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Academic Freedom, The First Amendment, and the American University

Unique TBD
1 hour
  • D. Rabban
Unknown
P/F Mandatory
Spring 2026
You are viewing tentative course information. Course details, including instructor, credit hour value and availability are subject to change.

Course Information

Course ID:
185R

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective

Academic Freedom, The First Amendment, and the American University

Unique 29333
2 hours
  • D. Rabban
  • TUE 3:55 – 5:45 pm TNH 3.115
P/F Mandatory
Eval:
Paper
Fall 2023

Course Information

Course ID:
285R

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective

Description

This non-writing seminar will meet every other week to discuss the professor’s book in progress, Academic Freedom, the First Amendment, and the American University.  The book explores the emergence of academic freedom as a distinctive First Amendment right and its relationship to general First Amendment rights of free speech.  It observes that judicial decisions have extended this right to professors, universities, and students, whose interests in academic freedom may conflict.  The book reviews the case law, revealing its inconsistencies and ambiguities, proposes a theory of academic freedom as a distinctive First Amendment right, and illustrates how the theory would apply to issues raised by the cases.  Students will write two to three page reaction papers for every seminar meeting.  Class discussions will address the process of legal scholarship as well as the substantive contents of the book.  The course does not satisfy the law school’s writing requirement.  Grading will be pass/fail.

Academic Freedom, The First Amendment, and the American University

Unique 29080
2 hours
  • D. Rabban
  • TUE 3:45 – 5:35 pm TNH 3.116
P/F Mandatory
Eval:
Other
Spring 2023

Course Information

Course ID:
285R

Registration Information

  • 1L and upperclass elective

Description

This non-writing seminar will meet every other week to discuss the professor’s book in progress, Academic Freedom, the First Amendment, and the American University.  The book explores the emergence of academic freedom as a distinctive First Amendment right and its relationship to general First Amendment rights of free speech.  It observes that judicial decisions have extended this right to professors, universities, and students, whose interests in academic freedom may conflict.  It also observes that state interests and the constitutional rights of individual citizens may conflict with interests in academic freedom.  Examples of state interests include national security, public health, and the enforcement of laws prohibiting employment discrimination and harassing speech.  Examples of individual constitutional rights include free speech, the free exercise of religion, and equal protection.  After reviewing the case law, the book proposes a theory of First Amendment academic freedom to address these complicated issues.  Students will write two to three page reaction papers for every seminar meeting.  Class discussions will address the process of legal scholarship as well as the substantive contents of the book.  The course does not satisfy the law school’s writing requirement.  Grading will be pass/fail.

Academic Freedom, The First Amendment, and the American University

Unique 28895
2 hours
  • D. Rabban
  • MON 3:45 – 5:35 pm TNH 3.129
P/F Mandatory
Eval:
Other
Spring 2022

Course Information

Course ID:
285R

Registration Information

  • 1L and upperclass elective

Description

Same as LAW 235P, Reading Group: Academic Freedom, The First Amendment, and the American University.

This non-writing seminar will meet every other week to discuss the professor’s book in progress, Academic Freedom, the First Amendment, and the American University.  The book explores the emergence of academic freedom as a distinctive First Amendment right and its relationship to general First Amendment rights of free speech.  It observes that judicial decisions have extended this right to professors, universities, and students, whose interests in academic freedom may conflict.  It also observes that state interests and the constitutional rights of individual citizens may conflict with interests in academic freedom.  Examples of state interests include national security, public health, and the enforcement of laws prohibiting employment discrimination and harassing speech.  Examples individual constitutional rights include free speech, the free exercise of religion, and equal protection.  After reviewing the case law, the book proposes a theory of First Amendment academic freedom to address these complicated issues.  Students will write two to three page reaction papers for every seminar meeting.  Class discussions will address the process of legal scholarship as well as the substantive contents of the book.  The course does not satisfy the law school’s writing requirement.  Grading will be pass/fail.

Administrative Law

Unique TBD
4 hours
  • D. Adelman
Unknown
Spring 2026
You are viewing tentative course information. Course details, including instructor, credit hour value and availability are subject to change.

