There will be no class on Wednesday, August 26. The reading for the first class meeting -- on Wednesday, September 2 at 5:00 p.m. in Room 1002 -- is pages 109-118.

If you have not already, please register for this course on TWEN.

Your assignment for the first class, Monday, August 24th includes the following: (1) Please post in the discussion section of our class TWEN site your one to two sentence definition of the term "family", and (2) Please read pp. 1-30 of your text (Harris, Teitelbaum and Carbone). I look forward to meeting you all next week!

CLASS: FAMILY LAW PRACTICUM (Course Number 554 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Hillary Weis Coustan

CLASS: DISABILITY LAW (Course Number 760 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: EDUCATION LAW PRACTICUM (Course Number 166 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Louis Covotsos

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.3 (Course Number 190 - Section 003)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Andrew Cripe

CLASS: EMPLOYMENT LAW COUNSELING (Course Number 577 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Marie Czech

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.35 (Course Number 190 - Section 035)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

D

Mark Deaton

CLASS: GOVERNMENT HEALTH POLICY (Course Number 730 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Anna Bradley Debush

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.27 (Course Number 410 - Section 027)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course 

Kyle DeJong

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.4 (Course Number 410 - Section 004)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

Richard Devine

CLASS: THE DEATH PENALTY IN ILLINOIS (Course Number 308 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Lisa Diaz

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.30 (Course Number 190 - Section 030)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Amy Dickerson

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.15 (Course Number 190 - Section 015)

This is the ChildLaw Legal Writing I Section

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) ChildLaw Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

1. Fall syllabus (click here)

2. Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3. John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4. Sample Case File, selected portions (pp. 11-64 in Course Pack) (skim)

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One; please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Note: Please be sure to buy the correct Course Pack for this section. The cover is buff colored (not white) and is marked "CHILDLAW LEGAL WRITING."

Ted Donner

CLASS: THE LAW OF JURY SELECTION (Course Number 179 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Read from the text: Jury Selection: Strategy & Science, 3rd Edition (online in the Westlaw library JURYSELECT), Chapters 1-3, 9-11.

Stuart Duhl

CLASS: FEDERAL INCOME TAX, S.1 (Course Number 280 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Shelley Dunck

CLASS: CONTRACT NEGOTIATION AND DRAFTING, S.1 (Course Number 264 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Colin Dunn

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.12 (Course Number 410 - Section 012)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course 

E

William Elward

CLASS: EVIDENCE (Course Number 210 - Section 002)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

F

James Faught

CLASS: EXTERNSHIP - CHILDLAW (Course Number 583 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: EXTERNSHIP - CORPORATE (Course Number 585 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS EXTERNSHIP - CRIMINAL (Course Number 587 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: EXTERNSHIP - GOVERNMENT/AGENCY (Course Number 588 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: EXTERNSHIP - HEALTH LAW (Course Number 584 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: EXTERNSHIP - JUDICIAL (Course Number 589 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH LEGAL PROFESSION (Course Number 459 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Lester Finkle

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.16 (Course Number 410 - Section 016)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course 

Brett Frischmann

CLASS: CYBERLAW (Course Number 244 - Section 244)

Textbook:

Cyberlaw: Problems of Policy and Jurisprudence in the Information Age by Bellia, Berman, and Post

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Read Chapter 1 of Bellia, Berman, and Post, Cyberlaw: Problems of Policy and Jurisprudence in the Information Age

2) Register for TWEN and read the syllabus.

If you have extra time, check out:

1) John Perry Barlow, A Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace (Feb. 1996), at http://www.eff.org/~barlow/Declaration-Final.html.

2) http://www.technorealism.org/

3) A few of the "Internet Histories" links athttp://www.isoc.org/internet/history/. In particular, I recommend A Brief History of the Internet athttp://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml. A few others are also quite good.

4) Michael Froomkin, The Internet as a Source of Regulatory Arbitrage, in Brian Kahin & Charles Nesson, eds., Borders in Cyberspace:

5) Information Policy and the Global Information Infrastructure 129 (1997), at http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/arbitr.htm

1) Read Chapter 1 of Merges, Menell, & Lemley, Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age (revised 4th ed.) casebook.

2) Register for TWEN and read the syllabus.

