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LAW 699
A continuation of Constitutional Law I (LAW 602) for second-year law students. Must be taken fall semester of second year. This course covers Individual Rights, that is, Due Process, Equal protection and the First Amendment, including freedom of speech, the press and of religion.

Taught By:
Leslie Bender, Tucker Culbertson, William M. Wiecek

LAW 700
Obtaining information about the government; restraints on publication; government surveillance; travel restrictions; war and emergency powers; nuclear weapons issues; civil disobedience and draft issues.

Taught By:
William C. Banks, David M. Crane

LAW 701
Principles of financial accounting applied to business entities, proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations; accounting for and tax implications of business organizations; and problems with estates and trusts. Irregular course offering.

Taught By:
No professors currently teach this course

LAW 702
Nature and function of the administrative process; procedural constraints on administrative investigation, adjudication, and rule making; and judicial review of agency action.

Taught By:
Evan J. Criddle

LAW 703
Tax and other consequences of various plans of deferred compensation for executives and other employees.

Taught By:
No professors currently teach this course

LAW 704
Commercial practices under the Uniform Commercial Code, particularly sales, commercial paper and bank collections, letters of credit, bulk transfers, and secured transactions; business background, planning, and counseling.

Taught By:
Aviva Abramovsky, A. Joseph Warburton

LAW 706
Legal rules applicable to disputes with contacts to more than one state or country; the historical development of such rules; and their application in contract, tort, property, and other cases.

Taught By:
Hilary K. Josephs

LAW 707
Law as it affects the professionals and institutions that deliver health care in the United States. Will primarily address four major concerns: quality of health care, cost of health care, equitable access to health care, and respect for the patient.

Taught By:
Richard A. Ellison

LAW 708
Constitutional and statutory requirements for investigative procedures in criminal cases. Topics include searches, seizures, lineups, confessions, and electronic surveillance.

Taught By:
Gary T. Kelder, Thomas J. Maroney

LAW 710
Legal issues as they affect the lives of lesbians, gays, and bisexuals in the United States. Constitutional law, employment law, family law, property law, criminal law, and estate planning are the areas of primary focus.

Taught By:
Charles Sprock Jr.

LAW 711
This course will involve an examination of basic land use and zoning laws. Attention is paid to a variety of zoning and regulatory tools as well as to local laws addressing environmental concerns. This includes basic zoning, density controls, variances, exceptions, special uses, exactions, inclusionary and exclusionary zoning, and the takings issue. The focus of the course will be on the importance of private property rights and the protection of those rights in the context of public controls and regulations. The course will examine the way in which public and private claims to land are resolved through a mix of market and non-market mechanisms.

Taught By:
Robin Paul Malloy

LAW 712
This is a business organizations course covering both unincorporated businesses and corporations. The first half of the course pertains to small business forms: partnerships, LLCs, and close corporations. The balance covers public corporations, including regulation under securities laws.

Taught By:
Robert Ashford, Christian C. Day, Gregory Germain

LAW 713
Selected topics concerning the First Amendment.

Taught By:
Thomas J. Maroney

LAW 715
Law governing interstate succession; execution and revocation of wills; inter vivos will substitutes; the creation, nature, and revocation of trusts; fiduciary administration.

Taught By:
LaVonda Reed-Huff, Terry L. Turnipseed

LAW 717
Taxation of transfers during life and death. Planning and alternative modes of disposition.

Taught By:
Robert Nassau

LAW 718
Procedural and substantive rules of evidence, judicial notice, presumptions and burdens of proof, rules governing the receipt of oral and documentary evidence,impeachment, direct and cross-examination, competency, hearsay, privileges, and the best evidence rules.

Taught By:
Gary T. Kelder, Travis H.D. Lewin, William C. Snyder, Roderick Surratt

LAW 720
State regulation of family relations; family autonomy; marital and nonmarital contracts; adoption. Issues in divorce, separation agreements, spousal and child support, property division, and child custody.

Taught By:
Sarah Ramsey

LAW 721
Essential functions of federal courts. Relationships between federal courts and the other branches of the federal government, the states, and the individual.

Taught By:
William M. Wiecek

LAW 722
Law and policy regarding the taxation of income of the individual taxpayer, including characteristics of income, personal and business deductions, principles of income splitting and tax accounting, dispositions of property, capital gains.

Taught By:
Gregory Germain, Robert Nassau

LAW 723
Income tax problems of the corporation and its shareholders, emphasizing corporate organization, distributions, redemptions, liquidations, reorganizations, collapsible corporations, and S corporations. Prerequisite is Federal Income Taxation I.

Taught By:
Robert Nassau

LAW 724
An interdisciplinary analysis of ethical and legal problems that arise at the intersection of the medical science and law. Potential topics of study include ethical theory, procreative autonomy, assisted reproductive technologies, distribution and allocation of medical services, death and dying, organ transplants, genetic discrimination and enhancement, cloning, and the values and interests that inform the decision-making process on these matters. In some years this course will be co-taught with a professor from the medical school with a limited course enrollment of 15 law students and 15 medical students.

Taught By:
Leslie Bender, Kathy Faber-Langendoen

LAW 725
General principles of law that apply to casualty, life, and liability insurance, including modern developments like no-fault. Irregular course offering.

Taught By:
Aviva Abramovsky

LAW 726
Survey of the foundations of copyright, patent, unfair competition, and trade law. For students who wish to concentrate in intellectual property or who want a basic course as preparation for business planning or litigation practice. Co-requisite for Copyright--Literary and Artistic Works and for Copyright Protection of New Technologies. Patents course and Unfair Competition may be taken as co-requisites.

Taught By:
Laura G. Lape

LAW 727
This course provides an introduction to the transactional, regulatory, and litigation aspects of international business involving at least one private party. Major areas of substantive coverage include international sales of goods (with special focus on the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods), licensing of technology, foreign direct investment, contract and tort liability in the United States and abroad, and the law proscribing corruption in cross-border transactions. We will also cover subsidiary litigation and regulatory topics, such as choice-of-law analysis, international commercial arbitration, international civil litigation in U.S. courts (focusing on jurisdiction and other procedural threshold issues), U.S. regulation of foreign investment and export controls, and intellectual property protection.

Taught By:
Juscelino F. Colares

LAW 728
Provides an introduction to public international law, the system of norms, rules, institutions and procedures that regulate the interaction between states and between states and individuals, including the UN Charter. Besides studying the basic building blocks of the system and the forces that are leading either to its breakdown or its transformation (or both), students engage in a seven-week simulation in group negotiation, research and drafting of multilateral treaties to resolve some contemporary transnational problems. Use of the World Wide Web is integrated into the course.

Taught By:
Evan J. Criddle

LAW 730
Organization and representation of employees; union collective action; collective bargaining, including the administration and enforcement of collective agreements.

Taught By:
Robert J. Rabin

LAW 731
This is a survey course that considers the elements involved in starting a medical malpractice claim. The course will include the defenses against and possible consequences of bringing medical malpractice claims.

