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Fall 2019 Class Assignments

Class assignments are listed alphabetically by course name. All will be posted as received. If you do not see the assignments you are looking for, check TWEN, CANVAS, your professor's personal homepage or return to this web page to check again later.

Courses

Administrative Law-A (ADMN-300-A)

Professor Kirkwood

Register for this course on TWEN. Your syllabus is posted there.

First Assignment

Pages 1 – 15 from ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: CASES, etc (Casebook) 7th Ed. by Cass, Aspen/Wolters Kluwer.

Social Impact Advocacy (ADVC-330-A)

Professor Bender

First Assignment

Register for this course on TWEN with your WestLaw password. Your first assignment is posted under Course Materials.

Antitrust Law-A (ANTI-300-A)

Professor Kirkwood

Register for this course on TWEN. Your syllabus is posted there.

First Assignment

Pages 1 -35 from ANTITRUST LAW CASEBOOK, 4th by Rogers, Carolina Academic Press.
Appendix B

Bankruptcy-E (BANK-300-E)

Professor Dick

Required Text

BUSINESS REORGANIZATIONS, 3rd, Gerber, Carolina Academic Press

First Assignment

Review the syllabus
Register for the course page on TWEN
Sign up for their presentation dates.

August 27

Textbook: Read pages 1-29
Statutes: Bankruptcy Code §§ 541, 362(a).

August 29

Textbook: Read pages 29-70
Bankruptcy Code §§ 101 (definitions of “person” and “corporation”), 109, 1112.

Drafting for Corporate Finance (BUSIN-435-A)

Professor Dick

Required Text

DRAFTING FOR CORPORATE FINANCE, Paris, Practising Law Institute

First Assignment

Read pages 1-42.

Business Entities (BUSN 300-A)

Professor O'Kelley

First Assignment

Read the attached document for full first assignment details.

BUSINESS ENTITIES §E (BUSN-300-E)

Professor Powell

Required Text

Business Entities: Cases and Materials, 4th Ed . Eric A. Chiappinelli

First Assignment

Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Chiappinelli's Business Entities: Cases and Materials, 4th Ed

Civil Procedure – Section 1 (CIVL-100-1)

Professor Coleman

First Assignment

The material for this course consists of Coleman, Stempel, Baicker-McKee, Herr, & Kaufman, Learning Civil Procedure (3d. Edition West 2018).

For our first class meeting on Tuesday, August 27, please read Learning Civil Procedure pp. xxxvii-xlii; Comprehensive Study Guide pp. 1-3, 11-15, and 32-34 (posted on Canvas); Walker v. City of Birmingham (posted on Canvas); and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Table of Contents.

A Canvas site for this course has been established, and you should register for it. I have posted the syllabus for this class. You should read the syllabus before attending the first day.

Constitutional Law I (CNLW-200-B)

Professor Skover

All information concerning the course, including the Course Requirements and Syllabus, is available at Skover Online. Link to the Current Courses page in the left margin of the home page.

First Assignment

Familiarize yourself with the essential pages of the website associated with the course. Read Course Requirements and peruse the Syllabus carefully.
Read the materials in Section I (introduction), Assignment 1 (Text 1-13, 1471-1488)

Constitutional Law I §C (CNLW-200-C)

Professor Siegel

Required Text

MODERN CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY READER, 5th Ed by Garvey, West-Thomson Reuter.
If you experience any problems locating this textbook over $155 please do not purchase. Day 1 readings for Bobbitt have been sent to your email address. We will discuss what to do about this Reader at our first class.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CASEBOOK, 5th, by Chemerinsky, Aspen.

First Assignment

Day 1

(1) casebook pages xli -lvii (the Constitution)
(2) reader, pages 4-12 (Bobbitt)
(3) casebook pages 11-32 (mostly Heller)

Day 2

(1) casebook pages 1-11 (Marbury and related material)
(2) reader, pages 244-265 (judicial review and judicial supremacy)

UCC SALES §A (COMM-350-A)

Professor DeLong

Required Text

Purchase from the bookstore the Commercial Law Selected Statutes 2019-2020 by Warren, West Academic
Principles of Sales Law (Concise Hornbook) by White, 5th Ed., West-Thomson Reuters
DeLongs UCC Sales Course Workbook which will be for sale at the bookstore by August

Register for this course on TWEN with your WestLaw password.

