UMKC SCHOOL OF LAW FIRST DAY ASSIGNMENTS
Fall 2008
as of August 15, 2008
Keep Checking - Assignments will be posted on an on-going basis.
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COURSE |
ASSIGNMENT |
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8501A Contracts I Ferguson |
Unless otherwise indicated, a reference to reading in the Text is a reference to C. Knapp, N. Crystal and H. Prince,
Problems in Contract Law, Cases and Materials (6th ed. 2007). A reference to Supplement will include the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) or the Restatement (2d) of Contracts.
Date Aug. 18 Text Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Study of Contract law pp. 1-20 |
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8501B Contracts I Downs |
Syllabus and First Day Assignment available at http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/profiles/Downs/Contracts/Fall2008/syllabus.pdf (revised 8/6/08) |
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8501C Contracts I Abdel-khalik |
Our Contracts section will be using the following books:
Problems in Contract Law from Knapp, Crystal, & Prince (6th edition) and Contract Law: Selected Source Materials, 2008 ed. from Burton and Eisenberg as a statutory supplement. Please note that there have been some significant changes in the Knapp, Crystal & Prince casebook from the 5th edition, so I highly recommend that you use the most recent edition. I will be handing out a syllabus and additional reading assignments in the first class.
For the first day of class, please review the introductory material (pages 1-17) for background and carefully read and prepare to discuss pages 21-33. We will only briefly look at the introductory material, but do not skip it. This material will show up throughout the semester and will give you a good foundation for the substantive material we will cover. The majority of the class will focus on pages 21-33, which is the Ray v. Eurice Bros case with accompanying notes. In addition, please look at the following sections of Restatement (Second) of Contracts in your statutory supplement - §§ 1, 2, 17, 21. We will be referring to these provisions as well. If you have difficulty acquiring either book, please feel free to email or contact me, and I'll be happy to provide you with copies for the first day. Welcome to Contracts! |
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8511A Torts I Levit |
Required Texts: Dan Dobbs & Paul Hayden,
Torts and Compensation (5th ed. 2005)
Supplement: download from internet at http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/levitlinks.htm under Torts I Course Materials (in either Word or .pdf format) Assignment for our first class: please read pp. 2-9, 21-28 in Dobbs and Hayden as background, and please read and brief the cases on pp. 37-top of 41 (Van Camp v. McAfoos and Snyder v. Turk). |
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8511B Torts I Thompson |
Required Text:
Torts & Compensation by Dobbs and Hayden (West 5th Ed. 2005).
Our class will utilize eInstruction technology. Each student must purchase a Classroom Performance System (CPS) response pad from the UMKC bookstore. The response pads are $20 each, and each student must also pay a $10 activation fee. We will discuss the activation process during our first class meeting. For our first class, please read pages 2-9 and 21-34 of Dobbs & Hayden for background only. Also read and brief pages 37-45, which we will discuss in class. Be sure to bring your CPS response pads to class with you. |
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8511C Torts I Rostron |
The textbook for this course is Torts and Compensation by Dan B. Dobbs and Paul T. Hayden (West Group, 5th edition, 2005). For our first class session (which is at 2:05 p.m. on Tuesday, August 19th), please read pages 2-3, 22-28, and 37-45 of the textbook. The section on “What is Tort Law?” (pages 2-3) and the section on litigation procedures (pages 22-28) are for background purposes only. They will tell you a little bit about tort law, why we read judicial opinions, and the basic procedures in a civil lawsuit. The first class session will focus on the cases on pages 37-45, so please read them carefully and be prepared to answer questions about them. (You do not need to read the A.R.B. v. Elkin case on page 45, so you can stop reading at the end of the note preceding it.) |
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8522A Civil Procedure II Achtenberg |
Welcome back. I hope you all had good summers.
