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2015-2016 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

The courses described below are listed in numerical order by discipline. All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted. If laboratory periods are required they are indicated after the description. For example, the notation “3 plus 1” indicates 3 class periods and 1 lab period per week.
 

Ph.D. in Global Leadership
  

  • OLM 7004 - Managing Innovation & the Learning Organization

    Critical analysis of theoretical and empirical literature, and best practices about managing innovation and the learning organization. The key transformational role of technology and its impact on emerging core organizational learning capabilities are emphasized. Collaborative work environments, diffusion of innovation, systems thinking, and the technology adoption cycle are examined as means to improve organizational capabilities and managerial competencies required to promote innovation and a learning organization. The cultural structures and processes of a learning organization are explored. Credit(s): 3
  

  • OLM 7005 - Managing for Financial Performance & Accountability

    This course is a shared course for OLM and HEA students.
     
    Critical analysis of theoretical and empirical literature, and best practices about managing innovation and the learning organization. The key transformational role of technology and its impact on emerging core organizational learning capabilities are emphasized. Collaborative work environments, diffusion of innovation, systems thinking, and the technology adoption cycle are examined as means to improve organizational capabilities and managerial competencies required to promote innovation and a learning organization. The cultural structures and processes of a learning organization are explored.
     
    Comparative study of current trends in higher education in the United States and globally including curricular models, delivery methods, cultural influences and implications; global institutional partnerships; governmental involvement, accountability and reporting requirements. Credit(s): 3
  

  • OLM 7006 - Strategic Development of Multinational Organizations

    Critically analyze theoretical and empirical literature, and best practices of the strategic management processes for multinational organizations. Foundational concepts for competitive analysis and both short and long-term competitive success are examined including barriers to effective strategic management, Porter’s competitive advantages system, and multinational strategic management development. The emerging literature and best practices of value chain analysis, supply chain management, and the global context of organizational sustainability are reviewed to provide recommendations to create and strengthen the organization’s competitive advantage and to sustain superior performance. The structure, reporting responsibilities and centralized/decentralized strengths and weaknesses of a multinational organization are explored. Credit(s): 3
  

  • RES 7000 - Introduction to Research Methods

    This course emphasizes basic principles and techniques employed in social and behavior science research methods. More specifically, students will review a variety of research methods and will be introduced to the basics of research design. This course will discuss sampling techniques, descriptive, inferential statistics, and basics of testing hypothesis. Students will practice formulating research questions and hypotheses; and interpreting and critiquing statistical results found in peer-reviewed empirical studies. Students will also be able to practice using SPSS. Credit(s): 3
  

  • RES 7011 - Research Critique

    Prerequisite(s): RES 7000 
    This course helps enhance students’ skills in conceptual argument construction and research analysis. Students will review empirical studies in global leadership and critically evaluate structure, effectiveness, logic and flow of arguments. Students will also examine research purpose, effective hypothesis construction, variables, and research methods. The course will use qualitative and quantitative peer-reviewed articles for research critique. In addition, students will learn about basic and applied natures of research. Finally, students will practice writing research proposals to reflect the applied nature of global leadership scholarship. Credit(s): 3
  

  • RES 7012 - Research Design

    Prerequisite(s): RES 7000 , RES 7011 
    The purpose of this course is to advance students’ understanding of theory formation and provide students with skills to design effective research in applied settings. The course will examine selection and application of different qualitative and quantitative methodologies for conducting research. It will also evaluate effective research based on connection between methods, data, and arguments. Students will be required to develop a research proposal for an applied project to convert challenges faced by global leaders into research questions or hypotheses and design an applied study that addresses them. Credit(s): 3
  

  • RES 7013 - Quantitative Methods In Research

    Prerequisite(s): RES 7000 , RES 7011 , RES 7012 
    This course focuses on the application of quantitative research methods. It presumes basic knowledge of the research process and familiarity with quantitative studies in the field of global leadership. Students will use SPSS software application to analyze bivariate and multivariate parametric and non-parametric statistics, and will interpret and report results in a series of exercises. The course will introduce general purpose and description of the factor analysis; and general purpose of the structural equation modeling. Students will evaluate peer-reviewed research articles, apply course content to design a research proposal, and conduct a pilot student to answer research questions or test hypotheses. Credit(s): 3
  

  • RES 7014 - Qualitative Methods In Research

    Prerequisite(s): RES 7000 , RES 7011 , RES 7012 
    The course is designed to provide students with more in-depth understanding of naturalistic, qualitative research methods. Students will review philosophical assumptions underlying qualitative paradigms and will learn about design, purposeful sampling, field work, and data collection methods. Course will introduce students to current data analysis techniques and computer software used to analyze qualitative data. Throughout the course, students will read and critically evaluate peer-reviewed qualitative studies. Students will also gain first-hand experience in the qualitative research process by designing and conducting a study, analyzing and interpreting their data, and writing and presenting a report on their findings. Credit(s): 3
  

  • RES 7015 - Global Leadership Research

    Prerequisite(s): RES 7000 , RES 7011 , RES 7012 
    The purpose of this course is to examine a development of leadership theory in different cultures and to learn about nuances of conducting international studies. Such topics as working with an international sample; collaborating with international scholars; cultural philosophical assumptions and frames of reference and their influence on theory development; challenges with a concept translation; publication standards in international scholarly outlets are among a few topics examined in the course. This course will also enable students to evaluate generalizability of research finds in Western leadership studies. Finally, students will analyze leadership students published by scholars from Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America. Africa, and Middle East. Applications for theory development as well as for leadership development will be discussed. Credit(s): 3
  

  • RES 8001 - Qualifying Research Seminar

    The primary focus of this course is on helping students narrow their research interests and develop a Research Brief that identities a gap in the global leadership scholarship and suggests a specific research area for further investigation. Students will also discuss potential research designs for their projects, develop research questions or hypotheses, work on operationalization of their variables, and formulate practical applications of their research. The course will address both the philosophical and methodological issues of students’ projects. Ethical and diversity issues (protection of human subjects, cultural and language issues) will be considered. Students with approved Research Briefs will start working on their Research Prospectus. The second goal of the course is to evaluate students’ progress in the program and assess their readiness as scholars to conduct an independent research project (their dissertation). Hence, students will conclude the course with the Global Leadership Paper where they explore several original topics suggested by the course professor. Credit(s): 3
  

