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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22538
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This course will introduce students to basic concepts in agency and partnership law as well as the law of corporations under the Model Business Corporation Act. Students will examine fundamental legal rights and duties between corporate shareholders, directors and officers. The course will cover the legal issues of both closely held and publicly held corporations, as well as those of hybrid organizations like limited liability partnerships. If time permits, students will learn the fundamentals of corporate finance and federal regulation of corporate share trading.
4 Credits
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4:00 pm |
4:00 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22550
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This course will introduce students to basic concepts in agency and partnership law as well as the law of corporations under the Model Business Corporation Act. Students will examine fundamental legal rights and duties between corporate shareholders, directors and officers. The course will cover the legal issues of both closely held and publicly held corporations, as well as those of hybrid organizations like limited liability partnerships. If time permits, students will learn the fundamentals of corporate finance and federal regulation of corporate share trading.
4 Credits
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3:05 pm |
3:05 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22548
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This course surveys the broad issues raised by privacy law with an emphasis on the challenges posed by informational privacy in the fields of media regulation, law enforcement, national security, medical records and consumer records. Topics to cover may include privacy torts, digital searches and seizures, NSA surveillance, HIPPA, the regulation of consumer data, and the regulation of privacy in Europe. This class will examine social, moral and political arguments made protecting and disclosing information and use privacy as a lens to examine how businesses, the government and individuals grapple with complex regulatory regimes.
3 Credits
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8:55 am |
8:55 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22521
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
5:05 pm |
5:05 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22551
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:00 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22537
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
The purpose of this course is for students to gain an understanding of the digital asset industry and its impact on the future of society and governance. Digital assets and smart contracting enable a revolution of applications in most industries and especially in the legal industry. Yet, the development of these technology driven solutions depend on decentralized governance, which is still in its very early stages of development. Students will learn how decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are replacing existing corporate entities and 503 (b) non-profits as well as B-Corporations. DAOs can help create a nurturing environment for the evolution of the digital asset industry through decentralized DAO governance. DAO governance is a key legal issue for the development of this asset class and inevitably requires legal expertise. Key ideas that will be discussed include reputation systems and reputation-based DAO governance, historiography, and transcendental unifying values. Based on the understanding of challenges and opportunities presented by decentralized governance, students will develop the ability to discern their own possible value proposition in the disruption of businesses in various industries. The course emphasizes the importance of student skills at the intersection between law, business, finance, computer science, and psychology.
3 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22526
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This course will consider the answers offered by leading legal philosophers to the question, "What is law?" Students will review the major jurisprudential schools, including natural law, both classical and modern, positivism, and the historical school, the philosophical foundation of English common law and the doctrine of precedent. The course will examine developments in jurisprudence such as legal realism, legal pragmatism, and law and economics. Additionally, students will consider the relationship of religious faith to law and belief in natural rights.
3 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:00 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22523
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
This course will focus on the skills necessary for success- fully pursuing an appeal. After a brief introduction to the appellate process and its corresponding procedural rules, students will learn to evaluate a case for appeal, identify and narrow issues, develop a persuasive theory, and write an effective appellate brief. Additionally, students will present a 15-minute oral argument on their briefs to a moot court.
2 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22545
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
This course will focus on the skills necessary for success- fully pursuing an appeal. After a brief introduction to the appellate process and its corresponding procedural rules, students will learn to evaluate a case for appeal, identify and narrow issues, develop a persuasive theory, and write an effective appellate brief. Additionally, students will present a 15-minute oral argument on their briefs to a moot court.
2 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:30 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22558
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
This course will focus on the skills necessary for success- fully pursuing an appeal. After a brief introduction to the appellate process and its corresponding procedural rules, students will learn to evaluate a case for appeal, identify and narrow issues, develop a persuasive theory, and write an effective appellate brief. Additionally, students will present a 15-minute oral argument on their briefs to a moot court.
2 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22562
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Instructor: TBD
This course will focus on the skills necessary for success- fully pursuing an appeal. After a brief introduction to the appellate process and its corresponding procedural rules, students will learn to evaluate a case for appeal, identify and narrow issues, develop a persuasive theory, and write an effective appellate brief. Additionally, students will present a 15-minute oral argument on their briefs to a moot court.
