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Fall 2021

Catalog # Section	Title Sort descending	Professor	Credits	Days	Meeting Times	Footnotes
768001	21st Century Infrastructure: The Lawyer's Role	Andrew S. Doctoroff	2	Th	4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Fall 2021 12 This course or seminar is limited in size.
This course will introduce students to the world of infrastructure and how attorneys help make major public works projects happen -- or how they throw up roadblocks that may stymie efforts to put "shovels in the ground." The course will include a mix of lecture, seminar-style discussion, and practical exercises. Private and public sector subject matter experts with first-hand experience delivering infrastructure project will be invited to speak to students. The course will be divided into three sections. The principal objective of the first four class sessions will be to provide a foundational understanding of infrastructure -- its history, its role in society, the ethical dilemmas it often presents and how political challenges necessitate new and unconventional financing models, including so-called public-private partnerships. The next four classes will show the tight nexus that exists between law and infrastructure. During these sessions, students will discuss and become familiarized with the "Legal ABCs" of infrastructure law, particularly in the areas of condemnation, regulatory compliance, environmental law and commercial law. During the final five classes, students will enter the "real world" by understanding how major infrastructure projects actually have gotten done. Particular, but not exclusive, emphasis will be placed on the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Grades will be based on class participation and a final writing assignment. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
751001	Accounting for Lawyers	James M. Desimpelare	3	Mo We	4:10 PM - 5:35 PM 4:10 PM - 5:35 PM	Fall 2021 101 #751 ACCOUNTING FOR LAWYERS: Students who have previously taken any class in financial accounting are presumptively ineligible to take this class. If you have had a financial accounting class in the past, you may speak to the instructor, who may permit you to enroll for this class if the only class you took was introductory and if you took it a significant amount of time ago.
This course introduces the basic concepts and methods used in the preparation of the four corporate financial statements (the balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, and statement of stockholders' equity). In this process, the course will also develop the accounting treatment of specific items such as long-term assets, inventory, sales, receivables, and debt securities. The course will use actual corporate financial statements of Fortune 500 companies and will provide students the tools necessary to understand such statements as well as some of the basic footnote disclosures associated with such statements. Students who have substantial background in financial accounting or who have taken classes in financial accounting are ineligible to take or receive credit for this course for a grade. However, students who took only an introductory class in financial accounting a significant amount of time ago may request permission from the instructor to take the course for a grade. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
601001	Administrative Law	Nina A. Mendelson	4	Mo Tu Th	10:20 AM - 11:35 AM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM	Fall 2021 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted. 61 This course fulfills the Statutory or Regulatory Course Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 88 Students who took #569 LEGISLATION AND REGULATION may not elect #601 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW and vice versa.
This course includes a thorough examination of the legal framework--constitutional, statutory, and common law--that empowers and constrains a wide range of federal administrative agencies. We will also look at the ways agencies themselves make law through rulemaking and adjudicate cases, and cover a range of other topics, including agency due process, adjudication in agencies, limitations on judicial review, standing, and finality. We will also engage issues of current concern, including presidential control of agencies and so-called e-government. This course is for students who have not taken Law 569, Legislation and Regulation. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: SR
980001	Advanced Clinical Law	-	1	Arr	Arr	Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade. 32 #980 ADVANCED CLINICAL LAW, #973 FEDERAL APPELLATE LITIGATION CLINIC II, #981 WORKERS' RIGHTS CLINIC: LITIGATION, #729 INNOVATION PLATFORM, #798 ADVANCED PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE, and #944 ADVANCED EXTERNSHIP: Students are enrolled by invitation only after having expressed interest to one of the experiential education faculty or administrators. 36 LLM students are not eligible to elect this clinic unless they previously earned a JD degree from an American Bar Association (ABA) approved law school in the U.S. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter.
This graded course is intended to give a few students who have excelled in any clinical law course the chance to spend another semester doing casework for that clinic. Students will work under faculty supervision on more complicated cases and will shoulder more of the responsibility for those cases. The course gives students a broader range of lawyering experience at a higher level of sophistication than is possible the first time through. Students are enrolled by invitation only, after having expressed interest to one of the clinical faculty or administrators. Faculty and invited students determine the number of credits to be awarded. Type: Clinic Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, Non-64
944001	Advanced Externship	Amy L. Sankaran	2	Arr	Arr	Fall 2021 1 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory limited grade (pass/fail) or “S” grade. 32 #980 ADVANCED CLINICAL LAW, #973 FEDERAL APPELLATE LITIGATION CLINIC II, #981 WORKERS' RIGHTS CLINIC: LITIGATION, #729 INNOVATION PLATFORM, #798 ADVANCED PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE, and #944 ADVANCED EXTERNSHIP: Students are enrolled by invitation only after having expressed interest to one of the experiential education faculty or administrators. 34 LLM students are not eligible to elect this course. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter.
Students are enrolled by invitation only, after having expressed interest to one of the experiential education faculty or administrators. Students will receive between 2 to 5 credits, to be determined by the faculty member and students. Type: Externship Grading Method: Mandatory Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, Non-64
798001	Advanced Problem Solving Initiative	-	1	Arr	Arr	Fall 2021 21 This "meet-together" course or seminar will include students from another department or school. 32 #980 ADVANCED CLINICAL LAW, #973 FEDERAL APPELLATE LITIGATION CLINIC II, #981 WORKERS' RIGHTS CLINIC: LITIGATION, #729 INNOVATION PLATFORM, #798 ADVANCED PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE, and #944 ADVANCED EXTERNSHIP: Students are enrolled by invitation only after having expressed interest to one of the experiential education faculty or administrators.
This graded course gives a select group of students who have excelled in a Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) class the chance to spend another semester, under faculty supervision, working on the subject matter of that PSI class. The course is designed to give students a more in-depth problem solving experience at a higher level of sophistication than may have been possible during their original PSI classes. Students may only enroll following PSI faculty invitation. Faculty and invited students determine the number of credits to be awarded. Type: Problem Solving Initiative Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: Non-64
701001	Africa in the Global Legal System	Laura Nyantung Beny	3	Mo Tu	4:10 PM - 5:35 PM 4:30 PM - 5:55 PM	Fall 2021 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—Second semester first-year JD students who take the course/seminar as an elective do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
This course explores Africa's interactions with and influences on the international legal system. It begins with an examination of selected pre-colonial legal systems on the continent. The course then investigates the legal and political economy justifications of the slave trade and colonization by Europeans. Next, we study the legal processes of colonization and state formation, including the transplantation of Western common law and civil law systems into the continent and their interaction with and displacement of indigenous legal systems. After the colonial period, the course turns to the international legal doctrine of self-determination and its implications for decolonization and self-rule. Finally, using representative case studies, we examine Africa's place in and influence on the global legal system during the post-independence period. Topics in the latter period include Africa within the United Nations System; Africa in the international trade and investment legal regimes; legal justifications and practical effects of foreign aid and international peacekeeping missions to Africa; and interactions between the International Criminal Court and African nations, among other contemporary topics. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC, WR
612002	Alternative Dispute Resolution	Allyn D. Kantor	3	Tu Th	1:20 PM - 2:45 PM 1:20 PM - 2:45 PM	Fall 2021 3 This course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the professional responsibility requirement for graduation. 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—Second semester first-year JD students who take the course/seminar as an elective do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 6 Although this course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, it does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted. 69 Although this course can fulfill more than one requirement for graduation, students who matriculated in or after May 2016 must take a separate course to fulfill each of the following requirements: a) upper-level course with a rigorous writing component; b) professional responsibility course of two or more credit hours; and c) two credit hours of experiential learning. A clinic or externship of less than 7 credits with more than one component (e.g., clinic and clinic field) is considered as one course. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 178 For students who matriculated in or after May 2016, this course, clinic, or externship can either fulfill the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, fulfill the upper-level writing requirement, or the credits can count toward the Experiential Learning requirement -- it cannot be used to fulfill more than one of these three particular requirements.