Taught By:
Elijah Huling, Jr.

LAW 732
Overview of government contracts. Course will cover pre-contract activity leading to contract award, contract types, and the contractual document with specific emphasis on the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Irregular course offering.

Taught By:
Richard T. Strong

LAW 734
This course is an intensive theoretical and practical introduction to mediation in family law. Focusing on the law and jurisprudence of mediation, and the roles of attorneys in meidiation, as both mediators and counselors, the syllabus also draws upon interdisciplinary insights from the fields of anthropology, sociology, linguistics, psychology, and conflict resolution. It is intended to be a theoretical and analytical class with a strong skills component, consisting of three simulations.

Taught By:
Christine Hickey

LAW 735
Examines substantive Federal criminal law, including the following topics: The Federal Role in Enforcement Against Crime, The Consequences of Jurisdictional Overlap, Fraud and Political Corruption, Mail Fraud, The Hobbs Act, Official Bribery and Gratuities, Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering, Currency Reporting Offenses, Group and Organizational Crime (including RICO), Anti-Terrorism Enforcement, The Criminal Civil Rights Statutes, The Federal False Statement Statutes, Obstruction of Justice, Sentencing Guidelines, and Forfeiture.

Taught By:
William C. Snyder

LAW 736
The focus of this course/seminar will be the law, the legal process, and concepts of justice as they are treated in a number of works of fiction as well as by lawyers in the judicial opinions and other writings. The fictional readings will be short stories (Tolstoy, Faulkner, Glaspell, Hawthorne, Cather, de Maupassant, Vonnegut, etc.) and two novellas. In-depth consideration of the materials should demonstrate to the student a wide gamut of emotions, human relationships, and ambiguities with which case law frequently does not adequately deal. The materials raise issues of morality, natural law, divine law, mercy, the limits of advocacy, and ethics, all of which must deeply concern any lawyer who strives to fulfill the true object of his or her profession.

Taught By:
Hugh Humphreys

LAW 738
Examination of the market structure and regulation of the communications industry as well as the relationship between the communications industry and the several branches of government. Topics include the authority of state and federal government to license spectrum and to regulate broadcast communications and cable, satellite, wireline and wireless services. Other topics may include broadcast fairness, political broadcasting and regulation of the Internet and emerging technologies.

Taught By:
LaVonda Reed-Huff

LAW 741
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Aging Issues will bring together students, faculty, and guests from multiple disciplines to explore interdisciplinary approaches to serving the needs of older adults. Each class will be devoted to a discrete topic ranging from end-of-life care, to driving cessation, to surrogate decision-making, to elder abuse. Students will be offered readings from multiple disciplines relating to the topic of the week and one or two case studies to consider in advance of class. Class time will be devoted in large part to an interactive discussion of the case study or studies of the week. The aim of the course is for students to learn how other disciplines might approach problems they encounter in their work with seniors, what other resources are available to assist them in their work with seniors, and how to work in a truly interdisciplinary manner with professionals from multiple disciplines.

Taught By:
Nina A. Kohn

LAW 742
Will simulate actual entertainment law practice and will emphasize the process by which contracts are developed and entered into so as to make use of copyrighted properties. The student will be required to draw upon and further develop multiple legal skills, particularly substantive analysis, drafting, analysis of and otherwise dealing with "paper" from the other side, practical research, formulation of advice, and participation in various kinds of oral discussions.

Taught By:
Laura G. Lape

LAW 743
Civil Practice Law and Rules and interpretive cases and other aspects of civil litigation in New York.

Taught By:
Elijah Huling, Jr., Thomas Myers

LAW 745
Legal tools for dealing with defective and dangerous products, including common law remedies for breach of warranty, negligence, and strict liability in tort. Definition of "defective product" and the measure of damages to the injured person. Irregular course offering.

Taught By:
Roderick Surratt

LAW 746
Relationship of the lawyer to the profession, community, client, and society. ABA Code of Professional Responsibility, ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, and American Lawyer's Code of Conduct.

Taught By:
Aviva Abramovsky, Rakesh K. Anand, Robert Ashford, Lydia Turnipseed

LAW 747
Standard residential and commercial real estate transactions, including consideration of brokerage arrangements, contracts of sale, methods of financing, methods of title protection, mortgage markets, construction loans, and permanent financing.

Taught By:
Robin Paul Malloy

LAW 748
This course will examine various areas of the law as they relate to sports (both professional sports and intercollegiate sports), including such areas as contract law, antitrust law, labor law, law regulating player agents, gender discrimination law, and personal injury law.

Taught By:
Roderick Surratt

LAW 750
Securities Act of 1933: regulation of the distribution of securities, including the registration process, exempt securities, exempt transactions, enforcement, and liabilities; Securities Exchange Act of 1934: regulation of trading in securities and related market activities, including tender offers, proxy solicitations, market manipulation, disclosure requirements, insider trading, and express and implied civil liabilities.

Taught By:
Margaret M. Harding

LAW 754
Courtroom techniques and tactics drawing on substantive and procedural law and evidence courses. Students prepare and conduct trial exercises under direction of instructor.

Taught By:
Gordon Cuffy, Joseph Fahey, Travis H.D. Lewin, Lee Michaels, Emil Rossi, Richard Southwick, Mark Suben

LAW 755
Common law tort and legislative remedies for civil wrongs arising from business conduct and commercial dealings; common law trade libel and product disparagement, mixed tort and contract remedies.

Taught By:
Richard D. Rochford, Jr.

LAW 756

Lawyering Skills: Basic. Attorney-client relationship, including interviewing, counseling and negotiation, preparation of pleadings and other legal papers, and local practice and discovery procedures.

Lawyering Skills: Planning for the Non-Traditional Family. Drafting of legal instruments for individuals and their loved ones who do not fit the traditional nuclear family model. Topics would include domestic partnership agreements, estate planning instruments (e.g. wills, trusts, and corporate formations), tax planning, and second-parent adoptions.

Taught By:
Joseph Coté III, Charles Sprock Jr., Joanne VanDyke

Civil Rights: Power, Privilege and Law (3 cr)

LAW 758
Focusing on race, gender, class, and sexual preference, this course examines the social, political, and legal structures that determine what civil rights are and who has them. Significant attention will be paid to the role of U.S. Supreme Court opinions and federal legislation.

Taught By:
Leslie Bender

Computer Crimes (3 cr)

Law 759
This course is organized around three questions: 1) what conduct involving a computer is prohibited by criminal law? 2) What legal rules govern the collection of digital evidence in criminal investigations? 3) What powers do state, national, and foreign governments have to investigate and prosecute computer crimes? More specifically, topics will include computer hacking, computer viruses, encryption, online undercover operations, the Fourth Amendment in cyberspace, the law of Internet surveillance, laws governing access to e-mail, forum-shopping, jurisdiction, national security, and federal–state relations and international cooperation in the enforcement of computer crime laws. Special attention will be paid to cyber terrorism. No advanced knowledge of computers and the Internet is required or assumed.

