Spring 2024 Schedule

(Spring 2024 updated: Thursday, May 4, 2023 4:25 PM)

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Date key: M-Monday, T-Tuesday, W-Wednesday, R-Thursday, F-Friday

1st Year/Section 1
Cr.Course Name / ProfessorCrse. / Sect. #Sect. IDDay/TimeLimitsRoomExam DetailsNotes
4 Constitutional Law and the Regulatory State ▾▴ / TBA530S / 001 TBA0 TBA TBD
This course examines the constitutional, statutory, and administrative foundations of American government. The course has two separate, but interrelated goals: First, to introduce students to the structure of and principles behind the American constitutional order. Topics covered under this heading include the sources of federal regulatory authority, separation of powers, federalism, judicial review and theories of constitutional interpretation. Second, the course offers a basic understanding of the workings of the legislative and regulatory process, with special emphasis on the role of agencies, the policy tools at their disposal, and the scope of legislative and judicial oversight of administrative action. In this fashion this course seeks to highlight the intersection between constitutional and administrative law principles across American history and within contemporary debates.
4 Criminal Law ▾▴ / TBA500F / 001 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 131) An examination of the criminal justice system, including emphasis on the role of defense counsel and prosecutor; the adversary system; ethical considerations; sources and aims of the criminal law and construction of criminal statutes; specific crimes against person, property and the state; inchoate crimes; defenses negating culpability; and the principles of responsibility and justification.
4 Property ▾▴ / TBA500G / 001 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 113) This is a survey course of the fundamentals of property law. Possessory interests of real and personal property including findings, bailments and adverse possession are discussed and analyzed. Topics also include future interests, concurrent ownership, lease holds, transfers of land and land use controls.
(1st year students must be enrolled in a Research and Writing Section)
Top, A = Alternate Year, E = Experiential Learning, P = permission required, S = professional skills course, U = satisfies ULWR

1st Year/Section 2
Cr.Course Name / ProfessorCrse. / Sect. #Sect. IDDay/TimeLimitsRoomExam DetailsNotes
4 Constitutional Law and the Regulatory State ▾▴ / TBA530S / 002 TBA0 TBA TBD
This course examines the constitutional, statutory, and administrative foundations of American government. The course has two separate, but interrelated goals: First, to introduce students to the structure of and principles behind the American constitutional order. Topics covered under this heading include the sources of federal regulatory authority, separation of powers, federalism, judicial review and theories of constitutional interpretation. Second, the course offers a basic understanding of the workings of the legislative and regulatory process, with special emphasis on the role of agencies, the policy tools at their disposal, and the scope of legislative and judicial oversight of administrative action. In this fashion this course seeks to highlight the intersection between constitutional and administrative law principles across American history and within contemporary debates.
4 Criminal Law ▾▴ / TBA500F / 002 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 131) An examination of the criminal justice system, including emphasis on the role of defense counsel and prosecutor; the adversary system; ethical considerations; sources and aims of the criminal law and construction of criminal statutes; specific crimes against person, property and the state; inchoate crimes; defenses negating culpability; and the principles of responsibility and justification.
4 Property ▾▴ / TBA500G / 002 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 113) This is a survey course of the fundamentals of property law. Possessory interests of real and personal property including findings, bailments and adverse possession are discussed and analyzed. Topics also include future interests, concurrent ownership, lease holds, transfers of land and land use controls.
(1st year students must be enrolled in a Research and Writing Section)
Top, A = Alternate Year, E = Experiential Learning, P = permission required, S = professional skills course, U = satisfies ULWR

1st Year/Section 3
Cr.Course Name / ProfessorCrse. / Sect. #Sect. IDDay/TimeLimitsRoomExam DetailsNotes
4 Constitutional Law and the Regulatory State ▾▴ / TBA530S / 003 TBA0 TBA TBD
This course examines the constitutional, statutory, and administrative foundations of American government. The course has two separate, but interrelated goals: First, to introduce students to the structure of and principles behind the American constitutional order. Topics covered under this heading include the sources of federal regulatory authority, separation of powers, federalism, judicial review and theories of constitutional interpretation. Second, the course offers a basic understanding of the workings of the legislative and regulatory process, with special emphasis on the role of agencies, the policy tools at their disposal, and the scope of legislative and judicial oversight of administrative action. In this fashion this course seeks to highlight the intersection between constitutional and administrative law principles across American history and within contemporary debates.
4 Criminal Law ▾▴ / TBA500F / 003 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 131) An examination of the criminal justice system, including emphasis on the role of defense counsel and prosecutor; the adversary system; ethical considerations; sources and aims of the criminal law and construction of criminal statutes; specific crimes against person, property and the state; inchoate crimes; defenses negating culpability; and the principles of responsibility and justification.
4 Property ▾▴ / TBA500G / 003 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 113) This is a survey course of the fundamentals of property law. Possessory interests of real and personal property including findings, bailments and adverse possession are discussed and analyzed. Topics also include future interests, concurrent ownership, lease holds, transfers of land and land use controls.
(1st year students must be enrolled in a Research and Writing Section)
Top, A = Alternate Year, E = Experiential Learning, P = permission required, S = professional skills course, U = satisfies ULWR

1st Year Research and Writing
Cr.Course Name / ProfessorCrse. / Sect. #Sect. IDDay/TimeLimitsRoomExam DetailsNotes
2 Advocacy ▾▴ / Copland, Jen.530J / 004 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly LAW500K) Students learn the art of persuasive argumentation by drafting a 30-page appellate brief on a topical legal issue, complying with appellate court rules and then presenting a simulated oral argument to members of the bench. During the semester, students also attend appellate arguments or trial court motion sessions and prepare brief synopses of cases heard.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis Research, Writing and Analysis, OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law
2 Advocacy ▾▴ / Costello, Nan.530J / 005 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly LAW500K) Students learn the art of persuasive argumentation by drafting a 30-page appellate brief on a topical legal issue, complying with appellate court rules and then presenting a simulated oral argument to members of the bench. During the semester, students also attend appellate arguments or trial court motion sessions and prepare brief synopses of cases heard.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis Research, Writing and Analysis, OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law
2 Advocacy ▾▴ / Costello, Nan.530J / 006 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly LAW500K) Students learn the art of persuasive argumentation by drafting a 30-page appellate brief on a topical legal issue, complying with appellate court rules and then presenting a simulated oral argument to members of the bench. During the semester, students also attend appellate arguments or trial court motion sessions and prepare brief synopses of cases heard.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis Research, Writing and Analysis, OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law
2 Advocacy ▾▴ / Harokopus, Mar.530J / 007 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly LAW500K) Students learn the art of persuasive argumentation by drafting a 30-page appellate brief on a topical legal issue, complying with appellate court rules and then presenting a simulated oral argument to members of the bench. During the semester, students also attend appellate arguments or trial court motion sessions and prepare brief synopses of cases heard.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis Research, Writing and Analysis, OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law
2 Advocacy ▾▴ / Harokopus, Mar.530J / 008 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly LAW500K) Students learn the art of persuasive argumentation by drafting a 30-page appellate brief on a topical legal issue, complying with appellate court rules and then presenting a simulated oral argument to members of the bench. During the semester, students also attend appellate arguments or trial court motion sessions and prepare brief synopses of cases heard.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis Research, Writing and Analysis, OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law
2 Advocacy ▾▴ / Spiliopoulos, Ela.530J / 009 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly LAW500K) Students learn the art of persuasive argumentation by drafting a 30-page appellate brief on a topical legal issue, complying with appellate court rules and then presenting a simulated oral argument to members of the bench. During the semester, students also attend appellate arguments or trial court motion sessions and prepare brief synopses of cases heard.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis Research, Writing and Analysis, OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law
2 Advocacy ▾▴ / Gentry, Kev.530J / 010 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly LAW500K) Students learn the art of persuasive argumentation by drafting a 30-page appellate brief on a topical legal issue, complying with appellate court rules and then presenting a simulated oral argument to members of the bench. During the semester, students also attend appellate arguments or trial court motion sessions and prepare brief synopses of cases heard.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis Research, Writing and Analysis, OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law
2 Advocacy ▾▴ / Adside, Cha.530J / 011 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly LAW500K) Students learn the art of persuasive argumentation by drafting a 30-page appellate brief on a topical legal issue, complying with appellate court rules and then presenting a simulated oral argument to members of the bench. During the semester, students also attend appellate arguments or trial court motion sessions and prepare brief synopses of cases heard.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis Research, Writing and Analysis, OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law
2 Advocacy ▾▴ / LaRose, Ste.530J / 012 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly LAW500K) Students learn the art of persuasive argumentation by drafting a 30-page appellate brief on a topical legal issue, complying with appellate court rules and then presenting a simulated oral argument to members of the bench. During the semester, students also attend appellate arguments or trial court motion sessions and prepare brief synopses of cases heard.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis Research, Writing and Analysis, OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law
2 Advocacy ▾▴ / LaRose, Ste.530J / 013 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly LAW500K) Students learn the art of persuasive argumentation by drafting a 30-page appellate brief on a topical legal issue, complying with appellate court rules and then presenting a simulated oral argument to members of the bench. During the semester, students also attend appellate arguments or trial court motion sessions and prepare brief synopses of cases heard.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis Research, Writing and Analysis, OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law
2 Advocacy ▾▴ / Lawrence, Dea.530J / 014 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly LAW500K) Students learn the art of persuasive argumentation by drafting a 30-page appellate brief on a topical legal issue, complying with appellate court rules and then presenting a simulated oral argument to members of the bench. During the semester, students also attend appellate arguments or trial court motion sessions and prepare brief synopses of cases heard.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis Research, Writing and Analysis, OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law
2 Advocacy ▾▴ / Stokstad, Pau.530J / 015 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly LAW500K) Students learn the art of persuasive argumentation by drafting a 30-page appellate brief on a topical legal issue, complying with appellate court rules and then presenting a simulated oral argument to members of the bench. During the semester, students also attend appellate arguments or trial court motion sessions and prepare brief synopses of cases heard.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis Research, Writing and Analysis, OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law
2 Advocacy ▾▴ / Stokstad, Pau.530J / 016 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly LAW500K) Students learn the art of persuasive argumentation by drafting a 30-page appellate brief on a topical legal issue, complying with appellate court rules and then presenting a simulated oral argument to members of the bench. During the semester, students also attend appellate arguments or trial court motion sessions and prepare brief synopses of cases heard.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis Research, Writing and Analysis, OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law
2 Advocacy ▾▴ / O'Regan, Dap.530J / 017 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly LAW500K) Students learn the art of persuasive argumentation by drafting a 30-page appellate brief on a topical legal issue, complying with appellate court rules and then presenting a simulated oral argument to members of the bench. During the semester, students also attend appellate arguments or trial court motion sessions and prepare brief synopses of cases heard.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis Research, Writing and Analysis, OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law
2 Advocacy ▾▴ / O'Regan, Dap.530J / 018 TBA0 TBA TBD
(Formerly LAW500K) Students learn the art of persuasive argumentation by drafting a 30-page appellate brief on a topical legal issue, complying with appellate court rules and then presenting a simulated oral argument to members of the bench. During the semester, students also attend appellate arguments or trial court motion sessions and prepare brief synopses of cases heard.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis Research, Writing and Analysis, OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice OR Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law
Top, A = Alternate Year, E = Experiential Learning, P = permission required, S = professional skills course, U = satisfies ULWR

Upper Level Required
Cr.Course Name / ProfessorCrse. / Sect. #Sect. IDDay/TimeLimitsRoomExam DetailsNotes
3 Professional Responsibility ▾▴ / Simard, Jus.500Q / 001 TBA80 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 260) A course designed to acquaint the law student with many of the obligations owed by the lawyer, both individually and as a member of the legal profession, to the society in which he/she lives. In addition to a discussion of ethical problems involved in the practice of law, an overview of all phases of the profession will be undertaken, including disciplinary proceedings, the functions of Bar organizations and unauthorized practice. Students who have already taken Lawyer Regulation and Ethics in a Technology-Driven World may not take this course.