  • RES 8002 - Dissertation Proposal Development, Defense, & IRB Application

    Used during continuation of work on the dissertation, this course is necessary to comply with the continuous registration requirement of the degree program. The course serves two purposes: (1) Students that made sufficient progress in RES 8001  but did not complete the prospectus (2) Students that passed RES 8001 , enroll in RES 8002  in the dissertation chair’s section, form a dissertation committee, develop the dissertation proposal, successfully defend the dissertation proposal before the dissertation committee, and submit an IRB application. A dissertation proposal includes completed first three chapters of the dissertation, and relevant front and back matter. The IRB application, which includes the Research Protocol, certifications and signatures, and curriculum vitae of the principal investigator, is submitted to the Institutional Review Board for Human Subjects (IRB). Credit(s): 3
  

  • RES 8111 - Continuous Development of the Qualifying Paper

    Students are registered in the section by their Qualifying Paper Chairperson with the goal to continue working on the Qualifying Paper Research (note - only after all coursework has been completed and potentially doing revisions for the Global Leadership Paper). Credit(s): 3 Parent entity: College of Business
  

  • RES 8221 - Continuous Development of the Dissertation

    Students are registered in the section by their Dissertation Chairperson with the goal to continue working on the Dissertation under the direction of the dissertation committee. (note- this course is taken after the RES 8002  course is completed) Credit(s): 3 Parent entity: College of Business

Law
  

  • LAW 7001 - Leadership Theory & Research

    A foundational course in the critical analysis of seminal theoretical and empirical leadership theories, research and best practices. The concepts and dimensions of leadership are evaluated from the early trait and behavioral theories to the more recent theories which emphasize transformational and servant leadership models. Ethics and morality in leadership decision-making and case studies that examine emerging leadership situations are also analyzed. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 7003 - Legal Issues and Responsibilities in Higher Education

    Higher education legal processes, rights, responsibilities, duties and liabilities of faculty, administrators, and students within the context of higher education. Topics such as academic freedom, affirmative action, free speech, disability rights and access/use of electronically accessed information will be analyzed. Studies from constitutional, statutory, and case law will be addressed. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 7004 - Ethics, Governance & Social Responsibility

    Ethical theories and research are examined, along with professional codes of conduct and best practices for effective ethical leadership in global organizations. A review of recurring ethical dilemmas results in the development of a personal code of ethics appropriate for global leadership. The literature and best practices related to the leader’s role in promoting effective governance for a healthy organization along with social responsibility and sustainable development are examined. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 7005 - Global Leadership Development

    From a global perspective, leadership development models are analyzed with a focus on organizational and individual outcomes. Leadership development practices are evaluated as they relate to and impact the development of intellectual capital, organizational innovation, talent management, succession planning and executive selection criteria. Leadership development programs for expatriates and effective modes of leadership development for different countries and cultures are analyzed. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 7006 - Strategic Development of Multinational Organizations

    Critically analyze theoretical and empirical literature, and best practices of the strategic management processes for multinational organizations. Foundational concepts for competitive analysis and both short and long-term competitive success are examined including barriers to effective strategic management, Porter’s competitive advantages system, and multinational strategic management development. The emerging literature and best practices of value chain analysis, supply chain management, and the global context of organizational sustainability are reviewed to provide recommendations to create and strengthen the organization’s competitive advantage and to sustain superior performance. The structure, reporting responsibilities and centralized/decentralized strengths and weaknesses of a multinational organization are explored. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 7007 - Global Strategic Leadership

    Literature and best practices in the development of strategic initiatives are analyzed with the goal of achieving competitive advantage in the global marketplace. Qualities of strategic leadership and strategic processes are examined including strategy formation, tactical planning and decision-making throughout the organization, as well as pro-activity in addressing environmental challenges and cultural differences. Also analyzed are systems-thinking, “Best-in-Class” benchmarking and partnerships, and employee empowerment. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9000 - Civil Procedure

    Civil Procedure examines the foundational topics of jurisdiction, both personal and subject matter, including venue, forum non conveniens, forum transfer and the application of state law in federal courts (Erie). The course also tracks a lawsuit from filing through verdict, including the study of pleadings and motions, discovery and pretrial litigation, summary judgment, trial and post-verdict motions, and finality. This course also includes an introduction to procedural due process rights. Credit(s): 5
  

  • LAW 9001 - Contracts

    This course studies the formation, enforcement, interpretation and remedies for breach of contract by exploring various principles under the common law and changes imposed by the Uniform Commercial Code. Sample topics include the requirements for formation of a contract (such as offer and acceptance), justifications for enforcing promises (such as consideration or detrimental reliance), and justifications for denying or limiting enforcement (such as unconscionability or mistake, the Statute of Frauds, and the parole evidence rule). Credit(s): 5
  

  • LAW 9002 - Criminal Law

    Criminal Law examines the general principles of substantive criminal law, with particular emphasis placed on homicide, inchoate crimes (e.g., attempts and conspiracy), and defenses (e.g., insanity). The laws of multiple jurisdictions will be explored as well as the Model Penal Code. The course will present and address difficult questions concerning the relationship of the individual to the state, the goals of the criminal law, and how the criminal justice system is applied to all citizens. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9003 - Professionalism

    Law students will learn the core values of the legal profession, including the character and fitness requirements for admission to the bar, the basic tenets of professional ethics, and preparation necessary for a career in the legal field. Law students will draft a Declaration of Professional Commitment, shadow an attorney and learn about law as a career. Enrollment is restricted to the Law School. Credit(s): 1
  

  • LAW 9004 - Constitutional Law I

    This class will examine the respective roles of the executive, legislative and judicial branches, with an emphasis on the role of the judiciary in the development of constitutional law. The course will also examine the relationship between state and federal power, and the limits of federal and state power with respect to the protection of individual civil liberties. Finally, the course will examine the evolution of equal protection and substantive due process law under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. Credit(s): 5
  

  • LAW 9006 - Property

    This course examines the legal doctrines governing real and personal property. The topics addressed include the law of gifts, adverse possession, land transfers, recording, covenants, easements, estates, landlord-tenant, and the rights and liability accruing from possession or ownership of land. Credit(s): 5
  

