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Accounting for Lawyers
SLN #: 26469
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 014
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Friedman
Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce the basic elements of financial accounting to attorneys. This course will present the “Fundamentals of Accounting” as well as the “Accounting Principles” that form the foundation for current day accounting. The students will gain an understanding of Financial Statements, Financial Statement and Auditing reporting requirements and a general overview of the entities that set the rules, ethics and standards for the accounting profession. The course is divided into three (3) sections consisting of the introduction of accounting, forensic and valuation issues and the examination and cross-examination of accountants (in conjunction with the WP Carey School of Business).
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes
Administrative Law
SLN #: 26314
Course Prefix: LAW-600
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Hessick
Course Description:
A large portion of federal law comes from administrative agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Department of Defense. This class examines the institutional role and legitimacy of these federal administrative agencies. Topics will include the source of administrative authority; the rationale for delegation of authority to administrative agencies; constitutional constraints on agency power; the different forms of agency rulemaking; agency adjudication of facts and law; the scope and purpose of judicial review of agency action; and the degree to which administrative agencies exercise executive, legislative and judicial powers.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Per the College of Law policy the professor reserves the right to withdraw a student for excessive absence
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Adv Legal Research Seminar
SLN #: 17387
Course Prefix: LAW-736
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Trotta
Course Description:
Although there is no required text to purchase, students must purchase a CPS Student Response Pad from the Bookstore and bring it to the first class.
This course will focus on a rigorous review of the basic print and electronic resources and strategies for conducting legal research, federal and state. Case law, statutes and legislative history, administrative rules and procedures and finding tools will all be covered. This course is labor intensive. The best way to learn to conduct effective legal research is to use the full range of tools available and then practice, practice, practice! Students will be in class two hours per week. The third class hour is given to account for the time you will spend on the various homework assignments. Students will have frequent practice exercises, a midterm exam, and a research guide as a final project. This guide will allow students to apply their knowledge of legal research by discovering and evaluating information resources on a preapproved specialized topic of their choice.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes
Skills Requirement: Yes
Limited Enrollment Number: 15
Final Exam Given: No
Mid Term or Other Exam: Yes
Participation Points: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Advanced Criminal Procedure
SLN #: 14624
Course Prefix: LAW-610
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Spritzer
Course Description:
This course builds upon the basic course in Criminal Procedure. Topics addressed include the following: prosecutorial discretion; preliminary hearings; grand jury proceedings; pretrial release; discovery rights; guilty pleas and plea bargaining; double jeopardy; appeals and post-conviction review.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Advanced Estate Planning
SLN #: 17415
Course Prefix: LAW-660
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Becker
Course Description:
This course will cover advanced estate planning and estate administration issues. Specifically, advanced valuation issues, marital deduction planning, fiduciary income tax, grantor trust income tax, issues relating to charitable trusts, and the generation skipping transfer tax. Estate and Gift Tax is a pre-requisite.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Estate & Gift Tax
Limited Enrollment Number: 15
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Grades will be assigned according to written papers.
Attendance Policy: Attendance is required
Advanced Legal Writing
SLN #: 26614
Course Prefix: LAW-626
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Langenfeld
Course Description:
This is a writing seminar intended to help students attain an advanced level of writing proficiency by exposing students to a broad range of legal documents. This course introduces students to new research and drafting skills that are not part of the first-year curriculum; the goal is for students to become accustomed to writing to different audiences. This course will focus on how to conceptualize a writing assignment, how to write with clarity, and how to write with precision. Students may examine and draft basic litigation documents, correspondence, contract provisions, statutes, rules, judicial opinions, memoranda (including responsive memoranda), and briefs. The course will involve in-class writing exercises and out-of-class assignments. On all of these assignments, students will receive feedback.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Yes
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Legal Method & Writing and Legal Research and Writing
Limited Enrollment Number: 15
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Antitrust
SLN #: 26315
Course Prefix: LAW-601
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Rose
Course Description:
Antitrust studies the Sherman and Clayton Acts and their judicial interpretation and implementation to prevent monopoly and business practices in restraint of trade, including restrictive agreements involving price-fixing and collaborative activities of competitors, resale price maintenance and other distributional restraints such as tying agreements and territorial divisions. Related Courses: Students who are interested in any one of the following areas would probably find antitrust interesting and worthwhile: intellectual property; patent; copyright; business torts; law and economics; law and technology; competition; the free market, and regulation. Antitrust involves, intersects, or interrelates with all of these areas. Examination. If the class is small, take-home exams will be given at the end of each section; if the class is not small, a traditional final exam will be given. Scheduling.This course will be offered every other year. If you have further questions or would like further information, feel free to contact Professor Rose.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes, With Instructor's Approval
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: Take-Home
Participation Points: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Applied Evidence in Trial Advocacy
SLN #: 14678
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 015
Credit Hours: 4
Instructor(s): Dallyn
Course Description:
Students learn trial advocacy by presenting opening statements, direct and cross-examination, objections, motions to the Court, final arguments and other aspects of trial practice. Students will also address issues of evidence law and civil procedure raised in the simulated trial practice problems. The course culminates in a jury trial. Student presentations will be videotaped for individual critique. Students will also learn how to use courtroom technology for displaying evidentiary exhibits or visual aids and will be asked to use this technology during their presentations.
Students who have taken Trial Advocacy will not be allowed to take this course.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 4
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: Yes
Special Withdrawal Course: Yes
Limited Enrollment Number: 12
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes, Pleadings and motions related to final trials/individual in-class presentations.
Attendance Policy: Mandatory
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Arbitration
SLN #: 26523
Course Prefix: LAW-701
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Meyerson
Course Description:
As the use of alternative dispute resolution grows, arbitration is now a mainstream dispute resolution process. This course will examine the Federal Arbitration Act, as well as the Arizona Arbitration Act. Special segments will be devoted to labor, international, and securities arbitration. The course will highlight key stages in the arbitration process and post-hearing procedures to vacate and enforce arbitration awards. Important policy issues in arbitration will also be discussed. The course will also offer practical learning opportunities such as drafting arbitration clauses in contracts and agreements, and participation in a simulated arbitration hearing with real attorneys presenting arguments for the students to rule upon.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Yes
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes*
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes*
Skills Requirement: No
Note: Only one of the above listed requirements can be fulfilled with this course.
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Arizona Constitutional Law
SLN #: 14670
Course Prefix: LAW-658
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Bender
Course Description:
This course will examine the most important provisions of Arizona’s
Constitution. Emphasis will be on provisions that are different from
those in the U.S. Constitution. Specific topics will include the initiative
and referendum processes, conflicts between the Legislature and the
other branches of government, individual rights that are similar to rights
found in the U.S. Constitution, individual rights that are not found in the
U.S. Constitution, and the relationship between the Arizona and U.S.
Constitutions. The focus will be on recent and current constitutional
issues and cases and the jurisprudence of the Arizona Supreme Court.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: No
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Con Law I and Con Law II
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Mid Term or Other Exam: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: No
Participation Points: No
Attendance Policy: Attendance highly advisable
Arizona Media Law
SLN #: 14663
Course Prefix: LAW-705
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Bodney
Course Description:
This seminar draws together the academic and practical elements of media law, with a particular emphasis on translating constitutional theory into legal action in Arizona. The course covers issues involving access to information (e.g., public records, open meetings, FOIA), interference with the news gathering process (subpoenas, search warrants, gag orders), limitations on content (prior restraints, libel, invasion of privacy) and other "hot topics" in media law. In addition, the course focuses on the tensions between law and ethics in the legal and journalistic disciplines, and how the aspirational considerations of the two professions both inform and obscure the duties of reporters and their counsel. Finally, the course explores the analytical and precedential limitations on the absolutist rhetoric of the First Amendment. Some background in constitutional or media law is recommended.
Students who have previously taken Media Law will not be allowed to receive credit for Arizona Media Law
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Limited Enrollment Number: 14
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: Per Law School Policy
Attendance Policy: Per Law School Policy
Banking Law & Regulation Seminar
SLN #: 14679
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 017
Credit Hours: 2/3
Instructor(s): Schroeder
Course Description:
Financial institutions exercise great power in the modern US and world economies. Their activities impact the work lawyers do in many ways – as consumer and commercial lenders, suppliers of investment products, insurers, and providers of numerous other types of financial services. Moreover, the role and nature of financial institutions in today’s society is changing in response to global competition, technological advances, and rapidly changing economic conditions. But the manner in which the law regulates financial institutions is not so much the product of a coherent set of policies strategy, as the ad hoc result of the historical reactions to a variety of crisis that impacted the financial system. This seminar examines a selected number of aspects of this regulatory system. It will explore the law governing how banks and other financial institutions operate and critically consider the policy choices on which these regulatory approaches rest. A substantial part of the seminar will focus on proposals to reform our financial regulatory system.
The seminar is offered as a 2/3 credit option. All students will be required to do some in-class presentations which may involve a short paper. In addition, students enrolled for 2 credits will have a final examination. To earn 3 credits, students must complete and rewrite a research paper until satisfactory to the instructor.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2/3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded Only
Written Assignment: Probably.
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes, With Instructor's Approval
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: None
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Limited Enrollment Number: 25
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: Take-Home
Mid Term or Other Exam: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes. Attendance required.
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Bioethics & Law
SLN #: 26471
Course Prefix: LAW-652
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Roth
Course Description:
Bioethics is the study of the moral and ethical issues and controversies arising in the practice of medicine and from the applications and advances of biotechnology to medicine. Although bioethics can raise difficult questions about the nature, meaning, and value of life, the subject compels us exactly because many of these difficult, sometimes wrenching problems that we will explore in the course are ones that we encounter in our dual roles as individuals and members of society.
Like any other field of ethical consideration, bioethics asks, “What is the right thing to do?” and endeavors to answer that question by drawing on a multitude of societal traditions, cultures and norms, both secular and religious. In attempting to answer this question, the aspiring bioethicist must consider not only how to answer that question within their own personal zeitgeist, but must also consider how to answer that question through the lens of the obligations of the individual to the larger society.
However, an equally valid consideration in the study of bioethics is the question of what it might accomplish. After drawing on this complex array of societal and individual traditions and mores, is any one resolution really possible? What value is there in engaging in this dialogue if no resolution is possible? Does the conversation help or impede societies’ understanding of these technological advances or help people keep pace with an ever faster and more dizzying array of so-called improvements to their health?
In Bioethics and Law, we will take up a wide range of issues that may include (but may not be limited to!) euthanasia, stem cell research, genetic engineering, human reproduction, human subjects research, human enhancement, cloning and the ethics and law of human subjects research.
The course will meet once a week, on Mondays at 8:00 am (coffee not included) for 2 hours. Because bioethics is multidisciplinary, drawing on law, philosophy, the humanities and medicine, enrollment is unlimited and open to Barrett Honors College students as well as graduate students in the School of Life Sciences. Grading will be based on participation (mandatory and extensive – come prepared to think, talk and engage with your fellow students!), a short paper and a final exam.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Yes, short paper
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Paper Required, and each student will lead an in-class discussion
Participation Points: Class participation counts for a portion of the final grade
Attendance Policy: Attendance mandatory!
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Biotechnology: Science, Law and Policy
SLN #: 21059
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 024
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Marchant
Course Description:
This course will examine the legal, regulatory, scientific, policy and ethical aspects of biotechnology, focusing on genetically engineered plants, animals, foods, drugs, vaccines, and other products. Among the issues to be covered include an overview of the scientific methods for genetically engineering plants and animals, the risks and benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops and animals, the regulation of GM foods and other products, labeling of biotechnology products, regulatory issues relating to biopharmaceuticals, liability issues, intellectual property issues, antitrust and business law issues, contamination issues, the role of the public in GM decision, state and local regulation, international regulation, international trade, bioprospecting/biopiracy, and bioterrorism.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Research Paper
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Paper Required
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Attendence included in Participation Points
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Bridging the Gap-Pathways to Success in Law School and the Profession
SLN #: 14662
Course Prefix: LAW-598
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 1
Instructor(s): Berman
Course Description:
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Skills Requirement: No
Business Organizations
SLN #: 14677
Course Prefix: LAW-654
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 4
Instructor(s): Lynk
Course Description:
This course describes how business organizations impact the work of all lawyers regardless of the field in which they ultimately focus. A basic understanding of the organization and management of business enterprises, and the law of agency, partnership, and corporations, is routinely needed across a broad and diverse range of legal specializations.
We study how businesses make money and how lawyers help them. We study how businesses are regulated and why. We study how companies raise money, spend money, and pay taxes. We study the legal standard of conduct expected of companies and their owners and managers.
Special attention is given to a broad view of the course content to make it relevant to lawyers with various professional interests including for example, litigation, domestic relations, intellectual property, real estate, environmental, public interest law, trusts and estates, employment, entertainment, sports, commercial, constitutional, international law, and for lawyers in large and small firms, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and regulated industries, as well as corporation law departments.
The class focuses on a hypothetical business and the legal issues of formation, capitalization, operations, and merger. Our analysis follows this business as it might evolve through the various types of business organizations as a sole proprietorship, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company (LLC), and corporation.
The major focus of the course is on the most popular form of business organization, the corporation, both public and private. We study how corporations are used to raise and manage capital, allocate risk, and divide ownership and management prerogatives. We focus on the responsibilities of boards of directors, the rights of shareholders, the issuance of stock, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance.
The course analyzes basic business and legal decisions faced by business people. We also examine broader policy questions such as how business needs shape laws and regulations in the United States and, conversely, how laws and regulations promote and impede business.
No background in business, accounting, or finance is required.
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Attendance and participation is expected. Points will be given for participation up to the maximum permitted under the law school grading policy. Students will be called upon to participate. Substantial information will be delivered in class lectures that is not in the written course materials.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 4
Grading Option: Numerically Graded Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: Yes
Case Studies in Law & Lawyering - II
SLN #: 26331
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 011
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Ellman
Course Description:
Continuation of the Fall 2009 class - only students registered in the Fall may enroll.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes*
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes*
Skills Requirement: Yes*
Note: Only one of the above listed requirements can be fulfilled with this course.
Final Exam Given: No
Civil Justice Clinic
SLN #: 14691
Course Prefix: LAW-773
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 6
Instructor(s): Dauber;Karin
Course Description:
Students enrolled in the Civil Justice Clinic represent clients in civil disputes and administrative proceedings with faculty supervision. The Civil Justice Clinic is primarily handling the following types of civil cases: predatory mortgage lending cases, tenants rights, equity skimming cases, housing appeals, fraudulent rent-to-own housing schemes, and employees who have suffered discrimination in the workplace. Students also represent non-profit clients on work-life policy issues, such as the proper role of government in supporting the needs of employees, employers, and the community in achieving greater access to flexible work arrangements, time off, and career maintenance. In addition, clients may include employees involved in wage-recovery actions, persons who have been wrongfully denied unemployment benefits, consumers who have been defrauded in commercial transactions, and individuals facing the prospect of civil litigation. Students are responsible for handling all aspects of civil and administrative practice, including: representing clients in contested administrative hearings; drafting pleadings, motions and appellate briefs; interviewing and counseling clients; conducting discovery in civil litigation; representing clients in hearings, arbitrations, mediations and trials; and occasionally presenting oral argument in Arizona appellate courts and the Ninth Circuit. Most semesters, each student works on a written project, such as a motion, brief, complaint, or a white paper.
The Civil Justice Clinic is a graded six credit course, with grading based on a number of established criteria, including diligence and thoroughness in representing clients, and classroom participation. Students are expected to spend approximately 300 hours in the Clinic during the semester. As a general guideline, students are expected to work 20 hours per week in the clinic.
