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RequiredBasic Legal Skills I/Research

2 semester hoursSkills instruction and exercises in legal research and analysisof common and statutory law, legal writing and reasoning,written and oral advocacy.Prerequisites: None

Basic Legal Skills I/Writing

0 semester hoursSkills instruction and exercises in legal research and analysisof common and statutory law, legal writing and reasoning,written and oral advocacy. Prerequisites: None

Basic Legal Skills II/Writing

3 semester hoursA continuation of Basic Legal Skills I (Writing).Prerequisites: None

Civil Procedure I

3 semester hoursProcedural law governing the litigation of civil actions infederal district courts under the Federal Rules of CivilProcedure. Subject matter and personal jurisdiction, venue,pleadings, motions, disclosure and discovery, pre-trials, trials,post-trial motions, judgments, appeals, and related topics.Some attention may be given to alternative dispute resolutionand selected problems of state civil procedure.Prerequisites: None

Civil Procedure II

3 semester hoursA continuation of Civil Procedure IPrerequisites: None

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3 semester hoursBasic methods of constitutional analysis, constitutionaldistribution of governmental powers between the states andthe federal government and among the three branches of thefederal government, judicial function in constitutional cases,jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States,discretionary barriers to judicial review, power of Congress,the commerce clause and taxation, intergovernmentalimmunity, regulation of economic and property interest.Prerequisites: None

Constitutional Law II

3 semester hoursFederal constitutional limitation on the power of government torestrict individual liberty, including the application of the Bill ofRights to the states through the 14th Amendment, civilprocedural due process, substantive due process and rights ofprivacy, the meaning of the equal protection clause,congressional power to implement the 14th Amendment,freedom of expression, and religious freedom.Prerequisites: None

Contracts I

3 semester hoursForms of contracts, including offer, acceptance, andconsideration, interpretation and construction of contracts,third party beneficiaries, assignment, conditions, impossibility,performance and breach of contract, damages and otherremedies, the statute of frauds, Article 2 of the UniformCommercial Code as it applies to basic contract formation,construction and performance issues.Prerequisites: None

Contracts II

3 semester hoursA continuation of Contracts I.Prerequisites: None

Criminal Law

3 semester hoursLegal concepts of criminality, sources of criminal law, elementsof criminal offenses, criminal responsibility and defenses tocharges of crime, parties to crime, and incomplete criminalconduct.Prerequisites: None

Criminal Procedure

3 semester hoursThe standard for criminal prosecution will be considered, withparticular attention given to the constitutional limitations upongovernmental practices. Selective examinations of issues suchas the applicability of the Bill of Rights to the state, searches

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and seizures, confessions, self-incrimination, right to counsel,informers, eavesdropping and wiretapping, the exclusionaryrule, prosecutorial discretion, pleas and plea bargaining.Prerequisites: None

Evidence

4 semester hoursFederal Rules of Evidence, including relevancy, competency ofwitness, direct examination, refreshing and reviving memory,opinion evidence and expert witnesses, cross-examination andimpeachment, privileged communication and silences, judicialnotice, authentication of documents, hearsay and itsexceptions.Prerequisites: None

Introduction to Legal Studies

1 semester hoursStudy of legal method and legal systems designed to teach therole and function of courts, legislative bodies, andadministrative agencies, techniques of legal argument andreasoning, and sources of law. This course will be graded asSatisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U). Students who receive agrade of “U” will be given further instruction designed toremedy the deficiencies found. Prerequisites: None

Professional Responsibility

3 semester hoursThe law of lawyering, including legal ethics under the AmericanBar Association’s Code of Professional Responsibility and Rulesof Professional Conduct; legal malpractice and the contract ofrepresentational lawyers’ civil and criminal liability; lawyers’First Amendment rights; judicial ethics under the Code ofJudicial Conduct; professionalism in the practice of law. Prerequisites: None

Property I

3 semester hoursReal and personal property; estates; landlord/tenantrelationships; adverse possession; land transfers andmortgages; recording; covenants, easements and licenses;rights and liabilities accruing from possession and ownership ofland; fixtures.Prerequisites: None

Property II

3 semester hoursA continuation of Property I.Prerequisites: None

Torts I

3 semester hours

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Civil wrongs and their remedies, intentional torts anddefenses, unintentional harms and defenses, product liability,strict liability, and other specific harms.Prerequisites: None

