Law (9200)
Law (9200)
| 601 | CIVIL PROCEDURE I | 3 credits |
| Personal and subject matter jurisdiction; venue; ascertaining the applicable law; rulemaking; pleading; motions; joinder of claims and parties; discovery; pretrial; trial; judgments; appellate review; res judicata and collateral estoppel. | ||
| 602 | CIVIL PROCEDURE II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 601. Continuation of 601. Personal and subject matter jurisdiction; venue; ascertaining the applicable law; rulemaking; pleading; motions; joinder of claims and parties; discovery; pretrial; trial; judgments; appellate review; res judicata and collateral estoppel. | ||
| 603 | CONSTITUTIONAL LAW I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Governmental authority and its distribution under the Constitution with an introduction to individual rights and liberties. | ||
| 604 | CONSTITUTIONAL LAW II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 603. Continuation of 603. Rights, privileges and immunities under the Constitution. | ||
| 605 | CONTRACTS I | 1-4 credits |
| Nature and purposes of contract law. Formation. Consideration. Contractual alternatives. Reality of consent. Capacity. Statute of Frauds. Construction. Breach and associated remedies. Resolution of disputes. Discharge of obligations. Third party interests. | ||
| 606 | CONTRACTS II | 1-4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 605. Nature and purposes of contract law. Formation. Consideration. Contractual alternatives. Reality of consent. Capacity. Statute of Frauds. Construction. Breach and associated remedies. Resolution of disputes. Discharge of obligations. Third party interests. | ||
| 607 | CRIMINAL LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Nature and source of criminal liability studied in light of modern developments. The act. Mental conditions requisite to criminal responsibility. Specific crimes and defenses thereto. | ||
| 608 | EVIDENCE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Covers basic evidence law with emphasis on the Federal Rules of Evidence and state rules patterned thereon. | ||
| 609 | INTRO TO LAW & LEGAL SYSTEMS | 1 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Orients the beginning law student to the study of law, the United States legal system, and law in a broad context. Provides students with a framework within which to understand the basic premises of our system of law, both substantive and procedural, and the ways in which law is made, developed and applied, as well as the choices inherent in formulating law and a legal system. | ||
| 610 | GENERAL WRITING REQUIREMENT | 0 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. The General Writing Requirement is a 0 credit hour course required for graduation. This course may be repeated. Students must follow the rules and guidelines as outlined in the "General Writing Requirement ("GWR") Standards Requirements" available in the Dean's Office. | ||
| 612 | PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Legal profession as an institution. Responsibilities of lawyers. Duties and privileges. Professional qualifications. | ||
| 613 | PRO BONO SERVICE REQUIREMENT | 0 credits |
| To provide positive experiences to law students that will promote their future involvement as practitioners and provide independent educational value (direct knowledge) concerning the plight of persons of limited means and their access to justice. | ||
| 614 | PROPERTY I | 1-4 credits |
| Possession, means by which title may be obtained; fixtures; emblements; estates in land; concurrent ownership; the deed; the mortgage; the land contract. History of land law. Statute of Frauds recording; title registration; covenants for title; adverse possession; landlord-tenant relationship; legislation restricting land use; easements; licenses; private restrictions; water rights. | ||
| 615 | PROPERTY II | 1-4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 614. Possession, means by which title may be obtained; fixtures; emblements; estates in land; concurrent ownership; the deed; the mortgage; the land contract. History of land law. Statute of Frauds recording; title registration; covenants for title; adverse possession; landlord-tenant relationship; legislation restricting land use; easements; licenses; private restrictions; water rights. | ||
| 616 | TORTS I | 1-4 credits |
| Survey of basic tort law and its function; allocating cost of unintentionally caused harm by negligence or strict liability; intentional wrongs; dignitary wrongs. | ||
| 617 | TORTS II | 1-4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 616. Continuation of 616. Survey of basic tort law and its function; allocating cost of unintentionally caused harm by negligence or strict liability; intentional wrongs; dignitary wrongs. | ||
| 618 | ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH | 1 credits |
| Prerequisites: 619 and 620. The purpose of this course is to further develop the legal research skills of law students beyond basic legal research to prepare them for the practice of law, by covering legal research materials in greater depth and by introducing students to specialized legal sources. | ||
| 619 | LARW I | 3 credits |
| Introduction to the basic skills in legal research, particularly case law, statutes, and secondary authority; development of skills in legal analysis and writing through expository writing (research memoranda) and persuasive writing and oral advocacy (motions and appellate briefing and argument). | ||
| 620 | LARW II | 2 credits |