3 Professional Responsibility ▾▴ / Eagleson, Rob.500Q / 002 TBA80 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 260) A course designed to acquaint the law student with many of the obligations owed by the lawyer, both individually and as a member of the legal profession, to the society in which he/she lives. In addition to a discussion of ethical problems involved in the practice of law, an overview of all phases of the profession will be undertaken, including disciplinary proceedings, the functions of Bar organizations and unauthorized practice. Students who have already taken Lawyer Regulation and Ethics in a Technology-Driven World may not take this course.
Top, A = Alternate Year, E = Experiential Learning, P = permission required, S = professional skills course, U = satisfies ULWR

Electives
Cr.Course Name / ProfessorCrse. / Sect. #Sect. IDDay/TimeLimitsRoomExam DetailsNotes
3 Administrative Law ▾▴ / Ohanesian, Nic.532 / 002 TBA80 TBA TBD
Formerly DCL 300) This course examines the place of administrative agencies in American government, and surveys the legal rules and principles governing agency regulation, adjudication, investigation, and enforcement; agency structure; and judicial review of agency action. Students who have taken Administrative Law: Food Safety and Labeling (810K) may not take this course
3 Administrative Law ▾▴ / Kalt, Bri.532 / 001 TBA80 TBA TBD
Formerly DCL 300) This course examines the place of administrative agencies in American government, and surveys the legal rules and principles governing agency regulation, adjudication, investigation, and enforcement; agency structure; and judicial review of agency action. Students who have taken Administrative Law: Food Safety and Labeling (810K) may not take this course
2 Advanced Legal Research ▾▴ / Thompson, Dar.586 / 304 Asynchronous
Online/Remote – Asynchronous instruction requires online interaction with flexible time.		10 Online Final Paper, E
(Formerly DCL 509) The course will focus on the process and goals of legal research. Special emphasis will be placed on Internet research, but instruction will be based on function rather than format. Students will learn how to find information through the Web, on Lexis and Westlaw, and in paper. By contrasting form, speed, cost and accuracy, students will learn how to integrate these sources for the most comprehensive and economical research product. Equal emphasis will be placed on conceptual structure and practical application.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis or RWA: IP or RWA: SJ or RWA: CL and Advocacy
2 Advanced Legal Research ▾▴ / Meland, Jan.586 / 303 TBA20 TBA Final Paper, E
(Formerly DCL 509) The course will focus on the process and goals of legal research. Special emphasis will be placed on Internet research, but instruction will be based on function rather than format. Students will learn how to find information through the Web, on Lexis and Westlaw, and in paper. By contrasting form, speed, cost and accuracy, students will learn how to integrate these sources for the most comprehensive and economical research product. Equal emphasis will be placed on conceptual structure and practical application.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis or RWA: IP or RWA: SJ or RWA: CL and Advocacy
2 Advanced Legal Research ▾▴ / Innes, Tim.586 / 302 TBA20 TBA Final Paper, E
(Formerly DCL 509) The course will focus on the process and goals of legal research. Special emphasis will be placed on Internet research, but instruction will be based on function rather than format. Students will learn how to find information through the Web, on Lexis and Westlaw, and in paper. By contrasting form, speed, cost and accuracy, students will learn how to integrate these sources for the most comprehensive and economical research product. Equal emphasis will be placed on conceptual structure and practical application.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis or RWA: IP or RWA: SJ or RWA: CL and Advocacy
2 Advanced Legal Research ▾▴ / Domann, Bre.586 / 301 Asynchronous
Online/Remote – Asynchronous instruction requires online interaction with flexible time.		10 Online Final Paper, E
(Formerly DCL 509) The course will focus on the process and goals of legal research. Special emphasis will be placed on Internet research, but instruction will be based on function rather than format. Students will learn how to find information through the Web, on Lexis and Westlaw, and in paper. By contrasting form, speed, cost and accuracy, students will learn how to integrate these sources for the most comprehensive and economical research product. Equal emphasis will be placed on conceptual structure and practical application.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing & Analysis or RWA: IP or RWA: SJ or RWA: CL and Advocacy
2 Agricultural Law ▾▴ / Deacon, Bra.566N / 001 TBA30 TBA TBD
Students will learn about the regulatory framework of the food and agriculture sector at the federal, state, and local levels and how the application of this framework impacts all citizens. This includes the production, processing, and distribution of food, fiber, and other products that make up a large portion of the economies of the nation and the State of Michigan. Students will learn about the origins and impacts of these regulatory components and how evolving trends and public opinion are changing the food and agriculture sector
1 Analytical Methods for Lawyers-Microeconomics ▾▴ / Mercuro, Nic.509A / 001 TBA20 TBA TBD **
(Formerly DCL 607A) Condensed principles of microeconomics to serves as a primer that provides law students the tools necessary to succeed as 'lawyers' in the various fields that use these principles.
Footnote(s): 7 week course.
Prerequisite(s): Students who have taken Law and Economics (515) may not take this course.
3 Artificial Intelligence & Law ▾▴ / Kennedy, Kev.537R / 001 TBA25 TBA TBD
Artificial Intelligence is experiencing a “golden age” of rapid development. As the use of AI increases, people and computers are knowingly and unknowingly interacting in new ways. Lawyers are confronting computer issues in every practice area. Smart contracts. Autonomous vehicles. Creation and ownership of property. Robot policing and warfare. Interconnected products. Autonomous devices. AI requires updated and new regulations, new ways of practicing, and an understanding of how laws and code interact as a new regulatory system within society. This class will look at how computers are affecting the law and what lawyers should know to provide legal services in this hybrid world.
3 Automated Vehicles and the Law ▾▴ / Wittner, Nic.537S / 001 TBA25 TBA Final Paper, U
The development of automated vehicles, which can assume all driving functions, as well as connected vehicles that communicate with each other to help avoid crashes, represents a fundamental transformation of transportation. These technologies present a myriad of legal issues, including product liability, cybersecurity, privacy, insurance, criminal law and procedure, federal and state regulation, and patents. The technologies are complex – artificial intelligence, machine learning, human-machine interface, and ethical decision-making designs are all involved. This course explains how the technologies are designed, tested, and developed; the real-life deployments of the vehicles; product liability risks stemming from development decisions; means for mitigating liability risks in design and warnings; liability for cybersecurity breaches including hacking; protection of privacy and liability for illicit intrusions; criminal liability for illicit use of vehicles; and a new paradigm for insurance law when the vehicle becomes the driver. Trial practice likely will also be affected because of the extraordinary complexity of the artificial intelligence design evidence that juries will need to understand. The course will explain how discovery and evidentiary presentation at trial may be managed.
3 Bankruptcy ▾▴ / Bullock, Cha.506A / 001 TBA40 TBA TBD
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of bankruptcy law, the bankruptcy code, and the creditor/debtor relationship.Students who have taken Consumer Bankruptcy 506E or Chapter 11 Reorganization 506F may not take this course.
1 Bar Exam Success Fundamentals ▾▴ / Pritchard, Gol.604 / 001 TBA60 TBA TBD **
This course introduces and reinforces bar examination study and test taking skills. It provides in depth exploration of each part of the bar exam (multiple choice (MBE), essay (MEE) and multi state performance exam (MPT)) and builds students’ skills regarding each part of the exam. This course also devotes time to skills associated with analyzing, studying and memorizing substantive information.
Footnote(s): 7 week course.
3 Basic Will Drafting ▾▴ / Behan, Mic.540A / 301 TBA20 TBA No Exam, E
(Formerly DCL 391) This course is designed to familiarize students with the interviewing function and the drafting of wills and other basic estate planning vehicles for clients whose estates are not subject to federal estate tax. An evaluation of usable forms and discussion of when and how to use them intelligently will be a focus of the course. A client interview and drafting exercises, including an entire basic estate plan, are contemplated.
Prerequisite(s): Decedents' Estates and Trusts
2 Bioethics and the Law ▾▴ / Carter-Johnson, Jen.558A / 001 TBA20 TBA Final Paper, U
An analysis of legal, ethical, & economical problems generated by current & projected advances in biomedical technologies.
4 Business Enterprises ▾▴ / Wilks, Ste.500M / 001 TBA80 TBA TBD
This course deals with issues relating to common forms of business organization, including corporations, limited liability companies and closely held corporations. The four credit version of Business Enterprises also includes an introduction to mergers and acquisitions.
3 Business Ethics and the Law ▾▴ / Douglas, Kev.593K / 001 TBA20 TBA Final Paper, U
This seminar will explore how prominent moral and ethical codes are expressed in U.S. business law and policy. The course begins by exploring the work of John Rawls, Robert Nozick, John Stuart Mill and other moral philosophers. Students will then compare these moral theories to several legal doctrines, including “unfair competition,” “unjust enrichment,” and “the morals of the marketplace.” In addition, students will explore the policy debates over whether corporate governance should focus on benefiting a broad group of stakeholders or focus on maximizing shareholder profits.