  • LAW 9007 - Torts

    This course will introduce doctrines and theories that comprise the bulk of modern American torts law and practice. This course will examine the legal principles of civil wrongs for which the law recognizes a legal remedy on behalf of a private individual. Specifically, it will also illustrate for students how the law allows for the distribution of losses for physical harms incident to more or less legitimate activity. Three questions will be answered from this course; 1) what conduct counts as tortious or wrongful, 2) did the conduct cause the kind of harm the law will recognize, and 3) what defenses can be raised against liability if the defendant has committed a tort? It is designed as a one semester course using the casebook method of study, along with innovative teaching and learning opportunities. Credit(s): 5
  

  • LAW 9008 - Professional Responsibility

    This course covers topics relating to the ethical responsibility of lawyers. Topics include confidentiality, communication between attorney and client, conflicts of interest, attorney fees, ethics in advocacy, attorney advertising, and solicitation. The course also covers attorney-client privilege, malpractice, attorney liability to third parties, judicial ethics, and admission to the bar. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9101 - Experiential Legal Writing I

    Required 1L
    Experiential Legal Writing I begins the process of training law students how to be effective legal thinkers, writers, editors, and advocates.  This course focuses on the fundamental skills that are required to develop outstanding analytical reasoning and writing skills.  Skills covered include but are not limited to the following:

     

    • Logical and syllogistic reasoning;

    • Legal reasoning and analysis (e.g., case analysis and synthesis, reasoning by analogy, induction, deduction, and syllogistic reasoning, fallacies, distinguishing and reconciling precedent, policy-based analysis, and applying the relevant law to the facts);

    • Basic and advanced writing techniques;

    • Predictive writing;

    • Client interviewing and correspondence; and

    • Legal research and citation (in books and online sources such as Westlaw and Lexis).

     

    Note: In this course, students will perform one client interview, draft three predictive memorandums, and one client letter. *First year required course Credit(s): 3

  

  • LAW 9102 - Experiential Legal Writing II

    Required 1L
    Persuasive writing and reasoning are two of the most important skills that lawyers must possess, and requires you to master the art of narrative storytelling. Many of the techniques used by fiction writers to craft a powerful story, such as plot, theme, character development, and pace, apply with equal force to persuasive legal writing. In Lawyering Skills II, you will learn and practice applying these skills, and begin to develop your persuasive writing ability in preparation for your required, upper-level experiential legal writing courses.  The skills taught in this course include, but are not limited to:

     

    • Narrative Storytelling (drafting a compelling factual and legal narrative that tells the court why you should win);

    • Winning at the beginning: drafting a powerful Introduction (and opening sentence);

    • Developing your theme;

    • Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant facts, and using the relevant facts to craft a persuasive narrative;

    • Presenting the law in a compelling manner;

    • Avoiding artificial attempts to persuade;

    • Writing for your audience-and the standard of review;

    • Confronting unfavorable facts and law, and telling the Court why you should win anyway;

    • Drafting a strong legal analysis section;

    • The art of responding to counter-arguments, and the importance of making strategic concessions;

    • Applying persuasive writing techniques based on the context and document you are drafting;

    • Knowing when to preempt your adversary’s argument, or save a response for the reply brief;

    • When policy arguments matter-and when they don’t; and

    • The ten rules that every legal writer must follow.

       

    By the end of this course, students gain experience drafting the most common litigation documents, and have the opportunity to perform a simulated oral argument before a panel of judges.

     

    Note: In this course, students will draft a motion to dismiss, answer, first set of interrogatories and document requests, motion in limine, and motion for summary judgment.*First year required couple Credit(s): 3

  

  • Law 9103 - Experiential Legal Writing III

    Required 2L
    In Experiential Legal Writing III, students will draft a real-world document including an appellate brief based on the cross-curricular hypothetical that they did in the first year. This will complete the first-year cross-curricular assignment. In addition to the litigation documents mentioned above, students will have drafted a retention agreement in Contracts. *Second year required course Credit(s): 2
  

  • Law 9104 - Experiential Legal Writing IV

    Yes 2L
    This course focuses on advanced persuasive writing techniques and requires students to draft several litigation and transactional documents that address a variety of complex legal issues in different jurisdictions, in real-world contexts, and in areas of the law that are tested on the bar examination and relevant to law practice. In addition, the drafting assignments will be given under real-world conditions similar to those that confront most first-year law associates when they begin law practice. This will require students to:

     

    • Draft documents that you will encounter in law practice;

    • Comply with tight deadlines;

    • Perform research in areas of the law where you have no knowledge or prior experience;

    • Draft parts of pleadings in various jurisdictions throughout the United States;

    • Assess the likelihood of success based on incomplete or unknown facts;

    • Draft a compelling narrative; and

    • Make strategic decisions regarding litigation strategy.

       

    Simply put, this course will teach students to practices like lawyers by training them to reason and write under conditions that lawyers face on a daily basis.  Students will not, for example, be permitted to collaborate with their classmates on research and drafting assignments except where permitted by the professors, and for certain assignments students will not be able to consult with or receive guidance from their classmates or professors. This process will enable students to become self-sufficient learners and effective problem solvers. *Second year required course Credit(s): 2

  

  • Law 9105 - Experiential Legal Writing V

    Required 3L
    This course will focus on rewriting and revision, a skill often neglected by law students but essential to ensuring a competent written product. The course will provide in-depth instruction in line and copy editing, grammar, and style. Students will complete short writing assignments and redraft and revise their work based on the professors’ assessment and feedback. In addition, students will be provided with already-drafted litigation and transactional documents and be required to perform line and copy edits. *Third year required course Credit(s): 2
  

  • Law 9106 - Experiential Legal Writing VI

    Required 3L
    This course will focus on narrative storytelling, and on applying literary techniques to enhance persuasion. Assignments will likely include drafting an “Introduction” and “Statement of Facts” section for a motion to dismiss and appellate brief. *Third year required course Credit(s): 1
  

  • LAW 9200 - Alternative Dispute Resolution

    Fulfills the skills requirement; Required for Advocacy Concentration. Second year preferred.
    This course explores negotiation, mediation, and arbitration as ways of resolving legal conflicts outside the litigation process. It focuses on the role of the attorney who counsels clients about ADR and who represents clients in some ADR process. Students study the theory behind each process, and the law and ethical standards governing each. This course is a pre-requisite for working in the Mediation Center Clinic. There is no exam in this course; students will complete projects. This is not anonymously graded. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9201 - Evidence

    Required for Advocacy Concentration.
    This course surveys the rules and underlying theories governing the admission, exclusion, and sufficiency of evidence in court proceeding, emphasizing the Federal Rules of Evidence. Specific topics include witness competency, relevance, credibility, hearsay, confrontation clause issues, privileges, expert witnesses, and real and demonstrative evidence. Rules concerning trial structure, examination of witnesses, and substitutes for evidence will also be discussed. Credit(s): 4
  

