501G. Contracts I (3-6 cr, max 6)

When taken for 6 credits, includes both LAW 501G and 502G. Basic principles governing the creation, interpretation and enforcement of private agreements. Offer and acceptance, consideration, the effect of changed or unforeseen circumstances, conditions and remedies.

502G. Contracts II (3-6 cr, max 6)

For course description, see LAW 501G.

503G. Torts I (EDAD *874) (1-6 cr, max 6)

Legal protection afforded in civil proceedings against interference with the security of one’s person, property, relations, and other intangible interests. Substantive principles that govern tort claims (ranging from claims for intentional wrongdoing, to negligence claims, to claims that the defendant is strictly liable for harms caused to the plaintiff), and the theoretical bases and practical implications of such claims.

504G. Torts II (EDAD *875) (1-6 cr, max 6)

For course description, see LAW 503G.

505G. Property I (3-6 cr, max 6)

Problems in possession, gifts of personal property, bona fide purchasers of personal property, estates in land, landlord and tenant, the modern land transaction, controlling the use of land, easements, licenses and equitable servitudes and constitutional limitations on the power of government to restrict individual economic liberties.

506G. Property II (3-6 cr, max 6)

For course description, see LAW 505G.

508G. Criminal Law (EDAD 970) (3 cr) Lec.

Substantive criminal law, focusing on the theoretical foundations, general principles, and doctrines that govern the rules of liability and defenses, both in the common law tradition and under the Model Penal Code.

511G. Introduction to Law, Legal Process, and Legislation (EDAD *872) (3 cr I)

How law is made and changed, the role of the individual, the business corporation, the private association, the administrative agency, the voting public, the legislature, and the courts in making and changing law.

513G. Legal Research and Writing I (3 cr)

Introduction to the sources and the literature of the law. Emphasizes the function and content of basic legal materials, their use in the analysis and solution of legal problems, and the preparation of legal memoranda and appellate briefs.

514G. Legal Research and Writing II (3 cr)

For course description, see LAW 513G.

516G. Civil Procedure I (3 cr)

Introduction to federal and state court organization, jurisdiction, and procedure. Emphasis on pre-trial, trial, and post-trial procedures, including pleading, enforcement of judgements, motion practice, appellate review, and the effects of res judicata and collateral estoppel.

517G. Civil Procedure II (3 cr)

For course description, see LAW 516G.

601G. Criminal Responsibility in Anglo-American History (2 cr)

Narrative account of ideas and practices surrounding the attribution of criminal responsibility in America from colonial to modern times. Tensions between formal rules of law and social attitudes, manner in which tensions relate to criminal trial history, relationship between evolution of punishment ideas/practices and evolution of criminal justice. Broad-based social, political and intellectual history of American criminal justice.

603G. Law Office Management (2 cr) Lec 2.

Issues confronted by the small firm and/or sole practitioner. Firm organization, e.g., partnerships, professional corporations, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships and partnership and shareholder agreements. The role of partners, shareholders, associates and non-lawyer staff, e.g., law clerks paralegals and legal secretaries. Ethical issues involved in the marketing of legal services, firm financial matters and dealing with clients within the organizational structure. Managing the legal product as well as physical resource needs such as traditional libraries through electronic information resources.

609G. Constitutional Law I (EDAD *870) (1-4 cr)

Structure of the federal government, including the history and judicial interpretation of the Constitution, federalism, interstate commerce, due process, equal protection, and separation of powers.

610G. Appellate Advocacy (3 cr)

Appellate practice and procedure; exploring the federal and Nebraska appellate practice, including the mechanics and timing of appeals, with emphasis on written and oral advocacy. Students draft appellate briefs, prepare other appeal-related documents, and participate in an oral argument.

611G. International Litigation and Arbitration (3 cr)

Issues that United States courts face when international disputes arise. Jurisdiction, international service, international evidence gathering, extraterritorial application of United States domestic law, the act of state doctrine, foreign sovereign immunity, and enforcement of international judgements. Resolving conflicts through arbitration and comparative perspectives about methods of resolving international commercial disputes.

613G. Electronic Commerce (3 cr)

Participation on Blackboard required. There are no prerequisites, although students who have taken a Uniform Commercial Code course will find that helpful. Issues arising in electronic commerce, including setting up a business in cyberspace, the privacy issues associated with online data collection, and the laws governing the sale of goods, licensing, secured transactions and payments in an electronic environment. A variety of state, federal and international legislation and directives will be considered, including the Communications Decency Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the USA Patriot Act of 2001, the financial privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, digital signature statutes and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

614G. Election Law (3 cr)

Legal doctrine and policy as it relates to the democratic political process. Text of the Constitution and federal legislation that governs voting and the political process, the decisions of the United States Supreme Court interpreting the Constitution and federal statutes, and the federal regulations that impact our democracy. Campaign finance, the Voting Rights Act, “one person, one vote,” racial and partisan gerrymandering, direct democracy, the regulation of political parties, and the Help America Vote Act. Where the law of our democracy has been, where it is today, and where it might be headed.

616G. International Human Rights Law (3 cr)

Students previously enrolled in Seminar (707G) may not enroll in this course. Historical, political, religious and philosophical roots of international human rights law, its development over the course of the last century and its contemporary role in international affairs. May include: current attempts to strengthen U.N. fact-finding and implementation mechanisms; the relationship between U.N. peacekeeping and peacemaking and international humanitarian law; the activities of regional human rights systems; the effect of the United State’s recent signature and ratification of U.N. human rights conventions and the role of such conventions and international human rights law through the criminal process; and military intervention to protect human rights victims, including NATO’s intervention in Kosovo.

617G. Construction Practice (3 cr)

Major facets of the construction process. Project concept stage, terms and provisions of the construction contract, contract execution stage, performance stage, disputes and relationships among the contracting parties, and architect-engineer.

618G. Taxation-Farm and Ranch (ACCT *818; AECN *818; POLS *818) (1-4 cr)

Prereq: ACCT 812 or LAW 637/G

Selection of substantial income tax problems affecting farms and ranches.

619G. Constitutional History (EDAD 977) (1-4 cr) Lec.

American constitutional history with a focus on "transformative" moments at which the Constitution and the nature of American politics and government changed. American Revolution and the framing of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, Civil War and Reconstruction, and the New Deal. Exploration of the courts and how they stood on history and original intent when they interpret the Constitution.

620G. Corporations Seminar (1-4 cr)

Prereq: LAW 632/G or permission; LAW 789/G is not a requirement

Selected issues in corporate and securities law.

621G. Education Law Seminar (EDAD 968) (1-4 cr) Lec.

Selected current national and state legal issues pertaining to education.

623G. Environmental Ethics and Law Seminar (3 cr) Lec 3.

