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Block (Advanced)
LAW 635
2 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. Whether sued in federal or state court, whether considered rightly or wrongly initiated, class-action lawsuits are more popular today than ever. Indeed, Congress’ highest-profile litigation reform effort of late – its recently-enacted Class Action Fairness Act – goes directly to this sensation’s heart. Given class actions’ prevalence, well-rounded lawyers need to understand class actions’ substantive, procedural, political, societal, economic, and constitutional nuances and effects. This course will examine multiple substantive class-action areas, such as consumer fraud… see more
LAW 601
4 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. A survey of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), except for Articles 8 and 9, with emphasis on Articles 2, 3, and 4 dealing with sales, negotiable instruments and bank collections. In addition, some consumer laws and federal regulations on sales and bank collections are addressed. Lesser emphasis is given to UCC Articles 2A, 4A, 5 and 7 on leases, wire transfers, letters of credit and documents of title; UCC Article 6 on bulk transfers is also covered briefly.
LAW 824
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC, approval by clinical faculty. The Community Advocacy Law Clinic is a one-semester, 3 credit experiential course where students use their legal training to assist our community’s most vulnerable populations: low-income families, children, the elderly, the homeless, and people suffering from physical and mental illness. Students, under the supervision of clinical faculty, will work with judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, social workers and others to address the legal needs of real clients in a wide variety of matters including adoption, child support, housing, public… see more
LAW 567
2 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. This course examines and compares constitutional law and structure of governance of different countries of the world. Questions explored include: Why have constitutions? How do the structures of constitutional courts and the practice of judicial review differ in different countries? How do different constitutions deal with separation of powers, legislative process, regime changes, federalism, individual rights and social welfare? The course aims at helping students think systematically about different structures for organizing a government, and different approaches to… see more
LAW 581
2 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. This course examines the legal system of the Latin Catholic Church. In addition to an historical overview of the science of canon law, lectures address specific canons of the 1983 Code of Canon Law and selected canonical issues. Subjects to be considered include: structures of governance, general norms of canon law, ecclesiastical rights, ecclesiastical sanctions (criminal law), trial procedures, marriage law, and temporal goods (i.e., property law, contracts, wills, and monetary issues). Satisfies perspective requirement.
LAW 632
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. The law relating to actions having elements in more than one jurisdiction; choice of law; enforcement of foreign judgments; jurisdiction of courts in such cases; constitutional questions involved application to contracts, torts, marriage and divorce, family relations, property, and procedure. Offered infrequently.
LAW 836
2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: RCC. A lawyer's ability to understand the trial process, including knowing what kinds of results have a higher probability of being achieved through trial as opposed to settlement, is a critical element of an of an advocate's effectiveness. So is confidence in one's ability to conduct a trial or arbitration effectively. Together, the ability to evaluate one's case for varying outcome probabilities and honest confidence in one's ability to conduct a trial effectively have much to do with the quality of settlements pursued and obtained. Lawyers, for example, premise a great deal… see more
LAW 516
5 Credit Hours; 1 or 2 Semesters
General principles of the law of the United States Constitution; judicial function in constitutional matters; federal authority, separation of powers and the powers of the states; particular attention to the commerce clause, due process, and equal protection. A grade is entered on the student’s transcript for each term of the course. Required for graduation.
LAW 516G
3 Credit Hours
This course provides an introduction to the structural doctrines of American constitutional law, including federalism and separation of powers. Together with Constitutional Law II, this course is required for graduation.
LAW 516H
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Constitutional Law I. This course provides an introduction to the rights-based doctrines of American constitutional law, including equal protection and substantive due process. Together with Constitutional Law I, this course is required for graduation.
LAW 707
2 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. Discussion of selected current constitutional issues (with consideration given to areas of particular student interest). Information regarding the focus of a particular section of the course will be provided with course schedules. May include preparation of appropriate student research papers, which will satisfy the upper level writing requirement. Interested students should consult the New and Revised Courses information for the term in which the course is offered for information on the focus of the course in that term.
LAW 523
3 Credit Hours
This course is an experiential course that seeks to build students abilities and skills to draft and negotiate contracts. During the course, students will draft agreements and negotiate the terms of the agreements with their student colleagues. Students will learn how to evaluate and use standard form agreements and how to tailor those agreements to the client s goals and appetite for risk. Finally, students will learn that successful negotiations flow from careful drafting choices as well as how to deal with common challenges presented during negotiation including ethical and communication… see more
LAW 511
4 Credit Hours
The Contracts course covers the basic components of contract law: contract formation (offer, acceptance, and consideration/promissory estoppel), contract interpretation and performance, defenses to enforcement, and remedies. Required for graduation.
