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LAW 201: Civil Procedure I

This course is part of the required first-year JD curriculum. This course is a study of the process of civil litigation from the commencement of a lawsuit through final judgment under modern statutes and rules of court, with emphasis on the federal rules of civil procedure. May include class participation, written assignments, or other elements. Your instructor will advise you of the basis for grading.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5

LAW 205: Contracts

This course is part of the required first-year JD curriculum. It provides exposure to basic contract law. The course will identify the scope and purpose of the legal protection accorded to interests predicated on contract and will focus on problems of contract formation, interpretation, performance, and remedies for breach.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5

LAW 219: Legal Writing

This course introduces students to the ways lawyers write to persuade. In a hypothetical criminal case in state court, students draw on the useful facts from the record, synthesize rules from cases, and analogize and distinguish cases in a closed universe. Students receive feedback from the instructor on multiple drafts before submission. Students then submit one persuasive brief on a motion in the conventions of the Bluebook. This course depends on participation; attendance is mandatory. Grading reflects written work, class preparedness and participation, and professionalism. This course is part of the required first-year JD curriculum.
Terms: Aut | Units: 2

LAW 223: Torts

This course is part of the required first-year JD curriculum. It considers issues involved in determining whether the law should require a person to compensate for harm intentionally or unintentionally caused. These problems arise in situations as diverse as automobile collisions, operations of nuclear facilities, and consumption of defective food products. Among other considerations, the course explores various resolutions in terms of their social, economic, and political implications.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5

LAW 240D: Discussion (1L): Criminal Legal Histories

This seminar will trace the roots of four critical aspects of the American criminal justice system: jury independence and the power of jurors to render verdicts according to conscience; plea bargaining and the marginalization of juries; penitentiaries and the displacement of other forms of punishment; and the criminalization of recreational drugs. Though modern criminal justice policy will inform our conversation, the readings will be historical with an emphasis on primary source documents. We will examine the forces driving legal evolution and the historian's tools in mapping those forces, always with an eye on the impact of those forces on marginalized groups. Class meets 6:30 PM-8:30 PM on Sept. 13, Sept. 27, Oct. 11, Oct. 25. Elements used in grading: Full attendance, reading of assigned materials, and active participation..
Terms: Aut | Units: 1
Instructors: Fisher, G. (PI)

LAW 240J: Discussion (1L): Religion and the Profession of Law

This seminar will focus on the dynamic interplay between religious identity, community, and worldview, and the study, practice, and profession of law. As a defining force for so many across the globe, and in the norms through which human beings recognize their rights and arrange their affairs, religion has a unique and abiding impact on the work and life of aspiring and practicing lawyers -- for believers and nonbelievers alike. Whether as first-year law students or seasoned practitioners, the need to anticipate, appreciate, and reconcile religious perspectives is both a vital professional skill and an illuminating resource for self-understanding and mutual respect. The class will meet across three on-campus sessions and a closing offsite dinner, and will include a collaborative exploration of primary and secondary sources, as well as custom conversational frameworks. Topics will include religion and cross-cultural lawyering, religion and legal systems, the role of faith in judicial de more »
This seminar will focus on the dynamic interplay between religious identity, community, and worldview, and the study, practice, and profession of law. As a defining force for so many across the globe, and in the norms through which human beings recognize their rights and arrange their affairs, religion has a unique and abiding impact on the work and life of aspiring and practicing lawyers -- for believers and nonbelievers alike. Whether as first-year law students or seasoned practitioners, the need to anticipate, appreciate, and reconcile religious perspectives is both a vital professional skill and an illuminating resource for self-understanding and mutual respect. The class will meet across three on-campus sessions and a closing offsite dinner, and will include a collaborative exploration of primary and secondary sources, as well as custom conversational frameworks. Topics will include religion and cross-cultural lawyering, religion and legal systems, the role of faith in judicial decision-making, and law as a vocation (with attendant self-care dynamics). Befitting the overarching goals of diversity and inclusion in the discussion series generally, and the central importance of particularized themes of bridge building, this seminar is warmly and equally open to students of any religious tradition and those of no religion at all. Class meets 4:30 PM-6:30 PM on Sept. 28, Oct. 12, Oct. 26, Nov. 16. Elements used in grading: Full attendance, reading of assigned materials, and active participation.
Terms: Aut | Units: 1
Instructors: Sonne, J. (PI)

LAW 240K: Discussion (1L): Representations of Criminal Lawyers in Popular Culture Through the Lens of Bias