The Civil Justice Clinic includes a mandatory seminar that focuses on simulation exercises in such matters as: courtroom advocacy, interviewing, client counseling, fact investigation, civil discovery, and negotiation. During staffing meetings, potential cases are discussed and either accepted or declined by the firm. .
NOTE: Please see the Clinical Program website for more details. www.law.asu.edu/programs/clinic
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 6
Grading Option: Numerically Graded Only
Written Assignment: Yes, see description.
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Evidence (or co-requisite)
Special Withdrawal Course: Yes, the last day to withdraw without special permission from the Director of the Clinical Program is one month prior to the first seminar class.
Limited Enrollment Number: 10
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Attendance at all classes and staff meetings is required.
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Civil Pretrial Practice
SLN #: 14637
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 010
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Cohen
Course Description:
This skills course will focus on the several aspects of pre-trial practice in civil litigation, including discovery planning and implementation, disclosure, interrogatories, requests for production, requests for admissions, examinations and viewings, depositions, discovery sanctions and pre-trial motion practice. Students will explore both the strategic and tactical aspects of pre-trial practice, and will through a series of mini-projects based on a hypothetical case begin to develop skills in pre-trial litigation. These mini-projects will provide the basis for evaluation in this pass-fail course.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Written Assignment: Yes, see course description
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: Yes
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Yes
Civil Procedure II
SLN #: 14650
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 006
Credit Hours: 4
Instructor(s): Bartels
Course Description:
Civil Procedure II is a four-credit course that will focus on the Rules of Civil Procedure (rather than non-Rules topics such as jurisdiction and res judicata) and how lawyers use the Rules in litigating civil cases from initiation through the pre-trial stages. The class sessions will be devoted primarily to "re-litigating" a real personal-injury case, Ruelas v. APS, under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (but with attention to significant differences between the Federal and Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure). The course materials will consist of a series of handouts that include (a) questions that ask students to apply the relevant Rules to the Ruelas case; (b) important case precedents; and (c) investigative reports, court papers, and documentary and photographic exhibits from the actual Ruelas case file. The course will re-cover some topics that were covered in most first-year Civil Procedure sections in the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 academic years, either quickly to refresh recollections or in considerably more depth; and the course also will cover Rules that were not covered in any meaningful sense in the first year. The idea is to concentrate on those areas that are most important to the pre-trial litigation process (and, coincidentally, to the bar exam).
The final exam will be a combination of short-answer and traditional essay questions. Students will be permitted to bring any inanimate object that does not belong to the Law Library with them to the exam.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 4
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Civil Procedure I
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Civil Rights Legislation
SLN #: 26319
Course Prefix: LAW-620
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Calleros
Course Description:
NOTE: This class will be taught on a compressed schedule meeting
on Mondays & Wednesdays for 4 hours per week through April 5, 2010.
This course will examine the Reconstruction-era Civil Rights Acts,
particularly sections 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1988 of Title 42 of the U.S.
Code, with an emphasis on sections 1981 and 1983. Section 1981
imposes liability for racial discrimination in contractual relations, and
section 1983 imposes liability for deprivation of federal rights under the
auspices of state authority. The latter will consume most of the semester.
Although we will necessarily discuss federal constitutional and statutory
rights that litigants seek to vindicate under section 1983, our study will
focus on the statutory prerequisites to liability, such as the requirement
that the deprivation be taken "under the color of" state law, various
immunities from liability, standards for imposing liability on supervisors
or governmental entities, and remedies. The class will also briefly address
other civil rights issues, such as employment discrimination under Title
VII and civil rights issues that may emerge during the semester.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: None
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Limited Enrollment Number: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: Professor reserves discretion under policies
Attendance Policy: Required, subject to justified absence
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Class Actions
SLN #: 26886
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 020
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Peck
Course Description:
If certain requirements are satisfied, Federal Civil Procedure Rule 23 permits aggregate litigation in the form of a class action. This popular procedural device has been used in various substantive areas – e.g., antitrust, civil rights, consumer protection, employment, mass torts and securities – to resolve legal claims en masse. This course will focus on the procedural aspects of class action law, making the course content relevant to all types of class actions, without regard to the substantive nature of the claims. We will examine the requirements for class certification, the manner in which the class certification decision is made, the procedural protections required for class litigation, as well as various constitutional and other issues impacting the conclusive reach of litigated or settled class actions. The course is recommended for students with an interest in litigation and for those with an academic interest in this often hyped, and sometimes maligned, form of claim resolution.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Civil Procedure
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Colloquium in Transnational Law
SLN #: 26934
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 030
Credit Hours: 1
Instructor(s): Dickinson
Course Description:
In this course, students will examine current topics in international and transnational law. During the first two sessions of the course, students will be introduced to the principal theoretical frameworks for studying international and transnational law, including realism, constructivism, the New Haven School, and transnational legal process. Students will then investigate the way
in which scholars have used these frameworks to examine certain core issues in the field, including compliance, the relationship between liberty and security, efforts to promote the rule of law in developing countries, and attempts to foster accountability and reconciliation in post-conflict settings.
For many of the sessions, an outside speaker will present a paper to the group (as well as other interested faculty) for an hour-and-a-half. Other class sessions will be one hour long.
Each student will be responsible for writing three 5-page reaction papers. Students may not miss more than two course sessions.
Class meeting dates and times:
Jan. 22- 12:00-1:00 Introductory session
Jan. 25 --12:00-1:30 Rick Abel
Feb. 12 --12:00-1:30 Angel Oquendo
Feb.15 -- 12:00-1:30 Kathryn Sikkink
Feb. 26-- 12:00-1:30 Victor Peskin
March 1-- 12:00-1:30 Dave Trubek & Patrick Cottrell
April 1 -- 5:00-6:30 Laura Gomez
April 12-- 12:00 - 1:30 Miles Kahler
April 12 -- 5:00 -6:30 Roy Brooks
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Yes, see course description
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Any of the basic courses in international law (including public international law, international human rights law, international business transactions, or international institutions) or comparable background.
Limited Enrollment Number: 18
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes, see course description
Attendance Policy: Yes, see course description
Constitutional Law I
SLN #: 14664
Course Prefix: LAW-522
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Ogrady
Course Description:
The role of courts in the federal system; the distribution of powers between state and federal governments; separation of powers within the federal government.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes
Constitutional Law I
SLN #: 14684
Course Prefix: LAW-522
Course Section: 002
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Weinstein
Course Description:
The role of courts in the federal system; the distribution of powers between state and federal governments; separation of powers within the federal government.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes
Constitutional Law I
SLN #: 14687
Course Prefix: LAW-522
Course Section: 003
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Clinton
Course Description:
Constitutional Law I surveys the law surrounding the allocation of governmental power between federal, state, and tribal governments and the distribution of governmental authority within the federal government. It is a pervasive subject in the sense that such constitutional questions can emerge in such disparate areas of legal practice as immigration, corporations and securities, family law, criminal law, banking, and insurance. While the course does not cover individual constitutional rights (the subject matter of Constitutional Law II and Criminal Procedure), questions of Congressional power to enforce various constitutional rights are raised as part of the course coverage. Furthermore, the framers of Constitution did not see the bright line that most law school curriculums currently draw between allocation of power and individual rights questions, since many statements in the Constitutional Convention and the ratification documents suggest that the framers thought that the primary protection of individual liberty should be a constitution appropriately distributing and limiting delegated governmental authority, rather than a listing of rights of the type found in the Bill of Rights.
This course not only seeks to provide a survey of contemporary federal constitutional law, but also provides basic insights into American constitutional and jurisprudential history. The reason for such attention to history involves demonstrating how constitutional law has changed over time, often with the ebb and flow of national intellectual, political, and economic history surrounding prevailing jurisprudential and economic trends and movements. That focus trains students not only how to understand past constitutional developments but how to anticipate future changes in constitutional doctrine in response to national political and intellectual trends. Consequently, the legal, jurisprudential, economic and political history of the United States will play a prominent role in the course.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Written Assignment: Yes -- see syllabus
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: None
Special Withdrawal Course: Required course -- withdrawals only for cause
Limited Enrollment Number: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Mid Term or Other Exam: Yes -- see syllabus
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Active class participation expected
Participation Points: Yes -- see syllabus
Attendance Policy: Yes -- see syllabus
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Constitutional Law I
SLN #: 26291
Course Prefix: LAW-522
Course Section: 004
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Schatzki
Course Description:
The role of courts in the federal system; the distribution of powers between state and federal governments; separation of powers within the federal government.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes
Constitutional Law I
SLN #: 26292
Course Prefix: LAW-522
Course Section: 005
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Bender
Course Description:
The course will examine the distribution of powers between the federal and
state governments in the United States, the separation of powers among the
branches of the federal government, and the role of courts in interpreting
and enforcing the United States Constitution. There will be no casebook.
Class discussions will be based on unedited judicial opinions and statutory
and constitutional texts.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Written Assignment: No
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Mid Term or Other Exam: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: No
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Required
Constitutional Law II
SLN #: 14692
Course Prefix: LAW-625
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 4
Instructor(s): Weinstein
Course Description:
The course deals with federal constitutional protection of individuals' rights other than the rights of defendants in criminal proceedings. Areas of emphasis are freedom of expression, freedom of religion, the right to privacy, and the right to equal protection of the laws.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 4
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Constitutional Literacy
SLN #: 17424
Course Prefix: LAW-661
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 2/3
Instructor(s): Schatzki
Course Description:
This class is the academic complement to the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Program in which law students teach constitutional law to high school students twice weekly through the semester. The class consists of open discussion of constitutional rights and cases, incorporating both current issues and hypothetical situations. Second- and third-year law students teach constitutional rights and responsibilities in public high schools, including a special curriculum on the history and future of democracy and the right to vote. Assessment is on a pass/fail basis consisting of attendance, participation, and presence and participation in the high school classes. This class covers and proposes to provide in-depth and thought-provoking coverage of our constitutional rights and how to teach these rights to high school kids at South Mountain High School. Law students who teach in the high school will acquire a extensive depth of knowledge in constitutional law in order to prepare for the unpredictable and stunningly sophisticated questions that can only come from the curious and uninhibited minds of teenagers.
This year law students will have an option to participate in coaching the high school students (many of which will be from your classes) to compete in a moot court competition scheduled at the law school on Saturday 2/20/10. The high school students will be petitioners and respondents in what will most likely be a First Amendment case about student rights.
This program was created by American University and has been replicated in several law schools. There is a textbook, written for high school students, which will be the basis for the academic component here, and the text for the high school classes.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2/3
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Construction Law
SLN #: 14675
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 019
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Holden
Course Description:
This course, which focuses on practical construction law issues, is being taught by an experienced practicing lawyer. Topics that will be covered include: types of construction contracts; the basic relationships among the owners, architects/engineers, general constractors, subcontractors and material suppliers on a project; express and implied warranties; the role of the schedule and claims related to scheduling; change orders and concealed site condition claims; mechanics' liens, stop notices and other payment remedies; types of insurance and insurance coverage disputes on construction projects; proving damages; and the trial of a construction case and the use expert witnesses. The class will be taught using case studies and the case method; extensive student participation during class is expected.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Corporate Governance Law
SLN #: 26473
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 018
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Velikonja
Course Description:
THIS IS A COMPRESSED CLASS. IT WILL MEET TWICE A WEEK FOR TWO HOURS FOR THE FIRST FIVE WEEKS OF THE SEMESTER. THEN AGAIN THREE TIMES (ONCE A WEEK) IN APRIL.
Increasingly, corporate lawyers are expected to serve their clients not only as legal specialists, but also as business advisers and innovators, designing new legal tools that enable their clients to achieve their business goals. The seminar will explore the multifaceted roles that modern lawyers play by examining some of the most significant transactions during the life of a public corporation: initial public offering, mergers & acquisitions, bankruptcy. We will do that by studying the relevant statutes and regulations, doctrine and articles, but also by reviewing legal and financial documents that are used to effect these transactions.
The seminar will begin where a public corporation begins: with an initial public offering. We will then spend a few classes moving chronologically through the history of mergers & acquisitions transactions, starting with the first merger wave in the 1890s and 1900s, and concluding with the last, cross-border, merger wave in 2000s. Finally, we will shift our focus to failed transactions and their aftermath. We will look at how LBOs, securitized assets, and corporate fraud are treated in bankruptcy.
There is no textbook for the seminar; a course-pack will be available from the Copy Center. There is no exam at the end of the course. Every student will be expected to write a paper on a topic relevant to the course. The writing requirement can be satisfied either by producing a research paper or by writing a judicial opinion or brief on a selected case. To assist with writing, we will dedicate the last few classes to paper presentations. Students will be expected to comment on each other's drafts, and will be graded based on their in-class participation.
Grading: paper will count for 75% of the grade, participation for 25%, based on class discussion and comments on other students' drafts.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Yes, see course description
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes*
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes*
Skills Requirement: No
Note: Only one of the above listed requirements can be fulfilled with this course.
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes, see course description
Participation Points: Yes, see course description
Corporate Taxation
SLN #: 26321
Course Prefix: LAW-627
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 2/3
Instructor(s): Guerin
Course Description:
THIS COURSE WILL BE TAUGHT ON A COMPRESSED SCHEDULE. THE CLASS WILL MEET ON FRIDAYS FOR 7 WEEKS BEGINNING JANUARY 22, 2010. THE LAST CLASS WILL BE FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010. THE FINAL EXAM WILL BE ADMINISTERED ON FRIDAY, MARCH 12 AT 1:30 PM.
This is the basic course on the tax problems of corporations and shareholders. The topics will cover what entities are taxable as corporations, distributions to shareholders (dividends and redemptions), liquidations and sales of assets, organizational problems, reorganizations, and the special tax provisions applicable to small businesses. If time permits, more specialized topics such as collapsible corporations, personal holding companies, accumulated earnings problems, and multiple corporations will be taken up.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2/3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Federal Income Tax
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Creative Writing for Lawyers
SLN #: 14653
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 012
Credit Hours: 1
Instructor(s): Feeney
Course Description:
This is a compressed class that will meet on Wednesdays for eight classes beginning January 27. The class will meet on the following dates: January 27, February 3, February 24, March 3, March 10, March 24, April 7, and April 28.
The core thesis underlying this course is that legal writing can be greatly improved by using many of the techniques fiction writers use. The notion of story, emotional vibrancy, and profluence are creative additions to otherwise drab legal writing. The first class will be a 90-minute lecture/demonstration on how creative writing can aid and abet legal writing. The remaining seven classes will consist of a 20 minute lecture-discussion session and a 70-minute writing workshop.
Each student will write and post seven writing assignments on the class web site. We will critique one another’s writings every week (both on-line and in class). All students must write. Students afflicted with writer’s block or unreliable Internet connections should not take this course. Reliable email service is essential. The class web site will run on Blackboard. All students should be familiar with the usual process of accessing, reviewing, and posting material to a Blackboard site.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Written Assignment: Yes, see course description
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Limited Enrollment Number: 15
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Criminal Law
SLN #: 14626
Course Prefix: LAW-516
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Sigler
Course Description:
Basic principles of criminal liability. Acts and omissions (actus reus), mental states and negligence (mens rea), excuses (e.g., insanity), justifications (e.g., self defense)--all ultimately illustrated in a sample crime (usually homicide).
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes
Criminal Law
SLN #: 14644
Course Prefix: LAW-516
Course Section: 002
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Sylvester
Course Description:
Basic principles of criminal liability. Acts and omissions (actus reus), mental states and negligence (mens rea), excuses (e.g., insanity), justifications (e.g., self defense)--all ultimately illustrated in a sample crime (usually homicide).
