Elective Prerequisites for Juris Doctor

Students may generally schedule elective courses at any time in the second or third year (consistent with their required schedule); however, certain electives may be taken only after satisfactory completion of a prerequisite course.

 

Prerequisites for the following elective courses are as follows:

Elective	Prerequisite
Business Organizations 2 Business Planning & Drafting Business Trans: Mergers & Acquisitions     Planning and Development Securities Regulation	Business Organizations 1
Civil Liberties Civil Rights Actions Separation of Church & State	Constitutional Law
Estate Planning Family Law Advocacy Wealth Transfers	Trusts & Estates
Advanced Criminal Procedure Texas Criminal Practice & Procedure White Collar Crime	Criminal Procedure
Healthcare Fraud & Abuse (may be taken concurrently)	Healthcare Law
Copyright Law (Intellectual Property recommended) Intellectual Property Clinic Intellectual Property Litigation (take with PC3) Trademark Practice & Disputes	Intellectual Property
Patent Practice & Disputes	Patent Law
Intellectual Property Clinic	Patent Practice & Disputes or Trademark Practice & Disputes depending on clinic student will participate in.
Advanced Oil & Gas Principles & Drafting	Oil & Gas
Trial Advocacy: Advanced Disc. Management Trial Advocacy: Advanced Trial Preparation	Practice Court 1

The following capstones must be preceded by these courses:

Capstone	Prerequisite Courses
Administration of Estates Capstone	Administration of Estates Trust & Estates
Business Planning Capstone	Business Organizations 1 Business Organizations 2 Business Planning & Drafting Securities Regulation Taxation of Individuals & Family Businesses Taxation of Business Entities
Intellectual Property Capstone	Copyright Law E-Commerce Law Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Litigation Patent Law Trademark Practice & Disputes
Wealth Transfers Capstone	Trust & Estates Wealth Transfers