Academics

Spring 2008 Class Schedule

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Course Number Course Title Credit Hours Instructor Meeting Day/Time Room Blackboard Site Email List
120.01 Constitutional Law

Sections 5 & 6 		4.5 Neil S. Siegel M-Th 11:00-12:05 (Fri M/U) 3037 Unavailable CONLAW1
120.02 Constitutional Law

Sections 1 & 2 		4.5 Erwin Chemerinsky M-F 8:45-9:40 3037 Site CONLAW2
120.03 Constitutional Law

Sections 3 & 4 		4.5 Jeff Powell M-F 11:00-11:55 3041 Site CONLAW3
140.02 Criminal Law

Sections 3 & 4 		4.5 James E. Coleman Jr. M-F 8:45-9:40 103 Annex Site CRIMLAW2
140.03 Criminal Law

Sections 1 & 2 		4.5 Michael E. Tigar M-F 1:30-2:30 3041 Site CRIMLAW3
160B.02 Legal Analysis, Research & Writing 1.5 Jeremy Mullem,
Melanie J. Dunshee 		M/Th 9:55-10:50 4042 Site LARW2
160B.03 Legal Analysis, Research & Writing 1.5 Allison G. Kort,
Laura M. Scott 		M/Th 9:55-10:50 4045 Site LARW3
160B.04 Legal Analysis, Research & Writing 1.5 Hans Christian Linnartz,
Lauren Collins 		M/Th 12:20-1:15 103 Annex Site LARW4
160B.05 Legal Analysis, Research & Writing 1.5 Jo Ann Ragazzo,
Katherine Topulos 		T/F 9:55-10:50 4042 Site LARW5
160B.06 Legal Analysis, Research & Writing 1.5 Sarah H. Ludington,
Jennifer L. Behrens 		T/F 9:55-10:55 4045 Site LARW6
170.04 Property

Sections 4, 5 & 6 		4.5 Laura S. Underkuffler Mon/Fri 3:00 - 4:00 pm 3041 Site PROPERTY4
180.03 Torts

Sections 2 & 3 		4.5 Ogden N. Lewis Mon - Fri 3:00 - 4:00 pm 3037 Site TORTS3
180.04 Torts

Sections 5 & 6 		4.5 Doriane Lambelet Coleman MWF 1:30-2:51 3037 Site TORTS4
200.01 Administrative Law 3 Arti K. Rai MW 11:05-12:26 4045 Site ADMINLAW
201.02 Legal Writing: Craft & Style 2 Joan Magat Th 1-2:50 pm 4044 Unavailable ADVLEGWRI2
202.01 Art Law

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		2 Deborah A. DeMott Wed 3-4:50 pm 4047 Site ARTLAW
205.01 Antitrust 3 Barak D. Richman M/W 11:05-12:26 4047 Site ANTITRUST
206.01 International Arbitration

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements.

FAST TRACK COURSE
Will (tentatively) meet on the following dates:
Jan 14, Jan 28, Feb 11, Feb 25, Mar 17, Mar 31, and Apr 14.

Syllabus 		2 Rachael D. Kent Mon 6-9:30 pm 4045 Site INTARB
207.01 Sports and the Law 3 Paul H. Haagen Tu/F 3:00-4:21 4046 Site SPORTSLAW
210.02 Business Associations

Syllabus and First Readings 		4 James D. Cox M-F 9:55-10:50 (Fri M/U) 3041 Site BUSASSOC2
215.01 Commercial Transactions 4 John C. Weistart M-Th 9:55-10:50 (Fri M/U) 4047 Site COMMTRANS
218.01 Comparative Law: Western Legal Traditions

