First Assignments Spring 2021...2020/12/21 · Martin; Sherman, Edward; Pfander, James Publisher: West Academic Edition: 7th Edition ISBN: 978-1-6402-0185-9 Civ Pro II must have a

COURSE NO. SEC. INSTRUCTOR TEXTBOOK FIRST ASSIGNMENT

ADVANCED CORPORATIONS 873 O REGAN TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Prepare the Delaware statute sections and case materials for the first class topic of “Corporate Democracy.” These handouts will be posted on Canvas on the home page for this course.

ADVANCED ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY

662 O2 HERRMANN TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: No First Assignment

ADVANCED ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY

662 O3 HERRMANN TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


ASYLUM & REFUGEE LAW 6196 O TOMCZAK TEXTBOOK: Title: Forced Migration: Law & Policy (Casebook) Author: Martin, et al. Publisher: West Academic Edition: 2 Edition, 2013 book ISBN: 978-0-3142-8533-1

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: CB = Case Book NCB = Not in Case Book Protection under U.S. Law & U.S. Procedures CB 85-106; 816-833

NCB INA 101(a)(42), 8 USC 1101(a)(42)

INA 208, 8 USC 1158

INA 209(b), 8 USC 1159(b)

INA 241(b)(3), 8 USC 1231(b)(3)

What is Persecution? CB 131-164

NCB Matter of O-Z- & I-Z-, 22 I&N Dec. 23 (BIA 1998)

Voci v. Gonzales, 409 F.3rd 607 (3rd Cir. 2005) (Read part III. Severity Theory)

BAR EXAM SUCCESS: SUBSTANCE & SKILLS

690 O1 LOFTS/JOHNSON TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Once you have your Themis log-in credentials, navigate to your course and complete the following: Lectures: Watch/Do interactive lectures for Torts, Module 1. Be sure to complete the accompanying “Lecture Handout” and answer “Assessments” questions for each Chapter in the Module. MBE PQs: Complete Torts, Module 1 MBE Questions (15 total). [As needed as a supplement, review Torts “Outline”]

First Assignments – Spring 2021 UPDATED: 12/21/2020 SCROLL DOWN TO GET FULL ASSIGNMENT


BAR EXAM SUCCESS: SUBSTANCE & SKILLS

690 O2 LOFTS/JOHNSON TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Once you have your Themis log-in credentials, navigate to your course and complete the following: Lectures: Watch/Do interactive lectures for Torts, Module 1. Be sure to complete the accompanying “Lecture Handout” and answer “Assessments” questions for each Chapter in the Module. MBE PQs: Complete Torts, Module 1 MBE Questions (15 total). [As needed as a supplement, review Torts “Outline”]

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS 631 A REGAN TEXTBOOK: Title: The Law of Business Organizations, Cases, Materials, and Problems Author: Jonathan Macey; Douglas Moll; Robert Hamilton Publisher: West Academic Publishing Edition: 14th Edition ISBN: 978-1-6846-7748-1 Title: Corporations, Other Limited Liability Entities, Statutory and Documentary Supplement Author: Thomas Hazen; Jerry Markham Publisher: West Academic Publishing Edition: 2020-2021 Edition ISBN: 978-1-6846-7450-3

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Introduction and Agency Law Principles Text, Pages 1-24

BUSINESS PLANNING 733 W HUDSON TEXTBOOK: Title: Advising the Small Business (Forms & Advice) Author: Batman Publisher: ABA Edition: 2018 ISBN: 978-1-6410-5153-8

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Advising the Small Business, Chapter 1 (pp. 1-8); Chapter 5 (pp. 89-105)



Title: Working With Contracts: What Law School Doesn't Teach You Author: Charles Fox Publisher: Edition: 2nd Edition ISBN: 978-1-4024-1060-4

CHILDREN AND THE LAW 634 O HIRST TEXTBOOK: Title: Children and the Law, Doctrine, Policy and Practice Author: Abrams, Mangold, Ramsey Publisher: West Academic Edition: 6th ISBN: 978-1-6346-0488-8

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Pages 1-22 in the course book.

CIVIL PROCEDURE I 502 A MCMANAMON TEXTBOOK: Title: Civil Procedure, A Modern Approach (American Casebook Series) Author: Marcus, Richard; Redish, Martin; Sherman, Edward; Pfander, James Publisher: West Academic Edition: 7th Edition ISBN: 978-1-6402-0185-9 Title: Federal Civil Rules Supplement Author: A. Benjamin Spencer Publisher: West Academic Edition: 2020-2021 Edition ISBN: 978-1-6846-7989-8


CIVIL PROCEDURE I 502 B MAY TEXTBOOK: Title: A Contemporary Approach Author: A. Benjamin Spencer Publisher: West Academic Publishing Edition: 5th Edition ISBN: 978-1-6346-0790-2 Title: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Author: A. Benjamin Spencer Publisher: West Academic Publishing

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Casebook pp. 19-35 PROBLEM: Hypo 1.1 STUDY QUESTIONS:

1. What is the rule of Pennoyer v. Neff? 2. Personal jurisdiction is at its most basic an exercise

of power – the power of courts to bind individuals to judgments. As a result, as a matter of fairness (and in legalese, due process), we don’t want courts to be issuing random judgments against a



Edition: 2020-2021 Edition ISBN: 978-1-6846-7990-4

person who either: (1) didn’t know he or she was being sued (the notice problems we’ll get to later); or (2) had no reason to think that this jurisdiction had any power over him or her. However, notions of fairness and due process can change over time. Did the Pennoyer rule make sense in 1877? Why or why not? Does the Pennoyer rule make sense in 2019? Why or why not?

