Law

Fall 2018 Course Offerings

Courses for Fall 2018
Course Name Course Description
Business Associations Business Associations. This course covers major topics in the law of agency, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and corporations, as well selected aspects of the federal securities laws. This course will replace both Corporations I and Agency, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations. Any student who has taken Corporations I in the past may not take Business Associations. If you have taken Agency, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations in the past, you may take Business Associations.
Corporate Finance This course examines the legal rules governing financial transactions within a corporation and between the corporation and its shareholders. The course will also cover financing the corporation and organic changes, including mergers, consolidation, recapitalizations, and charter amendments. Prerequisite: Corporations I.
Crimmigration This course will focus on the historical and current relationship between criminal and immigration law. The class will look at the intersection both in the criminal justice system as well as the immigration court system. It will proceed in two parts. First, it will focus on procedural and substantive law. The goal during this part of the course is for students to gain a practical knowledge to take a non-citizen defendant from his arrest in the criminal system through his immigration proceeding with the ability to understand the consequences of the criminal conviction to his immigration status. Therefore, this part will focus on specific grounds of deportation and inadmissibility related to criminal conduct; analyzing the Immigration and Nationality Act, criminal law, and pertinent case law. This part will include topics such as mandatory detention, aggravated felonies, divisible statutes, crimes of moral turpitude, and Sixth Amendment right to counsel. Second, it will focus on policy. The course will discuss current federal, state and local governmental immigration policies; including immigration raids, cooperation between local law enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security as well as and local ordinances aimed at businesses and employers. Policy discussions will include issues of race, national origin, and ethnicity and its relationship, if any, to the increased use of the criminal justice system to enforce immigration law on national security and public safety grounds. This section will address topics including Secure Communities, 287(g), Operation Streamline and state and local immigration legislation such as SB 1070. The course may include class discussion, lectures, Customs and Border Patrol operations tour at CVG, and outside speakers.
Entrepren&CommDev Clinic Open to 3L’s only. Enrollment is limited to 8-10 students selected by the instructor. No later than the first day of class, students must have a “legal intern certificate” from the Office of Bar Admissions of the Supreme Court of Ohio. In this course, students will staff the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic (ECDC), obtaining “hands on” experience representing local businesses and entrepreneurs on transactional legal issues critical to their success, including assistance and counseling on entity selection and formation; regulatory compliance and licensing; trademark/copyright protection; lease review and negotiation; contract preparation/review/negotiation; tax - exempt applications; and other legal issues confronting small businesses, both for-profit and nonprofit. Students also will learn how a small law office operates, including procedures for client intake, file maintenance, project tracking, timekeeping, and scheduling. In addition to attending the weekly class, students will be expected to spend approximately10-12 hours per week on their clinic work, with a minimum of 4 of those hours spent working in the clinic offices, located at the law school and the Hamilton County Business Center. The ECDC will represent primarily clients of limited financial means who cannot afford the services of the private bar and will not represent clients in litigation
Entrepren&CommDev FP Entrepreneurship & Community Development Clinic Field Placement. Students will also be concurrently enrolled in BCL7038.
Evidence The goal of this course is for students to know and be able to apply (1) the Federal Rules of Evidence governing relevance, unfair prejudice, character evidence, impeachment, hearsay, and opinion testimony; (2) the rules as they intersect with a few constitutional provisions, such as the Sixth Amendment confrontation right; and (3) some housekeeping rules, such as Rules 102-105, 201, 611, and the Best Evidence rule.
Federal Courts This course addresses issues of federalism and separation of powers raised by statutes and doctrines which establish and limit federal court jurisdiction. Among the matters addressed are standing, legislative courts, congressional power over federal jurisdiction, the Eleventh Amendment, and the abstention doctrines. Also considered are the role state courts play in the formation and application of doctrines.
Federal Income Tax This course is structured around the two dominant themes of the taxation of individuals under the Internal Revenue Code: what is income, and what is deductible; and when must the taxpayer recognize income, and when can the taxpayer deduct a particular expense. Also the course examines miscellaneous topics such as capital gains and losses, identifying the proper taxpayer, and others.