Before the first day of class, you should enroll in the Lexis Web Course for Civil Procedure II. You can do so by taking the following steps: 1) Log on to Lexis. 2) Go to Web Courses. 3) Go to Browse Course Catalogue. 4) Go to UMKC (Missouri, University of - Kansas City), 5) Scroll down to the Civil Procedure II, 6) Click "Enroll." Once you have done all this, you should then be enrolled in the webcourse. Your first day’s assignment is located in the Assignments portion of the webcourse in the folder titled “Personal Jurisdiction Syllabus.” If you cannot figure out how to enroll in the webcourse, don’t worry. Just get a copy of the first syllabus (including the Personal Jurisdiction Discussion Hypothetical) from a classmate. For the first day of class, you should: 1) Review the Documents/Briefing Cases section of the webcourse. 2) Read and be prepared to discuss International Shoe (710-715) 3) Begin working on Worldwide Volkswagen (730-745). We will probably not get to it on the first day but it’s a difficult case that may take you more than one day to brief and prepare. Once again, welcome back. David Achtenberg |
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8522B Civil Procedure II Berman |
Enroll in my LexisNexis web course, which provides a course syllabus, including assignments and discussion questions. Start with the Course Information section for an overview of the course and books to be used—the same ones used for Civil Procedure I. Then go to the assignment section. This section does not have a daily/weekly breakdown of coverage. After each class session I will provide you with the anticipated course coverage projection for the next session. For the first session, I expect to cover the introductory material in the assignment and most of Pennoyer v. Neff.
Step 1: Go to the law school homepage at http://www.lexis.com/lawschool Step 2: Enter your ID number (your Lexis number) Step 3: Click on Web Courses Step 4: Click on Launch Web Courses Step 5: Click on Courses Step 6: Click on Browse Course Catalog Step 7: Click on Missouri , University of-Kansas City Step 8: Click on Civil Procedure II-Berman. |
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8531 All Sections Intro to Law I |
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Richard K. Neumann, Jr. & Sheila Simon, Legal Writing (Wolters Kulver 2008) –Read chapters 1 through 5. Follow the instructions for the exercise on page 27, but prepare the exercise on Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. v. New England Technology, Inc., available at http://www1.law.umkc.edu/Academic/fall08/assignments/intro.pdf . Wanda M. Temm & Julie M. Cheslik, Missouri Legal Research (Carolina Acad. Press 2007) – Read pages 35-39. Monday, August 18, 2008 Neumann & Simon Chs. 6-8. Course Supplement Part 1 (available after 8/11 at Roo Prints in Law Library). |
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8541A Property I Cheslik |
I still like paper, therefore a paper copy of the syllabus will be distributed on the first day of classes. It will also be made available on line. Until then…
First Day Assignment: For our first day of Property on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008, please read and prepare pages 1-17 of your Property casebook by Dukeminier, Krier, et al. . Course Materials: In addition to the two books listed on the bookstore website (Dukeminier, Krier, et al., Property, 6th ed. (Aspen 2006) and Laurence & Minzner, A Student’s Guide to Estates in Land and Future Interests), you should also purchase a paper photocopy supplement at Roos Prints in the law school library. |
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8541B Property I Carbone |
Pierson v. Post, pp. 17-23, Dukeminier and Krier. |
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8541C Property I Randolph |
First Day Assignment available here.
www1.law.umkc.edu/Academic/fall08/assignments/Property.pdf
Syllabus available here. www1.law.umkc.edu/Academic/fall08/assignments/propertysyllabus.pdf revised 7/17/08 |
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8552A Federal Taxation Hoyt |
Required Texts:
1) 2009 West Federal Taxation, Comprehensive Vol (not 2008 or older) 2) Internal Revenue Code & Regs (Used copy is OK) NOTE: With internet access, there's no need to purchase Code & Regs. Go to Prof Hoyt's web page for the statutes needed for this course. http://www.law.umkc.edu/Faculty/hoytlinks.htm (demonstrated during the first class). 3) Compilation free from Prof. Hoyt's UMKC web page Syllabus available at http://www1.law.umkc.edu/Faculty/Hoyt/FederalTax/fall08/syllabus.pdf |
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8552B Federal Taxation Wiseman |
We will use the casebook, Fundamentals of Federal Income Tax (Lathrope et al.). You will also need access to the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Regulations. A compilation of these statutes and regulations is available in the bookstore. Apparently it was left off the book list, but it is now on order. You do not need this for the first day of class.
