Fall 2009 Class Assignments
Class assignments are listed by course and professor. All will be posted as received. If you do not see the assignments you are looking for, check TWEN, your professor's personal homepage or just keep checking this site; assignments will be posted as soon as they are received.
Administrative Law (ADMN-300-A)
Professor Spade
Please read P. 1-32 of our textbook, Administrative Procedure and Practice, Funk, Shapiro and Weaver (3rd Ed.).
Administrative Law (ADMN-300-E)
Professor Kirkwood
Background reading for the introductory lecture: Casebook pp. 1-15.
Admiralty (ADMR-300-E)
Professor Shanahan
Cases and Materials on Admiralty 4th Ed., Healey, Sharpe, Sharpe. Chapter 1.
Advanced Constitutional Law: 1st Amendment Doctrines and the Internet (CNLW-320-A)
Professor Skover
All information concerning the course, including the Syllabus, is available in "Skover Online."
For the first day of class, please familiarize yourself with all of the website pages associated with the course, and read Assignment 1 (Values Served by the First Amendment) in Section I (Normative Value Theories).
Advertising Law (INTP-350-E)
Professor Cumbow
The class meets for the first time on Wednesday evening, August 26, in the 7.30 to 9.20pm time slot, in Room 110. Please come to class having read the following cases and prepared to discuss the nature, implications, and regulation of commercial speech:
Central Hudson Gas & Electric v. Pub. Svc. Comm., 447 US 557 (1980)
Bolger v. Youngs Drug Product Inc., 463 US 60 (1983)
Kasky v. Nike, 45 P.3d 243 (Cal 2002)
You may obtain this case from Westlaw, Lexis, Findlaw, or any other such resources.
Please note that there are no materials required to be purchased for the course. All assigned readings will consist of cases, statutes, regulations, and articles that may be found on the Web or will be posted on the TWEN site for the course. It is critical that everyone enrolled for the course subscribe to and frequently access the course TWEN site.
Antitrust Law (ANTI-300-A)
Professor Kirkwood
Background reading for the first two classes: Casebook pp. 1-35 & Appendix B.
Bankruptcy (BANK-300-A)
Professor Ferriell
For the first class, on Monday, Aug. 24, read pp. 3-31 in the Casebook: Warren & Westbook, The Law of Debtors and Creditors: Text, Cases, and Problems (6th ed. 2009) and prepare solutions to problems 1.1 - 1.6 at pp. 28-31.
For the second class, on Wednesday, Aug. 26, read pp. 33-71 and prepare solutions to the problems in Problem Sets 2 & 3.
If you have questions, contact Prof. Ferriell at jferriell@law.capital.edu.
Business Entities (BUSN-300-A)
Professor Powell
Textbook: Business Entities: Cases and Materials by Professor Eric Chiappinelli
For Tuesday, August 25 - Read Chapter 1. Tentative syllabi will be placed on TWEN.
Civil Procedure (CIVL-100-A)
Professor Coleman
The material for this course consists of Subrin, Minow, Brodin & Main, Civil Procedure, Doctrine, Practice, & Context (3d ed., 2008), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 2009-10 Educational Edition (Thomson West), and Meador, American Courts (West, 2d ed., 2000).
For our first class meeting on Monday, August 24, please read pp. 2-8 (Why Procedure Matters - How to Approach Studying); 26 (Reading the Case); and 162-171 (Contempt - Walker v. City of Birmingham) in the Subrin casebook. Also, read Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65.
A TWEN site for this course has been established, and you should register for it using your Westlaw password. An article by Orin Kerr, entitled How to Read a Legal Opinion, is posted on the site. It is not assigned reading, but you may find it useful in preparing for your first week of law school.
Civil Procedure (CIVL-100-B)
Professor Bechky
If you have not already done so, please take the time during orientation (1) to have your photo taken by the Law School and (2) to enlist in our course homepage on TWEN, including an email account that you intend to check regularly as that will be the main way that I communicate with the class between our meetings.
Our main book for this course is Freer & Perdue, Civil Procedure: Cases, Materials, and Questions (5th ed. 2008) (the "Casebook"). The Casebook is available at the Law School's bookstore. Also available at the bookstore are two other books required for this course: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Lexis Nexis, 2009-10 ed.) and Gerald Stern, The Buffalo Creek Disaster (1976).
