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CONTRACTS I (BUSINESS AND FINANCE LAW - 1090)
3 credits
This course deals with the formation, avoidance and discharge of contract obligations. Attention is also directed to the remedies available for breach of contract and the rules for ascertaining the damages recoverable. Grades are based upon a final examination.
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INTRODUCTION TO LAW (LEGAL METHOD - 1000)
2 credits
This course introduces methods and ideas that are fundamental components of the American legal system, with an emphasis on case law analysis and statutory interpretation. A passing grade requires regular attendance and satisfactory completion of several writing assignments.
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LEGAL ANALYSIS & WRITING (LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING - 1030)
2 credits
The first course in a two-semester sequence, this course introduces students to legal writing and analysis. Grades are based primarily on the preparation of a closed-universe memorandum of law and a re-write of the memorandum. The course also includes an introduction to legal ethics.
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LEGAL WRITING SEMINAR (ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 2050)
3 credits
This course is designed to expose students to the various types of Legal Writing and Legal Drafting encountered in law practice. Students will negotiate and draft various types of contracts and will receive intensified instruction in the researching and written discussion of complex legal issues. Students will also receive instruction on preparation of litigation papers and written advocacy. There will be approximately eight written assignments, but no term paper or final examination. This course satisfies the Advanced Practice Writing Requirement. N.B.: Students who take this course are not permitted to take the two-credit Drafting Legal Instruments. Students who take Professor Boyle's section of this course are not permitted to take the two-credit Drafting Contracts course.
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LEGL ANALYSIS,WRITING&RESEARCH (LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING - 1010)
2 credits
The second course in a two-semester sequence, this course provides students with a comprehensive introduction to manual and electronic legal research and further develops their writing and analytical skills, focusing primarily on persuasive legal writing. The course also introduces a variety of other essential lawyering skills, including client interviewing, negotiation, and oral advocacy. Students will prepare various legal documents, including an appellate brief. Oral arguments are conducted at the conclusion of the course. Grades are based primarily on papers and oral argument.
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US LEGL ANALYSIS, RSRCH & WRTG (US LEGL STUDIES FOREIGN LW GRD - 1010)
3 credits
During the fall semester, LL.M. candidates will learn how to efficiently research complex questions of U.S. law and write memoranda that explain the results of their research. Students will be introduced both to core research materials, such as case reports and annotated codes, and to more sophisticated techniques, such as using federal and state administrative materials, legislative histories, on-line research, law review articles, and legal databases. Besides researching questions of law, the LL.M. candidates will also learn how to explain the results of their research in the forms of U.S. legal writing, including memoranda of law. An emphasis will be placed on the characteristics of effective writing. Grades will be based upon periodic research assignments, analytical essays on topics of common law and statutory interpretation, a research memoranda of law, and a rewrite of the memorandum. Contract negotiations will also be covered as a non-graded exercise. Students will be asked to work on certain assignments collaboratively with other students to simulate practice experience.