Lori Fulton

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.21 (Course Number 410 - Section 021)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course 

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.1 (Course Number 190 - Section 001)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.29 (Course Number 190 - Section 029)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

G

Jean Gaspardo

CLASS: CLIENT COUNSELING SEMINAR (Course Number 404 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: NEGOTIATIONS SEMINAR (Course Number 453 - Section 001)

Reading Assignments for First Class:

Eileen Geary

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.9 (Course Number 190 - Section 009)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Diane Geraghty

CLASS: CHILDLAW DIRECTED STUDY (Course Number 641 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: CHILDLAW GRADUATE EXTERNSHIP (Course Number 631 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: CHILDREN'S LEGAL RIGHTS JOURNAL ASSOCIATE EDITORS (Course Number 644 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: CHILDREN'S LEGAL RIGHTS JOURNAL EXECUTIVE EDITORS (Course Number 643 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: CHILDREN'S LEGAL RIGHTS JOURNAL MEMBERS (Course Number 640 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: CHILDREN'S LEGAL RIGHTS JOURNAL SENIOR EDITORS (Course Number 645 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: LL.M. PAPER - CHILDLAW (Course Number 651 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: LL.M. SEMINAR - CHILDLAW (Course Number 653 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Scott Gilbert

CLASS: ADVANCED WRITING FOR CIVIL LITIGATION, S.1 (Course Number 293 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Elizabeth Glazer

CLASS: LAW AND SEXUALITY (Course Number 125 - Section 001)

Textbook: Cases and Materials on Sexual Orientation and the Law by William B. Rubenstein, Carlos A. Ball, and Jane S. Schacter (3rd edition, Thomson West, 2008)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Please prepare the following assignment in advance of our first class meeting, on Monday, August 24, 2009:

1. Please obtain the textbook.

2. Please read the materials in the two PDF's below.

Law and Sexuality PDF 1

Law and Sexuality PDF 2

CLASS: PROPERTY, S.1 (Course Number 152 - Section 001)

Mondays and Wednesdays - 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in Room 1040

Textbook: Property by Thomas W. Merrill & Henry E. Smith (the "Casebook") (Foundation Press, 2007)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Please prepare the following assignment in advance of our first class meeting, on Monday, August 24, 2009:

1. Please obtain the textbook.

2. Please familiarize yourself with the table of contents for the Casebook, which appears on the pages xvii-xxxi; and

3. Please read pages 81-110 in the Casebook.

Neal Goldstein

CLASS: PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL LAW SEMINAR (Course Number 732 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Julienne Grant

CLASS: ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH, S.2 (Course Number 290 - Section 002)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

James Grogan

CLASS: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (EVE.) (Course Number 414 - Section 002)

Textbooks:

1) Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law by Lerman & Schrag (Aspen Publishing, 2nd ed. 2008)

2) 2009 Selected Standards on Professional Responsibility (Foundation Press, 2009)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Prior to the first class on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, students should read the following pages from Lerman & Schrag, Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law: 1-45; 147-149; and 862-865.

In addition, students should read the "Preamble" and the "Scope" from the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, found at pages 3-7 of 2009 Selected Standards on Professional Responsibility.

H

Lu Han

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.1 (Course Number 410 - Section 001)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course 

Thomas Haney

CLASS: COMPARATIVE LAW (Course Number 172 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND PRACTICE (Course Number 372 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

James Harrington

CLASS: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (Course Number 349 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

William Carlisle Herbert

CLASS: ADVANCED WRITING FOR CIVIL LITIGATION, S.2 (Course Number 293 - Section 002)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: THE LAW OF RISK MANAGEMENT (Course Number 557 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Cynthia Ho

CLASS: CIVIL PROCEDURE (EVE.) (Course Number 113 - Section 004)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

For week 1, please read the syllabus and also complete worksheet 1, including the assigned reading.

I look forward to meeting you soon!

Fall 2009 Civil Procedure Syllabus

Fall 2009 Civil Procedure Worksheet

Michele Hornish

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.10 (Course Number 190 - Section 010)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Michael Howlett

CLASS: CORRUPTION LAW (Course Number 156 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

James Hynes

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.23 (Course Number 410 - Section 023)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

K 

Michael Kasper

CLASS: ELECTION LAW (Course Number 522 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Andrianna Kastanek

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.30 (Course Number 410 - Section 030)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

Michael Kaufman

CLASS: CIVIL PROCEDURE, S.3 (Course Number 113 - Section 003)

Textbooks:

1) Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials by Friedenthal, Miller et. al. (10th ed. West 2009)

2) 2009-2010 Civil Procedure Supplement

Reading Assignment for First Class:

To Dean Kaufman's incoming first year Civil Procedure students:

Dear Students: For our first class session, which will meet from 10-12 on Monday, August 24th in Room 240 of Maguire Hall (One East Pearson, at the corner of State and Pearson), please read pages 1-27 in our text, Friedenthal, Miller et all., Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials (Tenth Edition West 2009) and please read Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 1, 11 and 12 in the 2009-2010 Civil Procedure Supplement. I look forward to seeing you in class.