LR&W for LLMs Legal Research & Writing for LLM Students
Wills & Estates This course covers the variety of ways in which people can arrange for the passage of their property at their death. Students study common law and statutory methods of dealing with property left by a decedent who did or did not leave a will; the procedures and problems of creating, construing, contesting, or revoking wills; the concerns for providing for surviving spouses and other family members; fiduciary duties in the administration of estates and some of the methods for avoiding the probate of estates.
US Legal System (LLM) US Legal System (LLM)
Statutory Interpretation This course explores the enactment of statutes by federal and state legislators and the interpretation given by the courts and administrative agencies to such legislative enactments. The course will focus on various procedural, constitutional, and jurisprudential issues relating to the legislative and electoral processes embodied in our constitutional order, and to the methods of statutory interpretation employed by our courts and administrative agencies. Chief among the many aims of the course is to introduce students to the legal problems posed by legislative government, in the hopes that as practicing lawyers they will be more effective participants in the legislative process and the subsequent implementation and interpretation of statutes.
Secured Transactions This course focuses on laws governing secured transactions, specifically as set forth in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. The topics addressed include the creation and perfection of security interests in personal property, priorities and remedies upon default in these secured transactions, and the interactions of the laws governing secured transactions with the Bankruptcy Code.
Law, Literature & Philosophy Traditionally, lawyers have played central roles in the organization of society and the administration of justice. They also further the interests of their clients through persuasive argumentation. Using a number of "great books," this course will examine forms of argument and forms of legal authority.
Pretrial Litigation This course will focus solely on the litigation skills that an attorney must master in order to steer a civil case from the beginning of a dispute to the point immediately preceding a trial. Topics may include: development of the legal theory/theories in a case (causes of action and defenses); pleadings, including state and federal filing rules, proper parties, service considerations, electronic filing, and waiver of service of summons; development of discovery strategies; discovery, including interrogatories, requests for production of documents, requests for admissions, and motions to compel; depositions, taking and defending; experts, including retainer issues, drafting expert reports, and taking/defending expert depositions; pre-trial motion practice; trial-witness preparation; jury instructions and pre-trial statements; and court-ordered mediation and settlement.
Lawyering I: LR&W This course covers skills basic to competent legal research and writing. The students write objective memoranda of law based on hypothetical problems composed by the instructors. The course emphasizes issue recognition, case and statutory interpretation, legal analysis, and the use of plain English.
Lawyering I: LR&W This course covers skills basic to competent legal research and writing. The students write objective memoranda of law based on hypothetical problems composed by the instructors. The course emphasizes issue recognition, case and statutory interpretation, legal analysis, and the use of plain English.
Lawyering I: LR&W This course covers skills basic to competent legal research and writing. The students write objective memoranda of law based on hypothetical problems composed by the instructors. The course emphasizes issue recognition, case and statutory interpretation, legal analysis, and the use of plain English.
Lawyering I: LR&W This course covers skills basic to competent legal research and writing. The students write objective memoranda of law based on hypothetical problems composed by the instructors. The course emphasizes issue recognition, case and statutory interpretation, legal analysis, and the use of plain English.
Lawyering I: LR&W This course covers skills basic to competent legal research and writing. The students write objective memoranda of law based on hypothetical problems composed by the instructors. The course emphasizes issue recognition, case and statutory interpretation, legal analysis, and the use of plain English.
Intro to Intellectual Property This broadest and most basic course gives roughly equal time to the three primary federal doctrines in the area, copyright, trademark, and patent, and gives students a brief introduction to related state law doctrines such as rights of publicity and trade secrets. This course provides students with the basics of each doctrine as well as an understanding of the ways in which they interact with each other.
Legal Ethics In this course students consider the lawyer-client relationship in the context of realistic scenarios, evaluating the complete choices an ethical lawyer must make to establish an effective lawyer-client relationship. Following an examination of the ABA Model Rules and the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct, students consider the ethical components of the lawyer-client relationship, with an emphasis on competency, confidentiality, and conflicts of interest. The course also includes substantial instruction in the history, goals, structure, values, and responsibilities of the legal profession and its members.
