| Administrative
Law |
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| The law
relating to the establishment
and control of administrative
agencies, including administrative
process, policy and procedure. |
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| Alternate
Dispute |
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| A survey
of various dispute resolution
techniques, including negotiation,
adjudication and mediation. |
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| Business
Organizations |
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| This course
is a survey of the establishment
and termination of agency
and partnership; principle
and agency law, corporate
structure, ratification
and ostensible agency. Shareholder
rights, derivative suits;
purchase redemption and
capital reduction; Business
Associations. |
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| Bankruptcy |
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| Proceedings
concerning the National
Bankruptcy Act, including
judicial and extrajudicial
proceedings, the bankrupt
estate liquidation and distribution,
and discharge and rehabilitation
proceedings. |
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| Civil Procedure |
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| General
principles of pleading,
joinder, discovery, and
adjudication without trial;
state and federal jurisdiction
and venue; trial and appeal
of civil actions; res judicata
and collateral estoppel.
This course is a general
overview of the customary
procedures in a lawsuit
from its commencement to
its conclusion. |
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| Community Property |
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| The classification of
separate and community property
for the management and control
of the property, liability
for debts, and problems
arising from the dissolution
of the community. |
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| Commercial
Property |
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| Selected
Topics in Comercial Property. |
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| Constitutional
Law |
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| Judicial
review, immunities of federal
and state governments, federal
delegated powers and reserved
state powers, federal powers
as limitations on state
powers, individual rights
as limiting federal and
state powers. |
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| Contracts
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| The law
relating to formation of
contracts, the Statute of
Frauds, third party beneficiary
contracts, assignment of
right and delegation of
duties, liability for breach
of contract including the
law of conditions and discharge,
and other related problems. |
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| Criminal
Law |
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| Fundamentals
of the substantive law of
crime, punishable acts and
omissions, requisite intent,
legal defenses liability
for conspiracy and attempt,
enforcement of the law. |
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| Criminal
Procedure |
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| A study
of the methods by which
the criminal justice system
functions concerning arrests,
searches, electronic surveillance,
interrogation, confessions,
Line ups, exclusionary rule,
right to counsel, Grand
Jury, bail, and Fifth Amendment. |
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| Employment
Discrimination |
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| This course
addresses local, state,
and federal legal devices
available to combat discrimination
in the public and private
workplace. Although constitutional
remedies are also considered,
the main emphasis is on
statutory remedies for discrimination,
such as Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964,
the Civil Rights Act of
1991, the Age Discrimination
in Employment Act, the Equal
Pay Act, the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990,
and the Occupational Health
and Safety Act. Attention
will also be devoted to
study the employment at
will doctrine, truth detecting
devices, the Fair Labor
Standards Act, state regulatory
schemes, and the impact
of the preemption doctrine,
and what obligations employers
(public and private), labor
unions, and employment agencies
are under including the
requirement of affirmative
action programs. |
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| Environmental
Law |
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| This course
constitutes an analysis
of the ends and means of
environmental protection
through study of statutes,
administrative regulations
and practices, and judicial
decisions treating the protection
of the environment in the
United States. Topics may
include The National Environmental
Policy Act, The Water Quality
Act, the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act and the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and
Liability Act (Super fund).
Solid and hazardous waste
management, risk assessment,
wildlife protection, conservation
of natural resources, and
administrative practice
will also be examined. |
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| Evidence |
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| The law
relating to relevancy and
materiality, privileged
communications, the hearsay
rule and its exceptions,
the opinion rules; authentication
and the best evidence rule;
impeachment and rehabilitation;
presumptions and burden
of proof; parole evidence
rule. |
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| Family
Law |
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| Family status,
including marriage, divorce,
annulment and separation;
rights and obligations of
parent and child; property
and support rights and agreements. |
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| Immigration
Law |
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| The law
relating to enforcement
agencies, admission requirements,
exclusion processes, elements
of deportation, aliens,
citizenship, naturalization
and customs. |
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| Intellectual
Property |
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| Introduces
state and federal doctrines
that afford protection for
creative works, including
the right of publicity,
unfair competition, copyrights,
patents and trademarks. |
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| Labor Law |
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| The law
governing relationships
among employees, employers
and labor organizations,
employer responses and collective
bargaining, problems of
distributing power between
the federal government and
the states, and the role
of the NLRB. |
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| Law Practice
Management |
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| A course
introducing management within
a law practice setting. |
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| Legal Remedies
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| The theory
and practice of the law
relating to the various
forms of legal and equitable
relief, including various
measures of damages for
both tort and contract cases;
specific forms of relief
such as replevin, ejectment
and specific performance,
injunctive relief and legal
and equitable forms of restitutionary
remedies. |
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| Legal Research
& Writing |
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| Students
are taught how to locate,
use, and cite all major
types of legal materials,
cases and statutes. Writing
skills are developed through
briefing, exercises, drafting
memoranda, complaints, and
points and authorities. |
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| Product
Liability |
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| This course
presents a study of the
source, development, and
limits of the law of product
liability with particular
attention to theories rooted
in negligence and warranty
as applied to the problems
of a technological society.
The product concept is examined
within the total environment
of its development, manufacture,
sale and use. Heavy emphasis
is placed on litigation
problems such as the factors
influencing standards of
liability. |
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| Professional
Responsibility |
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| An examination
of relevant codes and cases
in an attempt to better
understand a lawyer's ethical
obligations and conflicts. |
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| Real Property |
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| The law
relating to the various
types of real property interests
including freehold and non-freehold
estates and future interest;
the Statute of Uses; concurrent
ownership of land, adverse
possession; the methods
of transferring title to
land, including the law
of delivery and acceptance;
recording statutes; covenants
running with the land and
equitable servitude; easements
and profits. |
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| Torts |
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| An examination
of civil liability of independent
of contractors. A wide variety
of torts will be examined
on the basis of intentional,
strict liability or negligent
conduct. |
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| Trial Practice |
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| Training
in trial techniques through
participation in virtual
practice court sessions.
Students participate in
all phases of civil cases
under the supervision of
an attorney. The emphasis
will be on civil law and
motion. |
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| Trusts |
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| The law
relating to the creation
of the trust relationship;
charitable trusts; resulting
and constructive trusts;
the powers and duties of
the trustee; alteration
and termination of the trust;
and remedies for breaches
of trust. |
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| Uniform
Commercial Code |
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| The interpretation
and application of the law
of sales (UCC Article 2);
and the law relating to
contract formation, enforcement,
performance and breach when
there is a transaction in
goods. Includes buyers'
and sellers' remedies, and
the law of warranties. |
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| Wills |
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| The law
relating to intestate succession;
testamentary capacity and
intent, the formalities
of execution, alteration,
revocation of wills and
the problems of distribution. |
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