Understanding how real estate law impacts real property 
ownership, conveyance, and development. Familiarizing students 
with real property ownership interests, restrictions on such 
interests, methods of transferring such interests, private and 
public land-use controls, the mortgage crisis of 2008 and 
foreclosures, and legal transactions involving real estate, such 
as gifts, sales, and leases.

I. The Nature of Real Estate Interests
   a. Sources of Real Estate Law
   b. Land Interests: Present and Future
      i. Freehold Estates and Accompanying Future Interests
   c. Extent of Real Estate Interests
      i. Air Rights, Surface, and Subsurface Rights
      ii. Water Rights
      iii. Trespass and Nuisance
      iv. Premises Liability
   d. Non-possessory Interests in Real Estate
      i. Easements
      ii. Profits
      iii. Licenses
      iv. Covenants
II. Real Estate Ownership
    a. Co-Ownership of Real Estate
       i. Tenancies in Common
       ii. Joint Tenancies
       iii. Tenancies by the Entirety
       iv. Community Property
    b. Landlord-Tenant Relationship
    c. Commercial Leases
III. Transferring Title to Real Estate
    a. The Broker’s Role in the Transfer of Real Estate
       i. Types of Real Estate Broker Relationships
       ii. Listing Agreements
       iii. Responsibilities of Brokers/Agents
       iv. Legal Duties to Third Parties
    b. The Purchase Contract
       i. Specific Requirements and Terms in Real Estate 
Contracts
       ii. Misrepresentation and Disclosure Statutes
    c. Methods of Transfer and Conveyance in Real Estate
       i. Types of Deeds
       ii. Adverse Possession
       iii. Gifts
       iv. Recording Title
       v. Closing
    d. Foreclosures
IV. Real Estate and Economic Development
    a. Zoning
    b. Constitutional Issues in Real Estate 
       i. Eminent Domain
       ii. Fair Housing Act
    c. Environmental Law
    d. Legal Issues in Land and Economic Development