First-Day Assignments
Fall 2019
Advanced Litigation (Schnug)
For our first class (8/29/19) please review this brief article: Also, please complete the self-assessment form posted on Blackboard and bring it with you to turn in on the first day. You do not need to wear courtroom attire for our first class, but you will for every court session (Thursdays) after that. I look forward to working with you!
Appellate Advocacy (Stegall)
There is no assignment for the first day. Check your email for the syllabus.
Comparative Law (Head)
As shown in our Comparative Law syllabus, our first two class sessions (Thu 29 Aug and Fri 30 Aug) will focus on the material in Chapter 1 of the book. Please consider the Study Questions at the beginning of that chapter, which will serve as a “backbone” for our discussions. In addition, be prepared to address this question: what do you aim to get out of a comparative study of law ... personally, professionally?
Contract Drafting (Sears)
August 29, 2019
Translating the Business Deal into Contract Concepts. These chapters provide the framework for the course. You will learn the analytic skills that deal lawyers use when drafting and the basic contract concepts from a deal lawyer’s perspective.
Reading Assignment
Chapter 1 – A Few Words.
Chapter 2 – The Building Blocks of Contracts.
Chapter 3 – Translating the Business Deal – Part 1.
Chapter 4 – Translating the Business Deal – Part 2. (Including the Appendices to Chapter 4.)
Chapter 5 – A Contract’s Parts.
Class Discussion – We will discuss Exercise 5-2 during class. Please review it.
Contracts (Drahozal)
For the first day of class, read and prepare to discuss pages 1-8 in the Burton & Drahozal casebook. In addition, find, read, and bring with you to class a contract of your choice.
Contracts (Mulligan)
1) Register for Mulligan’s Contract course on TWEN and download the syllabus.
2) Sept. 3 (first period) pp. 3-22
3) Sept. 3 (second period) the Cook case on TWEN and UCC 2-101 to 2-107
4) Sept. 4 pp. 33-43
Elections and Campaign Finance (Johnson)
First Day-Thursday, August 29
Lowenstein casebook: pages 29-31, 47-48 n. 5, 52-77, 117-124 n. 5
on Blackboard: U.S. Constitution, Art. I, Sec. 4 and 5; Amendments 15,17, 24, and 26
Employment Law (Rosenberg)
Welcome to Employment Law! For the first day of class, please take a look at the syllabus and do the readings listed in sections III.A.1 and III.A.2. I am looking forward to seeing everyone in class. The syllabus is posted on Blackboard.
Evidence (Velte)
Casebook Foreword, Study Guide, Chapters 1, 2 and complete the Introduction Assignment (posted on Blackboard).
Federal Income Tax (Mazza)
∙Purchase from the bookstore the following required materials:
Burke & Friel, Taxation of Individual Income (12th ed. 2018)
CCH, Federal Income Tax Code and Regulations -- Selected Sections (2019-20)
Before the first class, access the TWEN materials for this course and read the Course Description. During the first class, we will discuss some administrative matters relating to the course and complete Unit 1 (relating to the sources of U.S. tax law) and Unit 2 (relating to tax policy). For Friday, we’ll get through Unit 3 and Problem 1 in Unit 4.
Because you may not use computers during class, you’ll need to print out the materials in advance.
Global Challenges in Law, Agriculture, Development, and Ecology (Head)
As shown on the course syllabus, the first three class sessions will identify how current world events reveal “global challenges” in the core areas of international law, agriculture, development, human development, environment, and ecology. So in advance of our first class (Thu 29 Aug), please peruse the news for an interesting and timely topic falling within one or (preferably) more of those “core areas”.
Health Law and Policy (Collier)
Session 1 – September 3
Introduction and Overview: Health Law and Policy
Introductions
Review Syllabus
Review slides Posted to Blackboard
Furrow, Greaney Ch. 1, pp 1-25
Furrow, Greaney Ch. 19, pp 1021-36
Intellectual Property Law (Holman)
Please read chapter 1 of the assigned textbook, which is:
Intellectual Property Law: Cases and Materials, Sixth Edition, by Lydia Pallas Loren and Joseph Scott Miller (Semaphore Press 2018).
International Law and Literature (Bhala)
LAW “AS” LITERATURE
(1 PROFESSIONAL WRITING ASSIGNMENT – TREATY DRAFTING)
Week 1: Monday and Tuesday, 2-3 September
Please Note: No Class Labor Day, Monday, 2 September
Treaty Interpretation, Conventional Vienna Convention Interpretative Methodology, and “Morality” in International Law
Lecture and Class Discussion Topics:
(1) Studying Law “As” Literature
(International Legal Texts “As” Literature)
(2) Treaty Interpretation Methods
(Conventional Vienna Convention Approach to Treaty Interpretation)
(3) Examples of “Bad” versus “Good” Treaty Drafting
(The difference can mean war versus peace!)
