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Spring 2021 Courses

Format / Unique #	Class Title	Instructor	Meeting	Credits
29035	Administrative Law	ADELMAN, D.	TUE, WED, THU 9:00 - 10:12 am ONLINE	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 - 5/10/21 Midterm Additional Information Course ID: 461 Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Full course display
29310	Advanced Criminal Law Skills	BLEDSOE, M.	THU 10:35 am - 12:23 pm CCJ 2.306	1
Description 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 Other Additional Information Course ID: 179P Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Mandatory Short course from 2/11/21 through 4/8/21 1 credit counts toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement Full course display
29135	Advocacy Practice & Theory for the New Millennium	MCCORMACK, T.	MON, TUE 1:35 - 3:23 pm TNH 3.140	4
Description 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 other experimen... 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 Full course display
29110	Advocacy Survey	GONZALEZ, D. LEIN, D. GOLDEN, M.	MON, WED 12:00 - 1:21 pm TNH 2.140	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 - 5/12/21 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 Corresponding Classes Advocacy Survey: Skills (29120) Advocacy Survey: Skills (29115) Full course display
29115	Advocacy Survey: Skills	GONZALEZ, D. KELLY, C. SHEPPERD, E. WINTERS, J. GONZALEZ, G.	MON 6:25 - 9:25 pm ONLINE	1
Description No description text available. Evaluation Method Other Additional Information Course ID: 176N Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Mandatory Short course from 2/15/21 through 4/5/21 Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement 1 credit counts toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement Corresponding Classes Advocacy Survey (29110) Full course display
29120	Advocacy Survey: Skills	BLEDSOE, M. WILLIAMS, A. RAJENDRAN, E.	WED 6:25 - 9:25 pm ONLINE	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: 176N Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Mandatory Short course from 2/17/21 through 4/7/21 Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement 1 credit counts toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement Corresponding Classes Advocacy Survey (29110) Full course display
29390	Alternative Dispute Resolution	SCHESKE, J.	WED, THU 2:40 - 4:01 pm TNH 3.142	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 Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement 3 credits count toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement Full course display
28980	Americans with Disabilities	CANTU, N.	MON 4:30 - 7:30 pm TNH 2.123	3
Description 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 ... Evaluation Method Floating Additional Information Course ID: 348D Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Professor keeps his/her own waitlist Cross-listed with other school Full course display
28895	Animal Law	REVELEY, D.	THU 1:00 - 3:30 pm ONLINE	3
Description 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... Evaluation Method Paper Additional Information Course ID: 335D Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Professor keeps his/her own waitlist Full course display
28925	Antitrust: Economic Analysis/Legal Interpretation	MARKOVITS, R.	MON, TUE, WED 9:00 - 10:12 am ONLINE	4
Description 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 ... Evaluation Method Final - 5/10/21 Midterm Additional Information Course ID: 440M Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Professor keeps his/her own waitlist Cross-listed with other school Full course display
28775	Appellate Clerkship Writing	GREENMAN, J.	TUE 4:15 - 6:13 pm ONLINE	2
Description 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 Full course display
28940	Bankruptcy	WESTBROOK, J.	MON, TUE, WED 1:35 - 2:29 pm ONLINE	3
Description 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... Evaluation Method Take-home up to 8 hrs - 5/6/21 Additional Information Course ID: 342M Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Full course display
29100	Business Associations	GANOR, M.	MON, WED, THU 2:40 - 3:52 pm ONLINE	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 - 5/8/21 Additional Information Course ID: 474K Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Reversed Priority Full course display
29230	COVID-19 and Financially Fragile Americans	DICKERSON, M.	TUE, THU 2:40 - 4:01 pm ONLINE	3
Description This class will focus on how stagnant wages. economically and racially segregated neighborhoods and public schools, the lack of household savings, and soaring consumer debt has created economic inequality gaps that cause American workers to struggle to become middle class and achieve the American Dr... Evaluation Method Paper Other Additional Information Course ID: 379M Classification Required: 1L and upperclass elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Cross-listed with other school Full course display
29145	Capital Punishment	STEIKER, J.	MON 4:15 - 7:05 pm ONLINE	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 - 5/12/21 Additional Information Course ID: 378R Classification Required: 1L and upperclass elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Will use floating mean GPA if applicable Reversed Priority Full course display
29205	Capital Punishment: Advanced	SCHONEMANN, R. MARCUS, J. POSEL, T.	TUE, WED 2:40 - 4:01 pm ONLINE	3
Description 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 Other 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 Full course display
29070	Civic Entrepreneurship for America’s Children	HOLE, M.	WED 2:00 - 5:00 pm ONLINE	3
Description Over 32 million children in the United States grow up poor or near-poor, which means two 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... Additional Information Course ID: 371V Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed Will not use floating mean GPA Professor keeps his/her own waitlist Cross-listed with other school Full course display
28865	Civil Procedure	KOVARSKY, L.	TUE, WED, THU, FRI 10:15 - 11:09 am TNH 2.137	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 - 5/11/21 Additional Information Course ID: 433 Classification Required: 1L-only required Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Full course display
28870	Civil Procedure	WOOLLEY, P.	TUE, WED, THU, FRI 10:10 - 11:04 am ONLINE	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 - 5/11/21 Additional Information Course ID: 433 Classification Required: 1L-only required Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Full course display
28875	Civil Procedure	BONE, R.	MON, TUE, WED, THU 1:20 - 2:14 pm ONLINE	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 Take-home up to 8 hrs - 5/11/21 Additional Information Course ID: 433 Classification Required: 1L-only required Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed Full course display
29830	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
29835	Clinic, Advanced		Unknown	2
Description No description text available. Evaluation Method Other Additional Information Course ID: 297W Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Clinic Grading Method: Pass/Fail Mandatory Full course display
29840	Clinic, Advanced		Unknown	3
Description No description text available. Evaluation Method Other Additional Information Course ID: 397W Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Clinic Grading Method: Pass/Fail Mandatory Full course display
29470	Clinic: Actual Innocence	PRESS, C.	TUE 1:35 - 3:35 pm ONLINE	6
Description ACTUAL INNOCENCE CLINIC IS A 6-HR. CLINIC. Students screen and investigate claims by inmates that they are actually innocent of the offenses for which they are incarcerated. While investigating cases, students typically interview witnesses, research cases, review trial transcripts, and occasionally ... Evaluation Method Other Additional Information Course ID: 697C Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Clinic Grading Method: Pass/Fail Mandatory Professor keeps his/her own waitlist Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement 6 credits count toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement Full course display
29460	Clinic: Capital Punishment	MARCUS, J. SCHONEMANN, R. POSEL, T.	WED 9:00 - 10:50 am ONLINE	4
Description No description text available. Evaluation Method Other Additional Information Course ID: 497C Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective Clinic Grading Method: Pass/Fail Mandatory Professor keeps his/her own waitlist 4 credits count toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement Full course display