LAW L801 Intellectual Property Law 3 hrs.
The objective of this course is to provide a comprehensive survey and overview of the principal areas of federal and state law governing intellectual property rights, including trademarks, patents, copyrights, unfair competition, trade secrets, idea protection and the right of publicity.
LAW L802 Law and Education Seminar 2 hrs.
This course will examine the law governing education in the United States, with emphasis on elementary and secondary schooling, including the impact of federal and state constitutions and statutes on finance and curriculum, and on the relationship between private and public institutions. Each student will prepare and present a paper to the seminar.
LAW L803 Western Legal Tradition 3 hrs.
This course treats significant aspects and institutions of the Roman law, canon law, common law, and civil law. It also considers the interaction of these traditions in the context of our American legal heritage. Some emphasis is placed upon codification movements in Europe and the United States and particularly in Louisiana.
LAW L804 Legal Accounting 2 hrs.
Legal Accounting provides an introduction to financial statements and bookkeeping, followed by critical examination of selected problems illustrating generally accepted accounting principles. Consideration will be given to the principles governing recognition of revenue, the matching of costs against appropriate revenues (with particular stress on inventory and depreciation accounting), the cost of borrowed capital and of long-term productive assets, and proprietary transactions. Emphasis will lie on the legal contexts in which the lawyer is likely to confront accounting problems. The materials will draw heavily on current corporation reports and the publications of the American Institute of Accountants and the SEC, with supporting and contrasting illustrations from judicial decisions and administrative practice.
LAW L805 Law of the European Union I 3 hrs.
This course introduces the basic principles of the European Community Law and the institutional structure of the communities with particular reference to the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Community.
LAW L806 Corporate Finance 3 hrs.
This course considers the legal problems arising in connection with financing decisions of publicly held corporations, including valuation of the enterprise and its securities, determination of securities structure and dividend policy, and decisions on investment opportunities, whether by internal expansion or by merger or takeover. Consideration will be given to the application of federal securities regulation, as well as state law, to the corporate decisions and to the import of the legal requirements for investors.
Prerequisite: LAW L746
LAW L807 Introduction to Health Law 3 hrs.
This course introdues and explores areas of law dealing with the creation and maintenance of "health." It covers the major mechanisms for isuring quality in health care and the ethical dilemmas that amy result from medical treatment or other scientific interventions. Three main topics are covered: 1) the treatment relationship, 2) public health and access to care, and 3) issues of bioethics generally.
LAW L808 Securities Regulation 3 hrs.
This course covers federal regulation of selling, trading, and dealing in securities in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Subject matter includes public offerings, secondary distributions, insider trading, applications of Rule 10 (b) 5, sale of corporate control, market manipulation, broker-dealer regulation, state “blue sky” laws, and attendant civil liabilities under federal and state laws.
LAW L809 American Legal History Seminar 3 hrs.
This is a seminar devoted to an in-depth treatment of one or more topics in the area of American Legal History. The exact subject(s) to be covered will be chosen by the instructor and posted in advance of registration. This course satisfies the perspective course requirement.
LAW L810 Negotiable Instruments 3 hrs.
This course involves commercial paper and bank collection as regulated under Articles 3 and 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
LAW L811 Law of the European Union II 3 hrs.
This course builds on the basic instruction of the European Union’s structures and institutions offered in Law of the European Union I and provides specific, detailed coverage in the substantive competencies of European Union law, including such topics as free movement of goods, services, workers, and capital in the common market, anti-trust (competition) law, company law harmonization, environmental law, external relations and the common commercial policy, social policy, and fundamental rights.
Prerequisite: LAW L805
LAW L812 Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy 3 hrs.
This course examines the problems of the debtor who does not pay his debts. The study includes processes available to the creditor for collection, competition among multiple creditors for the assets of the debtor, means of affecting a distribution of the debtor’s assets among his creditors, means of rehabilitating the debtor, and the debtor’s right to some measure of protection. More than half of the course is devoted to a study of the Bankruptcy Act since all aspects of the creditor/debtor problem are colored by the interaction of state created rights and the federal bankruptcy provisions.
LAW L815 Federal Criminal Law 2 hrs.
This course surveys federal criminal law with emphasis on white collar crime, political corruption, and offenses affecting the administration of justice. Selected statutes such as the mail and wire fraud statutes, banking laws, RICO and Hobbs, as well as perjury and obstruction of justice laws will be examined.
LAW L817 Mediation and Arbitration 3 hrs.
