2019-2020 School of Law Catalog archived
–Curriculum - First Year
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First Year Curriculum (beginning Fall 2019)
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Fall Semester
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Spring Semester
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| Course |
Hours |
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Course |
Hours |
| Civil Procedure |
4 |
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Constitutional Law |
4 |
| Contracts |
4 |
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Criminal Law |
3 |
| Legal Research |
.5 |
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Legal Research |
.5 |
| Legal Writing I |
2 |
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Legal Writing II |
2 |
| Torts |
4 |
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Property |
4 |
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14.5 |
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Transnational Law |
3 |
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16.5 |
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Curriculum - First Year
LAW 109 - Civil Procedure.
This course commences with an overview of the system of civil litigation. Thereafter, topics for study will include personal jurisdiction, notice, subject matter jurisdiction, venue, the Erie doctrine, pleadings, pre-trial matters, joinder of parties and claims, discovery, dispositive motions, and preclusion of issues and claims. Four hours. Moliterno, Rendleman, and Shaughnessy
LAW 130 - Constitutional Law.
Federalism and interstate relationships, with particular reference to the Commerce Clause; civil liberties as defined by the Bill of Rights, with particular reference to the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses and the First Amendment; Congressional protection of civil rights. Four hours Klein, Miller and Peppers. (Required first-year course - starting with the Class of 2022.)
LAW 140 - Contracts.
One of the major goals of this course is to broaden the student’s perception of the nature of exchange relationships in our legal system. In order to develop this understanding such matters as the legal remedies available for reinforcing exchange relationships, concepts, and techniques relating to continuing exchange relationships, social control and utilization of contracts, and the concept of contract as a form of economic wealth and property are explored. Four hours. Calhoun, Mr. Drumbl, Fairfield, and Shelby
LAW 150 - Criminal Law.
A study of the ways in which society defines conduct and persons as criminal. Principal topics include: mental state and act; mental state as a classification device; the effect of mental disease or defect on the decision to punish; culpability of persons addicted to or under the influence of intoxicants; justification and excuse; attempt crimes. Three hours. Buchhandler-Raphael, Demleitner, and Hasbrouck
LAW 160 - Legal Reasoning.
This course will develop skills of legal analysis through a series of increasingly complex problems. In order to receive credit, students must complete all exercises and meet with the instructor to review feedback on assignments. Pass/No Pass only. Limited enrollment. One hour. Eggert
LAW 163 - Legal Research.
This class, spanning the fall and spring semesters, introduces students to the principles and strategies of legal research. Utilizing a flipped classroom and a series of increasingly complex in-class and out of class assignments, students master the principles of legal information literacy required for the successful practice of law. One hour (.5 credit per semester) (Full-year course.) Christensen, Mart-Rice, Runge, and Zhang
LAW 165 - Legal Writing I.
Legal writing assignments will be designed to sharpen students’ writing and analytical skills. Assignments also will be designed to familiarize students with law library resources and research methods. Instruction will be coordinated with small sections in Civil Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law, and Torts. Students’ written work will be closely reviewed in small group sessions and individually, with redrafts often required. Two hours. Buske, Houck and Weiss (fall semester)
LAW 166 - Legal Writing II.
Legal writing assignments will be designed to sharpen students’ writing and analytical skills. Assignments also will be designed to familiarize students with law library resources and research methods. Instruction will be coordinated with small sections in American Public Law Process, Professional Responsibility, Property, and Transnational Law. Students’ written work will be closely reviewed in small group sessions and individually, with redrafts often required. Two hours. Buske, Houck and Weiss (spring semester)
LAW 179 - Property.
An introduction to the concept of property and the law governing it. Topics to be covered may include acquisition and possession of property, estates in land, the landlord-tenant relationship, and the purchase and sale of real property. Four hours. Eggert, Fairfield, and Seaman
LAW 190 - Torts.
Concerns the legal protection afforded in civil proceedings against interference by others with one’s person, property, and intangible interests. The historical and theoretical bases of tort liability are examined against the background of the legal process employed to develop an understanding of current law and a sensitivity to changing patterns of tort responsibility emerging from a dynamic society. Four hours. Murchison, Peppers and Ms. Woody
LAW 195 - Transnational Law.
This course introduces students to core principles of public and private international law, comparative law, foreign law, cross-border legal process and deal-making, transboundary dispute resolution, and elements of U.S. law that have international effect. One goal of the course is to equip students for the reality that U.S. practitioners increasingly require conversance with international, foreign, and extraterritorial law in all aspects of their legal work. Three hours. Mr. Drumbl, Kielsgard and Miller
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