Before our first class, please read Casebook, pp. 257-71. The Casebook pages consist of excerpts from the opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court in Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, 454 U.S. 235 (1981). Piper is available on the Internet (as well as Lexis and Westlaw) if you do not yet have access to the Casebook. Piper introduces many concepts that we will be discussing in this course. You are not expected to fully understand all of these concepts at our first meeting. Rather, try to get beyond the technical issues discussed in the opinion. Ask yourself: What is really happening in this case? Who is asking the Court to do what, why do they want that, and what will happen if the Court grants or denies the requested relief? To what extent are the parties' positions based on concerns that you regard as legitimate? What does the Court's decision say about the values embedded in our federal court system? Do you agree with those values? How might consideration of different values, or different prioritization among the values considered, led to a different (better?) outcome in the case?
Before our second class, please read The Buffalo Creek Disaster in its entirety. This is a popular paperback available at the Law School's bookstore (and on the Internet). It tells the story of a notable lawsuit from the perspective of the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in the case. It is quite easy to read, even - dare I say it - a page-turner. We will discuss this book at length in our second class and refer to it throughout the semester.
Civil Procedure (CIVL-100-C)
Professor Delgado
For our first class, Monday, August 24, please read pages 554-67 in the casebook (Friedenthal, et al., Civil Procedure, tenth edition) and frame answers to the following questions:
- What is code pleading, and how does it different from the federal (notice) kind?
- According to Gillispie and the notes accompanying it, what are the advantages and drawbacks of a system of pleading that requires the plaintiff to set out a relatively large number of facts giving rise to her cause of action?
- Dioguardi and Conley exemplify the other--notice pleading--approach that is in effect in the federal courts. What advantages and drawbacks, if any, does this method of commencing suit have?
In addition, please take a few minutes to skim the entire casebook and ask yourself:
What is a course of civil procedure about, and in what key respects does it differ from your other first-year courses?
Civil Procedure (CIVL-100-E)
Professor Shapiro
Tuesday, August 25: Orientation to the course. Please look over the TWEN site, once it is available. In addition read pages 162-181 in the casebook. I will post some questions to consider in addition to those in the book in the near future.
Thursday, August 27: 10-19. Look for questions posted on the TWEN site shortly.
Client Counseling and Negotiation (ALDR-301-A)
Professors Desonier & Knapp
Class #1 - August 24: Intros, Why Do Client Centered Lawyering?
A. Workbook: pp. 1- top of 10
B. Binder: pp. 2 - 11 thru "E" (Client Centered Lawyering)
Lab #1 - August 26: Causes of Disputes; Positions, Interests: Lecture & Exercises
Workbook: pp. 17 - 33
Exercises: Will be handed out on August 24
Communication and Conflict Management for Family Law Attorneys (FAML-370-A)
Professor Bailey
Please register on TWEN.
August 27:
Introduction to class structure, use of journals, confidentiality and individual introduction of students in class. Discussion of optional course-long exercise of reading Turning the Mind Into An Ally. Form into working quartets for the semester. Listening exercises. Discussion of "reality," perception and life long observation process. Discuss need for course skills.
Assignment: Bring your journal to class; Begin/continue reading Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Organizations. Begin reading Difficult Conversations.
September 3:
Discussion of the importance of defining purpose in one's career, one's relationships, and each conversation (See Chapter 7 of Difficult Conversations). Discussion of each student's discovery regarding purpose in attending law school in light of reading Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Businesses Organizations.
Discuss Cultures and Organizations, Software of the Mind: Intercultural Cooperation and its Importance for Survival , Geert Hofstede (continued next page)
Guest lecturer: Shauna Horman from Antioch University regarding the impact of culture and family of origin on our perceptions of and ability to handle conflict. Three Faces of Power. Skills exercise in uncovering beliefs and assumptions.
Assignment: Continue/complete Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Organizations; Continue reading Difficult Conversations.
Comparative Law Middle East (INTL-350-A)
Professor Powell
Textbooks: We will use Albert Hourani's A History of the Arab Peoples ("H"), Reinhard Schulze's A Modern History of the Islamic World ("S"), Abdullahi Ahmed An-Nai'im's Toward an Islamic Reformation ("An-Naim") and the coursepack available on TWEN, along with articles available on the web.
For Tuesday, August 25 - Read pp. 1-80 in the Hourani text. Tentative syllabi will be placed on TWEN.
Comprehensive Pretrial Advocacy (ADVC-300-A)
Professors Sims & Bailey
August 24: Introduction, Course Overview and Role of the Advocate
In Class: Problem 1, page 519.
Read: Berger - Chapter 1, Entering The Advocate's World.
Boruchowitz "Right To Counsel Remains Threatened In Washington"; McBride, "Maintaining A Healthy Criminal Justice System." Washington State Bar News, February, 2007 (TWEN).