This course is a survey of the various dispute resolution processes including mediation, arbitration, the mini-trial, and the summary jury trial. The overall objectives are to give students familiarity with these processes, basic skills in using them, and experience in how to help a client choose the most appropriate dispute resolution process. The class will include lectures, demonstrations, discussions, and simulations. In some years, the course may be taught as a seminar, where written work satisfying the writing requirement will replace a final examination.
LAW L818 Labor Law 3 hrs.
This course deals with the legal problems of concerted action by employees, including the common law obstacles to the objects of labor combinations, picketing and the boycott, the construction and administration of the National Labor Relations Act, the collective bargaining agreement, and the union-member relationship.
LAW L819 Construction Industry Law Seminar 2 hrs.
This is a seminar course covering construction industry law in all phases. A review will be made of pertinent statutes affecting all branches of the industry from design through construction. Litigation and tribunals, both state and federal, will be discussed. There will be complete coverage of the contracts issued by the American Institute of Architects, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and Associated General Contractors. Documents covering the financing of construction will be examined. Finally, there will be a discussion of trial practice in this type of litigation.
LAW L820 Employment Discrimination 3 hrs.
This course surveys the various kinds of employment discrimination and the statutes, constitutional provisions, and Executive Orders which govern the rights and remedies available to employees who are subjected to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age and disability.
LAW L821 Computer Law 2 hrs.
This course focuses primarily on intellectual property issues relating to the creation, sale, use, and misappropriation of computer hardware and software. Patent law, copyright law, trademark law, and related state-law doctrines affecting computer technology will be considered. The course will also address selected criminal law, antitrust, and personal privacy issues. No knowledge of computers, programming, or intellectual property law is required.
LAW L822 Bioethics and the Law 3 hrs.
This course provides an overview of law in relation to ethical issues in medicine and health care. Combining aspects of tort, constitutional, administrative and criminal law, the course begins with a philosophical examination of ethical theories followed by an examination of legal arising from the patient-provider relationship, including issues of consent, confidentiality, and privacy. Subject areas to be examined include questions regarding assisted human reproduction, end-of-life and life-sustaining procedures, organ transplantation and regulation of research.
LAW L823 First Amendment 2 – 3 hrs.
Students will examine the theoretical basis for constitutional protection of speech and religion and the analytical structure developed by the United States Supreme Court to determine the extent to which government may regulate or interfere with activities protected by the First Amendment.
LAW L824 Products Liability 3 hrs.
This course deals with the consumer vis-a-vis the dangerous and/or defective product. It covers the role, mechanics, and effect of the federal, state, and local governments in this area. It also covers the theories of recovery and defenses to those theories as well as the continuing evolution of theories and defenses.
LAW L825 Medical Malpractice 3 hrs.
This course deals with teh substantive and procedural aspects of medical malpratice. Through an examination of statutory and case law, combined with skills exercises, this course covers topics such as medical negligence, standard of care, causation, informed consent, respondeat superior, liability among providers, agency issues, and peer review.
LAW L826 Advanced Torts Seminar 2 hrs.
This is a seminar devoted to an in-depth treatment of one or more topics in the area of torts, products liability, or relational interests. The exact subjects to be considered will be chosen by the instructor.
Prerequisites: LAW L705 and LAW L710
LAW L828 Trademark, Trade Name, and Unfair Competition Law 3 hrs.
This course deals with unfair competition in the marketplace and considers the remedies competitors may have against one another. Topics include trademarks, trade names, trade identity, unfair competition doctrines of passing off false advertising, misrepresentation, trade libel or disparagement and misappropriation, protection of trade secrets, the right to publicize, and interference with contractual and business relations. Emphasis is placed upon the interrelationship of federal and state regulation with some necessary reference to copyright and patent laws.
LAW L829 Financial Institutions Law 3 hrs.
The course covers principally the areas of bank formation and bank regulation. Additional topics include antitrust aspects of banking, the role of the F.D.I.C. and the Federal Reserve, and international banking.
LAW L830 Comparative Reproductive Bioethics and the Law 1 hr.
This course provides an overview of the law and bioethical issues associated with assisted reproductive technologies. Combining aspects of tort, constitutional, administrative and criminal law, the course begins with a philosophical examination of ethical theories followed by an examination of legal issues arising from assisted reproduction. In addition to assisted reproduction, the course will explore related issues of cloning and stem cell reserach.
LAW L832 Immigration and Citizenship Law 3 hrs.
This is a current elective survey course offered to students in second or third year of law school. It surveys the federal law of immigration including asylum and refugee law and citizenship law. As currently taught it is a course that integrates the study of substantive law with a practice-oriented approach because it uses a case simulation and an administrative appellate brief exercise as the primary evaluation. The current course description would continue to be used excpet the title of the courses would change to be more in keeping with current trends.
