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3.00 Credits
Description: PREREQUISITE FOR ALL SECTIONS EXCEPT 'H': Evidence (7024) ***Section 'H" is 2L-ONLY. COREQUISITE FOR SECTION 'H': Evidence (7024-01) Students develop skills in trial preparation, techniques and tactics by handling simulated trial problems. Exercises include client interview, preparation of witnesses, direct and cross examination of witnesses, the introduction of real and demonstrative evidence, opening statements and closing arguments. Note: Section H will be integrated with Evidence such that weekly simulated trial problems will reinforce principles learned in Evidence. Students enrolled in Section H must be simultaneously enrolled in Evidence 7024-01A. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School Prerequisites:
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3.00 Credits
Description: PREREQUISITES: Trial Practice (7050) and Evidence (7024) This course is taught in three different sections; Advanced Trial Practice Civil /The David E. Worby Course Advanced Trial Practice Criminal Advanced Trial Practice Criminal and Civil each section with a unique approach to the subject. Course descriptions for each of the different sections are below. The David E. Worby course in Advanced Trial Practice Course is designed to build on the skills learned in the basic Trial Practice course. The focus of the course will be on developing case theory and strategy, and implementing them through specific assignments involving more sophisticated skills in a civil case. The course will focus specifically on: 1.Voir Dire 2. Preparation of a witness 3. Interrogation of a witness on a complex factual pattern 4. Preparation and examination of expert witnesses. Examples of experts receiving attention are: a. Medical Expert b. Engineer or Scientist c. Economist and/or Accountant 5. Demonstrative Evidence: How graphs, models, computer- generated graphics, and other techniques are employed today in court 6. Damages: The proof and persuasion involved in establishing damages 7. Opening and Closing Addresses to Jury and/or Judge in complex cases. Experienced Trial Attorneys and other experts will join the class in discussing the preparation of witnesses and exhibits in various disciplines, and to demonstrate specific trial techniques. Students who are accepted into the course must review the entire case file and become fully familiar with it at the beginning of the semester. Note Special Scheduling: The schedule doubles up classes most weeks in January, February, and March. Classes end at least one month before the semester ends so that students have adequate time to prepare for the final trial, which requires extensive preparation, before they are into the exam period. The final grade will be based on the student's performance at the trial (which is a full day during a weekend at the end of March and beginning of April), and attendance, preparation, and performance throughout the semester. Advanced Trial Practice, Criminal. This course in Advanced Trial Practice is designed to build on the skills learned in the basic Trial Practice course. It is team-taught by lawyers with experience in trying federal criminal cases. The focus of the course is on sharpening trial skills with respect to a single criminal case. In the first three-quarters of the course, students practice opening statements; direct and cross examination of fact witnesses, an expert witness, and the defendant; and closing arguments. For those exercises, students alternately represent the prosecution and the defense and take turns acting as witnesses. In the final quarter of the course, each student does a complete trial of the case. In the last class before the trials begin, the prosecutors and defense lawyers meet in separate groups to discuss trial strategy; each discussion is led by an instructor. Throughout the course, but especially in the final trials, the emphasis is on developing a theory of the case and building opening and closing statements around a theme that expresses that theory. Students who are accepted into the course must review the entire case file and become fully familiar with it at the beginning of the semester. Students are required to attend two trials: their own and one at which they act as witnesses. The final class is a critique of the trials. The final grade will be based on the student's performance at the trial and attendance, preparation, and performance throughout the semester. Advanced Trial Practice, Civil and Criminal. Advanced Trial Practice is a unique opportunity for students to enhance the fundamental trial advocacy skills learned in Trial Practice and to learn more advanced advocacy techniques. This section of Advanced Trial Practice is taught by The Honorable Juan R. Sanchez. The course is designed to shar
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2.00 Credits
Description: Special Instructions: Students taking this course may not also take Course #5011, International Commercial Arbitration. This course will cover all facets of arbitration--a dispute resolution process which is being used increasingly in the United States as an alternative to traditional judicial litigation to resolve commercial disputes. Specific areas of practice will include; the arbitration of contractual claims, employment and labor disputes, consumer complaints, construction claims, securities and broker disputes, real estate and banking problems, as well as a wide variety of general commercial and corporate issues. The course will emphasize the familiarity which lawyers must have with respect to the policy, law, practice, procedure, and strategies which relate to arbitral adjudication. Attention will be focused not only on the rapidly developing body of arbitration statutory and case law, but also on the numerous practical aspects of the arbitration process, such as: (1) advising a client in the selection of arbitration as opposed to judicial litigation, (2) drafting arbitration clauses (3) selection of arbitrators, and (4) representing clients in arbitration hearings. The practical aspects of the course will be accomplished through drafting exercises, simulated client counseling sessions, and arbitration proceedings. Students will be evaluated on class participation, work submitted during the semester, and a final exam. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course will survey the field of international financial services. It will cover, among other things, the international aspects of the regulation of U.S. securities (including the distribution and trading of securities issued by foreign companies in the U.S., and the distribution outside the U.S. of securities issued by U.S. companies); the international aspects of U.S. banking regulations (focusing on foreign banks serving U.S. customers and U.S. banks serving foreign customers); currency practices and exchange restrictions; techniques for hedging of foreign exchange risks, including the use of currency futures, options, and swaps; project finance; internationalcapital markets; and payment clearing and settlement systems. The course is designed for students interested in the international dimensions of corporate law (including securities, banking, and finance). 3.