Law

Spring 2018 Course Offerings

Courses for Spring 2018
Course Name Course Description
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.
Constitutional Law II This required course covers individual rights and freedoms, including the incorporation of the Bill of Rights as against the States, freedom of speech and religion, due process, economic and personal liberties and state action. Prerequisite: Constitutional Law I.
Constitutional Law II This required course covers individual rights and freedoms, including the incorporation of the Bill of Rights as against the States, freedom of speech and religion, due process, economic and personal liberties and state action. Prerequisite: Constitutional Law I.
Criminal Law This course deals with substantive criminal law, although its focus is on the various principles that apply to all crimes rather than on the elements of specific crimes. Homicidal crimes are given separate attention, however. The various defenses, including insanity, are reviewed.
Lawyering II: Advocacy The course is structured as a simulated law firm with students working on a case file to develop and apply advocacy skills. Students study and write one or more persuasive briefs to a court. The course culminates with students arguing a motion before a simulated judge. Students also continue their work on legal research and professionalism. Primary Basis for the Grade: Simulated legal work including writing briefs, performing legal research, presenting oral arguments, and demonstrating professional growth. Prerequisite: Lawyering I: Legal Research & Writing.
Lawyering II: Advocacy The course is structured as a simulated law firm with students working on a case file to develop and apply advocacy skills. Students study and write one or more persuasive briefs to a court. The course culminates with students arguing a motion before a simulated judge. Students also continue their work on legal research and professionalism. Primary Basis for the Grade: Simulated legal work including writing briefs, performing legal research, presenting oral arguments, and demonstrating professional growth. Prerequisite: Lawyering I: Legal Research & Writing.
Lawyering II: Advocacy The course is structured as a simulated law firm with students working on a case file to develop and apply advocacy skills. Students study and write one or more persuasive briefs to a court. The course culminates with students arguing a motion before a simulated judge. Students also continue their work on legal research and professionalism. Primary Basis for the Grade: Simulated legal work including writing briefs, performing legal research, presenting oral arguments, and demonstrating professional growth. Prerequisite: Lawyering I: Legal Research & Writing.
Lawyering II: Advocacy The course is structured as a simulated law firm with students working on a case file to develop and apply advocacy skills. Students study and write one or more persuasive briefs to a court. The course culminates with students arguing a motion before a simulated judge. Students also continue their work on legal research and professionalism. Primary Basis for the Grade: Simulated legal work including writing briefs, performing legal research, presenting oral arguments, and demonstrating professional growth. Prerequisite: Lawyering I: Legal Research & Writing.
Lawyering II: Advocacy The course is structured as a simulated law firm with students working on a case file to develop and apply advocacy skills. Students study and write one or more persuasive briefs to a court. The course culminates with students arguing a motion before a simulated judge. Students also continue their work on legal research and professionalism. Primary Basis for the Grade: Simulated legal work including writing briefs, performing legal research, presenting oral arguments, and demonstrating professional growth. Prerequisite: Lawyering I: Legal Research & Writing.
Property This course surveys the varieties of property interests and relations available in Anglo-American law, with an emphasis on tracing their development and evolution in modern American society. Discussion usually covers adverse possession, the traditional estates in land, future interests, landlord-tenant law, concurrent ownership, land use regulation and eminent domain, and easements and other servitudes.
Property This course surveys the varieties of property interests and relations available in Anglo-American law, with an emphasis on tracing their development and evolution in modern American society. Discussion usually covers adverse possession, the traditional estates in land, future interests, landlord-tenant law, concurrent ownership, land use regulation and eminent domain, and easements and other servitudes.
Administrative Law Government agencies increasingly regulate the marketplace, health and safety, and provide basic services. This course explores the constitutional powers and limitations on agency action, judicial review of agencies, and the procedures with which agencies must comply in regulating or providing benefits.
Advanced Legal Research:Meth & App This course builds upon the basic research skills and techniques learned in the required Lawyering I course. Its problem-solving approach gives students practical research experience that will enhance their understanding of legal literature and legal research principles. Students will learn to assess and respond strategically to legal research problems using available resources in print and digital formats. Scope is limited to researching United States federal and state law. Weekly assignments give students practical research experience and a foundation for learning research techniques and principles. In addition, each student is assigned a specific research problem that serves as the subject of a 20-minute class presentation. The final examination is comprehensive. Recommended for all students, particularly those who plan to practice or pursue judicial clerkships.
