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Administrative Law: Food Safety and Labeling ( - 810K) - Copland, J.

Books: Required: Principles of Administrative Law by Werhan, 1st. ed. Thomson West (Concise Hornbooks Series). ISBN: 978-0314149343.

Assignment: Email Professor Jennifer Copland at jcopland@law.msu.edu to obtain instructions on accessing the online class.



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Administrative Law: Food Safety and Labeling ( - 810K) - Copland, J.

Books: Required: Principles of Administrative Law by Werhan, 1st ed. Thomson West (Concise Hornbooks Series). ISBN: 978-0314149343.

Assignment: Email Professor Jennifer Copland at jcopland@law.msu.edu to obtain instructions on accessing the online class.



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Advanced Legal Research ( - 586) - Bean/Meland

Books: Required: Process of Legal Research by Kunz, et. al, 7th ed. (Aspen). ISBN: 978-0735569775.

Assignment: The first assignment is available on the TWEN site for this course.

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Advanced Legal Research ( - 586) - Hedin, J.

Books: Required: The Process of Legal Research by Christina Kunz, 7th ed. (Aspen). ISBN: 978-0735569775.

Assignment: No first assignment.

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Advanced Legal Research ( - 586) - Hanna, H.

Books: Required: The Process of Legal Research by Christina Kunz, 7th ed. (Aspen). ISBN: 978-0735569775.

Assignment: Your first assignment is available on the TWEN site for this course.

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Advanced Legal Research ( - 586) - Bean, B.

Books: Required: The Process of Legal Research by Kunz, et.al. 7th ed. (Aspen). ISBN: 9780735569775.

Assignment: The first assignment is on the TWEN site for this course.

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Advanced Legal Research ( - 586) - Meland, J.

Books: Required: The Process of Legal Research by Kunz, et. al. 7th ed. (Aspen). ISBN: 9780735569775.

Assignment: The first assignment is on the TWEN site for this course.

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Business Enterprises ( - 500M) - Bean, B.

Books: Required:
1. Business Associations: Cases & Materials on Agency, Partnership and Corporations by Klein, Ramseyer & Bainbridge. 6th, 7th or 8th editions will be fine to use. (Foundation Press).

2. Business Associations: Cases & Materials on Agency, Partnership and Corporation Supplement by Klein, 2010 ed. (Foundation Press).

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Child Advocacy ( - 541A) - LaRose, S.

Books: Required: Children Parents and the Law by Harris & Teitelbaum. 3rd ed. (Aspen). ISBN: 978-0735507135.

Assignment: In the required text read and be prepared to discuss pages 3-4 and 285-324.

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Evidence ( - 500P) - Pucillo, P.

Books: Required:
1. Evidence by George Fisher. 3rd ed. (Foundation Press). ISBN: 978-1609300609.

2.Federal Rules of Evidence Statutory Supplement (2013-2014)by George Fisher. ISBN: 978-1609303310.

Assignment: In preparation for our first class (on Tuesday, May 14), please:



(1) register for our course TWEN page;



(2) review the course syllabus (posted to the TWEN page’s Course Materials folder);



(3) review and be prepared to discuss the material on the following pages of George Fisher, Evidence (3d ed., Foundation Press 2012) (“Fisher casebook”):



• 1-5 (up to discussion of Tanner v. United States)

• 22-34

• 42-49

• 54-56



(4) review and be prepared to discuss Rules 401, 402, and 403 of the Federal Rules of Evidence (and the applicable Advisory Committee notes) in George Fisher, Federal Rules of Evidence Statutory Supplement (2013-14) (“Fisher supplement”).



In preparation for our second class (on Tuesday, May 16), please:

(1) review and be prepared to discuss the material found on the following pages of the Fisher casebook:

• 80-99

• 145-57

(2) review and be prepared to discuss Rule 404 of the Federal Rules of Evidence (and the applicable Advisory Committee notes) in the Fisher supplement.


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Foundations of Law and Legal Research ( - 807A) - Domann, B.

Books: Required: An Introduction to the Legal System of the United States by Allan Farnsworth, 4th ed. ISBN: 978-0199733101.

Assignment: No first assignment.

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Land Use Planning ( - 566B) - Ten Brink, C.

Books: Required: Land Use Planning adn Development Regulation Law by Juergensmeyer & Roberts. 2nd or 3rd editions will work for the class. (Hornbrook Series by West). ISBN 3rd ed.: 978-0314286475.

Assignment: Readings are posted on the course TWEN page. Please prepare by reading Madison on Property, and the Jacobs, Gilbert and Hadacheck cases, posted under the Cases heading, Week 1; and Kelo, in Week 8.(I will be reorganizing the case folders to properly correspond to the syllabus during the first week of class.)



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Media Law ( - 533G) - Costello, N.

Books: No textbook required.

Assignment: For Tuesday, May 14 – First Amendment Basics / Incitement

Read Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969), Rice v. Paladin Enterprises, Inc. 128 F.3d 233 (4th Cir. 1997), Planned Parenthood v. American Coalition of Life Activists, 290 F.3d 1058 (9th Cir. 2002); U.S. v. Fullmer, 584 F.3d 132 (3rd Cir. 2009).



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Mortgage Banking Law ( - 517A) - Spoon, E.

Books: No textbook required.

Assignment: 1st assignment for Mortgage Banking:
Read Handout No. 1 (available outside of the Faculty Secretary Offices on the 4th Floor).


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Negotiation for Foreign Educated Lawyers ( - 805A) - Hartfield, E.

Books: Required:
1. Getting to Yes by Fisher & Ury, 2nd ed.(Bantam Books) 0140157352.

2. Getting Past No By Ury. Revised edition (Bantam Books). ISBN: 0553371312.

Assignment: CLASS I: MAY 16, 2013

Readings:

Fisher & Ury: Chapters 1 & 2. (Getting To Yes)

Topics for Class Discussion:

Introduction to Negotiation
Traditional Negotiation vs. Interest Based
Distinguishing Negotiation Positions vs. Interests
Negotiation Theory: Dimensions & Destabilizers



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Online Dispute Resolution ( - 505J) - Pappas, B.

Books: The readings materials are on the TWEN site for this course.

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Professional Responsibility ( - 500Q) - Bullington, C.

Books: Required:
1. Problems in Legal Ethics by Schwartz, Wydick Perschbacher & Basset. 10th ed. (West). ISBN: 978-0314280497.

2. 2012 Selected STandards on Professional Responsibility by Morgan & Rotunda. 2012 ed., (Foundation Press). ISBN: 978-1599419459.

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Tax Clinic I ( - 630C) - Halloran, M.

Books: No textbook required.

Assignment: No first assignment.

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Tax Clinic II ( - 630D) - Halloran, M.

Books: No textbook required.

Assignment: No first assignment.

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Virtual Law Practice ( - 537G) - Kimbro, S.

Books: Required:
1. Virtual Law Practice: How to Deliver Legal Services Online by Stephanie Kimbro. 1st ed. (ABA). ISBN: 978-1604428285.

2. The End of Lawyers? Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services by Richard Susskind. 1st ed. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0199593613.

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