Req: Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law, 4th ed., Aspen #9781454817536
Req: Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law Supplement, 2014 ed., Aspen #9781454841692

First week assignments:

Thursday, 1/15/15
I. INTRODUCTION

A. Justiciability
Review/Read TEXT at 40-41 (Advisory Opinions; Standing; Ripeness; Mootness; Political
Question Doctrine)

B. Incorporation
Review/Read Text at 517-518; 536-548 (Incorporation)

C. State Action Doctrine
Read TEXT at 548-600

Thursday, 1/22/15
Review/Read TEXT at 626-27 (Carolene Products)
II. EQUAL PROTECTION - CLASSIFICATIONS

A. Introduction

TEXT at 711-717

B. Rational Basis Test - Ordinary Scrutiny

TEXT at 717-740

C. Race & National Origin

1. Setting the Standard - Dred Scott to Brown v. Board of Education

TEXT at 740 to 771

Req: Gillers, Regulation of Lawyers, 9th ed., Wolters Kluwer #9781454802990
Req: Gillers, Regulation of Lawyers Statutes and Standards, 2014 ed., Wolters Kluwer
#9781454827993

First week assignment:

1. Tuesday, 1/13/15

I. Introduction

A. The Concept of Professional Responsibility and Professionalism
Gillers at xxv to xxviii; 1 to 18
MR - Introduction, preamble and Scope
B. Overview - The Attorney-Client Relationship
1. Defining the Client-Lawyer Relationship
Gillers at 21-25
MR - Preamble ¶2, Rule 1.18

2. Wednesday, 1/14/15

Guest Speaker - Irving R. Sugerman, Partner, Brouse McDowell

3. Tuesday, 1/20/15

2. The Basic Core Duty of "Competence"
Gillers at 25 to 26; 632-34; 650-664; 727-28
MR Scope, ¶19, 20
MR Rules 1.1 1.2; 1.3; 1.4; 1.8(h); 7.4

II. Confidentiality


A. General Principles

Gillers at 27 to 36
MR 1.6; 1.8(b); 1.9(c)

4. Wednesday, 1/21/15
Guest speaker - Jeffrey T. Heintz, Esquire - former Managing Partner, Brouse McDowell; Board, Ohio State Bar Association