| LAW 511
- Introduction to Law and Legal Methods |
This
course will introduce incoming J.D. students to the American
legal system, sources and types of law, jurisprudential theories
and legal analysis.
Credits: 2.00
|
| LAW 601
- Legal Methods I |
This
course provides instruction in the fundamentals of predictive
writing and legal research, including LEXIS and Westlaw
training. Students will receive an in-progress grade at the
end of
the fall quarter and the final grade will be based on the
student's cumulative performance over both quarters.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 602
- Legal Methods II |
This
course continues Law 601. Students will learn additional
legal research skills and will be introduced to persuasive
writing techniques. Students will receive an in-progress
grade at the end of the spring quarter. The grade for this
course will be based on the student's cumulative performance
over both quarters.
Credits: 3.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 601
|
| LAW 604
- Torts I |
This
course examines the general theories of civil liability for
injuries to persons or property. Topics include liability
for intentional misconduct and an introduction to the law
of negligence, as well as defenses to claims of tort liability.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 605
- Torts II |
This
course is a continuation of Law 604 and further develops
the law regarding liability for and defenses to negligence.
Additional topics include professional liability, strict
liability, vicarious liability, and an introduction to products
liability.
Credits: 4.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 604
|
| LAW 606
- Contracts I |
This
course examines the enforcement of promises and bargains.
Topics include contract formation, the doctrine of consideration,
formalities including the Statute of Frauds and the parol
evidence rule, and performance and breach of contract.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 607
- Contracts II |
This
course is a continuation of Law 606 and further develops
the law of contracts. Additional topics include the effect
of changing circumstances on the bargain, remedies, and third
party rights and obligations.
Credits: 3.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 606
|
| LAW 608
- Civil Procedure I |
This
course examines the civil litigation process with an emphasis
on the federal courts. Topics include remedies, pleadings,
pre-trial motion practice, discovery, motions for summary
judgment, trial procedure, appellate review, and issue and
claim preclusion.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 609
- Civil Procedure II |
This
course is a continuation of Law 608 and further develops
the law of civil procedure, particularly in the federal courts.
Additional topics include subject matter jurisdiction, venue,
the Erie doctrine, joinder, supplemental jurisdiction, and
class actions.
Credits: 3.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 608
|
| LAW 610
- Property I |
This
course examines the basic elements of the law of real and
personal property. Topics include ownership and possession
of property, gifts, the rights of bona fide purchasers, adverse
possession, estates and future interests in real property,
and co-ownership and concurrent interests.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 611
- Property II |
This
course is a continuation of Law 610 and further develops
issues in the ownership of real property. Additional topics
include landlord tenant law, the real estate transaction,
the regulation of land use including easements and zoning,
and constitutional issues regarding property including the
Takings Clause.
Credits: 3.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 610
|
| LAW 612
- Criminal Law |
This
course examines the principles that underlie liability for
criminal conduct. Topics include the definition of crimes
and the principles of punishment, the required acts and mental
states necessary for liability, and defenses to and justifications
for conduct. Specific crimes will be discussed including
conspiracy and intentional murder and manslaughter.
Credits: 5.00
|
| LAW 614
- Constitutional Law |
This
course examines the basic issues in federal constitutional
law. Topics include the role of the courts in interpretation
of the Constitution, the scope of legislative and executive
powers, and the limitation of the powers of state and local
governments.
Credits: 5.00
|
| LAW 616
- Intro to Interviewing, Negotiation & Counseling |
This
course develops the practical lawyering skills of interviewing
and counseling. Students will also be introduced to negotiation
theory and practice.
Credits: 2.00
|
| LAW 617
- Constitutional Law II |
This
course covers issues in substantive and procedural due process
and equal protection under the law. It also introduces issues
related to personal rights, as embodied by the First Amendment.
Credits: 4.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 614
|
| LAW 618
- First Amendment |
This
course examines speech and religion clauses of the First
Amendment. It considers the philosophical and historical
foundation of free expression; analytical problems in First
Amendment jurisprudence; and the relationships between free
exercise of religion and the separation of church and state.