Legal Ethics In this course students consider the lawyer-client relationship in the context of realistic scenarios, evaluating the complete choices an ethical lawyer must make to establish an effective lawyer-client relationship. Following an examination of the ABA Model Rules and the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct, students consider the ethical components of the lawyer-client relationship, with an emphasis on competency, confidentiality, and conflicts of interest. The course also includes substantial instruction in the history, goals, structure, values, and responsibilities of the legal profession and its members.
Legal Ethics In this course students consider the lawyer-client relationship in the context of realistic scenarios, evaluating the complete choices an ethical lawyer must make to establish an effective lawyer-client relationship. Following an examination of the ABA Model Rules and the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct, students consider the ethical components of the lawyer-client relationship, with an emphasis on competency, confidentiality, and conflicts of interest. The course also includes substantial instruction in the history, goals, structure, values, and responsibilities of the legal profession and its members.
Client Counseling In this course, students consider the lawyer-client relationship in the context of realistic scenarios, examining the basic strategies and skills a lawyer must master in the lawyer-client relationship. Students will practice and demonstrate the skills of effective client communication and practice management. The instruction and simulations will be set in the business transaction context.
Torts Torts examines the three basic theories of civil (non-criminal) liability for injuries to persons and property. International torts, negligence and strict liability. These subjects are considered together with causation problems, defenses to liability (such as consent, self-defense, comparative negligence and assumption of risk), and affirmative duties.
Torts Torts examines the three basic theories of civil (non-criminal) liability for injuries to persons and property. International torts, negligence and strict liability. These subjects are considered together with causation problems, defenses to liability (such as consent, self-defense, comparative negligence and assumption of risk), and affirmative duties.
Civil Procedure I This course covers various aspects of civil litigation from the filing of a complaint up to the discovery process. Jurisdiction over the person, venue, and federal subject matter jurisdiction are explored. Coverage is also given to the decision in Erie RR v. Tompkins and its progeny, concerning the applicability of state law in federal courts. The remainder of the course is devoted to service of process, joinder of parties, counterclaims and amendments.
Freedom Center Journal:Staff The Freedom Center Journal of Law and History engages its readership on issues historically driving African-American intellectual thought while challenging its student membership to fully develop their individual talents to compete on terms of academic equality in an international society governed by law and legal institutions.
Civil Procedure I This course covers various aspects of civil litigation from the filing of a complaint up to the discovery process. Jurisdiction over the person, venue, and federal subject matter jurisdiction are explored. Coverage is also given to the decision in Erie RR v. Tompkins and its progeny, concerning the applicability of state law in federal courts. The remainder of the course is devoted to service of process, joinder of parties, counterclaims and amendments.
Constitutional Law I This is an introductory course covering judicial review, federalism, separation of powers, and equal protection.
Constitutional Law I This is an introductory course covering judicial review, federalism, separation of powers, and equal protection.
Constitutional Law I This is an introductory course covering judicial review, federalism, separation of powers, and equal protection.
Contracts This course covers basic concepts and doctrines in contract law, including the legal grounds for enforcement of promises, the role of consent in contract formation, contract remedies, and interpretation. Attention is given to both the common law of contracts and to Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Contracts This course covers basic concepts and doctrines in contract law, including the legal grounds for enforcement of promises, the role of consent in contract formation, contract remedies, and interpretation. Attention is given to both the common law of contracts and to Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Contracts This course covers basic concepts and doctrines in contract law, including the legal grounds for enforcement of promises, the role of consent in contract formation, contract remedies, and interpretation. Attention is given to both the common law of contracts and to Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Freedom Center Journal:Staff The Freedom Center Journal of Law and History engages its readership on issues historically driving African-American intellectual thought while challenging its student membership to fully develop their individual talents to compete on terms of academic equality in an international society governed by law and legal institutions.
Freedom Center Journal Editor Editor Position: By permission of instructor.
Human Rights Quarterly: Staff Participating students engage in the selection and editing of articles for publication in the University of Cincinnati Human Rights Quarterly. Human Rights Quarterly Staff only.
Human Rights Quarterly: Editor Editor Position: By permission of Instructor. Participating students engage in the selection and editing of articles for publication in the University of Cincinnati Human Rights Quarterly. Human Rights Quarterly Staff only.
