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2.00 Credits
The course will examine central issues in bioethics, with an emphasis on issues raised by advanced reproduction technologies. The course will cover such topics as: parental genetic screening, sex selection on one's children, genetic enhancement; the imposition of criminal liability on parents for harm to fetuses; and who should pay for reproductive technologies. Instructor: Levy
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3.00 Credits
Course will begin by exploring the historical structure of incentives in music and the changing economics of music production, including the preconditions for thinking of music as "property" and the gradual shift from patronage to a market-oriented system. It will then proceed to examine music's unusually complex and increasingly fraught relationship with copyright law. Pre-req Law 322. 3 credits. Instructor: Jenkins
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3.00 Credits
This course offers both ¿practical skills¿ training for students interested in transactional law practice, and an opportunity to explore a form of corporate transaction ¿ the ¿joint venture¿ ¿ that is widely used in the business world but is not covered in typical law school M&A courses. Students will be assigned to lawyer teams and will represent their clients in connection with a hypothetical joint venture arrangement, including drafting a joint venture agreement (and related documents) and negotiating those agreements with opposing counsel.
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3.00 Credits
This course will have four components: The common law of intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, and privacy, changes in the common law governing those torts necessitated by Supreme Court decisions handed down after 1964, changes in other common law jurisdictions (UK, Can. Aus. and NZ) by their partial response to the concerns that prompted NY Times v. Sullivan in 1964, and Developments in the UK and Europe in response to the European Court of Human Rights decisions that the rights of free expression and of privacy are of equal value.
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1.00 Credits
This course expands upon the basic legal research skills introduced in the first-year LARW program by exploring additional resources and strategies for research topics which are likely to be encountered in real-world litigation preparation, such as: locating and backgrounding witnesses; identifying appropriate practice tools (such as form books, treatises, or looseleaf services) for the litigation issues; developing strategies for using online research services in a cost-effective manner; conducting sophisticated legal research with both print and electronic sources; and evaluating search results and research resources thoughtfully and critically. Faculty: Behrens
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2.00 Credits
Writing is integral to most aspects of state and federal civil law practice including communicating effectively with clients, asserting clients¿ rights, and advocating for clients in litigation. This advanced writing course helps prepare students for the rigors of legal analysis and writing in general civil practice by providing a variety of writing experiences including opinion and demand letters, pleadings, motions, and trial briefs with each assignment. The course will culminate in oral arguments on motions before members of the bench and bar. Instructor: Ragazzo
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1.00 Credits
This course will consider how courts attempt to strike an appropriate balance between the fundamental concept of free press, and other imperatives such as national security, privacy, and reputational interests, and the investigation of criminal conduct. It will include consideration of the journalistic quality of articles, and strategies used by counsel in defending publishers, and writers against lawsuits. Instructor: Lewis
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2.00 Credits
This advanced writing course will help prepare students for the types of writing that are common to all civil litigation, while introducing them to electronic discovery. Because most lawsuits now involve electronic discovery, understanding the financial, organizational, and ethical challenges it poses is critical to today's practitioners. Instructor. Rich
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2.00 Credits
This course will prepare students for the writing challenges specific to litigating large federal cases. The course will surround one hypothetical matter involving a federal statute, and potentially common law issues. Instructor: Kort
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2.00 Credits
In a collective "workshop" setting led by a writing instructor, students will produce a scholarly paper of publishable length. This course is intended to appeal to students who are interested in pursuing an academic writing opportunity apart from or in addition to those available through Duke's journals, seminars devoted to particular areas of law, or independent study. Instructor: Mullem
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