Fall 2008 First Class Assignments

Agency, Partnership, and LLC – Lipshaw

The first day assignment and all other information will be posted on TWEN. You MUST register for the class on TWEN or you will not receive important information about the class.
Prof. Lipshaw

Appellate Practice - Malamut
Individual Assignment:
(1) Read Aldisert, Chapter 1—Appellate Review: A Panorama.
(2) For background: Memorandum to Briefing Companies, Supreme Court Filing Requirements, Practicing Before the “New” SJC, and Boston Lawyer in London — Course Packet F, G, H, and X; 1st Cir. Loc. R. 46; D. Mass. Loc. R. 83.5.1.

Arbitration of Domestic and International Disputes – Gibson

Please read Casebook pp. 1-23

Basic Federal Income Tax – Conway

Assignments 1 and 2 of the syllabus: Introduction: Burke & Friel pp. 4-8 (stop before Part V), pp. 1095-1099 (stop before part F) Gross Income: Burke & Friel Ch. 2 pp. 21-53 Problems 1-2 Code: § 61, briefly skim § 31 Regs: §§1.61-1, 1.61-2(a)(1), 1.61-2(d)(1), 1.61-2(d)(2)(i), 1.61-8(a), 1.61-9(a), 1.61-14(a)

Civil Disobedience – Rodwin

First Class CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE Assignment for the First Week Week 1. Just and Unjust Authority August 18 Turn in class questionnaire by first class. See email and blackboard under course information Readings available in class reader and on library e-reserve King, Martin Luther. Letter from a Birmingham Jail Weber, David R. General Introduction: Civil Disobedience in America August 20 Thomas, Laurence. Morality and Psychological Development. Charter of the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg Trials).

Civil Procedure 1A – Blum

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

(1) Glannon: Civil Procedure, Examples & Explanations (6th Edition)
(2) Civil Procedure Cases (Package by Professor Blum in Bookstore)
(3) Federal Civil Rules Booklet (2008) (Dahlstrom Pub.)

JURISDICTION OVER PARTIES TO THE ACTION

In Personam Jurisdiction: Background & Constitutional Limitations

Specific Jurisdiction

1. Glannon: Chpt. 1, pp. 3, 4
Pennoyer v. Neff  (1877) [in case packet]
            Hess v. Pawloski (1927) [in case packet]

Civil Procedure 1B & 1D - Glannon
Before the first class, please purchase the set of Handout Materials through the bookstore. It includes the syllabus for the fall semester and many of the readings. You must also purchase Glannon, Civil Procedure: Examples & Explanations (sorry!) and the Lexis/ Nexis Federal Rules of Civil Procedure pamphlet.
For the first class, please read as follows:
Handout Materials Chapter 1
First Moves: Schulansky Goes to Court (Glannon E & E c. 31, pp. 629-639)
The Defendants' Perspective: Ronan's Answer and Counterclaim (Glannon E & E c. 33 pp. 659-667)
US Constitution, Article III, s. 1, s. 2 (Rules pamphlet p. 290-291)

Constitutional Law – Silbey

In the case book, Brest, Levinson, Balkin, Amar & Seigel Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking (5th Ed. 2006), please read pages 1-26, and Marbury v. Madison at pages 97-103 and 108-125. Recommended reading but not required at pages 126-136. For Thursday, Aug. 21, please read McCulloch v. Maryland at pages 27-59 & 67-74. The full syllabus is available on Blackboard.

Constitutional Theory - Schor

For the first class, please read and be ready to discuss Modern Constitutional Theory, pages 13-16, 18-43, 51-72, and 75-79. I look forward to seeing you in class. Professor Schor.

Contracts 4A - Schor  

Welcome to Contracts.  For the first class, please read and be ready to discuss Bailey v. West (RI 1969).  For the second class, please read and be ready to discuss Farnsworth 1-22 and Restatement section 344.

Contracts 4B – Bishop
Read pp. 1-22 (Chapter 1) in the required casebook and bring casebook and rules book to class.
Required Textbooks:

• Contracts: Cases and Theory of Contractual Obligation (Hogg, Bishop & Barnhizer) (West 2008); and

• Selected Rules For Contracts (Hogg, Bishop & Barnhizer) (West 2008)

Copyright - Silbey

In the course book, COPYRIGHT IN A GLOBAL INFORMATION ECONOMY (Cohen, Loren, Okediji, O’Rourke, 2nd Ed. 2006), please read pages 5-42(skip table on pp. 28-29). For second class (Wed. Aug. 20th), please read pp. 45-72. Full syllabus is available on Blackboard.