Tuesday: Read Chapter 1, pp. 1-44 (This is introductory material and is a very quick read. The material is very helpful background information for this course.) Thursday: Read pp. 46-66; Internal Revenue Code § 61; Problems 1 & 2 page 63; Problem 2 page 66. A complete syllabus will be available first day of class. |
| 8600s | |
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COURSE |
ASSIGNMENT |
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8601A |
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Hamilton & Macey, Corporations Including Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies, (10th Ed., 2007). Reading assignment: Introduction to Business Organizations, pp. 1-24. Syllabus available at http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/profiles/Downs/BusinessOrg/Fall2008/syllabus.pdf |
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8601B |
Assignment for first Fall 2008 class session (August 18):
Read Hamilton/Macey Text pp. 1-3; Course Syllabus, one-page Case Study # 1 and one-page Categories List (the last three items will be posted on the Blackboard site for this Course, and also be available in paper form through Libby Johnson in the Whittaker Suite, starting August 4). NOTE: You will also need to purchase from the Law School copy center in the Law Library the package of Missouri Business Organizations Statutes that should be available there by August 11. |
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8611 |
Please read the first 47 pages of WILLS, TRUSTS & ESTATES, Dukeminier, Johanson, Lindgren & Sitkoff. |
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8614R Kenny |
Read Chapter 1 (all) of Life and Death Planning for Retirement Benefits
(6th ed.) by Natalie Choate
Syllabus available at http://www1.law.umkc.edu/Academic/fall08/assignments/estateplanretirementsyllabus.pdf |
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8615R |
Main text: Warren, Gorham & Lamont publication: "Tax Economics of Charitable Giving" (WGL).
8/22 Charitable Giving Intro to income & estate planning strategies Pho: Read pages 1-20 of the "First Day Assignment" at Prof. Hoyt's web page; Hoyt will print-out and will bring to class http://www.law.umkc.edu/Faculty/hoytlinks.htm |
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8632 |
First Assignment, August 19
I. THE ROLE OF THE COURTS (1) Introduction Please review Marbury v. Madison and Ch.J. Marshall's assertion of the power of judicial review. Gerald Gunther and Kathleen Sullivan, Constitutional Law, 16th Ed. pages 1-30. Discussion will focus on the following topics: (1) Theories of constitutional democracy. (2) The premise of delegated powers. (3) Policing the boundaries between the branches of government and between state and federal power. Readings Compilation available in Roo Prints in the law library or can be downloaded from the course website on Westlaw’s TWEN (The West Education Network) system. Please go to www.lawschool.westlaw.com and register yourself for the course. Please mark your calendar for makeup classes meeting from 11:20 A.M. to 12:35 P.M. on the following dates: 9/9/08, 9/23/08, 9/30/08, and make note of the following schedule adjustment; there will be no classes on 8/26/08, 8/28/08, 9/2/08, 9/4/08, 9/16/08. |
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8633 |
Our first class, on Tuesday, August 19, 2008, will introduce Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. Course materials, including the syllabus, notes, and cases are posted on “Exploring First Amendment Law,” a website created specifically for our course. The course site (http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/firstamendment/firstamendmenthome.htm) can be accessed using the Google search phrase “exploring first amendment law.”
In preparation for our class discussion, read the materials assigned for the first session, “Introduction to the Free Speech Clause” (http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/firstaminto.htm). Give some thought to what you think are the greatest benefits and the greatest costs that come from affording extensive constitutional protection for expressive activities. |
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8634A |
Kadish, Schulhofer & Steiker, Criminal Law and its Processes (8th ed.)