  • LAW 9202 - Indiana Practice & Procedure

    Third year preferred.
    This class will acquaint the student with civil and criminal procedure at the state trial court level. Using Indiana as the model, the course traces civil and criminal cases from service of process and the charging of crimes all the way to trial and includes discussion of venue, pleadings, discovery and dispositive motions. The course also deals with other important aspects of civil and criminal practice including statutes of limitations, settlements, and plea bargains. Credit(s): 2
  

  • LAW 9203 - Client Interviewing and Counseling

    Fulfills the skills requirement.
    This course will focus on developing in students an understanding of interviewing and counseling as lawyer functions and of the skills and problems associated with these functions. In particular, concern would be with (a) interpersonal and psychological aspects and problems in interviewing and counseling processes, (b) interviewing as a fact-gathering tool, (c) counseling and the lawyer’s role in the decision making process and as advisor, and (d) ethical problems raised in the interviewing and counseling settings. Credit(s): 2
  

  • LAW 9204 - White Collar Crime

    This course introduces students to the law of white collar crime-offenses committed by individuals, institutions, and corporations, which cause economic or social harm to broad classes of victims. It focuses on conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, securities fraud, bribery, perjury, extortion, money laundering, and RICO violations, as well as procedural aspects of prosecuting white collar offenses, sentencing and forfeiture issues. Credit(s): 3
  

  • Law 9205 - Law Clerk Clinic

    Prerequisite(s): prerequisite=Law 9201, Evidence, fulfills a skills requirement, second year preferred Skills Requirement
    Students will work with a faculty member and together they will serve as a clearinghouse for the trial judges in Allen County, Indiana, and surrounding counties.  The team will be “on call” to provide law clerk assistance to the trial bench by writing bench memos and/or white papers on new, novel, or complex questions of law. Credit(s): 2 or 3
  

  • LAW 9205 - Trial Court Clinic

    Prerequisite(s): LAW 9201 . Fulfills a skills requirement; Second year preferred.
    Students will work with a faculty member and together they will serve as a clearinghouse for the trial judges in Allen County, Indiana, and surrounding counties. The team will be “on call” to provide law clerk assistance to the trial bench by writing bench memos and/or white papers on new, novel, or complex questions of law. Credit(s): 2 or 3
  

  • LAW 9206 - Trial Advocacy

    Prerequisite(s): LAW 9201 . Fulfills a skills requirement. Required for Advocacy Concentration.
    This course provides students with an examination of problems of advocacy in civil and criminal cases, tactics and procedures at the trial level, primarily consisting of student exercises and demonstrations. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9207 - Sentencing Law

    This class will examine the principles of sentencing. Along with federal sentencing, this course will examine state sentencing systems and alternatives to sentencing. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9208 - Pre-Trial Advocacy

    Fulfills a skills requirement.
    This course exposes students to the rules and techniques available for pre-trial preparation of matters in litigation. The course includes practical skills assignments in client interviewing, taking and defending depositions, drafting pleadings, motions and written discovery as well as settlement negotiations. Restricted enrollment (usually 24 per section). Credit(s): 2
  

  • LAW 9209 - Mock Trial Board

    Prerequisite(s): LAW 9201  and LAW 9206 . Fulfills a skills requirement; Third-year only course.
    The Mock Trial Team is an inter-scholastic competition team of not more than 8 students, who compete in regional and national trial advocacy events. Students spend countless hours, under the supervision of a coach, practicing witness examinations and oral arguments, researching and drafting motions, and preparing a case for trial. All Mock Trial Board members are required to participate in at least one inter-school competition as well as perform intra-school administrative hours as required by the Faculty Advisor. Credit(s): 2
  

  • LAW 9210 - Federal Courts

    This course examines the concepts of federalism and the separation of powers between federal and state governments. The course will concentrate on choice of law principles and the rules and doctrines that determine which side in a legal dispute gets its preferred forum. Representative topics include choice of law in the federal system; the power of the federal courts to create federal law; the power of Congress to control the federal courts; the subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts; removal of cases from state to federal court; the power of the federal courts to apply rules of law different from those applied in state courts; and prerequisites for Supreme Court review of state-court judgments. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9211 - Externship (Judicial)

    Prerequisite(s): LAW 9201  and LAW 9607 . Fulfills a skills requirement.
    The judicial externship will provide the second- or third year law student with the opportunity to work with a judge in a capacity similar to that of a judicial law clerk. Students will have the opportunity to conduct legal research and write bench memoranda as well as draft orders or judicial opinions. Externs will have multiple opportunities to observe trials and hearings, settlement conferences, and other court proceedings. Students will also learn about the administrative functions of the court and meet with various court personnel to learn about the different services provided by court personnel. Students taking this course will also be expected to participate in a classroom component and fulfill a writing requirement. The number of credits depend upon the number of hours worked each week. Students who extern ten (10) hours per week will receive three (3) credits upon successful completion of the course. Students who extern for twenty( 20) hours per week will receive six (6) credits upon successful completion of the course.
  

  • LAW 9212 - Criminal Procedure

    This course examines the manner in which, and the extent to which, the U.S. Constitution - particularly the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments - imposes constraints on the investigation and adjudication of crime. Topics include bail and preventative detention, the right to the effective assistance of counsel, prosecutorial discretion and plea bargaining, the right to trial by jury, appeals from criminal convictions, double jeopardy, the federal remedy of habeas corpus, theories of constitutional interpretation, the incorporation of the Bill of Rights, search and seizure, interrogation, and the right to counsel. The primary focus will be on the federal constitutional constraints applicable to the criminal justice system. Broader questions concerning the criminal justice system, such as the proper goals of the system and the extent to which poverty and race distort the system’s intended operation will also be addressed. Although not required for graduation, this course is recommended for students interested in advanced study and/or practice in the criminal law field. While not a formal prerequisite, the course is highly recommended for students interested in enrolling in any advanced criminal law and criminal procedure courses. Credit(s): 4
  