Corporations - Polito

Our first class meeting will be on Tuesday, August 19, at 10:00 a.m. in Sargent Hall 285.

ATTENDANCE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SEMESTER IS CRUCIAL FOR BOTH ENROLLED STUDENTS AND THOSE ON THE WAITLIST. 

PLEASE BE ON TIME AS I WILL BE OUTLINING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE SEMESTER THE FIRST FEW MINUTES OF THE CLASS MEETING.

Two documents all students should review before the first class meeting are:

1. “CourseSyllabus.2008.Fall”   The course syllabus.
2. “StevenBankArticle”   This article is assigned reading for the first two classes of the semester.

If you are ALREADY ENROLLED:  Download the documents from CampusCruiser.  You can find them in the “shared files” area of our Corporations class page.

If you are on the WAITLIST:  Email my secretary Andrea Shannon at ashannon@suffolk.edu and indicate you are waitlisted for Corporations.  She will email you the documents.

READING FOR FIRST WEEK:  Pages 1-17, and 29-48 in Jesse H. Choper, John C. Coffee, Jr., Ronald J. Gilson, Cases and Materials on Corporations, 7th Edition (2008), and also the StevenBankArticle.

In the first class we will be watching a movie, “Other People’s Money” staring Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck, and Penelope Anne Miller, which will be the basis for discussion in the second class and to which I will refer throughout the semester.

Have an enjoyable couple of weeks, and I will see you on August 19.  APP

Criminal Law 1A II - Ashe

The Text required for the Criminal Law course is:  S. H. Kadish, S. J. Schulhofer, & C. Steiker, Criminal Law and Its Processes  (eighth edition, 2007) [“KSS”].
            Highly recommended  -- but not required  -- is:  Joshua Dressler, Understanding Criminal Law (fourth edition, 2006).
            Both books are available in the Law School Bookstore.
           
             Prior to our first class meeting, which is scheduled for August 18, please read for background the following material from KSS, Chapter 1:  pages 1-11, 15-19, and 29-33.

            The Syllabus will be available at the Course Website accessible through BlackBoard

Criminal Law 1C II – Murphy

• Please pick up the handout People v. Cahill in Suite 260 (office will be open August 4th) prior to the first class meeting. Read and brief this edited opinion for the first week of classes. The handout contains questions that will help you analyze the opinion.

• Read handout “The Bribe” by Peter J. Boyer (New Yorker, May 19, 2008). (Also available in Suite 260).

• In the Dix & Sharlot casebook read: Chapters I and II, pp. 1-59; Chapter II, pp. 60-85; and Chapter IV, pp. 130-134 (to B. A Problem…) (NOTE: These readings provide general background information. Read but do not brief the cases).

The required casebook for this course is CRIMINAL LAW: Cases and Materials, Sixth Edition, by Dix and Sharlot (Thompson/West 2008). Extensive reference materials, study aids and specialized texts in the field of criminal law are available. The most helpful will be noted during the semester, as appropriate. PRINCIPLES of CRIMINAL LAW (Concise Hornbork Series) by Wayne R. LaFave (Thompson/West 2003) and Understanding Criminal Law, by Joshua Dressler (LEXIS/NEXIS Publishing, Fourth Edition, 2006) are excellent and affordable supplemental references. Specific reading assignments to the Dix and Sharlot casebook will be made on a class-by-class or week-by-week basis. An initial reading assignment is made in my notice dated August 1 (2008).

Drafting Patent Claims - Teska

Assignment
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Purchase the course materials, review the syllabus; and complete the reading for the first class.  The syllabus is in the materials.

Education Law - Dodd
Welcome to the seminar in Education Law! The textbooks for the course are Educational Policy and the Law, by Kirp and Yudof, West 4th ed.; and Practical Education Law for the Twenty-First Century, by Dodd, Carolina Academic Press.
For the first class meeting, please read the Preface, on pgs. xi-xiii, and also think about your own, personal assessment of the state of education in this country. I look forward to meeting with you soon! The Course Syllabus and an article will also be available at the first class meeting.

Education Law Clinic – Raskin
For the First Class please read:

Legal Advocacy and Education Reform: Litigating School Exclusion- Tennessee Law Review, Volume 75 No. 265, 2008.  This article can be found in your Education Advocacy Coursepack.