Read pp. 106-111; 92-105; and 79-83 in the order listed. |
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8634B |
Please read:
A. Understanding Criminal Law (4th ed.) by Joshua Dressler: Chapter I: Criminal Law: An Overview; pp. 1-9. B. Criminal Law and Its Processes (8th ed.) by Kadish, Schulhofer, and Steiker; pp. 1-19. |
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8634C |
Casebook: Kadish, Schulhofer and Steiker,
Criminal Law and Its Processes, Eighth Edition.
Assignments refer to pages in the casebook.
Web site materials are available at http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/OBrienlinks.htm. Recommended Supplementary Sources: LaFave, Criminal Law Hornbook; Dressler, Understanding Criminal Law; Singer and La Fond, Criminal Law: Examples and Explanations Class 1. Crime and Punishment: What do we punish and why? Casebook: 67-78; 106-125 Regina v. Dudley and Stevens; United States v. Michael Milken; United States v. Gementera; Lawrence v. Texas Web site materials: My Life as a Slave, Frederick Douglass |
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8635 |
First Day Reading Assignment, August 20, 2007
Please note that you have a choice of either one of two text books for the course: Text: Kamisar, Israel, LaFave, King and Kerr, Modern Criminal Procedure, (Tomson West, 12th Ed. 2008) [Hard bound edition, recommended for students planning to take both Criminal Procedure 1 and Criminal Procedure 2. This is cheaper than buying both volumes of the soft cover version.] OR Kamisar, Israel, LaFave, King and Kerr, Basic Criminal Procedure, Police Practices (Tomson West, 12th Ed. 2008) (soft cover, recommended for students not planning to take Criminal Procedure 2. The soft cover is identical to the hard cover, but published in two volumes. This volume covers all the materials in Crim. Pro. 1. It is much cheaper than the hard cover edition.] Class 1: Introduction to the Course and the Incorporation of the Bill of Rights into the 14th Amendment Due Process Clause 1. pp. 1-23: An Overview of the Criminal Justice Process (Skim this section for basic concepts) Class 2: Sources of Criminal Procedural Law pp. 24-47: The Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause–Incorporation of the Bill of Rights |
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8635S |
Syllabus available at http://www1.law.umkc.edu/Academic/fall08/assignments/wcsyllabus.pdf |
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8641R |
I. LEGISLATIVE THEORY AND PROCEDURE
(1) Introduction; legislative theory Please read and be prepared to discuss the following materials: Introduction to the art of statutory interpretation. Models of legislation, Madisonian theory and public choice theory. William N. Eskridge, Jr. and Phillip P. Frickey, Legislation: Statutes and the Creation of Public Policy, 3nd Ed. (St. Paul: West, 2001). Skim pp. 1-47 and read carefully pages 47-81. Also, read carefully, North Carolina v. Fly; Federalist 10. Readings Compilation available in Roo Prints in the law library or can be downloaded from the course website on Westlaw’s TWEN (The West Education Network) system. Please go to www.lawschool.westlaw.com and register yourself for the course. |
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8643L |
Think about potential topics for self-directed research over the course of the semester |
| 8700s | |
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COURSE |
ASSIGNMENT |
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8702 |
There are three items that you will need for this course.