Advanced Problems Constitutional Law:Contemporary Challenges Advanced Problems in Constitutional Law: Contemporary Constitutional Challenges This seminar will examine key constitutional challenges that the United States faces in the early 21st century – issues of public concern that have sparked significant debate about the proper role of constitutional values in contemporary American life. The topics that will be studied include: • Racial Justice in Criminal Justice • Constitutional Challenge and Change: The Case of Capital Punishment • Fraction and Friction in 21st Century American Political Life • Money, Speech, and Political Power • Presidential Authority in Times of Global Challenge and Political Polarization • The Changing Look of American Federalism • Conscience, Religion, and Constitutional Objection • Free Market Principles in Constitutional Law Examination of the topics will draw on a broad range of readings to inform class discussion. Each student will prepare a seminar length paper (minimum of 30 pages in length) on a topic of her or his selection after consultation with the professor. Each student also will deliver a presentation on the paper to the class for discussion.
Advanced Torts In today's legal world, tort law provides some of the most cutting societal issues. This course offers an in-depth view of insurance bad faith, punitive damages, privacy, pre-natal and end-of-life torts, fraud and misrepresentation, and the intersection of tort and contract law.
Antitrust Law This course covers legal antitrust concepts including ventures which substantially lessen competition or tend toward monopoly in any product in any section of the country. it includes consideration of federal law which may include the Sherman Act, the Robinson-Patman Act, the Clayton Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act and their extensive judicial gloss.
Bankruptcy This course offers an introduction to the Bankruptcy Code. The course begins with brief coverage of non-bankruptcy debt collection; however, it primarily focuses on the basics of bankruptcy proceedings by consumer and business debtors under Chapters 7, 11, and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code. Topics covered include the creation of a bankruptcy estate, exemptions, the automatic stay, the trustee's avoidance powers, adequate protection, and executory contracts.
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.
Business Tax This course will cover the fundamentals of the federal income tax as it applies to businesses. Its focus will be on the tax treatment of the most common business entities: C corporations, partnerships, and S corporations. This course is intended to provide a basic understanding of these entities’ most frequent tax issues for those interested either in a career in tax law or representing business entities more generally.
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.
Copyright Law This course examines copyright law in detail, with particular focus on the Copyright Act of 1976, its history, and its ability to respond to recent developments in technology. Copyright law offers protection for works considered to be within the "fine arts" (music, paintings, photographs, sculpture) and "literature" (books, stories, plays) as well as more mundane works, including commercial, i.e., applied art and even data directories. Copyright also covers architectural works and works reliant on technology, such as computer software. Students will gain an understanding of copyright law generally, as well as an understanding of how that law might apply to emerging technologies.
Current Problems: Wom Int'l HR This research seminar will entail a written paper and a presentation. During the course of the seminar we will explore the development of International Human Rights Law relating to gender equality and a number of issues affecting women’s rights and empowerment throughout the world. The course will include an introduction to international and regional human rights systems, a comparative study of domestic and international law, and a discussion of both procedural and substantive aspects of human rights law. Some prior knowledge of international law is suggested but not required. Students are expected to read all assigned materials and to prepare and actively engage in class discussion.
Corp Trans: TermSht/Closing This course will take students through a single transaction, beginning with the initial term sheet, continuing through the negotiation and execution of a purchase agreement, and ending with closing and post-closing obligations. By the end of the course, students will acquire a detailed understanding of deal structures and timelines, the ebb and flow of transactions, and the major components of a negotiated agreement. Students will work in teams representing one party to the transaction throughout the entire course. Course work includes required reading, in-class and outside-class drafting assignments, client counseling, and contract negotiation.
Counterterrorism Law This course introduces students to National Security Law. Areas of coverage include: the international law of conflict management, American security doctrine and deterrence, security aspects of sea and space law, the national institutional framework, individual rights and responsibilities, and other national legal issues. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) will be considered.
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.