3. How is the Hess v. Pawloski Court attempting to deal with the uncomfortable “fit” of the Pennoyer rule in the 20thcentury? What solution does it come up with? Does this solution seem very practical, in your opinion?

4. Why does the personal jurisdiction analysis focus on the court’s jurisdiction over the defendant? Why don’t we worry about the plaintiff?

CIVIL PROCEDURE I 502 C MAY TEXTBOOK: Title: A Contemporary Approach Author: A. Benjamin Spencer Publisher: West Academic Publishing Edition: 5th Edition ISBN: 978-1-6346-0790-2 Title: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Author: A. Benjamin Spencer Publisher: West Academic Publishing Edition: 2020-2021 Edition ISBN: 978-1-6846-7990-4

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Casebook pp. 19-35 PROBLEM: Hypo 1.1 STUDY QUESTIONS:

1. What is the rule of Pennoyer v. Neff? 2. Personal jurisdiction is at its most basic an exercise

of power – the power of courts to bind individuals to judgments. As a result, as a matter of fairness (and in legalese, due process), we don’t want courts to be issuing random judgments against a person who either: (1) didn’t know he or she was being sued (the notice problems we’ll get to later); or (2) had no reason to think that this jurisdiction had any power over him or her. However, notions of fairness and due process can change over time. Did the Pennoyer rule make sense in 1877? Why or why not? Does the Pennoyer rule make sense in 2019? Why or why not?

3. How is the Hess v. Pawloski Court attempting to deal with the uncomfortable “fit” of the Pennoyer rule in the 20thcentury? What solution does it come up with? Does this solution seem very practical, in your opinion?

4. Why does the personal jurisdiction analysis focus on the court’s jurisdiction over the defendant? Why don’t we worry about the plaintiff?



CIVIL PROCEDURE II 6179 W MCMANAMON TEXTBOOK: Title: Civil Procedure, A Modern Approach (American Casebook Series) Author: Marcus, Richard; Redish, Martin; Sherman, Edward; Pfander, James Publisher: West Academic Edition: 7th Edition ISBN: 978-1-6402-0185-9 Civ Pro II must have a Federal Rules of Civil Procedure book -- they can use the one they used in the first year. Title: Federal Civil Rules Supplement Author: A. Benjamin Spencer Publisher: West Academic Edition: 2020-2021 Edition ISBN: 978-1-6846-7989-8


COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION & CLOSINGS

6173 W MITNICK TEXTBOOK: Professor will supply all materials needed for class.


CONSTITUTIONAL LAW I (MODULE 1)

6170 A GARFIELD TEXTBOOK: Title: Constitutional Law [Connected Casebook] Author: Erwin Chemerinsky Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 6th Edition ISBN: 978-1-5438-1307-4

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: In the Chemersinky, Constitutoinal Law (6th edition) textbook, read the First Amendment of the Constitution (p. xlvii) and section 1 of the 14th Amendment (p. l – that’s Roman Numeral “l”). Then jump to chapter 9 on the First Amendment: Freedom of Expression and read pp. 1177-1201


6170 B GARFIELD TEXTBOOK: Title: Constitutional Law [Connected Casebook] Author: Erwin Chemerinsky

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: In the Chemersinky, Constitutoinal Law (6th edition) textbook, read the First Amendment of the Constitution (p. xlvii) and section 1 of the 14th Amendment (p. l – that’s



Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 6th Edition ISBN: 978-1-5438-1307-4

Roman Numeral “l”). Then jump to chapter 9 on the First Amendment: Freedom of Expression and read pp. 1177-1201


6170 C SMOLLA TEXTBOOK: Title: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: STRUCTURE AND RIGHTS IN OUR FEDERAL SYSTEM Author: Rodney A. Smolla and William C. Banks Publisher: Carolina Academic Press Edition: 7th Edition ISBN-13: 978-1-5310-0733-1 ISBN-10: 1531007333

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Section 9:01 (pages 951-75 of the casebook), “Competing Conceptions of Freedom of Speech”


6170 W DALY TEXTBOOK: Professor will provide materials

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read Schenck v. U.S. and Abrams v. U.S.

