Law:

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Asset Protection and Planning
• Business Negotiations and Agreements
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts
• Copyrights and Trademarks
• First Amendment Issues
• Intellectual Property
• Introduction to the Internet
• Internet Law
• International Business Transactions
• Sports and Entertainment Law

Courses offered for a concentration in Environmental Law:

• Administrative Law
• Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Contracts
• Conveyancing
• Drafting Contracts and Agreements I and II
• Environmental Law
• Land Use Regulation
• Local Government Law
• Property