Torts II

3 semester hoursA continuation of Torts I.Prerequisites: None

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Core CoursesAdministrative Law

3 semester hoursProcedural and constitutional law regulating units ofgovernment other than legislatures and courts, and legalprinciples of agency implementations of statutory programs.Selective examination of the powers of administrativeagencies, agencies’ exercise of those powers, and legislative,executive and judicial controls on and review of administrativeaction.Prerequisites: None

Agency, Partnership, and Limited Liability Companies

3 semester hoursStudy of Agency, Partnerships and Limited Liability Companiesincluding issues of creation and termination of agencyrelationships, powers of agents, rights and duties betweenagents and principals, and between agents or principals andthird parties, creation and dissolution of partnerships andlimited partnerships, powers of partners, partnership property,creation and characteristics of other limited liability entities.(Formerly Agency, Partnership and Employment.)Prerequisites: None

Corporations

4 semester hoursFormation of corporations; powers, rights, and obligations ofpromoters, shareholders, directors, and officers; ultra viresand de facto doctrines; disregarding the corporate entity;corporate finance, shareholder distributions and dividends;federal regulation; fundamental changes in capital structure;equitable considerations.Prerequisites: None

Family Law

3 semester hoursCourtship, marriage, husband and wife, family breakdown,annulment, divorce, dissolution, parent-child rights andrelationships, custody, and support.Prerequisites: None

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Remedies

3 semester hoursRemedies available in contract, tort, and real and personalproperty actions, including damages, equitable remedies,specific performance, injunction, constructive trusts,restitution, reformation and rescission. Prerequisites: Property I and II

Tax-Basic Income Tax Concepts

3 semester hoursIntroduction to the basic themes in federal income taxation:what is income and what is deductible (definitional inquiry),when is it income and when is it deductible (timing), whoseincome or deductions is it (identifying the proper taxpayer),and what type of income or deductible is it (characterization oftransactions).Prerequisites: None

UCC: Payment Systems

3 semester hoursStudy of Articles 3, 4, & 4A of the Uniform Commercial Codeand other statutes, including negotiability and negotiation ofvarious negotiable instruments, rights and liabilities of allparties, and rights and liabilities in other payment systemssuch as electronic funds transfers, automated teller machines,credit cards and letters of credit.Prerequisites: None

UCC: Sales and Secured Transactions

3 semester hoursStudy of Article 2, 2A & 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code,including sale and lease of goods, warranties, documents, riskof loss, remedies of buyer and seller, bona fide purchaser, andcreation and perfection of security interests in personalproperty and fixtures, and priorities resulting there from.Prerequisites: None

Wills and Trusts

4 semester hoursTransmission of property while alive and at death, includingintestate succession, requirements for wills and trusts, willsubstitutes, power of appointment, duties and liabilities offiduciaries, and estate and trusts administration. Prerequisites: Property I and II

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Elective CoursesAdmiralty

2 or 3 semester hoursHistorical development of admiralty and maritime jurisdictionand procedure and the problems of federalism. Principles of

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substantive law governing carriage of goods by sea, generalaverage statements, maritime industrial accidents, collision,salvage, maritime liens and limitation of liability. Prerequisites: None

Advanced Appellate Advocacy

2 semester hoursAdvanced work in writing appellate briefs and arguingappellate issues, with particular emphasis on preparingstudents to compete in interscholastic moot courtcompetitions. This course is required for all members selectedto participate on Chase’s Moot Court Board. If space isavailable, other students may enroll in the course, but theymust first obtain permission from the instructor. Studentsreceive a letter grade for completion of this course. Prerequisites: Basic Legal Skills I and II

Advanced Legal Research

2 semester hoursAdvanced Legal Research offers students, particularly thosegetting ready to graduate, an opportunity to not only reviewbasic research skills, but to delve more deeply into research asit is applied in practice. Particular attention will be given toupdating students’ skills in online research. Along with a reviewof the basics students will get a chance to delve into specialtopics like administrative law, legislative histories, internationallaw and non-legal sources such as corporate and governmentinformation. Prerequisites: None

