IU Indianapolis Campus Bulletin 2024-2025

Civil and Human Rights Law Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate in Civil and Human Rights helps IU McKinney students prepare to become leaders in the ongoing historic struggle to advance civil and human rights.

A Certificate in Civil and Human Rights will be awarded to J.D. candidates who complete at least 6 approved courses totaling at least 15 credit hours in Civil and Human Rights Law and closely-related subjects. Certificate students are required to maintain a cumulative 3.2 GPA in all required core and upper level courses applied toward the Certificate.

Required Core Courses

At least two of the following seven courses:

Civil Rights Law
First Amendment
Health & Human Rights Seminar
Housing Discrimination and Segregation
International Human Rights Law
Law and Social Change: The Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter
Race and the Law

Upper-level Courses - Must take either:

(a) three of the following, or
(b) two of the following plus an additional course from the required core course list above, provided that the required core course is not one of the two used to satisfy the core course requirement; or
(c) one of the following plus two additional courses from the required core course list above, provided that the required core courses are not one of the two used to satisfy the core course requirement; or
(d) two of the following plus an additional course in the Experiential Course basket below, provided that the experiential course is not used to satisfy the Certificate capstone requirement:

Antisemitism and the Law
Bioethics and the Law
Critical Race Theory
Disability Law
Discrimination in Employment
Domestic Violence and the Law
Elder Law
Election Law
Environmental Justice
Federal Indian Law
Homelessness Law and Policy
Immigration Law and Procedure
Indiana Constitutional Law
International Criminal Law
International Law
Juvenile Justice
Labor Law
Law and Poverty
Law and Public Health
Military Law
Prison Law
Seminar in American Legal History
Seminar in Health Policy, Law & Bioethics: Reproductive Health Care & the Law
Seminar in Selected Topics in Constitutional Law: A More Perfect Union: Social Movements, Courts, and Legislative Politics
Sex Discrimination

Experiential Courses - Writing, Practical, Cultural Immersion, or Skills - Must take at least one of the following:

ACLU Externship
(ACrE) Advanced Course-related Experience [Civil and Human Rights law topic approved by CHR director]
Advanced Field Research [Civil and Human Rights law topic approved by CHR director]
Appellate Clinic
Center for Victim and Human Rights Externship
Child Advocacy Clinic
Civil Practice Clinic
Criminal Defense Clinic
Elder Law Externship
Federal Court Externship
Health and Human Rights Clinic
Immigration Law Clinic
Indiana Legal Services Externship
Law Review Note [Civil and Human Rights topic approved by CHR director]
Public Defender Externship
REACH
Wrongful Conviction Clinic

Corporate and Commercial Law Graduate Certificate

The Corporate and Commercial Law Graduate Certificate is designed for individuals working, or aspiring to work, on behalf of individuals, business organizations, non-profits, or government entities in the economic marketplace.

Required Foundational Courses (must choose one course from each of the following categories):

Corporate Law: Closely Held Business Organizations (3 cr.) or Publicly Traded Corporations (2-3 cr.)
Commercial Law: Secured Transactions (2-3 cr.), Payment Systems (2-3 cr.), or Advanced Sales (2-3 cr.)
International Transactional Law: International Business Transactions (3 cr.), European Union Law (2-3 cr.), or International Trade Law (2 cr.)
Transactional Skills: Basic Contract Drafting (2 cr.), International Commercial Arbitration – Moot (2 cr.), or Negotiations (2 cr.)
Note: Students taking "International Business Transactions," “Moot Court in International Commercial Arbitration,” "Alternative Dispute Resolution," and "International Commercial Arbitration" may request permission of the Director of the Corporate and Commercial Law Graduate Certificate Program to designate those courses as qualifying as a foundational course for the Transactional Skills category, which permission will be granted upon the Director inspecting the syllabus and concluding that the course contains significant skills-building, practice-oriented content.

Additional Core Requirement: Accounting

To earn the Corporate and Commercial Law Graduate Certificate, a student must satisfy an “Accounting Requirement.”