2 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
6:05 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22564
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
This course will focus on the skills necessary for success- fully pursuing an appeal. After a brief introduction to the appellate process and its corresponding procedural rules, students will learn to evaluate a case for appeal, identify and narrow issues, develop a persuasive theory, and write an effective appellate brief. Additionally, students will present a 15-minute oral argument on their briefs to a moot court.
2 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:00 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22566
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
This course will focus on the skills necessary for success- fully pursuing an appeal. After a brief introduction to the appellate process and its corresponding procedural rules, students will learn to evaluate a case for appeal, identify and narrow issues, develop a persuasive theory, and write an effective appellate brief. Additionally, students will present a 15-minute oral argument on their briefs to a moot court.
2 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:05 pm |
3:05 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22549
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This course will examine issues of legal ethics and the professional responsibility of lawyers. Students will study the law governing the conduct of lawyers in areas like formation of the lawyer/client relationship, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, client communications and the lawyer's role within the adversarial process. Additionally, students will move beyond the legal rules and regulations to explore expanded and aspirational ideas of what a lawyer's role can and should be in the lawyer/client relationship, in the profession and in society.
3 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:30 am |
10:30 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22553
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This course will examine issues of legal ethics and the professional responsibility of lawyers. Students will study the law governing the conduct of lawyers in areas like formation of the lawyer/client relationship, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, client communications and the lawyer's role within the adversarial process. Additionally, students will move beyond the legal rules and regulations to explore expanded and aspirational ideas of what a lawyer's role can and should be in the lawyer/client relationship, in the profession and in society.
3 Credits
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22567
Online: Asynchronous | Online: Asynchronous
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM/MSL Elective
In today's digital world, cybersecurity has become an incredibly important aspect of organizational culture. This course will examine primary components of cybersecurity strategies, digital forensics, ethics and compliance, cyber threats and risks, and associated legal considerations. Students will learn how to discuss cybersecurity and think critically about constructing mitigation and response protocols.
3 Credits
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22569
Online: Asynchronous | Online: Asynchronous
Online
Requirements Met:
Experiential Course
LLM US Law Elective
This course will provide students with an opportunity to learn about compliance from the perspective of executives and leaders in the industry. Practicing compliance executives will discuss goals, strategies, activities and challenges associated with their business. Students will have an opportunity to relate the philosophies and techniques developed in the MSL/LLM Compliance program to those presented. Through candid and in-depth conversations with participating executives, students will learn about compliance from a leadership perspective relevant to today's complex business environment. Prerequisite: LAWS730/BETH650 AND Prerequisite or concurrent registration with any one of BETH651/BETH625/BETH701
3 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
2:02 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22546
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
This course will introduce students to federal statutes, Supreme Court caselaw, and scholarship (including feminist, minority, and faith perspectives) regarding human trafficking (both sexual and labor slavery) and child pornography. Topics will include criminal enforcement, survivor empowerment, defense strategies, legislative interests, judicial oversight, and nongovernmental organizational intervention.
2 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:00 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22540
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
This course is designed to deepen law students’ understanding of well-being and professional identity formation through a combination of readings, videos, exercises, and in-depth classroom discussions on various well-being topics that influence and impact the life and well-being of law students and members of the legal profession. Specifically, through this course, students will gain a thorough understanding of the six dimensions of well-being (emotional, occupational, social, intellectual, physical, and spiritual) and the impacts of well-being on not only individual student professional formation and quality of life, but also systemic issues in the legal profession related to the well-being, or lack thereof, in the profession today.
2 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
4:00 pm |
4:00 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22530
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
One of the primary tasks of lawyers and judges is to interpret statutes enacted by the legislature. The goal of this class is to provide students with a deeper understanding of the legislative process to help effectively discern legislative intent. This course will address theories of legislative process, as well as how legislatures operate in practice and role of different actors in the legislative process. It will also explore various theories of legislative interpretation and how those theories evolved over the last century. The course will focus on tools of ascertaining legislative intent that go beyond the text, with a practical focus on analyzing the evolution of statutes, finding and understanding legislative history, and applying common canons of construction.