Prerequisite(s): LAW 500M Business Enterprises
2 Campaign Finance & Regulation ▾▴ / Fracassi, Ada.580A / 001 TBA30 TBA TBD
Campaign Finance & Regulation will provide an in-depth analysis of the campaign finance structure at the state and federal level by analyzing case law, rules, regulatory trends and reviewing the institutions that govern candidates, political parties, political action committees, corporations, unions, non-profits organizations and individuals. The course will provide a guide to the practice of campaign finance from a practitioner’s perspective and emphasize practical preparation by focusing on the practical, policy and political aspects of campaign finance and its regulations.
3 Capital Punishment ▾▴ / Grosso, Cat.579Y / 001 TBA20 TBA TBDU
A focus on federal constitutional law, primarily the 8th Amendment and its regulation of capital punishment. The federal constitutional law largely regulates state criminal law. Using the 8th Amendment and state criminal laws, the course will consider how death eligibility is defined and administered. It will explore the limits imposed by the Constitution and by various state and federal statutes. The course also will consider larger questions including, Why have the death penalty? Is the system working? Is it necessary? Is it fair? What changes should be made? As part of this inquiry we will consider the role of race in capital punishment, the impact of wrongful convictions, and recent moves to abolish or limit capital punishment in several jurisdictions. The course also examines the law of federal habeas corpus in the context of the death penalty. This section engages in a close reading of a complicated set of statutes, as well as the Supreme Court decisions construing those statutes.
2 Client Counseling and Interviewing ▾▴ / Winegarden, J. .591A / 301 TBA20 TBA TBDE
(Formerly DCL 450) This course adopts a client-centered approach in looking at legal problems and examines how to make clients partners in problem solving. Attention is paid to the economic, social and psychological aspects of clients' legal problems. The course starts with an examination of fundamental counseling skills, followed by an analysis of the information gathering process and ultimate decision making. Because this course duplicates the content of courses in the Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute program, students in the FTPI may not receive academic credit for this course.
Prerequisite(s): Civil Procedure, Evidence
4 Constitutional Law II ▾▴ / Thronson, Dav.500N / 002 TBA80 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 172) A study of procedural and substantive due process of law, equal protection of the laws and the Bill of Rights, including freedom of expression.
4 Constitutional Law II ▾▴ / Bitensky, Sus.500N / 001 TBA80 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 172) A study of procedural and substantive due process of law, equal protection of the laws and the Bill of Rights, including freedom of expression.
3 Constitutional Litigation ▾▴ / Pucillo, Phi.579X / 001 TBA45 TBA TBD
This course provides a rigorous examination of the intricacies initiated by individuals seeking to vindicate federal constitutional rights. Primary emphasis will be placed on suits under 42 U.S.C §1983 against state and local governmental entities and their officials. Through a careful study of the many doctrines that the U.S. Supreme Court has pronounced and developed in connection with litigation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Bivens, students will gain a significant understanding of and appreciation for the challenges that confront a constitutional claimant both in establishing liability and in obtaining a remedy. In particular, the course will focus on the essential elements of a § 1983 action, such as the requirement that the defendant have acted “under color of” state or local law, as well as the need to demonstrate that the constitutional violation at issue flowed from an official policy or custom in cases where the defendant is a municipality. There will also be substantial treatment of the various defenses that officials sued in their individual capacity may assert, including absolute immunity (available to those who perform legislative, judicial, and prosecutorial functions), qualified immunity, and res judicata. In addition, the availability of remedies such as damages, injunctive relief, and attorney fees will be explored.
2 Contract Drafting ▾▴ / Lawrence, Dea.594A / 301 TBA20 TBA No Exam, E
The specific purpose of this class is to use contract principles that the student has learned in the first year as a vehicle to develop the student's abilities as a planner and counselor. It will involve the study of some of the common pitfalls encountered in contract drafting and called upon to perform specific exercises in which the student will use her/his basic knowledge of contracts to draft various documents. In the course of the drafting, the student will be required to predict what may happen, provide for that contingency and attempt to protect the client.
Prerequisite(s): Contracts
2 Contract Drafting ▾▴ / Hude, Kat.594A / 302 TBA20 TBA TBDE
The specific purpose of this class is to use contract principles that the student has learned in the first year as a vehicle to develop the student's abilities as a planner and counselor. It will involve the study of some of the common pitfalls encountered in contract drafting and called upon to perform specific exercises in which the student will use her/his basic knowledge of contracts to draft various documents. In the course of the drafting, the student will be required to predict what may happen, provide for that contingency and attempt to protect the client.
Prerequisite(s): Contracts
2 Corporate Governance and Compliance ▾▴ / Hall, Cur.508F / 001 TBA25 TBA TBD
(Formerly Corporate Law and Policy: Corporate Governance and Compliance) A survey of issues in corporate governance and compliance in light of the legal risks faced by corporations and corporate directors and officers in the legal environment presented by securities law, antitrust, tort law, environmental law, and other sources of liability. Specific topics include risk management, Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley, internal compliance programs, and corporate codes of conduct and codes of behavior.
3 Criminal Procedure: Investigation ▾▴ / Grosso, Cat.616B / 001 TBA80 TBA TBD
(Formerly Criminal Procedure I)This course provides students with an introduction to federal constitutional limits on police investigation under the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments. This includes the governance of search and interrogation, and the right to counsel. Students can take Criminal Procedure: Investigation and Criminal Procedure: Adjudication in any order or at the same time. Students who have taken Criminal Procedure I are ineligible to enroll in this course.
2 Criminal Trial Advocacy Post-Conviction Remedies ▾▴ / Scullion, Mar.617C / 301 TBA20 TBA TBDE
(Formerly Criminal Trial Advocacy III Post-Conviction Remedies) This course focuses on the representation issues raised during the critical stage of sentencing. The following topics are covered: duties/function of counsel, statutes, types of sentencing, indeterminate sentencing, length, sentencing plan, credit for time served, concurrent/consecutive, PSIs, considerations, habitual offender, altering sentences, probation, violations, restitution, alternatives, plea bargaining, guilty pleas, Proposal B, good time); sentencing guidelines demonstration; post-conviction motions; criminal appeals; parole; habeas corpus, state and federal; prisoners' rights; and sentencing reform/capital punishment. Criminal Trial Advocacy classes are not sequential and may be taken in any order.
2 Delivering Legal Services: New Legal Landscape ▾▴ / Smathers, Ama.537Q / 001 TBA30 TBA TBD
This course is an introduction to modern legal services delivery. It exposes students to legal data collection and metrics, legal operations, and legal project leadership. We continue with legal supply chain management, pricing legal services, and legal services technologies. Throughout the semester we cover two key areas. We (1) discuss current and emerging legal services ideas (such as how to charge less but earn higher profits from your services), and (2) work on developing legal services skills. This course uses the lean thinking philosophy, the fastest growing method of legal services management. However, no prior experience in lean is required; you will learn what you need in class. Lean thinking includes process mapping and process improvement. We also complete exercises in agile project management and design thinking. Students pursuing traditional legal careers in legal aid, not-for-profit, corporate, government, criminal prosecution or defense, or law firms, will find this course very useful. Students interested in nontraditional legal services careers, such as legal consulting, legal marketing, legal technology, and legal operations, will find it essential. The ideas and skills covered in this course give students an advantage in marketing themselves and in their future careers.
3 Domestic Violence ▾▴ / Thronson, Ver.541B / 001 TBA60 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 427) A historical background of Domestic Violence. Focus will be placed on understanding the nature of domestic violence, the prevention of domestic violence, and the survivor and batterer behavior.
2 Employment Discrimination Law ▾▴ / Darden, Tif.511B / 001 TBA20 TBA Final Paper, U
A study of the development of individual employee rights. The course will look at at-will employees as well as protected employees under NLRA and FLSA.
2 Environmental Justice ▾▴ / Singel, Wen.566S / 001 TBA20 TBA Final Paper, U
Environmental justice draws from environmental law and civil rights law principles to focus attention on the disparate environmental harms experienced by low-income communities and communities of color. This course will provide students with a comprehensive introduction to environmental justice by examining topics such as the development of the environmental justice movement, the empirical evidence of the unequal distribution of environmental benefits and burdens caused by hazardous waste facilities and other types of industrial activities, theories of causation for disparities in environmental impacts across communities, special issues relating to American Indian communities and tribal governance, environmental justice perspectives on regulation and the administrative state, and issues relating to risk assessment. In the second half of the course, students will study environmental justice claims that arise in several areas of environmental law, including standard setting, program design, facility permitting, enforcement, contaminated site cleanup, and brownfield redevelopment. Students will also study the role of the lawyer in private enforcement actions, and they will learn how environmental justice claims can be framed as constitutional and civil rights claims.
3 Evidence ▾▴ / Pucillo, Phi.500P / 001 TBA80 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 220) A study of the means and methods of proof or disproof of a proposition as either permitted, required or prohibited under the Anglo-American system of jurisprudence. The rules respecting problems of remoteness and prejudice of evidence, circumstantial proof, the employment of writings, their authentication and proof of their contents. A study in depth of hearsay evidence and its status in the evidence. A thorough inquiry into the so-called "evidential preferences" of our legal system and the deficiencies of hearsay evidence as related to these preferences.
3 Federal Jurisdiction ▾▴ / Ivy, Cur.579G / 001 TBA20 TBA Take Home Exam,
(Formerly DCL 349) The focus of this course is the operation of the federal court system. It will cover not only the usual bases of federal court jurisdiction, such as diversity, federal questions and removal, but also other doctrines that impact federal courts, including standing, ripeness, mootness, abstention and state sovereign immunity. Significant attention will be focused on federal litigation under the Civil Rights Acts. This course will be of benefit to those intending to practice in federal courts and to those seeking a federal court clerkship.
Prerequisite(s): Civil Procedure
3 Food and Drug Law ▾▴ / TBA558B / 001 TBA20 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 357) This course is designed to provide a basic working knowledge of domestic laws regulating food, drugs, cosmetics, biologics/blood and medical devices. It has an administrative overtone, providing an understanding of the legislative and regulatory processes through an in-depth look at the relationship between the FDA, industry, consumer interest groups and Congress.
2 Government Relations and Lobbying Law ▾▴ / Clement, Eli. & Swartzle, Bro.551D / 001 TBA30 TBA TBD
This course provides an overview of governmental relations and lobbying law. It will address topics such as compliance with state and federal statutes and regulations that govern the practice and ethics of lobbying. The course will explore distinctions among legislative, administrative and grassroots lobbying and the professional norms of appropriate behavior that apply to lobbyists.