Criminal Procedure II This course covers the basic rules for post-arrest criminal litigation. Sources include constitutions, statutes and court rules, ethical codes, performance standards, research data, and appellate decisions interpreting these primary materials. Topics include the right to counsel; charging decisions; pretrial detention; discovery and investigation; plea bargaining; speedy trial and double jeopardy; jury selection; additional trial rights, including compulsory process and confrontation of witnesses; sentencing; and appeal/post-conviction procedures. The goal is clear understanding of the rules, their underlying theories, and their real-world consequences.
Critical Race Theory Critical race theory (“CRT”) developed in the early and mid ‐ 1980s as a response to both the substance and style of traditional legal scholarship. Substantively, critical race scholars rejected not only the “colorblind” approach to legal issues that renders invisible the particular and often divergent experiences of people of color vis ‐ à ‐ vis the law, but also liberal approaches emphasizing formal equality and individual civil rights, as well as the radical critiques of critical legal theorists and their “trashing” of civil rights. Stylistically, critical race theorists often employed new methodologies for legal scholarship, including storytelling and postmodern analysis. CRT advocates effectively used these methods to illuminate and define the centrality of race as a foundational feature of U.S. law. Since its emergence, there have been a number of developments in CRT, as is the case with every specialized field of study. More recently, second generation CRT scholars have focused on the “anti ‐ essentialist” challenge presented by a diverse community of race crits along racial, ethnic, gender, sexuality, and class lines, among others. Participants in this class will examine the genesis of CRT and its subsequent development, and will explore further CRT’s possibilities and limitations. We will address some of the following questions: Has CRT been successful, in light of its theoretical commitments, in changing the law and/or the lives of marginalized people for the better? How have non ‐ legal scholarly disciplines influenced and impacted the development of CRT? Is there such a thing as “critical race praxis,” and if so, what does it mean and require?
Disability Law Although major federal laws on disability discrimination existed before 1990, it was not until the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed that there was a comprehensive statute applying to virtually all aspects of an individual's life experience. The primary goal of this course is to introduce students to the major federal substantive laws relating to rights of individuals with disabilities, primarily relating to nondiscrimination. Another important goal of the course will be to focus on the underlying philosophy of disability rights law.
Election Law The goal of this course is to introduce students to the legal underpinnings of today’s democratic politics, the historical struggle over the structure of democratic institutions, and the practical consequences that follow from different institutional arrangements. As time allows, students will examine the history, law, and contemporary legal and policy debates regarding the individual right to vote, the districting and apportionment process (including partisan and racial gerrymandering), and the financing of campaigns and independent expenditures.
Electronic Discovery Electronic discovery plays an important and increasingly high-profile role in modern litigation. This course will provide a comprehensive study of electronic discovery issues, blending an in-depth analysis of legal principles with the study of their application in practice. No special technological background or expertise is necessary for success in the class. In addition to the professors (a litigation partner who leads the ediscovery practice at an international law firm and a former general counsel of a Fortune 500 company who is the chair emeritus of The Sedona Conference), class instruction will include presentations by guest speakers from the ediscovery field (in-house counsel, technology professionals, and judges). The goal for the class is to provide students with a thorough understanding of legal issues in ediscovery and, for those who may pursue a litigation practice, the practical ability to apply that understanding in actual cases.
Employment Law This course focuses on the legal relationship between employer and the individual employee. It will cover the common law aspects of that relationship, particularly the employment at will doctrine. It will then examine common law, contract, and statutory modifications of the doctrine. Statutes that may be examined include whistle-blower protection, unemployment and workers’ compensation acts, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and federal discrimination statutes. The course also covers other key features of the employment relationship including privacy concerns and contracts relating to protecting certain employer interests. The course is recommended for students contemplating a labor or employment law, corporate, or general practice.
Estate Planning This course explores tax, non-tax and Medicaid aspects of planning for the transfer of family wealth. The primary tax planning focus of the course is developed through study of the use of various techniques, including transfers between spouses, lifetime gifts (particularly gifts to children), charitable gifts, intra-family transfers and life insurance. Non-tax issues considered include the role, duties and ethical obligations of the attorney, as well as the use of durable powers of attorney and living wills. Medicaid issues considered include the desirability of planning to ensure that the government, rather than the family, is financially responsible for a parent or grandparent's nursing home care, as well as specific planning techniques to achieve this result.
Family Law Primary focus is on the relationship between law and the family in the context of the creation, maintenance and restructuring of domestic relations. Special attention is given to the nature of marriage, separation, divorce, dissolution, support, alimony, and child custody.