Course Information

Course ID:
494C

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Administrative Law

Unique 30760
3 hours
  • J. Golden
  • MON, TUE 9:05 – 10:20 am
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Take-home exam up to 8 hrs (12/10)
Other
Fall 2025

Course Information

Course ID:
394C

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

This course provides an introduction to legal doctrines and policy questions relating to the organization and operation of the administrative state. The focus is on federal administrative law, with significant attention devoted to judicial review of agency action, structural constitutional questions of separation and balance of powers, and procedural requirements under the Due Process Clause and Administrative Procedure Act. Students are required to participate in class on "on call" panel days. Grading will be based on satisfaction of the panel requirement and performance on a one-day, take-home examination.

Administrative Law

Unique 29270
4 hours
  • D. Adelman
  • MON, TUE, WED 9:05 – 10:12 am TNH 3.142
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Final exam (5/2)
Spring 2025

Course Information

Course ID:
494C

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

Law made by administrative agencies dominates the modern legal system and modern legal practice. This course examines the legal and practical foundations of the modern administrative state. Topics include rationales for delegation to administrative agencies; the legal framework (both constitutional and statutory) that governs agency decision-making; the proper role of agencies in interpreting statutory and regulatory law; and judicial review of agency action. The course will cover these topics through a comparative analysis of administrative processes in five federal agencies—the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Labor Relations Board, the Social Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Federal Communications Commission.  A combination of cases and discussion problems will be used to examine legal issues such as the separation of powers doctrine; the constitutional law of due process; health, safety, and environmental policy; the provision of government benefits; and market regulation. The central theme of the course is how administrative law balances “rule of law” values (procedural regularity, substantive limits on arbitrary action) against the often-competing values of political accountability, democratic participation, and effective administrative governance.

Administrative Law

Unique 28545
3 hours
  • J. Golden
  • MON, TUE 2:30 – 3:45 pm TNH 2.137
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Take-home exam up to 8 hrs (5/7)
Spring 2024

Course Information

Course ID:
394C

Registration Information

  • 1L and upperclass elective
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

This course provides an introduction to legal doctrines and policy questions relating to the organization and operation of the administrative state. The focus is on federal administrative law, with significant attention devoted to judicial review of agency action, structural constitutional questions of separation and balance of powers, and procedural requirements under the Due Process Clause and Administrative Procedure Act. Students are required to participate in class on "on call" panel days. Grading will be based on satisfaction of the panel requirement and performance on a one-day, take-home examination.

Administrative Law

Unique 29505
4 hours
  • D. Adelman
  • MON, TUE, WED 9:05 – 10:12 am TNH 3.140
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Final exam (12/13)
Other
Fall 2023

Course Information

Course ID:
494C

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

Law made by administrative agencies dominates the modern legal system and modern legal practice. This course examines the legal and practical foundations of the modern administrative state. Topics include rationales for delegation to administrative agencies; the legal framework (both constitutional and statutory) that governs agency decision-making; the proper role of agencies in interpreting statutory and regulatory law; and judicial review of agency action. The course will cover these topics through a comparative analysis of administrative processes in five federal agencies—the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Labor Relations Board, the Social Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Federal Communications Commission.  A combination of cases and discussion problems will be used to examine legal issues such as the separation of powers doctrine; the constitutional law of due process; health, safety, and environmental policy; the provision of government benefits; and market regulation. The central theme of the course is how administrative law balances “rule of law” values (procedural regularity, substantive limits on arbitrary action) against the often-competing values of political accountability, democratic participation, and effective administrative governance.

Administrative Law

Unique 29330
3 hours
  • J. Golden
  • TUE, WED 2:15 – 3:30 pm TNH 2.123
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Take-home exam up to 8 hrs (4/26)
Spring 2023

Course Information

Course ID:
394C

Registration Information

  • 1L and upperclass elective
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

This course provides an introduction to legal doctrines and policy questions relating to the organization and operation of the administrative state. The focus is on federal administrative law, with significant attention devoted to judicial review of agency action, structural constitutional questions of separation and balance of powers, and procedural requirements under the Due Process Clause and Administrative Procedure Act. Students are required to participate in class on "on call" panel days. Grading will be based on satisfaction of the panel requirement and performance on a one-day, take-home examination.

