Education Law

Education law includes schools, school systems and school boards, students' rights and student movements.

First Amendment
First amendment law includes the areas of free exercise and government establishment of religion, freedom of speech, the press and association.
Freedom of Information
The Freedom of Information Act is a law that gives you the right to access information from the federal government.
Gay Rights and Sexual Orientation
This area of study includes same-sex marriage laws, adoption and discrimination cases.
Intellectual Property
Intellectual property law includes the areas of copyright, trademark, patent and publicity.
International Law
International law is the set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations. It serves as a framework for the practice of stable and organized international relations.
Judicial and Legal Ethics
Judicial and legal ethics define the attorney-client relationship and prescribe standards of conduct and professionalism for judges and attorneys.
Lawyering Skills
Includes use of a law library and legal materials, preparation of legal memoranda, brief writing and oral advocacy.
Legal History
Legal history is the study of how law has evolved and why it changed and includes U.S., Kentucky and English legal history.
Legal Research
Identifying and retrieving information necessary to support legal decision-making.
Legal Writing
Writing used by lawyers, judges, legislators and others in the field of law to express legal analysis and rights.
Legislative Process
The process by which statutory laws are developed and enacted by legislative bodies.
Mental Illness and Professionals
Legal topics that pertain to people with a diagnosis or possible diagnosis of a mental health condition, including employment, education and laws governing treatment professionals.
Native American Law
The examination of federal and state jurisdiction, rights and obligations regarding Native American tribes and tribal governments' control over individuals' lives and activities.
Property Law
Property governs the rights, obligations and limits of ownership and tenancy in real and personal property.
Race Relations
Race relations examine civil rights issues, as well as population diversification and racial inequalities and injustices within our communities.
Search and Seizure
Search and Seizure Law concerns the specific powers of and limits on governments to gather information about and evidence against individuals in criminal investigations, including searching persons or their property and conducting surveillance.
Securities Regulation
Securities law covers transactions and other dealings with securities with an objective of ensuring that investors receive accurate information, such as interest amount, regarding their purchase.
Tort Law
Tort law includes the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice and products liability.
Wills, Trusts and Future Interests
This area of law concerns the making of valid wills and trusts, into which property is placed for the benefit of others, the consequences of intestacy (dying without a will) and limits on property interests created for the future benefit of others.
Women and Gender
Includes discrimination, health laws related to gender, equal access to property, gender-based violence and more.