Course Schedule
Classes Found
Legal Research, Advanced: Corporations/Securities
- WED 10:30 am – 12:20 pm JON 3.222/223
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 184V-3
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 1/19/22 — 3/2/22
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
Same as LAW 132C, Topic 3: Legal Research, Advanced: Corporations/Securities.
This one credit, pass-fail course focuses on research resources used in business and commercial practice. The emphasis of the course is on identifying sources and efficiently undertaking corporate, securities, and general business and commercial law research. It is not a class on the substantive aspects of corporate and securities law except as those aspects relate to the finding and interpretation of legal materials. Students will be evaluated on take-home and in-class research assignments.
Legal Research, Advanced: Corporations/Securities
- MON 10:30 am – 12:20 pm JON 3.222
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 184V-3
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 8/30/21 — 10/18/21
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
Same as LAW 132C, Legal Research, Advanced: Corporations/Securities.
This one hour, pass-fail course focuses on research resources used in business and commercial practice. The emphasis of the course is on identifying sources and efficiently undertaking corporate, securities, and general business and commercial law research. It is not a class on the substantive aspects of corporate and securities law except as those aspects relate to the finding and interpretation of legal materials. Students will be be evaluated on take-home and in-class research assignments.
Legal Research, Advanced: Corporations/Securities
- WED 10:35 am – 12:33 pm ONLINE
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 132C
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 1/27/21 — 3/10/21
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
Description
This course will be taught entirely online via Zoom.
This one credit, pass-fail course focuses on research resources used in business and commercial practice. The emphasis of the course is on identifying sources and efficiently undertaking corporate, securities, and general business and commercial law research. It is not a class on the substantive aspects of corporate and securities law except as those aspects relate to the finding and interpretation of legal materials. Students will be evaluated on take-home and in-class research assignments.
Course meets January 27 - March 10, 2021.
Legal Research, Advanced: Corporations/Securities
- WED 10:35 am – 12:25 pm ONLINE
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 132C
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 8/26/20 — 10/7/20
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
Description
This course will be taught entirely online via Zoom.
This one hour, pass-fail course focuses on research resources used in business and commercial practice. The emphasis of the course is on identifying sources and efficiently undertaking corporate, securities, and general business and commercial law research. It is not a class on the substantive aspects of corporate and securities law except as those aspects relate to the finding and interpretation of legal materials. Students will be be evaluated on take-home and in-class research assignments.
Legal Research, Advanced: Corporations/Securities
- TUE, THU 5:00 – 6:00 pm
Course Information
- Course ID:
- W132C
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
Description
Taught as a web-based course. Course meets June 30 - August 13.
This one hour, pass-fail course focuses on research resources used in business and commercial practice. The emphasis of the course is on identifying sources and efficiently undertaking corporate, securities, and general business and commercial law research. It is not a class on the substantive aspects of corporate and securities law except as those aspects relate to the finding and interpretation of legal materials. Students will be evaluated on take-home and in-class research assignments.
Legal Research, Advanced: Corporations/Securities
- WED 10:30 am – 12:20 pm JON 3.222
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 132C
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 1/22/20 — 3/4/20
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
Description
This seven-week course focuses on research resources used in business and commercial practice. The emphasis of the course is on identifying sources and efficiently undertaking corporate, securities, and general business and commercial law research. It is not a class on the substantive aspects of corporate and securities law except as those aspects relate to the finding and interpretation of legal materials. Students will be be evaluated on take-home and in-class research assignments.
Legal Research, Advanced: Corporations/Securities
- WED 10:30 am – 12:20 pm JON 3.222
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 132C
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 8/28/19 — 10/9/19
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
Description
This one hour, pass-fail course focuses on research resources used in business and commercial practice. The emphasis of the course is on identifying sources and efficiently undertaking corporate, securities, and general business and commercial law research. It is not a class on the substantive aspects of corporate and securities law except as those aspects relate to the finding and interpretation of legal materials. Students will be be evaluated on take-home and in-class research assignments.
