Spring 2024 First Assignments

(Updated: Fri., April 12, 2024 2:19 PM)

Administrative Law ( - 532) - Ohanesian, N.

Books: Title: Administrative Law: Cases and Materials
Author: Charles H. Koch, Richard W. Murphy, William Jordan, Louis J. Virelli
ISBN: 9781531016814
Copyright/Published Date: 2020-01-03
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: Yes
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Other Materials: The 2023 Supplement should be included also.

Assignment: Read pages 3-33 from the Koch text book for the first day assignment.

Details:

Administrative Law ( - 532) - Kalt, B.

Books: Title: Administrative Procedure and Practice: A Contemporary Approach, Revised
Author: William F. Funk, Sidney A. Shapiro, Russell L. Weaver
ISBN: 9781642428087
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Copyright/Published Date: 2018-11-27
Required Material: Yes
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: Use the 6th edition, not the 7th edition.

Assignment: First Assignment
Spring 2024

Administrative Law

Assignment

Our book is Funk, Shapiro, and Weaver, Administrative Procedure and Practice (revised 6th ed.). Make sure that you have the old 6th edition, and not the 7th edition.

Please set yourself up on the class D2L site (which should be set up by December 22), where you will find the syllabus. Read the syllabus carefully.

The assignment for the first day is to read pages 5–37 in the casebook, and to prepare to discuss your answers to problems 1-1 and 1-4.

If you have any concerns or problems, or even if you don’t, please feel free to come by my office (415), call me (432-6987) or e-mail me (kalt@law.msu.edu).

Details

What is Administrative Law? Federal agencies are pervasive in everyday legal life, so understanding the American legal system requires understanding the very distinct body of law that applies to these agencies. Specifically, this course discusses the guidelines and restrictions that the law places on agency regulations, agency adjudication, and agency information-gathering; on judicial review of agency action; on the constitutional structure of agencies; and on public access to agency processes.

How is class run? Class will feature a mixture of lecture, discussion, and cold-calling. In each class, you will review hypotheticals that require you to learn and apply the doctrine. In this way, you will also get a taste of the diverse range of issues that agencies manage.

How is performance assessed? Grades will be based on a 2.5 hour, closed-book, closed-note exam, with possible minor adjustments based on unpreparedness in class.

Details:

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

Books: No book required for this class.

Assignment: 1 1/10
• Introduction to Research

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

Books: Title: Principles of Legal Research
Author: Olson, Kirschenfeld, Mattson
ISBN: 9781640208056
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Edition: 3rd
Copyright/Published Date: 2020
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Comments: MSU Law students have free access to this textbook through the West Academic Study Aids electronic library collection available at: https://subscription-westacademic-com.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/

Assignment: Please login to the course page on D2L and review the syllabus and materials posted in the Week 1 folder. Also, please complete the “Profile Survey” that’s linked from the Week 1 folder.

Details:

Advanced Legal Research ( - 586) - Thompson, D.

Books: Books: Title: Principles of Legal Research
Author: Olson, Kirschenfeld, Mattson
ISBN: 9781640208056
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Edition: 3rd
Copyright/Published Date: 2020
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Comments: MSU Law students have free access to this textbook through the West Academic Study Aids electronic library collection available at: https://subscription-westacademic-com.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/

Assignment:

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Advanced Legal Research ( - 586) - Innes, T.

Books: Title: Principles of Legal Research
Author: KENT. KIRSCHENFELD C.OLSON (AARON S.. MATTSON, INGRID.), Aaron S. Kirschenfeld, Ingrid Mattson
ISBN: 9781640208056
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Edition: 3rd
Copyright/Published Date: 2020-08-26
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: The book is available for free electronically through the West Academic website https://subscription-westacademic-com.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/ (to access it from off campus, you will be prompted for your MSU Net ID & password). You may also purchase a print copy of the book, and multiple copies are available for check out from the law library reserve collection.

Assignment: 1/8 Intro to Class & Research Olson, Chapter 1
1/15 Advanced Search Techniques & Citators Olson, pgs. 342-348.

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Advertising Law-Food Focus ( - 810T) - Glover VacaGuzman, M.

Books: Title: Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases & Materials, 5th Edition
Author: Rebecca Tushnet, Eric Goldman
ISBN: 9798671445510
Edition: 5th
Copyright/Published Date: 2020-08
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

All reading assignments correspond to the actual page numbers in the text. There is also a 6-page August 2021 Supplement included in Module 1 materials. Additional readings (cases, statutes/regulations, FDA Warning Letters, articles, etc.) will be posted in the appropriate modules within the course.

Assignment: Goldman 1-11, 12-31, 37-40; American Beverage Association v. City of San Francisco; Post an introduction about yourself including any personal or professional background and interests in both your peer groups and the General Discussion forum.

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Advocacy ( - 530J) - O'Regan, D.

Books: Title: An Advocate Persuades
Author: Joan Malmud Rocklin, Robert B. Rocklin, Christine Nero Coughlin, Sandy Patrick
ISBN: 9781531019105
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press LLC
Edition: 2nd
Copyright/Published Date: 2022
Required Material: Yes
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: First Assignment: Advocacy 2024
This assignment will take a minimum of several hours.

1) Sign up for Prof. O’Regan’s TWEN site.

2) Read An Advocate Persuades Second Edition, Chapters 1 (The Nature of Persuasion); 2 (The Ethical, Professional Advocate); 3.1 IV (Organizing a Single Legal Argument); 9.1 & .2 (Appellate Practice); Appendix A, I & II (A Litigation Overview); Appendix C, I, II & IIIA (Appellate Briefs)

3) Read Chapter VI, sections A through D, in Jerome A. Barron & Thomas C. Dienes, First Amendment Law in a Nutshell (6th ed. 2023) available on the Lawschool Westlaw site. Click on Westlaw Academic Study Aids (on the right side under Other Resources). Search by the title of the book. Click the “Browse Book” tab and then Expand All button.
You may also follow this link https://subscription-westacademic-com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/book/Preview?chapterUri=%2Fdata%2Fbooks%2F27987%2Fdocbook%2Fsection15.xml#_Toc113958410:~:text=CONSTITUTIONALIZING%20LIBEL%20LAW

4) Read Salem Media Grp., Inc. v. Awan, 301 A.3d 633, 638-56 (D.C. 2023).

5) Read the Joint Appendix posted on the RWA website, http://www.law.msu.edu/rwa. This document will be available starting Dec. 22, 2023.

6) Prepare, print, and bring to class the following:
1) a list of parties,
2) list of holding of district court,
3) a list of issues for appeal,
4) a list of issues not raised, conceded, or stipulated by the parties in the court below, and
5) a detailed timeline of pertinent events and facts. For each fact, indicate the following
• where you found it (page(s) and document(s) of the Joint Appendix) and
• issue(s) for which it may be pertinent.

7) Attend additional research instruction.
Lexis Training
Date: Friday, 1/12
Time: 3:30 – 4:10 p.m.
Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/98564445012
Passcode: 502716 Westlaw Training
Dates: Friday, 1/12
Time: 4:20 – 5:00 p.m.
Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/98593874503
Passcode: 589122
The webinars will be recorded, but attending in person is better for asking questions, etc. The presenters have been instructed not to cover defamation. You will receive a reminder email.
Optional: Read Anthony Lewis, Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment (Vintage Books 1992) (1991).

Details:

Advocacy ( - 530J) - O'Regan, D.

Advocacy ( - 530J) - LaRose, S.

Books: Title: An Advocate Persuades
Author: Joan Malmud Rocklin, Robert B. Rocklin, Christine Nero Coughlin, Sandy Patrick
ISBN: 9781531019105
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press LLC
Edition: 2nd
Copyright/Published Date: 2022
Required Material: Yes
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: First Assignment: Advocacy 2024
This assignment will take several hours to complete.
1) Sign up for your professor’s TWEN site, and check there for different or additional assignments.
2) Read An Advocate Persuades Second Edition, Chapters 1 (The Nature of Persuasion); 2 (The Ethical, Professional Advocate); 3.1 IV (Organizing a Single Legal Argument); 9.1 & .2 (Appellate Practice); Appendix A, I & II (A Litigation Overview); Appendix C, I, II & IIIA (Appellate Briefs)
3) Read Chapter VI, sections A through D, in Jerome A. Barron & Thomas C. Dienes, First Amendment Law in a Nutshell (6th ed. 2023) available on the Lawschool Westlaw site. Click on Westlaw Academic Study Aids (on the right side under Other Resources). Search by the title of the book. Click the “Browse Book” tab and then Expand All button.
You may also follow this link https://subscription-westacademic-com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/book/Preview?chapterUri=%2Fdata%2Fbooks%2F27987%2Fdocbook%2Fsection15.xml#_Toc113958410:~:text=CONSTITUTIONALIZING%20LIBEL%20LAW
4) Read Salem Media Grp., Inc. v. Awan, 301 A.3d 633, 638-56 (D.C. 2023).
5) Read the Joint Appendix posted on the RWA website, http://www.law.msu.edu/rwa. This document will be available starting Dec. 22, 2023.
6) Prepare, print, and bring to class the following:
1)
a list of parties,
2)
list of holding of district court,
3)
a list of issues for appeal,
4)
a list of issues not raised, conceded, or stipulated by the parties in the court below, and
5)
a detailed timeline of pertinent events and facts. For each fact, indicate the following
•
where you found it (page(s) and document(s) of the Joint Appendix) and
•
issue(s) for which it may be pertinent.
6)
Attend additional research instruction.
Lexis Training
Date: Friday, 1/12
Time: 3:30 – 4:10 p.m.
Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/98564445012
Passcode: 502716
Westlaw Training
Dates: Friday, 1/12
Time: 4:20 – 5:00 p.m.
Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/98593874503
Passcode: 589122
The webinars will be recorded, but attending in person is better for asking questions, etc. The presenters have been instructed not to cover defamation. You will receive a reminder email.
Optional: Read Anthony Lewis, Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment (Vintage Books 1992) (1991).

Details:

Advocacy ( - 530J) - LaRose, S.

