Spring 2012 Initial Assignments

SPRING 2012 INITIAL ASSIGNMENTS
Listed below are the initial assignments that need to be completed prior to your first class session. Students are responsible for preparing accordingly.
COURSE	ASSIGNMENT
Alternative Dispute Resolution §425.1 Professor Spiegelman	NO INITIAL ASSIGNMENT
Advanced Civil Discovery Practice §489.1 Professor Ramey	Register for the course on TWEN prior to January 17. Review and assess Case Assignment (available in Course Materials on TWEN). Be prepared to intellectually discuss on the first day of class the theories of law in the complaint and case facts. Read The Rutter Group: Civil Procedure Before Trial (on Westlaw) Chapter 8A – Introduction to Discovery Only Sections 8A-1 (Purpose of Discovery); 8A-2, 8A-3, 8A-4, 8A-5, 8A-7
Advanced Criminal Procedure §231.1 Professor Wallingford	Register for the course on TWEN and read The Lingering Injustice of Attica located in the resources folder. Read pp. 961-987 in Criminal Procedure Adjudication and Right to Counsel (Allen), 2011, Aspen.
Advanced Legal Research §297.1 Professor Deanne	Sign up for the course on TWEN and post answers to the question on the readings on TWEN discussion forum by 9am on Saturday, January 14, 2012. Also, use the link on the TWEN page to do the CALI exercise: Legal Research 101: The Tools of the Trade. If you do not use this link, the exercise will not be submitted to me. Know your Westlaw and Lexis Passwords (don’t have them saved somewhere, know them). Read pp. v- vi, and 1-10 in Impeccable Research (Osbeck), 2010, West. Read pp. p. 207-216 and 227-229 in Legal Research Methods (Murray), 2009, Foundation Press. Get a San Diego public library card and bring it to class.
Advanced Legal Research §297.2 Professor Meyer	Read pp. 1-25 and 207-215 in Legal Research Methods (Murray), 2009, Foundation Press.
Advanced Mediation §419.1 Professor Waldman	Register for the course on TWEN and read the Small Claims Packet. Bring your calendar to class as additional trainings/meetings will be scheduled.
Advanced Trial Advocacy § 291.1 Professor Begovich	Read pp. 1-75 in Scruggs v. Snyder (Bailey), 2^nd Edition, NITA and prepare an outline of questions for the direct & cross-examination of Trooper Fielder.
American Indian Law §305.1 Professor Wildenthal	You are NOT required to purchase any update supplement for the textbook however, you ARE required to purchase a separate paperback supplement: Goldberg, Washburn & Frickey, eds., Indian Law Stories (Foundation, 2011). Other supplemental materials will be provided to you by the professor, free of charge. "AIL" refers to the hardcover textbook; "ILS" refers to the paperback supplement (Indian Law Stories). Assignment for Tuesday, January 17: Introduction to the course; background on American Indian Nations, history, and law. AIL 1-32 (ch. 1 and ch. 2 to end of sec. II.B). Assignment for Thursday, January 19: Johnson v. McIntosh (1823) and the early treaty era. AIL 35-41 and 43-46 (ch. 2, parts of secs. II.C [Johnson and Notes and Questions 1-6 and 10] and III.A [stop before Notes and Questions on p.46]); ILS 29-59 (ch. 1). Assignment for Tuesday, January 24: The Cherokee Cases of 1831-32. AIL 46-77 (ch. 2, part of sec. III.A [from Notes and Questions 2 on p. 46] and secs. III.B-IV.C); ILS 61-80 (ch. 2). Assignment for Thursday, January 26: Overview of U.S.-Indian relations from the 1840s to the 1920s; the rise of the “plenary power” doctrine. AIL 79-113 and 126-28 (ch. 3 to end of sec. II.A and sec. II.D).
An Introduction to Open Source Software §518.1 Professor Kaufman	Download the PDF document Free Software, Free Society, Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman (Second Edition) and read Chapters 1, 13, and Appendix A from http://www.gnu.org/doc/fsfs-ii-2.pdf.
Animal Law §462.1 Professor Martindill	Read the Introduction and Class 1 of Animal Law Course Outline to be posted in the public folders. Read pp. 5 (People v. Garcia), 15(State v. Cleve), and 20-22 (selected state statutes) in Animal Law: Cases and Materials (Wagman), 4^th Edition, Carolina Academic Press.
Antitrust Law §233.1 Professor Semeraro	Read pp. 2-18 (Introduction) in Antitrust Law Materials (Semeraro), 2012.
Arbitration §247.1 Professor Zanville	Read Chapter 1 in Arbitration Law (Stone), 2^nd Edition, Foundation Press.
Bioethics §303.1 Professor Vaughan	Read pp. 1-22, and 257 (Notes and Questions number 2, first paragraph) in Bioethics: Health Care Law and Ethics (Furrow), 6th Edition, West.