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		3 Ralf Michaels M/W/F 11:05 am - 12:05 pm 4042 Site COMPARLAW
225.01 Criminal Procedure: Formal 3 Robinson O. Everett T/Th 8:25-9:46 4042 Site CRIMPROFORM
232.01 Employment Discrimination 3 Trina Jones T/Th 11:05-12:26 4047 Site EMPDISC
235.01 Environmental Law 3 James Salzman T/Th 1:20-2:41 3037 Site ENVLAW
238.02 Ethics and the Law of Lawyering 2 Kathryn Webb Bradley T/Th 1:30-2:25 4044 Site ETHICSLAW
244.01 The Business and Economics of Law Firm Practice 1 Bruce A. Elvin,
George R. Krouse, Jr. 		W 5:00-7:00 4040 Unavailable BUSECON
245.02 Evidence 4 Robert P. Mosteller M-Th 9:55-10:50 (Fri M/U) 3037 Site EVIDENCE2
246.01 Ethics and the Rules of Professional Conduct 1 Christopher B. McLaughlin Tu 4:30-5:40 4045 Site ETHICS2
251.01 The Law of the Political Process 3 Zephyr R. Teachout M/W 8:25-9:46 4042 Unavailable LAWPOLITIC
252.01 Foreign Relations Law

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		3 Ernest A. Young W/F 1:30-2:50 4045 Site FORREL
255.02 Federal Income Taxation 4 Walter Hue Nunnallee Tu-Th 8:25-9:45 (Mon M/U) 4045 Site FEDTAX2
265.01 First Amendment 3 Stuart M. Benjamin T/Th 3:00-4:21 pm 4045 Site FIRSTAM
270.02 Intellectual Property 4 James Boyle Tu/W/Th 8:30-9:50 (F M/U) 4047 Site INTELPROP2
280.01 Jurisprudence 3 George C. Christie M/W 3-4:21 pm 4045 Site JURISPRU
283.02 Global Law Workshop: The Law and Politics of International Cooperation

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		1 Ralf Michaels F 3:00-4:30 pm 4042 Site GLOBAL2
295.01 Trusts and Estates

Syllabus 		3 Curtis A. Twiddy Tu/F 11:00-12:21 4049 Site TRUSTS
300.01 Appeals

Click on course number for section-specific information 		2 Michael E. Tigar Tu 3 :00-5:00 4044 Site APPEALS
303.01 American Legal History 3 Paul H. Haagen M/Tu/F 1:30-2:25 4044 Site AMLEGHIST
322.01 Copyright Law 3 Jerome H. Reichman T/Th 3:00-4:21 pm 4042 Site COPYRIGHT
324.401 Corporate Restructuring 3 John Graham M/Th 10:30-12:45 Fuqua D Unavailable CORPREST
324.402 Corporate Restructuring 3 John Graham M/Th 1:15-3:30 Fuqua D Unavailable CORPREST
325.01 Corporate Finance 3 Deborah A. DeMott T/Th 1:30-2:51 4047 Unavailable CORPFIN
326.01 Corporate Taxation 3 Lawrence A. Zelenak M/Tu/Th 9:55-10:50 am 103 Annex Site CORPTAX
330.01 Federal Criminal Law 3 Sara Sun Beale M/W 1:30-2:51 4047 Site CRIMFED
338.01 Animal Law 2 Marilyn R. Forbes M 3-4:50 pm 4040 Site ANIMAL
338O.01 Animal Law Outplacement 2 Marilyn R. Forbes TBA TBA Unavailable
340.01 Estate and Gift Taxation 3 Nancy Shaw M 4:30-7:15 pm 4172 Site ESTATETAX
342.01 Federal Courts 5 Erwin Chemerinsky M-F 11:05 am -12:00 pm (Fri M/U) Annex 107 Site FEDCOURTS
346.401 Intellectual Capital and Competitive Strategy 3 Wesley Cohen M/Th 1:15-3:30 Fuqua F Unavailable INTCAP
347.01 Health Care Law and Policy 3 Barak D. Richman Tu/W 3:00-4:21 Annex 103 Unavailable HEALTHCARE
352.01 International Business Transactions

