Administrative Law (Day section) - Prof. Greenberg
Our text is Cass, Diver & Beermann, Administrative Law: Cases
and Materials (3d ed.). The reading assignments for week one are as
follows:
Monday, 1/14: pp. 1-19
Tuesday, 1/15: pp. 417-27; 5 U.S.C. ss
551, 553-554, 556-557 (pp. 1219-20, 1227-29, 1232-34)
Thursday, 1/17 pp. 427-44
In the week prior to classes, I hope to post the course syllabus and/or a study guide for week one on our course web page. Please look for links at the following site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/classes/sgreenbe/Administrative_Law/
Administrative Law (Evening section)
- Prof. Current
Read pp.1-22 in Funk, Administrative
Procedure and Practice (2d ed.)
Advanced Evidence Seminar
- Prof. W. Wolfson
1. We will be working from Trial Evidence,
Mauet & Wolfson (2d ed.), the text and the problems disc at the back
of the book, and the Materials packet I have compiled (available in the
book store).
2. Please read pp. 1-26 in Trial Evidence.
3. Please read and consider pp. 1-20 in the Materials packet and problem #5.7.
Do not do any research beyond the assignments I have given you. That is, confine your reading to the book, the disc, and the packet. Consider the arguments you would make for and against admissibility of the fact the Sherrod had no gun (5.7) and for and against Old Chief's request that the prosecution not tell the jury the name and nature of the prior offense (pp. 15-16). In addition, consider the offers of evidence in the McVeigh case (pp. 17-18). What rules of evidence are implicated in these scenarios? What is the most effective argument to a trial judge?
My goal is to give you a principled and working understanding of the rules of evidence. Our class discussions will be aimed at achieving that goal. Your final paper will represent 85% of your grade; class participation and attendance will cover 15%.
Please call me (312/793-5408) if you have any questions. I look forward to seeing you in class.
Advanced Issues in Family Law
- Prof. Feldman
For the first class on January 17, please
review Part IV of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act
(750 ILCS 5/401-5/412) and Chapter 1 of Family Law by Smithburn.
Advanced Topics in Corporate and
Business Law - Prof. Hill
For the first assignment, please go to
the class web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/classes/chill/2002seminar/strona/seminar.htm
(Please note that the web site is still
under construction; thus, you should look only at the materials for the
first class.)
Advanced Torts (Day and Evening sections)
- Prof. Brill
For the first class, read Chapter XX,
991-1008.
Alternative Dispute Resolution -
Prof. Ginn
For the first class, please read Chapter
1 (pp. 3-13) of Goldberg, Sander & Rogers, Dispute Resolution
(3rd ed.).
American Legal History -
Prof. Fuentes-Rohwer
For the first class, read the prologue
and pp. 1-27 in the casebook, Presser & Zainaldin, Law and Jurisprudence
in American History.
Business Organizations (Day section)
- Prof. Morrissey
Welcome. I look forward to getting to
know you all through the upcoming months. We will begin our course with
an introduction to business entities in class one. Then in class two we
will start to focus on the partnership. One of the first types of partnerships
we will examine will be one that should be of great interest to you all,
the law firm partnership. Our examination will include a discussion of
the economics that have driven changes in law firm structures over the
past several years. In anticipation of our first week of class, please
read Chapter 1 of Hamilton's casebook, pp. 1-19, and Chapter 2, pp. 30-56.
When considering the notes contained in those pages, please refer to the
materials related to agency principles set forth in Appendix I (pp. 1191-1203)
of the casebook and Hamilton's Statutory Supplement for the Uniform Partnership
Act (1914) and the Model Business Corporations Act (1984).
Business Organizations (Evening section)
- Prof. Hill
The assignment for the first class is
as follows:
Case: Walkovszky v. Carlton, in Klein & Ramseyer pp. 211-216.
Article:
Drew & Newman, Taxi Owners Deftly
Dodge Claims of Accident Victims, New York Times, May 24, 1998, included
on the class webpage:
http://www.kentlaw.edu/classes/chill/BO2002class1/firstday2002.htm.