3 Halal Food: An Introduction to Islamic Laws and Ethics ▾▴ / Moghul, Uma.545K / 731 Asynchronous5 Online TBD
Current and expected growth in halal foods has necessitated that scientists, legal practitioners and other professionals, and thought leaders active in global food markets be conversant with Islamic dietary laws and ethics. This course will introduce students to the religious foundations of Islamic dietary laws, ethics and customs relating to food generally, and as they particularly relate to consumption and to commercial food production. We will study certain discreet topics as well, such as alcohol and gelatin, and the interaction of national laws with Islamic ethics, and the process of halal certification. The study of many topics will include consideration of kosher laws and practices.
Prerequisite(s): Intended for students in the Global Food Law Program only
2 Healthcare Compliance ▾▴ / Hackett, Lis.558W / 001 TBA20 TBA TBD
This course will explore the healthcare environment’s complex regulatory landscape and the role of compliance programs in managing the risks and challenges posed by this highly regulated industry. “Healthcare compliance” is a rapidly expanding domain, and an effective compliance program is not just an expectation but a requirement for most healthcare organizations. This course will explore the history, necessity, and organization of compliance programs in healthcare and the major areas of law and regulation managed by these programs, including fraud, waste, and abuse laws, patient privacy and data protection requirements (such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), and other state and federal requirements. In addition, students will learn the essential elements of an effective compliance program, including how to identify compliance risks, how to conduct auditing and monitoring, and how to respond appropriately to issues and take corrective action.
3 Higher Education Law & Policy ▾▴ / Johnson, Hea.580D / 001 TBA20 TBA Final Paper, U
Forty years ago, a handful of large institutions of higher education had in-house legal staff. Now all but the smallest schools do. However, in modern higher education, few major decisions are made without considering the layered set of statutes, regulations, case law, and institutional rules implemented to limit and address the legal consequences. The course will provide the history of higher education law, an overview of legal governance in higher education and how to weigh and balance the often-competing rights and responsibilities of institutions, faculty, staff, and students. Examples include: the tension between academic freedom and tenure; using affirmative action to create a diverse campus; creating an equitable and inclusive campus while also promoting free speech or the right to carry a weapon; and legal compliance Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and Title IX; to name a few. The course will examine topics from a variety of perspectives to inform those who desire a role in general law practice, policy making, in-house university counsel, higher education administration, or as a member of the faculty.
2 Housing Law and the Public Interest ▾▴ / Abramson, Jef.603B / 001 TBA
Online/Remote – Synchronous instruction requires online interaction at scheduled days/times.		20 Online TBD
This is an introductory course that focuses on the significant laws, cases and policies formulated in the 21st century to address housing issues in the United States. The focus is on laws that were a response to economic, racial, and immigration issues and laws and policies designed to provide more access and opportunity to obtain safe, fair, and affordable housing. The course will examine legal and policy areas relating to housing and the problem of providing housing to the population in an effort to bring the issue of a society providing housing for its citizens full circle.
2 Immigration Consequences of Crime ▾▴ / Kloet, Joa.541T / 001 TBA20 TBA TBD
This course will examine the immigration consequences of criminal activity through analysis of statutes, regulations, case law, and official federal agency publications. Students will gain the knowledge needed to identify, analyze, and provide advice and counsel with regard to substantive and procedural immigration and naturalization issues that arise from criminal law matters.
2 Insurance Law ▾▴ / Golde, Sco.514 / 001 TBA20 TBA TBD
Insurance Law addresses (i) the history and function of a variety of types of insurance (including property, life, annuities, directors and officers, and errors and omissions) (ii) issues regarding contract formation (including critical and common elements of an insurance contract), (iii) state, federal and international insurance regulation (focusing on regulation under Michigan law), (iv) reinsurance and other forms of risk transfer, (v) the insurance claims process, and (vi) defense and settlement of insurance claims. If time permits, the course may also address actuarial assumptions, predictive modeling, risk management, and sales and marketing of insurance products.
3 Intellectual Property Practicum ▾▴ / Murshak, Mik.535F / 301 TBA15 TBA TBDE
This class will revolve around the skills that young intellectual property attorneys are often forced to learn on the job while in practice as taught by practicing attorneys. Classes may involve lecture or class exercises as the topic dictates. The focus of the practicum will vary depending on practicing attorney availability. Assignments will encompass many types of topic-appropriate readings, including cases, practitioner guides, and CLE materials. Students are recommended to have taken either Patent Law, Intellectual Property Survey, or Patent Application Drafting.
Prerequisite(s): Patent Law or Intellectual Property Survey or Patent Application Preparation
3 Intellectual Property Survey ▾▴ / Luchsinger, Bra.535D / 001 TBA20 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 321 and LAW 533V) Formerly known as Intellectual Property Law. This course could be offered for 2 or 3 credits. This course is a survey of all Intellectual Property law, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secret law. No technical degree is necessary.
Prerequisite(s): This course is not open to students who have taken 2 of the 3 following courses: Copyright Law, Patent Law, or Trademark Law and Unfair Competition Law.
3 International Business Transactions ▾▴ / Reifenberg, Jr., Joh.512B / 001 TBA20 TBA TBD
This course is an introduction to international business transactions. We will explore the following general topics: agreements for the international trading of goods, financing the international sale of goods, establishing and operating a foreign investment, the resolution of international business disputes and enforcement of dispute settlement awards.
3 International Environmental Law ▾▴ / Favre, Dav.548E / 001 TBA20 TBA Final Paper, U
(Formerly DCL 417) This course introduces the student to the use of bilateral and multilateral treaties and other international mechanisms for dealing with international environmental problems such as ozone in the upper atmosphere, the greenhouse effect, destruction of forest and trade in endangered species. Normally, a paper is required.
2 International Human Rights ▾▴ / Bitensky, Sus.548F / 001 TBA30 TBA TBD
(Formerlty DCL 418) This course explores human rights and the international legal order, background, concepts and the future. It will also consider major international agreements and their relation to local law, and remedies for the implementation of human rights.
2 International Sale of Goods ▾▴ / Reifenberg, Jr., Joh.548G / 001 TBA30 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 478) A study of international sales law under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). Similarities and contrasts with sales law under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code will be investigated. Also addressed are the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts.
3 Juvenile Law ▾▴ / Darden, Tif.541K / 001 TBA20 TBA Final Paper, U
(Formerly DCL 378) A survey of the law related to juvenile courts in the areas of delinquency and child neglect, including jurisdiction and waivers thereof, arrest, pre-trial, and trial procedure and disposition.
3 Labor and Employment Law ▾▴ / Bedikian, Mar.511E / 001 TBA60 TBA TBD
This is an introductory labor and employment law course, which will initially explore the application of the National Labor Relations Act as amended. Subjects include the jurisdiction, organization and procedures of the National Labor Relations Board; the protection of the right of self-organization; company domination of or assistance to the union; discrimination against employees; remedies for unfair labor practices; unit determinations including micro-units; strikes, boycotts and picketing; judicial review of labor arbitration awards; successorship and the impact of bankruptcy on the duty to bargain; the duty of fair representation; union security agreements/fair share contracts; and, the union’s power to compel concerted activities. The course also will cover foundations of employment law, including an examination of the employment relationship and terms and conditions of employment. A substantial portion of the course will cover federal legislation and related case law, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
Prerequisite(s): Students may not take this course if they have taken Labor Law or Employment Law.
2 Land Use Planning ▾▴ / Hedrick, Col. & O'Connor, Ken. & Patterson, Chr.566B / 001 TBA20 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 401) THIS COURSE MAY BE OFFERED AS EITHER 2 OR 3 CREDITS. Explores the principal methods of local government control of land use, with special emphasis on the theory and practice of zoning and eminent domain. Analyzes judicial response, through the use of nuisance and "takings" doctrines, to local land use planning efforts.
Prerequisite(s): Property
2 Law and Interpretation ▾▴ / Ravitch, Fra.579R / 001 TBA25 TBA TBD
This course will explore the ways in which judges and other legal actors interpret the law. Anyone who has studied law for even a short period of time quickly becomes aware that there are a variety of legal and jurisprudential tools that judges can use in interpreting the law. In this course we will explore the various tools judges use in interpreting cases, as well as a number of the theoretical schools that influence or help us understand judicial decision-making. We will do this by analyzing cases and by studying the various tools/theories relevant to legal interpretation. The course will cover legal interpretation in the contexts of constitutional, statutory, and common law. The hope is to look underneath the cases and try to understand how great legal minds (judges, lawyers, and scholars) can look at the same or similar facts and law, yet reach significantly varied interpretative results.
2 Legal Issues with Energy Development and Wildlife ▾▴ / Frampton, Car.565C / 001 TBA
Online/Remote – Synchronous instruction requires online interaction at scheduled days/times.		20 Online TBD
This course will explore emerging issues in energy law and policy that relate to fish and wildlife. The class is responsible for publishing The Wildlife Law Call, a newsletter on current case law and articles pertinent to energy development and wildlife issues. Students are graded on their individual contribution to this publication.
3 Legislation ▾▴ / Staszewski, Gle.579P / 001 TBA40 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 329) This course starts with the premise that understanding the legislative process is important for sophisticated legal analysis in an age of legislation. The course therefore studies different theories of the legislative process, as well as the accompanying doctrines and theories of statutory interpretation. It also examines structures of representative democracy and deliberative decision making, including the principle of "one person, one vote," reapportionment of legislative districts, term limits, the line-item veto, and regulations of campaign finance. Finally, the course considers the use of direct democracy as an alternative to republican government and examines the role of administrative agencies in the implementation and interpretation of statutes. By the end of the semester, students will have a greater understanding of the various public law institutions in the United States, their relationships to one another, and how this knowledge can be used to construct persuasive arguments regarding the application of positive law to particular legal problems.
3 Local Government Policy Lab ▾▴ / Rosenbaum, Dan.537Y / 301 TBA15 TBA TBDE
This course offers students an opportunity to engage in local government practice, learn nontraditional legal analysis and writing skills, and interact with lawyers and policymakers about issues affecting residents and local administrators across Michigan. Through the classroom component of the course, students will explore how local government policies are written and interpreted and the statutory and political environments in which they operate, with the aim that students gain comfort reading, critiquing, editing, and writing operative governance documents. These skills will translate into the field component of the course, in which students will partner with attorneys who work within (and with) local governments across Michigan on a real-world drafting project involving a local government policy, regulation, procedure, or executive order.
