Historical Course List
The table below lists courses offered for the current school year and the previous two years.
| Number | Title | Semester | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6120 - 1 | Property | 12042020 Spring | Common law possessory and future interests, estates in land, landlord-tenant relationships, concurrent tenancies, adverse possession, private and governmental restrictions on the use of land, easements and covenants, and some elementary principles of personal property law. |
| 6180 - 1 | Legal Methods | 12042020 Spring | The legal methods course will teach students how to engage in sophisticated forms of legal analysis. Students will also learn how to communicate their legal analysis in an effective and efficient manner through objective office memoranda and persuasive legal documents. In addition, students will be introduced to the United States legal system and the basics of legal practice. Finally, students will learn how to locate primary and secondary legal source material and how to devise effective legal research strategies. |
| 7040 - 1 | Evidence | 12042020 Spring | Rules of evidence, expert testimony; role of court and juror; direct and cross examination; competency and privileges of witnesses; admission and exclusion of evidence; credibility of evidence; relevancy and circumstantial evidence; hearsay rule; real proof and writings; and constitutional problems of evidence law. |
| 7072 - 1 | Trial Advocacy | 12042020 Spring | A skills training course which uses text materials, problems, simulated courtroom settings, student performance, and faculty critique to teach basic trial advocacy skills. This course is comprised of two sessions per week: 1) an all-class lecture on a weekday; and 2) a smaller evening section on an assigned weeknight. The course concludes with a mock trial at the state courthouse. PRE- OR CO- REQUISITE: Evidence. Note: Second year students intending to enroll in the Criminal Clinic during their third year should enroll in Evidence and Trial Advocacy during their second year. This course satisfies the skills requirement. |
| 7990 - 1 | Criminal Process | 12042020 Spring | This year-long course includes lecture, discussion and problems to prepare students who are enrolled in the Criminal Clinic to handle criminal cases. It also explores the criminal justice system from various social science perspectives and the role of attorneys in that system. This course is open only to 3Ls who are concurrently enrolled in the year-long Criminal Clinic. See Clinical Program Brochure for more information on the Criminal Clinic. PREREQUISITES: Evidence, Trial Advocacy. RECOMMENDED: Criminal Procedure |
| 7410 - 1 | Constitutional Law II | 12042020 Spring | Individual rights in constitutional law. Topics include equal protection and freedom of expression and religion. This course is required for graduation and must be taken in the second year. |
| 7560 - 1 | Adv Legal Resrch | 12042020 Spring | This class builds on the basics introduced in the first year Legal Methods/ Legal Research course. Students will have a variety of research experiences and will be given the opportunity to develop practical legal research skills in researching print and electronic legal and non-legal materials. Written research projects will be required throughout the course. |
| 7900 - 1 | Legal Profession | 12042020 Spring | The nature of the legal profession, with particular emphasis on the roles of lawyers and the ways in which those roles create legal, political, moral and personal conflicts. The Model Rules of Professional Conduct are studied. This course is required for graduation and may be taken in either the second or third year. |
| 7981 - 1 | Utah Law Review | 12042020 Spring | In this course, students receive credit for their work publishing and editing articles in the College-sponsored academic law journal. Students must complete a Note as part of their work. Enrollment is by selection. Participation is a two-year commitment. |
| 7602 - 1 | Estate Planning | 12042020 Spring | This course will explore the tax and non-tax issues involved in planning estates for individuals of different financial and personal circumstances. Students will receive a thorough grounding in the tax concepts that pertain to the transfer of wealth both during life and at death. Students also will have the opportunity to conduct a client interview and complete planning/drafting projects during the semester. Limited Enrollment. PRE OR CO-REQUISITE: Trusts & Estates Recommended: Federal Income Tax. |
| 6100 - 1 | Criminal Law | 12042020 Spring | The substantive law of crimes, including general principles and the elements of specific offenses and defenses. |
| 7030 - 1 | Criminal Procedure | 12042020 Spring | Introduction to constitutional criminal procedure. This course surveys the basic limitations on the detection and investigation of crimes, with special emphasis on the constitutional rights of criminal defendants. Topics to be covered include the incorporation doctrine, the right to counsel, search and seizure law, police interrogation and confessions, and the use of illegally obtained evidence. |
| 7570 - 1 | Patent Document Draftng | 12042020 Spring | This course will provide students with an introduction to the basics of drafting contracts, including multiple drafting exercises. |
| 7800 - 1 | Toxic Torts:Pollution & Hlth | 12042020 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7800 - 3 | Curr Iss in Bus Law | 12042020 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7800 - 4 | Debating Gun Law and Policy | 12042020 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 6060 - 1 | Constitutional Law I | 12042020 Spring | The federal system and the allocation of power between the federal and state governments; allocation of power among branches of the federal government; nature and scope of judicial review, procedural due process, and individual privacy protections against government interference. |
| 7788 - 1 | New Ventures | 12042020 Spring | The class will present an overview of the legal process of and issues involved in the commercializing technologies and launching new ventures. Students will also share their intern experiences in order to maximize their learning from their work. Grades will be based on students' work product and/or recommendation of attorney-supervisor, class participation, and presentations at the end of each semester. The clinic will also provide opportunities to interface with inventors, corporate representatives, as well as outside patent and corporate counsel. Year-long enrollment required; FOUR credits total. RECOMMENDED: Lawyering Skills or Lawyering Skills/Legal Profession. See Clinical Brochure for further information on the New Ventures Clinic. |
| 7789 - 1 | Prsptvs Counter-Terror | 12042020 Spring | This course will take an in-depth look at counterterrorism in China, Columbia, India, Israel, Russia, Spain and the United States. The course will examine the competing conceptions and definitions of terrorism at the national and international level and the institutions and processes designed to execute the "Global War on Terrorism." This course will include the study of the balance between national security interests and civil liberties found in the following topical areas: relevant Supreme Court decisions in the surveyed nations, legislative provisions in response to acts of terrorism, operational counter-terrorism considerations (including targeted killing), intelligence gathering (including interrogations), policy recommendations, the use of military tribunals or civil courts in trying suspected terrorists, the emerging law regarding enemy combatants and their detention, and the arguable need for new self-defense doctrines at the global level. In addition to the regularly scheduled class time, the class includes a full day scenario based counterterrorism simulation exercise in which students role play decision makers (US and international) addressing legal, policy, intelligence (gathering and analysis) and operational counterterrorism dilemmas using multiple media resources. NOTE: Participation in the all-day simulation exercise is mandatory for all students enrolled. |
| 7960 - 2 | T.A. Legal Writing | 12042020 Spring | Selection required. One year commitment. (graded -- 2 Fall; 2 Spring) |
| 7793 - 1 | Juvenile Court Law | 12042020 Spring | This course will examine the treatment of juvenile offenders in the legal system, with emphasis on the constitutional parameters of preventing, adjudicating, and sanctioning criminal behavior by minors. Topics include the justification for distinguishing juvenile and adult offenders, age-based status offenses, the constitutional rights of juvenile delinquents, and the legal mechanisms for transferring minors to adult criminal courts. The course will address child welfare issues regarding the adjudication and disposition of abuse, neglect and dependency cases. |
| 7010 - 1 | Med/Adv Negotiation | 12042020 Spring | The theories and practices of advanced negotiation and mediation will be taught in a variety of settings. There will be a substantial focus on developing these ADR skills through role-play exercises and reflection. Grades are based upon video taped performances, analytical writing, and reflective writing. Opportunities to observe live mediation will be made available. Students are also encouraged to enroll in the Mediation Clinic. See Clinical Program Brochure for further information on the Mediation Clinic. |
| 7050 - 1 | Bus Organizations | 12042020 Spring | This course covers the law of agency, as well as the law governing different types of business entities, with a focus on partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations. |
| 7074 - 1 | Family Law | 12042020 Spring | This is an introductory course in family law. Topics include the law of marriage, divorce, and child custody, and the legal recognition of nontraditional family relationships. Possible other topics include family violence, balancing family and work responsibilities, and new reproductive technologies. Along with mastery of basic family law principles, this course will emphasize critique of existing family law doctrine and policy, and evaluation of recent reform proposals by family law judges, scholars, and practitioners. |
| 7878 - 1 | Terrorism Sim. Design | 12042020 Spring | The Counterterrorism Simulation Design course provides a unique opportunity for students who have previously taken Global Perspectives on Counterterrorism to directly participate in creating simulations conducted in the Counterterrorism course. Students will research and write scenarios, facilitate student preparation for the simulation exercises conducted in the Counterterrorism course and lead simulation sessions. Scenarios address a wide-range of legal issues including constitutional law, criminal law, and international law. This graded course is two credits per semester (4 total credits for the year). A yearlong commitment is required. Prerequisite: Global Perspectives on Counterterrorism. |
| 7570 - 2 | Real Estate Drafting | 12042020 Spring | This course will provide students with an introduction to the basics of drafting contracts, including multiple drafting exercises. |
| 7829 - 1 | Innocence Law | 12042020 Spring | This course will cover post-conviction remedies, state and federal, including post-conviction motions and habeas corpus as well as judicial proceedings to prove actual innocence. Students will learn how to investigate cases of actual innocence using both forensic scientific evidence and other compelling evidence of innocence. The course will also provide students with a review of the criminal justice system from the innocence prospective. |
| 7889 - 1 | Law and Biomedicine | 12042020 Spring | This colloquium will involve presentations by outstanding scholars and practitioners in areas of law related to contemporary issues in law and the biosciences. These will be drawn from both the local area and nationally. Topics may include health care reform, law and mental health, food and drug law, genetics and law, and intellectual property. This 1-credit course is graded, and will meet only during the first 8 weeks of the semester. |
| 7015 - 1 | Real Estate Development | 12042020 Spring | This course is designed to teach real estate development through practical experience. The course explores the risks inherent in real estate development and the concrete steps required to take a real estate project from the conceptual stage to completion. The course will focus on the various risks and hurdles to successfully putting a real estate development together. Students will take a single site (of their own or one offered by the instructor) and produce several small reports that require research and analysis on: (1) market conditions for the proposed use and site; (2) planning/zoning issues and resolutions; (3) financing, including both equity and debt; and (4) site-related legal issues (such as title and environmental problems). In addition to book and internet research, students will be required to discuss their projects with planning officials in the relevant jurisdiction(s) and to speak with financing sources. At the end of the course, these combined reports should allow the student to determine whether a given project is feasible and help with a decision to move forward. This course is entirely project-based and will not have an exam. Students should expect to attend field trips to current projects. |
| 7071 - 1 | Tax Business Entities | 12042020 Spring | The federal income taxation of publicly-held corporations is compared to that of closely-held limited liability companies with respect to capital contributions, annual income or loss, periodic distributions, acquisitive reorganizations and complete liquidations. PREREQUISITES: Business Organizations, Federal Income Tax. |
| 7800 - 5 | Cyberlaw and Internet Privacy | 12042020 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7700 - 1 | Land Use Control | 12042020 Spring | Prepares students to represent private and public clients with respect to the development of real estate. The course examines public land use controls such as zoning and subdivision regulations, and private land use controls such as restrictive covenants and nuisance litigation that may limit the available options for deriving profit or pleasure from real property. This course is a companion to the Real Estate Transfer & Finance Course. |
| 7910 - 1 | Medieval English Law | 12042020 Spring | This course is about how law has interacted with the development of America. What events, values, and movements shaped the American legal order? The greatest emphasis will be upon the nineteenth century. The materials will be secondary sources with some use of primary materials. |
| 7300 - 1 | Administrative Law | 12042020 Spring | Federal and state administrative agencies not only adjudicate thousands more cases than all of the courts, they also legislate, making the bulk of rules that govern those cases. As the instrument of government charged with implementing government decisions, they also "execute the laws" as part of the executive branch. This course introduces the statutory policymaking roles of administrative agencies; the limits on their authority; the procedural requirements that structure agency decision-making; and the role of judicial review. The focus is on federal administrative agencies, though some aspects of state law are also discussed. |
| 7080 - 1 | Legal Drafting | 12042020 Spring | Restatement of the Law of Charitable Gifts: Advanced Research and Drafting. This course will provide students with an intensive skill-building experience. Students will conduct legal research and produce written analyses of the case and statutory law in the United States as it relates to various aspects of charitable gifts and charitable giving. The "client" for the class will be the American Law Institute, an organization that describes itself as "the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law." Judges, practitioners, scholars, and others rely on ALI publications, and students are exposed to the work of ALI, primarily in the form of Restatements of the Law, in the many of the cases they read in the first year. Course meetings in the early part of the semester will be dedicated to learning the basic laws governing charities and charitable gifts as well as research methods in this context. Later meetings will consist of the students presenting their research and analysis of specific topics, as well as review and critique of proposed drafts of black letter, legal commentary, and supporting notes for the ALI's Restatement of the Law of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. Students will work in close collaboration with the instructors and other students and will have several opportunities to present their work to the group. Students will be graded based on their written work and participation in class (both presentation of their work and offering feedback to others). |
| 7838 - 1 | Conflict Management | 12042020 Spring | This course will survey approaches to handling conflict - from the dispute resolution processes used most frequently in the American judicial system (negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation) to a variety of conflict prevention and management strategies used in both civil and criminal contexts (e.g., collaborative problem-solving, collaborative law, preventive law, legal conflict audits, community-based decision-making, and restorative justice). Students will study the wide array of conflict management approaches available to practicing attorneys. Through readings, exercises and a final paper (an actual conflict audit), students will develop the ability to analyze conflict situations in light of preferred decision-making authority and endpoints, and will be able to identify and evaluate the success of possible dispute management strategies. |
| 7000 - 1 | Civil Procedure II | 12042020 Spring | This course builds on skills and doctrine from the 1st year Civil Procedure course. It is designed to provide a more intensive examination of topics involved in preparing for trial and trial of a lawsuit. Topics covered include joinder of claims and parties, discovery, trial, post trial motions and appeals, remedies and effect of judgments. |