The article will also be e-mailed to students
once the class lists are finalized. (Please note that the web site is still
under construction; thus, you should look only at the materials for the
first class.)
Statutes: Delaware General Corporation
Law (DGCL) s 102(b)(6).
Revised Model Business Corporation Act
s 2.02(b)(2)(v) (and Official Comment 2.e); s 6.22(b).
Uniform Limited Partnership Act s 303.
Re-RULPA s 303.
Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
s 303.
Study Questions:
1. For whom is liability limited?
2. Do you think the result in the Carlton
case was fair? From what perspective are you assessing "fairness"? Was
the result fair to Carlton? to Walkovszky?
3. After the Carlton case, do you
want to own shares in a taxicab company? Why or why not?
4. What could Carlton have done to prevent
what happened? What could Walkovszky have done? What message does this
case send to the Carltons and Walkovszkys of this world?
5. As Carlton's lawyer, what advice would
you give him about how much to spend on taxi maintenance and how much to
investigate driving records of his companies' cab drivers? What advice
on these matters would you give him as his business advisor?
Civil Procedure (Sections A &
B1) - Prof. Stewart
Welcome to Civil Procedure. We will begin
with a consideration of personal jurisdiction, the power of a court to
insist that a defendant appear and respond to the complaint brought against
her or suffer the entry of an enforceable judgment against her. The initial
materials are historical, which makes the case law more difficult than
usual to read. (So don't panic if you arrive Monday the 14th confused;
you will not be the first or the last to have that reaction to the first
case,
Pennoyer v. Neff). Please read Marcus, Redish, Sherman, Civil
Procedure (3rd ed.), Chapter IX, Choosing the Forum, pp. 666-678 for
the first class. Have a wonderful break. I look forward to meeting you
all.
Civil Procedure (Sections B2 &
C) - Prof. Marder
For the first class, please read the Preface
(pp. vii-xi) and the first case, Goldberg v. Kelly (pp. 37-53),
in Cover, Fiss & Resnik, Procedure (Foundation Press, 1988).
When the opinion refers to constitutional provisions, federal statutes, or rules, you should look them up in the rulebook for the course, which is Melzer & Shapiro, The Judicial Code and Rules of Procedure in the Federal Courts (Foundation Press, 2001 ed.).
Civil Procedure 2 - Prof.
Laser
For Monday, January 14, read Marcus, Redish &
Sherman, Civil Procedure: A Modern Approach (3rd ed. 2000), Chapter
VII, Judicial Supervision of Pretrial and Promotion of Settlement, Section
A, Pretrial Conference, pp. 444-462. For Wednesday, January 16, read Section
B, Settlement Devices Using Intervention By Third Parties, pp. 462-479.
Also read the Federal Rules mentioned in the assigned materials in Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure (2001-2002 Educational ed.).
Commercial Law: Payment Systems
- Prof. D. Spak
For the first class, please read Chapter
2 in the casebook, Payment Systems by Rusch, together with UCC Article
1 and UCC Article 3, Parts 1 & 2. Be prepared to discuss the casebook
problems. Keep track of the statutory definitions.
Commercial Law: Secured Transactions
- Prof. Litowitz.
Welcome to Secured Transactions. The casebook
is Whaley, Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions (5th ed.
2000). The statutory supplement is West Group, Selected Commercial Statutes
(2001). We will also be reading from Perspectives on the UCC (Litowitz,
ed., 2001). The first class will consist of a background lecture on commercial
law, the UCC, and Article 9. After that, the course will be taught mostly
by the problem method, as we attempt to provide answers to the questions
in the casebook. For the first class, please carefully read the "Introduction
for Law Students," and then skim "The Progressive Development of Commercial
Law," both in the Perspectives book. You should also bookmark the
following web pages:
http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/business_services/ucc.html
http://www.nccusl.org/nccusl/uniformact_summaries/uniformacts-s-uccra9st1999.asp
Conflict of Laws - Prof.
