Constitutional law
The Constitution is the supreme law of the United States and is the basic charter of our democracy. As stewards of the law and of our democratic system, all lawyers should have a firm understanding of the Constitution's basic principles, as elaborated by the courts. A thorough understanding of the Constitution may be especially important for students who are interested in legal history, political theory, or jurisprudence; students who may wish to pursue careers in criminal law, public interest law, government, or politics; and students who hope to seek a judicial clerkship after law school or, later on, a judgeship. Students who are particularly interested in constitutional law may wish to consider these courses in constitutional law, beyond the first year required course.
Courses
- B713: Administrative Law
- B634: Advanced Constitutional Law
- B570: American Constitutional Law for Foreign Lawyers
- B634: Advanced Constitutional Law: Issues Related to the Press
- B659: American Legal History
- B760: Constitutional History Colloquium
- B668: Constitutional Law II
- B602: Criminal Procedure: Trial
- B601: Criminal Process: Investigation
- B733: Federal Jurisdiction
- B592: Law and Political Theory: Institutional Analysis & Development
- B730: Law and Religion
- B519: State Constitutional Law
- L778: Seminar in American Legal History
- L799: Seminar in Constitutional Law
- L736: Seminar in Constitutional Law: Congress, Presidency, and the Courts
- L799: Seminar in Constitutional Law: The Courts, the Democratic Process, and the People
- L799: Seminar in Constitutional Law: First Amendment
- L799: Seminar in Constitutional Law: Sexuality, Reproduction, and the Constitution
- L797: Seminar in Jurisprudence
- L639: Seminar in the Supreme Court as an Institution
- L714: Seminar on Judicial Conduct
Student activities
Students can complement their studies of constitutional law by participating in the following organizations:
- American Constitution Society (ACS)
- Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
- Labor and Employment Law Society
Faculty
- Alfred C. Aman, Jr.
- Jeannine Bell
- Dan Conkle
- Steve Conrad
- Paul Craig
- Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
- Donald Gjerdingen
- Joseph Hoffmann
- Feisal Istrabadi
- Dawn Johnsen
- Steve Sanders
- Ryan Scott
- David Williams
- Susan Williams
- Elisabeth Zoller