Credits: 4.00
Pre-Requisites: Law 614
|
| LAW 620
- Lawyering Practice Seminar |
This
seminar focuses on learning from experiences, both in the
Co-op and in later professional practice. Students will
study the roles being played by lawyers and the institutions
where
lawyers work. They will discuss their fieldwork experiences,
make formal class presentations, and listen to practicing
attorneys.
Credits: 2.00
Co-Requisites: LAW 621
|
| LAW 621
- Co-op |
Co-op
is a two-quarter field placement in a corporation, law firm,
judicial office, public interest organization, or government
agency. Students must attend a pre-placement orientation
and will work 20-25 hours per week and satisfy or exceed
the supervisor's expectations. Students enrolled in Co-op
must enroll in LAW 620.
Credits: 7.00 (Fall, Winter, Spring) or 5.00
(Summer)
Co-Requisites: LAW 620
|
| LAW 622
- Professional Responsibility |
This
course will examine the ethical duties of lawyers toward
clients, courts, and society. The course emphasizes the Model
Rules of Professional Conduct, the Model Code of Professional
Responsibility, and relevant case law. Topics covered include
confidentiality, conflicts of interest, competence, fee arrangements,
and the unauthorized practice of law.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 623
- Law and Economics [W1] |
This
course examines the law through the economist's lens. We
will see whether a cohesive economic theory can be applied
to explain the law, and examine the efficiency of current
legal provisions. Students will gain an understanding of
the economic rationale-or lack thereof-that underlies the
law.
Credits: 2.00 or 3.00
|
| LAW 624
- Legal History [W1] |
This
course surveys Anglo-American legal history from the origins
of the common law through the 20th century. The course will
focus on the development of both legal institutions and substantive
law.
Credits: 2.00 or 3.00
|
| LAW 625
- Criminal Procedure: Investigations |
This
course considers the Fourth Amendment's protection against
unreasonable search and seizure, the Fifth Amendment's right
to Due Process and against compulsory self-incriminations,
and the Sixth Amendment's right to counsel, all with particular
emphasis on the application of these constitutional provisions
within the context of criminal investigation.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 626
- Criminal Procedure: Prosecution and Adjudication |
This
course will study the basic rules of criminal procedure,
beginning with the institution of formal proceedings. It
will emphasize prosecutorial discretion, preliminary hearings,
the grand jury, criminal discovery, guilty pleas and plea
bargaining, jury selection, pretrial publicity, double jeopardy,
the right to counsel, and pretrial release and sentencing.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 627
- Sentencing Law |
This
course examines theories of sentencing, sentencing regimes,
use of guidelines, and constitutional limits on sentencing.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 628
- White Collar Crime [S] |
This
class will present an overview of white collar criminal litigation.
The course will emphasize federal law and focus on liability
for corporation and corporate executives, fraud, obstruction
of justice, and related matters.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 630
- Evidence |
This
course studies the law governing proof of disputed factual,
matters in criminal and civil trials, including issues of
relevancy, competency, hearsay, and other exclusionary rules,
and the privilege of witnesses.
Credits: 4.00 or 5.00
|
| LAW 631
- Civil Litigation Remedies |
This
course will help students gain an understanding of the law
and policies relating to equitable remedies (specific performance
and injunctions), damages at common law (compensatory and
punitive damages), and restitution.
Credits: 3.00 or 4.00
|
| LAW 635
- Sales [S] |
This
course reviews contract formation issues from the perspective
of Uniform Commercial Code Article 2 and focuses on significant
commercial contractual issues such as formation, performance
(delivery and payment), title to goods, third party rights,
warranty, and remedies.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 636
- Payment Systems [S] |
This
course introduces the student to the law of negotiable
instruments, primarily checks and promissory notes. The
course focuses on Articles 3 (Negotiable Instruments)
and 4 (Bank Deposits and Collections) of the Uniform Commercial
Code.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 637
- Secured Transactions [S] |
This
course provides an introduction to the law governing contractually
created interest on personal property used to secure payment
or performance of obligations. Students will study the creation,
perfection, priority, and enforcement of security interests
in personal property under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial
Code.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 638
- Real Estate Transactions |
This
upper-level property course studies the legal aspects of
residential and commercial real estate sales, development
and finance.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 640
- Trusts and Estates |
This
course will survey the law of gratuitous transfers and inheritance.