Feminist Jurisprudence Feminist Jurisprudence is about putting theory into practice, and that is the guiding principle of this course. Students will study various schools of feminist legal thought, including liberal, radical, cultural, postmodern, critical race, and social justice feminisms, as well as related issues from LGBTQ studies. After grounding ourselves in these theories, we will shift our focus to applied feminist scholarship in various substantive areas. Each student will be required to complete a project that "performs feminist jurisprudence." Opportunities will be available for students to work on projects in connection with various community organizations which may include Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati, Women Helping Women, ProKids, and the University of Cincinnati Women's Center. Students also may design projects that correspond with their own particular talents and interests (e.g. creating an original work of art, doing archival research relating to some aspect of the College of Law’s gender history, writing a feminist revision of a unit in a Torts or Criminal Law casebook). Other requirements include a paper situating the project within the theoretical framework studied in the course and a class presentation
First Amendment Seminar Directed principally at exploring freedom of speech and freedom of religion, this seminar enables each student to consider both the historical development of and contemporary cases and issues related to the First Amendment.
Immigration Law & Policy 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Int'l Business Transactions This course is intended to prepare students to represent clients in a variety of business transactions that contain international elements. The emphasis is on the formation and enforcement of agreements between private commercial parties and on the anticipation and recognition of issues that are peculiar to, or are especially prevalent in, international business. The course follows a sequence of increasingly complex transactions, from the isolated purchase and sale of goods, to sales through agents and distributors, license and franchise agreements, and foreign direct investment. Topics include: the formation of the basic commercial transaction; financing the international sale of goods; agency and distributorships; licensing of intellectual property; establishing and operating a foreign investment; prohibitions on corrupt payments; and dispute settlement. Although discussed in summary, the international regulation of national trade laws, through the WTO and regional agreements such as the NAFTA, is the subject of a separate course on International Trade.
Judicial Extern 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.
Legal Analysis BAR EXAM This course serves the dual purpose of equipping students to succeed on the written portions of bar examinations and preparing for legal practice by developing and honing skills relevant to legal analysis, professional and effective written communication, principled advocacy, and management of legal work. Students will receive instruction, practice, critical peer review, and coaching in these skills that will be valuable in taking a bar examination in Ohio or any other jurisdiction. Students will practice these skills using model and previously-administered essays and Multistate Performance Tests (MPTs). Students will also engage in self-assessment exercises addressing learning styles and time/work management issues. Although students will have an opportunity to review some core legal concepts, the focus of this course will be on practicing and developing the professional skills necessary to pass a bar examination and enter the legal profession. This course is not intended to substitute for a bar preparation course taken after Hooding that can help students review core concepts learned throughout law school and learn legal concepts not studied in law school and specific to the jurisdiction in which students wish to practice. Instead, this course will build a strong foundation in the skills necessary to be successful on a bar exam.
Legal Analysis BAR EXAM This course serves the dual purpose of equipping students to succeed on the written portions of bar examinations and preparing for legal practice by developing and honing skills relevant to legal analysis, professional and effective written communication, principled advocacy, and management of legal work. Students will receive instruction, practice, critical peer review, and coaching in these skills that will be valuable in taking a bar examination in Ohio or any other jurisdiction. Students will practice these skills using model and previously-administered essays and Multistate Performance Tests (MPTs). Students will also engage in self-assessment exercises addressing learning styles and time/work management issues. Although students will have an opportunity to review some core legal concepts, the focus of this course will be on practicing and developing the professional skills necessary to pass a bar examination and enter the legal profession. This course is not intended to substitute for a bar preparation course taken after Hooding that can help students review core concepts learned throughout law school and learn legal concepts not studied in law school and specific to the jurisdiction in which students wish to practice. Instead, this course will build a strong foundation in the skills necessary to be successful on a bar exam.
Legal Drafting This class provides a comprehensive introduction to drafting legal documents in the transactional context, with a heavy emphasis on contracts and internal documents. Students will learn the basic concepts that guide contract drafting and how mastery of these concepts aid in managing risk in legal transactions. Students will complete a number of short drafting exercises and two (possibly three) graded drafting assignments.
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.