| 7033 - 1 | Mindful Lawyering | 12042020 Spring | Mindfulness refers to the practice of trying to pay attention to whatever is happening in the present moment, from one moment to the next, without criticism or judgment. Practicing mindfulness can help us develop greater awareness, concentration, and acceptance--allowing us to reduce our susceptibility to distractions, and respond creatively and constructively to pressures and demands, rather than reacting blindly out of habit. In this course, students will practice mindfulness on a daily basis, both inside and outside of class. The course is divided into three units, in which we apply mindfulness to the personal, interpersonal, and institutional aspects of one's professional identity as a lawyer. First, we will cover "personal" topics such as the relationship between the body and the mind in stress and relaxation responses; using mindfulness to examine one's strengths, weaknesses, and blind spots; reflecting on what it means to be a "mindful" lawyer; and developing a mindful approach to thriving in law school and the practice of law. Second, we will cover "interpersonal" topics, including the "soft skills" of lawyering such as various styles of listening; vicarious trauma and empathy fatigue; basic principles of conflict management; the role of the lawyer in lawyer-client relations; and the recognition and reduction of implicit bias. Last, we will cover "institutional" topics such as fostering wellbeing in legal education and the practice of law, and new developments in the profession such as holistic and collaborative lawyering, restorative justice, and therapeutic jurisprudence. Students will be required to attend and participate in all classes, without the distractions of electronic devices. In addition, students will be expected to maintain a daily practice of mindfulness, complete meditation logs, and write three short reflection papers. The course will be graded pass/fail. This is a new course, so students should expect modifications throughout the semester. |
| 7800 - 6 | Current Issues in IP Law | 12042020 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7002 - 1 | Federal Courts | 12042020 Spring | Survey of Federal Courts: Who can bring an action or file an appeal in federal court? Who can sue a government official and for what kind of relief? What is sovereign immunity? Abstention? A successive habeas petition? We will tackle all of these issues and others that commonly arise in federal court. These include the creation and role of Article III courts; federal jurisdiction; abstention; the contours of suits against governments and their officials; the relationship between state and federal law (including the law of preemption); and procedures for filing federal habeas petitions. This course should be of interest to students who are interested in litigating (particularly in federal court), practicing criminal law, or clerking for a judge. |
| 7070 - 1 | Federal Income Tax | 12042020 Spring | The course deals with federal income tax policies and principles. No previous background in tax, accounting or business is required. We will develop new skills in analyzing and interpreting statutes and regulations to combine with your existing ability to understand case law. Statutes cannot be understood or applied as mere strings of words; policy, politics and history must be considered. This course is not about how to complete returns, but how to pierce the prose to determine who gets what, and why. RECOMMENDED: Business Organizations. |
| 7016 - 1 | Family Law Practice Lab | 12042020 Spring | This practice- and skills-focused course is a complement to the three-credit Family Law course. This lab is problem-based and teaches students the basic "how to's" for handling family law cases. Skills addressed will include attorney-client interactions, representation at mediation and in litigation, and document drafting for divorce or custody cases. The course will include simulation exercises and participation by family law practitioners. Pre- or co-requisite: Family Law. |
| 7839 - 1 | 19th Cent Disadv Groups | 12042020 Spring | The course examines the white man's rationale and method for the domination of African-Americans, Indians, women, and children. The inquiry into slave law focuses upon such practical questions as the impact of criminal law upon masters and slaves, and restrictions upon emancipation. The Indian law section addresses the integrity of judicial policy in the application of fundamental theory created to govern a unique group. Nineteenth century family law provides further insight into the hierarchical morality of the period. While the context of the cases has some inherent interest, the actual goal of the class is to provide practice in careful analysis of judicial reasoning. Set to the daunting task of justifying the unjustifiable, nineteenth century opinions often display subtle and sophisticated reasoning. |
| 7013 - 1 | Sec Law: Pub Companies | 12042020 Spring | This course will prepare students to advise public companies with respect to their securities law compliance obligations. Topics will include the ongoing disclosure requirement, the tender offer rules, the proxy rules, the corporate governance and other listing standards of the NYSE and NASDAQ, and insider trading. In addition, the course will discuss issues concerning the acquisition of public companies, including the agreements used for such transactions, the steps public companies take to thwart hostile takeovers, and the fiduciary duties owed by officers and directors in this context. Time permitting, we will cover the compliance obligations of financial intermediaries, including stock brokers, investment advisers, mutual funds, hedge funds, and venture capital funds. |
| 7886 - 1 | Statutory Interpret | 12042020 Spring | This course is designed to provide students with the skills to successfully interpret state and federal statutes. The course is organized around the doctrines and principles that courts rely on when interpreting statutes, and incorporates exercises and an exam that focuses on developing the tools to argue and resolve difficult statutory interpretation questions. |
| 7775 - 1 | Bus Bankruptcy: Reorgs | 12042020 Spring | Class discussions and practical exercises in Chapter 11 business reorganizations: From filing of the bankruptcy petition to the confirmation of the plan of reorganization. The Bankruptcy Survey and Secured Transactions courses are related and helpful, but neither is a pre-requisite. Informal oral argument and short legal memoranda required. Limited Enrollment. |
| 7080 - 2 | Trademark & Unfair Competition | 12042020 Spring | Restatement of the Law of Charitable Gifts: Advanced Research and Drafting. This course will provide students with an intensive skill-building experience. Students will conduct legal research and produce written analyses of the case and statutory law in the United States as it relates to various aspects of charitable gifts and charitable giving. The "client" for the class will be the American Law Institute, an organization that describes itself as "the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law." Judges, practitioners, scholars, and others rely on ALI publications, and students are exposed to the work of ALI, primarily in the form of Restatements of the Law, in the many of the cases they read in the first year. Course meetings in the early part of the semester will be dedicated to learning the basic laws governing charities and charitable gifts as well as research methods in this context. Later meetings will consist of the students presenting their research and analysis of specific topics, as well as review and critique of proposed drafts of black letter, legal commentary, and supporting notes for the ALI's Restatement of the Law of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. Students will work in close collaboration with the instructors and other students and will have several opportunities to present their work to the group. Students will be graded based on their written work and participation in class (both presentation of their work and offering feedback to others). |
| 7800 - 7 | Current Issues in Family Law | 12042020 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7849 - 1 | Federal Indian Law | 12042020 Spring | Analyzes the development of the legal and political relationship between the tribes and the United States as viewed through court decisions and Acts of Congress. Emphasis will be placed on current legal problems and issues facing Indian tribes and the relationship with the United States and the states. |
| 7080 - 4 | International Legal Research | 12042020 Spring | Restatement of the Law of Charitable Gifts: Advanced Research and Drafting. This course will provide students with an intensive skill-building experience. Students will conduct legal research and produce written analyses of the case and statutory law in the United States as it relates to various aspects of charitable gifts and charitable giving. The "client" for the class will be the American Law Institute, an organization that describes itself as "the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law." Judges, practitioners, scholars, and others rely on ALI publications, and students are exposed to the work of ALI, primarily in the form of Restatements of the Law, in the many of the cases they read in the first year. Course meetings in the early part of the semester will be dedicated to learning the basic laws governing charities and charitable gifts as well as research methods in this context. Later meetings will consist of the students presenting their research and analysis of specific topics, as well as review and critique of proposed drafts of black letter, legal commentary, and supporting notes for the ALI's Restatement of the Law of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. Students will work in close collaboration with the instructors and other students and will have several opportunities to present their work to the group. Students will be graded based on their written work and participation in class (both presentation of their work and offering feedback to others). |
| 6800 - 1 | Comp Legal Studies | 12042020 Spring | MLS Only: This course aims to help students understand the role of law in society from a comparative perspective, including the role of law in international relations and trade, particularly for governments and multinational firms. |
| 6370 - 1 | Cntrcts in the Mod Econ | 12042020 Spring | MLS Only: This course introduces students to the fundamentals of contract law, including contract formation, claims for breach, and affirmative defenses. It approaches contracts from a practical perspective and uses real world examples from the private sphere. Basic approaches for and pitfalls in drafting contracts are also addressed. |
| 6390 - 1 | Bs IP Lbr&Eply n Md Ecn | 12042020 Spring | MLS Only: An introduction to the role of law in governing businesses, including substantive law that controls different forms of business formation and governance, management-labor relations, the employer-employee relationship, and the evolving role of the private firm in a globalizing and increasingly technological economy. The course provides perspectives on how lawyers can add value to business relations. |
| 7817 - 1 | Immigration: Dtnd Imgrt | 12042020 Spring | The class will explore the fundamentals of Removal (Deportation) Defense in Immigration court focusing on forms of relief from removal that are most applicable to detained immigrants. Students will be given hypothetical scenarios faced by detained immigrants who are seeking relief from removal, will work on issue spotting, red flags and how to determine the applicable relief. The class will explore best practices for interviewing vulnerable adults and children and how to best prepare them for their Individual Hearings (Trials) including assisting them with preparation of immigration applications, personal statements and evidence to support their claims for relief. Graduates of this class will have a working knowledge of applicable federal statutes and regulations, relevant Board of Immigration Appeals and 5th Circuit caselaw as Texas is in the 5th Circuit as well as how to interact with vulnerable, often afraid clients face to face so they can better assist detained immigrants in Texas. We will also discuss the many new developments under the current administration. |
| 7220 - 2 | Oil and Gas | 12042020 Spring | Ownership, acquisition and development of domestic and international mineral resources focusing primarily on oil and gas, but including some hardrock mineral topics. Policy, conservation and environmental issues affecting development will be addressed, as well as various joint development arrangements. PREREQUISITES: Administrative Law OR Natural Resources Law. |
| 7410 - 1 | Constitutional Law II | 12062020 Summer | Temporarily unavailable |
| 7800 - 2 | The Opioid Crisis | 12062020 Summer | Temporarily unavailable |
| 7841 - 1 | Prep & Exam Witnesses | 12062020 Summer | Temporarily unavailable |
| 7842 - 1 | Take/Defend Depositions | 12062020 Summer | Temporarily unavailable |
| 6040 - 1 | Civil Procedure | 11982019 Fall | Topics covered include jurisdiction (territorial, subject matter, and venue); forum non conveniens and transfer; state law in federal courts (Erie); pleading and motions; discovery and pretrial; summary judgment; and introduction to remedies. |
| 6080 - 1 | Contracts | 11982019 Fall | Legal principles governing the formation, interpretation, performance, enforcement, and discharge of contracts. |
| 6140 - 1 | Torts | 11982019 Fall | Study of the law that governs the recovery of money damages or other civil relief (as distinguished from criminal prosecutions) for harm caused by another person's conduct. Primarily devoted to examination of the legal protection for each individual's interests in his or her person, relationships, and property. |
| 6180 - 1 | Legal Methods | 11982019 Fall | The legal methods course will teach students how to engage in sophisticated forms of legal analysis. Students will also learn how to communicate their legal analysis in an effective and efficient manner through objective office memoranda and persuasive legal documents. In addition, students will be introduced to the United States legal system and the basics of legal practice. Finally, students will learn how to locate primary and secondary legal source material and how to devise effective legal research strategies. |
| 7040 - 1 | Evidence | 11982019 Fall | Rules of evidence, expert testimony; role of court and juror; direct and cross examination; competency and privileges of witnesses; admission and exclusion of evidence; credibility of evidence; relevancy and circumstantial evidence; hearsay rule; real proof and writings; and constitutional problems of evidence law. |
| 7050 - 1 | Bus Organizations | 11982019 Fall | This course covers the law of agency, as well as the law governing different types of business entities, with a focus on partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations. |
| 7990 - 1 | Criminal Process | 11982019 Fall | This year-long course includes lecture, discussion and problems to prepare students who are enrolled in the Criminal Clinic to handle criminal cases. It also explores the criminal justice system from various social science perspectives and the role of attorneys in that system. This course is open only to 3Ls who are concurrently enrolled in the year-long Criminal Clinic. See Clinical Program Brochure for more information on the Criminal Clinic. PREREQUISITES: Evidence, Trial Advocacy. RECOMMENDED: Criminal Procedure |
| 7940 - 1 | Judicial Process | 11982019 Fall | Provides an opportunity for students to place their judicial clinic experiences in a broader context, and to explore their insights about courts in greater depth. The class looks at how judges make decisions by considering legal philosophy, brought to bear upon statutory, common law and constitutional interpretation. The course focuses on how judges are selected and how process affects decision-making. The course also considers how courts operate and current issues about the adversary process. CO- REQUISITE: Law 7950 Judicial Clinic Placement |
| 7410 - 1 | Constitutional Law II | 11982019 Fall | Individual rights in constitutional law. Topics include equal protection and freedom of expression and religion. This course is required for graduation and must be taken in the second year. |
| 7900 - 1 | Legal Profession | 11982019 Fall | The nature of the legal profession, with particular emphasis on the roles of lawyers and the ways in which those roles create legal, political, moral and personal conflicts. The Model Rules of Professional Conduct are studied. This course is required for graduation and may be taken in either the second or third year. |
| 7960 - 1 | T.A. Legal Writing | 11982019 Fall | Selection required. One year commitment. (graded -- 2 Fall; 2 Spring) |
| 7981 - 1 | Utah Law Review | 11982019 Fall | In this course, students receive credit for their work publishing and editing articles in the College-sponsored academic law journal. Students must complete a Note as part of their work. Enrollment is by selection. Participation is a two-year commitment. |
| 6190 - 1 | Legal Research | 11982019 Fall | Taught in conjunction with Legal Methods, Legal Research teaches students how to locate primary and secondary legal sources material and how to devise effective legal research strategies. |
| 6000 - 1 | Intro to Law | 11982019 Fall | |
| 7030 - 1 | Criminal Procedure | 11982019 Fall | Introduction to constitutional criminal procedure. This course surveys the basic limitations on the detection and investigation of crimes, with special emphasis on the constitutional rights of criminal defendants. Topics to be covered include the incorporation doctrine, the right to counsel, search and seizure law, police interrogation and confessions, and the use of illegally obtained evidence. |
| 7788 - 1 | New Ventures | 11982019 Fall | The class will present an overview of the legal process of and issues involved in the commercializing technologies and launching new ventures. Students will also share their intern experiences in order to maximize their learning from their work. Grades will be based on students' work product and/or recommendation of attorney-supervisor, class participation, and presentations at the end of each semester. The clinic will also provide opportunities to interface with inventors, corporate representatives, as well as outside patent and corporate counsel. Year-long enrollment required; FOUR credits total. RECOMMENDED: Lawyering Skills or Lawyering Skills/Legal Profession. See Clinical Brochure for further information on the New Ventures Clinic. |
| 7200 - 1 | Natural Resources | 11982019 Fall | Provides the basic introduction and overview of management of public lands and natural resources. The course begins with the history of the public lands, including allocation of authority within the federal government and between federal and state governments. After an introduction to the National Environmental Policy Act and the Administrative Procedure Act, the course then looks at each of the six major resource areas: minerals, timber, range, wildlife, water, recreation, and preservation. Throughout the course, the environmental, economic, and social dimensions of natural resource policy and conflicts will be examined. |
| 7570 - 1 | Drafting: Contracts | 11982019 Fall | This course will provide students with an introduction to the basics of drafting contracts, including multiple drafting exercises. |