Legal Research, Advanced: Foreign and International Law
- TUE 3:55 – 5:45 pm JON 3.222
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 184V-1
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 8/27/24 — 10/8/24
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
The sources and methods of research in foreign and international law are largely excluded from the first year training in legal research. Yet, both international law and the law of foreign countries are today of ever-increasing significance to American lawyers. The purpose of the course is to introduce the information sources in these fields and the ways of doing research in them, tailored to the needs of American law students and lawyers. Areas covered include: public international law, including treaty research; documentation of international organizations, including the UN and the European Union, particularly as available on the WWW; the law of other countries, with the emphasis on jurisdictions that American lawyers are likely to encounter, e.g., Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany; selected topics with an international component, e.g., commercial arbitration, intellectual property, international litigation. The grade is based on the completion of research exercises. There is no exam. This is a one-credit, mandatory Credit/No Credit course. It is taught during the first seven weeks of the semester. Prerequisite: A law school course with an international or comparative focus, which may be taken simultaneously. Familiarity with online legal research, including Westlaw, Lexis, and WWW.
Legal Research, Advanced: Foreign and International Law
- TUE 3:55 – 5:45 pm JON 3.222
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 184V-1
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 8/22/23 — 10/3/23
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
The sources and methods of research in foreign and international law are largely excluded from the first year training in legal research. Yet, both international law and the law of foreign countries are today of ever-increasing significance to American lawyers. The purpose of the course is to introduce the information sources in these fields and the ways of doing research in them, tailored to the needs of American law students and lawyers. Areas covered include: public international law, including treaty research; documentation of international organizations, including the UN and the European Union, particularly as available on the WWW; the law of other countries, with the emphasis on jurisdictions that American lawyers are likely to encounter, e.g., Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany; selected topics with an international component, e.g., commercial arbitration, intellectual property, international litigation. The grade is based on the completion of research exercises. There is no exam. This is a one-credit, mandatory Credit/No Credit course. It is taught during the first seven weeks of the semester. Prerequisite: A law school course with an international or comparative focus, which may be taken simultaneously. Familiarity with online legal research, including Westlaw, Lexis, and WWW.
Legal Research, Advanced: Foreign and International Law
- TUE 3:45 – 5:35 pm JON 3.222
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 184V-1
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 8/23/22 — 10/4/22
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
Same as LAW 132C, Legal Research, Advanced: Foreign and International Law.
The sources and methods of research in foreign and international law are largely excluded from the first year training in legal research. Yet, both international law and the law of foreign countries are today of ever-increasing significance to American lawyers. The purpose of the course is to introduce the information sources in these fields and the ways of doing research in them, tailored to the needs of American law students and lawyers. Areas covered include: public international law, including treaty research; documentation of international organizations, including the UN and the European Union, particularly as available on the WWW; the law of other countries, with the emphasis on jurisdictions that American lawyers are likely to encounter, e.g., Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany; selected topics with an international component, e.g., commercial arbitration, intellectual property, international litigation. The grade is based on the completion of research exercises. There is no exam. This is a one-credit, mandatory Credit/No Credit course. It is taught during the first seven weeks of the semester. Prerequisite: A law school course with an international or comparative focus, which may be taken simultaneously. Familiarity with online legal research, including Westlaw, Lexis, and WWW.
Legal Research, Advanced: Foreign and International Law
- TUE 3:45 – 5:35 pm JON 3.222
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 184V-1
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 8/31/21 — 10/12/21
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
Same as LAW 132C, Legal Research, Advanced: Foreign and International Law.
The sources and methods of research in foreign and international law are largely excluded from the first year training in legal research. Yet, both international law and the law of foreign countries are today of ever-increasing significance to American lawyers. The purpose of the course is to introduce the information sources in these fields and the ways of doing research in them, tailored to the needs of American law students and lawyers. Areas covered include: public international law, including treaty research; documentation of international organizations, including the UN and the European Union, particularly as available on the WWW; the law of other countries, with the emphasis on jurisdictions that American lawyers are likely to encounter, e.g., Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany; selected topics with an international component, e.g., commercial arbitration, intellectual property, international litigation. The grade is based on the completion of research exercises. There is no exam. This is a one-credit, mandatory Credit/No Credit course. It is taught during the first seven weeks of the semester. Prerequisite: A law school course with an international or comparative focus, which may be taken simultaneously. Familiarity with online legal research, including Westlaw, Lexis, and WWW.