  • LAW 9213 - Moot Court Team

    Fulfills writing and/or skills requirement; Third year preferred.
    Moot court involves students in mock appellate arguments and brief writing. Participation requires substantive legal knowledge, but also requires legal research, analysis, and writing skills, and the ability to present findings orally in an appellate court context. Participation in an extramural moot court competition against other law schools moot court teams is the pinnacle of the moot court achievement. Classroom time will be intermittent, but the two months leading up to a competition will require a great deal of each student’s time. Students in this course will participate in inter-scholastic appellate argument tournaments. They will also organize and run the Law School’s competition to assist the faculty in selecting future Moot Court Team members. These activities will enhance their appellate advocacy, organizational, and leadership skills. To compete on a team, the students will have to research and write an appellate brief on a complex topic. The written work, by competition rules, must be the students’ original work and must meet all requirements listed for upper-level intensive legal writing requirement, including without limitation, length, faculty supervision, producing multiple drafts, and publication quality. The students will be evaluated on the basis of their participation in appellate moot court competitions as well as their organization and execution of the Law School’s intra-school competition. Students will be invited to enroll in the course based on their ranking in an open tryout. A cumulative GPA of 2.5 is required to be a member of the Moot Court Team. Credit(s): 1 per semester
  

  • LAW 9214 - Products Liability

    Prerequisite(s): LAW 9007 .
    This course explores sources, developments, and limits of American laws providing compensation for injuries caused by dangerous and defective products. The course will cover common law theories of liability under torts claims against a defendant with whom plaintiffs may or may not have private as well as breach of express and implied warranties, negligence and defenses. The Restatements 2d and 3d of Torts will be used to facilitate an understanding of dispute resolution and litigation sources in the areas of strict liability, product defects, design defect, and warning defects. Students will complete assignments related to various dispute resolutions and litigation practices within these components of product liability. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9216 - Fourteenth Amendment

    Prerequisite(s): LAW 9004 . Fulfills writing requirement.
    This course involves an in-depth analysis of the history, evolution, and current application of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Fourteenth Amendment provides that no State shall “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law … nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Class discussion and assignments will focus on the United States Supreme Court’s interpretation of these words. Particular emphasis will be placed on the origins and contemporary relevance of substantive due process, and the Court’s Equal Protection jurisprudence. Students will read and discuss a number of landmark cases, including: (1) Plessy v. Ferguson; (2) Brown v. Board of Education; (3) Griswold v. Connecticut; (4) Roe v. Wade; (5) Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey; (6) Lawrence v. Texas; and (7) United States v. Windsor (and its companion case, Hollingsworth v. Perry). Credit(s): 2
  

  • Law 9218 - Law & Public Policy Clinic

    Prerequisite(s): prerequisite=Law 9101 & 9102, Experiential Legal Writing I and II, fulfills the upper lever writing requirement. Upper Level Writing Requirement

    The Law and Public Policy Clinic is a three-credit, in-house clinic in which students will draft policy initiatives, examine best practices, and provide law and policy analysis on matters of local, regional, and national importance. Credit(s): 3

  

  • Law 9220 - U.S. Supreme Court Clinic

    Prerequisite(s): prerequisite=Law 9101 and 9102, Experiential Legal Writing I & II, fulfills the skills requirement, and the upper level writing requirement Upper Level Writing Requirement

    The United States Supreme Court Clinic will involve upper-level students in drafting amicus briefs and petitions for certiorari (where appropriate) before the United States Supreme Court on constitutional law issues relating to, among other things, free speech, due process, liberty, and privacy. In addition to providing Indiana Tech’s law students with meaningful practical experience, the U.S. Supreme Court Clinic will enhance the law school’s presence in the legal community as an institution for the advancement of civil, human, and political rights. Credit(s): 3

  

  • LAW 9300 - Administrative Law

    Required for Intellectual Property/Technology Law Concentration.
    This course will expose students to the function and use of administrative agencies, the application of the Administrative Procedure Act, consideration of policy and economics, the role of the judiciary and the scope of judicial review, and the allocation of decision-making powers. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9301 - Patent Law

    Prerequisite(s): LAW 9300 .
    This is a course in the law regarding protection of rights to inventions. It will consider in detail the nature of patentable subject matter, and the requirements of utility, novelty, and non-obviousness. It will also consider the process for securing patent rights, including the patent prosecution process, the requirements of disclosure and enablement, and the enforcement of patent rights, considering issues of claim construction, infringement, including infringement under the doctrine of equivalents, remedies, and defenses. It will consider the policies and economics underlying and justifying the patent law system. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9302 - Entertainment Law

    A foundational course for the pursuit of a transactional or corporate law career in the entertainment industry. The study includes the law of contracts, copyright, trademark, first amendment and agency representation issues all in the context of entertainment industry norms. Each area of law described will be examined in the contexts of the motion picture industry, the music industry, and the television industry. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9303 - Intellectual Property

    Required for Intellectual Property/Technology Law Concentration.
    This survey course covers the basics of United States intellectual property law, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. The course addresses the policies underlying the protection of intellectual property and compares the different ways organizations and individuals can use intellectual property to protect their interests. This course is intended both for students who want an introduction to intellectual property and for those who intend to pursue a career in intellectual property law. Credit(s): 4
  

  • LAW 9304 - Copyright Law

    This course covers the major copyright law doctrines. Topics include the subject matter of copyright, the scope of protection, rights conferred, infringement doctrines, defenses, remedies, and attention to particular industries and recent developments in the law. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9400 - Accounting for Lawyers

    This course provides an introduction to basic accounting principles and their sources. It will look at how firms record transactions and summarize their economic activities. Having established this foundation, the course will then move on to consider the accounting for, and presentation of, specific financial statement elements including receivables, inventories, fixed assets, intangible assets, liabilities and contingencies, and revenue and expenses. Interspersed with the discussion of these specific financial statement elements will be presentation of the concept of the time value of money and its pervasive influence on accounting principles and economic decisions. The role and responsibilities of the independent auditor and the concept of full and fair disclosure of financial information as required by generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S.A. will also be introduced. The implication of International Accounting Standards will also be discussed. The course is intended for students with no accounting background. Credit(s): 2
  

  • LAW 9401 - Bankruptcy

    Prerequisite or co-requisite(s): LAW 9407 .
    The rights, duties, and remedies of debtors, creditors, and trustees under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code are examined. The main focus is on Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 consumer bankruptcies. Depending on the instructor, the course may also cover creditors’ rights and remedies outside of bankruptcy court and the use of alternative dispute resolution inside and outside of bankruptcy. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9402 - Law Practice Management