This seminar will explore the portrayal of criminal lawyers in popular films and will engage in critical analysis of how misconceptions about the criminal justice system and biases against women, people of color and the poor are amplified on the big screen. Source materials will include numerous mass-market films juxtaposed against authoritative law review and other commentary to afford in-depth discussion. Class meets 6:00 PM-8:00 PM on Sept. 20, Oct. 4, Oct. 18, Nov. 1. Elements used in grading: Full attendance, reading of assigned materials, and active participation.
Terms: Aut | Units: 1
Instructors: Tyler, R. (PI)

LAW 240Q: Discussion (1L): Human Reproduction in the 21st Century: Legal and Ethical Issues

This seminar will discuss issues around human reproduction in the years to come. We will talk about abortion in light of the Dobbs case, and the problems of when life or rights begin, eugenics, embryo selection, embryo editing (also known as "designer babies"), skin-cell derived eggs and sperm, the (long term) prospects for artificial uteruses, and maybe more. An underlying theme will be how "we" -- a culture, as a legal system, as legal systems -- decide what should and shouldn't be done. Class meets 6:30 PM-8:30 PM on Sept. 26, Oct. 10, Oct. 24, Nov. 14. Elements used in grading: Full attendance, reading of assigned materials, and active participation.
Terms: Aut | Units: 1
Instructors: Greely, H. (PI)

LAW 240T: Discussion (1L): Race and Technology

People like to think of technology as value neutral, as essentially objective tools that can be used for good or evil, particularly when questions of race and racial justice are involved. But the technologies we develop and deploy are frequently shaped by historical prejudices, biases, and inequalities and thus may be no less biased and racist than the underlying society in which they exist. In this discussion group, we will consider whether and how racial and other biases are present in a wide range of technologies, particularly artificial intelligence tools like risk assessment algorithms for bail, sentencing, predictive policing, and other decisions in the criminal justice system; algorithms for medical diagnosis and treatment decisions; AI that screens tenant or credit applications or job applications; facial recognition systems; surveillance tools; and many more. Building on these various case studies, we will seek to articulate a framework for recognizing both explicit and subtle more »
People like to think of technology as value neutral, as essentially objective tools that can be used for good or evil, particularly when questions of race and racial justice are involved. But the technologies we develop and deploy are frequently shaped by historical prejudices, biases, and inequalities and thus may be no less biased and racist than the underlying society in which they exist. In this discussion group, we will consider whether and how racial and other biases are present in a wide range of technologies, particularly artificial intelligence tools like risk assessment algorithms for bail, sentencing, predictive policing, and other decisions in the criminal justice system; algorithms for medical diagnosis and treatment decisions; AI that screens tenant or credit applications or job applications; facial recognition systems; surveillance tools; and many more. Building on these various case studies, we will seek to articulate a framework for recognizing both explicit and subtle anti-black and other biases in technology and understanding them in the broader context of racism and inequality in our society. Finally, we will discuss how these problems might be addressed, including by regulators, legislators, and courts as well as by significant changes in mindset and practical engagement by technology developers, companies, and educators. Class meets 4:30 PM-6:30 PM on Sept. 21, Oct. 5, Oct. 19, Nov. 2, 2023. Elements used in grading: Full attendance, reading of assigned materials, and active participation.
Terms: Aut | Units: 1
Instructors: Malone, P. (PI)

LAW 240V: Discussion (1L): Abolish or Reform? Prisons, Police, and the Death Penalty

This seminar will focus on the abolitionist agenda for prisons and policing, and on the competing calls to reform those institutions. We will also consider the comparison case of the death penalty, where efforts at reform have often, but not always, been seen as stepping stones on the path toward abolition. We will read arguments for and against abolition, and for and against reform. Our main goal will not be to decide who we think is right, or which arguments we find most congenial. Instead, we will try to understand the thinking on both sides of these debates, and to see what value, if any, we can find even in the arguments we disagree with. We will also be asking whether the authors fairly characterize, and productively engage with, positions contrary to their own. In other words, we will be studying the debates between abolitionists and reformers in criminal justice not just to learn something about prisons, policing, and the death penalty, but also to reflect on the possibilities and prerequisites for constructive discussion of contentious issues in a splintered society. Class meets 5:00 PM-7:00 PM on Sept. 28, Oct. 12, Nov. 2, Nov. 16. Elements used in grading: Full attendance, reading of assigned materials, and active participation.
Terms: Aut | Units: 1
Instructors: Sklansky, D. (PI)
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