This course is designed to teach all students, however they plan to use their law school education, the skills necessary to creatively solve problems in whatever professional context they might arise. We use the classic James Harr's A Civil Action (Vintage 1996) to teach the interpersonal, communication and analytical skills lawyers need to become successful problem solvers. This story demonstrates how Jan Schlichtmann could have achieved a more successful outcome for his clients if only he had applied these basic skills in that case. With this foundation, we develop an understanding of problem- solving methodology and the use of negotiation and mediation, two of the primary ADR processes for solving problems. Experiential learning is the fundamental teaching method. Students will learn to apply negotiation and mediation theory in simulated exercises with students playing the roles of negotiator, mediator, advocate and client in these simulations. Students receive feedback on their performance based on in-class faculty observation as well a post-exercise class discussion. Arbitration is the third process within the ADR constellation. We begin with a discussion of ad how to determine whether arbitration is an appropriate process for solving a client's problem. Then, we focus on the legal infrastructure of arbitration, the Federal Arbitration Act and recent cases that have shaped the current arbitration legal landscape. We also discuss legislative efforts to address issues of fairness in arbitration, particularly focusing on mandatory class action waivers and their impact on consumers and employees. The course concludes with a discussion of other creative ways to resolve disputes, including the use of the apology and its use at the University of Michigan Hospital to address claims of medical malpractice. Type: Practice Simulation Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, PR, WR
612001	Alternative Dispute Resolution	Allyn D. Kantor	3	Tu Th	4:30 PM - 5:55 PM 4:30 PM - 5:55 PM	Fall 2021 3 This course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the professional responsibility requirement for graduation. 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—Second semester first-year JD students who take the course/seminar as an elective do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 6 Although this course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, it does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted. 69 Although this course can fulfill more than one requirement for graduation, students who matriculated in or after May 2016 must take a separate course to fulfill each of the following requirements: a) upper-level course with a rigorous writing component; b) professional responsibility course of two or more credit hours; and c) two credit hours of experiential learning. A clinic or externship of less than 7 credits with more than one component (e.g., clinic and clinic field) is considered as one course. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 178 For students who matriculated in or after May 2016, this course, clinic, or externship can either fulfill the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, fulfill the upper-level writing requirement, or the credits can count toward the Experiential Learning requirement -- it cannot be used to fulfill more than one of these three particular requirements.
This course is designed to teach all students, however they plan to use their law school education, the skills necessary to creatively solve problems in whatever professional context they might arise. We use the classic James Harr's A Civil Action (Vintage 1996) to teach the interpersonal, communication and analytical skills lawyers need to become successful problem solvers. This story demonstrates how Jan Schlichtmann could have achieved a more successful outcome for his clients if only he had applied these basic skills in that case. With this foundation, we develop an understanding of problem- solving methodology and the use of negotiation and mediation, two of the primary ADR processes for solving problems. Experiential learning is the fundamental teaching method. Students will learn to apply negotiation and mediation theory in simulated exercises with students playing the roles of negotiator, mediator, advocate and client in these simulations. Students receive feedback on their performance based on in-class faculty observation as well a post-exercise class discussion. Arbitration is the third process within the ADR constellation. We begin with a discussion of ad how to determine whether arbitration is an appropriate process for solving a client's problem. Then, we focus on the legal infrastructure of arbitration, the Federal Arbitration Act and recent cases that have shaped the current arbitration legal landscape. We also discuss legislative efforts to address issues of fairness in arbitration, particularly focusing on mandatory class action waivers and their impact on consumers and employees. The course concludes with a discussion of other creative ways to resolve disputes, including the use of the apology and its use at the University of Michigan Hospital to address claims of medical malpractice. Type: Practice Simulation Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, PR, WR
477001	Antitrust: Mergers and Acquisitions	John Nannes	1	Fr	2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Fall 2021 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under "Class Registration." 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 44 This class, at the request of the professor, is not eligible for #900 RESEARCH credit for additional work. 157 #477 ANTITRUST: MERGER HOT TOPICS: #675 FEDERAL ANTITRUST is a pre-requisite or co-requisite. 159 #477 ANTITRUST: MERGER HOT TOPICS: After placing a bid for the seminar in Class Bidding, students are requested to submit a brief statement of interest here. The statement should indicate whether you have taken the basic Federal Antitrust course. Please feel free to indicate any additional course work that you have completed, or professional experiences that you have had, that you think are relevant to your interest in the course. 192 #477 ANTITRUST: MERGER HOT TOPICS: This class will meet September 24 through November 12.
Recent high-profile deals in high tech, media, and other industries have generated serious concerns that the merger laws are not adequate to address (1) "killer" acquisitions in which a dominant company acquires a competitor that is small today but might otherwise grow into a formidable competitor (such as Facebook/Instagram); (2) vertical transactions that combine companies in different but adjacent markets (such as AT&T/Time Warner); and (3) how to determine whether potential anticompetitive harms are outweighed by claimed procompetitive efficiencies (such as in T-Mobile/Sprint). This seminar will explore the tools that antitrust enforcement agencies have to determine whether these and other transactions are anticompetitive and will ask the ultimate question: Do we need to amend the antitrust laws to maintain a competitive economy? Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
730001	Appellate Advocacy Skills and Practice	Evan H. Caminker	4	Mo We	4:10 PM - 6:10 PM 4:10 PM - 6:10 PM	Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade. 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—Second semester first-year JD students who take the course/seminar as an elective do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under "Class Registration." 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 42 A seminar or practice simulation listed at four (4) credits is not eligible for additional #900 RESEARCH credit. 69 Although this course can fulfill more than one requirement for graduation, students who matriculated in or after May 2016 must take a separate course to fulfill each of the following requirements: a) upper-level course with a rigorous writing component; b) professional responsibility course of two or more credit hours; and c) two credit hours of experiential learning. A clinic or externship of less than 7 credits with more than one component (e.g., clinic and clinic field) is considered as one course. 82 #730 ADVANCED APPELLATE ADVOCACY, #730 APPELLATE ADVOC: SKILLS & PRAC, and #430 FUNDAMENTALS OF APPELLATE PRACTICE are mutually exclusive. Students who have had any one of these classes may not take either of the other two. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 179 This course, clinic, or externship can either fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement or the credits can count toward the Experiential Learning requirement, but not both.
This simulation course will help you develop the written and oral advocacy skills you'll need to be an effective appellate litigator (and which are highly desirable for many other forms of legal practice as well). You'll learn how to prepare and write an appellate brief and how to prepare and deliver an oral argument in court. While at times we will discuss general principles of persuasion, the course will focus more on nitty-gritty matters such as how to organize an argument; how to write effectively using well-constructed paragraphs and clear and crisp sentences; how to prepare for and handle oral questioning; and when if ever to adroitly split an infinitive or to end a sentence with a preposition you are enamored with. Class sessions will include presentations, interactive conversations, in-class exercises, and peer (and my) review of student work. Over the course of the semester, you'll produce several drafts of a brief or portions thereof, focusing both on merits arguments and on the other components of a complete appellate brief. Occasionally you may be assigned other short writing exercises, either for class time or for homework. You will work independently on some projects and collaborate with classmates on others. You'll also present two or more oral arguments during class time. The simulation exercises will be based on a mock appellate case. For most and perhaps all assignments, I'll provide you with copies of court decisions, rules, and statutes deemed relevant to the mock case; little outside research will be required. This course will demand a good deal of your time and attention throughout the semester, which I expect will be repaid by lots of constructive feedback. Your work will be assessed on the quality of your written projects, your oral presentations, and your class participation in general. Type: Practice Simulation Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, WR
637001	Bankruptcy	John A. E. Pottow	4	Mo We Th	1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM	Fall 2021 61 This course fulfills the Statutory or Regulatory Course Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 105 #637 BANKRUPTCY: Students who have not taken #652 Secured Transactions or #652 Commercial Law: Secured Transactions (and Mortgages) -- either previously or concurrently -- should contact Professor Pottow (pottow@umich.edu) before enrolling.
An examination of the law, the practice, and the current legal issues in bankruptcy, particularly in business bankruptcy. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: SR
448001	Business Planning	Stefan Tucker	2	Fr	10:20 AM - 12:20 PM	Fall 2021 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—Second semester first-year JD students who take the course/seminar as an elective do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 69 Although this course can fulfill more than one requirement for graduation, students who matriculated in or after May 2016 must take a separate course to fulfill each of the following requirements: a) upper-level course with a rigorous writing component; b) professional responsibility course of two or more credit hours; and c) two credit hours of experiential learning. A clinic or externship of less than 7 credits with more than one component (e.g., clinic and clinic field) is considered as one course. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 160 #448 BUSINESS PLANNING and #432 TAX PLANNING FOR REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS: Three seats in each class are reserved for MBA candidates from the Ross School of Business (#448) or Masters students in the Real Estate program in the Urban Planning School (#432). 179 This course, clinic, or externship can either fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement or the credits can count toward the Experiential Learning requirement, but not both.