LAW L833 Street Law 3 hrs.
This course is designed for law students who are interested in teaching inner-city middle school and high school students about law related issues. Twice a week pairs of law students will enter local public school classrooms to discuss legal rights, responsibilities, and practical legal problems. The course also includes a two-hour seminar component and a paper requirement at the end of the semester.
Prerequisite: Only seniors or permission of instructor.
LAW L834 Environmental Justice Seminar 2 hrs.
This seminar examines the distribution of benefits and burdens in environmental protection, particularly as related to race and poverty. We will discuss facility permitting, risk assessment, community lawyering, civil rights law, as well as environmental issues of concern to Native Americans. Readings will include judicial opinions, law review articles, interdisciplinary materials, and situational case studies. Because southern Louisiana is a national center of environmental justice activity, the seminar will also highlight local issues and encourage students to research those issues as part of their studies.
LAW L835 Natural Resources Law 3 hrs.
Natural resource management presents extremely difficult and contentious issues of law and public policy. Major debates continue to rage over offshore drilling, the protection for biodiversity, and the management of commercial fisheries. This course provides an overview of the way in which our society allocates and regulates the use of several natural resources, including fisheries, wildlife, wetlands, petroleum, and lands of aesthetic beauty such as Yellowstone or Louisiana’s fabled swamps. We will examine the major federal environmental statutes directed toward conserving natural resources, including the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. The historical, constitutional, and economic underpinnings of natural resource law will also be addressed.
LAW L836 Real Estate Transactions 3 hrs.
In this course, we will examine fundamental issues in real estate transactions, including financing, contracting, and conveyancing, with a primary focus on commercial transactions. Topics to be covered include: the structure of mortgage markets and the regulation of loan transactions; the law governing mortgages and related financing structures (such as installment land contracts and ground leases), including foreclosure and borrower protections; construction finance; suretyship (guaranties and related contracts); recording and lien priorities; contracts for the purchase and sale of real estate; conveyancing issues; and title insurance.
LAW L837 Land Use 3 hrs.
This course explores the variety of ways in which the law attempts to resolve conflicts among land uses, as well as plan and regulate the impacts of different land use patterns. Topics include common law; state, regional, and local planning; zoning; environmental controls; growth management; historic preservation; restrictions relating to residential development; and constitutional limits on land use regulation. Throughout the course, we will explore how land-use decisions affect environmental quality and how land-use decision making addresses environmental concerns.
LAW L838 Mineral Law 3 hrs.
This course involves a specialized study of the nature of interests in oil, gas, and other minerals, including the remedies of the owner against the adjoining landowner and the trespasser, the nature of the mineral contract, sale and reservation of mineral rights, prescription of mineral rights, and the mineral lease. The course also may include a study of the conservation laws pertaining to minerals and the regulations of the Louisiana Conservation Commissioner and of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the leasing of state and federal public lands, operating and production agreements, special contractual agreements relative to mineral exploration and development, deviations from standard provisions in mineral leases and instruments creating or conveying mineral servitudes and royalties, and an introduction to some of the special tax problems of owners and producers of minerals. The Louisiana Mineral Code is given coverage in all areas.
LAW L840 Employment Law 3 hrs.
This course examines the laws and doctrines (federal and state) that regulate and impact the employer-employee relationship. Among the topics typically explored in this course are: employment at will; employment contracts (express and implied); whistleblower and mass layoff protections; restrictive covenants and trade secrets; an introduction to federal labor law and anti-discrimination law, wage and hour laws; the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); and applicable claim procedures, defenses, remedies, and litigation strategies.
LAW L842 Courts in a Federal System 3 hrs.
This course deals with requirements of Article III of the United States Constitution such as standing, ripeness, and mootness. A major portion of the course is devoted to problems relating to concepts of federalism and comity between the state and federal systems. The class also analyzes the relationship between the branches of the federal government. For example, the extent to which Congress may withdraw jurisdiction from those courts and the power of the court to review actions of coequal branches are issues receiving attention. The course also offers a review of jurisdiction based on the existence of diversity and a federal question. The course also covers some of the following subjects: the Erie problem, suits against state officials and the state, abstention, injunctions against state proceedings, and review of state court judgments.
Prerequisite: LAW L725, LAW L750 recommended.
LAW L844 Administrative Law 3 hrs.
This course deals with the creation and functions of administrative tribunals, the procedure before such tribunals, and judicial relief from administrative action.
LAW L845 Communications Law 3 hrs.
