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ACCOUNTING FOR LAWYERS
(BUSINESS AND FINANCE LAW - 1000)
2 credits
Open only to students who have taken no prior courses in accounting, i.e., a single prior undergraduate or post-graduate course in accounting renders a student ineligible. The course provides a basic introduction to accounting principles. The goal of the course is to provide knowledge to assist in counseling with respect to such areas as taxation, estates and mergers and acquisitions. Grades are based upon a final examination.
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
(ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND GOVERNMENT REGULATION - 1000)
3 credits
This course explores the administrative process in executive and independent regulatory agencies with emphasis on judicial review. Consideration is given to the powers vested in administrative bodies and to the constitutional, statutory and other legal limitations on agency decision making. Grades are based upon a final examination. Pre-requisite: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. Administrative Law satisfied both a core elective requirement and the Advanced Civil Procedure Requirement.
ADVANCED ANALYTICAL SKILLS
(ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 2095)
2 credits
Advanced Analytical Skills is a second-year course designed to enhance students' critical thinking, writing, and exam skills. Throughout the course, students will utilize a series of writing exercises, practice exams, and other analytical exercises to further develop their skills in critical reading, fact analysis, issue identification, and effective legal analysis for law school exams and professional legal writing. Course enrollment is required for, and limited to, J.D. students identified by the administration as those who would benefit most from the course. Grades will be based on a midterm exam and final exam.
ADVANCED BANKRUPTCY RESEARCH
(BANKRUPTCY LAW - 1020) LLM
3 credits
In this course, students work with a professor to produce a substantial, original work of advanced bankruptcy scholarship. The professor will work closely with each student to select the topic, perform the research, and commit the research to writing. LLM students may opt to take the course for 2 credits. Note: LLM students who opt to continue with Bankruptcy Master's Thesis, the grade for Advanced Bankruptcy Research may be deferred until completion of the Thesis course, at which time a final grade will be assigned based on the cumulative work of the student in each course.
ADVANCED BANKRUPTCY RESEARCH
(BUSINESS AND FINANCE LAW - 6030) JD
2 credits
In this course, students work with a professor to produce a substantial, original work of advanced bankruptcy scholarship. The professor will work closely with each student to select the topic, perform the research, and commit the research to writing. To be awarded academic credit, the student shall have produced a final writing of at least 6,700 words in length (approximately twenty-five pages), inclusive of footnotes, that satisfied the guidelines for the Scholarly Writing Requirement in place at the time of registration and shall have satisfied any other preparatory steps required by the faculty advisor. Students will not be permitted to take this course if they have already taken or plan to take Directed Research. Interested students will be chosen for the course by the professor. This course satisfies the Scholarly Writing Requirement.
ADVANCED CIVIL PROCEDURE
(STATE AND FEDERAL PRACTICE - 1080)
3 credits
The course will provide in-depth coverage of modern multiparty, multidistrict litigation in the federal courts, including class actions, discovery practice, including the scope of discovery, an analysis of electronic discovery as well as individual discovery methods and their relative strengths and weaknesses, work product and privilege, and sanctions for abuse and non-compliance. The course will also examine res judicata and collateral estoppel, sanctions, equitable and provisional remedies, motions to dismiss, summary judgment, extraordinary writs, awards of attorneys' fees, the right to jury trial, and the Manual for Complex Litigation. Grades are based upon a final examination.
