Academics

Spring 2009 Class Schedule

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

1L Small Sections 1 & 2 		4.5 Jeff Powell M-F | 8:45 - 9:45 am 3043 Site conlaw2
120.03 Constitutional Law

1L Small Sections 3 & 5 		4.5 Neil S. Siegel M-F | 11:05 am - 12:10 pm 3037 Site conlaw3
130.04 Contracts

1L Small Sections 4 & 6 		4.5 Paul H. Haagen M-F | 8:45 - 9:45 am 4047 Site CONTRACTS4
140.02 Criminal Law

1L Small Section 1 		4.5 John Hasnas M W Th | 1:25 - 2:46 pm 4055 Site CRIMLAW2B
140.03 Criminal Law

1L Small Sections 3 & 5 		4.5 James E. Coleman Jr. M-F | 8:45 - 9:45 am 3037 Site CRIMLAW3
140.04 Criminal Law

1L Small Sections 4 & 6 		4.5 John Hasnas M W Th | 3:00 - 4:21 pm 3043 Site CRIMLAW4
160B.01 Legal Analysis, Research & Writing 1.5 Diane Dimond,
Amy Taylor 		M Th | 9:55 - 10:55 am 4055 Site LARW1B
160B.02 Legal Analysis, Research & Writing 1.5 Hans Christian Linnartz,
Lauren Collins 		M Th | 9:55 - 10:55 am 4042 Site LARW2B
160B.03 Legal Analysis, Research & Writing 1.5 Jeremy Mullem,
Molly Brownfield 		M Th | 9:55 - 10:55 am 4047 Site LARW3B
160B.04 Legal Analysis, Research & Writing 1.5 Allison G. Kort,
Laura M. Scott 		Tu F | 9:55 - 10:55 am 4047 Site LARW4B
160B.05 Legal Analysis, Research & Writing 1.5 Jo Ann Ragazzo,
Katherine Topulos 		Tu F | 9:55 - 10:55 am 4042 Site LARW5B
160B.06 Legal Analysis, Research & Writing 1.5 William Blais,
Jennifer L. Behrens 		Tu F | 9:55 - 10:55 am 4055 Site LARW6B
170.03 Property

1L Small Sections 2 & 6 		4.5 William A. Reppy Jr. M-F | 11:05 am - 12:05 pm 3043 Site PROPERTY3
170.04 Property

1L Small Sections 4 & 5 		4.5 James Salzman M-F | 1:30 - 2:51 pm 3043 Site PROPERTY4
180.04 Torts

1L Small Sections 2 & 3 		4.5 Doriane Lambelet Coleman M W Th | 1:30 - 2:51 pm 3037 Site TORTS4
202.01 Art Law 2 Deborah A. DeMott Tu 3:00 - 4:50 pm 4047 Site ARTLAW
205.01 Antitrust 3 Abraham L. Wickelgren M W 3:00 - 4:21 pm 3037 Site ANTITRUST
206.01 International Arbitration 2 Rachael D. Kent M 1:30 - 3:20 pm 4047 Site INTARB
210.03 Business Associations 4 James D. Cox M-F | 11:05 am - 12:05 pm 3041 Site BUSASSOC3
215.01 Commercial Transactions 4 John C. Weistart M-F | 9:55 - 10:50 am 3043 Site COMMTRANS1
218.01 Comparative Law: Western Legal Traditions 3 Ralf Michaels M W Th | 11:05 am - 12:00 pm 4042 Site COMPLAW
225.01 Criminal Procedure: Formal 3 Robinson O. Everett,
Judge James C. Dever III 		Tu Th 5:05 - 6:26 pm 3043 Site CRIMPROC
227.01 Use of Force in International Law 2 Noah Weisbord Tu Th | 11:05 am - 12:00 pm 3171 Site UOFINTLAW
235.01 Environmental Law 3 James Salzman M W | 8:25 - 9:46 am 3041 Site ENVIRON1B
236.01 International Human Rights 3 John Dugard Tu-W | 4:30 - 5:51 pm 4045 Site INTHUMRIT
238.03 Ethics and the Law of Lawyering 2 Theresa Newman M | 3:30 - 5:20 pm 4047 Site ETHICSLAW3
244.01 The Business and Economics of Law Firm Practice 1 Bruce A. Elvin,
George R. Krouse, Jr. 		W | 5:00 - 6:50 pm 4042 Site BUSLAWFIRM
245.02 Evidence 4 Donald H. Beskind M-W | 1:30 - 2:51 pm 4042 Site EVIDENCE2
246.03 Ethics and the Rules of Professional Conduct 1 S. Hannah Demeritt Th 4:30 - 5:40 pm 4045 Site ETHICSRULES3
250.01 Family Law 3 Kathryn Webb Bradley Tu-Th | 9:55 - 10:50 am 4045 Site FAMILYLAW
251.01 The Law of the Political Process 3 Zephyr R. Teachout Tu Th | 8:25 - 9:46 am 4042 Site POLIPROCESS
252.01 Foreign Relations Law 3 Curtis A. Bradley Tu-Th | 8:50 - 9:45 am 4055 Site FOREIGNREL
255.02 Federal Income Taxation 4 Lawrence A. Zelenak M -W | 1:30 - 2:42 pm 4045 Site FEDTAX2
260.01 Financial Information 3 C. J. Skender W | 4:30 - 7:30 pm 4047 Site FINANCEINFO
265.01 First Amendment