First Assignment

Read the Introduction to the Course and Units 1 and 2: Methods of Statutory Analysis; The Scope of Article 2

UCC Secured Transactions E (COMM-355-E)

Professor Bender

First Assignment

Register for this course on TWEN with your WestLaw password. Your assignments are posted in the Syllabus folder.

August 27, Tuesday

Introduction to Article 9 and Secured Credit,
- pp.1-13

August 29, Thursday

Attachment and Perfection of Security Interest:
- Overview, pp. 13-30
- (UCC 9-203, 9-102(a)(7), 9-108, 9-504)

September 3, Tuesday

Attachment and Perfection
- 29-47 (middle of page, end of first full paragraph) also read Rainier Natl. Bank v. Security State Bank, 796 P.2d 443 (Wash. App. 1990) (9-204, 9-102 (2), (11), (13), (23), (33),

September 5, Thursday

Perfection: Filing System
- 53-74 (bottom)(9-338, 9-502, 9-503, 9-504, 9-506, 9-516, 9-521, 9-210)

Contracts A (CONT-100-A)

Professor Chang

First Assignment

Read pp. 1-26 in Cunningham & Cherry, Contracts: A Real World Casebook. Skip the section on CISG (pp. 9-10). The class discussion will focus on Lucy v. Zehmer, as well as identifying when a contract is considered one for the sale of goods
The class syllabus that includes the first four weeks of assignments is available on the TWEN course page for this class and will also be emailed separately.

Contracts-B (CONT-100-B)

Professor Chinen

Required Text

An Introduction to Contracts: The Law of Transactions by Sidney DeLong and Contracts Text (Restatement & US UCC Article 2), Byrne, 5th.

First Assignment

Read Unit 1 and 2

Contracts §C (CONT-100-C)

Professor DeLong

Register for this course on TWEN once you have received your WestLaw password during Orientation.

Required Text

An Introduction to Contracts: the Law of Transaction by Sidney DeLong and Contracts Text (Restatement & US UCC Article 2), Byrne, 5th.

First Assignment

Read Unit 1 and 2

Contracts §E (CONT-100-E)

Professor Mahmud

Register for this class on TWEN after you receive your WestLaw password during Orientation.

First Assignment

Read pages 1-13 of your required textbook: CONTRACTS: CONTEMPORARY APPROACH, 3rd, by Kunz (West Academic) and the following.

Criminal Law-1 (CRIM-100-1)

Professor Ahrens

First Assignment

Read the attached document for full first assignment details.

Criminal Law (CRIM-100-2)

Professor Russo

Required Text

Criminal Law: Doctrine, Application and Practice (Second Edition) Professor Jens David Ohlin

First Assignment

Read Chapter 1 of the text, entitled "Introduction" and which runs from page 3 to 23.
Read the attached essay, "How to Prepare for Criminal Law Class".
Look at and be prepared to discuss the "Problem case" on page 19.

Criminal Procedure Investigative-A (CRIM-305-A)

Professor Ahrens

Please join the TWEN site for this course and complete the first-day assignment posted under the Syllabus tab (the assignment includes links to other materials, textbook pages, and a reading posted under the Course Materials tab).

Advanced Criminal Practice: Special Victims (CRIM-372-E)

Brittany Warren and Hillary Stuart

First Assignment

Read the Week 1 pre-class readings. They can be found on the course’s Canvas page.
Complete the pre-class reflection paper. Answer the following questions and submit to the course Canvas page before the first class: (1) what do I hope to get out of this course; and (2) what is the purpose of the criminal justice system. No more than 500 words total.

Health Law I (HLTH-305-A)

Professor Burgon

Required Text

Introduction to American Health Care Law of The Law of American Health Care by Huberfeld, Weeks and Outterson (1st Edition)

First Assignment

Skim Chapter 1
WATCH: Monday class: PBS Frontline: Sick Around the World (April 15, 2008) (56 minutes) Wednesday class: PBS Frontline: Sick Around America (March 31, 2009 ) (54 minutes)

American Indian Tribal Law (INDL-325-E)

Chloe Thompson-Villagomez

First Assignment

Students should read:

Fletcher, Pages 1-16
Pommersheim, Pages 1-22
Riley article on Good (Native) Governance (on TWEN)

Introduction to the American Legal System-A (JURS-600-A)

Professor Chinen

Required Text

Law & Legal System of the United States, by Schoenbaum

First Assignment

Monday, Aug. 26

Schoenbaum 3-5, 9-16, and 19-20

Property §E (PROP-100-E)

Professor Eason

Required Text

Barros & Hemingway, Property Law (1st ed., 2015)

First Assignment

Read the attached document for full first assignment details.

