Registration is a multi-step process and has multiple processes, dates and deadlines to consider. 1L registration is managed by Academic and Student Affairs. 1L class schedules will be posted to the Class Schedules tab.

Clinics: Clinic applications and the selection of students is managed by the clinical staff and faculty. Students may participate in only one clinic per semester and must make a choice if awarded seats in more than one clinic. Academic and Student Affairs will register students for clinics based on rosters provided by the Clinics. Questions about clinics should be directed to lawclinics@northeastern.edu.

Reflections on Lawyering: The Office of Co-op and Career Services manages the application process for students interested in “co-op for credit.” Academic and Student Affairs will register selected students based on rosters provided by the Co-op office. Questions about Reflections should be directed to lawcoop@northeastern.edu.

Limited Enrollment courses: Limited enrollment courses have maximum seat capacities. To be fair to students currently on co-op, we utilize a lottery system for limited enrollment courses. Students will have 48 hours to complete a limited enrollment lottery selection form. Students who do not submit a selection form during the 48-hour window will not be included in the lottery. If students submit multiple entries, only the most recent information will be considered.

Academic and Student Affairs will register students awarded seats via the lottery and fill available waitlist seats. Students who were not awarded a seat or a spot on the waitlist may try to add themselves to the waitlist during open enrollment; ASA discontinues involvement in limited enrollment registration once open enrollment begins.

Open Enrollment courses: Students register for for open enrollment courses and remaining limited enrollment seats once the open enrollment period commences via the Student Hub. Students who register for courses before the open enrollment period begins will be dropped from those courses.

Registration for	Application window or deadline	How?
Clinics	Determined by the clinics	Email lawclinics@northeastern.edu for assistance.
Limited Enrollment courses	Opens 9:00 AM ET, November 18 Closes 9:00 AM ET, November 20	Lottery. An online form will be available on the ASA website and must be submitted for pre-registration during this 48-hour window.
Open Enrollment courses	Opens 12:00 PM ET, November 22 Closes January 19	Via the Student Hub
Co-op Reflections course	Determined by the Co-op Office	Email lawcoop@northeastern.edu for assistance.

Upper-level students have the option to drop a course by the applicable deadlines noted on the University’s academic calendar. To drop a course, please review the Course Drop Instructions from the University Registrar’s Office website. Students will need to request a course to be dropped through their StudentHub. Students should contact the Office of Academic and Students Affairs (ASA) with any questions or concerns about dropping a course.

First year JD students enrolled in 1L coursework should not drop any courses. All 1L courses require completion for JD students to be eligible to move on to the upper-level.

Limited Enrollment

The limited enrollment lottery preference form will open to students at 9:00 AM on Monday, November 18 and close 48 hours later, at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, November 20.

The lottery preference form is accessible via the link on the Upper Level Registration Information page of the Academic and Student Affairs website. Do not attempt to conduct the limited enrollment lottery sign-up process via myNortheastern or the Student Hub.

If you complete the online form more than once, ASA will consider only the most recent submission as your preference submission. The online form will expire at 9:00 AM ET on Wednesday, November 20 and no late submissions will be accepted.

The limited enrollment lottery preference form will require students to indicate a preference when selecting courses with time conflicts.

Notes for Limited Enrollment

You will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your limited enrollment lottery preference form if submitted correctly. Check your spam/junk folders for the confirmation. If you received the email, you do not need to email ASA to confirm receipt of your submission.

ASA will register students awarded seats in limited enrollment classes and will fill the waitlist to its available capacity. It is possible for the number of students in a lottery for a limited enrollment course to exceed the waitlist capabilities of the University’s registration system. If you are not awarded a seat in the class or a space on the waitlist, you may try to add yourself to the waitlist only during open enrollment which begins at 12PM on Friday, November 22. Management of the limited enrollment lottery concludes once open enrollment begins.

Students who try to register themselves for any courses—limited enrollment or not—during the limited enrollment window via the Student Hub will be instructed to drop those classes and try again once open enrollment begins.

You will be able to see which limited enrollment courses you were admitted to or waitlisted for once open enrollment opens to students.

Open Enrollment

Registration for all remaining courses will open to students at 12:00 PM ET on Friday, November 22. Students will be able to see which limited enrollment courses they were admitted to or waitlisted for and may register themselves to courses or add themselves to waitlists (including for remaining limited enrollment course seats, if available).

Students register for open enrollment courses via the Student Hub. Step-by-step registration instructions are located on the Registrar’s website.

Notes for Open Enrollment

Students who try to register themselves for any courses prior to the open enrollment window opening will be dropped from those classes.

The last day to add a class is Sunday, January 19.

The last day to drop a class (without a “W” on your transcript) is Monday, January 27.

