COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Transactional Law and Practice
Mr. Todd Krieger
2 credits day; 2 credits evening.

Graded on an Pass, Fail basis.

This course is available to two groups of students: (1) Those students who are registered, during the Spring 2013 semester, in a legal internship placement focusing on transactional practice, and (2) Those students, not enrolled in such a legal internship placement during the Spring 2013 semester, but interested in studying transactional law and practice. (This is a limited enrollment course. Priority is available to those students who will be registered contemporaneously in the previously-described legal internship placement.) (See detailed information below.) - This course is a focused section of the two-credit, contemporaneous course requirement for students registered in a legal internship placement in the Spring, 2013 semester. The two credits granted for this course are in addition to and independent of any credits awarded for field placement experience. This specialized section of the internship classroom requirement will focus on transactional law practice subjects including contract analysis and drafting; entity formation; intellectual property; client counseling; business planning, and other related topics and employs novel ways for students to understand and address client transactions. Guest lecturers, including practitioners from major local law firms, will lend their experienced insight and examples to further enhance the students’ learning experience. This course is graded on a Pass/Fail (no credit) basis and a student’s grade will be based on his or her journal entries, class participation, individual presentations, research and drafting assignments, and other assigned projects. Students placed at corporate in-house legal departments, selected local law firms with a transactional practice, and other in-house counsel and IP firms will be eligible for participation in this section. Any student interested in registering in the legal internship placement must see Prof. Bernadette Feeley for approval before registering for the classroom component. - This course will focus on transactional law practice subjects including contract analysis and drafting; entity formation; intellectual property; client counseling; business planning, and other related topics and employs novel ways for students to understand and address client transactions. Guest lecturers, including practitioners from major local law firms, will lend their experienced insight and examples to further enhance the students’ learning experience. This course is graded on a on a Pass/Fail (no credit) basis and a student’s grades will be based on class participation, individual presentations, research and drafting assignments, and other assigned projects.

Elective Course   Meets Skills Menu Requirement   Meets Financial Services Concentration Requirements   Meets Intellectual Property Concentration Requirements

<<Course Updated: October 17, 2012>>

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