S. Greenberg
Our text is Currie, Kay & Kramer,
Conflict of Laws: Cases - Comments - Questions (6th ed.). The assignments
for the first week are as follows:
Tuesday, 1/15: read the preface and pp. 2-6; prepare to discuss the hypothetical found at the following site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/classes/sgreenbe/Conflicts/hypo1.htm
Thursday, 1/17: read pp. 6-25.
In the week prior to classes, I hope to
post the course syllabus and/or study guide for week one on our course
web page. Please look for links at the following site:
http://www.kentlaw.edu/classes/sgreenbe/Conflicts/
Constitutional Law - Prof.
Eglit
The assignment for the first week is to
skim the Constitution, in the back of the casebook, and to read pp. 2-29
in the casebook.
Consumer Protection Law -
Prof. Krislov
For the first series of classes, read
Chapter 1, to pg. 96, in the casebook, Spanogle et al.,
Consumer Law
(2d ed. 1991); we will then switch to the supplementary materials for the
next few weeks, complete those, then return to the text. The pace is roughly
three cases per day, with an emphasis on class participation.
Contracts - Prof.
Smith
The casebook is Fuller & Eisenberg,
Basic Contract Law, and the supplement is Burton & Eisenberg,
Contract Law: Selected Source Materials. Although there is an electronic
version of the casebook, the print version of the casebook is required
for the course. During the first week of class, we will begin a discussion
of the doctrine of consideration. For the first class, you should read
pp. 2-10 in the casebook, and sections 1, 2, 17, and 71 of the Restatement
(Second) of Contracts (contained in the supplement).
Criminal Procedure: The Adjudicatory
Process (Day section) - Prof. Godfrey
For the first class meeting, read the
first chapter, and the second chapter through section D. Think about some
of the following: Why do we have trials? What is the purpose of procedural
protections afforded the criminally accused that inevitably impair the
search for truth and the goal of punishing the guilty? How do the various
actors within the criminal justice system, the police, the prosecutors,
the judges, the accused, and the defense attorneys, serve as limits or
checks on one another? Also, come ready to discuss a trial scene from your
favorite TV show that concerned a trial and be ready to disabuse yourself
of the TV land depictions of criminal procedure. I look forward to meeting
all of you.
Criminal Procedure: The Adjudicatory
Process (Evening section) - Prof. Thomas
The textbook is Kamisar, LaFave, Israel
& King, Modern Criminal Procedure (9th ed. 1999), and the 2001
Supplement. For those who have not read it before, please read:
a. An Overview of the Criminal Justice
Process, pp.12-33.
b. Due Process and Incorporation of the
Bill of Rights, pp.34-40.
The remainder of the assignment is Right
to Counsel at Trial, pp.67-74.
Current Topics in Education Law
- Prof. Adams
The first portion of the readings for
this seminar/class will be available in the bookstore during the week before
the beginning of classes. In preparation for our first class, please read
the Pierce case and the Martha Minow article, "Reforming School
Reform." In the article, Professor Minow picks up on the themes of quality
and equality in public education that will dominate our discussion this
semester. I look forward to meeting the class!
Cybercrime - Prof. Henderson
For the first class, read Chapter 1 of
the Clifford text and Chapter 1 of Orin Kerr's materials, both of which
should be available in the bookstore.
Disability Law - Prof. N.
Hablutzel
Read the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 at
29 USCA, with particular attention to sections 501, 503 and 504. Also read
the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) at 42 USCA sections 12101-12213.
Be prepared to discuss similarities and differences between the two, and
at least five situations in which each would apply.
Employee Benefits Law (Day section)
- Prof. Sherman
For the first class, read pp. 23-34, and
89 (bottom) - 110 (up to but not including item 6) in the Langbein &
Wolk casebook (3d ed. 2000).
Employment Discrimination
- Prof. Eglit
The assignment for the first week is to
read pp. 1-24 in the casebook.
Energy Law - Prof. Bosselman
The text for this course is Bosselman,
Rossi and Weaver, Energy, Economics and the Environment (Foundation
Press 2000). The assignment for the first class is to read pp. 124-137.