Key theories in environmental ethics and environmental law; enhanced ability to analyze critically and communicate clearly and persuasively in an interdisciplinary forum through writing, informal discussion, and formal presentations; and a deeper understanding of sustainability as a principle of environmental law and ethics especially in agriculturally dominated landscapes. Nature of ethics and its relation to law; climate change; bio-fuels with implications for farm communities, water resources, and food supplies; and genetically modified organisms (GMO's).

624G. Immigration Law (1-4 cr)

History of immigration to the United States, federal authority to regulate immigration, immigrant visas, nonimmigrant visas, deportation, political asylum, citizenship, rights of aliens in the United States, and ethical issues for immigration lawyers.

625G. Copyright Seminar (1-4 cr)

The protection of literary, artistic, musical, and audiovisual works under the laws of copyright and unfair competition. Rights in computer programs, characters, titles, and useful articles. Home recording, photocopying, computer uses/Internet, and public performance.

626G. Antitrust Enforcement Seminar (1-4 cr)

Prereq: ECON *828

Private antitrust practice and procedure, with emphasis on standing, proof of damages, attorney’s fees, class actions, injunctive relief, and price discrimination.

627G. Payment Systems (1-4 cr)

Negotiable instruments, bank collections, negotiable documents, selected aspects of sales, and products liability.

628G. Antitrust and Trade Regulation (ECON *828) (1-4 cr)

Control of business activities through the federal antitrust laws. Emphasis on monopolies, joint ventures, pricefixing, boycotts, resale price maintenance, exclusive dealing and tying arrangements, territorial restrictions, and mergers.

629G. Accounting for Lawyers (1-4 cr)

Those who had accounting as undergraduates may enter only with the permission of the instructor. Basic accounting principles and the interaction of law and accounting. Understanding of accounting statements and terminology likely encountered in legal practice.

630G. Family Law (CYAF 950) (1-4 cr)

The family examined as a socio-legal entity with respect to its creation, dissolution, and the problems incident to its continuation, including interspousal rights and duties and the relationship between parents and children.

631G. Criminal Procedure (1-4 cr)

Basic problems of criminal procedure with emphasis on the fourth, fifth, and sixth amendments to the United States Constitution and their impact on the criminal justice system.

632G. Business Associations (3-4 cr, max 4) Lec.

Introduction to the law of business associations. The relationships among the various participants in business entities and, to a lesser extent, the relationships between business entities and outsiders. Corporations and partnerships.

633G. Administrative Law (ECON *886) (1-4 cr)

Origin and growth of the administrative process, the development of administrative law and its impact upon traditional legal institutions, analysis of the types of federal and state administrative tribunals, their powers and functions, and problems of administrative procedure, judicial and other controls upon the administrative process.

634G. Oil and Gas Law (1-4 cr)

Legal issues encountered in the development of oil and gas reserves.

635G. Family Law Practice (1-5 cr)

Prereq: LAW 630G

A limited enrollment class. Students required to write a paper on selected family law topics with emphasis on interdisciplinary research. Family law practice skills such as interviewing, counseling, negotiations, mediation, drafting, evaluating property, tax problems, litigation, working with other professionals, and interacting with juveniles.

636G. Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions (3 cr)

Prereq: LAW 632/G

Corporate mergers and acquisitions, including tender offers. The history of corporate acquisitions, their rationales, the legal duties of the officers and directors involved, different ways to structure a corporate acquisition, issues in negotiation and contracting, and securities law issues.

637G. Taxation-Individual Income (ACCT *837) (3-4 cr, max 4)

The structure and content of the federal income tax system, focusing on taxation of individuals. Income, deductions, income splitting, capital gains, and tax accounting. Technical proficiency in solving tax problems and an understanding of the tax policy decisions implicit in the technical rules.

638G. Taxation-Corporate (ACCT *838) (1-4 cr)

Prereq: LAW 637/G

Pre- or coreq: LAW 632/G. Advanced federal income tax focusing on income taxation of corporations and shareholders.

639G. Wills and Trusts (1-4 cr)

Intestate succession and related matters, execution of wills, revocation of wills, problems created by the time gap in wills, limitations on the power to devise, construction of wills (mistake and ambiguity), the elements of trust, formalities in the creation of a trust, the interest of the beneficiary, charitable trusts, and problems of trust administration.

640G. International Law (POLS 869) (1-4 cr)

Nature and sources of international law, its effect on the diplomatic, military, economic, and cultural activities of states, international organizations, private associations, and individuals.

641G. Environmental Law (AECN *841) (1-4 cr)

Legal problems encountered as a result of the impairment of the quality of the environment. Control of air, water, land, noise, and radiation pollution, and the roles of federal, interstate, state, and local agencies in affording protection. Includes private actions, class actions, and regulatory actions to protect both private and public interests.

642G. Conflict of Laws (1-4 cr)

Legal and constitutional concepts involved in choosing the applicable law when the essential facts of a case are not confined to one state or national sovereignty.

643G. Advanced Torts (1-4 cr)

Selected topics in tort law. Advanced class in tort law, considering the general legal theory of tort, as well as specific topics not studied in detail during the required first-year torts class. May include tort claims other than the intentional torts, negligence, and products liability--i.e., defamation, nuisance, privacy, abuse of legal process, interference with advantageous relationships, tort claims implied from statutes, the prima facie tort, and others. May also include topics relating to the functioning of tort law in social context--e.g., the efficiency with which tort litigation accomplishes its apparent purpose, alternative legal mechanisms to reduce risk or promote safety, alternative systems of compensating for harms, legislative tort reform initiatives, and others.

644G. Secured Transactions (1-4 cr) Lec.

Creditors’ remedies outside of bankruptcy, secured financing of personal property, and the impact of federal bankruptcy law on secured creditors.

645G. Unfair Competition (ECON *829) (1-4 cr)

Federal and state statutory provisions and common law doctrines restricting unfair methods of competition. Includes the law of trademarks, trade secrets, misappropriation, false advertising, disparagement, and the role of the FTC in regulating deceptive practices, together with brief introductions to copyright and patent law.

646G. Evidence (EDAD 971) (1-4 cr) Lec.

Relevancy and admission of evidence, including hearsay, opinions, privileges, other exclusionary rules, examination of witnesses, judicial notice, and physical evidence.

647G. Employment Law (1-4 cr)

Analysis of the employment relationship as it has developed outside of the collective bargaining context. History and current status of the employment relationship, including discharge-of-will, occupational safety and health, minimum wage/maximum hour legislation, unemployment compensation and noncompetition agreements.

648G. Business Planning (ACCT *848) (1-4 cr)

Prereq: LAW 632/G, 638/G

Series of separate, rather detailed planning problems. Each problem calls for the selection and planning of a transaction to meet the needs of the parties involved, in light of applicable corporate, partnership, tax, and securities considerations.

649G. Mass Communications Law (EDAD 978) (1-4 cr) Lec.