| Prerequisite: 619. Introduction to the basic skills in legal research, particularly case law, statutes, and secondary authority; development of skills in legal analysis and writing through expository writing (research memoranda) and persuasive writing and oral advocacy (motions and appellate briefing and argument). | ||
| 621 | ACCT & FIN LAWYER'S PERSPCTIV | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. A study of the underlying assumptions and principles of financial information prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the evaluation of such information in terms of its significance to users of such information. (May be taken for letter grade or credit/noncredit.) | ||
| 622 | ADMINISTR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Administration of criminal justice relating processes of criminal law to objectives of criminal correction. Effects of federal constitutional provisions on criminal procedure. | ||
| 623 | ADMINISTRATIVE LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. An examination of the role and operation of government agencies, including the procedures agencies are required to follow, public participation and hearing requirements, and the standards and mechanisms governing judicial review of agency decisions. | ||
| 624 | CRIMINAL LAW/WRITING LAB | 2 credits |
| This course covers formulating a rule of law from one or more legal authorities, placing the rule in a rule-structure, analyzing application of that rule to a set of facts, and organizing a legal discussion of that analysis. | ||
| 626 | BASIC BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Vicarious liability. Employment relationships and scope. Authority and apparent authority. Misrepresentation by an agent. Undisclosed principal. Ratification. Elements of partnership and other unincorporated business associations. | ||
| 627 | COMM PAPER, SALES & LEASE TRAN | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 629. The Law of Negotiable Instruments and Bank Collections under Articles 3 and 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the law of sales under Article 2, and UCITA. | ||
| 628 | SEMINAR IN PRETRIAL ADVOCACY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 602. A practical course designed to simulate all of the necessary steps leading to trial, beginning with the client interview and up to and including the final pretrial statement. | ||
| 629 | SECURED TRANSACTIONS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. The Law of Secured Transactions under Articles 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Includes an examination of the impact of the federal bankruptcy law and the Federal Tax Lien Act on Article 9 security interests. | ||
| 630 | JUDICIAL ROLE: CONDUCT & ETHIC | 2-3 credits |
| This is a reading and discussion course covering the topic of the common law system. Topics will likely include methods of selection, standards and mechanisms for regulating conduct, tenure and performance review issues, and more generally the role that the judge is called upon a play. | ||
| 631 | INTERSTATE PRAC: CONF OF LAWS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Problems of application of private law in jural relations containing one or more foreign law elements. Jurisdiction and enforcement of foreign judgments. | ||
| 632 | SEM: EDUCATION LAW | 3 credits |
| Study of how the law and the public education system interact. | ||
| 633 | CORPORATIONS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. An introduction to the law relating to the typical American enterprise. Principal emphasis is on financing, control, management and regulation of corporations, both publicly owned and closely held. | ||
| 634 | LAW & PSYCHIATRY | 2-3 credits |
| Exploration of intersections between psychiatry & mental illness & legal rules & procedures. | ||
| 635 | BANKRUPTCY LAW | 3 credits |
| Recommended: 629. Provisional remedies and enforcement of judgments. Fraudulent conveyances. General assignments for benefit of creditors. Creditor's agreements. Bankruptcy. | ||
| 636 | HUMAN RESOURCES LAWYER | 3 credits |
| This course offers a unique, in-depth review of interesting and challenging areas within employment and labor laws that affect the expanding field of human resources. | ||
| 637 | EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Legal developments, primarily federal, affecting discrimination in employment. | ||
| 638 | FAMILY LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Major areas of family law; theories that have influenced its development. Functions performed by various agencies which seek to effect a non-judicial settlement of domestic problems. Adoption. | ||
| 639 | ESTATE & GIFT TAXATION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. A survey of federal estate and gift taxation; relation between federal income tax and federal taxes on gratuitous transfers; the place of federal taxes in estate planning. | ||
| 640 | INDIVIDUAL TAXATION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Survey of federal income tax laws applicable to individuals. | ||
| 641 | CORPORATE TAXATION I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 640. Survey of federal income tax law applicable to corporations. | ||
| 642 | ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION | 2-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. A survey of the alternatives to litigation available for resolving disputes. | ||
| 643 | FEDERAL JURISDICTN & PROCEDURE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 602. Congress, the federal courts and the Constitution; appellate and collateral review; federal question, diversity and admiralty cases; sovereign immunity, abstention and enjoining state actions; choice of law; federal common law. | ||