Prerequisite(s): LAW 580C Local Government Law
3 Mediation Advocacy ▾▴ / Ram, Har.587D / 301 TBA18 TBA TBDE
This course gives an overview of the ADR processes and practices with a focus on mediation advocacy. It covers types of mediation, Med-Arb processes, mediation agreements, confidentiality protocols, advocates in mediation, selecting a mediator, structure, strategy of proposed mediation and mediator’s proposals, ethical issues, and impartiality. In addition to these concepts, Michigan Court Rule 2.411 will all be covered. Students will learn the different types of mediation in theory and practice, and learn to effectively advocate for clients in mediation. This course will be offered as part of experiential learning and include simulation exercises.
3 Mergers and Acquisitions ▾▴ / Douglas, Kev.516 / 001 TBA30 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 505) Overview of issues relating to business combinations. The course includes a transactional perspective on mergers and acquisitions, with some consideration of the social and economic significance of business combinations. Attention will be paid to relevant statutes, negotiation, acquisition documents, valuation methodologies, and characteristic problems in negotiated acquisitions, in addition to careful examination of takeover defenses and Delaware case law. Simulations and drafting exercises may be a component.
Prerequisite(s): Business Enterprises
2 Negotiation ▾▴ / Basta, Jos.591C / 301 TBA16 TBA TBDE
(Formerly DCL 520) This course introduces principles of negotiation. Students will be required to engage in multiple mock negotiations, with frequent feedback from the instructor.
2 Negotiation ▾▴ / Raheem, Ant.591C / 302 TBA16 TBA Final Paper, E
(Formerly DCL 520) This course introduces principles of negotiation. Students will be required to engage in multiple mock negotiations, with frequent feedback from the instructor.
2 New Technologies and the Law ▾▴ / Kennedy, Kev.535T / 001 TBA20 TBA TBD
This course helps students recognize, explain, and critique how the law and legal profession responds to new technologies, and assists students in successfully navigating their legal careers given these challenges. This course will survey a number of new technologies (e.g., APIs, artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, data analytics, Open Source licensing, quantum computing, and other technologies of growing interest or application). Approximately 25% of this course will focus on application of new technologies in the area of Access to Justice. This course will consider new legal roles (e.g., product counsel and legal operations), challenges technologies bring to traditional delivery of legal services, and practicing law in areas where technology is outpacing the ability of law to stay current. How do lawyers advise clients about managing risks in this new environment? This course will be particularly useful for students who are contemplating representing business or technology clients, using their law degree in non-traditional ways, or working on Access to Justice efforts. This course assumes students may (or may not) arrive with a range of knowledge and experience in the use of technology and will provide the necessary introduction to the technologies in class.
2 No-Fault Insurance Law ▾▴ / Sinas, Ste. & Waldman, Bry.595 / 001 TBA30 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 319) This course will provide an in-depth look at Michigan's version of the no-fault concept. Statutory and case precedent dealing with such issues as coverage, first-party benefits and limits on recovery will be explored. Also, the policy behind and practical application of the no-fault "threshold" will be studied.
2 Problem-solving Approaches to Conflict Resolution ▾▴ / Bedikian, Mar.505C / 001 TBA30 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 553) (Formerly ADR Survey) This interactive course will cover the following topics: critical perspectives of ADR, negotiations (strategies, positioning for influence, and truthfulness), mediation (structuring enforceable agreements to mediate, confidentiality, mediator liability, and professional responsibility issues in mediation), third party evaluation and fact-finding, settlement perspectives, including the use of class actions, arbitration (preemption, enforceability of agreements to arbitrate, defenses to arbitration, due process, remedies and judicial review, judicial immunity), and alternative dispute resolution in state and federal courts. Teaching modalities will include lecture, simulations, video and exercises, along with selected book readings. 
Prerequisite(s): Civil Procedure I
2 Refugee and Asylum Law Seminar ▾▴ / Nelson, Mar.541U / 001 TBA20 TBA TBD
This course will provide an overview of refugee and asylum law in the United States. It will explore the contours of the refugee definition and each element of an asylum claim by looking at statutes, regulations, treaties, and relevant case law. The course will compare the related protections of withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Finally, the course will discuss U.S. asylum procedure generally, and bars to asylum, both substantive and procedural. 
2 Regulating Environmental Risk ▾▴ / Morag-Levine, Nog.566Q / 001 TBA20 TBA TBD
This course examines regulatory responses to environmental and other risks to human life and health. It aims to familiarize students with the particular challenges regulators face in responding to such risks, and the spectrum of regulatory choices available to them. Topics to be covered include: Judicial v. administrative regulation of risk, risk assessment and risk management, direct and indirect regulation, cost-benefit analysis, the precautionary principle, and environmental justice. The course will analyze the range of policy, political, and legal-cultural factors behind current American approaches to the regulation of environmental risk. 
3 Sales and Leases ▾▴ / Barnhizer, Dan.501F / 001 TBA60 TBA TBD
This course examines the information and terms, as well as remedies for breach, of contracts for sales of goods, under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). The course also examines Article 2A's provisions on leases and provides an overview of the similarities and differences between Article 2 of the UCC and the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods. Other topics that the course may cover include documents of title under Article 7 of the UCC, Magnuson Moss Warranty Act, or the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA). The class is not open to students who already have taken Commercial Transactions Survey (LAW 501M), or the 4-credit hour Sales and Secured Transactions class.
Prerequisite(s): Contracts. Students who have taken Commercial Transactions Survey or 4-cr. Sales and Secured Transactions may not take this class.
4 Sales and Secured Transactions ▾▴ / Simard, Jus.501N / 001 TBA45 TBA TBD
The course is designed for students interested in some of the basic issues arising under Articles 2 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. The course will begin with Sales, and will cover issues to which students are not exposed in the first-year Contracts course, including title and risk of loss. The class also will examine UCC remedies in more depth. The second half of the course will cover Secured Transactions. Students will learn about creation and perfection of security interests, as well as the various rules determining priority among secured creditors. The course also will cover the intersection between Article 9 and the Bankruptcy Code, e.g., preferences.
Prerequisite(s): Students who have taken either Sales and Leases or Secured Transactions may not enroll in the course.
3 Secured Transactions ▾▴ / Kress, Kay.501E / 001 TBA45 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 240) Covers the process of financing the sale of goods, the secured transaction under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, including creation, perfection, priority of security interests in personal property and default procedures.
Prerequisite(s): Students who have taken Sales and Secured Transactions may not take this class.
3 Securities Regulation I ▾▴ / Min, Gee.524B / 001 TBA20 TBA TBD
(Formerly DCL 428) This course examines the registration requirements applicable to public offers of securities under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Michigan Blue Sky Law. Primary emphasis will be placed upon the various types of securities that are subject to registration and the exemptions from registration requirements. In addition, the course will explore, in further depth, the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. Business Enterprises may be taken concurrently.
Prerequisite(s): Business Enterprises
2 Sports and Inequality ▾▴ / Schneider, Deb.609A / 001 001TBA20 TBA TBD
This seminar will examine legal and social implications of various forms of discrimination in both professional and amateur sports. Legal efforts to address discrimination in sports based on race, gender, disability, and sexual orientation will be discussed. Specifically, the seminar will dive into racial and gender inequities both on the field and in front offices, gender segregation and exclusion in professional sports, NCAA eligibility criteria, the effects and future of Title IX, sexual orientation discrimination in sports, and sports opportunities for people with disabilities. There will be class discussion postings, presentations, and a final paper and presentation to the class.
2 Tax Policy Seminar ▾▴ / Delmotte, Cha.572D / 001 TBA20 TBA Final Paper, U
(Formerly DCl 517) This seminar covers a range of tax policy issues arising from Federal Taxation. The specific issues studied will vary but, in general, will focus on progressivity and redistribution. Topics likely to be covered include: the use of the income tax as a fiscal policy tool; the concept of income; imputed income; progressive versus flat tax rates; taxation of families; income versus consumption taxation; tax expenditures, exclusions, and deductions; taxation of business and investment income; capital gains and losses; and transfer or wealth taxes. A paper will be required. The topic will be determined after consultation with the instructor.
2 Topics in Criminal Law: Theories of Punishment ▾▴ / Bronsther, Jac.618 / 001 TBA20 TBA Final Paper, U
This seminar will examine the moral foundations of criminal law and sentencing. The overarching question is this: Why, if at all, is the state entitled to intentionally harm someone when they commit an offense?
2 Topics in Tort Law ▾▴ / Wittner, Nic.525B / 001 TBA20 TBA Final Paper, U **
Special topics in tort law that may be taught in conjunction with MSU law program.
Footnote(s): Topic: Advanced Product Liability. Full course description to come.
2 Torts II ▾▴ / Kalt, Bri.525 / 001 TBA80 TBA TBD
This course surveys specialized torts such as nuisance, defamation, privacy, civil rights, misuse of legal procedure, misrepresentation, interference with advantageous relationships, torts in the age of statutes, and alternative compensation systems.
Prerequisite(s): Torts
2 Trade Secrets, Restrictive Covenants, and Unfair Competition ▾▴ / Birmingham, Joh.535U / 001 TBA20 TBA TBD
This course will explore the origin, theory, elements, and practice of trade secret, restrictive covenant, and unfair competition law, as well as the recent developments, and controversies, in these areas. This subject involves the intersection of many different types of law including contract, tort, intellectual property, employment, anti-trust, and international. It will examine the natural tension between the desire to protect legitimate business interests and the freedom to pursue jobs and other opportunities, which has lately resulted in the expansion of trade secret protection, and the judicial, legislative, and regulatory limitation on non-competition agreements. Topics include what makes something a trade secret under the federal Defense of Trade Secrets Act and the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, how this right differs from others, and the remedies available. The course will analyze the traditional and evolving treatment of non-competition, non-solicitation, and other restrictive covenants. There will be a special emphasis on the actual litigation of these cases, which often involves speed, forensics, and drama, as well as the proper drafting of enforceable restrictions.
3 Trademark Counterfeiting ▾▴ / Kammel, Kar.533Y / 001 TBA
Online/Remote – Synchronous instruction requires online interaction at scheduled days/times.		30 Online TBD
Trademark counterfeiting is currently one of the most lucrative transnational crimes, with revenue surpassing the illegal drug and weapons trade. The importance in combatting it is becoming increasingly important to industry, the legal community, law enforcement, and government. Trademark counterfeiting has exploded with increased use of e-commerce and continuing globalization of the supply chain and it has become even more challenging to protect a company’s product and brand. Above all, the law, in the US and abroad, is the main basis for keeping this phenomenon at bay. Without incentive for companies to protect their consumers, governments to protect their citizens, and the legitimate business to prevent illicit trade, consumers worldwide can be injured or even die from counterfeits. Additionally, proceeds from the trafficking and sale are linked to organize crimes, narcotrafficking, slave-like labor practices and in some cases terrorism. Both reactive and proactive legal responses will be explored in this class through trademark law, criminal law, and contract law.
