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HIST 655 - Medieval Europe to 1000
Fall (3) Daileader.
Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Viking invasions. Investigates the triumph of Christianity over paganism, barbarian invasions, interaction of German and Roman societies, rise and collapse of Carolingian Empire.
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HIST 656 - Medieval Europe since 1000
Spring (3) Daileader.
Europe during the High and Late Middle Ages. Emphasis on social, cultural and religious transformations of these periods; some attention to political narrative.
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HIST 658 - The European Renaissance
Fall or Spring (3) Homza.
Investigation into the intellectual emphases and social and political contexts of humanist practices in Europe between 1314-1598. Attention to historiography and historical method.
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HIST 659 - The Reformation in Western Europe
Fall or Spring (3) Homza.
An investigation into the Catholic and Protestant Reformations in early modern Europe, 1500-1700. Examination of the foundations and effects of religious upheaval and codification. Attention to literacy, printing, the family, the creation of confessional identity and historiography.
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HIST 663 - The Age of Absolutism and Revolution in Europe, 1648-1789
Fall (3) Schechter.
An intensive survey of Europe in transition: absolutism, enlightenment, enlightened despotism.
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HIST 664 - The Age of Absolutism and Revolution in Europe, 1789-1870
Spring (3) Schechter.
An intensive survey of Europe in transition: revolution, industrialization and the emergence of the modern state.
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HIST 669 - The History of Britain from the mid-15th to the late 18th Centuries
Fall (3) Levitan, Staff.
A survey of the political, social, economic, and cultural history of Britain.
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HIST 670 - The History of Britain from the late 18th Century to the Present
Spring (3) Levitan, Staff.
A survey of the political, social, economic, and cultural history of Britain.
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HIST 673 - East Central Europe
Fall or Spring (3) Koloski, Staff.
Modern history of the east-central region of Europe between Germany and Russia. Topics include: 19th century multi-national empires, 20th century (re)emergence of states, citizens’ struggles to define political, social, and cultural identities despite foreign domination, and post-1989 developments.
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HIST 679 - Modern Middle East
Fall and Spring (3,3) Karakaya Stump, Staff.
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HIST 680 - Modern Middle East
Fall and Spring (3,3) Karakaya Stump, Bishara.
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HIST 685 - Colloquium
Fall and Spring variable 0-2 Graded Pass/Fail
No more than 2 credits earned in this course may be applied to the number of credits required to satisfy graduate degree requirements. This course may be repeated.
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HIST 687 - Readings Courses
Fall and Spring (3,3) Staff.
Readings courses in fields as indicated by course title. These courses are open only to candidates for advanced degrees. Instructor may require students to audit relevant undergraduate lectures and take a final exam.
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HIST 691 - Intellectual History of Modern Europe: Renaissance to the Enlightenment
Fall (3) Benes, Staff.
Cultural and intellectual development of the Western world from the end of the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment.
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HIST 692 - Intellectual History of Modern Europe: 19th to the 21st Centuries
Spring (3) Benes, Staff.
Cultural and intellectual development of the Western world from the Enlightenment to the present.
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HIST 700 - Thesis
Fall and Spring (3, 3) Kitamura (Fall), Levitan (Spring)
Research and writing for Master’s thesis. This course may be repeated for credit.
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HIST 701 - History and Literature of History
Fall (3) Staff.
A review of the principal themes of modern scholarship on Early American, United States, or Comparative history. Coverage of major writers, the topics that most attracted their attention, and the schools of interpretation into which they may be grouped. (Open only to candidates for advanced degrees.)
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HIST 701-01 - American History to 1870
Fall (3) Rushforth
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HIST 701-02 - Comparative and Transnational History
Fall (3) Levitan
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HIST 702 - History and Literature of American History Since 1870
Spring (3) Fisher.
A review of the principal themes of modern scholarship on Early American, United States, or Comparative history. Coverage of major writers, the topics that most attracted their attention, and the schools of interpretation into which they may be grouped. (Open only to candidates for advanced degrees.)