LAW 845
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC; Copyright, Patent & Trademark Law, LAW 658, recommended but not required. This course is designed for the general practitioner as well as for those who intend to specialize in the practice of copyright law. It is directed to the study of the federal Copyright Act generally, and specifically to: the constitutional basis of copyright law; the subject matter of copyright; the creation and allocation of rights under the Act; the intersection of the Copyright Act and the First Amendment; infringement actions, remedies, and defenses (including “fair use”) in federal courts;… see more
LAW 658
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. This course is designed for the general practitioner as well as for those who intend to specialize in the practice of intellectual property law. It is directed to the study of the patent, trademark and copyright laws, to the procedures undertaken before the various federal and state administrative agencies for obtaining patents, trademarks and copyrights, and to the protection and enforcement afforded such intellectual property by the federal and state laws and the courts.
LAW 702
3 Credit Hours
This online asynchronous course is designed to discuss advanced issues in corporate compliance including data security, work-place investigations, international compliance issues and enforcement issues and trends. Students will gain an understanding of the complex regulatory and financial environments that impact corporate compliance programs and enterprise risk management. Students will also learn how to assess complex compliance risks and identify solutions.
LAW 700
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC. This online asynchronous course is designed to provide an introduction to the ways in which organizations struggle to comply with regulations and laws and manage the risks associated with a wide variety of business activities. Students will gain an understanding of the importance and role of corporate compliance programs and the fundamental components of an effective compliance plan. Students will also learn how to assess compliance programs for effectiveness from a regulatory perspective. Offered Online, typically once per year
LAW 772
2 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*; Corporations, LAW 692, or permission of the instructor. This research seminar will allow you to explore a topic in corporate law in more depth than is possible in the basic Corporations course. The course will provide an opportunity to step back and consider the theoretical and policy aspects of basic business law doctrine. Though the readings and preliminary discussions will focus on governance issues, the range of potential topics for your research and writing is very broad. Grades will be based on class participation (including a class presentation) and a final paper.… see more
LAW 692
4 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. The course concentrates on the following aspects of the modern business corporation: formation; financing; state and federal regulations respecting the issuance of securities and insider trading; governance of the corporation; powers and duties of directors and officers; rights and remedies of shareholders and creditors; dividends and other distributions; and corporate law suits and derivative actions. It also assesses the public policy and social responsibility implications of large scale business enterprises.
LAW 644
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC. Creditor-Debtor Rights Law (formerly Consumer Law) will examine debtor-creditor rights under the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and case law dealing with consumer issues. The course will offer students the opportunity to study and discuss debtor-creditor rights under Ohio and federal law from the filing of the lawsuit to executing upon the judgment. The course will include observing consumer cases in court and role playing the cases in class. The students will also draft consumer pleadings. The course will examine legal theories… see more
LAW 626
2 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. This course will explore the evolution of sentencing systems in the United States since 1787, culminating in the determinate systems adopted in recent years by the State of Ohio and the U.S. Congress and Federal Sentencing Commission. These will be contrasted with the indeterminate systems that were previously employed. The uncertainty created by the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Blakely v Washington will be a significant topic of discussion. Particular attention will be devoted to the allocation of power and discretion, the role of plea bargaining, the role of… see more
LAW 575
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC; This course is designed to provide students mainly interested in pursuing criminal justice related externships or criminal law practice opportunities with an in depth examination of the significant decision points in the criminal justice process that both help define and influence the major challenges presently facing the criminal justice system: mass incarceration, addiction and mental illness, and outcome disparities. These decision points will include arrest, prosecutorial charging, pretrial release, diversion, plea bargaining, sentencing, and community control… see more
LAW 638
2 Credit Hours
Prerequisites:RCC. This course deals with questions underlying the responsibilities of prosecutors and defense lawyers to self, society, client, and the profession. It provides students with the analysis and authorities necessary to understand the issues and underlying policies. Premises concerning the lawyer's role in criminal law practice and roles within the context of the adversary system are examined in some detail, as is the idea of professionalism. The Rules of Professional Conduct are analyzed as generalized statements of the aspirations and obligations of prosecutors and defense… see more
LAW 706
2 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC; Mass incarceration, mass post-conviction supervision, significant outcome disparity and elusive systems-wide alignment, continue to be the defining characteristics of the U.S. Criminal Justice system. This newly proposed seminar will examine criminal justice reform from both policy and advocacy perspectives. The course will examine: 1) the problems with the American criminal justice system; 2) the institutional actors involved in the effort to create criminal justice reform; 3) the ideas currently circulating to address specific problems in the system; and 4) the… see more
LAW 506
3 Credit Hours; 1 Semester
General concepts of the criminal law; the purposes of punishment; general principles of criminal responsibility; other topics may include attempts; parties; conspiracy; specific crimes against the person, against the habitation, and against property; and, defenses available to the accused. Required for graduation.