In-depth focus on the first amendment. Includes legal distinctions between the print and broadcast media, free press and fair trial, access to media, and licit and illicit ideas.

650G. Taxation-International (1-4 cr)

Prereq: LAW 637/G

Introduction to the US federal income tax rules that apply to US persons (including corporations, partnerships and individuals) living or doing business abroad or receiving income from foreign sources, and to foreign persons living or doing business in the US or receiving income from US sources. Effect of US tax treaties on these rules.

652G. Comparative Law Seminar (1-4 cr)

Introduction to major families of legal systems outside the common law orbit. Emphasis is on Western European and Socialist (Marxist) legal systems; others treated less intensively.

653G. Refugee and Asylum Law and Practice (1-4 cr)

Prereq: Completion of the survey course in immigration law is helpful, but not required

Each student will be required to write a 15 page paper for the course. This paper requirement will not fulfill the Law College seminar requirement for graduation. Introduces students to US refugee and asylum law. Refugee issues in the context of domestic and international political environments. Asylum reform, gender-based persecution, persecution of lesbians and gays, deficiencies in international and domestic refugee law, and firm resettlement of displaced persons. With an interdisciplinary focus, interplay among political, social, economic, cultural and psychological phenomena as refugees, governments of host countries, and international and nongovernmental organizations interact in the context of ongoing crises around the world. Contrasting viewpoints discussed. Along with relevant substantive law and procedure, participation in simulations designed to teach practical skills necessary to an asylum and refugee law practice, including working with translators, interviewing and case advocacy. Asylum cases serve as the foundation for role play exercises.

654G. Comparative Law (1-4 cr)

Major foreign legal systems and their impact on US law, lawyers and clients. Compares the Anglo-American common law system with the civil law systems of continental Europe; surveys other major foreign legal systems (e.g. Muslim, Hindu, Japanese, Chinese, African and Socialist legal systems); and addresses proof and pleading problems that arise when foreign law is at issue in US courts.

655G. Commercial Law: Sales (1-4 cr)

Law governing the sale of goods with emphasis on Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Includes: contract formation; acceptance and rejection of goods; warranties; risk of loss; remedies, including non-Uniform Commercial Code remedies in consumer transactions; documentary sales and leases.

656G. Banking Law (1-4 cr)

Law of commercial banking. History and structure of the American banking system; the formation of a new bank; the regulation of traditional banking activity, including lending limitations; reserve requirements; capital adequacy; equal credit laws; failed banks; branch banking; and future trends in banking.

657G. Law and Economics Seminar (1-4 cr)

Selected problems in law and economics.

658G. Labor Relations Seminar (1-4 cr)

Selected current national and state legal issues pertaining to private and public employment.

659G. State Constitutional Law (1-4 cr)

Constitutions of the individual states, including: state expansion of individual rights, state-federal constitutional relationships, state innovations, “interpretation” theories in the state context, constitutions in contrast with statutes, balance of powers, processes of revision, and procedures relevant to the practitioner.

660G. Civil Procedure Seminar (1-4 cr)

Advanced civil procedure topics including the problems of complex litigation in federal court and litigation in Nebraska state courts.

661G. Toxic Torts (1-4 cr)

Toxic tort litigation focusing on the legal system’s response to injuries and diseases caused by exposure to hazardous products and substances such as IUDs, asbestos, HIV-contaminated blood, polluted drinking water, and cigarettes.

662G. Taxation-Business Entities (3 cr)

Prereq: LAW 637/G

Pre- or coreq: LAW 632/G. Introduction to the fundamentals of federal income taxation of corporations and their shareholders, partnerships and their partners and limited liability companies and their members, focusing on information, operation and liquidation of such business entities. Examines subchapters C (regular business corporations), S (certain electing small business corporations), and K (business partnerships and qualifying limited liability companies) of the Internal Revenue Code.

663G. Taxation-Individual Income II (ACCT 863) (3 cr)

Most important tax principles affecting business and investments, as well as an introduction to basic tax procedure (both administrative and judicial), civil and criminal fraud, tax research, and certain ethical issues common in tax practice.

664G. Gender, Race, and Class Issues in the Law (3 cr) Lec 3.

Credit toward the degree may be earned in only one of: Gender Issues in the Law (LAW 771/771G) and (LAW 664/664G), but not both. The role of gender, race, and class in shaping socio-legal relationships and policies. Selected procedural substantive areas of the law that affect and are affected by gender, race, and class. Employment, property, torts, constitutional law and contractual relationships, and the complex relationship between gender, race, class, and the law.

665G. International Trade Law and Policy Seminar (3 cr)

Prereq: LAW 671/G preferred; or LAW 640/G

Selected issues of international trade law and policy. Several prominent issues of international trade law and policy, including trade in agricultural goods, new issues facing the international trading system, and other topics selected by students for research papers. Visiting scholars, government officials, or faculty from other departments at the university may make presentations to the seminar.

666G. International Environmental Law (1-4 cr)

Analysis of the legal rules and institutions used to address international environmental issues. Includes the sources and nature of international environmental law, extraterritorial application of domestic environmental law, transboundary pollution, sustainable development, protection of the global environment, and the impacts of international trade policy and international development policy on the environment.

667G. Construction Law (3 cr) Lec 3.

Legal principles in the construction area. Legal and equitable issues which result from the construction relationship and disputes relating to that relationship.

668G. International Trade and Transactions (1-4 cr)

Regulation of international trade and investment by individuals, governments (particularly the United States) and international agreements.

669G. Research in a Selected Field I (1-3 cr)

Before registering for this course, a student must (1) obtain the approval of the faculty member involved and (2) submit the Research in a Selected Field form to the College of Law registrar. Absent the prior approval of the dean, no student may take more than 6 hours of Research in a Selected Field and/or Psycholegal Research. Individual study under the supervision of a faculty member.

670G. Research in a Selected Field II (1-3 cr)

Before registering for this course, a student must (1) obtain the approval of the faculty member involved and (2) submit the Research in a Selected Field form to the College of Law registrar. Absent the prior approval of the dean, no student may take more than 6 hours of Research in a Selected Field and/or Psycholegal Research. For course description, see LAW 669G.

671G. International Trade Law (1-4 cr)

Students who have taken LAW 668G may not enroll in this course. This class may be taught in alternate years with International Trade and Transactions. Central theme of this field of law is the tension between generally accepted economic theories which support free trade as a means of increasing economic efficiency and raising standards of living for all trading partners, and the non-economic objectives that must be balanced against those principles. Includes: international monetary, development and trade policy; customs law, legal restraints on fair and unfair international trade practices; international transfers of intellectual property rights; and the regulation of foreign investment.

672G. Jurisprudence (EDAD 973) (3 cr) Lec.

What is good and what is bad about law; the judicial process; principal schools of jurists; theories of the nature of law and the legal order; the American social system and the law; obligations to obey or to disobey the law; and ideas of justice.

