Course Descriptions
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Regulatory and Administrative State, The (3)
558Q
Concentration(s):
The course will explore a range of regulatory responses to risk to human life and health with a focus on the rationale behind various regulatory institutions and alternative legal instruments. These issues will be addressed through examples drawn from workplace health and safety, environmental protection, and food and drug law. The course will begin with analysis of common law modes of regulation through contract, torts and criminal law doctrines. The remainder of the semester will examine the transformation form the common law state to the administrative state, the intersection between legislatures, courts, and agencies in current governmental response to risk, and prominent social science theories on the source of regulatory failure and models of regulatory reform.
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Religion in Education Law (2)
579Q
Concentration(s):
This course will explore issues arising at the intersection of religion and education law. Issues explored will include school prayer, public funding of religious entities, tuition vouchers, the creationism/evolution debate, and equal access issues.
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Remedies (2)
593D
Concentration(s):
(Formerly DCL 423)
This course provides an overview of the main types of remedies available in the American legal system following a determination of liability for violation of contract, tort, property, or constitutional law. The course will cover monetary damages, equitable relief, and examine the implications of choosing particular remedies, when such choice is available.
Prerequisite(s):
-Contracts I
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Rental Housing Clinic I (3)
630A
Concentration(s):
(Formerly DCL 421)
Rental Housing Clinic I will cover the basics of landlord-tenant law including creation of tenancy, the rights and duties of the parties, leases, violations of leases, termination of leases and eviction. The course will also cover the litigation process as it relates to landlord-tenant law. Students will be assigned actual clients with rental housing problems and will, with supervision, act as legal counsel for these clients. Representation may include dispute resolution, mediation or litigation, depending on the particulars of each individual case.
In addition to class times, students enrolled in clinical programs must work a minimum of 12 hours at the clinic each week (in general, each student puts in an additional 12-15 hours weekly). NOTE: Enrolled students must attend a mandatory two-day clinic “Boot Camp” that takes place on the Saturday and Sunday immediately before the first day of class. Please see the clinics' website for additional information.
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Rental Housing Clinic II (3)
630B
Concentration(s):
(Formerly DCL 426)
Rental Housing Clinic II will be an opportunity to continue the client representation conducted in Landlord-Tenant Law. The course will allow more sophisticated representation and allow for some directing of students in Landlord-Tenant Law. This course is by invitation only.
In addition to class times, students enrolled in clinical programs must work a minimum of 12 hours at the clinic each week (in general, each student puts in an additional 12-15 hours weekly). Please see the clinics' website for additional information.
Prerequisite(s):
-Rental Housing Clinic I
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Research, Writing and Advocacy I (2)
500J
Concentration(s):
(Formerly DCL 151)
This is a graded course. Students begin by learning the basics of the U.S. court system, common law, case briefing and legal analysis. They are then taught the fundamentals of non-electronic legal research and writing through the assignment of problems geared to exercise their analytical and problem-solving abilities. Throughout the semester, students produce several legal research assignments, objective office memoranda and a client letter.
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Research, Writing and Advocacy I: From an Intellectual Property Perspective (2)
500V
Concentration(s):
This is a graded course. Students begin by learning the basics of the U.S. court system, common law, case briefing and legal analysis. They are then taught the fundamentals of non-electronic legal research and writing through the assignment of problems geared to exercise their analytical and problem-solving abilities. Throughout the semester, students produce several legal research assignments, objective office memoranda and a client letter, with a focus on trademark, copyright and patent law.
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Research, Writing and Advocacy II (2)
500K
Concentration(s):
(Formerly DCL 152)
This is a graded course. Students learn the art of persuasive argumentation by drafting a 30-page appellate brief on a topical legal issue, complying with appellate court rules and then presenting a simulated oral argument to members of the bench. During the semester, students also attend appellate arguments or trial court motion sessions and prepare brief synopses of cases heard. Successful completion of RWA I is a prerequisite to enrollment in RWA II.
Prerequisite(s):
-Research, Writing and Advocacy I
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