Taught By:
William C. Snyder

Patent Prosecution (3 cr)

LAW 760
This course is designed primarily for students who plan to practice in the area of Patent Law before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) which permits only registered patent attorneys and agents to represent clients in the prosecution of patent applications. The course will cover the process of procuring a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The course will also enhance students' understanding of the legal standards for patentability (building upon the principles explored in Patents and Trade Secrets), will familiarize students with the PTO's elaborate rules of practice in patent cases, and will provide students with practice applying these standards and rules to facts and situations encountered in basic patent prosecution practice. Patents and Trade Secrets is a prerequisite to this course.

Taught By:
David Nocilly

Appellate Advocacy Skills (3 cr)

LAW 761
Development of skills used in the appellate process, including postjudgment practice, creation of the record, finding error, brief writing, and oral argument structure, emphasizing written skills. Required for second-year students seeking Moot Court Board membership.

Taught By:
Audra Albright, Gustave DiBianco, James Maxwell, J. Scott Porter

Disability Law (3 cr)

LAW 763
This class deals with federal laws prohibiting discrimination against people with disabilities, with particular emphasis on the American Disabilities Act of 1990. The goal of this course is to provide a legal, conceptual, and practical understanding of people with disabilities, forms of discrimination that occur on the basis of disability, and the protections against such discrimination that currently exist.

Taught By:
Peter Blanck

Bankruptcy Law: Creditors Rights and Debtor Protection (4 cr)

LAW 764
This course will cover state law remedies (how to collect a debt and how to defend a debtor) and representing debtors in individual liquidation and restructuring proceedings under Bankruptcy Code (Chapter 7 and 13).

Taught By:
Gregory Germain

Patents and Trade Secrets (3 cr)

LAW 765
This course examines the U.S. patent system and focuses on issues of patentability, validity, and infringement. The protection and enforcement of trade secrets are also covered.

Taught By:
Lisa A. Dolak

Law, Economics and the State (3 cr)

LAW 766
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the economic approach to the analysis of law. The course is divided in four major parts. First, we will read and discuss introductory materials designed for the purpose of helping lawyers and economists develop a common language—the language of law and economics ("L&E"). Law students and graduate students will be exposed to readings on economic concepts and the basics of American law (Weeks 1-3).

Second, in Weeks 3-5, we will focus on scrutinizing the foundational assumptions of a number of L&E constructs, such as zero or minimum transaction costs, rational choice theory, cost-benefit analysis, and constraint or self-binding theory. The goal is to determine whether the use these methodological devices can further our understanding of regulatory issues while providing a sound basis for policymaking in democratic societies.

Next (Weeks 6-11), we will turn to applied topics (e.g., constitutional law/institutional design, environmental protection, international trade law and dispute resolution, and federalism). We will be applying L&E tools in particular legal areas.

The final part of the course (Weeks 12-14) is reserved for discussion of empirical and non-empirical studies that have used and in fact have gone beyond the traditional formal law and economics framework. The varied nature of the topics covered will allow students to summarize, prepare and deliver in-class presentations on these academic articles. Students who are not comfortable or familiar with empirical analyses may request the instructor to present on other non-assigned/non-empirical separate chapters of the textbooks.

Taught By:
Juscelino F. Colares

International Trade Law (3 cr)

LAW 767
Intergovernmental trade regulation through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/World Trade Organization and regulation of unfair trade practices under U.S. law.

Taught By:
Juscelino F. Colares

Copyright - Literary and Artistic Works (3 cr)

LAW 768
Advanced copyright course. In-depth exploration of a number of copyright-law areas in music, fine arts, and film and issues on the boundaries of copyright law. Includes fair use, work for hire in both industry and academia, compensation for ideas, moral rights, right of publicity, the impact of new technologies on research, data bases and fact-based works, infringement on unpublished works, and international copyright protection.

Taught By:
Laura G. Lape

Advanced Trial Practice (2 cr)

LAW 769
Advanced training in direct and cross-examination, witness interviewing and preparation, negotiation techniques, voir dire and jury preparation, final arguments, discovery, pretrial and trial motions, pretrial conferences, jury trial techniques, and posttrial procedure.

Taught By:
James Reid, Domenic Trunfio

Not-for-Profit Organizations, Law, Taxation, and Policy (2 cr)

LAW 773
A study of the federal and state laws (corporate, tax, administrative) governing and regulating not-for-profit organizations, and the policy considerations underlying those laws. Among the many organizations to be considered are, charitable, educational and religious organizations; social clubs; civic and business leagues; political parties and political action committees. The course will also examine the application of those laws in modern legal practice.

Taught By:
Deborah S. Kenn

Chinese Law (3 cr)

LAW 774
Focus on the development of the Chinese legal system since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, with due attention to social, political, and economic factors. Close examination of areas of substantive and procedural law, such as constitutional law, professional responsibility, criminal law and procedure, and labor law.

Taught By:
Hilary K. Josephs

Internet Law (3 cr)

LAW 775
A survey of legal issues relating to computers and computer networks, including electronic commerce, the protection and enforcement of proprietary rights in software and electronic works, privacy and security, and content regulation. This course also explores the evidentiary use of computer records and other emerging issues in computer law.

Taught By:
George McGuire

Elder Law (3 cr)

LAW 777
This course will address ethical issues related to the competency assessment of elder clients. Income maintenance, including Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, and other public and private pensions as well as Medicare and Medicaid, will be considered. Guardianship, long-term care, and estate planning will be considered as well. Additional topics may include employment discrimination, housing, health care decision making, and elder abuse.

Taught By:
Nina A. Kohn

International Human Rights (3 cr)

LAW 778
Provides an apparatus for analyzing the major social, legal and political changes occurring everywhere from St. Petersburg to Soweto and from Managua to Manila, for critiquing governmental policies that precipitate and respond to them, for understanding the conceptual underpinnings of the human rights system, and for acquiring the tools to conduct legal and political advocacy of human rights. A major research paper and oral presentation are required.

Taught By:
No professors currently teach this course

Prosecuting Terrorists in Article III Courts (3 cr)

LAW 779
This course will examine the use of civilian Article III courts to prosecute terrorists by following the logical course of a prosecution - legal basis, investigative techniques, litigation and sentencing issues. Major topics include: Principles of counter-terrorist prosecutions, major legislative packages, definitions of terrorism, numerous selected criminal statutes, overview of the intelligence community, overview of federal law enforcement agencies, use and protection national security information, Fourth Amendment framework, the Attorney General's Guidelines, U.S. agents acting abroad, electronic surveillance, interviews and interrogation, use of the grand jury, material witness, the Classified Information Procedures Act, physical security, witness protection, relevant United States Sentencing Commission Guidelines, litigation strategies and case studies.

Taught By:
William C. Snyder

Forensic Evidence (3 cr)

LAW 781
This course will survey the legal and scientific issues arising in forensic settings, such as fingerprint identification, handwriting identification, bite mark identifications, voice identification, weapons identifications, DNA testing, alcohol and drug testing, and polygraph testing.