| 644 | SUPREME COURT SEMINAR | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 602. This course is designed to explore the powers of the Supreme Courts. | ||
| 645 | SEM: NON-PROFIT TAX ENTITIES | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. The study of the special taxation issues confronting non-profit organizations. | ||
| 646 | HEALTH LAW | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Ohio law of medical malpractice, bioethics and the law, regulatory and corporate issues in medicine. | ||
| 647 | JUVENILE LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Study of laws relating to juveniles (neglect, dependency, and delinquency). | ||
| 648 | INSURANCE LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Legal principles of insurance of person and property, including insurable interest, measure of recovery, subrogation, rights of assignees and beneficiaries, warranty, concealment, representation and fraud. Adjustment of claims. Regulation. | ||
| 649 | INTERNATIONAL LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Nature and breadth of international law; its sources and subjects, and its relation to municipal law, to individuals and to international organizations. | ||
| 650 | LABOR LAW & COLL BARGAINING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Representation procedures. Unfair labor practices of labor and management, strikes, picketing, boycotts, lockouts. Jurisdictional disputes. Law and practice of labor arbitration and collective bargaining, including a study of the grievance arbitration process pursuant to collective bargaining agreements. | ||
| 651 | EMPLOYMENT LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Developments in employment law: legislation, regulations, judicial decisions, and changes in the social and economic structure of the workplace. | ||
| 652 | LAND USE PLANNING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 615. Assumptions, doctrines and implications of planning law; zoning; legal and administrative problems involved in allocating and developing land located in metropolitan areas. | ||
| 653 | SCHOOL LAW | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. School governance; allowable discipline; constitutional constraints on restricting freedom of expression and privacy intrusions; tort liability for injuries on school property. | ||
| 654 | SEM: FEMINIST & RACE THEORY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Exploration of contemporary feminist legal theory and cirtical race theory. The common theme in all of the readings is: "What is equality and inequality?" Students will explore what equality might mean, how it can be achieved, why the country has failed to achieve it so far, why inequality exists, how it impacts people and what legal and non-legal solutions it might involve. | ||
| 655 | ELECTION LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 604. Examines the legal environment for political campaigns. Topics include historical background, legal foundation, voting rights, filing requirements, campaign finance and political advertising. | ||
| 656 | LAW REVIEW STAFF | 2 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of first year and invitation predicated upon scholarship or demonstrated writing skills. Preparation of note: analysis and criticism of recent cases; citation checking and critical review ("spading") of notes or articles of others. May not be repeated. Total credits obtainable for courses designated Law Review 656, 657 and 658 not to exceed four (4) credit hours. | ||
| 657 | LAW REVIEW SENIOR STAFF | 2 credits |
| Prerequisite: 656. Preparation of a note publishable quality. May not be repeated. Total credits obtainable for courses designated Law Review 656, 657 and 658 not to exceed four (4) credit hours. A student who takes 657 cannot take 658. | ||
| 658 | LAW REVIEW EDITORIAL BOARD | 2 credits |
| Prerequisites: 656 and election to Law Review Editorial Board. Performance of significant and appropriate editorial duties. May not be repeated. Total credits obtainable for courses designated Law Review 656, 657 and 658 not to exceed four (4) credit hours. A student who takes 657 cannot take 658. | ||
| 659 | NEGOTIATION | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 602. The lawyer's role as negotiator in planning negotiations and determination of strategies to effect objects, weighing legal, economic, behavioristic, ethical and social factors that condition outcomes. | ||
| 660 | SEMINAR IN WORKERS COMPENSATN | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Jurisdictional and procedural issues; scope of employer liability; defenses; specific remedies. | ||
| 661 | ENVIRONMENTAL LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. An examination of major federal environmental statutes and pollution control programs, common law remedies for environmental damage, and policy issues involved in decisions concerning the environment. | ||
| 662 | MEDIA LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Constitutional defamation, and commercial problems involved in the written and/or oral publication of news and entertainment features. | ||
| 663 | LEGISLATIVE PROCESS | 3 credits |
| See department for course description. | ||
| 664 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Nature of municipal corporations. Creation, annexation, and dissolution. Home rule. Police powers. Financing. Federal-state-local relationships. Staffing. Contractual and delictual liability. | ||
| 665 | UCC-SALES - ACCELERATED | 2 credits |
