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Fall 2021

Catalog # Section	Title Sort ascending	Professor	Credits	Days	Meeting Times	Footnotes
981001	Workers' Rights Clinic: Litigation	Joshua B. Kay, Patrick Barry, Frank E. Vandervort	5	Fr	10:20 AM - 12:20 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. 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. 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! 61 This course fulfills the Statutory or Regulatory Course Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 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. 181 #981 WORKERS' RIGHTS CLINIC - LITIGATION: #974 WRC I or Legal Practice-WRC is a pre-requisite.
Workers' Rights Clinic: Litigation Each year, hundreds of workers are unfairly denied their statutory right to state unemployment insurance benefits. This five-credit litigation clinic gives you a chance to fight on their behalf. Along the way you will get to: - improve your research and writing skills - improve your trial advocacy and oral-argument skills - wrestle with high-level strategy decisions The clinic is team taught and includes the opportunity to get line-by-line feedback on your writing from faculty supervisors and Professor Patrick Barry. There are few better ways to improve your written advocacy as you work on a mix of complex cases in the administrative and appellate courts. WRC Litigation is a 5-credit course and meets the New York Pro-Bono requirement. WRC Litigation is 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. Please note that the Clinic can fulfill either the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, 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. The Clinic also fulfills the Statutory or Regulatory Course Distribution Requirement. Type: Clinic Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled: SR, EL, PR, WR
981001	Workers' Rights Clinic: Litigation	Joshua B. Kay, Patrick Barry, Frank E. Vandervort	5	Fr	10:20 AM - 12:20 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. 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. 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! 61 This course fulfills the Statutory or Regulatory Course Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 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. 181 #981 WORKERS' RIGHTS CLINIC - LITIGATION: #974 WRC I or Legal Practice-WRC is a pre-requisite.
Workers' Rights Clinic: Litigation Each year, hundreds of workers are unfairly denied their statutory right to state unemployment insurance benefits. This five-credit litigation clinic gives you a chance to fight on their behalf. Along the way you will get to: - improve your research and writing skills - improve your trial advocacy and oral-argument skills - wrestle with high-level strategy decisions The clinic is team taught and includes the opportunity to get line-by-line feedback on your writing from faculty supervisors and Professor Patrick Barry. There are few better ways to improve your written advocacy as you work on a mix of complex cases in the administrative and appellate courts. WRC Litigation is a 5-credit course and meets the New York Pro-Bono requirement. WRC Litigation is 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. Please note that the Clinic can fulfill either the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, 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. The Clinic also fulfills the Statutory or Regulatory Course Distribution Requirement. Type: Clinic Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled: SR, EL, PR, WR
981001	Workers' Rights Clinic: Litigation	Joshua B. Kay, Patrick Barry, Frank E. Vandervort	5	Fr	10:20 AM - 12:20 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. 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. 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! 61 This course fulfills the Statutory or Regulatory Course Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 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. 181 #981 WORKERS' RIGHTS CLINIC - LITIGATION: #974 WRC I or Legal Practice-WRC is a pre-requisite.
Workers' Rights Clinic: Litigation Each year, hundreds of workers are unfairly denied their statutory right to state unemployment insurance benefits. This five-credit litigation clinic gives you a chance to fight on their behalf. Along the way you will get to: - improve your research and writing skills - improve your trial advocacy and oral-argument skills - wrestle with high-level strategy decisions The clinic is team taught and includes the opportunity to get line-by-line feedback on your writing from faculty supervisors and Professor Patrick Barry. There are few better ways to improve your written advocacy as you work on a mix of complex cases in the administrative and appellate courts. WRC Litigation is a 5-credit course and meets the New York Pro-Bono requirement. WRC Litigation is 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. Please note that the Clinic can fulfill either the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, 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. The Clinic also fulfills the Statutory or Regulatory Course Distribution Requirement. Type: Clinic Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled: SR, EL, PR, WR
981001	Workers' Rights Clinic: Litigation	Joshua B. Kay, Patrick Barry, Frank E. Vandervort	5	Fr	10:20 AM - 12:20 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. 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. 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! 61 This course fulfills the Statutory or Regulatory Course Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 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. 181 #981 WORKERS' RIGHTS CLINIC - LITIGATION: #974 WRC I or Legal Practice-WRC is a pre-requisite.
Workers' Rights Clinic: Litigation Each year, hundreds of workers are unfairly denied their statutory right to state unemployment insurance benefits. This five-credit litigation clinic gives you a chance to fight on their behalf. Along the way you will get to: - improve your research and writing skills - improve your trial advocacy and oral-argument skills - wrestle with high-level strategy decisions The clinic is team taught and includes the opportunity to get line-by-line feedback on your writing from faculty supervisors and Professor Patrick Barry. There are few better ways to improve your written advocacy as you work on a mix of complex cases in the administrative and appellate courts. WRC Litigation is a 5-credit course and meets the New York Pro-Bono requirement. WRC Litigation is 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. Please note that the Clinic can fulfill either the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, 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. The Clinic also fulfills the Statutory or Regulatory Course Distribution Requirement. Type: Clinic Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled: SR, EL, PR, WR
764001	Women's Human Rights	Karima Bennoune	3	Mo We	2:35 PM - 4:00 PM 2:35 PM - 4:00 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.
This course provides an overview of the international legal norms and implementation mechanisms for the protection of women's human rights, including the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. It explores the historical roots of these norms and examines the theoretical construct of women's human rights from diverse feminist perspectives. Given that discrimination against women remains one of the most pervasive violations of human rights globally, the course tackles the challenges to implementing these norms in women's lived experience. It addresses concrete dilemmas facing women human rights defenders seeking to use international law and human rights mechanisms to end violations and achieve equality. Specific topics covered include violence against women, sexual harassment, global and anti-racist feminisms, and the economic, social and cultural rights of women, as well as the impacts on women of the COVID 19 pandemic and of diverse forms of fundamentalism and extremism. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC
634001	Water Wars: Law and Advocacy to Save the Great Lakes	Andrew Buchsbaum	3	Tu	6:40 PM - 9:40 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). 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 43 The time listed for this class is PM.
Water Wars: Law and Advocacy to Save the Great Lakes The University of Michigan sits in the midst of the most abundant source of surface fresh water in the world and some of the most fascinating legal and policy disputes that will determine its future. The Great Lakes contain 20% of the surface fresh water of the entire planet, and 90% of that of the United States. They not only serve as sources of drinking water and recreation for 40 million people, but also as the economic engine for the region. Today, the lakes have reached a tipping point. Centuries of use (and abuse) and the increased demand for water from an increasingly thirsty world have created immense and potentially irreversible ecological changes and historic legal conflicts and policy opportunities to accompany them. In this class, we will learn and experience national, state, and international natural resource law and advocacy through the lens of this unique region. The public trust doctrine, water law, the Clean Water Act and other environmental laws, and even maritime law are all being simultaneously litigated and rewritten in this period of seismic shifts in Great Lakes policy. The class will cover these and other topics through lectures by and discussions with the leaders in the Great Lakes region who right now are remaking Great Lakes law and policy. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: WR
