• Enrolled in a degree program at Penn: Complete and submit the Request to Take a Law Course form.
• Penn Staff/Faculty who have taken coursework at Penn: Complete and submit the Request to Take a Law Course form.
• Penn Staff/Faculty who have not taken coursework at Penn: Complete and submit the Staff/Faculty Initial Request to Take a Master in Law Course Form

What you’ll learn

This course is an introduction to the U.S. legal system and practice of law through an examination of significant areas of law such as constitutional principles, civil procedure, contracts, torts, property, criminal law, and professional ethics. The focus will be on law, legal institutions, and legal processes as elements of the rule of law in a democratic, market-oriented society. The goal of the course is to understand the role of the law as a social, economic, and political force in the life of the United States through case analysis and the Socratic Method.

Class will meet on campus on Tuesdays/Thursdays from 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. 

The first day of class is Thursday, June 2.

Instructor

John Grogan, Esq. L’93
Langer, Grogan & Diver P.C.

Tuition

ML Foundation Courses (-301 courses) (per class/CU)

• Tuition: $7,292.00
• General fee: $442.00
• Learning fee: $136.00
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If you’re a Penn student or staff member, please view the financial information page.

Registration information

Enrollment requests for U.S. Law and Legal Methods can be made by following the instructions linked here. Enrollment requests and confirmation of enrollment will be separately confirmed via email.

What you’ll learn

This course, designed for non-lawyers, focuses on the core legal issues faced by any business today, including contracts, employment law, business governance, and intellectual property. At the course’s conclusion, students should be in a position not only to recognize potential legal issues but also critically evaluate any offered advice.

Class will meet on campus on Mondays/Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

The first day of class is Wednesday, June 29.

Instructor

Michael LiPuma, Esq. L’94
Law Office of Michael D. LiPuma

Tuition

ML Foundation Courses (-301 courses) (per class/CU)

• Tuition: $7,292.00
• General fee: $442.00
• Learning fee: $136.00

If you are a Penn student or staff member, please view the financial information page.

Registration information

Enrollment requests for General Business Law can be made by following the instructions linked here. Enrollment requests and confirmation of enrollment will be separately confirmed via email.

What you’ll learn

This course offers an intensive and practical survey of the critical legal and transactional matters facing start-ups and emerging businesses. In an interactive environment using a combination of case analysis, class discussions, group presentations, and real-world insights, students will learn about the foundational legal considerations involved in starting a business and establishing a sustainable organization. Topics include choice of business form; corporate governance; labor and employment law; intellectual property; privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity; capital raising; and common deal structures. By the end of the course, students will be equipped with an understanding of the legal fundamentals of creating, operating, and growing an enterprise. 

Class will meet on campus on Tuesdays/Thursdays from 5:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. 

The first day of class is Thursday, June 2.

Instructors

Kimberly W. Klayman, Associate, Ballard Spahr                                                                   Gregory L. Seltzer, Partner, Ballard Spahr

Tuition

ML Foundation Courses (-301 courses) (per class/CU)

• Tuition: $7,292.00
• General fee: $442.00
• Learning fee: $136.00

If you are a Penn student or staff member, please view the financial information page.

Registration information

Enrollment requests for Entrepreneurship and the Law can be made by following the instructions linked here. Enrollment requests and confirmation of enrollment will be separately confirmed via email.

What you’ll learn

This course will introduce you to the most important sources of American state and federal law, how to navigate leading commercial and government research platforms, and how to find and retrieve the law on any topic. Students will learn how to locate helpful secondary sources and primary law, such as court opinions, statutes, and administrative regulations. Students will learn how to research both academic projects and issues that arise in their everyday professional lives. Emphasis will be placed on developing efficient and effective research strategies. The course is designed for non-lawyers who want a thorough understanding of U.S. legal research.

This is an asynchronous online course with weekly assignments and opens on Monday, June 6.

Instructor

Mariah Ford
Research Services Librarian, Vanderbilt University Law School

Tuition

ML Foundation Courses (-301 courses) (per class/CU)

• Tuition: $7,292.00
• General fee: $442.00
• Learning fee: $136.00

If you are a Penn student or staff member, please view the financial information page.

Registration information

Enrollment requests for Fundamentals of U.S. Legal Research can be made by following the instructions linked here. Enrollment requests and confirmation of enrollment will be separately confirmed via email.

What you’ll learn

This course combines an introduction to health law and policy with a comparative analysis of health systems in several high-income and middle-income countries. The goal of this course is to provide an outline of the ways that health law frames and guides the health system in the United States. It includes an analysis of some of the strategies for using legal levers to influence the health system to achieve public policy goals that include expanding coverage, reducing costs, or improving the quality of health care.

This course meets online with a combination of asynchronous and synchronous class meetings. Synchronous class meetings will be held on 6/8, 6/14, 6/21, 7/6, 7/12, and 7/19 from Noon-1:00 pm ET.