| A survey, in accelerated format, of the Law of Sales in the Uniform Commercial Code, including formation, execution and remedies, with emphasis on the acquisition of skills for solving problems in this area. | ||
| 667 | SUBSTANTIAL SKILLS | 1-3 credits |
| May be repeated. Skills-centered courses that involve faculty assessment and grading based upon skills performances, offering students the opportunity to satisfy the skills requirement. | ||
| 668 | REMEDIES | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Equitable remedies, unjust enrichment and restitution; remedies for injuries to tangible property, and economic, dignitary and personal interests including wrongful death. Disaffirmance and remedies for deception, duress, undue influence, hardship, unconscionability, mistake, breach of contract and nominally unenforceable transactions. | ||
| 669 | UCC-SALES | 2 credits |
| A survey of the Law of sales in the Uniform Commercial Code, including formation, execution and remedies, with emphasis on the acquisition of skills for solving problems in this area. | ||
| 670 | SEM: CRIMINAL PROCESS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 622. Intensive study of the criminal process including the decision to prosecute, grand jury, preliminary hearing, joinder and severance, discovery, plea bargaining, jury trials and double jeopardy. | ||
| 671 | SECURITIES REGULATION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 633. State and federal law and rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission in issuance and trading of securities; legal and self-regulatory aspects of the securities industry. | ||
| 672 | SEM: BUSINESS PLANNING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 633 or permission of instructor. Advanced course using the problem approach in planning business transactions in light of applicable corporate, tax and securities law considerations. | ||
| 673 | ADVANCED LEGAL APPLICATIONS | 3 credits |
| This course is designed to enhance student ability to prepare for the bar exam, and provide students with an understanding of the critical skills, techniques, and strategies necessary to pass the bar. This course is a pre-bar preparatory course intended supplement and compliment, not replace, commercial bar preparation courses. This course is designed for students planning to take the Ohio Bar Exam, but much of the content and skills are transferrable to other jurisdictions. | ||
| 674 | INTERNATIONAL COMMERICAL LAW | 3 credits |
| Course focusing on the law relating to transboundary sale of goods and related arrangements. References are made to US domestic sales law (UCC Art 2, 5) from a comparative perspective. The course covers the basic sales contract, documentary letters of credit as a form of payment for goods, and international commercial arbitration. | ||
| 675 | SP: ESTATE PLANNING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 686; recommended: 639, 640. Relevant tax and nontax problems in planning of estates and examination of dispositive devices in accomplishing the objectives of estate planning. | ||
| 677 | REAL ESTATE LAW | 3 credits |
| An in-depth study of the legal regimes affecting real estate transactions. | ||
| 678 | SEM: JURISPRUDENCE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Examination and evaluation of principal theories of legal philosophy. Theories are frequently considered in connection with concrete problems and are evaluated in light of various goal values. | ||
| 679 | SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND THE LAW | 2-3 credits |
| Sexual Orientation and the Law addresses legal issues that affect gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and intersexual people. This course will range from the theoretical to the practical. A continuous theme will be seeing how representing someone in a particular context helps bring together diverse areas of law and ways of thinking in pursuit of creative problem-solving. | ||
| 680 | QUAL PENS & PROFIT SHAR PLANS | 3 credits |
| Recommended: 640. Nature, purpose and operation of pension and profit sharing plans. | ||
| 683 | SEMINAR IN PRODUCT LIABILITY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 617. Liability for defective products and developing legal theories and remedies. Examination of government regulation of dangerous and defective products. | ||
| 684 | SEM: SELECTED LEGAL PROBLEMS | 1-3 credits |
| (May be repeated) Analysis of special or current legal problems offering opportunities for legal research, effective integration of legal and relevant nonlegal materials, and expository legal writing. | ||
| 685 | WILLS, TRUSTS & ESTATES I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Intestate succession; execution, revocation and revalidation of wills; creation and termination of trusts; gifts to charity; will substitutes; future interests; powers of appointment; class gifts. | ||
| 686 | WILLS, TRUSTS AND ESTATES II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 685. Continuation of 685. | ||
| 687 | EXPERT EVIDENCE | 3 credits |
| Course designed to give the student extensive practice in solving difficult evidence problems involving the use of experts. | ||
| 688 | LEGAL DRAFTING | 1 credits |
| Prerequisites: 619, 620. Refinement of skills in written legal analysis through performance of drafting assignments, including preparation of a written exposition on a proposed solution to a drafting problem. Required course for all students. | ||
| 689 | APPELLATE ADVOCACY | 1 credits |