Immigra&Nat'l LR: EIC Editor-in-Chief; by permission of Instructor.
Immigra&Nat'lity LR:Staff Participating students engage in selection and preparation of articles for publication in the Review. Students also write notes and comments for publication in the Review.
Immigra&Nat'lity LR:Staff Participating students engage in selection and preparation of articles for publication in the Review. Students also write notes and comments for publication in the Review.
Indigent Defense Clinic Through the Office of the Hamilton County Public Defender, students provide representation to indigent criminal defendants in misdemeanor cases. Each student is closely supervised by a licensed attorney and handles all aspects of the case, from the initial client interview and investigation to motions practice and trial advocacy. During the year-long program, students must commit 15 hours each week to the clinic, including participation in a weekly classroom components.
Indigent Defense Clinic FP Concurrent enrollment required in LITG 7051 as well as the full-year.
Juvenile Law This class examines the status, rights, and obligations of children, parents, and government related to children's issues. It will focus on the areas of dependency, abuse, neglect, and other topics related to child advocacy as time permits. The course will also examine the role of the lawyer in adjudicating cases related to juvenile law.
Criminal Procedure I This introductory course deals with the constitutional aspects of various police practices, focusing primarily on the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the US Constitution. The course specifically addresses the right to counsel; arrest, search and seizure; wiretapping, electronic eavesdropping and the use of secret agents; police interrogation and confession; and the scope and administration of the exclusionary rules.
Corporations II This course builds on the core concepts learned in Corporations I and addresses advanced issues in modern corporation law, including the nature of the public corporation, corporate governance issues and the corporate social responsibility movement. It also covers federal and state corporate compliance issues along with the importance of adopting strong internal controls.
Environmental Law I This course surveys the government's role in environmental protection, including the scope and nature of governmental control. Topics covered include pollution control, toxic substances and hazardous waste, as well as conservation measures.
Health Care Law This class explores the financing and regulation of health care, bioethics, the various structures of health care organizations, the physician-patient relationship, professional liability of health care providers, and tort reform for medical injuries.
Int'l Commercial Arbitration International arbitration has increased as a function of world trade. With parties unwilling to accept the risks of litigation in the local courts of their foreign business partners, international arbitration agreements have become the leading mechanism for the resolution of international commercial disputes. This course gives students a basic foundation in the mechanics of international commercial arbitration and an understanding of the tactical choices that frequently confront international arbitration practitioners. In particular, the course will examine systematically, through statutes, rules, national and international cases, and treaties, the establishment, operation, and implementation of awards of international commercial arbitration tribunals; the role of national courts in compelling, facilitating, and enforcing or vacating arbitral awards; and policies currently under consideration for changing arbitral practices.
Deposition Skills This course will introduce taking and defending depositions. Major topics will include an overview of depositions (what depositions are and how they fit into the larger case strategy), preparing for a deposition (creating a deposition outline and exhibits), standard deposition admonitions (and what they actually mean), effective use of questioning (open vs. closed questions and the funnel technique), and form objections. Students will take part in deposition simulations and view videotaped depositions.
Capital Punishment Capital Punishment
Individual Research Project(1) Under the direct supervision of a member of the faculty, upper level students engage in original research and prepare for credit a substantial work product. The research project is selected jointly by the student and faculty member. Customarily, the final product will be a research paper, and, in that case, the paper must be 10-15 pages long. The student must both register for the course and present a completed contract by the last day of the drop/add period. Contracts must be turned in on time or students will be dropped from the class. You are limited to five total credits of individual writing per academic year. Credits cannot be adjusted after the add/drop period.
Individual Research Project(2) Under the direct supervision of a member of the faculty, upper level students engage in original research and prepare for credit a substantial work product. The research project is selected jointly by the student and faculty member. Customarily, the final product will be a research paper, and, in that case, the paper must be 20-30 pages long for two credits. The student must both register for the course and present a completed contract by the last day of the drop/add period. Contracts must be turned in on time or students will be dropped from the class. You are limited to five total credits of individual writing per academic year. Credits cannot be adjusted after the add/drop period.