Fall 2009 Civil Procedure Class Syllabus

CLASS: DIRECTED STUDY (Course Number 594 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

CLASS: INDEPENDENT RESEARCH (Course Number 592 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Catherine Kelly

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.8 (Course Number 190 - Section 008)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Tasha-Marie Hyung Kelly

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.29 (Course Number 410 - Section 029)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

Travis Ketterman

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.15 (Course Number 410 - Section 015)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

Maureen Looker Kieffer

CLASS: EXTERNSHIP - CHILDLAW (Course Number 583 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: EXTERNSHIP - CORPORATE (Course Number 585 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS EXTERNSHIP - CRIMINAL (Course Number 587 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: EXTERNSHIP - GOVERNMENT/AGENCY (Course Number 588 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: EXTERNSHIP - HEALTH LAW (Course Number 584 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: EXTERNSHIP - JUDICIAL (Course Number 589 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.33 (Course Number 190 - Section 033)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Martin Kramer

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.7 (Course Number 410 - Section 007)

This is the Intellectual Property Advocacy Section.

Textbooks:

1) Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

4) Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

5) Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

6) Course handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

Lea Krivinskas Shepard

CLASS: BANKRUPTCY LAW (Course Number 233 - Section 001)

Textbook: The Law of Debtors and Creditors by Warren and Westbrook (Sixth ed. 2009)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Welcome to Bankruptcy!  For our first class, which meets on Tuesday, August 25 at 3:30 in Room 601, please read pages 3-28 in The Law of Debtors and Creditors (Sixth ed. 2009), by Warren and Westbrook, and complete problems 1.1 and 1.2.  Please be prepared to discuss your answers to the problems.

Gretchen Kubasiak

CLASS: LAND USE (Course Number 350 - Section 001)

Textbook: The Law of Zoning and Land Use Controls by Barlow Burke (2nd edition)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

There is no assigned reading for the first class.

In the first class we will be looking at the City of Crystal Lake Unified Development Ordinance http://www.crystallake.org/index.aspx?page=349 and the McHenry County Zoning Ordinance http://www.co.mchenry.il.us/common/CountyDpt/PlanDev/ZoningOrd.asp. You do not need to print them out. Instead you can either view them online or download the PDFs to your laptop.

Jeffrey Kwall

CLASS: ADVANCED CORPORATE TAX (Course Number 386 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: FEDERAL INCOME TAX, S.2 (Course Number 280 - Section 002)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: SENIOR TAX SEMINAR (Course Number 484 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

CLASS: LL.M. TAX RESEARCH (Course Number 861 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: LL.M. TAX SEMINAR (Course Number 860 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

L

Hon. Diane Joan Larsen

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.8 (Course Number 410 - Section 008)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

C. Frederick LeBaron

CLASS: ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH, S.1 (Course Number 290 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Brett Legner

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.18 (Course Number 410 - Section 018)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

CLASS: STATE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (Course Number 324 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Week of Class:

The assignment is to read the Williams textbook, pages 1-39. 

Robert Lehrer

CLASS: REMEDIES (EVE.) (Course Number 330 - Section 002)

Textbook: Remedies, Public and Private by Levine, Jung, and Thomas (5th Edition, 2009)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

The first week's assignment is as follows:

Students already enrolled in the course should have received (by e-mail to their Loyola e-mail addresses), the syllabus for the entire semester. Enrolled students who did not receive it or any other students may obtain a copy of the entire syllabus by directing a request to  rlehrer@luc.edu. "

Greg Leighton

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.7 (Course Number 410 - Section 007)

This is the Intellectual Property Advocacy Section.