CONTRACT DEVELOPMENT AND NEGOTIATION

6190 A KULLER TEXTBOOK: Title: Drafting Contracts: How & why Lawyers Do What They Do Author: Tina L. Stark Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 2nd Edition ISBN: 978-0-7355-9477-7

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Please read Stark Chapters 1, 2 and 5



CONTRACTS II 6168 A FRIEDMAN TEXTBOOK: Title: Sales: A Systems Approach Author: Daniel Keating Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 7th Edition ISBN: 978-1-5438-0448-5 Required Statutory Supplement Title: Selected Commercial Statutes for Sales and Contracts Courses Author: Kunzy, Chomsky, et al. Publisher: West Academic Edition: *see below ISBN: 978-1-6846-7966-9 *However, any edition from 2013 to the present is fine—in fact, any supplement with the complete text of Article 1, 2 and 2A with comments, along with core provisions from the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, will do just fine.

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: For our first class, please start by reading pp. 1-12 in the Keating book. Then read Gross Valentino Printing Co. v. Clarke (you will find this in the Assignment #1 module on the course’s canvas site, which will be available by December 22). After that, please read pp. 17-21 in the Keating book and do Problems 1.1 through 1.4 on pp. 21-23 in that book. For our second class, we’ll cover Problems 1.5 and 1.6 on pp. 21-23. After that, please read pp. 26-41 and prepare Problems 2.1 and 2.1.

CONTRACTS II 6168 B TEWARI TEXTBOOK: Title: Sales: A Systems Approach Author: Daniel Keating Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 7th Edition ISBN: 978-1-5438-0448-5 Required Supplement: Title: Rules of Contract Law Author: Charles L. Knapp, Nathan Crystal & Harry G. Prince Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: any edition new or used from 2014-present ISBN: 978-1-4548-9452-0

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Daniel Keating, Sales: A Systems Approach, Seventh Edition (Wolters Kluwer 2020), Read pgs. 1-21; 26-41; 46 and Problems: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5 and 1.6 on pgs. 21-23; 2.1 on pgs. 46-47



CONTRACTS II 6168 C SCHEUER TEXTBOOK: Title: Sales: A System Approach Author: Daniel Keating Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 7th Edition ISBN: 978-1-5438-0448-5

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Role of Codes in Sales Systems; Scope of Article 2; Core Concepts Read the Assignment #1.

CONTRACTS II 6168 W SCHEUER TEXTBOOK: Title: Sales: A System Approach Author: Daniel Keating Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 7th Edition ISBN: 978-1-5438-0448-5

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Role of Codes in Sales Systems; Scope of Article 2; Core Concepts Read the Assignment #1.

CRIME & PUNISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES

6115 O GRIESMER TEXTBOOK: Professor will email students

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Professor will email students

CRIMINAL LAW 505 A THUSI TEXTBOOK: Title: Criminal Law, Cases and Materials Author: Cynthia Lee and Angela P. Harris Publisher: West Academic Edition: 4th Edition ISBN: 978-1-6832-8406-2 Optional: Title: Understanding Criminal Law Author: Dressler, Joshua Publisher: Carolina Academic Press Edition: 8th Edition ISBN: 978-1-5310-0791-1

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read 1-31, Syllabus, MPC § 1.02, Materials on Canvas

CRIMINAL LAW 505 B RITTER TEXTBOOK: Title: Criminal Law Cases and Materials Author: Kaplan, Weisberg and Binder Publisher: Aspen Edition: 8th ISBN: 978-1-4548-6821-7

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read Casebook- pp. 5-15; 76-82



CRIMINAL LAW 505 C RITTER TEXTBOOK: Title: Criminal Law Cases and Materials Author: Kaplan, Weisberg and Binder Publisher: Aspen Edition: 8th ISBN: 978-1-4548-6821-7

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read Casebook- pp. 5-15; 76-82

CRIMINAL LAW 505 W SCHENKER TEXTBOOK: Title: Criminal Law, Cases and Materials Author: Dressler & Garvey Publisher: West Academic Publishing Edition: 7th Edition ISBN: 978-1-62810-205-5

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read Dressler (text) pp. 1-29

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE I: INVESTIGATION

506 A GARFIELD TEXTBOOK: Title: Criminal Procedure, Investigating Crime (American Casebook Series) Author: Dressler, Joshua; Thomas III, George; Medwed, Daniel Publisher: West Academic Edition: 7th Edition ISBN: 978-1-6846-7150-2

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: In the Dressler, Thomas, and Medwed Criminal Procedure: Investigating Crime (7th edition) textbook, read pages 9-46.