Environmental Law and Policy 2
- Prof. Henning
Please read Drake, Global Warming,
Introduction and Chapter 1, pp. 1-26; and Anderson et al., Environmental
Protection, Law and Policy, pp. 367-371.
Estate Planning (LL.M. course)
- Prof. Harrison
Please contact Prof. Harrison (312/443-0467;
lharriso@lordbissell.com) for the first class assignment. Materials will
be faxed to you.
Estates and Trusts (first Day section)
- Prof. Decatorsmith
We will be using Waggoner, Alexander,
Fellows & Gallants, Family Property Law (3rd ed.), as our casebook/primary
text, along with Selected Statutes Trusts and Estates (Foundation
Press, 2001-2002 ed.) and West's Illinois Probate Act (2001 ed.).
For the first class on Monday, January 14, read Chapter 1 (pp.1-30) of
the casebook, and pay special attention to the excerpts from Hodel v.
Irving and Babbitt v. Youpee (real go-getters may want to seek
out and review the full opinions). We will start Chapter 2 (Intestate
Succession) on Wednesday if you want to read ahead.
Estates and Trusts (second Day section)
- Prof. P. Hablutzel
For the first class on Tuesday, January
15, read pp. 1-34 (two cases plus other materials) in the Dukeminier &
Johanson casebook. For the second class on Thursday, January 17, read to
pg. 66 (one long problem and one case).
Estates and Trusts (Evening section)
- Prof. Livingston
Our text for the semester is Dukeminier
& Johanson, Wills, Trusts and Estates (6th ed.). Also required
is the Illinois Probate Act and Related Laws (West 2001 ed.). For
our first class on
Tuesday, January 15, please read the following in the
text: pp. 1-3 (up to Hodel); 11 (note 2 only); 13 (starting at Halbach
excerpt) -18 (ending after "Note"); 34 (starting with Section B) - 47.
Also, please skim the following sections of the Illinois Probate Act (755
ILCS Act 5): 5/6-2, 5/6-3, 5/6-8, 5/6-13, 5/12-2, 5/12-5, 5/18-1, 5/18-3,
5/18-10, 5/18-12, 5/25-1. If you want to get started on the reading for
the second class on Thursday, January 17, the assignment is as follows:
text: pp.71-72 (up to "Uniform Probate Code"); 74 (starting with"Question")
- 87 ; 90 - 97 (up to "Section B. Transfers to Children"); and Illinois
Probate Act 5/2-1 and Escheats Act 755 ILCS 20/1.
Evidence - Prof. Baker
Your assignment for the first two classes
is to read California v. Johnson, pp. 4-118 of the Allen, Kuhns
& Swift text. This is a lot of reading. You can skim it if you wish,
but make sure that you get a sense for what the trial is about, who the
parties are and how the attorneys are using the evidence at their disposal.
By the first class, you should read through the end of the prosecution's
case, to pg. 72. For the second class, you should finish the case.
Family and Employment-Based Immigration
Practice - Prof. Tapia-Ruano
For the first class, read pp. 17-36 and
123-129 in Selected Fundamentals of Immigration Law and Practice (2001-2002
ed.), published by the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Famous American Trials -
Prof. Nance
For our first meeting, it is recommended,
but not required, that you read The Salem Witchcraft Trials:
A Legal History (1997), by Peter Charles Hoffer. It is available in
paperback but is not being ordered through the bookstore. It will make
for interesting reading over the break. Also, please purchase the three
books that are being distributed through the bookstore: Klieger, The
Trial of Levi Weeks (2001); Friedland, The Death of Old Man
Rice (1996); and Young & Kaiser,
Postmortem: New Evidence in
the Case of Sacco and Vanzetti (1985).