The class will cover the creation, execution, alteration
and interpretation of wills as well as the creation, revocation
and interpretation of trusts and trust instruments of various
types.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 645
- Employment Discrimination [S] |
This
course studies the federal and state statutes and case law
that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race,
color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability,
and sexual orientation. Students taking LAW 645 may not also
enroll in LAW 646.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 646
- Employment Discrimination: A Drafting Approach [W2]
[Sk] [S] |
This
course studies the federal and state statutes and case law
that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race,
color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability,
and sexual orientation. The class will approach these issues
in the context of several drafting assignments designed to
develop practical legal writing skills. Students taking LAW
646 may not also enroll in LAW 645.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 647
- Sexual Orientation and the Law |
This
course will focus on the interaction between sexual orientation
and the law. Students will study how the transformation of
social attitudes around sexual orientation plays out in various
doctrinal areas.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 650
- Federal Income Tax [S] |
This
course is intended to give students an understanding of the
fundamental legal and policy concepts underlying the federal
individual income tax. The course will focus on the statutory
framework of U.S. tax laws, particular judicial authorities,
and selected Treasury Department regulations and rulings.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 651
- Enterprise Tax [S] |
This
course will survey the differing federal income tax treatments
of the various forms of business and investment activities,
including both corporations and partnerships.
Credits: 5.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 650
|
| LAW 655
- Environmental Law [S] |
This
course surveys the federal and state statutes and regulatory
programs which attempt to limit water pollution, air pollution,
environmental degradation, species extinction, hazardous
waste, and chemical regulation problems.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 660
- Administrative Law [S] |
This
course studies the law governing administrative agencies
in the task of carrying out governmental programs; interrelations
of legislative, executive and judicial agencies in development
of public policy; decision-making processes and internal
procedures of administrative agencies, and legislative, executive,
and judicial controls on them.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 661
- State and Local Government Law |
This
course examines state and local governments, their role in
setting public policy, and the interrelationship between
them. Areas to be explored may include forms and structures
of state and local governments, selection of public services,
taxing and spending powers, home rule, zoning law, and general
powers and immunities.
Credits: 2.00 or 3.00
|
| LAW 665
- Public International Law |
This
course will examine the nature and sources of international
law; international organizations, including the United Nations
and the International Court of Justice; and the developing
law of human rights. Other topics include the role of international
law in the United States courts; the law relating to the
use of military force; and international trade law.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 668
- Immigration Law [S] |
This
course covers issues in immigration law including inadmissibility
and deportability, relief from removal, asylum and refugee
status, citizenship, nonimmigrant and immigrant visas, and
administrative and judicial review.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 670
- Family Law |
This
course will examine the legal and policy issues relating
to the family. Topics will include marriage, including barriers
to marriage and the legal relationships between spouses;
parents and children; divorce and its incidents, including
child support and custody, and jurisdictional issues.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 675
- Bankruptcy [S] |
This
course will examine both state law remedies and priorities
and the federal Bankruptcy Code. Topics will include elements
common to all bankruptcies, as well as Chapter 7 liquidations
in the consumer context, and Chapter 8 and 13 wage-earner
payout plans.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 680
- Education Law [S] |
This
course will cover constitutional and statutory law and policy
issues relating to public schools, including rights of parents,
teachers and students, school discipline, religion, speech,
discrimination, and disability rights.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 681
- Sports Law |
This
course will involve application of various legal doctrines
(including contracts, labor, antitrust, tax, torts, remedies,
arbitration and constitutional law) to a broad range of sports-related
activities.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 700
- Health Law I: Regulating Quality and Access |
This
course examines all aspects of medical errors and quality
in health care, including malpractice suits, licensing, staff
privileging of doctors, and current regulatory approaches.