3 Trial Practice Institute – Scientific Evidence & Legal Technology ▾▴ / Payok, Mat.623N / 301 TBA32 TBA No Exam, E P
Scientific Evidence & Legal Technology reviews the maximization of technology in the delivery of legal services. This course requires students to develop a competence in the use of experts during litigation, the e-discovery process, and new legal delivery methods.
Prerequisite(s): Because certain non-TPI courses duplicate the content of this course, students may not also receive academic credit for the following courses: Applied Evidence, Civil Trial Advocacy I, Civil Trial Advocacy II, Client Counseling and Interviewing, Criminal Trial Advocacy I - Pre-Trial, Criminal Trial Advocacy II - Trial II.
2 Trial Practice Institute-Pretrial II ▾▴ / McNally, Ver.623C / 301 TBA16 428 No Exam, E P
(Formerly DCL 513) Must be in the Trial Practice Institute program. Pretrial II focuses on the fundamental approaches of persuasion, elements of advocacy and methods of effective presentation. The class is divided into four teams of four people which are then assigned depositions of witnesses in a problem with fact, lay and expert witnesses. At the conclusion of the deposition phase of the problem, motions in limine are prepared and argued by each team. Additionally, a facilitative mediation brief is prepared by all teams and argued. At the conclusion of the class, opening statements are prepared and presented by each one of the teams. The students will be prepared at the end of the course for the elements of the Trial I course that will commence in the second year of the program. Must be in the Trial Practice Institute program. Because certain non-TPI courses duplicate the content of this course, students may not also receive academic credit for the following courses: Applied Evidence, Civil Trial Advocacy I, Civil Trial Advocacy II, Client Counseling and Interviewing, Criminal Trial Advocacy I - Pre-Trial, Criminal Trial Advocacy II - Trial II.
2 Trial Practice Institute-Pretrial II ▾▴ / Grossi, Chr. & Hammoud, Fad.623C / 302 TBA16 428 No Exam, E P
(Formerly DCL 513) Must be in the Trial Practice Institute program. Pretrial II focuses on the fundamental approaches of persuasion, elements of advocacy and methods of effective presentation. The class is divided into four teams of four people which are then assigned depositions of witnesses in a problem with fact, lay and expert witnesses. At the conclusion of the deposition phase of the problem, motions in limine are prepared and argued by each team. Additionally, a facilitative mediation brief is prepared by all teams and argued. At the conclusion of the class, opening statements are prepared and presented by each one of the teams. The students will be prepared at the end of the course for the elements of the Trial I course that will commence in the second year of the program. Must be in the Trial Practice Institute program. Because certain non-TPI courses duplicate the content of this course, students may not also receive academic credit for the following courses: Applied Evidence, Civil Trial Advocacy I, Civil Trial Advocacy II, Client Counseling and Interviewing, Criminal Trial Advocacy I - Pre-Trial, Criminal Trial Advocacy II - Trial II.
3 Trial Practice Institute-Trial II ▾▴ / Clark, Kei.623E / 301 TBA16 428 No Exam, E P
(Formerly DCL 542 and DCL 565, Formerly Trial Practice Institute-Trial IIA and Trial Practice Institute-Trial IIB ) Must be in the Trial Practice Institute program. This course caps the trial training program at Michigan State University-DCL College of Law. The purpose of the course is to provide graduating seniors with the opportunity to use the skills and education they have received to handle a complete criminal case, from their initial interview with the client (or making the charging decision based upon a law enforcement investigation and request for warrant). This program is unique in that the defendant, law enforcement witnesses, civilian witnesses, and expert witnesses will be students from the Michigan State University, Department of Theatre. The expert witnesses will be students from the Michigan State University Medical School. The objective for all students involved is to have hands on experience related to their particular college and curriculum at Michigan State University. Law students will have an opportunity to take a criminal case from start to finish, investigating the facts of the case, preparing for all aspects of the case through the development of the theory of the case, interviewing witnesses, conducting the preliminary examination, motion practice and culminating with the trial itself. The goal is to provide an opportunity to put into practice what students have learned over their law school career at MSU College of Law. Must be in the Trial Practice Institute program. Because certain non-TPI courses duplicate the content of this course, students may not also receive academic credit for the following courses: Applied Evidence, Civil Trial Advocacy I, Civil Trial Advocacy II, Client Counseling and Interviewing, Criminal Trial Advocacy I - Pre-Trial, Criminal Trial Advocacy II - Trial II.
3 Trial Practice Institute-Trial II ▾▴ / Shah, Jes.623E / 302 TBA16 428 No Exam, E P
(Formerly DCL 542 and DCL 565, Formerly Trial Practice Institute-Trial IIA and Trial Practice Institute-Trial IIB ) Must be in the Trial Practice Institute program. This course caps the trial training program at Michigan State University-DCL College of Law. The purpose of the course is to provide graduating seniors with the opportunity to use the skills and education they have received to handle a complete criminal case, from their initial interview with the client (or making the charging decision based upon a law enforcement investigation and request for warrant). This program is unique in that the defendant, law enforcement witnesses, civilian witnesses, and expert witnesses will be students from the Michigan State University, Department of Theatre. The expert witnesses will be students from the Michigan State University Medical School. The objective for all students involved is to have hands on experience related to their particular college and curriculum at Michigan State University. Law students will have an opportunity to take a criminal case from start to finish, investigating the facts of the case, preparing for all aspects of the case through the development of the theory of the case, interviewing witnesses, conducting the preliminary examination, motion practice and culminating with the trial itself. The goal is to provide an opportunity to put into practice what students have learned over their law school career at MSU College of Law. Must be in the Trial Practice Institute program. Because certain non-TPI courses duplicate the content of this course, students may not also receive academic credit for the following courses: Applied Evidence, Civil Trial Advocacy I, Civil Trial Advocacy II, Client Counseling and Interviewing, Criminal Trial Advocacy I - Pre-Trial, Criminal Trial Advocacy II - Trial II.
3 Tribal Law ▾▴ / Fletcher, Eze.635E / 001 TBA20 TBA TBD
(This course replaces Advanced Topics in Indian Law: Tribal Law) A survey of the laws that tribes enact to govern themselves. It considers issues ranging from governance (elections, justice systems, and tribal constitutions), to conflicts between individuals (contracts, property, domestic relations, torts), to regulation of a tribal community's economy.
3 Trusts and Estates ▾▴ / Delmotte, Cha.501D / 001 TBA80 TBA TBD
(Formerly Decedents' Estates and Trusts) A study of the pattern of practices for transmitting wealth in view of death. The course surveys probate jurisdiction and administration; intestate succession; limitations on testamentary power; execution requirements for wills; revocation, revalidation and revival of wills; incorporation by reference; contest of wills and related remedies. Also covered are the private express trust, inter vivos and testamentary, including functions, prohibited trust purposes and requisites for creation; informal and incomplete trusts, including resulting, constructive and savings bank trusts; termination of trusts; gifts to charity, including historical backgrounds, nature of charitable purposes and cy pres; powers and duties of the fiduciary; and remedies of beneficiaries in case of breach of duty.
2 Water Law ▾▴ / Orr, Jer.566U / 001 TBA20 TBA TBD
This course will explore the various legal frameworks that govern the protection, allocation, and distribution of water within the United States. Beginning with the early-American common law water right of “first come, first served,” which still exist in many states today, students will learn about the most significant laws aimed at regulating water, as well as the environmental conditions that necessitated the passage of such landmark legislation as the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. This course will also cover the public health and social justice implications of inequitable access to clean affordable water which are driving recent water law reforms at the state and federal levels prompted by a series of water crises throughout the country –including the Flint Water Crisis.
3 Workers' Compensation ▾▴ / Bruce-Erickson, Car.610 / 001 TBA24 TBA TBD
This course approaches workers’ compensation from a national perspective, exposing students to the varied laws across the country while focusing on the common principles of this area of law in all states. With its “no fault” status, workers’ disability compensation is a unique type of law which impacts businesses and most workers in the United States. The Michigan Workers’ Disability Compensation Act is used as the model law for the class and several important Michigan cases are included as additional course materials.
Top, A = Alternate Year, E = Experiential Learning, P = permission required, S = professional skills course, U = satisfies ULWR

Miscellaneous
Cr.Course Name / ProfessorCrse. / Sect. #Sect. IDDay/TimeLimitsRoomExam DetailsNotes
Var Appellate Competition ▾▴ / Copland, Jen.627Q / 301 Arranged0 Arranged No Exam, E P
This is a performance and presentation-based course that serves as the intensive training component for the law school’s Appellate Competition Team. The course covers the mechanics of appellate practice with a focus on preparation for interscholastic or bar association advocacy competitions. Topics in the course include development of case theory, effective advocacy skills, and appropriate professional conduct. Students must complete at least 24 credits to be eligible for invitation to participate.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing and Analysis, and Advocacy Permission Only
Var Appellate Competition ▾▴ / Costello, Nan.627Q / 302 Arranged0 Arranged No Exam, E P
This is a performance and presentation-based course that serves as the intensive training component for the law school’s Appellate Competition Team. The course covers the mechanics of appellate practice with a focus on preparation for interscholastic or bar association advocacy competitions. Topics in the course include development of case theory, effective advocacy skills, and appropriate professional conduct. Students must complete at least 24 credits to be eligible for invitation to participate.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing and Analysis, and Advocacy Permission Only
Var Appellate Competition ▾▴ / Carter-Johnson, Jen.627Q / 303 Arranged0 Arranged No Exam, E P
This is a performance and presentation-based course that serves as the intensive training component for the law school’s Appellate Competition Team. The course covers the mechanics of appellate practice with a focus on preparation for interscholastic or bar association advocacy competitions. Topics in the course include development of case theory, effective advocacy skills, and appropriate professional conduct. Students must complete at least 24 credits to be eligible for invitation to participate.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing and Analysis, and Advocacy Permission Only
Top, A = Alternate Year, E = Experiential Learning, P = permission required, S = professional skills course, U = satisfies ULWR

Clinics
Cr.Course Name / ProfessorCrse. / Sect. #Sect. IDDay/TimeLimitsRoomExam DetailsNotes
4 Chance at Childhood Clinic I ▾▴ / Kozakiewicz, Jos.631F / 301 TBA0 TBA No Exam, E P
The Clinic provides a setting for law and social work students to gain experience in child advocacy. The Clinic provides a forum for advocating for children, both in individual cases and through seeking to affect public policy and practice within the state of Michigan. Student teams will serve in a variety of roles to effectively advocate for children.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing and Analysis,or Research, Writing and Analysis: Intellectual Property Perspective,or Research, Writing and Analysis: Criminal Law Perspective,or Research, Writing and Analysis: Social Justice Perspective and Advocacy
3 Chance at Childhood Clinic II ▾▴ / Kozakiewicz, Jos.631G / 301 TBA0 TBA No Exam, E P
A continuation of Chance at Childhood Clinic I.