Mediating in Neutral This course will teach students the skills and strategic analysis necessary to successfully fulfill the role of neutral third-party mediator. Students will undertake a series of mediation role plays, and will receive intensive feedback on techniques, skill, and intervention choices. Video-taping will be used to enable students to calibrate perception and reality of their own mediation style and effectiveness. The class will also view and critique the techniques used by other experienced mediators (on video-tape and through in-class demonstration), permitting us to see a range of mediator presence, styles and choices. In addition, this course will be valuable for students who may not plan to be a mediator, but who will represent clients in mediation. The course will provide the mediation advocate with an understanding of how the mediator operates, the role of the lawyer in mediation and what choices the mediation process offers for parties and lawyers.
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.
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.
Tax Policy This course critically examines our method of taxing income: criteria for a sound tax policy; tax system versus tax on income; use or acceptance of certain deductions, credits, and exclusions. Students examine and evaluate proposals for tax reform.
Witness Preparation Through role play and other means, this course will teach techniques that trial counsel use to prepare themselves and their witnesses for testimony that is truthful, engaging, trustworthy and persuasive. Students will learn how to showcase witness testimony, reduce risks of unespected or damaging testimony, gain witness confidence, explain the witness' role, uncover information, lay foundations for admitting exhibits, and deal with cross-examinations, etc. Each exercise will be followed by critique and class discussion.
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.
Chesley Lecture Series Chesley Lecture Series
Legal Extern 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.
Mental Health Law II This course will focus on the private sector health care issues that arise frequently in mental health law. Issues to be covered include: guardianship, psychiatric malpractice and informed consent, mental health law confidentiality and privilege, duties to warn and other duties to third parties, the right to refuse treatment, the right to treatment and the influence of the ADA, the admissibility of mental health professional expert testimony, brief coverage of ERISA and the right to die.
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.
Civil Procedure II This course continues issues first explored in Civil Procedure I. It opens with joinder of parties in multi-party actions, interpleader, class actions and intervention. Modern discovery procedures, the trial process, and post-trial motions are considered. The course ends with procedures governing appeals, alternative dispute resolution, and the effect of res judicata and collateral estoppels by judgment in prior litigation. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure I.
Civil Procedure II This course continues issues first explored in Civil Procedure I. It opens with joinder of parties in multi-party actions, interpleader, class actions and intervention. Modern discovery procedures, the trial process, and post-trial motions are considered. The course ends with procedures governing appeals, alternative dispute resolution, and the effect of res judicata and collateral estoppels by judgment in prior litigation. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure I.
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.
Conflict of Laws This course focuses on the problem of choosing which jurisdiction's law should govern transactions, relationships, or events with contacts to more than one jurisdiction. The course also explores the law governing recognition of sister - state and foreign judgments, and the jurisdictional and choice-of-law problems posed by cyberspace. The course will provide students with the opportunity both to become familiar with and to criticize the various approaches to these problems adopted by U.S. jurisdictions (especially Ohio).
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.
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'l LR: EIC Editor-in-Chief; by permission of Instructor.
IP & Computer Law Jrnl 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 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&CLJ Ed Limited to students identified by supervising faculty member.
IP & Computer Law Jrnl EIC Intellectual Property & Computer Law Journal Editor-in-Chief. By permission of supervising faculty/instructor.
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.
Patent and Trademark Clinic 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 will 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 of the USPTO; preparation, review, and/or negotiation of IP licenses; 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 work several hours each week at the PTC office located at the HCDC Business Center. 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. Prerequisites: Intro to Intellectual Property or any other introductory IP course that focuses on an area of intellectual property law.
Patent and Trademark FP Patent and Trademark FP
Patent Litigation & Strategy Patent Litigation & Strategy. This is a perspective course focusing on the unique procedural, substantive and strategic aspects of patent litigation. The course will benefit students seeking to acquire broad-based litigation skills as well as those with specific interest in patent law. Specific topics include claim interpretation, the interrelationship between written descriptions and claims, proof of infringement, special issues in attorney/client privilege and waiver, discovery of confidential information, validity issues, patent remedies and defenses. Students will have the opportunity to prepare written pleadings and briefs and to orally argue claim interpretations and infringement/non-infringement positions in simulated hearings and/or motions. Performance on these projects will form the basis for student assessment.