Advanced Online Legal Research

2 semester hoursAdvanced Online Legal Research offers students an opportunityto review basic research skills, and to delve more deeply intoresearch as it is applied in practice. Particular attention will begiven to practical online and computer-assisted legal researchskills and tools that are commonly used by practicingattorneys. Advanced Online Legal Research is not available tosatisfy the AWR-Research requirement.Prerequisites: This course will be most beneficial to studentsthat are preparing to practice or clerk in a legal job. To enrollin this course, students must have successfully completed atleast 36 credit hours of classes, including “Basic Legal Skills:Writing” and “Basic Legal Skills: Research”. Students who havecompleted just one academic year of law school are noteligible to enroll in this class the summer after their first year.Students who have taken, or are taking, “Advanced LegalResearch” are not eligible to enroll in this course.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

3 semester hoursIntroduction to alternative forms of dispute resolution other

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than litigation, including negotiation, mediation, arbitration,and specialized forms; application to disputes in both thepublic and private sector; techniques employed by attorneysand neutrals; ethical, professional and practical problems.Prerequisites: None

Antitrust Law

3 semester hoursEconomic rationale for pro-competitive regulation; survey ofSherman, Clayton, Robinson-Patman and related Acts;development of case law concerning vertical and horizontalprice fixing and market division, mergers and acquisitions;potential and probable future competition, monopolization,exclusionary business practices, and the state actionsexception; criticisms of the antitrust law.Prerequisites: None

Bankruptcy

3 semester hoursCourse emphasizing personal bankruptcy and surveyscreditor’s remedies and consumer credit protection legislation.Prerequisites: None

Broadcast/Telecommunications/Internet Law

3 semester hoursThis course will survey government regulation of facilities ofmass communications. Topics to be covered include regulationof: business entity; pricing of services; content; ownershipstructure; and access to communications facilities owned byothers. Industries to be covered include radio and televisionbroadcasting, wireline and cellular telephony, cable and DBSsatellite television, the Internet, and emerging newtechnologies such as Digital Audio Broadcasting (DBA), HighDefinition Televisions (HDTV), and “Third Generation” WirelessBroadband (3G). While the course will focus primarily onregulation by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission(FCC), state and local government regulation will also becovered.Prerequisites: None

Business Technology and Regulation

2 or 3 semester hoursThis is an umbrella course that deals with a variety of issuesrelating to business and controlling new technologies, includingcomputer law. Content of the course will vary. Examples of thesubjects that have been taught under this umbrella include:International Environmental Regulation, Cyber Law, LawPractice Management, Not for Profit Corporations, and Mergers& Acquisitions.Prerequisites: None

Children's Law Clinic

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2 or 3 semester hoursClinical externship in which students: (1) Provide legalrepresentation for children charged with delinquency andstatus offenses; (2) Serve as special advocates and legalrepresentatives for abused, neglected and dependent children;and (3) Represent children in educational rights cases.Students may also: (1) Assist in preparing appeals; (2)Participate in more complex impact litigation; and (3) Researchissues and aid in policy development. Prerequisites: Introduction to Kentucky Juvenile Law

Clinical Externship Program

2 or 3 semester hoursOffers experience in handling actual cases and learningpractical aspects of the law in supervised judicial, civil andcriminal law settings. A student must expect to work 50 hoursfor ever credit hour earned. Prerequisites: A student must (1) have completed two-thirdsof the credit hours required for graduation; (2) havecompleted Professional Responsibility; and (3) have acumulative grade point average of at least 2.333.

Clinical Externship Program/Local Government Law Center

2 or 3 semester hoursA Local Government Law Center extern works with an attorneysupervisor in a city, county, area development district, stateagency or local government organization in northern or centralKentucky during the school year and throughout the stateduring the summer. An extern will gain practical legalexperience in issues affecting local governments in a variety ofareas including governmental structure and procedures, stateand local legislation and legislative bodies, contracts,franchising and business regulation, employment,environment, constitutional law, land use and zoning, criminallaw, administrative law and others.Prerequisites: Generally, students must: 1) Have completedtwo-thirds of the credit hours for graduation and 2) Havecompleted or be currently enrolled in ProfessionalResponsibility. These may be waived.