Washington Court Rules: Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC)
Comprehensive Pretrial Advocacy (ADVC-300-B)
Professor Grant
Chapter 1, pp. 3-13 of the assigned text (berger, mitchell, clark, leahy; pretrial advocacy: planning, analysis, and strategy (second ed.) aspen publishers/wolters kluwer 2007) and titles 1 through 4 of the (washington) rules of professional responsibility.
Conflicts of Law (CIVL-300-E)
Professor Engdahl
- Register for TWEN.
- Go to TWEN and open the Assignment Guide posted in the Course Materials folder.
- Your first assignment is to prepare items 1-10.
Constitutional Law (CNLW-200-A)
Professor Skover
All information concerning the course, including the Syllabus, is available in "Skover Online."
For the first day of class, please familiarize yourself with the pages of the website associated with the course, and read the materials for Assignment 1 in Section I (Introduction).
Constitutional Law (CNLW-200-C)
Professor Siegel
For the first day, please read:
- The Constitution (text, pp. xli--lvii)
- Reader pp. 4-12 (Bobbit)
- Heller v. District of Columbia (text pp. 11-34) (When reading Heller, see if you can identify examples of the different kinds of constitutional arguments Bobbit identifies.)
Constitutional Law (CNLW-200-D)
Professor Halliburton
Students are asked to read the text of the Constitution (pp. xli - lvii) as background, and pp.1-34 of the text for discussion in class. These pages represent the assignment for our first two class meetings.
Constitutional Law (CNLW-200-E)
Professor Wing
Tuesday, August 25:
Read in the textbook: the federal Constitution and the brief description of the Supreme Court justices.
Thursday, August 27:
Read Griswold v. Connecticut as it appears in the textbook at p 854 and compare it to the original, unedited version found at 381 U.S. 479.
Contemporary Issues in Indian Law Seminar
(INDL-380-A)
Professor Eberhard
Class 1-2 (August 26): The Foundation of Indian Law
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U. S. (5 Pet.) 1 (1831)
Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U. S. (6 Pet.) 515 (1832)
American Indians, Time and the Law: Introduction.
Please note: The Cherokee Nation and Worchester opinions are long. It is not necessary to spend time on the summaries of the procedural posture and the arguments of the parties in each reported decision. Please focus your time on the opinions of the majority, concurring and dissenting justices.
Contracts (CONT-100-A)
Professor Mahmud
For Monday, August 24, please read Kirksey v. Kirksey pp. 31-32 and the notes after the case.
Be mindful that preparation for class includes carefully reading the assigned material and working through the assigned notes and problems. For each case be prepared to discuss the facts, arguments of the parties, the applicable law, the judge's perspective and policy implications. Be prepared to discuss the problems given at the end of different sections and answer the questions they pose.
Contracts (CONT-100-B)
Professor Chang
Unless otherwise noted, reading assignments are from Knapp, Crystal & Prince, Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials (6th ed. 2007).
Tuesday, August 25: Please read pp. 1-33. Pp. 1-20 are for background. Our discussion in class will focus on pp. 21-33.
Thursday, August 27: Please read pp. 33-58.
The same information can be found on TWEN. Please register to access updated materials.
Contracts (CONT-100-C)
Professor Bond
Register for Contracts C on TWEN at your earliest opportunity.
Read and understand pages 2-6 in Fuller & Eisenberg, up to but not including "Section 2." You may skip the "Note on the Restatement of Contracts" if you wish. Also read the Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 1, plus comments a and c; § 17(1), plus comment d; and § 71, plus comments a, d, and e. A more complete description of what I expect you to get out of this particular reading assignment (including some questions to think over for class) is available on the course TWEN site.
Contracts (CONT-100-E)
Professor Ferriell
For the first class, on Monday, Aug. 24, read pp. 1-24 of the casebook: Blum & Bushaw, Contracts: Cases, Discussion, and Problems.
For the second class, on Wednesday, Aug. 26th, read pp. 24-34 and 78-80.
If you have questions, contact Prof. Ferriell at jferriell@law.capital.edu.
Copyright Law (INTP-320-E)
Professor Brunstad Naeve
Please register on TWEN.
August 25:
Historical Context
History, General Principles, Policy
1-28
Intellectual Property Stories 77-108
August 27:
Copyrightable Subject Matter
Authorship, Fixation, Originality
29-36; 75-80; 84-90; Supplement 1-7
Intellectual Property Stories 159-193
Corporate Acquisitions (BUSN-305)
Professor Beatty
Textbook: Mergers & Acquisitions, Therese H. Maynard (Aspen)
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Business Acquisitions (pp 1 - 37)
Find and read one or more articles on sale of Eddie Bauer to Golden Gate Capital.