Administrative Law

Unique 29350
4 hours
  • D. Adelman
  • MON, TUE, WED 9:10 – 10:17 am TNH 3.125
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Final exam (12/9)
Midterm exam
Fall 2022

Course Information

Course ID:
494C

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

Law made by administrative agencies dominates the modern legal system and modern legal practice. This course examines the legal and practical foundations of the modern administrative state. Topics include rationales for delegation to administrative agencies; the legal framework (both constitutional and statutory) that governs agency decision-making; the proper role of agencies in interpreting statutory and regulatory law; and judicial review of agency action. The course will cover these topics through a comparative analysis of administrative processes in five federal agencies—the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Labor Relations Board, the Social Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Federal Communications Commission.  A combination of cases and discussion problems will be used to examine legal issues such as the separation of powers doctrine; the constitutional law of due process; health, safety, and environmental policy; the provision of government benefits; and market regulation. The central theme of the course is how administrative law balances “rule of law” values (procedural regularity, substantive limits on arbitrary action) against the often-competing values of political accountability, democratic participation, and effective administrative governance.

Administrative Law

Unique 29655
4 hours
  • D. Adelman
  • TUE, WED, THU 9:10 – 10:17 am TNH 3.140
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Final exam (12/10)
Midterm exam
Fall 2021

Course Information

Course ID:
494C

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Prof. keeps own waitlist
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

Same as LAW 361, Administrative Law.

Law made by administrative agencies dominates the modern legal system and modern legal practice. This course examines the legal and practical foundations of the modern administrative state. Topics include rationales for delegation to administrative agencies; the legal framework (both constitutional and statutory) that governs agency decision-making; the proper role of agencies in interpreting statutory and regulatory law; and judicial review of agency action. The course will cover these topics through a comparative analysis of administrative processes in five federal agencies—the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Labor Relations Board, the Social Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Federal Communications Commission.  A combination of cases and discussion problems will be used to examine legal issues such as the separation of powers doctrine; the constitutional law of due process; health, safety, and environmental policy; the provision of government benefits; and market regulation. The central theme of the course is how administrative law balances “rule of law” values (procedural regularity, substantive limits on arbitrary action) against the often-competing values of political accountability, democratic participation, and effective administrative governance.

Administrative Law

Unique 29035
4 hours
  • D. Adelman
  • TUE, WED, THU 9:00 – 10:12 am ONLINE
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Final exam (5/10)
Midterm exam
Spring 2021

Course Information

Course ID:
461

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

This course will be taught entirely online via Zoom.

Law made by administrative agencies dominates the modern legal system and modern legal practice. This course examines the legal and practical foundations of the modern administrative state. Topics include rationales for delegation to administrative agencies; the legal framework (both constitutional and statutory) that governs agency decision-making; the proper role of agencies in interpreting statutory and regulatory law; and judicial review of agency action. The course will cover these topics through a comparative analysis of administrative processes in five federal agencies—the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Labor Relations Board, the Social Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Federal Communications Commission.  A combination of cases and discussion problems will be used to examine legal issues such as the separation of powers doctrine; the constitutional law of due process; health, safety, and environmental policy; the provision of government benefits; and market regulation. The central theme of the course is how administrative law balances “rule of law” values (procedural regularity, substantive limits on arbitrary action) against the often-competing values of political accountability, democratic participation, and effective administrative governance.

Administrative Law

Unique 27845
3 hours
Unique 27846
3 hours
  • J. Golden
  • MON, TUE 2:40 – 3:55 pm TNH 2.114
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Final exam (12/15)
Fall 2020

Course Information

Course ID:
361

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

The 27845 section of this course will be taught in person but with the option of occasional remote participation via Zoom. If students require all remote participation, they must register for the 27846 section of this course, which is identical but web-based.

This course provides an introduction to legal doctrines and policy questions relating to the organization and operation of the administrative state. The focus is on federal administrative law, with significant attention devoted to judicial review of agency action, structural constitutional questions of separation and balance of powers, and procedural requirements under the Due Process Clause and Administrative Procedure Act. Students are required to participate in class on "on call" panel days. Grading will be based on satisfaction of the panel requirement and performance on a one-day, take-home examination.