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HIST 705 - Teaching History
Spring (1) Corney. Graded Pass/Fail.
An exploration of the variety of teaching philosophies, techniques, and outcomes in higher education, taught by the faculties of History and American Studies. Required of all doctoral students who wish to serve as teaching fellows, but open to all degree candidates in those fields.
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HIST 710 - Research Seminar: America to 1815
Fall (3) Prado.
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HIST 711 - Research Seminar: U.S. History, 1815-present
Fall (3) Kitamura.
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HIST 713 - Research Seminar: Comparative History
Fall (3) Prado.
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HIST 720 - Readings Seminar in Comparative or Transnational History
Fall and Spring (3, 3) Staff.
Readings seminars explore, primarily through secondary literature, specific areas or aspects of history. (Open only to candidates for advanced degrees.) Topics frequently offered include:
- Approaches to World History. Schechter
- Comparative Race Relations. Konefal
- Comparative Revolutions. Corney
- Comparative Slavery. Rushforth
- Empires and Imperialism. Zutshi
- Transnational Environmental History. Zutshi
- History and Memory in Europe and America. Corney
- Nations and Nationalism. Benes
- Religious Violence. Homza
This course may be repeated for credit when topic differs.
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HIST 721 - Advanced Readings Courses
Fall or Spring (3) Staff.
Readings courses in fields as indicated by course title. These courses are open only to candidates for advanced degrees. Students should secure instructor’s permission during the pre-registration period. This course may be repeated for credit when topic differs.
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HIST 722 - Early American History to 1815
Fall and Spring (3,3) Staff.
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HIST 723 - United States History Since 1815
Fall and Spring (3,3) Staff.
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HIST 725 - Colonial Period of Latin American History
Fall or Spring (3) Prado.
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HIST 726 - National Period of Latin American History since 1824
Fall or Spring (3) Konefal.
(Normally intended for students preparing a doctoral field in Latin American history.)
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HIST 731 - Medieval Europe: 400-1450
Fall and Spring (3,3) Daileader.
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HIST 732 - Europe: 1400-1648
Fall and Spring (3,3) Homza, Koloski, Popper.
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HIST 733 - Europe 1648-1815
Fall and Spring (3,3) Schechter, Popper, Levitan.
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HIST 734 - Europe 1815-1945
Fall and Spring (3,3) Benes, Koloski, Levitan.
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HIST 735 - Russia and Europe 1905 to the Present
Fall and Spring (3,3) Corney.
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HIST 736 - England to 1485
Fall and Spring (3,3) Staff.
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HIST 737 - England 1485-1714
Fall and Spring (3,3) Popper.
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HIST 738 - England since 1714
Fall and Spring (3,3) Levitan.
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HIST 741 - East Asia: 1600-1850
Fall and Spring (3,3) Han, Mosca.
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HIST 742 - East Asia 1850 to Present
Fall and Spring (3,3) Han, Mosca.
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HIST 743 - Africa: 1800 to the Present
Fall and Spring (3,3) Vinson.
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HIST 745 - The Modern Middle East: 1500 to 1800
Fall and Spring (3,3) Karakaya Stump, Bishara.
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HIST 746 - The Modern Middle East: 1800 to the Present
Fall and Spring (3,3) Karakaya Stump, Bishara.
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HIST 758 - Directed Research
Fall and Spring (3, 3) Staff. Prerequisite(s): Instructor’s permission required.
This course may be repeated for credit.
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HIST 759 - Topics in History
Fall and Spring (3,3) Staff. Graded Pass/Fail. Prerequisite(s): Instructor’s permission required.
An examination of selected topics in history. (Open only to doctoral candidates.) This course may be repeated once when instructor determines there will be no duplication of material.
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HIST 800 - Dissertation
Fall and Spring 1 Kitamura (Fall), Levitan (Spring)
Research and writing of doctoral dissertation. This course may be repeated for credit.
