53 courses with the subject MAL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
termination of contracts (offer, acceptance, consideration, conditions, material breach, damages, third party beneficiaries, assignment, statute of frauds and statutory variances from the common law). Cross-listed with GOV 618 and EHEA 506.
statutory provisions. MAL 533 Juvenile Law (3) Discussion of problems related to minority status, including jurisdiction of the state, detention, responsibility for the crime, rights and responsibilities of the parents, and the constitutional, statutory and case law parameters of the juvenile law system. MAL 535 International Trafficking in Persons (3) Overview of the global problem of trafficking in persons for purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor. The course examines the issue of trafficking from several perspectives: (i) the various international conventions that prohibit trafficking in persons; (ii) regional examples of trafficking and factors that contribute to it such as civil unrest and governmental corruption; and (iii) the United States legislative and School of Law Page 263
property transfer at death, characteristics and consequences of property titling, incapacity and elder law, powers of appointment, fiduciaries, sources of estate liquidity, use of life insurance in estate planning, estate planning documents (including wills and trusts, and planning for non-traditional relationships), IRAs and retirement plans, income in respect of a decedent, the types, features, and taxation of trusts, qualified interest trusts, charitable gifts/transfers and gifting strategies, marital deduction, intra-family and business transfer techniques, deferring and minimizing estate taxes, generation-skipping transfer tax, federal estate and gift tax compliance and tax calculation, and postmortem estate planning techniques.
insurance planning, investment planning, taxation, retirement and employee benefits, and estate tax planning in comprehensive personal financial planning. Students will learn how to manage case scenarios to identify issues, analyze client financial situations, and make and implement recommendations. MAL 552 American Legal System & Writing (3) American legal system and skills necessary to succeed in that system, including reading cases and statutes, analyzing legal issues, and researching selected topics of American law. Course culmination is a legal research paper. MAL 557 Drafting Contracts (3) The law and techniques of contract formation and drafting. Provides experience in the imaginative thinking that a lawyer must pursue in integrating the expressed and implied agreements of the parties to a contract. Provides opportunities to learn to create legal documents that express the agreement not only clearly, but also in a manner that defies any contrary interpretation. MAL 562 Real Estate Transactions & Skills (3) Advanced skills course to prepare in the practice of law relating to real estate transfer and finance. Perform simulations that address practical aspects of title examinations, title searches, contracts for the purchase and sale of real estate, conveyancing techniques, mortgaging foreclosure practices and settlement and closing of title.
Complete 21 hours from the following list of courses:
MAL 580CA Child Advocacy Practicum (1-3) MAL 580IM Immigration Practicum (1-3)
immigrant classifications; admission into and exclusion or deportation from the U.S.; and structure and procedures of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Board of Immigration Appeals, Department of State and Department of Labor. School of Law Page 264
conduct other comparable academic activities with minimum faculty guidance. MAL 591 Judicial/Governmental Externship (1-3) An externship allows a student to experience and participate in the practice of law by working without remuneration off campus (a) under the direct supervision of one or more practicing attorneys (“field supervisors”) in governmental offices (such as the prosecutor’s office and the public defender’s office), judicial or other approved governmental placements, (b) while having general oversight by full-time faculty. This pass/fail course consists of field legal assignments as well as required classroom work to expose students generally to professional development within the context of the practice of law. Hours spent in the classroom component do not substitute for the hours necessary to fulfill the externship requirement on site at the placement. Externships also allow students to pursue additional educational objectives such as the development of professional skills in a specific area of law by working with a practicing attorney or judicial officer. All externship study programs must be approved in advance. Guidelines for externships are published in the law school’s Policies and Procedures Manual. MAL 593 Legal Aid/Nonprofit Externship (1-3) Students interested in public interest law may serve as externs with the local legal aid program and nonprofit organizations that have a legal division. For students who enroll in the legal aid externship, there is a classroom component in which lawyering skills such as factual investigation, interviewing, case analysis and litigation strategy are discussed. The legal aid classroom component introduces students to the areas of substantive law in which the legal aid program represents clients, e.g. landlord/tenant law, consumer law and government benefits. Hours spent in the classroom component do not substitute for the hours necessary to fulfill the externship requirement on site at the placement MAL 604 American Tort System (3) Common law civil liability resulting from breach of duty. Topics studied include intentional torts, negligence, proximate cause, and damages. MAL 615 Legislation (3) Legislative process with emphasis on the lawyer’s perspective and functions, issues of representative theory, legislative organization and procedure, interaction of the legislature with other branches of government and research and drafting in the legislative context. MAL 619 Constitutional Law & Policy I (3) History of the Constitution, the structure, power and limitations of each of the 3 branches of the federal government, the power and rights of the states, and the authority of local governments (counties and cities). Cross-listed with GOV 619. MAL 620 Constitutional Law & Policy II (3) Bill of Rights (including the delicate relationship between church & state, freedom of speech and freedom of worship), the rights of liberty, equal protection and due process arising from the 14th Amendment, and the subsequent rise and effects of judicial policy-making (including the “right to privacy,” the “right to intimate sexual choice,” and the “right to die”). Cross-listed with EHEA 508 and GOV 620. MAL 621 Sales (2) Study of the law governing commercial transactions with primary focus on sales (Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)), leases (Article 2A of the UCC) and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).
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Complete 21 hours from the following list of courses:
limitations imposed on law enforcement activities by the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. MAL 636 International Criminal Law (2) The criminal law that applies across international borders, including key international criminal law tribunals from Nuremberg to the International Criminal Court and the substantive law of international crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. MAL 640 National Security Law (3) This seminar provides students an analysis of national security topics. Among the topics which may be covered are national security and the role of law, theoretical approaches to national security and world order, development of the international law of conflict management, the use of force in international relations, the laws of wars and neutrality, war crimes, the international law of intelligence collection, the control of international terrorism, American security doctrine and nuclear weapons.
Complete 24 hours from the following list of courses: MAL 531 Criminal Law (3) or MAL 634 Criminal Law & Procedure (3) (but not both)
And/or the following courses from the Robertson School of Government or the School of
And the following three courses in the School of Business & Leadership:
And/or the following courses from the Robertson School of Government:
principles to form and fortify the legal culture and institutions in developing nation-states. How economic structures, the security environment, and cultural and religious views impact law-making and enforcement. MAL 682 Legal History (3) Study and discussion of Western legal history beginning with the impact of the papal revolution in the 11th century. Special attention given to the historical relationship between church and state and to the Biblical and theological foundations of Western law and legal systems in general and the English Common Law in particular. MAL 684 International Law (3) Discussion and study of the nature of international law; state jurisdiction; the individual legal system; statehood and recognition of states; diplomatic and consular immunity; international agreements; the use of force; and an overview of various international organizations. MAL 685 Origins of the Western Legal Tradition (2) Survey of Western legal history beginning with the impact of the Papal Revolution of the 11th century, emphasizing the influence of the Christian church and faith on the development of Western law and legal systems.
And/or the following courses from the Robertson School of Government:
Complete 21 hours from the following list of courses: MAL 580CA Child Advocacy Practicum (1-3) MAL 580IM Immigration Practicum (1-3)
M.A. in Law with a concentration in Human Resources Management (Concentration delivered online with some optional face-to-face classes) Required courses (15 hours): MAL 511 Christian Foundations of Law (3) or MAL 513 American Legal Thought (3)
Source: Regent University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