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		2 Chuck Verrill Mon 3:30-5:20 pm 4042 Site INTBUSTRANS
357.01 Dispute Resolution in the WTO

FAST TRACK
JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 28, 2008

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		2 Akio Shimizu T/Th 7:00-0:00 pm 4045 Site WTO
359.01 Introduction to Law and Economics 3 Shawn J. Bayern T/W/Th 1:55-2:50 Annex103 Site INTROECON
360.01 International Taxation

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		2 Lawrence A. Zelenak M/Tu/W 1:30-2:25 4042 Site INTTAX
362.01 Law and Economics: Adv Topics in Public Policy 2 Marc F. Bellemare M/W 4:25-5:40 pm 150 Sanford Unavailable LAWECON
366.01 Advanced Issues in Wrongful Convictions 3 James E. Coleman Jr.,
Theresa Newman 		TBA TBA Site ADVWRONGFUL
378.401 Real Estate Entrepreneurship 3 Andrew B. Widmark M/Th 10:30-12:45 Fuqua F Unavailable REALENT
381.01 Real Estate Finance

Syllabus 		2 Alfred G. Adams, Jr. M 7:55 - 9:45 am 4047 Unavailable REALFIN
384.01 Securities Regulation

Syllabus and First Readings 		4 James D. Cox Mon-Thurs, Frid make-up 8:40-9:35 3041 Site SECREG
393.01 Trademark Law and Unfair Competition 2 David L. Lange T/Th 11:05-12:00 4047 Site TRADEMARK
399.01 Forensic Psychiatry 2 Sally C. Johnson, M.D. M 1-2:50 4040 Site FORENSIC
400.02 AIDS Legal Assistance Project

Clinic Orientation 1/26/08 8:45-4:30

Syllabus

 		3 Carolyn McAllaster W 1-2:50 4044 Unavailable AIDSCLINIC2
401.01 Advanced AIDS Legal Assistance Project 2 Carolyn McAllaster TBA TBA Unavailable
408.01 Appellate Litigation Clinic (Spring) 2 Erwin Chemerinsky,
James E. Coleman Jr. 		W 1-2:50 3171 Site APPLIT2
416.02 Children's Law Clinic

Clinic Orientation 1/26/08 8:45-4:30 		5 Jane R. Wettach W 3-5:00 4046 Site CHILDCLINIC2
417.01 Advanced Children's Law Clinic 2 Jane R. Wettach TBA TBA Unavailable ADVCHILDCLINIC
420.02 Trial Practice

Joint Session meets Th 5:45-6:45 pm. 		3 Donald H. Beskind M 3-5:50 4049 Site TRIALPRACT2
420.03 Trial Practice

Joint Session meets Th 5:45-6:45 pm. 		3 James C. Fuller Tu 3-5:50 4049 Site TRIALPRACT3
420.04 Trial Practice

Joint Session meets Th 5:45-6:45 pm. 		3 William S. Mills W 3-5:50 4049 Site TRIALPRACT4
420.05 Trial Practice

Joint Session meets Th 5:45-6:45 pm. 		3 Charles L. Becton M 6-8:50 4049 Site TRIALPRACT5
420.06 Trial Practice

Joint Session meets Th 5:45-6:45 pm. 		3 J. Donald Cowan, Jr. W 6-8:50 4049 Site TRIALPRACT6
427.02 Community Enterprise Law Clinic

*** Students enrolled in this course will not be permitted to drop it after the 1st 2 days of class. 		5 Andrew Foster,
Mark Dorosin 		W 1:30-2:51 4046 Unavailable CEDCLINIC2
443.02 Environmental Law and Policy Clinic

An information session for all interested students will be held in Room 4172 of the Law School Building on December 6th, beginning at 1:30 p.m. All students interested in enrolling in the Clinic should attend this session for information about upcoming clinic projects and course details. Permission numbers will not be given out until after the session.