Please register on TWEN.
Corporate Law Appellate Litigation (BUSN-300-A)
Professor O'Kelley
Register on TWEN for this class to access your first assignment.
Criminal Law (CRIM-100-A)
Professor Ahrens
Please read pages 1-28 of the text.
Before coming to class, please draft a jury instruction that you believe would appropriately and adequately convey to a jury the concept of "reasonable doubt." In drafting your jury instruction, please take into consideration the materials that you have read for class as well as your own interpretation of those materials. I do not expect you to have any specialized knowledge about what a jury instruction should look like; think about what words a judge presiding over a criminal trial should use to explain to jurors what is meant by "reasonable doubt" so that the jury properly can decide whether or not the state or government has met its burden of proof in a criminal case.
Please be prepared to read aloud and to defend the ideas and language that you have chosen to include in your jury instruction.
Criminal Law (CRIM-100-B)
Professor Strait
Textbook: Kadish & Schulhofer, Criminal Law and Its Processes (8TH Ed.), and materials which are available from Westlaw's TWEN site and occasionally passed out in class.
For August 25 - Introduction (pp. xxix - xxxiv); Flow Chart of a Criminal Case (TWEN) Chapter 1 of Kadish & Schulhofer, pp 1-67 How Guilt is Established (background reading).Institutions and Processes
For August 27 - Lecture on the Trial and Appellate Process. Same assigned reading Film - Shooting of Big Man
Criminal Procedure (CRIM-305-A)
Professor Ahrens
Please read pages 50-55 of the Allen, Hoffman, Livingston, Stuntz text, as well as the texts of the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth amendments to the constitution, findable at pages 1044-45 of the Allen ... Stuntz book.
Please also join the TWEN site that I have established for this course and read the materials posted under the "Course Materials" tab and labelled "first day class assignment."
The articles excerpted in the textbook and on TWEN each provide a different perspective on police and policing. Please come to class with an understanding of what each perspective is, and think about whether you believe there to be any additional perspectives that are not represented by the readings. Give some thought to which of these excerpts -- or what combination of these excerpts -- comes closest to your own perspective on police and policing, and be prepared to discuss your perspective in class. Think also about which of the amendments you read potentially would affect police and policing
Criminal Procedure Adjudicative (CRIM-300-A)
Professor Strait
Text: Chemerinsky & Levenson, Criminal Procedure Adjudicative (ISBN: 978-0-7355-7787-9). In addition to the text listed, students should access the TWEN course materials which contain the Criminal Rules for the Superior Court for the State of Washington and various readings.
For August 25 - Chapter 1: Introduction to Criminal Procedure and Overview of the Criminal Justice Process (pp. 1-29). Flow Chart of a Criminal Case and Flow Chart of a Criminal Case Trial Process, both on TWEN
For August 27 - Same Assignment as August 25.
Criminal Procedure Investigative (CRIM-305-E)
Professor Halliburton
The first two reading assignments for this course are pp. 1-27 and pp. 515-536 of the Chemerinsky and Levenson text. The material on pages 1-10 will largely be treated as background for day one, with the majority of the classroom discussion focusing on Powell, Patterson, and Duncan.
Dispute Resolution (ALDR-300-E)
Professor Platt
The text for Dispute Resolution will be Dispute Resolution and Lawyers (4th ed.), Leonard L. Riskin, James E. Westbrook et al.
Overview of Dispute Resolution & Conflict Management
Riskin & Westbrook, pp. 1-8, 13-21
Please register on TWEN.
Domestic Violence Law (FAML-330-A)
Professor Stoever
Textbook: Nancy K. D. Lemon, Domestic Violence Law (3d, 2009). Please join the TWEN site that I have established for this course. The syllabus is posted on TWEN and additional materials will be posted under "Course Materials" on TWEN.
For our first class meeting on Thursday, August 27, please read:
- Textbook: pp. 1-34,
- TWEN: Sarah M. Buel, Fifty Obstacles to Leaving, a.k.a., Why Abuse Victims Stay, 28 COLO. LAW 19, 19-26 (1999).
Employment Discrimination (EMPL-315-A)
Professor Martin
Next week we will have an Introduction to the course material. I will post on TWEN a few short articles (2-10 pages each) that you should read the first week of class. The articles will be posted under the "Reference Materials" link.
If time allows we will begin substantive material the last half of class on Wednesday. (I'll give that assignment on Monday in class).