| 7878 - 1 | Terrorism Sim. Design | 11982019 Fall | The Counterterrorism Simulation Design course provides a unique opportunity for students who have previously taken Global Perspectives on Counterterrorism to directly participate in creating simulations conducted in the Counterterrorism course. Students will research and write scenarios, facilitate student preparation for the simulation exercises conducted in the Counterterrorism course and lead simulation sessions. Scenarios address a wide-range of legal issues including constitutional law, criminal law, and international law. This graded course is two credits per semester (4 total credits for the year). A yearlong commitment is required. Prerequisite: Global Perspectives on Counterterrorism. |
| 7829 - 1 | Innocence Law | 11982019 Fall | This course will cover post-conviction remedies, state and federal, including post-conviction motions and habeas corpus as well as judicial proceedings to prove actual innocence. Students will learn how to investigate cases of actual innocence using both forensic scientific evidence and other compelling evidence of innocence. The course will also provide students with a review of the criminal justice system from the innocence prospective. |
| 7020 - 1 | Legislative Process | 11982019 Fall | This course involves the study of legislative process at the state and federal level with an emphasis on Utah state legislative process and issues. The course is divided into two components. First is the study of the current legal issues surrounding the legislative process, including: the initiative and referendum process, the single subject rule, redistricting, and theories of statutory interpretation. This part of the course will focus on current and recent events, e.g., the voucher controversy and the omnibus education bill, from the Utah legislature. This part of the class will be conducted through traditional lectures and will conclude with a mid-term exam at the end of the segment. The second component involves the formulation, drafting and enactment of legislation. The study of this second component will be done through role play where each student will draft legislation, present oral testimony in front of a legislative committee, and sponsor amendments to other students bills. |
| 7800 - 3 | Global Justice | 11982019 Fall | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7600 - 1 | Trusts & Estates | 11982019 Fall | This course explores the legal problems related to inter vivos and testamentary gratuitous transfers of wealth, including: intestate succession; wills and the construction of wills; will substitutes, including trusts, contracts, multiple party bank accounts, and gifts; restrictions on transfers of wealth aimed at protecting the family; class gifts; and probate and trust administration. Close attention will be paid to the Uniform Probate Code, and the policies they reflect. |
| 7360 - 1 | Health Law | 11982019 Fall | Health Law provides an introduction to the broad array of legal principles involved in the delivery of health care today. Legal issues related to health policy, health care administration, and biomedical ethics will be included. Topics to be addressed include the physician-patient relationship; confidentiality; informed consent; medical error and apology; medical malpractice and tort reform; end of life issues such as withholding and withdrawing care; Good Samaritan laws; reproductive health issues, including contraception, abortion, and stem cell research; human subjects research; organ transplantation; and regulation of pharmaceuticals. Students have the opportunity to (but are not required to) also participate in the Health Law Clinic. See Clinical Program Descriptions for more information regarding Health Law Clinic. |
| 7460 - 1 | Gambling & Gaming Law | 11982019 Fall | Covers the breadth of an explosive and controversial industry intensively regulated at federal and state levels. Many doctrinal lines are crossed including admininstrative law, commerical law, criminal law, tribal sovereignty, tax, social regulation etc. |
| 7851 - 1 | Real Estate Trans/Finan | 11982019 Fall | Standard residential and commercial real estate transactions, including consideration of brokerage arrangements, contracts of sale, methods of financing, methods of title protection and assurance, mortgage markets, construction loans, permanent financing, and mortgages and other devices for creating and enforcing security interests with respect to land. |
| 7260 - 1 | Environmental Practice | 11982019 Fall | This course will evaluate in detail the practical, procedural and strategic aspects of the practice of environmental and natural resources law using readings and simulated exercises. The course will cover practice elements under the Clean air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Community Right-to-Know Act and CERCLA. Exercises will include client counseling, witness interviewing, drafting administrative and citizen suit complaints, summary judgment motions, settlement negotiations and rulemaking practice. PREREQUISITES: Either Environmental Law OR Natural Resources |
| 7861 - 1 | White Collar Crime | 11982019 Fall | This course explores the law of economic and political crimes associated with the rubric " white collar crime. " Topics typically covered include: bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud, tax fraud, extortion, securities fraud, racketeering, and money laundering, along with quasi-criminal laws such as forfeiture of assets. |
| 7061 - 1 | Bankruptcy | 11982019 Fall | This introductory course studies the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, including the law of preferences, fraudulent transfers, executory contracts, and the bankruptcy relief available under Chapters 7, 11, and 13 of the Code. Basic consumer and business bankruptcies are explained, and current issues in bankruptcy law are addressed. |
| 7800 - 1 | Victim's Rights | 11982019 Fall | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7080 - 1 | Applt Prctc&Trynr Mt Ct | 11982019 Fall | Restatement of the Law of Charitable Gifts: Advanced Research and Drafting. This course will provide students with an intensive skill-building experience. Students will conduct legal research and produce written analyses of the case and statutory law in the United States as it relates to various aspects of charitable gifts and charitable giving. The "client" for the class will be the American Law Institute, an organization that describes itself as "the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law." Judges, practitioners, scholars, and others rely on ALI publications, and students are exposed to the work of ALI, primarily in the form of Restatements of the Law, in the many of the cases they read in the first year. Course meetings in the early part of the semester will be dedicated to learning the basic laws governing charities and charitable gifts as well as research methods in this context. Later meetings will consist of the students presenting their research and analysis of specific topics, as well as review and critique of proposed drafts of black letter, legal commentary, and supporting notes for the ALI's Restatement of the Law of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. Students will work in close collaboration with the instructors and other students and will have several opportunities to present their work to the group. Students will be graded based on their written work and participation in class (both presentation of their work and offering feedback to others). |
| 7080 - 2 | Employment Law | 11982019 Fall | Restatement of the Law of Charitable Gifts: Advanced Research and Drafting. This course will provide students with an intensive skill-building experience. Students will conduct legal research and produce written analyses of the case and statutory law in the United States as it relates to various aspects of charitable gifts and charitable giving. The "client" for the class will be the American Law Institute, an organization that describes itself as "the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law." Judges, practitioners, scholars, and others rely on ALI publications, and students are exposed to the work of ALI, primarily in the form of Restatements of the Law, in the many of the cases they read in the first year. Course meetings in the early part of the semester will be dedicated to learning the basic laws governing charities and charitable gifts as well as research methods in this context. Later meetings will consist of the students presenting their research and analysis of specific topics, as well as review and critique of proposed drafts of black letter, legal commentary, and supporting notes for the ALI's Restatement of the Law of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. Students will work in close collaboration with the instructors and other students and will have several opportunities to present their work to the group. Students will be graded based on their written work and participation in class (both presentation of their work and offering feedback to others). |
| 7230 - 1 | Water Law | 11982019 Fall | Overview of the water allocation doctrines of riparian rights and prior appropriation; the origins of federal power over water resource allocation and controversies between the states and the federal government and between states over shared water resources; and practical aspects of water law and practice in the appropriation doctrine states. |
| 7760 - 1 | Patent Law | 11982019 Fall | This course will provide students with an opportunity to study the substantive patent law issues which constitute conditions for patentability. Specifically, this course will explore the case law which has evolved in connection with the interpretation of several key statutory sections of Title 35 (the 1952 Patent Act), including section 101 (eligible subject matter and utility), section 102 (prior art, novelty, and loss of right), and section 103 (non-obviousness). |
| 7350 - 1 | Immigration Law | 11982019 Fall | Through the study of statutory and case law as well as historical and contemporary theories and debates about immigration, this course provides a review of immigration and asylum law and policy. The course explores issues such as the meaning of membership in the "national community" and obligations of members to those deemed outsiders. We will analyze these issues through the examination of asylum law, types of entries by foreigners, deportation, exclusion, immigrant and non-immigrant status, employment law, and citizenship. |
| 7910 - 1 | International Law | 11982019 Fall | This course is about how law has interacted with the development of America. What events, values, and movements shaped the American legal order? The greatest emphasis will be upon the nineteenth century. The materials will be secondary sources with some use of primary materials. |
| 7906 - 1 | Genetics & Med ELSI | 11982019 Fall | Genetics and Medicine: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues: This interdisciplinary class is designed to immerse students in the emerging ethical, legal, and social issues facing the fields of genetics and medicine. This is a semester-long, weekly course that meets for 13, two hour sessions. The course offers a mix of lectures, guest speakers, case studies, class discussion and short writing assignments. This course is intended for students with graduate standing and is targeted toward students who have at least some background in human genetics. |
| 7800 - 4 | Hm Rts Alns Mgrnts Rfgs | 11982019 Fall | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7060 - 1 | Commercial Law | 11982019 Fall | The fundamentals of the law governing commercial transactions. Because much of this law is codified in the Uniform Commercial Code, emphasis will be placed on the techniques for using the Code. A substantial portion of the course will be devoted to Article 9 of the Code dealing with secured transactions, including the interplay between Article 9 and Bankruptcy Code. Parts of Article 2 (sales), Article 2A (leases), Article 3 (negotiable instruments) and Article 4 (bank collections will also be covered). |
| 7887 - 1 | Environmental Crimes | 11982019 Fall | The Environmental Crimes course will discuss investigations of alleged criminal violations of federal pollution and wildlife laws, charging decisions, proving the case, sentencing, and restitution issues, and how counsel can advise their clients to avoid these issues. This class will cover criminal provisions of the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, RCRA, the Lacey Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, just to name a few. |
| 7076 - 1 | Pre-Trial Practice | 11982019 Fall | The primary goal of this course is to prepare you to represent a client during the pretrial phase of a lawsuit. Today lawyers who litigate (except prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys) rarely take cases all the way through trial and appeal. In fact, less than 2% of civil cases filed in court actually go to trial. The other 98% are abandoned, settled, or resolved on motion practice. Therefore, in this course you will: prepare a pleading (complaint or answer); conduct "paper discovery" (i.e., prepare and respond to interrogatories, requests for admission, and requests for production of documents); conduct a witness interview and prepare a written interview summary; conduct a deposition and prepare a written deposition summary; prepare non-dispositive motions and memoranda (for or against jurisdiction, joinder, and interpleader); prepare and argue a dispositive motion (for or against summary judgment); and negotiate and document the settlement of a lawsuit. The course will have one class per week in which all students meet to discuss relevant concepts and skills, with small evening sections of about eight students each which will meet once a week with an adjunct professor to discuss, demonstrate, and critique the skills taught in the course. |
| 7800 - 5 | Sxl Hrsmt: Lw Pltcs Mvt | 11982019 Fall | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 6360 - 1 | Udrstg Cses Stats & Leg | 11982019 Fall | MLS Only: In this class, students will gain an understanding of how law is made. The role of judges in making law, resolving disputes, and interpreting statutes is a primary focus, as is the relationship between statutes, regulations, and judicial review. Students should leave the course with an understanding of how judicial opinions are structured, how to read and interpret them, and what their effect is, the difference between factual and legal issues, and the process for making laws and the tools for interpreting them. It will also explain the various levels of courts and the degree of authority reflected in opinions issued at each level. |
| 6330 - 1 | Lawsuits and Litigation | 11982019 Fall | MLS Only: This course introduces the role of civil lawsuits in society, with a particular emphasis on how the court system affects business, individuals, and public interest issues. Students in this course will learn about the role of the judiciary, the structure and function of trial and appellate courts (as well as specialized courts), and the basics of procedures that govern how lawsuits are resolved, including jurisdiction, pleading, motions practice, discovery, summary judgment, and trials. This course will also introduce basic elements of criminal law. |
| 6320 - 1 | Conflict/Lgl Crisis Mgt | 11982019 Fall | MLS Only: This course surveys a wide array of approaches to handling conflict, as well as conflict prevention and management strategies. Particular emphasis will be placed on the role of law in resolving conflict in society, including through litigation, negotiation, mediation, facilitation, and arbitration, although the course approaches these tools as only part of broad spectrum for problem solving, conflict avoidance, and resolution. Students in the course will work through case studies of both public and private organizations that have faced legal dilemmas and crises. |
| 7876 - 1 | Copyright Law | 11982019 Fall | This course will focus on the legal protection of creative works through copyright and related rights. Topics covered typically include the copyrightable subject matter, ownership of copyright, purposes and goals of copyright, originality, fixation, formalities, and the various rights, limitations, and remedies provided by copyright. |
| 7240 - 1 | Environmental Law | 11982019 Fall | An introduction to legal and policy issues of environmental protection and decision-making, including study of common law approaches to pollution control; and the theories and approach to federal laws governing environmental regulation. |
| 7870 - 1 | Law Practice Management | 11982019 Fall | This course focuses on the management of solo or small-firm legal practices. Topics typically covered include law firm business structure, office systems, marketing, staffing, liability insurance, time management, technology, billing and collections. This 2-credit course is graded. |
| 7869 - 1 | Adoption Law | 11982019 Fall | This course focuses on laws pertaining to the adoption of children and the current practice of adoption law. Topics typically covered include the history and evolution of legal adoption in the United States; constitutional jurisprudence surrounding the termination and relinquishment of parental rights; the evolution of "best interests of the child" standard in adoptive placement; the confidentiality of adoption records and the rise of "open adoption;" international adoption issues; and the intersection of adoption law and discrimination against prospective parents. This 2-credit course is graded. |
| 7888 - 1 | Sec Law: Priv Companies | 11982019 Fall | This course will prepare students to provide legal counsel to companies looking to raise capital through private and public offerings of securities. This course will cover the securities laws pertaining to such transactions and introduce students to the documentation involved. In addition, rather than conduct public offerings, many private companies are acquired by competing firms. To prepare students for these transactions, this course will discuss the fundamentals of stock purchase agreements and related transaction documents. |
| 7080 - 3 | Arbitration | 11982019 Fall | Restatement of the Law of Charitable Gifts: Advanced Research and Drafting. This course will provide students with an intensive skill-building experience. Students will conduct legal research and produce written analyses of the case and statutory law in the United States as it relates to various aspects of charitable gifts and charitable giving. The "client" for the class will be the American Law Institute, an organization that describes itself as "the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law." Judges, practitioners, scholars, and others rely on ALI publications, and students are exposed to the work of ALI, primarily in the form of Restatements of the Law, in the many of the cases they read in the first year. Course meetings in the early part of the semester will be dedicated to learning the basic laws governing charities and charitable gifts as well as research methods in this context. Later meetings will consist of the students presenting their research and analysis of specific topics, as well as review and critique of proposed drafts of black letter, legal commentary, and supporting notes for the ALI's Restatement of the Law of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. Students will work in close collaboration with the instructors and other students and will have several opportunities to present their work to the group. Students will be graded based on their written work and participation in class (both presentation of their work and offering feedback to others). |