673G. International Business Transactions (1-4 cr)

Students who have taken LAW 668G may not enroll in this course. Regulation of international trade by private parties through contractual arrangements. Contract formation and interpretation; dispute resolution; letters of credit and other transfers of payment; insurance; transportation; and countertrade arrangements. Contract negotiating and drafting exercise.

674G. Juvenile Law (1-4 cr)

Investigation of the relationship between children, the family, and the state. Both public and private law considerations with emphasis on the juvenile justice system and general considerations of children’s constitutional rights.

675G. Advanced Legal Writing (1-4 cr)

Legal writing and analysis and experience with a variety of forms of legal writing. Topics selected from appellate brief writing and oral advocacy, interpreting and drafting statutes and rules, drafting jury instructions, drafting contracts, drafting pleadings, motion practice, drafting interrogatories, general correspondence, opinion letters, drafting wills and trusts, and advanced legal research.

677G. Toxic Substances and Hazardous Waste Law (1-4 cr)

LAW 697G is not a prerequisite for this course. Students who have taken LAW 641G may not enroll in this course. Legal problems associated with the control of hazardous and toxic substances. Toxic torts and regulatory actions to protect private and public interests.

679G. Federal Regulation of Food Safety (3 cr) Lec 3.

Examination of federal laws and regulations that govern food safety and food labeling shared by federal agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Commerce, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. History of federal food safety laws and enforcement, discussion of case studies highlighting current issues in the news, e.g., salmonella contamination of eggs, tort liability for “defective” foods, regulation of biotechnology use in foods, and the science underlying food safety regulation and food production. Conclusion with analysis of the policy goals and implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act signed into law by President Obama, January 4, 2011, which provides for a new system of federal oversight of domestically produced and imported foods.

680G. Legal Control of Discrimination (EDAD 976) (1-4 cr) Lec.

Selected legal issues pertaining to the legal control of discrimination.

681G. Cyberlaw (1-4 cr)

Areas in which the law interacts with the Internet and the increasing digitization of information. Possible topics: commercial law issues arising out of e-commerce including the proposed Article 2B of the Uniform Commercial code on information licensing and various electronic signature statues; intellectual property issues including the regulation of the Internet, the domain name as a trademark controversy, database protection schemes, and issues relating to online liability for copyright and trademark infringement; privacy issues such as encryption of data and access to personal identification data; criminal law issues involving cybercrimes (e-mail theft, cyberrape, etc.); and Y2K problems.

682G. Legal Control of Discrimination Seminar (1-4 cr)

Legal issues pertaining to the legal control of discrimination.

683G. Patents and International Intellectual Property (1-4 cr)

Two separate components; one involving patent law and one involving international intellectual property. The patent law component looks at some of the central issues of the protection and enforcement of patents with emphasis on the policy issues that arise from patent protection. Focus of the international intellectual property component is on private law. Materials emphasize issues that an American lawyer representing an American company should understand. Relative emphasis between patents and international intellectual property determined each term.

684G. Bioethics and Law (1-4 cr)

Role of law in controlling, shaping, and responding to scientific and technological developments in the field of medicine and the biological sciences. May include contraception, abortion, sterilization, artificial conception, genetic engineering, the right to refuse treatment, euthanasia, the right to treatment of defective newborns, organ transplantation, and experimentation with human subjects.

685G. Capital Punishment (1-4 cr)

Legal doctrine and policy regarding capital punishment in the United States. Draws heavily but not exclusively on decisions by the US Supreme Court. Includes: various Constitutional challenges and limitations according to Supreme Court decisions; aggravating and mitigating circumstances; jury selection and qualification; discriminatory application; the use of clinical testimony; and the role of counsel. Differs significantly from the Jurisprudence course that addresses capital punishment and directs primary attention to jurisprudential arguments regarding the justification of capital punishment in principle and in practice, with only secondary attention to a few of the central court cases. Court cases and legal doctrine and policy issues arising out of those court cases. Thus, the two courses are complimentary with relatively little overlap, and neither presupposes the other.

686G. Gender Issues in the Law (1-4 cr)

Critical review of the role of gender in shaping socio-legal relationships and policies. Examines selected procedural and substantive areas of the law that affect and are affected by gender. Includes, but are not limited to, employment, property, torts, the Constitution and contractual relationships. Emphasis on the complex relationship between gender, race and class.

687G. Investment Companies and Investment Advisers (2 cr)

Pre- or coreq: LAW 632/G. Survey of the regulation of mutual funds and investment advisers under the federal Investment Company and Investment Advisers Acts.

690G. Real Estate Transactions (1-4 cr)

Contracts for the sale of land; real estate financing including mortgages and installment land contracts, and more advanced devices such as sale leasebacks, ground leases, leasehold mortgages, equity participations, variable rate mortgages, and others; title examination and protection; shared facilities such as cooperatives, condominiums, and home owners associations.

691G. Health Care Finance (3 cr)

Institutional, economic, and legal dimensions of “health insurance”. Although the course considers the interface between private and public insurance mechanism, the focus is on private sector developments in “managed care”.

692G. Modern Real Estate Seminar (1-4 cr)

Legal aspects of commercial real estate practice including acquisition, disposition, financing, and management of commercial real estate entities such as apartment complexes, housing subdivisions, condominiums, and shopping centers. Land use controls.

693G. Law and Economics (AECN *893) (1-4 cr)

Economic principles to problems of legal interpretation and policy. Gives economic background for substantive courses in such areas as antitrust, regulated industries, and environmental law and also demonstrates the power of economic analysis when applied to problems in such diverse areas as contracts, property, torts, criminal law, family law, corporations, taxation, securities, procedure, and constitutional law.

694G. Sports Law (1-4 cr)

Selected legal issues affecting amateur and professional sports. May include applicability of antitrust, communications, contract, labor, and tax laws to professional sports; the ethical and professional aspects of player representation; the extra-governmental regulation of amateur athletics; and the internal organization of the professional sports leagues.

695G. Law and Educational Administration (EDAD 959) (1-4 cr) Lec.

Current legal issues of national significance relating to educational institutions; analysis of constitutional provisions, statutes, and court decisions affecting education; separation of church and state; rights of equality; student rights, responsibilities, and discipline; application of criminal and juvenile provisions; use of school property; control of the curriculum and extracurricular activities; contractual and tort liability; hiring, collective actions, tenure, outside activities, discharge, and retirement of teachers; confidentiality; accrediting agencies; and similar current legal matters.

696G. Client Interviewing and Counseling (1-4 cr)

Introduction to the basics of legal interviewing (lawyer interaction with a client for the purpose of identifying the client’s problem and gathering information on which the solution to that problem can be based) and counseling (a process in which lawyers help clients reach decisions). Class discussion of reading materials and videotaped demonstrations, and role play exercises.