It will also look at issues of patient rights and autonomy,
including informed consent, medical information, clinical
research, and issues in death and dying.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 701
- Health Law II: Regulating Cost and Access |
This
course examines the history of the American health care system
and will consider the tensions between costs and access to
care. Topics will include the federal Medicare and Medicaid
systems, cost controls through health insurance and federal
regulation, antitrust issues, ERISA, EMTALA, and other federal
regulatory regimes.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 702
- Legal Issues in Health Care Finance |
This
class will consider basic economic concepts related to health
care finance and private insurance. Topics will include managed
care organizations and provider owned networks, as well as
the effect of major federal payment programs and the impact
of ERISA health care delivery systems.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 703
- Bioethics |
This
class explores the legal and ethical issues surrounding the
development of new biological technologies. Topics may include
the research bioethics, assisted reproductive technology,
genetics, issues surrounding death and dying, and organ transplantation.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 704
- Food and Drug Law |
This
course considers the federal regulation of products subject
to FDA jurisdiction, including food, human prescription and
nonprescription drugs, animal feed and drugs, biologics
and blood products, medical devices, and cosmetics. The course
examines the public policy choices underlying the substantive
law, FDA enforcement power, and agency practice and procedure.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 705
- Securities Regulation [S] |
This
course examines securities market regulation, including registration,
exemption, and remedies under the Securities Act of 1933;
reporting and accounting standards under the 1934 Act; the
proxy system;
and the regulation of broker-dealers, specialists, and self-regulatory
organizations.
Credits: 3.00 to 4.00
|
| LAW 706
- Mental Health Law |
This
course will focus on providing students with an understanding
of some of the most important issues for which the mental
health professions and behavioral science research can provide
information that is relevant to courts and attorneys.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 707
- Legislation |
This
course examines theories of legislative behavior, beginning
with an examination of the process by which statutes are
generated. It then considers theories of representation and
interpretation and their implications for issues that arise
in the implementation of statutes.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 708
- Issues in Death and Dying |
This
course examines courts' and legislatures' struggles to develop
a system for end-of-life decision-making that protects and
effectuates patient autonomy without risking patient abuse
by family members. Studies suggest serious questions about
the effectiveness of the law's success in establishing a
system that works in the clinical setting.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 709
- Public Health Law |
This
course is to introduce students to the legal issues likely
to arise in the government's attempts to regulate personal
behavior. We will examine the legal context of the relationship
between the individual and the community and seek to understand
public health regulation in the context of a market-driven
system.
Credits: 4.00
|
| LAW 710
- Products Liability |
This
course focuses on the theories and scope of liability arising
from the distribution and sale of harm-producing products.
Topics include the concept of defectiveness, design problems,
duty to warn and problems with causation.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 711
- Health Care Fraud & Abuse [S] |
This
course examines the major federal and state legislation for
providers who seek reimbursement under governmentally funded
health care programs including the Medicare and Medicaid
Anti-Kickback statute, the False Claims Act, and the Stark
I and Stark II legislation and regulations.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 712
- The Law of Medical Malpractice |
This
course covers medical liability issues arising from the treatment
relationship between health care providers and their patients.
Topics include the history of the medical malpractice tort,
its evolution as a "crisis," informed consent, the framework
for a medical malpractice lawsuit, and an analysis of proposals
for medical malpractice reforms.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 730
- Copyright [S] |
This
course surveys the law of copyright. Topics to be discussed
include the subject matter of copyright; ownership and transfer
of copyrights; the rights afforded to copyright owners; duration
of copyright rights; infringement; and remedies. Related
areas of law such as author's moral rights, unfair competition,
and contractual protection of ideas may also be addressed.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 731
- Trademarks and Unfair Competition [S] |
This
course analyzes the law of unfair commercial practices. It
covers trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress,
infringement, interference with contractual relationships,
appropriation of intellectual property created by another,
defamation, disparagement, false advertising, unfair methods
of competition, unfair or deceptive acts or practices, and
remedies.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 732
- Patents [S] |
This
course provides an introduction to patent law, focusing upon
the requirements of patentability (patentable subject matter,
utility, novelty and non-obviousness), infringement, and
defenses to infringement. Other topics include the economics
of information and innovation competition, claims drafting,
licensing, patent misuse and antitrust violations.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 735
- Patent Prosecution |
This
course focuses on drafting patents, strategy and tactics
before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and
standards for patentability in the context of business effectiveness
and ethical requirements.