979001	Veterans Legal Clinic Seminar	Matthew Andres	3	Th	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!
The Veterans Legal Clinic offers students the opportunity to learn holistic, client-centered lawyering through representing military veterans in a broad array of civil legal matters. While some of the cases the VLC handles are specific to this client population, such as veterans benefits cases and discharge upgrades, the majority of the clinic's cases involve broader civil legal issues, including family law, housing, consumer disputes, financial exploitation, disability, employment, public benefits, etc. The clinic seeks to foster in its students a strong professional identity, advocacy skills, and consistent engagement in reflective, intentional practice while providing excellent legal services to a severely underserved population. Students will take the lead in all aspects of their cases, including client interviews, pleading drafting, fact investigation, discovery, negotiation, court hearings, and trials. Students will also have the opportunity to interact professionally with a wide variety of social service, medical, mental health, and other providers in the effort to meet their clients' needs. The Veterans Legal Clinic meets the New York Pro Bono requirement. Students must enroll for the 4-credit clinic and the 3-credit seminar, taken concurrently. The Veterans Legal Clinic 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
978001	Veterans Legal Clinic	Matthew Andres	4	Mo	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.
The Veterans Legal Clinic offers students the opportunity to learn holistic, client-centered lawyering through representing military veterans in a broad array of civil legal matters. While some of the cases the VLC handles are specific to this client population, such as veterans benefits cases and discharge upgrades, the majority of the clinic's cases involve broader civil legal issues, including family law, housing, consumer disputes, financial exploitation, disability, employment, public benefits, etc. The clinic seeks to foster in its students a strong professional identity, advocacy skills, and consistent engagement in reflective, intentional practice while providing excellent legal services to a severely underserved population. Students will take the lead in all aspects of their cases, including client interviews, pleading drafting, fact investigation, discovery, negotiation, court hearings, and trials. Students will also have the opportunity to interact professionally with a wide variety of social service, medical, mental health, and other providers in the effort to meet their clients' needs. The Veterans Legal Clinic meets the New York Pro Bono requirement. Students must enroll for the 4-credit clinic and the 3-credit seminar, taken concurrently. The Veterans Legal Clinic 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
986801	UNHR Virtual Internship Sem	Eric Richardson	1	We	5:10 PM - 6:40 PM	Fall 2021 1 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory limited grade (pass/fail) or “S” grade. 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. 47 This class is a year-long commitment, so students enrolled for the fall term will automatically be enrolled for the winter term. No additional students will be added during the winter term. 59 This is a distance education course. Accreditation rules limit JD students to no more than one-third of credits earned in distance education classes during their law school career. Additionally, first-year law students can take no more than 10 credits in distance education classes. 90 LLMs are generally eligible to take this class. However, LLM students who intend to sit for the New York bar examination may not take this class for credit towards their degree. 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. 205 #986 UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS VIRTUAL INTERNSHIP SEMINAR: This class will meet from the beginning of the term through November 17.
UNHR Geneva's student legal advisor program is an externship opportunity in public international law for selected LLM and JD students, with a possible "Spring Break" visit to Geneva Switzerland for the February/March UN Human Rights Council. Selected students will work with a Michigan law grad and former U.S. diplomat to serve as virtual interns for a member state to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Students will be paired with a small UN member states that lacks resources to have legal support for their delegation to the UN Human Rights Council. The students will provide legal, policy and administrative support to that government to facilitate its participation in the UN Human Rights Council and possible other UN agencies in Geneva. During the Fall semester, students will be required to join a weekly 90-minute online class with students from other law schools. The live online course will provide an overview of relevant UN and international human rights law and procedures; tradecraft skills in drafting, research and negotiation; and otherwise lay the foundation to prepare students to serve in their virtual internship. In the Winter term, students will be expected to review draft resolutions, conduct research and produce interventions for their employer/member state UN delegation to use and deliver during the January Universal Periodic Review and March UN Human Rights Council (HRC) sessions and related meetings. Further details on the program, expectations, and the type of developing country delegations whom students may work for is available at https://unhrgeneva.org/virtual-intern program. Past students have traveled to Geneva for a week-long, self-funded, first-hand glimpse at providing diplomatic and legal work at the UN Human Rights Council. The HRC session each March usually aligns with Michigan Law's spring break and the HRC Universal Periodic Review session in May often occurs immediately after Michigan Law's exam period. Travel to Geneva and living expenses are not funded by UNHR and cannot be guaranteed given the challenges provided by COVID-19, receipt of a visa to Switzerland and demands of the employing delegation. Applicants interested in the Spring Break or May visit MUST be eligible for visa-free entry to Switzerland. To apply for the two-semester student legal advisor program, please send a copy of your transcript, resume, passport photo page, and cover letter explaining your interest, as well as your contact details and availability for an on-line interview to Michigan Law's Externship and Pro Bono Office. Applications should be received between May 15 and July 15. Students selected for an interview will be contacted shortly thereafter from the email UNHRGeneva@gmail.com, and those who pass the interview will be notified in August. Delegations will not be assigned until approximately Halloween and student interests in particular regions, issues, and language skills are taken into account in pairing with an employer delegation but cannot be guaranteed. How Credits Will Be Determined: Student participants are enrolling in a two semester class/externship combined experience and are expected for the entire school year. One credit will be given each semester, which will cover class time and preparation/assignments for the class (including practice research projects, sample interventions, negotiations and a final project of up to 10 pages that deploys the student's negotiation and resolution drafting skills). Because the amount of work facing students in the second semester may vary depending on the demands of the particular delegation/Ambassador, an additional one or two credits may be authorized in the Spring semester. Students seeking additional credit units will be evaluated based on a timesheet logging hours spent on behalf of their delegation to track hours over and above a baseline expectation that all students will provide at least 20 hours of work requested by their delegations in the second semester. Under the ABA standard for externships, if more than 42.5 additional hours are requested and logged (total of 62.5 hours including the baseline 20 hours), the student may receive a third credit and if more than 85 additional hours are logged (total of 105 hours), a fourth credit may be awarded (four credits is the maximum possible). Because the volume of work requested by an Ambassador/delegation depends on a range of factors and is impossible to predict, students should not count on receiving more than the baseline total of two credits for the combined two-semester seminar/virtual externship experience. Type: Externship Grading Method: Mandatory Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL
461001	United Nations Human Rights Practicum	Karima Bennoune	2	We	10:20 AM - 12:20 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. 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. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 124 #461 UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICUM: A minimum of two courses in international law or human rights, or equivalent experience, is a pre-requisite.
This course will give students the opportunity to work directly with the United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights by engaging in research, writing and analysis under her close supervision. Students will gain an insider's understanding of the workings of the United Nations human rights system, and work in depth with UN documents, individual cases in the field and thematic reports. They will develop expertise in the field of cultural rights, including the right to take part in cultural life and to enjoy artistic and scientific freedom. The work for the course will be comprised of ongoing research, writing and analysis; there will be no exam. Participation in the course requires working to the highest standard and serious commitment to human rights work. Enrollment will be by permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: A minimum of two courses in international law or human rights, or equivalent experience. In Fall 2021, students will work to assist Professor Bennoune in preparing for an Interactive Dialogue with the UN General Assembly (GA) in late October, including by holding a mock session of the GA. They will also contribute to evaluation of the effectiveness of the mandate's work as she wraps up her term, including review of case outcomes and monitoring of implementation. Type: Practice Simulation Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, IC
753001	Trial Advocacy/Civil	Timothy Connors	3	We	4:35 PM - 7:35 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. 132 #753 TRIAL ADVOCACY/CIVIL: This practice simulation will take place in Courtroom 10 on the second floor of the Washtenaw County Courthouse, 101 E. Huron Street, Ann Arbor . The Courthouse is located at the corner of main and Huron Street in downtown Ann Arbor. Inquiries can be made directly to Judge Connors (connorst@washtenaw.org). In addition he can be reached on his office phone at (734) 222-3361. In case of emergency, he can be reached on his cell phone at (734) 478-9833.