Account Holds: You must clear any financial or academic holds on your account prior to registration. If you have remaining holds, ASA will be unable to register you for any limited enrollment courses, clinics or Reflections on Lawyering (“co-op for credit”).

Contact the Office of Financial Aid, lawfinaid@northeastern.edu if you have a financial hold on your account.

Contact Academic and Student Affairs, lawstudentaffairs@northeastern.edu if you have an academic hold on your account.

Limited Enrollment Attendance: In accordance with our academic rules, students must attend the first day of classes for all limited enrollment classes to claim their seat. This requirement applies to students both registered in and waitlisted for the class.

Students waitlisted in a limited enrollment class but enrolled in another class in the same time block should attend the first day of the limited enrollment class but must inform the instructor of the conflicting course of their absence in advance.

Maximum Credits: Full-time JD students will be able to register for a maximum of 17 credits, FlexJD students will be able to register for a maximum of 10 credits, and LLM students will be able to register for a maximum of 16 credits. Waitlisted courses do not count toward your credit maximum. Students seeking permission to overload must complete an Over-enrollment form. The maximum overload for the full-time JD cannot exceed 18 credits.

If you are under-enrolling during a semester, you must complete the Under-enrollment form.

Join Waitlists: Once open enrollment begins, you will have the ability to add yourself to both limited and open enrollment courses where the waitlist has not yet been maxed out.

Waitlist Notification: If a seat opens in a class, you will receive the following email to your Northeastern email account from the Office of the Registrar with the subject line “Waitlist Notification – (CRN)”:

Dear Name,
A space is now available in the following course in which you are currently waitlisted: Course Title, Subject Code
CRN# *****
You have 24 hours from the time below to register for this course.  If you do not register in this time period you will be removed from the waitlist.
Date Time
Sincerely,
Office of the University Registrar, 120HA Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Telephone # 617‐373‐2300

Once the email is sent, you will have 24 hours to register for the class. Please check your email on holidays and weekends. If you take no action, you will be dropped from the waitlist and the next student on the waitlist will be notified of an opening.  Your only recourse will be to add yourself to the end of the waitlist. Out of consideration for your fellow classmates, we ask that you register for or drop the class as soon as you receive the email to help the process move quickly.

Enroll from Waitlist: Within 24 hours of receiving the notification email, login to the Student Hub and select the Resources tab. Step-by-step instructions are available on the Registrar’s website.

Clinic Waitlists: Students on the waitlist for clinics will be notified through the automated system described above if a seat becomes available after the open enrollment period opens. If a student is already registered for other course credits, they must first drop enough credits before they can claim the clinic seat.

Required Courses: Any student who is required to take a course should contact the Office of Academic and Student Affairs for assistance with registration. ASA will register students needing a particular course to comply with an academic plan.

Questions/Help: Students with questions about the course schedule or registration process should email Maria Perfetti Ricci, Director of Academic Services at ma.ricci@northeastern.edu.

Questions about degree requirements or general academic advising questions should email:

For the full-time JD program: Matt Podgurski, Director of Academic Advising and Operations at m.podgurski@northeastern.edu.

For the FlexJD program: Jorgelina Uribe, Assistant Director of Academic Advising and Operations at j.uribe@northeastern.edu.

For the LLM program: Whitney Wotkyns, Director of LLM and International Programs at w.wotkyns@northeastern.edu.

Click here to find the Registrar’s website with screenshots and video tutorials on how to navigate the registration system.

LAW 7978 Independent Study will be replaced with LAW 7976 Directed Study.

The Law School utilizes the Individual Instruction Registration Form (IIRF) to make registration for non-class credits more efficient.  Step-by-step instructions to submit the form are on the University Registrar’s website.

Students should initiate the process by first meeting with a faculty member to discuss their proposed project. Once the supervising faculty member is secured, students will then submit the IIRF via their Student Hub. A workflow will be triggered to automatically secure the required signatures from the supervising faculty member and Academic and Student Affairs. ASA will confirm student eligibility for the Directed Study and the number of credits requested or contact the student if they are unable to approve the requested credits.

Course Number	Course Description
LAW 7929	Moot Court & Legal Competition
LAW 7931	LSSC Lawyering Fellow
LAW 7934	Law Review- Senior Editor
LAW 7935	Law Review – Editorial Board Member
LAW 7936	Law Review – Executive Editor
LAW 7937	Teaching Assistant
LAW 7938	Research Assistant
LAW 7976	Directed Study
LAW 7978	Independent Study (sunsetting Fall 2023)

The Faculty Services Team manages the hiring process for students seeking monetary compensation for a TA or RA position (instead of earning academic credit). Submit this form to initiate the hiring process.