Credits: 3.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 732
|
| LAW 736
- Patent Litigation |
This
course provides an introduction to patent infringement litigation
in the federal courts and will focus on the special aspects
of patent litigation arising from its technical nature.
Credits: 2.00 or 3.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 732
|
| LAW 737
- Advanced Patents |
This
course will delve more deeply into the questions of patentability,
infringement, licensing, and assignments as well as the relationship
of patents to copyright and trademarks.
Credits: 2.00 or 3.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 732
|
| LAW 740
- Entertainment Law |
The
course will provide an overview of legal issues arising in
the entertainment industry. Topics include acquisition of
rights,
talent agreements, project financing and structures, and
distributor and licensing agreements. The course will also
survey contracts,
business organizations, securities, labor, copyright, trademark
and rights of privacy/publicity law impacting the entertainment
industry.
Credits: 3.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 730
|
| LAW 760
- Business Organizations |
This
class studies the legal attributes of corporations, partnerships,
and the limited liability of companies. It examines the rights,
duties and liabilities of managers, owners, and agents. It
also focuses on formation issues, operational powers and
fundamental changes in business forms such as dissolution,
merger, or acquisition.
Credits: 5.00
|
| LAW 761
- Nonprofit Organizations |
This
course will provide an overview of the legal environment
of nonprofit organizations. Emphasis will be upon examining
the law as it affects various aspects of nonprofits including
incorporation, governance, fundraising and solicitation,
employment, political activities, and tax status. Students
will learn how the law regulates and structures nonprofit
entities.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 762
- Antitrust |
This
course focuses on antitrust law, with emphasis on how modern
technology might challenge traditional antitrust principles.
Topics include Rules of Reason vs. per se analysis, monopolies,
mergers, joint ventures, tying arrangements, exclusive dealing,
predatory pricing, and other business behaviors that have
arisen in a variety of industries and markets.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 763
- Insurance Law |
This
course will survey the basic types of individual and corporate
insurance policies, legal principles of insurance law, and
the role insurance plays in society. Topics may include insurance
industry regulation, policy structure, risk management and
interpretation, insurance marketing, insurance intermediaries,
claims, and potential insurer defenses.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 765
- Law and Finance of Transactional Lawyering [Sk] |
This
course will introduce students to the paradigmatic transactions
that form the building blocks of all transactional lawyering.
Students will explore the economic and financial underpinnings
of employment/agency agreements, borrowings, equity financings,
partnerships, shareholder agreements, joint ventures, licensing
agreements, and the like.
Credits: 4.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 760
|
| LAW 766
- Private Equity and Venture Capital Law [W2][Sk] |
This
course examines the legal and financial aspects of venture
capital and private equity transactions. Subjects include
venture capital financing, leveraged buyout transactions,
management equity incentive structures, and related tax topics.
Students will also be introduced to the venture capital and
private equity fund industry.
Credits: 4.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 760
|
| LAW 770
- Practicum in Entrepreneurial Business Lawyering I |
This
simulation class is the capstone of the Law and Entrepreneurship
concentration. Students will form teams to provide advice
to various entrepreneurial business "clients," engaging in
client meetings and presentations, document review, and drafting
and negotiation. Simulations will be supplemented by
classroom reflective discussion.
Credits: 3.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 765
|
| LAW 771
- Practicum in Entrepreneurial Business Lawyering II |
This
is the required continuation of Law 770.
Credits: 3.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 770
|
| LAW 772
- Intellectual Property Practicum |
This
simulation class is the capstone of the Intellectual Property
concentration. Students will form teams to provide advice
to various business "clients," engaging in client meetings
and presentations, document review, and drafting and negotiation.