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes
Criminal Law
SLN #: 14668
Course Prefix: LAW-516
Course Section: 003
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Murphy
Course Description:
The nature and justification of punishment--why punish at all? what to punish? whom to punish? how and how much to punish? Basic doctrines of substantive criminal law: actus reus, mens rea, attempts, punishment for omissions, strict liability, justifications and excuses, homicide, death penalty. NOTE WELL: Because the instructor prefers having eye contact with students rather than viewing the tops of the heads of stenographers, LAP TOP USE WILL BE BANNED IN THE CLASS. This is a small enrollment section that will in part involve learning through interactive conversation--something inhibited by lap top use.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Written Assignment: NONE
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: NONE
Special Withdrawal Course: NO
Limited Enrollment Number: LIMITED TO NUMBER OF SEATS IN LAW 115
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Mid Term or Other Exam: PRACTICE EXAM (NO CREDIT)
Paper or In-Class Presentation: NO
Participation Points: YES
Attendance Policy: ATTENDANCE REQUIRED. CONSULT LAW SCHOOL POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO FORCED WITHDRAWAL FOR POOR ATTENDANCE
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Criminal Law
SLN #: 14693
Course Prefix: LAW-516
Course Section: 004
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Hessick
Course Description:
Basic principles of criminal liability. Acts and omissions (actus reus), mental states and negligence (mens rea), excuses (e.g., insanity), justifications (e.g., self defense)--all ultimately illustrated in a sample crime (usually homicide).
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes
Criminal Practice Clinic
SLN #: 14635
Course Prefix: LAW-774
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 6
Instructor(s): Zettler
Course Description:
Students enrolled in the Criminal Practice Clinic are responsible for prosecuting defendants charged with crimes within Maricopa County. Students are assigned to one of several City Prosecutors' offices or the County Attorney's office. Students are responsible for a full range of trial-related tasks, including interviews with victims, witnesses and police officers, pre-trial discovery, motion practice, and trial preparation all of which lead to the actual trying of the case. Students can expect to spend the maximum amount of time actually trying cases in the courtroom. The Clinic is structured so that students are initially assigned simple cases without defense attorneys to try. As the student gains experience, the student will be assigned more difficult cases. By the end of the semester each student should actually try a case to a jury. Faculty associate, Hugo Zettler, provides supervision of the Criminal Practice Clinic. The seminar component addresses various advocacy problems encountered by the students in court. It also includes simulation exercises in trial practice. Attendance at the seminar is mandatory. Evidence is a pre-requisite for the Criminal Practice Clinic. Trial Advocacy is not a prerequisite, but if students have been through this course, the skills are beneficial to students’ cases. Students may not take Trial Advocacy or Evidence in Trial Advocacy and the Criminal Practice Clinic within the same semester. Prior to signing up for the class, students must attend a Clinic Seminar meeting.
NOTE: Please see the Clinical Program website for more details: www.law.asu.edu/programs/clinic
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 6
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Evidence
Special Withdrawal Course: Yes, last day to withdraw without special permission from the Director of Clinical Programs is 1 month prior to the first seminar class.
Limited Enrollment Number: 8
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Mandatory
Criminal Procedure
SLN #: 14666
Course Prefix: LAW-604
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Kader
Course Description:
A study of constitutional criminal procedure with major emphasis on the Sixth Amendment's right to counsel, the Fifth Amendment's right against self-incrimination, and the Fourth Amendment's right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded Only
Written Assignment: no
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: completion of 1L
Special Withdrawal Course: no
Limited Enrollment Number: none
Final Exam Given: yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Mid Term or Other Exam: no
Paper or In-Class Presentation: no
Participation Points: no
Attendance Policy: yes, per college policy
Criminal Sentencing Seminar & Workshop
SLN #: 26330
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 009
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Hessick
Course Description:
This course has two distinct components: a seminar and a sentencing workshop. The seminar will meet once a week. It will cover issues in sentencing theory and policy, including theories of punishment, aggravating and mitigating sentencing factors, mandatory minimum sentences, and the Supreme Court’s Sixth Amendment sentencing cases. Each student is required to complete three written projects: two 10-15 page critiques of a law review article on sentencing theory or policy, and a short (700-1,000 word) independent opinion piece. Students are also required to create discussion questions for a number of seminar meetings, and to lead at least one class discussion during the semester. Attendance and class participation are mandatory.
The sentencing workshop will meet all day on Friday April 16. Workshop participants will include all students enrolled in the seminar and six Maricopa County judges. In preparation for the workshop, students will be asked to read materials from actual criminal cases and prepare memoranda describing their views on appropriate sentences in those cases. In anticipation of the workshop, students will also be required to engage in a simulated oral argument for one of the cases. Students will receive either written or oral feedback from the instructor on each of these assignments. Students MUST commit to attending the workshop in order to enroll in this course.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded Only
Written Assignment: Yes
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes
Skills Requirement: Yes
Prerequisite: Criminal Procedure is highly recommended. Advanced Criminal Procedure is also recommended.
Limited Enrollment Number: 16
Final Exam Given: No
Mid Term or Other Exam: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Cults & Alt Religions Seminar
SLN #: 26287
Course Prefix: LAW-737
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3/4
Instructor(s): Demaine
Course Description:
This seminar provides students an opportunity to study laws and policies governing cults and alternative religions. While the definition of a “cult” will be a topic of initial study in the seminar, it may be conceived of loosely as a group with a charismatic leader whose members are persuaded to relinquish their self-identities and material possessions in furtherance of the group’s goals. In addition to analyzing the definition of a “cult,” the first part of the seminar will be devoted to discussing the various types of cults, studying particular cults, and learning about cultic activities. The remainder of the seminar will cover domestic and foreign legal and policy issues generated by cults, including the legal rights of cultic organizations, anti-cult organizations, cult members, and cult members’ families. To the degree that religious movements falling outside the mainstream, coventional religions are conceptually similar to cults or treated similarly under the law, they also will be covered.
Only students fulfilling their Graduation Writing Requirement in the seminar are eligible to receive four credit hours; all others are eligible to receive three credit hours.
There are a limited number of opportunities for students to register for this seminar even though the class is full. If you would like to take the seminar but are unable to register for it, please send me a short note to explain why you are interested in the class.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3/4
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Weekly
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes*
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes*
Skills Requirement: No
Note: Only one of the above listed requirements can be fulfilled with this course.
Final Exam Given: No
Mid Term or Other Exam: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Death Penalty
SLN #: 26324
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 002
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Baich
Course Description:
This course will survey the major constitutional and operational issues with respect to the death penalty in the United States. The required readings for each class will consist primarily of United States Supreme Court decisions, copies of the assigned cases (and on occasion other materials) can be obtained through the library. From time to time supplemental materials will be distributed in class. All students are expected to read the assigned cases and other materials prior to class.
Grades in this class will be based on the final exam (75%) and on a class project (25%). For the class project, students will be expected to write a 10 page book review.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Limited Enrollment Number: 16
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: In-Class Presentations
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Decedent's Estates
SLN #: 14647
Course Prefix: LAW-618
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Becker
Course Description:
The Decedent's Estates course will provide an overview of the law of intestacy, wills, probate and non-testamentary property transfers. This course focuses on common law and a comparison between the Uniform Probate Code and the Arizona statutes. Drafting issues and techniques are covered. The course is comprehensive, but does NOT cover complex estate planning or tax. This course is important for all second and/or third year law students. Every lawyer should have a working knowledge of wills and estates. This is also a major subject on most bar exams. This course will use the Dukeminier Johanson "Wills, Trusts and Estates" casebook, and will cover chapters 1 - 8 therein.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: The professor will add up to 2 points for class participation.
Attendance Policy: Per the attendance policy in the Statement of Student Policies, Section III.
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Economic Development in Indian Country Practicum
SLN #: 26840
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 029
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Artman
Course Description:
The Economic Development in Indian Country Practicum will focus on the practical application of the principles of Federal Indian Law and Economic Development in Indian Country. Students will participate in a simulated activity associated with developing a tribal business enterprise and will be required to assess and counsel a hypothetical tribal client on a business development opportunity. Students will be exposed to economic development in Indian country issues such as drafting tribal organic documents, due diligence, financing, and contract review. When possible, students will also be exposed to real world tribal legal issues that impact a tribe’s ability to expand their local economy to its greatest potential.
General Course Requirements:
This practicum will require students to be prepared to discuss weekly reading and periodic writing assignments. Classroom participation and attendance are mandatory. Each student in the practicum will be required to actively participate in classroom discussions. Any student who misses two or more classes will be administratively withdrawn from the seminar. Each student will be required to write four written memorandum on the assigned area of focus and must participate in a negotiation session during one or more class sessions. Students will be graded on the written assignments, participation in the negotiation session, class participation, and contribution to a weblog devoted to Indian country economic development. The final grade will be made up of the following components: 1) written assignments - 60%, 2) negotiation session - 20%, 3) weblog contributions - 10%, and 4) class participation – 10%.
The written assignments will require each student, with the other members of their team, to review, edit, and draft the organic government documents and business agreements that they will encounter in the exercise. Each member of the team is responsible for jointly developing, reviewing, editing and drafting documents from the exercise.
Over the course of the seminar, there will be three (3) mandatory professor/team conferences which will focus on the negotiation session, the written assignments, and team goals. The seminar shall be numerically graded and the one-time pass option is available. Students may use this seminar to satisfy the “professional skills” graduation requirement.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Yes, see course description
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: Yes
Prerequisite: Economic Development in Indian Country and Federal Indian Law I
Limited Enrollment Number: 15
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes, see course description
Participation Points: Yes, see course description
Attendance Policy: Yes
Education & the Law
SLN #: 26499
Course Prefix: LAW-721
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Herf
Course Description:
Formation, Functions, Parameters of schools regarding operating authority, Constitution and Statutory rights, legal and practical aspects of governing bodies, rights and responsibilities of administrators, teachers and students.
This advanced course in education addresses the issues of the constitutional law, federal and state statutory and regulatory provision and case law and its impact upon education in the United States and the State of Arizona. It will analyze major decisions of the United States Supreme Court in the areas of finance, religion, collective bargaining, student rights, rights of the disabled, employee rights, desegregation and discrimination. The major critical legal issues in traditional public charter and private education will be discussed. The course will address the governance, functions, relationships and responsibilities of school personnel, school districts and students. Practical skills application will be used in mock settings involving an employee grievance and student expulsion. The course will analyze two U.S. Supreme Court decisions from June of 2009 involving Arizona, their history and future impact on education.
This course will consist of lecture, individual and group assignments, written assignments, examinations, class activities, including major topical presentations and a mock grievance and special education due process hearing.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Yes
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Mid Term or Other Exam: Yes
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Election Law
SLN #: 26743
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 015
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Demarchi;Lang
Course Description:
This course reviews the key constitutional provisions, statutes, and court decisions governing such topics as the expansion of the franchise, presidential selection, redistricting, campaign finance reform, and direct democracy. Weekly lectures may include guest speakers who have participated in federal and state campaigns.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Class attendance is mandatory
Employment Law
SLN #: 17383
Course Prefix: LAW-629
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Tiffen
Course Description:
The course is an overview of the laws applicable to the employment relationship. Subjects addressed include employment at will and job security, regulated discrimination in employment, concerted activities of employees, collective bargaining, safety issues and other statutory and common law regulation of the employment relationship.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes, per College of Law policies
Environmental Law
SLN #: 21041
Course Prefix: LAW-631
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Wolf
Course Description:
A survey of the principal themes in environmental regulation and policy, using cases and other materials arising under the various major environmental statutes. This course will explore the legal, policy, economic, scientific, and ethical aspects of environmental protection. Each class will focus on a different theme or program.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes
Evidence
SLN #: 14632
Course Prefix: LAW-605
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 4
Instructor(s): Dallyn
Course Description:
Evidence covers the basic rules that govern the admissibility of evidence in civil and criminal trial proceedings. The primary focus is on how the Federal Rules of Evidence operate in practice, with some attention to areas in which the Arizona Rules of Evidence differ from the Federal Rules. The course is taught by the problem method, with occasional simulations designed to illustrate how litigators deal with witness testimony and other forms of evidence at trial. This is a complex and difficult subject, but one that most practicing lawyers -- including non-litigators -- need to know; and it would be an especially tough subject to try to learn from scratch from a bar review course. Students should make every effort to take Evidence before taking Trial Advocacy or clinical courses
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 4
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Externship
SLN #: 14633
Course Prefix: LAW-785
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 1-12
Instructor(s): Barnes
Course Description:
Lawyering work outside the College of Law's Clinic programs may satisfy a special need to supplement study and skills. Accordingly, the College will normally recognize a maximum of 12 credit hours for law school extersnhip work in partial fulfillment of the J.D. degree under the guidelines set forth in the STATEMENT OF STUDENT POLICIES. A listing of all available externship opportunities is distributed to students in October and March. See Carolyn Landry if you have any questions.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1-12
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes, With Instructor's Approval
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Fact Investigation Seminar
SLN #: 21865
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 006
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Bartels
Course Description:
THIS IS A YEAR LONG SEMINAR.
ONLY STUDENTS WHO WERE ENROLLED IN THIS SEMINAR IN FALL 2008 CAN ENROLL IN THIS SEMINAR FOR THE SPRING 2009 SEMESTER.
The Fact Investigation Seminar will focus on the lawyering task that is the key to most civil and criminal cases. Topics will include planning and strategy; finding people and things; interviewing witnesses (and interrogating suspects); crime scene investigation; eye-witness identification; accident investigation/reconstruction; working with investigators; experts; forensic anthropology; determining the probative value of evidence; and ethical and other legal constraints. Class sessions will be a mixture of polite Socratic dialogue, simulations, and guest speakers. Some classes will be held at the Mesa Police Department and/or the Tempe Police Department. The Seminar will be a two-semester, four-credit sequence. Students enrolling in the fall will be required to enroll in the spring as well. Grades will be based primarily on papers that meet the Seminar Writing Requirement, and secondarily (but significantly) on class participation. The pass/fail option will be available.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes
Skills Requirement: No
Special Withdrawal Course: Enrollment for both semesters required.
Limited Enrollment Number: 16
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes, Seminar Writing Requirement
Participation Points: Approximately 25 - 40% of grade.
Family Law
SLN #: 14625
Course Prefix: LAW-612
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Ellman
Course Description:
The law of marriage and divorce is the primary focus of this course. This includes the law governing entry into marriage, the legal consequences of being married, and the dissolution of the marital status. Topics include: the division of property, spousal maintenance and child support, child custody arrangements, antenuptial and separation agreements, and jurisdictional issues. To the extent time permits, non-traditional families are also considered, including marriage between same-sex partners, the rights and obligations of unmarried cohabitants, and the establishment of paternity rights and obligations. Relevant Arizona Statutes are referred to throughout the course where appropriate as examples, but the course is not limited to Arizona law.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Preparation and attendance is expected
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Federal Courts
SLN #: 21193
Course Prefix: LAW-613
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Hessick
Course Description:
This course wiil examine the scope of the federal judicial power. Topics will include the scope of original and appellate jurisdiction, the power of judicial review, congressional power to control judicial jurisdiction, the relationship of state and federal courts, sovereign immunity, and abstention.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes
Federal Income Taxation
SLN #: 14654
Course Prefix: LAW-606
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 4
Instructor(s): Grewal
Course Description:
The Federal income tax touches virtually every aspect of
modern life. Practicing lawyers, regardless of their area
of expertise, will benefit from a basic understanding of
the structure and vocabulary of the tax code as well as
the interplay of statute, administrative pronouncements
and case law. This course introduces students to key
concepts and issues in individual federal taxation such
as what is income, capital recovery and the treatment of
capital gains. Through the use of the problem method, the
course develops the critical skills necessary to read and
analyze any statutory language.