Administrative Law, Texas

Unique 28620
3 hours
  • C. Bennett
  • MON, THU 3:55 – 5:10 pm TNH 3.116
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Midterm exam (11/14)
Paper
Other
Fall 2024

Course Information

Course ID:
394D

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

A study of how government regulates citizens and business in Texas, including an analysis of the powers and procedures common to state agencies in Texas. Special focus is given to the power of agencies to regulate by the adoption of rules and the holding of due process hearings (including contested case hearings under the Texas Administrative Procedure Act). Further, the course will look at judicial review by the courts over agency actions and "open government" laws relating to governmental actions and records.

Administrative Law, Texas

Unique 29510
3 hours
  • C. Bennett
  • MON, WED 4:30 – 5:45 pm TNH 3.142
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Midterm exam (11/13)
Paper
Fall 2023

Course Information

Course ID:
394D

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

A study of how government regulates citizens and business in Texas, including an analysis of the powers and procedures common to state agencies in Texas. Special focus is given to the power of agencies to regulate by the adoption of rules and the holding of due process hearings (including contested case hearings under the Texas Administrative Procedure Act). Further, the course will look at judicial review by the courts over agency actions and "open government" laws relating to governmental actions and records.

Administrative Law, Texas

Unique 29355
3 hours
  • C. Bennett
  • MON, WED 4:30 – 5:45 pm TNH 2.123
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Midterm exam (11/9)
Paper
Other
Fall 2022

Course Information

Course ID:
394D

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

A study of how government regulates citizens and business in Texas, including an analysis of the powers and procedures common to state agencies in Texas. Special focus is given to the power of agencies to regulate by the adoption of rules and the holding of due process hearings (including contested case hearings under the Texas Administrative Procedure Act). Further, the course will look at judicial review by the courts over agency actions and "open government" laws relating to governmental actions and records.

Administrative Law, Texas

Unique 29660
3 hours
  • C. Bennett
  • H. Burkhalter
  • MON, WED 4:30 – 5:45 pm TNH 2.123
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Midterm exam (11/15)
Paper
Fall 2021

Course Information

Course ID:
394D

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

Same as LAW 361E, Administrative Law, Texas.

A study of how government regulates citizens and business in Texas, including an analysis of the powers and procedures common to state agencies in Texas. Special focus is given to the power of agencies to regulate by the adoption of rules and the holding of due process hearings (including contested case hearings under the Texas Administrative Procedure Act). Further, the course will look at judicial review by the courts over agency actions and "open government" laws relating to governmental actions and records.

Administrative Law, Texas

Unique 27850
3 hours
Unique 27851
3 hours
  • C. Bennett
  • MON, WED 4:15 – 5:30 pm TNH 2.123
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Midterm exam (11/11)
Paper
Fall 2020

Course Information

Course ID:
361E

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Prof. keeps own waitlist
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

The 27850 section of this course will be taught in person but with the option of occasional remote participation via Zoom.  If students require all remote participation, they must register for the 27851 section of this course, which is identical but web-based.

 

A study of how government regulates citizens and business in Texas, including an analysis of the powers and procedures common to state agencies in Texas. Special focus is given to the power of agencies to regulate by the adoption of rules and the holding of due process hearings (including contested case hearings under the Texas Administrative Procedure Act). Further, the course will look at judicial review by the courts over agency actions and "open government" laws relating to governmental actions and records.

Admiralty Law

Unique 28535
3 hours
  • B. Jackson
  • WED, THU 1:05 – 2:20 pm JON 6.206
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Floating take-home exam
Fall 2024

Course Information

Course ID:
390P

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

What appears below is a fairly standard description of an admiralty law survey course. Regrettably, it does not convey the uniqueness and excitement of this intellectually challenging area of the law. It has been written that maritime law should be mandatory in the first year of law school since it will excite students about law and introduce them to every subject they will study at the law school. And a national humor magazine, in a pseudo law review article concerning the Law of the Jungle, declared that "nothing... begins to compare in complexity and sheer orneriness with aquatic law."