697G. Environmental Planning and Pollution Control (1-4 cr)

Students who have taken LAW 641G may not enroll in this class. Legal problems associated with the regulation of the quality of the environment with emphasis on the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the National Environmental Protection Act.

698G. Lands and Natural Resources (1-4 cr)

Acquisition and disposition of the public domain; jurisdiction over public lands; withdrawals and reservations; mining and mineral leasing on public lands; range, forest, and wildlife management, recreation, and preservation.

699G. Land Use Planning (ECON *827) (1-4 cr)

Legal and administrative aspects of the regulation of land use and development, the problems and techniques of urban planning at the various levels of government, and the relationship of private owners and builders to the government policies involved in shaping the physical environment.

701G. Health Care Finance Seminar (1-4 cr)

Analysis of specific issues in the design and control of market and governmental mechanisms for the diversification of risk.

702G. International Trade Law and Policy (1-4 cr)

Prereq: LAW 671/G, 673/G, or 640/G

Students previously enrolled in Seminar (665/G) may not enroll in this course. Two night sessions of three hours each for a negotiation exercise that will take the place of six class sessions. Selected issues of international trade law and policy. Several prominent issues: trade in agricultural goods, new issues facing the international trading system, and other topics selected by students for research papers. Visiting scholars or government officials or faculty from other departments at the university may also make presentations to the seminar.

703G. Law and Medicine (1-4 cr)

Major topics at the intersection of law and medicine in America today. Most relate to the legal implications of health care quality and cost, to the legal implications of access to health care, or to issues in the area of bioethics. In particular, time devoted to the organization and legal credentialling of health care providers, individual and institutional; to medical malpractice law and its reform; to legal mechanisms of cost-control in health care delivery; to publicly-subsidized health care for the needy; and to the medicolegal issues surrounding morally controversial topics in modern medicine, such as issues relating to facilitating or avoiding reproduction, to the right to treatment, to the right to refuse treatment, to yet other issues.

704G. Agricultural Law (AECN *804) (1-4 cr)

Legal problems and issues of unique importance to lawyers serving the agricultural sector. The Farm Credit System, the Farmers’ Home Administration, and farm financing problems under the Uniform Commercial Code; commodity futures markets; agricultural cooperatives; farmland preservation and rural land use controls; foreign investment in American agriculture; farm labor legislation; farm programs and the economic regulation of agriculture; pesticides; and food additives.

705G. Agricultural Law Seminar (1-4 cr)

Selected problems in agricultural law.

707G. International Human Rights Law Seminar (1-4 cr)

Students required to write a substantial research paper on a topic of their choice. Interested students have the opportunity to research subjects of relevance to the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Historical, political and philosophical roots of international human rights law, its development over the course of the last century and its contemporary role in international affairs. May include current attempts to strengthen UN fact-finding and implementation mechanisms; the relationship between UN peacekeeping and peacemaking, on the one hand, and international humanitarian law, on the other; the activities of regional human rights systems; the effect of the United States’ recent signature and ratification of UN human rights conventions and the role of such conventions, and international human rights law generally, in US courts; and contemporary efforts to enforce international human rights law through the criminal process.

708G. Alternative Dispute Resolution (1-4 cr)

Theoretical, practical, ethical and legal issues confronted by mediators, arbitrators, neutral evaluators, and other dispute resolution specialists and the parties they serve. Legal context within which alternative forms of dispute resolution take place. Procedures examined: agreements arising from negotiations, mediations, arbitrations, summary jury trials, mini-trials, private judges, early neutral evaluations, neutral experts and masters, negotiated rulemaking, and claims facilities. Status of these procedures examined in light of existing case and statutory law and from a public policy point of view. Issues: confidentiality and privilege, conflicts of interest, finality/enforceability of resolutions, liability and ethical standards applicable to third parties, the extent of judicial review of decisions, arbitrability of disputes, international law, and public interest concerns. Disputes in a variety of settings considered: family, employment, medical, commercial, criminal, and international.

709G. Arbitration (1-4 cr)

law, process, and skills; federal and state laws; commercial, labor, employment, securities, construction, international, and court-annexed arbitration; and other topics related to arbitration.

710G. Mediation (4 cr)

Process in which a trained neutral third party assists others in resolving a dispute or planning a transaction. Training in basic mediation skills through readings, demonstrations, simulations, and the keeping of a mediation notebook. The nature of mediation and its relationship to other forms of dispute resolution, the nature of conflict, models and styles of mediation, negotiation theory, communication skills, the interest-based mediation process, the representation of clients in mediation, special issues relating to attorney mediators, and mediators standards and ethics.

711G. Copyright Law (1-4 cr)

Protection of literary, artistic, musical, and audiovisual works under the laws of copyright and unfair competition. Rights in characters, computer programs, nonfiction works, titles, and useful articles, in addition to more traditional subject matter such as art, literature, and music; issues of infringement including home recording, photocopying, computer transmission and public performance; procedural aspects of the 1976 Copyright Act, including notice, registration, transfer and duration.

712G. Law and Literature (1-4 cr)

Interdisciplinary study of the relations between law and literature, exploring the law in literature and the law as literature. The law in literature: Novelists, poets, and playwrights have seen the human interest in the law and in legal events; the law and lawyers have therefore been central to some major works of literature. Examines ways the law and lawyers have appeared in literature, and attempts to draw some lessons from them. The law as literature: Primary and secondary writing in the law employs most of the literary devices found in the imaginative literatures, and the tools of literary interpretation and analysis can therefore be brought to bear on legal texts. Exploring the literary aspects of the law, and deriving practical and theoretical insights from this exploration.

713G. Style and Composition in Legal Writing (1-4 cr arr)

Skills course. Requires as much practical writing as reading and study. Discusses various causes of poor legal writing-legal writing that is unnecessarily difficult to read-and attempts to understand what constitutes good legal writing, and what makes it work. Focuses on developing clarity, coherence, and concision in legal writing. Students should develop a better understanding of the linguistic causes of good and bad legal writing, and a set of concrete writing tools for the improvement of their own writing.

714G. Comparative Law: International Gender Issues (1-4 cr)

Selected problems of international and comparative gender issues in foreign legal systems and their impact on US law. Specific documents that may be discussed include the United States Constitution; US Refugee Law; Violence Against Women Act; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; United Nations Charter; International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Convention on the Rights of the Child; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; and the Declaration of the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

716G. Comparative Law: International Gender Issues Seminar (1-4 cr)

Selected problems of international and comparative gender issues in foreign legal systems and their impact on U.S. law. Documents for discussion include the U.S. Constitution; U.S. Refugee Law; Violence Against Women Act; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; United National Charter; International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Convention of the Rights of the Child; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

717G. Education Law (3 cr)

The role that law plays in education in the United States. The rights of students and teachers, special education and disability, school finance, school searches, student discipline, privacy of records, liability of school officials and discrimination based on gender and race. The emerging case law on state constitutional claims of education equity and adequacy.