No special background in accounting, economics, etc., is
required. Problems will involve nothing more complicated
than basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division. Any calculations required are merely ancillary
to illustrating how the rules work. This is a course
about determining the meaning of statutory language, not
about math.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 4
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: None
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Mid Term or Other Exam: Mid-Term Exam
Participation Points: Professor may add or subtract up to 2 points for classroom participation.
Attendance Policy: Required
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Forensic Science and Erroneous Convictions
SLN #: 14656
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 013
Credit Hours: 2/3
Instructor(s): Saks
Course Description:
In this seminar, through reading both cases and commentary, we will examine:
(a) the basic concepts and claims of forensic science, with emphasis on forensic identification (those areas being fingerprints, handwriting, ballistics, etc.);
(b) the intellectual and legal history which casts light on how these came to be so thoroughly accepted as valid by the courts;
(c) the nature of the current troubles and controversies about forensic science and their sources, including:
(i) scientific shortcomings (both scientific foundations and examination procedures)
(ii) changes in law (the Daubert trilogy (or quartet))
(iii) DNA typing - as a model
(iv) erroneous convictions - revealed by DNA typing and other means
(v) National Research Council review of the forensic sciences
Students take over from there, conducting and presenting their own research on such issues as:
(a) Prospects for reform and improvement within the forensic science
(b) Prospects for reform and improvement through state legislation and regulation
(c) Prospects for reform and improvement through federal legislation and regulation (esp as recommended by the NRC)
(d) Responses of the forensic science community to the NRC Report
(e) Prospects for reform and improvement through judicial action
(f) The minimal standards that need to be set to ensure sound forensic science expert testimony
(g) Comparative perspectives (aka: what is going on in other countries?)
(h) and other issues and topics that seminar members wish to pursue
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2/3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes, With Instructor's Approval*
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes*
Skills Requirement: No
Note: Only one of the above listed requirements can be fulfilled with this course.
Limited Enrollment Number: 15
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Gender & Family Policy Seminar
SLN #: 21210
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 028
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Ellman
Course Description:
This seminar will focus on selected topics in family law, gender issues, and family policy that are the subject of current debate in public policy or intellectual forums. While some topics will emphasize traditional legal materials, other topics will make use of materials from other disciplines such as psychology, demography, and biology. During approximately the first ten weeks of the semester we will discuss readings assembled by the instructor, and drawn from topics such as these: (1) Gender relations and gender definition, biology, and evolutionary psychology; (2) How should the law assign parentage in nontraditional situations (assisted reproduction, arrangements between same-sex couples; conflicts between social and biological parentage); (3) Child support and paternal rights (What are the limits of the child support obligation? Why are the rules for identifying men responsible for child support different than the rules for identifying men entitled, as fathers, to access to their child? Are men and women treated differently, and are any differences appropriate?; (4) Child support and custody issues arising from same-sex relationships; (5) How are child support guidelines constructed? Why are there enormous uncollected support arrearages owed to public agencies, and does that make sense? We will look at some of the economic and survey literature about how to construct guidelines that set a fair level of support (what is a fair level? How do you determine that? What do current guidelines assume about how that is determined?); (6) Are child custody allocations based exclusively on the child's interests, and should they be? (7) How do American trends in marriage and divorce compare with trends in other countries, and to what extent legal policies affect those trends.
Regular attendance and participation are expected. Rather than require a longer paper reflecting the full three hours’ credit, the instructor may instead require one or two brief written reviews of assigned readings, in combination with a shorter term paper. The final few weeks of the semester will consist of presentations by students on the topic of their main paper for the class.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded Only
Written Assignment: Yes
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes, With Instructor's Approval*
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes*
Skills Requirement: No
Note: Only one of the above listed requirements can be fulfilled with this course.
Prerequisite: No
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Limited Enrollment Number: 15
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Attendance expected
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Gideon Fellowship
SLN #: 21209
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 027
Credit Hours: 6
Instructor(s): Barnes
Course Description:
Unparalleled exposure to indigent defense
representation to one outstanding student
each year.
The Fellowship is structured as a series of
clinical experiences, offering a progression
which gives the Fellow exposure to many
areas of indigent defense work.
The Fellow is selected through an application
and interview process.
The Fellow is expected to spend the summer
term in the Public Defender Clinic, the fall
term at the Maricopa County Public
Defender’s Office, and the spring term at the
Federal Public Defender’s Office.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 6
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Governance of Virtual Worlds
SLN #: 26479
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 019
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Mableson;McKnight
Course Description:
Virtual worlds, including massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), used by tens of millions of people worldwide, have given rise to new forms of social, economic and political organization, and present unique challenges in their interaction with current legal, political, economic and cultural institutions. This course will use cross-disciplinary methods to examine community self-governance within virtual worlds, as well as regulation of virtual worlds by businesses and governments worldwide.
The workload and intellectual demands for this course will be substantial. We will usually meet three hours a week in a seminar setting, but may substitute sessions within a virtual environment for some or all of any week’s course time.
While no previous familiarity with virtual worlds or MMOs is required, students must be comfortable with software tools and online discussion.
A significant portion of this course will involve a hands-on experiment in virtual worlds governance. Active participation in the project, or an equivalent, will be essential to success in the course.
Graduate students in many fields (including CSPO students, political science, education, engineering and graphic arts), and exceptional undergraduates are welcome. Enrollment will be capped at 20 law students and 20 students from other fields.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Yes
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes
Participation Points: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
High Technology Licensing
SLN #: 21057
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 026
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Curci
Course Description:
Intellectual property/technology licensing is becoming increasingly pervasive in virtually every industry sector as companies increasingly license their own intellectual property/technology to others or license-in intellectual/property technology from third parties. In this course, we will examine the issues associated with various aspects of intellectual property/technology licensing. We will examine key aspects of patent, copyright (primarily software) and trademark licenses. We will also explore beta test arrangements, confidentiality/non-disclosure agreements, and agreements that provide that a company retains/obtains IP ownership in technology develops by employees and third party developers. We will also look at technology licensing issues associated with industry-sponsored technology standards-setting organizations/consortia and with technology transfer arrangements used by universities/research institutes to commercialize their inventions. The course will have a strong focus on the review and discussion of various license agreements with an emphasis on developing practical drafting and negotiation skills needed for licensing attorneys.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Patent Law or Intellectual Property are recommended.
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Required paper
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Attendance is required. Per the College of Law policy students can be withdrawn for excessive absence.
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Honors Seminar
SLN #: 26526
Course Prefix: LAW-394
Course Section: 014
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s):
Course Description:
Undergraduate course - not available to law students.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Immigration Law & Policy Clinic
SLN #: 17390
Course Prefix: LAW-778
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 6
Instructor(s): Cruz
Course Description:
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 6
Skills Requirement: No
Independent Study
SLN #: 14619
Course Prefix: LAW-781
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 1-3
Instructor(s):
Course Description:
A student wishing to pursue independent study or fieldwork for credit must obtain approval of the Associate Dean and the consent of a faculty member to supervise a proposed project and must submit a statement in detail, defining the area of study and justifying the proposal. The faculty member assigns the amount of credit that the proposal justifies. In awarding credit to a student for an independent study paper, a faculty member should require a quantum of work from the student which approximates the amount of work expected from students enrolled in a regular course taken for the same number of credits. Faculty members should set minimum lengths for independent study papers based upon the complexity of the subject, the existing volume of literature on the topic, the number of redrafts required to complete the assignment, and the originality of the student's work product. Although exact guidelines cannot be formulated in awarding credit, past practices indicate that a paper of at least 50-75 pages, which has been redrafted one or more times after review by the faculty member, will be required for three credits. Papers of roughly 35-50 pages (with one redraft) should be required for two credits, and a minimum of 25 pages (with one redraft) for one credit.
An independent study can be either graded or pass/fail at the discretion of the supervising professor.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1-3
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes, With Instructor's Approval
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Indian Gaming Seminar
SLN #: 26364
Course Prefix: LAW-720
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 2/3
Instructor(s): Clinton
Course Description:
The Indian Gaming Seminar considers selected problems involving Indian gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988. The seminar is not intended to be a survey course, but, rather, an opportunity for in-depth analysis and discussion of problem areas in Indian gaming. Indian Gaming concerns the federal, tribal, and state law regarding the development of gaming enterprises in Indian country.
The course will survey the historical background behind Indian gaming and further examines the modern legal regime that governs the development of gaming enterprises in Indian country, focusing primarily on the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988. Topics that may be addressed in the coverage of the course include constitutional questions surrounding the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, regulatory oversight of gaming management contracts, negotiating tribal↔state gaming compacts, legality of contributions to the state in tribal↔state gaming compacts, tribal gaming regulation, gaming on newly-acquired lands, tribally-specific limitations on tribal gaming, distribution of gaming income, and other legal questions arising under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988.
Students who have not already completed Federal Indian Law I before the start of the seminar are required to secure and review before the start of class the latest edition of William Canby, Federal Indian Law in a Nutshell.
The seminar can be taken for two hours without writing a substantial/seminar paper or for three hours with the writing and presentation of a seminar paper. All students must decide within the first week of scheduled law school classes whether they plan to write a paper since it affects the scheduling of seminar class sessions. Thereafter no drops or changes in registration status will be permitted. Any student registered for 3 hours at the close of the first week of law school classes will be required to write a substantial/seminar paper.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2/3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Yes -- see syllabus
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes*
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes*
Skills Requirement: No
Note: Only one of the above listed requirements can be fulfilled with this course.
Prerequisite: None -- Federal Indian Law I helpful
Special Withdrawal Course: Yes -- see syllabus
Limited Enrollment Number: Yes -- 15
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: Take-Home
Mid Term or Other Exam: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Paper optional
Participation Points: Yes -- see syllabus
Attendance Policy: Yes -- see syllabus
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Indian Legal Clinic
SLN #: 17388
Course Prefix: LAW-776
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 6
Instructor(s): Ferguson
Course Description:
The Indian Legal Clinic provides students with the opportunity to work under the supervision of an experienced faculty supervisor to gain practical experience (1) working on real cases involving issues of tribal law and federal Indian law, and (2) representing real clients in tribal, state, and federal court, as well as in administrative proceedings. The Clinic’s practice is broad: students will have the opportunity to work on civil and criminal cases, and also do policy and transactional work. Clinic students handle all aspects of law practice, including time-keeping; client interviewing and counseling; drafting pleadings, motions, briefs, opinion letters and contracts; appearing in court; conducting discovery; and conducting trials, mediations, and arbitrations. There is also an advanced seminar component of the Clinic based on simulation exercises designed to help students develop trial skills including advanced interviewing, fact investigation, case theory development, client counseling, discovery, negotiation, ADR, and courtroom advocacy. Clinic students participate in weekly staff meetings to discuss pending cases and potential new cases. Attendance at seminars and staff meetings is mandatory. Students are expected to complete 20 hours of Clinic work per week which includes client work, seminar work, and Clinic meetings. Student-attorneys are also required to attend weekly staff meetings. Students will be required to attend trainings outside of regularly-scheduled class throughout the semester. The Clinic is a graded 6-credit course with no pass/fail option available. Enrollment is limited to 5 students and Federal Indian Law I and Evidence are co-requisites--these courses can be taken before enrollment in the Clinic or at the same time. Students are encouraged to take Evidence prior to enrolling in the Indian Legal Clinic. The Indian Legal Clinic is required for students participating in the Indian Law Certificate program.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 6
Grading Option: Numerically Graded Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Federal Indian Law is a corequisite; Evidence is a corequisite
Special Withdrawal Course: No withdrawals after the beginning of the semester
Limited Enrollment Number: 5
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Attendance required at all seminars and staffings
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Indian Legal Research
SLN #: 14672
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 017
Credit Hours: 1
Instructor(s): Ewing;Difelice;Herrera
Course Description:
This course will teach students how to research Federal Indian law and tribal law issues. In addition to providing instruction about how to use particular research tools and sources, this course will teach students how to analyze research problems and how and why to use particular types of sources in their legal analysis. Students will have several research assignments to complete, and the instructors will provide feedback on each assignment. Instructors: Beth DiFelice, Tamara Herrera, and Alison Ewing.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Written Assignment: Yes
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Attendance Policy: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Intellectual Property
SLN #: 14652
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 008
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Sylvester
Course Description:
This course will survey the laws conventionally grouped as “intellectual property,” with a focus on patents, copyrights, and trademarks. The policy rationales for each body of law will be explored. The course will be particularly relevant for two types of students: (i) those who are unsure they want to specialize in IP and want a general introduction, and (ii) those who do not have room in the schedules to take all of the upper-level offerings here at ASU.
The course is not appropriate for students that have already taken the upper level courses in Copyright, Trademark, and Patents and students who have taken these offerings may be withdrawn.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
International Business Transactions
SLN #: 21024
Course Prefix: LAW-768
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 4
Instructor(s): Fellmeth
Course Description:
An introduction to the U.S., foreign and international law regulating cross-border business transactions and to the structure of cross-border business deals. Topics include: regulation of imports and exports of goods and services; foreign direct investment; international corporate formation, mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations; international protection of intellectual property; international employment law issues; cross-border lending; international antitrust; and international dispute resolution options. Because international transactions are becoming an increasingly important part of every kind of transactional and administrative law, this course should prove useful to most students who intend to practice in any field of corporate, commercial, or regulatory law.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 4
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Contracts and either Business Organizations or Business Associations I
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: Up to 3
Attendance Policy: Standard
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
International Contracts
SLN #: 14648
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 005
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Calleros
Course Description:
NOTE: This is a compressed class meeting on Tuesdays and
Thursdays for 4 hours per week through April 1, 2010.
This course will explore the laws applicable to international contractual
relations, focusing heavily on the United Nations Convention on
Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Along the way, we will
touch on a few other topics, such as choice of law rules, a comparison
of selected UCC with CISG provisions, and a comparison of the contract
law of selected foreign nations with the UCC and the law of contracts in
the United States. We will end the course with an examination of
international arbitration as a means of dispute resolution. The final
grade will be based primarily on a final exam and secondarily on
periodic quizzes. The final exam will not be scheduled early.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: none
Special Withdrawal Course: no
Limited Enrollment Number: no
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Mid Term or Other Exam: Periodic quizzes
Participation Points: Professor reserves discretion under policies
Attendance Policy: Required, subject to justified absence
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
International Human Rights Law
SLN #: 26456
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 009
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Dickinson
Course Description:
This class will provide an overview of the international human rights law system. We will examine the primary substantive standards that comprise the core of international human rights law, such as rights to a fair trial and to be free from genocide, torture, summary execution, arbitrary arrest and detention, and discrimination. We will also examine so-called “second-generation rights,” such as economic, social, and cultural rights. We will study the primary institutions and processes for the enforcement of such rights: treaty monitoring bodies, the regional human rights courts and commissions, the United Nations institutions, including the Human Rights Commission and the Security Council, domestic implementation through legislative and judicial mechanisms, as well as through inter-governmental diplomacy, reporting, and the mobilization of shame by non-governmental organizations. And, we will examine the explosion of international criminal tribunals, beginning with an examination of the Nuremberg trials, then a look at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the new International Criminal Court.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes
Int'l Environmental Law
SLN #: 26325
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 003
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Abbott
Course Description:
International environmental law has expanded dramatically since 1972. With the increasing attention being given to global climate change and the idea of sustainable development, it is again taking center stage in international relations and increasingly in US policy, with the recent appointment of a national climate coordinator. This course will introduce the history, theory, principles and mechanisms of international environmental law. It will consider how to create and structure legal instruments and procedures that can deal effectively with the challenges of global sustainable development. Since the field is so vast, we will concentrate on two substantive areas: the international law of the atmosphere, including air pollution, the ozone layer and climate change; and the international law of biodiversity, including biodiversity in general, endangered species and habitat protection.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: Take-Home
Mid Term or Other Exam: Possible
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes, short memos with in-class reports
Participation Points: 10%
Attendance Policy: Included in participation points
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Int'l Institutions
SLN #: 14651
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 010
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Gartner
Course Description:
This course will examine the role of international institutions in responding to key global challenges and shaping international law. It will cover the major institutions established since World War II, such as the United Nations and the World Bank. It will also explore the role of informal economic bodies like the G-8 and the emergence of a new generation of institutions in recent decades to respond to new challenges in areas such as global health. The course will also explore the role of private actors, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, in shaping public international law and international institutions. Finally, the course will look at some of the current debates around reforming existing international institutions.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes
Int'l Law of Trade
SLN #: 14657
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 012
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Fellmeth
Course Description:
This course offers an introduction to the public international law governing trading relations between states (as opposed to private actors). The course will discuss the relevant treaties and international organizations (especially the World Trade Organization), as well as the underlying economic and policy issues in regulating international trade.