Taught By:
Sanjay Chhablani

Law and the Innovation Economy (2 cr)

LAW 783
This course will explore the legal and professional ethical landscape presented when non-profit organizations (including university research enterprises) engage in economic development through commercialization of scientific research. Students will be exposed to realistic scenarios with guest speakers. They will learn to spot issues and how to apply the law as an advocate for their client. Through drafting, group discussion, presentations and simulations students will learn how to communicate effectively with lawyers and non-lawyer researchers, academic administrators and business executives. Pre- or co-requisites: Basic corporate law; basic intellectual property law

Taught By:
No professors currently teach this course

Advanced Torts (3 cr)

LAW 785
This course will explore the substantive laws of products liability, medical malpractice, workplace injuries, defamation and invasions of privacy; through use of case studies will develop action plans, draft pleadings, and other mechanisms used in tort litigation.

Taught By:
Hon. John Cherundolo

Lawyer as Negotiator (3 cr)

LAW 786
A study of negotiation and the lawyer's role in the negotiating process, ethical problems in negotiation, negotiation skills taught through simulated negotiations.

Taught By:
Thomas J. Maroney

Children and the Law (3 cr)

LAW 787
Parent-child, child-state relationships. Education, health, welfare, child abuse, juvenile delinquency, and representation of children will be covered in this course.

Taught By:
Sarah Ramsey

Immigration Law (3 cr)

LAW 788
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, exclusion and deportation, and nonimmigrant status.

Taught By:
Ramon Rivera

Counterterrorism and the Law (3 cr)

LAW 790
This course will concern U.S. and international law responses to terrorism. The course will include a brief overview and history of terrorism. Topics will include legal definitions of terrorism, investigation and intelligence collection in the U.S. and abroad, apprehension of terrorists across borders, immigration and border controls, prosecution of terrorists, sanctions against terrorism and its supporters (including reprisal, assassination, asset freeze and forfeiture), crisis and consequence management in the event of terrorist attacks (including martial law and detention, domestic use of the military, catastrophic emergency measures, hostage and rescue operations), and law reform issues

Taught By:
William C. Banks

Secured Transactions (3 cr)

LAW 791
This course deals in depth with the creation and perfection of security interests in personal property, priority claims, and remedies upon debtor's defaut under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Additionally, some consideration is given to related concepts under the Federal Bankruptcy Code. Irregular course offering.

Taught By:
Robert Ashford

Regulatory Law and Policy (3 cr)

LAW 794
An advanced exploration of regulatory decision making, focusing on the reasons for and methods used in implementing regulation; how policy and politics impact on regulatory decisions and relate to the legal authority of agencies; case studies of regulatory programs, their successes, and failures. Course requirements include one or more research papers that will meet the College of Law writing requirement. Administrative Law or Public Administration and Law are prerequisites for this course. This one-semester course is a J.D./M.P.A. program requirement.

Taught By:
No professors currently teach this course

Canadian Law (3 cr)

Law 795
The course is intended to provide students with an overview of the law and legal systems of Canada. It will explore Canada’s historical development, legal structure, and place within the common law world. Covering topics such as Federalism, Responsible Government, the Charter of Rights, Family Law, Conflicts of Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, First Nations, Hate Speech, and Business Law the course will concentrate on both the similarities and differences with U.S. law and the probable reasons for the differences. Some attention will be devoted to the law of Quebec and the duality of its legal system. At least one week will be spent on conducting legal research in Canadian Law, but the course is not a research course.

Taught By:
Thomas R. French

Constitutional Criminal Procedures - Adj. (3 cr)

LAW 796
Constitutional and statutory requirements for adjudicative procedures in criminal cases. Topics include accusatory instruments, bail, discovery, guilty pleas, double jeopardy, speedy trial, fair trial, jury trial, assistance of counsel, and confrontation.

Taught By:
Sanjay Chhablani

Foundational Skills for Attorney Licensing (2 cr)

LAW 800
The course will provide an understanding of the bar review and bar exam process as well as the skills necessary to be successful in the licensing process . A significant portion of the course will be spent discussing how to approach and do well on practice bar exam questions, including essays, performance tests and multiple choice questions. Time will be spent discussing how to learn from bar review outlines and lectures, and how to conduct a self-assessment to understand personal study habits and adjustments which must be made prior to the review of bar-tested subjects . The course will also cover specific topics and skills to help students understand how to manage their attitude, stress, and study time.

Taught By:
No professors currently teach this course

Family Law Pro Bono Service (Course) (2 cr)

LAW 807
This course will provide students with the opportunity to work with actual family law problems, especially those involving low-income persons, and to provide needed services to the community. Students will study substantive materials related to family law and the intersection of family and poverty law in the context of developing training and other materials; assisting pro bono or non-profit legal service providers; and assisting other non-profit organizations related to family law. The class is divided into two segments: a regular class meeting time (2 credit hours) and a placement (LAW 820, one credit hour). The placement is arranged depending on student interest and placement opportunities. In prior years, most students work four consecutive hours per week at a placement. A number of students, for example, have worked at the Onondaga County Courthouse, assisting domestic violence victims fill out petitions for protection orders through a Vera House sponsored program. Some students have worked for Legal Services of Central New York on family law related matters and at other locations. The class is exempt from the grading curve.

Taught By:
Heidi White McCormick

General Counsel (3 cr)

LAW 811
This applied learning course is designed to expose students to a number of areas of practice that are common for house counsel. Students will work individually and in teams and undertake simulations in litigation management, agreement negotiation and drafting, employment problems, and intellectual property practice. Students will learn how lawyers handle complex problems in such diverse areas and may conduct research, draft agreements and file memoranda, conduct interviews, and negotiate to resolve the issues found in practical exercises that will be the backbone of the course.

Taught By:
Erin Clarkson, Kimberly Townsend

Technology Transactions Law (3 cr)

LAW 814
The classroom component offered in coordination with the Technology Transfer Research Center which includes extensive readings on law, technology and business topics, case study problems, software simulations, and lectures and discussions based upon assigned work.

Taught By:
Theodore Hagelin

Technology Commercialization Research Center (3 cr)

LAW 815
Will operate in conjunction with CASE Technology-Transfer Research Center. Interns will work in the CTRC and attend a series of classes devoted to technology transfer subjects.

Taught By:
Theodore Hagelin

Commercial Real Estate Practice (2 cr)

LAW 816
This applied learning course will build on the fundamentals of the Real Estate Transactions I course, and will focus on the development of a regional shopping mall which will provide a framework for the course outline. The course will not only provide ways to convey many of the concepts found in this type of real estate, but will also provide the basis to explore the relationship between the real estate concepts and the business framework of which they become a part. Case law will be utilized to supplement certain interpretations of Real Property Law. Real Estate Transactions I is a prerequisite for this course.

