This page lists all currently offered McKinney courses & their official course descriptions in alphabetical order.
All Courses
Data Security and Privacy Law (2 cr.) D/N 909 - Simulation - This simulation course provides a fundamental understanding of the various different laws and practices related to data privacy and the essential factors to consider when implementing preventative procedures. Privacy is an area of law that has recently developed as a response to the growing challenges for the protection of privacy. Data privacy law applies to a vast range of everyday activities and can be extremely complex. As new technologies continue to emerge, data privacy law will continue to grow and more innovative prevention methods will be needed to avoid privacy intrusions. Tort law, federal and state constitutional law, federal and state statutory law, evidentiary privileges, property law, contract law, and criminal law all form the expansive boundaries encompassed in data privacy law.
Daviess Community Hospital (2 or 3 cr.) D802 - Externship - Daviess Community Hospital is interested in partnering with Indiana University Law students to assist with the hospital’s regulatory compliance program, general contracting, real estate, risk management and litigation management among other projects. Law students will have the opportunity to assist with development, management and termination of contracts.
Directed Reading (2 credits maximum, no more than 1 credit per semester) D/N 676 - Elective - Directed reading is an independent project in which a student reads a collection of materials in an area of interest, in consultation with a supervising faculty member. The student and supervising faculty member must have at least three one-hour meetings during the semester and the student must produce a short (at least 2,000-word) paper. P: Prior approval of supervising full-time faculty member and Vice Dean; submission of a proposal for Vice Dean approval prior to the first day of the semester; available only to JD students who have completed at least 55 hours of credit or to LLM/MJ students. A student may apply a total of 2 credits of directed reading credit, but no more than 1 credit per semester, toward their requisite course work for the degree. The course is graded pass/fail. The form for applying to a Vice Dean for a Directed Reading approval is available here: https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/students/_docs/DirectedReading.docx
Disability Law (2 cr.) D/N 912 - Elective - Introduces students to the history and modern analytical approach to laws, regulations, and cases impacting people with disabilities. Topics include the historical treatment of people with disabilities (including institutionalization and eugenics), public and private accommodations, discrimination in housing and employment, special education, institutionalization, disability interaction with the justice system, health care, abuse, neglect and exploitation, guardianship, and public entitlements. This course may be listed either synchronously or asynchronously online.
Discrimination in Employment (2 or 3 cr.) D/N 653 - Elective - considers federal and state statutes and regulations relating to discrimination on the basis of race, sex, and other factors with respect to terms and conditions of employment by either employers or unions.
Dissertation Advanced Research (0 cr.) G 901 - Graduate - is reserved for LL.M. students on an F-1 or J-1 visa who have completed all degree coursework but have LL.M. Thesis or other incomplete coursework pending. Such students are limited to enrolling in G901 for one semester only (fall and spring semesters only) while the LL.M. Thesis or coursework remains pending. If the thesis is not completed within the academic term of enrollment in G901, the student will be required to complete the thesis without enrollment at the Law School. In rare cases and for good cause, the Vice Dean and the Track Director for the track in which the LL.M. student is enrolled, acting together, may grant an extension of this time period in their discretion, so long as the student has received approval from the thesis advisor. If an extension is granted written verification of the extension shall be provided by the student to the Graduate Programs Office, including the deadline for completion.
Dissertation Advanced Research (0 cr.) G 902 - Graduate - is reserved for LL.M. students who are not on a visa who have completed all degree coursework but have LL.M. Thesis or other incomplete coursework pending. Such students are limited to enrolling in G902 for one semester only (fall and spring semesters only) while the LL.M. Thesis or coursework remains pending. If the thesis is not completed within the academic term of enrollment in G902, the student will be required to complete the thesis without enrollment at the Law School. In rare cases and for good cause, the Vice Dean and the Track Director for the track in which the LL.M. student is enrolled, acting together, may grant an extension of this time period in their discretion, so long as the student has received approval from the thesis advisor. If an extension is granted written verification of the extension shall be provided by the student to the Graduate Programs Office, including the deadline for completion.
Domestic Violence and the Law (2 or 3 cr.) D/N 609 - Elective - examines legal responses to domestic violence in many areas of law, including civil, criminal, state and federal law. A research paper, in lieu of an examination, may be required.
