Course Schedule

Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.

Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.

Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.

Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.

Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.

Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.

The 27435 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 27444  section of this course, which is identical but web-based.

 Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.

The 27439 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   27440 section of this course, which is identical but web-based.

Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.

This course will be taught entirely online via Zoom.

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.

This course will be taught entirely online via Zoom.

Methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.

This course will introduce foreign lawyers in the LLM and exchange program to the common law of Contracts. It will cover the methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.

This course will introduce foreign lawyers in the LLM and exchange program to the common law of Contracts. It will cover the methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.

This course will introduce foreign lawyers in the LLM and exchange program to the common law of Contracts. It will cover the methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.

The 27455 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   27456 section of this course, which is identical but web-based.

This course will introduce foreign lawyers in the LLM program to the common law of Contracts. It will cover the methods by which rights and duties of promissory and quasi-promissory origin are created, transferred, limited, discharged, breached, and enforced.

The course covers the basic elements of copyright law. Special emphasis will be put on the interaction of copyright law with various new technologies including the Internet. In addition to the relevant legal doctrines, the class will survey policy considerations and the normative justifications--economic and others--that underlie these doctrines.

The course covers the basic elements of copyright law. Special emphasis will be put on the interaction of copyright law with various new technologies including the Internet. In addition to the relevant legal doctrines, the class will survey policy considerations and the normative justifications--economic and others--that underlie these doctrines.

The course covers the basic elements of copyright law. Special emphasis will be put on the interaction of copyright law with various new technologies including the Internet. In addition to the relevant legal doctrines, the class will survey policy considerations and the normative justifications--economic and others--that underlie these doctrines.

A practice-oriented approach to copyright law, covering the basics, from subject matter, scope of exclusive rights, publication, duration (including renewal and statutory termination) to secondary liability and multi-national copyright issues. Class sessions and readings are informed by the professor's 35+ years of experience in litigating and transacting copyright matters- including ungraded drafting exercises, coverage of additional non-coursebook material drawn from real world experience in counseling, analyzing and lawyering complex copyright matters in a variety of fields.   We will explore traditional "literary property" and actual industry licensing practices, navigate the maze of web-based content delivery systems and legal issues,  develop a tool set for conducting due diligence and devote time to litigation and transaction strategies that demand fluency in the law as well as insight into the practice of the law.

The objective is not only to provide students with a working understanding of the law, including some of the arcana of copyright practice, but to develop a framework for students to analyze and address copyright from the perspective of a working practitioner in the field. This course can serve as both a basic introduction to the field as well as a platform for exploration of more in-depth study. 

This is a hands-on drafting course focusing on IP and media rights, guided by a practitioner with over 35 years of experience in multinational transactions and litigation. We will begin with the building blocks of conveyances-- grants, licenses and other mechanisms to permit or prohibit the exploitation of IP in copyright and related (trademark, trade secret and right of publicity) areas in a variety of fields: media, entertainment and information/content delivery. Rather than limiting study to existing contract language and case law (both helpful), we craft the necessary language through participatory in-class and take home drafting exercises with two objectives in mind: the object of the contract or other document and knowledge of relevant substantive law. The goal is to enable the student to develop a working understanding of operative IP-centric provisions and a skill set to craft language based on an informed understanding of these provisions, which takes account of the business practices and conventions of various industries in which these contract clauses function. 

Prerequisites: completion of copyright or other IP courses or equivalent work-related experience. Course open only to applicants with approval of professor.

Non-Law students: this course assumes some familiarity with IP law or practice based on work experience. Though basic law is included in course text, any student who wishes to reach out to professor to confirm qualifications is welcome to do so.

Method of Evaluation: graded in-term take home exercises plus final drafting exercises (floating).

Materials: Professor to provide; third party reference materials available online or in library.

This is a hands-on drafting course focusing on IP and media rights, guided by a practitioner with over 35 years of experience in multinational transactions and litigation. We will begin with the building blocks of conveyances-- grants, licenses and other mechanisms to permit or prohibit the exploitation of IP in copyright and related (trademark, trade secret and right of publicity) areas in a variety of fields: media, entertainment and information/content delivery. Rather than limiting study to existing contract language and case law (both helpful), we craft the necessary language through participatory in-class and take home drafting exercises with two objectives in mind: the object of the contract or other document and knowledge of relevant substantive law. The goal is to enable the student to develop a working understanding of operative IP-centric provisions and a skill set to craft language based on an informed understanding of these provisions, which takes account of the business practices and conventions of various industries in which these contract clauses function. 

Prerequisites: completion of copyright or other IP courses or equivalent work-related experience. Course open only to applicants with approval of professor.

Method of Evaluation: graded in-term take home exercises plus final drafting exercises (floating).

Materials: Professor to provide; third party reference materials available online or in library.

The 28075 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 28084 section of this course, which is identical but web-based.

This is a hands-on drafting course focusing on IP and media rights, guided by a practitioner with over 35 years of experience in multinational transactions and litigation. We will begin with the building blocks of conveyances-- grants, licenses and other mechanisms to permit or prohibit the exploitation of IP in copyright and related (trademark, trade secret and right of publicity) areas in a variety of fields: media, entertainment and information/content delivery. Rather than limiting study to existing contract language and case law (both helpful), we craft the necessary language through participatory in-class and take home drafting exercises with two objectives in mind: the object of the contract or other document and knowledge of relevant substantive law. The goal is to enable the student to develop a working understanding of operative IP-centric provisions and a skill set to craft language based on an informed understanding of these provisions.

Prerequisites: completion of copyright or other IP courses or equivalent work-related experience, the latter with approval of professor.

Method of Evaluation: graded in-term take home exercises plus final drafting exercises (floating).

Materials: Professor to provide; third party reference materials available online or in library.

This course meets jointly with Ph. D. students in Government. The course provides an overview of the field of public law in political science. Because the focus is political science, most readings are by political scientists even though public law is an interdisciplinary field. A one semester course cannot include all topics in the field, nor can it assign all the "classics" or important works on the topics that are covered. Nevertheless, this course attempts to do some of both. Class participation (≈50%) You are expected to read all assigned materials and to participate actively in class discussions. You will be asked to write approximately nine one-page single-spaced papers that focus on the readings for the week. You may choose the weeks with a few exceptions. You must make copies of your paper available to your classmates and me no later than 7 p.m. on the day before class. Late papers are not accepted. These papers will not be graded per se, but they will serve as part of my evaluation of you. More details will be given in class. A student or a group of students may be asked to lead part of the weekly discussion. Research project (≈50%) You will submit either a research prospectus or a research paper of approximately 12-20 pp on a topic of your choice, though it must be related to the issues raised in the course. Law students are urged to do a research paper though you may do a prospectus with my permission. A prospectus should be a proposed plan of study for a major article or book. A successful prospectus will address the existing literature, lay out a problem and a theory, and propose a feasible plan to answer the problem in light of the theory. A research paper should be one that would be of the quality that might be published if expanded. Publications are supposed to make an original contribution. Thus, you will need to make some original claim in your paper, not just repeat in re-processed form what is already in the literature. The research paper is intended to be empirical, which does not mean quantitative, though we can discuss exactly what this means during the course of the semester. More details on both these options will be given in class. Prerequisites : Graduate or Law School standing.