Taught By:
Marc Malfitano

Family Law Pro Bono Service (Placement) (1 cr)

LAW 820
This course will provide students with the opportunity to work with actual family law problems, especially those involving low-income persons, and to provide needed services to the community. Students will study substantive materials related to family law and the intersection of family and poverty law in the context of developing training and other materials; assisting pro bono or non-profit legal service providers; and assisting other non-profit organizations related to family law. The class is divided into two segments: a regular class meeting time and a placement (LAW 820, one credit hour). The placement is arranged depending on student interest and placement opportunities. In prior years, most students work four consecutive hours per week at a placement. A number of students, for example, have worked at the Onondaga County Courthouse, assisting domestic violence victims fill out petitions for protection orders through a Vera House sponsored program. Some students have worked for Legal Services of Central New York on family law related matters. The class is exempt from the grading curve.

Taught By:
Heidi White McCormick

Domestic Violence (3 cr)

LAW 821
This course will analyze case law as well as other text and articles applicable to domestic violence cases. One of the objectives of this course will be to expose, through class discussions, some of the misconceptions regarding domestic violence and its victims. Students will have the opportunity to participate in simulated exercises designed to develop interviewing and information gathering techniques necessary for the thorough representation of the domestic violence victim in court. Visits to the class by guest speakers are also planned. The course will delve into all of the possible issues that need to be addressed in representing the domestic violence victim.

Taught By:
No professors currently teach this course

National Security and Counterterrorism Research Center (3 cr)

LAW 822
The National Security and Counterterrorism Research Center serves as a working research laboratory for law and other graduate students interested in national security and counter-terrorism issues. Students will work in teams on research projects assigned by the director. Other faculty within Syracuse University and experts outside the University may also participate in the development and implementation of research projects. Typically the projects will involve assessments of legal and law-related issues of concern to federal, state, and local government officials in responding to national security and terrorism threats. Other projects may examine private sector security concerns. Research projects may be pursuant to contract arrangements with sources external to Syracuse University, while others may be developed from within the College of Law or the University.

Taught By:
William C. Banks, David M. Crane

Civil Actions: Procedures and Pre-Trial Discovery (3 cr)

LAW 836
This course is designed to prepare future attorneys for the practice of law by providing a firm foundation on how to evaluate, investigate and prosecute a civil claim - from the discovery stage up to the time of trial. This is a course that is designed for second or third-year law students specifically, and those who have previously taken evidence and have previously taken or are concurrently enrolled in trial practice. It is a course distinctly designed to evaluate how to handle the preparation and pretrial activities in a personal injury litigation scenario. The course will use New York State Law for classroom purposes, and as such, is most useful for those students who intend to practice personal injury tort law in the State of New York, although students intending to practice in other jurisdictions will benefit as well.

Taught By:
Hon. John Cherundolo

Binary Economics and Property Rights Seminar: (3 cr)

LAW 838
One of the most important duties of lawyers is to help people identify and secure their essential rights and responsibilities. Serving clients effectively requires that lawyers ask the right questions. When addressing economic rights, here are nine important questions: (1) Why does wealth tend to concentrate in market economies even in times of great prosperity? (2) Why does the great promise of the industrial revolution (abundance and leisure) remain unfulfilled for most people? (3) Why does every generation of students graduate deeper in debt? (4) What is behind the adage, “It takes money to make money”? (5) How can more economic opportunity become more broadly distributed? (6) What are the growth and distributive consequences of the fact that most capital is acquired with the earnings of capital? (7) Is there a practical, efficient way to enable all people to acquire capital with the earnings of capital, without taking anything from existing owners? (8) What is the relationship between the distribution of capital ownership and the functioning of a democracy? (9) What role can lawyers play in pursuing these and related questions to better serve their clients, themselves, and society? This seminar will explore these and related questions. The seminar will not require an above average mathematical aptitude or prior exposure to economics, but rather only an open mind and a willingness to approach economic issues from a foundation grounded in professional responsibility. Students will read assigned material, do additional reading of their own choosing, make an in-class presentation (optional), and write a paper that will satisfy the writing requirement for graduation.

Taught By:
Robert Ashford

Law, Politics and the Media (3 cr)

Law 839
The American judicial system today operates in a complex environment of legal principle, political pressure, and media coverage. The separate elements of this complex environment are typically studied by different groups of individuals working from different perspectives. Law faculty tend to focus on legal principle; political scientists examine the influence of politics; and scholars of public communication assess the media. The goal of this course is to introduce students to the court system and its environment as a single, integrated subject of study. To this end, the course is taught by a team of faculty instructors drawn from law, journalism, and political science. Academic discussions are complemented by lectures from sitting judges, practicing lawyers, and working journalists. Topics to be covered in the course include: conventional understandings of judicial independence; contemporary public opinion of the courts; the ethics of good judging and good journalism; the politics of judicial elections and judicial appointments; the possibilities for judicial reform; the politics of judicial budgets; the media, tort reform, and the litigation crisis; “trials of the century;” the media treatment of wrongful convictions and cold cases; and the relationship between press coverage, the courts, and national security.

Taught By:
Keith J. Bybee

Law of Armed Conflict (2 cr)

LAW 840
Mankind has attempted to regulate the horror of war for centuries. This seminar will review those attempts, focusing on the modern era. Particular attention will be paid to recent challenges related to the war on terror and the ramifications for future enforcement of these key principles. Any student interested in practicing national security law or going into international criminal justice must have a clear understanding of the law of armed conflict. This seminar will assist in that understanding. The student will have the opportunity to be involved in several practical exercises that will reinforce their learning and write a paper on various cutting edge issues, of their choosing, related to the law of armed conflict.

Taught By:
David M. Crane

History of the Regulation of Trade and Business (2 cr)

LAW 846
This experimental course will explore the legal and moral principles of business and trade regulation over 5,000 years. Students will learn about ancient regulation of prices, for which violators were executed; usury laws; licensing and other concepts as they evolved into our current system. Understanding the history of regulation will help lawyers, business owners and executives navigate regulatory regimes.

Taught By:
David Johnston

Contemporary American Legal Thought (3 cr)

LAW 847
This course will explore a variety of contemporary schools of legal thought, with an emphasis on their understanding of the nature of law and, where applicable, the appropriate objectives of law and law reform. The course will begin with an overview of the historical roots of today’s thinking, exploring Langdell’s orthodoxy, Oliver Wendell Holmes’ reaction thereto, and the highly influential legal realists. The course will then turn to its more central focus: the legal process school and the contemporary progeny of legal realism (e.g., law and economics, critical legal studies, law and feminism). The course will also expose students to a powerful new alternative to these popular schools of thought, namely the cultural study of law.

Taught By:
Rakesh K. Anand

Insurance & Society Seminar (2 cr)

LAW 850
This course will explore the manner in which insurance affects society. Issues such as tort reform, reinsurance, racial redlining and the current crisis over Katrina will be discussed. The basic Insurance Law class is a prerequisite. Meets the College of Law writing requirement. Irregular course offering.