Clinical Internship Program/Local Government Law Center

2 or 3 semester hoursA Local Government Law Center intern: 1) Researches anddrafts answers to requests for legal advice received by theCenter from local governments and other practitioners of localgovernment law and 2) Assists in the development anddrafting of model ordinances for cities and counties. An internadditionally may have the opportunity to 1) Research andwrite short legal articles for the Center’s newsletter exploringissues of interest to the student and 2) Assist in thedevelopment and production of local government practiceguides. LGLC provides legal information and advice to local

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governments in varied subject areas, including contracts,franchising and business regulation, employment,environment, constitutional law, land use and zoning, criminallaw, administrative law, and others.Prerequisites: None

Close Corporation Problems

3 semester hoursA workshop in which a given set of facts (revised periodicallyduring the semester) forms the basis for discussion ofproblems and consideration of alternative approaches toresolve them, from the formation of the close corporation,through its operations over a period of years, to its ultimatesale. The problems include both legal and commercial issuesand are not limited to the traditional corporate law area.Client consultation and the drafting of documents are included.Prerequisites: None

Conflict of Laws

3 semester hoursPrinciples of selecting the law to govern transactions andevents that occur or have effects in multiple states, includingcommon law traditional choice of law and modern approaches;constitutional aspects of choice-of-law theory, including specialproblems in federal courts; recognition and enforcement ofjudgments; and special choice of law problems such as thosearising in family law or in international law contexts. Prerequisites: Students must complete 30 hours of coursesbefore enrolling in this course.

Constitutional Law Seminar

2 or 3 semester hoursThis umbrella course offers in-depth examination of particularissues in constitutional law. Specific course content varies.Examples of the subjects that have been taught under thisumbrella include: Kentucky State Constitutional Law,Legislation and Statutory Interpretation. Prerequisites: Constitutional Law I and II

Corporate and White Collar Crime Law

3 semester hoursThis course is designed to familiarize students with thedeveloping area of controlling corporate and individualbusiness criminal misconduct. There are two primaryobjectives: first, understanding the general legal principleswhich underlie the imposition of criminal liability upon both thecorporate entity itself as well as the individuals within it;second, discussing the particular criminal statutes most oftenutilized in these prosecutions. The course addresses the basisfor imposing criminal liability upon corporations for acts oftheir employees and directors, as well as personal criminalliability of these individuals for their own conduct as well as

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conduct of those they supervise. Federal and state statutessuch as those sanctioning mail fraud and securities fraud,environmental and work-place crimes, the Foreign CorruptPractices Act and RICO (Racketeer Influenced and CorruptOrganizations Act) will be covered, as will punishment of thecorporate entity and individuals within it.Prerequisites: None

Crimes Against Justice

3 semester hoursThis course focuses on crimes that endanger the truthnecessary for justice for all: perjury, contempt, bribery,forgery, jury-, witness-, and evidence-tampering, and mail andwire fraud in the obstruction of justice. In this course,students confront the special obligation of lawyers to promoteand maintain honesty within our legal profession. Crimes oflawyers in their roles as officers of the court are of specialconcern.Prerequisites: None

Criminal Law/Criminal Justice Seminar

2 or 3 semester hoursThis umbrella course provides the opportunity for in-depthstudy of criminal law and criminal procedure issues in aseminar setting. Specific content of the course varies.Examples of subjects that have been taught under thisumbrella include: Criminal Trial Practice, The Practice (Civil),The Practice (Criminal), The Practice (Appellate). Prerequisites: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence.

Cultural Property Law

3 semester hoursThis course will explore the legal and moral arguments in favorof various repatriation requests concerning property that is theobject of Cultural Heritage, as well as the legal, moral, andpractical arguments commonly raised by those on thereceiving end of repatriation requests. For example: Whatbalance should be struck between conceptions of morality andethics, legal statutes of limitation, and the legal right topossession after paying for an object? The course will notover-simplify these issues and will allow students to form theirown conclusions about the correct way to handle variousrepatriation requests.Prerequisites: None

Death Penalty: Policy and Procedure

3 semester hoursThis seminar will explore the statutory and constitutional rulesregarding implementation of the death penalty in the UnitedStates. The course will begin with a brief discussion ofarguments by proponents and opponents of the death penalty.We will then address the development of Eighth and

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Fourteenth Amendment restrictions on the use of capitalpunishment, including categorical exemptions from the deathpenalty for the insane, the mentally retarded, juveniles, andcertain felony-murderers. We will examine the uniquehallmarks of a capital trial including the selection of a “death-qualified” jury, the use of aggravating and mitigating evidencein the punishment phase of the trial, and issues created by theuse of victim impact evidence. Issues of race, gender, andsexual orientation and their relation to the death penalty willalso be addressed.Prerequisites: None

