MA RESEARCH SEMINAR

The MA Research Seminar supports the research projects of MA students in Philosophy.
Participants practice key methods in philosophy and deepen their knowledge of classic and
contemporary contributions to the field. The seminar is suitable for everyone who is aiming to
write a research paper. Seminar participants receive detailed input throughout the semester.
Students can take the class at any stage during their studies for the MA. The class is graded Pass/
Fail.

• Department: Philosophy
• F 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Katja Vogt
  CULPA: 36 Info
• 3 points

MA SEMINAR IN GLOBAL THOUGHT II

MA SEM IN GLOBAL THOUGHT II

Building upon M.A. Seminar I’s global approach to core issues and conversations with CGT Faculty, M.A. Seminar II tackles new topics and supports the completion of student research and writing. Multi-week modules will continue building discussions around key questions, engaging with guest speakers, and applying new perspectives to hard problems. Research workshops will address common challenges in turning research into writing, engaging sources and citation, and communicating your findings beyond the scope of this class.

• Department: Committee on Global Thought
• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Laura L Neitzel
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• Instructor: Sarah A Miller-Davenport
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• 4 points

Business Analytics

• Department: Decision, Risk and Operations
• TR 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• TR 10:20 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• TR 3:50 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Santiago R Balseiro
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• 1.5 points

EUROPEAN STUDIES COLL II

• Department: Modern European Studies
• F 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Tsveta A Petrova
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• 4 points

PLASMA PHYSICS II

Magnetic coordinates. Equilibrium, stability, and transport of torodial plasmas. Ballooning and tearing instabilities. Kinetic theory, including Vlasov equation, Fokker-Planck equation, Landau damping, kinetic transport theory. Drift instabilities.

• Department: Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Carlos Paz Soldan
  h-index: 28 Info
• 3 points

Post-colonialism and Post-communism: His

Post-colonial & Post-comm

In the last two decades, methods of post-colonial studies have entered the field of study of post-communist cultures and literatures. More and more frequently concepts such as "internal colonialism", "crypto-colonialism", "self-colonization", “Baltic colonialism” "decolonization", etc. are used. Is this “post-colonial turn” a productive approach, which is opening up new heuristic perspectives to the study of post-communist condition?  Or is it, on the contrary, another empty fad? The present course returns to the classic sources of the post-colonial and post-socialist studies and attempts to conduct a methodologically controlled comparison that is looking for similarities while carefully observing and respecting differences.

The methodological seminar will begin with an introduction aimed at clarifying the concepts and historical forms of colonialism. Ancient and medieval forms of colonization will be explored as distinct from modern colonialism, associated with a new type of navigation and shipping, with conquering the oceans and gradually creating modern colonial empires of global scope. Issues associated with the correlation between capitalism, colonialism and the types of nationalism in the 19th century, varieties of colonial conquest, governance and with colonial imagination will be discussed here (with special attention being paid to the concept of "self-colonization" in view of the global dominance of Eurocentrism in social imagination).

The second part of the course will involve reading and analysis of the great leaders of the anti-colonial movement such as M. Gandhi, Fr. Fanon and A. Césaire in comparison with some Russian and East European dissident thinkers from the late Cold War era (Al. Solzhenitsyn, V.Havel, Milan Kundera etc).  Important theorists of the post-colonial turn such as. Edward Said, Homi K. Bhabha, Gayatri Spivak etc. will be read, too.