Books: Title: An Advocate Persuades
Author: Joan Malmud Rocklin, Robert B. Rocklin, Christine Nero Coughlin, Sandy Patrick
ISBN: 9781531019105
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press LLC
Edition: 2nd
Copyright/Published Date: 2022
Required Material: Yes
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: First Assignment: Advocacy 2024
This assignment will take several hours to complete.
1) Sign up for your professor’s TWEN site, and check there for different or additional assignments.
2) Read An Advocate Persuades Second Edition, Chapters 1 (The Nature of Persuasion); 2 (The Ethical, Professional Advocate); 3.1 IV (Organizing a Single Legal Argument); 9.1 & .2 (Appellate Practice); Appendix A, I & II (A Litigation Overview); Appendix C, I, II & IIIA (Appellate Briefs)
3) Read Chapter VI, sections A through D, in Jerome A. Barron & Thomas C. Dienes, First Amendment Law in a Nutshell (6th ed. 2023) available on the Lawschool Westlaw site. Click on Westlaw Academic Study Aids (on the right side under Other Resources). Search by the title of the book. Click the “Browse Book” tab and then Expand All button.
You may also follow this link https://subscription-westacademic-com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/book/Preview?chapterUri=%2Fdata%2Fbooks%2F27987%2Fdocbook%2Fsection15.xml#_Toc113958410:~:text=CONSTITUTIONALIZING%20LIBEL%20LAW
4) Read Salem Media Grp., Inc. v. Awan, 301 A.3d 633, 638-56 (D.C. 2023).
5) Read the Joint Appendix posted on the RWA website, http://www.law.msu.edu/rwa. This document will be available starting Dec. 22, 2023.
6) Prepare, print, and bring to class the following:
1)
a list of parties,
2)
list of holding of district court,
3)
a list of issues for appeal,
4)
a list of issues not raised, conceded, or stipulated by the parties in the court below, and
5)
a detailed timeline of pertinent events and facts. For each fact, indicate the following
•
where you found it (page(s) and document(s) of the Joint Appendix) and
•
issue(s) for which it may be pertinent.
6)
Attend additional research instruction.
Lexis Training
Date: Friday, 1/12
Time: 3:30 – 4:10 p.m.
Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/98564445012
Passcode: 502716
Westlaw Training
Dates: Friday, 1/12
Time: 4:20 – 5:00 p.m.
Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/98593874503
Passcode: 589122
The webinars will be recorded, but attending in person is better for asking questions, etc. The presenters have been instructed not to cover defamation. You will receive a reminder email.
Optional: Read Anthony Lewis, Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment (Vintage Books 1992) (1991).

Details:

Advocacy ( - 530J) - Costello, N.

Advocacy ( - 530J) - Harokopus, M.

Books: Title: An Advocate Persuades
Author: Joan Malmud Rocklin, Robert B. Rocklin, Christine Nero Coughlin, Sandy Patrick
ISBN: 9781531019105
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press LLC
Edition: 2nd
Copyright/Published Date: 2022
Required Material: Yes
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: First Assignment: Advocacy 2024
This assignment will take a minimum of several hours.
1) Sign up for my TWEN site.
2) Complete the “About Me First Day Assignment” and post to TWEN.
3) Read An Advocate Persuades Second Edition, Chapters 1 (The Nature of Persuasion); 2 (The
Ethical, Professional Advocate); 3.1 IV (Organizing a Single Legal Argument); 9.1 & .2
(Appellate Practice); Appendix A, I & II (A Litigation Overview); Appendix C, I, II & IIIA
(Appellate Briefs)
4) Read Chapter VI, sections A through D, in Jerome A. Barron & Thomas C. Dienes, First
Amendment Law in a Nutshell (6th ed. 2023) available on the Law school Westlaw site. Click
on Westlaw Academic Study Aids (on the right side under Other Resources). Search by the title
of the book. Click the “Browse Book” tab and then Expand All button.
You may also follow this link https://subscription-westacademiccom.
proxy2.cl.msu.edu/book/Preview?chapterUri=%2Fdata%2Fbooks%2F27987%2Fdocbook%
2Fsection15.xml#_Toc113958410:~:text=CONSTITUTIONALIZING%20LIBEL%20LAW
5) Read Salem Media Grp., Inc. v. Awan, 301 A.3d 633, 638-56 (D.C. 2023).
6) Read the Joint Appendix posted on the RWA website, http://www.law.msu.edu/rwa. This
document will be available starting Dec. 22, 2023.
7) Read Justice Kavanaugh’s dissenting opinion in Bostock v. Clayton County (in the Week
One Module on TWEN). As you read Justice Kavanaugh’s dissent, try to identify the kinds
of legal arguments upon which he relies (i.e., ethos, pathos, and/or logos).
Have a copy of the case available during class, as we will be discussing it.
8) Prepare, print, and bring to class the following from the Joint Appendix:
1) a list of parties,
2) list of holding of district court,
3) a list of issues for appeal,
4) a list of issues conceded, stipulated, or not raised by the parties in the court below, and
5) a detailed timeline of pertinent events and facts. For each fact, indicate the following
• where you found it (page(s) and document(s) of the Joint Appendix) and
• issue(s) for which it may be pertinent.
9) Attend additional research instruction.
Lexis Training
Date: Friday, 1/12
Time: 3:30 – 4:10 p.m.
Zoom Link:
https://msu.zoom.us/j/98564445012
Passcode: 502716
Westlaw Training
Dates: Friday, 1/12
Time: 4:20 – 5:00 p.m.
Zoom Link:
https://msu.zoom.us/j/98593874503
Passcode: 589122
The webinars will be recorded, but attending in person is better for asking questions, etc. The
presenters have been instructed not to cover defamation. You will receive a reminder email.
Optional: Read Anthony Lewis, Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment (Vintage Books 1992) (1991).

Details:

Advocacy ( - 530J) - Harokopus, M.

Books: Title: An Advocate Persuades
Author: Joan Malmud Rocklin, Robert B. Rocklin, Christine Nero Coughlin, Sandy Patrick
ISBN: 9781531019105
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press LLC
Edition: 2nd
Copyright/Published Date: 2022
Required Material: Yes
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: First Assignment: Advocacy 2024
This assignment will take a minimum of several hours.
1) Sign up for my TWEN site.
2) Complete the “About Me First Day Assignment” and post to TWEN.
3) Read An Advocate Persuades Second Edition, Chapters 1 (The Nature of Persuasion); 2 (The
Ethical, Professional Advocate); 3.1 IV (Organizing a Single Legal Argument); 9.1 & .2
(Appellate Practice); Appendix A, I & II (A Litigation Overview); Appendix C, I, II & IIIA
(Appellate Briefs)
4) Read Chapter VI, sections A through D, in Jerome A. Barron & Thomas C. Dienes, First
Amendment Law in a Nutshell (6th ed. 2023) available on the Law school Westlaw site. Click
on Westlaw Academic Study Aids (on the right side under Other Resources). Search by the title
of the book. Click the “Browse Book” tab and then Expand All button.
You may also follow this link https://subscription-westacademiccom.
proxy2.cl.msu.edu/book/Preview?chapterUri=%2Fdata%2Fbooks%2F27987%2Fdocbook%
2Fsection15.xml#_Toc113958410:~:text=CONSTITUTIONALIZING%20LIBEL%20LAW
5) Read Salem Media Grp., Inc. v. Awan, 301 A.3d 633, 638-56 (D.C. 2023).
6) Read the Joint Appendix posted on the RWA website, http://www.law.msu.edu/rwa. This
document will be available starting Dec. 22, 2023.
7) Read Justice Kavanaugh’s dissenting opinion in Bostock v. Clayton County (in the Week
One Module on TWEN). As you read Justice Kavanaugh’s dissent, try to identify the kinds
of legal arguments upon which he relies (i.e., ethos, pathos, and/or logos).
Have a copy of the case available during class, as we will be discussing it.
8) Prepare, print, and bring to class the following from the Joint Appendix:
1) a list of parties,
2) list of holding of district court,
3) a list of issues for appeal,
4) a list of issues conceded, stipulated, or not raised by the parties in the court below, and
5) a detailed timeline of pertinent events and facts. For each fact, indicate the following
• where you found it (page(s) and document(s) of the Joint Appendix) and
• issue(s) for which it may be pertinent.
9) Attend additional research instruction.
Lexis Training
Date: Friday, 1/12
Time: 3:30 – 4:10 p.m.
Zoom Link:
https://msu.zoom.us/j/98564445012
Passcode: 502716
Westlaw Training
Dates: Friday, 1/12
Time: 4:20 – 5:00 p.m.
Zoom Link:
https://msu.zoom.us/j/98593874503
Passcode: 589122
The webinars will be recorded, but attending in person is better for asking questions, etc. The
presenters have been instructed not to cover defamation. You will receive a reminder email.
Optional: Read Anthony Lewis, Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment (Vintage Books 1992) (1991).

Details:

Advocacy ( - 530J) - Stokstad, P.

Books: Title: An Advocate Persuades
Author: Joan Malmud Rocklin, Robert B. Rocklin, Christine Nero Coughlin, Sandy Patrick
ISBN: 9781531019105
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press LLC
Edition: 2nd
Copyright/Published Date: 2022
Required Material: Yes
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: Prof. Stokstad
Advocacy
Spring 2024

First Assignment

Welcome to Advocacy! Please complete this assignment before our first class. It includes quite a lot of reading, so plan ahead.

1) Sign up for the course TWEN site.

2) Read An Advocate Persuades (Second Edition), Chapters 1 (The Nature of Persuasion); 2 (The Ethical, Professional Advocate); 3.1 IV (Organizing a Single Legal Argument); 9.1 & .2 (Appellate Practice); Appendix A, I & II (A Litigation Overview); Appendix C, I, II & IIIA (Appellate Briefs). Be sure you are reading the Second Edition, not the First Edition.

3) Read Chapter VI, sections A through D, in Jerome A. Barron & Thomas C. Dienes, First Amendment Law in a Nutshell (6th ed. 2023), which is available on the Lawschool Westlaw site. Click on Westlaw Academic Study Aids (on the right side under Other Resources). Search by the title of the book. Click the “Browse Book” tab and then Expand All button.
You may also follow this link https://subscription-westacademic-com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/book/Preview?chapterUri=%2Fdata%2Fbooks%2F27987%2Fdocbook%2Fsection15.xml#_Toc113958410:~:text=CONSTITUTIONALIZING%20LIBEL%20LAW

4) Read Salem Media Grp., Inc. v. Awan, 301 A.3d 633, 638-56 (D.C. 2023).

5) Read the Joint Appendix posted on the RWA website, http://www.law.msu.edu/rwa. This document will be available starting Dec. 22, 2023.

6) Prepare, print, and bring to class the following:
1) a list of parties,
2) a list of the holdings of the district court,
3) a list of issues for appeal,
4) a list of issues not raised, conceded, or stipulated by the parties in the court below, and
5) a detailed timeline of pertinent events and facts. For each fact, indicate the following
• where you found it (page(s) and document(s) of the Joint Appendix) and
• issue(s) for which it may be pertinent.

7) Attend additional research instruction.
Lexis Training
Date: Friday, 1/12
Time: 3:30 – 4:10 p.m.
Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/98564445012
Passcode: 502716 Westlaw Training
Dates: Friday, 1/12
Time: 4:20 – 5:00 p.m.
Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/98593874503
Passcode: 589122
The webinars will be recorded, but attending in person is better for asking questions, etc. The presenters have been instructed not to cover defamation. You will receive a reminder email.

Details:

Advocacy ( - 530J) - Stokstad, P.

Books: Title: An Advocate Persuades
Author: Joan Malmud Rocklin, Robert B. Rocklin, Christine Nero Coughlin, Sandy Patrick
ISBN: 9781531019105
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press LLC
Edition: 2nd
Copyright/Published Date: 2022
Required Material: Yes
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: Prof. Stokstad
Advocacy
Spring 2024

First Assignment

Welcome to Advocacy! Please complete this assignment before our first class. It includes quite a lot of reading, so plan ahead.