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE I: INVESTIGATION

506 B NATALI TEXTBOOK: Title: The Police Function Author: George E. Dix Publisher: West Academic Edition: 8th Edition ISBN: 978-1-6832-8124-5 Title: Problems in Criminal Procedure Author: Grano & Abramson Publisher: West Academic Edition: 6th Edition ISBN: 978-1-6424-2635-9

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

CRITICAL RACE THEORY 6206 O THUSI TEXTBOOK:

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:



Title: Critical Race Theory: The Cutting Edge Author: Stefancic, Jean Publisher: Temple University Press Edition: 3rd Edition ISBN: 978-1-4399-1061-0

Syllabus, Canvas materials Begin researching race-related topic for final

paper/presentation

DELAWRE JOURNAL OF CORPORATE LAW – BOARD

770 A1 FACULTY ADVISOR TEXTBOOK: No Textbook required


DELAWRE JOURNAL OF CORPOARTE LAW – BOARD

770 A2 FACULTY ADVISOR TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


DELAWARE JOURNAL OF CORPORATE LAW – NOTE



DELAWRE JOURNAL OF CORPORATE LAW – STAFF



DELAWARE PRACTICE 740 O WALLACE TEXTBOOK: None – materials will be provided by the instructor or are publicly available.

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: The first class will be an introductory session. The students should familiarize themselves with the two Delaware Judiciary Reports located at:

https://courts.delaware.gov/aoc/annualreports/fy19/doc/AnnualReport2019.pdf https://courts.delaware.gov/aoc/annualreports/fy19/doc/2019AOCStatisticalInformationReportEdited.pdf

They should also read the opinion in Carney v. Adams, __S.Ct.__, 2020 WL 725101 (Dec. 10, 2020) which is available at:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/19-309_4f15.pdf

DIGNITY RIGHTS PRACTICUM 6153 O DALY/MAY TEXTBOOK: Title: Dignity Law: Global Recognition,

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read pages 47-65.


https://courts.delaware.gov/aoc/annualreports/fy19/doc/AnnualReport2019.pdfhttps://courts.delaware.gov/aoc/annualreports/fy19/doc/AnnualReport2019.pdfhttps://courts.delaware.gov/aoc/annualreports/fy19/doc/2019AOCStatisticalInformationReportEdited.pdfhttps://courts.delaware.gov/aoc/annualreports/fy19/doc/2019AOCStatisticalInformationReportEdited.pdfhttps://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/19-309_4f15.pdf


Cases and Perspectives Author: Erin Daly; James R. May Publisher: William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Edition: 1st Edition ISBN: 978-0-8377-4135-2

DIRECTED RESEARCH 798 O FACULTY ADVISOR TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


DIRECTED RESEARCH 799 O FACULTY ADVISOR TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


DRAFTING OF ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS

842 O O’NEILL TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


EMPLOYMNET DISCRIMINATION 832 W MAATMAN TEXTBOOK: Title: Cases and Materials on Employment Discrimination Author: Charles A. Sullivan; Michael J. Zimmer Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 9th Edition ISBN: 978-1-4548-2199

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Sullivan & Zimmer pp. xxv--xviii & pages 1-14

ENTERTAINMENT LAW 883 O MURPHY TEXTBOOK: Title: ENTERTAINMENT LAW Fundamentals and Practice Author: Corey Field Publisher: Cognella Edition: Revised First Edition ISBN: 978-1-7935-1274-1

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Weeks 1-2: Preface, pages 1-2, 145-166

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CLINIC 915 O6 KRISTL TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required

FIRST DAY OF CLASS: Professor will email students

EQUAL PROTECTION 820 O HAYMAN/MEDINILLA, JUDGE

TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


EQUITY 742 O VALIHURA TEXTBOOK: Title: Ames, Chafee, and Re on

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: The first class is: Read Text 397-407, 1-23



Remedies, Cases and Materials Author: Emily Sherwin & Samuel L. Bray Publisher: ABN Study Partner Edition: 3rd Edition ISBN: 978-1-6846-7525-8

EVIDENCE 836 W MAURER TEXTBOOK: Title: Evidence Author: Broun, Mosteller and Giannelli Publisher: West Academic Edition: 8th ISBN: 978-0-3142-8147-0

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: In your textbook, please read and prepare the following pages for our first class meeting: 1-12; 17-24; 117-118; 122-132; 139-143; and 156-162. Also please read and familiarize yourself with Federal Rules of Evidence 101-106. (Posted in Files on our Canvas class page)

FAMILY LAW 636 A KELLY TEXTBOOK: This semester we will be using the

“Kelly Family Law” ChartaCourse chart

instead of a casebook. If you already

have a ChartaCourse account, just go

to http://www.chartacourse.com and

click “Sign In”. Then click on “Your

Account” at the top of the page,

Choose “Conner Family Law” and follow

the steps from there. If you do not

have an account, please follow the

instructions on this video to create an

account and subscribe to the chart:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we

a62utegLI&feature=youtu.be

Please watch the video, and once you have subscribed to the Chart for this course, be sure to click on the “How to use your chart” button at its top. If you have any problems, please send an e-mail to [email protected]

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: I. What Is A Family? Assignment #1 Essentials: The Complexity of Families – In Fact and in Law Constitutional Constraints on Definitions of Family Moore v. City of East Cleveland; Problem: A Big Family. Common Law and Statutory Views of Family 2-4 Realty Associates v. Pitman Wachocki v. Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department Problem: Further Adventures in Rent Control