Prerequisite(s): Chance at Childhood Clinic I
6 Equitable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic I ▾▴ / Choike, Ann.631V / 301 TBA0 TBA No Exam, E P
Equitable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic I provides opportunities for students to develop a professional identity and ethically manage uncertainty while experiencing the practice of entrepreneurial and intellectual property law in a well-supervised and academically rigorous program. Students will learn the skills and values to work with entrepreneurial for-profit, hybrid, or non-profit ventures, led by and/or serving underrepresented individuals or groups, on projects related to intellectual property and entrepreneurial law. Students will engage in direct client representation and systemic advocacy through activities such as client counseling, research, transactional analysis, planning, drafting, and educational materials development and outreach.
Prerequisite(s): Note: (1) In addition to class times, students enrolled in this clinical program may be required to work additional clinical hours each week (including but not limited to weekly supervision meetings with clinic faculty, if any) in order to meet ABA requirements for completing an amount of work that reasonably approximates the required coursework per credit hour awarded; (2) some clinical hours (including but not limited to orientation) may be performed remotely consistent with ABA requirements, in order to ensure an accessible and equitable practice environment for both students and clients, as well as one which adequately prepares students with necessary remote communication skills; (3) students may be required to attend mandatory clinic orientation(s) that takes place before the first day of class; (4) some travel time to clinic clients or partner organizations in Mid-, Northern, Southeast or West Michigan may be required; (5) strong preference will be given to students who both have completed recommended coursework and demonstrate interest in EEILC II; and (6) enrollment is by application only. Clinic faculty will give strong preference to selecting applicants for enrollment in the clinic who have coursework or experience demonstrating interest in public service, and who have completed or will be concurrently enrolled in recommended courses for Equitable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic I: (1) Business Enterprises; (2) either Professional Responsibility, or Lawyer Regulation and Ethics in a Technology-Driven World; and (3) one or more of Patent Law, Intellectual Property Survey, Patent Application Preparations, Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, Copyright Law, or Licensing IP. As with standard clinic practice, enrollment by application only. In addition to the standard clinic requirements of completion of the first year RWA courses and eligibility for student practice under Michigan Court Rule 8.120, clinic faculty will give strong preference to selecting applicants for enrollment in the clinic who have coursework or experience demonstrating interest in public service, and who have completed or will be concurrently enrolled in recommended courses for Equitable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic I: (1) Business Enterprises; (2) either Professional Responsibility, or Lawyer Regulation and Ethics in a Technology-Driven World; and (3) one or more of Patent Law, Intellectual Property Survey, Patent Application Preparations, Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, Copyright Law, or Licensing IP. In addition to co- or prerequisite courses, coursework or experience demonstrating interest in public interest is strongly recommended.
Var Equitable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic II ▾▴ / Choike, Ann.631W / 301 TBA0 TBA No Exam, E P
Equitable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic II is a continuing opportunity for students who have successfully completed coursework in Equitable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic I, and who seek to build upon their prior clinic experience to develop skills of leadership, self-reliance, and independence in the practice of entrepreneurial and intellectual property law. Advanced students will be expected to more independently conduct work with entrepreneurial for-profit, hybrid, or non-profit ventures, led by and/or serving underrepresented individuals or groups, on projects related to intellectual property and entrepreneurial law. Advanced students will also work with clinic faculty to provide mentoring to those enrolled in the clinic for the first time, in areas in which advanced students have already acquired some expertise, as well as coordinate community outreach and informational programs.
Prerequisite(s): Note: (1) Clinic faculty may require that advanced students avoid scheduling classes or commitments that conflict with EEILC I seminar in order to attend from time to time (for example, to participate in project rounds); (2) in addition to attending clinic seminar from time to time, students enrolled in this clinical program may be required to work additional clinical hours each week (including but not limited to mandatory weekly or biweekly supervision meetings with clinic faculty, if any) in order to meet ABA requirements for completing an amount of work that reasonably approximates the required coursework per credit hour awarded; (3) some clinical hours (including but not limited to orientation) may be performed remotely consistent with ABA requirements, in order to ensure an accessible and equitable practice environment for both students and clients, as well as one which adequately prepares students with necessary remote communication skills; (4) students may be required to attend mandatory clinic orientation(s) that takes place before the first day of class; (5) some travel time to clinic clients or partner organizations in Mid-, Northern, Southeast or West Michigan may be required; (6) preference will be given to students who both have completed coursework recommended for EEILC I; and (7) enrollment is by instructor invitation only. Completion of Equitable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic I and permission of the instructor are required for enrollment in Equitable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic II.
6 Housing Law Clinic I ▾▴ / Godfrey, Nic.630V / 301 TBA0 TBA No Exam, E P
(Formerly Rental Housing Clinic I - LAW 630A) Housing Law Clinic I is a comprehensive housing clinic that will cover a variety of housing areas for students. Students will have the opportunity to master the basics of local landlord-tenant law, and to focus on how the clinic can best serve the community in the housing area based upon the overall needs of the community and the problems facing consumers with respect to their housing choices. Other areas of clinic development and student advocacy will entail, but will not be limited to, foreclosures, fair housing, affordable housing, home ownership, and homelessness. Students can be expected to be assigned actual clients with housing problems and will, with supervision, act as legal counsel for these clients in a variety of settings. This will include advocacy in local housing courts and judicial tribunals in the state of Michigan. However, students will be mainly trained to be advocates, in and out of a judicial setting, with the overall goal to provide the student with a more expansive and well-rounded experience regarding housing law in a legal education setting. Students also will have the opportunity to consider other areas of housing advocacy where they might be able to have an impact on the lives of consumers, and will be supervised and supported in pursuing these goals on behalf of consumers. Enrollment in Housing Law Clinic I is by application only. Details about the application process will be provided to students in advance of each semester's enrollment period. In addition to class times, students enrolled in clinical programs must work a minimum of 12 hours at the clinic each week (in general, each student works between 12-15 hours weekly in addition to instructional time). NOTE: Enrolled students must attend a mandatory orientation session that will likely take place on the Saturday and Sunday immediately before the first day of class. Please see the clinics' website for additional information.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing and Advocacy I, Research, Writing and Advocacy II,Research, Writing and Analysis, Advocacy
Var Housing Law Clinic II ▾▴ / Godfrey, Nic.630W / 301 TBA0 TBA No Exam, E P
(Formerly Rental Housing Clinic II - LAW 630B) Housing Law Clinic II provides an opportunity for students, upon approval of the supervising faculty, to continue work Housing Law Clinic. The selected students will be expected to provide support and work more independently than students enrolled in Housing Law Clinic I. Expectations are high and ongoing projects and cases that these students are engaged in will be a core responsibility.
Prerequisite(s): Housing Law Clinic I, Rental Housing Clinic I
6 Immigration Law Clinic I ▾▴ / Thronson, Ver.630R / 301 TBA0 TBA No Exam, E P
Students engage with immigrant communities through direct client representation and systemic advocacy. The Immigration Law Clinic provides opportunities for students to experience the practice of law in a well-supervised and academically rigorous program that both prepares them for the practice of law and enables them to critically assess social justice issues. In addition to client representation and advocacy, students participate in a clinic seminar. Students are required to work an average of 20 hours per week. Enrollment is by application only (please see student announcements for details of application process).
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing and Advocacy I, Research, Writing and Advocacy II or Research, Writing & Analysis, Advocacy
3 Immigration Law Clinic II ▾▴ / Thronson, Ver.630S / 301 TBA0 TBA No Exam, E P
A supplement to Immigration Law Clinic I, open to students who have successfully completed Immigration Law Clinic I, and who have been invited to participate for a second semester. Students work on a clinic-based project developed in consultation with the professor. Credits for this course will be accorded on a sliding scale of one to three credits. Prerequisite(s): Immigration Law Clinic I
Prerequisite(s): Immigration Law Clinic I
4 Indian Law Clinic I ▾▴ / Fort, Kat.631J / 301 TBA0 TBA No Exam, E P
This course provides students with the opportunity to work the environment of a small law firm dedicated to the practice of indigenous law. Students in the Clinic conduct legal research and write briefs for appellate cases, research legal matters for tribes, and develop policy papers for tribal governments and organizations.
Prerequisite(s): Research, Writing and Analysis Advocacy
Var Indian Law Clinic II ▾▴ / Fort, Kat.631K / 301 TBA0 TBA No Exam, E P
A continuation of Indian Law Clinic I.
Prerequisite(s): Indian Law Clinic I or Indigenous Law and Policy Center I
6 Tax Clinic I ▾▴ / Wease, Chr.630C / 301 TBA0 TBA No Exam, E P
(Formerly DCL 476) Students enrolled in Tax Clinic I become "client ready" by representing clients with respect to a broad range of federal, state, and local tax controversies. Students advocate for their clients by working through a variety of administrative determinations, as well as by routinely participating in collection due process and Appeals hearings before the Internal Revenue Service and informal conferences before the Michigan Department of Treasury. In addition, they litigate cases in the United States Tax Court, the Michigan Tax Tribunal, the United States District Courts, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Michigan appellate courts. Students also counsel ESL taxpayers about their rights and responsibilities under the Internal Revenue Code, and engage in numerous outreaches designed to educate the public about tax issues and requirements. All work takes place under the guidance and close supervision of experienced clinical faculty. Class sessions focus not only on substantive tax issues, but also on professional development, ethical considerations, policy matters, and client and case management. Students must work a minimum of 196 hours - in addition to class time - during the semester, and are expected to participate in a one-day orientati1n scheduled before the beginning of the semester.
Prerequisite(s): For students admitted before Fall 2011, Research, Writing & Advocacy I and II; for students admitted in Fall 2011 and later, Research, Writing & Analysis and Advocacy.