Federal Courts (Day section)
- Prof. McCormick
Welcome! For our first class, please read
the introductory photocopied material: Clinton et al., Chapter 1: The Constitutional
and Statutory History of the Structure of the Federal Courts,
Federal
Courts Theory and Practice, pp. 3-32 (1996). For the rest of the week,
please read pp. 331-88 in Low & Jeffries, Federal Courts and the
Law of Federal-State Relations (4th ed. 1998), and pp. 95-104 in the
supplement.
Federal Courts (Evening section)
- Prof. Roy
For the first class, please read Low &
Jeffries, The Law of Federal State Relations (1998 ed.), pp. 331-355.
First Amendment - Prof. Nahmod
Our casebook is Shiffrin's and Choper's
First Amendment (3d ed.) (softcover). For our first class, please
carefully read and be prepared to discuss: the language of the First Amendment,
its theoretical underpinnings, and pages 1 - 29 (top). I am looking forward
to learning the First Amendment with you.
First Amendment Theory -
Prof. Heyman
Please purchase the photocopied course
materials in the bookstore and read the assignment for Week 1.
Gender and the Law - Prof.
Smith
The casebook for the course is Bartlett&
Harris, Gender and Law (2d ed.). The initial assignment will be
posted to the web by January 3 at:
http://www.kentlaw.edu/classes/psmith/gender/
Gift and Estate Tax - Prof.
Sherman
The reading assignment for the first class
is from the photocopied supplementary materials, entitled Gift Tax--What
Constitutes a Gift?, on sale in the bookstore. For the first class,
read pp. 1-6 (omit the two paragraphs headed "Payment of donor's obligation
by donee as consideration" on page 4) and pp. 13-14 (up to but not including
Section B). The first class will be devoted to discussing the first eight
problems on pp. 4-5.
Insurance Law - Profs. Chaskin,
Sigelko and Posner
For the first class, please read Chapter
1 (pp. 1-31) of the casebook, K. Abraham, Insurance Law and Regulation
(3d ed. 2000).
Intellectual Property Trial Advocacy
- Prof. Levinson
For the first class, please read pp. 1-29
in The Art of Shaping the Case, by Weyman I. Lundquist (available
in the bookstore); and the following articles, available on reserve in
the Library:
* "Trial Lawyers as Storytellers," Benjamin
Reid, Litigation, The Journal of the Section of Litigation of the ABA,
Vol. 24, No. 3 Spring 1998.
* "Keeping it Simple in the Court TV Age:
Is Less Still Sometimes More?" Robert M. Callogy, Joseph M. Rubins, Litigation,
Vol. 27, No. 1, Fall 2000.
* "Reel Courtroom Dramas," Donald G. Kempf,
Jr., Litigation, Vol. 27, No. 2, Spring 2000.
If you do not already own copies of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence, please purchase copies of them and bring them to the first class and all subsequent classes.
International Commercial Litigation
- Profs. Voelker & Howard
For the first class, please read pp. 1-68
in International Litigation and Arbitration, by Andrew F. Lowenfeld.
Jurisprudence - Prof. Samar
Welcome to the course. There is one required
text, Justifying Judgment: Practicing Law and Philosophy, which
should be available in the bookstore. In addition, I will be assigning
readings from various articles and extracts of other materials that will
be placed on reserve. The initial assignment is to read pp. 1-15 in Justifying
Judgment. I look forward to meeting you.
Justice and the Legal System (Section A)
- Prof. Nance
For the first day's class, please obtain the
text book -- Nance, Law and Justice (2d ed. 1999) -- from the bookstore
and read the Preface and pp. 349-353 (up to but not including the Manhart
case that begins on pg. 353).
Justice and the Legal System (Section
B) - Prof. Wright
The course materials are available on
the course web site:
http://www.kentlaw.edu/classes/rwright/Justice/
To access the web site, you will need a username and password, which Professor Wright has already sent to each member of the class by e-mail. If you did not get the email, or misplaced it, you can obtain the information from either Professor Wright or Dean Sowle (Professor Wright will be out of town and will have no or limited access to e-mail from December 21 to January 5).