FAMILY LAW 636 W DAILEY LEWIS TEXTBOOK:

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:


http://www.chartacourse.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wea62utegLI&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wea62utegLI&feature=youtu.bemailto:[email protected]


Title: Work of the Family Lawyer Author: Ralph E. Oliphant & Nancy Ver Steegh Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 4th Edition ISBN: 978-1-4548-7004-3

Read: Adverse Childhood Experiences https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/preventingACES.pdf

FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION UNDER § 1983

6053 O KRAMER TEXTBOOK: Title: Current Issues in Constitutional Litigation: A Context and Practice Casebook Author: Sarah E. Ricks; Evelyn M. Tenenbaum Publisher: Carolina Academic Press Edition: 3rd Edition ISBN: 978-1-5310-1918-1

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read pages 3-37

FEDERAL CRIMINAL PRACTICE 6029 O DONATONI TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

The Screening Process and Charging Decision The following section of the United States Attorney

Manual*:

- 9.27.110 - 9.27.130 - 9.27.140 - 9.27.150 - 9.27.200 - 9.27.240 - 9.257.250 - 9.27.260 - 9.27.300 - 9.27.310 - 9.27.320

A.B.A Standards for Criminal Justice: The Prosecution Function (4th Edition), Section 3-4.4

United States v. Armstrong, 517 U.S. 456 (1996)

(on selective Prosecution)

INNOCENCE DELAWARE LEGAL CLINIC

6207 O GRIESMER TEXTBOOK:

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:


https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/preventingACES.pdfhttps://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/preventingACES.pdf


Professor will email students Professor will email students

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 648 O HUGHES TEXTBOOK: Title: Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age 2020 Vol. I Perspectives, Trade Secrets and Patents: Vol I Perspectives, Trade Secrets and Patents Author: Menell, Lemley, Merges& Balganesh Publisher: Clause 8 Publishing Edition: July 2020 Edition ISBN: 978-1-9455-5515-2 Title: Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age 2020 Vol. II Copyrights, Trademarks and State IP Protections: Vol. II Copyrights, Trademarks and State IP Protections Author: Menell, Lemley, Merges & Balganesh Publisher: Clause 8 Publishing Edition: July 2020 Edition ISBN: 978-1-9455-5516-9 Title: Intellectual Property Statues 2020 Author: Menell, Lemley, Merges & Balganesh Publisher: Clause 8 Publishing Edition: July 2020 Edition ISBN: 978-1-9455-5517-6

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Chapter 1, pp. 1‒38/Rawls Chapter 1 Read for Understanding: Natural Rights Perspective: JOHN LOCKE’S TWO TREATISES ON GOVERNMENT Third Edition, 1698 (Text Vol. I, p.3) The Personhood Perspective: Margaret Jane Radin, Property and Personhood, 34 Stanford Law Review 957 (1982)(Text Vol. I, pp. 7-10). On Distributive & Social Justice Chapter 1: A Theory of Justice by John Rawls - A Theory of Justice - Google Books On Economic Incentives and Commerce IP Categorical Overview (charts beginning at Text Vol. I, p. 31) Problem I-2.

INTERNATIONAL BANKRUPTCY 6191 O GROSS,JUDGE TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Professor Gross will lecture on the broad concepts of bankruptcy

INTERSCHOLASTIC COMPETITION 777 O FACULTY ADVISOR TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


INTERVIEWING & COUNSELING 849 A KILIAN TEXTBOOK:

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:


https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Theory_of_Justice/tUEO9SuNG1oC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcoverhttps://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Theory_of_Justice/tUEO9SuNG1oC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover


Title: Lawyers as Counselors: A Client-Centered Approach Author: Binder, Bergman, Tremblay & Weinstein Publisher: West Academic Publishing Edition: 4th Edition ISBN: 978-1-6402-0390-7

Please read the Syllabus as posted on Canvas and Chapter One – Client-Centered Lawyering.

INTERVIEWING & COUNSELING 849 A1 BLOOM TEXTBOOK: Title: Lawyers as Counselors: A Client-Centered Approach Author: Binder, Bergman, Tremblay & Weinstein Publisher: West Academic Publishing Edition: 4th Edition ISBN: 978-1-6402-0390-7

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Please read the Syllabus as posted on Canvas and Chapter One – Client-Centered Lawyering.

