Elective Courses

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is designed to be a legal clinic, focusing on the conditions of prisons and the prisoners therein, especially pre-trail detainees....

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course offers an advanced study of constitutional law and constitutionalism. It presents students with opportunities to review the processes leading to...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course uses the International Convention on the Right of the Child along with other international legal instruments and domestic laws to...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course examines the nature and importance of insurance, including the making, performance and interpretation of insurance contracts/policies, whether liability insurance, property...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This Course critically examines how laws are made by political actors through political procedures and for political reasons based on “elite’s compromises”....

COURSE DESCRIPTION This Course critically examines how laws are made by political actors through political procedures and for political reasons based on “elite’s compromises”....

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is an introduction to the trial practice. Building on knowledge and skills acquired in Applied Legal Studies, the course offers...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is an introduction to the trial practice. Building on knowledge and skills acquired in Applied Legal Studies, the course offers...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course discusses the relationship between the making and enforcement of Liberian law and the country’s foreign policy objectives and obligations with...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This is a second year course that offers a detailed study of the rules governing the admission of evidence in civil and...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course emphasizes the conduct and duties of lawyers to their clients and society in general. Formerly called Legal Ethics, this course...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course takes a problem-oriented approach to the organization and conduct of research for actual practice and scholarly publications. The structure and...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This seminar offers a critical examination of customary law and its role in Liberian jurisprudence and community. It requires students to explore...

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COURSE DESCRIPTION This is a first year course that explores the legal nature of agreements between two or more parties, including the means by...

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COURSE DESCRIPTION Legal Methods is a critical foundational course designed to help students appreciate the nature of legal study and the basic reasoning, writing and research skills that are emphasized throughout the study and practice of law. This course provides a survey of key legal concepts and doctrines, and a structured introduction and treatment of legal research and writing.  In particular, it is designed to give students a broad understanding of the Liberian Legal System with a focus on the process of legal research, reasoning and writing.  Some of the specific areas covered by this course are (1) case briefing; (2) understanding and working with precedents, including analogizing, distinguishing and reconciling precedents; (3) statutory interpretations and the rules thereof; (4) organization and conduct of basic legal research using on-line and manual resources; (5) preparation of pleadings, legal memoranda and appellate briefs, and (6) understanding and applying the rules of legal citations. CERTIFICATION Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This is a first year course designed to provide a solid theoretical insight into the legal concept of property, its development, and the duties and rights associated with property ownership. It discusses both real property (which refers to land and things attached thereto) and personal property (that includes all tangible and non tangible properties such as cars, furniture and intellectual property). The course covers possession, ownership and transfers of both personal and real properties, and explores the common law system of estates in land (including future interests, concurrent interest and the everyday matter of landlord-tenant relationship); dower, easements, eminent domain, etc. The course is taught using Liberian statutes and case law as well as the common law. Property is a prerequisite to (1) Trusts, and (2) Wills& Estates. CERTIFICATION Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This is a first year course that examines the basic concepts of civil liability for harm to person or property, intentional wrongdoing, negligent tortuous acts, nuisance, product liabilities, defamation, and invasion of one’s privacy, causation, and damages.  The course also focuses on the provisions of the Private Wrongs Law of Liberia.

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course examines the intersection of medicine and law, and the statutes and case laws on the law of medical science, personal...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This is a practical course in the art and business of negotiation. It explores the importance of negotiation in transactional practice and...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course uses the International Convention on the Right of the Child along with other international legal instruments and domestic laws to...

COURSE DESCRIPTION Is gender a biological physiological status or a legal construct or both? Why is it important to gender in the discussions of...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course offers a survey of the mechanics, practice and rules relating to transactions in the trade of goods and services across...

COURSE DESCRIPTION Using domestic laws and international conventions and treaties, this course interrogates the concepts of citizenship, identity, and statelessness as well the phenomenon...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course discusses the increasing role and influence non-state actors and other private bodies in international affairs and relations.

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course examines contemporary problems involving the role and effectiveness of law and legal institutions in international community.  It includes discussions on...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is a branch of International Law that deals with the rules regulating armed conflicts. It explores the legal bases for...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course introduces the subject of international organizations, their role in the maintenance of international peace and their influence with technical, social...

COURSE DESCRIPTION The course explores the intrinsic nature and definition of arbitration, mediation and the other alternative dispute resolution mechanism existing and emerging, and...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course teaches the process and practice of drafting legislation and regulation. It s a practice-oriented course tailored to advance skills in...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is a practice-oriented study of advanced legal drafting. It discusses the process and techniques of structuring, drafting and negotiating of...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course explores the petroleum law and supporting legal framework of Liberia relative to ownership, exploration and production (E&P) of oil and...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course examines the nature of the ownership and development/exploitation of solid mineral such as gold, diamond, iron ore, etc. Using the...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is a study of the Environment Protection and Management Law of Liberia, focusing on environmental impact, assessment and damages as...