**Class will not meet on Tuesday, Jan. 13.** 		3 Stuart M. Benjamin Tu Th | 3:00 - 4:21 pm 4045 Site FIRSTAMEND
270.02 Intellectual Property 4 James Boyle Tu W Th | 1:30 - 2:51 pm 4047 Site INTELLPROP2
280.01 Jurisprudence 3 George C. Christie M W | 3:00 - 4:21 pm 4045 Site JURISPRU1B
283.02 Global Law Workshop: The Law and Politics of International Cooperation

TOPIC: Corporate Governance 		1 Ralf Michaels,
Deborah A. DeMott 		M | 4:30 - 6:30 pm 4042 Site GLOBALLAW2
295.01 Trusts and Estates 3 Curtis A. Twiddy Tu / F 11:05 - 12:26 4055 Site TRUSTS1
308.301 Taxation and Global Management Decisions 2 Stephanie A. Sikes M Th 10:30 am - 12:45 pm W60 RJR Site GLOBALMGMT
315.01 Complex Civil Litigation 3 Ogden N. Lewis W Th 3:00 - 4:21 pm 4047 Site CMPLXCIVLIT
323.01 Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization 2 Steven L. Schwarcz Tu | 4:00 - 6:00 pm 3041 Site CORPREORG
324.401 Corporate Restructuring 3 John Graham M Th 10:30 am - 12:45 pm W60B Site CORPRESTRUCT1
324.402 Corporate Restructuring 3 John Graham M Th 1:30 - 5:45 pm W60B Site CORPRESTRUCT2
326.01 Corporate Taxation 3 Lawrence A. Zelenak M Tu Th | 9:55 - 10:50 am 3037 Site CORPTAX1
328.01 International Debt Finance 2 Gaurang Mitu Gulati W 9:00 - 10:50 am 4042 Site INTDEBTFIN
338.01 Animal Law 2 Marilyn R. Forbes M 3:00 - 4:50 pm 3171 Site ANIMLAW1
338O.01 Animal Law Outplacement 2 Marilyn R. Forbes Site ANIMLAWOUT
340.01 Estate and Gift Taxation 3 Nancy Shaw M 4:30 - 7:15 pm 4046 Site ESTGIFTTAX1
342.02 Federal Courts 5 Ernest A. Young M-Th | 1:30 - 2:40 pm 3041 Site FEDCOURTS2
344B.01 Legal, Accounting & Business Responses to the Subprime Crisis (continuation) 2 Bill Brown W | 6:00 - 7:50 pm 4055 Site SUBPRIME1B
346.401 Intellectual Capital and Competitive Strategy

cross-listed with Fuqua: STRATEGY 339 		3 Wesley Cohen M Th 8:00 - 10:15 am W60F Site INTELCAPCOMP
347.01 Health Care Law and Policy