| 7080 - 4 | Crim Pro: Adjudication | 11982019 Fall | Restatement of the Law of Charitable Gifts: Advanced Research and Drafting. This course will provide students with an intensive skill-building experience. Students will conduct legal research and produce written analyses of the case and statutory law in the United States as it relates to various aspects of charitable gifts and charitable giving. The "client" for the class will be the American Law Institute, an organization that describes itself as "the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law." Judges, practitioners, scholars, and others rely on ALI publications, and students are exposed to the work of ALI, primarily in the form of Restatements of the Law, in the many of the cases they read in the first year. Course meetings in the early part of the semester will be dedicated to learning the basic laws governing charities and charitable gifts as well as research methods in this context. Later meetings will consist of the students presenting their research and analysis of specific topics, as well as review and critique of proposed drafts of black letter, legal commentary, and supporting notes for the ALI's Restatement of the Law of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. Students will work in close collaboration with the instructors and other students and will have several opportunities to present their work to the group. Students will be graded based on their written work and participation in class (both presentation of their work and offering feedback to others). |
| 7796 - 1 | Mining Law | 11982019 Fall | Definitions of mineral interests, land status determinations, acquisitions of mineral rights, primarily as to the public lands, mining entry and location of claims, mineral leasing, mining agreements. |
| 7320 - 1 | Antitrust | 11982019 Fall | The study of the law and economics of antitrust policy and the public and private methods for enforcing antitrust policy. Particular emphasis is placed on the Sherman and Clayton Acts and the issues of monopolization, mergers, price fixing, boycotts, tying arrangements and state and local government actions displacing the competitive process. |
| 7882 - 1 | Religion & First Amend | 11982019 Fall | This course examines the legal relationship between religion and government, paying particular attention to the history, values, and case law surrounding the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment. Students will also study protections for religious liberty arising from the Free Speech Clause and state and federal legislation, as well as several current controversies over the separation of church and state. |
| 6390 - 1 | Bs IP Lbr&Eply n Md Ecn | 11962019 Summer | MLS Only: An introduction to the role of law in governing businesses, including substantive law that controls different forms of business formation and governance, management-labor relations, the employer-employee relationship, and the evolving role of the private firm in a globalizing and increasingly technological economy. The course provides perspectives on how lawyers can add value to business relations. |
| 6380 - 1 | Gov, Pvt Prop & Lnd Use | 11962019 Summer | MLS Only: This course introduces students to the fundamentals of property, including different forms of property, rights in property, and how property can be leveraged for private and public good. The course puts a particular emphasis on the role of government in relation to property, including zoning, regulation, and takings. |
| 6340 - 1 | The Regulatory System | 11962019 Summer | MLS Only: For nearly a century now, administrative agencies have played an ever-increasing role in lawmaking and governance in the United States. This course surveys the history of regulation in the United States, the rise of the administrative state, and the role and power of executive agencies at both the federal and state levels. It outlines the basic administrative process, including both regulatory and adjudicative actions taken by administrative agencies and the ability of outside parties to participate in and influence or challenge those decisions, addresses procedural and substantive limits on those agencies, and explores the complex relationship between regulators and regulated entities. |
| 7410 - 1 | Constitutional Law II | 11962019 Summer | Individual rights in constitutional law. Topics include equal protection and freedom of expression and religion. This course is required for graduation and must be taken in the second year. |
| 7800 - 2 | The Opioid Crisis | 11962019 Summer | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7057 - 1 | Deals | 11962019 Summer | This course focuses on the common economic problems that drive deal structuring and deal contracting. Although deals vary in their details, they share common economic problems, such as issues of rent-seeking, moral hazard, and information asymmetry. This course introduces students to the economic tools necessary to evaluate alternative contractual regimes, including transaction costs, information economics, risk sharing and incentives, property rights, and finance. Then, it applies that knowledge to the evaluation of different real world deals, with the particular deals selected to give students a range of subject matters in order to highlight a common set of problems and solutions that arises in multiple settings. In the past, Deals courses have included the study of mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, venture financing, movie financing, spin-offs, and securitizations, among others. |
| 7892 - 1 | Immigration Skills Lab | 11962019 Summer | This course equips students with the practical knowledge and skills utilized in federal deportation hearings in the United States. It addresses the applicable procedures, substantive requirements, and best practices relating to representing both foreign-born citizens and the United States in such proceedings. The lab covers the most common applications for relief in such proceedings, including asylum, cancellation of removal for permanent residents, cancellation of removal for non-permanent residents, and adjustment of status. The lab will also cover issues relating to immigration detention and voluntary departure. The course is built on experiential simulations. Generally, for each topic, the course will cover a substantive requirement, the class will strategize about related examples, and individuals or groups will work through the simulation from both sides (government and respondent). |
| 7841 - 1 | Prep & Exam Witnesses | 11962019 Summer | Opening statements and closing arguments are seen as the trial lawyer's stock in trade, but trials are won and lost on the witness stand. This course will focus on the preparation, handling and presentation of the witness at trial. The class will emphasize the importance of pre-trial preparation before both direct and cross-examination, and the execution of those skills. We will also deal with witnesses who need specific preparation, handling, and presentation, such as experts, child victims of violent or sex-related crimes, witnesses who are mentally or emotionally disabled, and witnesses who must testify through the use of an interpreter. The format of the class will be a lecture on the use and presentation of a particular classification of witness, a demonstration of a direct and/or cross-examination of that class of witness, and hands-on participation in the examinations of the witness by students. This 2-credit course is graded. |
| 7842 - 1 | Take/Defend Depositions | 11962019 Summer | With only a small percentage of cases actually going to trial, the real battleground for most litigation is the deposition. Depositions can make or break a client?s case and knowing how to effectively take and defend depositions is key to a successful litigation strategy. Deposition testimony often plays a pivotal role in determining motions for summary judgment and in settlement. This is a practical skills course and students will learn the basics of taking and defending the depositions of lay witnesses, Rule 30(b)(6) corporate representatives and expert witnesses. Through lecture, classroom demonstrations and mock deposition exercises, students will learn the procedural rules governing depositions, various examination techniques, how to handle documents, how to assert and respond to objections, how to prepare a deponent and the ethical issues surrounding depositions. The mock deposition exercise will be conducted by experienced lawyers. |
| 7940 - 2 | Judicial Process | 11962019 Summer | Provides an opportunity for students to place their judicial clinic experiences in a broader context, and to explore their insights about courts in greater depth. The class looks at how judges make decisions by considering legal philosophy, brought to bear upon statutory, common law and constitutional interpretation. The course focuses on how judges are selected and how process affects decision-making. The course also considers how courts operate and current issues about the adversary process. CO- REQUISITE: Law 7950 Judicial Clinic Placement |
| 7920 - 2 | Lawyering Skills Survey | 11962019 Summer | The basic lawyering skills of interviewing, counseling, negotiating and problem-solving will be taught using videotaped demonstrations, role-playing exercises, students videotaped performances, discussions and reflective writing. During the academic year students should arrange to observe/engage in these lawyering skills in actual practice in order to reflect upon them. Such opportunities can be obtained through paid clerkships, the Pro Bono Initiative or appropriate Clinics (Civil, Criminal, Mediation). See Clinical Program Brochure for further information on live experiences and on clinic options. |
| 6120 - 1 | Property | 11942019 Spring | Common law possessory and future interests, estates in land, landlord-tenant relationships, concurrent tenancies, adverse possession, private and governmental restrictions on the use of land, easements and covenants, and some elementary principles of personal property law. |
| 6180 - 1 | Legal Methods | 11942019 Spring | The legal methods course will teach students how to engage in sophisticated forms of legal analysis. Students will also learn how to communicate their legal analysis in an effective and efficient manner through objective office memoranda and persuasive legal documents. In addition, students will be introduced to the United States legal system and the basics of legal practice. Finally, students will learn how to locate primary and secondary legal source material and how to devise effective legal research strategies. |
| 7040 - 1 | Evidence | 11942019 Spring | Rules of evidence, expert testimony; role of court and juror; direct and cross examination; competency and privileges of witnesses; admission and exclusion of evidence; credibility of evidence; relevancy and circumstantial evidence; hearsay rule; real proof and writings; and constitutional problems of evidence law. |
| 7072 - 1 | Trial Advocacy | 11942019 Spring | A skills training course which uses text materials, problems, simulated courtroom settings, student performance, and faculty critique to teach basic trial advocacy skills. This course is comprised of two sessions per week: 1) an all-class lecture on a weekday; and 2) a smaller evening section on an assigned weeknight. The course concludes with a mock trial at the state courthouse. PRE- OR CO- REQUISITE: Evidence. Note: Second year students intending to enroll in the Criminal Clinic during their third year should enroll in Evidence and Trial Advocacy during their second year. This course satisfies the skills requirement. |
| 7990 - 1 | Criminal Process | 11942019 Spring | This year-long course includes lecture, discussion and problems to prepare students who are enrolled in the Criminal Clinic to handle criminal cases. It also explores the criminal justice system from various social science perspectives and the role of attorneys in that system. This course is open only to 3Ls who are concurrently enrolled in the year-long Criminal Clinic. See Clinical Program Brochure for more information on the Criminal Clinic. PREREQUISITES: Evidence, Trial Advocacy. RECOMMENDED: Criminal Procedure |
| 7940 - 1 | Judicial Process | 11942019 Spring | Provides an opportunity for students to place their judicial clinic experiences in a broader context, and to explore their insights about courts in greater depth. The class looks at how judges make decisions by considering legal philosophy, brought to bear upon statutory, common law and constitutional interpretation. The course focuses on how judges are selected and how process affects decision-making. The course also considers how courts operate and current issues about the adversary process. CO- REQUISITE: Law 7950 Judicial Clinic Placement |
| 7098 - 1 | Traynor Moot Court | 11942019 Spring | Second or third year. Students will brief and argue an appellate legal issue and participate in the intra-mural moot court competition. |
| 7410 - 1 | Constitutional Law II | 11942019 Spring | Individual rights in constitutional law. Topics include equal protection and freedom of expression and religion. This course is required for graduation and must be taken in the second year. |
| 7560 - 1 | Adv Legal Resrch | 11942019 Spring | This class builds on the basics introduced in the first year Legal Methods/ Legal Research course. Students will have a variety of research experiences and will be given the opportunity to develop practical legal research skills in researching print and electronic legal and non-legal materials. Written research projects will be required throughout the course. |
| 7900 - 1 | Legal Profession | 11942019 Spring | The nature of the legal profession, with particular emphasis on the roles of lawyers and the ways in which those roles create legal, political, moral and personal conflicts. The Model Rules of Professional Conduct are studied. This course is required for graduation and may be taken in either the second or third year. |
| 7981 - 1 | Utah Law Review | 11942019 Spring | In this course, students receive credit for their work publishing and editing articles in the College-sponsored academic law journal. Students must complete a Note as part of their work. Enrollment is by selection. Participation is a two-year commitment. |
| 7602 - 1 | Estate Planning | 11942019 Spring | This course will explore the tax and non-tax issues involved in planning estates for individuals of different financial and personal circumstances. Students will receive a thorough grounding in the tax concepts that pertain to the transfer of wealth both during life and at death. Students also will have the opportunity to conduct a client interview and complete planning/drafting projects during the semester. Limited Enrollment. PRE OR CO-REQUISITE: Trusts & Estates Recommended: Federal Income Tax. |
| 6100 - 1 | Criminal Law | 11942019 Spring | The substantive law of crimes, including general principles and the elements of specific offenses and defenses. |
| 7030 - 1 | Criminal Procedure | 11942019 Spring | Introduction to constitutional criminal procedure. This course surveys the basic limitations on the detection and investigation of crimes, with special emphasis on the constitutional rights of criminal defendants. Topics to be covered include the incorporation doctrine, the right to counsel, search and seizure law, police interrogation and confessions, and the use of illegally obtained evidence. |
| 7570 - 1 | Drafting: Contracts | 11942019 Spring | This course will provide students with an introduction to the basics of drafting contracts, including multiple drafting exercises. |
| 7800 - 2 | Ocean and Coastal Law | 11942019 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7800 - 4 | Current Issues Securities Law | 11942019 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7800 - 5 | Cyberlaw and Internet Privacy | 11942019 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 6060 - 1 | Constitutional Law I | 11942019 Spring | The federal system and the allocation of power between the federal and state governments; allocation of power among branches of the federal government; nature and scope of judicial review, procedural due process, and individual privacy protections against government interference. |
| 7788 - 1 | New Ventures | 11942019 Spring | The class will present an overview of the legal process of and issues involved in the commercializing technologies and launching new ventures. Students will also share their intern experiences in order to maximize their learning from their work. Grades will be based on students' work product and/or recommendation of attorney-supervisor, class participation, and presentations at the end of each semester. The clinic will also provide opportunities to interface with inventors, corporate representatives, as well as outside patent and corporate counsel. Year-long enrollment required; FOUR credits total. RECOMMENDED: Lawyering Skills or Lawyering Skills/Legal Profession. See Clinical Brochure for further information on the New Ventures Clinic. |
| 7797 - 1 | Internationl Bankruptcy | 11942019 Spring | International business requires cross-border cooperation in order to rescue, or liquidate, troubled enterprises. This course examines international issues, such as jurisdiction and court-to-court cooperation, in the context of American, European and Asian bankruptcy laws and practices. |
| 7789 - 1 | Prsptvs Counter-Terror | 11942019 Spring | This course will take an in-depth look at counterterrorism in China, Columbia, India, Israel, Russia, Spain and the United States. The course will examine the competing conceptions and definitions of terrorism at the national and international level and the institutions and processes designed to execute the "Global War on Terrorism." This course will include the study of the balance between national security interests and civil liberties found in the following topical areas: relevant Supreme Court decisions in the surveyed nations, legislative provisions in response to acts of terrorism, operational counter-terrorism considerations (including targeted killing), intelligence gathering (including interrogations), policy recommendations, the use of military tribunals or civil courts in trying suspected terrorists, the emerging law regarding enemy combatants and their detention, and the arguable need for new self-defense doctrines at the global level. In addition to the regularly scheduled class time, the class includes a full day scenario based counterterrorism simulation exercise in which students role play decision makers (US and international) addressing legal, policy, intelligence (gathering and analysis) and operational counterterrorism dilemmas using multiple media resources. NOTE: Participation in the all-day simulation exercise is mandatory for all students enrolled. |
