Block (Advanced)
Block (Advanced)
LAW 755
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. The seminar will explore the uneasy relationships between republicanism, private power, and the “rule of law.” Students will read passages from a political philosopher/economist, a case/treaty provision/statute/or regulation, and a current example of the underlying issue, all of which will form the basis for a discussion of the issues raised in context and will explore how the works of some of the most influential moral and political philosophers (ranging from Aristotle and Marx to Ayn Rand) reveal the basic policies and competing ideologies that influence our legal… see more
LAW 577H
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: RCC. Students will read and discuss modern scholarly and literary texts related to inequality in everyday life. Areas covered may include inequalities with respect to race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, immigration status, and disability in the contexts of housing, recreation, education, entertainment, the internet, and more. The course will explore the legal underpinnings of the inequalities brought to light by the authors, as well as practical steps attorneys can take when working on such issues. Students taking the course for third semester legal writing credit will research… see more
LAW 577G
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: RCC. Students will read and discuss modern scholarly and literary texts related to inequality in everyday life. Areas covered may include inequalities with respect to race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, immigration status, and disability in the contexts of housing, recreation, education, entertainment, the internet, and more. The course will explore the legal underpinnings of the inequalities brought to light by the authors, as well as practical steps attorneys can take when working on such issues. Students taking the course for third semester legal writing credit will research… see more
LAW 569
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. The class covers a variety of topics in legal literature and film. We will look at examples of law in both literature and film in order to consider a number of questions about the relationship between law and justice, the creation of rule regimes, and the role of courts and trials in a social system. Other issues which may arise in the course of these discussions are race/class/gender and the law, legal ethics, legal education, the adversarial system, the relationship between law and popular culture. Satisfies the perspective elective requirement.
LAW 674
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. This is a course in the substantive, procedural, professionally responsible, and practical aspects of operating a small to medium size law office. The course is designed to present students with the knowledge and skills to operate a small law practice properly and responsibly. Some of the topics to be covered include lawyer associations (partnership law, professional corporations, limited liability companies), retainers and other service contracts, fees, marketing and advertising, trust accounts, financial management, law office technology, and some basics on renting,… see more
LAW 810
1 Credit Hour; may be elected twice
Prerequisites: RCC*; approval of Law Review Editorial Board. Writing and editing for publication in the Cleveland State Law Review. Course credit for participation as a member of the Law Review Board of Editors for two semesters. Graded on a Pass/Fail basis.
LAW 811
1 Credit Hour
Prerequisites: RCC*; approval of Law Review Editorial Board. Service as editor-in-chief of the Cleveland State Law Review entitles a student to one credit in addition to the credit earned in Law Review (LAW 810).
LAW 721
2 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. Prerequisites: RCC*. This course will focus on a variety of legal issues that arise in the context of education and may include sections on historical perspectives; the structure of educational systems in the U.S.; employment issues with respect to administrators, teachers, non-teaching staff and unions and collective bargaining; issues affecting students, including desegregation, Title IX, compulsory attendance, discipline, curriculum and textbooks, measuring success, special education, religion and the schools, search and seizure in schools, freedom of expression, and… see more
LAW 725
2 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. This course will provide an introduction to legal developments in housing and community development. Selected contemporary policies, programs and issues at the federal, state and local levels will be examined. These topics include: landlord-tenant relations, homelessness, the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, public housing, displacement (public and private), regulation of condominium conversions, municipal exaction of housing from commercial developers, housing courts and code enforcement, discrimination, and exclusionary zoning. The role of lawyers and… see more
LAW 778
2 Credit Hours; 1 semester
Prerequisites: RCC*. This course is designed to serve as a transition from law school to law practice. The course focuses on drafting of numerous non-analytic documents used in law practice such as wills, contracts, and pleadings. The course provides the student with process for drafting, and the requisite skill to master the process. Concurrently, the course considers the audience and goals of each specific document. The course brings the student back to and reinforces the principles of good writing. Lastly, the course will help develop the lawyerly skill of fact–gathering, which is a… see more
LAW 798
2 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. Sections of this course will focus on a variety of areas including, but not limited to, the arts, business transactions, family law, and intellectual property. Writing assignments will be varied. 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 for that term. Satisfactory completion of this course will satisfy the third semester of legal writing requirement and the skills course requirement.
LAW 520
2 Credit Hours
The primary goal of Legal Analysis: Strategies and Tactics is to strengthen students' legal problem-solving abilities. Students will improve how they learn the law so that they can draw on this understanding for the wide variety of legal problems encountered in law school exams, the bar exam, and in legal practice. Fundamental lawyering skills such as reading comprehension, rule mastery, issue spotting, outlining, the mechanics of legal analysis and strong writing are emphasized. The course will address other skills that typically are not overtly addressed in law school, such as critical… see more
LAW 556
2 or 3 Credit Hours
The course examines the making of law through the development of the common law and legislative and administrative processes.