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LAW M01 - Human Rights Law Europe
A survey of European human rights and freedoms, both under the European Convention of Human Rights and the legal system of the European Union. Special attention shall be devoted to differences in the legal framework and techniques used under the two European systems, as well as its main enforcers: the European Court of Human Rights, in Strasbourg, and the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg.
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LAW M04 - Legal System Eu
After a brief introduction on the motives and history of European integration, the course provides an accurate portrait of the general framework and functioning of the legal system of the European Union, with special emphasis on the decision-making process, the distribution of power between member states and the EU,and the principles that govern the relationship between the legal systems of the EU and its member states. Additional study will follow in the legal setting of the European Common Market. Attention will be paid to the economic liberties guaranteed by the Treaty of Rome, as well as the other rights and duties shaping the legal environment of any corporation conducting business in Europe. (Students may enroll in M04 or M05, but not both.
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LAW M05 - Euro Union Law/Pol
An introduction to the European Union (EU) legal system and the political work of its institutions, with an appendix on NAFTA. The course studies EU decision-making, focusing on the Commission, the Council and European Parliament. Attention will be given to the Community’s system of legal remedies and the European Court of Justice, its constitutional principles, and the expansion of Community powers. Finally, the course covers rules on free movement of goods inside the European market. (Students may enroll in M04 or M05 but not both).
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LAW M12 - Intl Environmental Law
The course considers topics such as liability in transboundary pollution; institutional framework of international environmental regimes; the cooperative system of management of global environmental problems (climate change, biodiversity loss…) and of the global commons (atmosphere, oceans, Antarctica….); debt for nature swaps; environmental restraints on international aid and technology transfer; international trade and the environment (WTO and the environment; unilateral environmental measures and trade sanctions; shipping of hazardous waste; CITES….); international environmental torts and human rights; and environmental issues in transnational contracts, mergers and acquisitions.
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LAW M13 - Securities Reg in Europe
Securities Regulation in Europe The course will examine the European Financial Services Action Plan and how, for financial markets ans services, it has developed the general freedoms (freedom of establishment, freedom to provide services) established under European Law. The course will also review the common requirements imposed to harmonize business conduct rules on the stock markets (Directive on Market Abuse). Lastly, following the general trend towards corporate governance reform, the course will consider European developments in the area and the European response to the Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
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LAW M16 - Comparative Corporations
An exploration of the legal structure of corporate institutions both in the United States and Europe, emphasizing the control of managers in publicly held corporations; the mechanisms to establish US/European corporations; and the distribution of authority among shareholders, directors and officers. The course then moves to the differing views of the corporation’s proper role in society and the present debate, on both sides of the Atlantic, about the ideal corporate governance structure.
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LAW M17 - Comparative Family Law
This course will serve as both a survey course on family law in the U.S. and an exercise in comparative legal studies. The materials will relate to core topics in family law - marriage, paternity, divorce, property distribution, and child custody and visitation - but will include, in addition to U.S. law materials, primary and secondary sources of law from other countries relating to those topics.
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LAW M18 - European Internet Law
An overview of this increasingly globalized area of the law through an examination of how the European Union (EU) and European countries, together with their respective courts, have addressed it. After the study of the Internet itself and of Internet law and governance, the course will cover two main areas: first, the basis of the regulation of the physical network for information and communication technologies in Europe according to the telecom policies; second, the regulation of Net contents by focusing on the following aspects: civil rights in cyberspace (including its projection on labor relations), substantive and jurisdictional problems arising from cybercrime, the law of intellectual property in the Internet and electronic commerce. Finally, we will address future trends in the Internet world (such as big data, the Internet of Things and cloud computing) as well as their respective legal implications.