1) Sign up for the course TWEN site.

2) Read An Advocate Persuades (Second Edition), Chapters 1 (The Nature of Persuasion); 2 (The Ethical, Professional Advocate); 3.1 IV (Organizing a Single Legal Argument); 9.1 & .2 (Appellate Practice); Appendix A, I & II (A Litigation Overview); Appendix C, I, II & IIIA (Appellate Briefs). Be sure you are reading the Second Edition, not the First Edition.

3) Read Chapter VI, sections A through D, in Jerome A. Barron & Thomas C. Dienes, First Amendment Law in a Nutshell (6th ed. 2023), which is available on the Lawschool Westlaw site. Click on Westlaw Academic Study Aids (on the right side under Other Resources). Search by the title of the book. Click the “Browse Book” tab and then Expand All button.
You may also follow this link https://subscription-westacademic-com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/book/Preview?chapterUri=%2Fdata%2Fbooks%2F27987%2Fdocbook%2Fsection15.xml#_Toc113958410:~:text=CONSTITUTIONALIZING%20LIBEL%20LAW

4) Read Salem Media Grp., Inc. v. Awan, 301 A.3d 633, 638-56 (D.C. 2023).

5) Read the Joint Appendix posted on the RWA website, http://www.law.msu.edu/rwa. This document will be available starting Dec. 22, 2023.

6) Prepare, print, and bring to class the following:
1) a list of parties,
2) a list of the holdings of the district court,
3) a list of issues for appeal,
4) a list of issues not raised, conceded, or stipulated by the parties in the court below, and
5) a detailed timeline of pertinent events and facts. For each fact, indicate the following
• where you found it (page(s) and document(s) of the Joint Appendix) and
• issue(s) for which it may be pertinent.

7) Attend additional research instruction.
Lexis Training
Date: Friday, 1/12
Time: 3:30 – 4:10 p.m.
Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/98564445012
Passcode: 502716 Westlaw Training
Dates: Friday, 1/12
Time: 4:20 – 5:00 p.m.
Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/98593874503
Passcode: 589122
The webinars will be recorded, but attending in person is better for asking questions, etc. The presenters have been instructed not to cover defamation. You will receive a reminder email.

Details:

Advocacy ( - 530J) - Adside, C.

Advocacy ( - 530J) - Copland, J.

Advocacy ( - 530J) - Gentry, K.

Books: Title: An Advocate Persuades
Author: Joan Malmud Rocklin, Robert B. Rocklin, Christine Nero Coughlin, Sandy Patrick
ISBN: 9781531019105
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press LLC
Edition: 2nd
Copyright/Published Date: 2022
Required Material: Yes
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: First Assignment: Advocacy 2024
This assignment will take a minimum of several hours.

1) Sign up for your professor’s D2L site and check there for different or additional assignments.

2) Read An Advocate Persuades Second Edition, Chapters 1 (The Nature of Persuasion); 2 (The Ethical, Professional Advocate); 3.1 IV (Organizing a Single Legal Argument); 9.1 & .2 (Appellate Practice); Appendix A, I & II (A Litigation Overview); Appendix C, I, II & IIIA (Appellate Briefs)

3) Read Chapter VI, sections A through D, in Jerome A. Barron & Thomas C. Dienes, First Amendment Law in a Nutshell (6th ed. 2023) available on the Lawschool Westlaw site. Click on Westlaw Academic Study Aids (on the right side under Other Resources). Search by the title of the book. Click the “Browse Book” tab and then Expand All button.
You may also follow this link https://subscription-westacademic-com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/book/Preview?chapterUri=%2Fdata%2Fbooks%2F27987%2Fdocbook%2Fsection15.xml#_Toc113958410:~:text=CONSTITUTIONALIZING%20LIBEL%20LAW

4) Read Salem Media Grp., Inc. v. Awan, 301 A.3d 633, 638-56 (D.C. 2023).

5) Read the Joint Appendix posted on the RWA website, http://www.law.msu.edu/rwa. This document will be available starting Dec. 22, 2023.

6) Prepare, print, and bring to class the following:
1) a list of parties,
2) list of holding of district court,
3) a list of issues for appeal,
4) a list of issues not raised, conceded, or stipulated by the parties in the court below, and
5) a detailed timeline of pertinent events and facts. For each fact, indicate the following
• where you found it (page(s) and document(s) of the Joint Appendix) and
• issue(s) for which it may be pertinent.

7) Attend additional research instruction.
Lexis Training
Date: Friday, 1/12
Time: 3:30 – 4:10 p.m.
Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/98564445012
Passcode: 502716 Westlaw Training
Dates: Friday, 1/12
Time: 4:20 – 5:00 p.m.
Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/98593874503
Passcode: 589122
The webinars will be recorded, but attending in person is better for asking questions, etc. The presenters have been instructed not to cover defamation. You will receive a reminder email.
Optional: Read Anthony Lewis, Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment (Vintage Books 1992) (1991).

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Advocacy ( - 530J) - Spiliopoulos, E.

Books: Title: An Advocate Persuades
Author: Joan Malmud Rocklin, Robert B. Rocklin, Christine Nero Coughlin, Sandy Patrick
ISBN: 9781531019105
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press LLC
Edition: 2nd
Copyright/Published Date: 2022
Required Material: Yes
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: First Assignment
This assignment will take a minimum of several hours.
1) Sign up for my course page TWEN.
2) Read An Advocate Persuades Second Edition:
Chapter 1 (The Nature of Persuasion);
Chapter 2 (The Ethical, Professional Advocate);
Chapter 3.1 IV (Organizing a Single Legal Argument);
Chapter 9.1 & .2 (Appellate Practice);
Appendix A, I & II (A Litigation Overview); and
Appendix C, I, II & IIIA (Appellate Briefs)
3) Read Chapter VI, sections A through D, in Jerome A. Barron & Thomas C. Dienes, First
Amendment Law in a Nutshell (6th ed. 2023). Click on Westlaw Academic Study Aids (on the
right side under “Other Resources”). Search by the title of the book. Click the “Browse Book”
tab, then “Expand All.” Or go to https://subscription-westacademiccom.
proxy2.cl.msu.edu/book/Preview?chapterUri=%2Fdata%2Fbooks%2F27987%2Fdocbook%
2Fsection15.xml#_Toc113958410:~:text=CONSTITUTIONALIZING%20LIBEL%20LAW.
4) Read Salem Media Grp., Inc. v. Awan, 301 A.3d 633 (D.C. 2023).
5) Read the Joint Appendix, which will be available starting on December 22, 2023, at
http://www.law.msu.edu/rwa.
6) Before our first class, upload a document containing:
1) a list of parties
2) list of holding of district court
3) a list of issues for appeal
4) a list of issues not raised, conceded, or stipulated by the parties in the court below, and
5) a detailed timeline of pertinent events and facts. For each fact, indicate:
• where you found it (page(s) and document(s) of the Joint Appendix) and
• issue(s) for which it may be pertinent.
7) Attend additional research instruction.
Lexis Training
Date: Friday, January 12
Time: 3:30 – 4:10 p.m.
Zoom Link:
https://msu.zoom.us/j/98564445012
Passcode: 502716
Westlaw Training
Dates: Friday, January 12
Time: 4:20 – 5:00 p.m.
Zoom Link:
https://msu.zoom.us/j/98593874503
Passcode: 589122
The presenters have been instructed not to cover defamation. You will receive a reminder email.
Optional: Read Anthony Lewis, Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment
(Vintage Books 1992) (1991).

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Agricultural Law ( - 566N) - Deacon, B.

Books: Title: Food, Farming, and Sustainability: Readings in Agricultural Law
Author: Susan A. Schneider
ISBN: 9781611636390
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Edition: 2nd
Copyright/Published Date: 2016
Required Material: Yes
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: Class 1, January 10
Introduction; Legal History & Agricultural Law
Read: Chapter 1 of textbook, through page 42. Also read:
• Michigan’s Public Act 13 of 1921, Department of Agriculture, MCL 285.1 et seq.
• Skim: USDA’s Economic Research Service Farm Income and Costs: 2022 Farm Sector Income Forecast: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/farm-sector-income-finances/farm-sector-income-forecast/

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Analytical Methods for Lawyers-Microeconomics ( - 509A) - Mercuro, N.

Books: The READER (141pp.) for the course will be provided to you through my secretary’s office starting on
January 3rd.

Assignment: NOTE: There is a 141pp. looseleaf version of the READER for this course on reserve at the Law College library for your perusal.

Jan 9 ◘ Note: Course Rationale [was e-mailed to students]
A Brief Note on the Nexus between Economics and the Law p.1
Economics as a Social Science pp. 2-5 ... and ... the Language of Economics p. 6
Foundational Principles ∙ pp. 7-13
∙ Unlimited Wants, Scarce Resources and the Problem of Choice
∙ The Costs of Factors of Production [wages, interest, rents, & normal profit]
∙ Production Possibilities Frontier & Opportunity Costs

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Appellate Competition ( - 627Q) - Carter-Johnson, J.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment: First Assignments will be posted on the class D2L page no later than December 22, 2023.

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Appellate Competition ( - 627Q) - Copland, J.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment:

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Artificial Intelligence & Law ( - 537R) - Kennedy, D.

Books: Title: Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
Author: Melanie Mitchell
ISBN: 9780374715236
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Copyright/Published Date: 2019-10-15
Required Material: Yes
Used During: First Half
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: The assignment for the first class of Artificial Intelligence and the Law is:

Amy Edmondson, TED Talk on Psychological Safety - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhoLuui9gX8
Simon Sinek, The Truth about Being the "Stupidest" in the Room - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkLzo_oNVho
Melanie Mitchell, Artificial Intelligence, A Guide for Thinking Humans – Prologue and Chapter 1
“The Current State of Generative AI in Legal,” The Kennedy-Mighell Report Podcast - https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/kennedy-mighell-report/2023/07/the-current-state-of-generative-ai-in-legal/
Handout from “Ethical Implications of Generative AI for the Michigan Lawyer” Presentation, https://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/2023/12/handout-from-ethical-implications-of-generative-ai-for-the-michigan-lawyer-presentation/

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Bankruptcy ( - 506A) - Bullock, C.

Books: Title: The Law of Debtors and Creditors: Text, Cases, and Problems
Author: Elizabeth Warren, Jay Lawrence Westbrook, Katherine Porter, John A. E. Pottow
ISBN: 9781454893516
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Edition: 8th Edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2021/2020
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Other Materials: Supplement to be discussed during first class.

Assignment: Class 1 – January 9, 2024

Introduction

Class 2 – January 11, 2024

Overview of United States Bankruptcy Code and Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure

Read pp. 3-46

Review §§ 101 and 109

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Bar Exam Success Fundamentals ( - 604) - Pritchard, G.