718G. Refugee and Asylum Law Seminar (3 cr)

Refugee issues in the context of domestic and international political environments. Asylum reform, gender-based persecution, persecution of gays and lesbians, deficiencies in international and domestic refugee law, and firm resettlement of displaced persons. Interdisciplinary focus: considers the interplay among political, social, economic, cultural and psychological phenomena as refugees, governments of host countries, and international and non-governmental organizations interact in the context of ongoing crises around the world.

722G. Agricultural Environmental Law (3 cr) Lec 3.

Environmental law in agriculture, the Clean Water Act as it applies to agriculture, the environmental and conservative provisions of the farm program, pesticide regulation and liability, and other areas where environmental concerns and the agriculture industry intersect.

723G. Securities Brokers, Mutual Funds, and Investment Advisers (3 cr) Lec 3.

Prereq: LAW 632G

Neither securities regulation or any knowledge of federal securities law is a prerequisite for this course.

Regulation of brokers and investment advisers by federal securities law: regulation of brokers under the Securities Exchange Act; regulation of investment companies under the Investment Company Act; and regulation of investment advisers under the Investment Advisers Act.

725G. Economic Justice Seminar (3 cr) Lec 3.

A social justice critique of free markets. The relationship of legal rules to the distribution of wealth. Introduction of a range of materials and critique the economic theory underlying various approaches to law and economics. Readings will include an interdisciplinary perspective Current topics in economic inequality, e.g., access to credit, housing and others.

726G. Domestic Telecommunications Law (1-2 cr, max 3) Lec.

Legal framework applied in the U.S. to most wireline and wireless communications (not including the Internet). Cable television, landline telephone, broadcast and satellite radio and television, and mobile technologies. Economic, technological, national security, and statutory and constitutional issues, current policies, and academic debates.

729G. Civil Rights Litigation (1-4 cr)

Major substantive and procedural issues in litigation to protect civil rights. Established theories of liability and defenses, possible new developments in legal doctrine, and pending statutory changes.

731G. Investment Treaty Arbitration (3 cr) Lec 3.

The substantive rights provided in international investment agreements, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the procedural rights granted to resolve disputes. Investor-state arbitration and other dispute resolution options.

732G. Constitutional Law II (EDAD *871) (1-4 cr)

Emphasizes protected individual civil liberties. The origin and modern applicability of the state action concept in constitutional litigation; the scope of congressional power to enforce the post Civil War amendments; freedom of speech, association, and press; and constitutional principles enforcing the first amendment’s command that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

733G. Advanced Legal Research (3 cr)

Advanced exposure to the tools of legal research: the nature of and philosophies surrounding organization and production of the materials themselves.

735G. Criminal Trial and Post Conviction Procedure (1-4 cr)

Criminal procedure issues arising after a suspect’s arrest. “Trial” issues include pre-trial preliminary hearings and grand jury proceedings as well as trial questions relating to joinder and severance, representation of multiple defendants, treatment of incarcerated defendants (including bail), right to jury trial, the fair trial-free press conflict, right to speedy trial, and discovery. “Post-trial” issues include sentencing, appeal, post conviction remedies, and corrections. Professional responsibility of attorneys in criminal cases.

736G. Bankruptcy (1-4 cr)

After surveying the rights of creditors and debtors under state law, considers the impact of bankruptcy upon secured and unsecured creditors and upon stockholders. The bankruptcy trustee’s avoiding powers are studied. Code Chapter 12: Adjustments of Debt for Family Farmers considered in some detail. Chapters 7, 11, and 13 liquidations and reorganizations surveyed with selected topics considered in depth. The negotiated settlements and “workout agreements” which characterize this area of practice emphasized.

737G. Law of Provider and Patient (1-4 cr)

Students may also enroll in LAW 713G Style and Composition in Legal Writing for an additional hour of Law College credit. A limited but central topic in the larger field of health-care law-the law bearing on the relationship between a health-care provider and a patient. Surveys the legal rights and obligations of patients and their health care providers, individual and institutional. Covering qualification as a health care provider (institutional and individual licensure); the legal doctrines relating to the formation of provider-patient relationship; the locus of decisional authority in the relationship; the provider’s fiduciary duties to the patient (to deliver care of professionally acceptable quality [including traditional malpractice law], to avoid conflicts of interest, to respect the patient’s privacy, and to protect the confidentiality of medical information about the patient); the reciprocal obligation of the patient to take reasonable steps to assure payment and to comply with medical directives; and the legal doctrines relating to the termination of provider-patient relationships.

738G. Advanced Bankruptcy (1-4 cr)

Selected legal issues under the bankruptcy code with an emphasis upon corporate and farm reorganizations. Includes the treatment of executory contracts and leases; avoidance of pre-bankruptcy transfers; business reorganizations under Chapter 11; farm reorganizations under Chapter 12; use, sale, and lease of property; obtaining credit during the pendency of bankruptcy proceedings; negotiation and drafting of post-petition credit arrangements; relief from the automatic stay; adequate protection of lienholders; and plan confirmation standards under Chapter 11 and Chapter 12.

739G. Criminal Law II: Federal Criminal Law (1-4 cr)

Scope and content of federal crimes. Fraud and political corruption, drug trafficking, money laundering, organized crime, false statement, obstruction of justice and federal sentencing guidelines.

740G. Negotiations (1-4 cr)

Students expected to complete a journal which relates class discussions, lectures, readings, and personal experiences into a guide book for future negotiation practice. Variety of negotiation styles and an opportunity to apply these styles in a series of increasingly complex negotiation problems. Negotiation problems include plea bargains, personal injury cases, commercial negotiations, and labor management disputes. Strategic and psychological factors present in negotiation styles. To improve negotiation performance and broaden the repertoire of strategic and stylistic choices available to the student negotiator.

741G. Pretrial Litigation (1-4 cr)

Application of procedural rules to the bringing and defending of civil law suits and on considering the tactical and strategic aspects of litigation. Weekly exercises on pleading, motion practice and discovery.

742G. Securities Fraud (1 cr)

Civil actions for damages caused to investors by misrepresentations in securities markets. Specific topics vary.

743G. Remedies and Damages (1-4 cr)

The interplay and choice of possible recoveries in property, personal, and business interest situations. Damages: object of an award in contract and tort, limitations on recovery, and elements of damage. Equity: specific performance and injunctions. Examines the place and scope of restitution in the remedial structure, theories of recovery in basic contract and tort situations including vendor and vendee relationships, conversion, personal injury, defamation, privacy, unfair competition and employer-employee relationships, and the use of legal and equitable remedies in modern codes.

745G. Partnership Taxation (ACCT 945) (1-4 cr)

Prereq: ACCT 812 or LAW 637G

Survey of important principles of partnership taxation.

