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1. Advanced Legal Research McGovern Advanced Legal Research
Fall 2015
First Day Assignment: Due August 26, 2015
Instructor: Matthew McGovern
There is no required textbook for this course. However, there will be reading assignments. Readings assigned for class will be available electronically unless otherwise specified. Future weekly readings and writing assignments will be posted to Blackboard.
There are two reading assignments for our first class. When you have finished them, complete the Blackboard quiz labeled “First-Day Assignment Quiz.” Here are the reading
assignments:
1.The folks who create the Multi-State Bar Exam conducted a survey of what new lawyers do in practice in 2012. A 5-page overview of the results is available here:
http://ncbex.org/assets/media_files/Bar-Examiner/articles/2013/820113testingcolumn.pdf I think you will be interested to see the list of skills new lawyers need and the tasks they perform. Read the text and charts and come to class ready to comment on them.
2.Also in 2012, a task force of the American Association of Law Libraries surveyed the research practices of attorneys. A report from the AALL task force is available here:
http://www.aallnet.org/sections/all/storage/committees/pract icetf/final-report-07102013.pdf This is a long document. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE REPORT. Take a look at pages 4-20 (7-23 of PDF) concerning demographics and sources for beginning research. Also review pages 76-94 (79-97 of PDF) concerning attorneys’ opinions about the skills of new graduates.
There are two writing assignments for our first class:
1.In preparation for classroom visits by our Bloomberg, Lexis & Westlaw (“Wexberg”) representatives at the beginning of the Course write at least one question about the way these research systems are used in practice. I will ask the presenters to address as many of these as they can. Please create your own original question rather than submitting one that another student shared with you.
2.Write a brief description (1-2 pages) of the kinds of legal research you have done since you completed your first-year “Legal Analysis, Research and Writing” course. If there are particular resources you want to see covered in Advanced Legal Research, please mention them. Also, if you want to learn about additional areas of law, not included in the syllabus, please let me know. The syllabus will be posted in Blackboard.
The writing portion of this assignment will be due at the beginning of class, August 26, 2015. Be prepared to hand in a hard-copy at that time.
24756 LAW 7128 01 Intensive Trial Advocacy
Ochal Read Lubet, Chapter 1.
Accounting for Lawyers Liedtka Please read Chapter 1 of the Edmonds text prior to the first class.
Administrative Law Brennan The assignment for the first class is pp. 1-22 in the Lawson casebook (6th ed.). Please pay special attention to what exactly accounts for the constitutional difference between the Londoner and Bi-Metallic cases (pp. 14-22).
Advanced Legal Writing Sirico Welcome to the course! I'm delighted to have the opportunity to work with you. I have run off a hand out containing the syllabus and the assignment for the first day. You can pick it up from me (Rm. 239) when we get closer to the first day. We will not use the "Persuasive Legal Writing" book in the first few classes. Please remember to get the fourth edition.
Business Organization OHare Please read pages 1-28 of the casebook. Please also read the short Reading Assignment that has been posted on the Blackboard.
Civil Pretrial Practice Sabatino Read Chapter 1, and Chapter 2, Sections 2.1-2.4.
Civil Procedure Ravenell Freer and Perdue, Civil Procedure Cases, Materials, and Questions, pages 1-19 (6th edition)
Civil Procedure Juliano Please pick up a copy of Storming the Court from our library. We will discuss this book throughout the semester.
Despite what the 2Ls will tell you, you do need to read the book. Please read half the book for the first day of class. You do not need to memorize the book but rather, read for a sense of the litigation and the issues which the students face.
In addition, please read:
1) Documentary Companion xxi-15 2) Casebook 1-14
3) McCormick v. MGM Grand (available on our Blackboard classroom). Yes, this case is one page.
Comparative Constitutional Law
Samahon For our first day of class, please read pages 212-72. (NB: The amount of reading for the first day is less than it might initially appear; this introductory material does not include primary materials like cases.)
Contract Drafting Hunter As will appear on my syllabus for the course (to be posted momentarily), the coverage for the first class this fall is: "introductory remarks and some 'housekeeping' matters; overview of the course; discuss Text chapters 2 and 3 (19 pages); first drafting project is assigned. Text chapter 1 (6 pages) will not be discussed in class but I suggest you skim it." The "Text" is Tina L. Stark, Drafting Contracts - How and Why Lawyers Do What they Do", Aspen 2014 ed. (We will use the 2014 edition and not the first edition.)