Textbooks:

1) Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

4) Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

5) Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

6) Course handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

Chunlin Leonhard

CLASS: PRE-TRIAL LITIGATION (Course Number 418 - Section 002)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Corinne Levitz

CLASS: MEDIATION SEMINAR (Course Number 456 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Jane Locke

CLASS: CONSUMER LAW REVIEW ASSOCIATE EDITORS (Course Number 392 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: CONSUMER LAW REVIEW EXECUTIVE EDITORS (Course Number 395 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: CONSUMER LAW REVIEW MEMBERS (Course Number 396 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: CONSUMER LAW REVIEW SENIOR EDITORS (Course Number 394 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: TORTS (EVE.) (Course Number 162 - Section 004)

Textbook: Prosser, Wade and Schwartz's Torts, by Schwartz, Kelly and Partlett, 11th Edition, Foundation Press

A Concise Restatement of Torts, American Law Institute, is highly recommended.

Reading Assignment for First Class:

For the first class, prepare pages 1-6, 10 (bottom)-16, and read the handout case Van Camp v. McAfoos. The will be in the student lounge, 13th floor, on the credenza, east side of the lounge.

Tom Luetkemeyer

CLASS: EMPLOYMENT LAW (Course Number 337 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

M

Catherine Malloy

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.18 (Course Number 190 - Section 018)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Christopher Martin

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.34 (Course Number 190 - Section 034)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

David Marx

CLASS: ANTITRUST IN THE HEALTH CARE FIELD (Course Number 725 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Read the Horizontal Merger Guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission on April 2, 1992, as amended on April 7, 1997, which are available on either the FTC (http://www.ftc.gov) or Antitrust Division (http://usdoj.gov/atr) website.

John McCormack

CLASS: PROPERTY, S.3 (Course Number 152 - Section 003)

CLASS: PROPERTY (EVE.) (Course Number 152 - Section 004)

Textbook: Property by J. Dukeminier, et al (6th ed., Aspen Law & Business, 2006)

Recommended: Moynihan's Introduction to the Law of Real Property by S.F. Kurtz (4th ed., West, 2005) (For most purposes, editions 2 or 3 will be adequate.)

Reading Assignment for First Class in Both Sections:

1) Read pages 3-17 (Johnson v. M'Intosh, and notes following) in the Dukeminier, et al, Coursebook

2) Look over the following syllabus for the course

3) Read: A Complete Abstract (Reprinted from the West Publishing Company Docket of Winter, 1934-35).

Fall 2009 Property Class Syllabus

Margaret McCormick

CLASS: IMMIGRATION LAW (Course Number 315 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Richard Michael

CLASS: CIVIL PROCEDURE, S.1 (Course Number 113 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Prepare pages 1- 4 and 175 - 189 in the text.

Douglas Miller

CLASS: M.J. CHILDLAW TORTS/CIVIL PROCEDURE (Course Number 627 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

John Mitchell

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.25 (Course Number 410 - Section 025)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

Sari Montgomery

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.5 (Course Number 190 - Section 005)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Furman Moore

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.7 (Course Number 190 - Section 007)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Margaret Moses

CLASS: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS (Course Number 371 - Section 001)

Textbook: International Business Transaction: Problems, Cases, and Materials by Daniel C. K. Chow and Thomas J. Schoenbaum

Reading assignment for First Class: 

Chapter 1 - Introduction: Overview, pp. 1-27

CLASS: INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION AND THE CISG (Course Number 841 - Section 001)

Textbooks:

A. The Principles and Practice of International Commerical Arbitration by Margaret L. Moses

B. Overview of International Sales Law by Roald Martinussen

C. The Art of Argument: A Guide to Mooting by Christopher Kee

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Monday, August 24:

In Moses, The Principles of International Commercial Arbitration:

Chapter 1: Introduction to International Commercial Arbitration

Chapter 2: The Arbitration Agreement

Download and read the Rules for Willem Vis Moot Arbitration on Pace Website: http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/vis.html (Look on the left of the computer screen for the Seventeenth Moot, and click on Rules).

Prepare to discuss the following questions:

Chapter 1 - Introduction to International Commercial Arbitration:

1) What is the relationship between international treaties, international arbitration practice, national laws, and arbitration rules?

2) What are the differences between institutional arbitration and ad hoc arbitration?

3) What are the advantages and disadvantages of arbitration?

Chapter 2 - The Arbitration Agreement:

1) What is the difference between submission agreements and arbitration clauses?

2) What is the doctrine of separability?

3) What are some examples of subject matters that are not arbitrable?

4) How do the courts treat nonsignatories in relation to an arbitration agreement?