Property-1 (PROP-100-1)

Professor Slye

READ THE SYLLABUS – There is important information in the syllabus about class attendance, my calling policy, and other important information.

For this first week, I will reserve the right to call on anyone. After the first week, the policy as set out in the syllabus will commence.

Required Text

Dukeminier & Krier, Property (9th Ed. 2017)

First Assignment

3-19; 859-865
19-52

Individual Income Taxation (TAXL-300-A)

Professor Kahng

First Assignment

Read the attached document for full first assignment details.

Corporate Tax §E (TAXL-306-E)

Professor Kahng

First Assignment

Read the attached document for full first assignment details.

Torts §A (TORT-100-A)

Professor Siegel

Required Text

All readings from Henderson, Keysar, and Pearson, THE TORTS PROCESS (9th Ed).

First Assignment

Day 1

Pages 1-19

Day 2

Pages 19-41

Torts §B (TORT-100-B)

Professor Mahmud

Register for this class on TWEN after you receive your WestLaw password during Orientation.

First Assignment

Read the case of Garratt v. Dailey pp. 1-4 from your casebook: CASES & MATERIALS ON TORT'S, 3rd by Diamond (West-Thomson Reuters) and the following.

TORTS §C (TORTS-100-C)

Professor Powell

Required Text

The Torts Process(Aspen Casebook), 9th Ed. James A. Henderson, et al.

First Assignment

Register for WestLaw’s TWEN when you receive your WL password during Orientation.
How to Prepare for Torts Class (found in Syllabus Folder on TWEN)
Text p. 1-9: you will find this background helpful for all of your first-year courses, so you may want to read it over again after the first couple weeks of class.

Legal Writing I (All sections) (WRIT-100)

First Assignment

Before your first class, please read Tips for a Successful Interview, which you can find in the Supplemental Reading Packet for this class (available for purchase in the Bookstore starting Monday, August 19). Any issues with this, please refer to our administrative assistant, Lori Lamb.

In addition, there will be a video of a mock client interview posted for you to watch before class. Your professor will let you know when this video is available.

For your second class of the first week, please read sections 1.1 through 1.4, sections 11.1 through 11.3, and section 11.4.1 (Example Memo 1) in The Legal Writing Handbook, 7th Edition. In addition, , please read sections 2.1, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.14, and 2.3 in Chapter Two of Essential Lawyering Skills, which is also in the Supplemental Reading Packet.

Class assignments are listed alphabetically by course name. All will be posted as received. If you do not see the assignments you are looking for, check TWEN, CANVAS, your professor's personal homepage or return to this web page to check again later.

Courses

Social Impact Advocacy (ADVC-330-A)

Professor Bender

First Assignment

Register for this course on TWEN with your WestLaw password. Your first assignment is posted under Course Materials.

Business Entities (BUSN 300-A)

Professor O'Kelley

First Assignment

Read the attached document for full first assignment details.

BUSINESS ENTITIES §E (BUSN-300-E)

Professor Powell

Required Text

Business Entities: Cases and Materials, 4th Ed . Eric A. Chiappinelli

First Assignment

Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Chiappinelli's Business Entities: Cases and Materials, 4th Ed

Civil Procedure – Section 1 (CIVL-100-1)

Professor Coleman

First Assignment

The material for this course consists of Coleman, Stempel, Baicker-McKee, Herr, & Kaufman, Learning Civil Procedure (3d. Edition West 2018).

For our first class meeting on Tuesday, August 27, please read Learning Civil Procedure pp. xxxvii-xlii; Comprehensive Study Guide pp. 1-3, 11-15, and 32-34 (posted on Canvas); Walker v. City of Birmingham (posted on Canvas); and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Table of Contents.

A Canvas site for this course has been established, and you should register for it. I have posted the syllabus for this class. You should read the syllabus before attending the first day.

