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 ...
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 2/6/20 through 3/26/20
1 credit counts 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 other experimen...
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
Floating
Additional Information
Course ID: 376M
Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective
Grading Method:
Pass/Fail Mandatory
Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
3 credits count toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement
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 Mandatory
Reversed Priority
Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
3 credits count toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement
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 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
In recent decades there has been an explosion of interest in arbitration. The aim of this course is to think deeply about this trend, and in particular about the justifications for arbitration as a method of dispute resolution, its limits, and the principles that govern its practice. We will select ...
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...
An introduction to the legal rules and principles, as well as some of the economic factors, that pattern the conduct of productive enterprise in the U.S. The principal focus will be upon the large, publicly traded corporation that dominates much of the U.S. business environment - in particular, its ...
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
- 5/14/20
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 Mandatory
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.
Introduction to the civil adjudicative process, primarily that of the federal courts, including jurisdiction, pleading, dispositive motions, discovery, and trial procedure.
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
Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
6 credits count toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement
This clinic provides students with the opportunity to assist in the representation of indigent criminal defendants charged with or convicted of capital offenses. Students work under the supervision of attorneys on death penalty cases at the trial, appellate, and post-conviction stages of the legal p...
Evaluation Method
Other
Additional Information
Course ID: 497C
Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective
Clinic
Grading Method:
Pass/Fail Mandatory
Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
4 credits count toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement
Students in the Children's Rights Clinic represent allgedly abused or neglected children in Travis County as their attorney ad litem. The cases are brought by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). The state may intervene in a family in a variety of ways, including seeking te...
Evaluation Method
Other
Additional Information
Course ID: 697C
Classification Required: Upperclass-only elective
Clinic
Grading Method:
Pass/Fail Mandatory
43 Hours Required
Professor keeps his/her own waitlist
Satisfies ABA Professional Skills Requirement
6 credits count toward ABA Experiential Learning Requirement