Training in legal research, legal writing, legal reasoning and analysis, legal citation, and oral advocacy. In the legal research portion of the course, students receive training in how to approach basic research tasks and how to use a variety of print and electronic resources for performing research. In the legal writing portion of the course, problem-based writing assignments are used to train students in effective legal writing, legal reasoning and analysis, and legal citation, and to introduce students to oral advocacy.

Intentional torts and defenses, negligence, causation, duties of occupants of land and manufacturers and vendors of chattels, contributory negligence, strict liability, deceit, defamation, malicious prosecution, interference with advantageous relations.

Intentional torts and defenses, negligence, causation, duties of occupants of land and manufacturers and vendors of chattels, contributory negligence, strict liability, deceit, defamation, malicious prosecution, interference with advantageous relations.

This course will cover federal white collar criminal issues, including RICO, mail and wire fraud, political corruption, bank secrecy laws, and false statement laws.

Jurisdiction; the criminal act, complete and incomplete; criminal intent, actual and constructive; duress and mistake of fact, of law; justification; parties in crime; crimes against the person and crimes against property.

Jurisdiction; the criminal act, complete and incomplete; criminal intent, actual and constructive; duress and mistake of fact, of law; justification; parties in crime; crimes against the person and crimes against property.

This course will cover search and seizure, the privilege against self-incrimination, confessions and identification procedures -- in general, the Constitutional cases arising out of the conflict between police practices and the Bill of Rights.

Introduction to the civil action; personal and in rem jurisdiction; service or process and notice; subject matter jurisdiction; venue; choice of law; pleading.

Introduction to the civil action; personal and in rem jurisdiction; service or process and notice; subject matter jurisdiction; venue; choice of law; pleading.

The nature of the federal judicial function and its development, distribution of power among federal and state courts, Supreme Court review of state court decisions, the law applied in federal district courts, federal question and diversity jurisdiction, federal habeas corpus, removal jurisdiction and procedure.