Constitutional Law I (CNLW-200-B)

Professor Skover

All information concerning the course, including the Course Requirements and Syllabus, is available at Skover Online. Link to the Current Courses page in the left margin of the home page.

First Assignment

Familiarize yourself with the essential pages of the website associated with the course. Read Course Requirements and peruse the Syllabus carefully.
Read the materials in Section I (introduction), Assignment 1 (Text 1-13, 1471-1488)

Constitutional Law I §C (CNLW-200-C)

Professor Siegel

Required Text

MODERN CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY READER, 5th Ed by Garvey, West-Thomson Reuter
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CASEBOOK, 5th, by Chemerinsky, Aspen.

First Assignment

Day 1

(1) casebook pages xli -lvii (the Constitution)
(2) reader, pages 4-12 (Bobbitt)
(3) casebook pages 11-32 (mostly Heller)

Day 2

(1) casebook pages 1-11 (Marbury and related material)
(2) reader, pages 244-265 (judicial review and judicial supremacy)

UCC SALES §A (COMM-350-A)

Professor DeLong

Required Text

Purchase from the bookstore the Commercial Law Selected Statutes 2019-2020 by Warren, West Academic
Principles of Sales Law (Concise Hornbook) by White, 5th Ed., West-Thomson Reuters
DeLongs UCC Sales Course Workbook which will be for sale at the bookstore by August

Register for this course on TWEN with your WestLaw password.

First Assignment

Read the Introduction to the Course and Units 1 and 2: Methods of Statutory Analysis; The Scope of Article 2

UCC Secured Transactions E (COMM-355-E)

Professor Bender

First Assignment

Register for this course on TWEN with your WestLaw password. Your assignments are posted in the Syllabus folder.

August 27, Tuesday

Introduction to Article 9 and Secured Credit,
- pp.1-13

August 29, Thursday

Attachment and Perfection of Security Interest:
- Overview, pp. 13-30
- (UCC 9-203, 9-102(a)(7), 9-108, 9-504)

September 3, Tuesday

Attachment and Perfection
- 29-47 (middle of page, end of first full paragraph) also read Rainier Natl. Bank v. Security State Bank, 796 P.2d 443 (Wash. App. 1990) (9-204, 9-102 (2), (11), (13), (23), (33),

September 5, Thursday

Perfection: Filing System
- 53-74 (bottom)(9-338, 9-502, 9-503, 9-504, 9-506, 9-516, 9-521, 9-210)

Contracts A (CONT-100-A)

Professor Chang

First Assignment

Read pp. 1-26 in Cunningham & Cherry, Contracts: A Real World Casebook. Skip the section on CISG (pp. 9-10). The class discussion will focus on Lucy v. Zehmer, as well as identifying when a contract is considered one for the sale of goods
The class syllabus that includes the first four weeks of assignments is available on the TWEN course page for this class and will also be emailed separately.

Contracts-B (CONT-100-B)

Professor Chinen

Required Text

An Introduction to Contracts: The Law of Transactions by Sidney DeLong and Contracts Text (Restatement & US UCC Article 2), Byrne, 5th.

First Assignment

Read Unit 1 and 2

Contracts §C (CONT-100-C)

Professor DeLong

Register for this course on TWEN once you have received your WestLaw password during Orientation.

Required Text

An Introduction to Contracts: the Law of Transaction by Sidney DeLong and Contracts Text (Restatement & US UCC Article 2), Byrne, 5th.

First Assignment

Read Unit 1 and 2

Contracts §E (CONT-100-E)

Professor Mahmud

Register for this class on TWEN after you receive your WestLaw password during Orientation.

First Assignment

Read pages 1-13 of your required textbook: CONTRACTS: CONTEMPORARY APPROACH, 3rd, by Kunz (West Academic) and the following.

Criminal Law-1 (CRIM-100-1)

Professor Ahrens

First Assignment

Read the attached document for full first assignment details.

Criminal Law (CRIM-100-2)

Professor Russo

Required Text

Criminal Law: Doctrine, Application and Practice (Second Edition) Professor Jens David Ohlin

First Assignment

Read Chapter 1 of the text, entitled "Introduction" and which runs from page 3 to 23.
Read the attached essay, "How to Prepare for Criminal Law Class".
Look at and be prepared to discuss the "Problem case" on page 19.