Cross-listed. 		3 Barak D. Richman W 1:30 - 4:30 pm Fuqua Site HEALTHCARE
352.01 International Business Transactions 2 Chuck Verrill M | 3:30 - 5:20 pm 4055 Site INTBUSTRANS
353.01 Equity Valuation and Financial Statement Analysis 3 Bill Brown M W 1:30 - 2:51 pm 4049 Site EQUITYEVAL
362.01 Law and Economics: Adv Topics in Public Policy 2 Marc F. Bellemare M | 7:15 - 8:45 pm 150 Sanford Site ECONLAW1
363.01 Legislation and Statutory Interpretation 2 Roman J. Hoyos T Th 3:00 - 4:21 pm 4040 Site LEGISLATION1
366.01 Advanced Issues in Wrongful Convictions 3 James E. Coleman Jr.,
Theresa Newman,
Kimberly Kisabeth 		Site ADVWRONGCNVCT
369.01 Patent Law and Policy 3 Arti K. Rai M Th 3:00 - 4:21 pm 3041 Site PATENTLAW
378.401 Real Estate Entrepreneurship 3 Andrew B. Widmark M Th 10:30 am - 12:45 pm Fuqua Site ENTREPENEUR401
379.01 Partnership Taxation

The class will not meet on Jan. 13-14, 2009. 		3 Walter Hue Nunnallee Tu-W | 8:25 - 9:46 am 4045 Site PARTNERTAX
380.01 Research Methods in International, Foreign and Comparative Law 1 Katherine Topulos Th | 4:30 - 6:20 pm 4042 Site INTRESEARCH
381.01 Real Estate Finance 2 Alfred G. Adams, Jr. M | 8:00 - 9:50 am 4045 Site REALESTFIN
384.01 Securities Regulation 4 James D. Cox M-F | 9:55 - 10:50 am 3041 Site SECREG1
390.01 Structuring Commercial and Financial Transactions 3 Steven L. Schwarcz W | 3:00 - 6:00 pm 3041 Site FINANCETRANS1
393.01 Trademark Law and Unfair Competition 2 David L. Lange Tu Th | 11:05 am - 12:05 pm 4045 Site TRADEMARK1
399.01 Forensic Psychiatry 2 Sally C. Johnson, M.D. M | 1:00 - 2:51 pm 4040 Site FORENSICPSY1
400.02 AIDS Legal Assistance Project


Duke Law Clinics Intensive Training
Saturday, Saturday, January 24, 2009, 8:45 am - 5:00 pm REQUIRED

IMPORTANT: This course may not be dropped after the first class meeting.

Clinics Enrollment Policy


Spring 2009 Readings 		3 Carolyn McAllaster,
Allison Rice 		W | 1:00 - 2:50 pm 3171 Site AIDSCLINIC1B
408.01 Appellate Litigation Clinic (Spring)

IMPORTANT: This course may not be dropped after the first class meeting.



IMPORTANT: This course may not be dropped after the first class meeting.

 		2 James E. Coleman Jr.,
Sean E. Andrussier 		Th | 7:00 - 8:00 pm 4046 Site APPLITCLINIC1B
416.02 Children's Law Clinic


REQUIRED Duke Law Clinics Intensive Training
Saturday, January 24, 2009, 8:45 am - 5:00 pm

IMPORTANT: This course may not be dropped after the first class meeting.