INTERVIEWING & COUNSELING 849 W MILLER TEXTBOOK: Title: Lawyers as Counselors: A Client-Centered Approach Author: Binder, Bergman, Tremblay & Weinstein Publisher: West Academic Publishing Edition: 4th Edition ISBN: 978-1-6402-0390-7

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Please read pages 1-20 (Lawyers and Counselors)

JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIP 809 O CATANIA TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


LEGAL ISSUES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

6020 O SLINGER TEXTBOOK: Title: Lincoln's Constitution Author: Daniel A. Farber Publisher: University of Chicago Press Edition: Paperback 2005 ed. ISBN: 978-0-2262-3796-1 Title: Copperheads: the Rise and Fall of Lincoln’s Opponents in the North Author: Weber, Jennifer Publisher: Oxford University Press Edition: 2009

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Please read: Farber pgs. 1-5; 7-15 & 21-25. And to get us off to a provocative start please read the New Yorker article (link below): Is America Headed for a New Kind of Civil War? https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/is-america-headed-for-a-new-kind-of-civil-war


https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780226237961https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/is-america-headed-for-a-new-kind-of-civil-warhttps://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/is-america-headed-for-a-new-kind-of-civil-war


ISBN: 978-0-1953-4124-9 Title: Lincoln and the Abolitionists: John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War Author: Kaplan, Fred Edition: Publisher: Harper Perennial ISBN: 978-0-0624-4000-6 Title: The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution Author: Eric Foner Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Edition: 1st Edition ISBN: 978-0-3933-5852-0 Title: Down Along That Devil’s Bones Author: O’Neill Publisher: Algonquin Books Edition: September 2020 ISBN: 978-1-6162-0910-0

LEGAL METHODS II 510 01 O2 O3 O4 05 06 07 08 W1 W2

TEXTBOOK: Title: An Advocate Persuades Author: Joan M. Rocklin Publisher: Carolina Academic Press Edition: 1st Edition ISBN: 978-1-6116-3150-0 Title: Basic Legal Research: Tools & Strategies Author: Amy E. Sloan Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 7th Edition ISBN: 978-1-4548-9401-8 Title: The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation Author: Columbia Law Review Ass’n et al. Publisher: Claitors Pub Div

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Introduction to Advocacy; Persuasion through

Professionalism

Reading: Rocklin chs. 1 and 2; Rocklin ch. 5 pp. 76-82

(Section IV §§ A-F only).



Edition: 21st Edition ISBN: 978-0-5786-6615-0 Title: A Lawyer Writes Author: Christine Coughlin, et al. Publisher: Carolina Academic Press Edition: 3rd Edition ISBN: 978-1-5310-0876-5

LEGAL METHODS III 512 O1 O2 O3 O4 05 O6 W

TEXTBOOK: Title: An Advocate Persuades Author: Rocklin, et al Publisher: Carolina Academic Press Edition: 1st Edition ISBN: 978-1-6116-3150-0 Title: The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation Author: Columbia Law Review Publisher: Claitors Pub Div Edition: 21st Edition (2020) ISBN: 978-0-5786-6615-0 Supplemental materials will be electronically distributed by professors.

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Rocklin chapter 2, and pages 23--31 (stop at III. Criminal Litigation)

LEGAL PROBLEM SOLVING (2ED ONLY)

6177 W EAKIN TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Please read the article excerpt posted to our Canvas and TWEN pages.

MOOT COURT HONOR BOARD 767 A FACULTY ADVISOR TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


MOOT COURT HONOR SOCIETY 764 A FACULTY ADVISOR TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


MOOT COURT INTERSCHOLASTIC 772 A1 FACULTY ADVISOR TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required




MOOT COURT INTERSCHOLASTIC 772 A2 FACULTY ADVISOR TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


PRE-TRIAL METHODS: CIVIL 6164 W SAVOTH TEXTBOOK: Title: Pretrial Advocacy: Planning, Analysis, and Strategy (Aspen Coursebook) Author: Berger, Marilyn J. Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 5th Edition ISBN: 978-1-4548-7000-5

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read Chapter 1 and Chapter 15 (pp. 627-634 only) No written assignment

PRE-TRIAL METHODS: CRIMINAL 786 W BUCKWORTH TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY 702 A HARRINGTON CONNER

TEXTBOOK: Title: ETHICAL PROBLEMS IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW Author: Lisa G. Lerman and Philip G. Schrag Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 4th Edition (Concise) ISBN: 987-1-4548-9128-4 Required Supplement (available for Free) EXAM PRO ON PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (2020). Students that already have a West Academic account can sign-in and get access using the below link. Students that don't have an account will have to create one. Their school email address will be on a pre-approved list, and their account will automatically be approved. https://subscription.westacademic.com/

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Text: pp 19-39 optional Text: pp 39-57 required Introduction; Model Rules: Preamble and Scope & Rule 8.1

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY 702 B BROWN TEXTBOOK: Title: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN FOCUS Author: John P. Sahl, R. Michael

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read Chapter 1 pages 3-41 in the Sahl text.


https://subscription.westacademic.com/


Cassidy, Benjamin P. Cooper, Margaret C. Tarkington Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 1st Edition ISBN: 978-1-4548-7758-5 Title: Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law, Model Rules, State Variations, and Practice Questions Author: Lisa G. Lerman, Philip G. Schrag, Anjum Gupta Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 2021-2022 Edition ISBN: 978-1-5438-1564-1