Criminal Procedure Investigative-A (CRIM-305-A)

Professor Ahrens

Please join the TWEN site for this course and complete the first-day assignment posted under the Syllabus tab (the assignment includes links to other materials, textbook pages, and a reading posted under the Course Materials tab).

Health Law I (HLTH-305-A)

Professor Burgon

Required Text

Introduction to American Health Care Law of The Law of American Health Care by Huberfeld, Weeks and Outterson (1st Edition)

First Assignment

Skim Chapter 1
WATCH: Monday class: PBS Frontline: Sick Around the World (April 15, 2008) (56 minutes) Wednesday class: PBS Frontline: Sick Around America (March 31, 2009 ) (54 minutes)

Introduction to the American Legal System-A (JURS-600-A)

Professor Chinen

Required Text

Law & Legal System of the United States, by Schoenbaum

First Assignment

Monday, Aug. 26

Schoenbaum 3-5, 9-16, and 19-20

Property §E (PROP-100-E)

Professor Eason

Required Text

Barros & Hemingway, Property Law (1st ed., 2015)

First Assignment

Read the attached document for full first assignment details.

Property-1 (PROP-100-1)

Professor Slye

READ THE SYLLABUS – There is important information in the syllabus about class attendance, my calling policy, and other important information.

For this first week, I will reserve the right to call on anyone. After the first week, the policy as set out in the syllabus will commence.

Required Text

Dukeminier & Krier, Property (9th Ed. 2017)

First Assignment

3-19; 859-865
19-52

Individual Income Taxation (TAXL-300-A)

Professor Kahng

First Assignment

Read the attached document for full first assignment details.

Corporate Tax §E (TAXL-306-E)

Professor Kahng

First Assignment

Read the attached document for full first assignment details.

Torts §A (TORT-100-A)

Professor Siegel

Required Text

All readings from Henderson, Keysar, and Pearson, THE TORTS PROCESS (9th Ed).

First Assignment

Day 1

Pages 1-19

Day 2

Pages 19-41

Torts §B (TORT-100-B)

Professor Mahmud

Register for this class on TWEN after you receive your WestLaw password during Orientation.

First Assignment

Read the case of Garratt v. Dailey pp. 1-4 from your casebook: CASES & MATERIALS ON TORT'S, 3rd by Diamond (West-Thomson Reuters) and the following.

TORTS §C (TORTS-100-C)

Professor Powell

Required Text

The Torts Process(Aspen Casebook), 9th Ed. James A. Henderson, et al.

First Assignment

Register for WestLaw’s TWEN when you receive your WL password during Orientation.
How to Prepare for Torts Class (found in Syllabus Folder on TWEN)
Text p. 1-9: you will find this background helpful for all of your first-year courses, so you may want to read it over again after the first couple weeks of class.

Legal Writing I (All sections) (WRIT-100)

First Assignment

Before your first class, please read Tips for a Successful Interview, which you can find in the Supplemental Reading Packet for this class (available for purchase in the Bookstore starting Monday, August 19). Any issues with this, please refer to our administrative assistant, Lori Lamb.

In addition, there will be a video of a mock client interview posted for you to watch before class. Your professor will let you know when this video is available.

For your second class of the first week, please read sections 1.1 through 1.4, sections 11.1 through 11.3, and section 11.4.1 (Example Memo 1) in The Legal Writing Handbook, 7th Edition. In addition, , please read sections 2.1, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.14, and 2.3 in Chapter Two of Essential Lawyering Skills, which is also in the Supplemental Reading Packet.

Class assignments are listed alphabetically by course name. All will be posted as received. If you do not see the assignments you are looking for, check TWEN, CANVAS, your professor's personal homepage or return to this web page to check again later.

Courses

Social Impact Advocacy (ADVC-330-A)

Professor Bender

First Assignment

Register for this course on TWEN with your WestLaw password. Your first assignment is posted under Course Materials.

Business Entities (BUSN 300-A)

Professor O'Kelley

First Assignment

Read the attached document for full first assignment details.