Domestic Violence Law Prosecution and Trial

3 semester hoursThis is a skills-based course which explores the impact andapplication of domestic violence issues and theories to thepreparation and presentation of a case for trial. The courseuses a case file specifically designed for domestic abuseissues, produced by the National Institute for Trial Advocacyand the students are required to prepare various exercises,motions in limine and to conduct a full jury trial. Prerequisites: None

Domestic Violence Law Seminar

3 semester hoursThis seminar will explore the current state of domesticviolence law in the United States and other selected countries;the complex issues of domestic violence from the perspectiveof the victims, perpetrators, the legal community andgovernmental policies; and the manifestations of domesticabuse in different cultures and same-sex relationships.Prerequisites: None

Elder Law

3 semester hoursElder law presents an overview of legal practice and policyrelating to aging individuals and an older society. Topics mayinclude: An aging population, the challenge to the law, ethicalissues and legal assistance, age discrimination in employment,income maintenance, health care, long-term care, housing,guardianship, property management, healthcare decision-making, elder abuse, neglect and crime.Prerequisites: None

Employment Discrimination

3 semester hoursExamination of the basic doctrines protecting individuals fromemployment discrimination, principally Title VII of the CivilRights Act of 1964 (race, color, sex, religion, national origin),and also the Americans with Disabilities Act, the AgeDiscrimination in Employment Act, the PregnancyDiscrimination Act, and 42 U.S.C. sections 1981 and 1985(c).

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Employment Law

3 semester hoursAn examination of many of the federal and state statutes andcommon law doctrines that affect the employment relationship,including the employment-at-will doctrine, contract and tortincursions into that doctrine, privacy issues, wage and hourlegislation, unemployment insurance, the regulation ofemployee benefits such as pensions and health care, and theregulation of workplace safety. The class will not contain in-depth coverage of issues involving unions, employmentdiscrimination, or worker’s compensation.Prerequisites: None

Entertainment Law

3 semester hoursIn-depth introduction to the field covering the legal andpractice issues related to popular music, television, and featurefilms, as well as the development of the legal skills required ofentertainment lawyers. Also included in the course are U.S.copyright law and the Berne Convention, as well asnegotiation, drafting and interpretation of recording, musicpublishing, television syndication, and film distributionagreements.Prerequisites: None

Environmental Law I

3 semester hoursStatutory, administrative, and common-law regulation atfederal, state, and local levels of activities affecting theenvironment, including selected constitutional issues.Prerequisites: None

European Union Law

3 semester hoursA study of the four EC institutions, Commission, Council,Parliament and Court of Justice, with emphasis on thelawmaking process. Progress toward fulfillment of the 1985White Paper is studied with emphasis on business law oninterest to U.S. practitioners. Featured are Articles 85 and 86of the Treaty of Rome dealing with competition law, as well asdirectives and regulations flowing from them. As time permits,certain industry sectors in the Community are studied, such asbanking, transport, automobile, and biotechnology.Prerequisites: None

Federal Courts

3 semester hoursStudy of the role and function of the federal courts, selectedfrom the following topics: justiciability of disputes, abstentionand related doctrines; Congress, Article III jurisdiction, and

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non-Article III tribunals; federal question and diversityjurisdiction, federal common law; review of state courtdecisions; civil rights and the Eleventh Amendment; federalhabeas corpus for state prisoners.Prerequisites: None

Federal Trial Practice Seminar

2 or 3 semester hoursClinical externship with a United States District Court Judge orMagistrate. Each extern is given various assignments forresearch and preparation of a bench memorandum concerninga particular issue currently pending before the court. Aclassroom session is held each week to discuss problems andquestions relating to the assignments. Students are alsopermitted to observe court proceedings. For each credit hourreceived, the student must document 60 hours of work duringthe course. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor.Prerequisites: None

History of Anglo-American Law

3 semester hoursHistory of English law from Anglo-Saxon times to the mid-19thcentury and of American law from colonial period to present.An interdisciplinary course taught by history and lawprofessors.Prerequisites: None

Immigration Law and Policy

3 semester hoursThe constitutional basis for citizenship; the source and limits ofCongress’s power to regulate the entry, conditions ofresidence, and naturalization of non-citizens; the evolution andapplication of the Immigration and Naturalization Act’sprovisions regarding non-citizens; the special problems andprocedures for dealing with refugees and asylees; federal andstate government power to differentiate between citizens andnon-citizens in providing benefits; and other significant currentlegal and policy issues. Prerequisites: None