Clinics Enrollment Policy
 		5 Jane R. Wettach,
Brenda Berlin 		W | 3:00 - 4:50 pm 4046 Site CHILDCLINIC1B
417.01 Advanced Children's Law Clinic 2 Jane R. Wettach,
Brenda Berlin 		Site ADVCHILDCLINIC
420.02 Trial Practice 3 James C. Fuller M 3:00 - 5:50 pm; Th 5:45 - 6:45 pm 4049 / 4047 Site TRIALPRACT2
420.03 Trial Practice 3 Donald H. Beskind Tu 3:00 - 5:50 pm; Th 5:45 - 6:45 pm 4049 / 4047 Site TRIALPRACT3
420.04 Trial Practice 3 William S. Mills W 3:00 - 5:50 pm; Th 5:45 - 6:45 pm 4049 / 4047 Site TRIALPRACT4
420.05 Trial Practice 3 Thomas K. Maher M 6:00 - 8:50 pm; Th 5:45 - 6:45 pm 4049 / 4047 Site TRIALPRACT5
420.06 Trial Practice 3 J. Donald Cowan, Jr. Tu 6:00 - 8:50 pm; Th 5:45 - 6:45 pm 4049 / 4047 Site TRIALPRACT6
427.02 Community Enterprise Law Clinic

Clinics Enrollment Policy 		5 Andrew Foster W | 1:30 - 2:51 pm 4046 Site COMMENTCLINIC2
443.02 Environmental Law and Policy Clinic

Clinics Enrollment Policy 		4 Ryke Longest,
Michelle Benedict Nowlin 		W 10:00 - 11:50 am 4046 Site ENVIRONCLINIC1B
448A.02 Guantanamo Defense Clinic

Required Stand-Down Session: January 16-18, 2009, Washington, DC

Required Stand-Down Session: January 16-18, 2009, Washington, DC 		4 Madeline Morris W | 11:05 am - 12:50 pm 4044 Site GUANTANAMO1B
448B.02 Advanced Guantanamo Defense Clinic

Required Stand-Down Session: January 16-18, 2009, Washington, DC

Required Stand-Down Session: January 16-18, 2009, Washington, DC 		2 Madeline Morris F 4:00 - 6:00 pm 4044 Site ADVGUANTANAMO2B
460.05 Negotiation 3 Neil Vidmar Tu | 3:00 - 5:45 pm 4055 Site NEGOT5
460.06 Negotiation 3 Diane Dimond W | 3:00 - 5:45 pm 4055 Site NEGOT6
460.07 Negotiation 3 Rene Stemple Ellis Th | 3:00 - 5:45 pm 4055 Site NEGOT7
465.01 Patent Claim Drafting and Foundations of Patent Strategy 1 Kenneth D. Sibley Th | 5:00 - 6:50 pm 4040 Site PATENTDRAFT
470.01 Poverty Law 2 Carol Spruill Tu | 4:30 - 6:20 pm 4042 Site POVERTYCLINIC1
501.01 International Litigation 2 Paul D. Carrington M | 3:00 - 4:50 pm 4040 Site INTLIT1
502.01 Advanced Issues in Criminal Justice 2 Robinson O. Everett W 5:05 - 6:55 pm 3043 Site ADVCRIMJUST1
506.01 Fraud Investigation 2 Jeffrey C. Coyne M 8:00 - 9:50 am 4044 Site FRAUD1
508.01 Chinese Law and Society 2 Jonathan Ocko W | 1:30 - 3:20 pm 4040 Site CHINESELAW
518.01 Constitutional Law II 2 Jeff Powell Th | 9:55 - 11:43 am 4044 Site SEMCONLAW
520.01 Climate Change and the Law 2 Jonathan B. Wiener W | 3:00 - 4:50 pm 4042 Site CLIMATELAW
523.01 Strategies in Administrative Law 2 John M. de Figueiredo T W 5-7 pm 4046 Site
530.01 Entertainment Law 3 David L. Lange W | 3:00 - 6:00 pm 3171 Site ENTERTAINMENTLAW
535.01 Financial Holding Companies Law 2 Marty Lybecker Th | 1:00 - 2:50 pm 3171 Site FINANHOLDLAW
539.01 Ethics in Action 2 Thomas B. Metzloff Th | 3:00 - 4:50 pm 4044 Site ETHICSACTION1
539.02 Ethics in Action 2 Alice N. Mine W | 5:00 - 6:50 pm 4044 Site ETHICSACTION2
548.01 Courts/Wars/Legacies 3 Peter Fish Tu Th | 4:30 - 5:51 pm 4172 Site COURTSWARS
552.02 The Study of Judicial Behavior

