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Fall 2021 Courses

Format / Unique #	Class Title	Instructor	Meeting	Credits
29655	Administrative Law	ADELMAN, D.	TUE, WED, THU 9:10 - 10:17 am	4
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 ... Evaluation Method Final - 12/10/21 Midterm Additional Information Course ID: 494C Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Professor keeps his/her own waitlist Full course display
29660	Administrative Law, Texas	BENNETT, C.	MON, WED 4:30 - 5:45 pm	3
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 ... Evaluation Method Midterm Paper Additional Information Course ID: 394D Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Professor keeps his/her own waitlist Full course display
29565	Admiralty Law	JACKSON, B.	TUE, WED 2:15 - 3:30 pm	3
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 "pr... Evaluation Method Floating Additional Information Course ID: 390P Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed Will not use floating mean GPA Full course display
29380	Advanced Legal Writing Workshop	SCHIESS, W.	FRI 1:00 - 8:30 pm SAT 9:00 am - 4:10 pm	1
Description This 2-day course (5.75 hours each day) covers two broad legal-writing topics. Day one covers mechanics: common mistakes in word usage, grammar, and punctuation—and how to avoid and fix them—plus the most challenging advanced topics in the mechanics of legal writing. Key goals are to strengthen ... Evaluation Method Paper Additional Information Course ID: 184W-6 Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Mandatory Short course from 9/10/21 through 9/11/21 Full course display
29505	Advanced Problem Solving Techniques	AEBERSOLD, E. NEIDHARDT, T.	MON, WED 6:00 - 9:00 pm	1
Description Successful lawyers of all types are able to craft solutions to clients’ seemingly intractable problems. Sophisticated clients have already explored solutions with their in-house legal staff before bringing their case or problem to you. Finding solutions requires following a proven process which ca... Evaluation Method Other Additional Information Course ID: 187H Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Mandatory Short course from 11/1/21 through 11/15/21 1 credit counts toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement Full course display
29510	Advanced Strategic Planning in Civil Litigation	BECK, D.	THU 10:30 am - 12:20 pm	1
Description No description text available. Evaluation Method Other Additional Information Course ID: 187J Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Short course from 8/26/21 through 10/7/21 Full course display
29490	Advocacy Survey	GOLDEN, M. GONZALEZ, D. LEIN, D.	MON 11:50 am - 1:05 pm WED 11:50 am - 1:05 pm	3
Description 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 - 12/11/21 Additional Information Course ID: 387D 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 Corresponding Classes Advocacy Survey: Skills (29495) Advocacy Survey: Skills (29500) Full course display
29495	Advocacy Survey: Skills	GONZALEZ, D. KELLY, C. SHEPPERD, E. WINTERS, J.	MON 6:00 - 9:00 pm	1
Description Students get hands-on practice in areas such as opening and closing statements, the use and relevance of technology in litigation, transferable skills for a transactional practice, and the basic skills necessary to try a case. The skill sessions will end with the trial of a case. Evaluation Method Other Additional Information Course ID: 187E Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Mandatory Short course from 9/20/21 through 11/8/21 1 credit counts toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement Corresponding Classes Advocacy Survey (29490) Full course display
29500	Advocacy Survey: Skills	BLEDSOE, M. WILLIAMS, A. RAJENDRAN, E. GONZALEZ, G.	WED 6:00 - 9:00 pm	1
Description Students get hands-on practice in areas such as opening and closing statements, the use and relevance of technology in litigation, transferable skills for a transactional practice, and the basic skills necessary to try a case. The skill sessions will end with the trial of a case. Evaluation Method Other Additional Information Course ID: 187E Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Mandatory Short course from 9/22/21 through 11/10/21 1 credit counts toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement Corresponding Classes Advocacy Survey (29490) Full course display
29695	Advocacy for Online Arbitration and ODR	MCCORMACK, T. BAYER, K.	THU 10:30 am - 12:20 pm	1
Description Covid jumpstarted what had been a slow transition to remote arbitrations and other proceedings. Now the world of online arbitration and dispute resolution is becoming the new norm. From blockchain contracts, AI to ODR this short course exposures you to the knowledge and skills you need to be success... Evaluation Method Other Additional Information Course ID: 196W Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Short course from 10/14/21 through 12/2/21 1 credit counts toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement Full course display
29315	Alternative Dispute Resolution	SCHESKE, J.	TUE 2:15 - 3:30 pm WED 2:15 - 3:30 pm	3
Description ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (3 HOUR COURSE) The Alternative Dispute Resolution Survey course is designed to provide a broad-based introduction to negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, for students interested in either advocacy or transactional practices. ADR methods are now more common than ... Evaluation Method Paper Additional Information Course ID: 381R Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Reversed Priority 3 credits count toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement Full course display
29620	Antitrust	WICKELGREN, A.	TUE, WED 9:05 - 10:20 am	3
Description 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... Evaluation Method Final - 12/10/21 Additional Information Course ID: 392P Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Full course display