Insurance

3 semester hoursTypes of insurance contracts, definitions, governmentalsupervision, insurable interests, measures of indemnity andrights of subrogation, rights and obligations of parties, use ofparticular clauses to control risks, adjustment of claims, no-fault automobile plans, new areas of insurance.Prerequisites: None

Intellectual Property Survey Course

3 semester hoursThis course surveys the three basic areas of intellectual

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property law, with particular emphasis on trademark andcopyright law and, to a lesser extent, patent law. Students willread and analyze illustrative cases and will study fundamentaldoctrines and statutory provisions regarding these three areasof intellectual property law. This course also explores thehistorical development of trademark, copyright, and patent lawin England and the United States.Prerequisites: None

Inter-School Competition (Appellate Advocacy/MootCourt)

1 or 2 semester hoursThis course is reserved for those students competing ininterscholastic moot court competitions. Students must jointhe Chase Moot Court Board and complete Advanced AppellateAdvocacy in order to enroll in this course. Additionally,students must receive the approval of the Moot Court BoardFaculty Advisor to enroll. This is a graded course, with thefinal grade determined by the student’s brief and the student’sfinal oral argument prior to attending the competition.Students will receive two credits if they help write the briefand participate in the oral argument, and students will receiveonly one credit if they serve only in a writing capacity. Prerequisites: None

International Business Transactions

3 semester hoursStudy of a variety of topics selected from the following subjectmatter: sale of goods (including letters of credit), tariffs, theGATT system and non-tariff barriers to trade, subsidies andcountervailing duties, antidumping duties, export licensing,franchising and trademark licensing, importation of counterfeitand “gray market” goods, unfair import practices, foreigndirect investments; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Arab nations’boycott, resolution of international disputes, and anintroduction to the European Community legal system anddoing business in EC nations.Prerequisites: None

International Law

3 semester hoursAn introduction to public international law as applied betweenindependent nations and in American courts; making,interpretation, enforcement and termination of treaties; theact of state doctrine; recognition; territory; nationality;jurisdiction and international organizations; internationalclaims; and certain aspects of war, including war crimes.Prerequisites: None

Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiating

3 semester hoursDevelopment of skills required of lawyers in interviewing

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clients, witnesses, and others to obtain relevant information,counseling clients, and negotiating such matters as casesettlements and contracts. Role playing, simulation andvideotaping will be used.Prerequisites: None

Jurisprudence

3 semester hoursPhilosophy of the law, its purposes and its relation to thesocial order. Statements of the various philosophers who haveattempted to rationalize the purposes and policies of law.Prerequisites: None

Juvenile Law

3 semester hoursLegal and philosophical bases for a separate juvenile courtsystem, and of the state’s right as parens patriae to interferein the parent-child relationship; juvenile court jurisdiction overthe delinquent child, the status offender and the dependentand neglected child through the entire court process frominvestigation and arrest or summons, to adjudication anddisposition, including continued supervision by the court orsocial workers. Students can receive credit towards theminimum of 90 hours required for graduation for eitherJuvenile Law or Introduction to Kentucky Juvenile Law, but notfor both.Prerequisites: None

Labor Relations

3 semester hoursRights, duties and liabilities of employers and organized laborunder the applicable federal and state legislation.Prerequisites: None

Land Use Planning

2 semester hoursEvolution and problems of city planning, zoning and variances,subdivision development, problems in urban renewal.Prerequisites: None

Law and Religion

3 semester hoursExamination of the respective roles of religion and law in oneanother’s domains, through a selection of one or more topicsfrom among the following: historical and future role of religionin the pluralistic and democratic society of the United States;constitutional principles affecting government and religionunder the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses; religiousand legal principles underlying modern social debates andcurrent events; legal structures and governmental regulationof religious institutions; religion in schools, workplaces, andcourtrooms; spiritual and religious beliefs in the practice of

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law; selected topics not listed above.Prerequisites: None

Law and Social Problems Seminar

2 or 3 semester hoursThis umbrella course addresses the impact of the legal systemon various social problems such as poverty, sexism and familyviolence. Specific course content varies. Examples of thesubjects that have been taught under this umbrella include:Domestic Violence Seminar, Domestic Violence Prosecution &Trial, Gender & the Law, Immigration, Law & Religion, NationalSecurity Law.Prerequisites: None