Books: Other Materials: There is no required book but the professor recommends students have a 1L subject outline from a bar review vendor to supplement provided materials. All course materials will be available on the professor’s D2L site.
Required Material: No
Used During: Both
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: No

Assignment:

Understanding the UBE (PDF)

MPT Skills Tested (PDF)

Instructions for Taking the MPT (PDF)

Skim and be familiar with – July 2015 MPTs and Point Sheets (PDF)

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Basic Will Drafting ( - 540A) - Behan, M.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment: There is no first assignment.

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Bioethics and the Law ( - 558A) - Carter-Johnson, J.

Books: Title: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Author: Rebecca Skloot
ISBN: 9781400052189
Publisher: Crown
Copyright/Published Date: 2011-03-08
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: Any version - hardback, digital or audiobook is fine

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is also available electronically through the library catalog. https://catalog.lib.msu.edu/Record/hlm.ebs2749189e

Also, we have a DVD of the movie on reserve in the library.

Assignment: The first assignment and syllabus will be on D2L.

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Business Enterprises ( - 500M) - Wilks, S.

Books: Title: Corporations and Other Business Associations: Cases and Materials [Connected eBook with Study Center]
Author: Charles R.T. O'Kelley, Robert B. Thompson
ISBN: 9781543825923
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Edition: 9
Copyright/Published Date: 2021-11-01
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Title: Corporations and Other Business Associations: Selected Statutes, Rules, and Forms, 2023
Author: Charles R. T. O'Kelley, Robert B Thompson, Dorothy S Lund
ISBN: 9798889062301
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Binding: Paperback
Copyright/Published Date: 2023-07-10
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: 1. Introductory Remarks - Agency: Actual, Apparent or Inherent Authority? Text: pp20-36

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Business Ethics and the Law ( - 593K) - Douglas, K.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment: description (PDF)
description (PDF)
description (PDF)

The assigned readings are also available on D2L.

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Campaign Finance & Regulation ( - 580A) - Fracassi, A.

Books: Title: The Law of Democracy: Legal Structure of the Political Process
Author: Samuel Issacharoff, Pamela S. Karlan, Richard H. Pildes, Nathaniel Persily
ISBN: 9781684677900
Publisher: West Academic
Edition: 6th
Copyright/Published Date: 2022
Required Material: No
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: No

Assignment: My first assignment is to read the following: Buckley v. Valeo (MS Word)

The textbook is optional, but it's 761-795 in the textbook (if purchased).

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Capital Punishment ( - 579Y) - Grosso, C.

Books: Other Materials: Capital Punishment Course Pack (provided to students on D2L)
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: No

Other Materials: Each student will also need to purchase one of three books. They will have a choice. We will discuss this on the first day of class. There is no need for advanced purchase.
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: No

Assignment: Capital Punishment Law
Website: Death Penalty Information Center. The Death Penalty in 2023: Year End Report

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Chance at Childhood Clinic I ( - 631F) - Kozakiewicz, J.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment:

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Chance at Childhood Clinic II ( - 631G) - Kozakiewicz, J.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment:

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Client Counseling and Interviewing ( - 591A) - Winegarden, J.

Books: Title: Pretrial Litigation in a Nutshell
Author: R. Lawrence Dessem
ISBN: 9781684677443
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Edition: 7th
Copyright/Published Date: 2020
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No

Pretrial Litigation in a Nutshell by Dessem is also available via the West Academic Study Aids.

https://subscription-westacademic-com.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/Book/Detail?id=26721&q=Pretrial%20Litigation%20in%20a%20Nutshell&goBackUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fsubscription-westacademic-com.proxy1.cl.msu.edu%2Fsearch%3Fq%3DPretrial%2BLitigation%2Bin%2Ba%2BNutshell

Assignment: Pages 1 through 50 Of the Text Pretrial Litigation In A Nutshell Dessem 7th edition

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Constitutional Law and the Regulatory State ( - 530S) - Morag-Levine, N.

Books: Title: Constitutional Law & Regulatory State Custom 6th edition
Author: Erwin Chemerinsky, Lisa Schultz Bressman, Edward L. Rubin
ISBN: 9798892072809
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Edition: 6th
Copyright/Published Date: beginning of the semester
Required Material: Yes
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Required Material: Yes
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: First assignments 2024
Morag-Levine
CLRS
First class: pp. 1-10. The Authority for Judicial Review.
Second Class: pp.10-28. Limits on the Federal Judicial Power. Standing.
Because the book will likely not be available until the first week of the semester, I will be posting the readings for that week on D2L.

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Constitutional Law and the Regulatory State ( - 530S) - Sant'Ambrogio, M.

Constitutional Law and the Regulatory State ( - 530S) - Pucillo, P.

Books: Title: Constitutional Law & Regulatory State Custom 6th Edition
Author: Erwin Chemerinsky, Lisa Schultz Bressman, Edward L. Rubin
ISBN: 9798892072809
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Edition: 6th
Copyright/Published Date:
Required Material: Yes
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: In preparation for our first class (on Tuesday, January 9), please:
(1) review the course syllabus (posted to D2L);
(2) review the following provisions of the U.S. Constitution (edited versions of these provisions are posted to D2L);
• Art. I, §§ 1-3
• Art. II, §§ 1-2
• Art. III, §§ 1-2
• Art. I, § 8

and

(3) review—and be prepared to discuss—the following material in CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND THE REGULATORY STATE (6th custom ed.) (ISBN: 978 1543856125):
• pp. 1-10 (up to Section B on p. 10)
and
• pp. 50-51 (up to Section I of Chief Justice Roberts’s opinion in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius)

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Constitutional Law II ( - 500N) - Bitensky, S.

Books: Title: Constitutional Law, Cases and Materials
Author: Jonathan Varat, Vikram Amar, Evan Caminker
ISBN: 9781647083618
Publisher: Foundation Press
Copyright/Published Date: 2021-06-11
Required Material: Yes

Title: Constitutional Law, Cases and Materials, 16th, 2023 Supplement
Author: Jonathan Varat, Vikram Amar, Evan Caminker
ISBN: 9798887860299
Publisher: Foundation Press
Copyright/Published Date: 2023-08-21
Required Material: Yes
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: Class of Jan. 9:

Assignment: Casebook pp. 441-456 (up to McDonald), 458-466 (up to Duncan).

Subjects covered: Against which governmental entities may the Bill of Rights be enforced? Cases of historic significance: Barron (only against the federal government); Slaughter-House (among other things, privileges or immunities clause has no real substantive content, those rights protected by the clause do not include the Bill of Rights); Palko & Adamson (development of incorporation doctrine).

Class of Jan. 11:

Assignment: Casebook pp. 466-474 (up to McDonald), 495-497, 499-509 (up to Nebbia), 511-513.

Subjects covered: Against which governmental entities may the Bill of Rights be enforced (continued)? Cases of modern significance: Duncan (selective incorporation, jot-for-jot, those rights fundamental to American scheme of justice); Winship (incorporation of unenumerated rights).

What is economic substantive due process and how did the doctrine begin? Cases of historic significance: Allgeyer (the doctrine begins: court strikes down state legislation as violating a substantive right, in the due process clause, to contract); Lochner (further development of the doctrine: substantive liberty rights to contract or own property, scrutiny of legislative ends and of means-ends relationship, reasonableness standard as de facto strict scrutiny).

Economic substantive due process falls out of favor and Lochner era ends: case of modern significance: Carolene (double standard of review evolves: where claim is that legislation violates liberty to contract, courts should use deferential rational relationship standard; where claim is that legislation violates fundamental constitutional right, a stricter standard of review applies; under rational relationship standard, a legitimate end may be hypothesized).

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Constitutional Law II ( - 500N) - Thronson, D.

Books: Title: Constitutional Law: [Connected EBook with Study Center]
Author: Geoffrey R. Stone, Louis Michael Seidman, Cass R. Sunstein, Mark V. Tushnet, Pamela S. Karlan, Aziz Huq, Leah M. Litman
ISBN: 9781543838510
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Edition: 9th
Copyright/Published Date: 2023-02-16
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment:

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Constitutional Litigation ( - 579X) - Pucillo, P.

Books: Title: Constitutional Torts
Author: Sheldon H. Nahmod, Michael L. Wells, Thomas A. Eaton, Fred Smith, Jr.
ISBN: 9781632815507
Publisher: LexisNexis/Carolina Academic Press
Edition: 4th edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2015
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: The professor is requiring the 4th edition; please do not purchase the 5th.

Assignment: In preparation for our first class (on Monday, January 8), please:

(1) review the course syllabus (posted to D2L);
(2) review the following provisions of law (edited versions of these provisions are posted to D2L);
• U.S. Constitution, Amendment XIV (Sections 1 and 5)
• 42 U.S.C. § 1983
• 18 U.S.C. § 242
and
(3) review—and be prepared to discuss—pp. 1-18 of Sheldon H. Nahmod., et al., CONSTITUTIONAL TORTS (4th ed., LexisNexis 2015) (our required casebook for the semester).

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Contract Drafting ( - 594A) - Hude, K.

Books: Title: Drafting Contracts
Author: Tina L. Stark
ISBN: 9780735594777
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Edition: Second Edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2014
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No

Assignment: NO first assignment

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Contract Drafting ( - 594A) - Lawrence, D.

Books: Title: Drafting Contracts: How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do
Author: Tina L. Stark
ISBN: 9780735594777
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Edition: Second Edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2014
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: Contract Drafting (594A – 301)
Spring 2024
Prof. Deanne A. Lawrence
Welcome to Contract Drafting!
Required Text - Tina Stark, Drafting Contracts: How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do (2nd ed. 2014). Note – Be sure to buy the second edition.
First Assignment
Before our first class, do the following:
1) Sign up for my TWEN site. I will use TWEN for the course.
2) Read and be prepared to discuss the following chapters from Drafting Contracts. Note: The first five chapters are available on TWEN (Course Materials).
Chapter 1 – A Few Words
Chapter 2 – The Building Blocks of Contracts
Chapter 3 – Translating the Business Deal – Part 1
Chapter 4 – Translating the Business Deal – Part 2
Chapter 5 – A Contract’s Parts
3) Complete Exercise 5-2. You’ll find the exercise at the end of Chapter 5.
Before our first class, type your answers, post a copy to TWEN, and have a copy available during class.
The goal of this exercise is to introduce you to the contract concepts.
Tips: During the semester, you will be completing weekly drafting assignments, which we will then discuss in class. Think about how best to organize these assignments. For example, if you have easy access to a printer, you could print each assignment and place in a binder devoted to this class. Alternatively, create an electronic folder for the assignments that you can access quickly during class.
Name each document as follows: [Your last name] – [Exercise number.docx]
Example: Smith – Exercise 31-1.docx

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Copyright Law ( - 533B) - Jurgensen, A.

Books: Title: Copyright in a Global Information Economy
Author: Julie E. Cohen, Lydia Pallas Loren, Ruth L. Okediji, Maureen A. O'Rourke
ISBN: 9781454852018
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer (Aspen Casebook Series)
Edition: Fourth
Copyright/Published Date: 2015
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: The reading for my first class is Casebook: pp. 3-35, [skim pp. 35-46].