1. The only book you need to buy is William M. Richman & William L. Reynolds, Understanding Conflict of Laws (3d edition, LexisNexis, 2002). It is sold for $35 at the UMKC Bookstore and on its website http://www.umkcbookstore.com/textbooks.asp . You can also order a copy from the publisher for $37 at http://bookstore.lexis.com/bookstore/product/10807.html . You can also obtain the book for 2,035 points through the Lexis “Ultimate Rewards” program. 2. “Statutes & Rules” booklet: This is a set of statutes, rules, and Restatement sections. Please purchase a copy at Roo Prints in the law library. This is an important item, because it is the only material you will be able to use during the final exam. 3. Cases: I have assembled and edited a set of cases for the course. You can either purchase a copy at Roo Prints in the law library or download it from the course website on Westlaw’s TWEN (The West Education Network) system at http://lawschool.westlaw.com/twen/ . (It is about 190 pages, just in case that makes any difference in your decision about whether to buy it, print it out yourself, etc.) For the first class (which will be on Monday, August 18th), please read: 1. § 1 (pages 1-3) of the Richman & Reynolds book 2. §§ 3-8 (pages 5-12) of the Richman & Reynolds book 3. The Restatement provisions and Missouri statute on pages 1-3 of the “Statutes & Rules” booklet 4. The first two cases (White v. Tennant and In re Jones’ Estate cases) on pages 1-6 of the “Cases” package |
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8703 A |
Please read last year’s National Team Competition regional problem and be prepared to discuss it.
The Trial outline and articles by Jim Wirken should be looked over to help in preparing the case. 07-08 NTC Regional Color Exhibits.pdf 07-08%20NTC Regional Problem-REVISED[1].pdf FORM.01.TableofContents.doc FORM.02.Directory.doc FORM.03.ThingsToDo.doc FORM.04.CaseRe-CapSettlement.doc FORM.05.PreTrialMotions.doc FORM.06.VoirDireSeatingChart.doc FORM.07.VoirDireExamination.doc FORM.08.OrderofProof.doc FORM.09.TheJury.doc FORM.10.Challenges.doc FORM.11.OpeningStatement.doc FORM.12.NotesonOpponent'sOpeningStatement.doc FORM.13.PleadingsIndex.doc FORM.14.OutlineOfPleadings.doc FORM.15.Pre-TrialOrders.doc FORM.16.Chronology.doc FORM.17.WitnessIdentification.doc FORM.18.Exhibits.doc FORM.19.TrialMotions.doc FORM.20.RebuttalTestimony.doc FORM.21.Instructions.doc FORM.22.ObjectionsToInstructions.doc FORM.23.IdeasForFinalArgument.doc FORM.24.JuryDeliberation.doc FORM.25.LegalMemoranda,CitationsofDecisions&OtherLaw.doc Form.26.NotesOfWitnesses.doc Wirken Tips - How to effectively use a Trial Outline.pdf |
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8706 |
Before the first
class, you must register for TWEN!!!!
Read Rule 23 and pages 1-16 of the text |
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8714R |
Please read
Judith F. Daar, Reproductive Technologies and the Law (2006), pp. 1 to 56, and the proposed ballot initiatives available through the following links. http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/2008petitions/2008-051.asp http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/2008petitions/2008-052.asp |
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8716 |
1. Read Patricia L. Bellia, Paul Schiff Berman, David G. Post, Cyberlaw Problems of Policy and Jurisprudence in the Information Age 3rd, 2-10, and 21-44.
2. Register for on the Lexis-Nexis site for my Web course, entitled 716 Cyberlaw and Infosphere. The passwords for registration will be emailed to students in the class, or students may contact either Erin Lavelle (lavellee@umkc.edu) at the circ. desk or Prof. Callister (callisterp@umkc.edu). 3. Those who want to make good use of their summer time are strongly encouraged to commence reading The Anarchist in the Library, which is also assigned for the course. Please inform the instructor if you are unable to obtain either Cyberlaw case book or Anarchist in the Library prior to class. Copies of the texts for the first day reading assignments will be posted on the Web for downloading and be made available at the circulation desk in the library, but this will not be done after the first class session. |
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8725 |
Please read Water
Resource Management 5th ed. pp.47-58.
