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JEWISH LAW (INTERNAT'L AND COMPARATIVE LAW - 1080)
2 credits
This course provides a forum for students to explore the history, literature and process of Jewish Law. No knowledge of Hebrew or prior study of Jewish Law is required for the course. Following introductory classes on the sources and structure of Jewish Law, the course will examine the dynamics of the legal system by looking at such areas as: Biblical interpretation in civil and ritual law; capital punishment; self-incrimination; the duty of confidentiality; abortion; the interaction of Jewish Law with other legal systems; and the application of Jewish Law in the Israeli legal system. There will be an emphasis on comparative analysis, and course materials will include discussion of Jewish Law in contemporary American legal scholarship. Grades are based upon a research paper, a draft of which each student will present to the class toward the end of the semester.
Keith B. Sharfman
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JOINT COLLOQ IN LAW:SELECT TOP (STATE AND FEDERAL PRACTICE - 3090)
2 credits
Joint Colloquium in Law: Selected Topics. This seminar, conducted jointly with a partner law school, invites faculty from outside St. John's to present scholarship around a general theme chosen by the instructor(s). The two schools are connected by video link, so that students and faculty at both schools are able to participate synchronously in a virtual classroom seminar experience. Students are required to write short "reflection papers" (1500 words each) analyzing the scholarship presented, discuss these reflection papers in class, and participate in exchanges with the visiting scholars. Enrollment is based on interviews with the instructor(s) and limited to 12 students. The instructor(s) make enrollment decisions on the basis of students' academic credentials, demonstrated interest in legal scholarship, and career plans and opportunities. Grading will be done separately by school.
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JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIP PLACEMENT (ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 3050)
2 credits
Students work 140 hours in pre-approved judicial externship placements in the chambers of administrative, city, state, or federal judges. It is expected that students will be integrated into all aspects of the judicial chambers so that students will observe court proceedings as well as receive substantive research and writing assignments. The course is graded on a pass-fail basis. This course must be taken in conjunction with the Judicial Clinical Externship Seminar.
Corequisite: JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR
Jeffrey A Goodstein
Keri K. Gould
Elayne E. Greenberg
Teresa Ombres
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JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR (ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 3040)
2 credits
The Judicial Clinical Externship Seminar directs students to consider the richness and variety of the courts in which they work to promote self-directed learning through appropriate goal-setting and the critical reflection on judicial process, lawyering skills, and legal institutions. Weekly short written assignments based upon relevant readings and externship observations, accurately kept timesheets, student presentations and a lawyering skills simulation are used to engage students in recognizing and using decision-making strategies in responding to professional responsibility issues. Grades are based upon class participation, weekly written assignments, and a final student presentation. This course must be taken in conjunction with the Judicial Clinical Externship Placement.
Corequisite: JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIP PLACEMENT
Jeffrey A Goodstein
Keri K. Gould
Elayne E. Greenberg
Teresa Ombres
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JURISPRUDENCE (THEORY,HIST.& STRUCTURE OF LAW - 1010)
2 credits
This course inquires into the fundamental notions of law, equity, and justice, and examines their contemporary applications. The classic schools of jurisprudence are the major foci of the course, including natural law, historicism, positivism, and realism. Grades are based upon a final examination.
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JUV DEL PROSE PRACTM PRAC WRTG (ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 1089)
2 credits
Juvenile Delinquency Prosecution Practicum Practice Writing (Corequisites - Externship Seminar, Juvenile Delinquency Prosecution Practicum Part 1, Juvenile Delinquency Prosecution Practicum Part 2. See Juvenile Delinquency Prosecution Practicum Part 1 for course description. Grading method - graded.
Corequisite: EXTERNSHIP SEMINARJUV DELINQ PROSEC PRACTM PART1JUV DELINQ PROSEC PRACTM PART2
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JUV DELINQ PROSEC PRACTM PART1 (ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 1087)
6 credits
Juvenile Delinquency Prosecution Practicum Part 1 (Corequisites - Externship Seminar, Juvenile Delinquency Prosecution Practicum Part 2, Juvenile Delinquency Prosecution Practicum Practice Writing) This Practicum permits selected second-and third-year students (and evening students who have completed at least three semesters) the opportunity to gain practice experience in the Family Court prosecuting juvenile delinquency cases. Students under the supervision of attorneys from the New York City Law Department, Family Court Division, Queens office, will work on every aspect of the prosecution. They will be trained in the Law Department's Family Court Division Orientation Program. Students will have their own caseload and they will work under supervision to investigate the allegation, determine whether to file charges, draft depositions, and handle the motion practice, including Payton motions, Huntley hearings, Mapp hearings and Wade hearings. They will also be assigned formal mentors (attorneys who are not charged with their supervision or evaluation). The Supervising Attorney at the Family Court will monitor and give feedback on the student's performance at the placement and on the student's written submissions. In addition, the student's written work will be evaluated by a Professor at the law school. Students will be selected for the course after interviewing with the Law Department, the Director of Externships, and the Associate Dean for Student Services. Students will simultaneously be enrolled in Externship Seminar. This course satisfies the Advanced Practice Writing Requirement. Grading Method - Pass/Fail
Corequisite: EXTERNSHIP SEMINARJUV DEL PROSE PRACTM PRAC WRTGJUV DELINQ PROSEC PRACTM PART2
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JUV DELINQ PROSEC PRACTM PART2 (ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 1088)
2 credits
Juvenile Delinquency Prosecution Practicum Part 2 (Corequisites - Externship Seminar, Juvenile Delinquency Prosecution Practicum Part 1, Juvenile Delinquency Prosecution Practicum Practice Writing). See Juvenile Delinquency Prosecution Practicum Part 1 for course description. Grading Method - graded
Corequisite: EXTERNSHIP SEMINARJUV DEL PROSE PRACTM PRAC WRTGJUV DELINQ PROSEC PRACTM PART1
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JUVENILE JUSTICE (CRIMINAL LAW - 1020)
2 credits
The course explores a wide-range of juvenile justice issues, covering the history of the juvenile court; the due process "revolution" of the 1960's; disparate treatment of children and adults involved in the legal system; and issues in a juvenile delinquency case from intake to disposition. In addressing these topics, principles of adolescent development and youths' special needs as well as disproportionate minority contact with the juvenile system will be examined. The course will also contemplate sociological and psychological theories and recent developments in adolescent brain development. Throughout the course, we will regularly visit the original ideology of the juvenile court and question its rehabilitative ideal. Grades are based upon a research paper and a final examination.
Prerequisite: FAMILY LAW
Theresa A Hughes