Evidence (EVID-200-A)
Professor Mitchell
The course materials are:
- Merritt and Simons, Learning Evidence: From the Federal Rules to the Courtroom (West, 2009)
- On-line materials on TWEN.
For the first class (August 24):
- Go on TWEN and register for "Evidence A."
- Read all the text on the course TWEN page (Make certain you scroll past the list of 27 lessons and read the materials which follow, including the Attendance Policy).
- Now, go back to "Lessons," and click on "Lesson One." This will show the assigned readings from the Merritt text as well as provide links to the on-line materials for the class.
Evidence Lab (EVID-301-A)
Professor Mitchell
Evidence Lab meets seven times beginning the fifth week of the semester (Monday, September 21). All assignments for the course are from Mitchell & Barron, Seattle University Skills Series: Evidence, available in the bookstore.
The assignment for the first class is:
1 ("Two Views of One Person")
Appendices A-I in the case file
A syllabus will be provided at the first class.
Federal Indian Law (INDL-300-A)
Professor Smith
Reading Assignments:
August 24 - Introduction; Discovery Doctrine; Cherokee Cases 62-71; 95-127
August 26 - Allotment and Assimilation 140-76; 182-84
Please register on TWEN.
Film & the Law (JURS-415-A)
Professor Berger
First assignment (PDF - 124KB)
Please register on TWEN and access the materials referenced in the document linked above.
Gender & Justice (JURS-320-A)
Professor Berger
First assignment (PDF - 248KB)
Health Law I (HLTH-305-A)
Professor Wing
Wednesday, August 26:
An Introduction to the course, the format, and the instructor; where have we been and what have we done and what's wrong with that?
For the first day of class please read sections F through P (pages 25-74) in Chapter One in The Law and American Health Care (2d ed.). (Please note that The Law and American Health Care is not a hard cover book, but it is available online as a link on my website. I can also e-mail a copy to you.
Housing Law & Policy Seminar (HOUS-375-A)
Professor McGee
Reading assignments/Class schedule
August 27/Sept. 3: The Right to Housing and the Homeless
Rachel Myers, Washington Low Income Housing Alliance
Immigration Law (IMMG-300-E)
Professor Pauw
Overview and the Immigration Debate
Class #1 - Legomsky, pp. 1-37
Introduction and Overview
Individual Income Tax (TAXL-300-A)
Professor Kahng
Required books:
- Graetz & Schenk, Federal Income Taxation, Principles and Policies (6th ed. 2009), West Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-59941-417-1
If you buy a used copy of this book, please make sure to purchase the 6th edition. - Selected Federal Taxation Statutes & Regulations, 2009 ed., Lathrope editor, West, ISBN 9978-0-314-19073-4
If you buy a used copy of this book, it is fine to buy an earlier version (e.g., 2008 or 2007).
Reading assignment for class on Wednesday, August 26: pages 1-12 and 28-41 of the casebook.
Intellectual Property (INTP-300-A)
Professor Chon
Week of August 25:
| Topic: | Assignment: |
| Introduction to Intellectual Property | CB 1-5 |
| Trademark Protection: Introduction | Assignment 1 (CB 6-24) |
| Requirements for Trademark Protection: Physical, Use, Cognitive Use (Distinctiveness) and Requirements for Federal Registration | Assignment 2 (CB 25-52; Notes 1-8) Principal Problem |
Intellectual Property (INTP-300-E)
Professor Silverman
For the first week of classes, please read:
Monday, August 24:
Meyers, pp. 1-9;
Lange, LaFrance, & Meyers, pp. xliii-xlvi and 1-17.
Wednesday, August 26:
Meyers, 161-76;
Lange, LaFrance, & Meyers, pp. 44-83.
Intellectual Property Licensing Law (INTP-310-E)
Professor Harmon
Nimmer Text, pp. 3-33 & 38-55
Federal Copyright Act of 1976, §101 (only definition of "work made for hire"), §106, §201
International Trade (INTL-340-A)
Professor Chinen
First week assignments (Word - 32KB)
Land Use Regulation (ENVL-305-A)
Professor McGee
First Assignment (Word - 12KB)
Law & Biomedical Advance (HLTH-355-A)
Professor Dworkin
The course materials will be available by or before Friday, August 21, in the Bookstore. I shall distribute a syllabus during our first class meeting, which is on Tuesday, August 25.
