You will find a broad and challenging curriculum at Georgia Law - nearly 170 courses are offered, although not all of the listed courses are taught each year. Periodically, other courses are offered. Unless otherwise noted, all law courses carry the prefix "JURI."

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  • JURI 4828 Credit Hours: 2
    The course will examine the legal structures that govern water allocation and use in the United States beginning with an understanding of the riparian doctrine, undergirding water rights in the Eastern U.S., and the prior-appropriation doctrine, applicable in Western states.  Focus will be given to Georgia’s regulated riparian system with key statutory frameworks governing surface water and groundwater allocation and supply.  Additional topics include the Endangered Species Act and its impact on water rights and allocation; the Federal Clean Water Act and issues of water quality, including navigable waters, regulation of point and non-point source pollution, Section 401 water quality certification, water quality standards under Section 303 and regulatory tools to bring bodies of water back into compliance with water quality standards, and Section 404 and its intersection with water supply planning and development.  In addition to providing a survey of key water law topics, the course will introduce students to contemporary water issues facing the Southeast and provide students with exposure to specific examples of the types of legal work that one could expect to pursue in an environmental law practice in the Southeast. 
  • JURI 5661 Credit Hours: 2
    An introduction to economic and political crimes (Georgia focus) under the label of “white collar crime,” including conspiracy, theft, fraud, racketeer-influenced and corrupt organizations (RICO), money laundering, computer and cyber-crimes, perjury and false statements, securities fraud, fraud upon financial institutions, and parallel non-criminal procedures associated with white collar crimes.
  • JURI 5060 Credit Hours: 2
    Analyzes law governing workplace accidents and diseases and its relationship to orthodox tort doctrine. Among topics studied are substantive limitations on coverage, administrative process in handling claims, and various approaches toward computing compensation awards.
  • JURI 3203, 3203E Credit Hours: 3
    Students will study key concepts and institutions of our system of government as well as the practical and political realities impacting law and policy-making in Washington. Students will consider and hear directly from senior government officials, lawmakers and policy leaders regarding their actual work on the ground. Students will apply this practical understanding to analyze issues of national importance including, for example, the immigration crisis and President Trump's "Travel Ban." Class also will expose students to the wide range of professional opportunities available to them in Washington.
  • JURI 4088 Credit Hours: 2
    This course introduces students to the workings of judicial chambers and provides experience in writing the types of documents commonly required of judicial clerks, such as jury instructions, trial court opinions, appellate court opinions, and bench memoranda.