This course is excellent preparation for International Business Transactions, which deals largely with private international commercial and business ventures.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: Up to 2
Attendance Policy: Mandatory
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Introduction to English Legal History
SLN #: 14629
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Rose
Course Description:
Materials: J.H. Baker, An Introduction to English Legal History (4th ed. 2002); Selections Copied from J.H. Baker & S.F.C., Sources of English Legal History: Private Law to 1750 (1986)(obtain from College of Law); Materials provided by the instructor. Description: The origins of the many of the characteristic institutions of the Anglo-American Common can all be traced back to the English medieval Common Law. These institutions include the courts and jurisdictional notions, a professional judiciary, an organized legal profession, the rules of procedure and pleading, and the reporting of cases. In addition, many modern legal doctrines have their origins in the English medieval Common Law. The course will focus on the creation of the Common Law as a legal system during the 12th and 13th centuries and on its subsequent development down to the 17th century. The course will also introduce the basic notions of substantive law in areas such as property, contract, tort, and criminal law and their development during the same time period. The course will make extensive use of relevant original documents in English translation as well as secondary literature. Additional instruction will be available for students who wish to learn how to work with primary sources in their original language and form. Student Responsibility: This course will meet twice a week with two 1 1/2 hour sessions. Students are expected to attend and participate in the discussion. Each student will write a 25 page paper on a topic of their choice, approved by the instructor. There may be periodic short (2-3 pages) written assignments regarding particular areas of study. The grade will be based on the paper, shorter assignments and classroom contributions.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Maybe
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes, With Instructor's Approval*
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes*
Skills Requirement: No
Note: Only one of the above listed requirements can be fulfilled with this course.
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Judicial Externship
SLN #: 14659
Course Prefix: LAW-785
Course Section: 002
Credit Hours: 1-6
Instructor(s): Plunkett
Course Description:
Lawyering work outside the College of Law's Clinic programs may satisfy a special need to supplement study and skills. Accordingly, the College will normally recognize a maximum of 12 credit hours for law school extersnhip work in partial fulfillment of the J.D. degree under the guidelines set forth in the STATEMENT OF STUDENT POLICIES. A listing of all available externship opportunities is distributed to students in October and March. See Carolyn Landry if you have any questions.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1-6
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes, With Instructor's Approval
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Jurimetrics Journal
SLN #: 14649
Course Prefix: LAW-771
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 1-3
Instructor(s): Winer
Course Description:
Web Site: http://www.law.asu.edu/jurimetrics
Jurimetrics, The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology, published quarterly, is the journal of the American Bar Association Section of Science and Technology and the Center for the Study of Law, Science, and Technology of the ASU College of Law.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1-3
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes, With Instructor's Approval
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Jurimetrics Journal Independent Study
SLN #: 26457
Course Prefix: LAW-781
Course Section: 003
Credit Hours: 1-2
Instructor(s): Winer
Course Description:
Students on Jurimetrics Journal obtain credit for writing their note or comment, but only if they first have the support of a supervising faculty member and agree to the College of Law’s existing Independent Study policy for their paper. (Section X. E.) Consistent with existing Independent Study policy, this credit can be graded or pass/fail at the discretion of the supervising faculty member.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1-2
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes, With Instructor's Approval
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Land Use Planning
SLN #: 14685
Course Prefix: LAW-636
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Gammage;Artigue
Course Description:
This course focuses on governmental regulation of land use and real estate development. Coverage will include a heavy emphasis on constitutional aspects of land use regulation. The bulk of the course will deal with zoning, including inverse condemnation, zoning administration, variances, rezoning, nonconforming uses, exclusionary zoning (density and building size restrictions and use restriction). We will also cover aesthetic and architectural control, landmark preservation, subdivision regulation, and regulation of urban growth.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Law & Literature: Self & Society -- Personal Honor & Social Order in Homer's Iliad
SLN #: 14620
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 003
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Lynk
Course Description:
Art illuminates life. The Iliad of Homer is the greatest work of epic poetry in Western Literature. The beauty of its language, the force of its characterizations and its timeless insights into human behavior set it apart from other epic poems. In this seminar we will look closely at Homer’s themes in the Iliad in order to examine their relevance to modern life. The Iliad is about the consequences of choices made by various people who, while under great stress, are trying to resolve intense interpersonal disputes, while having imperfect knowledge of the future, and living in the imminent shadow of death. Thus, it is less a poem about war, per se, than it is a poem that uses war -- the most destructive of human endeavors – to illustrate how much is at risk when violence is used to resolve disputes. It also illustrates the tension between each individual’s desire for self-assertion and freedom of choice, and a society’s need for members of that group to work collectively for the good of the community. In fact, within The Iliad Homer illustrates different forms of dispute resolution within the Iliad, and posits his views on which forms are socially useful, and which ones are not.
The class will undertake a close reading of The Iliad, including an analysis its mythological context, as we discuss its current applicability. Some of the questions we will examine include the following: How should Agamemnon have responded when Achilles challenges his leadership in Book 1? Why does Homer show such disrespect for Ares, the god of war, in a poem that ostensibly is about war? Why is Helen, despite her philandering that causes the war, such a sympathetic character? What are the moral principles of Homer’s gods and what is their role in the poem? What does it mean when we say that Odysseus is the most “modern” of the poem’s protagonists? Why is Achilles a morally greater figure than Hector? Why is Hector a more sympathetic character than Achilles? How do Homer’s characters define "heroic?" How is this concept of heroism both consistent with and different from our own modern concepts of heroism? What is the social role of a Homeric hero? How are the Homeric heroes similar to and yet different from modern “epic” literary heroes, such as Harry Potter and Frodo Baggins?
No prior knowledge of the Iliad is required. Various supplemental reading materials will be provided, including an outline of The Iliad. The primary reading throughout the course will be The Iliad itself. We will use Richmond Lattimore’s translation (University of Chicago Press, 1951, paperback ed. 1961, 1992, 2003.). Lattimore’s translation is generally considered to be the finest available in modern English. See, Hugh Lloyd-Jones, “Welcome Homer!,” The New York Review of Books, pp.28-33 (Feb. 14, 1991). Class members may, however, use other versions in English if they choose, but a verse translation is required. Other popular modern English verse translations include the translations of Robert Bagels and Stanley Lombardo.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Three papers will be assigned during the semester. For law students, each paper must be a minimum of 8 pages in length, exclusive of endnotes. For Barrett Honors college students, each paper must be at least 5 pages in length, exclusive of endnotes.
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes
Skills Requirement: No
Limited Enrollment Number: Enrollment is limited to 16 students; of these, there will be a maximum of 8 law students and 8 Barrett Honors College students.
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: See Above. Also, students will be assigned on a rotating basis to lead each class discussion.
Participation Points: Yes, based on class discussion. In-class participation counts for 25% of the grade.
Attendance Policy: Attendance is expected. If you must miss a class, notify Professor Lynk the day before class.
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Law & the Regulatory State-Admin Law
SLN #: 14673
Course Prefix: LAW-598
Course Section: 003
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Hessick
Course Description:
A large portion of federal law comes from administrative agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Department of Defense. This class examines the institutional role and legitimacy of these federal administrative agencies. Topics will include the source of administrative authority; the rationale for delegation of authority to administrative agencies; constitutional constraints on agency power; the different forms of agency rulemaking; agency adjudication of facts and law; the scope and purpose of judicial review of agency action; and the degree to which administrative agencies exercise executive, legislative and judicial powers.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Law & the Regulatory State-Asylum Law
SLN #: 14690
Course Prefix: LAW-598
Course Section: 004
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Cruz
Course Description:
This course explores U.S. Asylum Law and the overall phenomenon of forced migration. The primary focus is INA 208, which controls the eligibility for Refugee status in the United States. Students learn statutory analysis, administrative procedures, and the asylum process. Topics of discussion include grounds of eligibility, statutory definitions, gender persecution, fact-finding/evidentiary challenges, bars to asylum, and application procedures
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Mid Term or Other Exam: Yes
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Law & the Regulatory State-Business Org.
SLN #: 21013
Course Prefix: LAW-598
Course Section: 005
Credit Hours: 4
Instructor(s): Lynk
Course Description:
This course describes how business organizations impact the work of all lawyers regardless of the field in which they ultimately focus. A basic understanding of the organization and management of business enterprises, and the law of agency, partnership, and corporations, is routinely needed across a broad and diverse range of legal specializations.
We study how businesses make money and how lawyers help them. We study how businesses are regulated and why. We study how companies raise money, spend money, and pay taxes. We study the legal standard of conduct expected of companies and their owners and managers.
Special attention is given to a broad view of the course content to make it relevant to lawyers with various professional interests including for example, litigation, domestic relations, intellectual property, real estate, environmental, public interest law, trusts and estates, employment, entertainment, sports, commercial, constitutional, international law, and for lawyers in large and small firms, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and regulated industries, as well as corporation law departments.
The class focuses on a hypothetical business and the legal issues of formation, capitalization, operations, and merger. Our analysis follows this business as it might evolve through the various types of business organizations as a sole proprietorship, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company (LLC), and corporation.
The major focus of the course is on the most popular form of business organization, the corporation, both public and private. We study how corporations are used to raise and manage capital, allocate risk, and divide ownership and management prerogatives. We focus on the responsibilities of boards of directors, the rights of shareholders, the issuance of stock, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance.
The course analyzes basic business and legal decisions faced by business people. We also examine broader policy questions such as how business needs shape laws and regulations in the United States and, conversely, how laws and regulations promote and impede business.
No background in business, accounting, or finance is required.
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Attendance and participation is expected. Points will be given for participation up to the maximum permitted under the law school grading policy. Students will be called upon to participate. Substantial information will be delivered in class lectures that is not in the written course materials.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 4
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Law & the Regulatory State-Civ Pro II
SLN #: 26218
Course Prefix: LAW-598
Course Section: 006
Credit Hours: 4
Instructor(s): Bartels
Course Description:
Civil Procedure II is a four-credit course that will focus on the Rules of Civil Procedure (rather than non-Rules topics such as jurisdiction and res judicata) and how lawyers use the Rules in litigating civil cases from initiation through the pre-trial stages. The class sessions will be devoted primarily to "re-litigating" a real personal-injury case, Ruelas v. APS, under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (but with attention to significant differences between the Federal and Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure). The course materials will consist of a series of handouts that include (a) questions that ask students to apply the relevant Rules to the Ruelas case; (b) important case precedents; and (c) investigative reports, court papers, and documentary and photographic exhibits from the actual Ruelas case file. The course will re-cover some topics that were covered in most first-year Civil Procedure sections in the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 academic years, either quickly to refresh recollections or in considerably more depth; and the course also will cover Rules that were not covered in any meaningful sense in the first year. The idea is to concentrate on those areas that are most important to the pre-trial litigation process (and, coincidentally, to the bar exam).
The final exam will be a combination of short-answer and traditional essay questions. Students will be permitted to bring any inanimate object that does not belong to the Law Library with them to the exam.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 4
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Civil Procedure I
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Law & the Regulatory State-Int'l Human Rights
SLN #: 26219
Course Prefix: LAW-598
Course Section: 007
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Dickinson
Course Description:
This class will provide an overview of the international human rights law system. We will examine the primary substantive standards that comprise the core of international human rights law, such as rights to a fair trial and to be free from genocide, torture, summary execution, arbitrary arrest and detention, and discrimination. We will also examine so-called “second-generation rights,” such as economic, social, and cultural rights. We will study the primary institutions and processes for the enforcement of such rights: treaty monitoring bodies, the regional human rights courts and commissions, the United Nations institutions, including the Human Rights Commission and the Security Council, domestic implementation through legislative and judicial mechanisms, as well as through inter-governmental diplomacy, reporting, and the mobilization of shame by non-governmental organizations. And, we will examine the explosion of international criminal tribunals, beginning with an examination of the Nuremberg trials, then a look at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the new International Criminal Court.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes
Law & the Regulatory State-Int'l Institutions
SLN #: 26220
Course Prefix: LAW-598
Course Section: 008
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Gartner
Course Description:
This course will examine the role of international institutions in responding to key global challenges and shaping international law. It will cover the major institutions established since World War II, such as the United Nations and the World Bank. It will also explore the role of informal economic bodies like the G-8 and the emergence of a new generation of institutions in recent decades to respond to new challenges in areas such as global health. The course will also explore the role of private actors, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, in shaping public international law and international institutions. Finally, the course will look at some of the current debates around reforming existing international institutions.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes
Law & the Regulatory State-IP
SLN #: 26221
Course Prefix: LAW-598
Course Section: 009
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Sylvester
Course Description:
This course will survey the laws conventionally grouped as “intellectual property,” with a focus on patents, copyrights, and trademarks. The policy rationales for each body of law will be explored. The course will be particularly relevant for two types of students: (i) those who are unsure they want to specialize in IP and want a general introduction, and (ii) those who do not have room in the schedules to take all of the upper-level offerings here at ASU.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Attendance is required
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Law & the Regulatory State-Secured Transactions
SLN #: 26222
Course Prefix: LAW-598
Course Section: 010
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Schroeder
Course Description:
Many business and consumer transactions depend upon credit. Business and consumer lawyers often must advise clients on how to plan and negotiate such transactions and counsel them on the legal consequences and the rights and remedies available to them. In some cases, credit is "unsecured" -- it is simply the contractual undertaking of the obligor. But in many situations, the creditor will insist that the debt be "secured" by giving the creditor an interest in some property of the debtor. The course on Secured Transactions examines these transactions and introduces students to the main types of financing transactions prevalent today and the key problems that arise in planning and performing such agreements. Understanding the law of secured transactions is essential for attorneys who engage in a business, finance, or corporate transactions practice as well as those who represent parties who sell or finance property of all kinds or who expect to engage in commercial litigation, consumer law, or business transactional planning. The course is taught using the problem method. Students are expected as part of their daily preparation to work out solutions to specific “real life” problems using the statutory materials and text. This course is part of a larger commercial law curriculum, but it is not necessary to have taken any of the other commercial law courses as a prerequisite. No prior business experience is necessary.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Written Assignment: No
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: None
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Limited Enrollment Number: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Mid Term or Other Exam: As needed.
Paper or In-Class Presentation: No
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes. Attendance required.