Elder Law - Moschella (Add Questionnaire to Campus Cruiser & Paper Topic)

Week  1

1.                        INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW OF COURSE                          Chapter 1
                                                                                                                                    (Pages 1- 36)
8/19                 1.  Review Text Book and Syllabus
(Tues)                 Elder Law Cases and Materials                                                                     
     Lawrence A. Frolik, Esq.                                                                            
     Alison McChrystal Barnes, Esq.
- FOURTH EDITION – 2007 & 2007 Supplement (note loose leaf/soft bound edition at $68.00 and hardbound book at $68.00 and Supplement at $30.00 -  softbound is the same so it is your preference only – thank you)  
2.  What is Elder Law?
3.  Introductions as to why elected Elder Law?
4.  Completion of Questionnaire
5.  Review Course Paper Requirement

Please answer Student Questionnaire which can be found on Campus Cruiser under Shared Files within the class site area.
2.                                                                                                                             
08/22                    “LIVING OLD” – WGBH CHANNEL 2 – DOCUMENTARY FILM        
(Thurs) PART 1 – VIEWING AND IMPRESSIONS                                          Handouts

Estate Administration - Sandoe

There is no required casebook or other assigned textbook in this course. There are, however, some excellent resources that are available. These I will provide to you on the first or second day of classes in August. You should not, therefore, purchase any books or other materials until then as they may be a waste of your time and hard earned money.
In the meantime, enjoy the summer. I will. There is no assignment for the first class.
                                                  Fair Winds,   Sandoe

Evidence – Borenstein

I normally would have posted, by now, the syllabus for the course on Campus Cruiser (under Shared Files).  Unfortunately, there is a new edition of the text (2d) due out any day now.  It is also by Prof. George Fisher.  Please do not buy the older edition.  You will need the new one.  For the first assignment please read pp. 18-29 of the new edition.

Please note:  The first meeting, on August 19, 2008, is a “real” class; come prepared. 

As of 8/8 the new edition of the text is now available.

Family Law - Kindregan

Read cases on pages 1, 11 and 21, and notes on page 7 of casebook.  Hardcopies of all assignments for semester available in Room 240. 

Family Law Practice - Ginsburg

The first class assignment in both Family Law Practice and Custody is to show up eager to learn and have a good time.

Federal Courts – Dodd

Welcome to the class in federal courts! The text is Federal Courts and the Law of Federal-State Relations by Low and Jeffries (6th edition) and the 2008 Supplement (not yet available in the bookstore). For the first class meeting, please read the Introduction and Marbury v. Madison in Appendix “C” (pg. 1-11). The course syllabus will be available at the first class meeting. I look forward to seeing you soon!

Government Contracts – Kelly

Welcome Fall Students. Our first class will concentrate on ethics in Government Contracting. The assignment is below. A full syllabus will be provided on Blackboard and by email. Please briefly review: October 27, 2006 OFPP Memorandum found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/procurement/memo/ethics_contractors_102706.pdf OGE Questions and Answers found at http://www.usoge.gov/pages/daeograms/dgr_files/2006/do06023a.html 18 U.S.C. §§ 201-209; 41 U.S.C. § 423 Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (48 CFR) Sections 3.101; 3.104; Subpart 3.2; and Clauses 52.203-8, 52.203-10, and 52.203-3 U.S. v. Sun Diamond Growers of Cal., 138 F.3d 961 (D.C. Cir. 1998) Tiefer/Shook Text: p. 675 (U.S. v. Kenney); p. 686 (U.S. v. Schaltenbrand) p. 687(In Re Loral Western Development Labs). This is a lot of material so don't panic. Concentrate primarily on the cases and be prepared to answer questions concerning the cases.

Health Law – Rodwin

HEALTH LAW Assignments for the first two classes Readings available in class reader at bookstore and on library e-reserves Week 1: History and Organization of the U.S. Health Care System-I August 18 Turn in class questionnaire by first class. See email and blackboard under course information. Harris, Art. 1982. Burn Victim Refused by 40 Hospitals, The Washington Post (May 12). Rodwin. U.S. Health Care Part 1: The Rise of Protected Medical Market: Colonial America until 1950. 1. Early American Medicine 1700—1870, 1-3 2. The Reorganizaiton of Medicine 1870-1930, 4-9 August 20 Rodwin. U.S. Health Care Part 1: The Rise of a Protected Medical Market: Colonial America until 1950. 1. The Growth of Medical Commerce and Private Medical Practice 1890-1950, 10-15. 2. The Origins of American Health Insurance: 1912—1950, 16-19.