Patent Off Prac & Proc This course provides students with "hands on" experience in conducting patent practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Topics include patent searches; patentability opinions; patent drafting; filing; responding to correspondence from the Patent Examiner; the requirements of the new America Invents Act; and conducting appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
Public Int Honrs Fellow Public Interest Honors Fellowship Companion Class: This course must be taken simultaneously with the Public Interest Honors Fellowship, and it must be taken both semesters during the academic year. The class component consists of a two-day orientation blast class, subject matter specific instruction in domestic relations and estate planning issues, instruction and simulations in issues pertaining to underserved clients, and guest lectures from volunteer attorneys and court personnel. Students must complete specified written assignments and meet individually with the course instructor. Public Interest Honors Fellowship: Public Interest Honors Fellowships are open only to third year law students eligible to obtain a limited license in Ohio and require a commitment for the entire academic year. Selected students will obtain advanced practical experience (under the supervision of practicing attorneys) by representing selected underserved clients in need of domestic relations and/or estate planning services. The PIHF will interview clients, draft appropriate documents, review and execute those documents with the clients, and appear in court where necessary under the supervision of six different practicing attorneys who will rotate among the students to ensure that each student benefits from the perspective and wisdom of multiple attorneys. To apply for an externship, you need to send resume and letter of interest by July 1st to supervising faculty member.
Public Int Honors FP This course must be taken simultaneously with the Public Interest Honors Fellowship, and it must be taken both semesters during the academic year.
Public Int'l Law This course is an introduction to the international legal system and particularly its decision-making processes – how international law is made and applied; the institutions created for making decisions; and the various legal regimes that are established. Consideration will be given to formal as well as operational prescriptions and practices. The role of power in this system will be candidly acknowledged, and the problems and opportunities it presents will be explored.
Sales This course deals primarily with the sale of goods under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code. In it, we will master code-reading and basic Article 2 doctrines. Students also examine how the law of the sale of goods differs from the common law of contracts, particularly with respect to the relevant law of warranties, performance, risk of loss, and remedies. Students explore the reasons, both practical and theoretical, for the substantive differences between Article 2 and common law contracts. Finally, the course examines, to varying degrees, the related law of leases of goods (under Article 2A of the UCC), contracts for the international sale of goods (under the Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, or "CISG"), and the common law of real estate conveyances.
Securities Regulation Securities Regulation presents an overview of federal securities laws with emphasis on the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the major exemptions from these requirements, including exemptions commonly used by small and early-stage businesses. The course also covers the reporting and disclosure requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
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.
Sports Law, Intro to This course is designed to introduce students to the substantive and practical aspects of Sports Law. Students will be exposed to a review of current and selected past case law, a review and interpretation of federal and state legislation, as well as an interpretation of NCAA Bylaws and Constitutional provisions.
StVenCaptl&PrivEquity This course introduces students to the various legal and business considerations involved in the organization and launch of startup companies, as well as in venture capital and private equity transactions. The first portion of the course focuses on the key issues involved in forming and operating an emerging growth business (a startup), including selecting and forming a business entity, structuring the economic benefits and management control among various owners, protecting intellectual property assets and complying with securities laws (with a look at crowdfunding). With that foundation, the second portion of the course focuses on the significant legal and business issues involved in a venture capital financing transaction from both the company and the investor perspective. Finally, the third portion of the course focuses on private equity transactions, including private equity as a method of financing and private equity as a means of liquidity or exit (with a look at M&A). The course combines theory and practice in order to prepare students for the types of projects and challenges they will confront as transactional lawyers. A knowledge of corporate and business associations law, as well as securities law and finance, will be helpful to a student in this course. That being said, there are no formal prerequisites, and the course is structured for beginners as well as for students with more subject matter expertise. 100% of the grade will be determined by the final examination, although I will take class attendance and preparation into account and may increase (but not decrease) a student’s grade based on his or her meaningful participation.
Trademark & Unfair Comp This course examines the law governing trademarks and other means of identifying products and services in the minds of consumers. Instruction primarily will focus on the federal statute governing trademarks and unfair competition, the Lanham Trademark Act of 1946, but students will learn about state laws and state law doctrines in the field as well. Topics include the protectibility of marks, including words, symbols, and "trade dress"; federal registration of marks; causes of action for infringement, dilution, and "cybersquatting;" and defenses, including parodies protected by the First Amendment.
