( * required course )

Labor Law and Collective Bargaining
9200:650, three 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.

Land Use Planning
9200:652, three 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.

Law And Psychiatry
9200:634, two or three credits
Exploration of intersections between psychiatry and mental illness and legal rules and procedures.

Law Review Editorial Board
9200:658, two credits, credit/non-credit
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.


Law Review Senior Staff
9200:657, two credits, credit/non-credit
Prerequisite: 656. Preparation of a comment or lead article of 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.

Law Review Staff
9200:656, two credits
Prerequisite: Completion of first year and invitation predicated upon scholarship or demonstrated writing skills. Preparation of casenote; analysis and criticism of recent cases; citation checking and critical review ("spading") of casenotes or comments 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.

Legal Analysis, Research & Writing I, II *
9200:619, 620; five 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).

Legal Drafting *
9200:688, one credit
Prerequisite: 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.

Legislative Process
9200:663, three credits
This course is a survey of all aspects of the legislative process, with an emphasis on structure and process rather than legislative drafting or statutory interpretation. Some of the topics covered are: descriptive and normative theories of legislation; electoral structures; gerrymandering; term limits; ballot access; campaign finance; lobbying; internal rules of legislatures; the federal budget process; direct democracy; and the due process of lawmaking. We also discuss a range of current events relevant to the legislative process. The course is highly participatory; course grade is based upon class participation and a 20-page paper. GWR is available.

Licensing Intellectual Property
9200:705, one - three credits
Methods of exploiting intellectual property by licensing others to use it; contractual necessities; right and obligations to protect ownership.

Local Government Law
9200:664, three 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.

Managing Intellectual Property
9200:720, one - three credits
Study of how best to manage a company's intellectual property portfolio.

Negotiation
9200:659, one - three credits
Prerequisite: 602. The lawyer's role as a negotiator in planning negotiations and determination of strategies to effect objects, weighing legal, economic, behavioristic, ethical and social factors that condition outcomes.

Patent Law & Policy
9200:701, three credits
A study of the law and process of patent protection and enforceability and the policies that underlie patent prosecution.

Patent Prosecution
9200:707, three credits
The process of researching, preparing and prosecuting valid and enforceable applications to obtain US patents.

Probate Practice
9200:693, two 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.

Professional Responsibility *
9200:612, three credits
Prerequisite: None. Legal profession as an institution. Responsibilities of lawyers. Duties and privileges. Professional qualifications.

Property I, II *
9200:614, 615, five 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.

Qualified Pension and Profit Sharing Plans
9200:680, three credits
Recommended: 640. Nature, purpose and operation of pension and profit sharing plans.

Real Estate Law
9200:677, three credits
Prerequisite: None. An in-depth study of the legal regimes affecting real estate transactions.

Remedies
9200:668, three 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.

School Law
9200:653, one - three credits
Prerequisite: None. School governance; allowable discipline; constitutional constraints on restricting freedom of expression and on privacy intrusions; tort liability for injuries on school property.

Secured Transactions
9200:629, three credits
Prerequisite: None. The Law of Secured Transactions under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Includes and examination of the impact of the federal bankruptcy law and the Federal Tax Lien Act on Article 9 security interests.

Securities Regulation
9200:671, three 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.

Seminar: Education Law
9200:632, three credits
Study of how the law and the public education systems interact.

Seminar: Feminist and Race Theory
9200:654, three credits
Prerequisite: None. Exploration of contemporary feminist legal theory and critical 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 county has failed to achieve it so far, why inequality exists, how it impacts people and what legal and anon-legal solutions it might involve.

Seminar: First Amendment Law
9200:644, three credits
Prerequisite: None. An in-depth examination of selected issues concerning the speech, press and religion clauses of the First Amendment.

Seminar: Non-profit Tax Entities
9200:645, three credits
Prerequisite: None. The study of the special taxation issues confronting non-profit organizations.

Seminar: Business Planning
9200:672, three 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.

Seminar: Criminal Process
9200:670, three 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.

Seminar: International Trade: GATT, WTO & Regional Integration
9200:676, three 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.

Seminar: Jurisprudence
9200:678, three 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.

Seminar: Pretrial Advocacy
9200:628, three 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.

Seminar: Product Liability
9200:683, three credits
Prerequisite: 617. Liability for defective products and developing legal theories and remedies. Examination of government regulation of dangerous and defective products.

Seminar: Selected Legal Problems
9200:684, one - three credits
May be repeated. Analysis of special or current legal problems offering opportunities for legal research, effective integration and relevant nonlegal materials, and expository legal writing. Courses have included: Law and Psychiatry, Education Law, Mediation Skills, Disability Discrimination, Advanced Torts, and others.

Seminar: Workers' Compensation
9200:660, one - three credits
Prerequisite: None. Jurisdictional and procedural issues; scope of employer liability; defenses; specific remedies.

Special Problems in Estate Planning
9200:675, three credits
Prerequisites: 641 and 686, or permission of instructor. Relevant tax and nontax problems in planning of estates and examination of dispositive devices in accomplishing the objectives of estate planning.

Sports Law
9200: 681, three credits
Prerequisite: None. The law affecting sports and players, including contract and liability issues, as well as administrative aspects.

Substantial Skills*
9200:667, one to three credits
Prerequisite: None. 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.

Taxation of Intellectual Property
9200:721,two - three credits
Study of the taxation relating to intellectual property.

Torts I, II *
9200:616, 617, five credits
Survey of basic tort law and its function; allocating cost of unintentionally caused harm by negligence or strict liability; intentional wrongs; dignitary wrongs.

Trade Secrets
9200:704, two or three 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.

Trademark Law
9200:702, three credits
A study of the law and process of protecting trademarks and trade dress, and the policies underlying the system.

Trademark Prosecution
9200:708, two or three credits
Study of law and procedures relative to obtaining and maintaining federal trademark registrations.

Trial Advocacy I
9200:690 three credits
Prerequisite: 608. Fundamental techniques of trial preparation, direct examination, cross examination, introduction of exhibits, objections, opening statements and closing arguments.

Trial Advocacy II
9200: 692, three credits
Prerequisite: 690. Preparation and actual trial of two civil cases and two criminal cases; jury selection; ethical and political considerations of trial advocacy.

Wills, Trusts, and Estates I, II
9200:685, 686, three credits each
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


( * required course )