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LAW M22 - Civil Law & Comp Const Law
Introduction to Civil Law and Comparative Constitutional Law Structured in two parts, the course begins by introducing the particular approach to the law and the distinct way of legal thinking that characterize the Civil Law legal tradition and mark the contrast with the Common Law legal culture. It explores how and why these two legal paths developed and examines the contemporary trend towards convergence. The second part focuses on major aspects of Comparative Constitutional Law. Against the background of successive waves of democratization after the Second World War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, consideration will be given to the issues of constitution-making, designing democracy, constitution-interpreting and constitutional courts. The phenomenon of judicial globalization will also be given special attention.
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LAW M27 - Sp Top in Env Law: Climate Chg
This course will examine the phenomenon of global climate change and its implications for law and policy across all institutional levels. Climate change will be examined both as a physical and social phenomenon with implications for scientific, legal, economic, and political systems. In addition to exploring the global response, the course will study the U.S. approach, including federal, state, local and private initiatives. Topics of study may include, among others, renewable energy, sustainable land development, property rights and climate change, food sustainability, carbon sequestration, and regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.
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LAW M28 - Intl Intellectual Property
Much commerce crosses international borders; a good portion of that commerce comprises copyrightable material like books, movies, and music, or patentable materials like machinery and pharmaceutical drugs; even more of it is sold under one or more trademarks. International commerce gives rise to international questions and disputes: may a U.S. patent holder enforce a patent in Spain? May a U.S. website operator publish photographs of French fashion designs when those designs are copyrighted in France but not in the U.S.? This course examines questions like these, with attention to fundamental underlying questions such as how intellectual property rights are obtained, how they are enforced, how they are lost, what country’s law applies to international disputes, and what country’s courts have jurisdiction over such disputes. Prior courses in intellectual property law will be helpful, but are not a prerequisite.
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LAW M29 - International Criminal Law
This course examines the emergence of international criminal law during the last century and asseses the desirability and efficacy of international criminal prosecutions as a response to large-scale violence. The course traces the development of international criminal law, focusing primary attention on events taking place since the Nuremburg and Tokyo Tribunals, and concentrating in particular on the work of the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and East Timor, as well as the International Criminal Court. The course traces the substantive development of international criminal law through an examination of the core international crimes, namely: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and aggression. The course will likewise trace the development of international criminal procedure, a unique body of law that blends features of adversarial and non-adversarial criminal justice systems. Finally, the course will examine the political context in which the prosecution of international crimes take place. It will consider the effect of such prosecutions on peace negotiations and the desirability of international prosecutions in comparison with other responses to mass atrocities, including domestic and transnational criminal prosecutions, truth commissions, lustration efforts, and reparations schemes.
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LAW 101 - Criminal Law
An intensive study of the basic doctrines underlying the criminal law, including actus reus and mens rea; the principal substantive and inchoate crimes; the accountability for the criminal acts of others; and the general defenses to criminal liability.
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LAW 102 - Civil Procedure
This course focuses on the strategic options federal law provides to persons atrtempting to resolve disputes through litigation. It introduces students to basic concepts involved in the federal civil adversary system, federal jurisdiction, choice of law, and finalty. Students will explore in depth the policies governing and the mechanics involved in pleading, discovery, and disposition before trial.
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LAW 107 - Torts
A survey of the legal system’s responses to problems arising from personal injury and property damage. Concentration on the legal doctrines relating to liability for harm resulting from fault and to strict liability. Analysis of the goals and techniques of accident prevention and compensation for loss.
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LAW 108 - Property
Property Property focuses on the rules for acquiring, using, dividing (in various dimensions), and losing rights over scarce resources. Most material concerns realty, with limited consideration of person property. Property will introduce the rudiments of capture, finds, and adverse posession; landlord-tenant law; the system of estates; co-ownership; easements; and restrictive covenants. In addition to these private law subjects, the course will introduce zoning and takings/
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LAW 109 - Constitutional Law
A study of the structure of government, from the role of the courts and the concept of judicial review, through the distribution of power in the federal system and the allocation of power among the three branches of the government, followed by a study of individual rights protected by the Constitution.