Indigenous People Rights and US Law – Graham

Please read the following materials from Federal Indian Law: Cases and Materials for the first day of class: 1. pp. 1-37, 947-949, 309-315, 456-461 Thank you. Prof. Graham

Intellectual Property - Beckerman- Rodau 

First Class Assignment for IP Law - Prof. Beckerman-Rodau

Please read pages 1 to 35 in the case book [Omit the /Eldred/ case]

Please read the article available on line at:  

http://lawprofessor.org/blackboard/ip/course-materials/misc/facebook.pdf

International Business Transactions – Gibson

Please read Casebook pp. 1-14 & 657-662

Internet Law – Rustad (Check CC for Overview)

Prior to the first class in Internet Law on August 19, 2008, please read  Overview of Internet Law and our e-business plan for our continuing hypothetical.  The textbook for the course is Lemley et al.  Software and Internet Law (3rd ed. 2006).  For an Overview of Internet Law, please look in Campus Cruiser under Shared Files.

Law and Economics – Kramer
For the first class of law and economics the assignment is –
Polinsky, An Introduction to Law and Economics, chapters 1 and 2 (available at the book store).

LPS Sections 10 & 18 - Griffin
For the first class on 8/19, please read chapters 1, 2, and 3 in Legal Writing and Analysis by Linda Edwards. Also, please read all four of the cases in the closed memo packet (available on the Suffolk Law website on the LPS page under class materials, or via email from me: ggriffin@suffolk.edu). Please also prepare case briefs for at least the first two cases: the Garcia case and the Landreth case. We will probably not get a chance to discuss the other two cases until 8/22, so you can hold off on those until then if you like.

LPS Sections 4, 25, 36 - Teninbaum

Please complete the following assignment before our first class:

1. Read ch. 1-3 in Edwards; and

2. Prepare briefs of the Garcia, Landreth, Davis and Keith cases. Please bring the briefs to class and be prepared to discuss the cases.  To download the cases, go to http://www.law.suffolk.edu/academic/lps/; click on "Class Materials" (in the right hand column); then click on "2008 Closed Memo packet."

The required books for this course are Legal Writing and Analysis (2nd ed.) by Edwards, Basic Legal Research (3rd ed.) by Sloan and The Bluebook (18th ed.). The bookstore also has several "recommended" books for LPS, but I suggest that you wait until after our first class before deciding whether to buy them. Please feel free to contact me if you have questions.

I look forward to meeting you all.

Medical Research Law & Regulation – Rice

All readings for the first class are from the course text: The Ethics and Regulation of Research with Human Subjects. Carl Coleman et al (2005) * Review definition of "research" at 45 C.F.R. Section 46.102(d), reproduced in Appendix A, page A-4; *The Belmont Report, introduction and Part A, in Appendix F, at pages F-1 - F-3. (Report of the National Comminssion for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research) *Ancheff v. Hartford Hospital et al, 260 Conn. 785, 799 A.2d 1067 (2002), at pages 110-112.

Municipal Law – Fulman

There is no reading assignment for the first class, though you may wish to peruse the casebook. The first class will provide an overview of the course subject matter, special topics to be discussed during the course and an opportunity for introductions and questions. Arthur Fulman, Adjunct Professor

Professional Responsibility – Clark                                                               
Rm 240; (617)-573-8583; gclark@acad.suffolk.edu                                Tues.10:00- 11:40 PM                                                      
                               
            Syllabus

You are required to purchase for the course and to bring to each class:

1. Crystal, Professsional Responsibility: Problems of Practice and the Profession (3nd Ed.)

2. Rules Supplement (I=ve ordered Morgan and Rotunda 2008).In addition, each student    must read a book from the commentary list in the appendix.

 There is also a course web-site on  Blackboard . The web site includes a link to CALI which has prepared multiple choice questions which are helpful preparation for the MPRE.
The final examination will be a take-home, distributed on the second to last class and due on the last class. One or more questions will test your reading of the outside reading referred to above. Class attendance is required; two or more unexcused absences can result in dismissal from the course.

 The subjects and assignments for the classes are as follows:

1. An Overview of the Legal Profession.
Read Clark,  American Lawyers in the Year 2000: An Introduction  33 Suf. L. Rev. 293 (in Blackboard at class web-site)

Professional Responsibility – Newhouse
Please read pages 1-56 in Gillers, Regulation of Lawyers, Seventh Edition and to review ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct 1.0 through 1.6.