Instructors

Theodore W. Ruger
Dean and Bernard G. Segal Professor of Law

Angus Corbett
Adjunct Professor of Law

Tuition

ML Foundation Courses (-301 courses) (per class/CU)

• Tuition: $7,292.00
• General fee: $442.00
• Learning fee: $136.00

If you are a Penn student or staff member, please view the financial information page.

Registration information

Enrollment requests for Health Law & Comparative Health Systems Overview can be made by following the instructions linked here. Enrollment requests and confirmation of enrollment will be separately confirmed via email.

What you’ll learn

This course is an introduction to the U.S. legal system and practice of law through an examination of significant areas of law such as constitutional principles, civil procedure, contracts, torts, property, criminal law, and professional ethics. The focus will be on law, legal institutions, and legal processes as elements of the rule of law in a democratic, market-oriented society. The goal of the course is to understand the role of the law as a social, economic, and political force in the United States through case analysis and the Socratic Method.

Class will meet on campus on Tuesdays from 5:30 p.m.- 8:15 p.m.

Instructor

Andrew Soven
Commercial Litigation Partner, Holland & Knight

Tuition

ML Foundation Courses (-301 courses) (per class/CU)

• Tuition: $7,533
• General fee: $457
• Learning fee: $140

If you are a Penn student or staff member, please view the financial information page.

Registration information

Enrollment requests for U.S. Law and Legal Methods can be made by following the instructions linked here. Enrollment requests and confirmation of enrollment will be separately confirmed via email.

What you’ll learn

This course, designed for non-lawyers, focuses on the core legal issues faced by any business today, including contracts, employment law, business governance, and intellectual property. At the course’s conclusion, students should be in a position not only to recognize potential legal issues but also critically evaluate any offered advice.

Class will meet on campus on Mondays from 5:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

Instructor

Donyale Y.H. Reavis, Esq. L’99
Vice President, Goldman Sachs

Tuition

ML Foundation Courses (-301 courses) (per class/CU)

• Tuition: $7,533
• General fee: $457
• Learning fee: $140

If you are a Penn student or staff member, please view the financial information page.

Registration information

Enrollment requests for General Business Law can be made by following the instructions linked here. Enrollment requests and confirmation of enrollment will be separately confirmed via email.

What you’ll learn

While not usually thought of, many federal and state laws are implemented by agencies that develop, issue, and enforce detailed regulations. This course will equip students to understand how legal, policy, institutional, and analytic considerations inform the crafting of regulations. Students will be introduced to administrative law, with an emphasis on how regulatory agencies carry out laws to reduce environmental, health, and safety risks, and ensure capital and energy markets operate efficiently and fairly. Students will read and discuss various landmark court cases, articles regarding regulation and current events.

Class will meet on campus on Thursdays from 5:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m ET.

Instructor

William Petersen, Esq. L’89
General Counsel, Philadelphia Museum of Art 

Tuition

ML Foundation Courses (-301 courses) (per class/CU)

• Tuition: $7,533
• General fee: $457
• Learning fee: $140

If you are a Penn student or staff member, please view the financial information page.

Registration information

Enrollment requests for Navigating the Regulatory State can be made by following the instructions linked here. Enrollment requests and confirmation of enrollment will be separately confirmed via email.

What you’ll learn

An introduction to American Constitutional Law, this course will cover fundamental constitutional doctrine and contemporary, controversial disputes in the field. The subjects to be covered are the origins of the American Constitution, the foundations and scope of judicial review, basic civil liberties, and the foundational issues of separation of powers, executive and legislative power, and state sovereignty.

Class will meet on campus on Thursdays from 5:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

Instructor

Michael Gerhardt
Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Tuition

ML Foundation Courses (-301 courses) (per class/CU)

• Tuition: $7,533
• General fee: $457
• Learning fee: $140

If you are a Penn student or staff member, please view the financial information page.

Registration information

Enrollment requests for American Constitutional Law can be made by following the instructions linked here. Enrollment requests and confirmation of enrollment will be separately confirmed via email.

What you’ll learn

Technology and IP Law provides students with key legal and ethical principles that technology professionals employ as they innovate and carry out their professional responsibilities. Students will have opportunities to analyze real, cutting-edge issues from the bottom up, the way a practicing technologist would experience them. Major topics will include intellectual property ground-work and implementation, legal and ethical repercussions for product design and improvement, privacy considerations, and considerations within the definitions of employment. Students will also engage in in-depth classroom discussions exploring technologically innovative situations and related decision-making from various viewpoints.

Class will meet on Mondays/Wednesdays from 12:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. Class will be held in-person on Mondays and online via Zoom on Wednesdays.

Instructor

Maryellen Feehery Hank
Patent Attorney, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Tuition

ML Foundation Courses (-301 courses) (per class/CU)

• Tuition: $7,533
• General fee: $457
• Learning fee: $140

If you are a Penn student or staff member, please view the financial information page.

Registration information

Enrollment requests for Technology Law and IP for Non-Lawyers can be made by following the instructions linked here. Enrollment requests and confirmation of enrollment will be separately confirmed via email.