Biotechnology Law §342.1 Professor Berholtz	Read the R&D continuum diagram found in Biotechnology Law Course Materials, (Berholtz), 2012, available from Legal Books Distributing. Read Penny Crabtree’s, New Drug Price Tag: $1.2 Billion, SD Union. Trib., Nov. 10, 2006.
Business Associations §115.1 Professor Greenberg	1. Register for the course on TWEN and review the course contents. 2. Read the first four pages of the syllabus posted on TWEN. 3. In Agency, Partnerships and LLCs: Examples and Explanations (Kleinberger), read: 1-4; 6-14; and 16-45. 4. On TWEN, Additional Readings, read A. Gay Jenson Farms v. Cargill. 5. You must purchase a Response Card Keypad and bring your keypad to the first day of class. It will be used to take attendance. Used keypads may be sold or purchased on the student’s Classifieds page at www.tjsl.edu/classifieds. New keypads can be purchased by logging onto http://store.turningtechnologies.com using the school code "g8Rd" (case sensitive) to receive TJSL discounted price. Do not purchase a license for the web-based polling option. One keypad will work for multiple classes. New keypads will take 7-10 days for delivery.
Business Associations §115.2 & §115.3 Professor Wenger	NOT YET RECEIVED FROM THE PROFESSOR Please check back later
CA Civil Procedure §202.1 Professor Slomanson	Read pp. 1-36 (not Schmier, but n.2,3); not Vidrio; and 39.2 (Stern)-44 (n.1, 3, and 5); and notes on Aggregation & Equity in Civil Procedure (Slomanson), 2011, West.
CA Evidence §225.1 Professor Crowley	Read pp. 3-19 in California Evidence: A Wizard’s Guide (Uelman), 2005, Carolina Academic Press. Review and read the Law Revision Commission Comments for California Evidence Codes (CEC) sections 140, 190, 250, 352, 353, 355, 400, 401, 210, 350, 351, and 400-405. Fill out page 3 of the syllabus and bring it to class with you on the first day.
Civil Procedure II §104.1 Professor Rierson	Read pp. 602-635 and review F.R.C.P. 12, 8(c) and 7(a) in Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials (Friedenthal), 10^th Edition, West. OPTIONAL: Read pp.367-382 (Getting Off Easy: The Motion to Dismiss), 659-74 (The Defendants’ Perspective: Ronan’s Answer and Counterclaim), and complete the Multiple Choice, pp. 289-99 in Examples & Explanations: Civil Procedure (Glannon), 6^th Edition, Aspen.
Civil Procedure II §104.2 Professor Joseph	Read pp. 654-674 in Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials (Friedenthal), 10^th Edition, West.
Civil Procedure II §104.3 Professor Slomanson	Read the book (Random House) or see the movie (John Travolta, 1995) A Civil Action.
Civil Procedure II §104.4 & §104.5 Professor Deo	Register for the course on TWEN and read the Iqbal excerpt. Read the Introduction to Modern Pleading and the Complaint, pp. 554-579 in Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials (Friedenthal), 10^th Edition, West. Read FRCP 8(a), 12(b), and skim pp. 442-460 in Civil Procedure Supplement (Friedenthal), 2011-2012, West. Read pp. 629-647 in Civil Procedure: Examples and Explanations (Glannon), 6^th, Aspen.
Civil Procedure II §104.6 Professor Knowles	Read A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr. Read pp. 602-622 and review F.R.C.P. 12, 8(c), and 7(a) in Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials (Friedenthal), 10^th Edition, West.
Clinical Education/Judicial Externship §397.1 & §397.2 Professor Tropp	NO INITIAL ASSIGNMENT
Clinical Education/Judicial Externship §398.1 & §399.1 Professor Tropp	NO INITIAL ASSIGNMENT
Collective Bargaining & Labor Relations in Professional Sports §521.1 Professor Winneker	NO INITIAL ASSIGNMENT
Commercial Law: Secured Transactions §479.1 Professor Rosenberg	Read Assignment 1 and be prepared to discuss the Vitale and Ellerbee cases and Problems 1.1 through 1.6 in Secured Credit A Systems Approach (Lopucki),7^th Edition, Aspen.