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Law & the Regulatory State-Tax
SLN #: 26453
Course Prefix: LAW-598
Course Section: 011
Credit Hours: 4
Instructor(s): Grewal
Course Description:
The Federal income tax touches virtually every aspect of
modern life. Practicing lawyers, regardless of their area
of expertise, will benefit from a basic understanding of
the structure and vocabulary of the tax code as well as
the interplay of statute, administrative pronouncements
and case law. This course introduces students to key
concepts and issues in individual federal taxation such
as what is income, capital recovery and the treatment of
capital gains. Through the use of the problem method, the
course develops the critical skills necessary to read and
analyze any statutory language.
No special background in accounting, economics, etc., is
required. Problems will involve nothing more complicated
than basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division. Any calculations required are merely ancillary
to illustrating how the rules work. This is a course
about determining the meaning of statutory language, not
about math.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 4
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: None
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Mid Term or Other Exam: Mid-Term
Participation Points: Professor may add or subtract up to 2 points for classroom participation.
Attendance Policy: Required
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Law and Psychology of Advertising
SLN #: 14628
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 005
Credit Hours: 2/3
Instructor(s): Demaine
Course Description:
Advertising is pervasive in capitalistic societies such as the United States. We have more complex and less restrictive laws regarding advertising than do most other nations and also rely heavily on industry self-regulation carried out with government guidance. The policies underlying the laws and accepted parameters of self-regulation historically were based to a large degree on presumptions of how a reasonable consumer reacts to advertising. More recently, legal authorities responsible for regulating advertising have integrated psychological research findings on the effects of advertising on the average consumer. This seminar will expose students to the fundamentals of U.S. advertising law and to psychology findings that inform (or arguably should inform) it, with a focus on such topics as deceptive advertising, corrective advertising, advertising directed at children, and neuromarketing. As time permits, it will also provide students with a comparative view of advertising law in other nations.
Only students fulfilling their Graduation Writing Requirement in the seminar are eligible to receive three credit hours; all others are eligible to receive two credit hours.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2/3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Weekly
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes*
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes*
Skills Requirement: No
Note: Only one of the above listed requirements can be fulfilled with this course.
Final Exam Given: No
Mid Term or Other Exam: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Law Journal
SLN #: 14634
Course Prefix: LAW-770
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 1-3
Instructor(s): Birnbaum
Course Description:
The purpose of the Journal is to produce, edit, and publish high quality works of legal scholarship. The operational and editorial functions of the Journal are run by students. Participation on Law Journal is hard but rewarding work. For those eligible, the journal provides one of the finest avenues for legal education thus far developed. Its work contributes to the student's intellectual advancement, to the development of law, to the legal profession, and to the stature of the law school.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1-3
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes, With Instructor's Approval
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Law Journal Independent Study
SLN #: 26366
Course Prefix: LAW-781
Course Section: 002
Credit Hours: 1-2
Instructor(s): Birnbaum
Course Description:
Students on Law Journal obtain credit for writing their note or comment, but only if they first have the support of a supervising faculty member and agree to the College of Law’s existing Independent Study policy for their paper. (Section X. E.) Consistent with existing Independent Study policy, this credit can be graded or pass/fail at the discretion of the supervising faculty member.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1-2
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes, With Instructor's Approval
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Law, Inequality, and Criminal Justice
SLN #: 26474
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 016
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Sands;McDonald
Course Description:
Students in this seminar will explore how law addresses various forms of inequality, including race, class, and gender inequality, through case studies in crime and justice. In addition, students will compare affirmative action as an additional paradigm if time allows. The course will bring together constitutional jurisprudence, social theory, statutory interpretation, and litigation strategies. The class will be skills-based with an emphasis on the practical means of how cases and claims are litigated.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Yes
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: Yes
Limited Enrollment Number: 12
Final Exam Given: No
Mid Term or Other Exam: Yes
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Law, Justice & Democracy
SLN #: 21028
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 025
Credit Hours: 2/3
Instructor(s): Sigler
Course Description:
This seminar will address select issues in American law and politics, centering on the meaning and institutions of justice in a democratic polity. Topics will include (among others) distributive justice, judicial review, campaign finance, voting rights, punishment, and torture. In addition to the relevant case law, readings will be drawn from historical and contemporary legal and political scholarship and commentary.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2/3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes, With Instructor's Approval*
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes*
Skills Requirement: No
Note: Only one of the above listed requirements can be fulfilled with this course.
Limited Enrollment Number: 15
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: More than two unexcused absence may result in withdrawal
Law, Litigation & Science
SLN #: 26322
Course Prefix: LAW-633
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Saks
Course Description:
This course aims to fill a gap in the education of most lawyers, namely, how to effectively think about and use empirical evidence. How do lawyers and the law obtain needed facts about the way the world works, evaluate those facts, and employ them in making law as well as in deciding cases? The course will improve your skills in dissecting an opponent’s evidence and in presenting your own more intelligently and effectively. Although the materials of the course emphasize cases involving social science data, the intellectual skills and legal issues are equally applicable to any other kind of empirical evidence in law (e.g., biomedical, economic, forensic science, etc.), and some of the cases and materials we will use involve those other subject matters. The course has these goals: (1) To assist students in developing an ability to think rigorously and critically about factual assertions and the evidence offered in their support. (2) To understand the evolving doctrine that governs how the law obtains, evaluates, and gives legal effect to empirical knowledge. (3) To examine these issues in their legal context, as they occur in a wide range of substantive legal areas.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: None
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: Take-Home
Mid Term or Other Exam: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: No
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Attendance necessary. More than a minimum number of absences may result in negative participation points and possible withdrawal with a grade of 64. Students who are present in body but unprepared may receive negative participation points.
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Legal Advocacy
SLN #: 14630
Course Prefix: LAW-524
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Herrera
Course Description:
This two-credit course builds on the skills learned in the first semester Legal Method and Writing course. The principal focuses of this course are to teach students the basics of: 1) persuasive writing; 2) oral advocacy; and 3) Bluebook citation format. In addition, this course reinforces legal analysis, organizational skills, and basic legal research skills.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Written Assignment: Yes
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Must be a J.D. candidate
Final Exam Given: No
Mid Term or Other Exam: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Legal Advocacy
SLN #: 14636
Course Prefix: LAW-524
Course Section: 002
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Noreuil
Course Description:
This two-credit course builds on the skills learned in the first semester Legal Method and Writing course. The principal focuses of this course are to teach students the basics of: 1) persuasive writing; 2) oral advocacy; and 3) proper legal citation format. In addition, this course reinforces legal analysis, organizational skills, and basic legal research skills.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Yes
Legal Advocacy
SLN #: 14641
Course Prefix: LAW-524
Course Section: 003
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Stinson
Course Description:
This two-credit course builds on the skills learned in the first semester Legal Method and Writing course. The principal focuses of this course are to teach students the basics of: 1) persuasive writing; 2) oral advocacy; and 3) Bluebook citation format. In addition, this course reinforces legal analysis, organizational skills, and basic legal research skills.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Written Assignment: Yes
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Open to J.D. students only
Final Exam Given: No
Mid Term or Other Exam: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Legal Advocacy
SLN #: 14643
Course Prefix: LAW-524
Course Section: 004
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Chesler
Course Description:
This two-credit course builds on the skills learned in the first semester Legal Method and Writing course. The principal focuses of this course are to teach students the basics of: 1) persuasive writing; 2) oral advocacy; and 3) Bluebook citation format. In addition, this course reinforces legal analysis, organizational skills, and basic legal research skills.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Written Assignment: Yes.
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes.
Participation Points: Yes.
Attendance Policy: Yes.
Legal Advocacy
SLN #: 14694
Course Prefix: LAW-524
Course Section: 005
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Langenfeld
Course Description:
This two-credit course builds on the skills learned in the first semester Legal Method and Writing course. The principal focuses of this course are to teach students the basics of: 1) persuasive writing; 2) oral advocacy; and 3) proper legal citation format. In addition, this course reinforces legal analysis, organizational skills, and basic legal research skills.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Yes
Legal Advocacy
SLN #: 14661
Course Prefix: LAW-524
Course Section: 006
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Sperling
Course Description:
This two-credit course builds on the skills learned in the first semester Legal Method and Writing course. The principal focuses of this course are to teach students the basics of: 1) persuasive writing; 2) oral advocacy; and 3) proper legal citation format. In addition, this course reinforces legal analysis, organizational skills, and basic legal research skills.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Open to JD Students Only
Final Exam Given: No
Legal Advocacy
SLN #: 26294
Course Prefix: LAW-524
Course Section: 007
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Dowdell
Course Description:
This two-credit course builds on the skills learned in the first semester Legal Method and Writing course. The principal focuses of this course are to teach students the basics of: 1) persuasive writing; 2) oral advocacy; and 3) proper legal citation format. In addition, this course reinforces legal analysis, organizational skills, and basic legal research skills.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Yes
Legal Analysis
SLN #: 14669
Course Prefix: LAW-598
Course Section: 002
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Rosen
Course Description:
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Skills Requirement: No
Legal Issues in Sustainability
SLN #: 14623
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 002
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Askland;Fink
Course Description:
Legal Issues in Sustainability. Spring 2009. To be taught by Andrew Askland, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law and Jon Fink, Global Institute of Sustainability. Any definition of sustainability implicates substantive law and legal process. This course addresses law as potentially both an enabler and an impediment to the identification and adoption of sustainable practices. While law often focuses on discrete cases and problems, this class looks at the intended and unintended impacts of the law on systems, i.e., environmental, social and economic systems. This class does not focus on statutory frameworks and interpretation, as does an environmental law class. Instead, it integrates law within the larger orienting goal and perspective of sustainability. The course will consist of 13 two-hour classes. Each class will feature a presentation by scholars from Law, the School of Sustainability, and other departments, and also community experts . The second hour will be guided discussion of issues generated by the presentation and by assigned readings. Students will be evaluated on the basis of class participation, written responses to class readings, and a final examination. Topics to be addressed include: Extents and limits of property rights Natural resource and water policies Energy issues, e.g., cap and trade, licenses for nuclear power Food production laws and policies Effective levels of governance/Federalism Immigration Biodiversity and conservation Emerging technologies Environmental justice/corruption Theories of economic development and globalization
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: See course description
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Mid Term or Other Exam: See course description
Paper or In-Class Presentation: See course description
Participation Points: See course description
Attendance Policy: See course description
Legislative Externship
SLN #: 14674
Course Prefix: LAW-785
Course Section: 003
Credit Hours: 1-12
Instructor(s): Bender
Course Description:
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1-12
Skills Requirement: No
Lisa Foundation Patent Law Clinic
SLN #: 14683
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 020
Credit Hours: 3/4
Instructor(s): Jackson;Gross
Course Description:
The Lisa Foundation Patent Law Clinic provides students with hands-on experience in real-world patent prosecution, licensing and litigation. The clinic is open to students having a background in science and engineering who are qualified to sit the Patent Bar exam as well as students with a non-technical background who have a strong interest in patent law. Faculty will attempt to match students’ areas of technical expertise with available projects. Students that have already completed the three-credit Patent Licensing & Enforcement course will enroll in the clinic for three credits and are not required to attend the final hour of the Friday morning clinic meeting. Students that have not completed Patent Licensing & Enforcement will enroll in the clinic for four credits. The additional credit hour consists of a lecture-based version of the material covered in Patent Licensing & Enforcement and will be held during the final hour of the Friday clinic meeting. Additional recommended pre or co-requisites include Patent Law or Patent Preparation & Prosecution. The clinic will be supervised by active practitioners, Michelle Gross (private practice) and Jeff Jackson (in-house counsel for research institute). Professor Gross specializes in physical sciences and Professor Jackson specializes in life sciences. Additionally, attorneys affiliated with the Law Offices of Steven G. Lisa, Ltd. will contribute to instruction.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3/4
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Written Assignment: Yes
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Patent Licensing & Enforcement (new name for Contingent Fee Patent Licensing and Litigation) is a required pre or co-requisite; Patent Law, or Patent Prosecution are pre- or co-requisite.
Special Withdrawal Course: Yes, the last day to withdraw without special permission from the Executive Director of the Clinical Program is 2 weeks prior to the first seminar class.
Limited Enrollment Number: 12
Mid Term or Other Exam: N/A
Paper or In-Class Presentation: N/A
Participation Points: N/A
Attendance Policy: N/A
LLM in Biotechnology and Genomics Seminar
SLN #: 21026
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 023
Credit Hours: 1
Instructor(s): Marchant
Course Description:
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Skills Requirement: No
LLM in Tribal Policy, Law & Government Seminar
SLN #: 14688
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 021
Credit Hours: 1
Instructor(s): Tsosie
Course Description:
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Skills Requirement: No
LLM Thesis
SLN #: 21021
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 021
Credit Hours: 1-6
Instructor(s):
Course Description:
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1-6
Skills Requirement: No
Mediation Clinic
SLN #: 14682
Course Prefix: LAW-775
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 6
Instructor(s): Hinshaw II
Course Description:
The Mediation Clinic provides a unique opportunity for students to learn about alternatives to litigation while gaining practical experience in the mediation process. The objectives of the Mediation Clinic include helping students develop a broad perspective of the role of law and lawyers in our society, a better understanding of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes, and enhanced skills in communication, negotiation and problem-solving.
The instructors use an interdisciplinary approach, and a limited number of graduate students from disciplines outside the law school may be allowed to enroll. Students should expect to spend, on average, up to 4 -5 hours per week on out-of-class assignments during the second half of the semester, primarily serving as a co-mediator in a local Justice Court, observing professional mediations, or participating in other dispute resolution programs on and off campus. To schedule these out-of-class assignments, students must have at least 2 four-hour blocks of free time during business hours - full mornings (8 AM-noon) or full afternoons (1-5 PM) - excluding Friday afternoons. It is highly recommended to have at least one block of time during morning hours.
In addition to regular class meetings, there will be three training sessions scheduled for Thursday, January 14th, 9am - 5pm; Friday, January 15th, 9am - 5pm; and Saturday, January 23rd, 9am – 5pm. Attendance is mandatory for all classes and the skills workshops. There will be no final examination, but students will be asked to write reflective essays following each out-of-class experience and will make a presentation to the entire class. The Mediation Clinic will count toward the 66 credit requirement for Order of the Coif. Additionally, students must pass a background check before being allowed to mediate in the Justice Court Mediation Program.
NOTE: Students interested in taking the course must submit a one page statement of intent and meet with Professor Hinshaw prior to being permitted to enroll. The statement of intent is due to Suzanne Lynn in Room 265 or at suzanne.lynn@asu.edu by Friday, November 6th at noon and should explain why the student is interested in enrolling in the Mediation Clinic. The meetings with Professor Hinshaw will take place the week of November 9th.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 6
Grading Option: High Honors, Honors, Pass/Fail
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: Yes
Final Exam Given: No
Nanotechnology Seminar
SLN #: 14689
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 022
Credit Hours: 2/3
Instructor(s): Marchant
Course Description:
anotechnology is the next “big thing” in technology and the law. Nanotechnology is the science of the small – the ability to manipulate and utilize materials at the “nanoscale” level, where they display unique and beneficial characteristics. Nanotechnology is expected to revolutionize electronics, medicine, agriculture, materials science, consumer products, manufacturing, and many other industries. Already, several hundred nanotechnology products are on the market, and many more are currently being developed. May law firms have recently established nanotechnology practice groups to help service this rapidly emerging new industry. This seminar will provide an overview of the legal and policy issues relating to nanotechnology, including risk management, national and international regulation, intellectual property, privacy issues, and liability issues.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2/3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Research paper
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes*
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes*
Skills Requirement: No
Note: Only one of the above listed requirements can be fulfilled with this course.