Discussion Question - The New York Convention requires that arbitration agreements be in writing to be valid. However, many countries and jurisdictions will recognize contracts that are made orally, in emails, or in faxes. Should an oral arbitration agreement that is valid in the country where made be valid under the New York Convention?

CLASS: INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW ASSOCIATE EDITORS (Course Number 285 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW EXECUTIVE EDITORS (Course Number 266 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW MEMBERS (Course Number 268 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW SENIOR EDITORS (Course Number 267 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Charles Murdock

CLASS: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, S.1 (Course Number 270 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, S.3 (Course Number 270 - Section 003)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

F. Patrick Murphy

CLASS: PRE-TRIAL LITIGATION (Course Number 418 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

N

Michael Nathanson

CLASS: MEDIATION SEMINAR (Course Number 456 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Nancy Nicol

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.12 (Course Number 190 - Section 012)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Jerry Norton

CLASS: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: INVESTIGATION (Course Number 240 - Section 001)

Textbook: Leading Constitutional Cases on Criminal Justice by Lloyd L. Weinreb (Foundation Press, 2009 Edition)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

For the full assignment, please sign up for the course on TWEN. For the first class session on August 24 read Rochin v. California and Griswold v. Connecticut in the casebook and look at the short outline of Stages of a Criminal Prosecution found in the Course Materials link at the TWEN site. 

CLASS: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW SEMINAR (Course Number 242 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

The assignment for the first week of International Criminal Law, taught by Professors Norton and Raphael, is listed on the TWEN website for the course. Students in the class should get on the site and get the syllabus which is posted there.

CLASS: TRADEMARK LAW SEMINAR (Course Number 542 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Michael Novy

CLASS: FEDERAL TAX CLINIC (Course Number 483 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: FEDERAL TAX CLINIC II (Course Number 486 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

John Nowak

CLASS: FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS (Course Number 220 - Section 001)

The Casebook and Supplement:

Your assigned casebook is R. Rotunda, Modern Constitutional Law: Cases and Notes (9th ed., 2009). You should NOT BUY THE 2009 SUPPLEMENT to Professor Rotunda's casebook. Only three pages of the supplement apply to our course. I have been given permission by Professor Rotunda and Thomson-Reuters-West to copy and distribute, at no cost to you, the pages from Professor Rotunda's 2009 supplement that apply to our course.

Reading Assignment for First Class:

For our first class session, please read:

1. The first 14 pages of the "Course Information & Syllabus" document for our course. [This document has been uploaded onto the TWEN page for our course. "Hard copies" of the document are on the black filing cabinets in the "faculty library," which is outside my office (Room 1338). [Professor Waller's office is on one side of the alleged faculty library; my office is on the other side.]

2. Text Note #1 Casebook Pages 1357-58 [esp., West Virgina State Bd. of Educ. v. Barnett];

3. Text Note #3 on Casebook Page 1039 [Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of New York State Crime Board]; and

4. Text Note #5, Casebook Pages 1251-52 [Republican Party of Minnesota v. White] 

O

Donal O'Brien

CLASS: DOCUMENTING AND NEGOTIATING FINANCE TRANSACTIONS (Course Number 431 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

P

Christopher Paetsch

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.10 (Course Number 410 - Section 010)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

Most Rev. Thomas Paprocki

CLASS: CANON LAW FOR CIVIL LAWYERS (Course Number 458 - Section 001)

Textbooks:

The REQUIRED TEXTS are:

1. Pete Vere and Michael Trueman, Surprised by Canon Law, Volume 1: 150 Questions Catholics Ask About Canon Law (Cincinnati, Ohio: Servant Books, 2004 [hereinafter abbreviated as SBCL-1]).

2. Peter Vere and Michael Trueman, Surprised by Canon Law, Volume 2: More Questions Catholics Ask About Canon Law (Cincinnati, Ohio: Servant Books 2007 [hereinafter abbreviated as SBCL-2]).

3) New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law, commissoned by the Canon Law Society of America, edited by John P. Beal, James A, Coriden and Thomas J. Green (New York, N.Y/Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press, 2000 [hereinafter referred to as New CLSA Commentary]).

Reading Assignment for First Class:

SBCL-1 pp. 1-10; reference: New CLSA Commentary pp. 1-26; 154-176. 