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY 702 W METTE TEXTBOOK: There are no required textbooks you need to purchase for this class. All the materials you need for this course (and listed in the Syllabus) are available on-line either via your student Westlaw accounts or on court websites. Materials available via your Westlaw accounts: ABA (Annotated) Model Rules of Professional Conduct and related Scope, Preamble and Comments (from your Westlaw home page, under Secondary Sources, By Publication Series, click American Bar Association, ABA Annotated Model Rules of Professional Conduct (or if you do not want the annotations) ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. For purposes of this Syllabus, I will refer to “Rules”, “Comments”, and “Preamble/Scope” in this publication. ABA Ethics Opinions (“ABA Ethic Op.”) (under Secondary Sources, By Publication Series, click American Bar Association, ABA Ethics Opinions) Restatement of the Law – The Law

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: CLASS 1 – Overview of Course; Bar Admission; the

Regulatory Regime

Readings

Delaware Supreme Court Rules 52(a)(1), (aa), (b) (courts.delaware.gov/rules)

Delaware Board of Bar Examiners Rules 5(e), 7 (courts.delaware.gov/bbe/rules)

Delaware 2018 Bar Application: Questions 18, 19, 26-28 (courts.delaware.gov/bbe)

Rule 8.1 and Comments

Preamble and Scope [10-12, 16, 20]

Appeal of Infotechnology, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, 582 A.2d 215 (Del. 1990) (sections II -

IV only)

Delaware Lawyers’ Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, Rules 1(a), 8 (courts.delaware.gov/rules)

Issues for Discussion

Should bar application process inquire into: o Past use of marijuana/cocaine/heroin? o Arrest for a felony?


http://courts.delaware.gov/ruleshttp://courts.delaware.gov/bbe/ruleshttp://courts.delaware.gov/bbehttp://courts.delaware.gov/rules


Govering Lawyers (“Restatement”) (under Secondary Sources, By Publication Series, click American Law Institute, Restatement of the Law – The Law Governing Lawyers). Caselaw, statutes and state ethics opinions (as cited in the Syllabus) Code of Judicial Conduct (“Judicial Code”) (under Secondary Sources, By Publication Series, click American Bar Association, Code of Judicial Conduct) For those of you who prefer to work with a hard copy, I recommend but do not require for this course: Susan R. Martyn, Lawrence J. Fox and W. Bradley Wendel, The Law Governing Lawyers: Model Rules, Standards, Statutes and State Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct (2019-2020, Wolters Kluwer) (ISBN 9781543809442). At a reasonable price, this book contains the Rules (but not the Annotations to the Rules), the Preamble/Scope, and the Comments, as well as the Restatement and the Judicial Code. Materials available on-line include various Delaware Supreme Court materials at (www.courts.delaware.gov). I may also distribute additional materials over the course of the semester.

o Basis of a conviction subsequently expunged?

o Exaggerations on a resume? o Mental health?

How would you define “fitness” to practice law?

Who/what “regulates” the conduct of lawyers?

What and whom is the lawyer disciplinary system

trying to protect?

o What are the implications of that?

PROPERTY II 516 A WILLIAMS TEXTBOOK: Title: Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices Author: Singer, Berger, Davidson, Penalver Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 7th

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Please sign up for the Canvas page for the course as the syllabus and first assignment will be posted on Canvas on January 1, 2021.


http://www.courts.delaware.gov/


ISBN: 978-1-4548-8179-7

PROPERTY II 516 B KRISTL TEXTBOOK: PRINCIPLES OF PROPERTY LAW II (Revised Edition), available at Lulu.com Title: STRATEGIES & TACTICS FOR THE MBE Author: Emanuel Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 7th Edition ISBN: 978-1-5438-0572-7

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Kristl, 1-12 for Class #1, 12-22 for Class #2 (covers first week). Consult Canvas page after 1/1/21 for Syllabus, Powerpoints, etc.

PROPERTY II 516 C WILLIAMS TEXTBOOK: Title: Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices Author: Singer, Berger, Davidson, Penalver Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: 7th ISBN: 978-1-4548-8179-7

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Please sign up for the Canvas page for the course as the syllabus and first assignment will be posted on Canvas on January 1, 2021.

PROPERTY II 516 W JOHNSON TEXTBOOK: Title: Property Cases and Materials Author: Cribbet et al Publisher: Foundation Press Edition: 9th Edition ISBN: 978-1-5994-1252-8

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read pp. 917-952 in Chapter 21: The Real Estate Contract

PUBLIC INTEREST EXTERNSHIP 6005 O CATANIA TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


SECURED TRANSACTION 600 A FRIEDMAN TEXTBOOK: Title: Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions Author: Stephen Sepinuck Publisher: West Academic Edition: 4th Edition ISBN: 978-1-68328-620-2

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: For our first class, please read pp. 50-67 in the Sepinuck casebook and prepare Problems 2-1; 2-3; and 2-4(A)(i) The section of the Code you will want to focus on are: § 9-102(a)(2),(7), (28), (29), (33), (34), (35), (41), (44), (48), (59), (72), (74); §9-108, and §9-203.