- TUE 4:15 – 6:05 pm TNH 3.142
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 132C
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 9/1/20 — 10/13/20
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
Description
The 27515 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 27516 section of this course, which is identical but web-based.
The sources and methods of research in foreign and international law are largely excluded from the first year training in legal research. Yet, both international law and the law of foreign countries are today of ever-increasing significance to American lawyers. The purpose of the course is to introduce the information sources in these fields and the ways of doing research in them, tailored to the needs of American law students and lawyers. Areas covered include: public international law, including treaty research; documentation of international organizations, including the UN and the European Union, particularly as available on the WWW; the law of other countries, with the emphasis on jurisdictions that American lawyers are likely to encounter, e.g., Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany; selected topics with an international component, e.g., commercial arbitration, intellectual property, international litigation. The grade is based on the completion of research exercises. There is no exam. This is a one-credit, mandatory Credit/No Credit course. It is taught during the first seven weeks of the semester. Prerequisite: A law school course with an international or comparative focus, which may be taken simultaneously. Familiarity with online legal research, including Westlaw, Lexis, and WWW.
Legal Research, Advanced: Foreign and International Law
- TUE 3:45 – 5:35 pm JON 3.222
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 132C
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 9/3/19 — 10/15/19
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
Description
The sources and methods of research in foreign and international law are largely excluded from the first year training in legal research. Yet, both international law and the law of foreign countries are today of ever-increasing significance to American lawyers. The purpose of the course is to introduce the information sources in these fields and the ways of doing research in them, tailored to the needs of American law students and lawyers. Areas covered include: public international law, including treaty research; documentation of international organizations, including the UN and the European Union, particularly as available on the WWW; the law of other countries, with the emphasis on jurisdictions that American lawyers are likely to encounter, e.g., Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany; selected topics with an international component, e.g., commercial arbitration, intellectual property, international litigation. The grade is based on the completion of research exercises. There is no exam. This is a one-credit, mandatory Credit/No Credit course. It is taught during the first seven weeks of the semester. Prerequisite: A law school course with an international or comparative focus, which may be taken simultaneously. Familiarity with online legal research, including Westlaw, Lexis, and WWW.
Legal Research, Advanced: Texas Law
- WED 9:50 – 11:40 am JON 3.222
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 184V-2
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 1/17/24 — 2/28/24
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
This seven-week course will focus on the resources and methodology used in performing legal research in Texas. Through a series of lectures and assignments students will become familiar with the various types of legal research, including statutory law, case law, administrative regulations, and secondary practice materials. The course is offered on a Pass/Fail basis. Students are required to complete in-class and out-of-class exercises throughout the course, but there is no final exam.
Legal Research, Advanced: Texas Law
- THU 9:50 – 11:40 am JON 3.222
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 184V-2
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 8/24/23 — 10/5/23
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
This seven-week course will focus on the resources and methodology used in performing legal research in Texas. Through a series of lectures and assignments students will become familiar with the various types of legal research, including statutory law, case law, administrative regulations, and secondary practice materials. The course is offered on a Pass/Fail basis. Students are required to complete in-class and out-of-class exercises throughout the course, but there is no final exam.
Legal Research, Advanced: Texas Law
- WED 10:30 am – 12:20 pm JON 3.222
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 184V-2
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 1/11/23 — 2/22/23
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
This seven-week course will focus on the resources and methodology used in performing legal research in Texas. Through a series of lectures and assignments students will become familiar with the various types of legal research, including statutory law, case law, administrative regulations, and secondary practice materials. The course is offered on a Pass/Fail basis. Students are required to complete in-class and out-of-class exercises throughout the course, but there is no final exam.