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LAW 110 - Contracts
Contracts This course explores legally enforceable promises, normally exchanged as part of a bargain between private parties. Among the topics that may be covered are: bases of enforcement, capacity to contract, contract information, interpretation, conditions, excuse of performance, and remedies for breach.
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LAW 111 - Legal Practice I
In Legal Practice, students will learn legal analysis, writing, research, and other practical skills. Students will work with full-time writing faculty and research librarians to research and write objective office memoranda and a letter to a client. Students will also work with practicing attorneys to learn skills necessary in client interviewing, counseling, negotiation, and oral presentations.
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LAW 111 - Legal Skills I
In Legal Practice, students will learn legal analysis, writing, research, and other practical skills. Students will work with full-time writing faculty and research librarians to research and write objective office memoranda and a letter to a client. Students will also work with practicing attorneys to learn skills necessary in client interviewing, counseling, negotiation, and oral presentations.
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LAW 112 - Legal Practice II
This is the second semester of Legal Practice for 1L students. The course continues instruction of legal analysis, writing, and research. Additionally, students continue working with practicing attorneys and refining the skills necessary in client interviewing, counseling, negotiation, and oral presentations.
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LAW 112 - Legal Skills II
This is the second semester of Legal Practice for 1L students. The course continues instruction of legal analysis, writing, and research. Additionally, students continue working with practicing attorneys and refining the skills necessary in client interviewing, counseling, negotiation, and oral presentations.
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LAW 113 - Legal Skills III
Legal Skills III and IV compose the second year of a two-year course required of all students. Taught primarily in small student “law firms,” the course’s coverage includes professional responsibility, the nature of the legal profession, legal research and writing and numerous legal skills including drafting, interviewing, negotiation, introduction to trial and appellate practice, and alternative dispute resolution.
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LAW 114 - Legal Skills IV
Legal Skills III and IV compose the second year of a two-year course required of all students. Taught primarily in small student “law firms,” the course’s coverage includes professional responsibility, the nature of the legal profession, legal research and writing and numerous legal skills including drafting, interviewing, negotiation, introduction to trial and appellate practice, and alternative dispute resolution.
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LAW 114A - Adv Practice: Appellate
The course will prepare students for practice in the appellate field. Students will receive in-depth instruction on persuasive writing and oral argument and will receive practical training in appellate advocacy. Students will have opportunities to review a trial record, create an appendix, and strategize which issues to bring on appeal. Students will note an appeal, write and revise a substantial appellate brief, and orally argue a case. This class does not require a supplemental writing class, but will have a more substantial out of class writing requirement.
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LAW 114B - Adv Practice: Civil
The Pretrial Civil course is designed to introduce students to persuasive pretrial advocacy in a civil context. The course will prepare students for practice in civil litigation by introducing them to writing and practical skills necessary to represent a client in a civil case. Students will follow a single civil case from pre-litigation negotiations through the complaint and answer, discovery, and pre-trial motions. Students will learn civil litigation skills through a variety of practical assignments, such as drafting pleadings, conducting discovery, and engaging in alternative dispute resolution. Students will also write a demand letter and one or more substantive motions and briefs in support of motion(s). In addition to attending practice classes with adjunct professors, the students will register for and attend an additonal required writing class for the first six weeks of the semester. At the end of the semester, students will present oral arguments on a substantive motion.
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LAW 114C - Adv Practice: Criminal
The Pretrial Criminal course is designed to introduce students to persuasive pretrial advocacy in the criminal law context. Unlike what you might see on television, criminal cases are not usually won in 22 minutes in the courtroom. Rather, the bulk of criminal litigation is handled pretrial through pleadings, discovery, witness interviews, and pretrial motions. Students will follow a single criminal case from the commission of a crime to the start of trial, focusing on the behind-the-scenes issues that criminal lawyers are forced to address every day. Students will receive reports of a crime, interview the defendant and/or the victims, investigate the evidence, and determine which charges to bring. Students will then engage in various pretrial activities typically found in criminal practice, such as moving for discovery, preparing exhibits for trial, and negotiating plea deals. Students will write two or more substantial motions to suppress. In addition to attending practice classes with adjunct professors, the students will register for and attend an additional required writing class for the first six weeks of the semester. The class will culminate with a final oral argument based upon a written motion to suppress.