(4) “Morality” Provisions in International Law
(GATT Article XX(a))
(5) Satire and a Great Irish Writer:
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
Reading Assignments:
(1) Posner, Preface, pages xi-xvi; and Critical Introduction; pages 1-17
(2) 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Articles 31-32 (4 pages)
(3) Clark, Katharine & Matthew Connolly, A Guide to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying Statutes, The Writing Center, Georgetown University Law Center (April 2006) (21 pages)
(4) GATT Article XX(a) (1 page)
Optional Reading Assignments:
(1) Cross, Chapter 1 (Historical), pages 9-19; Chapter 2 (Jurisprudential), pages 20-45; Chapter 3 (The Basic Rules States), pages 46-67; Chapter 4 (The Basic Rules Illustrated), pages 68-111
International Trade and Finance (Bhala)
The syllabus is available as a hard copy on the syllabus table outside room 203.
The first day assignment, which is listed in the syllabus, is the same for all of (i.e., carries through to) the classes through Tuesday, 10 September, is:
Required:
International Trade Law, 5th edition (2019), Volume 1:
Preface, Introduction, and Chapters 1-3, and Chapters 4-12
Plus:
Watch YouTube Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY2XVBlZ_nE&feature=youtu.be
Optional:
Modern GATT Law: Preface and Introduction, Volume II: Chapters 56-57
The required first day assignment is to be spaced out over the first few classes, through 10 September.
Islamic Law (Bhala) Ft. Leavenworth
Pick up syllabus from the syllabus table outside room 203.
Thursday, 8 August (Unofficial First Class) INTRODUCTION: TEN THRESHOLD ISSUES
PART ONE: ORIGINS
● Life and Times of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) (PBUH) 570/571-632 A.D.
● Revelation, Themes, and Compilation of the Holy Qur’ān 610-650 A.D.
Required Readings
Understanding Islamic Law (Sharī‘a): Preface, Notes on Manuscript Preparation, Introduction: Ten Threshold Issues, and Chapters 1-3
Diana Wichtel, The Words of the Prophet – Islam v Terror: Islamic Law Expert on Understanding Sharia in the Modern World, The Listener (New Zealand), 17-23 June 2017, at 28-31,
Watch YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy91hIavLRU&feature=youtu.be
Optional:
Speech by President Barack H. Obama, On a New Beginning, Cairo University, Cairo Egypt, 4 June 2009 (Attached to Syllabus)
Qur’ān: Introduction at pp. xiv-xxxvi; Qur’ān, Surah 2 (The Cow) at 2-33 (skim only); Surah 19 (Mary) at 191-95; Surah 20 (Ta Ha) at 196-202; Surah 26 (The Poets) at 232-38; Surah 30 (The Byzantines) at pp. 257-60; Surah 36 (Ya Sin) at pp. 281-84; Surah 37 (Ranged in Rows) at 285-89; Surah 49 (The Private Quarters) at 338-39; Surah 55 (The Lord of Mercy) at 353-55; Surah 56 (That Which is Coming) at 356-58; Surah 69 (The Inevitable Hour) at 387-88; Surah 77 (Winds Set Forth) at 403-04; Surah 105 (The Elephant) at 437; Surah 106 (Quraysh) at 438
Jurisdiction (Mulligan)
1) Register for the Course on TWEN and download the syllabus
2) For Aug. 29, read the following cases from the TWEN page: Pennoyer and International Shoe
3) For Aug. 30, read the following cases from the TWEN page: Perkins and Helicopters
Jurisdiction (Sward/Six)
For the first day of class, Thursday, August 29, access the course Blackboard site and review the syllabus. Complete the case reading assignment posted on the assignments tab as you read pp. 77-88 in the casebook.
Juvenile Law (Sheldon)
Required Texts
Children in the Legal System (5th Edition) (2014) and Casebook Supplemental Materials (2017)
by Davis, Scott, Wadlington, and Weithorn.[1]
Revised Kansas Code for Care of Children Kansas Statutes Annotated 38-2201 et seq.[2]
Revised Kansas Juvenile Justice Code Kansas Statutes Annotated 38-2301 et seq.[3]
Juvenile Justice Authority Kansas Statutes Annotated 75-7001 et seq.[4]
September 9 Introduction to the Legal and Philosophical Basis to the Juvenile Justice System
Read: Casebook: Chapter 1 (pp.1-2)
Chapter 9 (pp. 913-918)
Kansas Code for Care of Children
Section 38-2201
Section 38-2209
Section 38-2210
Section 38-2211
Section 38-2212
Section 38-2212a
Section 38-2213
Section 38-2247
Kansas Juvenile Justice Code
Section 38-2301
Section 38-2309
Section 38-2310
Section 38-2311
Section 38-2312
Section 38-2325
Section 38-2326
Section 38-2353
[1] The Supplemental Materials for the casebook may be found on Blackboard.
[2] The Revised Kansas Code for Care of Children may be found on Westlaw under Kansas state materials. In Westlaw, choose “State materials (Kansas)” and then select Kansas Statutes. The Revised Kansas Code for Care of Children is Chapter 38, Article 22.
[3] The Revised Kansas Juvenile Justice Code may be found on Westlaw under Kansas state materials. In Westlaw, choose “State materials (Kansas)” and then select Kansas Statutes. The Revised Kansas Juvenile Justice Code is Chapter 38, Article 23.
[4] The Juvenile Justice Authority (Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 1996) may be found on Westlaw under Kansas state materials. In Westlaw, choose “State materials (Kansas)” and then select Kansas Statutes. The Juvenile Justice Authority (Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 1996) is Chapter 75, Article 70. Please note that on July 1, 2013, the Juvenile Justice Authority was abolished by Executive Reorganization Order No. 42. All the facilities and programs administered by the Juvenile Justice Authority were transferred to the Department of Corrections. Please feel free to read this Act; the only section that I am assigning to read, however, is K.S.A. 75-7023.
Professional Responsibility (Hoeflich)
Topics and Cases Covered: In re Glass, 58 Cal. 4th 500 (Cal. 2014); In re Mustafa, 631 A.2d 45 (D.C. 1993); In re Prager, 422 Mass. 86 (Mass. 1996); In re Zbigien, 433 N.W.2d 871 (Minn. 1988); In re Taylor, 1996 Cal. LEXIS 4452; In re Griffiths, 413 U.S. 717 (U.S. 1973); Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper, 470 U.S. 274 (U.S. 1985); In re Garcia, 58 Cal. 4th 440 (Cal. 2014)
- Bar Application Process/Academic Misconduct
- In re Glass, 58 Cal. 4th 500 (Cal. 2014)
- In re Mustafa, 631 A.2d 45 (D.C. 1993)
- In re Prager, 422 Mass. 86 (Mass. 1996)
- In re Zbigien, 433 N.W.2d 871 (Minn. 1988)
- In re Taylor, 1996 Cal. LEXIS 4452
- Disability Accommodations
- Citizenship
- In re Griffiths, 413 U.S. 717 (U.S. 1973)
- Residency
- Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper, 470 U.S. 274 (U.S. 1985)
- In re Garcia, 58 Cal. 4th 440 (Cal. 2014)
Prosecutorial Ethics (Valdez)
Required Materials: “Prosecutorial Ethics” (3rd Ed) by R. Michael Cassidy and Suzanne Valdez (West Publishing)
For our first class on Tuesday, September 3, please review ABA Model Rule 3.8 - Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor (and comments).
Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations (Hopkins)
Reading Assignment:
- Textbook, Chapters 1-3
- Sample articles of incorporation
Internal Revenue Code sections 501(a), (b), (c); 170
Special Topics: Cybercrimes (Wolesky)
Read and be prepared to discuss Riley v. California, 134 S.Ct. 2473 (2014).
State Court Practice (Valdez)
All course materials for State Court Practice will be posted on Blackboard throughout the semester. Chapter 1-3 will be posted for your use under the "Course Materials" tab by the start of classes on August 29. Please review the first folder called "Commencing a Civil Action" for the first week of class.
The Law of War (Hoeflich)
Read pages 1-72- Gary D. Solis, The Law of Armed Conflict ( 2nd. ed., Cambridge: Cambridge University Pr., 2017).
Torts (Simon)
1) Read Introduction to Torts pages 1-16
2) Read Intentional Torts Battery pages 17-32
Torts (Velte)
Torts: Casebook read pp. 1-30 and skim pp. 31-46 and complete the Introduction Assignment (posted on Blackboard).
Water Law (Titus)
Introduction to Water Law, pages 1-15. Hydrology, pages 82-84; 355-358; 371-378; 408-410; 417-18.
Available Online in Blackboard:
25% of World’s Population Under “Extremely High Water Stress”
Activity – bring a hard copy of an article discussing a water law issue in your home state and write a short paragraph or two summarizing the issue to discuss and hand in during class.