Community Property §167.1 & §167.2 Professor Klueck	NOT YET RECEIVED FROM THE PROFESSOR Please check back later
Constitutional Law I §135.1 Professor Wildenthal	There is no text book for this course. You are generally responsible for looking up and reading the assigned cases and constitutional provisions on your own. Professor Wildenthal is also glad to email PDF's of most assignments to students; just contact him at bryanw@tjsl.edu to let him know you are enrolled in the course and he will send out the initial assignments several weeks before the first day of class. Make sure that you have a keypad for the first day of class. Used keypads may be sold or purchased on the student’s Classifieds page at www.tjsl.edu/classifieds. New keypads can be purchased by logging onto http://store.turningtechnologies.com using the school code "g8Rd" (case sensitive) to receive TJSL discounted price. Do not purchase a license for the web-based polling option. One keypad will work for multiple classes. New keypads will take 7-10 days for delivery. Assignment for Tuesday, January 17: Judicial review and constitutional interpretation. U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 1, sec. 2, cls. 1-2, art. VI, cls. 2-3, and excerpts from Judiciary Act of 1789 (handout provided). Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803): read Chief Justice Marshall’s opinion of the Court, pp. 153-80. Assignment for Thursday, January 19: Nonjusticiable "political questions." U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 2, cl. 5, and sec. 3, cls. 6-7. Nixon v. United States, 506 U.S. 224 (1993): read Chief Justice Rehnquist’s opinion of the Court and the concurrences of Justices Stevens, White, and Souter, pp. 226-54. Assignment for Tuesday, January 24: Federal powers, the Necessary and Proper Clause, the Tenth Amendment, the Supremacy Clause, and preemption. U.S. Const. art. I, secs. 8-10, art. VI, cl. 2, and amend. X. McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819): read Chief Justice Marshall’s opinion of the Court, pp. 400-37. Assignment for Thursday, January 26: The federal commerce power in the mid-20th century. Review U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3. Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942): read parts of Justice Jackson’s opinion of the Court, pp. 113-17 and 118-29 (through Part II; omit Part I and omit footnotes). Katzenbach v. McClung, 379 U.S. 294 (1964): read Justice Clark’s opinion of the Court, pp. 295-305 (omit footnotes).
Constitutional Law II §136.1 & §136.2 Professor Herald	Register for the course on TWEN. Read pp. 1637-1642 (Johnson), 1647-1648 (Barnette), 1648-1649 (Wooley), and 1440-1446 (U.S. v. Playboy) in Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials (Varat), 13^th Edition, Foundation. Purchase a Response Card Keypad. Used keypads may be sold or purchased on the student’s Classifieds page at www.tjsl.edu/classifieds. New keypads can be purchased by logging onto http://store.turningtechnologies.com using the school code "g8Rd" (case sensitive) to receive TJSL discounted price. Do not purchase a license for the web-based polling option. One keypad will work for multiple classes. New keypads will take 7-10 days for delivery.
Constitutional Law II §136.3 Professor Vandevelde	Register for the course on TWEN. Read pp. 1637-1642 (Johnson), 1647-1648 (Barnette), and 1648-1649 (Wooley) in Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials (Varat), 13^th Edition, Foundation.
Constitutional Law II §136.4 Professor Guzelian	Read the Introduction (Defining the Terms), pp. 1637-1642 (Johnson), 1647-1648 (Barnette), and 1648-1649 (Wooley) in Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials (Varat), 13^th Edition, Foundation.
Contracts I §101.1 Professor Templin	Read pp. 1-20 (Chapter 1: Introduction to the Study of Contract Law) Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials (Knapp), 6^th Edition, Aspen.
Contracts II §104.1 Professor Golden	Read pp. 517-537 in Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials (Knapp), 6^th Edition, Aspen. Read Restatement 2^nd §14-16 and pp. 603-614 in Understanding Contracts (Ferriell), 2^nd Edition, LexisNexis.
Contracts II §102.2 Professor Golden	Read pp. 691-716 in Contracts Cases and Materials (Farnsworth), 7^th Edition, Foundation Press. Performance and breach (begin): Securing contractual expectations by use of express conditions; Doctrines mitigating severity of finding unsatisfied conditions (including prevention, waiver, estoppel, election, and interpreting to prevent forfeiture). Read UCC §§2-209(5) and 2-319; restatement 2nd §84 and 224-229 in Selections for Contracts (Farnsworth), 2011, Foundation Press. [NOTE: this assignment is for the entire first week (i.e., two class sessions)]
Contracts II §102.3 Professor Greene	NOT YET RECEIVED FROM THE PROFESSOR Please check back later
Contracts II §102.4 Professor Lee	Read pages 140-153 of Daniel Barnhizer's article, Inequality of Bargaining Power, 76 U. Colo. L. Rev. 139 (2005). This article can be found on Westlaw or Lexis using this citation.
Contracts II §102.5 Professor Smith	Read pp. 349-370 in Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials (Knapp), 6^th Edition, Aspen.
Controlled Substances §492.1 Professor Kreit	Register for the course on TWEN. The site will be available one week prior to the first day of class. There is no course book or supplement required for this course. The professor will be posting all of the readings including the initial assignment to TWEN.
Copyright Law §313.1 Professor Slattery	Read all of Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 through the problem on page 25 in Copyright Law: Essential Cases and Materials (Yen), 2nd Edition, West. Consider the problem carefully, and submit your answer using the “assignments” session on the website http://www.questionpress.com/prof_slattery. Once you have submitted your answer to the problem, go back and submit your response to the question asked in the “reflective prompt” session. There is no password required, but please do enter your name.