Regards, Jim Hunter
Contract Drafting Hunter Please review Chapters 2 and 3 (19 pages) of the Text for the course, which is Tina L. Stark, Drafting Contracts - How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do (Aspen Publishers 2014), ISBN: 978-0-7355-9477-7. Chapter 1 of the Text (6 pages) will not be discussed, but I suggest you at least skim it.
Criminal Law Dempsey Please read the "Criminal Justice Overview" and pp. 1-11 of your textbook. (Both of these readings are posted on the Blackboard site for this course.)
Criminal Law Chanenson Please read the "Criminal Justice Overview" and pp. 1-11 of our textbook (both of which are posted to our Blackboard site).
Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
Poulin Please note that clickers are required for this course.
The text is Allen, Stuntz, Hoffman, Livingston, and Leipold, Criminal Procedure: Adjudication and Right to Counsel
Supplemental materials (syllabus and handouts) will be posted on Blackboard
In Allen, et al:
Skim pages 3-26, 82-84
Read: The right to appointed counsel – pages 133-54
Employment Discrimination Juliano For the first day, please read pages 1-16 in the casebook and the news stories posted on the blackboard site.
In addition, please note that there is a midterm in this class. The midterm is 50% of the overall grade. Any "ties" between the midterm and the final exam (i.e. a B+ on the midterm and an A- on the final) will be broken based on class participation. The midterm will be on October 14th during class time.
Entertainment Law Resnick •Review Conflict of interest, client solicitation sections of Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct (Rules 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9 and 1.10)
http://www.padisciplinaryboard.org/documents/rules-of-professional-conduct-with-toc.pdf
Fee Agreement Shopping Blank Form Fee Agreement Hourly Blank Form
Evidence Poulin Note that you must purchase a clicker for this class.
For the first class, please read the Study Guide and Chapters 1-5 in Merritt and Simmons, Learning Evidence: From the Federal Rules to the Courtroom (Third Edition).
Federal Courts, LAW 7026 Samahon Please read the overview on the federal courts, the federal system, and judicial review: H&W (6th edition) 1-47; 58-80; H&W (7th edition) 1-47; 59-81.
Immigration Law CARLE SEE SYLLABUS FOR 2015 CLASS. IN ADVANCE OF THE FIRST CLASS, I WOULD LIKE EACH OF YOU TO PROVIDE ME A ONE TO TWO PAGE HISTORY OF YOUR OWN PERSONAL IMMIGRATION HISTORY. INTERVIEW PARENTS, AUNTS, UNCLES,
GRANDPARENTS AND DISCOVER YOUR CONNECTION TO AMERICA. SOME OF YOU MAY BE FIRST GENERATION, SIXTH GENERATION AMERICANS, SOME MAY BE LPRs, PLEASE SEND IT TO ME AS AN ATTACHMENT VIA EMAIL IN ADVANCE OF OUR FIRST CLASS. LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING ALL OF YOU. ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONNECT WITH ME AT [email protected] OR
[email protected]. ALSO, SEE SYLLABUS FOR OUR FIRST IN CLASS DISCUSSION READING ASSIGNMENT FROM OUR CASEBOOK. THANKS.
JOHN CARLE
Intellectual Property Risch Unless otherwise noted, all page numbers refer to Merges, Menell, and Lemley, Intellectual Property in the Technological Age, 6th edition. You should also get statutory supplement. The cheapest print options available is at:
http://www.amazon.com/Intellectual-Property-Information-
Selected-Statutes/dp/1514119048/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid= 1438705564&sr=1-3. You can alternately just download a free PDF here:
http://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/pdf/IPStatutes2015.pdf
First two readings, one for each day: 1.Logistics; Introduction to IP: 1-22,24-31
2. Copyright – Intro and Requirements: 434-435, 438-451 (note 1) (skip note 6 on 447); 429-434 (optional background), 436-438 (optional background)
Internet Law Risch There is no assigned casebook. Instead, we will be using Harvard’s H2O system for distributing case materials. It is the second year I have used this system. It received decent reviews last year, so I am trying it again.
You will be able to read the materials online, download a PDF, and print PDFs. I will try to export and have PDFs available as well. My goal is to have a very inexpensive print-on-demand book of all the readings together available from Amazon. Links to all readings will be available in Blackboard.