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Paper required
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Included in participation points
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Negotiation
SLN #: 14658
Course Prefix: LAW-733
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Batchelor
Course Description:
This course examines all aspects of the negotiation process. Students will learn the principles and skills associated with interest-based negotiation by participating in a series of simulation exercises, both inside and outside of class. The simulations involve settlement and other types of negotiations in a wide variety of actions and will require substantial out-of-class preparation. The reading materials for the course include both theoretical literature and practice focused articles, and the class culminates in an extensive out of class negotiation simulation. Additionally, there are weekly journal writing assignments during the semester and a mini-research paper due at the end of the semester.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: Yes
Limited Enrollment Number: 24
Final Exam Given: No
Oral Appellate Advocacy
SLN #: 26468
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 013
Credit Hours: 1
Instructor(s): Stuart;Hurwitz
Course Description:
NOTE: This class will be taught on a compressed schedule meeting for 8 weeks beginning Tuesday January 19. The last class will meet on Tuesday, March 9.
This is an 8-class skills course. It is not a course on appellate law or procedure. We will focus on the techniques and dynamics of appellate advocacy, with special emphasis on oral argument. Some aspects of brief writing and presentation will also be covered, but the core offering is an effort to build solid clinical skills in oral advocacy in appellate courts. We will provide a more detailed syllabus prior the first class in January of 2010.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 1
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Written Assignment: Yes
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: Yes
Limited Enrollment Number: 16
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Patent Litigation
SLN #: 14665
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 016
Credit Hours: 2/3
Instructor(s): Burns
Course Description:
Increasingly, disputes arise over patent rights, and these disputes frequently lead to litigation. This course will explore the nature of patent disputes ---- how they arise, the issues involved, and how they are resolved. Students will follow an example of a patent dispute from its inception to its resolution. Topics to be covered include (a) initial communications that frame the dispute, such as license demands, cease and desist letters and responsive communications; (b) pre-litigation investigation to provide sufficient grounds for asserting a patent infringement claim; (c) pre-suit negotiations to attempt to resolve the dispute; (d) alternative dispute resolution options; (e) preparation of a patent infringement complaint; (f) defenses to patent infringement; (g) written discovery, including electronic discovery, applicable to patent infringement cases; (h) depositions in patent infringement cases; (i) preparation for a Markman hearing in which the Court will decide the meaning of the patent claims alleged to have been infringed; (j) circumstances warranting a motion for summary judgment; and (k) trial strategy. The course does not assume any prior knowledge of patent law. Accordingly, the course will provide an overview of patent law issues relevant to patent disputes. Prior completion of, and/or concurrent enrollment in, Civil Procedure is strongly preferred. Prior completion of, and/or concurrent enrollment in Evidence and/or an introductory course addressing patent law is desirable, but not required.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2/3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Civil Procedure I
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Optional 20 -30 page paper on relevant topic to be approved by the instructor required for 3 credits.
Participation Points: Per College of Law policy
Patent Preparation & Prosecution
SLN #: 26326
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 007
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Noblitt
Course Description:
The course is targeted at teaching the fundamental knowledge and skills required for preparing patent applications for filing at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and pursuing them to issuance. The patent practitioner must be prepared to interview the inventor, learn the technology, and prepare the patent application. Further, the patent practitioner negotiates with the examiner and prosecutes the application. Clients expect the practitioner to provide useful counsel on how to pursue the application, options for appealing or otherwise overcoming adverse decisions, and protecting the technology from domestic and foreign competition. The course is designed to train the patent practitioner to understand the patent options for various technologies, clients, and situations. Students learn the basics of drafting patent applications, pursuing the patent application through the PTO process, meeting adverse decisions from the PTO, and maintaining the issued patent. The course also addresses anticipating litigation issues, protecting developing technologies, and pursuing patents abroad.”
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: Yes
Prerequisite: Patent Law or Intellectual Property are recommended.
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes
Philosophy of Crime and Punishment
SLN #: 14627
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 004
Credit Hours: 2/3
Instructor(s): Murphy
Course Description:
This course/seminar will involve the study of those essays that are, in the opinion of the instructor, the most signficant contributions to punishment theory published in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. (Contrary to what you might fear, this will not consist of nothing but essays written by the instructor.) Even if the seminar grows in size into a small class, extensive interactive conversation is encouraged. For this reason, USE OF LAP TOPS IN THE SEMINAR/CLASS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. Law students will earn 2 credits by class attendance, participation, and the take home examination. Law students will earn 3 credits if, in addition to the above, they have some individual meetings with me and write a brief paper that grows out of those meetings. Only students taking the course for 3 credits can use the course to satisfy the seminar writing requirement.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2/3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded Only
Written Assignment: NONE
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes, With Instructor's Approval
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: None
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Limited Enrollment Number: YES
Final Exam Given: YES
Final Exam Type: Take-Home
Mid Term or Other Exam: NONE
Paper or In-Class Presentation: MAY HAVE STUDENTS LEAD PORTION OF CLASS DISCUSSIONS
Participation Points: YES
Attendance Policy: ATTENDANCE REQUIRED. CONSULT LAW SCHOOL POLICIES FOR FORCED WITHDRAWAL FOR POOR ATTENDANCE
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Post-Conviction Clinic
SLN #: 14681
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 018
Credit Hours: 6
Instructor(s): Popko
Course Description:
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 6
Skills Requirement: No
Private Property Rights
SLN #: 14660
Course Prefix: LAW-657
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Birnbaum
Course Description:
This course will focus upon one of the most controversial topics in the law and a subject which has received considerable attention from the United States Supreme Court in recent years: the conflict between private property rights and the right of the government to acquire private property for public use or to regulate the use of private property in a manner which substantially limits its economic potential. The course will include a detailed review of the most important United States Supreme Court decisions (e.g., Penn Central, Nollan, Lucas, Dolan, Palazzolo,Tahoe and Lingle) which, in the context of so-called "regulatory takings” disputes, explore the circumstances in which government action may go "too far" and constitute a taking of private property without just compensation. The eminent domain process will also be discussed, including the United States Supreme Court's recent decision in Kelo v. City of New London. In addition, a unique section of the course will utilize the land acquisition litigation arising from the planning and construction of the Bank One Ballpark/Chase Field project (Phoenix, Arizona) as a case study. Pleadings from the appellate proceedings will supplement course materials and will focus on the purposes for which private property may be condemned. The course instructor was the principal trial and appellate attorney for the Maricopa County Stadium District. The course will also examine the nature and history of title insurance and the role of title insurance in protecting private property rights. Unlike other courses which focus solely on a limited area of substantive law or, alternatively, on procedural or evidentiary considerations, this innovative course explores all aspects of "takings" law from the evolution of the substantive law through the tactics and strategies often employed at trial and in land use planning decisions. The format will be principally lecture, with lively group discussion anticipated. The course is recommended for future trial attorneys (government and private), for prospective real estate and land use lawyers, and for others with an academic interest in understanding the law and history behind the headlines.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Professional Legal Writing (MLS)
SLN #: 26476
Course Prefix: LAW-598
Course Section: 013
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Walker
Course Description:
This course aims to help non-lawyers learn how to organize a legal research project by analyzing the facts and identifying the issues involved, determining the research tools needed to correctly investigate the legal problem, and systematically using these tools to strengthen and support the desired legal argument. Students will complete research and writing exercises. Students most likely will prepare one memorandum of law.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Yes
Professional Responsibility
SLN #: 14646
Course Prefix: LAW-638
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Harrison
Course Description:
This course will explore the law of lawyering and the rules of professional conduct. The course will require students to become familiar with the rules of professional conduct and will examine and question the ethical rules governing the relationships between and among lawyers, clients, the courts and others with whom lawyers are likely to interact in their professional lives. The course methodology includes the frequent use of video vignettes and dialogue between and among class members and the instructor. The instructor regularly represents lawyers in malpractice cases and discipline proceedings, and these cases frequently form the basis for class discussion.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Regular attendance is expected and required
Professional Responsibility
SLN #: 14680
Course Prefix: LAW-638
Course Section: 002
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Sturr
Course Description:
This course will examine the law of lawyering with significant focus on the ethical rules by which attorneys should conduct themselves in their various professional roles. The course will also examine the common and statutory law applicable to lawyers. The ultimate objective of the course is to give students both a working knowledge of the law governing lawyers and the practice of law and legal ethics and an appreciation for the difficulties and challenges that the professional currently confronts.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Attendance is mandatory
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Professional Responsibility
SLN #: 21042
Course Prefix: LAW-638
Course Section: 003
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Sallen
Course Description:
This course will examine the law of lawyering with significant focus on the ethical rules by which attorneys should conduct themselves in their various professional roles. The course also will examine the common and statutory law applicable to lawyers. The course’s ultimate objective is to give students both a working knowledge of the law governing lawyers and the practice of law and legal ethics and an appreciation for the difficulties and challenges that the professional currently confronts. In addition to the final exam, a mid-term and periodic quizzes may be given. The course also will involve in-class assignments as well as out-of-class written assignments. The in-class assignments will include drafting various documents relevant to law practice and may include group assignments. Out-of-class writing assignments will include (1) researching and analyzing recent cases involved in the Arizona disciplinary system; (2) drafting ethics opinions on particular issues; and (3) analyzing existing rules for possible rule changes. To accomplish requirement (1) above, students will have two options: (1a) attend an actual disciplinary hearing and analyze at least one of the cases being heard or (1b) select and analyze two disciplinary reports.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes, attendance is required
Property
SLN #: 14622
Course Prefix: LAW-523
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 4
Instructor(s): Tsosie
Course Description:
This course examines the nature of property within the American legal system, commencing with a study of the fundamental principles of property acquisition and ownership. The course covers common law doctrines of property law, private agreements with respect to property use and acquisition, and the governmental regulation of property through zoning and eminent domain. This is a survey course that will be useful to students in legal practice and it sets the foundation for advanced work in real estate law, real estate construction and development, and condemnation proceedings.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 4
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes
Property
SLN #: 14642
Course Prefix: LAW-523
Course Section: 002
Credit Hours: 4
Instructor(s): Karjala
Course Description:
This course is the basic introduction to the law of property. It covers such topics as acquisition of property rights through first possession, acquisition of property rights through subsequent possession (adverse possession and gift), an introduction to estates in land (fee simple and defeasible estates), a brief look at trusts, transfers of interests in property (deeds, mortgages, recording systems), land use regulation through nuisance, land use regulation through servitudes (easements and covenants), land use regulation through zoning, and the increasingly important topic of eminent domain.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 4
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Written Assignment: No
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Mid Term or Other Exam: No
Participation Points: May be given or withheld in accordance with the Statement of Policies of the College
Attendance Policy: Attendance and preparation for class is mandatory. Attendance will be taken
Property
SLN #: 26293
Course Prefix: LAW-523
Course Section: 003
Credit Hours: 4
Instructor(s): Sawers
Course Description:
This course examines the nature of property within the American legal system, commencing with a study of the fundamental principles of property acquisition and ownership. The course covers common law doctrines of property law, private agreements with respect to property use and acquisition, and the governmental regulation of property through zoning and eminent domain. This is a survey course that will be useful to students in legal practice and it sets the foundation for advanced work in real estate law, real estate construction and development, and condemnation proceedings.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 4
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Attendance Policy: Yes
Public Defender Clinic
SLN #: 14686
Course Prefix: LAW-772
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 6
Instructor(s): Lowrance
Course Description:
Students enrolled in the Public Defender Clinic represent indigent defendants in criminal cases under the close supervision of an experienced public defender. Most cases involve drug charges, providing an opportunity to address challenging issues relating to search & seizure and the admissibility of scientific evidence.
Students are expected to spend 300 hours in the Clinic during the semester (approximately 30 hours of training and 270 hours of casework). As a general guideline, students are expected to work 20 hours per week.
Students participate in a mandatory seminar, with instruction in courtroom advocacy, interviewing and counseling skills, substantive law and court procedure.
The Public Defender Clinic is a pass/fail course (6 credits). Evidence is a pre-requisite. Trial Advocacy is not a pre-requisite, but if you have been through this course, the skills are beneficial to students' cases. One week prior to the start of the semester, students are required to attend a mandatory three-day training session.
NOTE: Please see the Clinical Program website for more details. www.law.asu.edu/programs/clinic
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 6
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Evidence
Special Withdrawal Course: Yes, the last day to withdraw without special permission from the Director of Clinical Programs is 1 month prior to the first seminar class.
Limited Enrollment Number: 5
Attendance Policy: Mandatory
Public Health Law and Ethics
SLN #: 26323
Course Prefix: LAW-651
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Hodge
Course Description:
The protection and preservation of the public health are quintessential goals of government. Equally critical is the need to respect individual rights and morals in American society. Public Health Law and Ethics explores the inherent tensions between promoting the public health and protecting the legal and ethical rights and interests of individuals.
Public health law and ethics require a careful balancing of collective and individual rights and interests. Course objectives are to: (1) better understand the structure and functions of the public health system; (2) define public health through an examination of public health theory and practice; (3) understand the roles of government, private sector entities, and individuals in assuring the conditions for people to be healthy; and (4) assess legal and ethical conflicts between governmental interests in public health and individual interests in liberty or other protected rights in multiple contexts. These conflicts will be examined through critical facets of public health theory and practice— e.g., health promotion and communication; public health powers such as immunization, testing, screening, quarantine, and isolation; public health emergencies; regulation of businesses and professions; and tort litigation for the public’s health. While protecting the public’s health has global dimensions, which will be explored to some degree, the focus of the course is on public health law in the United States.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: No
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: None, although Health Law, Ethics, and Policy is recommended
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: Take-Home
Mid Term or Other Exam: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: No
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Real Estate Tax Planning
SLN #: 14639
Course Prefix: LAW-710
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 2/3
Instructor(s): Guerin
Course Description:
THIS COURSE WILL BE TAUGHT ON A COMPRESSED SCHEDULE. THE CLASS WILL MEET ON SATURDAYS FOR 7 WEEKS BEGINNING JANUARY 23, 2010. THE LAST CLASS WILL BE SATURDAY, MARCH 6. THE FINAL EXAM WILL BE ADMINISTERED AT 10:00 AM ON SATURDAY, MARCH 13.
This course will include a discussion of the following topics: Real estate investments as a tax shelter; alternative acquisition financing devices; refinancing techniques; sales between related parties; contingent payment sales; planning the time of sale; including a discussion of excrows, executory contracts, options and lease/options; sale leaseback transactions; installment sale reporting; wrap-around financing; default, foreclosures, and repossessions; non-taxable exchanges, including planning multi-party tax-free exchanges; planning considerations for the disposition of a principal residence; depreciation recapture; and an after-tax financial analysis of alternative real estate investments.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2/3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Federal Income Tax
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Religion & the Constitution
SLN #: 17384
Course Prefix: LAW-712
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Kader
Course Description:
An in depth study of the "establishment" and "free” exercise clauses of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution; their history, doctrinal evolution, and application to contemporary problems (including aid to parochial schools, prayer in school, Sunday laws, creation-science, etc.)
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded Only
Written Assignment: no
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: completion of 1L
Special Withdrawal Course: no
Limited Enrollment Number: none
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Mid Term or Other Exam: no
Paper or In-Class Presentation: no
Participation Points: yes, per college policy
Attendance Policy: yes, per college policy
Scientific Evidence
SLN #: 21017
Course Prefix: LAW-649
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Plunkett
Course Description:
This seminar examines the legal principles governing the use of scientific evidence in civil and criminal litigation. It also describes the basic scientific underpinnings of expert testimony from the physical, biological, medical, behavioral, and statistical sciences. Particular attention will be paid to DNA evidence. The course will also focus on problems involving the actual courtroom testimony of experts taken from transcripts of actual trials. This will permit direct and cross examination of experts from various scientific fields who will be appearing during the course.