Continuation of a year-long course. 		2 David F. Levi,
Gaurang Mitu Gulati 		Tu | 5:00 - 7:00 pm 3171 Site BEHAVIOR2
555.01 International Environmental Law

This is a fast-track course which will meet for 6 weeks beginning the 1st week of classes. 		2 Coalter G. Lathrop T Th 12:50 - 2:50 pm 4040 Site INTENVLAW
557.01 International Dispute Resolution: Comparative Perspective 2 Yuko Nishitani Tu | 3:00 - 4:50 pm 4044 Site INTDISPUTE
559.01 Latin American Business Law 1 Sebastian Kielmanovich W | 7:00 - 9:00 pm 4042 Site LATINBUSLAW
571B.01 SEM / US Supreme Court

continuation of year-long course 		2 Neil S. Siegel Tu 3:00 - 4:50 pm 4046 Site SEMSUPREMECT1B
573.01 Military Justice 2 Scott L. Silliman,
Robinson O. Everett 		W | 3:00 - 4:50 pm 4044 Site MILITARYJUSTICE
582.02 National Security Law 3 Scott L. Silliman M Th | 7:00 - 9:00 pm 4042 Site NATSECLAW2
585.01 Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Not-For-Profit Management 3 Joel L. Fleishman W | 8:30 - 11:00 am 05 Sanford Site NONPROFIT
587.01 Race and the Law 1 Guy-Uriel Charles F 9:55 - 11:45 am 4045 Site RACELAW
588.01 Responsibility in Law and Morals 2 Martin Golding M | 5:00 - 7:00 pm 4172 Site MORALS1
590.01 Risk Regulation in the US, Europe and Beyond 2 Jonathan B. Wiener Th | 3:00 - 4:50 pm 3171 Site RISKREGS1
597.01 Racial/Ethnic Minorities in American Politics 3 Paula D. McClain M 2:50 pm - 5:20 pm Perkins 307 Site RACIALPOLITICS
598.01 Environmental Law and the Constitution 2 John F. Hart W | 3:30 - 5:20 pm 4040 Site ENVLAWHIST
599.01 Prosecutorial Ethics 2 Clay C. Wheeler,
Dennis M. Duffy 		Th 5:00 - 7:00 pm 4044 Site PROSETHICS
600.01 Duke Law in DC: Federal Policy Making, Externship 3 Christopher H. Schroeder,
Ted Kaufman 		Unavailable
601.01 Duke Law in DC: Federal Policy Making, Paper 3 Unavailable
604.01 Ad Hoc Seminar

Readings in Administrative Law 		3 Ernest A. Young Site
604.02 Ad Hoc Seminar

Church & State Relations 		3 Ernest A. Young Site
604.03 Ad Hoc Seminar

International Trafficking of Persons 		3 John Dugard Site
604.04 Ad Hoc Seminar

Drafting Rules for American Intervention for Humanitarian Purposes 		3 John Dugard Unavailable
604.05 Ad Hoc Seminar

Information Privacy Law 		3 Jennifer Jenkins Unavailable
604.06 Ad Hoc Seminar

Chartered Financial Analysis 		3 Bill Brown Unavailable
604.07 Ad Hoc Seminar

Advanced Issues in Character Evidence 		3 Lisa Kern Griffin Unavailable
604.08 Ad Hoc Seminar

Libertarian Legal and Political Thought 		3 Ernest A. Young Unavailable
604.09 Ad Hoc Seminar

Wine Law 		3 Steven L. Schwarcz Unavailable
604.10 Ad Hoc Seminar

Restaurant Law 		3 Thomas B. Metzloff Unavailable
604.11 Ad Hoc Seminar

LDS Perspectives on the Law 		3 Barak D. Richman Unavailable
604.12 Ad Hoc Seminar

Labor Law & Psychology 		3 Daniel S. Bowling III Unavailable
604.13 Ad Hoc Seminar

