Description:
For our first class assignment, please prepare pp 1-36 (including Marbury v. Madison) in Stone, Seidman et. al. casebook. syllabus can be picked up outside my office.
LAW.640.A Interviewing & Counseling
Jane Rindsberg
Meeting:
Tuesday, August 26
Description:
All --
For our first class, please read chapters 1 - 3 in Lawyers as Counselors.
If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at jrindsberg@rwu.edu.
In the meantime, enjoy the rest of your summer!
LAW.736.A Negotiation
Bruce I. Kogan
Meeting:
Tuesday, August 26th
Description:
Required textbook: Negotiation Theory and Strategy by Russell Korobkin (Aspen 2002)
Assignment for Tu 08/26
Introduction to the Study of Negotiation
Reading:
Chapter 1 pp. 1 - 31
Writing Assignment:
Prepare typed answer to Q 2, p. 30
LAW.822.A Labor Law
Pendergast
Meeting:
August 27, 2008
Description:
Text: Harper, Estreicher and Flynn, Labor Law, 6th Ed, Aspen, 2007; and Labor Law, Selected Statutes, Forms and Agreements, Aspen, 2007
Read: Statute: §1, NLRA, Selected Statutes, pp. 47-48
Read: Chapter 2, The Historical and Institutional Framework; pp. 31-34;
b. The Labor Injunction; pp. 40-48;
B. The Antitrust Laws; pp. 53-64;
C.1 The Norris LaGuardia Act of 1932; pp. 66-69;
2. Reexamination of the Antitrust Laws, pp. 69-78;
2. The National Labor Relations Act; pp. 80-92;
E. The State of American Unionism; pp. 93-97.
Mr. Pendergast 861-2069; penderblaster@cox.net
Syllabus is available in the rack outside of Student Finance & Records
LAW.849.A Lessons of Litigation
Judge Bruce Selya
Meeting:
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Description:
Lessons of Litigation
Assignment for Class 1: Overview - Justiciability (Standing, Ripeness, Mootness)
Please read and be prepared to discuss the following five (5) cases:
(1) DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno, 126 S. Ct. 1854 (2006)
(2) Wine and Spirits Retailers, Inc. v. Rhode Island, 418 F.3d 36 (1st Cir. 2005)
(3) Berner v. Delahanty, 129 F.3d 20 (1st Cir. 1997)
(4) McInnis-Misenor v. Maine Med. Ctr., 319 F.3d 63 (1st Cir. 2003)
Description:
For our first class assignment, please prepare Part I of the syllabus (which includes pp 12-39; 40-45 of the Gordon, Spanogle et al casebook); Part IIA of the syllabus (which includes pp. 48-70; 112-119 of the casebook; and Part II B of the syllabus (which includes pp 90-104 of hte casebook). The syllabus and documentary supplement can be picked up outside my office.
LSM.826.A Judicial Process
Judge Robert G. Flanders, Jr.
Meeting:
August 28, 2008
Description:
Orientation; Course Structure and Requirements; Ethical Considerations; Duty of Confidentiality; Read: Judging: A Book for Student Clerks, Louis J. Sirico, Jr. (LexisNexis 2002) ("Judging"), Ch. 1, Overview; the Code of Judicial Conduct, (Article VI, Rule 1, Rhode Island Supreme Court Rules), and Code of Conduct for United States Judges which can be found on the following website (http//www.uscourts.gov/guide/vol2/ch1.html; also Appendix, Code of Conduct for Judicial Employees, pp. 219 228; Read: How Judges Think, Richard A. Posner (Harvard University Press 2008) ("Judges"), Introduction, pp. 1-15.
LSM.856.AH5 The Nature of the Judicial Process
Judge Stephen Fortunato
Meeting:
Thursday, October 9th
Description:
Please read The Nature of the Judicial Process by Benjamin Cardozo in its entirety before the first class meeting. Thank you.
LSM.856.AH6 The Conscience of a Conservative & Politics of Hope
Carl T. Bogus
Meeting:
Monday, October 13, 2008
Description:
Read foreword by George F. Will and chapters 1-5 in "The Conscience of a Conservative" by Barry Goldwater.
