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Patent Drafting

LAW 592

This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of drafting effective patent applications. Students will acquire an understanding of patent concepts, patentability requirements, different patent types and parts of a patent application, drafting a patent application; and the technical and legal strategies for prosecuting the application before the U.S. Patent Office. Options for obtaining worldwide patent protection, patent litigation and the related licensing and transactional matters may be also covered in less detail.

Patent Law

LAW 703

In this course, we will explore the major topics of U.S. patent law, seeking a solid general education in patent law concepts and procedures from a practical and policy perspective. Topics covered will include patentable subject matter, requirements for patent validity, patent infringement, and damages. Grading will be based on class participation, and a final examination.

Patent Prosecution

LAW 710

An introduction to the basics of drafting patent applications and supporting documents, and the prosecution of patents before the Patent and Trademark Office. PRE-REQ: LAW 703 Patent Law.

Poverty Law Seminar

LAW 374

You are no doubt by now familiar with the way some law school classes ask you to think about the essential concept at the course?s core: What is a contract? What is a tort? What is Property? Our seminar will ask the same kind of questions, but about something that the law and law school make essentially invisible, poverty. What is poverty? Who are the poor? Why might it be problematic even to use the term the poor? We will explore how poverty is constructed, maintained, and addressed, including the role played by gender and race, and explore the role of the Law in all of this. There are recurring Constitutional Law concepts in Poverty Law. Examples include procedural due process, the unconstitutional conditions doctrine, and the negative Constitution.

Pretrial Litigation Skills

LAW 605

An analysis of forum selection, pleading, motion practice, investigation, and discovery tactics through courtroom simulation.

Professional Responsibility

LAW 206

This course combines the substantive law of Professional Responsiblily with a writing skill segment and a section on interviewing, counseling, and negotiating skills. Problems include the canons of legal ethics; duty to court, clients, the public, and profession; advocacy and the adversary system; conflicts of interest; fees and solicitition; and lawyer discipline.

Professional Skills I: Litigation

LAW 207B

This is an upper-level pretrial litigation course in which students represent a client from the beginning to the end of a fictitious lawsuit. Skills also include drafting pleadings, discovery, and motions, as well as interviewing, counseling, and negotiating on behalf of a client. Professional Skills I: Transactional

Professional Skills I: Transactional

LAW 207A

This is an upper-level transactional simulation course in which students represent a client from the beginning to the end of a fictitious transaction or deal. Skills include drafting a representation agreement, a letter of intent, a non-disclosure agreement, an asset purchase and/or a licensing agreement, and an employment and/or a consulting agreement. Skills also include interviewing, counseling, and negotiating on behalf of a client.

Professional Skills II

LAW 208

All students must take a fourth semester of legal writing in either the fall or spring semester of their graduating year. This course reinforces and strengthens the skills learned in Professional Skills I and prepares students to take the performance test increasingly found on the bar examinations. Students use performance tests to learn how to read critically and quickly, to follow direction, and to timely complete assignments. Students develop and enhance the skills necessary to pass the bar exam and to successfully practice law.