This course explores a more diverse and deepened analysis of trial advocacy tied to the subject matter of the conflict and potential resolutions for that conflict. To that end, the class is held in the Washtenaw County courthouse. Students will learn basic tenants of all trial advocacy. These tenants include mechanics of pre- trial practice (motion practice including the differences between written and oral advocacy) as well as simulated trial tasks. Those trial tasks focus on the chronological development of a trial: jury selection; opening statement; direct and cross examination; exhibits; objections; impeachment and rehabilitation; experts and closing arguments. As part of the analysis, students provide weekly written reflections on the oath of office all attorneys are required to make as a condition for the privilege to practice law. That reflection includes identification and discussion of core values and expectations that their advocacy choices reflect those values. In lieu of a final exam, students will engage in a competition at the Washtenaw County Courthouse in conjunction with students from Wayne State Law School. Type: Practice Simulation Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL
433001	Transactional Drafting	George Kimball	2	We	4:10 PM - 6:10 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. 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.
In this practice/simulation course, students will begin to develop the legal skills needed to represent clients in business transactions. Among other things, the seminar covers translating the client's business objectives into legal concepts, and then incorporating those concepts into the actual language of an agreement in clear, consistent, and concise manner. Students will learn how to analyze a contract from the client's perspective, with an eye to advancing the client's interests and protecting the client as much as possible from risk. The practice/simulation course also identifies how attorneys can use drafting techniques to solve problems that arise while a deal is being done. Students will engage in simulations and exercises in class, and undertake drafting assignments outside of class. Type: Practice Simulation Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, WR
760001	Trademarks and Unfair Competition	Jessica Litman	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.
This course provides an overview of the federal trademark statute and related state law of unfair competition, trademark dilution, and right of publicity. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: SR
580002	Torts	Sherman J. Clark	4	Mo Tu Th	2:35 PM - 3:50 PM 2:55 PM - 4:10 PM 2:55 PM - 4:10 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.
Compensation at law for private wrongs and intentional wrongs as well as accidents, with principal emphasis on harms to person and property. Special areas such as product liability, defamation, or business torts will be treated selectively. Type: First Year Required Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
580003	Torts	Kyle D. Logue	4	Tu We Fr	10:20 AM - 11:35 AM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM	MN 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.
Compensation at law for private wrongs and intentional wrongs as well as accidents, with principal emphasis on harms to person and property. Special areas such as product liability, defamation, or business torts will be treated selectively. Type: First Year Required Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
580001	Torts	Roseanna Sommers	4	Tu We Fr	10:20 AM - 11:35 AM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM	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. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted.
Compensation at law for private wrongs and intentional wrongs as well as accidents, with principal emphasis on harms to person and property. Special areas such as product liability, defamation, or business torts will be treated selectively. Type: First Year Required Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
580004	Torts	Scott A. Hershovitz	4	Tu We Fr	10:20 AM - 11:35 AM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM	OP 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.
Compensation at law for private wrongs and intentional wrongs as well as accidents, with principal emphasis on harms to person and property. Special areas such as product liability, defamation, or business torts will be treated selectively. Type: First Year Required Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
439001	Title IX and Higher Education	Rebecca Veidlinger	2	Mo	4:10 PM - 6:10 PM	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. 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.
This course will examine Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and its application in higher education with a focus on the legal and policy issues surrounding the investigation and adjudication of sexual harassment, including sexual violence, on college campuses. Recent national attention to the question of how schools should best address campus sexual assault, coupled with unprecedented activism regarding how best to balance the rights and interests of the accuser and the accused, contribute to a dynamic moment in Title IX jurisprudence. Discussion will focus on the statute, federal regulations, and federal guidance; federal investigations/compliance reviews and recent court cases arising out of litigation; and the realities and challenges of compliance. This course will also include discussion of the impact other federal laws, such as the Clery Act and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, on institutional response and compliance. Although the focus of this course is the applicability of Title IX in higher education, most of the concepts and class discussion are applicable to the K-12 setting, as well. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
747001	Taxation of Individual Income	Reuven S. Avi-Yonah	4	Tu We Th	2:55 PM - 4:10 PM 2:35 PM - 3:50 PM 2:55 PM - 4:10 PM	Fall 2021 23 This is a foundational course in the curriculum. 61 This course fulfills the Statutory or Regulatory Course Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 94 Students who have taken #644 INTRODUCTION TO INCOME TAX OF BUSINESS may not elect #747 TAXATION OF INDIVIDUAL INCOME unless they get permission from the professor to do so.
This is the basic course in federal income taxation. It is a statutory course, and the principal source of law will be the Internal Revenue Code. The topics covered will include the definition of gross income and the determination of permissible deductions from gross income. The class will also analyze numerous Code provisions and doctrines that raise issues of tax timing (that is, in what year should a given item of income or a given deduction be taken into account) and income attribution (that is, to whom should a given item of income or a given deduction be attributed). The bulk of the course will be devoted to learning basic statutory analysis. In addition, however, the class will spend some time studying the policy rationales underlying the structure of the current federal income tax laws and will consider the pros and cons of alternative systems. This course is a prerequisite to a number of other courses, including Tax II, Partnership Tax, Business and Estate Planning, and International Tax. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: SR
432001	Tax Planning for Real Estate Transactions	Stefan Tucker	2	Fr	2:35 PM - 4:35 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. 75 #560 Property is a recommended but not required pre-requisite or co-requisite. 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.
Tax Planning for Real Estate Transactions This practice/simulation course will deal with the tax planning related to real estate transactions, including particularly the choice of entity and the acquisition, development, operation and sale or other disposition of real estate. Within this context, we will discuss a number of issues, including capitalization vs. deductibility of expenses, deferring gain on disposition through various techniques, creative financing in today's markets and the consequences of troubled real estate. Type: Practice Simulation Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, WR
891001	Startup Formation, Funding, and Exits	Vikramaditya S. Khanna, Jeremy Wenokur	2	Mo	4:10 PM - 6:10 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. 122 #891 STARTUP FORMATION, FUNDING & EXITS: #657 Enterprise Organization or #723 Corporate Lawyer: Law & Ethics is a pre-requisite or co-requisite or students should possess equivalent experience or knowledge. Students should feel free to contact Professor Khanna to inquire about their own specific backgrounds.
Startup Formation, Funding, and Exits The Start Up sector is generally thought to be the most dynamic and innovative segment of the economy and one crucial to growth and development. This seminar provides a deeper understanding of the legal and business considerations, both theoreticaland practical, within the Start Up sector for those wishing to work in a Start Up and for those wishing to advise them. We begin with an overview of the role of the Start Up sector in the US economy, its history and key moments, and how it compares to the Start Up sectors elsewhere. We then explore the critical legal, financial, and business considerations that populate the Start Up space. These include contractual issues, entity formation, the structure of Venture Capital (VC) Funds and other early stage investors, tax considerations,and other regulatory issues (e.g., Dodd-Frank, Investment Company Act) that have a substantial impact on the sector. This will include readings focused on actual Start Ups and their structure. Our discussion then moves to examining sources of capital, the "pitch" deck and "pitch" meeting and how the VC firms actually operate and make decisions. We then address issues critical to the business value of the firm -- financing, launch plans, intellectual property rights valuations, and stock and option compensation to name a few. We then dive into the "exit" question -- what considerations are relevant to the timing and structure of an exit. For example, when are strategic acquisitions preferred and when are Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and what roles do the law, strategic considerations and global capital flows play in this? We also discuss Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations (SPACs) -- the newest method of exit. Finally, we spend some time examining the growth of certain Start Ups such as Google, Facebook and potential IPOs in the legal services space (such as Axiom). Throughout the class the readings will involve a mix of academic and practice oriented pieces and we will highlight differences in Start Up sectors around the world. Some sessions will involve guest lecturers. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
891001	Startup Formation, Funding, and Exits	Vikramaditya S. Khanna, Jeremy Wenokur	2	Mo	4:10 PM - 6:10 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. 122 #891 STARTUP FORMATION, FUNDING & EXITS: #657 Enterprise Organization or #723 Corporate Lawyer: Law & Ethics is a pre-requisite or co-requisite or students should possess equivalent experience or knowledge. Students should feel free to contact Professor Khanna to inquire about their own specific backgrounds.