Title: Selected Commercial Statutes for Secured Transactions Courses Author: Chomsky, Kunz, et al. Publisher: West Academic Edition: you may use any version from 2013 to the present is fine ISBN: 978-1-68467-967-6 (2020 edition)

SEM: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 776 A HARRINGTON CONNER

TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Review the following information prior to the first class. Links to these resources are also on our Canvas course page. Homicide Timeline – The 8 Stages (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPF_p3ZwLh8 Tara Costigan: The Life and Death of a Victim of Domestic Violence (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh0IEcGKcpc Bureau of Justice Statistics Intimate Partner Violence: Attributes of Victimization, 1993–2011 Available at https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/ipvav9311.pdf

NCADV: Domestic Violence Fact Sheet (1 page fact sheet)

Available at https://assets.speakcdn.com/assets/2497/domestic_violenc

e-2020080709350855.pdf?1596828650457

NCADV: Learn More About Abuse (fact scheet)

Available at https://ncadv.org/learn-more

NCADV: Dynamics of Abuse (fact sheet)

Available at https://ncadv.org/dynamics-of-abuse

TORTS II (MODULE 1) 6171 A CULHANE TEXTBOOK: FIRST ASSIGNMENT:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPF_p3ZwLh8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh0IEcGKcpchttps://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/ipvav9311.pdfhttps://assets.speakcdn.com/assets/2497/domestic_violence-2020080709350855.pdf?1596828650457https://assets.speakcdn.com/assets/2497/domestic_violence-2020080709350855.pdf?1596828650457https://ncadv.org/learn-morehttps://ncadv.org/dynamics-of-abuse


No Textbook Required

Professor with email students

TORTS II (MODULE 2) 6171 B MAATMAN TEXTBOOK: Title: Torts and Compensation, Personal Accountability and Social Responsibility for Injury, Concise (American Casebook Series)

Author: Dobbs, et al. Publisher: West Academic Edition: 8th Edition ISBN: 978-1-6346-0818-3

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Dobbs pp. 314-332 (stop at section D. Recreational Use Statutes) If you have the full edition of Dobbs, read pp. 380-87 and 392-403, and stop at section E. Recreational-Use Statutes)

TORTS II (MODULE 1) 6171 C MAATMAN TEXTBOOK: Title: Torts and Compensation, Personal Accountability and Social Responsibility for Injury, Concise (American Casebook Series)

Author: Dobbs, et al. Publisher: West Academic Edition: 8th Edition ISBN: 978-1-6346-0818-3

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Dobbs pp. 314-332 (stop at section D. Recreational Use Statutes) If you have the full edition of Dobbs, read pp. 380-87 and 392-403, and stop at section E. Recreational-Use Statutes)

TORTS II (MODULE 1) 6171 W CULHANE TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


TRANSACTIONAL LAW HONOR SOCIETY

6098 O FACULTY ADVISOR TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


TRANSACTIONAL LAW HONOR SOCIETY BOARD

6098 O FACULTY ADVISOR TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:



VETERANS LAW CLINIC 912 O MORRELL TEXTBOOK: The book we use is available to law students on Lexis (Veterans Benefits Manual).

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: 1. Thoroughly read Syllabus and Clinic Manual 2. Read Veterans Benefits Manual

(VBM) selections (available on Lexis): 1. 1.1—The Need for a Comprehensive

Practice Manual for Veterans Advocates 2. 1.1.1—The Impact of the Veterans’

Judicial Review Act of 1988 3. 1.1.2—The Veterans Appeals

Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017

4. 1.1.4—The Most Important Factor in Effective Advocacy Today: Obtaining the Evidence Needed to Prevail on the Claim

3. Respond to Clio invitation and create log in

WHITE COLLAR CRIME 892 O CZEPIEL TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


WIDENER LAW REVIEW BOARD 770 B1 FACULTY ADVISOR TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


WIDENER LAW REVIEW BOARD 770 B2 FACULTY ADVISOR TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


WIDENER LAW REVIEW NOTE 762 B1 FACULTY ADVISOR TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


WIDENER LAW REVIEW STAFF 763 B1 FACULTY ADVISOR TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required


WILL & TRUSTS 834 A CATANIA TEXTBOOK: Title: Wills, Trusts & Estates Author: Sitkoff, Dukeminier Publisher: Wolters Kluwer (Aspen) Edition: 10th Edition ISBN: 978-1-4548-7642-7

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read Pages 1 - 40

WOLCOTT FELLOWSHIP 807 O DEAN’S OFFICE TEXTBOOK: No Textbook Required




WORKERS’ COMPENSATION 745 O DEMARCO TEXTBOOK: Title: Workers Compensation Cases & Materials Author: Little, Eaton, Smith Publisher: West Edition: 7th ISBN: 978-0-3142-8149-4

FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Read Chapter 1.


Documents

First Assignments Spring 2021...2020/12/21 · Martin; Sherman, Edward; Pfander, James Publisher: West Academic Edition: 7th Edition ISBN: 978-1-6402-0185-9 Civ Pro II must have a