The full book is not ready to order yet, but will be available shortly. The first two readings are available in a couple formats - look at each and choose the one that works for you:
Full reading list online:
https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/playlists/9137 Day 1: Power Online: https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/playlists/9137 PDF: https://www.sugarsync.com/pf/D073558_67004139_9561813 Day 2: Jurisdiction Online: https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/playlists/7447 PDF: https://www.sugarsync.com/pf/D073558_05464076_314148
You will need clickers for this class!
Introduction to Federal Taxation
Mullane For the first class, read the following in the Text: Preface (pgs. v to vi);
Labor Law Cannon The casebook for this course is Cox, Bok, Gorman and Finkin, Cases and Materials on Labor Law (15th Ed. 2011); you should also have the current Statutory and Case Supplement. In addition, please pick up the supplemental Materials on Labor Law (“Materials”).
For the first class, please read and be prepared to discuss the materials at pages 5-15 of the Casebook.
Upon completing that material, we will take up the core material of the course – the development of the law under the National Labor Relations Act. You should begin that process by reading the entire NLRA in the Statutory Supplement. This should be a cursory overview reading; you should focus particularly on Sections 3, 7, 8(a), and 10(a)-(f), but do not clutter your mind with the details at this point. In conjunction with this, please read Chapter 1, Sections A and B of the Materials, which gives an overview of the statutory scheme. You should then read the note material at pp. 40-53, 66-77, of the Casebook, with particular attention to pp. 66-73. While this background material will not be specifically covered in class, it is important to an understanding of the subject and should be read carefully.
Labor Law II Cannon For the first day, please read carefully and in the following order: Materials, 1-7; Sections 1, 4, 7 and 13 of the Norris- La Guardia Act (Statutory Supp. 5-9); Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act (Taft-Hartley Act) (Statutory Supplement, 54-55); Articles XIV- XV of the collective bargaining agreement at pages 114-115 of the Statutory Supplement; pages 675-679, 685-692 in the Casebook; Materials, 8-12
Land Use Sirico Welcome to the course! You can use either the 5th or 6th edition of Callies et.al., Land Use. Also, please get my first supplement via iPrint. It contains the syllabus and the assignment for the first day of class.
LAW 6025-01 Bioethics and the Law
McCartney August
26: Ethics and Ethical Theories Reading: Syllabus and Furrow, Chapter 1.
Legal Analysis, Research & Writing, C
Baum & Spare
Your Legal Research, Analysis, Writing & Communication course has two professors: Professor Baum for Legal Analysis, Writing & Communication and Professor Spare for Legal Research. Thus, there are two first-day assignments, one for each professor.
Professor Baum: Legal Analysis, Writing, and Communication (“Legal Writing”)
First class for Section C: Tuesday, August 25, 10:05-noon, room 301C.
Required Texts for Legal Writing
• Deborah E. Bouchoux, Aspen Handbook for Legal Writers (3d ed. 2013) (“Aspen”) (please see the chart attached to the Syllabus for recommended readings from Aspen).
• The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, (Columbia Law Review Ass’n et al. eds., 20th ed. 2015) (“Bluebook”).
• Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering The Bluebook,(3d ed. 2015) (“Mastering the Bluebook”).
Assignment for first Legal Writing class
• Read the Syllabus and the Legal Research and Writing Rules posted on Blackboard.
• Read the CREAC summary posted on Blackboard. • Attend one optional TA session. Dates and times TBA.
Prof. Spare: Legal Research
First class for Section C: Wednesday, August 26 at 3:10 PM, Room 302
Required Texts for Legal Research
• Amy Sloan, Researching the Law (Wolters Kluwer 2014). Note that the print version is recommended. We will use this textbook in the fall and spring semesters.
Assignments for First Legal Research class
• Read Sloan, Researching the Law pages 3-43, 75-79, & 120-121.
• Watch the pre-class video (available on Blackboard, under Prof. Spare’s materials for Legal Research, First Day
Assignments).
• Turn in FIRST DAY ASSIGNMENT (available on Blackboard) at the start of class.
• Complete RESEARCH BACKGROUND SURVEY (available on Blackboard) before class.
Legal Analysis, Research & Writing, H
Baum & Spare
Your Legal Research, Analysis, Writing & Communication course has two professors: Professor Baum for Legal Analysis, Writing & Communication and Professor Spare for Legal Research. Thus, there are two first-day assignments, one for each professor.
Professor Baum: Legal Analysis, Writing, and Communication (“Legal Writing”)
First class for Section H: Thursday, August 27, 1:00-3:00, room 301C
Required Texts for Legal Writing
• Deborah E. Bouchoux, Aspen Handbook for Legal Writers (3d ed. 2013) (“Aspen”) (please see the chart attached to the Syllabus for recommended readings from Aspen).
• The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, (Columbia Law Review Ass’n et al. eds., 20th ed. 2015) (“Bluebook”). • Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering The Bluebook, (3d ed. 2015) (“Mastering the Bluebook”).
Assignment for first Legal Writing class
• Read the Syllabus and the Legal Research and Writing Rules posted on Blackboard.
• Read the CREAC summary posted on Blackboard. • Attend one optional TA session. Dates and times TBA.
Legal Research – Prof. Spare
First class for Section H: Friday, August 28 at 10:10 AM, Room 306
Required Texts for Legal Research
• Amy Sloan, Researching the Law (Wolters Kluwer 2014). Note that the print version is recommended. We will use this textbook in the fall and spring semesters.
Assignments for First Legal Research class
• Read Sloan, Researching the Law pages 3-43, 75-79, & 120-121.
• Watch the pre-class video (available on Blackboard, under Prof. Spare’s materials for Legal Research, First Day
Assignments).
• Turn in FIRST DAY ASSIGNMENT (available on Blackboard) at the start of class.
• Complete RESEARCH BACKGROUND SURVEY (available on Blackboard) before class.
Legal Research, Analysis, Writing & Communication A
Centeno Your first class with Professor Centeno will meet on Tuesday, August 25 at 10:05 a.m. The assignment and related materials for this first class (titled week one assignments) can be found on the Blackboard for this course under the Legal Analysis, Writing & Communication tab.
Your first legal research class with Professor Corso will meet on Wednesday August 26 at 3:10 p.m. Prior to class, please complete all five parts of the First Day Assignment, which is posted to the First Day Assignment folder on the Blackboard for this course under the Legal Research tab.
Legal Research, Analysis, Writing & Communication F
Centeno Your first class with Professor Centeno will meet on Thursday, August 27 at 1:00 p.m. The assignment and related materials for this first class (titled week one assignments) can be found on the Blackboard for this course under the Legal Analysis, Writing & Communication tab.
Your first legal research class with Professor Corso will meet on Friday, August 28 at 10:10 a.m. Prior to class, please complete all five parts of the First Day Assignment, which is posted to the First Day Assignment folder on Blackboard under the Legal Research tab.
Legal Research, Analysis, Writing & Communication Sections D & G
Edelman/Heg adorn
Your Legal Research, Analysis, Writing & Communication course is jointly taught by Professor Edelman (Legal Analysis, Writing & Communication) and Professor Hegadorn (Legal Research). Assignments for the first week of class for this course are posted on the Blackboard; the Blackboard can be accessed by clicking on the eLearning tab at the top right of the law school’s main webpage.
The assignment for Professor Edelman’s first class the week of August 24, 2015, can be found in the Legal Analysis, Writing & Communication tab within the course’s Blackboard page. The assignment for Professor Hegadorn’s first class can be found in the Legal Research tab.
Legal Writing Section B Nathanson Your Legal Research, Analysis, Writing & Communication course is jointly taught by Professor Nathanson (Legal Analysis, Writing & Communication) and Professor Carlson (Legal Research). Thus, there are two first-day assignments for this course – one for Legal Writing and one for Legal Research.
Assignment for Week One's class:
1) Read Chapters 1, 2 and 3 in Legal Writing and Other Lawyering Skills
2) Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Plain English for Lawyers
(Wydick). Practice what you have learned by answering some of the questions in exercises 1-5 in chapter 2. Check your work against the suggested answers in the appendix (beginning on page 109). Make sure that you understand the concepts discussed in these chapters as they will be crucial to your ability to write clear and effective legal memos and briefs. If you are having trouble with the exercises, please see your TA and she will be happy to help you. If you are still unsure, please feel free to see me for further assistance.
Although your Wydick homework will not be collected, it is crucial that you make the effort to understand the concepts discussed therein because they will come up throughout the year as you learn not merely how to analyze a legal issue but to present your analysis to someone else (either a colleague or the court) clearly and effectively. A thorough understanding of the concepts discussed in Wydick is critical to your success in this course, as well as in the practice of law.
3) Prepare case briefs for the Cook, Poff and Picaroni cases (located within the Course Documents folder on Blackboard).
4) Statutory analysis assignment:
Please read the following statute carefully. Be prepared to discuss what acts the statute prohibits. Think about whether any terms or phrases in the statute need to be defined.
18 U.S.C. '2119 (the Federal Carjacking Statute)
'2119. Motor Vehicles
Whoever, possessing a firearm as defined in section 921 of this title, takes a motor vehicle that has been transported, shipped, or received in interstate or foreign commerce from the person or presence of another by force and violence or by intimidation, or attempts to do so, shall:
(1) be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both,
(2) if serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of this title) results, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both, and
(3) if death results, be fined under this title or imprisoned for any number of years up to life, or both.
Your first class with Professor Carlson is on Wednesday, August 26th at 3:10 pm. This assignment for this class is: •Read the Legal Research syllabus posted on Blackboard. •Read Sloan, Researching the Law pp. 3-42, 75-79. •Complete the pre-class quiz on Blackboard
•Download FIRST DAY ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS from Blackboard. Complete and turn in at the beginning of class
Legal Writing Section E Nathanson Your Legal Research, Analysis, Writing & Communication course is jointly taught by Professor Nathanson (Legal Analysis, Writing & Communication) and Professor Carlson (Legal Research). Thus, there are two first-day assignments for this course – one for Legal Writing and one for Legal Research.
Assignment for Week One's class:
1) Read Chapters 1, 2 and 3 in Legal Writing and Other Lawyering Skills
2) Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Plain English for Lawyers
(Wydick). Practice what you have learned by answering some of the questions in exercises 1-5 in chapter 2. Check your work against the suggested answers in the appendix (beginning on page 109). Make sure that you understand the concepts discussed in these chapters as they will be crucial to your ability to write clear and effective legal memos and briefs. If you are having trouble with the exercises, please see your TA and she will be happy to help you. If you are still unsure, please feel free to see me for further assistance.
Although your Wydick homework will not be collected, it is crucial that you make the effort to understand the concepts discussed therein because they will come up throughout the year as you learn not merely how to analyze a legal issue but to present your analysis to someone else (either a colleague or the court) clearly and effectively. A thorough understanding of the concepts discussed in Wydick is critical to your success in this course, as well as in the practice of law.
3) Prepare case briefs for the Cook, Poff and Picaroni cases (located within the Course Documents folder on Blackboard).
4) Statutory analysis assignment:
Please read the following statute carefully. Be prepared to discuss what acts the statute prohibits. Think about whether any terms or phrases in the statute need to be defined.
18 U.S.C. '2119 (the Federal Carjacking Statute)
'2119. Motor Vehicles
Whoever, possessing a firearm as defined in section 921 of this title, takes a motor vehicle that has been transported, shipped, or received in interstate or foreign commerce from the person or presence of another by force and violence or by intimidation, or attempts to do so, shall:
(1) be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both,
(2) if serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of this title) results, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both, and
(3) if death results, be fined under this title or imprisoned for any number of years up to life, or both.
Your first class with Professor Carlson is on Friday, August 28th at 10:10 am. This assignment for this class is:
•Read the Legal Research syllabus posted on Blackboard. •Read Sloan, Researching the Law pp. 3-42, 75-79. •Complete the pre-class quiz on Blackboard
•Download FIRST DAY ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS from Blackboard. Complete and turn in at the beginning of class Litigation Drafting Trachtman Read Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers, pp. 1-54
LW3 - Transactional, Sections 1A and 1B
Robinson In "Writing for Law Practice, 3rd edition," please read the Introduction (pages vii through xi), and pages 3 through 21 of chapter 1.
In "Transactional Lawyering Skills," please read chapters 1 through 3.
LW3/Litigation Webb In Making Your Case, read the Introduction and "General Principles of Argumentation.”
• Read the Dilliplaine and Chapman cases and answer the accompanying questions, which are posted on Blackboard.
