Administrative agencies make policy, regulate, and adjudicate across issues ranging from natural resource management and environmental protection to public benefits and workplace safety. This course examines the constitutional and statutory framework surrounding the operation and governance of admin...
This course will take a criminal case from its inception through trial, plea or dismissal. Students will perform skills weekly on different elements of the case such as intake evaluation, pretrial motions, plea negotiations, witness preparation and trial. Ethics will also be included. The course is ...
Evaluation Method
None
Additional Information
Course ID: 179P
Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective
Grading Method:
Pass/Fail Mandatory
Short course
from 2/14/19 through 4/11/19
1 credit counts toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement
So you know the basics of litigation, what next? Are you ready to take a deposition, represent a client in mediation or try a case to an arbitrator? An effective advocate needs the knowledge and skill to assess which dispute resolution process best suits the case. In this practice intensive class, y...
Evaluation Method
None
Additional Information
Course ID: 279M
Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective
Grading Method:
Pass/Fail Not Allowed
Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
2 credits count toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement
So you know the basics of litigation, what next? Are you ready to take a deposition, represent a client in mediation or try a case to an arbitrator? An effective advocate needs the knowledge and skill to assess which dispute resolution process best suits the case. In this practice intensive class, y...
Evaluation Method
None
Additional Information
Course ID: 279P
Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective
Grading Method:
Pass/Fail Mandatory
2 credits count toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement
This class is limited to 3L students. It is for students who have mastered the basic and advanced advocacy skills and will focus on cutting-edge advocacy theories and techniques. The class combines both discussion and practice sessions focusing on both traditional legal exercises and new non-verbal ...
Evaluation Method
None
Additional Information
Course ID: 476W
Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective
Grading Method:
Pass/Fail Mandatory
Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
4 credits count toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement
This class has a mandatory evening skills component (Monday or Wednesday evening). Students must register for both the lecture (376M) and either Monday or Wednesday evening skills portion (176N) of the class. Please note, the evening Skills portion of the class will not begin until week 5 or 6 of th...
Evaluation Method
Final
- 5/11/19
Additional Information
Course ID: 376M
Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective
Grading Method:
Pass/Fail Allowed
Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
3 credits count toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement
This class will focus on a variety of subjects that will explore why America’s middle-class struggles to achieve the American Dream. Topics we will explore: how labor laws have helped create and maintain the income inequality gaps, how housing laws have helped created economically (and racially) s...
Evaluation Method
Paper
Additional Information
Course ID: 379M
Classification Required: 1L and upperclass elective
DESCRIPTION
Over 16 million children in the United States grow up poor, which means one out of every five kids in America faces increased risk of worse health, education, and future economic outcomes. While many US policies, social enterprises, and nonprofit organizations aim to improve life trajec...
This course provides an opportunity to analyze law and policy in the fast- growing area of law concerning people with disabilities. Legislation to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability has produced substantial results in employment, education, housing, health and other fields. Students ...
Is there a place in the law for the consideration of the interests of animals? Throughout the semester, we will examine the jurisprudential basis and theoretical underpinnings of the current status of animals in our legal system. Students will read a diverse cross-section of legal theory and case la...
The course studies the development, interpretation, and application of the antitrust laws of the United States, specifically the Sherman Act, Clayton Act, FTC Act and other laws designed to protect consumers by ensuring competition in the marketplace. Specific topics include dominant firm behavior a...
The course begins by explaining why the American antitrust laws' critical expressions -- "restraint of trade," "monopolizes," "decreases competition" -- should be interpreted in ways that make the legality of the various types of business conduct covered by those laws depend on economic analyses of ...
This pass-fail course teaches students to do the work of an appellate clerk. We will analyze briefs and record excerpts, write sample bench memos, and draft and edit opinions. I expect students to attend every class unless excused. The class is only open to students who have accepted an appellate clerkship or who plan to apply to one.
Evaluation Method
Paper
Additional Information
Course ID: 232H
Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective
Grading Method:
Pass/Fail Mandatory
2 credits count toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement
This course covers Title 11 of the U.S. Code, the Bankruptcy Code. It includes both consumer and business bankruptcy and a modest introduction to state law collection issues. Students learn the basic concepts of "straight" bankruptcy liquidation (Chapter 7), in which a trustee is appointed to sell t...
This is the basic introductory course in business organizations. It considers issues relating to the selection of business form (partnership, limited partnership, corporation, and limited liability company), as well as the formation, financing, operation, and control of business entities. Primary em...
This course will examine some general jurisprudential and moral issues related to the American system of capital punishment. The course will focus primarily on the development of the law governing capital punishment in the United States since 1970. Some of the main themes include: the legal structur...
Evaluation Method
Final
- 5/13/19
Additional Information
Course ID: 378R
Classification Required: 1L and upperclass elective
As the ABA Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Cases (2003) state, “the responsibilities of defense counsel in a death penalty case are uniquely demanding, both in the knowledge that counsel must possess and in the skills he or she must master.” This advanc...
Evaluation Method
None
Additional Information
Course ID: 379M
Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective
Grading Method:
Pass/Fail Allowed
Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
3 credits count toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement
Introduction to the civil adjudicative process, primarily that of the federal courts, including jurisdiction, pleading, dispositive motions, discovery, and trial procedure.