Syllabus available at http://www.law.umkc.edu/Faculty/profiles/Ragsdale/Water_Law/fall08/syllabus.pdf |
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8728 |
Please read Federal Indian Law 5th ed. pp. 1-37
Syllabus available at http://www.law.umkc.edu/Faculty/profiles/Ragsdale/American_Indian/fall08/syllabus.pdf |
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8720 |
Unless otherwise announced, class presentation and discussion presume that class members are familiar with the assigned materials. The text for this course is Lopucki & Warren,
Secured Credit: A Systems Approach (5th edition 2005), and
Commercial and Debtor-Creditor Law (Selected Statutes) (2008).
The West Nutshell, Debtor-Creditor, by Epstein (7th ed.), may also be helpful in students gaining an overview of the course materials. The nutshell is a secondary source, nothing will be more helpful than the student gaining a working knowledge of the Supplementary Statutes and the cases assigned.
Please decide where you want to sit in this class. I will be passing around a seating chart on the second day of class. Date August 19 Text Chapter 1, Creditors' Rights Under State Law Assignment #1: Remedies Of Unsecured Creditors Under State Law pp. 3-19 |
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8731 |
Welcome to Professional Responsibility. You will find the entire syllabus on the course blackboard page at
http://blackboard.umkc.edu/ (click on the course page and then on "syllabus")
For our first class, please read the course objectives, policies and requirements page and complete the reading assignments for the first day. You will note that reading assignments are given by week. The assignment for the first day is to Complete web research worksheet on the demographics of the profession (to be handed in on day one) http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/profiles/glesnerfines/PRSUPP/demogrpahics.htm and Read Preamble to the Model Rules Read Glesner Fines - Materials on Professionalism http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/profiles/glesnerfines/PRSUPP/pr1.htm We will discuss these materials during the first two classes. On Friday we will do an exercise regarding admissions. To prepare for that class, you should have read and studies Model Rule 8.1 and have completed the CALI lesson on admission to practice. Study Model Rule 8.1 Complete CALI lessons on Admissions (URL: http://www2.cali.org/index.php?fuseaction=lessons.subjectlist&cat=pr ) - to use CALI lessons, you must register with CALI. Let me know if you have difficulties with that. |
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8732 |
Please read and be prepared to discuss pages 12- 34 and 57-62 in the text, Riskin et al, Dispute Resolution and Lawyers, Third edition (West 2005 ISBN# 0-314-25307-6). |
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8735 |
For our first session on Wednesday, August 20, 2008, we will be discussing the 1907 trial of labor leader "Big Bill" Haywood. In preparation for class discussion, please read the introductory essay (“A Trial Account”), “Harry Orchard's Testimony,” the "Summations," at least two of the “Biographies of Key Figures,” plus at least one additional essay of your choice from those posted anywhere on the Haywood trial site.
The Famous Trials site can be accessed by using the Google search term “famous trials” (or just “trials”). Note that a tentative syllabus for the seminar is accessible from the "Famous Trials" ( http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm) homepage (look at the fine print). For those wanting to get a jump on things this summer, you might look and the page linked off the syllabus page labeled “Grading and Course Project” (url: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Lind2008grading.html). |
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8736 |
Syllabus located at http://www1.law.umkc.edu/Academic/fall08/assignments/debtorcreditor.pdf revised (8/5/2008) |
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8751 |
For the first class please complete the Active Listening Skills CALI Lesson found at : http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/profiles/glesnerfines/cali/listen/index.htm |
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8763 |
Assignment for First Week
Text: Cox, Bok, Gorman & Finkin, Cases on Labor Law (14th ed.). You MUST download and print the National Labor Relations Act which appears on Prof. Berger's class links section of the UMKC Law School website under “Faculty." The web address is: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/bergerlinks.htm For the first week, read in the following order: a) casebook, pp. 73-86; 97-111 b) National Labor Relations Act on website c) casebook, pp.86-97 |
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8764 |
Pick up Letter in Cardozo Suite.