This practice/simulation course will cover the entrepreneurial business, from its inception to its end -- by dissolution, liquidation, merger or public offering. Like Gaul, the course will be divided into three parts, which will be covered and interfaced with each other on a continuing basis -- state enterprise law, Federal income tax law and enterprise documentation. The range of subjects will include the choice of entity (partnership vs. corporation), tax implications (equity vs. debt), bringing in others (investors, key employees, independent contractors), protecting the enterprise (covenants not to compete or solicit business or customers, protection of intellectual property and confidential information), expanding the business (form and format for subsidiaries and affiliates, acquisitions and joint ventures) and mergers, consolidations and public offerings. Type: Practice Simulation Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, WR
659001	Capital Markets Regulation	Gabriel V. Rauterberg	4	Mo We	4:10 PM - 6:10 PM 4:10 PM - 6:10 PM	Fall 2021
This course concerns the law, economics, and institutions of financial trading markets, such as markets for stocks and bonds, which provide "capital" or financing for businesses in the economy. These markets serve vital social functions, including facilitating trade and incorporating information into prices, which serve as guides for the real economy. The course will begin with the major institutions of financial trading markets. It will then address the economic theory that explains their dynamics. These segments lay the groundwork for a more informed discussion of the substantive law that governs capital markets. In particular, we will consider (1) the regulation of market structure; (2) contemporary controversies regarding the modern stock market, such as high-frequency trading and dark pools; and (3) the regulation of misconduct by traders, including manipulation and insider trading. By the end of the course, students should be equipped to analyze with sophistication important law and public policy issues, such as high frequency trading, dark pools, and market structure. The class is a blend of statutory and case law, economics, and public policy. It should be of value to any student interested in a career involving the capital markets, securities, or with an interest in the functioning and social value of markets. This course focuses on trading markets, in contrast to Securities Regulation, which focuses on the regulation of the issuers of stocks and bonds, and their agents, in connection with the offering of securities. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
434001	Changing Paradigms for Corporate Law and Regulation	Gabriel V. Rauterberg	2	Mo	6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Fall 2021 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—Second semester first-year JD students who take the course/seminar as an elective do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under "Class Registration." 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 39 This seminar is offered for two (2) credits. However, the professor has the option of allowing students to do additional work to receive an additional credit. In many instances, this additional work will entail writing a longer seminar paper. Any student making such an arrangement with the professor must enroll in #900 RESEARCH. To request enrollment in Law 900 Research, refer to the Enrolling for Research instructions on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted. 43 The time listed for this class is PM.
This seminar will analyze questions about the appropriate objective and shape of regulation and law across a number of areas in corporate law, securities regulation, and capital markets. Each week will discuss one to two recent or classic papers addressing issues such as: the role of the government in how the stock market evolves; the appropriate objective of corporations; the moral responsibility of shareholders for corporate policy and wrongdoing; the mandate of central banks; and the design of the public/private divide in securities law. Each student enrolled in the class will be responsible for reading all papers; writing three short analytical papers related to some of them; and participating insightfully in class discussion. Background in the relevant bodies of law, in empirical research, and in finance will certainly be useful, but is not necessary for anyone interested in exploring the relevant areas. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: WR
910001	Child Advocacy Clinic	Vivek S. Sankaran, Joshua B. Kay, Frank E. Vandervort	4	Mo	1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Fall 2021 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under "Class Registration." 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 10 Students selected via the Law School's class bidding system will be enrolled in both the clinic and related “seminar.” Students selected and notified during the Drop/Add period must use Wolverine Access to enroll themselves in both the clinic and related seminar. 36 LLM students are not eligible to elect this clinic unless they previously earned a JD degree from an American Bar Association (ABA) approved law school in the U.S. 48 Once admitted to a clinic, the expectation is the student will remain in the clinic so client assignments can be made. However, a student who needs to drop the clinic must email the professor and request a drop with a brief explanation of the reason for it. A student who drops a first or second choice clinic may reduce their chances of acceptance into a clinic in future semesters! 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter.
The Child Advocacy Law Clinic provides students with an in-depth, interdisciplinary experience in problems of child abuse and neglect and of children in foster care. The clinic represents parents in one Michigan county, children in another, and the Michigan Child Protection Agency in six counties all in specific child maltreatment and termination of parental rights cases. With close support and supervision of an interdisciplinary faculty, the law student addresses the complex legal, social, emotional, ethical, and public policy questions of when and how the state ought to intervene in family life on behalf of children. Law students will work with practicing professionals, faculty, and students from social work, psychology, pediatrics, and psychiatry. The Child Advocacy Law Clinic seeks to introduce students to their new lawyer identity, the substantive and skill demands of this new role, and the institutional framework within which lawyers operate. The Clinic especially focuses on the relationship between the lawyer and other professionals facing the same social problem. Building on the field experience of actual case handling as a basis for analysis, it seeks to make students more self-critical and reflective about various lawyering functions they must undertake. Students are asked to integrate legal theory with real human crises in the cases they handle. Students will develop habits of thought and standards of performance and learn how to learn from raw experience for their future professional growth. Students must enroll for the 4-credit clinic and the 3-credit seminar, taken concurrently. The Child Advocacy Law Clinic meets the New York Pro-Bono requirement. CALC is a 7 credit course, all credits are graded. The Clinic seminar fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, but does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. Type: Clinic Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL
911001	Child Advocacy Clinic Seminar	Joshua B. Kay, Vivek S. Sankaran, Frank E. Vandervort	3	We	1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Fall 2021 3 This course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the professional responsibility requirement for graduation. 5 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic does not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students or the research requirement for LLM students. 6 Although this course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, it does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under "Class Registration." 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 10 Students selected via the Law School's class bidding system will be enrolled in both the clinic and related “seminar.” Students selected and notified during the Drop/Add period must use Wolverine Access to enroll themselves in both the clinic and related seminar. 36 LLM students are not eligible to elect this clinic unless they previously earned a JD degree from an American Bar Association (ABA) approved law school in the U.S. 48 Once admitted to a clinic, the expectation is the student will remain in the clinic so client assignments can be made. However, a student who needs to drop the clinic must email the professor and request a drop with a brief explanation of the reason for it. A student who drops a first or second choice clinic may reduce their chances of acceptance into a clinic in future semesters!
The Child Advocacy Law Clinic provides students with an in-depth, interdisciplinary experience in problems of child abuse and neglect and of children in foster care. The clinic represents parents in one Michigan county, children in another, and the Michigan Child Protection Agency in six counties all in specific child maltreatment and termination of parental rights cases. With close support and supervision of an interdisciplinary faculty, the law student addresses the complex legal, social, emotional, ethical, and public policy questions of when and how the state ought to intervene in family life on behalf of children. Law students will work with practicing professionals, faculty, and students from social work, psychology, pediatrics, and psychiatry. The Child Advocacy Law Clinic seeks to introduce students to their new lawyer identity, the substantive and skill demands of this new role, and the institutional framework within which lawyers operate. The Clinic especially focuses on the relationship between the lawyer and other professionals facing the same social problem. Building on the field experience of actual case handling as a basis for analysis, it seeks to make students more self-critical and reflective about various lawyering functions they must undertake. Students are asked to integrate legal theory with real human crises in the cases they handle. Students will develop habits of thought and standards of performance and learn how to learn from raw experience for their future professional growth. Students must enroll for the 4-credit clinic and the 3-credit seminar, taken concurrently. The Child Advocacy Law Clinic meets the New York Pro-Bono requirement. CALC is a 7 credit course, all credits are graded. The Clinic seminar fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, but does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. Type: Clinic Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: PR
646001	Chinese Constitutionalism	Nicholas Calcina Howson	2	Tu	4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Fall 2021 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
China has struggled with "constitutionalism" since the late 19th century, and the last Chinese imperial dynasty's attempt at domestic political reform and self-strengthening in the face of aggressive foreign powers, European and Asian. That early engagement with constitutionalism, however, was focused entirely on Qing Dynasty-led political institutional reform, specifically the establishment of a national consultative assembly or even legislature, and transformation of the Qing dynasty into a species of constitutional monarchy. A separate idea, "strict constitutionalism" or the authoritative review of legislative and regulatory enactments or government action for conformity with the higher principles enshrined in a written constitution, only gained attention in the early 1930s with the rise of the Guomindang (KMT) single party state and serious constraints placed on what many Chinese citizens perceived to be basic civil and political rights. This seminar will focus on the development of such "strict constitutionalism" in the Chinese world between 1895 and the present, focusing on the unique elements of this project in the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 1949 to date, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region transformed from a colony of the United Kingdom into a special administrative region of the PRC in 1997 Handover, and the Republic of China on Tawian as it has moved from "emergency" (military) rule to a more democratic system. Accordingly, the course will concentrate on the protection of basic human rights under domestic law (and constitutions) in the Chinese world, without significant consideration of how nation states in the Chinese world implement international human rights treaties domestically, whether directly or by incorporation of such treaty obligations into domestic law. Ultimately, the course will grapple with difficult questions about the basic suitability of such strict constitutionalism, or indeed the protection of basic civil and political rights against the state (or party behind the state) under domestic law, for Chinese world nation states, with some consideration of alternative mechanisms which might also ensure the protection of such rights. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC
510004	Civil Procedure	Maureen S. Carroll	4	Tu We Fr	2:55 PM - 4:10 PM 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM	QRST Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted.