Clinic Orientation 1/26/08 8:45-4:30 		4 Ryke Longest Wed 12:10-2:00 pm 4049 Site ENVLAWPOL2
448A.02 Guantanamo Defense Clinic

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		4 Madeline Morris W 11:05-12:50 4044 Site GUANCLINIC2
448B.02 Advanced Guantanamo Defense Clinic

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		2 Madeline Morris Wed 8:30 - 9:30 am 4044 Site ADVGUANCLINIC2
449.02 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic

Clinic Orientation 1/26/08 8:45-4:30 		4 Alan I. Weinberg W 1-2:50 4040 Site TAXCLIN2
460.05 Negotiation 3 Neil Vidmar Tu 3-5:50 4047 Site NEGOT5
460.06 Negotiation 3 Diane Dimond W 3-5:50 4042 Site NEGOT6
460.07 Negotiation 3 Rene Stemple Ellis Th 3:50-6:40 4047 Site NEGOT7
465.01 Patent Claim Drafting and Foundations of Patent Strategy 1 Kenneth D. Sibley Th 5-6:50 4040 Unavailable PATENTCLAIM
470.01 Poverty Law 2 Carol Spruill Tu 4:30-6:20 4042 Unavailable POVERTYLAW
500.01 Arbitration: Law and Practice 2 Charles R. Holton Tu 6:30-8:30 4042 Site ARBITRATION
502.01 Advanced Issues in Criminal Justice 2 Robinson O. Everett Th 4:55-6:55 4042 Site ADVCRIMJUST
506.01 Fraud Investigation

FAST TRACK
**FIRST CLASS: Monday, Jan 14** 		2 Jeffrey C. Coyne M 9-10:50 4044 Unavailable FRAUDINV
509.01 Chinese Legal History

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		2 Jonathan Ocko Th 3-4:50 4172 Unavailable CHINESEHIST
510.01 Client Interviewing, Counseling, and Decisionmaking 2 Nick Herman Tu 4:30-6:20 Annex 103 Unavailable INTERVIEW
516*.01 Mediating Disasters

Click on course number for section-specific information

Class will meet all day on Friday, February 29th and Saturday, March 1st, 2008.

A paper will be required. 		1 Francis McGovern Fri (2/29) 5-10 pm, Sat (3/1) 9-5 pm 4046 Unavailable MEDDISASTER
519.01 Contract Drafting 2 Diane Dimond Tu 3:00-4:50 4040 Site CONTRAFT
520.02 Climate Change and the Law 2 Jonathan B. Wiener,
Jedediah Purdy 		Unavailable
529.01 Genetics and The Law 2 Lauren Dame Tu 2:30-4:20 3171 Site LAW GENETICS
530.01 Entertainment Law 3 David L. Lange W 3-6 3171 Site ENTERTAIN
535.01 Financial Holding Companies Law 2 Marty Lybecker Th 1-2:50 4046 Site FINHOLD
539.01 Ethics in Action 2 Thomas B. Metzloff Th 3-4:50 4044 Site ETHICSACT1
539.02 Ethics in Action 2 Alice N. Mine W 5-6:50 4172 Site ETHICSACT2
552.01 The Study of Judicial Behavior 2 David F. Levi,
Gaurang Mitu Gulati 		M 5:00-7:00 pm 4044 Site JUDICIAL
555.01 International Environmental Law

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		2 James Salzman Tu 9:55-11:45 4044 Site INTENVLAW
559.01 Latin American Business Law

FAST TRACK
Classes will held from January 16, 2008 to February 20, 2008.