Please read in Administrative Law: A Casebook (6th ed.) by Schwartz: Week #1 and #2 Chapter I. Administrative Agencies and Administrative Law (pp. 1-51). |
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8766 |
For our first class on Tuesday, August 19, 2008, please read the first chapter of the Callies, Freilich and Roberts casebook and come to class with a well thought out idea of the principles that you would implement if you were starting from scratch in planning Kansas City.
Also, starting today, read/browse at least one newspaper a day, noting articles about land use or land use disputes. A newspaper (even an on line version, though I prefer a paper version) is a better way to find these articles than a web-based news service such as CNN or MSN. On the first day of class, be prepared to describe and lead a presentation on the facts and issues raised by the news article that you bring in. Please note that our room has been changed to 2-101 from 02. |
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8770 |
Syllabus available at: http://www1.law.umkc.edu/Academic/fall08/assignments/statelocal.pdf |
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8773 |
No First Day Assignment. |
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8773T |
Required Texts: Law of Environmental & Toxic Torts by Madden and Boston (West 3rd Ed. 2005) &
Buffalo Creek Disaster by Stern (Random House 1977). Be sure to obtain the 1977 version of
Buffalo Creek rather than the 2008 version. New copies of
Buffalo Creek are available at the UMKC bookstore. You may also obtain used copies from Amazon.com or local bookstores for a very low price.
For our first class, please read pages 9-22 for background only. During our first class period, we will watch the movie A Civil Action. |
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8791 |
Welcome back. For Monday (first day of class):
A. Enroll in the lexis/nexis web course. B. Pick up the first packet of material from Roo Prints. C. Read the text of 42 U.S.C. Section 1983. It appears on page 1-4. (The material is divided into sections. As a result, page 1-4 is page 4 of the first section rather than pages 1 through 4 of the material as a whole.) D. Read Monroe v. Pape (pp. 2-1 through 2-44). Monroe is quite long (44 pages) and very conceptually rich. The class will be spending a number of sessions on it and will discuss it from various angles. As a result, you will need to read it several times and each time re-analyze it from a new perspective. Your assignment for Monday's class will be: 1) Read Monroe once from beginning to end. 2) Think about the historical context of the case. What was going on in America and around the world when the case was decided? 3) Re-read Part I of Douglas's opinion and Part I of Frankfurter's opinion. Identify the issue posed in those two parts, Defendant's argument on that issue, and the basis for the court's resolution of that issue. For Wednesday, your assignment will be to re-read Part II of Douglas's opinion, Part III of Frankfurter's opinion, and all of Harlan's concurrence. Identify Douglas's arguments regarding stare decisis, Frankfurter's responses to those arguments, and Harlan's position on stare decisis. Try to figure out what each opinion considers the reasons to follow prior decisions, the factors that might justify overruling prior decisions (besides just concluding that the old decision was wrong), and the factors that militate against overruling prior decisions (even if one believes that the old decision was wrong). |
| 8800s | |
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COURSE |
ASSIGNMENT |
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8808 |
Welcome to the Intellectual Property survey course. We will be using Intellectual Property In the New Technological Age casebook (Revised 4th ed.) by Merges, Menell, Lemley and the associated statutory supplement by the same authors. For the first day of class, please read pg. 1-30 in the casebook. I will be handing out a full syllabus and anticipated reading assignments in the first class. If you have any difficulty acquiring the books, please let me know. |
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8813 |
Required Text: ZIMMER, SULLIVAN & WHITE, CASES AND MATERIALS ON EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION (7th ed. 2008) (“Zimmer”)
Please note new edition (the 6th edition will not work)
Assignment for our first class: please read in Zimmer, pages 761-87. A syllabus for the course and notes about class participation can be downloaded from the internet at http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/levitlinks.htm under Employment Discrimination Syllabus (in either Word or .pdf format) (revised 8/4/2008) |
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8838R |
The classroom component of this course will be Monday and Tuesday, August 18 and 19 . These are required classes. Classes will be held in the law library in the ERC. Please refer to course schedule at
http://www.law.umkc.edu/Faculty/wisemanlinks.htm.