Simulations will be supplemented by classroom reflective
discussion.
Credits: 5.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 730 and LAW 732
|
| LAW 773
- Health Law Practicum |
This
simulation class is the capstone of the Health Law concentration.
Students will form teams to provide advice to various "clients,"
engaging in client meetings and presentations, document review,
and
drafting and negotiation. Simulations will be supplemented
by classroom reflective discussion.
Credits: 5.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 700 and LAW 701 and LAW 702
|
| LAW 795
- Special Topics in Law |
This
course covers topics of current interest to faculty and students;
specific topics for each term will be announced prior to
registration. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Credits: 1.00
to 5.00
|
| LAW 796
- Special Topics in Law |
This
course covers topics of current interest to faculty and students;
specific topics for each term will be announced prior to
registration. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Credits: 1.00 to 5.00
|
| LAW 797
- Special Topics in Law |
This
course covers topics of current interest to faculty and students;
specific topics for each term will be announced prior to
registration. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Credits: 1.00 to 5.00
|
| LAW 798
- Special Topics in Law |
This
course covers topics of current interest to faculty and students;
specific topics for each term will be announced prior to
registration. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Credits: 1.00 to 5.00
|
| LAW 799
- Special Topics in Law |
This
course covers topics of current interest to faculty and students;
specific topics for each term will be announced prior to
registration. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Credits: 1.00 to 5.00
|
| LAW 800
- Independent Study |
This
course will allow students to engage in independent legal
research and writing under the supervision of a full-time
faculty member. Students may not enroll in this course without
written permission by the supervising faculty member.
Credits: 2.00 to 3.00
|
| LAW 801
- Advanced Legal Research [W2]
[Sk] |
This
course provides students a thorough grounding in the research
skills needed by today's lawyers. Students will learn how
to use advanced electronic and print resources and techniques
to research case law, statutes, legislative histories, administrative
law, and specialized law-related topics such as business
and social science research.
Credits: 2.00
|
| LAW 805
- Drafting Legal Documents [W2]
[Sk] |
This
course focuses on the issues and principles of drafting transactional
(non-litigation) documents, such as contracts, wills and
legislation. Students will complete a number of drafting
assignments in and out of class. This course will include
the use of form books with particular emphasis on customization
of documents to a particular client's needs.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 806
- Litigation Drafting [W2]
[Sk] |
This
course explores technical and strategic issues in the drafting
of litigation documents such as complaints, answers, written
discovery, motions, affidavits, discovery schedules, pretrial
orders, jury instructions, releases and correspondence. Students
will complete a number of drafting assignments in and out
of class.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 807
- Appellate Advocacy [W2]
[Sk] |
This
course provides students with advanced training in appellate
advocacy, including the study of the rhetoric of persuasion,
the preparation of appellate briefs and effective oral
advocacy, and will include an introduction to appellate
procedure. This course is required for students serving on
the moot court board.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 808
- Introduction to Trial Advocacy [Sk] |
This
course will teach students to perform trial skills based
on strategic themes and theories. The students will conduct
direct and cross-examination of lay, party and expert witnesses,
opening and closing statements, make objections and introduce
exhibits. The course will culminate with each student performing
in a mock trial.
Credits: 3.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 812
Co-Requisites: LAW
630 |
| LAW 809
- Advanced Trial Advocacy |
This
course will teach students to understand, develop and perform
advanced trial skills based on strategic themes and theories
used throughout the trial process. Students will analyze
actual trial transcripts and exhibits; mock medical records
and expert reports; and movie vignettes of advocates from
famous "Trials of the Century."
Credits: 2.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 808
|
| LAW 810
- Mediation and Arbitration [Sk] |
This
course explores the theory, practice and law of mediation
and arbitration, with an emphasis on the roles lawyers play
in these processes. The course will include simulated mediations
and arbitrations to foster a deeper understanding of the
material and to develop lawyering skills in resolving disputes
without litigation.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 812
- Pretrial Advocacy [Sk] |
This
course is designed for students with an interest in litigation
and is a prerequisite to Introduction to Trial Advocacy.