Professional Responsibility – Shin

Assignment
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Please read pp. 19-71 in the Lerman & Schrag textbook (2d ed. 2008) and be prepared to discuss Problems 1-1 and 1-2 in the textbook. Please also read the Preamble to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct and Model Rule 8.1, which you can find either in the recommended rules supplement or by following these links:


http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mrpc/preamble.html
http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mrpc/rule_8_1.html

Property 1C – Graham

Please read the following materials from Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices, Singer, 4th edition, for the first day of class: 1. What is Property? and How to Brief a Case (pp. xxxvii-lv) 2. Read and brief Pierson v. Post, p. 76-79 Thank you. Prof. Graham

Property 5A - Jones

Chase, Property Law

To be covered the first day of class:

1. Property and “the Bundle of Sticks” Metaphor; The Differences between Real and Personal Property
   
   
   Assignment: skim pages 1-15
   
2. First Possession
   
   
   Assignment: Read pages 15-36
   
   
   Brief Pierson v. Post and answer questions 2, and 6 on page 19.  
   
   
   Brief Keeble v. Hickeringill and answer questions 3 and 5 on page 23.
   
   Brief People v. Sanders and answer questions 1 and 2 on page 33.
   
   Brief Wiley v. Baker and answer questions 1 and 2, page 36.  
   
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   On call students:  Those whose last names begin with the letters A and B.

Real Estate Litigation - Ross

Please review the course syllabus and feel free to suggest other areas of the law within the scope of “real estate litigation” which you feel would be productive to cover in this course

Search, Seizure, and Suppression – Grasso

TEXT: Suppression Matters, Chapters 1 and 20; Chapter 2- Predicates to Filing a Motion to Suppress CASES: Federal: Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1981)
** State Commonwealth v. Upton II, 394 Mass. 363 (1985)** Commonwealth v. Sheppard, 394 Mass.381 (1985) Commonwealth v. Blood, 400 Mass. 61 (1987) The Exclusionary Rule Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471, 486 (1963) Commonwealth v. Lora, 451 Mass. 425 (2008) Independent Source Commonwealth v. Frodyma, 393 Mass. 438, 441 (1984) Murray v. United States, 487 U.S. 533, 537-538 (1988) Attenuation Hudson v. Michigan, 547 U.S. 586, 126 S.Ct. 2159, 2164-2167 (2006): Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. 590, 603-604 (1975) Commonwealth v. Fredette, 396 Mass. 455, 458-463 (1985) Commonwealth v. Kolodziej, 69 Mass. App. Ct. 199, 202-204 (2007) Inevitable Discovery Nix v. Williams, 467 U.S. 431 (1984) Commonwealth v. Benoit, 382 Mass. 210, 218-219 (1981) Commonwealth v. O’Connor, 406 Mass. 112, 115-116 (1989) MASS. R. CRIM. P. RULE 13–READ IT THOROUGHLY Commonwealth v. Santosuosso, 23 Mass. App. Ct. 310, 314 (1986) Commonwealth v. Clegg, 61 Mass. App. Ct. 197, 203 (2004). Commonwealth v. Santiago, 30 Mass. App. Ct. 207, 212 (1991) Commonwealth v. Rivera, 425 Mass. 633, 637-638 (1997) Commonwealth v. Fudge, 20 Mass. App. Ct. 382, 385 (1985) Commonwealth v. Ellerbe, 430 Mass. 769, 776 n.12 (2000) Commonwealth v. Robie, 51 Mass. App. Ct. 494, 499 (2001) Commonwealth v. Netto, 438 Mass. 686, 697 (2003)

Securities Regulation – Lipshaw

The first day assignment and all other information will be posted on TWEN. You MUST register for the class on TWEN or you will not receive important information about the class.
Prof. Lipshaw

Torts 1C – Shin

The required text for this course is: Dan B. Dobbs & Paul T. Hayden, Torts & Compensation: Personal Accountability and Social Responsibility for Injury (5th ed. 2005). For our first class meeting, please read pp. 2-9 and 902-12 in the Dobbs & Hayden casebook.

Trial Practice – Segal

Read pages 1-60 of Mauet, Trial Techniques; In mimeo materials, read indictment and jury questionnaires in US v. John Brennick; be prepared to pick a jury in the Brennick case; read mimeo material involving Stauss v. MBTA.

Trusts & Estates - Sandoe
There is no required casebook or other assigned textbook in this course. There are, however, some excellent resources that are available. These I will provide to you on the first or second day of classes in August. You should not, therefore, purchase any books or other materials until then as they may be a waste of your time and hard earned money.
In the meantime, enjoy the summer. I will. There is no assignment for the first class.
                                        Fair winds,
            Sandoe