Before the first class meeting, please read, think about, and prepare to discuss pages 3-24 of the course materials. The material on pages 3 and 4 is a group of quotations of the kind you probably usually skip or skim over quickly. Please do not do that with these. These quotations establish the basic themes of the course. They take controversial positions about very important matters. Take some time to think about them, to consider their implications, and to decide tentatively the extent to which you agree or disagree with them. The material on pages 5-24 is Roe v. Wade. I assume that you have read it many times already. Please read it again as I have edited it for you, and please think about it in the context of this course, a course about the law's response to rapid change. For us abortion is not the issue. The issue is what alternatives are available to law reformers, and what difference it makes which alternative(s) they choose. Whatever one's views about the abortion issue, was it ever smart to make abortion a crime? As of the early 1970's, what options were available to pro-choice reformers? Did they make the wisest choice in deciding to pursue constitutional adjudication? Are there characteristics of the abortion controversy that make it suited or unsuited for constitutional reform? Given the benefit of 36 years hindsight, how do you evaluate the reformers' strategy? Should they have been able to predict in 1972 how things would turn out? If you were a pro-life activist in 2009, would you seek to have Roe v. Wade overruled? What does the saga of Roe v. Wade and its progeny (what a word in this context) teach us about how to proceed with other areas of rapid biomedical/social/ethical change?
Law, Policy and Mental Health (MENT-300-E)
Professor Finkle
Please register on TWEN.
Legal Writing I (WRIT-100-A1, WRIT-100-A5)
Professor Krontz
Read Chapters 1 and 2 of the Legal Writing Handbook.
Legal Writing I (WRIT-100-A2, WRIT-100-A3)
Professor Bannai
The required texts for students in my sections of this course are (1) Laurel Oates & Anne Enquist, The Legal Writing Handbook (4th ed., Aspen L. & Bus. 2006), (2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 18th Edition, and (3) Tracy McGaugh and Christine Hurt, Interactive Citation Workbook for The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (LEXIS 2009 ed.). You will not need the second or third books right away; just make sure to get them within the next few weeks. Note that not all Legal Writing sections have the same textbook requirements.
The recommended books are (1) Julie A. Heintz-Cho, Tom Cobb & Mary Hotchiss, Washington Legal Research (2d ed. Carolina Academic Press 2005) and (2) Laurel Oates and Anne Enquist, The Legal Writing Handbook Practice Book (4th ed., Aspen L. & Bus. 2006).
Prior to our first meeting the first week of classes, please read Chapters 1 and 2 in The Legal Writing Handbook. You might also want to read Chapter 5, which I'll ask you to read for our second class that week.
Legal Writing I (WRIT-100-A4, WRIT-100-E1)
Professor Deirdre Bowen
Please read Chapters 1, 2, and 4 in the Legal Writing Handbook.
Legal Writing I (WRIT-100-B2, WRIT-100-B3)
Professor Bowman
Before class, read Chapters 1 and 2 in The Legal Writing Handbook.
Legal Writing I (WRIT-100-C1, WRIT-100-C2)
Professor Mimi Samuel
Please read Chapters 1 and 2 in the Legal Writing Handbook.
Legal Writing I (WRIT-100-E2, WRIT-100-E3)
Professor Oates
Please read Chapter 1, 2, and 4 in The Legal Writing Handbook.
Legal Writing II (WRIT-200-C)
Professor Krontz
Read Chapter 19 in the Legal Writing Handbook.
Legal Writing II (WRIT-200-E1)
Professor Bannai
The required texts for students in my section of this course are (1) Laurel Oates & Anne Enquist, The Legal Writing Handbook (4th ed., Aspen L. & Bus. 2006) and (2) The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 18th Edition. In addition, there will two packets of photocopied materials; I will let you know how to obtain those packets.
To prepare for the first week of class, please read Chapter 19 in The Legal Writing Handbook.
Legal Writing II (WRIT-200-E2)
Professor Mimi Samuel
Please read Chapter 19 in the Legal Writing Handbook.
Legal Writing II (WRIT-200-G)
Professor Bowman
Before class, read Chapter 19 in The Legal Writing Handbook, Fourth Edition.
Natural Resources Law (ENVL-365-A)
Professor O'Neill
The required texts for this course are (1) George Cameron Coggins, Charles F. Wilkinson, John D. Leshy, and Robert L. Fischman, Federal Public Land and Resources Law (6th ed. 2007) ["CWLF"]; (2) statutory, regulatory and other sources, available via the TWEN site for the course; (3) other supplementary materials, available via the TWEN site for the course ["TWEN"] or through my administrative assistant ["Handout"].
For the first class, please read CWLF 1-27 and Charles F. Wilkinson, Crossing the Next Meridian: Land, Water, and the Future of the West 3-27 (1992). The excerpt from Crossing the Next Meridian is available on the TWEN site for the course, in the "course materials" file.