This course covers the basic institutions of civil litigation in an adversary jury trial system. It explores the different procedural devices that arise out of the relationships among the parties, the judge, and the jury. Many litigation topics are covered, including issues relating to pleadings, discovery, other pretrial procedures, joinder, preclusion, and jurisdiction. Type: First Year Required Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
510001	Civil Procedure	Leonard M. Niehoff	4	Mo Tu Th	1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM	EFGH Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade.
This course covers the basic institutions of civil litigation in an adversary jury trial system. It explores the different procedural devices that arise out of the relationships among the parties, the judge, and the jury. Many litigation topics are covered, including issues relating to pleadings, discovery, other pretrial procedures, joinder, preclusion, and jurisdiction. Type: First Year Required Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
510002	Civil Procedure	Richard D. Friedman	4	Mo We Th	1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM	IJKL Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted.
This course covers the basic institutions of civil litigation in an adversary jury trial system. It explores the different procedural devices that arise out of the relationships among the parties, the judge, and the jury. Many litigation topics are covered, including issues relating to pleadings, discovery, other pretrial procedures, joinder, preclusion, and jurisdiction. Type: First Year Required Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
510003	Civil Procedure	Nicholas Bagley	4	Mo We Th	8:55 AM - 10:10 AM 8:55 AM - 10:10 AM 8:55 AM - 10:10 AM	MNOP Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted.
This course covers the basic institutions of civil litigation in an adversary jury trial system. It explores the different procedural devices that arise out of the relationships among the parties, the judge, and the jury. Many litigation topics are covered, including issues relating to pleadings, discovery, other pretrial procedures, joinder, preclusion, and jurisdiction. Type: First Year Required Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
807001	Civil Rights Litigation	Michael J. Steinberg	3	We Fr	10:20 AM - 11:45 AM 10:20 AM - 11:45 AM	Fall 2021 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—Second semester first-year JD students who take the course/seminar as an elective do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under "Class Registration." 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 69 Although this course can fulfill more than one requirement for graduation, students who matriculated in or after May 2016 must take a separate course to fulfill each of the following requirements: a) upper-level course with a rigorous writing component; b) professional responsibility course of two or more credit hours; and c) two credit hours of experiential learning. A clinic or externship of less than 7 credits with more than one component (e.g., clinic and clinic field) is considered as one course. 90 Students who took #807 PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION may not elect #807 CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION or vice versa. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 128 #807 CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION or #807 PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION is a pre-requisite for the Civil Rights Litigation Initiative, an experiential offering that provides students with the opportunity to represent live clients on civil rights cases. 179 This course, clinic, or externship can either fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement or the credits can count toward the Experiential Learning requirement, but not both.
This course examines how civil rights lawyers use federal civil rights litigation to address contemporary social problems. Students will develop and litigate a simulated case based on an actual racial profiling controversy in Ann Arbor. They will gain experience in client interviewing, public records requests, complaint drafting, responding to motions to dismiss, oral argument, depositions and negotiations. Students will learn how to overcome the many procedural obstacles to justice posed by 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and explore the ethical issues faced by public interest lawyers when representing clients in civil rights cases. The course will also emphasize how litigation can be most effective in achieving social change when it is a part of an "integrated advocacy" campaign that includes public education, legislation and/or community action. Type: Practice Simulation Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, WR
901001	Civil Rights Litigation Initiative	Michael J. Steinberg	4	Th	6:40 PM - 8:40 PM	Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade. 3 This course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the professional responsibility requirement for graduation. 6 Although this course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, it does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. 34 LLM students are not eligible to elect this course. 43 The time listed for this class is PM. 48 Once admitted to a clinic, the expectation is the student will remain in the clinic so client assignments can be made. However, a student who needs to drop the clinic must email the professor and request a drop with a brief explanation of the reason for it. A student who drops a first or second choice clinic may reduce their chances of acceptance into a clinic in future semesters! 69 Although this course can fulfill more than one requirement for graduation, students who matriculated in or after May 2016 must take a separate course to fulfill each of the following requirements: a) upper-level course with a rigorous writing component; b) professional responsibility course of two or more credit hours; and c) two credit hours of experiential learning. A clinic or externship of less than 7 credits with more than one component (e.g., clinic and clinic field) is considered as one course. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 129 #901 CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION INITIATIVE: #807 Civil Rights Litigation or #807 Public Interest Litigation is a pre-requisite. 180 This course, clinic, or externship can either fulfill the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation or the credits can count toward the Experiential Learning requirement, but not both.
The Civil Rights Litigation Initiative will be offered for the first time during the winter semester of 2020. It will provide students with the unique opportunity to work on important civil rights cases in a clinical setting. Taught by the former long-time legal director of the ACLU of Michigan, the goal of the course is to prepare students to use the law to advance social justice. While the types of cases will vary from semester to semester, students will have the opportunity to work on litigation addressing one or more of the following issues: fair housing, student rights, racial justice, police misconduct, immigrant rights, free speech, women's rights, LGBT rights, ethnic and religious discrimination, voting rights, disability rights and the right to privacy. Students will work on civil rights cases on behalf of individuals as well as larger impact cases. Students, under faculty supervision, will gain experience in many of the following areas: working with impacted communities to identify injustices; researching and developing winning legal theories; interviewing potential clients; writing public record requests and demand letters; drafting complaints; researching and writing briefs; arguing motions; taking depositions and engaging in other discovery; negotiating settlements; trying cases; drafting appellate briefs; and arguing appeals. It is anticipated that students will work primarily in federal court and will learn how to avoid the many procedural minefields that civil rights litigants face when seeking injunctive relief or recovering damages under 42 U.S.C. section 1983. The course will also emphasize how litigation can be most effective in achieving change when it is a part of an "integrated advocacy" campaign that includes public education, legislation and/or community action. Students will be encouraged to work in coalitions and with community groups to win not only in the court of law, but also in the court of public opinion. The Civil Rights Litigation Practicum (Law 807) -- formerly called "Public Interest Litigation" -- is a prerequisite for the Civil Rights Litigation Initiative. Students must take the Initiative for a letter grade; it is ineligible for letter grade conversion to pass ("P") election. It fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation and the New York Pro-Bono requirement, but not the New York State Bar ethics requirement. The Initiative can either fulfill the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation or the credits can count toward the Experiential Learning requirement, but not both. Type: Clinic Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, PR
920001	Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic	David A. Santacroce, Allison M. Freedman	4	Mo Mo	1:50 PM - 3:50 PM 1:50 PM - 3:50 PM	Fall 2021 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under "Class Registration." 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 10 Students selected via the Law School's class bidding system will be enrolled in both the clinic and related “seminar.” Students selected and notified during the Drop/Add period must use Wolverine Access to enroll themselves in both the clinic and related seminar. 36 LLM students are not eligible to elect this clinic unless they previously earned a JD degree from an American Bar Association (ABA) approved law school in the U.S. 48 Once admitted to a clinic, the expectation is the student will remain in the clinic so client assignments can be made. However, a student who needs to drop the clinic must email the professor and request a drop with a brief explanation of the reason for it. A student who drops a first or second choice clinic may reduce their chances of acceptance into a clinic in future semesters! 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter.
[aka Michigan Clinical Law Program] The Michigan Clinical Law Program (MCLP) is a 7-credit litigation clinic that gives students the chance to practice law in a variety of issue areas affecting low-income clients. Students must enroll in the 4-credit clinic and the 3-credit seminar, taken concurrently. The clinic covers many areas of the law. The civil case-load changes term to term, but may include landlord-tenant, consumer, family law, public benefits, employment discrimination, asylum and refugee, contracts, torts, and prisoners' civil rights cases. We try to keep a wide mix of work, from simple one-issue cases to class actions raising issues of first impression. On the criminal side, students handle misdemeanor cases for their short-term files, and do (mostly post-conviction) felony cases for their more complex files. Students do all of the work for their clients (under faculty supervision), including interviewing, counseling, legal research, discovery, negotiation, motion practice, bench and jury trials, and appeals. Students have "first-chair" responsibility for their cases and primary responsibility for their clients. MCLP students handle cases in the state district, circuit, and probate courts, as well as the federal district courts, state and federal administrative agencies, and appeals to all levels of both court systems. The seminar and field-work are graded. The MCLP meets the NY bar pro bono requirement. A more detailed description can be found at: https://www.law.umich.edu/clinical/generalclinic/Pages/default.aspx The Clinic seminar fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, but does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. Type: Clinic Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL
921001	Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic Seminar	David A. Santacroce, Allison M. Freedman	3	Th Th	1:50 PM - 3:50 PM 1:50 PM - 3:50 PM	Fall 2021 3 This course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the professional responsibility requirement for graduation. 5 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic does not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students or the research requirement for LLM students. 6 Although this course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, it does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under "Class Registration." 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 10 Students selected via the Law School's class bidding system will be enrolled in both the clinic and related “seminar.” Students selected and notified during the Drop/Add period must use Wolverine Access to enroll themselves in both the clinic and related seminar. 36 LLM students are not eligible to elect this clinic unless they previously earned a JD degree from an American Bar Association (ABA) approved law school in the U.S. 48 Once admitted to a clinic, the expectation is the student will remain in the clinic so client assignments can be made. However, a student who needs to drop the clinic must email the professor and request a drop with a brief explanation of the reason for it. A student who drops a first or second choice clinic may reduce their chances of acceptance into a clinic in future semesters!