Individual Research Project(3) Under the direct supervision of a member of the faculty, upper level students engage in original research and prepare for credit a substantial work product. The research project is selected jointly by the student and faculty member. Customarily, the final product will be a research paper, and, in that case, the paper must be 35-50 pages long for three credits. The student must both register for the course and present a completed contract by the last day of the drop/add period. Contracts must be turned in on time or students will be dropped from the class. You are limited to five total credits of individual writing per academic year. Credits cannot be adjusted after the add/drop period.
Technology in Law Practice Technology is changing the practice of law in all fields and venues. This course will provide students with the theoretical and practical background to understand these changes and to positively impact their firm's or organization's responses to such challenges. Areas of special focus include case and client management; document management and electronic discovery; information literacy; presentation technologies; and ethical implications. Readings and guest speakers will address both general technological issues as well as specific legal ramifications. Students will participate through their course projects in creating materials for a field of legal education that is still early in the process of forming.
Legal Extern Class The classroom component of the Legal Extern Program emphasizes practical lawyering skills, law office economics, and ethical issues. In their field placements, legal externs work under the supervision of attorneys in local, state, and federal public agencies, for legal aid and other non-profit organizations, and in some other organizations in the private sector. To apply for an externship, return the completed form with a resume and a transcript to the College of Law Registrar by the due date set for the term.
Legal Extern FP Concurrent enrollment in LITG 7016 is required.
Judicial Externship Class The classroom component of this course covers an analysis of the methods of selecting judges, speech and money-raising aspects of judicial campaigns, the federal confirmation process, and issues of judicial bias and recusal and behavior on and off the bench. The work performed in the judicial extern field placement is essentially the same as that performed by a law clerk to a judge. It usually involves preparing memoranda on cases, reviewing case files, drafting opinions and orders, and attending court and conferences. The precise tasks performed, however, depend upon the type of court and the style of the judge. SPECIAL NOTES: Concurrent enrollment in Judicial Extern Class and Field placement required. See special memo regarding Judicial Extern Program on website. Complete separate Judicial Extern Preference Form and include transcript and resume. Materials must be submitted to the Registrar by designated due date. Students may not enroll concurrently in Extern programs. May only take Judicial Externship once. Usually offered every semester.
Judicial Extern FP Concurrent enrollment in Judicial Extern Class is required.
Mental Health Law I:CvlComtmnt In this class, we will focus on the legal aspects of publicly-financed mental health care and the traditional and current governmental responses to mental disability. This course is open to Weaver Fellows; other interested students should contact the College of Law Registrar.
Bioethics Bioethics explores the development of American law as it relates to ethical and moral issues in the areas of health care and life sciences. Supplementing courses in health law and public health law, and law and biosciences, this course is intended to give students an appreciation of the ways in which the law’s regulatory powers have been used to guide decision-making in medicine and biomedical research, and, in turn, how theories of medical ethics and practice have informed modern legal developments. In this class, we will take up a range of issues including (but not limited to): end of life decisions, allocation of resources such as organs for transplantation, human reproduction, human subjects’ research, and developments in genetics and stem cell research and therapies. Bioethics raises difficult questions about the nature, meaning, and value of life and the importance and appropriate ethical and legal role of health care. Through an in-depth study and writing on these topics, I hope that you will develop and challenge our thinking about these issues. Students will be evaluated based on a final research paper. There are no prerequisites.
Negotiations In this course students learn the "science and art" of negotiation. Students are introduced to significant literature and theory in negotiation and have the opportunity to practice negotiating through a sequenced series of negotiation simulations. This course will involve feedback on recorded negotiation performance; initially ungraded and solely for student benefit. The final grade will be based on a combination of written analysis in the form of analytical journal entries as well as your analysis of recorded negotiation performance.
Trial Practice The development of litigative techniques is stressed through student participation in simulated trial situations. Each aspect of the trial is studied and emphasis is placed upon strategy and fact management.
Employment Based Immig Law Students are introduced to national and international legislation and decisions concerning the entrance and residence in the United States by aliens, including the social, economic and political aspects thereof.