What you’ll learn

This course will teach the importance of corporate compliance and how to create and maintain an effective compliance program. Students will discuss issues facing many types of business organizations and how effective governance, culture, and compliance programs can impact a corporation’s success – or failure. While the primary focus will be on the financial services industry, the course will blend the fundamentals of compliance with practical aspects that also arise in most other businesses. Those who wish to work, or are working, in compliance or in any regulated industry, such as finance and healthcare, will benefit from this class. Class sessions will be supplemented by guest speakers, compliance “issues of the day,” and current compliance topics of interest including anti-corruption, cybersecurity, data protection, insider trading, and conflicts of interest.

Class will meet on campus on Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

Instructor

Andrew Kandel, Esq. L’86
Global Chief Compliance Officer & Senior Legal Officer and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.

Tuition

ML Foundation Courses (-301 courses) (per class/CU)

• Tuition: $7,533
• General fee: $457
• Learning fee: $140

If you are a Penn student or staff member, please view the financial information page.

Registration information

Enrollment requests for Corporate Compliance can be made by following the instructions linked here. Enrollment requests and confirmation of enrollment will be separately confirmed via email.

What you’ll learn

This seminar course is intended to introduce non-lawyers to legal issues arising in the U.S. health care system and covers the law of doctor-patient relationships while addressing current law and policy challenges related to access to care. The course covers legal issues relevant to special populations, such as patients with mental illness and disability, and patients at the end of life. Finally, the course considers the legal parameters of public health authorities, FDA regulation of pharmaceutical products, and the law of research with human subjects.

Class will meet on campus on Tuesdays from 5:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

Instructor

Angus Corbett
Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Tuition

ML Foundation Courses (-301 courses) (per class/CU)

• Tuition: $7,533
• General fee: $457
• Learning fee: $140

If you are a Penn student or staff member, please view the financial information page.

Registration information

Enrollment requests for Health Law and Policy can be made by following the instructions linked here. Enrollment requests and confirmation of enrollment will be separately confirmed via email.

What you’ll learn

This asynchronous online class teaches students about key documents of the American legal system and how to find them using a variety of commercial and government sources. Students will learn how to find and navigate secondary sources, such as law review literature and legal treatises, that assist in understanding and interpreting statutes, court opinions, and administrative regulations. The class will also include discussion of increasingly-popular legal information sources including dockets and transactional research tools.

This course is offered in an online asynchronous format with weekly assignments.

Instructor

Edwin Greenlee, Esq.
Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Tuition

ML Foundation Courses (-301 courses) (per class/CU)

• Tuition: $7,533
• General fee: $457
• Learning fee: $140

If you are a Penn student or staff member, please view the financial information page.

Registration information

Enrollment requests for Fundamentals of U.S. Legal Research can be made by following the instructions linked here. Enrollment requests and confirmation of enrollment will be separately confirmed via email.

What you’ll learn

This course provides students with a foundation in health care compliance, ethics, and governance. We will begin by discussing the importance of effective corporate compliance in the health care industry and identify key individuals responsible for compliance oversight and implementation within an organization. Students will examine how governmental regulation and enforcement intersect at compliance. Using sub-regulatory guidance and other industry resources, we will identify compliance program building blocks and the elements of an effective health care compliance program. We will consider special compliance challenges related to corporate social responsibility, transparency, conflicts of interest, fraud and abuse, billing, privacy, clinical research, and labs. Students will use case studies and hypothetical problems to learn and apply the material. Expert guest lecturers will also be incorporated.

This course is offered in an online format, with a combination of asynchronous and synchronous class meetings. Synchronous meetings will be held on Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m.- 8:15 p.m. Dates TBA.

Instructor

Asha Scielzo
Associate Director, American University Washington College of Law Health Law and Policy Program

Tuition

ML Foundation Courses (-301 courses) (per class/CU)

• Tuition: $7,533
• General fee: $457
• Learning fee: $140

If you are a Penn student or staff member, please view the financial information page.

Registration information

Enrollment requests for Healthcare Compliance, Ethics, and Governance can be made by following the instructions linked here. Enrollment requests and confirmation of enrollment will be separately confirmed via email.

What you’ll learn

Patent law has become crucial for engineers, doctors, entrepreneurs, and other professionals who interact with or seek familiarity with the patent system. This online course takes a broad look at U.S. patent law, from the enforcement of patents to the interpretation of patent claims. With online drop-in office hours and Q&A discussions, students will be able to gain an understanding of the policy principles underlying the U.S. patent system; analyze patent documents and obtain skill sets to work with patent representatives; learn about the process of obtaining a valid patent for an invention or technology; work with entrepreneurs to enforce patents — or avoid infringing them, and manage damages in cases where patents are violated.

This class is offered in an online asynchronous format with weekly assignments.

Instructor

Polk Wagner
Michael A. Fitts Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Tuition

ML Foundation Courses (-301 courses) (per class/CU)

• Tuition: $7,533
• General fee: $457
• Learning fee: $140

If you are a Penn student or staff member, please view the financial information page.

Registration information

Enrollment requests for Patent Law can be made by following the instructions linked here. Enrollment requests and confirmation of enrollment will be separately confirmed via email.