Criminal Law §105.1 & §105.2 Professor Kaye	For the first day of class: Read all the readings in Topic 1 (below). (Page numbers refer to the casebook). Although Topic 1 contains quite a few readings, they are all very short, so please be sure to read them carefully. Work through the problem in Handout #1 (available on the TWEN site starting January 13). Note: this material will carry over to the second day of class. For the second day of class: Review the materials from the first day of class (we will continue to discuss them). Read and do the problems in Handout #2 (available on the TWEN site starting January 13). READINGS Topic 1: Why Punish? A. Retribution Moore, “The Moral Worth of Retribution” (p. 81) Hart, “Punishment and Responsibility” (pp. 81-82, 82, 89-90) Kant, The Philosophy of Law (pp. 80-81) Stephen, A History of the Criminal Law of England (p. 85) Durkheim, The Division of Labor in Society (p. 90) B. Deterrence Bentham, Principals of Penal Law & Notes 1-3 (p. 92-93) Bentham, Principles of Penal Law (pp. 168) Notes on the Rational Actor Model, Notes 1-3 (pp. 93-95) C. Moral Influence Note 4 (pp. 95-97) D. Rehabilitation Moore, Law and Psychiatry & Note (pp. 98-99) Note (pp. 99-100) Hirsch & Maher, “Should Penal Rehabilitationism Be Revived?” (pp. 100-01) E. Incapacitation DiIulio, “Prisons are a Bargain, By Any Measure” & Notes 1-2 (pp. 102-05) F. Theories Of Punishment: Exercises Handout #1 (“The Payne Variations”) (available on the TWEN site under “Criminal Law Handouts”)
Criminal Procedure §106.1 Professor Kreit	Read pp. 1-18 in Criminal Procedure: Investigation (Chemerinsky), 2008, Aspen.
Criminal Procedure §106.2 Professor Steinberg	Read pp. 3-4 (Introductory Note), 4-8 (Katz v. United States), and 9-14 (United States v. White) in Criminal Procedure: Constitutional Constraints Upon Investigation and Proof, 6^th Edition, (Tomkovicz), Lexis. Read the Open Fields Doctrine and Oliver v. United States in Criminal Procedure Supplementary Materials (Steinberg), 2012, available in the bookstore.
Employment Discrimination §276.1 Professor Lee	Read pp. 779-787 in Cases and Materials on Employment Discrimination (Zimmer), 7^th Edition, Aspen. Read Bagenstos, The Structural Turn and the Limits of Anti-Discrimination Law, 94 Cal. L. Rev. 1 (2006) (read only pages 5-10 on the importance of unconscious and subtle bias). This article can be found on Westlaw or Lexis. Read Pager & Western, Race at Work: Realities of Race and Criminal Record in the NYC Job Market, December 2005, available at http://www.princeton.edu/~pager/race_at_work.pdf.
Entertainment Law §237.1 Professor Greene	NOT YET RECEIVED FROM THE PROFESSOR Please check back later
Entertainment Law Transactions §336.1 Professor Novak	NO INITIAL ASSIGNMENT
Evidence §138.1 Professor Cohn	Read pp. 62-94 in Evidence, Cases and Materials (Waltz), 11^th Edition, Foundation Press. Read Federal Rule of Evidence 106 in Federal Rules of Evidence (West), 2011-2012, West. View/listen to the Ruling on Fuhrman Tapes (California v. O.J. Simpson), found on course reserve in the library.
Evidence §138.2 Professor Christensen	Read Chapters 1-4 in Learning Evidence: From the Federal Rules to the Courtroom (Merritt), 2^nd Edition, West.
Family Law §245.1 Professor Berenson	Read pp. 103-108, 215-222, and 108-118 in Modern Family Law: Cases and Materials (Weisberg), 4^th Edition, Aspen. Read Cal. Civ. Code §§ 43.5, 1590.
Federal Criminal Sentencing Law §404.1 Professors Fife & Kraus	Read the following: 18 U.S.C. section 3553(a) Tapia v. United States, 131 S. Ct. 2382 (2011) Sentencing Law and Policy pp. 1-28 (available on reserve at library)
Federal Income Taxation §204.1 Professor Lipman	NOT YET RECEIVED FROM THE PROFESSOR Please check back later
Food & Drug Law §406.1 Professor McCuskey	Read Chapters 1-5 in The Jungle (Sinclair), any edition, Sharp Press.
Global Workplace Law §426.1 Professor Bisom-Rapp	Register for the course on TWEN and read the Introduction and Chapter 1 from the page proofs provided on the TWEN web site. The assigned text is presently in page proofs and will not be published until February 2012. PDFs of the page proofs are being made available to students for the entire semester. The webpage is password protected. Likewise, the page proofs are password protected. Please contact academics@tjsl.edu to obtain the passwords necessary to register for TWEN and to access the page proofs. Also, with respect to the page proofs, please note that these materials are licensed solely for use by Global Workplace Law students at Thomas Jefferson School of Law for spring 2012. They may only be copied for class use. All rights are reserved by the authors and their publisher.