The Accounting Requirement may be satisfied by:

1. Successful completion of the Law School’s 2-credit “Accounting for Law Students” course.
2. Submitting documentation of the successful completion of Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) Accounting Lessons entitled (a) “Introduction to Accounting,” (b) “Inventory and the Cost of Goods Sold,” (c) “Inventory: The Lower-of-Cost-or-Market Rule,” (d) “An Introduction to Depreciation,” (e) “Methods of Depreciation,” (f) “Accounting for Contingencies,”. and (g) “Lawyers’ Responses to Audit Inquiries.”
3. Submitting documentation of earning a degree in business, economics, or finance.
4. Submitting documentation of having completed a masters-level accounting course with a grade of B or above; or
5. Submitting documentation of having completed two or more undergraduate-level accounting courses with grades of B+ or above.

Compliance with the Accounting Requirement may be waived at the sound discretion of the Director of the Corporate and Commercial Law Graduate Certificate program.

Upper-level Courses (must take at least three of the following; may include courses identified as foundational that are not used to satisfy foundational requirement - example: if a student has completed Secured Transactions, that student may use Advanced Sales or Payment Systems as an Upper Level Elective):

Antitrust Law (3 cr.)
Alternate Dispute Resolution (2-3 cr.)
Bankruptcy Law (3 cr.)
Comparative and International Competition Law (3 cr. )
Consumer Law (2 cr.)
Corporate Compliance Overview (2 cr.)
Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy (2-3 cr.)
Employment Law (3 cr.)
ERISA Retirement Plans: Formation and Structure (2 cr.)
Income Taxation of Corporations and Pass-Through Entities (2 cr.)
Income Taxation of Individuals, Fiduciaries and Business Associations (4 cr.)
In-House Counsel Seminar (2 cr.)
Insurance Law (2 cr.)
Intellectual Property Licensing: Drafting Skills (2-3 cr.)
Intellectual Property Taxation (2-3 cr.)
International Commercial Arbitration (2-3 cr.)
International Investment Law (3 cr.)
International Tax (2-3 cr.)
International Trade Law (2 cr.)
Internet Law (2-3 cr.)
Labor Law (4 cr.)
Land Use (2-3 cr.)
Law of Nonprofit Organizations (2 cr.)
Mergers and Acquisitions (2-3 cr.)
Oil & Gas Law (2-3 cr.)
Partnership Tax (2-3 cr.)
Real Estate Transfer, Finance, and Development (3 cr.)
Regulation of Financial Institutions (2-3 cr.)
Securities Regulation (3 cr.)
Space Law (2 cr.)
Tax Policy (2 cr.)
White Collar Crime (2-3 cr.)
Worker's Compensation (2 cr.)
World Trade Organization (WTO) Law (3 cr.)
Other: Students may petition to have a course not listed above treated as an Upper-level Course for purposes of the CCLGC by submitting a brief written explanation of how the course contributes to the goals and objectives of the CCLGC (set forth above) to and obtaining the approval of the Certificate Director. Approval must be obtained before taking the course.

Capstone Requirement: Supervised Research or Advanced Field Experience

To earn the Corporate and Commercial Law Graduate Certificate, a student must satisfy a "capstone" requirement through an externship, supervised research, an advanced field research, or another related endeavor that will: (a) cover subject matter or provide experience significantly more advanced that that contained in Corporate and Commercial Law Graduate Certificate courses and (b) significantly contribute to the goals and objectives of the Corporate and Commercial Law Graduate Certificate set forth above.

A capstone project must be approved in advance and must be supervised.

Additional information on the advanced approval requirement, the supervision requirement, and other details of the Capstone Requirement is readily available upon request.

National Moot Court Competitions (1 cr.) (Topic must relate to corporate and commercial law; student is advised but not required to acquire advance written approval of the topic from a member of the corporate and commercial law faculty)
Moot Court in International Commercial Arbitration (2 cr.)
Law Review Note (Topic must relate to corporate and commercial Law and be approved and supervised by a member of the corporate and commercial law faculty)
Federal Court Externship (2-3 cr.) (Placement must be with the Bankruptcy Court)
Not-for-Profit Corporations Externship (2 cr.)
Office of the U.S. Trustee Externship (2 cr.)
USA Track & Field Externship (1-3 cr.)
Advanced Course-related Experience (1-2 cr.) (Corporate and Commercial Law related)

Criminal Law Graduate Certificate

The Certificate will serve as a gateway for students pursuing practice in the criminal law field.  That practice may include, but is not limited to, opportunities to work as a public prosecutor, public defender, private criminal defense, government agencies, as well as nonprofit institutions.

