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 ResolutionCase Preparation and Strategy Civil Procedure and Conflict ResolutionComplex Litigation Conflict of LawsCriminal AppealsCriminal ProcedureDistrict Court Practice and ProcedureEvidenceFactual InvestigatioInterviewing and CounsellingMedical MalpracticeMotions and Litigation Practice Massachusetts EvidenceNegotiation in the Legal ContexOral Advocacy and Communication Products LiabilityProsecution and AdjudicationSupreme Court and Court of Appeals Practice Courses offered for a concentration in Criminal Law: Case Preparation and StrategyCriminal AppealsCriminal Defense ClinicCriminal Defense StrategiesCriminal LawCriminal ProcedureDistrict Court Practice and Procedure (Criminal)EvidenceFederal CrimesFactual InvestigationInterviewing and CounsellingJuvenile LawLaw and Psychiatry: Civil and Criminal AspectsNegotiation in the Legal ContextMassachusetts EvidenceMotions and Litigation PracticeProsecution and AdjudicationSupreme Court and Court of Appeals Practice Courses offered for a concentration in Family Law: Aging and the LawAging and Healthcare Decision MakingAsset Protection and PlanningCivil Procedure and Conflict ResolutionConstitutional LawDrafting Wills and TrustsFamily LawFamily Law Advocacy ClinicFamily Law Mediation and NegotiationFinancial Planning for the FamilyIndividual TaxationInterviewing and CounselingJuvenile LawLaw and Psychiatry: Civil and Criminal AspectsMental Health Trial AdvocacyMotions and Litigation PracticeNegotiation in the Legal ContextWills and Trusts Courses offered for a concentration in Real Estate: Local Government LawPropertyReal Estate FinancingReal Estate TaxationSecured TransactionsConveyancingContractsDrafting Contracts and Agreements I & IIDrafting Opinion LettersEnvironmental LawLandlord-Tenant LawLand Use Regulation Courses offered for a concentration in Business and Corporate Law: Accounting for LawyersBanking LawBankruptcy LawBusiness and Economic Aspects of the LawBusiness AssociationsBusiness Negotiations and AgreementsContractsCorporate TaxCorporate In-House CounselCreating and Representing New BusinessesDrafting Contracts and Agreements I & IIDrafting Opinion LettersFinancial InstitutionsFranchise LawInternational Business TransactionsSecured TransactionsSecurities RegulationUCC Courses offered for a concentration in Labor Law: Administrative LawAlternative Dispute ResolutionBusiness AssociationsCollective Bargaining & ArbitrationDrafting Contracts and Agreements I & IIEmployment Discrimination LawERISA Federal Labor Rights LaborArbitrationMassachusetts Workers’ CompensationPrivate Sector Labor LawPublic Sector Labor LawState Employment RightsStatutory Rights of Union MembersTortsWorker’s Compensation & Social Security Disability Payments Courses offered for a concentration in Finance and Asset Management Law: Asset Protection and PlanningFinance Planning for the FamilyIndividual taxationEstate TaxationBankruptcy LawCreating and Representing a New BusinessDrafting Wills and TrustsInsurance LawAging and the LawWills and TrustsBusiness LitigationAdministration of Estates Courses offered for a concentration in Intellectual Property, Media, Information Law: Intellectual PropertyInternet LawEntertainment LawDrafting and Prosecuting Trademarks & Patent ApplicationsIntroduction to E-commerceIntroduction to Telecommunications LawCopyrights and TrademarksFirst Amendment IssuesContractsPropertyDrafting Contracts and Agreements I & IIAdministrative LawBusiness Negotiations and AgreementsComputer Law Patent and Trademark TechnologyInternational BusinessTransactions Remedies Courses offered for a concentration in Juvenile Law: Juvenile LawFamily LawFamily Law Advocacy ClinicCollaborative & Alternative JusticeCriminal LawEducation LawJuvenile Court PracticeCriminal ProcedureConstitutional LawInterviewing and CounselingLaw and PsychiatryNegotiations in the Legal ContextRemedies Courses offered for a concentration in Land Use and Planning: Land Use RegulationsLocal Government LawEnvironmental LawPropertyAdministrative LawReal Estate FinancingConveyancingDrafting Contracts and Agreements I and IIConstitutional LawLandlord Tenant Law Courses offered for a concentration in Civil Litigation: Civil Procedure and Conflict ResolutionAdvanced Litigation SkillsDistrict Court Practice and ProcedureCase Preparation and StrategyMedical MalpracticeProducts LiabilityAlternative Dispute ResolutionMotions and Litigation PracticeMassachusetts EvidenceNegotiations in the Legal ContextOral Advocacy and CommunicationLaw and Psychiatry: Civil and Criminal Aspects Courses offered for a concentration in Communications Sports and Entertainment Law: Sports and Entertainment LawIntellectual PropertyCopyrights and TrademarksBaseball and the LawFirst Amendment IssuesContractsIntroduction to the InternetConstitutional LawAlternative Dispute ResolutionAsset Protection and PlanningBusiness Negotiations and AgreementsComputer LawInternational Business TransactionsIntroduction to Telecommunications Law Courses offered for a concentration in Environmental Law: Environmental LawAdvanced Environmental and Maritime IssuesLand Use RegulationConveyancingPropertyLocal Government LawAdministrative LawContracts Drafting Contracts and Agreements I and IIDrafting Opinion LettersConstitutional Law