3 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:05 pm |
10:00 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22529
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
Experiential Course
LLM US Law Elective
This course is a semester-long limited enrollment course that affords those interested in constitutional litigation an opportunity to increase and refine their trial tactics and skills. This course provides students an opportunity to enhance their effectiveness as a litigator in many areas such as trial strategy, direct examination, including use of documentary evidence, expert testimony, exclusion of evidence through motions and objections, and dispositive motions. The course will begin with a review of basic constitutional concepts such as jurisdiction, standing, ripeness, 10th Amendment limits on federal jurisdiction, and distinctions between state and federal constitutional challenges. Students will select two cases. Working in teams of two, students will take on the task of challenging one law, and defending the second. This will require students to research and brief issues of constitutional due process, free speech, and equal protection.
5 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:30 am |
8:30 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22534
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
This course is designed to enhance study skills, exam-taking skills, and deductive and inductive reasoning skills and to help students organize and communicate complex legal materials in an effective manner. Materials will be drawn from the legal topics tested in common on the bar examination of nearly all American jurisdictions. Students will be graded on in-class quizzes, writing exercises, and Multistate Bar Examination exercises, and a final exam with components of the above plus a Multistate Performance Test question. This course is not a substitute for an outside bar review course, nor is it a substitute for any other course in the curriculum. Enrollment limited to 20 third-year students each semester, admitted by permission of the instructor.
3 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
6:30 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22531
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This course examines subjects in evidence that are not generally covered (or not examined in depth) in the introductory evidence course but are critical to the modern civil and criminal trial practice. The course may focus on the practical use and application of Minnesota Rules of Evidence, with contrast and comparison to the Federal Rules of Evidence where appropriate. Topics may include: introduction of digital/electronic evidence, foundation for forensic evidence, review of scientific evidence, such as DNA and fingerprints, advanced hearsay, character and impeachment evidence, and the use of expert witnesses. Prerequisite: LAWS 705.
2 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22556
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This course examines sentencing, the portion of the criminal process that often matters most to the defendant and to society. The course covers state law, federal law (including the federal sentencing guidelines), and the death penalty. Because far more cases result in a sentencing than go to trial, and because the doctrines and rules that control sentencing can be very complex, the subject is important and challenging. The course is useful for those planning to practice criminal law or those considering it, as well as for those considering federal judicial clerkships. Typically , the grade for the course is determined by a final exam and a sentencing exercise.
2 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:25 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22532
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
This class will provide students the skill set and foundational information to represent entrepreneurial businesses. Topics include appropriate corporate and legal structures, document preparation, review and analysis of business plans, evaluation of financing and funding sources, and case studies. The goal is to help students gain a clear understanding of what kind of information and skillsets are necessary to represent early-stage companies. Prerequisite: LAWS700 is either a pre-requisite or a co-requisite.
2 Credits
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22568
Online: Asynchronous | Online: Asynchronous
Online
Privacy and data protection are fundamental issues in the digital world and the growing information economy. Almost every commercial business involves the processing of personal data either for its primary purpose or in its administration. Collecting, storing, transferring, or otherwise processing the personal data of individuals creates a multitude of legal and compliance obligations which these laws seek to regulate. This course will examine the sectoral and comprehensive models of current privacy laws, data subject rights, international data transfers, strategic differentiators, emerging laws, information security concepts, and applicable legal cases. By investigating these topics, students will have a foundational knowledge of privacy and security laws, individual rights, business obligations, and regulatory requirements.
3 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:05 pm |
3:05 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22528
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM/MSL Elective
LLM US Law Elective
This course will examine the legal limits on administrative agencies under the Constitution, the Administrative Procedure Act and other statutes. Students will explore constitutional limits on Congress' power to delegate law- making and judicial power to agencies, procedural limits on agency rulemaking and decision making and limits on the availability and scope of judicial review of agency actions.
3 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:30 am |
8:30 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22533
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This course will introduce students to basic principles of bankruptcy law and practice. Students will explore topics like eligibility for bankruptcy, powers of the bankruptcy trustee, collection and distribution of the debtor's estate, rights of creditors and discharge of the debtor. Although the course will focus on individual bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the bankruptcy laws, students will also examine issues of corporate reorganization under Chapter 11 and rehabilitation under Chapter 13.