Taught By:
Aviva Abramovsky

Business Valuation Law (3 cr)

Law 860
An understanding of the principles of valuation is essential to a wide array of legal practice areas ranging from corporate law to marital dissolution. This course will focus on the concepts and methodologies employed to evaluate privately held and publicly traded enterprises. The fundamental and market-based business valuation theories and techniques will be examined, including the capitalization of earnings method, the dividend discount model, the discounted cash flow method, the capital asset pricing model, and the efficient capital market hypothesis. Additional topics will include the applicability of minority and marketability discounts and the exclusivity of appraisal rights. Students will have the opportunity to analyze business valuation problems and discuss the implications of the various business valuation models. Pre or co requisite: Corporations.

Taught By:
Dori K. Bailey

Public Health Law (3 cr)

LAW 862
This course deals with the law which empowers, tailors and limits federal, state and local governmental efforts to enhance and protect the health of the general population. It will make use of case studies of government educational and regulatory efforts in several areas of historic and very current controversy to examine issues which commonly arise with that law.

The course will introduce students to the constitutional foundations and limits on the essential power of national, state and local governments and their officials to protect the health of individuals in areas where such protection may conflict with other important rights, such as with abortion, ‘immoral’ behavior, religious practices and beliefs, and with seat belts, ferrets and fluoridation.

It will examine the use of peculiarly public-health-protective techniques such as quarantine and other liberty-restricting methods in the context of traditional diseases such as tuberculosis, newer diseases such as HIV/AIDS, and more recent threats of pandemic (including the H1N1 flu) and biological terrorism. Recognizing the public health system’s needs for accurate information in fashioning government responses and programs, the course will look at the law related to public health ‘surveillance’ – the law about the effective collection and maintenance of information and its use in biomedical research. In examining case studies about contagious diseases, environmentally-related cancers and DNA-banking, students will be exposed to tensions between the public health system’s need for information and the privacy rights of individuals about whom such information is gathered.

In the context of government efforts – and private individuals’ efforts – to regulate tobacco use/smoking, the course will look at the special problems inherent in the regulation of health-harming activities which the government is unwilling to bad outright. Those include problems in regulating advertising and other forms of communication by business actors, in litigation by injured persons and in ‘regulation’ by private entities such as employers. Likewise, the course will consider the special problems which arise when the law seeks to encourage healthier behaviors, exploring case studies of efforts to affect drug abuse and obesity. It will inspect the appropriateness of and problems with criminalization, regulation and education as legal responses to these public health problems.

The course will conclude with scrutiny of possible public health responses to existing difficulties linked to the possession and use of guns and to future problems linked to the threat of bioterrorism. It will use the gun cases to focus on how the law determines the proper remedial steps to respond to a non-traditional threat to public health. It will explore planned responses to bioterrorism to enable students to focus on the law of “public health preparedness” and to explore the significance of global threats to domestic public health along with the significance of international actors in enhancing/protecting public health both in the U.S. and elsewhere.

This course is expected to be open to law students and graduate students in SUNY Upstate’s medical school and its Master’s in Public Health joint program with S.U. It will attempt to blend in experiential learning by linking students to public health work being done locally and in New York State.

This course should be useful for law students who anticipate doing work directly (or indirectly as a lawyer with a firm which works) with governments, schools, hospitals and health-care providers, the military and insurers, among many others. It should be useful for non-lawyers who anticipate working with or for any such entities or who anticipate planning or doing research in areas linked to public health, either domestically or internationally.

Taught By:
Peter Bell

Estate Planning Seminar (3 cr)

LAW 864
This seminar will explore estate planning from two perspectives. First, it will deal with the substantive aspects of estate and gift tax and property law (including joint interests, life insurance and retirement plan proceeds) which must be considered in developing an estate plan. Wills, trusts and other planning techniques will be considered in detail. Second, the practical aspects of dealing with estate planning clients will be considered in depth, including how to explain difficult technical matters to the client, how to present documents to clients in an understandable format, and issues of ethics and professionalism. Short drafting and writing exercises as well as a substantial paper, consisting of a package of client memoranda and documents, will be required.

Taught By:
Terry L. Turnipseed

Natural Resources Law (3 cr)

LAW 865
This course examines the law governing the use and conservation of natural resources, primarily (but not exclusively) on federally owned land. Natural Resources Law addresses wilderness preservation, forestry, mineral extraction, protection of wildlife, environment impact analysis, and water allocation.

Taught By:
No professors currently teach this course

Banking Law (3 cr)

LAW 866
Federal and state laws and regulations affecting banks in the United States.

Taught By:
No professors currently teach this course

Property and Tax from Ancient Athens to America (2 cr)

LAW 867
This is an experimental course on the ancient roots of modern law. Students will learn how the ancients developed concepts of private property and tax, adjudicated disputes, and developed concepts that influence the law today. Understanding the development of legal theory will help lawyers, business owners and executives understand the theory underneath the practical application of the law, giving them insights into the principles.

Taught By:
David Johnston

War Crimes Trials (3 cr)

LAW 869
Beginning in November 1945, in an unprecedented attempt to bring war criminals to justice, more than 20 senior government officials and military leaders of Hitler’s Third Reich were indicted and tried, in what has become known as the Nuremberg Trial, for crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Earlier that fall, the SS commandants, officers and guards who had been arrested by the British upon the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, had been tried before a British military tribunal. These were the first of numerous trials of Nazi war criminals and related criminal and civil proceedings arising out of the Holocaust. This seminar will examine legal and ethical issues raised in these and other trials of Nazi war criminals and individuals accused of collaborating with the Nazis in perpetrating crimes against humanity, including the Eichmann Trial in Jerusalem, the Auschwitz Trial of former SS officials and guards held in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany in 1963-65, the 1963-64 Tel Aviv trial of Hersz Barenblat, the head of the Jewish police in the ghetto of Bedzin, Poland, and the trials of Klaus Barbie (1987), Paul Touvier (1994) and Maurice Papon (1997-98) in France.

Taught By:
No professors currently teach this course

Foreign Relations (3 cr)

LAW 871
This course examines history, doctrine, and policy involving U.S. engagements with foreign governments, organizations, and individuals. Our focus will be the historical development and contemporary negotiation of the diverse legal orders, subjects, and spheres of action implicated in contemporary foreign relations. Economic relations will occupy much of our attention. Central questions include: (1) With what method does the U.S. negotiate its coexisting obligations under conventional, customary; constitutional, statutory, and administrative legal orders? (2) What roles do legal subjects such as legislatures, executives, courts, agencies, non-state entities, non-governmental organizations, and multi-national corporations play in ordering foreign relations? (3)How do the foregoing methods and roles differ across contexts of war, occupation, aid, trade, sanctions, finance, and migration? We will address the preceding descriptive questions’ normative corollaries as well. By both canvassing and critiquing foreign relations history, law, and policy, students will acquire the basic knowledge and skills required for analysis and argument within the field.