Emily Paster

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.14 (Course Number 410 - Section 014)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

Daniel Pavlik

CLASS: FEDERAL TAX CLINIC (Course Number 483 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: FEDERAL TAX CLINIC II (Course Number 486 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Alice Perlin

CLASS: ACADEMIC TUTORS, S.1 (Course Number 201 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: ACADEMIC TUTORS, S.2 (Course Number 201 - Section 002)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: ACADEMIC TUTORS, S.3 (Course Number 201 - Section 003)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: ACADEMIC TUTORS, S.4 (Course Number 201 - Section 004)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING TUTORS (Course Number 296 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Fall 2009 Legal Writing Schedule Grid (PDF)

Stephen Phillips

CLASS: PREPARATION AND TRIAL OF A PERSONAL INJURY LAWSUIT (Course Number 108 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Stacey Platt

CLASS: CHILD AND FAMILY LAW CLINIC (Course Number 620 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Philip Police

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.2 (Course Number 410 - Section 002)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course  

Philip Pomerance

CLASS: PHYSICIAN REGULATION SEMINAR (Course Number 775 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

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Kristin Rakowski

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.22 (Course Number 410 - Section 022)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

Steven Ramirez

CLASS: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS (EVE.) (Course Number 270 - Section 004)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: CRITICAL LEGAL STUDIES SEMINAR (Course Number 299 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

CLASS: LL.M. PAPER - BUSINESS LAW (Course Number 850 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Alan Raphael

CLASS: CRIMINAL APPELLATE PRACTICUM (Course Number 440 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: INVESTIGATION (Course Number 240 - Section 002)

Textbook: Leading Constitutional Cases on Criminal Justice by Lloyd L. Weinreb (2009)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

The reading assignment for the first week of class is as follows:

Chapter 1 - Selected Constitutional Provisions

Chapter 2 - Due Process of Law

CLASS: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW SEMINAR (Course Number 242 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

The assignment for the first week of International Criminal Law, taught by Professors Norton and Raphael, is listed on the TWEN website for the course. Students in the class should get on the site and get the syllabus which is posted there.

Erica Reddick

CLASS: LEGAL ANALYSIS AND WRITING ENHANCEMENT SEMINAR, S.1 (Course Number 503 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: LEGAL ANALYSIS AND WRITING ENHANCEMENT SEMINAR, S.2 (Course Number 503 - Section 002)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Charles Redfern

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.6 (Course Number 410 - Section 006)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course  

Anne-Marie Rhodes

CLASS: ESTATE AND GIFT TAX (Course Number 380 - Section 001)

Textbooks:

1) Federal Wealth Transfer Taxation by Jeffrey N. Pennell (4th ed. 2003)

2) Estate & Gift Tax Code & Regs (2009)

3) Fall class syllabus (click here)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Please pages 1-11 and 25-36 in JNP.

Henry Rose

CLASS: PROPERTY, S.2 (Course Number 152 - Section 002)

Textbook: Property (6th ed) by Dukeminier et al. The text is available at the university bookstore.

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Students should read and be prepared to discuss:

Tuesday, August 25, 2009: pp. 17-27

Thursday, August 27, 2009: pp. 51-69

CLASS: PUBLIC INTEREST LAW REPORTER ASSOCIATE EDITORS (Course Number 428 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: PUBLIC INTEREST LAW REPORTER EXECUTIVE EDITOR (Course Number 427 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: PUBLIC INTEREST LAW REPORTER MEMBERS (Course Number 429 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

CLASS: PUBLIC INTEREST LAW REPORTER SENIOR EDITORS (Course Number 437 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Richard Rosenberg

CLASS: BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, S.2 (Course Number 270 - Section 002)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Please read pages 1-22 in the casebook before the first class.

CLASS: BUSINESS PLANNING: TRANSACTIONS (Course Number 480 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Sandra Rosenbloom

CLASS: MEDIATION AND COLLABORATIVE LAW (Course Number 501 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Dina Ross

CLASS: CONTRACT NEGOTIATION AND DRAFTING (Course Number 264 - Section 002)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: LITIGATION PROCESS AND TECHNIQUES (Course Number 168 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Jennifer Rupert

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.11 (Course Number 190 - Section 011)

This is the INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Legal Writing Section.

Textbook:

1) Course Packet - NOTE: Be sure to buy the correct Course Packet for the Intellectual Property Legal Writing section. It is marked LEGAL WRITING I FALL 2009 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION and has a yellow (not white) cover.

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1. Fall syllabus (click here).

2. Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3. John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4. Sample Case File, selected portions (pp. 11-64 in Course Pack) (skim).