3 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
6:05 pm |
6:05 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22552
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This course will explore law enforcement interactions with individuals and the ways in which constitutional constraints upon governmental investigative practices limit the use of evidence in criminal trials. In particular, students will examine interactions during police stops, searches and seizures, arrests and interrogation and will view all of these interactions in light of the rights conferred through the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
3 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22554
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This course will cover the trial and appeal stages of a criminal prosecution and include such issues as the prosecutor's discretion in charging, the use of the grand jury, plea bargaining, speedy trial provisions, the right to jury trial, confrontation of witnesses, burdens of proof, jury deliberations, double jeopardy, and sentencing. Other issues may include ineffective assistance of counsel, prosecutorial misconduct, state court grounds for denying relief, exhaustion of claims and miscarriages of justice. Prerequisite: LAWS 819
2 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
5:05 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22560
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM/MSL Elective
LLM US Law Elective
Instructor: TBD
This course will examine the federal laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Equal Pay Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students will learn about basic requirements for proving discrimination, by both overtly discriminatory employment policies and facially neutral rules with a discriminatory impact. Topics also will include affirmative action, pregnancy in the workplace, sexual harassment and reasonable accommodation under the A.D.A.
2 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:55 am |
8:55 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22535
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This course will explore the legal and policy issues relating to the creation and dissolution of family relation- ships. Students will examine topics such as marriage requirements, co-habitation, marital contracts, property distribution upon divorce, spousal support, child custody and child support.
3 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:30 am |
10:30 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22541
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM/MSL Elective
LLM US Law Elective
Health Law I is designed to introduce students to basic principles of health care law. The class will discuss legal principles surrounding the professional-patient relationship informed consent; liability of health care professionals; liability of health care institutions; quality control regulation of physicians and health care institutions; access to health care; the privacy rights of patients and the ability of government to regulate patient health care choices. The goals of the course are for students to understand the role of the legal system in health policy and health care delivery; the application of basic tort, contract and corporate law principles in the health care environment; and to gain a practical understanding of the interaction between the health system and the legal system.
3 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22543
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM/MSL Elective
LLM US Law Elective
This course will explore the legal problems that can arise in transactions involving goods, services or money across national borders. Students will analyze potential legal problems with international contracts and agreements, and they will examine governmental regulation of international trade in areas like intellectual property, anti-dumping duties and export controls.
3 Credits
| 01/20 - 05/16 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:30 am |
10:30 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22524
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
This course will introduce students to the legal framework of patent law and important aspects of patent law practice and litigation. Students will explore topics like patentable subject matter, requirements for obtaining a patent, drafting of patent claims, suits for infringement of a patent and remedies for infringement. Additionally, students will examine the relationship between patent law and other forms of intellectual property protection.
3 Credits
| 01/20 - 05/16 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22542
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This course will cover the law governing contracts for the sale of goods under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Topics will include contract formation, including the statute of frauds and the parole evidence rule; express and implied warranties; the mechanics of performance, including transfer of title and tender; and remedies for breach of contract.
3 Credits
| 01/20 - 05/16 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:30 am |
8:30 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22520
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM/MSL Elective
This course will examine federal and state securities laws that regulate the process of financing business by dis- tributing securities to the public. Topics will include the nature of a security, exemptions from registration, sec- urities distribution and trading, the functions of the Securities and Exchange Commission, registration and disclosure requirements, "blue sky" laws, proxy rules, broker/dealer regulation, the regulation of investment companies and civil liabilties. Prerequisite: Business Associations
3 Credits
| 01/20 - 05/16 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:30 am |
10:30 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22525
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This course covers a variety of sports law issues in both amateur and professional sports. In particular, the course focuses on the legal regulation of high school and college athletics. It also examines the legal framework governing the relationship between an agent and a professional athlete while analyzing the ethical issues that can arise in that relationship. In addition, the course explores gender and race equity issues in sports. Finally, it analyzes the major intellectual property issues found in sports. Within those major topics, the course considers various legal concepts including contract law, constitutional law, agency, antitrust law, labor law, Title IX, laws relating to gender discrimination and racial discrimination, copyright and trademark laws, and name, image, and likeness (NIL).
3 Credits
| 01/20 - 05/16 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22555
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This seminar will explore the law as a subject or theme in selected literary classics. Playwrights from Aristophanes to Robert Bolt (A Man for All Seasons) have used a court of law and the legal profession to help tell their timeless stories. Nineteenth-century novelists Charles Dickens and Fyodor Dostoevsky, and twentieth-century novelists Albert Camus (The Stranger) and Harper Lee (To Kill A Mockingbird) have used the law as a theme as well. The seminar will compare the civil and common law systems as reflected in literature and will examine the evolution of the jury. Students will work in teams to write and perform a one-act play based on subject matter studied in class..
