LAW 531      INTRODUCTION TO LAW & LAWYERING PROCESSES FOR LL.M. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Introduction to legal reasoning; case analysis and synthesis; case research; structure and style in legal writing with emphasis on expository writing, including office memoranda
Credits: hours
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LAW 531I      INTRODUCTION TO LAW & LAWYERING PROCESSES FOR LL.M. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Introduction to legal reasoning; case analysis and synthesis; case research; structure and style in legal writing with emphasis on expository writing, including office memoranda
Credits: 1-3 hours
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LAW 8501      Contracts I
Formation and performance of simple contracts; consideration; express and constructive conditions, excuse of conditions; remedies for breach; contracts for benefit of third parties; assignment; impossibility of performance and discharge.
Credits: 3 hours
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LAW 8502      Contracts II
Continuation of LAW 8501.
Credits: 3 hours
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LAW 8511      Torts
Wrongs to the person and to property; legal remedies through which compensation or other relief may be obtained.
Credits: 3 hours
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LAW 8513      Defamation, Privacy, Relational & Emotional Torts
A focus on word torts, emotional injuries, and torts stemming from relational duties of care. Defamation topics covered will include private and public official and public figure plaintiffs, as well as tactical aspects of defamation actions and privileges. Privacy torts explored will be false light, public disclosure of private facts, intrusion and seclusion, and appropriation of name or likeness. The majority of the course will involve coverage of special or limited duties of care arising from contractual or professional relationships (such as medical and legal malpractice), landowner liability, sexual harassment in employment, familial and governmental immunities, prenatal injuries, negligent infliction of emotional distress, as well as theories of vicarious liability for the torts of others.
Credits: 2-3 hours
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LAW 8521      Civil Procedure I
Pleading; joinder of parties and claims; pre-trial motions; discovery; summary judgment; pre-trial and trial procedure; post trial motions.
Credits: 3 hours
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LAW 8522      Civil Procedure II
Court systems; personal jurisdiction and venue; federal jurisdiction; choice of law; preclusion; appellate procedure
Credits: 2-3 hours
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LAW 8522D      Discovery Practice in Civil Litigation
This course focuses on the various discovery techniques which are commonly used in federal civil practice, and also compares state procedures. General topics include the uses of discovery, informal discovery, building the discovery plan, ethical issues, privileges and protections, the discovery tools, electronic discovery, experts, motions to compel discovery, and sanctions.
Credits: 1-2 hours
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LAW 8531      Introduction To Law And Lawyering Processes I
Introduction to legal reasoning; case analysis and synthesis; case research; structure and style in legal writing with emphasis on expository writing, including office memoranda.
Credits: 3 hours
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LAW 8531I      Introduction To Law & Lawyering Processes International
Introduction to legal reasoning; case analysis and synthesis; case research; structure and style in legal writing with emphasis on expository writing, including office memoranda.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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LAW 8532      Introduction To Law And Lawyering Processes II
Introduction to advocacy; introduction to interviewing, counseling and negotiation; statutory and computerized research; writing to and on behalf of a client, including a trial or appellate brief; oral advocacy.
Credits: 2-3 hours
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LAW 8532F      Intro to Law & Lawyering Processes II-Family Law
Introduction to advocacy; introduction to interviewing, counseling, & negotiation; statutory & computerized research; writing to and on behalf of a client, including a trial or appellate brief; oral advocacy. Problems and exercises will be drawn from family and child law.
Credits: 2-3 hours
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LAW 8532I      Introduction to American Legal Skills
Introduction to oral and written advocacy; interviewing, counseling and negotiation; and alternative dispute resolution. This course is intended for students in the LLM Program for Chinese and Foreign Lawyers.
Credits: 2-3 hours
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LAW 8532R      American Legal Research
American Legal Research
Credits: 1 hours
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LAW 8541      Property I
Introduction to the nature of property; basic personal property law; adverse possession; possessory estates; basic future interests; marital and concurrent interests; landlord-tenant relationships.
Credits: 3 hours
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LAW 8542      Property II
Licenses, easements, real covenants, equitable servitudes; nuisances; basic water law; brokerage; financing, mortgages, deeds of trust; contract of sale, deeds, closing; title insurance, warranties; recording; eminent domain; zoning.
Credits: 3 hours
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LAW 8552      Federal Taxation
Theory, history, and principles of federal income taxation; basic concepts of income, classification of income and deductions.
Credits: 3 hours
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LAW 8601      Business Organizations
Partnership, limited liability company and corporation law; choice of business forms, formation of partnerships, limited liability companies and corporations; rights, duties, and powers of partners, members, shareholders, directors, and officers; closely held corporations; proxy regulation; derivative suites; dividends and stock redemptions; introduction to the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Credits: 3 hours
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LAW 8601L      Transactional Lawyering Skills Lab
Students are trained in counseling clients and negotiating business formation, dissolution, and liability issues as well as drafting appropriate documents. Pre or co-requisite: Business Organizations.
Credits: 1 hours
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