You may obtain your Handbook from the Faculty Secretaries' Suite in Room 219 after Monday, August 18th, 2008.

Also, read Helene S. Shapo et al., Writing and Analysis in the Law, pp. 3 - 29

1. Two cases in hand-out, Shibbach and Schlagenhauf. The hand-out will be in a box outside my office (Room 214)

2. 28 U.S.C. § 1652 (in Rules Book).

3. Fed. R. Civ. P. 35, 37 (in Rules Book).

4. Peter Simon, The Anatomy of a Lawsuit (Revised Edition) pp. 1-54.

You will be responsible for finishing Anatomy of a Lawsuite for the second class.

(1) Go online to the following website run by the Federal Judicial Center: http://www.fjc.gov/federal/courts.nsf and read thoroughly the sections entitled "What the Federal Courts Do," "How the Federal Courts are Organized," How Cases Move Through the Federal Courts" (focusing within this section only on "Civil Cases"), and "The Federal Courts and the Other Branches of Government."

(2) Figure out the specific name of (a) the federal district court which hears cases filed in Providence, Rhode Island; and (b) the federal court of appeals which hears appeals from that court.

(3) Finally, read carefully pages 1 to 12 of the Yeazell casebook. Be sure to look up and read any rules or statutes mentioned in the assigned text. The rules and statutes you will need are in your Rules supplement.

See you very soon in class.

Welcome to RWU School of Law. In advance of our first class, you should have in your possession Freer & Perdue, Civil Procedure: Cases, Materials, and Problems, 5th Edition, published by LexisNexis, and the 2008-09 Edition of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure pamphlet published by LexisNexis. I have ordered the Freer & Perdue casebook in looseleaf form, because it is substantially less expensive than the hardcover version. If you prefer, you can purchase the hardcover version instead. If for some reason you do not have the assigned books, it is your responsibility to photocopy from another student the pages assigned for our first class.

For our first class, please read the Freer & Perdue casebook, pages 1-12 and prepare carefully 283-289 (do not yet read "Legal Sufficiency" on page 289). In the LexisNexis rules pamphlet, study Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 1, 7(a) & (b)(1)-(2), 8(a), and 10 as well as Forms 1, 2, 11, and 17 in the Appendix of Forms to the Federal Rules. Based on these readings, draft a simple complaint for Sarah Jones based on the following facts: Mark Jones was physically injured in an automobile accident caused by Smith. Mark Jones is married to Sarah Jones. Sarah wishes to sue Smith for loss of Aconsortium, which the relevant law defines as Aconjugal fellowship and sexual relations between wife and husband. In drafting the complaint, consult the assigned Federal Rules and use as a guide Forms 1, 2, 11, and 17.

I look forward to meeting you.

Please consider the following definition of Contract from Section 1 of the Restatement (2d) of Contracts: "A contract is a promise or a set of promises for the breach of which the law gives a remedy, or the performance of which the law in some way recognizes as a duty."

Please consider the following two sentences:

1. Your attendance in class shall be recorded.

2. Your attendance in class may be recorded.

In class, we will focus on two cases, Embry and Lucy, on pages 226-237, after that we will proceed with pages 239-241 and 250-253.

In class, we will begin the first class, Wednesday, with pages 226-237. On Friday, we will continue from wherever we leave off.

You may want to wait until after our first class to buy either of the recommended books. However, if you have already purchased one or both of them, please hold off reading or writing in them until after our first class.

2. Find the first instance of the word "slave" or "slavery" in the Constitution. What are the hints that the original Constitution contemplated and tolerated slavery?

3. What is the only part of the Constitution that may never be amended?

4. Speaking of amendments, how can they be made? Name two methods.

5. The President tells you that she has decided to skip this year's State of the Union address. As White House legal counsel, what do you advise?

The House begins debating a bill to cut the President's pay and Supreme Court Justices' pay. As counsel to the Speaker of the House, what do you advise?

6. Before 1913, who chose Senators? After 1913? 7. As far as the Constitution says, can Bill Clinton be elected Vice President now?

8. What clause, if any, of the Constitution permits Congress to establish an air force?

9. What is "corruption of blood," and why do we care?

10. Is there anything in the federal Constitution that would prevent a state from choosing its legislature by a lottery among all registered voters? Prizes will be awarded for correct (or at least best) answers.

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!

Welcome to Trial Advocacy!

For our first class on Saturday 8/30 (11-2), please prepare the following:

(1) Read from the Mauet textbook pp. 1-29, 61-71; and

(2) Prepare your first in-class exercise, which is creating a brief practice opening statement. Please pick up this first assignment at the law library's front desk.

-Prof. Lucciola

1. Pages 1-40 in the Ellman casebook, although focus on pages 20-40. In addition, please read the supplemental readings for that day (two New York Times articles). The Supplemental Packet will be available outside my office on Monday, August 18.

For Friday, August 29, please read:

1. Pages 40-70 in the Ellman casebook.

2. The Supplemental readings for that day (two articles), which may be found in that same Supplemental Packet.

The Supplemental Packet will be available outside my office, Room 220, on Monday, August 18.

For August 27th, please read Schulman, et al, Public Health Legal Services.

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

For the first assignment please read Kent et al, Rules 1 through 7 (except Rule 4(m)) and commentary following the rules, and Supplmentary Material in the plastic box outside of my office, Room 211.

Webpage: There will be a course webpage on RWU Blackboard which you can access using Campus Cruiser. A full syllabus and all assignments, special announcements, and copies of supplemental cases or materials will be posted.

Comments: This casebook utilizes a distinctive approach. Both you and I will need to work at the start to become adjusted to a structure of each Assignment (1) stating a problem, (2) supplying both applicable statutory text and judicial precedents, and (3) Notes. We will spend much class time on questions raised or information presented in the Notes and I will require you to use statutory text in your work and making answers or raising questions in class.

First two assignments:

Monday, August 25

Topic: Overview of Intellectual Property Law and Trademark Law Theory and Principles Reading: Dreyfuss Kwall, pp.1-24 Introduction and Assignment 1, Dreyfuss & Kwall, Assignment 2, pp. 25-27 only

Wednesday, August 27

Topic: Requirements for Trademark Protection Dreyfuss & Kwall, Assignment 2, pp. 25-82

Thank you,

Professor Banks

--Pages 1-25 in the casebook (BARRY E. CARTER, PHILLIP R. TRIMBLE, AND ALLEN S. WEINER, INTERNATIONAL LAW (5th ed. 2007)) --Sections of the United Nations Charter in the document supplement (which you must purchase as well): pages 1-3 (up to article 4); page 23 (articles 92-96) --New York Times article posted on the Blackboard site under "course documents"

For class #2 (August 26th):

--Pages 25-48 in the casebook --New York Times article on the Sudan posted on the Blackboard site

The syllabus will be handed out in class.

Please read the following statutes, which define insolvent or insolvency: 11 U.S.C. section 101(32) and Section 2 of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act.

Please read the following pages from Warren & Bussel, Bankruptcy: 1 to 17, 19 to 36.

In addition, students should please sign up for an individual appointment with me for the week of September 2nd, by using the signup sheets on TWEN. Thanks!

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