2 Credits
| 01/20 - 05/16 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:05 pm |
3:05 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22547
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM/MSL Elective
LLM US Law Elective
This course explores the employee benefit law practice and the laws that establish and define these important benefits that employers offer to attract and retain employees. This course will introduce students to the constantly-evolving rules and regulations – including the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Affordable Care Act of 2010, to name a few – in conjunction with the actual plan documents and materials used in practice. Topics covered will include regulation of retirement and welfare benefits, rules designed to prevent forfeiture of retirement benefits, fiduciary duties under ERISA, preemption of state law, recent developments for group health plans and wellness programs.
3 Credits
| 01/20 - 05/16 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22527
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This course will introduce students to the unique principles that apply when the sovereign is a party to a court action. Because the federal government is a party in nearly one- third of all civil cases in the federal courts, an under- standing of these principles is vital for any student interested in litigation or government practice. Students will examine the role of the Department of Justice, the question of federal sovereign immunity, suits against federal officers,a nd awards of attorney's fees against the government. Students also will explore when and how the government responds to injuries that it has caused to its citizens.
3 Credits
| 01/20 - 05/16 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
6:05 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22561
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM/MSL Elective
LLM US Law Elective
This course will familiarize students with the issues and subjects involved in serving on, and counseling, boards of directors of entities charted under the law. Students will examine the responsibilities and liability of boards of directors, which have come under increasing scrutiny from legislators, regulators, courts, stakeholders, the media and the public. The course will explore the failure of some boards of directors to take responsibility for assuming the development of an ethical culture in the entity they oversee , and their failure to assume responsibility for the organ- ization's integrity. Students will be graded on papers, the preparation of model board materials and classroom participation.
3 Credits
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9:00 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22522
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
LLM US Law Elective
This course will examine a variety of issues associated with complex civil litigation. They will include joinder, disposition of duplicative or related litigation, class actions, discovery, remedies, and attorney fees. In con- sidering these issues, we will be looking at civil rights, employment, mass tort, and consumer litigation, as well as other types.
2 Credits
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4:00 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22559
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
Experiential Course
LLM US Law Elective
Instructor: TBD
This course will examine perspectives on interviewing and counseling clients, with an emphasis on interviewing techniques, processes for facilitating and structuring inter -views, and active listening to clarify information and develop a relationship with a client. Students will learn to recognize psychological factors affecting the interviewing process, overcome client resistance and hostility and ident- ify legal issues and relevant facts. The course will develop skills through role playing and simulations. Students also will explore the ethical responsibilities of attorneys in the context of client counseling.
2 Credits
| 01/20 - 05/16 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:00 am |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22565
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
Experiential Course
LLM US Law Elective
This course will examine perspectives on interviewing and counseling clients, with an emphasis on interviewing techniques, processes for facilitating and structuring inter -views, and active listening to clarify information and develop a relationship with a client. Students will learn to recognize psychological factors affecting the interviewing process, overcome client resistance and hostility and ident- ify legal issues and relevant facts. The course will develop skills through role playing and simulations. Students also will explore the ethical responsibilities of attorneys in the context of client counseling.
2 Credits
| 01/20 - 05/16 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:05 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22557
In Person | Simulation
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
Experiential Course
LLM/MSL Elective
LLM US Law Elective
This course will examine the theory and practice of resolving legal disputes through negotiation, with an emphasis on negotiation theory, negotiation strategy and settlement dynamics. The course will develop negotiation skills through role playing and simulations. Students will also explore the ethics of negotiation and the ethical responsibilities of attorneys in the context of negotiations on behalf of a client.
3 Credits
| 01/20 - 05/16 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Law (Grad) (LAWS)
CRN: 22544
In Person | Lecture
Minneapolis: In Person
Requirements Met:
Experiential Course
LLM US Law Elective
This course will focus on key drafting principles and provisions found in standard transactional agreements. Students will review key provisions found in Letters of Intent, Non-Disclosure/Confidentiality Agreements, Purchase Agreements, Independent Contractor/Employment Agreements, Technology Agreements (Software License, Maintenance Agreement) and Service Agreements. Students are graded based on in-class participation and several written assignments, either transaction documents or client memos highlighting issues and recommendations based on real contracts.
2 Credits