| Prerequisite: 688. Development of skills in written legal analysis through performance of drafting assignments, including preparation of a written exposition on a proposed solution to a drafting problem. | ||
| 690 | TRIAL ADVOCACY I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 608. Fundamental techniques of trial preparation, direct examination, cross examination, introduction of exhibits, objections, opening statements and closing arguments. | ||
| 691 | INT INV:F INV RG,TCH TRN,D SET | 3 credits |
| Recommended: 649. Interaction of economics, politics and law on investments transcending national boundaries. Using the multinational corporation as the focal point of study, the seminar directs attention to the assumptions, risks, costs and benefits of foreign direct investment; national and international controls over multinational corporations; technology transfer; and the protection of foreign investment through agreements, treaties and adjudicatory processes. Arbitration and judicial settlement along with the associated jurisdictional problems and enforcement measures are considered. | ||
| 692 | TRIAL ADVOCACY II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 690. Preparation and actual trial of two civil cases and two criminal cases; jury selection; ethical and political considerations of trial advocacy. | ||
| 693 | PROBATE PRACTICE | 2 credits |
| Prerequisites: 685, 686. Intestate and testamentary administration, including the probating of a will, presentment of claims, the inventory, settlement and distribution and will contests. The Ohio Probate Code will be the model. | ||
| 694 | ADVOCACY TEAMS (SPRING) | 1-2 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Practice training in legal advocacy. Each person enrolled for credit will be required, at a minimum, to do substantial research on the problem and participate in practice rounds for oral presentations. The faculty advisor of the relevant team will decide whether the team participant will receive 1 or 2 credits, with final approval residing in the Director of Competitions. Total credits for courses Advocacy Teams (694 and 695) not to exceed four (4) credit hours. | ||
| 695 | ADVOCACY TEAMS (FALL) | 1-2 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Practice training in legal advocacy. Each person enrolled for credit will be required, at a minimum, to do substantial research on the problem and participate in practice rounds for oral presentations. The faculty advisor of the relevant team will decide whether the team will receive 1 or 2 credits, with final approval residing in the Director of Competitions. Total credits for courses Advocacy Teams (694 and 695) not to exceed (4) credit hours. | ||
| 696 | CLINICAL SEMINAR I | 2-3 credits |
| Prerequisites: Successful completion of 28 credit hours and permission of Clinical coordinator. Application of legal knowledge to practical problems in supervised public law office contexts. May be taken independently of 697. Credit for 696, 697 not to exceed six (6) credits and may not be repeated. | ||
| 697 | CLINICAL SEMINAR II | 2-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 696. Continuation of 696. | ||
| 698 | INDIVIDUAL STUDIES & RESEARCH | 2-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Permission of Associate Dean. (May be repeated for a total of six credits) With permission of Associate Dean, special problems, projects or research may be taken for credit under supervision of member of faculty. The paper for this course must have a minimum length of thirty (30) pages if taken for two (2) credits or a minimum length of forty-five (45) pages if taken for three (3) credits; unless the instructor approves an alternative form appropriate to the project. This course may be used to satisfy the General Writing Requirement. Except under rare and compelling circumstances, this course may not be taken to write a research paper on a subject on which the school offers a course which provides the student an opportunity to pursue that area of study. | ||
| 699 | IMMIGRATION LAW | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. The study of the law and processes governing immigration, naturalization, and deportation. | ||
| 700 | FUNDA OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | 3 credits |
| An introduction to the policies underlying the protection of intellectual property, common law protection under state law, and major fields of intellectual property protection (patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secrets). | ||
| 701 | PATENT LAW & POLICY | 3 credits |
| A study of the law and process of patent protection and enforceability and the policies that underlie patent protection. | ||
| 702 | TRADEMARK LAW | 3 credits |
| A study of the law and process of protecting trademarks and trade dress, and the policies underlying the system. | ||
| 703 | COPYRIGHT LAW | 3 credits |
| A study of the law and policy protecting intellectual property through copyright, and enforcing and licensing copyrights. | ||
| 704 | TRADE SECRETS | 2-3 credits |
| A study of protecting intellectual property through common law mechanisms, and on helping clients choose a method of protection suited to their needs and the property. | ||
| 705 | LICENSNG INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | 1-3 credits |
| Methods of exploiting intellectual property by licensing others to use it; contractual necessities, rights and obligations to protect ownership. | ||
| 706 | INTL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 700 or instructor permission. A study of the major conventions governing the protection of intellectual property internationally and of current policy issues in the field. | ||