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LAW 114L - Adv Practice Large Section
This course is a co-requisite with Law 114 Advanced Practice: Civil and Law 114C Advanced Practice: Criminal . Students will attend a once weekly class for the first six weeks of the semester that will focus on persuasive writing skills. This class emphasizes clear and effective reader-focused writing that is tailored to a particular audience. Students will build on objective writing techniques and learn to adapt their writing to a persuasive context. Students will learn techniques for writing persuasive legal arguments, persuasive fact statements, and persuasive rules and rule explanations. This class will complement the curriculum and instruction in the Pretrial Civil and Criminal classes.
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LAW 115 - Legal Skills/Ethic Exam
The final examination on legal professional and ethical issues for the Legal Skills Program. Operates in conjunction with Legal Skills IV. Students must enroll in either section 01 or 02 of Law 115 in conjunction with Law 114.
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LAW 115 - Professional Responsibility
The final examination on legal professional and ethical issues for the Legal Skills Program. Operates in conjunction with Legal Skills IV. Students must enroll in either section 01 or 02 of Law 115 in conjunction with Law 114.
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LAW 118 - Prof Responsibility for LLMs
This course is designed to introduce international attorneys to legal professional responsibility in the United States.
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LAW 250 - Intro to American Law
This course is designed to provide an introduction into the structure and content of the American Legal System to foreign students who have not received American law training. The course is composed of two components: 1) instruction in American Law and Legal Institutions and 2) Legal Research Training. The substantive element contains materials on the Basic Principles of American Law, the Legal Profession, the Jury System, Constitutional Law and Torts. The research portion provides a basic introduction into the modern American law library’s holdings and computer-based research techniques. The course meets for a total of 15 class meetings for at least 90 minutes at each session and will be graded on a pass/fail basis.
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LAW 251 - LLM Language Course
This course is designed to improve the English language skills of entering international students in the LLM program or at the University.
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LAW 301 - Law & Intimate Associations
A in-depth study of the state’s role in creating legal family relationships and in encouraging or discouraging particular social relationships, with a primary focus on the parent-child relationship. The course will take a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach, drawing materials from the social sciences (e.g., sociology, psychology, political science) and the humanities (e.g., philosophy, history, literature) as well as from law, and examining the laws and social circumstances relating to intimate associations in other countries as well as in the U.S. The course will also have a law reform orientation; we will study the topic with an eye to determining whether and how state legislatures should rewrite the laws that dictate who a child’s first legal parents will be. Students will also attend a conference on this topic to be held at the law school, where academics from various disciplines will present papers.
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LAW 302 - Statistics for Lawyers
Statistics for Lawyers This course introduces basic statistical analysis and its application to problems that arise frequently in litigation. It covers the concept of distributions and summary statistics; statistical sampling; analyzing the validity of data collection methods; basic hypothesis testing; and methods for studying correlations in data. The course will cover a variety of legal applications of statistics, including discrimination litigation, use of DNA to identify individuals, products liability, and discrimination in jury selection. The course assumes no prior knowledge of probability or statistics. It will emphasize broad understanding over the details of calculation. Grading will be based on weekly homework assignments and a final exam.
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LAW 303 - Corporations I
An introductory examination of the law applicable to corporations. This course examines the process of formation and capitalization of corporations, the concept of limited liability, and the role of fiduciary duties in corporate governance. We will examine how these duties are enforced in different settings (public corporations and closed corporations); under state and federal law; and some other recurring litigation and planning issues. Students who take Corporations may not take Business Associations.