| 7960 - 2 | T.A. Legal Writing | 11942019 Spring | Selection required. One year commitment. (graded -- 2 Fall; 2 Spring) |
| 7793 - 1 | Juvenile Court Law | 11942019 Spring | This course will examine the treatment of juvenile offenders in the legal system, with emphasis on the constitutional parameters of preventing, adjudicating, and sanctioning criminal behavior by minors. Topics include the justification for distinguishing juvenile and adult offenders, age-based status offenses, the constitutional rights of juvenile delinquents, and the legal mechanisms for transferring minors to adult criminal courts. The course will address child welfare issues regarding the adjudication and disposition of abuse, neglect and dependency cases. |
| 7010 - 1 | Med/Adv Negotiation | 11942019 Spring | The theories and practices of advanced negotiation and mediation will be taught in a variety of settings. There will be a substantial focus on developing these ADR skills through role-play exercises and reflection. Grades are based upon video taped performances, analytical writing, and reflective writing. Opportunities to observe live mediation will be made available. Students are also encouraged to enroll in the Mediation Clinic. See Clinical Program Brochure for further information on the Mediation Clinic. |
| 7050 - 1 | Bus Organizations | 11942019 Spring | This course covers the law of agency, as well as the law governing different types of business entities, with a focus on partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations. |
| 7074 - 1 | Family Law | 11942019 Spring | This is an introductory course in family law. Topics include the law of marriage, divorce, and child custody, and the legal recognition of nontraditional family relationships. Possible other topics include family violence, balancing family and work responsibilities, and new reproductive technologies. Along with mastery of basic family law principles, this course will emphasize critique of existing family law doctrine and policy, and evaluation of recent reform proposals by family law judges, scholars, and practitioners. |
| 7570 - 2 | Patent Document Draftng | 11942019 Spring | This course will provide students with an introduction to the basics of drafting contracts, including multiple drafting exercises. |
| 7829 - 1 | Innocence Law | 11942019 Spring | This course will cover post-conviction remedies, state and federal, including post-conviction motions and habeas corpus as well as judicial proceedings to prove actual innocence. Students will learn how to investigate cases of actual innocence using both forensic scientific evidence and other compelling evidence of innocence. The course will also provide students with a review of the criminal justice system from the innocence prospective. |
| 7889 - 1 | Law and Biomedicine | 11942019 Spring | This colloquium will involve presentations by outstanding scholars and practitioners in areas of law related to contemporary issues in law and the biosciences. These will be drawn from both the local area and nationally. Topics may include health care reform, law and mental health, food and drug law, genetics and law, and intellectual property. This 1-credit course is graded, and will meet only during the first 8 weeks of the semester. |
| 7015 - 1 | Real Estate Development | 11942019 Spring | This course is designed to teach real estate development through practical experience. The course explores the risks inherent in real estate development and the concrete steps required to take a real estate project from the conceptual stage to completion. The course will focus on the various risks and hurdles to successfully putting a real estate development together. Students will take a single site (of their own or one offered by the instructor) and produce several small reports that require research and analysis on: (1) market conditions for the proposed use and site; (2) planning/zoning issues and resolutions; (3) financing, including both equity and debt; and (4) site-related legal issues (such as title and environmental problems). In addition to book and internet research, students will be required to discuss their projects with planning officials in the relevant jurisdiction(s) and to speak with financing sources. At the end of the course, these combined reports should allow the student to determine whether a given project is feasible and help with a decision to move forward. This course is entirely project-based and will not have an exam. Students should expect to attend field trips to current projects. |
| 7800 - 3 | Debating Gun Law and Policy | 11942019 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7600 - 1 | Trusts & Estates | 11942019 Spring | This course explores the legal problems related to inter vivos and testamentary gratuitous transfers of wealth, including: intestate succession; wills and the construction of wills; will substitutes, including trusts, contracts, multiple party bank accounts, and gifts; restrictions on transfers of wealth aimed at protecting the family; class gifts; and probate and trust administration. Close attention will be paid to the Uniform Probate Code, and the policies they reflect. |
| 7071 - 1 | Tax Business Entities | 11942019 Spring | The federal income taxation of publicly-held corporations is compared to that of closely-held limited liability companies with respect to capital contributions, annual income or loss, periodic distributions, acquisitive reorganizations and complete liquidations. PREREQUISITES: Business Organizations, Federal Income Tax. |
| 7898 - 1 | Mergers & Acquisitions | 11942019 Spring | This course introduces students to the fundamentals and critical topics in the law of mergers and acquisitions and the financial and transactional issues that they present. The principal focus of the course will be on the corporate law aspects of these transactions, the business incentives of the parties to the transactions, and the documentation and negotiation of the deals. Ancillary legal areas, such as tax, securities, and antitrust, will also be touched upon. The course will also study acquisition agreements, and the important contractual issues therein. Students will explore mergers and acquisitions transactions as attempts by the transaction parties to attain business goals and will learn how legal rules and documentation constrain and create opportunity for the parties' ability to achieve their objectives. The real-world problems faced by parties involved in these transactions, as well as those of judges who must adjudicate these deals, are considered. Prerequisite: Business Organizations |
| 7904 - 1 | Tax Practice II | 11942019 Spring | Students continue to meet to review cases, to develop educational materials, for further instruction in tax litigation, and for reflection upon clinic experiences. PREREQUISITES: Lawyering Skills, Tax Practice I. |
| 7800 - 6 | International Tax | 11942019 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7700 - 1 | Land Use Control | 11942019 Spring | Prepares students to represent private and public clients with respect to the development of real estate. The course examines public land use controls such as zoning and subdivision regulations, and private land use controls such as restrictive covenants and nuisance litigation that may limit the available options for deriving profit or pleasure from real property. This course is a companion to the Real Estate Transfer & Finance Course. |
| 7240 - 1 | Environmental Law | 11942019 Spring | An introduction to legal and policy issues of environmental protection and decision-making, including study of common law approaches to pollution control; and the theories and approach to federal laws governing environmental regulation. |
| 7894 - 1 | Trdmrk Prosec & Pract | 11942019 Spring | This skills-based course introduces students to trademark prosecution in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The goal is to help students develop the basic knowledge and skills utilized in filing and prosecuting trademark applications, in addition to the examination of filed applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. No course prerequisites or technical background is required, but students are strongly encouraged to have already taken or to concurrently enroll in IP Survey, Copyright & Trademark Law, or Trademark Law, as this course effectively functions as a lab accompanying those courses. |
| 7910 - 1 | Medieval English Law | 11942019 Spring | This course is about how law has interacted with the development of America. What events, values, and movements shaped the American legal order? The greatest emphasis will be upon the nineteenth century. The materials will be secondary sources with some use of primary materials. |
| 7450 - 1 | Indian Law | 11942019 Spring | Analyzes the development of the legal and political relationship between the tribes and the United States as viewed through court decisions and Acts of Congress. Emphasis will placed on current legal problems and issues facing indian tribes and the relationship with the United States and the states. |
| 7300 - 1 | Administrative Law | 11942019 Spring | Federal and state administrative agencies not only adjudicate thousands more cases than all of the courts, they also legislate, making the bulk of rules that govern those cases. As the instrument of government charged with implementing government decisions, they also "execute the laws" as part of the executive branch. This course introduces the statutory policymaking roles of administrative agencies; the limits on their authority; the procedural requirements that structure agency decision-making; and the role of judicial review. The focus is on federal administrative agencies, though some aspects of state law are also discussed. |
| 7080 - 1 | Trademark & Unfair Competition | 11942019 Spring | Restatement of the Law of Charitable Gifts: Advanced Research and Drafting. This course will provide students with an intensive skill-building experience. Students will conduct legal research and produce written analyses of the case and statutory law in the United States as it relates to various aspects of charitable gifts and charitable giving. The "client" for the class will be the American Law Institute, an organization that describes itself as "the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law." Judges, practitioners, scholars, and others rely on ALI publications, and students are exposed to the work of ALI, primarily in the form of Restatements of the Law, in the many of the cases they read in the first year. Course meetings in the early part of the semester will be dedicated to learning the basic laws governing charities and charitable gifts as well as research methods in this context. Later meetings will consist of the students presenting their research and analysis of specific topics, as well as review and critique of proposed drafts of black letter, legal commentary, and supporting notes for the ALI's Restatement of the Law of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. Students will work in close collaboration with the instructors and other students and will have several opportunities to present their work to the group. Students will be graded based on their written work and participation in class (both presentation of their work and offering feedback to others). |
| 7876 - 1 | Copyright Law | 11942019 Spring | This course will focus on the legal protection of creative works through copyright and related rights. Topics covered typically include the copyrightable subject matter, ownership of copyright, purposes and goals of copyright, originality, fixation, formalities, and the various rights, limitations, and remedies provided by copyright. |
| 7845 - 1 | Int'l Criminal Law | 11942019 Spring | Basics of the transnational issues likely to arise in both US criminal cases and international efforts to impose criminal responsibility on the perpetrators of serious offenses. Specifically, the course introduces general principles of both domestic and international law governing efforts to apply U.S. criminal law to foreign crimes and foreign criminals; application of those principles to specific offenses such as terrorism and torture; extraterritorial application of US law; and the prosecution of international crimes such as crimes against humanity and war crimes. |
| 7838 - 1 | Conflict Management | 11942019 Spring | This course will survey approaches to handling conflict - from the dispute resolution processes used most frequently in the American judicial system (negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation) to a variety of conflict prevention and management strategies used in both civil and criminal contexts (e.g., collaborative problem-solving, collaborative law, preventive law, legal conflict audits, community-based decision-making, and restorative justice). Students will study the wide array of conflict management approaches available to practicing attorneys. Through readings, exercises and a final paper (an actual conflict audit), students will develop the ability to analyze conflict situations in light of preferred decision-making authority and endpoints, and will be able to identify and evaluate the success of possible dispute management strategies. |
| 7000 - 1 | Civil Procedure II | 11942019 Spring | This course builds on skills and doctrine from the 1st year Civil Procedure course. It is designed to provide a more intensive examination of topics involved in preparing for trial and trial of a lawsuit. Topics covered include joinder of claims and parties, discovery, trial, post trial motions and appeals, remedies and effect of judgments. |
| 7033 - 1 | Mindful Lawyering | 11942019 Spring | Mindfulness refers to the practice of trying to pay attention to whatever is happening in the present moment, from one moment to the next, without criticism or judgment. Practicing mindfulness can help us develop greater awareness, concentration, and acceptance--allowing us to reduce our susceptibility to distractions, and respond creatively and constructively to pressures and demands, rather than reacting blindly out of habit. In this course, students will practice mindfulness on a daily basis, both inside and outside of class. The course is divided into three units, in which we apply mindfulness to the personal, interpersonal, and institutional aspects of one's professional identity as a lawyer. First, we will cover "personal" topics such as the relationship between the body and the mind in stress and relaxation responses; using mindfulness to examine one's strengths, weaknesses, and blind spots; reflecting on what it means to be a "mindful" lawyer; and developing a mindful approach to thriving in law school and the practice of law. Second, we will cover "interpersonal" topics, including the "soft skills" of lawyering such as various styles of listening; vicarious trauma and empathy fatigue; basic principles of conflict management; the role of the lawyer in lawyer-client relations; and the recognition and reduction of implicit bias. Last, we will cover "institutional" topics such as fostering wellbeing in legal education and the practice of law, and new developments in the profession such as holistic and collaborative lawyering, restorative justice, and therapeutic jurisprudence. Students will be required to attend and participate in all classes, without the distractions of electronic devices. In addition, students will be expected to maintain a daily practice of mindfulness, complete meditation logs, and write three short reflection papers. The course will be graded pass/fail. This is a new course, so students should expect modifications throughout the semester. |
| 7062 - 1 | Insurance Law | 11942019 Spring | |
| 6000 - 1 | Intro to Law | 11942019 Spring | |
| 7570 - 5 | Real Estate Drafting | 11942019 Spring | This course will provide students with an introduction to the basics of drafting contracts, including multiple drafting exercises. |
| 6040 - 1 | Civil Procedure | 11882018 Fall | Topics covered include jurisdiction (territorial, subject matter, and venue); forum non conveniens and transfer; state law in federal courts (Erie); pleading and motions; discovery and pretrial; summary judgment; and introduction to remedies. |
| 6080 - 1 | Contracts | 11882018 Fall | Legal principles governing the formation, interpretation, performance, enforcement, and discharge of contracts. |
| 6140 - 1 | Torts | 11882018 Fall | Study of the law that governs the recovery of money damages or other civil relief (as distinguished from criminal prosecutions) for harm caused by another person's conduct. Primarily devoted to examination of the legal protection for each individual's interests in his or her person, relationships, and property. |
| 6180 - 1 | Legal Methods | 11882018 Fall | The legal methods course will teach students how to engage in sophisticated forms of legal analysis. Students will also learn how to communicate their legal analysis in an effective and efficient manner through objective office memoranda and persuasive legal documents. In addition, students will be introduced to the United States legal system and the basics of legal practice. Finally, students will learn how to locate primary and secondary legal source material and how to devise effective legal research strategies. |
| 7040 - 1 | Evidence | 11882018 Fall | Rules of evidence, expert testimony; role of court and juror; direct and cross examination; competency and privileges of witnesses; admission and exclusion of evidence; credibility of evidence; relevancy and circumstantial evidence; hearsay rule; real proof and writings; and constitutional problems of evidence law. |
| 7050 - 1 | Bus Organizations | 11882018 Fall | This course covers the law of agency, as well as the law governing different types of business entities, with a focus on partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations. |
| 7070 - 1 | Federal Income Tax | 11882018 Fall | The course deals with federal income tax policies and principles. No previous background in tax, accounting or business is required. We will develop new skills in analyzing and interpreting statutes and regulations to combine with your existing ability to understand case law. Statutes cannot be understood or applied as mere strings of words; policy, politics and history must be considered. This course is not about how to complete returns, but how to pierce the prose to determine who gets what, and why. RECOMMENDED: Business Organizations. |