746G. Corporate Finance Governance (3 cr) Lec 3.

Prereq: LAW 632/632G

The financial structure and governance of the modern corporation and other similar entities. Issues of valuation relating to the corporation enterprise, alternatives for managing corporate risk, sources of corporate funding, and right of competing corporate stakeholders. Legal duties imposed on corporate management, factors influencing management’s decisions, and how management can act to satisfy its duties and maximize corporate value.

748G. Space Law (3 cr) Lec 3.

Space law and policy for intelligence gathering and weaponization, telecommunications, satellite launch, space tourism, and remote sensing. Application of five major international space treaties to regulation of modern space activities and arms control agreements. New and growing problems of orbital debris, protection of in-space assets and terrorism.

749G. Commercial Law Seminar (1-4 cr)

Students write and present a paper addressing an area of interest in commercial or banking law. Increasingly, attorneys are facing new legal dilemmas posed by several developments in commercial practices. Explores several current issues in commercial and banking law. Includes “Technology and the Uniform Commercial Code,” “Consumer Protection and the UCC,” “Banks and Community Needs” and various issues arising from proposed revisions to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC).

750G. American Foreign Affairs Law and Policy Seminar (3 cr)

Prereq: Previous enrollment in an international law course recommended

Structural and organizational issues related to United States foreign policymaking such as separation of powers and federalism. United States foreign policy in substantive areas such as the war on terror, non-proliferation, trade, foreign aid, global warming, relations with the European Union, and relations with Latin America.

751G. Pension and Employee Benefit Law (1-4 cr)

Law relating to pensions and employee benefits. The role of pensions and employee benefits in the compensation package, taxation of pensions, regulation of pension and benefit plans, ERISA fiduciary law, and issues relating to the termination of pension plans.

752G. Labor and Employment Law: Theory and Practice (1-4 cr)

The class will have a limited enrollment. Preference given to students who have earned at least 6 credits from the following courses: Civil Rights Litigation, Civil Rights Litigation Seminar, Employment Law, Employment Law Seminar, Labor Law, Labor Law Seminar, Legal Control of Discrimination, Legal Control of Discrimination Seminar, Pension and Employee Benefit Law, Public Employment Law. A modest bridge between classroom instruction in labor and employment law and real world practice in the area. Local practitioners collaborate with faculty member to formulate problems for the class and participate in several class sessions. Students engage in intensive analysis of issues arising out of the problems; they may be asked to prepare and discuss work products that fall anywhere on a continuum between the scholarly (such as law review-type analyses of complex issues) and the intensely practical (such as drafting interrogatories).

753G. Labor Law (ECON *880) (1-4 cr)

Legislative and judicial patterns of the modern labor movement; the objectives of labor combinations; the forms of pressure employed for their realization and prevention; strikes, boycotts, picketing, and lockouts; the legal devices utilized in carving out the permissible bounds of damage suits involving labor activity; the labor injunction; the National Labor Relations Board; the nature of collective bargaining agreements; extra legal procedure for settling labor disputes-the techniques of mediation, conciliation, and arbitration.

754G. Federal Jurisdiction (1-4 cr)

Advanced study of United States constitutional law in the litigational context and focused on the power, history, and development of the federal judicial system and the distribution of power between the federal and state systems.

755G. Products Liability (IMSE 801) (3 cr II) Lec 3.

Liability issues arising out of manufacturing defects, design defects and warning defects in various product categories. Specific issues related to product liability, such as identifying proper defendants, establishing causation and the issue of post-sale warnings. Broader policy questions about the role of litigation versus regulation in a democracy and a market economy.

756G. International Telecommunications Law (3 cr) Lec 3.

National and international regimes for regulating telecommunications and media communications by cable, phone and fiber, and by satellite, broadcast, and wireless. International lawmaking through the International Telecommunications Union and the World Trade Organization including international allocation of spectrum for wireless services and orbital slots for satellites as well as issues about international copyright and/or broadcasting and those surrounding submarine cables. Jurisdiction among different international and national bodies and conflicts among nation states. Historical regulation and how the convergence between telephone, television and computer services can upset existing regulatory apparatuses. Comparative analysis of different nations' communications policies. Exploration of how the United States addresses global communications issues, consideration of domestic U.S. regulations limiting, and setting a framework for foreign involvement in certain communications industries within the U.S.

757G. Psycholegal Research Other than Thesis I (PSYC 995) (3-6 cr)

Research is supervised and approved by a faculty member in the Law/Psychology program. Absent the prior approval of the Dean, only those students enrolled in the Law/Psychology Joint Degree Program may register for this course. Absent the prior approval of the Dean, no student may take more than 6 hours of research in a selected and/or psycholegal research. A substantial research and writing project on a psychological topic.

758G. Psycholegal Research Other than Thesis II (PSYC 995A) (3-6 cr)

Research is supervised and approved by a faculty member in the Law/Psychology program. Absent the prior approval of the Dean, only those students enrolled in the Law/Psychology Joint Degree Program may register for this course. Absent the prior approval of the Dean, no student may take more than 6 hours of research in a selected and/or psycholegal research. For course description, see LAW 757G.

759G. Employment Law Seminar (EDAD 956) (1-4 cr) Lec.

Selected current national and state legal issues pertaining to private and public employment.

760G. Public Employment Law (EDAD 960) (1-4 cr) Lec.

Legal issues relating to public employment with particular emphasis on public schools and colleges; collective bargaining by public employees, impasse, and resolution of public employee disputes; grievances, arbitration, and enforcement of agreements; civil rights of public employees; and laws applicable to public employment apart from collective bargaining, such as discrimination acts, wage and hour laws, retirement plans, and public records.

761G. Trial Advocacy (EDAD 961) (1-4 cr) Lec.

Prereq: LAW 646/G

Students perform weekly exercises which are videotaped and critiqued and will try a case. Fundamentals of trial practice. Emphasis on questioning witnesses, selecting and addressing the jury, and admitting items into evidence.

762G. Law and Behavioral Science (PSYC 985) (1-4 cr)

General issues in the interaction between law and the behavioral sciences; discussion of the use/misuse/nonuse of the behavioral sciences in the law, with attention to ways of making behavioral science input most useful; analysis of the law as a behavioral instrument.

763G. Mental Health Law (PSYC 988) (1-4 cr)

Critical review of the mental health laws throughout the nation and their psychological foundations. Emphasis on the research that illuminates the problems facing mental health law, system, and processes and the available solutions. Includes the insanity defense, competency to stand trial, guardianship, conservatorship, and civil commitment.

764G. Topics in Law and Psychology I (PSYC 989) (1-4 cr)

May be repeated once. Analysis of specific psycholegal topics. Previous course titles include Privacy, Mental Health Policy, Legal Decision Making, Institutional Reform and Deinstitutionalization, Legal Policy and Child Development, and Domestic Violence.