    Fulfills the skills requirement.
    Law Practice Management comprehensively examines all aspects of the formation, management, development and growth of a law firm. The course will focus primarily on solo practitioners and small firms. The course will explore forms of ownership, licensing requirements, insurance, human resources and employment practices, accounting and finance, IT, marketing and business development, and dissolution. The course is limited to third-year students only and there will be no final exam. Students will be evaluated based on projects and/or demonstration of lawyering skills. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9403 - Trusts and Estates

    Required for Transactional Law Concentration with an estate planning track. Second year preferred.
    This course deals with problems arising in the administration of estates, including who inherits property when a decedent leaves no will; the formal requisites of wills; will substitutes; the nature, creation and termination of trusts; charitable trusts, and fiduciary administration. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9404 - Land Use

    This course builds upon the study of private law devices of land use planning studied in the first-year property course; nuisances, easements and restrictive covenants. The course will also focus on public regulatory activities relating to the use of land. Among the topics analyzed are subdivision control, comprehensive planning, zoning and historic preservation. Credit(s): 2
  

  • LAW 9405 - Federal Income Tax

    Required for Transactional Law Concentration with an estate planning track.
    This course, considers the federal income taxation of individuals. Topics include increases in wealth that are taxed and those that are not; expenses that can be deducted and those that cannot. Emphasis is placed on income tax problems faced by general practitioners, such as taxation of settlements and damage awards, deductibility of attorney fees, tax consequences of sales and exchanges, and tax aspects of divorce. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9406 - Estate Planning

    Prerequisite(s): LAW 9403 . Fulfills the skills requirement. Required for Transactional Law Concentration with an estate planning track.
    The course introduces the estate planning process beginning with the initial client interview and concluding with the drafting of basic estate documents. Topics to be discussed include handling the initial interview, gathering client information, framing the scope of engagement and drafting the engagement letter, ethical issues during representation and the probate process. The focus then will shift to drafting documents commonly used in estate plans, such as advance directives, simple wills, “pour-over” wills, and trusts. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9407 - Commercial Law

    Required for Transactional Law Concentration with a business track.
    This course will introduce students to the creation, transfer and enforcement of negotiable instruments (e.g., checks and promissory notes) and the creation, priority, and enforcement of security interests in personal property as governed by Articles 3, 4 & 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and interpreted by case law. Credit(s): 4
  

  • LAW 9408 - Business Planning

    Fulfills the skills requirement Required for Transactional Law Concentration with a business track.
    The course introduces students to the transactional lawyering considerations involved in forming and representing an emerging growth business. The course examines the life cycle of a start-up company, including selecting the appropriate entity form, structuring the economic interests and managerial control among various owners, considering the lawyer’s duties to the entity in dealing with its founders and management, and documenting various approaches to raising capital. Using a simulated deal format, students will draft, review and analyze documents typically used in organizing and financing a startup business. Theory and practice are combined in order to prepare students for the types of projects and challenges they will confront as lawyers in the first year of a transactional practice. Credit(s): 2
  

  • LAW 9409 - Business Organizations

    Required for Transactional Law Concentration with a business track.
    This is the basic introductory and survey course in the business and transactional law area. Business Organizations considers issues relating to the selection of business form (partnership, limited partnership, corporation, and limited liability company), as well as the formation, financing, operation, and control of business organizations. Primary emphasis is placed on conducting business in the corporate form. The course examines both closely-held corporations and publicly-held corporations. Issues of state and federal law are discussed in connection with the publicly-held corporation including the registration of new issues of securities, proxy regulation, and the maintenance and prosecution of derivative litigation. The subject of Corporate Governance will be examined as will issues of agency law and mergers and acquisitions law. Credit(s): 4
  

  • LAW 9500 - International Law

    Required for Global Law and Leadership Concentration.
    This course provides a general introduction to international law and to the principal current concerns in this field. It will examine the principal doctrinal approaches, the main methodologies used to identify the law, and the institutional arrangements that have evolved. In particular, consideration is given to the sources of international law with particular emphasis on the role of custom and treaty law; the key actors in relation to the international legal process; and the notion of state responsibility for breaches. Specific topics will normally include: the use of force; human rights; the act of state doctrine; international dispute resolution; the relationship between international and domestic courts with particular reference to the United States; the role of judicial remedies and the place of the International Court of Justice and other principal international tribunals; and the role of international organizations including the United Nations. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9501 - Immigration Law

    Fulfills the skills requirement.
    A concentration of the federal legislation concerning the immigration and naturalization of aliens in the United States. The constitutional status, the separation of powers and federalism relationships to immigration law and policies are also examined including the international and domestic law governing the treatment of refugees. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9502 - Human Rights Law

    Required for Global Law and Leadership Concentration.
    This course provides an introduction to the theory and practice of international human rights law, as well as a critical perspective on the role it has played in recent decades in discourse on international law. Topics include the debate over the definition of human rights (and whether rights are universal or culturally relative), the basic legal mechanisms for enforcing human rights, and the practical political realities of promoting human rights. The course will also develop critical perspectives on the relationship between human rights ideology and enlightenment values and on whether human rights are a function of international media or international law. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9503 - Comparative Law

    Required for Global Law and Leadership Concentration.
    This course examines the problems and issues that arise when a lawyer deals with foreign clients, foreign lawyers, or foreign law. It focuses on the differences in substance, procedure, methods and ways of thinking between the United States and other countries, revealing the many ways in which the United States legal system is unique and evaluating the implications of this uniqueness. The course examines foreign laws and legal institutions and identifies ways in which lawyers can learn about and better understand systems other than their own and develop strategies for dealing with the effects of differences between systems. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9600 - Independent Study

    Fulfills the upper writing requirement, Third year preferred.
    This course allows students to prepare a research paper of publishable quality on a topic selected by the student and completed under the direction of a full-time Law or Law Library Faculty member. The paper must be of the quality of a law review article. This is a rigorous writing experience where the student is able to focus on a discreet topic of interest to him or her and enables the student to write a paper of publishable quality based on his or her research. There is no final exam; this is a paper course. The paper must be of the quality of law review article. Students must have completed at least four semesters of course work before being permitted to enroll in an Independent Study. To earn 2 credits, the paper must be at least 30 pages long, double-spaced, including single-spaced footnotes, and in order to earn 3 credits, the paper must be at least 40 pages long, double-spaced, including single-spaced footnotes. Credit(s): 2 or 3
  