| 707 | PATENT PROSECUTION | 3 credits |
| The process of researching, preparing and prosecuting valid and enforceable applications to obtain U.S. patents. | ||
| 708 | TRADEMARK PROSECUTION | 2-3 credits |
| Study of law and procedures relative to obtaining and maintaining federal trademark registrations. | ||
| 709 | COMPLEX IP LITIGATION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 700. An introduction to special problems in litigating patent claims. | ||
| 710 | CYBERLAW | 3 credits |
| Exploration of legal issues raised by the internet, broadcast regulation, and competition policy. | ||
| 713 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEGISLAT | 2-3 credits |
| Study of the legislative process relating to the enactment of intellectual property legislation. | ||
| 714 | C POL ISS AFF INTLLCT PROP LAW | 2-3 credits |
| Study of current policy issues affecting intellectual property law and practice. | ||
| 716 | INTERNATIONAL PATENT LAW | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 700 or 701 or instructor permission. Study of major treaties and agreements affecting the international practice of patent law. | ||
| 717 | INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 700 or 703 or instructor permission. Study of major treaties and agreements affecting the international practice of copyright law. | ||
| 718 | INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK LAW | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 700 or 702 or instructor permission. Study of major treaties and agreements affecting the international practice of trademark law. | ||
| 720 | MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | 1-3 credits |
| Study of how best to manage a company's intellectual property portfolio. | ||
| 721 | TAXATION OF INTELLECT PROPERTY | 2-3 credits |
| Study of the taxation relating to intellectual property. | ||
| 723 | IP POLICY & POLITICS | 2 credits |
| Prerequisite: 700. A course designed to expose students to current and difficult policy issues, have them discuss them with actual members of the institutions and the decision makers who address and resolve them, and to engage students in the process for approaching these issues. Contains a rigorous writing component on a topic selected with the professor. | ||
| 724 | INTERNATL PATENT PROSECUTION | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 700, 701, 716 or instructor's permission. To explore strategy, tactics and procedure for the examination of patent applications beyond the United States. | ||
| 725 | ANTITRUST LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Fundamentals of antitrust; questions of evidence in price fixing and boycotts under the Sherman Act, resale restrictions and tie-ins, scope of antitrust law and certain exemptions. | ||
| 726 | PATENT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION | 3 credits |
| Presentation of the rules, evidence and procedures for interpreting the claims of a patent. Covers the principles of construing claims, consideration of the judge-made rules regarding interpretation of claim language standing alone, in the context of the specification of the patent and in the context of prosecution history. | ||
| 744 | SEM: FIRST AMENDMENT LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. An in-depth examination of selected issues concerning the speech, press, and religion clauses of the First Amendment. | ||
| 776 | SEM:INT TRD:GATT,WTO,REG INTG | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Course covering governmental and inter-governmental regulation of international trade, as well as the institutional framework of regional economic integration associations. Specific topics include domestic and international policies and norms regarding imports and exports, anti-dumping, countervailing duties against foreign subsidies, unfair trade competition, import relief and retaliation. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is studied as an example of regional economic integration. | ||
| 781 | SPORTS LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. The law affecting sports and players, including contract and liability issues, as well as administrative aspects. | ||
| 782 | ENTERTAINMENT LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: None. Covers the law and business of the entertainment industries. It also examines recent national and international developments and trends in the entertainment industries. | ||
| 784 | SEM: SELEC INTELLECT PROP PROB | 1-3 credits |
| (May be repeated) Analysis of special or current intellectual property legal problems offering opportunities for legal research, effective integration of legal and relevant nonlegal materials, and expository legal writing. | ||
| 796 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLINIC | 2 credits |
| Prerequisites: 700, 702, 708, successful completion of 28 credit hours and permission of IP Clinical coordinator. Conducted within a pilot program of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Application of intellectual property practical legal skills in interviewing, researching, investigating, counseling and drafting in the area of trademark and copyright issues. This clinic has a public interest component in that the clients served have limited economic resources. | ||