Immigration Law §241.1 Professor Bettwy	Register for the course on TWEN. Email your email address to Professor Bettwy at samuel.bettwy@usdoj.gov. Read Chapter 1 in Immigration and Citizenship, Process and Policy (Aleinikoff), 7^th Edition, West. Think about and be prepared to discuss the legislation/policies that have led to current immigration problems in the U.S. and examples of discriminatory treatment (favorable and/or adverse) of aliens from certain countries.
Infractions & Compliance in Intercollegiate Athletics §522.1 Professor Smith	Go to the publications page at ncaa.org and download (it is free) the NCAA Manual. Then read and be prepared to discuss pages 1-44 (the NCAA Constitution).
Insurance Law §243.1 Professor Wezelman	Read pp. 1-22, 25-40, 46-50, and 62-69 in Cases and Materials on General Practice Insurance Law (Whelan), 6^th Edition, West.
International Business Transactions §249.1 Professor Tiefenbrun	Think about your fantasy international business that you would like to set up and how you would go about doing it. Read pp. 1-45 (chapters l, 2, and 3) in International Business Transactions: A Problem-Oriented Coursebook (Folsom), 10^th Edition, West and come to class ready to talk about your international business transaction.
International Human Rights Law §255.1 Professor Cohn	Read pp. 1-24 in Human Rights (Henkin), 2^nd Edition, Foundation Press. Read Professor Cohn’s article A Call to End All Renditions which can be found at http://marjoriecohn.com/2009/02/call-to-end-all-renditions.html.
International Investment Law & Arbitration §472.1 Professor Vandevelde	Register for the course on TWEN. Under Course Materials on the TWEN site you can find directions for ordering the required text for this course. Obtain the text and read pp. 1-11.
International Trade & the WTO §394.1 Professor Wright	NO INITIAL ASSIGNMENT
Introduction to Mediation §423.1 & 423.2 Professors Morris & Pettiti	Read pp. 3-64 in The Mediator’s Handbook (Beer), 3^rd Edition, New Society Publishers. Watch and be prepared to discuss in class the 2004 movie Crash (Don Cheadle & Sandra Bullock).
Introduction to Mediation §423.3 Professor Jenkins	NO INITIAL ASSIGNMENT
Jurisprudence §265.1 Professor Gerber	NO INITIAL ASSIGNMENT
Juvenile Justice §520.1 Professor Caldwell	NOT YET RECEIVED FROM THE PROFESSOR Please check back later
Law & Religion §412.1 Professor Steinberg	Read Gardening at Night: Religion and Choice, 74 Notre Dame L. Rev. 987 (1999), David E. Steinberg available on Westlaw. Read pp. 30-36 (John Witte, The American Constitutional Experiment) in Religion and the Constitution (McConnell), 3^rd Edition, Aspen. Recommended Reading: Read pp. 37-57 in State and Religion in a Nutshell (Berg), 2^nd Edition, West.
Law Practice Management §216.1 Professor Sanzo	Read pp. 3-19, sections 1.01-1.02, (Is The Practice of Law a Business) and be prepared to discuss questions 1-4 (pp. 19-21) in Materials and Cases on Law Practice Management (Steele), 2004, Matthew Bender. Bring your current resume to the first day of class.
Law, Equality & Educational Institutions §449.1 Professor Dyson	NO INITIAL ASSIGNMENT
Legal Synthesis §464 Professor Sacuzzo	Read the Contracts outline from both The Multistate Subjects (Saccuzzo), 2^nd Edition, Applications of Psychology to the Law, AND Strategies & Tactics for the MBE (Emmanuel Bar Review), 2010, Aspen.
Legal Writing I §99.1 & §99.3 Professor Vargas Wrosch	Read the Introduction on pp. xxi- xxiii and Chapter 1: Rules and Policies on pp. 3-7 and prepare exercises 1-A and 1-B on pp. 8-9 in A Practical Guide to Legal Writing & Legal Method (Dernbach), 4^th Edition, Aspen. Follow the directions in Dernbach and be sure to complete all parts of each exercise. Hand-write or type the answers to the assigned exercises and use them to assist you during class discussion. Read pp. 217-231 (Suzanne E. Rowe, Legal Research, Legal Writing and Legal Analysis: Putting Law School into Practice), and pp. 232-end (Lawrence M. Friedman, Law in America: A Short History) in the Legal Writing I Workbook (TJSL), 2012. Purchase a Response Card Keypad. Used keypads may be sold or purchased on the student’s Classifieds page at www.tjsl.edu/classifieds. New keypads can be purchased by logging onto http://store.turningtechnologies.com using the school code "g8Rd" (case sensitive) to receive TJSL discounted price. Do not purchase a license for the web-based polling option. One keypad will work for multiple classes. New keypads will take 7-10 days for delivery.
Legal Writing I §99.2 & §99.4 Professor Day	NO INITIAL ASSIGNMENT
Legal Writing I §99.5 Professor Harshman	NO INITIAL ASSIGNMENT
Legal Writing II All Sections	Read Chapters 2-4 in A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method (Dernbach), 4^th Edition, Aspen.