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Criminal Law ( - 500F) - Candeub, A.

Books: Title: Criminal Law: Doctrine, Application, and Practice, Third Edition
Author: Ohlin
ISBN: 9781543844825 [LIBRARY see Comments]
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Edition: Third Edition WITH CONNECTED QUIZZING
Copyright/Published Date: January 1, 2022
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: Yes
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: This version comes with Connected Quizzing. ***FOR THE LIBRARY ONLY: Order the version without the Connected Quizzing, but you should already have this (ISBN 9781543835120)

Assignment: Please read the doc at this link: THE QUEEN v. DUDLEY AND STEPHENS excerpts (PDF)

AND

Answer questions on the doc at this page:
First Class Questions (PDF)

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Criminal Law ( - 500F) - O'Brien, B.

Books: Title: Dressler and Garvey's Criminal Law: Cases and Materials
Author: Joshua Dressler, Stephen Garvey
ISBN: 9781636596891
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Edition: 9th edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2022-03-22
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: 1-19; Model Penal Code (MPC) § 1.02 (Appendix) in Joshua Dressler & Steven Garvey, Cases and Materials on Criminal Law (9th ed. 2022)

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Criminal Law ( - 500F) - Bronsther, J.

Books: Title: Criminal Law, Cases and Materials
Author: Cynthia Lee, Angela Harris
ISBN: 9781683284062
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Edition: 4th
Copyright/Published Date: 2018-12-10
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: Please read pages 1–6, 38–40, and 953–54 in the textbook.

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Criminal Procedure: Investigation ( - 616B) - Grosso, C.

Books: Title: Criminal Procedure: Investigation [Connected EBook with Study Center]
Author: Erwin Chemerinsky, Laurie L. Levenson
ISBN: 9781543846072
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Copyright/Published Date: 2022-01-31
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: Students are responsible for material in the Fourth Edition. They may use an earlier edition as long as they review the current table of contents and make adjustments.

Assignment: Criminal Procedure: Investigation
Casebook pages 1-30

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Criminal Trial Advocacy Post-Conviction Remedies ( - 617C) - Scullion, M.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment: No first assignment.

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Delivering Legal Services: New Legal Landscape ( - 537Q) - Smathers, A.

Books: Title: Law Is a Buyer's Market: Building A Client-First Law Firm
Author: Jordan Furlong
ISBN: ASIN: B06XPXZY1N
Publisher: Law21 Press
Edition: Kindle Edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2017
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: You may be able to find it in print or pdf. The Kindle version is available at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Law-Buyers-Market-Building-Client-First-ebook/dp/B06XPXZY1N/.

Assignment: 1. Delivering Legal Services Pre-Class Questionnaire: available at https://forms.office.com/r/AhfS9d1wF3
2. Jordan Furlong, Law Is a Buyer’s Market: Introduction-Chapter 1: The End of the Seller’s Market in Law (pp. ix-15)
3. 2023 ABA Profile of the Profession - https://www.abalegalprofile.com/;
full PDF available at https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/news/2023/potlp-2023.pdf - skim/read sections that interest you
4. Amy Edmondson, TEDx Talk on Psychological Safety
(12 min video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhoLuui9gX8

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E-Discovery ( - 537D) - Yelton, J.

Books: Other Materials: Craig Ball, "Electronic Evidence Workbook 2023", Spring 2023, Version 23.0407, FREE downloadable electronic version available here: http://www.craigball.com/Ball_Workbook_latest.pdf.
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: No
Comments: Will be posted on D2L

Other Materials: Other materials will be posted on the course's D2L page.
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: No

Assignment: WEEK 1: Overview of E-Discovery
• Reading Assignment:
o DR Distributors, LLC v. 21 Century Smoking, Inc., 513 FSupp3d 839 (N.D. Ill 2021)
o The DR Distributors Opinion is approximately 200 pages in length. Please read the first half of the Opinion before our first class period and the rest of the Opinion before our second class period.
• What is E-Discovery?
o Federal and Michigan Discovery Court Rules
o Ethical Obligations per ABA Model Rules
o EDRM Model: https://edrm.net/edrm-model/current/
• Why should I study E-Discovery?
• Careers in E-Discovery

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Elder Law ( - 541C) - Simasko, P.

Books: Title: Advising Clients on Elder and Disability Law, Fifth Edition
Author: Edited by Lauretta K. Murphy and Alison E. Hirschel
Publisher: ICLE (Institute of Continuing Legal Education)
Edition: Fifth Edition - Print version
Copyright/Published Date: Current to 07/01/23
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: PRINT VERSION:1288 pages, 2-volume, 7x10 paperback. Includes a download of drafted forms. Current to 07/01/23. Next update August 2024. Subscription service available. YOU MAY NOT NEED TO PURCHASE THE PRINT VERSION OF THIS BOOK. Students will be given FREE access to the e-version of this book.

Assignment: The first week’s homework assignment is read Chapter 2, Advising clients on Elder and Disability Law ICLE book

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Environmental Justice ( - 566S) - Singel, W.

Books: Title: Environmental Justice: Law, Policy, and Regulation
Author: Clifford Villa, Nadia Batool Ahmad, Rebecca M. Bratspies, Roger Lin, Clifford Rechtschaffen, Eileen P. Gauna, Catherine A. O'Neill
ISBN: 9781531012380
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press LLC
Copyright/Published Date: 2020
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No

Assignment:

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Equitable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic I ( - 631V) - Choike, A.

Books: Title: Feminist Judgments: Corporate Law Rewritten
Author: Anne Choike, Usha R. Rodrigues, Kelli Alces Williams
ISBN: 9781009015295
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Copyright/Published Date: 2023
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Title: Lawyers, Clients and Narrative
Author: Carolyn Grose, Margaret E. Johnson
ISBN: 9781531003845
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Copyright/Published Date: 2017
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Title: The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Author: Mark Edward Herrmann
ISBN: 9781641054331
Publisher: American Bar Association
Edition: 2nd edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2020-06-07
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Other Materials: Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct
Required Material: No
Used During: Both
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: No
Comments: Professor Choike will provide a combed-bound copy of the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct to students free of charge

Assignment: Equitable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic First Assignment

Please visit Slack #announcements channel
for Welcome Letter summarizing the First Assignments due.

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Equitable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic II ( - 631W) - Choike, A.

Books: Title: Lawyers as Leaders
Author: Deborah L. Rhode
ISBN: 9780199896226
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edition: First edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2013-11
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Title: Feminist Judgments: Corporate Law Rewritten
Author: Anne Choike, Usha R. Rodrigues, Kelli Alces Williams
ISBN: 9781009015295
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Copyright/Published Date: 2023
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Title: Lawyers, Clients and Narrative
Author: Carolyn Grose, Margaret E. Johnson
ISBN: 9781531003845
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Copyright/Published Date: 2017
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Title: The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Author: Mark Edward Herrmann
ISBN: 9781641054331
Publisher: American Bar Association
Copyright/Published Date: 2020-06-07
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Other Materials: Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct
Required Material: No
Used During: Both
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: No
Comments: Professor Choike will provide a combed-bound copy of the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct to students free of charge

Assignment: Equitable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic First Assignment

Please visit Slack #announcements channel
for Welcome Letter summarizing the First Assignments due.

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Evidence ( - 500P) - Pucillo, P.

Books: Title: Evidence
Author: George Fisher
ISBN: 9781609300609
Publisher: Foundation Press
Edition: 3rd edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2013
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: LIBRARY ONLY: Professor requires the third, NOT the fourth, edition.

Assignment: In preparation for our first class on Tuesday, January 9, please:

(1) review the course syllabus (posted to our D2L page);
(2) review the material on pp. 1-6 (up to the section on “Tanner v. United States: Historical Prelude”) of George Fisher, EVIDENCE (3d ed., Foundation Press 2013) (ISBN 13 978-1609300609), which is our required book for the semester;
and
(3) review—and be prepared to discuss—Rules 103(a), 401, and 402 of the Federal Rules of Evidence (along with the applicable Advisory Committee notes and other drafting history).

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Food Regulation in Canada ( - 810C) - Deangelo, K.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment:

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

Books: None required for purchase, readings assigned from a book available here: An Introduction to the Legal System of the United States, Fourth Edition

Assignment: 1/10
1: Law Basics
Introduction to the Course; What to Expect in a Law
Program

Textbook Readings: Farnsworth Chapter 1
In-Class Readings; Washington’s Farewell
Address

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FSMA Preventive Controls Rule ( - 810W) - Haskell, S.

Books: Title: FSMA and Food Safety Systems: Understanding and Implementing the Rules
Author: Jeffrey T. Barach
ISBN: 9781119258070
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Copyright/Published Date: 2017-01-24
Required Material: Yes
Used During: First Half
Previous Edition OK: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

FSMA and Food Safety Systems by Barach is available electronically through the library catalog.

https://catalog.lib.msu.edu/Record/hlm.ebs11853535e

Assignment:

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Global Food Laws: Role of the International Agencies ( - 811G) - Hegarty, P.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment:

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Government Relations and Lobbying Law ( - 551D) - Clement, E., Swartzle, B.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment: Readings: US Const, Amend 1; Mich Const 1963, Articles 1 & 4; The Federalist Nos. 1 & 45; Jeffrey S. Sutton, Who Decides? States as Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation (Oxford Univ. Press 2022), pp 1-11 (Introduction), 367-373(Epilogue).

Link(s) to certain readings will be provided in the syllabus that will be posted soon on D2L.

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Healthcare Compliance ( - 558W) - Hackett, L.

Books: All readings will be linked or made available through D2L.

Assignment:

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Higher Education Law & Policy ( - 580D) - Johnson, H.

Books: Title: The Law of Higher Education: Student Version
Author: William A. Kaplin, Barbara A. Lee, Neal H. Hutchens, Jacob H. Rooksby
ISBN: 9781119271918
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Edition: 6th edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2020-03-17
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: Alternatively, you may select the electronic version.

Assignment: First assignment:
Please see the class D2L page for details about the first assignment and how to access the course text book for no additional cost.

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Housing Law and the Public Interest ( - 603B) - Abramson, J.

Books: Title: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Author: Matthew Desmond
ISBN: 9780553447453
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Copyright/Published Date: 2017-02-28
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: Yes
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Desmond is also available electronically through the library’s catalog.

https://catalog.lib.msu.edu/Record/hlm.ebs12439548e

Title: The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Author: Richard Rothstein
ISBN: 9781631494536
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Copyright/Published Date: 2018-05-01
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: Yes
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No

Assignment: For our first class, I will not expect you to have done any reading but please give some thought to what you consider to be the difference between a "house" and a "home."
You might want to get a head start on the readings in Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law (chapters 1 and 2).

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Housing Law Clinic I ( - 630V) - Godfrey, N.

Books: No books required for this course.