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		1 Sebastian Kielmanovich W 7:00-9:00 pm 4045 Site LATAMBUS
560.01 SEM / Sales and Added Value Tax Law

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		2 William J. Turnier Th 4:00-6:30 pm 3171 Site SALESVAT
567.01 Wrestling with Texts: Communities, Practices, and Traditions

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		2 Jeff Powell,
Ebrahim Moosa,
Mary McClintock Fulkerson 		Tu 2:50-5:20 Divinity 030 Site TEXTS TEXTS
573.01 Military Justice 2 Scott L. Silliman,
Robinson O. Everett 		W 3-4:50 4044 Site MILITARYJUST
574.02 Perspectives on Employment Discrimination 1 Catherine Fisk,
Gaurang Mitu Gulati 		M 3-4:50 3171 Site EMPDISC2
579.01 Mass Torts 2 Jonathan B. Wiener M 3:30-5:30 4046 Site MASSTORTS
582.02 National Security Law

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		3 Scott L. Silliman M/Th 7-9 pm 4042 Site NATSEC2
585.01 Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Not-For-Profit Management 3 Joel L. Fleishman W 8:30-11:00 Sanford 05 Unavailable NONPROF
587.01 Race and the Law 1 Trina Jones W 1-2:50 4172 Site RACELAW
598.01 Environmental Law and the Constitution 2 John F. Hart W 3-4:50 4040 Unavailable ENVHIST
599.01 Prosecutorial Ethics 2 Clay C. Wheeler,
Dennis M. Duffy 		Th 5-7 pm 4044 Site PROSETHICS
604.00 Ad Hoc Seminar

Click on course number for section-specific information 		3 TBA TBA Unavailable
605.01 Chinese for Legal Studies

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		2 TBA TBA Unavailable
611B.01 Readings in Ethics (*cont. from fall) 0.5 Kathryn Webb Bradley TBA TBA Unavailable READETHICS1
611B.02 Readings in Ethics (*cont. from fall) 0.5 Gaurang Mitu Gulati TBA TBA Unavailable READETHICS2
611B.03 Readings in Ethics (*cont. from fall) 0.5 Paul H. Haagen TBA TBA Unavailable READETHICS3
611B.04 Readings in Ethics (*cont. from fall) 0.5 Jeff Powell TBA TBA Unavailable READETHICS4
611B.05 Readings in Ethics (*cont. from fall) 0.5 Neil S. Siegel TBA TBA Unavailable READETHICS5
611B.06 Readings in Ethics (*cont. from fall) 0.5 James E. Coleman Jr.,
David F. Levi 		TBA TBA Site READETHICS6
611B.07 Readings in Ethics (*cont. from fall) 0.5 Jedediah Purdy TBA TBA Site READETHICS7
630.01 French for Legal Studies

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		2 5:10-7:10 pm 4044 Unavailable FRENCH
635.01 German for Legal Studies

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		2 TBA TBA Unavailable GERMAN
650.01 Japanese for Legal Studies

This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		2 Mitsuhiro Enomoto Fri 3-5:00 pm 4040 Unavailable JAPANESE
720.01 Advanced Copyright: Digital Technologies 2 Troy D. Dow M 1-2:50 pm 4046 Unavailable ADVCOPYRIGHT
732.01 Comparative Legal Reasoning

FAST TRACK
First class meets 1/10/08, but majority of classes will meet after Spring Break.
This course counts toward JD/LLM 20 credits in international, comparative or foreign study requirements. 		2 George C. Christie,
Guy Haarscher 		T/Th 5-7 pm 4172 Site COMPREASON
735.01 Open Source: Software and Beyond 2 Sapna Kumar Th 3:45-5:45 pm 4046 Site SOFTWARE
742.01 Mergers and Acquisitions: VENTURE CAPITAL, PRIVATE EQUITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

FAST TRACK
Class will meet 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/3. 		3 Deborah J. Hylton M 3-5:00 pm 4047 Site MERGERS
749.01 Strategies in Commercial Transactions 1 John C. Weistart Tu 6-8 pm 4046 Unavailable STRATCOMM
765.01 Introduction to Technology in the Law Office

Course Info 		2 Kenneth Hirsh
Wayne Miller
Laura M. Scott
 W 3-4:50 4172 Site TECHNOLOGY