Tax!

Okay, so just performed some elaborate process of elimination on the elective choices.

First, crossed out all the courses that conflict with my required courses for next semester. That was 11 courses.

Second, crossed out all courses taught by visiting prof. Sorry, but quality not guaranteed and hard to build long-term relationship. That was 11 courses.

Third, noted courses with assistant / associate profs or lecturers rather than fully tenured profs. That was 6. Checked those profs out. Some seem okay, but the subject matter didn't really interest me (Jewish law, migrant law, and UN law) . Another has no evaluations and is terribly young (as in, 4 years older than me. Eliminate.)

Fourth: eliminatd the one course that required a competitive application process, for which the deadline has already passed. :P

That left 11 courses to consider, which are actually 8 substantive courses, since some has more than one sections. I checked each of the profs out, and crossed out the ones that received bad ratings, or for whom I couldn't find ratings (which means they haven't taught for a while...) That eliminated 2.

Then eliminated 1 course b/c it will be co-taught by 3 professors. In my experience those classes are usually schizophrenic and disorganized, and it's hard to build a relationship with any one of the profs.

Then eliminated all courses whose subject matter I'm not terribly interested in (health care).

This left 5 courses: tax, globalization, conflict of laws, local law, and "law and mind" (I have no idea what that last one is, either.)

After this very scientific process (thank you, thank you), tax is currently on the top of my list.

Now I just need to hope that I get it in the lottery.