Appellate Practice & Procedure Teaching Assistant - LAW 6837
2 credits
Teaching assistants work with the Appellate Practice & Procedure instructors, as needed, to research the problems for the Appellate Practice & Procedure course, provide guidance to students in their research, writing, and oral arguments, and serve as judges during the oral advocacy portion of the course. Teaching assistants are selected by the professor in charge of the Appellate Practice & Procedure course. Teaching assistants are awarded credit on a "credit/no credit" basis. Credit Type C.
Creditors' Rights - LAW 6830
3 credits
A survey of the rights and duties of debtors and creditors under common law and statutes, including: judgments, executions, attachment and garnishment, fraudulent conveyances, receiverships, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and the Bankruptcy Code. Credit Type A.
Cyberspace Law - LAW 6835
2 credits
An in-depth study of selected issues raised by widespread use of electronic information systems and computer networks such as the Internet. Issues might include data privacy, database access, access to governmental information, governmental access to private information, privacy, electronic publishing, electronic carriers, transborder data flow, protecting electronic commerce from fraud or theft. No prior knowledge of the Internet or of computers is required. Credit Type A.
Directed Readings - LAW 6861
1-2 credits
Students undertake a program of directed readings under the close supervision of a full-time faculty member. Each project undertaken must be submitted and approved in writing by the faculty member involved and the associate dean for academic affairs. Evaluation of the student for credit must be based in part either on a written examination or on the student's completion of extensive written work. No more than one directed readings program may be taken in a summer session. No more than a total of four directed readings may be taken by any student in the course of law studies. No more than four credit hours of such work will count toward the graduation requirement of 90 credit hours. Prerequisites: upper-level standing with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.3 (students entering before Fall 2007) or 2.5 (students entering Fall 2007 and after). Credit Type C.
Electronic Commerce - LAW 6836
2 credits
A survey of legal issues relating to electronic commerce, including issues such as electronic contracts, digital signatures, authentication of electronic documents, online payments, digital cash, security for electronic payments, encryption, proposed UCC Article 2B, taxation of online commerce, export controls and transnational data flow, electronic fraud, and jurisdiction. Credit Type A.
Employment Discrimination - LAW 6846
3 credits
This course examines state and federal legislation dealing with class based and individual discrimination in employment on the basis of sex, race, religion, disability, national origin, or age. The major emphasis of the course will be on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Other laws include the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the American's with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Subjects may include the theories of discrimination, defenses and evidentiary proof (direct, circumstantial, and statistical); pregnancy discrimination; sexual harassment; affirmative action; and remedies for unlawful employment discrimination. Credit Type A.
Employment Law - LAW 6840
2 credits
This course will study the evolving relationships between employers and employees in the nonunion settings. The course highlights various state and federal regulatory aspects of the employment relationships as well as common law developments as they relate to topics such as screening and hiring of employees, termination of employees, wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment, and occupational safety and health. Credit Type A.
Entertainment Law - LAW 6841
3 credits
This course will explore many of the legal, business and policy issues which a lawyer encounters in the music, film, television, and sports industries. Some of the topics that the course will cover are: intellectual property issues in the entertainment industry; conflict of interest and other legal ethics issues; contractual rights and relations among entertainment industry workers in television, motion pictures, and recordings, including agency and management agreements; analysis of the economic structure of the entertainment industry; basics of film and television practice including financing, production and distribution arrangements and agreements; a survey of the various unions and guilds having jurisdiction over the various personnel in the entertainment industry, including the Writers Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Radio and Television Artists, American Federation of Musicians and Actors Equity. Credit Type A.
Environmental Law - LAW 6833
3 credits
This course explores both private and governmental control and management of the environment with primary emphasis given to the problems of pollution. After an introduction to both the common law and regulatory approaches to pollution control, the course examines specific problem areas, which may include air and water pollution, solid and hazardous waste treatment and disposal, environmental issues in property and business transactions, and the tension between regulating private property and the constitutional regulatory takings doctrine.
Credit Type A.
Family Law - LAW 6831
3 credits
This course examines the law's efforts to regulate the formation, operation, and dissolution of the family. To that end, students study the laws governing marriage and its validity, legal problems which may arise during marriage, and issues surrounding the termination of marriage, such as alimony, property division, and child custody. For Advocacy Track and Law, Technology, and Innovation Track students only. Credit Type A.