Anything that happens on or near a body of navigable water is liable to call forth the admiralty jurisdiction of the federal courts and the application of the federal maritime law. The practice of admiralty and maritime law is somewhat specialized--admiralty lawyers still like to call themselves "proctors"--but any lawyer who practices in a port city (on an ocean, river, or lake) or who handles international transactions of any sort is likely to run into admiralty problems. (Yes, there is a lot of admiralty in Baton Rouge, plenty of it in Cincinnati, and probably still a little bit in Ogallala.) England had a specialized admiralty practice, and our Constitution set up admiralty and maritime law as a separate subject in this country by explicitly vesting the federal courts with full (but not exclusive) power over "all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction."  Understanding admiralty and maritime law accordingly entails some historical inquiries as well as a significant re-education in aspects of constitutional law affecting the division of power between the national and state governments. But the focus of the course is predominantly modern law, and the course materials consist in major part of recent judicial decisions and oft-litigated statutes.

This course delves into issues presented by injuries to maritime workers (including the Jones Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act); injuries to ship passengers and recreational boaters; carriage of goods under private contracts of carriage (charterparties) and under bills of lading (including the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act); collisions between vessels; marine insurance; and forum shopping in maritime cases. The emphasis is on the present-day problems of maritime lawyers and judges as reflected in current litigation. The name "admiralty" may conjure up images of antiquity, but the practice and study of maritime law is a thoroughly modern matter. There are no prerequisites.

Admiralty Law

Unique 29420
3 hours
  • M. Sturley
  • MON, TUE, WED 9:05 – 10:20 am JON 6.207
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Floating take-home exam
Fall 2023

Course Information

Course ID:
390P

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

Anything that happens on or near a body of navigable water is liable to call forth the admiralty jurisdiction of the federal courts and the application of the federal maritime law. The practice of admiralty and maritime law is somewhat specialized--admiralty lawyers still like to call themselves "proctors"--but any lawyer who practices in a port city (on an ocean, river, or lake) or who handles international transactions of any sort is likely to run into admiralty problems. (Yes, there is a lot of admiralty in Baton Rouge, plenty of it in Cincinnati, and probably still a little bit in Ogallala.) England had a specialized admiralty practice, and our Constitution set up admiralty and maritime law as a separate subject in this country by explicitly vesting the federal courts with full (but not exclusive) power over "all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction."  Understanding admiralty and maritime law accordingly entails some historical inquiries as well as a significant re-education in aspects of constitutional law affecting the division of power between the national and state governments. But the focus of the course is predominantly modern law, and the course materials consist in major part of recent judicial decisions and oft-litigated statutes.

This course delves into issues presented by injuries to maritime workers (including the Jones Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act); injuries to ship passengers and recreational boaters; carriage of goods under private contracts of carriage (charterparties) and under bills of lading (including the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act); collisions between vessels; marine insurance; and forum shopping in maritime cases. The emphasis is on the present-day problems of maritime lawyers and judges as reflected in current litigation. The name "admiralty" may conjure up images of antiquity, but the practice and study of maritime law is a thoroughly modern matter. There are no prerequisites.

Admiralty Law

Unique 29275
3 hours
  • M. Sturley
  • MON, TUE, WED 2:15 – 3:25 pm JON 6.206
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Floating take-home exam
Fall 2022

Course Information

Course ID:
390P

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Prof. keeps own waitlist
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

Anything that happens on or near a body of navigable water is liable to call forth the admiralty jurisdiction of the federal courts and the application of the federal maritime law. The practice of admiralty and maritime law is somewhat specialized--admiralty lawyers still like to call themselves "proctors"--but any lawyer who practices in a port city (on an ocean, river, or lake) or who handles international transactions of any sort is likely to run into admiralty problems. (Yes, there is a lot of admiralty in Baton Rouge, plenty of it in Cincinnati, and probably still a little bit in Ogallala.) England had a specialized admiralty practice, and our Constitution set up admiralty and maritime law as a separate subject in this country by explicitly vesting the federal courts with full (but not exclusive) power over "all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction."  Understanding admiralty and maritime law accordingly entails some historical inquiries as well as a significant re-education in aspects of constitutional law affecting the division of power between the national and state governments. But the focus of the course is predominantly modern law, and the course materials consist in major part of recent judicial decisions and oft-litigated statutes.