Required Core Courses (must take all of the following):

Criminal Procedure: Adjudication (3 cr.)
Criminal Procedure: Investigation (3 cr.)
Evidence (4 cr.)

Upper Level Courses (must take at least two of the following):

Appellate Practice (2 cr.)
Counter-terrorism and Intelligence (3 cr.)
Criminal Sentencing (2 cr.)
Domestic Violence and the Law (2 or 3 cr.)
Indiana Constitutional Law (2 cr.)
International Criminal Law (2-3 cr.)
Juvenile Justice (2 cr.)
Military Law (2-3 cr.)
Neuroscience and the Law (2 cr.)
Prison Law (2-3 cr.)
Psychiatry and the Law (2 cr.)
Representing the Government (2 cr.)
White Collar Crime (2-3 cr.)

Research or Experiential Capstone (must take at least one of the following):

Externship (2-3 cr.) [Prosecution or Criminal Defense]
Supervised Research (variable cr.) [.) [topic-relevant/director approval required]
National Moot Court Competition (1 cr.) [topic-relevant/director approval required]
Law Review Note (1 cr.) [topic-relevant/director approval required]
Law and State Government Placement (2 cr.) [topic-relevant/director approval required]
State Appellate or State Trial Court Externship [topic-relevant/director approval required]
Re-Entry Assistance and Community Help (REACH) (2 or 3 cr.)
Criminal Defense Clinic (3-4 cr.)
Criminal Procedure Advocacy Skills (2-3 cr.)
Wrongful Conviction Clinic (2-3 cr.)
Advanced Course-related Experience (1-2 cr.)[topic-relevant/director approval required]
Appellate Clinic (2 cr.)

Environmental and Natural Resources Law Graduate Certificate

The Program in Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Law's graduate certificate is designed for students preparing to become environmental or natural resource lawyers or leaders. More information available via the Program in Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources Law

Required Core Courses:

Environmental Law (3 cr.)
Administrative Law (3-4 cr.)

Upper Level Courses (Must take at least three of the following):

Agricultural Law and the Environment (2 cr.)
Animals and the Law (2 cr.)
Clean Air Law (2 cr.)
Climate Change: Law and Policy (2 cr.)
Environmental and Toxic Tort Law (2-3 cr.)
Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (2 cr.)
Environmental Justice (3 cr.)
Food and Drug Law (2-3 cr.)
International Environmental Law (3 cr.)
Land Use (2 or 3 cr.)
Natural Resources Law (3 cr.)
Oil and Gas Law (2 or 3 cr.)
Seminar in Developing Topics in Energy Regulation and Policy (2 cr.)
Energy, Economics, and the Environment (2 cr.)
Water Law (2 or 3 cr.)

Capstone (Must take at least one writing or experiential courses with an environmental or natural resource topic. Topic must be approved by Program in Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Law faculty to qualify for the certificate):

(AFR) Advanced Field Research (1-3 cr.)
ACrE (Advanced Course Related Experience) (1-2 cr.)
Environmental Advocacy Practicum (1-2 cr.)
Supervised Research in Environmental Law (1-2 cr.)
National Environmental Moot Court (1 cr.)
Law Review Note (1 cr.)
Law and State Government Externship Placement [w/ environmental or natural resource agency] (2 cr.)

Health Law Graduate Certificate

The Hall Center's Graduate Certificate in Health Law provides an opportunity for JD students to specialize in health law and policy. More information available via the Hall Center for Law & Health

Required Core Courses:

Administrative Law
Introduction to Health Care Law and Policy

Advanced Health Law Courses (2 required):

Law of Nonprofit Organizations and Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations
Bioethics and Law
Health Care Business and Revenue Systems
Health Care Quality and Safety
Food and Drug Law
Law and Public Health

Elective Health Law Courses (1 required):

Any additional Advance Health Law Courses (above)
Advanced Research in Health Law
Corporate Compliance Overview
Disability Law
Elder Law
Environmental and Toxic Tort Law
ERISA Retirement Plans: Formation and Structure
Health Care Fraud and Abuse Regulation
Health and Human Rights
Insurance Law
Introduction to Problem Solving Courts
Law and Poverty
Law and Social Change: The Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter
Law of Medical Malpractice
Life Sciences Compliance Law
Neuroscience and the Law
Psychiatry and the Law
Race and the Law
Seminar in Health Policy, Law, Bioethics
The Law of COVID
Topics in Health Law