| 7990 - 1 | Criminal Process | 11882018 Fall | This year-long course includes lecture, discussion and problems to prepare students who are enrolled in the Criminal Clinic to handle criminal cases. It also explores the criminal justice system from various social science perspectives and the role of attorneys in that system. This course is open only to 3Ls who are concurrently enrolled in the year-long Criminal Clinic. See Clinical Program Brochure for more information on the Criminal Clinic. PREREQUISITES: Evidence, Trial Advocacy. RECOMMENDED: Criminal Procedure |
| 7940 - 1 | Judicial Process | 11882018 Fall | |
| 7410 - 1 | Constitutional Law II | 11882018 Fall | Individual rights in constitutional law. Topics include equal protection and freedom of expression and religion. This course is required for graduation and must be taken in the second year. |
| 7900 - 1 | Legal Profession | 11882018 Fall | The nature of the legal profession, with particular emphasis on the roles of lawyers and the ways in which those roles create legal, political, moral and personal conflicts. The Model Rules of Professional Conduct are studied. This course is required for graduation and may be taken in either the second or third year. |
| 7960 - 1 | T.A. Legal Writing | 11882018 Fall | Selection required. One year commitment. (graded -- 2 Fall; 2 Spring) |
| 7981 - 1 | Utah Law Review | 11882018 Fall | In this course, students receive credit for their work publishing and editing articles in the College-sponsored academic law journal. Students must complete a Note as part of their work. Enrollment is by selection. Participation is a two-year commitment. |
| 6190 - 1 | Legal Research | 11882018 Fall | Taught in conjunction with Legal Methods, Legal Research teaches students how to locate primary and secondary legal sources material and how to devise effective legal research strategies. |
| 6000 - 1 | Intro to Law | 11882018 Fall | |
| 7097 - 1 | Appellate Practice | 11882018 Fall | An examination of the practical and procedural components of appellate litigation. Students will receive instruction regarding the legal principles and skills involved in appellate practice and, based on a real trial transcript, apply these lessons by researching potential issues, writing an appellate brief and presenting a mock oral argument. The course will meet twice a week: an all-class lecture on a weekday followed by a smaller evening section on a weeknight. This course is recommended, although not required, for students wishing to participate in the Traynor Moot Court Competition. This course satisfies the skills requirement. |
| 7300 - 1 | Administrative Law | 11882018 Fall | Federal and state administrative agencies not only adjudicate thousands more cases than all of the courts, they also legislate, making the bulk of rules that govern those cases. As the instrument of government charged with implementing government decisions, they also "execute the laws" as part of the executive branch. This course introduces the statutory policymaking roles of administrative agencies; the limits on their authority; the procedural requirements that structure agency decision-making; and the role of judicial review. The focus is on federal administrative agencies, though some aspects of state law are also discussed. |
| 7030 - 1 | Criminal Procedure | 11882018 Fall | Introduction to constitutional criminal procedure. This course surveys the basic limitations on the detection and investigation of crimes, with special emphasis on the constitutional rights of criminal defendants. Topics to be covered include the incorporation doctrine, the right to counsel, search and seizure law, police interrogation and confessions, and the use of illegally obtained evidence. |
| 7788 - 1 | New Ventures | 11882018 Fall | The class will present an overview of the legal process of and issues involved in the commercializing technologies and launching new ventures. Students will also share their intern experiences in order to maximize their learning from their work. Grades will be based on students' work product and/or recommendation of attorney-supervisor, class participation, and presentations at the end of each semester. The clinic will also provide opportunities to interface with inventors, corporate representatives, as well as outside patent and corporate counsel. Year-long enrollment required; FOUR credits total. RECOMMENDED: Lawyering Skills or Lawyering Skills/Legal Profession. See Clinical Brochure for further information on the New Ventures Clinic. |
| 7200 - 1 | Natural Resources | 11882018 Fall | Provides the basic introduction and overview of management of public lands and natural resources. The course begins with the history of the public lands, including allocation of authority within the federal government and between federal and state governments. After an introduction to the National Environmental Policy Act and the Administrative Procedure Act, the course then looks at each of the six major resource areas: minerals, timber, range, wildlife, water, recreation, and preservation. Throughout the course, the environmental, economic, and social dimensions of natural resource policy and conflicts will be examined. |
| 7570 - 1 | Drafting: Contracts | 11882018 Fall | This course will provide students with an introduction to the basics of drafting contracts, including multiple drafting exercises. |
| 7920 - 1 | Lawyering Skills Survey | 11882018 Fall | The basic lawyering skills of interviewing, counseling, negotiating and problem-solving will be taught using videotaped demonstrations, role-playing exercises, students videotaped performances, discussions and reflective writing. During the academic year students should arrange to observe/engage in these lawyering skills in actual practice in order to reflect upon them. Such opportunities can be obtained through paid clerkships, the Pro Bono Initiative or appropriate Clinics (Civil, Criminal, Mediation). See Clinical Program Brochure for further information on live experiences and on clinic options. |
| 7829 - 1 | Innocence Law | 11882018 Fall | This course will cover post-conviction remedies, state and federal, including post-conviction motions and habeas corpus as well as judicial proceedings to prove actual innocence. Students will learn how to investigate cases of actual innocence using both forensic scientific evidence and other compelling evidence of innocence. The course will also provide students with a review of the criminal justice system from the innocence prospective. |
| 7020 - 1 | Legislative Process | 11882018 Fall | This course involves the study of legislative process at the state and federal level with an emphasis on Utah state legislative process and issues. The course is divided into two components. First is the study of the current legal issues surrounding the legislative process, including: the initiative and referendum process, the single subject rule, redistricting, and theories of statutory interpretation. This part of the course will focus on current and recent events, e.g., the voucher controversy and the omnibus education bill, from the Utah legislature. This part of the class will be conducted through traditional lectures and will conclude with a mid-term exam at the end of the segment. The second component involves the formulation, drafting and enactment of legislation. The study of this second component will be done through role play where each student will draft legislation, present oral testimony in front of a legislative committee, and sponsor amendments to other students bills. |
| 7800 - 2 | Corp Citizenship & Human Rgts | 11882018 Fall | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7800 - 3 | Global Justice | 11882018 Fall | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7600 - 1 | Trusts & Estates | 11882018 Fall | This course explores the legal problems related to inter vivos and testamentary gratuitous transfers of wealth, including: intestate succession; wills and the construction of wills; will substitutes, including trusts, contracts, multiple party bank accounts, and gifts; restrictions on transfers of wealth aimed at protecting the family; class gifts; and probate and trust administration. Close attention will be paid to the Uniform Probate Code, and the policies they reflect. |
| 7360 - 1 | Health Law | 11882018 Fall | Health Law provides an introduction to the broad array of legal principles involved in the delivery of health care today. Legal issues related to health policy, health care administration, and biomedical ethics will be included. Topics to be addressed include the physician-patient relationship; confidentiality; informed consent; medical error and apology; medical malpractice and tort reform; end of life issues such as withholding and withdrawing care; Good Samaritan laws; reproductive health issues, including contraception, abortion, and stem cell research; human subjects research; organ transplantation; and regulation of pharmaceuticals. Students have the opportunity to (but are not required to) also participate in the Health Law Clinic. See Clinical Program Descriptions for more information regarding Health Law Clinic. |
| 7460 - 1 | Gambling & Gaming Law | 11882018 Fall | Covers the breadth of an explosive and controversial industry intensively regulated at federal and state levels. Many doctrinal lines are crossed including admininstrative law, commerical law, criminal law, tribal sovereignty, tax, social regulation etc. |
| 7625 - 1 | Middle Eastern Law | 11882018 Fall | The course will offer an overview of Islamic and Middle Eastern law, and will provide an occasion for students to participate in the elaboration of a Casebook in the field. It will cover the major legal subjects in the discipline with a focus on the modern period. In addition to a historical survey of sources and periods of ME law, topics include judicial review, constitutional law, obligations, commercial law, family law, human rights and criminal law. |
| 7851 - 1 | Real Estate Trans/Finan | 11882018 Fall | Standard residential and commercial real estate transactions, including consideration of brokerage arrangements, contracts of sale, methods of financing, methods of title protection and assurance, mortgage markets, construction loans, permanent financing, and mortgages and other devices for creating and enforcing security interests with respect to land. |
| 7260 - 1 | Environmental Practice | 11882018 Fall | This course will evaluate in detail the practical, procedural and strategic aspects of the practice of environmental and natural resources law using readings and simulated exercises. The course will cover practice elements under the Clean air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Community Right-to-Know Act and CERCLA. Exercises will include client counseling, witness interviewing, drafting administrative and citizen suit complaints, summary judgment motions, settlement negotiations and rulemaking practice. PREREQUISITES: Either Environmental Law OR Natural Resources |
| 7861 - 1 | White Collar Crime | 11882018 Fall | This course explores the law of economic and political crimes associated with the rubric " white collar crime. " Topics typically covered include: bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud, tax fraud, extortion, securities fraud, racketeering, and money laundering, along with quasi-criminal laws such as forfeiture of assets. |
| 7061 - 1 | Bankruptcy | 11882018 Fall | This introductory course studies the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, including the law of preferences, fraudulent transfers, executory contracts, and the bankruptcy relief available under Chapters 7, 11, and 13 of the Code. Basic consumer and business bankruptcies are explained, and current issues in bankruptcy law are addressed. |
| 7800 - 1 | Victim's Rights | 11882018 Fall | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7903 - 1 | Tax Practice I | 11882018 Fall | Students learn the anatomy of a tax controversy of an individual with the IRS, including the typical controversies that may arise, how they may be resolved through negotiation and offers in compromise, and how these disputes may be litigated before the U.S. Tax Court. Class involves lecture, practical exercises, and opportunities to reflect upon clinic experiences. |
| 7080 - 6 | Arbitration | 11882018 Fall | Restatement of the Law of Charitable Gifts: Advanced Research and Drafting. This course will provide students with an intensive skill-building experience. Students will conduct legal research and produce written analyses of the case and statutory law in the United States as it relates to various aspects of charitable gifts and charitable giving. The "client" for the class will be the American Law Institute, an organization that describes itself as "the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law." Judges, practitioners, scholars, and others rely on ALI publications, and students are exposed to the work of ALI, primarily in the form of Restatements of the Law, in the many of the cases they read in the first year. Course meetings in the early part of the semester will be dedicated to learning the basic laws governing charities and charitable gifts as well as research methods in this context. Later meetings will consist of the students presenting their research and analysis of specific topics, as well as review and critique of proposed drafts of black letter, legal commentary, and supporting notes for the ALI's Restatement of the Law of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. Students will work in close collaboration with the instructors and other students and will have several opportunities to present their work to the group. Students will be graded based on their written work and participation in class (both presentation of their work and offering feedback to others). |
| 7080 - 7 | Employment Law | 11882018 Fall | Restatement of the Law of Charitable Gifts: Advanced Research and Drafting. This course will provide students with an intensive skill-building experience. Students will conduct legal research and produce written analyses of the case and statutory law in the United States as it relates to various aspects of charitable gifts and charitable giving. The "client" for the class will be the American Law Institute, an organization that describes itself as "the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law." Judges, practitioners, scholars, and others rely on ALI publications, and students are exposed to the work of ALI, primarily in the form of Restatements of the Law, in the many of the cases they read in the first year. Course meetings in the early part of the semester will be dedicated to learning the basic laws governing charities and charitable gifts as well as research methods in this context. Later meetings will consist of the students presenting their research and analysis of specific topics, as well as review and critique of proposed drafts of black letter, legal commentary, and supporting notes for the ALI's Restatement of the Law of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. Students will work in close collaboration with the instructors and other students and will have several opportunities to present their work to the group. Students will be graded based on their written work and participation in class (both presentation of their work and offering feedback to others). |
| 7844 - 1 | Public Policy Practicum | 11882018 Fall | The classroom component of the practicum will focus on the application of theory to practice. Students will engage with the substantive law of the rights violations being investigated, discuss the strategies available to advocates seeking change, confront legal and ethical issues as they arise in their work, receive training on practical legal skills as needed, and reflect upon their experiences. Students will be graded on a combination of participation and the completion of assignments for the clinical component. There will be no final exam. Note: This course may be repeated for credit. |
| 7230 - 1 | Water Law | 11882018 Fall | Overview of the water allocation doctrines of riparian rights and prior appropriation; the origins of federal power over water resource allocation and controversies between the states and the federal government and between states over shared water resources; and practical aspects of water law and practice in the appropriation doctrine states. |
| 7760 - 1 | Patent Law | 11882018 Fall | This course will provide students with an opportunity to study the substantive patent law issues which constitute conditions for patentability. Specifically, this course will explore the case law which has evolved in connection with the interpretation of several key statutory sections of Title 35 (the 1952 Patent Act), including section 101 (eligible subject matter and utility), section 102 (prior art, novelty, and loss of right), and section 103 (non-obviousness). |
| 7350 - 1 | Immigration Law | 11882018 Fall | Through the study of statutory and case law as well as historical and contemporary theories and debates about immigration, this course provides a review of immigration and asylum law and policy. The course explores issues such as the meaning of membership in the "national community" and obligations of members to those deemed outsiders. We will analyze these issues through the examination of asylum law, types of entries by foreigners, deportation, exclusion, immigrant and non-immigrant status, employment law, and citizenship. |
| 7910 - 2 | International Law | 11882018 Fall | This course is about how law has interacted with the development of America. What events, values, and movements shaped the American legal order? The greatest emphasis will be upon the nineteenth century. The materials will be secondary sources with some use of primary materials. |
| 7906 - 1 | Genomic Medicine ELSI | 11882018 Fall | |
| 7800 - 4 | Air, Energy Reg & Climate Chng | 11882018 Fall | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7897 - 1 | Intellectual Prop Trans | 11882018 Fall | This course will explore substantive law and legal practice concerning a range of commercial and business transactions involving intellectual property. Topics that may be covered include employer-employee rights in IP; university technology transfer; literary, music, television, film and multimedia licensing; domestic and international product distribution, marketing and franchising; patent pools and technical standards; software development and licensing; IP due diligence in business transactions; bankruptcy treatment of intellectual property; securitization and collateralization of IP; and competition and antitrust issues arising from intellectual property exploitation. It is recommended that all students have a basic understanding of the basic doctrines of IP law, either through an IP survey course or one or more of either Patent Law, Copyright or Trademark. |
| 7003 - 1 | Conflict of Laws | 11882018 Fall | Jurisdiction, judgments, and choice of law are the subjects of the course. Through Socratic dialogue classes provide exercise in the application of theory to facts, and in the careful analysis of cases. |
| 7060 - 1 | Commercial Law | 11882018 Fall | The fundamentals of the law governing commercial transactions. Because much of this law is codified in the Uniform Commercial Code, emphasis will be placed on the techniques for using the Code. A substantial portion of the course will be devoted to Article 9 of the Code dealing with secured transactions, including the interplay between Article 9 and Bankruptcy Code. Parts of Article 2 (sales), Article 2A (leases), Article 3 (negotiable instruments) and Article 4 (bank collections will also be covered). |
| 7052 - 1 | Int'l Business Transact | 11882018 Fall | This course endeavors to provide students with a broad understanding of the fundamental legal problems arising from transnational business activities. It examines the role of national and international law in the constitution of the legal framework within which such activities take place. Specific topics covered include: the role and responsibilities of attorneys engaged in international practice; the international trading of goods; financing the sale of goods; export controls; joint ventures and foreign investment; dispute resolution. |
| 7887 - 1 | Environmental Crimes | 11882018 Fall | The Environmental Crimes course will discuss investigations of alleged criminal violations of federal pollution and wildlife laws, charging decisions, proving the case, sentencing, and restitution issues, and how counsel can advise their clients to avoid these issues. This class will cover criminal provisions of the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, RCRA, the Lacey Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, just to name a few. |
| 7002 - 1 | Federal Courts | 11882018 Fall | Survey of Federal Courts: Who can bring an action or file an appeal in federal court? Who can sue a government official and for what kind of relief? What is sovereign immunity? Abstention? A successive habeas petition? We will tackle all of these issues and others that commonly arise in federal court. These include the creation and role of Article III courts; federal jurisdiction; abstention; the contours of suits against governments and their officials; the relationship between state and federal law (including the law of preemption); and procedures for filing federal habeas petitions. This course should be of interest to students who are interested in litigating (particularly in federal court), practicing criminal law, or clerking for a judge. |
| 7843 - 1 | Conservation Easements | 11882018 Fall | Conservation Easements: Theory & Practice - This course will cover important issues associated with the widespread use of the perpetual conservation easement as a land protection tool. All aspects of the law will be covered, including state real property law, state and federal laws governing the operations of charities (land trusts), state laws governing the administration of assets held for the benefit of the public, and the federal tax incentives provided to landowners who donate conservation easements as charitable gifts. Students will engage in legal and interdisciplinary research on specific assigned topics relating to conservation easements and draft detailed memorandum analyzing and summarizing the results of this research. This class is not a seminar. Please contact instructor for details on this course. |
| 7076 - 1 | Pre-Trial Practice | 11882018 Fall | |
| 7030 - 1 | Criminal Procedure | 11862018 Summer | Introduction to constitutional criminal procedure. This course surveys the basic limitations on the detection and investigation of crimes, with special emphasis on the constitutional rights of criminal defendants. Topics to be covered include the incorporation doctrine, the right to counsel, search and seizure law, police interrogation and confessions, and the use of illegally obtained evidence. |
| 7040 - 1 | Evidence | 11862018 Summer | Rules of evidence, expert testimony; role of court and juror; direct and cross examination; competency and privileges of witnesses; admission and exclusion of evidence; credibility of evidence; relevancy and circumstantial evidence; hearsay rule; real proof and writings; and constitutional problems of evidence law. |
| 7057 - 1 | Deals | 11862018 Summer | This course focuses on the common economic problems that drive deal structuring and deal contracting. Although deals vary in their details, they share common economic problems, such as issues of rent-seeking, moral hazard, and information asymmetry. This course introduces students to the economic tools necessary to evaluate alternative contractual regimes, including transaction costs, information economics, risk sharing and incentives, property rights, and finance. Then, it applies that knowledge to the evaluation of different real world deals, with the particular deals selected to give students a range of subject matters in order to highlight a common set of problems and solutions that arises in multiple settings. In the past, Deals courses have included the study of mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, venture financing, movie financing, spin-offs, and securitizations, among others. |
| 7410 - 1 | Constitutional Law II | 11862018 Summer | Individual rights in constitutional law. Topics include equal protection and freedom of expression and religion. This course is required for graduation and must be taken in the second year. |
| 7841 - 1 | Prep & Exam Witnesses | 11862018 Summer | Opening statements and closing arguments are seen as the trial lawyer's stock in trade, but trials are won and lost on the witness stand. This course will focus on the preparation, handling and presentation of the witness at trial. The class will emphasize the importance of pre-trial preparation before both direct and cross-examination, and the execution of those skills. We will also deal with witnesses who need specific preparation, handling, and presentation, such as experts, child victims of violent or sex-related crimes, witnesses who are mentally or emotionally disabled, and witnesses who must testify through the use of an interpreter. The format of the class will be a lecture on the use and presentation of a particular classification of witness, a demonstration of a direct and/or cross-examination of that class of witness, and hands-on participation in the examinations of the witness by students. This 2-credit course is graded. |
| 7842 - 1 | Take/Defend Depositions | 11862018 Summer | With only a small percentage of cases actually going to trial, the real battleground for most litigation is the deposition. Depositions can make or break a client?s case and knowing how to effectively take and defend depositions is key to a successful litigation strategy. Deposition testimony often plays a pivotal role in determining motions for summary judgment and in settlement. This is a practical skills course and students will learn the basics of taking and defending the depositions of lay witnesses, Rule 30(b)(6) corporate representatives and expert witnesses. Through lecture, classroom demonstrations and mock deposition exercises, students will learn the procedural rules governing depositions, various examination techniques, how to handle documents, how to assert and respond to objections, how to prepare a deponent and the ethical issues surrounding depositions. The mock deposition exercise will be conducted by experienced lawyers. |
| 7920 - 1 | Lawyering Skills Survey | 11862018 Summer | The basic lawyering skills of interviewing, counseling, negotiating and problem-solving will be taught using videotaped demonstrations, role-playing exercises, students videotaped performances, discussions and reflective writing. During the academic year students should arrange to observe/engage in these lawyering skills in actual practice in order to reflect upon them. Such opportunities can be obtained through paid clerkships, the Pro Bono Initiative or appropriate Clinics (Civil, Criminal, Mediation). See Clinical Program Brochure for further information on live experiences and on clinic options. |
| 7940 - 1 | Judicial Process | 11862018 Summer | |
| 7800 - 2 | The Opioid Crisis | 11862018 Summer | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 6120 - 1 | Property | 11842018 Spring | Common law possessory and future interests, estates in land, landlord-tenant relationships, concurrent tenancies, adverse possession, private and governmental restrictions on the use of land, easements and covenants, and some elementary principles of personal property law. |
| 6180 - 1 | Legal Methods | 11842018 Spring | The legal methods course will teach students how to engage in sophisticated forms of legal analysis. Students will also learn how to communicate their legal analysis in an effective and efficient manner through objective office memoranda and persuasive legal documents. In addition, students will be introduced to the United States legal system and the basics of legal practice. Finally, students will learn how to locate primary and secondary legal source material and how to devise effective legal research strategies. |
| 7040 - 1 | Evidence | 11842018 Spring | Rules of evidence, expert testimony; role of court and juror; direct and cross examination; competency and privileges of witnesses; admission and exclusion of evidence; credibility of evidence; relevancy and circumstantial evidence; hearsay rule; real proof and writings; and constitutional problems of evidence law. |
| 7072 - 1 | Trial Advocacy | 11842018 Spring | A skills training course which uses text materials, problems, simulated courtroom settings, student performance, and faculty critique to teach basic trial advocacy skills. This course is comprised of two sessions per week: 1) an all-class lecture on a weekday; and 2) a smaller evening section on an assigned weeknight. The course concludes with a mock trial at the state courthouse. PRE- OR CO- REQUISITE: Evidence. Note: Second year students intending to enroll in the Criminal Clinic during their third year should enroll in Evidence and Trial Advocacy during their second year. This course satisfies the skills requirement. |
| 7990 - 1 | Criminal Process | 11842018 Spring | This year-long course includes lecture, discussion and problems to prepare students who are enrolled in the Criminal Clinic to handle criminal cases. It also explores the criminal justice system from various social science perspectives and the role of attorneys in that system. This course is open only to 3Ls who are concurrently enrolled in the year-long Criminal Clinic. See Clinical Program Brochure for more information on the Criminal Clinic. PREREQUISITES: Evidence, Trial Advocacy. RECOMMENDED: Criminal Procedure |
| 7940 - 1 | Judicial Process | 11842018 Spring | |
| 7098 - 1 | Traynor Moot Court | 11842018 Spring | Second or third year. Students will brief and argue an appellate legal issue and participate in the intra-mural moot court competition. |
| 7410 - 1 | Constitutional Law II | 11842018 Spring | Individual rights in constitutional law. Topics include equal protection and freedom of expression and religion. This course is required for graduation and must be taken in the second year. |
| 7560 - 1 | Adv Legal Resrch | 11842018 Spring | This class builds on the basics introduced in the first year Legal Methods/ Legal Research course. Students will have a variety of research experiences and will be given the opportunity to develop practical legal research skills in researching print and electronic legal and non-legal materials. Written research projects will be required throughout the course. |
| 7900 - 1 | Legal Profession | 11842018 Spring | The nature of the legal profession, with particular emphasis on the roles of lawyers and the ways in which those roles create legal, political, moral and personal conflicts. The Model Rules of Professional Conduct are studied. This course is required for graduation and may be taken in either the second or third year. |
| 7981 - 1 | Utah Law Review | 11842018 Spring | |
| 7602 - 1 | Estate Planning | 11842018 Spring | This course will explore the tax and non-tax issues involved in planning estates for individuals of different financial and personal circumstances. Students will receive a thorough grounding in the tax concepts that pertain to the transfer of wealth both during life and at death. Students also will have the opportunity to conduct a client interview and complete planning/drafting projects during the semester. Limited Enrollment. PRE OR CO-REQUISITE: Trusts & Estates Recommended: Federal Income Tax. |
| 6100 - 1 | Criminal Law | 11842018 Spring | The substantive law of crimes, including general principles and the elements of specific offenses and defenses. |
| 7920 - 1 | Lawyering Skills Survey | 11842018 Spring | The basic lawyering skills of interviewing, counseling, negotiating and problem-solving will be taught using videotaped demonstrations, role-playing exercises, students videotaped performances, discussions and reflective writing. During the academic year students should arrange to observe/engage in these lawyering skills in actual practice in order to reflect upon them. Such opportunities can be obtained through paid clerkships, the Pro Bono Initiative or appropriate Clinics (Civil, Criminal, Mediation). See Clinical Program Brochure for further information on live experiences and on clinic options. |
| 7030 - 1 | Criminal Procedure | 11842018 Spring | Introduction to constitutional criminal procedure. This course surveys the basic limitations on the detection and investigation of crimes, with special emphasis on the constitutional rights of criminal defendants. Topics to be covered include the incorporation doctrine, the right to counsel, search and seizure law, police interrogation and confessions, and the use of illegally obtained evidence. |
| 7570 - 1 | Drafting: Contracts | 11842018 Spring | This course will provide students with an introduction to the basics of drafting contracts, including multiple drafting exercises. |
| 7800 - 1 | Corp Citizenship & Human Rgts | 11842018 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7800 - 2 | Victim's Rights | 11842018 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7800 - 4 | Current Issues Securities Law | 11842018 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7800 - 5 | Media Law | 11842018 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 6060 - 1 | Constitutional Law I | 11842018 Spring | The federal system and the allocation of power between the federal and state governments; allocation of power among branches of the federal government; nature and scope of judicial review, procedural due process, and individual privacy protections against government interference. |
| 7788 - 1 | New Ventures | 11842018 Spring | The class will present an overview of the legal process of and issues involved in the commercializing technologies and launching new ventures. Students will also share their intern experiences in order to maximize their learning from their work. Grades will be based on students' work product and/or recommendation of attorney-supervisor, class participation, and presentations at the end of each semester. The clinic will also provide opportunities to interface with inventors, corporate representatives, as well as outside patent and corporate counsel. Year-long enrollment required; FOUR credits total. RECOMMENDED: Lawyering Skills or Lawyering Skills/Legal Profession. See Clinical Brochure for further information on the New Ventures Clinic. |
| 7797 - 1 | Internationl Bankruptcy | 11842018 Spring | International business requires cross-border cooperation in order to rescue, or liquidate, troubled enterprises. This course examines international issues, such as jurisdiction and court-to-court cooperation, in the context of American, European and Asian bankruptcy laws and practices. |
| 7789 - 1 | Prsptvs Counter-Terror | 11842018 Spring | This course will take an in-depth look at counterterrorism in China, Columbia, India, Israel, Russia, Spain and the United States. The course will examine the competing conceptions and definitions of terrorism at the national and international level and the institutions and processes designed to execute the "Global War on Terrorism." This course will include the study of the balance between national security interests and civil liberties found in the following topical areas: relevant Supreme Court decisions in the surveyed nations, legislative provisions in response to acts of terrorism, operational counter-terrorism considerations (including targeted killing), intelligence gathering (including interrogations), policy recommendations, the use of military tribunals or civil courts in trying suspected terrorists, the emerging law regarding enemy combatants and their detention, and the arguable need for new self-defense doctrines at the global level. In addition to the regularly scheduled class time, the class includes a full day scenario based counterterrorism simulation exercise in which students role play decision makers (US and international) addressing legal, policy, intelligence (gathering and analysis) and operational counterterrorism dilemmas using multiple media resources. NOTE: Participation in the all-day simulation exercise is mandatory for all students enrolled. |
| 7960 - 2 | T.A. Legal Writing | 11842018 Spring | Selection required. One year commitment. (graded -- 2 Fall; 2 Spring) |
| 7793 - 1 | Juvenile Court Law | 11842018 Spring | This course will examine the treatment of juvenile offenders in the legal system, with emphasis on the constitutional parameters of preventing, adjudicating, and sanctioning criminal behavior by minors. Topics include the justification for distinguishing juvenile and adult offenders, age-based status offenses, the constitutional rights of juvenile delinquents, and the legal mechanisms for transferring minors to adult criminal courts. The course will address child welfare issues regarding the adjudication and disposition of abuse, neglect and dependency cases. |
| 7844 - 1 | Public Policy Practicum | 11842018 Spring | The classroom component of the practicum will focus on the application of theory to practice. Students will engage with the substantive law of the rights violations being investigated, discuss the strategies available to advocates seeking change, confront legal and ethical issues as they arise in their work, receive training on practical legal skills as needed, and reflect upon their experiences. Students will be graded on a combination of participation and the completion of assignments for the clinical component. There will be no final exam. Note: This course may be repeated for credit. |
| 7010 - 1 | Med/Adv Negotiation | 11842018 Spring | The theories and practices of advanced negotiation and mediation will be taught in a variety of settings. There will be a substantial focus on developing these ADR skills through role-play exercises and reflection. Grades are based upon video taped performances, analytical writing, and reflective writing. Opportunities to observe live mediation will be made available. Students are also encouraged to enroll in the Mediation Clinic. See Clinical Program Brochure for further information on the Mediation Clinic. |
| 7050 - 1 | Bus Organizations | 11842018 Spring | This course covers the law of agency, as well as the law governing different types of business entities, with a focus on partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations. |
| 7074 - 1 | Family Law | 11842018 Spring | This is an introductory course in family law. Topics include the law of marriage, divorce, and child custody, and the legal recognition of nontraditional family relationships. Possible other topics include family violence, balancing family and work responsibilities, and new reproductive technologies. Along with mastery of basic family law principles, this course will emphasize critique of existing family law doctrine and policy, and evaluation of recent reform proposals by family law judges, scholars, and practitioners. |
| 7570 - 2 | Patent Document Draftng | 11842018 Spring | This course will provide students with an introduction to the basics of drafting contracts, including multiple drafting exercises. |
| 7829 - 1 | Innocence Law | 11842018 Spring | This course will cover post-conviction remedies, state and federal, including post-conviction motions and habeas corpus as well as judicial proceedings to prove actual innocence. Students will learn how to investigate cases of actual innocence using both forensic scientific evidence and other compelling evidence of innocence. The course will also provide students with a review of the criminal justice system from the innocence prospective. |
| 7870 - 1 | Law Practice Management | 11842018 Spring | This course focuses on the management of solo or small-firm legal practices. Topics typically covered include law firm business structure, office systems, marketing, staffing, liability insurance, time management, technology, billing and collections. This 2-credit course is graded. |
| 7889 - 1 | Law and Biomedicine | 11842018 Spring | This colloquium will involve presentations by outstanding scholars and practitioners in areas of law related to contemporary issues in law and the biosciences. These will be drawn from both the local area and nationally. Topics may include health care reform, law and mental health, food and drug law, genetics and law, and intellectual property. This 1-credit course is graded, and will meet only during the first 8 weeks of the semester. |
| 7002 - 1 | Federal Courts | 11842018 Spring | Survey of Federal Courts: Who can bring an action or file an appeal in federal court? Who can sue a government official and for what kind of relief? What is sovereign immunity? Abstention? A successive habeas petition? We will tackle all of these issues and others that commonly arise in federal court. These include the creation and role of Article III courts; federal jurisdiction; abstention; the contours of suits against governments and their officials; the relationship between state and federal law (including the law of preemption); and procedures for filing federal habeas petitions. This course should be of interest to students who are interested in litigating (particularly in federal court), practicing criminal law, or clerking for a judge. |
| 7060 - 1 | Commercial Law | 11842018 Spring | The fundamentals of the law governing commercial transactions. Because much of this law is codified in the Uniform Commercial Code, emphasis will be placed on the techniques for using the Code. A substantial portion of the course will be devoted to Article 9 of the Code dealing with secured transactions, including the interplay between Article 9 and Bankruptcy Code. Parts of Article 2 (sales), Article 2A (leases), Article 3 (negotiable instruments) and Article 4 (bank collections will also be covered). |
| 7015 - 1 | Real Estate Development | 11842018 Spring | This course is designed to teach real estate development through practical experience. The course explores the risks inherent in real estate development and the concrete steps required to take a real estate project from the conceptual stage to completion. The course will focus on the various risks and hurdles to successfully putting a real estate development together. Students will take a single site (of their own or one offered by the instructor) and produce several small reports that require research and analysis on: (1) market conditions for the proposed use and site; (2) planning/zoning issues and resolutions; (3) financing, including both equity and debt; and (4) site-related legal issues (such as title and environmental problems). In addition to book and internet research, students will be required to discuss their projects with planning officials in the relevant jurisdiction(s) and to speak with financing sources. At the end of the course, these combined reports should allow the student to determine whether a given project is feasible and help with a decision to move forward. This course is entirely project-based and will not have an exam. Students should expect to attend field trips to current projects. |
| 7016 - 1 | Family Law Practice Lab | 11842018 Spring | This practice- and skills-focused course is a complement to the three-credit Family Law course. This lab is problem-based and teaches students the basic "how to's" for handling family law cases. Skills addressed will include attorney-client interactions, representation at mediation and in litigation, and document drafting for divorce or custody cases. The course will include simulation exercises and participation by family law practitioners. Pre- or co-requisite: Family Law. |
| 7570 - 3 | Real Estate Drafting | 11842018 Spring | This course will provide students with an introduction to the basics of drafting contracts, including multiple drafting exercises. |
| 7800 - 3 | Current Issues in IP Law | 11842018 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7600 - 1 | Trusts & Estates | 11842018 Spring | This course explores the legal problems related to inter vivos and testamentary gratuitous transfers of wealth, including: intestate succession; wills and the construction of wills; will substitutes, including trusts, contracts, multiple party bank accounts, and gifts; restrictions on transfers of wealth aimed at protecting the family; class gifts; and probate and trust administration. Close attention will be paid to the Uniform Probate Code, and the policies they reflect. |
| 7071 - 1 | Tax Business Entities | 11842018 Spring | The federal income taxation of publicly-held corporations is compared to that of closely-held limited liability companies with respect to capital contributions, annual income or loss, periodic distributions, acquisitive reorganizations and complete liquidations. PREREQUISITES: Business Organizations, Federal Income Tax. |
| 7886 - 1 | Statutory Interpret | 11842018 Spring | This course is designed to provide students with the skills to successfully interpret state and federal statutes. The course is organized around the doctrines and principles that courts rely on when interpreting statutes, and incorporates exercises and an exam that focuses on developing the tools to argue and resolve difficult statutory interpretation questions. |
| 7290 - 1 | Disability Law | 11842018 Spring | Introduction to the rights of individuals with disabilities, with an emphasis on issues of nondiscrimination. The course will focus primarily on the Americans with Disabilities Act, but we will also address topics arising under other disability rights statutes, such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Fair Housing Amendments Act. We will consider application of these statutes to a wide range of public and private settings, including public accommodations, education, institutionalization, and transportation. Throughout, attention will be paid to the history of discrimination against U.S. citizens with disabilities. |
| 7898 - 1 | Mergers & Acquisitions | 11842018 Spring | This course introduces students to the fundamentals and critical topics in the law of mergers and acquisitions and the financial and transactional issues that they present. The principal focus of the course will be on the corporate law aspects of these transactions, the business incentives of the parties to the transactions, and the documentation and negotiation of the deals. Ancillary legal areas, such as tax, securities, and antitrust, will also be touched upon. The course will also study acquisition agreements, and the important contractual issues therein. Students will explore mergers and acquisitions transactions as attempts by the transaction parties to attain business goals and will learn how legal rules and documentation constrain and create opportunity for the parties' ability to achieve their objectives. The real-world problems faced by parties involved in these transactions, as well as those of judges who must adjudicate these deals, are considered. Prerequisite: Business Organizations |
| 7775 - 1 | Bus Bankruptcy: Reorgs | 11842018 Spring | Class discussions and practical exercises in Chapter 11 business reorganizations: From filing of the bankruptcy petition to the confirmation of the plan of reorganization. The Bankruptcy Survey and Secured Transactions courses are related and helpful, but neither is a pre-requisite. Informal oral argument and short legal memoranda required. Limited Enrollment. |
| 7904 - 1 | Tax Practice II | 11842018 Spring | Students continue to meet to review cases, to develop educational materials, for further instruction in tax litigation, and for reflection upon clinic experiences. PREREQUISITES: Lawyering Skills, Tax Practice I. |
| 7800 - 6 | Making a Murderer | 11842018 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7800 - 8 | Air, Energy Reg & Climate Chng | 11842018 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7800 - 9 | Sexuality, Gender and the Law | 11842018 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7013 - 1 | Sec Law: Pub Companies | 11842018 Spring | This course will prepare students to advise public companies with respect to their securities law compliance obligations. Topics will include the ongoing disclosure requirement, the tender offer rules, the proxy rules, the corporate governance and other listing standards of the NYSE and NASDAQ, and insider trading. In addition, the course will discuss issues concerning the acquisition of public companies, including the agreements used for such transactions, the steps public companies take to thwart hostile takeovers, and the fiduciary duties owed by officers and directors in this context. Time permitting, we will cover the compliance obligations of financial intermediaries, including stock brokers, investment advisers, mutual funds, hedge funds, and venture capital funds. |
| 7700 - 1 | Land Use Control | 11842018 Spring | Prepares students to represent private and public clients with respect to the development of real estate. The course examines public land use controls such as zoning and subdivision regulations, and private land use controls such as restrictive covenants and nuisance litigation that may limit the available options for deriving profit or pleasure from real property. This course is a companion to the Real Estate Transfer & Finance Course. |
| 7839 - 1 | 19th Cent Disadv Groups | 11842018 Spring | The course examines the white man's rationale and method for the domination of African-Americans, Indians, women, and children. The inquiry into slave law focuses upon such practical questions as the impact of criminal law upon masters and slaves, and restrictions upon emancipation. The Indian law section addresses the integrity of judicial policy in the application of fundamental theory created to govern a unique group. Nineteenth century family law provides further insight into the hierarchical morality of the period. While the context of the cases has some inherent interest, the actual goal of the class is to provide practice in careful analysis of judicial reasoning. Set to the daunting task of justifying the unjustifiable, nineteenth century opinions often display subtle and sophisticated reasoning. |
| 7240 - 1 | Environmental Law | 11842018 Spring | An introduction to legal and policy issues of environmental protection and decision-making, including study of common law approaches to pollution control; and the theories and approach to federal laws governing environmental regulation. |
| 7854 - 1 | Leg Wrtg Judicial Clerk | 11842018 Spring | This course provides students with significant experience researching, writing, and editing judicial opinions. It is designed for students who are interested in becoming judicial law clerks or judicial externs. It may also be of interest to students who plan an active trial or appellate practice. Topics may include: the trial and appellate process, the role of judicial clerks in the courtroom and chambers, ethical considerations for judges and their clerks, the process of writing bench memos and opinions, judicial selection and clerk selection, the development and role of a record, judicial decision making, and the role of the judge at each stage of a case. |
| 7894 - 1 | Trdmrk Prosec & Pract | 11842018 Spring | This skills-based course introduces students to trademark prosecution in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The goal is to help students develop the basic knowledge and skills utilized in filing and prosecuting trademark applications, in addition to the examination of filed applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. No course prerequisites or technical background is required, but students are strongly encouraged to have already taken or to concurrently enroll in IP Survey, Copyright & Trademark Law, or Trademark Law, as this course effectively functions as a lab accompanying those courses. |
| 7761 - 1 | Criminal Penalties | 11842018 Spring | This course will examine the rules that govern the determination and administration of criminal sentences. More specifically, we will consider 1) sentencing procedures, which govern the choice of the penalty for an individual offender; 2) sentencing policies, which shape legislative choices of penalties; and 3) the administration of prison sentences. Within these three broad areas, we will examine specific topics such as federal and state sentencing guideline systems, the choice between incarceration and other forms of criminal sanction, prisoners' rights, and the extent to which the Constitution restricts sentencing choices. |
| 7892 - 1 | Immigration Skills Lab | 11842018 Spring | This course equips students with the practical knowledge and skills utilized in federal deportation hearings in the United States. It addresses the applicable procedures, substantive requirements, and best practices relating to representing both foreign-born citizens and the United States in such proceedings. The lab covers the most common applications for relief in such proceedings, including asylum, cancellation of removal for permanent residents, cancellation of removal for non-permanent residents, and adjustment of status. The lab will also cover issues relating to immigration detention and voluntary departure. The course is built on experiential simulations. Generally, for each topic, the course will cover a substantive requirement, the class will strategize about related examples, and individuals or groups will work through the simulation from both sides (government and respondent). |
| 7220 - 1 | Oil and Gas | 11842018 Spring | Ownership, acquisition and development of domestic and international mineral resources focusing primarily on oil and gas, but including some hardrock mineral topics. Policy, conservation and environmental issues affecting development will be addressed, as well as various joint development arrangements. PREREQUISITES: Administrative Law OR Natural Resources Law. |
| 7910 - 2 | American Legal History | 11842018 Spring | This course is about how law has interacted with the development of America. What events, values, and movements shaped the American legal order? The greatest emphasis will be upon the nineteenth century. The materials will be secondary sources with some use of primary materials. |
| 7080 - 2 | Interdisc Series Gend & Sexlty | 11842018 Spring | Restatement of the Law of Charitable Gifts: Advanced Research and Drafting. This course will provide students with an intensive skill-building experience. Students will conduct legal research and produce written analyses of the case and statutory law in the United States as it relates to various aspects of charitable gifts and charitable giving. The "client" for the class will be the American Law Institute, an organization that describes itself as "the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law." Judges, practitioners, scholars, and others rely on ALI publications, and students are exposed to the work of ALI, primarily in the form of Restatements of the Law, in the many of the cases they read in the first year. Course meetings in the early part of the semester will be dedicated to learning the basic laws governing charities and charitable gifts as well as research methods in this context. Later meetings will consist of the students presenting their research and analysis of specific topics, as well as review and critique of proposed drafts of black letter, legal commentary, and supporting notes for the ALI's Restatement of the Law of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. Students will work in close collaboration with the instructors and other students and will have several opportunities to present their work to the group. Students will be graded based on their written work and participation in class (both presentation of their work and offering feedback to others). |
| 7800 - 10 | Current Issues in Family Law | 11842018 Spring | Advanced Criminal Procedure is a course exploring the meaning of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Eight Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. constitution as they apply to the rights of criminal defendants when charged with a crime, released on bail, brought before a grand jury or during sentencing, plea bargaining and a jury trial. This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in Criminal Procedure, though Criminal Procedure is not a prerequisite to this class. Advanced Criminal Procedure reviews the criminal process from "bail to jail" and the rights and procedures involved. The course looks that the criminal justice system participants and their respective responsibilities. These participants include defendants, defense counsel, prosecuting attorneys, judges and jurors. Advance Criminal Procedure will examine both the constitutional provisions impacting a defendant's rights from the time they are charged until trial as well as the history, policy issues, and trends of the law that affect the rights of defendants in their interaction with the justice system. |
| 7450 - 1 | Indian Law | 11842018 Spring | Analyzes the development of the legal and political relationship between the tribes and the United States as viewed through court decisions and Acts of Congress. Emphasis will placed on current legal problems and issues facing indian tribes and the relationship with the United States and the states. |