Startup Formation, Funding, and Exits The Start Up sector is generally thought to be the most dynamic and innovative segment of the economy and one crucial to growth and development. This seminar provides a deeper understanding of the legal and business considerations, both theoreticaland practical, within the Start Up sector for those wishing to work in a Start Up and for those wishing to advise them. We begin with an overview of the role of the Start Up sector in the US economy, its history and key moments, and how it compares to the Start Up sectors elsewhere. We then explore the critical legal, financial, and business considerations that populate the Start Up space. These include contractual issues, entity formation, the structure of Venture Capital (VC) Funds and other early stage investors, tax considerations,and other regulatory issues (e.g., Dodd-Frank, Investment Company Act) that have a substantial impact on the sector. This will include readings focused on actual Start Ups and their structure. Our discussion then moves to examining sources of capital, the "pitch" deck and "pitch" meeting and how the VC firms actually operate and make decisions. We then address issues critical to the business value of the firm -- financing, launch plans, intellectual property rights valuations, and stock and option compensation to name a few. We then dive into the "exit" question -- what considerations are relevant to the timing and structure of an exit. For example, when are strategic acquisitions preferred and when are Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and what roles do the law, strategic considerations and global capital flows play in this? We also discuss Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations (SPACs) -- the newest method of exit. Finally, we spend some time examining the growth of certain Start Ups such as Google, Facebook and potential IPOs in the legal services space (such as Axiom). Throughout the class the readings will involve a mix of academic and practice oriented pieces and we will highlight differences in Start Up sectors around the world. Some sessions will involve guest lecturers. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
794001	Senior Judge Seminar II	Ted Becker	2	Arr	Arr	Fall 2021 25 #794 SENIOR JUDGE SEMINAR II: Students must complete two semesters of #799 Senior Judge Seminar to be eligible for enrollment. 34 LLM students are not eligible to elect this course.
The Senior Judge Seminar II is a graded course intended to allow selected students who have excelled in the Senior Judge I seminar to work in greater depth with a Legal Practice professor in connection with the Legal Practice course. Each Legal Practice professor interviews, chooses and supervises the Senior Judge Seminar II students for the Legal Practice section taught by the professor. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
794002	Senior Judge Seminar II	Amy L. Sankaran	2	Arr	Arr	Fall 2021
The Senior Judge Seminar II is a graded course intended to allow selected students who have excelled in the Senior Judge I seminar to work in greater depth with a Legal Practice professor in connection with the Legal Practice course. Each Legal Practice professor interviews, chooses and supervises the Senior Judge Seminar II students for the Legal Practice section taught by the professor. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
799001	Senior Judge Seminar	Ted Becker	2	Arr	Arr	Fall 2021 1 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory limited grade (pass/fail) or “S” grade. 24 #799 SENIOR JUDGE SEMINAR: Students must be selected to be enrolled as a Senior Judge. For information, please contact Heather VanderWal (hreynold@umich.edu). 34 LLM students are not eligible to elect this course.
In the Senior Judge Seminar students work closely with Legal Practice professors in connection with various aspects of the first-year Legal Practice course. Each Legal Practice professor interviews, chooses and supervises the Senior Judge Seminar students for the Legal Practice section taught by that professor. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Mandatory Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
946001	Semester Study Abroad Paper	-	3	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. 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). 28 #945 SEMESTER STUDY ABROAD and #946 SEMESTER STUDY ABROAD PAPER: Information concerning the International Externship Program is available from the Center for International and Comparative Studies, 212 Hutchins Hall. Students must be registered in both #945 Semester Study Abroad and #946 Semester Study Abroad Paper. 34 LLM students are not eligible to elect this course.
Student writes a research paper related to previously approved international external studies program under faculty supervision. Inquire at the Center for International and Comparative Law for more information. Type: Study Abroad Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled: Non-64, WR
945001	Semester Study Abroad	-	9	Arr	Arr	Fall 2021 1 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory limited grade (pass/fail) or “S” grade. 28 #945 SEMESTER STUDY ABROAD and #946 SEMESTER STUDY ABROAD PAPER: Information concerning the International Externship Program is available from the Center for International and Comparative Studies, 212 Hutchins Hall. Students must be registered in both #945 Semester Study Abroad and #946 Semester Study Abroad Paper. 34 LLM students are not eligible to elect this course. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
Inquire at the Center for International and Comparative Law for more information. Type: Study Abroad Grading Method: Mandatory Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC
743001	Securities Regulation	Adam C. Pritchard	4	Mo Tu Th	10:20 AM - 11:35 AM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM	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. 61 This course fulfills the Statutory or Regulatory Course Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 115 #743 SECURITIES REGULATION: #657 Enterprise Organization or #723 Corporate Lawyer: Law & Ethics is a pre-requisite.
This course covers the regulation of securities offerings and trading under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. It examines offerings and the registration process under the Securities Act, along with reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. The course will also cover fraud, insider trading and civil liabilities under both Acts. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled: SR
515001	Sales and Secured Financing	Thomas Buiteweg	2	Mo	6:20 PM - 8:20 PM	Fall 2021 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 43 The time listed for this class is PM. 141 #515 SALES AND SECURED FINANCING: #520 Contracts is a pre-requisite.
This course will survey the laws governing the sale and financing of relatively high-dollar consumer goods, such as motor vehicles. We will examine the legal underpinnings of how sellers of these items finance their inventory and in turn, provide purchase financing to their customers. We will use motor vehicle inventory and sales financing as our template transactions for this examination. These transactions contribute hundreds of billions of dollars to our economy and provide the foundation for the vehicle industry in the United States. The course will also provide an overview of "asset securitization" transactions that are at the core of our current financial crisis. Topics to be explored in connection with these transactions include UCC Article 2 (sales), UCC Article 9 (secured transactions), the Magnuson-Moss Consumer Warranty Act; the Federal Truth In Lending Act, and other federal and state laws regulating consumer purchase financing. All presented in the context of their effect on real-world transactions involving millions of consumers annually. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
674001	Rules of Play: Sports and Games as Legal Systems	Richard D. Friedman	2	Th	4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Fall 2021 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted. 140 #674 RULES OF PLAY: This course is offered for two (2) credits. However, students can make arrangements with the professor to do an associated independent study for an additional credit. 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.
Rules of Play: Sports and Games as Legal Systems --- This course operates from the premise that sports and other games are legal systems that present a rich array of legal problems, interesting in their own right and often also interesting because of their analogy to problems that arise in other contexts. Among the topics to be discussed are: (1) How should competition be structured? For example, what metrics should be used to determine a winner? How (if at all) should ties be broken? What standards should be used for eligibility (for example, in the case of transgendered and "bionic" athletes)? (2) How should the bounds of acceptable conduct be determined? For example, when should deception or stalling be punished, and when should they be treated as acceptable parts of the game? How should misconduct be punished? (3) What are appropriate remedies for official errors? Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
992001	Research: Special Projects	-	1	Arr	Arr	Fall 2021 22 #900 RESEARCH and #992 RESEARCH: SPECIAL PROJECTS: These courses may be elected for one (1), two (2), or three (3) credit hours. 29 #900 RESEARCH and #992 RESEARCH: SPECIAL PROJECTS: This is a TWO step registration process: (1) make arrangements with a professor to do an independent study AND (2) follow the Enrolling for Research instructions on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website.
