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3.00 Credits
Legal Studies 3 Credits This course is designed to introduce students to various methods of settling disputes with primary focus on negotiation and mediation. The course will address the history and theory behind ADR, the application to various substantive areas, and ethical considerations. Relying heavily on simulations, students will negotiate and mediate disputes. Requirements and Prerequsites Prerequisites: LAW 232 and three legal specialty electives Offered Fall Spring
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3.00 Credits
Legal Studies 3 Credits Courses or seminars on topics beyond the scope of existing departmental offerings. See Class Schedule for specific titles. Course/seminar may be repeated if topic is different. Requirements and Prerequsites Prerequisite: To be determined based on course offering; junior or senior status is required Offered Fall Spring
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3.00 Credits
Legal Studies 3 Credits This course is designed to explore the how, when, and why of advocacy before government agencies. In addition to general and procedural topics in administrative law, the course will focus on a substantive administrative law area, such as social security, welfare, retirement, and employment. Students will be assigned a case file, draft documents, and hold hearings. Requirements and Prerequsites LAW 232 LAW 240 Offered Fall Spring
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3.00 Credits
Legal Studies 3 Credits This course is designed to introduce students to the basic principles of consumer law through examination of federal and state statutes. The Truth-in-Lending Act and the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act are examples of such statutes. Students will research the law and draft memos and pleadings relating to protections available to consumers. Requirements and Prerequsites LAW 220 LAW 232 LAW 240 Offered Fall Spring
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3.00 Credits
Legal Studies 3 Credits In this course, students will analyze the legal and policy issues affecting older Americans. Topics include estate planning, taxes, Medicare, Medicaid, insurance, financial planning, nursing homes, and ethical considerations. Requirements and Prerequsites LAW 250 Offered Fall Spring
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3.00 Credits
Legal Studies 3 Credits This course examines the rules of evidence in both civil and criminal proceedings, focusing on the gathering of potential evidence and the presentation to a judicial tribunal of admissible evidence. Topics include relevancy, competency, impeachment, real and demonstrative evidence, best evidence (original writing), judicial notice, expert testimony, character evidence, the hearsay rule and its exceptions, privileged communications, admissions and confessions, and civil rights. Using federal and state rules of evidence, students will analyze and evaluate possible pieces of evidence and argue orally and in writing through dispositive motions, for inclusion or exclusion at trial. Requirements and Prerequsites LAW 103 Offered Fall Spring
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3.00 Credits
Legal Studies 3 Credits This course will serve to acquaint students with the basics of intellectual property (IP) law. Students will be introduced to the five main areas of intellectual property—patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and cyber law. At the conclusion of this course, students will fully understand how IP rights are acquired, protected, registered (if necessary), transferred, and infringed. Moreover, students will be introduced to the Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999, emerging intellectual property topics, and international developments in intellectual property. Requirements and Prerequsites LAW 232 LAW 240 Offered Fall Spring
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3.00 Credits
Legal Studies 3 Credits In this course students learn the basic skills required in interviewing and investigation. Issues covered include establishing rapport with the client, questioning techniques (including dealing with the reluctant witness), finding/preserving information, and ethics. Through mock exercises, students will interview and investigate in various legal settings. Requirements and Prerequsites LAW 232 LAW 240 Offered Fall Spring
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Legal Studies 1-3 Credits Requirements and Prerequsites Requires approval of the department chair Offered Fall Spring
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3.00 Credits
Legal Studies 3 Credits Students are introduced to Constitutional Law through study of actual Supreme Court cases from Marbury v. Madison to the most recent decisions of the court. Through case briefing and class discussion, the cases are put in an historical perspective with emphasis on pertinent court doctrines. Students will prepare memoranda, complaints, and other legal documents appropriate for constitutional claims. Topics covered include judicial review, separation of powers, the Bill of Rights, procedural and substantive due process and privacy. This course is taught in conjunction with Advance Legal Research and Writing, LAW 415, as part of the Senior Experience for Legal Studies Majors. It is expected that student work in this course will reflect an understanding and application of research methodology and practical legal writing skills and that discussions of student work in this course will be informed by discussions in that and other course work. Requirements and Prerequsites Prerequisites: LAW 232 and three legal specialty electives Offered Fall Spring
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