Course Schedule
Classes Found
Construction Litigation
- MON 3:45 – 5:35 pm TNH 3.124
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 264T
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
This course will analyze theories of liability and defense in the area of construction dispute resolution, with particular emphasis on Texas law. It involves participation in several case studies, which will include extensive discussion of the practical aspects of resolving construction disputes through litigation and arbitration. The class participants will study case materials involving property damage, personal injury, and claims for delay and payment. The semester will conclude with a mediation exercise with one of the leading construction mediators in Texas. The teaching goal is to furnish the students with the basic tools to evaluate and handle a variety of construction related disputes.
Consumer Protection (Deceptive Trade Practices Act)
- MON 3:55 – 5:45 pm TNH 3.127
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 293H
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
This course deals with the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices - Consumer Protection Act (DTPA), which is the primary consumer protection statute in Texas. We will also examine statutory and common law warranties and the interplay between the DTPA and other relevant consumer protection statutes. The last three weeks of the course will be spent on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the primary federal statute protecting consumers from abusive collection practices), the Texas Debt Collection Act, and their interplay with the DTPA.
Consumer Protection (Deceptive Trade Practices Act)
- MON 3:55 – 5:45 pm TNH 3.129
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 293H
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
This course deals with the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices - Consumer Protection Act (DTPA), which is the primary consumer protection statute in Texas. We will also examine statutory and common law warranties and the interplay between the DTPA and other relevant consumer protection statutes. The last three weeks of the course will be spent on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the primary federal statute protecting consumers from abusive collection practices), the Texas Debt Collection Act, and their interplay with the DTPA.
Consumer Protection (Deceptive Trade Practices Act)
- MON 3:45 – 6:35 pm TNH 3.124
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 393H
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
This course deals with the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices - Consumer Protection Act (DTPA), which is the primary consumer protection statute in Texas. We will also examine statutory and common law warranties and the interplay between the DTPA and other relevant consumer protection statutes. The last three weeks of the course will be spent on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the primary federal statute protecting consumers from abusive collection practices), the Texas Debt Collection Act, and their interplay with the DTPA.
Consumer Protection (Deceptive Trade Practices Act)
- MON 3:45 – 6:35 pm TNH 2.123
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 393H
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
Same as LAW 345D, Consumer Protection (Deceptive Trade Practices Act).
This course deals with the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices - Consumer Protection Act (DTPA), which is the primary consumer protection statute in Texas. We will also examine statutory and common law warranties and the interplay between the DTPA and other relevant consumer protection statutes. The last three weeks of the course will be spent on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the primary federal statute protecting consumers from abusive collection practices), the Texas Debt Collection Act, and their interplay with the DTPA.
Consumer Protection (Deceptive Trade Practices Act)
- MON 4:15 – 7:05 pm ONLINE
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 345D
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
This course will be taught entirely online via Zoom.
This course deals with the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices - Consumer Protection Act (DTPA), which is the primary consumer protection statute in Texas. We will also examine statutory and common law warranties and the interplay between the DTPA and other relevant consumer protection statutes. The last three weeks of the course will be spent on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the primary federal statute protecting consumers from abusive collection practices), the Texas Debt Collection Act, and their interplay with the DTPA.
Consumer Protection (Deceptive Trade Practices Act)
- MON 3:45 – 6:35 pm JON 6.207/208
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 345D
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
This course deals with the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices - Consumer Protection Act (DTPA), which is the primary consumer protection statute in Texas. We will also examine statutory and common law warranties and the interplay between the DTPA and other relevant consumer protection statutes. Two class periods will be spent on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the primary federal statute protecting consumers from abusive collection practices) and the Texas Debt Collection Act.
Contemporary Issues in Policing, Prosecution, and Punishment through Law and Film
- TUE 3:55 – 5:45 pm JON 5.206
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 296W
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
This course examines a range of contemporary issues in policing, prosecution, and punishment through the lens of a series of documentary films and related short reading assignments. Through class discussion and exchange of short response papers to the films, students will explore and critically examine a range of issues and controversies in the American criminal justice system, including the expansion in the role and powers of the police resulting from the War on Drugs; the use of racial profiling, no-knock warrants, and other policing practices; officer-involved shootings and the doctrine of qualified immunity; the "school-to-prison pipeline; sex offender registries; the prosecution of juveniles in criminal court; and long-term solitary confinement, among other issues. Students will discuss and explore the feasibility of alternative approaches to these practices and examine the legal, political, and practical obstacles to reform.