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LAW 305 - Trust and Estates
A study of the law governing inter vivos and death time gratuitous transfers of property. Aspects covered include transfers under intestate succession statutes; the law of wills, including the formalities of execution, testamentary capacity, undue influence and fraud, interpretation, and revocation; non-probate transfers; the law of trusts, including methods of creation and termination, rights and interests of the beneficiary, and special problems relating to resulting, constructive and charitable trusts; and fiduciary administration, including an introduction to probate proceedings and problems of trust administration.
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LAW 306 - Bankruptcy Survey
Bankruptcy Survey This course will examine the federal Bankruptcy Code. Issues to be discussed include property of the estate, the automatic stay, claims, preferences, exemptions, priorities, and discharges. We will review these issues as they arise in liquidations under Chapter 7, corporate reorganizations under Chapter 11, and wage earner adjustments under Chapter 13. Students enrolling in this course can not also register for nor have taken Law 421 Business Bankruptcy, Law 406 Consumer Bankruptcy.
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LAW 309 - Evidence
An intensive study of the law of evidence primarily utilizing the Federal Rules of Evidence. Topics addressed by the course include relevance, authentication, real evidence, competence, heresay, impeachment of witnesses, and privileges.
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LAW 309T - Evidence-CLCT Summer
Intensively discusses the law of evidence, primarily utilizing Federal Rules of Evidence. Topics addressed include relevance, authentication, real evidence, competence, hearsay, impeachment of witnesses, and privileges.
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LAW 310 - Electronic Discov & Data Szr
Electronic Discovery and Data Seizure This course addresses the legal and practical issues inherent in conducting electronc discovery in civil cases, especially under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as well as the law of electroinic data search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. No special information technology knowledge or background is required.
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LAW 310T - E-Discvry/Data Seizures-CT Sum
Introduces electronic discovery as an essential part of legal practice. The class takes a practice-oriented approach and presents the relevant case law and the applicable Federal Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure. Identifies both the client’s and attorney’s responsibilities in the production and preservation of electronically stored information. Provides the basic technical knowledge to understand the legal requirements to help attorneys and clients avoid the shocking consequences and potential sanctions handed down in court.
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LAW 311 - Federal Income Tax
A study of the basic laws relating to federal income taxation of the individual. Included are problems relating to computing gross income, the reduction of gross income to taxable income, and the recognition and character of gains and losses from disposition of property.
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LAW 314 - Title Insurance
This course considers the topic of land title and the potential encumbrances and defects that might exist. It will focus on title insurance as an evolved form of risk management with special attention given to the principal title insurance policies currently in use. In particular, the course will discuss the insuring provisions of both the lender’s and the owner’s policy, exclusions from coverage, claims and claim processing, significant other policy provisions and risk analysis. This class is highly interactive with an emphasis on practical solutions.
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LAW 315 - Employee Benefits: Emp Rights
Employee Benefits The course is an introduction to the federal regulation of employee benefits (including retirement benefits, medical coverage, disability, and severance). The course introduces students to the rights that employees have under the federal statute ERISA. It covers topics such as vesting of benefits, preemption of state law, fiduciary duties, enforcement, and remedies. This course is partiularly appropriate for students interested in a labor, employment, or health-care practice. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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LAW 316 - Topics of Intl Crim Justice
This short course offers students an introduction to the international criminal justice system, by critically exploring recent topics and trends. Topics to be covered will include the national prosecution of the crime of piracy, the admissibility of cases at the International Criminal Court (situations of Kenya and Libya), and the position of the Defence in the procedures at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Grades will be based on a final examination.