Students will learn the major steps in the pretrial litigation
process including theory development, client interviewing,
informal fact investigation, pleading, discovery, depositions,
pretrial motions, jury selection, and the settlement process.
Credits: 2.00
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| LAW 821
- Advanced Co-op |
This
course is for students who have already taken a two-quarter
co-op and want to extend that placement by one quarter. Students
must apply to their co-op professor with a written proposal
for a specific project developed with, and approved by, their
field supervisor.
Credits: 3.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW
620 and LAW 621
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| LAW 822
- Criminal Litigation Field Clinic I |
This
clinical program places students in a criminal practice setting.
Students will represent criminal defendants
in all phases of pre-trial and trial activity.
Credits: 5.00
Co-Requisites: LAW
930
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| LAW 823
- Criminal Litigation Field Clinic II |
This
clinical program places students in a criminal practice setting.
Students will represent criminal defendants in all phases
of pre-trial and trial activity.
Credits: 5.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW
930 and
LAW 822
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| LAW 824
- Criminal Litigation Field Clinic III |
This
clinical program places students in a criminal practice setting.
Students will represent criminal defendants in all phases
of pre-trial and trial activity.
Credits: 5.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW
930 & 931 and
LAW 822 & 823
|
| LAW 825
- Civil Litigation Field Clinic I |
This
clinical program places students in a civil practice setting.
Students will learn varied litigation skills in the context
of direct representation of clients.
Credits: 5.00
Co-Requisites: LAW
930
|
| LAW 826
- Civil Litigation Field Clinic II |
This
clinical program places students in a civil practice setting.
Students will learn varied litigation skills in the context
of direct representation of clients.
Credits: 5.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW
930 and
LAW 825
|
| LAW 827
- Civil Litigation Field Clinic III |
This
clinical program places students in a civil practice setting.
Students will learn varied litigation skills in the context
of direct representation of clients.
Credits: 5.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 930 & 931 and
LAW 825 & 826
|
| LAW 828
- Public Health and Environmental Law Field Clinic I |
This
clinical program places students in a public interest practice
setting. Students will be trained in varied
advocacy, legal and technical skills working directly with
clients. Students will learn to evaluate potential cases and
work with community members to understand their desired outcome.
Credits: 5.00
Co-Requisites: LAW
930
|
| LAW 829
- Public Health and Environmental Law Field Clinic II |
This
clinical program places students in a public interest practice
setting. Students will be trained in varied advocacy, legal
and technical skills working directly with clients. Students
will learn to evaluate potential cases and work with community
members to understand their desired outcome.
Credits: 5.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW
930 and
LAW 828
|
| LAW 830
- Public Health and Environmental Law Field Clinic III |
This
clinical program places students in a public interest practice
setting. Students will be trained in varied advocacy, legal
and technical skills working directly with clients. Students
will learn to evaluate potential cases and work with community
members to understand their desired outcome.
Credits: 5.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW
930 & 931 and
LAW 828 & 829
|
| LAW 901
- Seminar: Regulating Medical Errors [W1] |
This
seminar will look at the problem of medical errors in American
health care, the emerging Patient Safety movement, and regulatory
strategies for reducing errors and improving quality in hospitals,
drug delivery systems, and physician office practices.
Credits: 2.00
|
| LAW 902
- Seminar: Conflict in the Doctor/Patient Relationship |
This
seminar will examine the role of physicians in the practice
of medicine, in light of a spectrum of situations that create
conflicts of interest between patients and physicians.
Credits: 2.00
|
| LAW 910
- Seminar: Supreme Court [W2] |
This
seminar will introduce students to the history and function
of the United States Supreme Court. Students will study several
active cases, draft simulated Supreme Court opinions, and
practice oral argument. Where possible, students will actually
attend one day of Supreme Court argument.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 912
- Seminar: Regulation I [W1] |
This
seminar considers why we regulate and ways in which to make
existing regulation more effective. Students review and critique
the dominant economic regulation paradigm as well as other
theories of regulation based on mortality and risk. It concludes
with an investigation of the role of politics in regulation.