Federal Taxation of Business Entities & Owners - LAW 6875
3 credits
This course will consider the federal income tax implications of the transactions constituting the formation, operation and dissolution of corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. The primary focus of the course will be the tax implications of transactions between and among the entities and their owners by viewing simultaneously each transaction in the context of all the entities. Thus, we will consider tax implications on a transaction-by-transaction basis allowing us to compare and contrast the tax impact on each entity and owner of each transaction. The course will not cover to any significant degree business mergers or acquisitions. Prerequisite: Individual Income Taxation. Credit Type A.
Health Care Law - LAW 6842
3 credits
A survey of the legal regulation of quality of, access to, and financing of health care. Subjects addressed will include medical malpractice, patient rights, licensure, and bioethical policy. Credit Type A.
Immigration Law Process and Policies - LAW 6851
2 credits
This course will examine all basic aspects of Immigration Law, processes and policies. These aspects include the history and development of Immigration law and policies, federal immigration power, immigration subject areas such as permanent resident alien status; non-immigrant temporary residents; political asylum and refugee status; exclusion, admission and deportation law and processes; administrative and judicial review; citizenship and nationality; and broader perspectives such as legal, moral and social justice implications of immigration law, policies and practices. Credit Type A.
Independent Study - LAW 6860
1-2 credits
Students undertake a written project under the supervision of individual faculty members. The project shall result in the production of a substantial scholarly paper. Each project undertaken must be submitted and approved, in writing, by the faculty member involved and the associate dean. No more than one independent study may be taken in any one semester, and only one may be taken in a summer session. No more than four independent studies may be taken by any student in the course of law school studies. No more than four credit hours of such work will count toward the graduation requirement of 90 credits. Prerequisites: Upper-level standing with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.3 (students entering before Fall 2007) or 2.5 (students entering Fall 2007 and after). Credit Type C.
Intellectual Property Law - LAW 6832
3 credits
Intellectual property is a legal tool that helps protect and facilitate the commercialization of human innovation, such as creative works, inventions, and proprietary and/or competitive business information. This course generally exposes students to current and potential intellectual property issues facing society and business. It is a survey of the different intellectual property mechanisms, such as patents trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and other related state law doctrines. For Advocacy Track and General Practice Track students only. Credit Type A.
Insurance Law - LAW 6843
2 credits
Elements of the insurance contract, nature and form, insurable interests, insurance agents and brokers, consideration, representations and warranties, rights and obligations of the parties, waiver and estoppel, subrogation and remedies. Special emphasis is placed on life, fire, and casualty insurance. Credit Type A.
International Law - LAW 6850
3 credits
An introduction to international law as applied between independent nations and in American courts. Included are: the sources, development, authority, and application of international law; the laws of recognition, and of jurisdiction over land, sea, and air; and the making, interpretation, enforcement, and termination of treaties. The role of the United Nations and the International Court of Justice also are studied. Credit Type A.
Law and Education - LAW 6844
3 credits
This course surveys an array of legislative and judicial responses in the area of Education Law. In placing its primary focus on K-12 education, the course will examine such topics as school governance; school finance; compulsory attendance; religion in the schools; student rights, including, but not limited to, free speech (e.g., student publications and dress codes), discipline, and search and seizure; faculty rights including, but not limited to, certification, collective bargaining, free speech, and tenure; and equal educational opportunities relating to desegregation, the rights of students and school employees with disabilities, and gender equity. Credit Type A.
Law Review - Associate Editors (first term) - LAW 6867
1 credit
Intensive research into diverse legal subjects and preparation and editing of articles for publications in the University of Dayton Law Review. Provides students with the opportunity to enhance their legal research and writing skills. Member of Editorial Board. Prerequisite: Selection by the Law Review Board of Editors. Credit Type C.
Law Review - Associate Editors (second term) - LAW 6868
1 credit
Intensive research into diverse legal subjects and preparation and editing of articles for publications in the University of Dayton Law Review. Provides students with the opportunity to enhance their legal research and writing skills. Member of Editorial Board. Prerequisite: Selection by the Law Review Board of Editors. Credit Type C.
Law Review - Editorial Board (first term) - LAW 6869
2 credits
Intensive research into diverse legal subjects and preparation and editing of articles for publications in the University of Dayton Law Review. Provides students with the opportunity to enhance their legal research and writing skills. Member of Editorial Board. Students receiving credit as members of the Editorial Board would not be eligible for credit for third-year writing. Prerequisite: Selection by the Law Review Board of Editors. Credit Type C.
Law Review - Editorial Board (second term) - LAW 6870
2 credits
Intensive research into diverse legal subjects and preparation and editing of articles for publications in the University of Dayton Law Review. Provides students with the opportunity to enhance their legal research and writing skills. Member of Editorial Board. Students receiving credit as members of the Editorial Board would not be eligible for credit for third-year writing. Prerequisite: Selection by the Law Review Board of Editors. Credit Type C.