Legal Research, Advanced: Texas Law
- THU 10:30 am – 12:20 pm JON 3.222
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 184V-2
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 8/25/22 — 10/6/22
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
This seven-week course will focus on the resources and methodology used in performing legal research in Texas. Through a series of lectures and assignments students will become familiar with the various types of legal research, including statutory law, case law, administrative regulations, and secondary practice materials. The course is offered on a Pass/Fail basis. Students are required to complete in-class and out-of-class exercises throughout the course, but there is no final exam.
Legal Research, Advanced: Texas Law
- THU 10:30 am – 12:20 pm JON 3.222/223
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 184V-2
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 1/20/22 — 3/3/22
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
Same as LAW 132C, Topic 2: Legal Research, Advanced: Texas Law.
This seven-week course will focus on the resources and methodology used in performing legal research in Texas. Through a series of lectures and assignments students will become familiar with the various types of legal research, including statutory law, case law, administrative regulations, and secondary practice materials. The course is offered on a Pass/Fail basis. Students are required to complete in-class and out-of-class exercises throughout the course, but there is no final exam.
Legal Research, Advanced: Texas Law
- THU 10:30 am – 12:20 pm JON 3.222
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 184V-2
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 8/26/21 — 10/7/21
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
Description
Same as LAW 132C, Legal Research, Advanced: Texas Law.
This seven-week course will focus on the resources and methodology used in performing legal research in Texas. Through a series of lectures and assignments students will become familiar with the various types of legal research; including statutory law, case law, administrative regulations, and secondary practice materials. The course is offered on a Pass/Fail basis. Students are required to complete in-class and out-of-class exercises throughout the course, but there is no final exam.
Legal Research, Advanced: Texas Law
- WED 10:35 am – 12:23 pm ONLINE
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 132C
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 1/27/21 — 3/10/21
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
Description
This course will be taught entirely online via Zoom.
This seven-week course will focus on the resources and methodology used in performing legal research in Texas. Through a series of lectures and assignments students will become familiar with the various types of legal research, including statutory law, case law, administrative regulations, and secondary practice materials. The course is offered on a Pass/Fail basis. Students are required to complete in-class and out-of-class exercises throughout the course, but there is no final exam.
Legal Research, Advanced: Texas Law
- THU 10:35 am – 12:25 pm ONLINE
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 132C
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 8/27/20 — 10/8/20
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
Description
This course will be taught entirely online via Zoom.
This seven-week course will focus on the resources and methodology used in performing legal research in Texas. Through a series of lectures and assignments students will become familiar with the various types of legal research; including statutory law, case law, administrative regulations, and secondary practice materials. The course is offered on a Pass/Fail basis. Students are required to complete in-class and out-of-class exercises throughout the course, but there is no final exam.
Legal Research, Advanced: Texas Law
- THU 10:30 am – 12:20 pm JON 3.222
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 132C
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 1/23/20 — 3/5/20
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Prof. keeps own waitlist
- Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
Description
This seven-week course will focus on the resources and methodology used in performing legal research in Texas. Through a series of lectures and assignments students will become familiar with the various types of legal research; including statutory law, case law, administrative regulations, and secondary practice materials. The course is offered on a Pass/Fail basis. Students are required to complete in-class and out-of-class exercises throughout the course, but there is no final exam.
Legal Research, Advanced: Texas Law
- E. Hilkin
- FRI 10:30 am – 12:20 pm JON 3.222
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 132C
- Experiential learning credit:
- 1 hour
- Short course:
- 8/30/19 — 10/11/19
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
Description
This seven-week course will focus on the resources and methodology used in performing legal research in Texas. Through a series of lectures and assignments students will become familiar with the various types of legal research; including statutory law, case law, administrative regulations, and secondary practice materials. The course is offered on a Pass/Fail basis. Students are required to complete seven in-class and three out-of-class exercises throughout the course, but there is no final exam.