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Nadia Sawicki

CLASS: TORT, S.3 (Course Number 162 - Section 003)

William Schurgin

CLASS: HEALTH CARE LABOR LAW SEMINAR (Course Number 719 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Carina Segalini

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.17 (Course Number 190 - Section 017)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Kalpesh Shah

CLASS: PATENT LAW LITIGATION (Course Number 277 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Karen Shaw

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.2 (Course Number 190 - Section 002)

This is the Health Law Legal Writing Section

Textbook: Course Packet - Note: Be sure to buy the correct Course Pack for the Health Law Legal Writing section. It is marked LEGAL WRITING HEALTH LAW and has a blue (not white) cover.

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

1. Fall syllabus (Page 1 - full syllabus will be posted on your Legal Writing TWEN course) click here.

2. Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3. John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4. Sample Case FIle, selected portions (pp. 11-64 in Course Pack) (skim)

Due Before First Class:

Student Information Sheet (due prior to Class One; please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301), click here.

Judith Schwartz Sherwin

CLASS: M.J. LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING - BUSINESS LAW (Course Number 801 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Allen Shoenberger

CLASS: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW (Course Number 221 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

CLASS: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: EQUAL PROTECTION AND CIVIL RIGHTS (Course Number 124 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Hon. Darryl Simko

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.4 (Course Number 190 - Section 004)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Martin Sinclair

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.3 (Course Number 410 - Section 003)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

Lawrence Singer

CLASS: ANNALS OF HEALTH LAW ASSOCIATE EDITORS (Course Number 743 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: ANNALS OF HEALTH LAW EXECUTIVE EDITORS (Course Number 727 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

CLASS: ANNALS OF HEALTH LAW MEMBERS (Course Number 734 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: ANNALS OF HEALTH LAW SENIOR EDITORS (Course Number 733 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: HEALTHCARE BUSINESS AND FINANCE (Course Number 741 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Welcom to the course. I look forward to a good semester together. A TWEN site should be up by the end of the week. In the mean time, the assignment for the first day of class is as follows:

1. Please read chapters 1 and 3 of the text (Healthcare Finance: A Primer [Deborah Gordon, Stephen Brown]).

2. Please find one article from a newspaper or trade journal touching upon a business or finance issue in health care and write a 1 1/2 - 2 page paper explaining the relevance of the article and its significance. The paper needs to be turned in (hard copy) the first day of class. Please also be prepared to discuss your article.

CLASS: HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY SEMINAR (Course Number 767 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: HEALTH LAW DIRECTED STUDY (Course Number 713 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

CLASS: LL.M. PAPER - HEALTH LAW (Course Number 750 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: LL.M. PAPER SUPERVISION - HEALTH LAW (Course Number 740 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: LL.M. RESIDENCY (Course Number 740 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: LL.M. SEMINAR - HEALTH LAW (Course Number 742 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:  

Robert Slaughter

CLASS: THE ART OF IN-HOUSE COUNSELING (Course Number 139 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Douglas Smith

CLASS: MASS TORTS (Course Number 107 - Section 001)

Textbook: Mass Tort Litigation: Cases and Materials by Linda S. Mullenix

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Please read pages 2-53 in the casebook.

Lisa Southerland

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.24 (Course Number 190 - Section 024)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Veronica Spicer

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.28 (Course Number 410 - Section 028)Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course  

Chris Stathopoulos

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.9 (Course Number 410 - Section 009)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

Joseph Stone

CLASS: BUSINESS LAW CENTER CLINIC AND SEMINAR (Course Number 825 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: BUSINESS LAW CENTER CLINIC II (Course Number 826 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Ruta Stropus

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.14 (Course Number 190 - Section 014)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Caryn Suder

CLASS: CLIENT COUNSELING AND NEGOTIATION (Course Number 496 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Barry Sullivan

CLASS: SUPREME COURT SEMINAR (Course Number 181 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin (2007).

