First-day Assignments

Textbooks

Click here for the list of the fall 2010 textbooks.

Civil Procedure 1

Hess:

Welcome to Civil Procedure. I look forward to meeting you in class on August 23. For our first class, please read the Syllabus and Unit 1 (see page 4 of the 2010 Hess Civil Procedure Supplement). Click here for the Syllabus (pdf) and Hess Supplement (pdf). Both are posted on the TWEN site for the course. Gerry Hess

Note: You will learn about TWEN during Orientation.

Williams:

August 23

Freer, Perdue Casebook pp. 1-36

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure p. 278, Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Goldstein, Storming the Court  - Students should complete reading the entire book by September 24.

August 25

Freer, Perdue Casebook pp. 36-63

August 26

Freer, Perdue Casebook pp. 63-98

Legal Research and Writing 1

Beckett:

Sections 4 & 8

Please read pages 3-33 and be prepared to discuss Exercises 1-A, 1-B, and 1-E in Helene S. Shapo, et al., Writing and Analysis in the Law.
(5th ed. 2008)

Bradley:

Sections 6 & 11

Required Texts:

Christina Kunz et al., The Process of Legal Research (7th ed. 2008).
Helen S. Shapo et al., Writing and Analysis in the Law (5th ed. 2008).
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (Columbia Law Review Ass’n et al. eds., 19th ed. 2010).

Assignment for Tuesday, Aug. 24:

Shapo, Pgs. 3-38. You do not need to write out the exercises but do review.
The Bluebook, Pgs. 1-43

DeForrest:

Read the following material from Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd edition, 2007):

Part One: Chapters 1 & 2

Prepare answers for the following exercise in the textbook:

Exercise 1-1 (pg. 5)

Holland, H.:

Before 1st class:  Read pp. 3-38 from Writing and Analysis in the Law; review Exercises 1A and 1B and be prepared to discuss them in class.

Shelley:

Your first day assignment is to show up smiling.

Simpson:

Read pp. 3-38 in Writing and Analysis in the Law, 5th edition, by Helene Shapo.  

Litigation Skills & Professionalism Lab

Critchlow:

The first assignment for my Litigation Skills and Professionalism Lab section is:

Chapter 1, pp. 3-11
Chapter 4, pp. 41-61

The book is Litigation and Professionalism (2010, Aspen). The book should now be available in the bookstore. I will also be posting a syllabus and other materials on the course TWEN site.

Hammer:

The first assignment for my section of the Litigation Skills and Professionalism Lab is:

From the text, Litigation Skills and Professionalism (Aspen, 2010)
Pages (by numbers at the top of the page, disregarding any other page numbers): 3-11; 31-40; 43-61; and 65-73

Hess:

Welcome to our Litigation Skills and Professionalism Lab. Please bring an electronic or paper version of the syllabus to our first class. The syllabus is posted on the TWEN site for our course. For the first week of class, please read chapter 1 (pages 3-11) and 4 (pages 41-61) of the Litigation Skills and Professionalism text. I look forward to meeting you. Gerry 

Note: You will learn about TWEN during orientation.

Kuhling:

Click here (pdf) for first day assignment.

Murphy:

There is not a first day assignment. Just come to class the first day smiling!

Fannin:

I look forward to meeting you shortly and spending a semester with you. For the first class, please read Buffalo Creek Disaster. My best wishes.

Perspectives on the Law

DeWolf:

All your class information can be found on my website.

Please check back as fall classes become available.

Morrissey:

 Please read pp. 3-5 in the American Legal History by Hall, Finkelman, and Ely.

Holland, B.:

For our first class on August 23, please read pages 1-18 in our assigned text, American Legal History (3rd ed). As you prepare these materials, consider these questions:

How may and should a new society organize itself? What is the proper balance between individual and community interests in a society? What is the role of “law” in establishing and enforcing this social structure? What are the appropriate sources of “law?”

Please sign up for the class TWEN page when you get access to West Law.

Gillmer:

For the first class, please read WILLIAM GOLDING, LORD OF THE FLIES (1954).  Please also read pp. 1-3 in KERMIT L. HALL ET AL., AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY: CASES AND MATERIALS (3rd ed. 2005). You can access the textbook pages here (pdf).

Torts 1

DeWolf:

All your class information can be found on my website.

Please check back as fall classes become available.

Gillmer:

The required text for this course is the casebook, Prosser, Wade and Schwartz's TORTS: CASES AND MATERIALS (12th ed. 2010).

For the first class, please read and be prepared to discuss the materials in the Introduction, pp. 1-16. You can access the textbook pages here (pdf). 

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