BUSINESS ENTITIES §E (BUSN-300-E)

Professor Powell

Required Text

Business Entities: Cases and Materials, 4th Ed . Eric A. Chiappinelli

First Assignment

Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Chiappinelli's Business Entities: Cases and Materials, 4th Ed

Civil Procedure – Section 1 (CIVL-100-1)

Professor Coleman

First Assignment

The material for this course consists of Coleman, Stempel, Baicker-McKee, Herr, & Kaufman, Learning Civil Procedure (3d. Edition West 2018).

For our first class meeting on Tuesday, August 27, please read Learning Civil Procedure pp. xxxvii-xlii; Comprehensive Study Guide pp. 1-3, 11-15, and 32-34 (posted on Canvas); Walker v. City of Birmingham (posted on Canvas); and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Table of Contents.

A Canvas site for this course has been established, and you should register for it. I have posted the syllabus for this class. You should read the syllabus before attending the first day.

Constitutional Law I (CNLW-200-B)

Professor Skover

All information concerning the course, including the Course Requirements and Syllabus, is available at Skover Online. Link to the Current Courses page in the left margin of the home page.

First Assignment

Familiarize yourself with the essential pages of the website associated with the course. Read Course Requirements and peruse the Syllabus carefully.
Read the materials in Section I (introduction), Assignment 1 (Text 1-13, 1471-1488)

Constitutional Law I §C (CNLW-200-C)

Professor Siegel

Required Text

MODERN CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY READER, 5th Ed by Garvey, West-Thomson Reuter
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CASEBOOK, 5th, by Chemerinsky, Aspen.

First Assignment

Day 1

(1) casebook pages xli -lvii (the Constitution)
(2) reader, pages 4-12 (Bobbitt)
(3) casebook pages 11-32 (mostly Heller)

Day 2

(1) casebook pages 1-11 (Marbury and related material)
(2) reader, pages 244-265 (judicial review and judicial supremacy)

UCC SALES §A (COMM-350-A)

Professor DeLong

Required Text

Purchase from the bookstore the Commercial Law Selected Statutes 2019-2020 by Warren, West Academic
Principles of Sales Law (Concise Hornbook) by White, 5th Ed., West-Thomson Reuters
DeLongs UCC Sales Course Workbook which will be for sale at the bookstore by August

Register for this course on TWEN with your WestLaw password.

First Assignment

Read the Introduction to the Course and Units 1 and 2: Methods of Statutory Analysis; The Scope of Article 2

UCC Secured Transactions E (COMM-355-E)

Professor Bender

First Assignment

Register for this course on TWEN with your WestLaw password. Your assignments are posted in the Syllabus folder.

August 27, Tuesday

Introduction to Article 9 and Secured Credit,
- pp.1-13

August 29, Thursday

Attachment and Perfection of Security Interest:
- Overview, pp. 13-30
- (UCC 9-203, 9-102(a)(7), 9-108, 9-504)

September 3, Tuesday

Attachment and Perfection
- 29-47 (middle of page, end of first full paragraph) also read Rainier Natl. Bank v. Security State Bank, 796 P.2d 443 (Wash. App. 1990) (9-204, 9-102 (2), (11), (13), (23), (33),

September 5, Thursday

Perfection: Filing System
- 53-74 (bottom)(9-338, 9-502, 9-503, 9-504, 9-506, 9-516, 9-521, 9-210)

Contracts A (CONT-100-A)

Professor Chang

First Assignment

Read pp. 1-26 in Cunningham & Cherry, Contracts: A Real World Casebook. Skip the section on CISG (pp. 9-10). The class discussion will focus on Lucy v. Zehmer, as well as identifying when a contract is considered one for the sale of goods
The class syllabus that includes the first four weeks of assignments is available on the TWEN course page for this class and will also be emailed separately.

Contracts-B (CONT-100-B)

Professor Chinen

Required Text

An Introduction to Contracts: The Law of Transactions by Sidney DeLong and Contracts Text (Restatement & US UCC Article 2), Byrne, 5th.

First Assignment

Read Unit 1 and 2

Contracts §C (CONT-100-C)

Professor DeLong

Register for this course on TWEN once you have received your WestLaw password during Orientation.

Required Text

An Introduction to Contracts: the Law of Transaction by Sidney DeLong and Contracts Text (Restatement & US UCC Article 2), Byrne, 5th.

First Assignment

Read Unit 1 and 2

Contracts §E (CONT-100-E)

Professor Mahmud

Register for this class on TWEN after you receive your WestLaw password during Orientation.