Mandarin Chinese for Lawyers §453.1 Professor Gee	NOT YET RECEIVED FROM THE PROFESSOR Please check back later
Military Justice §435.1 Professor Siegel	Review: Manual for Courts-Martial [MCM] and Appendices; RCM 101 to 109; 502 and 1201- 1210, 1301-1306. Article 16, 25, 65-76; UCMJ (Appendix 2, 8, and 9 MCM). Chapter 17 of the Big Red Book [BRB] on the CD from the Faculty Assistant. Commander’s Quick Reference [QR] Section XIII, Appendix K. Read and be ready to discuss Middendorf v. Henry, 425 US 25 (1976).
Moot Court Society §355.1 Professor Spiegelman	NO INITIAL ASSIGNMENT
Mortgage Law §519.1 Professor Stilwell	Memorize the vocabulary list which can be found in the materials provided on the thumb drive for this course and can be picked up from a Faculty Assistant. There will be a quiz on the vocabulary list on the first day of class.
National Security Law §411.1 Professor Knowles	Read pp. 1-10 and the excerpts from the U.S. Constitution in the Appendix in National Security Law (Dycus), 5^th Edition, Aspen.
Patent Law §414.1 Professor Simon	Register for the course on TWEN and review the posted Patent Law Policies. Read pp. 3-7 (through note 2) and 12 (start at §1.3[c])-24 in Adelman, Rader and Thomas’ Cases and Materials on Patent Law (Adelman), 3^rd Edition, West. The last 3 pages of the reading is a patent. Please review it but I do not expect you to be familiar with the details of the invention.
Professional Responsibility §140.1 Professor Herrera	Read ABA Model Rule 1.0, Preamble, Introduction, and Chapter 1 in Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law (Lerman), 2^nd Edition, Aspen.
Professional Responsibility §140.2 Professor Boles	Read Chapter 1 in Legal Ethics in the Practice of Law (Zitrin), 3^rd Edition, LexisNexis. Read pp. 3-6 (ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct (2002 version): Preamble and Scope) in Legal Ethics: Rules, Statutes and Comparisons (Zitrin), 2011, LexisNexis. Purchase a Response Card Keypad. Used keypads may be sold or purchased on the student’s Classifieds page at www.tjsl.edu/classifieds. New keypads can be purchased by logging onto http://store.turningtechnologies.com using the school code "g8Rd" (case sensitive) to receive TJSL discounted price. Do not purchase a license for the web-based polling option. One keypad will work for multiple classes. New keypads will take 7-10 days for delivery.
Property I §141.1 & §141.2 Professor Markey	Register for the course on TWEN and read the Introduction to Property I in the course supplement. The course supplement and course syllabus can be found on the TWEN site for this course. Read pp. 1-39 and brief the cases (First Possession: Acquisition of Property by Discovery and Capture--Johnson, Pierson, Ghen, and Keeble) in Property (Dukeminier), 7^th Edition, Aspen.
Property I §141.3 Professor Schwabach	Read pp. 18-35 in Property, 7^th Edition, (Dukeminier).
Property I §141.4 Professor Wright	Read pp. 1-23 in Property, 7^th Edition, (Dukeminier).
Property I §141.5 Professor Semeraro	Read pp. 11-17 (Pierson v. Post and Ghen v. Rich) Property II Materials: An Introduction to Property Law in the United States of America (Semeraro), 2012.
Property I §141.6 Professor Simon	Read Orin Kerr,” How to Read a Legal Opinion”, available at: http://volokh.com/files/howtoread2007version.pdf. Read pp. 18-32 (through note 2) (Acquisition by Capture) in Property (Dukeminier), 7^th Edition.
Real Estate Transactions §242.1 Professor Malki	Read and be prepared to discuss pp. 1-34 (§11-1.127) in California Practice Guide Series: Real Property Transactions (Law School Edition) (Greenwald), 2011, The Rutter Group. Review Sample Grant Deed on public folders and answer the following question: What defect exists in the document, and what is its effect? The question is an exercise in paying attention to detail and can be answered with your existing knowledge as a 2L or 3L.
Refugee & Asylum Law §376.1 Professor Durst	Read pp. 3-19, 33-37, 74-80, and 84-86 in Refugee Law and Policy (Musalo), 4^th Edition, Carolina Academic Press.
Remedies §166.1 Professor Wezelman	Read pp. 1-41 and 49-53 in Remedies (Rendleman), 8^th Edition, West. Read the handout for Remedies titled “Remedies Goals” available in the public folders beginning on January 6, 2012.