Readings: Federal Tax Research (7th Ed. Richmond) pp. 1-19, 36-49, 68-75, 117-133, 146-147, 153-170, 182-183, 194-199. You should have the entire assignment read for the first class meeting. (revised 8/4/2008) |
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8843 |
Review KS and MO Principal and Income Acts (KSA §§ 58-9-101 to 58-9-603 and RSMo §§ 469.401 to 469.467). Reading through the act once should be sufficient for the first class. Also read Chapter 1. |
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8846 |
Attached is a copy of
Jackson v. Williams, et al., which you are to be prepared to discuss at the first class meeting of the semester.
You also can request a digital copy from Norma Karn at karnn@umkc.edu http://www1.law.umkc.edu/Academic/fall08/assignments/Westlaw_Doc_11_23_44.pdf |
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8850 |
Syllabus and first
day assignment available at
revised 7/17/08 http://www1.law.umkc.edu/Academic/fall08/assignments/applied_evidence.pdf |
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8874 |
TEXTS
1. Hill and Mancino, Tax Exempt Organizations 2. Internal Revenue Code & Regs (used copy is OK). If you have internet access, there is no need to purchase Code & Reg. Go to Prof Hoyt's web page for the statutes needed for this course. http://www.law.umkc.edu/Faculty/hoytlinks.htm . 3. Cases & rulings at Prof Hoyt's UMKC web page; download & print Syllabus available at http://www1.law.umkc.edu/Faculty/Hoyt/TaxExempt/fall08/syllabus.pdf |
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8875 |
Syllabus available at http://www1.law.umkc.edu/Academic/fall08/assignments/RETSyllabus.pdf |
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8883 |
Read Text Chapters 1-2 pp 1-27
Skim Text “Contents” pp vi-xxix Read and bring to class: clippings from national newspapers/media concerning current national security issues (i.e., articles from New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, etc.) |
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8886 |
We will use the casebook,
Fundamentals of Corporate Taxation, 7th Ed., Lind, Schwarz, Lathrope & Rosenberg. You will also need access to Internal Revenue Code statutes and Treasury Regulation. The bookstore has a statutes/regulations compilation for purchase. In the alternative, you may look at the statutes online. We will discuss the options during our first class.
First, you should review the Table of Contents of the text. We will cover Chapters 1 through 9 this semester. For the first week of class, read Chapter 1 (approximately half each class). Be prepared to discuss the following: 1. Should we have a double taxation system for corporations? 2. What can a small “C” corporation do to minimize its corporate level tax? 3. What is the corporate tax rate? What tax rate do shareholders pay? 4. Define redemption, dividend, bailout. 5. What is the difference, if any, between “Sham Transaction” and “Economic Substance Doctrine”? How does “Business Purpose” relate to these concepts? 6. Do you have an example that illustrates “Substance over Form”? 7. What is a “Personal Service Corporation”? 8. Read through the problem on page 23 and understand the questions. We will “solve” it in class. |
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8888R |
First Day (Monday, August 18) Assignment: Read Memorandum Re: Overview of Partnership Taxation and Course Syllabus (both will be available in Whittaker Suite and on Blackboard Site by August 4) |
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8892R |
The text for the course is Taxation of Estates, Gifts & Trusts by Campfield, Dickinson & Turnier. You will also need access to Estate and Gift tax statutes and regulations. There is a compilation of these statutes available in the bookstore, or in the alternative, you may access them online.
For the first class, we will discuss general concepts of transfer tax. For background information and overview of transfer taxes, read pp. 1-69. Be prepared to discuss the problem on page 29. Chapter 1-3 available here http://www1.law.umkc.edu/Academic/fall08/assignments/Chapter%201-3.pdf |