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From the student handbook, a student may earn credit toward the J.D. degree for directed study pursuant to the following rules:

(1) A full-time law faculty member must supervise the directed study.

(2) The student must prepare a written proposal for his or her directed study which must be approved in writing by the supervising faculty member. The study must culminate in a written paper, exercise or examination, a description of which shall be included in the written proposal. After the supervising faculty member approves the proposal, a copy should be filed with the Office of the Dean.

(3) The student and the supervising faculty member shall agree on the number of credit hours to be earned for the directed study. The directed study required in order for the student to earn the agreed upon number of credit hours shall be substantially equivalent to the requirements of a course offering of the same number of credit hours.

Students have the opportunity to apply for 2 to 4 credits for an Independent Field Placement by completing this online application. The online application will trigger an approval form to the supervising faculty member identified in the student’s application so please reach out to your faculty member prior to submitting your application.

Spring 2025 Upper-Level Class Schedule Meeting Information

This course list reflects currently scheduled courses and shows which courses are offered with limited enrollment. We will post additions or any other changes in the Weekly Wire and on this website.

The topic of the Spring 2025 Givelber Distinguished Public Interest Lecture is Asian Americans and Community Lawyering.  This special topics course will be held over two consecutive weekends, Friday, January 31 – Sunday, February 2 and Friday, February 7– Sunday, February 9.

LAW7983 Special Topics in Law Spring 2025 Course Descriptions

• Givelber Lecture: Asian Americans and Community Lawyering – Explores how community lawyering within the context of Asian American communities creates change. Asian Americans, the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, number more than 24 million. Community lawyering supports community organizing and responds to community needs. But what does responding to a population of over 24 million mean? How should community lawyers prioritize among issues faced by subsets of this population? By discussing community lawyering efforts such as fighting Southeast Asian deportations, standing against predatory development in neighborhoods like Chinatown, and challenging government surveillance stemming from xenophobia, students consider how community lawyering presents a vision for the practice of law from the ground up, striving to create a world that celebrates humanity and racial difference.
• Virtual Legal Advocacy Clinic – Focuses on developing virtual client representation and advocacy skills to practice law in the tech-connected world. Offers hands-on experience providing legal services to and developing resources for low-income and underserved communities using digital platforms and tools. Under the supervision of clinical faculty and staff, students have an opportunity to enhance substantive legal knowledge, strengthen practical lawyering skills and form ethical professional identities.
• Race, Police Violence, and the Law – This is an advanced seminar on race, policing, and the criminal justice system. We will explore the phenomenon of police violence directed at racially marginalized communities; consider historical and ongoing opposition to racialized policing; and examine police violence as an instrument of state power. We will consider community efforts to interrupt police violence and legal strategies to reduce harms caused by racialized policing. In addition to our work on race, we will consider how gender, sexual orientation, and class impact policing practices. A principal resource will be the Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive, which houses cases of lynching and other forms of historical homicidal racial violence. This Archive will ground our work in the history of racialized policing and provide a foundation upon which to examine current police operations, practices and policies.
• Regulation of Asset Managers – Offers students an opportunity to develop a practical understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the asset management industry. Focuses on investment advisers and investment companies and the federal legal regime that governs them, including the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Topics covered include the history of the asset management industry, current trends and issues, various matters relating to establishing, registering, operating and reorganizing investment companies, and the roles of boards of directors, investment advisers, government agencies and lawyers.

Upper-Level Classes and Limited Enrollment Listings

Updates

• LAW7556 Corporate Finance – removed from schedule as of 11/5
• LAW7475 First Amendment – limited enrollment cap updated to 46 as of 11/14
• LAW7323 Corporations – meeting pattern (T/R 8:00-9:55 am) and instructor (Patricia Alejandro) confirmed as of 11/14
• LAW7336 Immigration Law – meeting pattern (M/W 2:20-3:45 pm) confirmed as of 11/14; instructor (Professor Rosenbloom) confirmed as of 12/3

