This course systematically explores drafting process and technique and provides drafting practice. Students complete drafting-related exercises which become the focus of class discussions. Students also complete major drafting projects. These may consist of a will, a contract, a piece of legislation or other common lawyer work product. Major drafting projects are the focus of class discussions and individual or small group meetings with the instructor.

An examination of the varying roles played by lawyers in society and the conflicting pressures created to each role. Special attention is paid to the Code of Professional Responsibility as a guide and control in the lawyer-client relationship. Also considered at length is the role of law in society and the place of the legal profession in society. Guest speakers are used to bring into focus employment options for lawyers and the viewpoints of varying types of practicing lawyers to the pervasive problems of the legal profession.

This course will apply neoclassic economics concepts to the law. The literature in the course is both positive (explaining rules in terms of economics concepts) and normative (arguing that legal rules should promote economic efficiency). The following subject areas will likely be covered: property, contracts, family law, tort law, criminal law, employment law, public utility law, corporate law, securities regulation, and taxation.

The relationship of law to religion with emphasis on the establishment and free exercise clauses of the First Amendment.

Constitutional aspects of sex discrimination, employment discrimination. A criminal law unit covering women as victims and as offenders.

Legal introduction to business organization; emphasis on nature and structure under modern American business corporation law. Areas: partnership planning (formation, property rights, dissolution and liquidation rights); steps for corporate organizing (including legal consequences of defective incorporation); nature of corporate entity concept; corporate control and management (including problems of close corporation); fiduciary duties of directors and controlling shareholders under state law; nature and characteristics of shareholders' derivative suit.

The second half of a student's study of corporation law (the first half is the course in Business Associations). This course is essential for anyone who intends to be involved to any significant degree in a corporate practice and very helpful to those persons intending to practice in other areas as financial and accounting concepts are very much a part of the general practice of law.

This course focuses on planning, drafting, interviewing, negotiating, and strategies involving typical small business clients and problems. Students will work in pairs or small groups drafting and completing documents required to competently represent clients in a business practice. Among the transactions covered are the formation of a new business organization, buying and selling business interests, and combinations. Drafting assignments include detailed legal memoranda, contracts, corporate articles, and partnership agreements.

This course introduces students to the laws and policies governing the formation operation and dissolution or conversion of nonprofit organizations, including charities, foundations, associations, and clubs. The class will cover the creation and governance of nonprofit organizations as well as federal tax law relating to charities and other nonprofit organizations. The class will include both lectures and practical exercises.

Problems in federal and state income taxation.