Spring 2009 Course Materials

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1L

Civil Procedure B

Cooper

Civil Procedure E

Clary

Corporations

McDonnell

A link to the Syllabus is below.

Criminal Law A & B

Frase

Criminal Law C & D

Reitz

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

TWEN

International Law

Gross

The class meets on Thursdays and Fridays, 10:45 to 12:10, in Room 40.
The text to be used in the class is  Dunoff, Ratner and Wippman, International Law: Norms, Actors, Process (2nd ed., Aspen).

Perspectives

Blumenthal, Goodwin, Parisi

TWEN

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

Property A & D

Younger

TWEN

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

Work Of The Lawyer

Cook

TWEN

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

2L/3L

Advanced Corporate Law

Matheson

Advanced Trial Practice

Hopeman / Beens

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Befort / Chalmers

TWEN

Below are links to the Syllabus and course information.

Basic Patent Litigation

Gross, D

Below are links to the Assignments and the class groups.

Business Association / Corporations

Matheson

Cases that Shaped and Shocked the Nation

Stein

After an introduction to the course, you will be asked to identify which student in the course you would like to work with in your case presentation and course paper. Our class discussion will be a review of the U.S. Constitution in general, and an examination in more detail of certain specific provisions of the Constitution--particularly provisions that are construed in the cases we will cover in the course.

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

Conflicts

Cooper

Below is a link to the first Assignment and Syllabus.

Copyright

Cotter

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

TWEN

Corporate Tax

Shnider

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

Criminal Procedure

Reitz

The syllabus and course supplement can be found on the TWEN site.

TWEN

Employment Discrimination

Hasday

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

Evidence

Cribari

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

Family Law

Younger

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

TWEN

Federal Jurisdiction

Stras

TWEN

Below is link to the Syllabus.

Federal Securities Regulations

Painter

A syllabus will be posted in TWEN.

Feminist Legal Theory

Ni Aolain

Materials will be available on reserve in the library.

A link to the Syllabus is below.

Food & Drug Law

Hall

Below are links to a Glossery of Terms and the Assignments.

Humphrey Law Seminar

Weissbrodt / Arimond

Immigration

Weissbrodt

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

International Business Transactions

Gross, D

Interview, Counseling & Negotiating

Thomas

Below is a Syllabus for the class.

Interview, Counseling & Negotiating

Thompson

Below is a Syllabus for the class.

Introduction to Roman Law

Sheets

Investment Management Law

Royal

Below is a Syllabus for the class.

Judicial Externship

Chomsky

Judicial Process and Administration

Anderson

Jurisprudence

Bix

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

Legislation

Nussbaumer

LL.M. Judicial Observation

Kruger

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

Local Government

Orfield

Natural Resources

Klass

TWEN

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

Partnership Taxation

Monahan

Physical Evidence

Cribari

Pretrial Skills: Lawyering Process

Gustafson

Professional Responsibility

Burns

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

Sales

Chomsky

Trial Practice Monday

Burke

Trial Practice Tuesday

Graham

Unfair Competition

Cotter

Syllabus and assignments can be found in the Unfair Competition Supplement available for sale in the Law School Bookstore.

TWEN

Wills & Trusts

Gallanis

Wrongful Convictions

Jonas

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

In addition to the book, I post all assignments on the TWEN system in Westlaw. Please go to TWEN and add yourself to the Wrongful Convcitions course. Please feel free to skim the two longer articles.

 

  1. SP09WCS.pdf

Clinics

Child Advocacy

Sanderson

Civil Practice

Sanderson

Criminal Appeals

Spurbeck

Federal Defense

Frase

Housing

Mc Donough

Immigration

McKenzie

Indian Child Welfare

Sanderson

Innocence Project

Jonas

Multi-Profession Business Law

Alton

Public Interest Law

Bogucki

Special Education

Stewart

Tax 1

Sedo

Seminars

Advanced Criminal Procedure

Noel

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

TWEN

Advanced Environmental Law

Nauen

Advanced Legal Research

Jackson

Advanced Topics In Labor And Employment Law

Befort

Below is a link to the Course Materials.

American Indian Law

Howland

Climate Change, the Clean Air Act, and Energy Law

Seha

Below are links to the Syllabus and additional material.

Fast Facts click on "Fast Facts Card" at the end of the second paragraph.

Twen

Comparative Criminal Procedure

Tonry

Complex Litigation

Abrams

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

Constitutional Law-Theories of Freedom of Expression

Kirtley

Contract Drafting

Alt

Corporate Compliance

Hall

Below are links to an overview of the class, and an outline.

Equal Justice

TBA

Game Theory

Parisi

Health Care

Einisman

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

TWEN

Health Care Fraud and Abuse

Struthers

International - American Human Rights

Marrero / Fente

International Contracts

Kennedy

Law & Economics

Hill

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

Learning The Law

Cox

Legislative Process

O'Neill

LL.M. Legal Research & Writing

Kruger

Local Government Economic Development

Street

Philosophy of Law (Punishment)

Tonry

Public Law Workshop

Hasday

Real Estate Transactions

Darji

Street Law

Bloom

Structured Finance

Macaluso

Supreme Court

Stras

TWEN

Below is a link to the Syllabus.

State Constitutional Law

Schultz

Williams, 55-70, 155-160,
Kahn v. Griffin.* This case is in the supplemental reading packet for the class. As you red this case ask under what conditions the Minnesota Supreme Court will seek to depart from reading the State Constitution the same as the U.S. Constitution.

Below are links to two attachments you will need for class:

State Constitutional Law Supplement (Part 1)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Michael Jerome SCALES, Appellant
(Part 2)

 

  1. SCLpart1.pdf

  2. SCLpart2.pdf

White Collar Crimes

Mohring

Part I: Definitions and Foundational Principles
Week One (January 22) Definitions and Principles.
A. Definitions of White Collar Crime, white collar criminals.
B. Individual Responsibility (Brief Discussion)
Mens Rea/Actus Reus
Policy discussion of people v. property crimes
Statistics on federal prosecution rates, MN and nationwide


Readings: Text, Chapter One (pp. 1-12); Supplementary Materials (pp. 1-16): White Collar Statistics (presented in class).

Below is a link to the Syllabus and additional notes.

Women's Human Rights Law

Freeman / Weissbrodt