ADVANCED CLINIC PRACTICE
(ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 9080)
3 credits
Many students who participate in the Consumer Justice for the Elderly: Litigation, Securities Arbitration, Child Advocacy, and Defense and Advocacy clinics express a desire to continue their work in the clinic for another semester. This course allows former clinic students to apply to work in the clinic for an additional semester for credit. Each of the four clinics will accept no more than 2 former students each semester. Students will work in the clinic for 14 hours a week. Faculty supervision will include weekly meetings with students to discuss casework and further development of skills and case rounds. During the semester, each advanced clinic student will have the opportunity to refine the skills they have learned, acquire new skills, and mentor new students. Interested students will apply to the appropriate clinic and will be chosen by the clinical faculty. Pre-requisite: CONSUMER JUSTICE FOR THE ELDERLY: LITIGATION CLINIC OR CHILD ADVOCACY CLINIC OR SECURITIES ARBITRATION CLINIC OR DEFENSE AND ADVOCACY
ADVANCED CONTRACTS
(BUSINESS AND FINANCE LAW - 6010)
3 credits
Building on the basic (1L) Contracts course, this course will cover in depth the principles of Contract law set forth in both common law and the UCC. The course will cover specific issues in formation, avoidance, and discharge of contract obligations, as well as defenses, remedies, and third-party issues. Students will also review issues of promissory estoppel and detrimental reliance. Focus will be on practical application of principles to facts with less attention given to formation of contract principles or policy concerns. Grades will be based on short examinations on assigned readings, participation in class discussions and exercises, written assignments, and a final examination. Pre-requisite: CONTRACTS
ADVANCED INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELING
(ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 7020)
2 credits
Building on the first year course in Lawyering, this course offers students an opportunity to develop skills in interviewing and counseling, including but not limited to gathering information, ascertaining the client's interests, developing specific goals and strategies, advising the client, negotiating an acceptable settlement, and addressing ethical considerations. Classroom work will involve the exploration of techniques of interviewing and counseling, focusing on the unique relationship of lawyer and client. Students will develop the skills studied by participating in simulated exercises that involve realistic situations raising common legal and ethical issues. Grades are based on classroom participation, demonstration of the skills taught, and the submission of written work. Pre-requisite: Lawyering.
This course satisfies the Applied Skills Requirement
ADVANCED TORTS
(TORTS - 1050)
2 credits
Building on the basic Torts course, this foundation course will cover in depth those areas of Tort law not covered in Torts, including tortious interference with economic relations, marketplace falsehoods, unfair competition, publicity and privacy, defamation, tortious use of judicial process, and tortious interference with civil rights. Grades will be based on a final examination and class participation.
ADVANCED TRIAL ADVOCACY:
(ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 6030)
1 - 3 credits
Building on the work of the foundational course in Trial Advocacy, this course introduces students to advanced topics in trial advocacy and trial techniques. Topics vary from semester-to-semester but may include jury selection, experts, and advanced cross-examination, or others. The number of credits and topic for a particular semester's offering will be set forth in the registration materials. Students who have competed or are scheduled to compete on a PTAI external team may waive into the course without taking Trial Advocacy. Grades will be based on in- and out-of-class exercises, written assignments, and class participation. Pre-requisite(s) - Trial Advocacy or participation on an external team with the Polestino Trial Advocacy Institute. Pre - or co-requisite: Evidence
This course satisfies the Applied Skills Requirement
AFFORDABLE HOUSING LAW AND PRACTICE
(PROPERTY- 2070)
2 credits
This course will explore the dynamics of the United States housing market from the perspective of homeowners and renters, developer, investors, local and federal officials, and members of the so-called "NIMBY" and "YIMBY" movements. We will consider the various federal and New York State programs that have been used to facilitate affordable housing over the past century, including the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), municipal bonds, and other programs that allow the development and revitalization of contextual housing (e.g., affordable housing, supportive housing, transitional housing, senior housing and faith based/mission driven development), and the roles of the various stakeholders, including the federal and state regulators administering these regimes. We will consider affordable housing as a public policy imperative, and the need for federal and state tax policies and sources of funding designed to facilitate such development. The interrelationship between affordable housing development, economic policy, zoning and land use policy and environmental policy will also be considered. This course will also lightly touch on alternative avenues to affordability apart from new housing construction, including public housing, voucher programs, middle-income programs, and rent stabilization. Emerging topics such as the repurposing of disfavored asset classes to housing uses, transit-oriented development, "green" affordable housing, non-profit-private partnerships and public-private partnerships will be addressed. Grades will be based on a final examination and other grading components. Pre- or co-requisite: REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS or REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.