This course delves into issues presented by injuries to maritime workers (including the Jones Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act); injuries to ship passengers and recreational boaters; carriage of goods under private contracts of carriage (charterparties) and under bills of lading (including the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act); collisions between vessels; marine insurance; and forum shopping in maritime cases. The emphasis is on the present-day problems of maritime lawyers and judges as reflected in current litigation. The name "admiralty" may conjure up images of antiquity, but the practice and study of maritime law is a thoroughly modern matter. There are no prerequisites.

Admiralty Law

Unique 29565
3 hours
  • B. Jackson
  • TUE, WED 2:15 – 3:30 pm TNH 3.115
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Floating take-home exam
Fall 2021

Course Information

Course ID:
390P

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Will not use floating mean GPA

Description

Anything that happens on or near a body of navigable water is liable to call forth the admiralty jurisdiction of the federal courts and the application of the federal maritime law. The practice of admiralty and maritime law is somewhat specialized--admiralty lawyers still like to call themselves "proctors"--but any lawyer who practices in a port city (on an ocean, river, or lake) or who handles international transactions of any sort is likely to run into admiralty problems. (Yes, there is a lot of admiralty in Baton Rouge, plenty of it in Cincinnati, and probably still a little bit in Ogallala.) England had a specialized admiralty practice, and our Constitution set up admiralty and maritime law as a separate subject in this country by explicitly vesting the federal courts with full (but not exclusive) power over "all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction."  Understanding admiralty and maritime law accordingly entails some historical inquiries as well as a significant re-education in aspects of constitutional law affecting the division of power between the national and state governments. But the focus of the course is predominantly modern law, and the course materials consist in major part of recent judicial decisions and oft-litigated statutes.

This course delves into issues presented by injuries to maritime workers (including the Jones Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act); injuries to ship passengers and recreational boaters; carriage of goods under private contracts of carriage (charterparties) and under bills of lading (including the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act); collisions between vessels; marine insurance; and forum shopping in maritime cases. The emphasis is on the present-day problems of maritime lawyers and judges as reflected in current litigation. The name "admiralty" may conjure up images of antiquity, but the practice and study of maritime law is a thoroughly modern matter. There are no prerequisites.

Admiralty Law

Unique 27995
3 hours
  • M. Sturley
  • MON, WED, THU 2:40 – 3:50 pm ONLINE
P/F Allowed (JD only)
Eval:
Floating take-home exam
Fall 2020

Course Information

Course ID:
377

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
  • Prof. keeps own waitlist
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Description

This course will be taught entirely online via Zoom.

Anything that happens on or near a body of navigable water is liable to call forth the admiralty jurisdiction of the federal courts and the application of the federal maritime law. The practice of admiralty and maritime law is somewhat specialized--admiralty lawyers still like to call themselves "proctors"--but any lawyer who practices in a port city (on an ocean, river, or lake) or who handles international transactions of any sort is likely to run into admiralty problems. (Yes, there is a lot of admiralty in Baton Rouge, plenty of it in Cincinnati, and probably still a little bit in Ogallala.) England had a specialized admiralty practice, and our Constitution set up admiralty and maritime law as a separate subject in this country by explicitly vesting the federal courts with full (but not exclusive) power over "all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction."  Understanding admiralty and maritime law accordingly entails some historical inquiries as well as a significant re-education in aspects of constitutional law affecting the division of power between the national and state governments. But the focus of the course is predominantly modern law, and the course materials consist in major part of recent judicial decisions and oft-litigated statutes.

This course delves into issues presented by injuries to maritime workers (including the Jones Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act); injuries to ship passengers and recreational boaters; carriage of goods under private contracts of carriage (charterparties) and under bills of lading (including the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act); collisions between vessels; marine insurance; and forum shopping in maritime cases. The emphasis is on the present-day problems of maritime lawyers and judges as reflected in current litigation. The name "admiralty" may conjure up images of antiquity, but the practice and study of maritime law is a thoroughly modern matter. There are no prerequisites.

Advanced Advocacy: Jury Selection & Psychology

Unique TBD
4 hours
  • M. Golden
Unknown
P/F Mandatory
Spring 2026
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Course Information

Course ID:
496V

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective
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