First Class Assignments

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Commercial Paper – Goldner

Please register on TWEN for the Summer 2013 Commercial Paper course (be sure you do not select the Spring course).  You will find the Syllabus, which includes the assignment for the first week of class as well as class policies, posted under “Syllabus.â€

Criminal Procedure Post Trial – Reece

First class assignment

Criminal Procedure Pretrial – Lowrey

May 28 – Dressler Chapter 1 – Pages 1-64. Carefully read U.S. Const. Amendments four, five, six and fourteen.

May 29 – Dressler Chapter 2 – Pages 64-85, Dressler Chapter 3 – Pages 86-111

May 30 – Finish Dressler Chapter 3 – Pages 111-149

Evidence – Gitchell

All assignments are in Merritt & Simmons, LEARNING EVIDENCE: From the Federal Rules to the Courtroom (2d. ed. 2012). Read and be prepared to discuss the following:

  • Study Guide, pp. xxv – xxviii
  • Chapter 1, Why Take This Course
  • Chapter 2, Types of Courtroom Evidence
  • Chapter 3, Four W’s of the Federal Rules of Evidence: Why, Who, Where, When
  • Chapter 4, Structure of a Trial

Family Law – McMullen

The textbook for the class is Douglas E. Abrams et al., *Contemporary Family Law* (3d ed., West). The first assignment for Family Law is as follows:

  • Sign up for the class on TWEN (page should be up no later than Friday afternoon).
  • There should be a link to a survey. Complete the survey.
  • Read the syllabus, also available at TWEN.
  • Read pp. 11-38 and pp. 70-87 in the textbook.

First Amendment-Free Speech – Adams

Read pages 1-75 in the Stone, Seidman casebook.

Statutory Interpretation – Armstrong

Read Chapters 1 and 2 of the text Mastering Statutory Interpretation.

Water Law – Gould

In the first Water Law class we will view a video and discuss the first chapter in the course book. A more detailed assignment will be posted after noon May 22.

White Collar Crime – Johnson

Read pages 1-82, Merritt and Simmons text.