  • LAW 9601 - Current Developments Seminar

    Fulfills the upper level writing requirement.
    This course allows the Law School to offer specialized seminars in response to new developments and current legal trends. The course is used by faculty members to present specialized topics, in a seminar format, such as “homeland security,” current issues in health law, and “stand your ground laws,” etc., that may be taught on an irregular basis. It allows the Law School to supplement its usual offerings in a new area without committing to a permanent course. This seminar requires students to complete a paper of law review length and quality. A course offered under this course number may not be offered more than two times. This is a paper course. Credit(s): 2 or 3
  

  • LAW 9602 - Current Developments in Law

    This course allows the Law School to offer specialized seminars in response to new developments and current legal trends. The course is used by faculty members to present specialized topics, in a seminar format, such as “homeland security,” current issues in health law, and “stand your ground laws,” etc., that may be taught on an irregular basis. It allows the Law School to supplement its usual offerings in a new area without committing to a permanent course. A course offered under this course number may not be offered more than two times. Depending upon the course, there may be a traditional final exam or a paper or a project to determine a student’s final grade. Credit(s): 2 or 4
  

  • LAW 9603 - Sports Law

    A foundation for the pursuit of a transactional or corporate law career in sports law. Includes the practical application of law of contracts and the process of negotiation. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9604 - Remedies

    Third year preferred.
    This course considers the question of what plaintiffs are entitled to when they win a case and why. We will study legal and equitable civil remedies including compensatory and punitive damages, restitution, reformation, rescission, unjust enrichment, specific performance and injunctive relief. The remedy is what most clients want and often serves as the source of the attorney’s compensation. Remedies is a course that deals in practicality and draws on many parts of the curriculum to test theories of what the law is all about. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9605 - Juvenile Law

    This course presents some of the legal aspects in juvenile law from the delinquency of minors to the protection of minor children. The basic doctrines and theories pertaining to these components, that comprise the bulk of modern Juvenile Law and practice, will be explored for three main categories for juveniles: delinquency adjudicated children, abused or neglected children, and children in need of services. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9606 - Advanced Torts

    This course addresses aspects of tort law that are either covered briefly or not covered at all in the first-year course, such as defamation, privacy, misrepresentation, civil rights, misuse of legal procedure, and interference with a contract. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9607 - Advanced Legal Research

    Fulfills the skills requirement.
    The purpose of this course is to offer students an opportunity to strengthen legal research skills. Students will survey and compare an extensive range of legal resources, including traditional print sources, electronic materials and the internet. The course will review primary and secondary sources and will cover legislative history, practice materials, and specialized areas which support the concentrations set forth by the curriculum. Credit(s): 2
  

  • LAW 9608 - Sexuality and the Law Seminar

    Prerequisite(s): LAW 9613 . Fulfills writing requirement.
    This seminar will address sexuality related issues in the context of constitutional law and civil rights, focusing particularly on the courts’ treatment of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi and transgender) individuals in the context of employment, school bullying, marriage and family protections, and the criminalization of consensual adult sexual conduct. The seminar will explore the interplay among gender, sexuality, and sexual orientation, and how the courts have examined these issues. The course will emphasize both employment discrimination statutes and constitutional doctrines, including relevant First and Fourteenth Amendment doctrines related to equal protection, substantive due process, liberty and privacy protections, freedom of speech/expression in a school setting, and intimate association. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9609 - Landlord Tenant Law

    An examination of the law governing commercial and residential leases, including the creation of leaseholds, assignments and subleases, eviction, rent control, discrimination in the selection of tenants, and the respective rights and obligations of landlords and tenants. Credit(s): 2
  

  • LAW 9610 - Externship (Government)

    Prerequisite(s): Students must be enrolled in at least one of the required courses in their concentration to participate in this externship course. Co-requisite(s): LAW 9607 . Fulfills the skills requirement.
    Students serve as student law clerks to attorneys who work in government legal offices that are approved by the professor. Student clerks observe office functions, court proceedings (where appropriate), do research and writing, and take part in all or most activities in office. Credit(s): 3 or 6
  

  • LAW 9611 - Externship (Non-Profit)

    Prerequisite(s): Students must be enrolled in at least one of the required courses in their concentration to participate in this externship course. Co-requisite(s): LAW 9607 . Fulfills the skills requirement.
    Students serve as student law clerks attorneys who work in non-profit legal settings that are approved by the professor. Student clerks observe office functions, court proceedings (where appropriate), conduct research and writing, and take part in all or most activities in office. Credit(s): 3 or 6
  

  • LAW 9612 - Consumer Protection

    This course will explore the theoretical and historical underpinnings of consumer protection law as it has developed over the past century and as it operates (or fails to operate) today. The course will examine constitutional issues governing consumer law. It will provide an introduction to the substantive law of predatory lending, debt collection, and product warranties. It will explore the application of consumer law to emerging technologies. Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9613 - Constitutional Law II

    1st Amendment This course will address First Amendment freedoms, including the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the Constitution, as well as freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and freedom of association, with subject matter including such topics as school prayer and other religious speech and expression, obscenity and other graphic or offensive speech, and political protests. The course will also explore how these theoretical issues translate into real practice, in the form of actions against the government for violations of constitutional rights (including actions to enjoin or accord other relief for suppression of protected expression, as well as in defamation actions, which may raise First Amendment defenses). Credit(s): 3
  

  • LAW 9614 - Appellate Advocacy

    Prerequisite(s): LAW 9101  & LAW 9102 . Fulfills writing requirement, Second year preferred.
    This course involves the study and practice of advocacy skills at the appellate level in both state and federal courts. Reading assignments and class discussion will focus on: (1) persuasive writing techniques; (2) the appellate doctrines that influence and often determine the outcomes of cases; (3) the institutional, policy, and procedural considerations that appellate courts consider in the decision-making process; (4) the unique role that appellate judges play in the evolution of law; and (5) oral advocacy skills. Students will draft an appellate brief based on an abbreviated record from a case pending in the United States Supreme Court. In addition, students will practice and perform a fifteen-minute oral argument before a panel of judges. This course will mirror actual appellate practice, and is designed to give students real-world experience in the appellate litigation process. This is a skills-based course and may satisfy the writing requirement. Credit(s): 2
  

  • LAW 9615 - Family Law

    An introduction to the law pertaining to the formation, operation, and dissolution of the family. Course includes the study of laws regulating marital and non-marital relationships (including same-sex marriages, civil unions, and cohabitation); laws and public policies governing dissolution of marriage, spousal support, and property division; child custody, support and visitation; and contemporary directions in the reform of family law. Credit(s): 3
  