Pennsylvania Civil Procedure Larrimore Before the first class, students are expected to read the following sections of the Judicial Code, contained in Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes (Purdon's), concerning Limitation of Actions. General Provisions 42 Pa.C.S. § 5103(b) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5501 42 Pa.C.S. § 5502(a) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5503(a) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5504
Civil Actions and Proceedings 42 Pa.C.S. § 5522(a) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5523(1) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5524 42 Pa.C.S. § 5525 42 Pa.C.S. § 5527 42 Pa.C.S. § 5530(a)(1) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5533 42 Pa.C.S. § 5536 40 P.S. § 1303.513
Title 20 PA Probate Code 20 Pa.C.S. § 3383
I also hope that students will have time to SKIM the following cases to gain an understanding of how these statutes of limitation have been interpreted. You do not have to read the entire opinion – just read the portions of the decision that discuss “limitation of actions” or “statute of limitation” issues. Ayers v. Morgan, 397 Pa. 282, 154 A.2d 788 (1959)
Pocono International Raceway, Inc. v. Pocono Produce, Inc., 503 Pa. 80, 468 A.2d 468 (1983).
Amodeo v. Ryan Homes, Inc., 407 Pa.Super. 448, 595 A.2d 1232 (1991).
Pearce v. Salvation Army, 449 Pa.Super. 654, 674 A.2d 1123 (1996).
Cole v. Lawrence, 701 A.2d 987 (Pa.Super. 1997). Lange v. Burd, 800 A.2d 336 (Pa.Super. 2002).
Baselice v. Franciscan Friars Assumption BVM Province Inc., 879 A.2d 270 (Pa.Super. 2005)
Wilson v. El-Daief, et al., 600 Pa. 161, 964 A.2d 354 (2009). McClean v. Djerassi, 84 A.3d 1067 (Pa.Super. 2013).
Privacy Seminar Brogan First Class Assignment: Please download the Syllabus from the class Blackboard site. Read the cover materials with care, and look through the schedule and class assignments. This will give you a good idea of the nature of the course. Please read and be prepared to discuss PM: pp. 1-37; 40-41; 43-72; SW: pp. 1-4; 12-13 (part C.); 14-26
Sentencing and Punishment Chanenson For the first day of class, please read the following pages in the required text, Demleitner, et al, Sentencing Law and
Punishment (3d Ed 2013): xxv-xxxii (the Preface), 587-593, and 1-17
In addition, please read Attorney General Holder's 2013 speech to the American Bar Association. It is available at this link: http://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general- eric-holder-delivers-remarks-annual-meeting-american-bar-associations
Sentencing and Punishment Chanenson For the first day of class, please read the following pages in the required text, Demleitner, et al, Sentencing Law and
Punishment (3d Ed 2013): xxv-xxxii (the Preface), 587-593, and 1-17
In addition, please read Attorney General Holder's 2013 speech to the American Bar Association. It is available at this link: http://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general- eric-holder-delivers-remarks-annual-meeting-american-bar-associations
Sports Law: Representing the Professional
Caudill Pages 1-22 of the casebook
Supreme Court Wertheimer There is no reading assignment for the first class. Attending the first class is mandatory if you want to take the seminar. Torts Wertheimer The assignment for the first class is to read Chapter 1
(Introduction) in the casebook.
Torts Brogan Please download the syllabus from Blackboard and review it (especially the introductory information), and obtain the course textbook, TORT LAW: RESPONSIBILITIES AND REDRESS, GOLDBERG, Sebok and Zipursky. Read in the text pp. 3-41; 587-597 in the text.
Trade Secret Law Goranin For the first day of class, please read pages 1-12 of the
Sandeen & Rowe casebook. Then go to the "week 1" folder on the course's blackboard site and (1) read the Vickery v. Welch opinion available there (we will discuss it at length in class) and (2) skim the Uniform Trade Secrets Act in the "week 1" folder.
Trial Advocacy Zucker Readings:
Lubet, Modern Trial Advocacy (Law School Ed. / 3d ed. revised), Chapters 1 and 2
Bocchino & Beskind, Problems in Trial Advocacy, 2013 ed. (NITA), Problem 4, pp. 55-57, 67
Optional: skim first three articles posted on "External Links" page of electronic blackboard re witness preparation
Exercise:
The class will collectively prepare Kathryn McArthur and/or David Rogers (Problem 4) as witnesses for trial. Think about what themes/theories each party should advance.