[aka Michigan Clinical Law Program] The classroom component of the MCLP includes some trial advocacy simulations to introduce basic trial skills. Students must enroll in the 4-credit clinic and the 3-credit seminar, taken concurrently. Each student will also participate in two intensive trial practice exercises: a mock adversarial hearing at mid-term and a mock trial at the end of the term. Other class sessions address topics including the role of the lawyer, ethical issues in law practice, client-centered lawyering, the adversarial process, other related issues affecting the clinic's poor client population, and case rounds. The seminar and field-work are graded. The MCLP meets the NY bar pro bono requirement. For a more detailed description, see: https://www.law.umich.edu/clinical/generalclinic/Pages/default.aspx The Clinic seminar fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, but does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. Type: Clinic Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: PR
410001	Clean Energy and Climate Change Law	Howard A. Learner	2	Fr	10:20 AM - 12:20 PM	Fall 2021 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—Second semester first-year JD students who take the course/seminar as an elective do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under "Class Registration." 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 39 This seminar is offered for two (2) credits. However, the professor has the option of allowing students to do additional work to receive an additional credit. In many instances, this additional work will entail writing a longer seminar paper. Any student making such an arrangement with the professor must enroll in #900 RESEARCH. To request enrollment in Law 900 Research, refer to the Enrolling for Research instructions on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website. 74 For students who write a longer paper pursuant to footnote 39, this course fulfills the Statutory or Regulatory Course Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 87 Students who have taken #410 ENERGY LAW & CLIMATE CHANGE, #410 ENERGY AND CLEAN POWER PLAN, #410 ENERGY LAW or #410 CLEAN ENERGY LAW & ENVT'L CONSTITUTIONALISM are not eligible to take #410 CLEAN ENERGY & CLIMATE CHANGE LAW and vice versa. 126 #410 CLEAN ENERGY & CLIMATE CHANGE LAW: This course will meet on the following eight Fridays: September 10, September 17, October 1, October 8, October 22, November 12, November 19, and December 3.
The electricity market, technologies and policies are transforming as rapidly as wireless telecommunications changed the ways that we live and work. In this seminar, we will learn about and discuss how legal and policy principles are adapting to climate change solutions, especially emerging distributed clean solar energy and battery storage technologies and a more competitive and decentralized electric power market. We will engage in simulations and role plays to better understand how dynamic energy law and policy issues are addressed in the regulatory and political arenas. We will explore newly emerging "clean energy law," "climate law," and "environmental constitutionalism" as federal courts increasingly review, for the first time, the constitutionality of federal and state environmental and energy statutory standards. For example, what are the limits under the Commerce Clause, Supremacy Clause and the 10th Amendment on federal actions to encourage state clean energy and environmental policy actions, and in what circumstances should there be federal preemption of states' energy policy initiatives? Do the Commerce Clause and the Supremacy Clause affect state standards for new renewable energy development, and state subsidies for otherwise uneconomic old nuclear power plants to keep running? Can a state enact a renewable energy standard requiring utilities to purchase a percentage of their electricity supply from wind power and solar energy AND specify that those resources be principally provided from in-state generators? What are the constitutional and statutory lines of demarcation between the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's and state Public Utilities Commissions' regulatory authority for transmission siting and pricing, and for energy efficiency and demand response? What challenges are presented by a federal system of government, based on state boundaries, in regulating energy generation, which produces commodities (i.e., electrons) and pollution that cross those boundaries? What are the benefits versus risks and harms of inconsistent standards in Justice Brandeis' "fifty laboratories of democracies"? The common law has always been the remedy of last resort -- the bulwark of legal theories upon which laws are based and looked to when legislatures or policymakers have not addressed a specific issue. Is the common law a viable approach to addressing climate change in the first place, and what room does the U.S. Supreme Court's AEP decision leave open for state common law claims? What role, if any, should there be both for the federal and state common law of public nuisance? What's the difference? Why does it matter if federal common law remedies are displaced if the state common law remedies are not displaced and can continue to be asserted by plaintiffs? Is the common law a prod, a solution, or both? This seminar will take place in "real time" while: (1) There is rapidly developing new energy case law with decisions issued by the United States Supreme Court and other courts in this area of emerging law; (2) Market forces and technological innovations -- rapidly improving distributed solar energy and energy storage, robust wind power, low-priced shale gas, and more energy efficient lighting, appliances and equipment -- are reshaping traditional energy markets and putting new economic pressures on aging baseload coal and nuclear plants; (3) The Trump Administration is moving to fundamentally change environmental and energy policies, but the federal Production Tax Credit for wind power and Investment Tax Credit for solar energy remain in force; (4) State and municipal governments are stepping up to accelerate climate change solutions -- including moving to implement clean energy development and clean transportation policies and innovative financing approaches -- while the federal government has been stepping back; and (5) The private sector is accelerating investments in cleaner energy developments and strategies. One key opportunity and challenge for our society and government policymakers at all levels is how to construct policies that support both environmental progress -- healthier air and cleaner water, and open space with diverse habitat -- and economic growth together. This challenge is compounded by the growing realization that we must have policies that meet not just immediate needs, but future generations' needs as well by reducing carbon pollution that causes destructive climate change and by preserving natural resources both for their future use and their own intrinsic value. We will focus special attention on both the legal authorities and limitations under the Constitution and federalist system that policymakers, litigants and the public face in trying to achieve this goal. Students receive 2.0 credits for this course with a final paper of 25-30 pages on a seminar-related topic of the student's choice. This final paper satisfies the Law School's Upper Level Writing Requirement. An additional 1.0 credit of Research (Law 900) is available for students writing a longer paper of 40-50 pages, which they are seeking to publish in a law journal or other similar venue. Course requirements are engaged class participation (33% of grade) and the final paper (67% of grade) There are no prerequisites for the seminar although a previous environmental law or natural resources law class, and constitutional law and administrative law course(s), will be helpful. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: WR
479001	Collective Bargaining and Arbitration	Curtis L. Mack	2	Fr	12:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Fall 2021 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter.
The purpose of this class is to familiarize students with the theoretical and practical aspects of collective bargaining and arbitration. Students will be assigned negotiation projects, asked to write arbitration awards and draft other documents commonly used in collective bargaining and arbitration. Type: Practice Simulation Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL
955001	Community Enterprise Clinic	Kelly Pfeifer, Dana A. Thompson	4	Tu	1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade. 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under "Class Registration." 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 10 Students selected via the Law School's class bidding system will be enrolled in both the clinic and related “seminar.” Students selected and notified during the Drop/Add period must use Wolverine Access to enroll themselves in both the clinic and related seminar. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted. 48 Once admitted to a clinic, the expectation is the student will remain in the clinic so client assignments can be made. However, a student who needs to drop the clinic must email the professor and request a drop with a brief explanation of the reason for it. A student who drops a first or second choice clinic may reduce their chances of acceptance into a clinic in future semesters! 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter.