Law Review - Junior Staff (first term) - LAW 6865
2 credits
Intensive research into diverse legal subjects and preparation and editing of articles for publication in the University of Dayton Law Review. Provides students with the opportunity to enhance their legal research and writing skills. Law Review research, writing, and other staff work. Prerequisite: Selection by the Law Review Board of Editors. Credit Type C.
Law Review - Junior Staff (second term) - LAW 6866
2 credits
Intensive research into diverse legal subjects and preparation and editing of articles for publication in the University of Dayton Law Review. Provides students with the opportunity to enhance their legal research and writing skills. Law Review research, writing, and other staff work. Prerequisite: Selection by the Law Review Board of Editors. Credit Type C.
Mock Trial Competition - LAW 6871
2 credits
Selected upper-level students represent the School in the intercollegiate National Trial Competition. Students are given a simulated case file and are required to prepare and present the case. The focus of the course is the in-depth development of pretrial and trial skills. The course provides students with an opportunity to integrate and apply procedural and substantive rules of law in the context of a simulated trial. Prerequisite: Evidence (LAW 6225 or LAW 6820). Credit Type B.
Moot Court Interschool Competition - LAW 6872
2 credits
Upper-level students represent the School of Law in an approved interschool moot court competition. The course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop both written and oral appellate advocacy skills. Each student is required to write an appellate brief on legal issues presented by an approved moot court competition problem regardless of whether a written brief is required under the rules of the competition. This written brief serves as the principal basis for the student's grade in the course. In addition, each student is required to participate in oral arguments at the competition site. Students are selected as competitors by the faculty advisor of the Moot Court Board. Students who have received credit in Moot Court National Competition (LAW 6873) are ineligible for this course. This course is graded on a "credit/no credit" basis. Prerequisite: Preparation of a written appellate brief and presentation of oral argument in the Walter Rice Intramural Moot Court Competition.
Moot Court National Competition (fall term) - LAW 6873
3 credits
Students with more than 53 units of credit represent the School of Law in the National Moot Court Competition. The course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop both written and oral appellate advocacy skills. Each student is required to write an appellate brief on legal issues presented by the National Moot Court problem. This written brief also serves as the principal basis for the student's grade in the course. Any "designated brief writer" also has responsibility for the coordination and editing of the appellate brief required under the competition rules. "Oral advocates" are required to participate in all oral arguments provided for under the competition rules. Students are selected as competitors by the faculty advisor of the Moot Court Board. This course is graded on a "credit/no credit" basis. Prerequisite: Moot Court Interschool Competition.
Remedies - LAW 6845
3 credits
Analyzes legal and equitable remedies in a variety of substantive settings, including: damages, specific performance, injunctions, restitution, and rescission. The concept of unjust enrichment is examined from the perspective of both substance and remedy. Credit Type A.
Trial Practice - Civil - LAW 6880
3 credits
Each aspect of civil trial will be examined. Litigative techniques in trial situations will be developed through actual student participation in simulated civil trials. Prerequisites: Evidence. This course is not available to students within the Advocacy Track. Credit Type B.
Trial Practice - Criminal - LAW 6885
3 credits
Examination and development of litigative techniques useful in criminal trials through participation in simulated trial situations. Each aspect of the criminal trial will be examined. Prerequisites: Evidence. This course is not available to students within the Advocacy Track. Credit Type B.
Tax Clinic - Staff - LAW 6876
1 credit
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. [During January] Students study and receive classroom instruction in the fundamentals of preparation of federal, state, and city income law, in preparation of tax returns, in interviewing clients to obtain information, and in counseling clients regarding their current tax obligations and any advisable future tax planning opportunities, and pass qualification tests. During February, March and the first half of April, students interview clients, prepare tax returns, explain the returns and obligations to the clients, and where advisable initiate tax counseling to advise clients of future steps which are appropriate. Credit Type C.
Tax Clinic - Supervisor - LAW 6877
1 credit
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. [During January] Student Supervisors review fundamentals of federal, state, and city income tax law, client interviewing techniques, and tax return preparation. Student Supervisor oversee and assist less experienced law students in resolving difficult tax issues and in preparing tax returns. Student Supervisors review tax returns prepared by less experienced students, prepare amended returns, occasionally prepare more difficult tax schedules or returns, and perform office administrative tasks.
Prerequisite: Prior tax experience and instructor's permission.
Credit Type C.