At any given time, several members of the faculty sponsor ongoing research projects that include opportunities for student research. You can get 1-3 independent research credits (pass/fail or graded, as determined by each professor) for participating in such a project, depending on the amount of time you spend. (For students interested in spending fewer hours than is required to earn credit, pro bono participation is also an option. The hours of pro bono participation would count towards fulfilling the Law School's Pro Bono Pledge but would not count towards fulfilling the New York's Pro Bono Bar Admissions Requirement.) The project requirements vary, and enrollment requires the pre-approval of the sponsoring faculty member. Interested students should contact that faculty member directly. If permission to enroll is granted, students should follow the directions in the online Registration Instructions. HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATABASE: Launched in February 2011 by the Human Trafficking Clinic at Michigan Law School, this is the first publicly available database of human trafficking cases within the United States. Through the project, the Clinic hopes to help strengthen anti-trafficking laws in the United States and to support government officials, law enforcement, and practitioners who are working on behalf of human trafficking victims. Faculty Sponsor: Bridgette Carr, carrb@umich.edu NATIONAL REGISTRY OF EXONERATIONS: This site, at https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/about.aspx, is a joint project of the University of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law. It collects and distributes detailed information about all known exonerations in the United States since 1989, and conducts research on wrongful criminal convictions. Faculty Sponsor: Samuel Gross, srgross@umich.edu MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES PROJECT: Students working on this project are creating a searchable database about all pollution prosecutions investigated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that resulted in criminal charges from 2005-2012. The database is the first comprehensive empirical study of criminal enforcement under the pollution prevention laws and will facilitate research and analysis about environmental crimes. Research results will be published and shared with Congress, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the EPA. Faculty Sponsor: David Uhlmann, duhlmann@umich.edu CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION CLEARINGHOUSE: This website, at http://clearinghouse.net, collects documents and information from civil rights cases in over a dozen case categories ranging from jail and prison conditions to same-sex marriage to deinstitutionalization. It is used by scholars, teachers, students, policymakers, advocates, and the public, to facilitate greater understanding of civil rights litigation. Some students work on the development of the Clearinghouse itself; others on developing civil rights teaching materials for high school students. Faculty Sponsor: Margo Schlanger, mschlan@umich.edu MDEFENDERS: PUBLIC DEFENDER TRAINING INSTITUTE - Part One (2 mandatory pass/fail credits, fall term): This program is the first in a two-part series designed to train aspiring public defenders. In this first part, students will learn about the role of the public defender, different kinds of public defender work, how public defenders differ from prosecutors and private defense attorneys, and how to handle the challenges that public defenders face (including excessive caseloads, secondary trauma, and ethical issues). It will also train students on effective pre-trial preparation, including skills related to client interviewing, investigation, taking witness statements, obtaining discovery, storytelling and persuasion, and preliminary hearings. Students attending this training program are required to attend a three-day retreat at the law school over fall break (October 16 - October 18) in addition to attending meetings on Wednesday afternoons for the remainder of the first semester from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Students who enroll for credit will be responsible for completing reading assignments and simulation preparation. Participation does not count toward the Law School's Pro Bono Pledge and does not count towards fulfilling the New York Pro Bono Admissions Requirements. Faculty Sponsor: Eve Brensike Primus, ebrensik@umich.edu MDEFENDERS: PUBLIC DEFENDER TRAINING INSTITUTE - Part Two (2 mandatory pass/fail credits, winter term): This program is the second in a two-part series designed to train aspiring public defenders. In this second part, students will learn about developing a defense theory of the case, plea bargaining, motion practice, jury selection, and trial advocacy. Students attending this training program are required to attend Tuesday afternoon sessions from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Students who enroll for credit will be responsible for completing reading assignments and simulation preparation. Participation does not count toward the Law School's Pro Bono Pledge and does not count towards fulfilling the New York Pro Bono Admissions Requirements. Faculty Sponsor: Eve Brensike Primus, ebrensik@umich.edu Type: Research Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: Non-64
696001	Research and Analysis in American Law	Ashley Waddell Tingstad, Ted Becker	1	Fr	1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Fall 2021 1 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory limited grade (pass/fail) or “S” grade. 64 Fall Term--#696 RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS IN AMERICAN LAW: This course is open only to foreign graduate students (LLM) pursuant to the Academic Regulations for the M.C.L. and LL.M. degrees. Students may elect this course for either one (1) or two (2) credits: One (1) credit option -- students will meet for seven consecutive weeks beginning the first week of the term. Two (2) credit option -- students will meet for the entire term beginning the first week of the term.
This course is restricted to foreign students in the advanced degree program. Its purpose is to acquaint students from civil law countries with American legal analysis, research, and writing. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Mandatory Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
696001	Research and Analysis in American Law	Ashley Waddell Tingstad, Ted Becker	1	Fr	1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Fall 2021 1 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory limited grade (pass/fail) or “S” grade. 64 Fall Term--#696 RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS IN AMERICAN LAW: This course is open only to foreign graduate students (LLM) pursuant to the Academic Regulations for the M.C.L. and LL.M. degrees. Students may elect this course for either one (1) or two (2) credits: One (1) credit option -- students will meet for seven consecutive weeks beginning the first week of the term. Two (2) credit option -- students will meet for the entire term beginning the first week of the term.
This course is restricted to foreign students in the advanced degree program. Its purpose is to acquaint students from civil law countries with American legal analysis, research, and writing. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Mandatory Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
900001	Research	-	1	Arr	Arr	Fall 2021 22 #900 RESEARCH and #992 RESEARCH: SPECIAL PROJECTS: These courses may be elected for one (1), two (2), or three (3) credit hours. 29 #900 RESEARCH and #992 RESEARCH: SPECIAL PROJECTS: This is a TWO step registration process: (1) make arrangements with a professor to do an independent study AND (2) follow the Enrolling for Research instructions on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website.
Student pursues independent research project under faculty supervision. J.D. PROGRAM--Second and third year students (including summer starters in their third term) with an honor point average of at least 2.0 may enroll for 1 to 3 credits of independent research under any member of the Law School faculty who is willing to supervise such work. The credit to be given, as well as the scope and subject matter of the project, will normally be determined by the faculty member who undertakes to supervise and grade the student's research. If more than 3 credits is to be given for the project, both the project and the completed product must be approved by a committee of three faculty members, one of whom must be the faculty member responsible for supervising the research. A student may not offer more than a total of 6 credits earned for independent research in satisfaction of the requirements for the J.D. degree. M.C.L. or LL.M. PROGRAM--Students may enroll for 1 to 6 credits of independent research under any member of the Law School faculty who is willing to supervise such work. The credit to be given, as well as the scope and subject matter of the project, will be determined by the faculty member who undertakes to supervise and grade the student's research. A student may not offer more than a total of 6 credits earned for independent research in satisfaction of the requirements for the M.C.L. or LL.M. degree. If a student wishes to receive more than a total of 6 credits of independent research toward the MCL or LLM, he or she first obtains the approval of the Global Affairs Committee through the Assistant Dean for International Affairs. LL.M./S.J.D. PROGRAM--Students may enroll for 1 to 6 credits of independent research under any member of the Law School faculty who is willing to supervise such work. The credit to be given, as well as the scope and subject matter of the project, will be determined by the faculty member who undertakes to supervise and grade the student's research. If more than 6 credits is to be given for the project, both the project and the completed product must be approved by a committee of three faculty members, one of whom must be the faculty member responsible for supervising the research. Type: Research Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: Non-64
469001	Reproductive Rights and Justice	Leah Litman	2	Tu	4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	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. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted. 46 Students who wish to write a longer paper for an additional credit may, with permission from the professor(s), add one credit of Law 900 Research. Once professor approval is obtained, please follow the Enrolling for Research instructions on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website. The longer paper will satisfy the upper-level writing requirement for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. 108 Students who took #469 REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE with Professor Goldman may not elect #469 REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND JUSTICE with Professor Litman and vice versa.
