Academic Support and Bar Preparation

Required. Provides an introduction to the civil justice system in the United States and the various methods of resolving disputes. Topics include: the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, pleading, adjudication by motion, litigation and non-litigation remedies, personal and subject matter jurisdiction, choice of law between judge and jury, post-trial proceedings, judicial review, preclusive effects of judgments, and simple and complex joinder mechanisms. First year/foundational course, no online registration.

Covers powers of national government including judicial review and limitations on judicial power, separation of powers, Congress' commerce power, taxing and spending power, and power to enforce civil rights; reserved power of states to regulate and tax commerce; standing of parties and ripeness of disputes. First year/foundational course, no online registration. Course meets in-person.

Required. Offers an introduction in how to approach the law from a transactional perspective. Covers the general scope of the legal protection accorded promises. Topics include mutual assent, consideration, the effect of changed or unforeseen circumstances, conditions, courses of action open to aggrieved party upon other party's default, the statute of frauds, parol evidence rule, promissory and equitable estoppel, nature of remedies awarded in the event of a breach (expectancy, reliance and restitution, liquidated damages, and specific performance).

This course examines the skill of statutory interpretation in the context of the legal and doctrinal underpinnings of the substantive criminal law. The course will address: the elements of crimes against persons and property, the theories justifying punishment, the principles of criminal responsibility, and the defenses to criminal liability. The course will also address the practical and ethical application of these principles. First year/foundational course, no online registration.

Examines basic concepts relating to ownership and possession of private property, in part through a comparative perspective. Addresses acquisition of property by find, adverse possession, and gift. Introduces possessory estates and future interests, concurrent ownership and marital interests, and the law of landlord and tenant. This course is only available to current first-year students.

Required. Encompasses common law, intentional torts, defenses and privileges, and negligence.First year foundational course, no online registration.

Teaches advanced legal reasoning in the context of the federal constitutional limitations on the national and state governments including substantive due process, freedom of expression, freedom of religion, and equal protection. Course meets in-person.

Required. Covers the legal profession and the ethical responsibilities of lawyers as they engage in the practice of law. Discussion focuses on situations arising in practice that present important problems of professional conduct, including the concept of service and responsibility that is one of the distinctive characteristics of the legal profession, and the development in the bar of educational and ethical standards.

Bar Prep Strategies: MBE and MEE is available to students during their last spring semester of law school. It centers on two parts of the UBE, the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) and the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE). While this course does not replace the need to take a commercial bar prep course, it does provide early preparation to help students learn key legal principles tested on the bar exam and bar exam-taking techniques and strategies. Through this course, students will work to master their skills through lecture, modeling, completion of past bar exam questions, written feedback, and self-reflection. Students will also strategically plan their approach to their bar exam preparation post-graduation to ensure passage. While this course is required for some students, it is open to all students. This course includes a $15 course fee to cover the cost of purchasing past Bar Exam questions from the National Conference of Bar Examiners.

This course is designed to teach, reinforce, and enhance the skills that are necessary for successful completion of law school and bar passage. Through completion of MPT problems, students have the opportunity to master the skills of critical reading, legal analysis, and IRAC.

This course surveys Sales and Leases, a primary area covered by the Uniform Commercial Code. The course will introduce students to the UCC, a distinctive set of statutory provisions governing commercial transactions, and Article 1, which provides definitions and rules that apply throughout the Code. The course will also build on the foundation of concepts and topics covered in Contracts: Transactional Law, exposing students to key provisions of Articles 2 and 2A governing the sale and lease of goods. Finally, the course will survey the rights and liabilities that arise from payment by credit card, debit card, checks and other negotiable instruments. The course may also include treatment of Payment Systems, with attention focused on key provisions in Articles 3 and 4.

Provides an introduction to federal constitutional limitations on governmental power to investigate crime, including stopping and detaining people, arrest, frisks, searches and seizures, custodial interrogations, right to counsel, identification procedures, and confrontation.