Course Number	Course Name	Instructor Last Name	CRN	Credits	Limited Enrollment	Notes
LAW7300	Administrative Law	Simon	70170	3
LAW7300	Administrative Law	Bell	70171	3		FlexJD only
LAW7301	Advanced Criminal Procedure: Adjudication	Bisson	70252	3
LAW7624	Advanced Legal & Interdisciplinary Research	Eastland	70194	2	20
LAW7698	AI for Lawyers: Uses, Risks, and Regulation	Jackson	70262	2	30
LAW7608	American Legal Thought	Klare	70074	3	20
LAW7684	Anatomy of Autonomy	Williams, P.	70207	3	15
LAW7494	Bioethics and the Law	Abrams	70064	3
LAW7503	Business Bankruptcy	Berman	70048	3
LAW7597	Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic	Stein & Wilkes	70071	6	12
LAW7610	Community Business Law Clinic	Walton	70144	8	8
LAW7556	Corporate Finance	Alejandro	70069	3		Removed as of 11/5
LAW7323	Corporations	TBD	70054	4		Instructor & Meeting Pattern Updated 11/14
LAW7410	Domestic Violence Clinic	Bearat	70257	8	8
LAW7606	Drug Law & Policy	Beletsky	70073	3	25	FlexJD priority registration
LAW7530	Education Law	Lopez	70180	3
LAW7699	Efforts in Criminal Law Minimalism	Hochman Bloom	70263	3	15
LAW7540	Employment Law – Comp, Benefits	Quinn	70068	3
LAW7539	Employment Law: Job Security & Rights	Quinn	70067	3
LAW7634	Energy Law & Policy	Rubin	70260	3
LAW7417	Entertainment Law	Roberts	70059	3	20
LAW7332	Evidence	Tumposky	70055	4
LAW7333	Family Law	Hale, B.	70172	3
LAW7704	Family Violence Immigration Practicum	Hecht	70268	6	8
LAW7398	Federal Courts	Williams, L.	70256	4
LAW7696	Federal Indian Law	Haile, A.	70195	2
LAW7475	First Amendment	Miller, J.	70063	3	46
LAW7673	Immigrant Justice Practicum	Georges	70261	6	8
LAW7336	Immigration Law	Rosenbloom	70254	3		Instructor updated 12/3; Meeting Pattern Updated 11/14
LAW7675	Information Privacy Law	Flaggert	70081	3
LAW7369	Intellectual Property	Swanson	70255	3
LAW7700	Intellectual Property & Social Justice	Swanson	70264	3	15
LAW7633	Intellectual Property Law Clinic	Jacoby	70076	8	8
LAW7603	International Business Transactions	Hubbard	70072	3
LAW7559	International Trade	Rolland	70259	3
LAW6316	Introduction to Civil Procedure	Brown	70249	3
LAW6314	Introduction to US Constitutional Law	Magee	70053	3
LAW7429	Labor Law 2	Shaw	70060	3
LAW7394	Land Use	Foster	70058	3
LAW7705	Law & Global Technology	Stein	70276	3	30
LAW7525	Law and Economic Development	Danielsen	70065	3 or 4*
LAW7664	Law and Inequality	Danielsen	70080	3 or 4*	20
LAW6315	Legal Research & Writing II for LLMs	Cheng	70138	2
LAW6315	Legal Research & Writing II for LLMs	Courtney	70121	2
LAW6315	Legal Research & Writing II for LLMs	Persons	70163	2
LAW7678	Legal Research Workshop	Purdy	70082	1	20
LAW7516	Legal Writing Workshop	Courtney	70258	3	14
LAW7350	Negotiation	Coakley	70056	3	16
LAW7350	Negotiation	Johnson	70139	3	16
LAW7501	Patent Law	DeVoogd	70175	3
LAW7512	Problems in Public Health Law	Abrams	70142	3	20
LAW7443	Professional Responsibility	Zoltek-Jick	70062	3
LAW7527	Public Health Advocacy Clinic	Gottlieb	70066	4	8
LAW7933	Scholarly Legal Writing	Persons	70092	2	15
LAW7313	Secured Transactions	Tu	70179	3		FlexJD only
LAW7313	Secured Transactions	Halford	70253	3
LAW7324	Securities Regulation	Forni & London	70174	3	30
LAW7703	Spatial Justice, Legal Ethnography, and the Landscape	Sievert	70267	2	10
LAW7983	Special Topics – Givelber Lecture: Asian Americans and Community Lawyering	Li	70148	2	25
LAW7983	Special Topics – Race, Police Violence, and Law	Burnham & Stein	70173	3	8	Cross-listed and offered through the Africana Studies Dept.
LAW7983	Special Topics – Regulation of Asset Managers	Sullivan & Olia	70272	2	20
LAW7983	Special Topics – Virtual Legal Advocacy Clinic	Walton	70150	4	8	FlexJD prioirty registration; weekly synchronous meetings
LAW7652	Strategies for Bar Success	Williams, R.	70079	3
LAW7701	Strategies for Bar Success: Advanced Skills	Young	70265	2		FlexJD only – recommended for students in their last academic semester; ends March 21
LAW7638	Trademark Law	Roberts	70178	3
LAW7572	Transactional Drafting	Blackadar	70070	3	12
LAW7647	Trial Practice	Gallagher	70077	2	16
LAW7647	Trial Practice	Rossman	70078	2	16