The Community Enterprise Clinic provides transactional legal assistance to nonprofits and community-based organizations in the City of Detroit and surrounding areas. Students engage in the supervised practice of law, assuming primary responsibility for all matters affecting your clients. Under close faculty supervision, students are responsible for all aspects of representation -- interviewing and counseling clients; planning; researching; drafting correspondence, memos, and legal documents; managing relationships with clients and others; negotiating agreements; and implementing client decisions. The Clinic works with new and established organizations. You will learn various substantive areas of law. Most students work with several clients on several matters throughout the term. The Clinic's goals are to provide first-rate legal services to sustain effective organizations and build institutions that provide needed services and opportunities in under-served urban communities and contribute to the economic development of the region while providing our students the opportunity to enhance their professional capabilities by doing actual "lawyering." Students interested in corporate, government, or public-interest practice should enroll in the course. The Clinic helps prepare students for work with organizational clients, while giving them an introduction to opportunities for transactional attorneys to serve the community, as well as government, public-interest and commercial organizations, through pro bono, board service, and volunteer work. The seminar is a time for reflections and discussion. We explore the practice of law, the Clinic's clients and issues facing the community and the region. We use simulation exercises to explore lawyering skills. Through the client work, students will identify legal issues, research them, consider different alternatives and implement client decisions. Students receive seven credits for the Clinic: three for the seminar and four for the client work. Each component is graded separately. The CEC meets the New York Pro Bono requirement. The Clinic seminar fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, but does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. Type: Clinic Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL
956001	Community Enterprise Clinic Seminar	Dana A. Thompson, Kelly Pfeifer	3	Th	1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade. 3 This course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the professional responsibility requirement for graduation. 5 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic does not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students or the research requirement for LLM students. 6 Although this course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, it does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under "Class Registration." 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 10 Students selected via the Law School's class bidding system will be enrolled in both the clinic and related “seminar.” Students selected and notified during the Drop/Add period must use Wolverine Access to enroll themselves in both the clinic and related seminar. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted. 48 Once admitted to a clinic, the expectation is the student will remain in the clinic so client assignments can be made. However, a student who needs to drop the clinic must email the professor and request a drop with a brief explanation of the reason for it. A student who drops a first or second choice clinic may reduce their chances of acceptance into a clinic in future semesters!
The Community Enterprise Clinic provides transactional legal assistance to nonprofits and community-based organizations in the City of Detroit and surrounding areas. Students engage in the supervised practice of law, assuming primary responsibility for all matters affecting your clients. Under close faculty supervision, students are responsible for all aspects of representation -- interviewing and counseling clients; planning; researching; drafting correspondence, memos, and legal documents; managing relationships with clients and others; negotiating agreements; and implementing client decisions. The Clinic works with new and established organizations. You will learn various substantive areas of law. Most students work with several clients on several matters throughout the term. The Clinic's goals are to provide first-rate legal services to sustain effective organizations and build institutions that provide needed services and opportunities in under-served urban communities and contribute to the economic development of the region while providing our students the opportunity to enhance their professional capabilities by doing actual "lawyering." Students interested in corporate, government, or public-interest practice should enroll in the course. The Clinic helps prepare students for work with organizational clients, while giving them an introduction to opportunities for transactional attorneys to serve the community, as well as government, public-interest and commercial organizations, through pro bono, board service, and volunteer work. The seminar is a time for reflections and discussion. We explore the practice of law, the Clinic's clients and issues facing the community and the region. We use simulation exercises to explore lawyering skills. Through the client work, students will identify legal issues, research them, consider different alternatives and implement client decisions. Students receive seven credits for the Clinic: three for the seminar and four for the client work. Each component is graded separately. The CEC meets the New York Pro Bono requirement. The Clinic seminar fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, but does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. Type: Clinic Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled: PR
756001	Comparative Human Rights Law	J. Christopher McCrudden	3	We Th Fr	8:10 AM - 10:10 AM 8:10 AM - 10:10 AM 8:10 AM - 10:10 AM	Fall 2021 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 114 #756 COMPARATIVE HUMAN RIGHTS LAW and #464 HUMAN DIGNITY: Both the course and seminar will meet for the first six weeks of the term.
The course involves a study of human rights issues drawing on material primarily from Europe and North America, and the Commonwealth. The course considers the meaning of particular human rights and their significance in theory and in practice, and the efficacy of the legal institutions designed to protect them. Several specific substantive issues (minority rights, freedom of speech, privacy, and equality) will be studied in depth to illustrate the complex interplay between theory, legal concepts and procedure, and between legal and non-legal sources of protection. It will draw on international human rights law, but will not be confined to it. The course as a whole will aim to provide the opportunity for in-depth comparative study, during which the appropriateness and utility of comparative legal techniques will be considered. There is no expectation that those taking the course will have taken any other course previously. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC
676001	Contracting in Complex Transactions	George Kimball	3	Tu Th	4:30 PM - 5:55 PM 4:30 PM - 5:55 PM	Fall 2021 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter.
This practice simulation course introduces complex transactions through negotiation of critical terms in a variety of corporate, real estate and technology transactions. Students will learn: (1) the process that leads from letters of intent to closing documents; (2) methods and tactics for negotiation of critical terms; and (3) substantive and commercial issues in many terms common to a variety of transactions (such as disclosures and due diligence, representations, warranties, protection and licensing of intellectual property, confidentiality, compliance, indemnities, liability limits, dispute resolution and remedies). Written exercises and mock negotiations are supplemented with discussion of underlying legal considerations and business risks; negotiation strategies and tactics; and the roles of brokers, bankers, consultants and other intermediaries. Course work and exercises involve letters of intent, term sheets and contracts adapted from practice. Students will review, comment upon, revise and negotiate contract terms, much as they will in practice. Grades are based upon classroom participation and negotiation and written exercises. The course is highly recommended for students interested in other transactional courses and sophisticated business practice. Type: Practice Simulation Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL
520001	Contracts	John A. E. Pottow	4	Mo We Th	8:55 AM - 10:10 AM 8:55 AM - 10:10 AM 8:55 AM - 10:10 AM	EF Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted.
This course is an introduction to commercial and consumer law and lays the foundation for advanced study in commercial transactions, corporations, restitution, consumer credit, and investment securities. Substantively, the Contracts course deals with how contracts are formed, which contracts are valid, when a contract has been breached and the various remedies for breach, including damages, specific performance, and restitution. The course is also designed to introduce the student to legal methodology and the techniques of statutory interpretation, particularly in connection with the Uniform Commercial Code. Type: First Year Required Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
520004	Contracts	Nicolas Cornell	4	Mo We Th	8:55 AM - 10:10 AM 8:55 AM - 10:10 AM 8:55 AM - 10:10 AM	ST Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted.
This course is an introduction to commercial and consumer law and lays the foundation for advanced study in commercial transactions, corporations, restitution, consumer credit, and investment securities. Substantively, the Contracts course deals with how contracts are formed, which contracts are valid, when a contract has been breached and the various remedies for breach, including damages, specific performance, and restitution. The course is also designed to introduce the student to legal methodology and the techniques of statutory interpretation, particularly in connection with the Uniform Commercial Code. Type: First Year Required Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
520003	Contracts	Albert H. Choi	4	Mo We Th	8:55 AM - 10:10 AM 8:55 AM - 10:10 AM 8:55 AM - 10:10 AM	QR Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade.
This course is an introduction to commercial and consumer law and lays the foundation for advanced study in commercial transactions, corporations, restitution, consumer credit, and investment securities. Substantively, the Contracts course deals with how contracts are formed, which contracts are valid, when a contract has been breached and the various remedies for breach, including damages, specific performance, and restitution. The course is also designed to introduce the student to legal methodology and the techniques of statutory interpretation, particularly in connection with the Uniform Commercial Code. Type: First Year Required Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
520002	Contracts	Daniel A. Crane	4	Mo We Th	8:55 AM - 10:10 AM 8:55 AM - 10:10 AM 8:55 AM - 10:10 AM	GH Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade.
This course is an introduction to commercial and consumer law and lays the foundation for advanced study in commercial transactions, corporations, restitution, consumer credit, and investment securities. Substantively, the Contracts course deals with how contracts are formed, which contracts are valid, when a contract has been breached and the various remedies for breach, including damages, specific performance, and restitution. The course is also designed to introduce the student to legal methodology and the techniques of statutory interpretation, particularly in connection with the Uniform Commercial Code. Type: First Year Required Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
772001	Corporate and White Collar Crime	Vikramaditya S. Khanna	4	Mo Tu Th	10:20 AM - 11:35 AM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM	Fall 2021 61 This course fulfills the Statutory or Regulatory Course Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 111 #772 CORPORATE AND WHITE COLLAR CRIME: #657 Enterprise Organization or #723 Corporate Lawyer: Law & Ethics is a pre-requisite or co-requisite.