This class will examine the legal and historical regulation of reproductive rights and justice. It will cover the many fields that constrain reproductive decisionmaking, and critically interrogate why and how we regulate reproductive autonomy in the ways we do. Readings will involve a mix of cases, law review articles, and other scholarship, and students should be prepared to engage with all of the materials. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
793001	Regulating the Political Process: Voting and Election Law	Ellen D. Katz	4	Mo Tu We	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.
Regulating the Political Process: Voting and Election Law This course will explore the law governing the right to vote in the United States. It will examine the way the law and other forces have shaped the structure of American political participation, and will consider alternative directions American democracy might take. Topics will include the 2000 presidential election dispute, the individual right to vote, reapportionment, representation of minority interests in democratic bodies, preclearance procedures, political and racial gerrymandering, direct democracy, and alternative voting systems. A central aim of this course is to explore general issues of democratic theory in the context of the legal frameworks and the actual institutions that regulate American democracy. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: SR
845001	Refugee Rights Workshop	James C. Hathaway	2	Th Fr	4:30 PM - 6:30 PM 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. 40 This class is eligible for students to automatically add one credit of #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. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 170 #724 INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE LAW and #845 REFUGEE RIGHTS WORKSHOP: Although this class has a late starting date, students are required to drop the class by the last day of the Law School's regular drop/add period in September. 194 #845 REFUGEE RIGHTS WORKSHOP: This class will meet Thursday, September 30 through Friday, November 5.
This advanced seminar affords students the opportunity for both conceptual analysis and hands-on application of internationally guaranteed refugee rights. The Workshop begins by considering the way in which rights are allocated under the Refugee Convention, and of the interrelationship between refugee-specific rights and more general norms of international human rights law. Against this background, we will take up as a case study the right of refugees to work in asylum countries. The second part of the Workshop is student-directed, with each member of the Workshop taking responsibility to investigate a current situation in which refugee rights are arguably at risk, and to conceive and present an international legal intervention strategy for critique by Workshop members. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC, WR
518001	Race and the Law	Michelle P. Crockett	3	We Th	8:45 AM - 10:10 AM 8:45 AM - 10:10 AM	Fall 2021 98 Students who took #640 CRITICAL RACE THEORY or #518 RACE AND THE LAW (upper class course) may not elect #896 RACE AND THE LAW (seminar) or vice versa.
This course will be an exploration and examination of American law and its direct involvement in defining race and minority status. We will analyze the implications of those legal definitions for minorities and non-minorities in the specific areas of education, housing, employment and the criminal justice system. The Constitution, case law, Executive Orders and other scholarly articles will guide our discussion on topics such as affirmative action, segregation, civil rights, immigration, redlining, federal contracting, racial profiling and the interplay of implicit bias. We will conclude our exploration of these phenomena with an analysis of the contemporary status of racial subordination in the legal system and the law's limitations in effectuating racial equality within our society. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
997001	Public-Sector Structural Reform in K-12 Education Seminar	Amy L. Sankaran	4	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. 34 LLM students are not eligible to elect this course. 117 #995 PUBLIC-SECTOR STRUCTURAL REFORM IN K-12 EDUCATION EXTERNSHIP, #997 PUBLIC-SECTOR STRUCTURAL REFORM IN K-12 EDUCATION SEMINAR, and #998 PUBLIC-SECTOR STRUCTURAL REFORM IN K-12 EDUCATION PRACTICUM: Students interested in applying for these courses should contact cprl@law.columbia.edu or Professor Amy Sankaran (aharwell@umich.edu) for more information.
Public-Sector Structural Reform in K-12 Education Seminar The United States is in the midst of a massive restructuring of public-sector service delivery and regulation, particularly as they relate to the governance and management of its public schools. Staffed by broadly interdisciplinary teams of accomplished professionals, the most successful of the new federal, state, and local education organizations are replacing decades-old public bureaucracies and interest group politics with "learning organizations" committed to using public problem solving techniques to accelerate adult and institutional, as well student learning. This Public Education Policy Seminar and Practicum originates at Columbia Law School, and attracts upper-level graduate students in law, business, education, and policy from Harvard, Michigan, NYU, Penn, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Yale, and other universities for a full semester of intensive engagement with each other around transformational change in public education. Second and third-year law students may take the course either in the fall semester or the spring semester. 13 units of credit are awarded, and all of the credits are graded, with the grades transferring to Michigan Law School. Participants in the program take part in a rigorous and rewarding learning experience, including: (i) An engaging interdisciplinary seminar in the design, regulation, governance, democratic accountability, and transformation of K-12 school systems and allied public- and social-sector organizations; [4 credits] (ii) Comprehensive skills training in team-based problem solving, managing multidimensional (legal, operational, etc.) projects to specified outcomes in complex environments, client counseling, and effective communication [2 credits]; and (iii) A high-priority project designing and implementing legal and policy solutions to a complex problem at the core of a client public- or social-sector organization's mission to improve the educational outcomes and life chances of children. [7 credits]. The Program Offers: * Intensive experiential learning on interdisciplinary teams and cutting-edge projects * Deep engagement in public education improvement strategies and debates * Panels and field trips interacting with prominent education leaders * 1:1 mentoring, K-12 education career support, and networking opportunities * Merit scholarships for exceptional students * Challenging, fun, and meaningful work helping to improve kids' learning and lives Admission to the course is by application. A limited number of $25,000 scholarships are available for exceptional students to apply to their law school tuition in return for a commitment to spending time after graduation and judicial clerkships in a public or nonprofit job in the education sector. For more information, including a course FAQ, names of Michigan Law students who have taken the previous version of the course, or lists of past projects in which students have engaged in the Course, please email cprl@law.columbia.edu or Professor Amy Sankaran at aharwell@umich.edu. This description was adapted from Columbia Law School's own course description, which can be found on Columbia Law School's web site: http://www.law.columbia.edu/ (search on L8016). Type: Externship* Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
998001	Public-Sector Structural Reform in K-12 Education Practicum	Amy L. Sankaran	2	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. 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. 117 #995 PUBLIC-SECTOR STRUCTURAL REFORM IN K-12 EDUCATION EXTERNSHIP, #997 PUBLIC-SECTOR STRUCTURAL REFORM IN K-12 EDUCATION SEMINAR, and #998 PUBLIC-SECTOR STRUCTURAL REFORM IN K-12 EDUCATION PRACTICUM: Students interested in applying for these courses should contact cprl@law.columbia.edu or Professor Amy Sankaran (aharwell@umich.edu) for more information.
