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  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduction to the basic lawyering skills of interviewing, fact investigation, counseling, and negotiation. Employs simulation exercises, self-critiques, and feedback from the faculty member as well as other students. In addition to the exercises, exposure to the theoretical underpinnings of the skills and examine some of the ethical issues involved in creating and maintaining professional relationships with clients and opposing parties and counsel.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Provides first-semester students with an introduction to the procedures and structure of the legal system to facilitate law study during the first year of law school. Additionally, the course provides students with an introduction to preferred learning methods for efficient law school study. Prerequisites: none.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A study of the elements of simple contracts, including offer and acceptance, consideration, conditions, defenses, and damages. The impact of the Uniform Commercial Code on contracts is considered.
  • 3.00 Credits

    First covers some private and public limitations on owners' property rights, primarily easements and zoning. The rest of the semester deals with acquiring ownership rights, possession and transfers, including the law relating to deeds and titles.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Picks up where Torts I ends. Principal areas of coverage typically include wrongful death, defenses, vicarious liability, strict liability, nuisance, products liability and defamation. If time permits we will also cover privacy, misrepresentation and other topics.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A study of modern practice in civil cases under Rules of Civil Procedure and other sources of procedural law. Civil Procedure I and its continuation, Civil Procedure II, cover all aspects of jurisdiction and other issues bearing on what court(s) may hear a case; choice of state or federal law; pleading; joinder of claims and parties; class actions; discovery and other pre-trial procedures; summary judgment; non-jury and jury trials; appeals; and claim and issue preclusion.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Constitutional Law I is divided into two parts. Part I focuses on governmental structures. Part II begins our coverage of individual rights and liberties. Part I?s coverage includes the power of judicial review, separation of powers, federalism, and congressional powers. Part II focuses on equal protection.
  • 2.00 Credits

    A study of the theory and procedure of appellate advocacy, an examination of abstracts of record, research and drafting of appellate briefs, and the presentation of oral argument.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Studies the law of agency relationships and business associations including partnerships, limited liability companies and corporations. It deals with legal considerations in the formation, carrying on and termination of business enterprises. Among the matters considered are the management and control of business enterprises, the liabilities of their owners and the transferability of ownership interests. It covers various matters of litigation involving business enterprises. For example, the course considers who may be held liable in contract and tort cases when a business enterprise is sued. It studies the fiduciary duties of management, such as corporate officials, to business associations and their owners and it considers issues arising in suits based on breach of such duties. The course also considers the protection afforded investors by federal securities law. Listing of the above items is not intended to be all inclusive. Students are invited to consult with the instructor regarding specific information.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Focuses on the federal taxation of individuals. It includes taxation of compensation, installment sales as well as taxation of gains on property transfers. We will begin by studying what constitutes income and generally move through the deduction, timing and characterization sections of the Internal Revenue Code (the ?Code?). The objective will be to enable you to understand the overall structure and application of the Code and to advise clients on issues pertaining to what constitutes taxable income in a given taxable year.