National Security Law (GOVT-320-A)
Professor McKay
August 25 and 27:
- Locate and read The Constitution of the United States, conveniently located in the Appendix to the National Security Law Text ("NSL Text");
- Read for background to our discussion and exercise, Ch. 2 of the NSL Text;
- Identify for discussion each constitutional provision that could have national security significance and the interpretative problems it may pose.
For example, what are the NSL implications of Art. I, Sect. 9, cl. 2, the Habeas Corpus clause in national security? What is the writ? Who may suspend it? On what grounds?
Please be aware that TWEN registration is mandatory.
Note: Prof. McKay uses the Socratic Method because understanding the law, like all of life, comes from questioning it. He does not seek embarrassment or humiliation of students who may be unprepared or, for the moment, unwilling to contribute to the great questions posed by the course subject matter. Therefore, unprepared students will not be dispatched to Guantanamo Bay; rather another opportunity at a later date will be provided. Class participation opportunities will abound, including class lectures, guest lectures, and in the TWEN forum discussion a particularly effective way to engage in class participation.
Organizational Leadership: Creating a Culture of Compliance (LPRC-310-A)
Professor Murphy
Please register on TWEN.
Pensions and Employee Benefits (TXL-320-A)
Professor Hawkins
August 24: Introduction - The Pension System
Skim principal text Chapters 1 & 3
Pretrial Criminal Advocacy (CRIM-340-A)
Professors Portnoy & Leone
Tuesday, August 25
Lecture: Class Overview; Introduction to Motions Practice;
Overview of Criminal Courts in Washington State
Thursday, August 27
Lecture: Pre-filing Detention, Probable Cause & Conditions of Release
Parties Receive/Review Additional Discovery:
- Packet #2 (Topics 1 & 2)
- Defense Work Product
- Prosecution Work Product
- In-Class Hypotheticals 1 & 2 (Topic 1)
Professional Responsibility (PROF-200-A)
Professor Martin
- Read Patrick J. Schiltz, On Being a Happy, Healthy, and Ethical Member of an Unhappy, Unhealthy, and Unethical Profession, 52 Vand. L. Rev. 871 (1999) and Deborah L. Rhode, The Profession and Its Discontents, 61 Ohio St. L.J. 1335 (2000). (You can find the articles on Westlaw or Lexis) and Pages 1-12(top) in the course text: Nathan M. Crystal, Professional Responsibility, Problems of Practice and the Profession (4th Edition).
- A copy of the film, To Kill a Mockingbird, is on reserve under my name in the library. Please view the film by the second week of class (September 2, 2009). If you have a chance to review it before that will be great as we will discuss it and refer to it during the first weeks of class. You may check it out and view it at your convenience or check your video store. The film is about two (2) hours in length. This is a classic story so you may have read the book or seen the film before. However, please review it again to refresh your memory in preparation for the discussion next week.
- Reflect on the following questions in conjunction with 1 & 2 above and be prepared to share some of your thoughts during the fist week of class:
- Do you have any fears or concerns about entering the profession? What are some of your biggest concerns and/or fears?
- What challenges do you foresee in balancing your various professional and personal obligations and personal values?
Professional Responsibility (PROF-200-E)
Professor McDermott
Please read the first 30 pages of the text.
Property (PROP-100-A)
Professor Weaver
As soon as you can, register for this course on TWEN.
Read pages 112-129 for the first class.
For the second class read pages 129-144 and the material that will be posted in the Course Materials folder.
Consider the following questions:
- If TP1 is in possession (don't worry about defining possession for now) of property that belongs to TO, it seems clear that TO should be entitled to recover possession if TO acts promptly. Assume that TP1 is grazing his cattle on the property.
- What if while TP1 is temporarily off the property TP2 moves on the property, moves the cattle off the property and moves her horses on to the land. Should TP1 have the right to recover possession of the property if TP1 acts promptly?
- Can you think of any reasons to support the rule you are applying to decide the case?
Property (PROP-100-B)
Professor Silverman
Property (PROP-100-C)
Professor O'Neill
The required texts for this course are Joseph William Singer, Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices (4th ed. 2006) ["Singer"]; materials available via the TWEN site for the course ["TWEN"]; and occasional photocopied materials available as a handout distributed in class ["Handout"].
For the first class, please skim Singer, "A Guide to the Book," at pages xxxix-l by way of background. This material discusses what "property" is, as well as tensions, themes, and approaches relevant to Property Law. As such, it will be material to which we will return throughout the course. Please read Singer, pages 76-83 for discussion.