First Assignment

Read pages 1-13 of your required textbook: CONTRACTS: CONTEMPORARY APPROACH, 3rd, by Kunz (West Academic) and the following.

Criminal Law-1 (CRIM-100-1)

Professor Ahrens

First Assignment

Read the attached document for full first assignment details.

Criminal Law (CRIM-100-2)

Professor Russo

Required Text

Criminal Law: Doctrine, Application and Practice (Second Edition) Professor Jens David Ohlin

First Assignment

Read Chapter 1 of the text, entitled "Introduction" and which runs from page 3 to 23.
Read the attached essay, "How to Prepare for Criminal Law Class".
Look at and be prepared to discuss the "Problem case" on page 19.

Criminal Procedure Investigative-A (CRIM-305-A)

Professor Ahrens

Please join the TWEN site for this course and complete the first-day assignment posted under the Syllabus tab (the assignment includes links to other materials, textbook pages, and a reading posted under the Course Materials tab).

Health Law I (HLTH-305-A)

Professor Burgon

Required Text

Introduction to American Health Care Law of The Law of American Health Care by Huberfeld, Weeks and Outterson (1st Edition)

First Assignment

Skim Chapter 1
WATCH: Monday class: PBS Frontline: Sick Around the World (April 15, 2008) (56 minutes) Wednesday class: PBS Frontline: Sick Around America (March 31, 2009 ) (54 minutes)

Introduction to the American Legal System-A (JURS-600-A)

Professor Chinen

Required Text

Law & Legal System of the United States, by Schoenbaum

First Assignment

Monday, Aug. 26

Schoenbaum 3-5, 9-16, and 19-20

Property §E (PROP-100-E)

Professor Eason

Required Text

Barros & Hemingway, Property Law (1st ed., 2015)

First Assignment

Read the attached document for full first assignment details.

Property-1 (PROP-100-1)

Professor Slye

READ THE SYLLABUS – There is important information in the syllabus about class attendance, my calling policy, and other important information.

For this first week, I will reserve the right to call on anyone. After the first week, the policy as set out in the syllabus will commence.

Required Text

Dukeminier & Krier, Property (9th Ed. 2017)

First Assignment

3-19; 859-865
19-52

Individual Income Taxation (TAXL-300-A)

Professor Kahng

First Assignment

Read the attached document for full first assignment details.

Corporate Tax §E (TAXL-306-E)

Professor Kahng

First Assignment

Read the attached document for full first assignment details.

Torts §A (TORT-100-A)

Professor Siegel

Required Text

All readings from Henderson, Keysar, and Pearson, THE TORTS PROCESS (9th Ed).

First Assignment

Day 1

Pages 1-19

Day 2

Pages 19-41

Torts §B (TORT-100-B)

Professor Mahmud

Register for this class on TWEN after you receive your WestLaw password during Orientation.

First Assignment

Read the case of Garratt v. Dailey pp. 1-4 from your casebook: CASES & MATERIALS ON TORT'S, 3rd by Diamond (West-Thomson Reuters) and the following.

TORTS §C (TORTS-100-C)

Professor Powell

Required Text

The Torts Process(Aspen Casebook), 9th Ed. James A. Henderson, et al.

First Assignment

Register for WestLaw’s TWEN when you receive your WL password during Orientation.
How to Prepare for Torts Class (found in Syllabus Folder on TWEN)
Text p. 1-9: you will find this background helpful for all of your first-year courses, so you may want to read it over again after the first couple weeks of class.

Legal Writing I (All sections) (WRIT-100)

First Assignment

Before your first class, please read Tips for a Successful Interview, which you can find in the Supplemental Reading Packet for this class (available for purchase in the Bookstore starting Monday, August 19). Any issues with this, please refer to our administrative assistant, Lori Lamb.

In addition, there will be a video of a mock client interview posted for you to watch before class. Your professor will let you know when this video is available.

For your second class of the first week, please read sections 1.1 through 1.4, sections 11.1 through 11.3, and section 11.4.1 (Example Memo 1) in The Legal Writing Handbook, 7th Edition. In addition, , please read sections 2.1, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.14, and 2.3 in Chapter Two of Essential Lawyering Skills, which is also in the Supplemental Reading Packet.