Experiential or Research Capstone Courses (1 required):

Health Law Externship
Health Law Research Paper submitted in satisfaction of a seminar or other writing requirement
Indiana Health Law Review (note or comment)
Health and Human Rights Clinic
Participation in External Health Moot or Transactional Competition, with prior approval from Hall Center Associate Director

Special Approval:

Any paper, note or comment submitted to satisfy the Experiential or Research Capstone must be submitted to and approved by a Hall Center Associate Director.

Intellectual Property Law Graduate Certificate

The Center for Intellectual Property and Innovation’s Certificate in Intellectual Property Law provides an opportunity for students to specialize in patent, trademark, and copyright law, policy, and practice.  More information available via the Center for Intellectual Property Law and Innovation

Required Core Courses:

Intellectual Property Law (not required only if a student completes separate courses in Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law)
Copyright Law or Patent Law or Trademark Law
A third course from above, or Patent Prosecution or Patent Litigation or IP Transactions and Licensing or Right of Publicity or Internet Law.

Elective Courses:

Administrative Law
Antitrust Law
Art and Museum Law
Biotechnology and Law
Copyright Law
Data Security and Privacy Law
Entertainment Law
Food and Drug Law
Intellectual Property Transactions and Licensing
International Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual Property Law Clinic
Intellectual Property Licensing: Drafting Skills
Intellectual Property Taxation
Internet Law
Patent Law
Patent Litigation
Patent Prosecution
Right of Publicity
Seminar in Law and Technology
Sports Law: Individual, Amateur and Olympic Sports
Trademark Law

Writing Requirement:

All candidates must complete a major research paper on an intellectual property law topic. Students may meet the writing requirement in one of three ways: 1) completion of a law review note that is approved by an IP core faculty member on an intellectual property law topic for one of the law school's student-run journals; 2) completion of a paper approved by an IP core faculty member written for any of the approved elective courses listed above; 3) completion of a paper for any class or independent study if the student obtains the prior written approval of the Director of the IP Center.

International and Comparative Law Graduate Certificate

The Certificate serves as a gateway for students wishing to work in international and comparative law as manifested in diverse fields such as international human rights, international economic law, international environmental law, international health law, and international intellectual property law, among others. More information is available via the Center for International and Comparative Law

Required Core Courses - Must take at least two of the following

International Law (3 cr.)
Comparative Law (3 cr.)
International Business Transactions (3 cr.)

Upper Level Courses - Must take at least three of the following, including at least three credits from each of the International Law and Comparative Law baskets:

International Law Basket:
International Commercial Arbitration (2 cr.)
International Criminal Law (3 cr.)
International Environmental Law (3 cr.)
International Human Rights Law (3 cr.)
International Intellectual Property Law (2-3 cr.)
International Investment Law (3 cr.)
International Tax (3 cr.)
International Trade Law (2 cr.)
World Trade Organization Law (3 cr.)

Comparative Law Basket:
Comparative and International Competition Law (2-3 cr.)
European Union Law (3 cr.)
Chinese Summer Law Program (2-5 cr.)

Experiential Courses - Writing, Practical, Cultural Immersion, or Skills - Must take at least one of the following:

Chinese Summer Law Program (2-5 cr.)
ACRE (Advanced Course Related Experience) (at least 2 cr.) [international and comparative law topic]
Advanced Field Research (2-4 cr.)
Center for Victim and Human Rights Externship (2 cr.)
Eli Lilly and Company In-House Tax Counsel Externship (2 cr.)
Supervised Research in International and Comparative Law (at least 2 cr.)
Health and Human Rights Clinic (3-4 cr.)
Immigration Clinic (2-3 cr.) (only with Immigration Clinic Supervisor certification of substantial international and/or comparative law research as part of the student's clinic experience)
Jessup Moot Court Competition (1 cr.)
Willem C. Vis in International Commercial Law and Arbitration (2 cr.)
Law Review Note [international and comparative law topic] (2 cr.)
International and Comparative Law Review note (2 cr.)