LAWT - 9050 COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
[2-3 hours] This course explores the theory and practice of arbitration from the
standpoint of both the arbitrator and the attorney-advocate with specific emphasis on arbitration advocacy. The course will include several
arbitration simulations that will require preparation of either arbitration awards with opinions or pre-arbitration hearing briefs. Other topics
include hearing preparation, opening statements, evidentiary rules, direct and cross examination, expert testimony, final arguments, and
the place of arbitration in the larger context of Alternative Dispute Resolution.
LAWT - 9120 EUROPEAN LAW
[2-3 hours] This course will begin with an examination of the history of and legal foundations for the
European Union. It will then explore the relationship between individual sovereign states and the EU. Finally, the course will look at various
particular bodies of EU law, such as: free movement of capital; goods and labor; freedom of establishment; harmonization of laws; antitrust and
competition policy; currency unification; environmental protection; intellectual property protection; rights to privacy; and women�s rights.
LAWT - 9140 ENVIRONMENTAL/DEVELOPMENTAL LAND USE REGULATIONS
[2-3 hours] This course will cover both the conservation and
preservation-oriented environmental land use regulations that have emerged in the recent years as well as the more traditional,
developmentally-oriented controls that have been with us for some time. The environmental land use component of the course will cover the
regulation of: wetlands, coastal zones, floodplains, farmland, open space, critical areas, groundwater, and hazardous waste siting. The
developmental land use regulations component will include: zoning, flexible land use controls, subdivision controls, growth controls, historic
preservation, and transfer of developmental rights. Themes that will be explored include the �taking� issue, the intense conflicts between land
development and environmental preservation, as well as the inter-governmental conflicts that occur as the proliferation of land use controls are
fragmented among local, state, and the federal government.
LAWT - 9150 HEALTH CARE REGULATION
[2-3 hours] Examines the legal structures that regulate the organization, delivery and
financing of health care. Discussion includes the public policy objectives and effects of current regulatory schemes, as well as enacted and
proposed reforms at state and federal levels.
LAWT - 9200 LANDLORD TENANT LAW
[2-3 hours] A practicum course that explores both residential and commercial landlord tenant
law. The residential component includes the recent public policy developments and reforms that have dramatically altered the residential landlord
tenant relationship as well as the influences of contract and tort principles. The commercial landlord tenant component examines the basic
responsibilities of the parties, the shopping center lease, and the lease as a financing device. Exercises in drafting lease provisions and in
landlord tenant dispute resolution provide a practice orientation.
LAWT - 9220 ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH
[2-3 hours] An in-depth view of legal bibliography in both traditional and electronic formats.
Detailed attention given to encyclopedias, treatises, and various general and topical indexes, digests, and citators.
LAWT - 9230 ADVANCED CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
[2-3 hours] This seminar will focus on issues that have significant constitutional
implications. Examples of issues to be explored include: plea bargaining, affirmative action, death penalty, assisted suicide, registration of
sex offenders, decriminalization, school prayer, sexual harassment, bail, and gun control. The seminar is designed to broaden students�
perspectives on issues that divide society with the goal of better understanding those issues in light of society�s best interest.
LAWT - 9250 GREAT LAKES� LAW
[2-3 hours] This interdisciplinary course utilizes a wide variety of speakers to examine a series of
problems facing the Great Lakes Region. Working in teams with graduate students from different disciplines, students draw upon their own research
and the speakers� expertise to devise proposals on topics of current importance.
LAWT - 9270 LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND DRAFTING
[2-3 hours] The Legislative Drafting course focuses on legislative drafting
techniques and surveys legal rafting, limitations on legislation, statutory interpretation, legislative procedure, and professional
responsibility. Students will draft a bill for an actual client and write a scholarly paper in support of the bill.
LAWT - 9300 LITIGATION STRATEGIES
[2-3 hours] The course develops expertise in the �why� of litigation, as opposed the
mechanics of litigation. Students interview clients and prepare written memoranda analyzing the problem, recommending a course of action and
presenting a litigation budget.
LAWT - 9380 NATIVE AMERICAN LAW
[2-3 hours] This course will initially examine the legal concepts of �Native American� individual
and tribe. The study of unique (and not so unique) aspects of the treatment of Native American individuals and tribes under the U.S.
Constitution; treaties; and national, tribal, and state law will form the heart of the course. Special attention will be given to issues relating
to tribal government and tribal courts, environmental regulation on reservation lands, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the American Indian
Religious Freedom Act, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, commercial transactions involving Native American cultural and
artistic objects, and tribally-operated casino gambling.
LAWT - 9390 NATURAL RESOURCES LAW
[2 hours] This course focuses upon water law and the way the law applies to natural resource
use. Topics covered include the nature of private water rights under riparian and prior appropriation systems, interstate allocation of
water and the role of the government in water use regulation.
LAWT - 9390 NATURAL RESOURCES LAW
[2-3 hours] This course will provide an introduction to natural resource law, including public
lands issues (forestry, mining, grazing, recreation and preservation), cultural resources (historic and sacred sites), wildlife, water rights and
energy resources. Current policies governing resource use and protection will be explored through a problem-solving approach, with case law,
federal statues and regulations, and scholarly articles and book excerpts as the backdrop. Students will represent a user group or industry,
environmental interest group or the United States government in litigation, and engage in �hands-on� application of the law by developing case
strategy and motion practice from an actual administrative record agency decision. Course requirements include a discovery motion and summary
judgement motion or response, as well as a natural resources problem. Students will be required to either argue the summary judgement motion or
present their resolution of the problem in class.
LAWT - 9430 PARTNERSHIP TAXATION
[2-3 hours] This course examines the federal income tax consequences of the formation,
operation and liquidation of partnerships. The partnership has long served as a common business and investment vehicle, its importance has
been underestimated for federal taxation purposes. In recent years, however, increased use of the partnership form by businesses of various
types, including large professional practices and �tax sheltered� ventures, has focused attention on this area.
LAWT - 9790 ADVANCED CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
[2-3 hours] This course will focus on in-depth exploration of issues arising in Criminal
Procedure. Topics covered may include the right to counsel, defense investigation, discovery, pretrial release, selected aspects of forensic
science, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendment issues, jury selection, trial procedure and tactics, habeas corpus, and other post-trial issues.
Students will be required to write three short position papers during the course and a take home examination. Simulations and other projects may
be required during the term as well. Prerequisite: Criminal Procedure-investigations or Criminal Procedure-Adjudications.
LAWT - 9800 INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
[2-3 hours] International Environmental Law focuses on the growing concern that
environmental problems are international in nature. The course explores current international law and treaties designed to protect the
environment and their effectiveness. The role international organizations play in protecting the environment will be examined, and current
concerns regarding the economics of environmental protection and the effect of trade agreements on the environment will be considered. Finally,
various proposals on ways to improve international environmental protection will be considered.
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