4 Tax Clinic II ▾▴ / Wease, Chr.630D / 301 TBA0 TBA No Exam, E P
(Formerly DCL 515) Tax Clinic II is a continuing opportunity to students who have successfully completed coursework in Tax Clinic I to enable them to further refine their skills in counseling and representing clients, to take on more complex assignments, and to assist in mentoring Tax Clinic I students. Students must work a minimum of 196 hours during the semester.
Prerequisite(s): Tax Clinic I
Top, A = Alternate Year, E = Experiential Learning, P = permission required, S = professional skills course, U = satisfies ULWR

Journals
Cr.Course Name / ProfessorCrse. / Sect. #Sect. IDDay/TimeLimitsRoomExam DetailsNotes
Var Animal and Natural Resources Law Review ▾▴ / Favre, Dav.629C / 001 Arranged0 Arranged Final Paper, P U
The Journal of Animal Law was the second legal journal established in North America specializing in animal law and is currently one of only three existing that is dedicated to the specialized topic of animal law. The Journal of Animal Law has been able to welcome editors from other ABA-accredited law schools in addition to MSU College of Law. The goals of the Journal of Animal Law are: -To provide volumes of legal policy materials that relate to animal law and animal welfare. -To provide expert explanation of the materials for both legal and non-legal audiences. -To be an education resource for both the lawyer and the non-lawyer. -To provide historical perspective about social and legal attitudes toward animals, and how we as a society have arrived at its present perspective. Students must satisfy the following criteria to receive Journal credit: (1) two year participation on the Journal staff/board; (2)editing and cite-checking of papers submitted to the Journal; (3)satisfy editing obligation during the first-year on Journal staff; (4)election to Journal board for final year at the Law College; and (5) fulfill leadership obligations of Board position.
Prerequisite(s): Advocacy, Research, Writing and Advocacy I, Research, Writing and Advocacy II, Research, Writing & Analysis
Var International Law Review ▾▴ / Min, Gee.629A / 001 Arranged0 Arranged Final Paper, P U
(Formerly Journal of International Law) Participation by writing competition upon satisfactory completion by day students of two full semesters and by evening students of three full semesters. Two credits of ungraded credit earned upon completion of a student article, a comment, required production work and participation in the organization of the International Law Symposium and the International Achievement Award Dinner.
Prerequisite(s): Advocacy, Research, Writing and Advocacy I, Research, Writing and Advocacy II, Research, Writing & Analysis
Var Law Review ▾▴ / Blankfein-Tabachnick, Dav.628 / 001 Arranged0 Arranged Final Paper, P U
Participation is by invitation or writing competition upon satisfactory completion by full-time students of two full semesters and by part-time students of three full semesters. Four semester hours of ungraded credit earned upon successful completion of a casenote, a comment and all required production work.
Prerequisite(s): Credits completed and GPA
Top, A = Alternate Year, E = Experiential Learning, P = permission required, S = professional skills course, U = satisfies ULWR

Global Food Law - LL.M./M.J.

The following classes are open to students in the Global Food Law Program.

Cr.Course Name / ProfessorCrse. / Sect. #Sect. IDDay/TimeLimitsRoomExam DetailsNotes
3 Advertising Law-Food Focus ▾▴ / TBA810T / 730 Asynchronous
Online/Remote – Asynchronous instruction requires online interaction with flexible time.		15 Online TBD
This course covers the regulation of advertising consumer products in the United States with a focus on the advertising of food products. Topics may include the general rules governing advertising, the various types of claims, including claims associated with food and FDA regulated claims, understanding claims vs. puffery, comparative advertising, evaluating the required substantiation required to support various types of claims, environmental marketing claims (“green” claims), the use of endorsements and testimonials, issues in advertising in social media, the right of publicity (use of one’s name and likeness in advertising activities), the regulation of consumer contests and sweepstakes, intellectual property issues in advertising, and some miscellaneous topics such as ambush marketing and native advertising.
Prerequisite(s): This course intended for students in the Global Food Law program
3 Food Regulation in Canada ▾▴ / Deangelo, Kri.810C / 730 Asynchronous
Online/Remote – Asynchronous instruction requires online interaction with flexible time.		20 Online TBD
This course is designed for anyone who must understand the legal and regulatory complexities of the flow of food and agricultural products as they make their way from the farm gate to the grocery store shelves in Canada. This course will examine federal statutes and regulations including the Canada Agricultural Products Act, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act, the Consumer Packaging and Labeling Act, the Fish Inspection Act and the Meat Inspection Act.
Prerequisite(s): This course is restricted to students in the Global Food Law Program.
3 Food Regulatory Law: Counseling and Advocacy ▾▴ / Strang, Lee.811F / 730 Asynchronous
Online/Remote – Asynchronous instruction requires online interaction with flexible time.		20 Online TBD
In the modern regulatory state, attorneys, regulatory affairs managers, and similar professionals either directly counsel or provide assistance and interfacing for food industry firms regarding both legal requirements and proactive guidance dealing with agencies, particularly in adverse or high-stakes situations. This course explores the law and administrative process that governs the regulation of the food industry, with a particular focus on strategic and tactical decisions by lawyers and food industry professionals to promote sound regulation of the food industry by federal and state agencies. Among other aspects of the regulation of food, this course will cover: the nature of the administrative process; legal strategy and analysis; the role of regulatory affairs; the practical application of regulatory affairs; tools and strategies concerning regulatory affairs; the nature of assessing and communicating risk; quality controls and management; compliance; and judicial review of agency decisions.
Prerequisite(s): Suggested to take: LAW 810A, U.S. Food Laws and Regulations Can not be taken if already taken: LAW810U, Regulatory Leadership in Food Law
2 Foundations of Law and Legal Research ▾▴ / Domann, Bre.807A / 730 Asynchronous
Online/Remote – Asynchronous instruction requires online interaction with flexible time.		20 Online TBD
This online course provides an introduction to the American legal system with a special focus on the research and writing needs of international scholars and non-lawyers (focus on American jurisprudence and Global Food Law).
Prerequisite(s): This course is restricted to students in the Global Food Law Program.
3 FSMA Preventive Controls Rule ▾▴ / Haskell, Sco.810W / 730 Asynchronous
Online/Remote – Asynchronous instruction requires online interaction with flexible time.		15 Online TBD
This course provides students with the legal perspective of FDA’s Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule of the Food Safety Modernization Act. This course has an administrative overtone, providing an understanding of the legislative and regulatory processes through an in-depth look at the relationship between the Food and Drug Administration, industry, consumer interest groups, and science communities.
Prerequisite(s): This course is restricted to students in the Global Food Law Program.
2 Fundamentals of Food Science and Safety for Lawyers ▾▴ / Clemens, Rog.811C / 730 Asynchronous
Online/Remote – Asynchronous instruction requires online interaction with flexible time.		15 Online TBD
This course provides lawyers with a fundamental understanding of food science and safety in order to better understand the impact they have on food laws and regulations. Students gain an understanding of the core concepts of food science, food safety and the ability to understand the intersection of the science, manufacturing, food law, impact to consumers. Lawyers will be able to better understand and interpret the science and research used in the food industry and in turn, apply the knowledge to help their clients reduce risk.
Prerequisite(s): Intended for students in the Global Food Law Program
3 Global Food Laws: Role of the International Agencies ▾▴ / Hegarty, P. .811G / 730 Asynchronous
Online/Remote – Asynchronous instruction requires online interaction with flexible time.		20 Online TBD
The World Trade Organization (WTO), World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Codex Alimentarius, World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and other global agencies are important in the creation and implementation of national and international food laws. These laws protect the health of humans and animals, and in international disputes involving food. Students learn how lawyers, scientists, and consumers benefit from an understanding of the roles of these organizations and how national governments interact with these organizations.
3 Halal Food: An Introduction to Islamic Laws and Ethics ▾▴ / Moghul, Uma.545K / 730 Asynchronous
Online/Remote – Asynchronous instruction requires online interaction with flexible time.		15 Online TBD
Current and expected growth in halal foods has necessitated that scientists, legal practitioners and other professionals, and thought leaders active in global food markets be conversant with Islamic dietary laws and ethics. This course will introduce students to the religious foundations of Islamic dietary laws, ethics and customs relating to food generally, and as they particularly relate to consumption and to commercial food production. We will study certain discreet topics as well, such as alcohol and gelatin, and the interaction of national laws with Islamic ethics, and the process of halal certification. The study of many topics will include consideration of kosher laws and practices.
Prerequisite(s): Intended for students in the Global Food Law Program only
3 International Business Transactions ▾▴ / Barnhizer, Dan.512B / 730 Asynchronous
Online/Remote – Asynchronous instruction requires online interaction with flexible time.		15 Online TBD
This course is an introduction to international business transactions. We will explore the following general topics: agreements for the international trading of goods, financing the international sale of goods, establishing and operating a foreign investment, the resolution of international business disputes and enforcement of dispute settlement awards.
3 International Food Laws and Regulations ▾▴ / Fortin, Nea.810D / 730 Asynchronous
Online/Remote – Asynchronous instruction requires online interaction with flexible time.		20 Online TBD
This course provides an advanced introduction to international food law. After covering general concepts in global food regulation, the course covers the World Trade Organization framework of international food law, the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) Agreement, the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), and the role of international food agencies, such as Codex Alimentarius, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and World Health Organization (WHO). While comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences in food laws around the world, the course develops tools for analysis of international food law and comparative analysis of food laws around the world.
Prerequisite(s): This course is restricted to students in the Global Food Law Program.
3 International Food Standards — WHO and FAO ▾▴ / Fortin, Nea.810F / 730 Asynchronous15 Online TBD
(Previously titled Codex Alimentarius) This course is to familiarize students with the history, development and workings of the Codex Alimentarius Commission in formulating and harmonizing food standards and ensuring their global implementation. This course will focus both on the content of the Codex Alimentarius and on legal application of the Codex Alimentarius.
Prerequisite(s): This course is restricted to students in the Global Food Law Program.
3 Wine, Beer, & Spirits Laws and Regulations ▾▴ / Deangelo, Kri.810Y / 730 Asynchronous
Online/Remote – Asynchronous instruction requires online interaction with flexible time.		15 Online TBD
The course emphasizes federal laws, specifically regulation by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. Among other concepts, this course will cover: industry’s primary regulators, the classification of beverages, the regulation of labeling and advertising, three-tier distribution system, excise taxes, and liability.
Prerequisite(s): This course is intended for students in the Global Food Law Program.
Top, A = Alternate Year, E = Experiential Learning, P = permission required, S = professional skills course, U = satisfies ULWR