  • Law 9616 - Law Review Practicum

    The Indiana Tech Law Review is a peer-reviewed, student-edited journal that publishes scholarly articles by professors, judges, and practitioners. Articles are selected based on the depth and rigor of the author’s legal analysis, and on the practical value that the article has for the bench, bar, and broader community.  During the selection process, articles undergo peer review by experts in their respective fields to ensure quality and originality.  The editorial board, which is composed of students and a faculty advisor, then collaborates with the author to strengthen the analysis and style to ensure maximum impact. The Review is published two times each year, with one issue dedicated to the law school’s annual symposium, and the other open to all topics that contribute to the principled evolution of the law. Credit(s): 1
  

  • Law 9617 - Mediation Clinic

    Prerequisite(s): prerequisite=Law 9200, Alternative Means of Dispute, and co-requisite=Law 9615 Family Law, fulfills a skills requirement Skills Requirement

    Students who are Indiana Supreme Court Registered Mediators will co-mediate paternity, divorce, and post-divorce cases for unrepresented litigants at Allen Circuit Court. Credit(s): 2

  

  • Law 9618 - Health Law

    This course will examine the regulatory environment that surrounds the United States health care delivery and financing systems. It will explore the three main policy tensions of health law: increasing access, reducing cost, and improving quality. With the increasing intersection between health care delivery and law, this course is designed to provide students with the practical knowledge to identify legal issues and to understand the legal and ethical ramifications of strategic decisions faced by healthcare attorneys and their clients. Specific topics will include professional self-regulation and common law rules surrounding the doctor-patient relationship, the regulation of health care quality through medical malpractice torts and statutes, the extensive statutory regulation of both private and public health insurance, and modern health care reform including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The course is also designed to familiarize students with the emerging health policy issues that courts are likely to confront. Evaluation will be based on exam and class participation. Credit(s): 3
  

  • Law 9619 - Employment Law

    This course provides an introduction to the growing body of law that governs the employment relationship. Topics to be covered include: the hiring and firing of employees; the employment-at-will doctrine; the erosion of the employment-at-will doctrine; covenants not to compete; the protection of trade secrets; the employee’s duty of loyalty; the use of lie-detectors, drug testing, and HIV-testing in hiring and discharge decisions; Workers Compensation; the Occupational Safety and Health Act; and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). There are no prerequisites. Credit(s): 3

  

  • Law 9620 - Indiana Constitutional Law

    A study of state constitutional law with a focus on the Indiana Constitution in the comparative context of the U.S. Constitution, and other state constitutions.  Special attention will be given to the increasing importance of state bills of rights as providing guarantees of individual rights that are separate and additional to those provided by the U.S. Constitution; the distribution and separation of powers among the separate branches; public education and state institutions; finance and debt; and the processes for amending the state constitution. Credit(s): 2
  

  • Law 9621 - Hip Hop and the American Constitution

    The United States Constitution protects citizens from unlawful search and seizure, from cruel and unusual punishment, and seeks to promote the useful arts through intellectual property protections.  Hip Hop artists, from the founding of the genre, have harshly criticized the law and developing culture surrounding police abuse in connection with search and seizure, carceral policy as adopted by legislators, and the way copyright law has devolved to protect some forms of artistic expression but not others.  This course will evaluate the criticisms levied against U.S. Constitutional common law by hip hop artists and producers.  This course will analyze whether these critiques have merit and/or potential for inspiriting law reform. Credit(s): 2
  

  • Law 9701 - Foundations of Legal Analysis I

    Required 1L
    This course will introduce 1L students to the processes involved in the practice and study of the law. In FLA-I, students will learn case reading, case briefing, test-taking strategies, time management, stress management, legal ethics, and how to mine fact patterns for the key elements. Offered in the Fall Semester of the 1L year. *First year required course Credit(s): 1
  

  • Law 9702 - Foundations of Legal Analysis II

    Required or Elective 1L
    This course will introduce 1L students to deeper legal analysis moving from simple fact patterns in clear legal environments to more complex fact patterns in complicated legal environments. The emphasis will be on group and individual legal analysis that will serve the students well throughout their law school years. FLA-2 will use scenarios that span criminal, civil, and administrative law. Offered in the Spring Semester of the 1L year. *First year required course, or Elective with Associate Dean approval. Credit(s): 1
  

  • Law 9703 - Foundations of Legal Analysis III

    Required or Elective 2L
    Likely taught by vendors, this course will prepare students for the MBE multiple choice exam. Students will learn multiple choice test-taking strategies, and assessments will identify each student’s doctrinal and test-taking weaknesses in great detail and in time to allow correction and improvement. The course will cover all topics tested on the MBE exam. Offered in the Fall Semester of the 2L year and revisited in the Fall Semester of the 3L year as Foundations of Legal Analysis V. *Second year required course or Elective with Associate Dean Approval. Credit(s): 1
  

  • Law 9704 - Foundations of Legal Analysis IV

    Required 2L
    Taught by law school faculty and/or staff, this course will prepare students for the essay and Multistate Practice Test (“MPT”). The course will serve as a refresher for key doctrinal concepts in all the bar-tested topics, and will teach students how to approach an essay exam, and how to plan and write a winning essay answer. The course will also prepare students to except at the MPT in a wide assortment of legal and factual contexts. Offered in the Spring Semester of the 2L year.  *Second year required course Credit(s): 1
  

  • Law 9705 - Foundations of Legal Analysis V

    Required 3L
    Likely taught by law school faculty and/or staff, this course will prepare students for the MBE multiple choice exam by revisiting the topics and approaches addressed in Foundations of Legal Analysis III. Students will learn multiple choice test-taking strategies, and assessments will identify each student’s doctrinal and test-taking weaknesses in great detail and in time to allow correction and improvement. The course will cover all topics tested on the MBE exam. Offered in the Fall Semester of the 3L year.  *Third year required course Credit(s): 2
  

  • Law 9706 - Foundations of Legal Analysis VI

    Required 3L
    Taught by law school faculty and/or staff, likely assisted by vendors, this course will consolidate everything learned in the first two Bar Preparation courses by focusing on a series of simulated Bar Examinations. Detailed assessments after each practice exam will help students identify their weaknesses and individual assistance and computer-based self-guided learning options will help students fill the gaps. Offered in the Spring Semester of the 3L year. *Third year required course Credit(s): 2
 

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