Assignment: Professor Godfrey will email students directly about the first assignment.

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Housing Law Clinic II ( - 630W) - Godfrey, N.

Books: No books required for this course.

Assignment: Professor Godfrey will email students directly about the first assignment.

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Immigration Law ( - 541G) - Thronson, D.

Books: Title: Immigration and Nationality Laws of the United States: Selected Statutes, Regulations and Forms 2022
Author: T. Aleinikoff, David Martin, Hiroshi Motomura, Maryellen Fullerton, Juliet Stumpf, Pratheepan Gulasekaram
ISBN: 9781636598901
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Edition: 2022 Edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2022-08-19
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: No

Title: Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy
Author: Stephen Legomsky, David Thronson
ISBN: 9781640207349
Publisher: Foundation Press
Edition: 7th
Copyright/Published Date: 2018-12-11
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: No
Other Materials: 2023 SUPPLEMENT TO THE SEVENTH EDITION OF IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE LAW AND POLICY will be distributed free in PDF format

Assignment:

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Immigration Law Clinic I ( - 630R) - Nelson, M.

Books: No books required for this class.

Assignment: Fri., Jan 5th
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Orientation, Room 324
Thu., Jan 11th
Humanitarian Relief – Asylum, Withholding, and Convention Against Torture (CAT)
Readings:
• Practice Advisory – Intro to Asylum Law and Proceedings
• Urbina-Mejia v. Holder, 597 F.3d 360 (6th Cir. 2010)
• Matter of M-E-V-G-, 26 I. & N. Dec. 227 (BIA 2014)

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Immigration Law Clinic II ( - 630S) - Nelson, M.

Books: No books required.

Assignment: Fri., Jan 5th
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Orientation, Room 324
Thu., Jan 11th
Humanitarian Relief – Asylum, Withholding, and Convention Against Torture (CAT)
Readings:
• Practice Advisory – Intro to Asylum Law and Proceedings
• Urbina-Mejia v. Holder, 597 F.3d 360 (6th Cir. 2010)
• Matter of M-E-V-G-, 26 I. & N. Dec. 227 (BIA 2014)

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Indian Law Clinic I ( - 631J) - Fort, K.

Books: Title: American Indian Tribal Law
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
ISBN: 9781543813647
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Copyright/Published Date: 2020-02-02
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No

Assignment: Reading: AITL pp. 1-106
Tribal Governments; Tribal Justice Systems
Introductions and Discussion of Projects

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Indian Law Clinic II ( - 631K) - Fort, K.

Intellectual Property Practicum ( - 535F) - Murshak, M.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment:

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Intellectual Property Survey ( - 535D) - Luchsinger, B.

Books: Title: Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age 2023: Vol. I Perspectives, Trade Secrets and Patents
Author: Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley, Robert P. Merges, Shyamkrishna Balganesh
ISBN: 9781945555244
Copyright/Published Date: 2023-07-15
Required Material: Yes
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Title: Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age 2023: Vol. II Copyrights, Trademarks and State IP Protections
Author: Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley, Robert P. Merges, Shyamkrishna Balganesh
ISBN: 9781945555251
Copyright/Published Date: 2023-07-15
Required Material: Yes
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: Class
Session Reading Assignment Topic

1 pp. 33-40 (Merges, Vol. I) Overview of IP
(Jan. 10) pp. 49-65 (Merges, Vol. I) Trade secrets
pp. 67-71 (Merges, Vol. I)

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International Environmental Law ( - 548E) - Favre, D.

Books: Title: International Environmental Law and Policy
Author: David Hunter, James Salzman, Durwood Zaelke
ISBN: 9781640208780
Publisher: Foundation Press
Edition: 6th edition
Binding: hard copy
Copyright/Published Date: 2021-12-29
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: No

Assignment: For International Environmental Law
In D2L for course, under “Introduction”:
- Article “4 Degrees” – Introduction only
- Article “Plastics and Climate”
- Article “Hunger Virus Multiples” (pages 4-8)

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International Food Laws and Regulations ( - 810D) - Fortin, N.

Books: Title: Advanced Introduction to International Food Law
Author: Neal D. Fortin
ISBN: 9781802208283
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Edition: 1st
Copyright/Published Date: 2023
Required Material: No
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: All required readings will be provided as PDFs on the course D2L site or via URLs.

Assignment:

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International Food Standards — WHO and FAO ( - 810F) - Fortin, N.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment:

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International Human Rights ( - 548F) - Bitensky, S.

Books: Book #1:
Title: International Human Rights: Law, Policy, and Process
Author: DAVID. WEISSBRODT, Jena Martin, Frank C. Newman
ISBN: 9781531017682
Copyright/Published Date: 2021-08-09
Required Material: Yes
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Book (EBOOK) #2:

Title: International Human Rights Document Supplement - EBOOK
Author: David Weissbrodt, Fionnuala Ni Aolain, Frank C. Newman, Joan Fitzpatrick
ISBN: eISBN 9780327178477
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press (CAP)
Edition: Fourth Edition, ebook
Copyright/Published Date: 2009
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: This book is no longer in print, but is still available via ebook. You may purchase this ebook directly from the publisher: https://cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781422411742/International-Human-Rights-Document-Supplement-Fourth-Edition#. Alternatively, you may purchase a used hard copy version.

Assignment: Class of Jan. 11:

In textbook, read pp. 10-18, 23; in doc supplement, read U.N. Charter art. 103; VCLT arts. 31-32; from D2L, review Int’l Law-Making on a Global Scale, Int’l Law-Making on a Regional Scale, What Is the Difference Between IHRL & IHL?

[subjects included: origins & history of IHRL; positive, negative & collective human rts.; soft & hard IHRL; enforcement obstacles; VCLT & treaty interpretation]

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International Sale of Goods ( - 548G) - Reifenberg, Jr., J.

Books: Title: International Sales Law: A Problem-oriented Coursebook
Author: John A. Spanogle, Peter Winship
ISBN: 9780314152787
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Copyright/Published Date: 2012
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: Read pp. 1-42 in the casebook, with special attention to the Questions and Comments Section on pages 39-42.

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Labor and Employment Law ( - 511E) - Bedikian, M.

Books: Title: Cases and Materials on Employment Law, the Field As Practiced
Author: SAMUEL. HARPER ESTREICHER (MICHAEL C.. FASMAN, ZACHARY DEAN.), Michael Harper, Zachary Fasman
ISBN: 9781647083724
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Edition: 6th edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2022-10-10
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment:  ESTREICHER, HARPER AND TIPPETT: Introduction and Chapter 1, Pgs. 1–8 and Pgs. 9–38

Topics for Class Discussion

 Introduction to Course
 Defining Employee and Employer Status
 Employees or Independent Contractors
 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Darden
 Secretary of Labor v. Lauritzen
 Restatement of Employment Law § 1.01
 Notes and Questions
 Note: Volunteers and Interns
 Joint Employers
 Zheng v. Liberty Apparel Company, Inc.
 Restatement of Employment Law § 1.04
 Notes and Questions

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Land Use Planning ( - 566B) - Hedrick, C., Patterson, C.

Books: Title: Land Use Planning and Development Regulation Law
Author: JULIAN CONRAD. SALKIN JUERGENSMEYER (PATRICIA E.. ROWBERRY, RYAN MAX.), Patricia Salkin, Ryan Rowberry
ISBN: 9781636593173
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Edition: 5th
Copyright/Published Date: 2023-06-14
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: An electronic version of the 5th edition is also available for FREE through the West Academic Study Aids. https://subscription-westacademic-com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/Book/Detail?id=28172&q=%20Juergensmeyer%20land%20use&goBackUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fsubscription-westacademic-com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu%2Fsearch%3Fq%3D%2BJuergensmeyer%2Bland%2Buse

Assignment: • Week 01: (Thursday, January 11th)
o Introduction; foundations of an individual’s rights to property J&R, Chapter 1; James Madison, Property, reprinted in Marvin Meyers (ed.), The Mind of the Founder: Sources of the Political Thought of James Madison, (1981) .
o Nuisance J&R, Chapter 14, In re Jacobs, Gilbert, Hadacheck

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Law and Interpretation ( - 579R) - Ravitch, F.

Books: No books required for this class.

Assignment: My first assignment is read: Lawrence v. Texas and Lucy v. Zehmer on D2L page.

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Law and the Family in the Digital Age ( - 540F) - Choudhury, C.

Books: Title: Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
Author: Sherry Turkle
ISBN: 9780465093656
Publisher: Basic Books
Copyright/Published Date: 2017-09-05
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Title: Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor
Author: Virginia Eubanks
ISBN: 9781250215789
Publisher: Picador
Copyright/Published Date: 2019-08-06
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment:

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Law Externship Seminar ( - 625D) - Liggins, J.

Books: Title: Learning from Practice
Author: Leah Wortham, Susan Brooks, Nancy Maurer, Alexander Sherr
ISBN: 9781634596183
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Edition: 3rd Edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2016
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment:

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Law Externship Seminar ( - 625D) - Wease, C.

Legislation ( - 579P) - Staszewski, G.

Books: Title: Cases and Materials on Statutory Interpretation
Author: William N. Eskridge (Jr.), Philip P. Frickey, Elizabeth Garrett
ISBN: 9780314278180
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Copyright/Published Date: 2012
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No

Assignment: Please read pages 1-24 of the casebook (An Introduction to Statutes and the Story of the Civil Rights Act of 1964).

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Local Government Policy Lab ( - 537Y) - Rosenbaum, D.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment: For January 8th, please review the “Guidance Documents,” which will be posted to D2L around January 1st. In reviewing them, questions to keep in mind are: (1) Which projects appeal to you? And (2) what initial questions or points of clarification do you have about them?

For January 10th and 17th, please read the following cases from the Supplementary Course Packet, which has been posted to D2L: pp. 3-9 (Bible Believers), pp. 10-11 (City of New York), pp. 12-13 (Newcomb), pp. 14-17 (Finkelstein), pp. 18-20 (Montaquila), pp. 21-25 (Childress).

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Media Law ( - 534A) - Costello, N.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment:

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Mediation Advocacy ( - 587D) - Ram, H.

Books: Many of the supplementary books are available for free through West Academic Study Aids.

Title: Negotiation Simplified: A Framework and Process for Understanding and Improving Negotiating Results
Author: Jim Reiman
ISBN: 9781645439578
Copyright/Published Date: 2022-02
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Title: Dispute Resolution and Lawyers, a Contemporary Approach
Author: Leonard L. Riskin, James E. Westbrook, Chris Guthrie, Richard C. Reuben, Jennifer K. Robbennolt, Nancy A. Welsh, Art Hinshaw
ISBN: 9781634603140
Copyright/Published Date: 2019
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Title: Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Author: Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, Bruce Patton
ISBN: 9781101539545
Publisher: Penguin
Copyright/Published Date: 2011-05-03
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Title: Mediation: Principles and Practice
Author: Kimberlee K. Kovach
Publisher: West Publishing Company
Copyright/Published Date: 2000
Required Material: No
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: This is a recommended reading supplement.