Corporate and White Collar Crime is a vast and rapidly growing field of law. This course explores its core structures, development over time, key substantive areas of regulation and enforcement, the role of prosecutorial discretion, the growth of compliance efforts and internal investigations, and matters of strategy for both prosecutors and defense counsel as well as recent issues and those on the horizon. Our journey begins by describing the key doctrines of corporate and white collar crime and examining how this field of law has grown historically, politically and comparatively. This will also involve attempting to understand its economic significance. We then explore a number of substantive areas of law that form the primary focus of corporate and white collar crime practice. This includes mail & wire fraud, securities fraud and insider trading, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and bribery more generally, money laundering and financial institution crime, perjury and obstruction, topics in environmental crime, and RICO. Following this we detail the primary procedural and sanctioning issues that arise, including many Constitutional protections that may be implicated. We then delve into the institutional architecture of this field by discussing enforcement practice and the rise of deferred prosecution agreements and certain official U.S. Department of Justice memos describing enforcement policy and practice. This will include discussion of the rise of compliance efforts, internal investigations, and some of the issues these may raise (e.g., Upjohn warnings, attorney-client privilege, systems of information gathering). We then address issues of strategy for prosecutors and defense counsel through not only readings, but also interactions with those in practice. We conclude by examining both recent issues and those likely to arise in the near future including the globalization of corporate and white collar crime. Students should have completed #657 Enterprise Organization or #723 Corporate Lawyer: Law & Ethics (or be doing either concurrently with this class) or have obtained prior permission from the instructor to enroll. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: SR
635001	Corporate Finance	Laura Nyantung Beny	4	Mo Tu Th	1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM	Fall 2021 133 #635 CORPORATE FINANCE: Finance majors and students holding MBA’s with a finance concentration are not permitted to enroll in the course, because it is intended for law students with no prior background in finance. Students who were not finance majors or who do not have MBA’s with a finance concentration but who nonetheless have some finance background should communicate with Professor Beny to determine whether this course is appropriate for them. 134 #635 CORPORATE FINANCE: #657 Enterprise Organization or #723 Corporate Lawyer: Law & Ethics is strongly recommended, particularly for those students without a business background.
This course is designed to familiarize law students with the foundations and most recent developments in the theory and application of corporate finance. We will explore several topics, including: the theory of present discounted value, stock valuation (i.e., discounted net cash flow analysis), bond valuation, capital budgeting and other valuation techniques; the theory and evidence for and against the efficient capital market hypothesis and the counter-hypothesis of behavioral finance theory; risk, return, the capital asset pricing model and arbitrage pricing theory; the firm's investment and financing decisions, including security issuance, the law and economics of dividend policy and share repurchases; optimal capital structure; comparative corporate law; the role of classical finance theory in legal decisions; option theory; and the causes and consequences of corporate mergers and acquisitions. Professor Beny Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
750001	Corporate Reorganization	Martin J. Bienenstock	1	Mo	4:10 PM - 6:10 PM	Fall 2021 103 #750 CORPORATE REORGANIZATION: This class will meet on the following seven Mondays throughout the term: TBA. 151 #750 CORPORATE REORGANIZATION & 728 CHAPTER 11 REORGANIZATION PRACTICUM: Students who have previously taken Law 750 Corporate Reorganization are not eligible to take Law 728 Chapter 11 Reorganization Practicum and vice versa. Students may not take these courses concurrently.
This course analyzes the jurisprudence, game theory, financial underpinnings, and litigation overlay of chapter 11 reorganizations and the governance lessons they teach. It starts with the end game: the public policies and purposes of reorganization and the calculus of confirming a chapter 11 plan. Then the course examines the route to the plan, including management, trustees and governance; ethics; statutory committees; substantive consolidation; treatment of mass tort claims; senior and subordinated debt; jurisdiction; executory contracts; collective bargaining agreements; major asset sales in lieu of plans; financing; and derivatives. Certain subjects are conducive to discussions of statutory interpretation (i.e., 11 U.S.C. sections 363(f), 502, 524(g), 1123(b)(3), the Eleventh Amendment), constitutional principles (i.e., the bankruptcy power, sovereign immunity, and jury trials), impact of lawyering (i.e., opposing dismissal or trustee motions); and litigation techniques. The course will be taught in 7 weekly 2-hour sessions and uses materials (decisions, press releases, SEC filings, actual pleadings, orders) I will distribute. Basic bankruptcy is not a requirement. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
749001	Corporate Taxation	J. Phillip Adams	4	Mo Tu	12:25 PM - 2:25 PM 12:25 PM - 2:25 PM	Fall 2021 61 This course fulfills the Statutory or Regulatory Course Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 104 #749 CORPORATE TAXATION: Either #747 Taxation of Individual Income or #644 Introduction to Income Tax of Business is a pre-requisite. Students who have not met the pre-requisite may enroll with permission of the instructor.
This course concentrates on the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code bearing on domestic corporations. It deals with the tax consequences to corporations and their shareholders as a result of the events that take place during a corporation's life span. The course examines the tax consequences that can arise on: the formation of the corporation, the distribution of assets from the corporation, sales of corporate stock, reorganizations and divisions, and liquidations. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: SR
795001	Crimes Against Vulnerable Communities	Daniel R. Hurley	3	Tu Th	4:30 PM - 5:55 PM 4:30 PM - 5:55 PM	Fall 2021
This course examines the use of the criminal justice system to protect some of the most vulnerable groups in American society. We will focus on legal, policy and practical issues relating to the enforcement of these laws. Areas of exploration will include hate crimes, police misconduct, human trafficking, involuntary servitude, child exploitation, and domestic violence. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
927001	Criminal Appellate Practice	Michael L. Mittlestat, Erin R. Van Campen	3	Mo	4:10 PM - 7:10 PM	Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade. 3 This course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the professional responsibility requirement for graduation. 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—Second semester first-year JD students who take the course/seminar as an elective do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 6 Although this course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, it does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under "Class Registration." 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 11 Students selected via the Law School's class bidding system will be enrolled in both the clinic and related “field course.” Students selected and notified during the Drop/Add period must use Wolverine Access to enroll themselves in both the clinic and related field course. 36 LLM students are not eligible to elect this clinic unless they previously earned a JD degree from an American Bar Association (ABA) approved law school in the U.S. 48 Once admitted to a clinic, the expectation is the student will remain in the clinic so client assignments can be made. However, a student who needs to drop the clinic must email the professor and request a drop with a brief explanation of the reason for it. A student who drops a first or second choice clinic may reduce their chances of acceptance into a clinic in future semesters! 69 Although this course can fulfill more than one requirement for graduation, students who matriculated in or after May 2016 must take a separate course to fulfill each of the following requirements: a) upper-level course with a rigorous writing component; b) professional responsibility course of two or more credit hours; and c) two credit hours of experiential learning. A clinic or externship of less than 7 credits with more than one component (e.g., clinic and clinic field) is considered as one course. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 178 For students who matriculated in or after May 2016, this course, clinic, or externship can either fulfill the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, fulfill the upper-level writing requirement, or the credits can count toward the Experiential Learning requirement -- it cannot be used to fulfill more than one of these three particular requirements. 201 #770 CURRENT ISSUES IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: #705 Mergers and Acquisitions is a pre-requisite.
This is a clinical course in which each student is assigned to help represent an indigent defendant in the appeal of his or her felony conviction, under the supervision of attorneys from Michigan's State Appellate Defender Office. The focus of the course is on the completion of an effectively written appellate brief on behalf of the client, to be filed in state or federal court. The goal of the course is to develop the student's understanding and skill in all phases of appellate advocacy. The student will review the trial transcripts and lower court records, interview the client in prison (with the instructor), develop a strategy for appeal, conduct legal research, and help draft the client's brief on appeal. Feedback is provided by frequent individual meetings with the instructors, as well as oral argument before a panel of attorneys experienced in criminal law. The course gives the student the opportunity to work on a real case with real consequences for the client. While most directly relevant to those interested in criminal law, its lessons in appellate advocacy should be of general interest. Class size is limited to 12 students to assure individual attention to each student. The Clinic is a 4 credit course and meets the New York Pro-Bono requirement. Students must enroll in the 3 credit clinic and the 1 credit field component, taken concurrently. The 3 credit clinic and 1 credit field component are mandatory graded and ineligible for letter grade conversion to pass ("P") election. The Clinic fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, but does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. For students who matriculated in or after May 2016, the Clinic can either fulfill the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, fulfill the upper-level writing requirement, or the credits can count toward the Experiential Learning requirement -- it cannot be used to fulfill more than one of these three particular requirements. Type: Clinic Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, PR, WR
928001	Criminal Appellate Practice Field	Erin R. Van Campen, Michael L. Mittlestat	1	Arr	Arr	Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade. 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under "Class Registration." 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 11 Students selected via the Law School's class bidding system will be enrolled in both the clinic and related “field course.” Students selected and notified during the Drop/Add period must use Wolverine Access to enroll themselves in both the clinic and related field course. 36 LLM students are not eligible to elect this clinic unless they previously earned a JD degree from an American Bar Association (ABA) approved law school in the U.S. 48 Once admitted to a clinic, the expectation is the student will remain in the clinic so client assignments can be made. However, a student who needs to drop the clinic must email the professor and request a drop with a brief explanation of the reason for it. A student who drops a first or second choice clinic may reduce their chances of acceptance into a clinic in future semesters! 69 Although this course can fulfill more than one requirement for graduation, students who matriculated in or after May 2016 must take a separate course to fulfill each of the following requirements: a) upper-level course with a rigorous writing component; b) professional responsibility course of two or more credit hours; and c) two credit hours of experiential learning. A clinic or externship of less than 7 credits with more than one component (e.g., clinic and clinic field) is considered as one course. 201 #770 CURRENT ISSUES IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: #705 Mergers and Acquisitions is a pre-requisite.
