First-Day Assignments

1. Review syllabus
2. International Trade Law Textbook (5th edition, 2019), Volume III, Chapters 1-9

First-day assignment is posted on Canvas.

Read Chapter 1 of Stephen J. Ware, Principles of Alternative Dispute Resolution (4th ed. West 2023). You may use the free version of this book through your subscription to West Academic Study Aids or buy the print or e-book. To access the free version, create an account at https://subscription.westacademic.com/ using your KU email. Once signed in, the book will be available at https://subscription.westacademic.com/Book/Detail/28096. Although I believe this will be free and reliably accessible throughout the semester, no guarantees.

First-day assignment as posted on Canvas:
Please make sure you review the Course Syllabus and related information on Canvas. 
Have the required reading materials available prior to the first day of class. 
Bankruptcy Myths Quiz
•    Please complete this quiz (Canvas) prior to class.
•    It should only take you a few minutes.
•    Please do not use any outside sources / look up the answers.
•    We will discuss these questions and answers in class.
•    Don’t stress, score will be based on completion only.

For the first day of class, read pages 1-19 and prepare to discuss Problems 1.1 and 1.2 in the Drahozal casebook.

First-day assignment posted in Canvas.

First-day assignment posted in Canvas.  

Wednesday, January 17.  
The assigned reading is the Hasen casebook, Election Law:  Cases and Materials, 7th edition.  
Pages 29-31, 49-50 n. 5, 54-58, and 74-80.

First-day assignments posted on Canvas.

First-day assignment posted on Canvas.

First day assignment is posted on CANVAS.

For the first day of class, please (1) review the Canvas site and read the course information and syllabus memorandum posted there; and (2) read Supplementary Reading 1: The Disqualification Clause (posted in the Detailed Syllabus for Unit 1) and be prepared to discuss the issues in class.

First-day assignment posted on Canvas.  

1. Review syllabus

2. Understanding Islamic Law (Sharī‘a) Textbook (3rd edition, 2023), Preface, Notes on Manuscript Preparation, Introduction: Ten Threshold Issues, and Chapters 1-3 and 4-9

Please note there are no other readings required for Islamic Law Independent Study. Further readings in the Textbook will depend on research paper topics.

Cox, Bok & Gorman Casebook: Introduction, pp. 1-3
Casebook: Part One, Section I, C-D pp. 41-54 
2023 Statutory Appendix: NLRA §§1, 2 and 7 pp. 25-28, 30

For the first day of class, please (1) review the Canvas site and read the syllabus posted there; (2) read pages 67-73; 74-81; 1059-1066 (Appendix A) and scan Pages 1071-1078 from the required textbook- Land Transfer and Finance - Cases and Materials, Sixth Edition; and (3) scan the “Residential Real Estate Contract” in the document posted in Canvas entitled Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors Forms.

Posted on Canvas.

Read Chapter I of the Treatise (Mergers & Acquisitions:  Law, Theory and Practice, (3rd edition))

No first-day assignment.  You can read ahead in Module 1, if you wish.

Dear Students,

I look forward to seeing you all next week.  Please, as soon as possible, sign up for the course TWEN site through your Westlaw account.  I will list the syllabus, readings and other resources there.  I will also communicate with you via TWEN.  You will get notifications when new materials are added to TWEN.

The syllabus will be posted shortly.  In the meantime, here is the reading for next week:

1. The Concept of Property: Why Recognize Property?

2. The Concept of Property: What is Property? / The Right to Transfer

Sprankling & Coletta text (5th Edition, 2021)
Read pages 1-23

Also be sure to buy only the hardcopy version of the required textbook, as the final examination is a no internet, no online textbook, no laptop access assessment using the closed mode of University Of Kansas School of Law's final exam software. 

All assignments will be posted on Canvas.

ASSIGNMENT FOR FIRST CLASS:
•   Purchase the required materials from the bookstore.
•    Print Part I of the Syllabus. Part II of the Syllabus, covering S Corporations and 
Partnerships, will be posted later in the semester.
•    For the first day, after discussing administrative matters, we'll complete Unit 1 and start 
Unit 2. Unit 1 gives an overview of the three basic models of entity taxation - the C corporation, 
the S corporation, and the partnership. Although we will spend some time in this unit discussing 
the relevant distinctions among the three models, we will wait until we have some base of knowledge 
concerning C corporations before we make specific comparisons. In Unit 2, we'll talk about the 
requirements associated with section 351. We won't get to any of the problems in Unit 2. Please 
read pages 505 - 520 and the Code sections assigned to that part of the unit. We won't get to 
American Bantam Car until the next class period.
 

1.    Read Syllabus and Schedule on Canvas
2.    Chapter 1 of Textbook

Dear Students,

I look forward to seeing you all next week.  Please, as soon as possible, sign up for the course TWEN site through your Westlaw account.  I will list the syllabus, readings and other resources there.  I will also communicate with you via TWEN.  You will get notifications when new materials are added to TWEN.

The syllabus will be posted shortly.  In the meantime, here is the reading for next week:

Class 1 (Jan. 16) – Introduction: Freedom of Disposition

The Power to Transmit Property at Death 1-40

Probate Process 40-51

Posted on Canvas

First-day assignment is posted on Canvas.