LAW 643
2 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. This course focuses on issues of legal ethics and professionalism that arise in the practice of law. Instructors use either the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct or the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct as a starting point for discussing these issues. Specific topics covered vary by professor but generally include competency, confidentiality and attorney-client privilege, conflicts of interest, fees, advertising and solicitation of clients, communicating with clients, ethical constraints in civil and criminal litigation, the attorney… see more
LAW 622
2 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. This course will examine legal and policy perspectives on how to deter, prevent and respond to acts of terrorism both domestically and abroad. Students will study and explore both black letter law (e.g., the Patriot Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) as well as policy debates (e.g., balancing national security against personal liberties) connected with the problem of terrorism. Topics will include: (1) defining terrorism and identifying who commits acts of terrorism; (2) the Patriot Act and other American legal responses to September 11; (3) the efficacy… see more
LAW 792
2 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. The primary emphasis of this course is advanced legal writing and research within the litigation context. The course structure and substantive material will parallel the litigation process from the receipt of a complaint in a factually and legally complex civil case through the motion for summary judgment. Students will gain a refined understanding of the organizational, analytical, creative and critical research and writing experience beginning with the initial exposure to the legal causes of action and culminating with the dispositive motion and response thereto. Course… see more
LAW 504
5 Credit Hours through 2004-2005, 2 Semesters; 6 Credit Hours beginning 2005-2006, 2 Semesters
A two-semester course with instructional components directed at writing, research and advocacy skills. Students will concentrate on writing and case analysis and will be introduced to basic bibliographic materials and research techniques. Legal research and writing exercises are designed to introduce basic legal writing forms. Beginning Fall 2009, a grade is entered on the student’s transcript for each semester of the course. Required for graduation.
LAW 515
4 Credit Hours
Most of what we today term "law" is made, not in common law courts, but by legislatures (e.g., Congress) enacting legislation, and regulatory agencies (e.g., the Environmental Protection Agency) adopting regulations and standards to implement that legislation. Legislation and the Regulatory State introduces students to the institutions and procedures used by the modern administrative state to make law. It examines how Congress and agencies work together to make law, and then examines how the agencies and the courts work together to apply them. The course also examines the justifications for… see more
LAW 645
2 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. This course will explore such topics as the relationship between state government
and local governments, home rule powers, open meeting and open records laws, ethical considerations,
tort liability and public finance. There is no casebook for this course unless students are otherwise notified.
Students will instead read Ohio Supreme Court cases illustrative of the issues.
LAW 704
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: RCC. Following nearly two decades of regulatory reform in the states, including Ohio, marijuana law and policy has emerged as a field of study. Abandoning the strict prohibitions that dominated the previous seven decades, and that are still in effect at the federal level, more than forty states have legalized marijuana in at least some circumstances. The reforms have sparked lively debates about the content of marijuana regulations, the wisdom of competing regulatory approaches, and the authority of different government actors to choose among them. Who may use and supply… see more
LAW 842
2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: RCC. Following nearly two decades of regulatory reform in the states, including Ohio, marijuana law and policy has emerged as a field of study. Abandoning the strict prohibitions that dominated the previous seven decades, and that are still in effect at the federal level, more than forty states have legalized marijuana in at least some circumstances. The reforms have sparked lively debates about the content of marijuana regulations, the wisdom of competing regulatory approaches, and the authority of different government actors to choose among them. Who may use and supply… see more
LAW 890
1 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Admission to the LL.M. program and completion of 20 credit hours of course work (or commencement of student’s seventh semester in the program, whichever occurs first). Three credits elected upon commencement of work on the LL.M. thesis; and one additional credit elected each fall or spring until thesis is completed. Must be elected the fall or spring semester immediately following completion of 20 credit hours of course work in the LL.M. program or during the student’s seventh semester in the LL.M. program, whichever occurs first. With approval of the student’s graduate adviser… see more
LAW 673
2 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. Mediation is a process in which an impartial third party--a mediator--facilitates the resolution of a dispute by promoting voluntary agreement by the parties. This course focuses on mediation advocacy, including the role of the advocate, as well as the skills needed by an advocate to achieve a satisfactory mediation outcome. Students will practice the skills needed by the mediation advocate--negotiating, persuading, framing alternatives on behalf of a client in neutral language, navigating perceived deadlocks, and drafting competent mediation agreements. Throughout the… see more
LAW 664
2 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. Evidence (LAW 661) and Trial Advocacy (LAW 663) recommended but not required for the 3-credit version of the course. Focusing specifically on medical malpractice, this course offers students the opportunity to delve deeply into the substantive law, litigation practices, and policy implications of medical negligence and related litigation. Malpractice cases involve unique pleading requirements, pretrial procedures, standard of care issues, causation challenges, expert witness burdens, jury selection considerations, discovery practices and investigational techniques. The… see more
LAW 693
2 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*; Corporations (Law 692). This course will discuss the major legal issues and strategic considerations raised by corporate mergers, takeovers and acquisitions. Topics will include securities law compliance, state corporate law issues, antitrust implications, tax incentives and accounting treatment.