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3.00 Credits
Treats formations and structure of corporation, stockholders' meetings, and directors' meetings. Consideration of corporate financing, charter amendments, reorganization, and liquidation. Prerequisite: LAH 201.
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3.00 Credits
Training in the use of primary and secondary sources of the law. Study of the legal reasoning process and case and statutory analysis. Updating sources such as Shepard's will be included. Research and writing skills developed through lectures and assigned library exercises. Hands on computerized legal research included. Prerequisite: LAH 201. Laboratory fee.
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3.00 Credits
This course is devoted to expanding the student's understanding of the litigation process. Projects include drafting complaints, motions, and discovery materials, as well as completing substantive research on more complex causes of action, such as product liability. Students participate in mock oral arguments or depositions. Prerequisites: LAH 201, 250, and 210.
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A close examination of the relationship between justice and the law in selected works of literature and film, with an emphasis on varying definitions of justice and natural law. The course focuses on public perceptions of justice and injustice; to that end, students research an actual trial for their final presentation. Prerequisites: RPW 110-111, or equivalent; LAH 201 and 6 additional credits in legal studies courses; or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A seminar requiring students to build on the skills learned in LAH 250. Students review key research processes, such as Shepardizing and legislative interpretation. The tracing of a statute legislative history and exploring its application are also addressed. Emphasis is placed on precision and clarity in the drafting of documents. Prerequisites: LAH 201 and 250. Laboratory fee.
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This course examines the major legal issues encountered by health care institutions and individual health care practitioners as they operate and make business decisions in today's fluid health care environment. Students research a current issue in health care law and make oral presentations. Prerequisites: LAH 201, LAH 250, and junior standing; or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The study of administrative law and agency practice, powers of administrative agencies, and judicial review of agency decisions. The course includes studying a particular procedural and substantive area of administrative law and participating in a mock agency hearing. Prerequisites: LAH 201 and 250.
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3.00 Credits
All classes are held in the computer lab. Students are exposed to the many ways that computers are being used in legal environments. Areas of exploration include, but are not limited to, harddisk management, database systems for litigation support, time keeping, spreadsheets for real estate analysis, and computerized legal research. Prerequisites: LAH 201, LAH 250, and CSH 101; or permission of instructor. Laboratory fee.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines how the laws of evidence affect the use of forensic evidence, the role of the judge and jury in evaluating expert forensic testimony, the role of police investigation work in generating forensic evidence, how to ensure that forensic testimony is both reliable and trustworthy, and inconsistencies in the judicial approach to different branches of forensic evidence. Prerequisite: LAH 201 or SOC 110 or SOC 170, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Comparison of residential and commercial transactions, multistate transactions, title and title insurance, land use and environmental controls, business entities, partnerships, contracts for the disposition of commercial real estate, leases, loan commitments, construction contracts, architects contracts, industrial revenue bonds. Prerequisites: LAH 201 and 230.
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