In its third part, the course will move to the present day and address its major topic.  It will compare rival analytical approaches to state communism and the transition period, introducing the similarities and variances between the decolonization processes during the second half of the twentieth century and the later collapse of Soviet totalitarianism. Competing methodological approaches and concepts (such as “”Balkanism”, “nesting orientalism”, |self-colonization”, “internal colonialism”, “Baltic Post-colonialism”  &

• Department: Slavic Languages
• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexander Kiossev
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• 4 points

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

• Department: Decision, Risk and Operations
• MW 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m.
• MW 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• MW 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m.
• MW 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• MW 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m.
• MW 10:20 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Carri Chan
  h-index: 17 Info
• Instructor: Fanyin Zheng
  h-index: 6 Info
• Instructor: Charles R Guetta
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• 1.5 points

COMPUTATNL HEAT TRANSF-FL FLOW

Mathematical description of pertinent physical phenomena. Basics of finite-difference methods of discretization, explicit and implicit schemes, grid sizes, stability, and convergence. Solution of algebraic equations, relaxation. Heat conduction. Incompressible fluid flow, stream function-vorticity formulation. Forced and natural convection. Use of primitive variables, turbulence modeling, and coordinate transformations.

• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• W 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Vijay Vedula
  h-index: 17 Info
• 3 points

COMPUTATNL HEAT TRANSF-FL FLOW

Mathematical description of pertinent physical phenomena. Basics of finite-difference methods of discretization, explicit and implicit schemes, grid sizes, stability, and convergence. Solution of algebraic equations, relaxation. Heat conduction. Incompressible fluid flow, stream function-vorticity formulation. Forced and natural convection. Use of primitive variables, turbulence modeling, and coordinate transformations.

• Department: Video Network
• Instructor: Vijay Vedula
  h-index: 17 Info
• 3 points

URBAN SENSING AND DATA

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• T 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Anthony P Vanky
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• 3 points

APPLIED STATISTICS II

Prerequisites: STAT GR6101 Continuation of STAT GR6101.

• Department: Statistics
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Yuqi Gu
  h-index: 6 Info
• 4 points

NEUROSCIENCE

• Department: Rehabilitation Medicine (RMED)
• Instructor: Dawn Nilsen
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• 3 points

Microeconomics II - Topics in Policy-ori

The class covers basic economics thinking and policy applications derived primarily from labor economics, industrial organization and international economics. It will examine the effects of government policies on firms, labor, and capital markets. It will also focus on issues of corporate and national governance and performance. There will be several guest lectures on these and other topics.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• R 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Jan Svejnar
  Wikipedia h-index: 49 Info
• 3 points

COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS

• Department: Statistics
• R 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Liam M Paninski
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

Strategic Management of Information and

Strategic Mgmt-Info&Comm Tech

Strategic Management of Information and Communication Technologies for the Public Good” addresses the spectrum of policy issues, options, and critical decisions confronting senior managers in the public sphere. Classes will be taught by a combination of lecture, readings, and case. Each class will address policy, technical, and managerial challenges for a particular domain of practice from the introduction or use of established and leading-edge information and communication technologies (ICTs), among them cloud, mobile and social. Arenas may include, for example, health, education, energy, economic development, transportation, civic engagement, law enforcement, human resources, social services, transportation, or compliance and regulatory affairs. The cases will involve a variety of managerial dilemmas and decisions, from governance to transparency, performance management to project management, and be generalizable across multiple domains, arenas, and technologies. Our goal is to expose students to the broadest range of policy challenges, and technologies comprising ICTs in use in the principal domains of practice, giving students a comprehensive exposure to the issues and opportunities as managers encounter them today - and will in the very near future. The course is intended for general, non-technical managers and assumes no engineering capability greater than plugging in a USB stick.

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Robert Z Tumin
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• 3 points

CONTRACTS

• Department: Law
• TR 2:50 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Elizabeth F Emens
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• 4 points

Statistical Consulting

Prerequisites: STAT GR6102 or instructor permission. The Deparatments doctoral student consulting practicum. Students undertake pro bono consulting activities for Columbia community researchers under the tutelage of a faculty mentor.

• Department: Statistics
• M noon-1:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Regina Dolgoarshinnykh
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

Macroeconomic and Financial Policy Issue

Macroeconomic & Fin Pol Issues

The course will focus on key macroeconomic and financial policy issues, paying special attention to the role of global factors. Students research a specific country or group of countries related to the current Subprime crisis or any of the past major international financial crises (including the Great Depression).