Public-Sector Structural Reform in K-12 Education Practicum The United States is in the midst of a massive restructuring of public-sector service delivery and regulation, particularly as they relate to the governance and management of its public schools. Staffed by broadly interdisciplinary teams of accomplished professionals, the most successful of the new federal, state, and local education organizations are replacing decades-old public bureaucracies and interest group politics with "learning organizations" committed to using public problem solving techniques to accelerate adult and institutional, as well student learning. This Public Education Policy Seminar and Practicum originates at Columbia Law School, and attracts upper-level graduate students in law, business, education, and policy from Harvard, Michigan, NYU, Penn, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Yale, and other universities for a full semester of intensive engagement with each other around transformational change in public education. Second and third-year law students may take the course either in the fall semester or the spring semester. 13 units of credit are awarded, and all of the credits are graded, with the grades transferring to Michigan Law School. Participants in the program take part in a rigorous and rewarding learning experience, including: (i) An engaging interdisciplinary seminar in the design, regulation, governance, democratic accountability, and transformation of K-12 school systems and allied public- and social-sector organizations; [4 credits] (ii) Comprehensive skills training in team-based problem solving, managing multidimensional (legal, operational, etc.) projects to specified outcomes in complex environments, client counseling, and effective communication [2 credits]; and (iii) A high-priority project designing and implementing legal and policy solutions to a complex problem at the core of a client public- or social-sector organization's mission to improve the educational outcomes and life chances of children. [7 credits]. The Program Offers: * Intensive experiential learning on interdisciplinary teams and cutting-edge projects * Deep engagement in public education improvement strategies and debates * Panels and field trips interacting with prominent education leaders * 1:1 mentoring, K-12 education career support, and networking opportunities * Merit scholarships for exceptional students * Challenging, fun, and meaningful work helping to improve kids' learning and lives Admission to the course is by application. A limited number of $25,000 scholarships are available for exceptional students to apply to their law school tuition in return for a commitment to spending time after graduation and judicial clerkships in a public or nonprofit job in the education sector. For more information, including a course FAQ, names of Michigan Law students who have taken the previous version of the course, or lists of past projects in which students have engaged in the Course, please email cprl@law.columbia.edu or Professor Amy Sankaran at aharwell@umich.edu. This description was adapted from Columbia Law School's own course description, which can be found on Columbia Law School's web site: http://www.law.columbia.edu/ (search on L8016). Type: Externship* Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL
995001	Public-Sector Structural Reform in K-12 Education Externship	Amy L. Sankaran	7	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. 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. 117 #995 PUBLIC-SECTOR STRUCTURAL REFORM IN K-12 EDUCATION EXTERNSHIP, #997 PUBLIC-SECTOR STRUCTURAL REFORM IN K-12 EDUCATION SEMINAR, and #998 PUBLIC-SECTOR STRUCTURAL REFORM IN K-12 EDUCATION PRACTICUM: Students interested in applying for these courses should contact cprl@law.columbia.edu or Professor Amy Sankaran (aharwell@umich.edu) for more information.
Public-Sector Structural Reform in K-12 Education Externship The United States is in the midst of a massive restructuring of public-sector service delivery and regulation, particularly as they relate to the governance and management of its public schools. Staffed by broadly interdisciplinary teams of accomplished professionals, the most successful of the new federal, state, and local education organizations are replacing decades-old public bureaucracies and interest group politics with "learning organizations" committed to using public problem solving techniques to accelerate adult and institutional, as well student learning. This Public Education Policy Seminar and Practicum originates at Columbia Law School, and attracts upper-level graduate students in law, business, education, and policy from Harvard, Michigan, NYU, Penn, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Yale, and other universities for a full semester of intensive engagement with each other around transformational change in public education. Second and third-year law students may take the course either in the fall semester or the spring semester. 13 units of credit are awarded, and all of the credits are graded, with the grades transferring to Michigan Law School. Participants in the program take part in a rigorous and rewarding learning experience, including: (i) An engaging interdisciplinary seminar in the design, regulation, governance, democratic accountability, and transformation of K-12 school systems and allied public- and social-sector organizations; [4 credits] (ii) Comprehensive skills training in team-based problem solving, managing multidimensional (legal, operational, etc.) projects to specified outcomes in complex environments, client counseling, and effective communication [2 credits]; and (iii) A high-priority project designing and implementing legal and policy solutions to a complex problem at the core of a client public- or social-sector organization's mission to improve the educational outcomes and life chances of children. [7 credits]. The Program Offers: * Intensive experiential learning on interdisciplinary teams and cutting-edge projects * Deep engagement in public education improvement strategies and debates * Panels and field trips interacting with prominent education leaders * 1:1 mentoring, K-12 education career support, and networking opportunities * Merit scholarships for exceptional students * Challenging, fun, and meaningful work helping to improve kids' learning and lives Admission to the course is by application. A limited number of $25,000 scholarships are available for exceptional students to apply to their law school tuition in return for a commitment to spending time after graduation and judicial clerkships in a public or nonprofit job in the education sector. For more information, including a course FAQ, names of Michigan Law students who have taken the previous version of the course, or lists of past projects in which students have engaged in the Course, please email cprl@law.columbia.edu or Professor Amy Sankaran at aharwell@umich.edu. This description was adapted from Columbia Law School's own course description, which can be found on Columbia Law School's web site: http://www.law.columbia.edu/ (search on L8016). Type: Externship* Grading Method: Mandatory Graded Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, Non-64
408001	Public Interest Litigation Ethics	Frank E. Vandervort	2	Th	4:30 PM - 6:30 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. 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. 44 This class, at the request of the professor, is not eligible for #900 RESEARCH credit for additional work. 53 #402/002 ETHICS COLLOQUIUM, #408 PUBLIC INTEREST LITIG ETHICS, #723 CORPORATE LAWYER: LAW & ETHICS, #731 LEGAL ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, #769 ETHICS/THRIVING IN LAW PRACT, and #797 MODEL RULES AND BEYOND: Any student who matriculated as a first-year student in May 2012 or thereafter who wishes to be eligible to apply for membership to the New York bar must take either Law 402/002 (Ethics Colloquium section 002), Law 408 (Public Interest Litigation Ethics), Law 723 (Corporate Lawyer: Law & Ethics), Law 731 (Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility), Law 769 (Ethics, Responsibility, Character, and Thriving in the Practice of Law) or Law 797 (Model Rules and Beyond). 54 This section of the course fulfills the New York bar's ethics requirement.
Public Interest Litigation Ethics Most legal ethics courses tend to fall naturally on the "corporate" or "big firm" side of things. In this seminar we will focus on the ethical issues that arise in public interest practice -- Legal Aid, the ACLU, private offices handling civil rights cases, criminal defense attorneys, government lawyers (including prosecutors), and agencies like the National Wildlife Federation. We will cover a range of ethical issues, but from the perspective of lawyers who are trying to do well while doing good. We will include simulations, like mock grievance hearings in which students will have to defend the ethical positions they have taken. Students will get useful practical knowledge of the ethics rules, and a keener sense of how to stay out of trouble in a public interest practice. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: PR, NY
560001	Property	Nicolas Cornell	4	We Th Fr	8:55 AM - 10:10 AM 8:55 AM - 10:10 AM 8:55 AM - 10:10 AM	Fall 2021 23 This is a foundational course in the curriculum.
Professor Schneider's section: This course has two basic purposes. The first is a basic survey of the law of property which examines the forms and methods by which property interests are held, used, and transferred. More specifically, it investigates gifts of personal property, adverse possession, conveyancing of real property, estates and future interests, concurrent ownership, nuisance, easements, covenants, zoning, takings, and eminent domain. The course's second purpose grows out of the fact that it is the foundational course which most centrally depends on the common law. It is therefore an excellent vehicle for acquiring skills in handling the common law that are essential for success in law school and in the practice of law. The course, then, is intended to help students become (1) perceptive readers of legal documents (including statutes, regulations, cases, deeds, contracts, and so on); (2) adept at analyzing the structure of legal arguments; and (3) acute in criticizing legal arguments. Note: this course is a foundational course which is recommended -- and sometimes required -- before taking some upper-level offerings in intellectual property, real estate, or land use law. Professor Prifogle's section: This historically-grounded course offers a survey of property law, covering topics such as possessory estates in land, concurrent estates, nuisance, easements, and covenants, personal zoning and land-use, takings, eminent domain, personal property, and housing law. Through studying property law doctrine, students will examine the ways in which the state defines, constructs, and protects property rights. We will pay careful attention to how property law both creates physical spaces and to the social and economic ramifications of property law. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
771001	Progressive Prosecution: Law and Policy	Eli N. Savit, Victoria Burton-Harris	2	We	4:10 PM - 6:10 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. 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.