765G. Topics in Law and Psychology II (PSYC 989A) (1-4 cr)

May be repeated once. For course description, see LAW 764G.

766G. National Space Legislation (1 cr) Lec 1.

Implementation of international space treaties and other international space law by means of the establishment of national space legislation. Licensing regimes dealing with liability issues or other control mechanisms. Ways in which countries across the world have chosen to implement relevant international requirements as well as to assert national space policies by means of national law. Discussion of national U.S. law regarding satellite communications, satellite remote sensing, and space tourism.

767G. Estate Planning (ACCT 967) (1-4 cr)

Prereq: LAW 637/G

Pre- or coreq: LAW 639/G. Federal estate and gift taxation, related income tax rules, estate planning concepts, and state inheritance taxation.

768G. Estate Planning Problems (ACCT 968) (1-4 cr)

Prereq: LAW 767/G

Problems of planning and implementing estate plans for clients of substantial wealth with emphasis on skills of drafting the various legal instruments usually required for comprehensive estate planning.

769G. Tax Policy Seminar (ACCT 969) (1-4 cr)

Policies of federal income taxation with emphasis on current legislative proposals and alternatives.

771G. Gender Issues in the Law Seminar (3 cr)

Critical review of gender role in shaping socio-legal relationships and policies. Procedural and substantive areas of the law that affect and are affected by gender. Employment, property, torts, Constitutional law, and contractual relationships. Complex relationship between gender, race and class.

772G. Mental Health Law Seminar (1-4 cr)

Students who have previously taken LAW 763G may not take this course. Critical review of the mental health laws throughout the nation and their psychological foundations. Emphasis on the research that illuminates the problems facing mental health law, system, and processes and the available solutions. Includes the insanity defense, competency to stand trial, guardianship/conservatorship, and civil commitment.

773G. Criminal Sanction Seminar (3 cr)

Criminal sanction with attention to conceptual and justificatory problems. Issues relating to the just administration of punishment, including the death penalty, as well as legal doctrines and defenses negating or mitigating criminal responsibility. Sentencing process considered with attention to the legal rights of offenders from conviction to final release.

774G. Environmental Law and Water Resource Management Seminar (CIVE 916; NRES 916) (1-4 cr, max 4)

Prereq: Permission

An interdisciplinary seminar with the Department of Civil Engineering. Contemporary environmental issues and water resource management.

775G. Jurisprudence Seminar (1-4 cr)

Judicial process, the principal schools of jurists, theories of the nature of law and the legal order, the problems of the science of law today, and their application to the American social system.

776G. Water Law, Planning and Policy (AECN *876) (1-4 cr)

Judicial, legislative, and administrative problems in water resource development, allocation, and control.

777G. Legislation Seminar (EDAD 963) (1-4 cr) Lec.

Development of further skills in drafting and interpreting statutes, understanding legislative processes and decision making, and evaluating the role of legislation in governmental regulation. Opportunity for in-depth study of subjects pertaining to or involving legislation, centering on subjects considered by the Nebraska Legislature and the Nebraska legislative process.

779G. Deregulation Seminar (3 cr)

Each student will be required to write a paper examining a Nebraska regulatory provision and considering whether that particular regulation should be eliminated or modified. A review of the policy arguments for and against government regulation and their application to particular regulatory provisions.

781G. Constitutional Problems Seminar (1-4 cr)

Selected constitutional issues of current importance.

782G. Advanced Trial Advocacy (3 cr)

Prereq: LAW 761/G

Enrollment limited to 16 students per semester. Simulation exercises concerning advanced trial advocacy topics including jury selection, expert witnesses, problem witnesses, development of a trial theme and multi-party litigation. Students perform simulated jury trial.

783G. Insurance Law (ECON *814) (1-4 cr)

Principles of insurance law. Focuses on features of common insurance contracts and the legislative, judicial and administrative supervision of both insurance contracts and the insurance industry.

785G. Introduction to European Community Law (1 cr) Lec 1.

Overview of the development of establishment of the European Union and the current transition from the failed Constitutional Treaty to the new Reform Treaty. The unique character of the EC/EU as a half-way house between a classical intergovernmental organization and a federal state, respective roles of the Council the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the European Court of Justice in the process of law-making, regulations, directives, and decisions at the European level. Major substantive elements of EC law, such as the freedom of movement of goods, services, person, capital, and the competition regime.

786G. European Regulation of Space and Technology (1 cr) Lec 1.

Interaction between EC/EU and the European Space Agency in the development of European space activities and policies, in regard to EUTELSAT and EUMETSAT, and their institutional integration. The development of Galileo and the Global Monitoring for Environment Security project; general legislative and regulatory competencies of commercial space and satellite communications; gradual development of an internal market for SATCOM services.

788G. Local Government Law (EDAD 964) (1-4 cr) Lec.

Law of local government units with emphasis on current problems in the operation and administration of local government, models and theories of local government.

789G. Securities Regulation (1-4 cr)

Prereq: LAW 632/G or permission

A comprehensive but intensive survey of the statutes and regulations governing the distribution of securities, trading of securities on the stock exchanges and the over-the-counter markets, and the growing role of federal law in corporate governance. Primary focus on the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with limited attention to state “blue sky” securities legislation.

790G. Legal Profession (1-4 cr)

This course meets the faculty’s requirement for a course in professional responsibility. A systematic study of the principles of professional responsibility governing the practice of law in the United States.

791G. Legal Profession Seminar (1-4 cr)

When so designated by the instructor, this seminar meets the faculty’s requirement for a course in professional responsibility. Problems related to the American legal profession.

793G. Products Liability Seminar (ECON *830) (1-4 cr)

Selected problems in products liability, with emphasis on research and writing projects analyzing the problems.

796G. Native American Law (1-4 cr)

Concepts used historically to fit Native Americans into the legal structure of the United States. The power of the federal government, the power of the states, and the historical and contemporary power of the tribes explained.

797G. Native American Law Seminar (1-4 cr)

Concepts used historically to fit Native Americans into the legal structure of the United States. The power of the federal government, the power of the states, and the historical and contemporary power of the tribes explained.

798G. Clinical Practice-Civil (2-6 cr)

Open only to students with senior standing. Students are also required to attend a seminar on lawyering skills and the representation of clients. Students, under close faculty supervision, advise and represent clients in a variety of civil cases, including landlord-tenant, consumer, collection, bankruptcy, immigration, tax, and domestic relations cases.

799G. Clinical Practice-Criminal (3-6 cr)

Open only to students with senior standing. Participation in a seminar concentrating on the development of skills necessary to the prosecution and defense of criminal cases is required. Students prosecute a variety of misdemeanor offenses under the close supervision of a member of the faculty. Cases are prosecuted through the Lancaster County Attorney’s Office and the practice component of the course is conducted out of that office.