The assigned readings for the first week of class, which are also posted on the web site, are:
Tuesday, 1/15: Administrative Details,
Preface, and Chapter 1, pp. 1-24.
Wednesday, 1/16: Chapter 1, pp. 24-50.
Friday, 1/18: Chapter 1, pp. 50-64.
Land Use - Prof. Peters
Please read Chapter 1, pp. 1-33, in the
text, Mandelker & Payne, Planning and Control of Land Development:
Cases and Materials (5th ed. 2001). Please also read pp.
18-20 in Bracken, Urban Planning Methods: Research and Policy Analysis
(4th ed. 1981), which can be found on the following web site: http://www.landuselaw.edu
.
Latin American Business Law
- Prof. del Granado
Welcome to Latin American Business Law.
For the first class (Wednesday, January 16), please read the article "Foreign
Law in Transactions Between the United States and Latin America," in the
handout available at the bookstore. For the second class (Wednesday, January
23), read pp. 77-111 and 137-160 of Jim Gordley's The Philosophical
Origins of Modern Contract Doctrine, also included in the handout.
Law of Trade Secrets - Prof.
Parkhurst
Read pp. 1-41 of the photocopied materials
available in the bookstore.
Legal Writing 2 - Prof. Adams
Prior to our first class, please review
your research materials on the Title VII issue. Also please read Shapo,
Chapters 16 and 17 and Appendix E.
Legal Writing 2 - Prof. Bauer
Please read Neumann, Chapters 20, 21 and
23.
Legal Writing 2 - Prof. Current
For January 15, read Chapter 16 in Shapo.
You should also read two handouts - excerpts from Schmedermann, and a discussion
by Edwards on ethics in advocacy - which I will leave outside my office
for pick up any time after January 9.
Legal Writing 2 - Prof. Greene
Please review your research on the statutory
assignment you did at the end of last semester, review the cases you found,
and fill in any gaps there may be in your research. Please read Chapters
20 and 23 in Neumann for the first class.
Legal Writing 2 - Prof. Henderson
For the first class, read Chapters 16
and 17 and Appendix E in Shapo.
Legal Writing 2 - Prof. Henning
Please read Neumann, Chapters 20, 21,
and 23.
Legal Writing 2 - Prof. McCormick
Welcome back! Please look over your statutory
research assignments from last semester and be sure you have filled in
gaps in your research. Also, please read Neumann, Chapters 20, 21, and
23.
Legal Writing 2 - Prof. Morrissey
In advance of the first week of class,
please read Neumann, Chapters 20, 21, and 23.
Legal Writing 2 - Prof. Pingree
For our first class on Tuesday, January
15, please read Neumann, Chapter 20 (pp. 271-281).
Legislative Advocacy - Prof.
W. Kling
Students should come to the first class
prepared to give a brief summary of the specific legislative initiative
they will be covering throughout the semester. Legislative initiatives
include those at the local, state, and federal levels relating to topics
such as environmental compliance, workplace/employment rights, welfare-to-work
initiatives, health care and reform, tax code form, etc.
Negotiations - Prof. Davis
Please read Chapters 1 and 12 in the Gifford
text.
Patent Litigation - Prof.
Holbrook.
Please read 5-17 in the casebook; section
II.A of Midwest v. Karavan (e-mailed to students or available at
175 F.3d 1356); 18-20; 26-28. These materials will introduce questions
of choice of law in patent litigation cases, and also introductory issues
of who has standing to bring a patent infringement lawsuit.
Patent Office Practice -
Prof. Hulbert
For the first class, read Adelman et al.,
Cases and Materials on Patent Law, pp. 13-17, 19-28; Becker, Patent
Applications Handbook, §§ 1.00-1.02. Please also think about
what presumption of correctness, if any, should attach to a Patent Examiner's
determinations. Consider how such a presumption might change over time:
e.g., during the prosecution of a patent application, during an appeal
of an Examiner's final determination of nonpatentability, during a lawsuit
alleging infringement of an issued patent, and during the reexamination
of, or a reissue proceeding for, an issued patent.