29525	Appellate Advocacy	ROACH, R. SCHUMACHER, A.	THU 4:15 - 7:05 pm	3
Description This three-hour course teaches advanced, judge-centered, Texas Supreme Court jurisprudence-driven appellate advocacy. Students represent an assigned party in a hypothetical case that progresses from final judgment in the trial court, through the court of appeals, to the Supreme Court of Texas. T... Evaluation Method Other Additional Information Course ID: 387W Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable 3 credits count toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement Full course display
29705	Arbitration	COOK, S.	TUE 5:45 - 7:35 pm	2
Description This course will analyze the origins of arbitration, its use in dispute resolution, and the tactics for navigating arbitration. It involves participation in the arbitration process from selection of the arbitrator, presentation of a claim and discovery, and will conclude with a mock arbitration, t... Evaluation Method Paper Other Additional Information Course ID: 296W Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Full course display
29625	Bankruptcy	LITTWIN, A.	TUE, WED, THU 10:30 - 11:37 am	4
Description This course is for students who want to practice bankruptcy - and for those who simply want a fun, challenging course that covers a key legal system underlying the U.S. and global economies. It covers Title 11 of the U.S. Code, the Bankruptcy Code. The course includes both consumer and business bank... Evaluation Method Final - 12/15/21 Additional Information Course ID: 492R Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Full course display
29590	Business Associations	SOKOLOW, D.	MON, TUE, WED, THU 9:10 - 10:00 am	4
Description 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... Evaluation Method Final - 12/10/21 Additional Information Course ID: 492C Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Reversed Priority Full course display
29595	Business Associations	GANOR, M.	MON, WED, THU 2:15 - 3:22 pm	4
Description This course is an introduction to the basic legal rules governing corporations. The course will focus on publicly held corporations. Among the topics covered will be fiduciary duties, conflict-of-interest transactions, reorganizations and control transactions, shareholder voting rights, and sharehol... Evaluation Method Final - 12/13/21 Additional Information Course ID: 492C Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Reversed Priority Full course display
29600	Business Associations (Enriched)	HU, H.	MON, TUE, WED, THU 7:52 - 9:00 am	5
Description This is an enriched, five-unit version of the basic introductory and survey course in the corporations/business organizations area; there are no prerequisites whatsoever. This course considers issues relating to the selection of business form (e.g., partnership, limited partnership, corporation, and... Evaluation Method Final - 12/9/21 Additional Information Course ID: 592C Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Reversed Priority Full course display
29735	COVID and the Law	DICKERSON, M.	TUE, THU 2:15 - 3:30 pm	3
Description This colloquium-style course will explore the legal challenges and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. Students will read a range of materials that will include law review articles and congressional testimony. This course is interdisciplinary and will feature guest lecturers who are professors at... Evaluation Method Paper Additional Information Course ID: 396W Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Full course display
29230	Capital Punishment	KOVARSKY, L.	MON, TUE 2:15 - 3:30 pm	3
Description 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 - 12/13/21 Additional Information Course ID: 378R Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Reversed Priority Full course display
29180	Civil Procedure	BONE, R.	MON, TUE, WED, THU 1:15 - 2:05 pm	4
Description Introduction to the civil adjudicative process, primarily that of the federal courts, including jurisdiction, pleading, dispositive motions, discovery, and trial procedure. Evaluation Method Final - 12/9/21 Additional Information Course ID: 433 Classification Required: 1L-only required Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Full course display
29185	Civil Procedure	RAVE III, D.	MON, TUE, WED 10:30 - 11:37 am	5
Description Introduction to the civil adjudicative process, primarily that of the federal courts, including jurisdiction, pleading, dispositive motions, discovery, and trial procedure. Evaluation Method Take-home up to 8 hrs - 12/16/21 Additional Information Course ID: 533 Classification Required: 1L-only required Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Full course display
29190	Civil Procedure	SILVER, C.	MON, TUE, WED 10:30 - 11:37 am	5
Description Introduction to the civil adjudicative process, primarily that of the federal courts, including jurisdiction, pleading, dispositive motions, discovery, and trial procedure. Evaluation Method Final - 12/16/21 Additional Information Course ID: 533 Classification Required: 1L-only required Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Full course display
29195	Civil Procedure	KOVARSKY, L.	MON, TUE, WED 10:30 - 11:37 am	5
Description Introduction to the civil adjudicative process, primarily that of the federal courts, including jurisdiction, pleading, dispositive motions, discovery, and trial procedure. Evaluation Method Final - 12/16/21 Additional Information Course ID: 533 Classification Required: 1L-only required Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Full course display
30035	Clinic, Advanced		Unknown	1
Description No description text available. Evaluation Method Other Additional Information Course ID: 197W Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Clinic Grading Method: Pass/Fail Mandatory Full course display