| 798 | IP INDIVIDUAL STUD & RESEARCH | 2-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Permission of Associate Dean. (May be repeated for a total of six credits) With permission of Associate Dean, special problems, projects or research may be taken for credit under supervision of member of faculty. The paper for this course must have a minimum length of thirty (30) pages if taken for two (2) credits or a minimum length of forty-five (45) pages if taken for three (3) credits; unless the instructor approves an alternative form appropriate to the project. This course may be used to satisfy the General Writing Requirement. Except under rare and compelling circumstances, this course may not be taken to write a research paper on a subject on which the school offers a course which provides the student an opportunity to pursue that area of study. | ||
| 800 | FUNDA OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | 3 credits |
| An introduction to the policies underlying the protection of intellectual property, common law protection under state law, and major fields of intellectual property protection (patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secrets). | ||
| 801 | PATENT LAW & POLICY | 3 credits |
| A study of the law and process of patent protection and enforceability and the policies that underlie patent protection. | ||
| 802 | TRADEMARK LAW | 3 credits |
| A study of the law and process of protecting trademarks and trade dress, and the policies underlying the system. | ||
| 803 | COPYRIGHT LAW | 3 credits |
| A study of the law and policy protecting intellectual property through copyright, and enforcing and licensing copyrights. | ||
| 804 | TRADE SECRETS | 2-3 credits |
| A study of protecting intellectual property through common law mechanisms, and on helping clients choose a method of protection suited to their needs and the property. | ||
| 805 | LICENSNG INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | 1-3 credits |
| Methods of exploiting intellectual property by licensing others to use it; contractual necessities, rights and obligations to protect ownership. | ||
| 806 | INTL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 800 or instructor permission. A study of the major conventions governing the protection of intellectual property internationally and of current policy issues in the field. | ||
| 807 | PATENT PROSECUTION | 3 credits |
| The process of researching, preparing and prosecuting valid and enforceable applications to obtain U.S. patents. | ||
| 808 | TRADEMARK PROSECUTION | 2-3 credits |
| Study of law and procedures relative to obtaining and maintaining federal trademark registrations. | ||
| 809 | COMPLEX IP LITIGATION | 3 credits |
| An introduction to special problems in litigating patent claims. | ||
| 810 | CYBERLAW | 3 credits |
| Exploration of legal issues raised by the internet, broadcast regulation, and competition policy. | ||
| 813 | INTELLECT PROPERTY LEGISLAT | 2-3 credits |
| Study of the legislative process relating to the enactment of intellectual property legislation. | ||
| 814 | C POL ISS AFF INTLLCT PROP LAW | 2-3 credits |
| Study of current policy issues affecting intellectual property law and practice. | ||
| 816 | INTERNATIONAL PATENT LAW | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 800 or 801 or instructor permission. Study of major treaties and agreements affecting the international practice of patent law. | ||
| 817 | INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 800 or 803 or instructor permission. Study of major treaties and agreements affecting the international practice of copyright law. | ||
| 818 | INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK LAW | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 800 or 802 or instructor permission. Study of major treaties and agreements affecting the international practice of trademark law. | ||
| 820 | MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | 1-3 credits |
| Study of how best to manage a company's intellectual property portfolio. | ||
| 821 | TAXATION OF INTELLECT PROPERTY | 2-3 credits |
| Study of the taxation relating to intellectual property. | ||
| 823 | IP POLICY & PRACTICE | 2 credits |
| A course designed to expose students to current and difficult policy issues, have them discuss them with actual members of the institutions and the decision makers who address and resolve them, and to engage students in the process for approaching these issues. Contains a rigorous writing component on a topic selected with the professor. | ||
| 824 | INTERNATL PATENT PROSECUTION | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 700, 701, 716 or instructor's permission. To explore strategy, tactics and procedure for the examination of patent applications beyond the United States. | ||
| 825 | ANTITRUST LAW | 3 credits |
| Fundamentals of antitrust; questions of evidence in price fixing and boycotts under the Sherman Act, resale restrictions and tie-ins, scope of antitrust law and certain exemptions. | ||
| 826 | PATENT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION | 3 credits |
| Presentation of the rules, evidence and procedures for interpreting the claims of a patent. Covers the principles of construing claims, consideration of the judge-made rules regarding interpretation of claim language standing alone, in the context of the specification of the patent and in the context of prosecution history. | ||
| 844 | SEM: FIRST AMENDMENT LAW | 3 credits |
| An in-depth examination of selected issues concerning the speech, press, and religion clauses of the First Amendment. | ||
| 850 | INTELLECT PROP MASTERS THESIS | 3-6 credits |
| This required activity of all LL.M. activities involves research and writing a "law review" quality paper on a legal or policy issue relating to intellectual property law. Topics must be approved by a faculty advisor in advance. | ||