Personal Income Tax (Day and Evening
sections) - Prof. Chapman
The assignment for the first week appears
on the syllabus that will be available in the bookstore.
Professional Responsibility (Day
section) - Prof. Gross
Course materials: Morgan & Rotunda,
Professional Responsibility Problems and Methods (7th ed. 2000),
and Morgan & Rotunda, Selected Standards on Professional Responsibility
(2001 ed.).
Reading assignment:
1. Chapter 1, The Legal Profession: Background
and Fundamental Issues, pp. 1-29.
2. Chapter 2, Regulation of the Legal
Profession, Problem 1: Character and Fitness in Admission to Bar, pp. 41-59.
Professional Responsibility (Evening
section) - Prof. Pingree
For our first class on Wednesday, January
16, please read the Introduction in Rhode & Luban,
Legal Ethics
(3d ed.).
Property Law (Day Section B)
- Prof. Tarlock
Please read and be prepared to discuss
the cases and notes on pp. 22-36, Casner, Leach et.al.,
Property
(2001).
Property Law (Day Section C)
- Prof. Holbrook
For the first class, read pp. 1-20 and
336-345 from Ellickson, Perspectives on Property Law. This reading
will provide a theoretical framework through which we will consider other
issues of property. Start thinking about issues such as what is property;
how does one acquire property; and why is it important?
Property Law (Evening section)
- Prof. Bosselman
The books for the course are the following:
Rabin, Kwall & Kwall, Fundamentals of Modern Property Law (4th
ed. 2000), and A Concise Restatement of Property (American Law Institute,
1st ed. 2000).
The assignment for the first class is to read pp. 1-26 in Rabin, Kwall & Kwall. Pay particular attention to the "principal problem" that begins on page one. On the first day of class, a number of students will be chosen at random for a role-playing exercise relating to this problem that will take place at the beginning of the second class.
Public Sector Employees -
Prof. Malin
Please read Smith, Craver & Clark,
Labor Relations in the Public Sector: Cases and Materials (4th ed.),
pp. 3-52.
Race and the Law - Prof.
Fuentes-Rohwer
Please read pp. 1-14 and 50-90 in the
casebook, Perea et al., Race and Races.
Securities Regulation - Prof.
P. Hablutzel
For the first class on Tuesday, January
15, read Chapter 1, pp. 1-110, once over lightly. This is background material
which we return to from time to time. For the second class on Thursday,
January 17, read and analyze Sec. 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, on p.10
of the paperback "statutes book." Also begin reading into Chapter 2, to
about p.133, but omit the long Problem on pp. 114-118.
State and Local Government Law
- Prof. Rosen
For our first class, please read pp. 1-36
in Frug, Ford & Barron, Local Government Law (3d ed. 2001).
Please note that there is a new edition this year, and that it is quite
different from the earlier (second) edition. See you in January!
Telecommunications Law -
Prof. Piatt
Read Chapter 1, pp. 1-59, in the Kang
book.
Trademarks and Unfair Competition
Law - Prof. Renner
Casebook: Ginsburg, Litman & Kevlin,
Trademarks and Unfair Competition Law: Cases and Materials (3d ed.
2001) and 2001 Supplement.
Class 1: WHAT IS A TRADEMARK? Functions,
Concepts and Policy: Who Benefits from Trademarks and Why? Casebook, pp.
44-83.
Class 2: WHAT IS A TRADEMARK? (cont'd)
Subject Matter: Words, Shapes, Color, Sound and Scent. Casebook, pp. 84-109.
White Collar Crime - Prof.
Albert-Goldberg
We will use three sets of materials for
the class:
1. Please buy the casebook, Busey, White
Collar Crime. For the first class, please read: Introduction, pp. 1-4
and Chapter 17, The Jurisprudence of White Collar Crime, pp. 1097-1147.
2. Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct.
I will distribute a complimentary copy to each student on the first day
of class.
3. Clppings from legal periodicals and
print media concerning current cases involving White Collar Crime. Students
are welcome to contribute their "clipping of the week."