International Trade Law Discusses the current trends in international commercial policies related to the multilateral trading system developed through the World Trade Organization, Free Trade Agreements and Investment Protection Treaties. Regulation of international trade is studied through the analysis of different sectors of the economy. Special interest is given to the relationship of trade policies with sectoral public policies. Additional interest is given to the recent tendencies of protectionist national economic policies and how they affect the international trading system. Topics are developed in class as a result of continuous discussions with students based on previously assigned readings. Classes are practical and case law based. Current trends are also analyzed through statistical data.
Remedies This course covers all forms of ultimate relief in civil actions: damages, restitution, and equitable relief. The first portion deals with the damage remedies in tort, contract, real property, and personal property litigation. The second unit analyzes the alternative remedy of restitution, in law and equity. The course concludes with those cases governing specific relief in equity, specific performance in contract, and injunctions in tort.
Intro to Law & Psychiatry This course introduces the student to the issues arising from the interaction of mentally ill or incapacitated individuals with the American civil and criminal justice system. It also considers the practice and structure of the mental health profession. This class is required for Weaver Fellows.
Advertising Law This class explores copyright, trademark, right of publicity, and other intellectual property issues, as well as defamation and product disparagement issues surrounding the creative world of advertising. Topics will include logos; products and their packaging; the use of images in advertising; celebrity sponsorships; false advertising, comparative advertising; contests and lotteries; internet advertising; government regulation of "unfair" trade practices; children's advertising; and the relationship between First Amendment concerns and commercial speech.
Appellate Practice & Procedure This covers the role and function of appellate courts: preserving issues for appeal; appealability; appeal strategy; the record on appeal; briefs and oral argument; operating procedures of appellate courts; motion practice; extraordinary writs; and related matters. Each student prepares a critique of an actual case pending in an appellate court.
Innocence Project:WrongConv In this course, students examine the various types of evidence that might lead to the wrongful conviction of innocent persons. They will also consider the roles police, prosecutors, and defense lawyers play in the criminal justice system, with an emphasis on discovering how errors can lead to the conviction of the innocent. SPECIAL NOTES: Field Study in the spring semester is required.
Innocence Project FP The Ohio Innocence Project (OIP), a part of the Rosenthal Institute for Justice, harnesses the energy and intellect of students to identify inmates in Ohio prisons who are innocent of the crimes they were convicted of committing. Innocence is often determined by DNA testing, but can include other types of new evidence such as new witnesses, new expert testimony, or evidence of police misconduct. Once an inmate's innocence has been established through investigation, the OIP sends the case back to court and litigates in the hope of obtaining the inmate's freedom. Students have a one-year commitment; this is the third and final component.
Patent Law This course examines the federal statutory system of protection for useful, novel, and non-obvious inventions and those developments that enrich the technological arts. Although not a requisite, students with a science background will find it helpful to them in this course and this field.
Education Law This course examines legal issues encountered at all levels of education. The course will focus on such problems as academic freedom, curriculum control, censorship, mandatory education, church – state issues, faculty and student rights, tort and civil liability of educational institutions, and educational opportunity, including rights of the handicapped.
IP & Comp Law Jrnl Assoc Ed The Intellectual Property and Computer Law Journal is dedicated to furthering knowledge associated with the research and practice of intellectual property law, computer law, and related fields concerning domestic and international media and telecommunications policy. The Journal will be published online. The Registrar will enroll students selected to participate in the necessary class through the registration system.
IP & Comp Law Jrnl Assoc Ed The Intellectual Property and Computer Law Journal is dedicated to furthering knowledge associated with the research and practice of intellectual property law, computer law, and related fields concerning domestic and international media and telecommunications policy. The Journal will be published online. The Registrar will enroll students selected to participate in the necessary class through the registration system.
IP & Computer Law Jrnl EIC Intellectual Property & Computer Law Journal Editor-in-Chief. By permission of supervising faculty/instructor.
IP&CLJ Ed Board Limited to students identified by supervising faculty member.