| 876 | SEM:INT TRD:GATT,WTO,REG INTG | 3 credits |
| Course covering governmental and inter-governmental regulation of international trade, as well as the institutional framework of regional economic integration associations. Specific topics include domestic and international policies and norms regarding imports and exports, anti-dumping, countervailing duties against foreign subsidies, unfair trade competition, import relief and retaliation. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is studied as an example of regional economic integration. | ||
| 881 | SPORTS LAW | 3 credits |
| The law affecting sports and players, including contract and liability issues, as well as administrative aspects. | ||
| 882 | ENTERTAINMENT LAW | 3 credits |
| Covers the law and business of the entertainment industries. It also examines recent national and international developments and trends in the entertainment industries. | ||
| 884 | SEM: SELECTED LEGAL PROBLEMS | 1-3 credits |
| (May be repeated) Analysis of special or current legal problems offering opportunities for legal research, effective integration of legal and relevant nonlegal materials, and expository legal writing. | ||
| 896 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLINIC | 2 credits |
| Prerequisites: 700, 800, 702, 802, 708, 808, successful completion of 28 credit hours and permission of IP Clinical coordinator. Conducted within a pilot program of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Application of intellectual property practical legal skills in interviewing, researching, investigating, counseling and drafting in the area of trademark and copyright issues. This clinic has a public interest component in that the clients served have limited economic resources. | ||
| 898 | LL.M. INDIV STUDIES & RESEARCH | 3 credits |
| With permission of the LL.M. candidates' intellectual property faculty advisor, and reserved for rare and compelling situations that justify altering the normal allocation of credits to Thesis, Internship/Externship and classroom coursework, special problems, projects or research may be taken for credit under the supervision of a supervising faculty member. The paper for this course must have a minimum length of 45 pages; unless the instructor approves an alternative form appropriate to the project. Except under rare and compelling circumstances, this course may not be taken to write a research paper on a subject on which the school offers a course which provides the student an opportunity to pursue that area of study. | ||
| 900 | INTRO INTL & CPRTV INTELL PROP | 1-3 credits |
| A comparative study of intellectual property law (patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secrets) and its underlying policies in an international context with particular attention to the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union. | ||
| 901 | COMPARATIVE SALES LAW & POLICY | 1-3 credits |
| An examination of the law applicable to sale of goods transactions between the United States and other countries. It will focus on the Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). The course will employ provisions of CISG regarding contact formation, performance, excuse of performance and remedies, using both US cases and foreign. The course will also included a discussion of United States commercial law, including Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code in particular, and will consider how CISG differes from Article 2. | ||
| 902 | COMPARATIVE FAMILY LAW | 1-3 credits |
| An examination of the ways that various legal systems deal with the creation, dissolution adn regulation of families. With a focus on American and European law, the course will consider the ways that different countries address issues including marriage, divorce, custody and child welfare. | ||
| 903 | COMP CRIM PROC & TRNSNTL PROSE | 1-3 credits |
| This comparative overview of police investigation, prosecution, and adjudication/ trial practices will inform our understanding of our own criminal justice system and the enforcement of criminal laws elsewhere. Topics addressed will include European practices of police search/ seizure and interrogation, the role of the victim, admissibility of evidence and confrontation of witnesses, procedural economy and resolution by plea, the structure of criminal trials, burden of proof, evaluation of the evidence, and rendering of judgment. A brief consideration of such practices in Socialist (China and Russia) and Islamic law models then follows. Finally, we look at issues of jurisdiction, investigation, and extradition that arise in the prosecution of transnational crimes. | ||
| 904 | INDUS DSGN PROT LAW: NTL & INT | 1-3 credits |
| This course explores the exciting industrial design protection field. Key treaties related to design protection are examined, to set the stage for studying what laws must be adopted in national laws. Then representative regional and national design protection laws are studied to develop the basic principles of design protection. As a part of this course the history of industrial design protection and the trends will be discussed. This review includes analysis of design protection under national trademark law, copyright law, design patent (design registration), sui generis design protection laws, and the relation of these laws to each other and to technology and patent law. As a part of the national and regional topics, the procedures used to create a design right and enforce these rights will be studied. | ||
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