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LAW 317 - Law & Neuroscience
This course examines a variety of cutting-edge, at times controversial, linkages between law and neuroscience, ranging from social and environmental influences on the brain and behavior to the interpretations of neuroimaging and the prediction of criminality and predispositions towards mental illnesses and addictions. Students will learn how discoveries in neuroscience intersect with societal responses and legal decision-making. Scientists are increasingly using new techniques to investigate the brain activity underlying cognitive phenomena. The course will explore whether, and if so how, the law should engage with various emerging neuroscientific findings, technologies, and perspectives on such topics as evidentiary rules, memory bias and enhancement, lie and deception detection, the neurobiology of criminal culpability and punishment, emotions and decision making, addiction, adolescent brains and juvenile law, moral and legal reasoning, tort law, artificial intelligence, and the like. The course will also address a variety of challenging questions raised by the increasing introduction of brain scans as evidence in courtroom proceedings. A background in science may be helpful, but is not required, as the course will provide a “brain basics” introduction for law students.
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LAW 318 - Advertising Law
This short course provides an introduction to the laws and regulations relating to advertising and marketing in the United States. Topics to be covered will include the assessment of truth and falsity in advertising, copyright law, trademark and unfair competition law, rights of publicity and privacy, and FTC and other regulatory schemes. Grades will be based on a final examination.
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LAW 320 - Business Associations
An introductory examination of the law applicable to contemporary forms of business enterprise: the general partnership, the limited partnership, the limited liability parternship (LLP), the limited liability company (LLC), and the corporation. The course begins with an introduction to the principles of agency, which govern all these forms of enterprise. The course then explores the process of organization, formation and capitalization, limits on investors personal liability, and the role of fiduciary duties in different business contexts. We will then examine how these duties are enforced under state (and some federal) law. This course is a general introduction to the field. Students who take Business Associations may not take Corporations or Small Business Entities.
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LAW 324 - Business & Legal Problems
Entrepreneurship: Business and Legal Problems Entrepreneurship: Business and Legal Problems The Mason School of Business and the Marshall-Wythe School of Law will offer this course jointly. It is designed to familiarize 1) MBA students with the bodies of law and legal issues faced in a start-up, or smaller business enterprise and in the financing of an enterprise; and 2) to familiarize law students with the kinds of legal and business issues business executives face. Both business and law students will gain a hands-on understanding of how business executives and lawyers can work together to deal efficiently and effectively with matters inextricably part business and part legal. The course will have as its operational context the development and implementation of an actual business situation which will include a business plan. Students will be divided into teams with each team having a legal component (in-house counsel) and a business component executive team). The executive team will be primarily responsible for developing and implementing the business aspects of the enterprise, while in-house counsel will be responsible for raising and solving associated legal issues and implementing the necessary legal structures and agreements. The teams will be required to work together as they would be in any business to develop and implement the business plan and to bring the specified business case to commercial viability. In-house counsel will be paid (graded) in part by the executive team and executive performance will be assessed (graded) in part by in-house counsel. There will be a professor from each School with overall responsibility for the course and for the respective groups of students. Individual class sessions will usually involve other professors from the respective schools and outside resources as well. The class meetings will alternate weekly between the Mason School Marshall-Wythe. The course will use two texts: The Entrepreneurial Venture, 2nd Edition and The Entrepreneur¿s Guide to Business Law, 2nd Edition. This is a non-law course cross listed with law. The course materials will be found in Blackboard.
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LAW 325 - Private Equity & Venture Cap
Private Equity & Venture Capital Covers the essential principles of the risks and rewards associated with Private Equity and Venture Capital. Financial analysis of a business and risk/return characteristics, business valuation methods, and the financing sources are covered to better understand the required returns to risk investors. Other topics include: fund raising, early stage, middle stage and ultimately late stage investments; buyouts and exit strategies; the structuring of the “deal”; the creation of term sheets, negotiation strategies, and human capital and resources. This is a non-law course cross listed with law. The course materials will be found in Blackboard.
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LAW 326 - Partnership & LLC Taxation
This course examines the fundamental rules governing the federal income taxation of partnerships, including LLCs treated as partnerships for income tax purposes. An overview of S corporation taxation and federal income tax issues to consider in choosing the appropriate entity are also covered.
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