This is a clinical course in which each student is assigned to help represent an indigent defendant in the appeal of his or her felony conviction, under the supervision of attorneys from Michigan's State Appellate Defender Office. The focus of the course is on the completion of an effecitvely written appellate brief on behalf of the client, to be filed in state or federal court. The goal of the course is to develop the student's understanding and skill in all phases of appellate advocacy. The student will review the trial transcripts and lower court records, interview the client in prison (with the instructor), develop a strategy for appeal, conduct legal research, and help draft the client's brief on appeal. Feedback is provided by frequent individual meetings with the instructors, as well as oral argument before a panel of attorneys experienced in criminal law. The course gives the student the opportunity to work on a real case with real consequences for the client. While most directly relevant to those interested in criminal law, its lessons in appellate advocacy should be of general interest. Class size is limited to 12 students to assure individual attention to each student. The Clinic is a 4 credit course and meets the New York Pro-Bono requirement. Students must enroll in the 3 credit clinic and the 1 credit field component, taken concurrently. The 3 credit clinic and 1 credit field component are mandatory graded and ineligible for letter grade conversion to pass ("P") election. The Clinic fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, but does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. For students who matriculated in or after May 2016, the Clinic can either fulfill the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, fulfill the upper-level writing requirement, or the credits can count toward the Experiential Learning requirement -- it cannot be used to fulfill more than one of these three particular requirements. Type: Clinic Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
641001	Criminal Justice: Investigation and Police Practices	David A. Moran	4	We Th Fr	8:55 AM - 10:10 AM 8:55 AM - 10:10 AM 8:55 AM - 10:10 AM	Fall 2021 67 Students who have taken #645 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE SURVEY may not elect either #641 CRIMINAL JUSTICE: ADMINISTRATION OF POLICE PRACTICES or #641 CRIMINAL JUSTICE: INVESTIGATION & POLICE PRACTICES or #643 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: BAIL TO POST CONVICTION REVIEW or vice versa. 169 #641 CRIMINAL JUSTICE: INVESTIGATION & POLICE PRACTICES: #540 Introduction to Constitutional Law is a recommended but not required pre-requisite or co-requisite.
This course will consider problems relating to the police role in the administration of criminal justice and judicial enforcement of limitations upon police practices. We will focus primarily on the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments and will answer the following questions: (1) When can the police stop, search, and/or arrest people? (2) When can the police search cars, homes, and offices and for what? (3) What are the laws surrounding police interrogation and confessions? (4) Who has a right to counsel and when and how is it triggered? (5) How are police line-ups and other identification procedures conducted and what are the constitutional limits on such procedures? (6) What remedy does a defendant have if his/her constitutional criminal procedure rights are violated? When is the evidence excluded and when should it be excluded? Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
530002	Criminal Law	Barbara L. Mcquade	4	Mo Tu Th	1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM	MNOP Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted.
This course examines the application of legal principles as a limitation on the definition of crime; the theories underlying criminal law; and the problems of the imposition and execution of sentences. Also examined are various specific areas of substantive criminal law, including: (1) general principles applicable to all crimes, e.g., mistake, causation, legal insanity, intoxication, and rules of justification and excuse; (2) accountability for the acts of others; and (3) attempt and conspiracy. Type: First Year Required Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
530001	Criminal Law	JJ Prescott	4	Mo We Th	10:20 AM - 11:35 AM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM	IJKL Fall 2021 2 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory graded; the grade received may not be converted from a letter grade to a “P” grade. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted.
This course examines the application of legal principles as a limitation on the definition of crime; the theories underlying criminal law; and the problems of the imposition and execution of sentences. Also examined are various specific areas of substantive criminal law, including: (1) general principles applicable to all crimes, e.g., mistake, causation, legal insanity, intoxication, and rules of justification and excuse; (2) accountability for the acts of others; and (3) attempt and conspiracy. Type: First Year Required Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
430001	Critical Race Theory in Clinical Practice	Dana A. Thompson, Kimberly A. Thomas	1	Fr	10:20 AM - 11:50 AM	Fall 2021 5 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic does not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students or the research requirement for LLM students. 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under "Class Registration." 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 44 This class, at the request of the professor, is not eligible for #900 RESEARCH credit for additional work. 145 #430 CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: This class will meet on the following eight Wednesdays throughout the term: TBA. 202 #430 CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: Co-requisite: Students must be concurrently enrolled in an upper-level clinic.
Critical Race Theory in Clinical Practice will examine readings and ideas in critical theory, in particular Critical Race Theory (CRT), in concert with upper-level clinic students and their client's legal and lived experiences in clinical practice. Over the semester, students will be introduced to the foundations of CRT and also examine a range of lawyering skills informed by a CRT framework. The class is open to students from all upper-level clinics and seeks to foster dialogue across substantive legal areas, develop community across clinics, help students develop more empathy for their clients, particularly their clients who are members of marginalized groups, which in turn will enhance their client representation, and invite students to think about race and the systemic nature of racism in ways that goes beyond an individual case or body of law. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
770001	Current Issues in Mergers and Aquisitions	David J. Willbrand	2	Tu	4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Fall 2021 201 #770 CURRENT ISSUES IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: #705 Mergers and Acquisitions is a pre-requisite.
This course will focus on advanced topics in business transactions generally, and M&A in particular. As a consequence, M&A is a prerequisite. That said, this will not be "M&A II," insofar as the curriculum won't simply follow the architecture of a casebook in lockstep. In fact, there will be no casebook, as the course will highlight recent innovations, issues and challenges by and facing deal makers, of the sort which are so new that they have yet to appear in casebooks. Assigned reading will be comprised of articles and similar materials, and don't be surprised if the syllabus changes week-to-week. If something novel of import and interest emerges mid-semester, we'll pivot and address it. As an example, had this course been offered in the fall of 2020, it would have been organized most prominently around the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on M&A deal terms and activity, as well as the SPAC craze. In 2021, it's anticipated that those matters will remain on the table, as their respective ripple effects will continue, but there will most certainly be new phenomena in the mix. All this being said, this is not merely a "current events" course. While the curriculum will indeed be anchored by contemporary activity, the matters discussed will be grounded in the sort of deal fundamentals which consistently appear in business transactions of every shape and sort, regardless of moment and era. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
685001	Designing a Fulfilling Life in Law	Vivek S. Sankaran, Bridgette A. Carr	2	We	10:20 AM - 12:20 PM	Fall 2021 1 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory limited grade (pass/fail) or “S” grade. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 76 Students who took #685 DESIGNING YOUR LIFE IN THE LAW may not elect #685 DESIGNING A FULFILLING LIFE IN THE LAW and vice versa.
Now that you are in law school, how do you create the life you want? What do you want out of life during and after Michigan Law? Wondering how to weave together what fits, is doable, and will be truly meaningful? Join us for Unlocking the Fullness of Life. This course applies the innovation principles of problem solving to the "wicked problem" of crafting your life and vocation in and beyond Michigan Law. We'll approach these lifelong questions with a structured classroom framework where you can work out your ideas in conversation with your peers. Topics include defining success, integrating your views of work and life, confronting the realities of school and the workplace, and incorporating practices that support vocation formation throughout your life. This class includes seminar-style discussions, personal written reflections, and guest speakers. The capstone assignment is the creation of a long-term plan, focusing on taking action following your graduation from law school to further the life you want. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Mandatory Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
627001	Dialogue Across Difference	Nicole Appleberry	1	Tu	4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Fall 2021 1 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory limited grade (pass/fail) or “S” grade. 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 165 #627 DIALOGUE ACROSS DIFFERENCE: This course will meet on six Tuesdays during the term: September 14, 28, October 12, 26, and November 9, 23. 191 Students who took #627 PROMOTING SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH INTERGROUP DIALOGUE are ineligible to take #627 DIALOGUE ACROSS DIFFERENCE and vice versa.
Dialoguing across difference is a skill essential for successful lawyering in any specialty, in any context. We must achieve deep understanding of our clients' perspectives and be able to communicate our own. We must effectively advocate for our clients and negotiate with everyone involved with our clients' matters, such as their business partners, family members, opposing parties or counsel, etc. We are problem solvers, and often coalition builders and systemic change makers. Students in this course will practice engaging in and facilitating sustained and productive dialogue through the nuanced exploration of their own social/political identities and their perspectives on an assortment of potentially controversial topics of their choosing. Type: Practice Simulation Grading Method: Mandatory Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL