• LAW 943: Land Use Law

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Private land use controls: nuisance, easements, real covenants, equitable servitude and home owner associations; public land use controls: zoning, subdivision controls, eminent domain, and regulatory takings.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 944: Construction Law

  2.00 - 3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Construction projects, and related disputes, are often highly complex matters that require construction lawyers to have both specialized knowledge of the law and practical understanding of industry practices. Provides an in-depth examination of the legal aspects of the construction process, approaching the critical issues from two viewpoints: a transactional and planning perspective and a dispute-avoidance and claim-resolution perspective. Topics of study include the construction participants; project administration; project design, scheduling, pricing, and performance; default and termination; dispute resolution; and detailed examination of common construction documents, including owner-designer agreements, owner-contractor agreements, subcontractor and supplier agreements, change orders, surety bonds, and insurance policies. Meets the planning and drafting requirement.Repeatability: Not Repeatable. May be taken once for 2 to 3 hours.(DE) Prerequisite(s): 842.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 945: Environmental Practicum

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Supervised fieldwork requiring students to respond to specific environmental challenges in practice. Students will help local governments, state agencies, landowners, and non-profit organizations develop quality land use and growth management policies and practices. Students will coordinate with graduate students from other departments. This opportunity will allow students and faculty to work with other disciplines in integrated environmental decision-making and problem-solving thus improving their ability to understand, communicate with, and influence other disciplines.(RE) Corequisite: 814.Recommended Background: 866, 867, or 868. Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 947: Prosecution Externship

  6.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Supervised fieldwork requiring substantial responsibility for the prosecution of criminal cases in state or federal courts. Externship students will attend classes about practical lawyering skills and state and federal practice, procedure, and substantive criminal law. Each student will work under the direct supervision of a full-time, experienced prosecutor as well as other professional prosecutors in the office. May assist in the investigation of crimes, the interview and preparation of witnesses, drafting of relevant documents, negotiation and formal presentation of guilty pleas, presentation of cases to the grand jury and representation of the government in preliminary hearings or trials.Credit Restriction: May not be taken concurrently with 905, 948, or 949. May not be taken if student has previously taken 948.(DE) Prerequisite(s): 813.(DE) Corequisite(s): 814.Comment(s): Third-year standing required; second-semester second-year students may be eligible by waiver, space permitting.Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 948: Public Defender Externship

  6.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Supervised fieldwork requiring students to practice as a public defender and to assume substantial responsibility for the defense of criminal cases in state or federal courts. Externship students will attend classes about practical lawyering skills and state and federal practice, procedure, and substantive criminal law. Each student will work under the direct supervision of a full-time, experienced public defender as well as other public defenders in the office. Students may assist in the investigation of crimes, the interview and preparation of witnesses, drafting of relevant documents, negotiation and formal presentation of guilty pleas, and representation of the accused in preliminary hearings or trials.Credit Restriction: May not be taken concurrently with 905, 947, or 949. May not be taken if student has previously taken 947.(DE) Prerequisite(s): 813.(DE) Corequisite(s): 814.Comment(s): Third-year standing required; second-semester second-year students may be eligible by waiver, space permitting.Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 949: Judicial Externship

  4.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Supervised fieldwork requiring working under the supervision of judges or judicial law clerks. Will enhance traditional classroom learning by observing the legal process from the perspective of a judge. In addition to learning from court observations, will assist the judge in researching and drafting memoranda, opinions and ordersCredit Restriction: May not be taken concurrently with 905, 947, or 948.(RE) Corequisite: 814.Comment(s): Third-year standing required; second-semester second-year students may be eligible by waiver, space permitting.Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 951: Domestic Violence Clinic

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Supervised fieldwork requiring students to assume substantial responsibility for representing victims of domestic violence in various civil contexts. Students will explore and begin to develop the fundamental professional skills involved in practicing law. Students will gain experience interviewing and counseling clients, negotiating with other attorneys, planning for dispute resolutions, trials and hearings, initiating and defending claims, conducting factual investigations and presenting evidence.(DE) Corequisite(s): 914 and 920.Comment(s): Third-year standing required; second-semester second-year students may be eligible by waiver, space permitting.Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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• LAW 952: Appellate Litigation Clinic

  2.00 - 4.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Student attorneys in their third year of law school will represent clients in an appellate litigation setting, gaining intensive experience in the skills of case planning and strategy, brief writing and research, argument formation, appellate procedure, oral argument preparation, client relations, and ethics/professionalism.Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours. Students register in the fall for 4 hours and register in the spring for 2 hours.(DE) Prerequisite(s): 814.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.Registration Permission: Third-year law students only.
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• LAW 953: Wills Clinic

  4.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Supervised fieldwork requiring students to assume substantial responsibility for representing clients in cases involving trusts and estate matters. Students will interview clients, draft wills, living wills, trusts and other documents for clients, and handle occasional probate matters.(RE) Corequisite(s): 814 and 935.Comment(s): Third-year standing required; second-semester second-year students may be eligible by waiver, space permitting.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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• LAW 954: Copyright Law

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Considers copyright theory, doctrine, and practice and how the law is changing in response to globalization and advances in information technology. Topics include the subject matter of the copyright, the exclusive rights provided by the Copyright Act, substantive and procedural aspects of infringement actions, and remedies. Satisfies expository writing requirement.Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
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