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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A study of modern business entities with an emphasis on corporations, limited liability companies, and general partnerships. Areas of concentration include the law of agency; principles of partnership; the creation, organization, governance, financial structure, management, alteration, and dissolution of the corporate entity; and shareholder rights. Elective Strongly Suggested. Upper-level. Credit Type A.
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4.00 Credits
A general overview of the concepts and methods of commercial law. Emphasis is on Articles 2, 3, 4, and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, covering Sales, Commercial Paper and Bank Collection, and Secured Transactions. Elective Strongly Suggested. Upper-level. Credit Type A.
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4.00 Credits
A general overview of basic concepts of substantive constitutional law and the judicial function. Topics include: federal government powers; separation of powers; federalism; due process; equal protection; and first amendment (expression and religion clauses). All Concentrations. Upper-level. Credit Type A.
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3.00 Credits
Study of rights in land, contracts for the sale of land, mortgages, titles, conveyancing, recording, zoning, and eminent domain. All Concentrations. Upper-level. Credit Type A.
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3.00 Credits
Consideration of testate and intestate succession; powers of appointment; private and charitable trusts, their creation, duration, and termination; the duties of trustees in the administration of trusts; and the law of future interests. Also considered are the resulting and constructive trusts. All Tracks. Upper-level. Credit Type A.
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2.00 Credits
A study of doctrines used to determine which promissory obligations society will enforce. Areas of concentration include: offer and acceptance, capacity to contract, Statute of Frauds, assignment, performance, and other related topics. Impact of the Uniform Commercial Code is also considered. All Tracks. Upper-level. Credit Type A.
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3.00 Credits
Rules and principles governing selection, admission, and exclusion of various forms of evidence. Major areas focused upon include: direct and cross examination, competency and privileges of witnesses, judicial notice, burden of proof, presumptions, province of court and jury, confessions, the hearsay rule and its exceptions, and the best evidence rule. Personal & Transactional Law and Intellectual Property, Cyberlaw & Creativity Tracks. Upper-level. Credit Type A.
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2.00 Credits
An examination of the duties and privileges of the legal profession, as well an attorney¿s responsibilities to the client, the community, and the profession. All Tracks. Upper-level. Credit Type A.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the rights and duties of debtors and creditors under common law and statutes, including: judgments, executions, attachment and garnishment, fraudulent conveyances, receiverships, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and the Bankruptcy Code. Credit Type A.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the law's efforts to regulate the formation, operation, and dissolution of the family. To that end, students study the laws governing marriage and its validity, legal problems which may arise during marriage, and issues surrounding the termination of marriage, such as alimony, property division, and child custody. For Advocacy Track and Law, Technology, and Innovation Track students only. Credit Type A.
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