Remedies §166.2 Professor Waldman	Register for the course on TWEN and read p. 2 in Remedies (Schwartz) which can be found on the TWEN site. Read pp. 91-94 in Black Letter Outline on Remedies (Weaver), 2005, West. * Cali Exercises: Compensatory Damages: Terminologies and Basic Concepts (don’t worry much about ambiguities associated with Actual Damages or Pecuniary vs. Non-Pecuniary Damages). Using any planning tool you wish to use, plan your schedule for all your activities—school, work, extracurricular, family and exercise--during the third week of this semester (due February 14)
Reproductive Justice §524.1 Professor Delman	There is no casebook for this course. You can copy the material from Westlaw or from the reporters. Please brief the cases for class. When you read the law review article, please take notes on it and prepare 2-3 thoughtful questions that you will ask the class in order to generate class discussion. Please provide me with the questions prior to class. Read the following on Contraception Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479-507 (1965) Eisenstadt v. Baird, 405 U.S. 438 (1972) Carey v. Population Services Int’l, 431 U.S. 678-702 (1977) In re Union Pacific Railroad Employment Practices Litigation, 479 F.3d 936-45 (8th Cir. 2007) Naomi Cahn & June Carbone, Family Classes: Rethinking Contraceptive Choice, 20 U. FLA. J.L. & PUB. Pol’y 361 (2009)
Scholarly Legal Writing §418.1 Professor Templin	NOT YET RECEIVED FROM THE PROFESSOR Please check back later
Seminar in Domestic Violence & the Law §516.1 Professor Maiden	Read the Preface and Chapter 1 in Lemon’s Domestic Violence Law (Lemon), 3^rd Edition, West.
Small Business Law Center Clinic Seminar §523.1 Professor Herrera	Read Susan R. Jones, Small Business and Community Economic Development: Transactional Lawyering for Social Change and Economic Justice, 4 Clinical L. Rev. 195 (1997). Read California Rule of Professional Conduct 1-300 & 1-400. The California Rules of Conduct can be found at http://rules.calbar.ca.gov/Rules/RulesofProfessionalConduct/CurrentRules.aspx. Read California Business & Professions Code §§ 6125-6133. The California Business & Professions Codes can be found at http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=bpc.
Solo Practice Law §525.1 Professor Barger	NO INITIAL ASSIGNMENT
Street Law §447.1 Professor Simpson	NOT YET RECEIVED FROM THE PROFESSOR Please check back later
Summit	NOT YET RECEIVED FROM THE PROFESSOR Please check back later
Technology Law Externship §475.1 Professor Berholtz	Read Ch. 1 (Taking The Plunge), Ch. 2 (Leaving Your Employer), and Ch. 3 (Selecting and Working with an Attorney) in The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Business Law (Bagley), 3^rd Edition, Cengage, ISBN: 978-0-324- 20493-3.
Torts I §111.1 Professor Delman	Read the material and cases in the following order: pp. 1-4, 5-6 (Weaver v. Ward), 4-5 (The Case of Thorns), 7-10 (Brown v. Kendall), 10-13 (Cohen v. Petty), 13-16 (Spano v. Perini), 17-20 (Garrat v. Dailey), 25-27 (McGuire v. Almy), and 24-25 (Ranson v. Kitner) in Prosser, Wade and Schwartz's Torts: Cases and Materials (Schwartz), 12^th Edition, Foundation. Read pp. 3-6 in Understanding Torts (Diamond), 4^th Edition, LexisNexis. Read pp. 3-5 in The Law of Torts: Examples and Explanations (Glannon), 4^th Edition, Aspen.
Torts II §112.1 Professor Kass	Read pp. 191-203 in Prosser, Wade and Schwartz's Torts (Schwartz), 12^th Edition, Foundation Press. Read pp. 98-102 in Understanding Torts (Diamond), 4^th Edition, LexisNexis. In addition to the casebook and treatise readings assigned for the first week, please go to the websites listed below and read the following 3 short readings: 1. "Legal Reform Inexpensive Way to Boost State Competitiveness, Enhance Jobs Climate" www.calchamber.com/governmentrelations/issuereports/documents/2011-reports/legal_2011.pdf 2. "Tort Reform? California's dirty little secret on the value of a human life" http://www.kentuckylawblog.com/ 3. "Cons, Big Cons and Medical Malpractice Reform." http://www.newmexicoinjuryattorneyblog.com/2011/03/cons-big-cons-and-medical-malp.html
Torts II §112.2 Professor Kass	Read pp. 268-272 and 291-302 in Prosser, Wade and Schwartz's Torts (Schwartz), 12^th Edition, Foundation Press. Read pp. 177-183 in Understanding Torts (Diamond), 4^th Edition, LexisNexis. OPTIONAL: Read Chapters 10-11 in The Law of Torts: Examples and Explanations (Glannon), 4^th Edition, Aspen. In addition to the casebook and treatise readings assigned for the first week, please go to the websites listed below and read the following 3 short readings: 1. "Legal Reform Inexpensive Way to Boost State Competitiveness, Enhance Jobs Climate" www.calchamber.com/governmentrelations/issuereports/documents/2011-reports/legal_2011.pdf 2. "Tort Reform? California's dirty little secret on the value of a human life" http://www.kentuckylawblog.com/ 3. "Cons, Big Cons and Medical Malpractice Reform." http://www.newmexicoinjuryattorneyblog.com/2011/03/cons-big-cons-and-medical-malp.html
Torts II §112.3 Professor Bisom-Rapp	Read pp. 713-726 and 728-744 in Prosser, Wade and Schwartz's Torts (Schwartz), 12^th Edition, Foundation. Read pp. 247-263 in Understanding Torts (Diamond), 4^th Edition, LexisNexis. Read pp. 321-341 in The Law of Torts: Examples and Explanations (Glannon), 4^th Edition, Aspen. Read pp. 1-14 in Torts II Course Materials (Bisom-Rapp), 2012.