Information Privacy Law Every business deals with private information of one sort or another. That information, often traversing legal boundaries at the speed of light, might concern medical care, payments, employees, clients, or consumers, and it may implicate different sectoral and jurisdictional rules. Businesses often have to consider state, national, and international laws to figure out what they can and cannot do with the information they possess, or want to possess, or what they need to do and might have to face when they lose it. Those laws come in various forms: torts, contracts, constitutions, statutes, and regulations (with a number of industry and self-regulatory schemes to boot). And they may have originated before information became either electronic or digital, often stem from a particular conception of “privacy,” represent a compromise among competing values, and aren’t always consistent with one another. This course is an introduction to all of that.
Law Review 2L Participating students engage in the selection and editing of articles for publication in the University of Cincinnati Law Review. Some students also write notes and comments for publication in the Review. Students must participate in a competition and be selected to participate. The College of Law Registrar will schedule you in the appropriate course; it is your responsibility to make sure you have room in your schedule to accommodate the addition of this course.
Law Review 3L Participating students engage in the selection and editing of articles for publication in the University of Cincinnati Law Review. Some students also write notes and comments for publication in the Review. Students must participate in a competition and be selected to participate. The College of Law Registrar will schedule you in the appropriate course; it is your responsibility to make sure you have room in your schedule to accommodate the addition of this course.
Law Review Blog Editor The blog has student, professor and practitioner contributors. Knowledge of Bluebook and Texas Law Review Manual for Style and Usage, and ability to coordinate. The job responsibilities of the Blog Editor would include: • Actively solicit and select practitioners for blog posts • Ensure Contributing Members, Guest or Student Editors, and Student Contributors all meet posting requirements ensuring conformance with the Texas Law Review Manual for Style and Usage and that all footnote content conform with the Bluebook • Coordinating promotion and utilization of the blog including monitoring any comments/feedback. In recognition of the responsibilities of the Blog Editor, this position will receive 2 non-classroom credit hours; it would not meet the writing or seminar requirement. This position would only be open to 3L students. The UC Law Review Blog is of great importance to the future of the Law Review. With a dedicated position overseeing the blog, the maintenance and care of the blog can be guaranteed. By Permission Only
Law Review Contributing Editor By permission only.
Law Review Ed/Exec Ed Participating students engage in the selection and editing of articles for publication in the University of Cincinnati Law Review. Students also write notes and comments for publication in the Review.
Moot Court Competition This is the intramural competition for the Moot Court Honor Board open to all 2L students. Students wishing to participate in the competition should enroll in this class.
Moot Court Honor Board Open to 2L students in their Spring Semester; prerequisite for Moot Court Executive Editor. Prereq: To enroll you must: Have taken LITG7017 Moot Court Competition
Mt Ct Sr. Semester For 3L students in both fall and spring semesters.
Mt Ct Rendigs Prob Writer Open to the Rendigs Problem Writer and by permission of instructor only. Prereq: To enroll you must: Have taken LITG7017 Moot Court Competition
Mt Ct Exec Director Open to the Executive Director only.
Patent &Trademark Clinic Class In this course, students will work at the University of Cincinnati College of Law’s Patent and Trademark Clinic (PTC), obtaining “hands on” experience representing local business owners, aspiring entrepreneurs, and inventors in identifying, protecting, and commercializing their intellectual property, focusing on work to be performed in the patent and trademark areas.  Services for individual clients may include completion of patent applications (provisional and non-provisional); completion of federal trademark applications and copyright registrations; analysis and opinions on patent and trademark registrability; analysis and opinions on patent, trademark, and/or copyright infringement; assistance on responding to office actions from the USPTO; preparation, review, and/or negotiation of IP licenses and other related agreements; and general IP advice. The PTC will not represent its clients in litigation/dispute resolution or on foreign applications. PTC students also will learn how a small law office operates, including procedures for client intake, conflict checks, file maintenance, project tracking, timekeeping, scheduling, and client communications. Students will perform all work at the PTC under the close supervision of its directors and volunteer-lawyers with relevant expertise.  Students will be expected to average 8-12 hours per week working on clinic matters, with 3 of those hours spent in the PTC office at the law school: 4:30-6:30 on Thursdays with an additional hour to be scheduled weekly. The PTC will share the offices of the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic. The PTC will represent only clients of limited financial means who cannot afford the services of the private bar and will not represent clients in litigation.