Law Review

3 to 6 semester hoursAcademic performance at the College of Law or a writingcompetition determine which students are selected asmembers of the editorial staff of the Northern Kentucky LawReview, which trains students in disciplined legal research andwriting. A maximum of 6 semester hours can be received inthis course.Prerequisites: None

Legal Drafting

2 semester hoursPractice in the drafting of basic documents encountered in thegeneral practice of law; course may focus on litigationdocuments, transactional documents, or a combination thereof.Prerequisites: None

Legislation and Statutory Interpretation

3 semester hoursThis course will examine both the legislative process and theinterpretation of statutes. Students will study various tools ofstatutory interpretation, including the uses of legislativehistory materials and the doctrines and textual canons ofstatutory construction. In addition, specific topics to becovered may also include: qualifications and selection oflegislators; legislative organization and procedure; legislativehearings; legislative veto; regulation of lobbying activity;severability of statutory provisions; statutory stare decisis;executive/administrative interpretation of statutes; the processof codification; direct democracy (ballot initiatives andreferenda); and retroactivity of statutes. AlthoughCongressional legislation is the primary focus of the course,the work of state legislatures will also be addressed.Prerequisites: None

Modern Real Estate Transactions

3 semester hoursBrokers, commissions, duties to buyer and seller, contracts of

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sale, financing, damages, specific performance, warranties,recording acts, abstracts of title, title insurance and Torrensregistration, cooperatives and condominiums, closing a realestate transaction, drafting of real estate instruments.Prerequisites: Property I & II.

National Trial Advocacy Competition

1 to 3 semester hoursInterschool mock trial program, with membership selectedthrough an intra-school competition in August/September ofeach year. The top four students make up the Trial AdvocacyTeam, and the top twelve students make up the TrialAdvocacy Board. The National Team will compete in an intra-state competition in September/October, and one or twonational competitions during the spring semester. Credits varydepending on participation. National team members receivetwo credit hours for competing in the intra-state competition inthe Fall Semester and one additional credit hour for competingin one or more national competitions during the SpringSemester. Alternates to the national team will receive onecredit hour for participation in one or both of the nationalcompetitions. Board members who do not participate in acompetition do not receive academic credit. Prerequisites: Students must complete 30 hours of coursesbefore enrolling in this course. Evidence is prerequisite or (withpermission of the professor) co-requisite.

Not for Profit Corporations

2 semester hoursThe course is a two credit-hour introduction to the law andpolicy of not-for-profit organizations. Specific topics includeformation and dissolution, operation and governance,regulation, tax exemption and charitable contributions, and“unrelated” commercial activities. More generally, the courseconsiders why nonprofit organizations exist in the first place,what their place is in the social and economic order, andwhether the law should accord them special status. The coursewill look broadly at the not-for-profit sector and morespecifically at segments such as health, education, and religionin which nonprofits play a large role. It will also examineimportant distinctions among the various types of not-for-profit organizations, from religious entities to traditionalcharities to advocacy groups and private membershipassociations. Prerequisites: None

Patent Law

3 semester hoursThis course focuses exclusively and intently on patent. Itcovers the history, theory, and constitutional basis of the U.S.patent system; patentable subject matter; rights, obligations,and liabilities of investors, patentees and infringers.

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Pretrial Litigation

3 semester hoursStudy of complex litigation matter using the case simulationmethod from inception to beginning of trial. Students will actas litigation associates, one-half representing plaintiffs andone-half representing defendants, and will perform draftingand other assignments.Prerequisites: None

Race, Racism, and American Law

3 semester hoursStudy of race in American law from historical, sociological,philosophical, and jurisprudential perspectives, slavery andabolition, interracial marriage, segregation of public facilities,voting rights, racial discrimination in jury selection, the civilrights movement and civil disobedience, school desegregation,fair housing laws, and race discrimination in employment.Prerequisites: None

School Law

3 semester hoursLaws relating to public and private education in the State ofOhio, including student rights, responsibilities, and discipline;employment and labor relations; and general operation ofboards of education.Prerequisites: None

Securities Regulation

3 semester hoursStudy of primary and secondary securities markets under theSecurities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,and related rules and regulation; definition of a “security”;registration requirements relating to offerings, secondarydistributions and resale of restricted securities; exemptionsfrom registration requirements; obligations of issuers,directors, underwriters, attorneys, and accountants; tenderoffers; proxy solicitations; civil liabilities to purchasers andsellers of securities.Prerequisites: None