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Kelly Tautges

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.20 (Course Number 190 - Section 020)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Cristina Carmody Tilley

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.25 (Course Number 190 - Section 025)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Sarah Toney

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.28 (Course Number 190 - Section 028)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

James Tozzi

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.20 (Course Number 410 - Section 020)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

Janet Tracy

CLASS: ESTATES (Course Number 250 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

CLASS: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS (Course Number 230 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

CLASS: SEC TRANS/CRED RTS (EVE.) (Course Number 231 - Section 002)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

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John Valentine

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.32 (Course Number 190 - Section 032)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Andrew Vaughn

CLASS: ADVANCED ISSUES IN FAMILY LAW (Course Number 186 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Hon. Robert Vinikoor

CLASS: IMMIGRATION LAW (Course Number 315 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Andrew Vrabel

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.26 (Course Number 410 - Section 026)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

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Cheryl Warzynski

CLASS: M.J. LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING - CHILDLAW (Course Number 616 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Jill Webb

CLASS: PREPARATION AND TRIAL OF A PERSONAL INJURY LAWSUIT (Course Number 108 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Spencer Weber Waller

CLASS: CIVIL PROCEDURE, S.2 (Course Number 113 - Section 002)

Textbook: Civil Procedure by Stephen Yeazell, 7th Edition

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Please read pages 1-12 of the casebook which is the 7th Edition of Civil Procedure by Stephen Yeazell and Rule 1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Anita Weinberg

CLASS: CHILDLAW LEGISLATION SEMINAR (Course Number 606 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Nadine Wichern

CLASS: ADVOCACY, S.17 (Course Number 410 - Section 017)

Textbooks: All of the textbooks below are required for the class

Mary Beth Beazley, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy (2d ed. 2006)

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

Practitioner's Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Brief Filing Checklist, available online at http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

Materials (Record and Authorities) for Closed Problem, available on TWEN

Course Handouts

Reading Assignment for First Class: 

Fall 2009 Advocacy Course Policies (available on TWEN)

Record on appeal for Closed Problem (available on TWEN)

Begin skimming authorities for closed problem (will be available on TWEN; check your Advocacy course periodically for the authorities)

Any additional assignments from your professor will be posted on your TWEN course

Neil Williams

CLASS: SEC TRANS/CRE RTS (Course Number 231 - Section 001)

Textbook: Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions by Whaley

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Welcome to Secured Transactions. Our first session is a two-hour class on Monday, August 24th. Accordingly, please read pages 1-5 of Whaley, Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions, and be prepared to work through the first 15 items of Problem Set 1 (which is being posted on TWEN). In working through these items, please read the sections of the Code in your statutory compilation and the pages of the casebook cross referenced in Problem Set 1.

I look forward to working with you this semester.

William Wiseman

CLASS: LITIGATION ETHICS (Course Number 158 - Section 001)

Textbook: Model Rules of Professional Responsibility, 2008 ed.

Reading Assignment for First Class:

Read:

1) Preface, vii-viii

2) Chair's Introduction, xi-xiii

3) Chair's Introduction, xv-xvii

4) Preamble and Scope, 1-5

5) Model Rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.4 and 3.3 with accompanying Comments

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Andrea Yelin

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.6 (Course Number 190 - Section 006)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.19 (Course Number 190 - Section 019)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Michele Turnage Young

CLASS: LEGAL WRITING I, S.27 (Course Number 190 - Section 027)

Textbooks:

1) Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed. 2007)

2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

3) Linda J. Barris, Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook (2007)

4) Legal Writing I - Fall 2009, Course Pack

The following writing reference books are recommended:

1) John Bronsteen, Writing a Legal Memo (2006)

2) Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference (6th ed. 2007)

3) Richard C. Wydick, Plain English for Lawyers (5th ed. 2005)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Fall syllabus (PDF)

2) Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12 in Legal Writing (your text). Please note that you do not need to do any of the exercises within the text as part of your reading assignment/preparation for class.

3) John Jefferson Problem (pp. 3-10 in Course Pack).

4) Sample Case File, selected portions (pp.11-64 in Course Pack - skim).

Due before first class:

Student Information Sheet, located on the last page of the Legal Writing syllabus (due prior to Class One: please submit to your Legal Writing Professor's mailbox, Room 1301).

Barbara Youngberg

CLASS: RISK MANAGEMENT, PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY (Course Number 797 - Section 001)

Reading Assignment for First Class:

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Michael Zimmer 

CLASS: LABOR LAW (Course Number 335 - Section 001)

Textbook: Labor Law in the Contemporary Workplace, by Dau-Schmidt, Malin, Corrado, Ruiz and Fisk (2009).

Reading Assignment for First Class:

1) Enroll in the course on TWEN

2) For the first class, Monday, August 24, prepare Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, Martin H. Malin, Roberto L. Corrado, Christopher David Ruiz and Catherine L. Fisk, Labor Law in the Contemporary Workplace "LLCW" pp. 11-25, 26-29, 49-65.