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course is designed to afford students the opportunity to develop advocacy skills for effective negotiation and mediation in both transactional and dispute resolution contexts. Students will be required to review materials in the areas of negotiation and mediation theory and practice, and to participate in numerous simulated exercises (both as parties and mediators) while confronting the practical, legal, and ethical dilemmas which often arise. Among the issues to be considered will be determining the needs and desires of the parties, negotiation strategies and styles, evaluating a case for settlement, preparation for negotiation, the stages of negotiation, negotiating techniques, selection and role of mediators and preparing the mediation agreement. Grades will be based on class participation and effectiveness in exercises, a negotiation journal, and a final take-home examination based on an analysis of a negotiation or mediation. As participation of all students is necessary for the success of the simulated exercises, CLASS ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY in the absence of permission from Professor Gafni. Unexcused absences will affect the student's grade. All students who enroll for this course should be prepared to commit to full participation in all exercises both in and out of class. NOTE: Although the time for class meetings reflects two, two hour meetings each week, only a limited number of classes will be that long. Most will be between 50 and 75 minutes long. These variations result from the differing in- class exercises in which students engage during the semester. IMPORTANT: To hold a place in this course, enrolled students must attend the first class or notify Professor Gafni in writing that he or she cannot attend that day but will definitely accept the seat in the class. Any enrolled student who does not attend the first class or notify the Professor in writing will be dropped from the class, and the seat will be assigned to another student. Therefore, any student who is not enrolled but remains interested in the course should attend the first class or advise Professor Gafni of this interest if unable to attend. 3.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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3.00 Credits
Description: Two students each semester will work in the Berwyn office of the law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP for 15 to 20 hours per week on transactional and start up matters for early stage business clients. The work will focus primarily in the areas of corporate and securities law. A typical semester might include a "clean up" of a botched business organization with a complete set of corporate documents, preparation of a blue sky memorandum, a first draft of a confidential offering memorandum or work on the acquisition of a business. A Pepper Hamilton LLP attorney would serve as the supervising attorney for all work. The students will also meet with Dean Sargent who will at those meetings monitor their progress, and engage in substantive discussion and critiques of the students' projects. Students will receive a letter grade based on the evaluation of the supervising attorney and Dean Sargent. Both the student and the supervising attorney will be required to sign a Statement of Educational Objectives and Responsibilities designed to ensure that all parties fully understand the nature of the undertaking involved. Students wishing to be considered for one of the two places available in either semester must: -Enter the appropriate course number on the Registration Form -Attach a current resume and writing sample -Include written permission to release the student's transcript to the representative of the law firm. 3.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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2.00 Credits
Description: The purpose of this course is to provide guidance to students concerning how to handle an appeal in the federal and state courts on a practical level. Toward that end, the class will attend two or three sessions of oral arguments at the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and/or the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. We will meet with judges of those courts whom we hope will attend our classes and provide illumination as to what we have observed in court. Experienced appellate advocates will appear as guest lecturers to provide us with the benefit of their experience and to share their knowledge and skills with the class. The instructor will provide the latest updates in appellate law and practice on a weekly basis. The class will use Judge Ruggiero Aldisert's leading text in this field, "Winning on Appeal", and there will be supplemental readings pertinent to this topic. There will be no written examination; however, the class will be provided with a transcript of a real trial and will be required to submit an appellate brief and thereafter to argue the case as if they were before an appellate court. Students will be judged on classroom participation, the written brief and the oral arguments. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course will focus on various aspects of Corporate and White Collar Crime. Issues to be explored include conspiracy, mail fraud, computer fraud, securities fraud, tax fraud, RICO, and parallel civil and criminal actions. Students will also study the application of the criminal law to corporations, and corporate internal investigations. 3.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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3.00 Credits
Description: Prerequisite: Business Organizations (7110) This course addresses a broad range of legal issues related to financing both closely held and publicly held corporations. Topics addressed include valuation (with some attention to accounting and tax issues), the use of various types of securities (common stock, preferred stock, bonds, and options, and other derivatives), federal and state securities laws as they relate to both issuing and trading securities, and developing theories of financial markets, including the efficient capital market hypothesis, the capital asset pricing model, portfolio theory, and option pricing theory. The course will focus in particular on the conflicts that may arise between various classes of investors -- between creditors and stockholders, between various classes of stockholders, and between insider stockholders and outsider stockholders (including issues relating to equity compensation) -- all with special attention to the significance of investor diversification in shaping legal rules. There is a take home examination. To enroll, students must have completed Business Organizations. 3.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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3.00 Credits
Description: PREREQUISITES SUGGESTED, BUT NOT REQUIRED: Business Organizations (7110) and Securities Act 1933 (7075) This course will explore the legal and regulatory aspects of the investment management industry, with particular emphasis on mutual funds. It will focus primarily on the federal Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, with attention also to the relevant portions of the federal Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Pertinent aspects of state corporate and securities law will also be considered. Emphasis will be placed throughout on problem-solving in a complex regulatory context. 2.00credit(s) Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Law School
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