Progressive Prosecution: Law and Policy Although prosecuting attorneys have typically taken a "tough-on-crime" approach, a growing number of elected prosecutors from across the country are taking a "progressive" approach. These "progressive prosecutors" see their role as combatting overincarceration, eliminating racial and socioeconomic inequity, and changing a criminal legal system that too frequently exacerbates those inequities. This course, co-taught by Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney Eli Savit and Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Victoria Burton-Harris, will explore the theoretical underpinnings behind the "progressive prosecutor" movement; its promises and limitations; and the progress the movement has made over the past several years. During the latter part of the course, students will work on real-world research and writing projects that will be used by the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office to move forward its progressive vision. Type: Practice Simulation Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, WR
771001	Progressive Prosecution: Law and Policy	Eli N. Savit, Victoria Burton-Harris	2	We	4:10 PM - 6:10 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. 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.
Progressive Prosecution: Law and Policy Although prosecuting attorneys have typically taken a "tough-on-crime" approach, a growing number of elected prosecutors from across the country are taking a "progressive" approach. These "progressive prosecutors" see their role as combatting overincarceration, eliminating racial and socioeconomic inequity, and changing a criminal legal system that too frequently exacerbates those inequities. This course, co-taught by Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney Eli Savit and Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Victoria Burton-Harris, will explore the theoretical underpinnings behind the "progressive prosecutor" movement; its promises and limitations; and the progress the movement has made over the past several years. During the latter part of the course, students will work on real-world research and writing projects that will be used by the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office to move forward its progressive vision. Type: Practice Simulation Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, WR
849001	Pro Bono and BigLaw: Public Interest Work in Private Practice	Mia R. Sussman, Brenna K. DeVaney	1	Mo	6:20 PM - 9:20 PM	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. 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. 193 #849 PRO BONO AND BIGLAW: This seminar will meet on the following four dates: 9/27 (Monday), 10/19 (Tuesday), 11/1 (Monday), and 11/15 (Monday). On the Tuesday following Fall Recess (10/19), Law School classes meet according to the Monday Fall Term schedule.
Pro Bono and BigLaw: Public Interest Work in Private Practice This seminar will expose students to the real-world considerations related to large law firm pro bono practice in order to help them do pro bono work while being successful associates in their billable practice. The first session will introduce students to law firm economics and explore how the top law firms can run large pro bono programs and how this affects the firm's bottom line. Students will learn about law firm pro bono policies, explore motivations to do pro bono, and learn how to navigate obstacles to pro bono. Finally, we will explore pro bono in practice, including balancing billable matters with pro bono matters, working with legal service organizations, and partnering with clients on pro bono. Students will be provided with reading materials, and leaders within the legal profession will appear as guest lecturers. Grades will primarily be based upon an assignment to interview law firm and public interest leaders and synthesize those conversations. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
849001	Pro Bono and BigLaw: Public Interest Work in Private Practice	Mia R. Sussman, Brenna K. DeVaney	1	Mo	6:20 PM - 9:20 PM	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. 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. 193 #849 PRO BONO AND BIGLAW: This seminar will meet on the following four dates: 9/27 (Monday), 10/19 (Tuesday), 11/1 (Monday), and 11/15 (Monday). On the Tuesday following Fall Recess (10/19), Law School classes meet according to the Monday Fall Term schedule.
Pro Bono and BigLaw: Public Interest Work in Private Practice This seminar will expose students to the real-world considerations related to large law firm pro bono practice in order to help them do pro bono work while being successful associates in their billable practice. The first session will introduce students to law firm economics and explore how the top law firms can run large pro bono programs and how this affects the firm's bottom line. Students will learn about law firm pro bono policies, explore motivations to do pro bono, and learn how to navigate obstacles to pro bono. Finally, we will explore pro bono in practice, including balancing billable matters with pro bono matters, working with legal service organizations, and partnering with clients on pro bono. Students will be provided with reading materials, and leaders within the legal profession will appear as guest lecturers. Grades will primarily be based upon an assignment to interview law firm and public interest leaders and synthesize those conversations. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
499001	Private Equity	Bradley J. Wyatt	2	Tu	6:40 PM - 8:40 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. 43 The time listed for this class is PM. 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. 152 #499 PRIVATE EQUITY: This is a hybrid course with both in-person (lecture) and remote components (drafting exercises). In addition, several class sessions will be combined into longer sessions. Class will meet in-person for three hours (rather than two) on the following dates: 9/28, 11/02, and 11/30 (6:40 - 9:40 pm).
This practice/simulation course covers the legal and legal practice issues of the private equity business. It covers and applies legal issues related to the formation and operation of private equity funds, starting with the negotiations between fund sponsors and fund investors, and moving through the partnership, contractual and securities issues of fund formation. It moves on to the process of the fund investing in typical private equity investments, including LBOs, MBOs, going private transactions, and roll-ups. The corporate, contractual and securities aspects of each type of transaction are covered. Type: Practice Simulation Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL
875001	Privacy, Technology, and the Fourth Amendment	Evan H. Caminker	2	Th	4:30 PM - 6:30 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. 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. 174 #875 PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT: #641 Crim Justice: Invest&Police Prac or #645 Crim Pro Survey is a pre-requisite or co-requisite. 175 #875 PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT: Students who have taken #875 Sel Topics on 4th Amend Law, #639 Fourth Amdt & Technology or #500 Computer Crimes are ineligible to take this class.
Privacy, Technology, and the Fourth Amendment The Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures operates in a rapidly changing world. For example, advancing technology gives law enforcement and national security officials the power to hear or read most of our communications (through wiretapping our phones, tracking our phone calls, and reading our emails), read most of our private records (through searching our computers and smartphones and social media websites), and detect our whereabouts (through cell phone tracking or public cameras). Courts have struggled to interpret and apply established judicial doctrines as they adjudicate these and other novel conflicts between privacy and law enforcement / national security interests. Legislative efforts to draw additional lines have produced mixed results. And as technology continues to advance, the stakes grow ever higher. This seminar will assume basic knowledge of Fourth Amendment doctrine and address the scope of Fourth Amendment rights and remedies in this era of rapid technological change. We will carefully read judicial decisions and analyze constitutional rulemaking, as well as investigate cutting-edge issues in the field. While the course should particularly interest students inclined to become prosecutors or criminal defense lawyers, it should also interest students wanting an intense exposure to constitutional legal reasoning. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: WR
959001	Pediatric Advocacy Clinic Seminar	Jason Cowin, Mira K. Edmonds, Debra Chopp	3	Th	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!
The Pediatric Advocacy Clinic (PAC) is one of the first medical-legal partnerships to be based in a law school setting. Through this partnership, students are able to reach families most in need of legal assistance and become part of an interdisciplinary team working to improve child health. Casework includes domestic violence and family law, special education, Medicaid appeals, and low-income housing conditions. Students in the clinic take "first chair" responsibility for their cases and are involved in all aspects of a case. They learn a range of advocacy skills, from preventive legal advocacy (focusing on identifying issues at an early stage and on developing creative, multidisciplinary approaches to addressing them) to traditional litigation skills in both administrative and trial court settings. The PAC is 7 credits (4 for the seminar and 3 for the clinic) and all credits are graded. The PAC 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. For more information, please contact Debra Chopp (dchopp@umich.edu). Type: Clinic Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: PR