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This course is part of the required first-year JD curriculum. This course is a study of the process of civil litigation from the commencement of a lawsuit through final judgment under modern statutes and rules of court, with emphasis on the federal rules of civil procedure.
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Units: 4
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Grading: Law Honors/Pass/R credit/Fail
Instructors:
Freeman Engstrom, D. (PI)
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Marshall, L. (PI)
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Spaulding, N. (PI)
LAW 205: Contracts
This course is part of the required first-year JD curriculum. It provides exposure to basic contract law. The course will identify the scope and purpose of the legal protection accorded to interests predicated on contract and will focus on problems of contract formation, interpretation, performance, and remedies for breach.
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Units: 4
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Grading: Law Honors/Pass/R credit/Fail
Instructors:
Cole, G. (PI)
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Craswell, R. (PI)
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Fried, B. (PI)
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Morantz, A. (PI)
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Instructors:
Cole, G. (PI)
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Craswell, R. (PI)
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Fried, B. (PI)
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Morantz, A. (PI)
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Triantis, G. (PI)
LAW 207: Criminal Law
This course is part of the required first-year JD curriculum. It examines the traditional general issues in the substantive criminal law, including the purposes of punishment and the appropriate limits on the use of the criminal sanction. It focuses predominantly on how criminal statutes are organized around objective offense elements (conduct, causation, and attendant circumstances) and mental states, and to a lesser degree on inchoate crimes, complicity, justification and excuse.
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Units: 4
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Grading: Law Honors/Pass/R credit/Fail
Instructors:
Kelman, M. (PI)
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Marshall, L. (PI)
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Mills, D. (PI)
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Weisberg, R. (PI)
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LAW 218: JSD Research Colloquium
Required for and limited to JSD candidates. The objective of the colloquium is to assist students in developing their dissertation research proposals. Weekly colloquium sessions will include a mix of lectures and discussions on selected methodological topics, relevant to the candidates' dissertation research; guest lectures by empirical legal research scholars; presentations by and discussions with more advanced doctoral candidates; and presentations by the first year JSD candidates.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
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Units: 0
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Law Mandatory P/R/F
Instructors:
Hensler, D. (PI)
LAW 219: Legal Research and Writing
This course is part of the required first-year JD curriculum. Students work under the close supervision of a legal research and writing instructor, learning the techniques of legal library research, writing legal memoranda, drafting documents, preparing an appellate brief, and arguing orally before a moot court.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 2
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Grading: Law Honors/Pass/R credit/Fail
Instructors:
Antognini, A. (PI)
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Colgan, B. (PI)
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Gilden, A. (PI)
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Johnson, T. (PI)
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Instructors:
Antognini, A. (PI)
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Colgan, B. (PI)
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Gilden, A. (PI)
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Johnson, T. (PI)
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Matsumura, K. (PI)
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Merino, J. (PI)
LAW 223: Torts
This course is part of the required first-year JD curriculum. It considers issues involved in determining whether the law should require a person to compensate for harm intentionally or unintentionally caused. These problems arise in situations as diverse as automobile collisions, operations of nuclear facilities, and consumption of defective food products. Among other considerations, the course explores various resolutions in terms of their social, economic, and political implications.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 4
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Grading: Law Honors/Pass/R credit/Fail
Instructors:
Dauber, M. (PI)
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Engstrom, N. (PI)
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Rabin, R. (PI)
LAW 226: Accounting
The objective of financial accounting is to measure economic activity for decision-making. Financial statements are a key product of this measurement process and an important component of firms' financial reporting activities. This course is aimed at developing students' ability to read, understand, and use corporate financial statements. The primary focus is on understanding the mapping between underlying economic events and financial statements, and how this mapping can affect inferences about future firm profitability. To this end, the course will provide an introduction to: (1) accrual accounting concepts, principles and conventions; (2) the process of preparing and presenting the primary financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows); (3) the judgment involved and discretion allowed in making accounting choices; (4) the effects of accounting discretion on the quality of the (reported) financial information; and (5) the fundamentals of financial statement analysis. Class time will be allocated to a combination of short lectures and discussions of the assigned cases. The assigned cases are based on actual corporate financial statements and/or "real life" financial situations.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3
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Grading: Law Mandatory P/R/F
Instructors:
Blankespoor, E. (PI)
LAW 236: Art and the Law
This course covers the legal, public policy, and ethical issues that concern artists, art dealers, auction houses, museums, collectors, and others who comprise the world of visual art. Our focus will be on artists' rights (including copyright, resale royalties, moral rights, and freedom of expression issues), how the market in art functions (such as the artist-dealer relationship, auction rules, and issues faced by collectors), and the legal and ethical rules governing the collection, donation, and display of visual art, particularly for museums and their donors. The course focuses on certain recurrent themes: How do statutes and courts define (or attempt to define) art-and how is art defined differently for different legal purposes? How does the special character of art justify or require different treatment under the law from that accorded other tangible personal property, and how does (and should) the expressive nature of art affect the way it is owned, protected, regulated, or funded? We anticipate having two or three visitors to the class during the quarter, such as a gallery owner, auctioneer, and museum director. In addition, will also have the students participate in at least one or two interactive negotiation simulation exercises inspired by real situations and controversies in the art world.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 2
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Grading: Law Honors/Pass/R credit/Fail
Instructors:
Frankel, S. (PI)
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Varah, A. (PI)
LAW 240: Bankruptcy
This course is a study of the rights of secured and unsecured creditors under state law and federal bankruptcy law, and the corresponding rights of debtors. Subjects covered include methods of collecting judgments, fraudulent conveyances, general assignments, bankruptcy jurisdiction, powers of the trustee, the automatic stay, and reorganization under Chapter 11. Particular attention is paid to the policy considerations underlying the bankruptcy code, as well as its relationship to other facets of commercial law.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3
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Grading: Law Honors/Pass/R credit/Fail
Instructors:
Cole, G. (PI)
LAW 242: Corporations
This course is an introduction to the basic legal rules and principles governing the relations among managers, investors, and creditors in the business enterprise. The course is the foundation for advanced business courses. We focus on problems that arise because a firm's managers and owners have conflicting interests. We examine the costs associated with this conflict and how markets, legal rules and contracts might reduce them. Agency and partnership law are covered briefly, but we emphasize the financing, control, and conflicts of publicly held corporations. Special Instructions: Exposure to Quantitative Methods: Finance (
Law 467) and Quantitative Methods: Statistical Inference (
Law 468) will be helpful in this course and for a number of advanced courses in the law and business concentration and is strongly recommended.
Terms: Aut, Spr
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Units: 4
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Grading: Law Honors/Pass/R credit/Fail
Instructors:
Daines, R. (PI)
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