TP Team: Comp Prep Full-year commitment required. Students will prepare and enter trial competitions in the fall and spring under the supervision of attorney-coaches.
Trusts & Future Interests This course covers the creation and operation of trusts and the rights and obligations associated with them. It includes the kinds of trusts available, fiduciary duties in the administration of trusts, the law of future interests, and related topics. Related tax issues are not raised or discussed.
VIS Int'l Comm Arb Mt Team The Vis Competition has two components. The first component (for which 1 credit hour will be given for up to 4 students) is the researching and writing of two 30 to 35 page memoranda, the first supporting the position of a hypothetical international arbitration claimant and the second supporting the position of the respondent. (This component is expected to involve about 45 hours of work beginning in October and running through the end of January when the respondent’s memorandum is due.) The second component (for which 2 credit hours will be given for up to 4 students) will include supervising and editing the memoranda plus traveling and participating in the week-long oral competition in either Vienna or Hong Kong. (This component, excluding travel time, is expected to involve over 100 hours of work beginning October and running through the close of the competition in late March or early April.)
Adv Decision Analysis Wkshp What is fair settlement value? How can I help my client understand the risks involved in this case? How can I persuade the other side or an insurer that our settlement offer is reasonable, even if their argument has some merit? Decision Analysis offers a way to map a lawyer's, client's, or neutral's judgments about what might happen, what the chances are, and the consequences of twists of fate along litigation or transactional paths. This course starts with the basic how-to’s of decision analysis for case evaluation and client - counseling in simple cases. It moves to more sophisticated applications in complex cases, where attorneys use decision analysis to think through litigation management and strategy, and to communicate with opposing counsel and (particularly corporate) clients. In-house counsel increasingly require the use of decision analysis for settlement and litigation decisions. Students completing this course could claim a reasonable degree of proficiency in decision analysis for legal practice . The following topics will be covered: • Issue-mapping for complex cases • Methods for estimating probabilities • Sensitivity analysis • Analyzing outcome distributions and their significance • Client-based utility analysis • Assessing and integrating risk aversion and risk tolerance • Valuing additional information • Analysis for resource allocation and litigation management Students will be required to purchase a one year license for decision analysis software for use in the course.
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.
Legal Drafting: LLM,Cert,BA+ This class provides a comprehensive introduction to drafting legal documents in the transactional context, with a heavy emphasis on contracts and internal corporate documents. LLM s sudents will learn the basic concepts that guide contract drafting and how mastery of these concepts aid in managing risk in legal transactions. Students will complete a number of short drafting exercises and four graded drafting assignments. NOTE: Open to LLM students, graduate certificate student, and post baccalaureate students only. Not open to JD students.
Cyber Security & Incident Resp A thorough survey of the current corporate cyber-threat environment presented from the perspective of an attorney advising clients facing information security risks and challenges. Students will examine the methodology and current threat landscape, dissect some of the most notable data breaches and learn how to evaluate the potential legal, regulatory and practical impacts of data breach incidents. This course will finally provide a basic overview of incident response best practices.
HabeasCorpusSent&PostConv This class will focus upon practical and procedural issues involving criminal post-conviction remedies at both the state and federal levels. The class will examine not only the constitutional aspects of collaterally attacking a conviction, but will also address the mechanics of litigating post-conviction appeals. While not excluding other types of cases, the class will concentrate on the death penalty, using as a model a current case. Prerequisite: Criminal Procedure I.
Crim Defense Investig & Discov Using the Theory of Defense as the guide by which all else follows, this course will explore the components of an effective defense of the criminally accused, with special consideration being given to the unique problems presented when representing the indigent defendant. Beginning with the initial accusation and going up to the eve of trial, the course will address the various components of an effective defense. These include brainstorming, developing the Theory of Defense, client interview, witness interviews, effective case investigation, aggressive pursuit of formal discovery, and pre-trial motions practice. As the various topics are covered, the ethical issues commonly occurring will also be discussed. Students will be required to apply the lessons of the class in a final project where they act as defense counsel.
Pretrial Practice 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.
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(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(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(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.
Adv Topics:ReparatInt'lCrimCt Advanced Topics: Reparations at the International Criminal Court
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.
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(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(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(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(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(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.
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(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(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.
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.
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.