This course examines the regulation of electronic communications. It focuses on the legal framework, including First Amendment rights and limitations, for both wireless and wired electronic communications, such as communications via broadcast, satellite, telephone, cable, and computer networks (e.g., the Internet).
LAW L846 Seminar in Scholarly Writing 3 hrs.
This seminar is open to candidates of the Loyola Law Review who are currently writing a law review comment. Others may enroll with instructor’s approval. Students enrolled in this seminar will write and edit one substantial Law Review comment and, in addition, evaluate and edit the writing of other students. Students will be evaluated on the basis of their research, writing, and editing skills.
Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L846, LAW L891, LAW L893, LAW L898, or LAW L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L898, LAW L899, and LAW L900 that would result in more than six hours.
LAW L850 Copyright Law 3 hrs.
This course consists of a detailed exploration of the protection of creative expression—literature, music, visual art, and motion pictures. While focusing primarily on the copyright act, the course also will consider those areas of patent and trademark law that overlap with copyright or form the boundaries. The challenges created by new technology, such as computers, home video recorders, and cable television will receive particular attention. Additionally, some attention will be given to related doctrines in other countries.
LAW L851 Litigation and Law Practice Management 2 hrs.
The course will be an introduction to practical lawyering, law practice management and litigation management, with an emphasis on using digital technology in the practice of law. It will be offered completely on-line using the Loyola Blackboard system and other Internet resources.
LAW L852 Admiralty II 3 hrs.
This course builds on the basic Admiralty I course and develops the requirements for seaman status under the Jones Act, seaman's remedies, maintenance and cure, the warranty of seaworthiness, Death on the High Seas Act as well as the defenses available. The course also explores the jurisdictional requirements of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and its incorporation as a remedy under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, remedies of maritime employees and obligations of maritime employers. In addition, students will learn the administrative process of the Longshore Act. Admiralty I is preferred but not mandatory pre-requisite.
LAW L854 Insurance 3 hrs.
This course concerns personal and property insurance, together with the rights and powers of the insurer, the insured, the beneficiary, the assignees, and creditors.
LAW L858 Environmental Law 3 hrs.
This is a survey course in environmental law and regulatory policy. The course considers the special character of environmental disputes and the problems that arise in developing legal rules for their resolution. The course covers several different federal environmental statutes, including laws relating to hazardous wastes, toxic substances, and air pollution. Our goal in studying these issues will be to gain a better understanding not only of particular environmental laws and policies, but also of the processes by which the government can regulate potentially harmful activities. We will look not only at traditional regulatory mechanisms, but also at the opportunities for market and consensus solutions. The course will make frequent use of situational case studies, which will require you to think strategically about how you would solve real world problems that have confronted lawyers and policymakers.
LAW L859 Regulation of the Sports Industry Seminar 3 hrs.
This course will consider the response of the legal system to the particular problems of the sports industry. Coverage includes contractual obligations in professional sports, antitrust laws, regulation of agents, sports violence, labor relations and collective bargaining in professional sports, arbitration, professional sports franchise relocation, the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the regulation of intercollegiate sports, regulation of amateur sports, gender and racial discrimination in athletics, and drug testing.
LAW L860 Advanced Criminal Procedure 3 hrs.
This course considers common problems in criminal prosecution from the initiation of charges through the trial process to the handling of post conviction remedies. The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure will be employed as a model. The course is open to both civil law and common law students.
LAW L861 Trial Advocacy 2 or 3 hrs.
This seminar examines the functions of the advocate in the preparation and trial of lawsuits with special emphasis upon the methods of preparation and development of facts into evidence, strategic use of discovery devices such as interrogatories, depositions, admissions and motions to produce, typical use of rules of procedure and substantive law in trial proceedings, tactical and ethical aspects of problems confronting the trial lawyer, and practical applications of principles in trial moot court exercises.
Prerequisite: LAW L760
LAW L862 Criminal Law Seminar 2 hrs.
This seminar is devoted to in-depth treatment of one or more topics of concern in criminal law or procedure. The exact subjects to be considered will be chosen by the instructor.
LAW L864 Admiralty I 3 hrs.
This course reviews the principles of admiralty and maritime law, including statutory modifications, in the following areas: jurisdiction, the nature of in rem and in personal jurisdiction, maritime liens, the contract of affreightment and COGSA, limitation of liability, general average, the law of collision, the tug and tow relationship, and salvage.
LAW L867 Business Planning 2 hrs.
This course combines advanced work in corporations, corporate financing, and federal taxation in the context of business planning and counseling. The course will be based upon a series of problems involving common business transactions, which present corporate and tax issues for analysis and resolution. The problems will cover such topics as the formation and financing of corporations, both closely held and publicly owned, stock redemption, the sale and purchase of businesses, mergers and other forms of acquisition and recapitalization, division and dissolution of corporations.