Taught By:
Tucker Culbertson

Race and Law (3 cr)

LAW 880
Race and Law is a 3-credit graduate law discussion class critically examining the ways laws and courts address issues of race and construct race relations in the United States. Primary readings are historical and modern legal cases, the U.S. constitution, relevant U.S. statutes, and interdisciplinary scholarship on race and law. This course studies the history of treatment of African-Americans, Native peoples, Latinos, Asians and White people in American law before we look at particular topic areas and contemporary legal analyses. Topics may include equality doctrine, education and segregation, civil rights (e.g., housing, employment, public accommodations, and legal responses to civil rights organizing), criminal laws, policing and profiling, and prisons, sexuality and family, immigration, and existing and potential legal remedies. Weekly reading assignments, periodic online exercises, and active, engaged class discussions of assigned materials are critical components of the course. Students are required to write a 10-12 page analytical paper on one of the topics covered in the course and based on course materials and readings. Students may also be required to facilitate a class discussion on reading assignments and create a research bibliography. This law school course is open to non-law graduate students on a limited basis. Non-law students are required to get permission of the professor before enrolling in this law school class. Irregular course offering.

Taught By:
Leslie Bender

Tribal Business Development (3 cr)

LAW 881
This course focuses on the law and process of economic development within sovereign American Indian nations, particularly the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. Topics to be addressed include: (i) lands and economic history; (ii) governments and their influence; (iii) nationalism v. entrepreneurship; (iv) tax and regulatory advantages and immunity; (v) cigarettes, gas and gaming; (vi) financing challenges; and (vii) institutional development and economic diversification. This course will be useful for students interested in international business, as well as those interested in practicing in New York State. Professor Porter is a citizen of the Seneca Nation, has twice been appointed as the Seneca Nation’s chief counsel, and also serves as the Chairman of Seneca Holdings, LLC, the Nation’s newly formed general development company. Grades will be based upon a course project and class participation. No exam will be given and the course does not satisfy the writing requirement.

Taught By:
Robert Odawi Porter

Administration of Criminal Justice (2 cr)

LAW 885
Jurisdictional and procedural rules in context of complex litigation. Relationship between procedural rules and the development of substantive law.

Taught By:
Gary T. Kelder

Concept of a Lawyer Seminar (3 cr)

LAW 887
Lawyers are men and women of action. They are also individuals with power. This course explores a basic question that every practitioner faces throughout his or her professional career and that bears directly on the exercise of that power: What does it mean to be a lawyer? Students will examine a variety of conceptions of the lawyer, including neutral partisan, moral activist, public servant, statesman, religious-oriented individual, caring person and businessman/businesswoman.

Taught By:
Rakesh K. Anand

Child Health Policy (3 cr)

LAW 890
Child Health Policy is a 3-credit, interdisciplinary course that will address how policy affects child health and influences parental decision-making over their children’s health, as well as how policy influences, and is influenced by, child-serving systems (e.g., public health, education, juvenile justice). The course will cover how child health policy is developed, implemented, evaluated, and influenced – as well as the myriad of ways health policy may impact seemingly unrelated policy discussions and decisions. As an interdisciplinary course, students will study how law and medicine (specifically, “child health”) intersect, hearing from a variety of perspectives on this intersection from experts, as broadly defined (lawyers, advocates, case workers, health professionals, academics, and families themselves). Further, with the expectation that lecturers will discuss the interrelation between law, medicine, and advocacy in their respective fields, so too will it be expected that students reflect on at least two of these (law, medicine, advocacy) in their work (i.e., discussion, journals, presentations, papers). The course’s multi-disciplinary approach, and student enrollment, will contribute to a fuller view of child health policy: students gain the perspective of varied disciplines and how expertise from these disciplines might be joined to enhance effectiveness of health policy.

Taught By:
Sarah Ramsey

Climate Change: Science, Perception and Policy (3 cr)

LAW 891
Climate change (global warming) is rapidly becoming one of the most pressing issues of the twenty-first century. This course introduces students to the challenges posed by climate change through a unique multi-disciplinary exploration of the scientific, economic, policy, communicative, and even philosophical dimensions of the issue. The course will cover topics such as the current state of scientific knowledge about climate change, the role of the media in shaping public opinion on the issue, competing discourses of climate change, risk and uncertainty in decision-making, costs and benefits of different types of policies, the Kyoto protocol and other policy initiatives, actions being taken to address the issue, and the ethical dimensions of the choices facing humanity. Faculty from SU and ESF in law, economics/public administration, earth science, and environmental studies will co-teach this course and bring to students a unique dialog that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries. Moreover, emphasis will be placed on drawing out the general lessons obtained from a multi-disciplinary approach to climate change: many of the insights will be applicable to other complex, highly technical environmental problems. This course is intended to bring together students from a diverse range of backgrounds and does not have specific prerequisites.

Taught By:
David Driesen

Capital Punishment Seminar (3 cr)

LAW 892
The death penalty is society’s ultimate legal sanction, meant to be used for the worst of the worst. Given the finality and enormity of the State’s deliberate taking of a human life, the United States Supreme Court has developed a complex jurisprudence in an attempt to ensure that the death penalty is administered fairly and reliably. In this seminar, we will study this jurisprudence and evaluate its effectiveness. We will also explore issues concerning the actual administration of the death penalty, such as methods and timing of executions, conditions on death row, women on death row, mental illness and competence to be executed, the sentencing of innocent persons to death, and clemency. In addition to traditional Casebook materials, we will use documentaries and case studies to get a fuller understanding of capital punishment.

Taught By:
Sanjay Chhablani

Problems in Case Analysis and Appellate Advocacy Seminar (2 cr)

LAW 895
Legal reasoning through practice in developing written and oral arguments and reaching solutions to legal questions taken from actual cases. The emphasis will be on analysis and reasoning, not on learning legal rules. Many of the problems will be modeled on cases in the New York Court of Appeals which resulted in four to three decisions where there is no “right answer.” A discussion of some of these cases will inevitably entail arguments concerning social policy and legal philosophy.

Taught By:
Stewart Hancock Jr

Environmental Law and Policy (3 cr)

LAW 898
Introduction to the approaches used in US environmental law. Analysis of common law and statutory designs and strategies used to address environmental problems. Critically analyzes common law environmental remedies, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, hazardous waste, and other environmental laws.

Taught By:
No professors currently teach this course

Atrocity Law and Policy: Practicing before International Criminal Tribunals (2 cr)

LAW 899
International criminal law is a new discipline within the legal profession. Over the past 12 years, the discipline has developed at an exponential rate. Cutting edge rulings and decisions are setting the cornerstones in international criminal law for years to come. It is a rare opportunity for teachers, students, practitioners, and policy makers to be present at the beginnings of a new area of the law. Rarer still is the opportunity for students to be able to take a seminar from one of the senior international practitioners in the field, using his work as the basis for this seminar. Drawing upon unique experiences in West Africa, a great deal of the new ideas and fresh thinking began with our work as the Chief Prosecutor of the international war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone, called the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The seminar will use, as a case study, the entire creative process in West Africa of establishing the Office of the Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone; from planning, preparation, and executing the many tasks necessary to prosecute war criminals in a forgotten and tragic land. Using real world and contemporary cases, vignettes, and scenarios this 2 credit hour seminar will give students a rare opportunity, to study and do research with the practitioner who created the entire prosecutorial plan to prosecute those who bore the greatest responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity that resulted in the murder, rape, maiming, and mutilation of over 1.2 million human beings.

