This page lists all currently offered McKinney courses & their official course descriptions in alphabetical order.
All Courses
Fairbanks Hospital Externship (2 or 3 cr.) D802 - Externship - Applicants must be in the Health Law Certificate Program and/or have taken at least 2 health law courses.
Family Law (3 cr.) D/N 610 - Required (HR) - addresses state, federal, and constitutional regulation of family relationships, premarital agreements, and domestic partnerships, marriage, and divorce. It explores common dissolution issues such as property division, child and spousal support, child custody and visitation, and modification and enforcement orders. Other topics may include domestic violence, non-marital family rights, incest, polygamy, family law courts, and jurisdiction
Federal Court Externship (2 or 3 cr.) D802 - Externship - Students work in the chambers of one of the federal judges or magistrates in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (Indianapolis) or other districts during the summer. These externships generally require a great deal of research and writing with a limited opportunity to observe court proceedings. Federal court externs may not be employed at a law firm during the period of their externship. (More about Court Externships)
Federal Courts (3 cr.) D/N 848 - Elective - covers congressional and judicial efforts to allocate jurisdiction between federal and state courts or administrative agencies and the resulting tensions arising from separation-of-powers and federalism concerns. Topics may include federal question and diversity jurisdiction, removal of cases to federal court, the Erie doctrine, federal common law, state sovereign immunity, various abstention doctrines, and federal habeas corpus relief.
First Amendment (3 or 4 cr.) D/N 622 - Required (HR) - provides an in-depth study of the limitations the First Amendment places upon the power of government to regulate speech, the press, and religion. P: Constitutional Law (DN620). This course may be listed either synchronously or asynchronously online.
Food and Drug Law (2 or 3 cr.) D/N 888 - Elective - surveys statutes and regulations dealing with the production, distribution, and sale of food, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices. The course focuses primarily on substantive and procedural requirements of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. This course may be listed either synchronously or asynchronously online.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (2 cr.) D 700 - Elective - This course will explore some of the main legal and practical issues surrounding compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Students will explore the basic elements of FCPA as well as offer practice-oriented exercises to introduce the nuts and bolts of FCPA compliance practice, including on conducting due diligence and performing risks assessments, as well as non-legal sources of information such as resolved FCPA enforcement actions, and application of the Department of Justice's guidance on building FCPA compliance. Students will also discuss when to voluntarily disclose a potential wrongdoing, when to turn to outside counsel for third-party evaluation and when to keep investigations internal. This course may be listed either synchronously or asynchronously online.
Franciscan Health Externship (2 or 3 cr.) D802 - Externship - Description forthcoming.