Public International Law (INTP-300-E)
Professor Chinen
First week assignments (Word - 35 KB)
Remedies (REMD-300-E)
Professor Gordon
Monday, August 24: Introductory Lecture: "Justice in the Real World: God's Work on Earth Must Truly be Our Own." Focus: The Rightful Position Principle. Casebook 1-19 (Includes Introduction plus U.S. v. Hatahley).
Wednesday, August 26: Value as the Measure of the Rightful Position. Casebook: 19-37 [U.S. v. 50 Acres, Helen B. Moran, Trinity, Decatur]; Supplement p. 1-2 (re Helen B. Moran).
Problem No. 1 due
Monday, August 31: Reliance and Expectancy as Measures of the Rightful Position. Casebook: 37-56 [Neri, Chatlos, Bolles]. Supplement, pp. 4-5.
Wednesday, September 2: Consequential Damages. Casebook: 56-74 [Buck, Meinrath, Texaco].
Problem No.1 due today. Problem No. 2 due Monday, September 14. Online Quiz No. 1 due Monday, September 14.
Monday, September 7: No class. Labor Day.
Taxation of Charitable Organizations (TAXL-325-A)
Professor Frankel
The text for the course is Fishman & Schwarz, Taxation of Nonprofit Organizations-Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 2006) and the 2009 Supplement. We will also use the statutory supplement prepared by the authors and available in the Bookstore.
We will begin our treatment with an overview of the course by lecture. This will not take the entire first class.
- Read pp. 2-75 and p. 96 for background. Much of this material will be covered later in the course. Some of it will not be covered again.
- Read pp. 97-124, and prepare problems on pp. 124-5 for class discussion.
- Read pp. 125-131, and prepare problems on pp. 131-2 for class discussion.
- Please read any material in the 2009 Supplement, relevant to the assigned material in the text. Supplementary material is referenced to page numbers in the 2006 text.
Bring the statutory supplement to each class along with the text.
Torts (TORT-100-A)
Professor Gonzalez
Henderson, Pearson & Siliciano, The Torts Process (7th ed.). Please read pages 1-28.
More class information can be found on TWEN.
Torts (TORT-100-B)
Professor Ainsworth
You will find a syllabus for the fall semester and an essay How to Prepare for Torts Class posted on the Torts B TWEN page. The TWEN page will also be the vehicle through which you receive e-mail announcements regarding this class.
Text: Henderson, Pearson, Kyser, and Siliciano, The Torts Process (7th ed.)
The first day assignment is:
- Read pages 1-9 in the casebook as background information; it will not be explicitly discussed in class, however.
- Read the essay How to Prepare for Torts Class for advice about how to read assigned materials and prepare for class.
- Read pp. 9-18 of the casebook discussing the first case, Vosburg v. Putney, and be ready to discuss the case in class.
Torts (TORT-100-C)
Professor Wing
Tuesday, August 25, and Thursday, August 27: An Introduction to the Class and to the Law of Torts
(There will be no required reading assignment for the first week of class; really.)
Issues to consider:
- What is tort law?
- What laws are relevant to the definition of tort law principles?
- What is the role of the courts in defining those principles?
- What skills and aptitudes do you need to research a "torts problem"?
Supplemental/recommended readings: (a) "A Primer on the Law and the Legal System"; (b) "An Outline of Private Law: Property, Contracts, and Torts."
For a good study question, consider this (from last year's exam):
In the first week of the course we examined the way that courts from different jurisdictions relied on the decisions of other jurisdictions in interpreting their own common law. To what extent does a decision from a Washington Court of Appeals or the Washington Supreme Court influence the decisions of other state courts? (One sentence maximum.)
Trusts & Estates (ESTA-300-A, ESTA-300-E)
Professor Brown
For our first class session, please read pages 27-38 in our casebook, Dukeminier, Sitkoff, and Lindgren, Wills, Trusts, and Estates, 8th ed.
For students who want to read ahead for our second class session, the assignment will be pages 38-49 (to be read for background only-we will not be discussing this material in class) and pages 71-91 (which we will discuss in class).
The syllabus will be distributed at our first class meeting.
United States Supreme Court Practice Seminar (CNLW-415-A)
Professor Siegel
For the first class, please read Richard Posner's "A Political Court," 119 Harv. L. Rev. 31 (2005) (available on Westlaw) and think about (1) whether you agree with Judge Posner that the Supreme Court is fundamentally a political institution and (2) whether it is/would be a good thing if Posner's characterization were accurate?
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