• Department: International and Public Affairs
• R 11 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
• F 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Arunima Sinha
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• 3 points

CRIMINAL LAW

• Department: Law
• TWR 4:50 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
• TRF 10:40 a.m.-noon
• TR 9:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• MW 2:50 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Jed S Rakoff
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• Instructor: Bernard Harcourt
  Wikipedia h-index: 37 Info
• Instructor: James Liebman
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• 3 points

LAND USE PLANNING

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• F 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Jonathan Martin
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• 3 points

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

• Department: Law
• TR 8 a.m.-9:05 a.m.
• Instructor: Debra A Livingston
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• 3 points

STATISTICAL COMPUTING WITH SAS

This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street. For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses

• Department: Biostatistics
• R 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Brady Rippon
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• 3 points

VOICE I

• Department: Theatre Arts
• W 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Corinna May
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• 2 points

FICTION SEMINAR

FEMALE TROUBLE

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• Department: Writing
• F 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Elisa T Albert
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• 3 points

FICTION SEMINAR

THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY

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• Department: Writing
• M 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Hannah L Assadi
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• 3 points

FICTION SEMINAR

MAPPING LOS ANGELES

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• Department: Writing
• W 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul Beatty
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• 3 points

FICTION SEMINAR

THE ART OF PRACTICE

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• Department: Writing
• W 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Keri E Bertino
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• 3 points

FICTION SEMINAR

NONHUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS

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• Department: Writing
• R 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Benjamin Hale
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• 3 points

FICTION SEMINAR

THE EXCRUCIATING

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• Department: Writing
• W 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Binnie Kirshenbaum
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• 3 points

FICTION SEMINAR

FITS & STARTS

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• Department: Writing
• M 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Catherine Lacey
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• 3 points

FICTION SEMINAR

THE PERIPHERAL WRITER

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• Department: Writing
• M 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Erroll G McDonald
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• 3 points

FICTION SEMINAR

SPECULATIVE FICTION

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• Department: Writing
• T 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Lincoln M Michel
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• 3 points

FICTION SEMINAR

THE ELEMENTS OF FICTION

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• Department: Writing
• W 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Matthew Salesses
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• 3 points

FICTION SEMINAR

STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND

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• Department: Writing
• T 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
• Instructor: Gary Shteyngart
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• 3 points

FICTION SEMINAR

ARCHITECTURE OF A STORY

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• Department: Writing
• W 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Lara Vapnyar
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• 3 points

FICTION SEMINAR

REVISION

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• Department: Writing
• T 10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Matthew Salesses
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• 3 points

ADVANCED DATABASE SYSTEMS

Prerequisites: (COMS W4111) and working knowledge of Python, or instructor's permission. Continuation of (COMS W4111), covers the latest trends in both database research and industry. Programming projects in Python are required.

• Department: Computer Science
• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• None None-None
• Instructor: Luis Gravano
  CULPA: 16 h-index: 56 Info
• 3 points

FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY

Prerequisites: Required course for first year Ph.D. students and second year M.A. students on academic track. Covers foundational topics and developments in many branches of ecology, including population, community, and ecosystems ecology.

• Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• 3 points

THESIS RESEARCH & WRITING SEMINAR

THESIS RES & WRITING SEM

Course description: This seminar is intended for masters students in Religion who are writing and completing a thesis or other paper of similar length and scope. Enrolled students will work with the instructor, their advisor or second faculty reader, and seminar participants to develop, research, and write a thesis. Preparation and prerequisites: Instructor’s permission is required to enroll. Students are strongly encouraged to discuss the feasibility of potential thesis topics with a faculty member in Religion (preferably their advisor or other suitable faculty member), and if relevant also strive to identify key primary texts or sources, in advance of the semester. Course structure: The seminar will meet weekly. The first part of the term will focus on thesis development including scholarly scope, “fit” between theory and methodological approach, and the organization of a literature review and bibliography. The second part of the term will focus on workshopping drafts and sections in development, and ultimately full drafts.