Patent and Trademark FP Patent and Trademark FP
IP Practice 1 The goal of this course is to introduce students to the work new lawyers practicing in the area of intellectual property are likely to encounter in private practice or in the corporate setting. This course will focus on many areas of intellectual property including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets and will include discussions and projects related to these IP topics. Some projects might include work on handling of confidential information, joint development issues, and due diligence reviews. This course may also address numerous other practical IP issues such as recognition of your client’s IP rights, understanding how to protect those IP rights, and advising clients with respect to enforcement of IP rights.
Sixth Circuit Clinic In this clinic, students will work on cases for indigent clients whose cases are on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, a federal appellate court located in Cincinnati. Under the supervision of experienced attorneys, students will analyze trial records, identify arguments to be used in the appeals process, and write motions and briefs for their clients. This is an excellent opportunity for students to learn about federal courts, criminal law, appellate procedure, and improve writing skills. Students will also have the chance to learn from experienced lawyers, meet members of the federal bar, and meet federal judges. Students will be expected to attend oral arguments at the Sixth Circuit as well as present their own oral arguments in class. Students should be aware that the field placement component of the class will require them to spend approximately 4 hours each week on client work. Interested students should fill out the attached application and return it to the College of Law Registrar, by the due date. The Registrar will register you in the course but it is your responsibility to make sure you have room in your schedule for both components.
Sixth Circuit FP Concurrent enrollment in LITG 7043 is required.
Real Estate Transactions This class will focus on practical, real life situations involved in residential and commercial real estate transactions. The emphasis of the course will be on drafting documents appropriately, in order to avoid disputes. Areas covered will include: Attorney’s and broker’s roles in the transaction; the contract of sale; due diligence during the transaction; title assurance; and financing including mortgage foreclosures and distressed sales.
Trial Pract Competition Team Full-year commitment required. Students will prepare and enter trial competitions in the fall and spring under the supervision of attorney-coaches.
Animal Law This course examines the law as it relates to nonhuman animals, including companion animals, wildlife, livestock, animals used for research, and animals used for entertainment.  Students will read and discuss state and federal case law, statutes, and administrative regulations affecting substantive areas of law including constitutional law, contract, tort, property, criminal law, wills, and trusts.  Students will also read and discuss the history and development of animal law and policy, and will consider current legislative and policy initiatives.
Child Protection Advocacy One of the most intrusive governmental actions is the removal of children from their families. The grounds for removal include abuse and neglect. These decisions are made by juvenile and family courts across the nation, resulting in nearly 500,000 children in the child protection system each year. The parties to a child protection action include county social workers, parents, best interests advocates known as Guardians ad Litem (GAL) and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA Volunteer), and the children. These parties are represented by attorneys in a variety of roles. This course is designed as an introduction to child protection actions and the roles of attorneys participating in them, and current practitioners.
Child Protection Advocacy FP One of the most intrusive governmental actions is the removal of children from their families. The grounds for removal include abuse and neglect. These decisions are made by juvenile and family courts across the nation, resulting in nearly 500,000 children in the child protection system each year. The parties to a child protection action include county social workers, parents, best interests advocates known as Guardians ad Litem (GAL) and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA Volunteer), and the children. These parties are represented by attorneys in a variety of roles. This course is designed as an introduction to child protection actions and the roles of attorneys participating in them, and current practitioners.
Law Continuing Full-time Administrative Use Only.
INTRO TO LEGAL PROFESSION This course will explore how law is an important part of all aspects of our society, including our economy, our democracy, and our personal lives. Using current topics in law, such as drones, online privacy issues, and issues of policing, students will explore the broad impact of the law and legal actors on our society. Fundamental concepts will be discussed that include property rights as a bundle of rights and law giving rise to settled expectations so that businesses are willing to make investments in the economy. The course will also explore the role of attorneys in society including how they are trained and licensed in the United States. Types of legal practices will be discussed such as business, criminal, intellectual property, litigation, employment, and other common types of practice areas. Important topics of legal ethics will be discussed. Students will have the opportunity to meet lawyers and law students, along with opportunities to visit places where law is important, which may include courtrooms, prisons, law firms, and businesses.