Legal Scholarship
- TUE 2:30 – 5:10 pm JON 6.206
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 389P
- Cross-listed with:
- Other school
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
This course is designed to acquaint students with the various genres of legal scholarship that can contribute both to the understanding of our legal system and to the practice of law. Three broad categories of legal scholarship will be read and discussed: (1) jurisprudential scholarship about the correct way to determine the internally-right answer to any legal-rights question in our legal system as well as about the existence of internally-right answers to legal-rights questions in our legal system, (2) analyses of the internally-correct answer to particular legal- rights questions or more general doctrinal questions, and (3) external-to-law analyses of the causes, consequences, "nature," or attractiveness of given bodies of law or legal-decisionmaking processes. To a significant extent, the course will be concerned with the contribution that philosophical, historical, sociological, and economic approaches can make to the study of these issues. The class will meet for three hours once a week. Each session will be divided into two 75-minute, related halves. Most weeks, the two halves will be taught by different presenters or sets of presenters who will discuss articles typically that they have written or occasionally that someone else has written that fall into a particular category. (In addition to the listed instructor, the course will be taught by something like 20 members of the law faculty and possibly some members of other faculties.) Each session will address not only the articles assigned themselves but wider issues the relevant genre of scholarship raises—for example, the jurisprudential assumptions behind a particular doctrinal article, the circumstances in which economic or historical analysis is internal-to-law and external-to-law, the prescriptive-moral relevance of economic-efficiency conclusions. In addition to having an obligation to participate orally in the class, students will be required to write four five-to-ten-page papers on the readings for particular weeks (that can address questions the presenters will pose in advance) and a longer (15-25 page) paper at the end of the course on one or more issues raised during the semester, on how (if at all) and why the course has or has not changed their view of legal education or their professional plans, and/or on anything else related to the course to which the instructor agrees. Within limitations associated with the value of spreading each student's writing evenly throughout the semester and the goal of having the same number of papers written each week, short-paper assignments will be based on student preferences. Short papers will not be assigned for the first two sessions or the last session of the course.
Legal Scholarship
- TUE 2:30 – 5:10 pm JON 6.206
Course Information
- Course ID:
- 389P
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Description
This course is designed to acquaint students with the various genres of legal scholarship that can contribute both to the understanding of our legal system and to the practice of law. Three broad categories of legal scholarship will be read and discussed: (1) jurisprudential scholarship about the correct way to determine the internally-right answer to any legal-rights question in our legal system as well as about the existence of internally-right answers to legal-rights questions in our legal system, (2) analyses of the internally-correct answer to particular legal- rights questions or more general doctrinal questions, and (3) external-to-law analyses of the causes, consequences, "nature," or attractiveness of given bodies of law or legal-decisionmaking processes. To a significant extent, the course will be concerned with the contribution that philosophical, historical, sociological, and economic approaches can make to the study of these issues. The class will meet for three hours once a week. Each session will be divided into two 75-minute, related halves. Most weeks, the two halves will be taught by different presenters or sets of presenters who will discuss articles typically that they have written or occasionally that someone else has written that fall into a particular category. (In addition to the listed instructor, the course will be taught by something like 20 members of the law faculty and possibly some members of other faculties.) Each session will address not only the articles assigned themselves but wider issues the relevant genre of scholarship raises—for example, the jurisprudential assumptions behind a particular doctrinal article, the circumstances in which economic or historical analysis is internal-to-law and external-to-law, the prescriptive-moral relevance of economic-efficiency conclusions. In addition to having an obligation to participate orally in the class, students will be required to write four five-to-ten-page papers on the readings for particular weeks (that can address questions the presenters will pose in advance) and a longer (15-25 page) paper at the end of the course on one or more issues raised during the semester, on how (if at all) and why the course has or has not changed their view of legal education or their professional plans, and/or on anything else related to the course to which the instructor agrees. Within limitations associated with the value of spreading each student's writing evenly throughout the semester and the goal of having the same number of papers written each week, short-paper assignments will be based on student preferences. Short papers will not be assigned for the first two sessions or the last session of the course.