Torts II §112.4 Professor Mitnick	Read pp. 713-726 in Prosser, Wade and Schwartz's Torts (Schwartz), 12^th Edition, Foundation. Read pp. 247-255 in Understanding Torts (Diamond), 4^th Edition, LexisNexis. Read pp. 1-14 in Torts II Course Materials (Mitnick), 2012.
Torts II §112.5 Professor Dyson	NO INITIAL ASSIGNMENT
Trademark & Unfair Competition Law §329.1 Professor Rierson	Read pp. 3-41 in Trademarks and Unfair Competition: Law and Policy (Dinwoodie), 3^rd Edition, Aspen. Read the Lanham Act § 43(a) (15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)).
Trial Practice §170.1 Professor Joseph	Read Chapters 1 & 5 in Civil Trials and Evidence, Student Edition (Wegner), 2011, The Rutter Group.
Trial Practice §170.2 & §170.5 Professor Grossman	Read chapters 1-3 in Dynamics of Trial Practice: Problems and Materials (Carlson), 4^th Edition, West. Prepare a Case Evaluation Memorandum, as outlined in §3.6, page 54 in Dynamics of Trial Practice (Carlson), 4^th Edition, West. For this assignment only you will represent the party based upon the first initial of your last name: A-G Prosecution, criminal case H-M Defense, criminal case N-R Plaintiff, civil case S-Z Defense, civil case
Trial Practice §170.3 Professor Siegel	Read chapters 2 and 8 and complete problem 3.9 (Policeman on Surveillance) in Modern Trial Advocacy (Lubet), 3^rd Edition, Lexis. Problem 3.9 is also attached to the syllabus as Appendix C, which can be found in the public folders. Read pp. 45-159 (especially pp. 93-123) in Evidence in Context: Evidentiary Problems and Exercises (Rose), 2010, West. Prepare case analysis for both prosecution and defense. Develop suggested themes and theories for each side.
Trial Practice §170.4 Professor Fields Bernard	Read Chapters 1 & 2 (pages 51-55 only) in Trial Process: Law Tactics & Ethics (Tanford), 4^th Edition, LexisNexis. Skim Hunter and Kesler case files in Trial Practice Problems and Case Files (Tanford), 4^th Edition, LexisNexis.
Veteran's Legal Assistance Clinic §429.1 Professor Berenson	Read pp. 1-24 in Clinical Legal Education: A Textbook for Law School Clinical Programs (Chavkin), 2002, LexisNexis.
Water Law §393.1 Professor Rosenbaum	Read Chapter 1 in Tarlock, Corbridge, Getches and Benson’s Water Resource Management, A Casebook in Law and Public Policy (Tarlock), 6^th Edition, Foundation Press.
Wills & Trusts §171.1 Professor Wenger	NOT YET RECEIVED FROM THE PROFESSOR Please check back later
Wills & Trusts §171.2 Professor Martindill	Read the Introduction and Class 1 of Wills and Trusts Course Outline to be posted in the public folders. Read Probate Codes 6400 and 6401(c)(1)(2)(3). Read p. 93 (Table of Consanguinity) in Wills, Trusts & Estates (Dukeminier), 8^th Edition, Aspen. Introductory Definitions: A) Will or Testament- a document that is a lawful, voluntary disposition of assets upon death B) Codicil-a written supplement or amendment to a Will C) Testator/trix (Transferor) one who makes a Will D) Devise-gift of real property E) Bequest-gift of personal property F) Legacy-gift of money G) Heir/Heir-at-law - those persons designated by statute as being next in line to inherit H) Beneficiary (Transferee)-those persons named in the Will to inherit I) Issue- lineal descendants of decedent J) Probate, Surrogate, Orphan’s Court-Court having jurisdiction to hear matters arising from decedent’s estates or trusts K) Testate-Decedent dies leaving a valid Will which directs disposition of estate L) Intestate-Decedent dies without a Will and estate is distributed according to state law
Women & International Human Rights Law §403.1 Professor Tiefenbrun	Read Chapter 1 and the following Treaties in the Appendix in Women’s International and Comparative Human Rights (Tiefenbrun), 2012, Carolina Academic Press: UN Charter, ICCPR, ICESCR (and Protocols), Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties, U.S. Constitution, American Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, African Charter. Think about which fundamental human rights are most frequently violated and in what circumstances (e.g. war, refugee camps). Think about which fundamental human rights are most often violated with regard to women in particular and in what circumstances? Do you think women’s rights are violated in the United States, and if so, give examples.

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