Law of Social Enterprises 		3 Andrew Foster,
Richard L. Schmalbeck 		Unavailable
605.01 Chinese for Legal Studies 2 TBA TBA Site LEGCHINESE
611B.01 Readings in Ethics (*cont. from fall) 0.5 Karla Holloway Site READETHICS1
611B.02 Readings in Ethics (*cont. from fall) 0.5 Neil S. Siegel Site READETHICS2
611B.03 Readings in Ethics (*cont. from fall) 0.5 Curtis A. Bradley Site READETHICS3
611B.04 Readings in Ethics (*cont. from fall) 0.5 Doriane Lambelet Coleman,
James E. Coleman Jr. 		Site READETHICS4
611B.05 Readings in Ethics (*cont. from fall) 0.5 Kathryn Webb Bradley,
Kimberly D. Krawiec 		Site READETHICS5
611B.06 Readings in Ethics (*cont. from fall) 0.5 James E. Coleman Jr.,
David F. Levi 		Site READETHICS6
613A.02 Readings

Click on course number for section-specific information 		0.5 Jonathan B. Wiener Unavailable
635.01 German for Legal Studies 2 TBD TBD Site GERMANLAW
650.01 Japanese for Legal Studies 2 Site JAPANLAW
657.01 Research Tutorial: Law, Gender & Race 3 Katharine T. Bartlett T 9:00 - 10:50 am 4040 Site TUTGENDER1
705.01 Bioethics 2 Lauren Dame Tu 3:00 - 4:50 pm 3171 Site BIOHEALTHLAW
710.01 Financial Derivatives 3 Kimberly D. Krawiec Tu W 10:00 - 11:21 am 4172 Site DERIV
720.01 Advanced Copyright: Digital Technologies 2 Troy D. Dow M | 1:00 - 2:50 pm 3171 Site ADVCOPYRIGHT
731.01 Legal Strategy

Click on course number for section-specific information 		2 Francis McGovern,
Scott D. Gilbert 		Sat: see course description TBD Site LEGSTRATEGY
742.01 Mergers and Acquisitions: VENTURE CAPITAL, PRIVATE EQUITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 3 Bill Brown,
Michael G. Kadens 		Tu Th | 3:00 - 4:21 pm 3037 Site MERGACQ
749.01 Strategies in Commercial Transactions 1 John C. Weistart W | 4:00 - 6:00 pm 4172 Site COMMTRANS
754.01 IP Licensing Seminar 2 Mark H. Webbink M | 4:30 - 6:20 pm 4044 Site INTELPROP
765.01 Introduction to Technology in the Law Office 2 Wayne Miller,
Laura M. Scott 		W 9:55 - 11:45 am 3171 Site TECHLAW
769.01 Social Scientific Research and the Supreme Court 2 Jack Knight Tu Th 1:30 - 2:25 pm 4046 Site SOCSCISUPCT
770.01 Law & Rationality

Agatha Christie document 		2 Ehud Guttel Tu 10:00 - 11:50 am 4044 Site RATIONALLAW
771.01 Advanced Torts 2 Ehud Guttel Tu 1:00 - 2:50 pm 4044 Site ADVTORTS
772.01 Comparative Procedural Due Process 2 Jean-Marc Poisson Tu 10:00-11:50 am 4046 Site DUEPROCESS
773.01 Research Methods in Business Law 1 Laura M. Scott M 9:35 - 10:55 am 3171 Site RESMETHODS
774.01 Taboo Trades & Forbidden Exchanges

This class will meet every other week. 		2 Kimberly D. Krawiec Tu 1:30 - 3:30 pm 4172 Site TABOOTRADES
775.01 Corporate Ethics 2 J. Scott Merrell Tu 4:30 - 6:30 pm 4040 Site CORPETHICS
788.01 Writing: Drafting Legislation 2 William Blais W 10:00 - 11:50 am 4040 Site WRITINGDRAFTLEG
789.01 Writing: Federal Litigation 2 Allison G. Kort W 1:30 - 3:20 pm 4172 Site WRITINGFEDLIT
791.01 Judicial Writing 2 Joan Magat
 Th 1:00 - 2:50 pm 4044 Site WRITINGJUDICIAL