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2.00 Credits
Creation and dissolution of the family unity and relations between members thereof; marriage, separation, divorce, rights and duties of spouses and means of their enforcement, legal capacity of wife and infant, consideration of child custody and juvenile court law.
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0.00 - 5.00 Credits
This course is designed to acquaint students with the practical aspects of representing a client in Court. The emphasis is on the application of the rules of evidence, procedure and ethical conduct in trial and adversary proceedings. Students will be expected to transform their education in the law to the reality of courtroom behavior and advocacy. You will learn the ¿how to¿s¿ of direct, cross, introduction of exhibits, use of experts, and an understanding of the pitfalls and landmines that trial lawyers face. You are expected to conduct legal research and vignette moot court trials, as well as the trial of an entire case from beginning to end. Maximum student enrollment is twelve.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course examines the legal nature, promotion and formation of the modern business corporation. This course also provides an overview of other business forms including partnerships and the limited liability companies (LLC). Specific topics include: the structure of corporate management and the distribution of powers among directors, officers and shareholders; the acquisition of corporate assets and distribution of corporate earnings; the fiduciary obligations of management and their enforcement by shareholders' derivative suits; and rights and remedies arising under the Federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934 including insider trading.
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0.00 - 5.00 Credits
The course introduces the student to the basic concepts of Federal Constitutional Law. Emphasis is placed upon both structural constitutional law, that is, the law that constitutes the government, and protection of individual rights and liberties, including the examination of due process, equal protection and the First Amendment. Where pertinent, portions of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its interpretation by the Pennsylvania courts are also discussed. Exam.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
The course will cover three distinct phases of the criminal process. The Investigative Process phase will provide intensive consideration of Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment issues and draw distinctions and parallels between federal and Pennsylvania treatment of those areas. The Charging Process segment will consider issues of prosecutorial discretion and the law regarding the conduct of federal and state grand juries. The Trial Process component will focus on matters of jury selection, Confrontation Clause problems and standards of proof commonly faced in the unique criminal context.
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2.00 Credits
This course will examine the most critical part of the great majority of criminal proceedings: the rendering of a sentence. Lawyers have traditionally played a very limited role in the sentencing of convicted criminal defendants and have not used the sentencing hearing as a forum for effective advocacy. However, the role of the lawyer in this area is rapidly changing. This course will review all facets of criminal sanctions, including the procedures used to determine the sentence, the purposes for the imposition of sanctions, and whether those purposes could be better achieved with sanctions other than imprisonment. In addition, we will look closely to the role lawyers can and do play in the sentencing process and how a knowledge of sentencing processes can enhance the effectiveness of legal representation. The course will also explore the special problems of sentencing juvenile and mentally ill defendants, and the current ¿populist¿ movement toward stripping away judicial discretion and replacing it with legislatively mandated sentences.
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2.00 Credits
The seminar will be based on videotaped presentations by recognized national experts who deal with cases of wrongful criminal convictions. Topics will include overzealous prosecutors, faulty eyewitness identifications, junk science, false confessions, and jail-house snitches. A paper will be required. The paper can be used to satisfy the upper level writing requirement.
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0.00 - 2.00 Credits
Advanced Legal Writing is a rigorous two-hour, two-semester course. Students are required to write several papers, one of which is a scholarly paper that is required to be of publishable quality. Basic and advanced aspects of grammar, language, and writing are covered. Methods of citation are re-visited. Students are required to edit, or on anonymous basis, some of the papers of their classmates. Individual conferences are held at which the student and professor discuss, critique, and analyze the student's papers. Students are encouraged to take Advanced Legal Research prior to taking or at the same time that they take the advanced legal writing course. This course satisfies the upper level writing requirement. Limited enrollment.
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2.00 Credits
The effective lawyer must be an expert at gathering, assessing, and presenting significant information. This course will examine the uses of scientific information in the law with a particular emphasis on civil and criminal litigation. Topics covered will include the law of scientific evidence; working with expert witnesses; scientific method; drawing inferences from empirical evidence, statistical proof; and the types of forensic expertise including epidemiology, questioned document examination, DNA, trace evidence analysis, arson investigation, tool marks, bite marks, and fingerprints.
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