Title: Principles of Alternative Dispute Resolution
Author: Stephen Ware
ISBN: 9781684677276
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Copyright/Published Date: 2023-02
Required Material: No
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: This is a recommended reading supplement.

Title: Global Issues in Mediation
Author: Jacqueline Nolan-Haley, Ellen E. Deason, Mariana Hernandez Crespo
ISBN: 9781683286196
Copyright/Published Date: 2019
Required Material: No
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: This is a recommended reading supplement.

Title: A Short and Happy Guide to Mediation
Author: Will Pryor
ISBN: 9781636592657
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Copyright/Published Date: 2022-06-15
Required Material: No
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: This is a recommended reading supplement.

Title: Mediation in a Nutshell
Author: Kimberlee K. Kovach
ISBN: 9780314291523
Publisher: West Academic
Copyright/Published Date: 2014
Required Material: No
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: This is a recommended reading supplement.

Title: Advanced Negotiation and Mediation: Concepts, Skills, and Exercises
Author: James R. Holbrook, Benjamin J. Cook
ISBN: 9780314267528
Copyright/Published Date: 2013
Required Material: No
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: This is a recommended reading supplement.

Assignment:

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Mergers and Acquisitions ( - 516) - Douglas, K.

Books: Title: Mergers and Acquisitions: A Transactional Perspective
Author: Stephen Bainbridge, Iman Anabtawi
ISBN: 9781642422498
Publisher: Foundation Press
Copyright/Published Date: 2022-12-05
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No

Assignment: Bainbridge and Anabtawi, Mergers and Acquisitions (2nd Ed.)
Read Chapter 1, pages 1 - 34.

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Negotiation ( - 591C) - Basta, J.

Books: Title: Lawyer Negotiation: Theory, Practice and Law
Author: Jay Folberg and Jennifer Reynolds
ISBN: 9781543809077
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Edition: 4th
Copyright/Published Date: 2022
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: CLASS 1 – January 9, 2024

Readings
- Folberg and Reynolds: Chapter 1 [Negotiation and Conflict]

Topics for Class Discussion
- Introduction to Negotiation
- Conflict Is What We Make It

Exercises
- Cross Interviews and Introductions Exercise
- Value-Creating Trades

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Negotiation ( - 591C) - Raheem, A.

Books: Title: Effective Legal Negotiation and Settlement
Author: Charles B. Craver
ISBN: 9781531017798
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Edition: 9th
Copyright/Published Date: 2020
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment:

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New Technologies and the Law ( - 535T) - Kennedy, D.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment: The assignment for the first class of New Technologies and the Law is:

Amy Edmondson, TED Talk on Psychological Safety - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhoLuui9gX8
Simon Sinek, The Truth about Being the "Stupidest" in the Room - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkLzo_oNVho
Kevin Kelly, The Inevitable (Long Now Foundation video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_jvpnx1q5w
Big Ideas in Tech 2024 - https://a16z.com/big-ideas-in-tech-2024/

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No-Fault Insurance Law ( - 595) - Sinas, S., Waldman, B.

Books: Title: Motor Vehicle No-fault Law in Michigan: Revised
Author: George T. Sinas, Wayne Jeffrey Miller
Copyright/Published Date: 2017
Required Material: No
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: The textbook will be offered in digital format free of charge to all students in the class with the understanding that the textbook is not to be redistributed or used for purposes outside this class.

Assignment: Class Session #1 – Introduction
January 10, 2024
(Bryan Waldman & Stephen Sinas)
Assigned Reading:
Students should carefully read the brochure entitled “Protecting the Injured: A Summary Guide to the New Auto No-Fault Law”. This summary of the law covers the basic principles of the Michigan No-Fault Law. Understanding these basic principles is essential to understanding the more detailed subject matter throughout this course.
Chapter 1 - Introductory Summary of the No-Fault Act
Note: Chapter 1 of the textbook explains the history of the Michigan No-Fault Law as it was prior to the 2019 amendments. For further understanding of how the 2019 amendments changed the law, students should generally review brochure entitled “Navigating the Chaos: The New No-Fault Legislation” (hereinafter “Navigating the Chaos Summary”).
No-Fault Statute: No specific statutory sections assigned. Students should conduct a general review of the no-fault statute and become familiar with its general structure and organization.
Learning Objective: The first objective of this class session is to explain the history behind the original Michigan No-Fault Law and the basic principles of the law. Furthermore, the second objective is to provide some general explanation of the ways in which the 2019 amendments fundamentally changed the law.

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Professional Responsibility ( - 500Q) - Simard, J.

Books: No book required for this class.

Assignment: Read and be prepared to discuss the Preface and Preamble and Scope to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

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Professional Responsibility ( - 500Q) - Eagleson, R.

Books: Title: Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Tenth Edition
Author: Ellen J. Bennett, Helen W. Gunnarsson, Nancy G. Kisicki
ISBN: 9781639052882
Edition: 10th
Copyright/Published Date: 2023-07-18
Required Material: No
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: I will not be requiring the purchase of a book for the course as I will post all rules and readings to the student site. However, if students would like a hard copy of the model rules of professional conduct, they may purchase the following, but this is not required to be purchased.

Assignment: For the first class assignment, students should read the preamble and scope, and Rules 1.0, 8.1, 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5 along with commentary of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct (the link to the commentary for each rule may be found at the bottom of the rule page). The link to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct may be found at https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/model_rules_of_professional_conduct_table_of_contents/.

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Property ( - 500G) - Rosenbaum, D.

Books: Title: Property: Concise Edition
Author: Jesse Dukeminier, James E. Krier, Gregory Alexander, Michael Schill, Lior Jacob Strahilevitz
ISBN: 9781543826319
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Edition: Third Edition
Binding: Hardcover and CasebookConnect>
Copyright/Published Date: 11/15/2020
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Other Materials: Other course materials will be posted to D2L.
Comments: Students may also use the e-book version (ISBN 9781543826319).

Assignment: For the first week of class, please read the following: Packet pp. 3-7 (Bonnichsen), pp. 81-92 (Moore), pp. 40-42 (Jacque), pp. 461-463 (Morgan), pp. 466-470 (Boomer), pp. 464-466 (Note #2). “Packet” refers to the Supplementary Course Packet, which will be posted to D2L. All other readings are from the Dukeminier textbook.

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Property ( - 500G) - Favre, D.

Books: Title: Property: Concise Edition
Author: Jesse Dukeminier, James E. Krier, Gregory Alexander, Michael Schill, Lior Jacob Strahilevitz
ISBN: 9781543826319
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Edition: Third Edition
Binding: Hardcover and CasebookConnect>
Copyright/Published Date: 11/15/2020
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Other Materials: Other course materials will be posted to D2L.
Comments: Students may also use the e-book version (ISBN 9781543826319).

Assignment: For Property class:
Property: Concise, 3nd Edition by Jesse Dukeminier, James E. Krier, Gregory Alexander, Michael Schill, Lior Jacob Strahilevitz, Published: 2020. Book, Introduction pp. 1-14, Title by Capture, pp. 14-22

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Property ( - 500G) - Blankfein-Tabachnick, D.

Books: Title: Property
Author: Thomas W. Merrill, Henry E. Smith
ISBN: 9780195314762
Publisher: Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Property
Edition: 1st
Copyright/Published Date: 2010
Required Material: No
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: E-book version of this book is also available for FREE at https://catalog.lib.msu.edu/Record/hlm.ebs1110883e

Title: Perspectives on Property Law
Author: Robert C. Ellickson, Carol M. Rose, Henry E. Smith
ISBN: 9781543808988
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Edition: 5th
Copyright/Published Date: 2023
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Title: Property: Principles and Policies
Author: Thomas Merrill, Henry Smith, Maureen Brady
ISBN: 9781636593678
Publisher: Foundation Press
Edition: 4th
Copyright/Published Date: 2022-06-03
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: Assignment 1:
pp. 53-82 in the casebook, Property: Principles and Policies by Merrill, Smith and Brady.

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Refugee and Asylum Law Seminar ( - 541U) - Nelson, M.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment: January 10th: The Development of US Refugee law and Dual Theaters of Protection
• ANKER, D. (1990). U.S. Immigration and Asylum Policy: A Brief Historical Perspective. In Defense of the Alien, 13, 74–85.
• KURZBAN, I. J. (1993). United States Policy Toward Haitian Refugees: Is It Only Institutionalized Racism? In Defense of the Alien, 16, 130–134.
• American Immigration Council (2022) Factsheet: An Overview of US Refugee Law and Policy
• American Immigration Lawyers Association (2019). United States Refugee Admissions Program Flow Chart

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Regulating Environmental Risk ( - 566Q) - Morag-Levine, N.

Books: Title: Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial
Author: Corban Addison
ISBN: 9780593320822
Publisher: Knopf
Copyright/Published Date: 2022
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No

Title: The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court
Author: Richard J. Lazarus
ISBN: 9780674238121
Publisher: Belknap Press
Copyright/Published Date: 2020
Required Material: Yes
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Comments: This book is also available electronically through the library catalog. http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b13804606~S39a

Title: Environmental Law Stories
Author: Richard J. Lazarus, Oliver A. Houck
Publisher: Thomson West
Copyright/Published Date: 2005
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Comments: There is a digital version of this book available through the university library.

Assignment: First assignments 2024
Morag-Levine
Regulating Environmental Risk
Please watch the movie “A Civil Action.” The 1998 movie is based on Jonathan Harr’s 1995 book. The movie and book tell the story of a toxic torts case related to water contamination in Woburn, Massachusetts. The movie can be rented for under $4 on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and other streaming options.

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Sales and Leases ( - 501F) - Barnhizer, D.

Books: Title: Selected Commercial Statutes for Secured Transactions Courses, 2023 Edition
Author: Carol Chomsky, Christina Kunz, Elizabeth Schiltz, Anne Lawton
ISBN: 9798887860152
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Copyright/Published Date: 2023-07-26
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
• Sign up for the d2l site for this course.
o You are required to sign up for the Desire2Learn (“D2L”) page for this course.
You locate your D2L course page after logging in here: https://d2l.msu.edu. It is
pretty intuitive, but if you need help accessing your course, you can find
instructions here: http://help.d2l.msu.edu/Instructor/en/accessing-a-course.html.
After you have logged in, you should access the Sales & Leases course to review
the full syllabus and problems.
• Read the syllabus (posted on the D2L site).
• Read the first assignment (posted on the D2L site).

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Sales and Secured Transactions ( - 501N) - Simard, J.