Sports Law

2 semester hoursDiscusses and treats each of the three divisions of sportsactivities: amateur, regulated and professional sports. Coverslabor, tort, antitrust and contractual issues.Prerequisites: None

State and Local Government Law

3 semester hoursAddresses state and local government structure, authority, and

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responsibilities, as well as legal issues affecting localgovernment units including constitutional law, contracts,franchising and business regulations, employment law, landuse and zoning, criminal law, administrative law, ethics andothers. Compliments an internship or externship with the LocalGovernment Law Center, but not required for either.Prerequisites: None

Supervised Independent Research

2 to 3 semester hoursPreparation, including both research and writing, of a researchpaper of at lease 20 pages for 2 hours credit or 30 pages for 3hours credit, excluding footnotes; professor may require morethan the minimum number of pages. Page requirements are8.5” x 11” with 1-inch margins of 10 cpi type and at least 26lines per page, or 5/6 the number of pages if 12 cpi type isused. The footnotes must be appropriate to the subject matterof the paper, and proper Bluebook form is mandatory.Prerequisites: None

Tax-Advanced Income Tax Concepts

3 semester hoursStudy of advanced principles of federal income taxation notcovered in Federal Taxation 1A, including tax accounting andother timing issues, choice of taxable year, time value ofmoney, disallowances and restrictions of losses anddeductions, charitable contributions, and the minimum tax.Prerequisites: Tax-Basic Income Tax Concepts.

Tax-Business Entities Taxation

3 semester hoursAddresses tax consequences that flow from the dealings andtransactions between a corporation and its shareholders and apartnership and it partners. Topics studied include formation,operation, distributions, redemptions, liquidations, taxable andtax-free acquisitions. Prerequisites: Tax-Basic Income Tax Concepts.

Tax-Estate and Gift Tax

3 semester hoursSubstantive provisions of federal estate and gift taxationstatutes, including compensation and valuation of the grossestate, deductions, credits, computation of payment of estatetax, determination of a taxable gift, transfers with reservationsof powers and interests, exclusions, deductions, valuation,computation and payment. Prerequisites: Wills & Trusts.

Tax-Estate Planning

3 semester hoursMethods of creating, conserving and disposing of small andlarge estates; use of insurance, employment, inter vivos trust,

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inter vivos gifts and wills as methods of achievingtestamentary objectives of the client and maximumdistribution to the objects of the testator’s bounty. Impact offederal income and estate taxes on the distributive estate andmethods of minimizing those taxes. Prerequisites: Wills & Trusts and Tax-Estate and Gift Tax.

Tax-IRS Legal Counsel Externship

2 semester hoursClinical externship with the IRS regional office in Cincinnatidealing with tax issues.Prerequisites: None

Tax-State and Local Taxation

3 semester hoursVarious state and local, real and personal property taxes, salesand use taxes, corporate income and franchise taxes, personalincome taxes, gross receipts taxes, and death and gift taxes.Federal and state constitutional limitations. Relevant Kentuckyand Ohio taxes. Prerequisites: Tax- Basic Income Tax Concepts

Tax-Tax Moot Court Inter-School Competition

0 semester hoursPreparation for inter-school appellate moot court taxcompetition. This competition is known as the Muegel TaxCompetition.Prerequisites: None

Tax-Tax Policy Seminar

3 semester hoursThis seminar will explore the basic issues in tax policy dealingwith the design and requirements of a good tax structure, theapproaches to tax fairness, efficiency and simplicity, and thedevelopment and composition of the U.S. tax system. Thecourse will focus on these issues from a legal, historical,political, sociological, and economic perspective. Prerequisites: Tax – Basic Income Tax Concepts

Tax-Tax Writing Workshop

1 semester hoursThe Tax Writing Workshop is a 1-credit hour upper-levelwriting course that offers students a writing experience in thefield of taxation. The course is offered each semester as awriting lab component to whichever of the two advanced taxcourses – Advanced Income Tax Concepts or Business EntitiesTaxation – is offered that semester. To be eligible to enroll inthe course, the student must also be enrolled in the advancedtax course offered that semester.Prerequisites: None

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3 semester hoursDevelopment of the skills involved in the conduct of a trial.Role playing, simulation and videotaping will be used. Prerequisites: Evidence and Civil Procedure I and II

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