Credits: 1.00
|
| LAW 913
- Seminar: Regulation II [W1] |
This
is a continuation of LAW 912. Both quarters must be taken.
The grade is based on the student's cumulative performance
over both quarters. This seminar considers why we regulate
and ways to make existing regulation more effective. Students
critique the dominant regulation paradigm and investigate
how politics affects regulation.
Credits: 1.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW 912
|
| LAW 930
- Justice Lawyering Seminar I |
This course, which is a co-requisite of the field
clinics, is a critical look at law and social justice. In that
context, students will develop individual research and writing
projects inspired by their clinical experience.
Credits: 2.00
Co-Requisites: LAW
822 or 825 or LAW 828
|
| LAW 931
- Justice Lawyering Seminar II |
This
course, which is a co-requisite of the field clinics, is
a critical look at law and social justice. In that context,
students will develop individual research and writing projects
inspired by their clinical experience.
Credits: 1.00
Pre-Requisites: LAW
930 and
LAW 822 or LAW 825 or LAW 828
|
| LAW 950
- Special Topics Seminar |
This
seminar covers topics of current interest to faculty and
students; specific topics for each term will be announced
prior to registration. May be repeated for credit if topics
vary.
Credits: 2.00 to 3.00
|
| LAW 951
- Special Topics Seminar |
This
seminar covers topics of current interest to faculty and
students; specific topics for each term will be announced
prior to registration. May be repeated for credit if topics
vary.
Credits: 2.00 to 3.00
|
| LAW 952
- Special Topics Seminar |
This
seminar covers topics of current interest to faculty and
students; specific topics for each term will be announced
prior to registration. May be repeated for credit if topics
vary.
Credits: 2.00 to 3.00
|
| LAW 953
- Special Topics Seminar |
This
seminar covers topics of current interest to faculty and
students; specific topics for each term will be announced
prior to registration. May be repeated for credit if topics
vary.
Credits: 2.00 to 3.00
|
| LAW 954
- Special Topics Seminar |
This
seminar covers topics of current interest to faculty and
students; specific topics for each term will be announced
prior to registration. May be
repeated for credit if topics vary.
Credits: 2.00 to 3.00
|
| LAW 970
- Toxic Torts |
This
course will consist of an in-depth study of mass tort litigation
of all kinds, at both the state and federal level, focusing
primarily on the manufacture and distribution of defective
and toxic products and pharmaceuticals. Class actions will
be studied as a remedial tool.
Credits: 2.00 to 3.00
|
| LAW 971-
Juvenile Justice Law Seminar |
This
course will conduct an in-depth study of juvenile justice
jurisprudence, doctrine, and policy in the United States.
It will consider particular constitutional issues as they
relate to children in the juvenile justice system. It will
also consider the major differences between the criminal
justice and the juvenile justice systems.
Credits: 2.00 to 3.00
|
| LAW 972
- Literature and the Law Seminar |
This
seminar will explore the role of law, legal institutions,
and legal actors in literature. It will also consider the
ways in which literature, and literary theory, can be used
in practice.
Credits: 3.00
|
| LAW 973
- Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Seminar |
This
is the required companion course for students participating
in the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project.
It is designed to prepare law students to teach constitutional
law in local high schools and to supervise these high school
students as they compete in regional and national constitutional
moot court competitions.
Credits: 2.00
|
| LAW 990
- Law Review Staff |
Students
must enter the law review writing competition and be selected
as a member of the law review staff. Students will receive
credit for their work in preparing each issue of the Drexel
University Law Review. Enrollment by permission
of the faculty supervisor(s) only.
Credits: 2.00
|
| LAW 995
- Moot Court Board |
Students
will be selected by the faculty supervisors to serve on the
moot court board. Students will develop an intra-scholastic
moot court competition and will be eligible to compete in
interscholastic competitions. Enrollment by permission of
the faculty supervisor(s) only.
Credits: 2.00
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