Prerequisites: LAW L746
LAW L868 Workers’ Compensation 2 hrs.
This course considers the Louisiana law relative to tort liability of master and servant and the Louisiana workers’ compensation law.
LAW L869 Taxation of the Family: Structuring the Tax Consequences of Marriage, Divorce, and Death 2 hrs.
This course presents both tax planning opportunities and problems raised by marriage, domestic partnerships, support of dependents, divorce, and property transfers during life and at death. The course introduces the fundamental tax principles in the context of tax planning for the beginning, the span, and the end of a committed relationship.
Prerequisite: LAW L980
LAW L870 Federal Taxation of Wealth Transmission 2 hrs.
This course considers the impact of federal taxation on the transmission of wealth. Primary emphasis is placed on the gift and estate tax systems. The generation-skipping transfer tax system and related income tax problems are also considered.
Prerequisite: LAW L980
LAW L871 Advanced Federal Income Taxation 2 hrs.
This course consists of an advanced study of federal income taxation emphasizing planning considerations affecting the personal and commercial transactions of individual taxpayers. Prerequisite: LAW L980
LAW L872 Federal Income Taxation of Corporations 3 hrs.
This course deals with the tax problems of corporations and shareholders faced in practice with discussion and analysis of the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations, cases, and rulings.
Prerequisite: LAW L980
LAW L873 Taxation of Partnerships and Other Pass-through Entities 3 hrs.
This course involves a study of the tax treatment of the formation, operation, and termination of pass-through entities including partnerships, limited liability companies, and subchapter S corporations. Class discussion will focus on the study of the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations and solving problems a taxpayer must deal with in practice.
Prerequisite: LAW L980
LAW L874 Federal Tax Procedure 2 hrs.
This course deals with numerous aspects of federal tax procedure. Specifically, the course will cover administrative procedures before the Internal Revenue Service, an analysis of the statutory notice procedures, the entire spectrum of litigating a case before the United States Tax Court and the District Court, extended periods of limitations, and additions to tax and other problems that a practitioner might encounter while handling a tax case.
Prerequisite: LAW L980
LAW L875 State and Local Taxation 2 hrs.
This course considers the varieties of taxation imposed by state and local governments including: property taxes, business taxes, sales and use taxes, and the various exemptions.
Prerequisite: LAW L980
LAW L876 Conflict of Laws 3 hrs.
This course deals with the law relating to transactions with elements in more than one state. Emphasis is placed upon the problems of choice of laws to be applied in a given situation where the laws of the states involved differ. This problem is examined with respect to actions in tort, worker’s compensation, contract, family law, and decedents’ estates. Consideration is given to constitutional issues, the theoretical bases for the choice of laws, and questions relating to the jurisdiction of courts and the enforcement of foreign judgments.
LAW L878 International Law 3 hrs.
This introductory course acquaints students with the theory and practice of a distinct legal system. The sources and mode of discourse of the international legal system are studied in sufficient detail to allow the student to undertake further work in the discipline. Detailed examination will be undertaken of several substantive areas of international law. These areas will be selected from topics such as jurisdiction of states, international criminal law, law of the sea, international protection of human rights, law of war, and regulation of resort to force by states.
LAW L879 Admiralty Seminar 2 or 3 hrs.
This seminar will focus either on marine insurance or on rights, remedies and damages in a maritime disaster.
LAW L882 Jurisprudence 3 hrs.
This course considers the history of the natural law. It also appraises such schools of jurisprudence as the analytical, historical, philosophical, sociological, and realist in the light of the natural law. The natural law basis of the principal juridical institutions in the Roman and Anglo-American legal systems is considered, as well as the creative role of the natural law in contemporary law-making.
LAW L883 Dialogues in Law and Ethics 2 hrs.
This course attempts to sharpen the student’s critical awareness of the sensitive moral and ethical problems inherent in the legal enterprise. The goal is to sensitize the prospective counselor, advocate, legislator, and judge to these problems while helping him or her develop the ability to resolve them in a fashion most respectful of the personal human values affected. The course draws on a variety of interdisciplinary readings and will involve persons experienced in some facet of the problems discussed.
LAW L884 International Law Seminar 2 hrs.
Students with a background in the subject will conduct an intensive study of one or more issues in international law. These issues will be identified by the instructor prior to registration. Limited enrollment.
Prerequisites: LAW L878 and stipulated requirements.
LAW L885 Gender Law in Practice 2 hrs.