The goal of the course is to familiarize students with all aspects of the scientific expert in the courtroom both on direct and cross examination.
In addition, a series of litigation-related research and writing exercises will be assigned. These may take the form of office memoranda, pretrial motions and memoranda of points and authorities, appellate briefs, or court opinions in simulated cases. Grades will be based on the written and oral exercises and answers to problems. These will be critiqued by the instructors, and there will be opportunities for rewriting. Some federal judges and experts will participate in teaching the course and evaluating the exercises.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Yes, see course description
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Yes
Section 1983 Litigation Seminar
SLN #: 26328
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 007
Credit Hours: 2/3
Instructor(s): Berch
Course Description:
This course will focuses on 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, which provides a private right of action for deprivation of federal rights under the color of state law. The primary topic of study is the statutory remedy for violations of federal rights. The process of construing the remedial statute requires analysis of the 14th amendment as well as a general sensitivity to notions of federalism. Therefore, the course at times resembles a combination of the Federal Courts and Constitutional Law courses.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2/3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: Yes*
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes*
Skills Requirement: No
Note: Only one of the above listed requirements can be fulfilled with this course.
Secured Transactions
SLN #: 26320
Course Prefix: LAW-622
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Schroeder
Course Description:
Many business and consumer transactions depend upon credit. Business and consumer lawyers often must advise clients on how to plan and negotiate such transactions and counsel them on the legal consequences and the rights and remedies available to them. In some cases, credit is "unsecured" -- it is simply the contractual undertaking of the obligor. But in many situations, the creditor will insist that the debt be "secured" by giving the creditor an interest in some property of the debtor. The course on Secured Transactions examines these transactions and introduces students to the main types of financing transactions prevalent today and the key problems that arise in planning and performing such agreements. Understanding the law of secured transactions is essential for attorneys who engage in a business, finance, or corporate transactions practice as well as those who represent parties who sell or finance property of all kinds or who expect to engage in commercial litigation, consumer law, or business transactional planning. The course is taught using the problem method. Students are expected as part of their daily preparation to work out solutions to specific “real life” problems using the statutory materials and text. This course is part of a larger commercial law curriculum, but it is not necessary to have taken any of the other commercial law courses as a prerequisite. No prior business experience is necessary.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: No
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: None
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Limited Enrollment Number: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Mid Term or Other Exam: As needed.
Paper or In-Class Presentation: No
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes. Attendance required.
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Securities Regulation
SLN #: 26608
Course Prefix: LAW-640
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Harris
Course Description:
This course covers the basic concepts and problems in the regulation of securities transactions under the Securities Act of 1933, which is the primary federal statute governing rights, duties, and remedies in connection with the financing of business operations through the sale of securities to the public. Topics covered will include the definition of a security and the exemptions from federal registration (crucial knowledge for the small business advisor), the registration process for public offerings, the contents of the prospectus, civil liabilities, and the applicability of the 1933 Act to secondary transactions (sales of securities by persons other than the issuing entity). In light of notable events in the capital markets in recent years, and because of the expansive scope of federal securities law and the draconian nature of the penalties imposed even for "innocent" violations, knowledge of this material is vital not only for business lawyers who advise large corporations but also those whose business clients are closely held. The course will not focus, however, on litigation strategy or technique. We will also examine the role of the state securities regulators and the self regulatory organizations.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Business Organizations. Professor will consider on a case by case basis individuals who want to take Securities Regulation but who have not yet taken Business Organizations or are taking it concurrently.
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: The instructor reserves the right to add or subtract from the final grade to the full limit permitted in the Statement of Student Policies on the basis of class participation, attendance, and preparation. Participation in the class discussion is expected.
Attendance Policy: Attendance and preparation are expected.
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Sexual Orientation and the Law
SLN #: 14645
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 004
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Stinson
Course Description:
This 3-credit survey class will explore a number of issues relevant to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community. The course encompasses a significant amount of constitutional law, especially substantive due process, equal protection, and the First Amendment. We will explore issues involving the military, employment, education, and families. Students will be required to lead discussions and participate in class. In addition, there will be a short graded writing assignment during the first week, a 10-page paper due the final day of class, and a one and a half-hour final exam at the end of the semester.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Yes (2)
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Con Law II preferred
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Limited Enrollment Number: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Mid Term or Other Exam: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Discussion Leader/Class Participation is required
Participation Points: Class participation counts for a portion of the final grade
Attendance Policy: Yes
Blackboard Course Site: Yes
Special Project
SLN #:
Course Prefix: LAW-000
Course Section:
Credit Hours:
Instructor(s): Noreuil
Course Description:
Additional Information:
Skills Requirement: No
Sports Law
SLN #: 26536
Course Prefix: LAW-715
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Maledon
Course Description:
Sports law is a course that deals with various legal issues relating to the structure and operation of the sports industry, particularly professional sports. The course reviews the antitrust principles that apply to sports, the labor law principles applicable to sports associations and professional athletes, the growing statutory regulation of professional and amateur sports, NCAA regulation of collegiate athletics, representation and counseling of professional athletes, and various other legal issues relating to professional and amateur sports.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Limited Enrollment Number: 15
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Paper required at the end of the course
Attendance Policy: Attendance is expected unless the instructor is notified in advance.
Taxation of Partnerships
SLN #: 27011
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 022
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Grewal
Course Description:
This course covers the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that deal with partnerships including such items as: the definition of a partnership for tax purposes; the utilization and importance of a "balance sheet" analysis of partnership activities; the question of whether a partnership is treated as an entity or as an aggregate of separate interests; the transfer of assets to and from a partnership; the allocation of partnership tax attributes; the special treatment of liabilities; the operation of a partnership; the determination of a partnership's basis in its assets and a partner's basis in the partnership interest; the restrictions on the deductibility of a partner's share of partnership losses; the effect of a change in partnership interests; and the disposition of partnership interests.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Federal Income Tax
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Teaching Assistant
SLN #: 17386
Course Prefix: LAW-735
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Stinson
Course Description:
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Skills Requirement: No
Technology Standards Seminar
SLN #: 26480
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 024
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Biddle
Course Description:
Standards are critically important in the information and communications technology (ICT) industries; they also raise a complex array of legal and policy issues. Despite the importance of technology standards, however, the standards development process is not well understood. This course will provide students with a framework for understanding technology standards, as well as an opportunity to make meaningful contributions to the body of knowledge on the subject.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes
Skills Requirement: No
Technology Ventures Clinic
SLN #: 17389
Course Prefix: LAW-777
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 6
Instructor(s): Menkhus
Course Description:
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 6
Skills Requirement: No
The Scientific Revolution and Law
SLN #: 14621
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): White
Course Description:
This course will examine the so-called scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries beginning with Copernicus’ heliocentric cosmological hypothesis. The new cosmology and astronomy virtually demanded a new ‘physics’, in the sense of a new account of the behavior of matter in motion. And the new physics, in turn, placed new demands on mathematics. Using a combination of primary- and secondary-source material, we shall examine this interaction of astronomy, physics, and mathematics from Copernicus to Newton as producing not only a revolution in (natural) science but also as part of the evolution of a new way of looking at the world, and of a new conception of the place of humans and God in that world. In particular, the evolution of the concept of law (as in 'natural law', 'positive law', and 'scientific law') will be considered as a central element in the development of a modern world-view.
Basic Texts:
Kuhn, Thomas S. The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought. Harvard University Press, 1992 (new edition). Paperpack. ISBN-13: 978-0674171039.
Galileo Galilei. The Essential Galileo, ed. Maurice A. Finocchiaro. Hackett Publishing Co., 2008. Paperback. ISBN-13: 978-0872209374.
Westfall, Richard S. The Construction of Modern Science. Cambridge University Press, 1978. Paperback. ISBN-13: 978-0521292955.
Mancosu, Paolo. Philosophy of Mathematics & Mathematical Practice in the Seventeenth Century. Oxford University Press, 1999 (new edition). Paperback. ISBN-13: 978-0195132441.
Newton, Isaac. The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, trans. and ed., I. B. Cohen and Anne Whitman. University of California Press, 1999. Paperback. ISBN-13 978-052008817.
There will be some additional readings; but the materials will be supplied by the instructor to the students in either xerox hardcopy or in elrctronic .PDF format on a course website.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Written Assignment: Occasional very short ( 1 page) written assignment may be made.
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: Yes
Skills Requirement: No
Prerequisite: Some background in the physical sciences and mathematics and/or the history of science would be helpful; students who are concerned about their level of preparation for the seminar should contact the instructor.
Limited Enrollment Number: 10
Final Exam Given: A take-home final examination will be given.
Final Exam Type: Take-Home
Mid Term or Other Exam: A take-home midterm, perhaps optional, may be offered.
Paper or In-Class Presentation: A seminar paper in lieu of the take-home final may be written by students seeking to satisfy the seminar writing requirement. Students may be asked to do a short in-class presentation or lead discussion for 20-30 minutes.
Participation Points: Yes--up to 3
Attendance Policy: Maximum of 2 unexcused absences
Trial Advocacy
SLN #: 14631
Course Prefix: LAW-738
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Sands
Course Description:
Students learn trial advocacy by performing opening statements, direct and cross-examination, objections, motions to the Court, final arguments and other aspects of trial practice. The course culminates in a jury trial. Student presentations will be videotaped for classroom critique. Students will also learn how to use courtroom technology for displaying or playing evidentiary exhibits or visual aids and will be asked to use this technology during their presentations.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: Yes
Prerequisite: Evidence
Limited Enrollment Number: 12
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Mandatory
Trial Advocacy
SLN #: 14695
Course Prefix: LAW-738
Course Section: 002
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Cabot
Course Description:
Students learn trial advocacy by performing opening statements, direct and cross-examination, objections, motions to the Court, final arguments and other aspects of trial practice. The course culminates in a jury trial. Student presentations will be videotaped for classroom critique. Students will also learn how to use courtroom technology for displaying or playing evidentiary exhibits or visual aids and will be asked to use this technology during their presentations.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: Yes
Prerequisite: Evidence
Limited Enrollment Number: 12
Final Exam Given: No
Paper or In-Class Presentation: Yes. Pleadings related to final trials.
Participation Points: Yes. Students are expected and encouraged to participate in each week's exercise.
Attendance Policy: Mandatory
Tribal Law & Gov't Seminar
SLN #: 17385
Course Prefix: LAW-713
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Heeley
Course Description:
Welcome to the seminar “Tribal Law and Government.” Although there is no casebook, the seminar will focus on readings from Case Materials which will be available through the Copy Center. Readings will include the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, Felix Cohen’s Handbook on Federal Indian Law, and various tribal constitutions and ordinances.
This course will require a solid foundation in Federal Indian Law and students must have taken and completed Federal Indian Law I to participate in this seminar. The seminar will focus on the practical application of the principles of Federal Indian Law in the context of negotiating a Tribal Self-Governance Compact and in developing and drafting a tribal ordinance. The seminar will examine tribal governmental structure, tribal legislative processes, sources of tribal law, and the principles of Indian Self-Determination. In addition, the seminar will cover topics such as sovereign immunity, separation of powers, tribal governmental structures, tribal courts, and tribal governmental regulatory authority.
General Course Requirements:
This seminar will require students to be prepared to discuss the weekly reading assignments. Classroom participation and attendance are mandatory. Each student in the seminar will be required to actively participate in classroom discussions. Any student who misses five or more classes will be administratively withdrawn from the seminar. Each student will be required to develop a Tribal Self-Governance Compact and participate in a compact negotiation session during one of the class sessions. Students will be graded on the drafted compact and on their participation in the negotiation session. The compact and negotiation session will constitute 20% of your final grade.
In addition to the negotiation of a Tribal Self-Governance Compact, each student will be required, with the other members of their team, to draft a tribal ordinance. Students will meet with in-house tribal attorneys to discuss the elements and issues to be addressed in the draft ordinance. Students may also be required to meet with other tribal representatives to discuss the scope of the ordinance, issues to be addressed in the ordinance, and the tribal objectives to be achieved in the development of the ordinance. Each member of the team is responsible for jointly developing and drafting the ordinance. The ordinance will constitute 30% of the final grade for the seminar. Students will be assessed and provided feedback on both their compact negotiation exercise and their draft ordinance as part of this seminar.
Finally, each student in the seminar must complete a research paper of 15 - 20 pages in length on a topic of your choice, which will be worth 50% of your final grade. Over the course of the seminar, there will be four (4) mandatory professor/student conferences which will focus on (1) the self-governance compact and negotiation session, (2) the topic for the term paper, (3) the draft ordinance, and (4) a review of a preliminary draft of the term paper. The seminar shall be numerically graded and the one-time pass option is available. Students may use this seminar to satisfy the “professional skills” graduation requirement.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: Yes
Prerequisite: Federal Indian Law I
Limited Enrollment Number: 12
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Yes
Truman Young Fellowship
SLN #: 14671
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 014
Credit Hours: 6
Instructor(s): Barnes
Course Description:
This internship was designed to encourage highly
qualified and motivated law students to
become career prosecutors. The Fellow participates in the Criminal Practice Clinic and works at four prosecuting agencies during the one-year fellowship period:
The City of Phoenix Prosecutor's Office
Maricopa County Attorney's Office
The United States Attorney's Office - District of Arizona
The Arizona Attorney General's Office
The fellowship is usually awarded to one third-year student although the Committee has occasionally selected
two students to share the fellowship.
The Truman Young Selection Committee personally interviews each applicant
Interviews are conducted the first week of
November
The Fellowship is usually awarded by the
first week of December
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 6
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
U.S. Asylum Law
SLN #: 14655
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 011
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Cruz
Course Description:
This course explores U.S. Asylum Law and the overall phenomenon of forced migration. The primary focus is INA 208, which controls the eligibility for Refugee status in the United States. Students learn statutory analysis, administrative procedures, and the asylum process. Topics of discussion include grounds of eligibility, statutory definitions, gender persecution, fact-finding/evidentiary challenges, bars to asylum, and application procedures
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Mid Term or Other Exam: Yes
Participation Points: Yes
Attendance Policy: Yes
US Law and Legal Analysis (MLS)
SLN #: 26475
Course Prefix: LAW-598
Course Section: 012
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Erickson
Course Description:
This course will introduce MLS students to the U.S. legal system and to the types of legal reasoning used by lawyers and judges. Students will be provided the necessary instruction to use legal reasoning in their academic work, including reading and understanding cases and statutes, doing basic legal research and writing legal memoranda, and applying existing law to the issue at hand. Finally, the course will provide an overview of a handful of key areas that are particularly important for business and policy applications, such as federalism/pre-emption, constitutional law and administrative law.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Per Statement of Student Policies
Wh Collar & Corp Crim Def Seminar
SLN #: 26329
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 008
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Belanger
Course Description:
This class will focus on the process and practice of white collar and corporate criminal prosecution, defense and case resolution in the pre-trial phase. It will not be a class that focuses on the elements of substantive criminal offenses, although some knowledge of this area will be needed. Rather it will attempt to examine the process and methodology by which the government investigates and chooses to prosecute what are commonly referred to as white collar crimes and the process and methodology defense lawyers and corporate counsel use to respond to these investigations, to avoid prosecution, and to resolve cases. We will also look at prosecution policy and discretion, the process of plea negotiation, the issues confronted in parallel criminal and civil proceedings, the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction, and the ethical issues that arise in these contexts.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numerically Graded, and ONE Time Pass Option is Available
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Seminar Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Limited Enrollment Number: 15
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: Take-Home
Paper or In-Class Presentation: In-class presentation
Participation Points: Yes, up to 2 points given
Attendance Policy: Attendance is required
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