Course Description
An introduction to economic and political crimes (Georgia focus) under the label of “white collar crime,” including conspiracy, theft, fraud, racketeer-influenced and corrupt organizations (RICO), money laundering, computer and cyber-crimes, perjury and false statements, securities fraud, fraud upon financial institutions, and parallel non-criminal procedures associated with white collar crimes.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate law students will not be doing any extra work beyond
that required of the Juris Doctor students. J.D. students are
post-baccalaureate students and the workload expected of them is
the same workload expected of post-baccalaureate graduate
students. Law students are professional students, not
undergraduate students. Graduate law students are primarily
international lawyers seeking expertise in the American legal
system. This expertise is gained through exposure to Juris
Doctor courses.
Athena Title
White Collar Prosecution
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: • Demonstrate an understanding of common white collar crimes; • Apply relevant Georgia (and federal, where applicable) case law and statutes used in white collar cases; • Identify key issues in the prosecution of white collar cases; and • Develop defensive strategies in white collar criminal cases.
Topical Outline
1. recent Georgia cases illustrating various types of criminal activities associated with white collar crime. 2. common white collar crime schemes, as well as prosecutorial and defensive strategies in these cases. 3. Georgia statutes (and companion federal statutes, where applicable), procedures, and methods of issue-analysis used by lawyers who handle white collar cases. 4. attorneys who have handled high-profile and complex white collar criminal cases, such as the “APS test cheating case” (State v. Beverly Hall, et al.) or the “Burrell Ellis case” (State v. Burrell Ellis).