Students in this course explore gender law in a variety of contexts, and develop practice-skills through a simulation based on a NITA case file. Students explore issues of gender through individual and small-group presentations and practice-oriented exercises. Practice exercises include drafting a complaint, taking a deposition, and researching and writing substantive motions. Students completing the course with a C or above satisfy the writing requirement and earn one skills credit. At the end of the course, students will produce a portfolio of their work that may be used in pursuing employment. The course is open to second and third year students, with preference given to third year students.
LAW L886 Environmental Law Seminar 2 hrs.
This seminar is devoted to an in-depth treatment of one or more topics of current interest in the field, e.g., Superfund, Toxic Torts, Wetlands, or Clean Air. The exact subjects will be chosen by the instructor(s).
Prerequisite: LAW L858
LAW L890 Regulation of the Entertainment Industries Seminar 2 hrs.
This seminar considers the response of the legal system to the particular problems of the entertainment industries. Coverage includes antitrust law and the entertainment industries, the protection of ideas, the right of publicity, legal issues in the music industry, regulation of agents and managers, motion picture ratings, record labeling and censorship, film colorization and moral rights, and selected issues in trademarks and unfair competition.
LAW L891 Law Review Honors Tutorial 2 hrs.
This tutorial is open to candidates for Law Review who successfully have completed the junior Law Review requirements as determined by the Student Editorial Board and who complete service on the Executive Board. This tutorial is graded on a pass/fail basis only.
Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L846, LAW L891, LAW L893, LAW L898, or LAW L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L898, LAW L899, and LAW L900 that would result in more than six hours.
LAW L893 The Journal of Public Interest Law Honors Tutorial 2 hrs.
This tutorial is open to candidates for the Journal of Public Interest Law who successfully have completed the junior journal requirements as determined by the Student Editorial Board and 1) complete service on the Editorial Board, or 2) complete a publishable comment under the tutorship of a member of the faculty. This tutorial will be graded on a pass/fail basis for board service, but a letter grade for comments.
Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L846, LAW L891, LAW L893, LAW L898, or LAW L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L898, LAW L899, and LAW L900 that would result in more than six hours.
LAW L896 Professional Seminar 2 or 3 hrs.
This seminar surveys historical and contemporary responses of the legal system of the United States.
LAW L897 Clinical Seminar-Live Client Clinic 10 hrs.
This course earns a total of six skills credits awarded at the end of the second semester and only after the completion of two semesters of the clinical seminar. Students participate in an initial orientation, after which they will become Student Practitioners and will be assigned civil or criminal cases with jurisdiction in municipal, state, federal and/or administrative courts. Student Practitioners will be expected to represent clients from the point of their case assignment through final disposition or the end of the course, which ever comes first, under the supervision of a clinical professor. Such representation will include, but will not be limited to, client interviews, fact investigation, informal and formal discovery, drafting and filing of pleadings, legal research, writing of fact and legal memoranda, communications with opposing counsel, court appearances, including trial and appellate work, and law office management. Student Practitioners must devote a minimum of 15 hours per week to clinic class and case work during the fall and spring semesters of their third year. A total of ten credit hours, letter-graded, will be earned for fall and spring semesters of this clinic course. This second semester and only after the complete of two semester of the clinical seminar. This course earns a total six skills credits awarded at the end of the second semester and only after the completion of two semesters of the clinical seminar.
LAW L898 Legal Research 1 or 2 or 3 hrs.
This course is designed to develop skills in legal research, analysis, and writing, and to allow the student the opportunity to study a narrow subject in depth under the supervision of a full-time faculty member with expertise in the area. A written paper is required for satisfactory completion of this course, whether it is taken for one or two hours of credit. A letter grade is given for completion of the course. The course may be taken for two hours of credit to satisfy the writing requirement. A student must be in good academic standing and receive the permission of the associate dean for academic affairs to register for this course.
Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L846, LAW L891, LAW L893, LAW L898, or LAW L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L898, LAW L899, and LAW L900 that would result in more than six hours.
LAW L899 Independent Study 1 or 2 or 3 hrs.
This course is designed to allow the student an opportunity to study a narrow subject in depth under the supervision of a full-time faculty member with expertise in the subject area. Appropriate written documentation pertinent to the study is required, but the course does not necessarily entail a single research paper as is the case with Legal Research (LAW L898). This course is only graded on a pass/fail basis and may sometimes involve working for an outside agency (i.e., an “extern” program), with general supervision and evaluation by the designated faculty member. A student must be in good academic standing and receive the permission of the associate dean for academic affairs to register for this course. This course cannot be used to satisfy the writing requirement.
Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L846, LAW L891, LAW L893, LAW L898, or LAW L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L898, LAW L899, and LAW L900 that would result in more than six hours.
LAW L900 Academic Externship 1 or 2 hrs.
This course allows students to learn by participating in legal work with an outside agency or court. Second- and third-year law students in the upper three-quarters of their class may apply to participate in this program. The student must be in good academic standing and receive the permission of the associate dean for academic affairs and the Loyola Law Clinic to register. This course cannot be used to satisfy the writing requirement. There is a regular classroom component. This is a pass/fail course. The extern must be willing to devote at least 12–15 hours a week to this course.
Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L846, LAW L891, LAW L893, LAW L898, or LAW L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L898, LAW L899, and LAW L900 that would result in more than six hours.
LAW L901 Loyola Maritime Law Journal Honors Tutorial 2 hrs.
This tutorial is open to candidates for the Loyola Maritime Law Journal who successfully have completed the junior journal requirements as determined by the Student Editorial Board and 1) complete service on the Editorial Board, or 2) complete a publishable comment under the tutorship of a member of the faculty. This tutorial will be graded on a pass/fail basis for board service, but a letter grade for comments.
Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L846, LAW L891, LAW L893, LAW L898, or LAW L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L898, LAW L899, and LAW L900 that would result in more than six hours.
LAW L911 Introduction to American Indian Law: Overlapping Jurisdictions 3 hrs.
Introduction to American Indian law examines its legal and historical bases. Focus will be on delineating intersections of federal, tribal, and state law: jurisdiction, social services such as child protection, placement and adoption, gaming, civil law, treaty law, and criminal law. Illustrative case law, legislative, and scholarly studies are used to enhance student learning. Issues that applyto Indian law in Louisiana are introduction. Research allows students to familiarize themselves with source materials. [Note: Indian law is defined as laws created by federal, tribal an state governments, their implementation, and adjudication that encompass American Indians.]
LAW L912 Health Law II-Access, Regulation, Compliance and Strategy 3 hrs.
This course explores key legal and regulatory concepts and issues impacting the delivery of healthcare in the United States. Topic areas will include, but are not limited to, state and federal regulation of health care providers and institutions including the Stark Law, and the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, patient and provider rights and obligations, public and private insurance systems including the history of Medicare and Medicaid; business and legal issues that arise in the provision of healthcare including a detailed look at the regulatory environment surrounding any healthcare provider; and a detailed discussion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. There are no prerequisities to this course but it is preferred that students have completed LAW L807 Introduction to Health Law. The course will examine, as a whole, the healthcare industry and the relevant laws and regulations that govern its operation from two very different perspectives-a physician's perspective and the hospital's perspective.
LAW L924 Human Rights Advocacy Project 3 hrs.
This course examines economic, social and cultural entitlement in international and comparative human rights law. Students discuss the theoretical paradigms that have developed historically embracing the notion of moral and legal responsibility for the satisfaction of basic human needs; international and regional legal instruments embodying socio-economic rights and duties; special problems related to race, the status of women, children and indigenous peoples; the impact of globalization, trade, and international financial institutions on poverty and development; and the comparative approaches to socio-economic rights applied in India, South Africa, the Council of Europe, and the United States.
LAW L925 International Trade Law 2 or 3 hrs.
This course presents the regulatory context of the international sale of goods, including the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and other supranational or international organizations, as well as the effect of bilateral treaties and similar arrangements. This course also presents and analyzes the law governing the import and export of goods, such as the Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG), the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, the proposed European Code of Contracts, the Incoterms of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), as well as national laws that have been applied in the international context. Conventions and model laws on financing of international sales (e.g., on letters of credit, factoring, and receivables) may also be addressed.
LAW L928 International Dispute Resolution 2 or 3 hrs.
This course deals with the resolution of disputes in the international context. It addresses both litigation and alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration. The course focuses on commercial disputes between private actors, but may also analyze the special problems of disputes between private actors and states or state-owned entities.
LAW L929 Selected Topics in International Environmental Law 2 hrs.
This course examines selected topics in international environmental law. The course offers an overview of how international regimes address environmental problems and examines a selection of current global environmental topics, such as climate change, biodiversity, international trade, or human rights. Because the underlying basis for international environmental law is very different from that of traditional American law, students must be prepared to leave their pre-conceptions about law behind and “think outside of the box.”
LAW L930 Introduction to United States Law 3 hrs.