• Department: Religion
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Quinn A Clark
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• 4 points

Topics in Database Systems

• Department: Computer Science
• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Eugene Wu
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 32 Info
• 3 points

EXPLORING URBAN DATA WITH MACHINE LEARNI

URBAN DATA - MACHINE LEAR

• Department: Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• M 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
• Instructor: Mauricio E Rada Orellana
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• 3 points

PROPERTY (FOUNDATION)

• Department: Law
• MTWR 9:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• TWR 10:40 a.m.-noon
• MTW 10:40 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Michael A Heller
  Wikipedia h-index: 20 Info
• Instructor: Thomas W Merrill
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• Instructor: Maeve H Glass
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• 4 points

Anthropocenes and Other Natures

This advanced graduate seminar will examine the proliferating discourse on the Anthropocene as well as important critiques and alternative understandings of inhabiting the Earth, in relation to recent and remote pasts and possible futures. The course aims to understand the Anthropocene as an interdisciplinary paradigm, inseparable from the natural sciences but with profound implications for the social sciences, humanities, and creative arts, and about which these modes of knowledge and expression have important insights to offer. The course is framed from the perspective of literary studies and environmental humanities, with a view toward connections with other perspectives. The Anthropocene paradigm posits new understandings of human agency and human history; in turn, alternatives to the Anthropocene involve non-hegemonic understandings of nonhuman agency and the relation between humans and nonhuman nature. In historical terms, one question for the seminar will be whether and in what ways the

Anthropocene, Anthropocene thinking or new materialisms are
new,
or legible in terms of longer histories and geneaologies.

• Department: English and Comparative Literature
• T 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Jennifer Wenzel
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 15 Info
• 4 points

TORTS

• Department: Law
• MW 2:50 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• TR 2:50 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Bert Huang
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 4 points

SCREENWRITING IV

• Department: Film
• T 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
• R 6 p.m.-9 p.m.
• M 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
• M 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Instructor: Trey Ellis
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• Instructor: Andrew S Bienen
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• Instructor: David B Schwab
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• Instructor: Richard Dresser
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• 3 points

COLUMBIA COMMONS

• Department: Rehabilitation Medicine (RMED)
• Instructor: Phyllis R Simon
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• 0 points

LEGAL PRACTICE WORKSHOP II

• Department: Law
• W 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• R 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• W 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• R 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• W 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• T 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• W 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• R 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• M 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Amy McCamphill
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• Instructor: Gerald Lebovits
  h-index: 10 Info
• 1 points

LEGAL PRACTICE WORKSHOP II

• Department: Law
• M 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• 1 points

LEGAL PRACTICE WORKSHOP II

• Department: Law
• M 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• W 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• W 3:40 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
• M 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Ann Scherzer
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• Instructor: Elizabeth L Smith
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• 1 points

LEGAL PRACTICE WORKSHOP II

• Department: Law
• M 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• W 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Christopher S Cogburn
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• Instructor: Eric S Askanase
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• 1 points

LEGAL PRACTICE WORKSHOP II

• Department: Law
• W 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• M 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• 1 points

LEGAL PRACTICE WORKSHOP II

• Department: Law
• M 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• M 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• M 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• W 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• R 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• F 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• M 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• T 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• T 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
• T 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• Instructor: Susan Paulson
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• 1 points

LEGAL PRACTICE WORKSHOP II

• Department: Law
• T 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• 1 points

LEGAL PRACTICE WORKSHOP II

• Department: Law
• T 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• 1 points

LEGAL PRACTICE WORKSHOP II

• Department: Law
• T 6:20 p.m.-7:20 p.m.
• 1 points