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    • 1.00 Credits

      This simulation-based lab will put students in the role of a lawyer representing a client in a commercial transaction. The lab will emphasize skills of client interviewing, negotiation, drafting, and client counseling. Students will also encounter and resolve professionalism issues throughout the class.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
    • 3.00 Credits

      Administrative agency decision-making processes and judicial review of administrative decisions: procedural standards for informal and formal administrative adjudication and rule-making (attention to federal Administrative Procedure Act); constitutional due process standards in administrative settings; and availability, scope and timing of judicial review of agency actions.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
    • 3.00 Credits

      Interpretation and drafting of statutes, legislative process, and legislative power; comparison of judicial views on legislative process with both realities of legislative process and applicable constitutional principles.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
    • 2.00 Credits

      Offers students experience using and comparing a broad range of legal research tools, focusing on digital sources of information, but including print sources and how various sources or formats might be integrated together into a legal research process. Research strategies will also be examined as a component of the course. Primary authorities will be reviewed and non-traditional and traditional secondary authorities will be examined. Students will learn to evaluate research options and strategies, and make efficient and effective choices that best suit a particular legal research situation.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
    • 2.00 Credits

      Non-technical introduction to accounting, finance, and the functional relationships among the various actors in business transactions. Analysis of business transactions with view toward needs of business clients. Not available for students with business background.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
    • 3.00 Credits

      Legal problems associated with the formation, operation, combination, and dissolution of unincorporated and incorporated business firms; legal rights and duties of firm participants (principals and agents; partners, joint venturers, limited partners, limited liability partners, and members and managers of limited liability companies; and corporate shareholders, directors, and officers) and others with whom those participants interact in connection with the firm’s business, including attorneys. Introduction to legal issues in close corporations and federal law concerning corporations.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
    • 3.00 Credits

      Legal issues arising in conjunction with the purchase, sale, and repurchase of securities in capital formation and investment transactions, including: private and public debt, equity, and convertible securities offerings; dividends and other shareholder distributions; and mergers and acquisitions.(RE) Prerequisite(s): 827.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
    • 3.00 Credits

      Offers students experience using and comparing a broad range of legal research tools, focusing on digital sources of information, but including print sources and how various sources or formats might be integrated together into a legal research process. Research strategies will also be examined as a component of the course. Primary authorities will be reviewed and non-traditional and traditional secondary authorities will be examined. Students will learn to evaluate research options and strategies, and make efficient and effective choices that best suit a particular legal research situation.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
    • 3.00 Credits

      Basic structure and operation of the federal securities laws, including legal issues associated with: primary and secondary public and private securities offerings; Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Rule 10b-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and other antifraud provisions; periodic reporting and other disclosure requirements; the regulation of proxy solicitations, tender offers, and securities transactions involving officers, directors, and other insiders; and the regulation of stock markets and professional service providers in the securities industry.(RE) Corequisite(s): 827.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
    • 2.00 - 3.00 Credits

      Basic law and practice points governing business combinations through discussion, problem-solving, planning, and drafting. Consideration and exploration of legal and practical considerations involved in making essential structural, drafting, and implementation decisions relating to mergers and acquisitions.Repeatability: Not Repeatable. May be taken once for 2 to 3 hours.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.