This course is designed exclusively for students who are enrolled in the Loyola LL.M. degree program in United States Law and who have already been awarded a first degree in law (LL.B. or equivalent) from a law school outside of the United States or Canada. This course gives an overview of U.S. legal history, legal education, the legal profession, the judicial system, case law, the legislative system and statutes, secondary authority and the Restatements, civil and criminal procedure (including evidence) conflict of laws, contracts, torts, property, family law, commercial law, business enterprises, constitutional law, administrative law, trade regulation, labor law, tax law and substantive criminal law.
LAW L932 Immigration Law Seminar 2 hrs.
Students will explore problems posed by immigration and the regulation of aliens in the United States through selected readings, class discussion, and class presentations.
LAW L933 Asylum and Refugee Law 2 hrs.
This course has been offered in the past under the "Immigration Law Seminar" designation. It covers an important part of immigration law that cannot be adequatly covered in the basic survey course.
LAW L950 Common Law Bar Exam Preparation 3 hrs.
Focuses on preparation for the Multistate Bar Examination. This course addresses practice multiple choice questions and practice essay questions on select topics within subject covered by the Multistate Bar Examination. Subjects covered in the course may include Constitutional Law, Contracts and Sales, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Real Property, and Torts. In addition to a final examination, graded in-class examinations will be given for each subject. All examinations will closely resemble that actual Multistate Bar Examination.
LAW L955 Advanced Constitutional Law—14th Amendment 3 hrs.
This course focuses on the protection afforded individuals by the 14th amendment due process and equal protection clauses, state action, and Congress’ power to enforce the 14th amendment. Students are strongly encouraged to take this course, as well as the first amendment course.
LAW L957 Injured Employee Compensation and Tort Remedies 2 hrs.
This course is a study and comparison of the various remedies available to an employee or his or her dependents resulting from work-related injury or death. We will compare state worker’s compensation principles with those of the Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Compensation Act. The tort remedies available to the employee and the compensation carrier’s right of intervention in a third-party action are studied. The remedies available to maritime workers pursuant to the Jones Act, general maritime law, and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act are also considered.
LAW L961 Trial Advocacy 3 hrs.
This course uses experiental learning exercises to develop skills in ADR and trial advocacy, oral persuasion and nonverbal communication. In a simulated trial setting, class participants perform opening statements, closing arguments, witness examinations and lay evidentiary foundations. Faculty lectures and demonstrations supplement these exercises.
Prerequisite: LAW L760 (Evidence)
LAW L967 Law and Technology Seminar 2 hrs.
This courses provides students with an overview of modern digital technologies and the leagel doctrines most relevant to these industries. Students will obtain an overview of both networking technologies (the physcial infrastructure of networks) and software applications that utilize networks. The course will also provide a specialized perspective on the intersection of these technologies with relevant aspects of intellectual property law, privacy law, cyberlaw, business law, and communications law.
LAW L974 Canon Law 1 or 2 hrs.
This course will examine the 1983 code of Canon Law in light of the historical developments of church law and the reforms of Vatican II. Special emphasis will be placed on Book Two of the Code, “The People of God.” This course is cross-listed as LIM G874 and is offered by the Loyola Institute for Ministry in City College.
LAW L980 Income Taxation 3 hrs.
This course is an introduction to the principles of the federal taxation of income as it relates to individuals. It will focus on a number of concepts usually involving tax policy, gross income, property transactions, including gains, losses, non-recognition transactions, tax status, timing issues, deductions, credits, exemptions, and tax procedure. This subject is a bar requirement in many common law jurisdictions.
LAW L981 International Taxation 2 hrs.
This course covers the taxation of foreign nationals doing business in the United States and United States citizens doing business outside of the States. The course will examine the taxation rules regarding foreign income of United States corporations and individuals, United States taxation of nonresident aliens and foreign corporations, domestic international sales corporations, and international boycott determinations.
Prerequisite: LAW L980
LAW L985 Intellectual Property Law Seminar on Digital Delivery of Entertainment Products 1 hr.
The course will cover the following topics: 1) the legal and legislative responses, especially under copyright law, to emerging digital technologies, including compression formats, increased bandwidth, and CMI (copyright management information) applications; 2) the emerging business models viewed against the background of the so-called “traditional” model; 3) the social, political, and policy underpinnings of the “safe-harbor” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act viewed as an unprecedented entrance of technology into the Copyright Act; 4) the increasing relevance of global treaties regarding foreign distribution of entertainment products for intellectual property rights holders in the United States; 5) the future of the entertainment industries in a limited-encryption copyright protection environment of instantaneous global access. Class meets once a week.
Prerequisite: LAW L890 or permission of instructor.
Course descriptions for LAW L870 & LAW L872 updated May 2015.
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