Taught By:
David M. Crane

Criminal Defense Law Clinic (6 cr)

LAW 903
Student attorneys represent clients charged with misdemeanors and violations in Syracuse City Court. They engage in extensive fact investigation, interviewing, client counseling, and plea negotiations, and appear regularly in local courts. They also assist clients with civil matters related to the pending criminal charges.

Taught By:
John P. Gross Jr.

Elder Law Clinic (6 cr)

Law 912
This clinical course will focus on representation of the elderly in a variety of substantive areas, with initial focus on administrative proceedings regarding public benefits, especially Medicaid. Students will have substantial opportunities to interview and counsel clients, conduct fact investigation, grapple with thorny ethical issues unique to elderly clients, and advocate for clients in a variety of settings, including in administrative proceedings. Students will have primary responsibility for their cases, under the guidance of the faculty member. There may be opportunities for collaboration with medical staff from the SUNY Upstate Geriatric Clinic and other professionals working with the elderly.

Taught By:
Mary Helen McNeal

Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (3 cr)

LAW 914
The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic offers legal assistance to low income taxpayers who have controversies with the I.R.S. The controversies may include collection, examination, appeals or Tax Court matters. Student attorneys will also be involved in community outreach and education regarding income tax matters.

Taught By:
Robert Nassau

Externships (2 cr)

LAW 920
The Externship Program provides students with the opportunity to work with lawyers. The Program consists of a two credit seminar that meets once a week which discusses lawyering as a profession and a 2 or 3 credit externship placement where students work under the supervision of a lawyer in offices throughout Upstate NY.

Taught By:
Ann E. Pfeiffer

Externship Placement (2 cr)

LAW 921
This is a 2 or 3 credit externship placement where students work under the supervision of a lawyer in offices throughout Upstate NY.

Taught By:
Ann E. Pfeiffer

Securities Arbitration & Consumer Law Clinic (6 cr)

LAW 922
Provides legal assistance to small investors who have lost some or all of their investments as a result of improper conduct on the part of stockbrokers, investment advisors, securities firms, and mutual funds. Students enrolled in the SAC provide representation to eligible investors who are required to use the arbitration process for the resolution of their disputes.

Taught By:
Gary Pieples, Birgitta Siegel

Disability Rights Clinic (6 cr)

LAW 923
The Disability Rights Clinic is dedicated to providing representation to individuals and groups in our community who are unable to secure representation elsewhere. One reason DRC clients are unable to find other lawyers to represent them is due to their lack of financial resources. In our community, as elsewhere, the vast majority of lawyers provide legal assistance only to those who can afford to pay for their services. And in recent years, federal funding, the major source of funding for legal services for people with low or no incomes, has been reduced dramatically. A second reason DRC clients are unable to find lawyers elsewhere relates to the types of cases they may have which may involve controversial issues or conflicts of interest for other lawyers.

DRC student attorneys practice in federal and state courts, and before administrative agencies in a broad range of civil rights matters, including race, gender, age and disability discrimination, sexual harassment, prisoners rights, immigration, accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and employment matters.

Taught By:
Michael A. Schwartz

Journal of International Law & Commerce (1 cr)

LAW 951
Please contact the Office of Student Life for more information.

Taught By:
Thomas R. French

Law Review (1 cr)

LAW 952
Please contact the Office of Student Life for more information.

Taught By:
Robin Paul Malloy

Moot Court (1 cr)

LAW 953
Please contact the Office of Student Life for more information.

Taught By:
Tomás A. Gonzalez

Community Development Law Clinic (6 cr)

LAW 955
The Community Development Law Clinic is one of only a handful of law school clinics nationwide which provide students the opportunity to represent not-for-profit housing and community organizations involved in affordable housing development and community economic development for people with low incomes. The Community Development Law Clinic was founded in 1988 with a grant from the United States Department of Education Clinical Legal Experience Program. Since 1989, Associate Professor Deborah Kenn has directed the Community Development Law Clinic, which upon the conclusion of the United States Department of Education grant in 1992, has been funded in full by the College of Law.

Taught By:
Deborah S. Kenn

Science & Technology Law Reporter (1 cr)

LAW 956
Please contact the Office of Student Life for more information.

Taught By:
Theodore Hagelin

Children's Rights and Family Law Clinic (6 cr)

LAW 957
This combined clinical offering is designed for students interested in developing legal skills in the area of children's rights and in handling various civil cases. Students will assist in cases pertaining to education, school disciplinary hearings, suspension hearings, children's access to public education and public housing. Students will also represent clients in court and in negotiations to enforce child and spousal support and on divorce and custody cases. Representation of the clients includes interviewing witnesses, gathering evidence, negotiation settlements, appearing in court, and conducting hearings and trials. During the seminar, students will discuss the fundamentals of interviewing, counseling, negotiation, and written and oral advocacy as well as the substantive areas of family and public interest law, public assistance, and social security.

Taught By:
Suzette M. Meléndez

Advanced Legal Research (3 cr)

law 959
Advanced Legal Research expands upon the foundation of research skills acquired in the first year. The course addresses effective research methods and strategies, examines the structural and theoretical underpinnings of traditional and automated research systems, and explores specialized areas of research such as legislative history, administrative law and non-legal resources. Students will have ample opportunities to refine research techniques through "hands on" practice sessions in the law library

Taught By:
No professors currently teach this course

NIABA Journal (The Digest) (1 cr)

LAW 960
Please contact the Office of Student Life for more information.

Taught By:
Robin Paul Malloy

Prof. Writing for Lawyers (3 cr)

LAW 970
This course offers second- and third-year law students an opportunity to develop further their written communication skills in the context of drafting civil litigation documents. Using civil litigation documents, students will learn/review/practice basic principles and strategies of effective writing, effective legal writing, and effective legal research. The course will emphasize the importance of organization, checklists, samples bank, point of view, audience, strategy, clarity, conciseness, self-editing, and teamwork. Further, the course will aim at helping students develop confidence in writing and creating a personal writing style.

Taught By:
M. Louise Lantzy

Impunity Watch (1 cr)

LAW 980
Please contact the Office of Student Life for more information.

Taught By:
David M. Crane

Independent Research (2 cr)

LAW 991
A student may earn 2 hours of fully graded credit for independent research under faculty supervision which results in a significant research project by the student on a topic of the student's choice. The student's research product is to be completed over a one or two-semester period. The student must secure approval of a supervising faculty member before registering for such credit. Credit will be given only for research undertaken after the student actually registers for the independent research project. Satisfactory completion of a two-semester independent research project does not constitute satisfaction of the writing requirement for graduation.

Taught By:
No professors currently teach this course