Contemporary Issues in Policing, Prosecution, and Punishment through Law and Film
- MON 3:45 – 5:35 pm JON 5.206
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 296V
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
Same as LAW 196W, Intro to Contemporary Criminal Justice Issues Through Law and Film.
This course examines a range of contemporary issues in policing, prosecution, and punishment through the lens of a series of documentary films and related short reading assignments. Through class discussion and exchange of short response papers to the films, students will explore and critically examine a range of issues and controversies in the American criminal justice system, including the expansion in the role and powers of the police resulting from the War on Drugs; the use of racial profiling, no-knock warrants, and other policing practices; officer-involved shootings and the doctrine of qualified immunity; the "school-to-prison pipeline; sex offender registries; the prosecution of juveniles in criminal court; and long-term solitary confinement, among other issues. Students will discuss and explore the feasibility of alternative approaches to these practices and examine the legal, political, and practical obstacles to reform.
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 480H
Registration Information
- 1L-only required
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 480H
Registration Information
- 1L-only required
Contracts
- MON, TUE, WED 2:30 – 3:37 pm TNH 2.138
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 480H
Registration Information
- 1L-only required
Description
An introduction to the law governing contracts and the methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.
Contracts
- MON, TUE, WED 1:05 – 2:12 pm TNH 2.137
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 480H
Registration Information
- 1L-only required
Description
Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.
Contracts
- TUE, WED, FRI 10:30 – 11:37 am TNH 2.138
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 480H
Registration Information
- 1L-only required
Description
An introductory course on the law of contracts. This course takes up basic questions about the common law principles governing the formation, interpretation, performance, and enforcement of contracts, as well as the basic remedies for their breach.
Contracts
- MON, TUE, WED, THU 9:05 – 9:55 am TNH 2.137
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 480H
Registration Information
- 1L-only required
Description
Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.
Contracts
- MON, TUE, WED 10:30 – 11:37 am TNH 2.140
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 480H
Registration Information
- 1L-only required
Description
An introductory course on the law of contracts. This course takes up basic questions about the common law principles governing the formation, interpretation, performance, and enforcement of contracts, as well as the basic remedies for their breach.
Contracts
- TUE, WED, THU 1:05 – 2:12 pm TNH 2.138
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 480H
Registration Information
- 1L-only required
Description
Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.
Contracts
- TUE 10:30 – 11:37 am TNH 2.137
- WED, FRI 10:30 – 11:37 am TNH 2.138
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 480H
Registration Information
- 1L-only required
Description
An introductory course on the law of contracts. This course takes up basic questions about the common law principles governing the formation, interpretation, performance, and enforcement of contracts, as well as the basic remedies for their breach.
Contracts
- MON, TUE, WED, THU 1:15 – 2:05 pm TNH 2.140
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 480H
Registration Information
- 1L-only required
Description
Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.
Contracts
- MON, TUE, WED 2:15 – 3:22 pm TNH 2.138
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 480H
Registration Information
- 1L-only required
Description
Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.
Contracts
- A. Kull
- MON, WED, FRI 9:10 – 10:17 am TNH 2.139
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 480H
Registration Information
- 1L-only required
Description
Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.
Contracts
- A. Kull
- MON, WED, FRI 9:10 – 10:17 am TNH 2.137
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 421
Registration Information
- 1L-only required
Description
Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced. (I have no idea who wrote this! But you'll soon see what it's about.)
Contracts
- MON, TUE, WED 9:10 – 10:17 am TNH 2.138
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 421
Registration Information
- 1L-only required
Description
An introduction to the law governing contracts and the methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.
Contracts
- MON, TUE, WED, THU 1:15 – 2:05 pm TNH 2.137
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 421
Registration Information
- 1L-only required
Description
Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.
Contracts
- MON, TUE, WED 1:00 – 2:07 pm TNH 2.139
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 521
Registration Information
- 1L-only required
Description
Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.