Books: Title: Commercial Transactions: A Systems Approach
Author: Lynn M. LoPucki, Elizabeth Warren, Daniel L. Keating, Ronald J. Mann, Robert M. Lawless
ISBN: 9781543804492
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Copyright/Published Date: 2020-02-14
Required Material: Yes
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Title: Comprehensive Commercial Law: 2021 Statutory Supplement
Author: Ronald J. Mann, Elizabeth Warren, Jay Westbrook
ISBN: 9781543844597
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Copyright/Published Date: 2021-08-02
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: Any edition within the last 5 years is fine

Assignment: Read Commercial Transactions: A Systems Approach, pgs. 3-11, 51-70.
Review UCC §§2-204, 2-206, 2-207 (including Official Comment 1), Official Comment 1 to §2-719.
Prepare problems 3.1 and 3.2 for discussion in class

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Secured Transactions ( - 501E) - Kress, K.

Books: Title: Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions
Author: Stephen L. Sepinuck, Kara J. Bruce
ISBN: 9781685615406
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Edition: 6
Copyright/Published Date: 2023-07-12
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: Yes
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Title: Selected Commercial Statutes for Secured Transactions Courses, 2023 Edition
Author: Carol Chomsky, Christina Kunz, Elizabeth Schiltz, Anne Lawton
ISBN: 9798887860152
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Edition: 2023
Copyright/Published Date: 2023-07-26
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: Yes
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: Chapter 1 – Pages 1 – 44; Problems 1-1 (using Michigan only exemptions), Problems 1-2 and 1-3. The topics included are Debt collection generally and the advantages of security. MCL 600.2145, MCL 600.2906, MCL 600.2809, MCL 600.5809, MCL 600.6023.
Also, please read linked material (PDF)

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Securities Regulation I ( - 524B) - Min, G.

Books: Title: SECURITIES REGULATION, CASES AND ANALYSIS.
Author: STEPHEN J. CHOI
ISBN: 9781640209718
Publisher: West Academic
Edition: 5th
Copyright/Published Date: 2019
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: Securities Regulation: Choi & Pritchard, Securities Regulation Cases and Analysis (5th Edition) pp. 1-16; 22-26; 36-48

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Shareholder Democracy ( - 593M) - Min, G.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment: Shareholder Democracy: Usha Rodrigues, The Seductive Comparison of Shareholder and Civic Democracy (link: https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1166&context=wlulr)

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Sports and Inequality ( - 609A) - Schneider, D.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment: Log onto D2L and read the law review articles written by Mezey, Davis, Mathewson, and Tenjido which are posted under Weeks 1-2.

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State and Local Taxation ( - 501P) - Chen, J.

Books: Title: State and Local Taxation, Cases and Materials
Author: WALTER. HELLERSTEIN, Kirk J. Stark, John A. Swain, Joan M. Youngman
ISBN: 9781642422566
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Edition: 11th
Copyright/Published Date: 2019-12-03
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: Part I: Jurisdiction to tax
1. Foundations: due process and interstate commerce. 25-58

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Tax Clinic I ( - 630C) - Wease, C.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment: No first assignment

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Tax Clinic II ( - 630D) - Wease, C.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment: No first assignment

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Tax Policy Seminar ( - 572D) - Delmotte, C.

Books: No books required for this class.

Assignment: ALL ITEMS BELOW ARE POSTED ON D2L

This is my first assignment for Tax Policy Seminar, 01/10:
a) Income Tax:
Delmotte, unpublished 1 page
Harvey Rosen, Public Finance, 8th edition, 380 – 385 (stop before excludable)
b) Consumption Tax:
Delmotte, unpublished 1 page
Harvey Rosen, Public Finance, 8th edition, 478-486
c) Wealth Tax:
Delmotte, unpublished 1 page
Jane Gravelle, Sharing the Wealth, National Tax Journal, 963 – 965
d) Generational Transfer Tax
Rosen 497
Gravelle 959 – 96

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Topics in Criminal Law: Theories of Punishment ( - 618) - Bronsther, J.

Books: NONE REQUIRED

Assignment: Readings for the first session will be posted to D2L.

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Torts II ( - 525) - Kalt, B.

Books: Title: Prosser, Wade, and Schwartz's Torts: Cases and Materials
Author: Victor E. Schwartz, Kathryn Kelly, David F. Partlett
ISBN: 9781609304072
Copyright/Published Date: 2015
Required Material: Yes
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: The 13th edition, not the 14th addition.

Assignment: First Assignment
Spring 2024

Torts II

Assignment

Our book is Prosser, Wade and Schwartz’s Torts (13th ed.). Make sure you have the old 13th edition, and not the 14th edition.

Please register on the class D2L site (which should be set up by December 22), where you will find the syllabus. Read the syllabus carefully.

The assignment for the first day is to read pages 851–861 in the casebook.

If you have any concerns or problems, or even if you don’t, feel free to come by my office (415), call me (432-6987) or e-mail me (kalt@law.msu.edu).

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What is Torts II? This course covers a grab bag of tort law not covered in most Torts I classes: nuisance, defamation, privacy, civil rights, misuse of legal procedure, misrepresentation, interference with advantageous relationships, torts in the age of statutes, and alternative compensation systems. This knowledge will allow you to determine when injured people can get a legal remedy for injuries in these contexts, and from whom. We will also discuss some of the theory and policy bases of tort law, so that you can understand why tort law is the way it is, and how it may change.

How is class run? Class will feature a mixture of lecture, discussion, and cold-calling.

How is performance assessed? Grades will be based primarily on a 2-hour, closed-book, closed-note exam. The exam will feature essay questions and multiple-choice questions.

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Trademark Counterfeiting ( - 533Y) - Kammel, K.

Books: Title: Protecting the Brand: Counterfeiting and Grey Markets
Author: Peter Hlavnicka and Anthony M. Keats
ISBN: 9781637421512
Publisher: Business Expert Press
Edition: Volume 1
Copyright/Published Date: 2022
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: Can also purchase hardcover, paperback, or eBook version.

Assignment: Law 533Y: Trademark Counterfeiting
Class Dates: Spring 2024
Instructor: Kari Kammel, Esq.

First Assignment- Due First Class

Due before first class Readings/Activities:
• Required- Protecting the Brand, pp 1-20 (up to Gray Goods)

• Recommended- Watch Broken (2019), Episode “Makeup Mayhem” on Netflix (if you have a subscription)

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Trial Practice Institute – Scientific Evidence & Legal Technology ( - 623N) - Payok, M.

Books: Title: Avila v. Nita City Hospital: Case File
Author: Gwen Roseman Stern, Andrew J. Stern, Philip Pasquarello
ISBN: 9781601567550
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Edition: First edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2018-01-25
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment:

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Trial Practice Institute-Pretrial II ( - 623C) - McNally, V.

Books: Book #1:
Title: Pretrial
Author: Thomas A. Mauet, Fred O. Marcus
ISBN: 9781543857979
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Edition: 11th edition
Copyright/Published Date: 11/1/2022
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: 11th or 10th edition is acceptable, but no other earlier version.

Book #2:
Title: An Advocate Persuades
Author: Joan Malmud Rocklin, Robert B. Rocklin, Christine Coughlin, Sandy Patrick
ISBN: 9781531019105
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Edition: Second Edition
Copyright/Published Date: December 2022
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: Any prior version is fine.

Assignment: See D2L after January 1.

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Trial Practice Institute-Pretrial II ( - 623C) - Daniels, M., Hatch, D.

Books: Title: Pretrial
Author: Thomas A. Mauet, Fred O. Marcus
ISBN: 9781543857979
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Edition: 11th edition
Copyright/Published Date: 11/1/2022
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: 11th or 10th edition is acceptable, but no other earlier version.

Assignment: See D2L after January 1.

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Trial Practice Institute-Trial II ( - 623E) - Clark, K.

Trial Practice Institute-Trial II ( - 623E) - Shah, J.

Books: Book #1:
Title: Trial Techniques and Trials
Author: Thomas A. Mauet, Stephen D. Easton
ISBN: 9781543825312
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer/Aspen Publishing
Edition: 11th Edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2021
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: You can save money by purchasing the 8th through the 10th edition instead.

Book #2:
Title: State v. Baker, Third Edition
Author: Joseph E. Taylor
ISBN: 9781601562944
Publisher: NITA
Edition: 3rd
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Other materials #1:
Other Materials: Class Exercise Problem for Graded exercises: State v Taylor – Full problem will be placed on D2L (no purchase necessary)
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: No

Other materials #2:
Other Materials: Other materials will be provided via D2L.
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: No

Assignment: You are to read the first two chapters of the textbook and be prepared to discuss in class.

Please review the case materials in the People v. Taylor case, which is attached (What Juries Really Think (PDF)). We will be discussing the case, possible case themes, and potential case strategies during the first day of class.

Please also review the attached research article: “What Jurors Really Think”. Please prepare 3 take away points and be prepared to discuss in class any differences between your expectations of juror attitudes and any difference in the material presented in the textbook.

This is an advanced level course which will provide the opportunity to develop and practice your trial skills with immediate feedback. It is important that we use our limited class time in the most efficient way possible. I expect you to complete the reading material before class, as we will not have time to cover the information in class and it provides an important base of information we will build on in class.

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Tribal Law ( - 635E) - Fletcher, E.

Books: Title: American Indian Tribal Law
Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
ISBN: 9781543813647
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Edition: 2nd
Copyright/Published Date: 2020
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment: The first assignment for Tribal Law is Chapter 1 of the casebook.

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Trusts and Estates ( - 501D) - Delmotte, C.

Books: Title: Wills, Trusts, and Estates, Eleventh Edition: [Connected eBook with Study Center]
Author: Robert H. Sitkoff, Jesse Dukeminier
ISBN: 9781543824469
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Edition: 11th edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2021-11-01
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes

Assignment:
I. This is my first assignment for Trusts and Estates, 01/08:
A. James Madison, Property, (skim, available on D2L.)
B. Andrew Carnegie, Wealth (June 1889) (skim excerpt, available on D2L.)
C. Freedom of Disposition. Pages 1-16, 30-34 (including Shapira v. Union National Bank and note on Hodel v. Irving.)
For discussion, see also the news article on the Cunningham estate plan: https://www.newsweek.com/texas-gop-candidate-set-trust-fund-paid-his-kids-marrying-someone-white-935712

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Water Law ( - 566U) - Orr, J.

Books: Title: Water Law
Author: Robin Craig, Noah Hall, Robert Adler
ISBN: 9781634603133
Publisher: Foundation Press
Edition: 1st edition
Copyright/Published Date: 2017-01-23
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: No
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Comments: Alternatively, students may use the electronic version of this book, which is available for FREE to students via West Academic Study Aids Collection.

Assignment: Class 1 - Wednesday January 11: Chapter 1: Introduction to Water Law (Water Law, pp. 1-14)

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Workers' Compensation ( - 610) - Bruce-Erickson, C.

Books: Title: Workers' Compensation: Cases and Materials
Author: Joseph W. Little, Thomas A. Eaton, Gary Randall Smith
ISBN: 9780314281494
Edition: 7th
Copyright/Published Date: 2014
Required Material: Yes
Used During: Both
Previous Edition OK: Yes
Copies on Reserve in Libraries: Yes
Material Part of a Bundle: No
Comments: 6th Edition is acceptable

Assignment:

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