1st-day assignments
First Day Assignments, Fall
Contracts, Westbrook
1) For reading material click this link 2) Farnsworth et al., pp. 1-8; 3) Restatement 2d sections 1,2,3,4 4) UCC sections referred to on Farnsworth p. 7
Contracts, Drahozal
For the first class, read and prepare to discuss pages 1-2, 13-14, and 29-34, as well as Hamer v. Sidway (pages 34-39) in the Farnsworth casebook. I will hand out a syllabus in class.
Criminal Law, Wilson
First Assignment: Read pp. 1-18 in Cases and Materials on Criminal Law, Fourth Edition. Be prepared to discuss.
Criminal Law, Jefferson Exum
For the first day of class, read p. 31-47. Be sure to consult Appendix B for the Model Penal Code sections referred to in the footnotes of these pages.
Torts I, Leonard
In our casebook, FRANKLIN & RABIN, TORT LAW AND ALTERNATIVES (8th ed. 2006), please read and prepare for discussion the following assignments. Mon., Aug. 31 Intent, pp. 884 ? 91 (Garrett) Tues., Sept. 1 Unintentional Harm, pp. 2 ? 9 (Hammontree) The Litigation Process, pp. 9 ? 17 Wed., Sept. 2 Historical Development of Fault Liability, pp. 31 ? 39 (Brown v. Kendall)
Torts I, Kautsch
Chapter I, Development of Liability Based Upon Fault - p. 1-16, in Prosser, Wade and Schwartz?s Torts: Cases and Materials (11th Edition).
Torts I, Westerbeke
Prosser, Wade & Schwartz, Cases & Materials on Torts (11th ed. 2005), pp. 1-20.
Torts I, McAllister
For our first class session (Monday, August 31), please skim pages 1 - 6 of our casebook, and read more carefully the cases contained on pages 6 - 20. Be prepared to sign the seating chart.
International Civil Litigation, Sward
For Thursday, August, 27, please read pages 176 - 208 in the casebook. Much of this material will be review. A syllabus is posted on Blackboard
Advanced Criminal Procedure, Cateforis
The first two days of class are an overview of and introduction to the course. Please read in Dressler: Chapter 1 and the chapter 1 material in the supplement (pp. 1-2). See you all Monday. Beth Cateforis
Topics in Advanced Legal Research, Steadham
For Monday, August 31, please read Chapters 1 & 3 of Kansas Legal Research
Taxation of Business Enterprises, Key
REQUIRED MATERIALS: Lind, Schwarz, Lathrope & Rosenberg, Fundamentals of Business Enterprise Taxation: Cases and Materials (4th Ed. 2008) Current Code and Reg volume Photocopied assignments and additional readings (available on the syllabus table) ASSIGNMENT FOR FIRST CLASS: Purchase the required materials from the bookstore Prepare Problems in the Introductory Review
Advanced Litigation, Prater
Come to the first class.
Alternative Dispute Resolution, McKenzie
The course syllabus will be distributed at our first class meeting on Thursday Aug. 27. There is no reading assignment.
Executive Compensation, Brous
Reading: Exhibits A, B, C, D and H (included with Syllabus) Melbinger, 601, 615, 701.05, 715.01, 765, 801.01-05, 1501.01-03, 1525.01; I.R.C. 83(a), 451(a) Treas. Regs. (skim) ?1-83-1, 1.83-3, 1.83-7 Theophilos v. Commissioner, 85 F.3d 440 (9th Cir. 1996)
Business Associations I, Hecker
There is a course syllabus on the assignment table outside room 203. Please familiarize yourself with the syllabus and the course outline on pp. 1 & 2 of the photocopy materials for the first day of class.
Commercial Law: Secured Transactions, Ware
The required casebook is Lynn M. LoPucki & Elizabeth Warren, Secured Credit: A Systems Approach (Aspen, 6th ed., 2009). The recommended statutebook is Elizabeth Warren, Bankruptcy and Article 9 (Aspen, 2009). You may use a different statutebook if it has current versions of these statutes: (1) Articles 1 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, (2) the Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Anti-Theft Act, and (3) the Bankruptcy Code. The 2008 versions of the recommended statutebook and the Comprehensive Commercial Law statutebook (by Mann, Warren & Westbrook) have the current versions of these statutes. Also required is a short photocopied supplement available at the KU Burge Union bookstore. For the first day of class, the assignment is to read the table of contents and introduction of the casebook.
Conflict of Laws, Stacy
read through page 17 in the casebook.
Constitutional Law, Levy
Review the course website (which can be linked at http://web.ku.edu/~rlevy/) and the information posted to it, especially the Course Information and the Syllabus. Read the Constitution (pp. xli ? lvii of your book) and the Historical Background material posted to the course syllabus.
Civil Rights Actions, McAllister
For the first day of class (Monday, August 31), please read pages 1 - 20 and 47 - 50 of the casebook. Be prepared to sign the seating chart. I will hand out the syllabus in class.
Bankruptcy, Ware
The required casebook is Elizabeth Warren & Jay Westbrook, The Law of Debtors and Creditors (Aspen, 6th ed., 2009). The recommended statutebook is Elizabeth Warren, Bankruptcy and Article 9 (Aspen, 2009). You may use a different statutebook if it has current versions of these statutes: (1) Articles 1 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, (2) the Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Anti-Theft Act, and (3) the Bankruptcy Code. The 2007 and 2008 editions of the recommended statutebook and the 2007 and 2008 editions of Comprehensive Commercial Law (by Mann, Warren & Westbrook) have the current versions of these statutes. For the first day of class, the assignment is to read the casebook?s table of contents and preface. As noted in the registration materials and law school catalog, this course has a prerequisite. You may not take this course unless you have already completed Commercial Law: Secured Transactions, Law 873.
Elder Law Research Project, Steadham
For Tuesday, September 1, please read Chapters 1 & 2 of Legal Research in a Nutshell.
Estate Planning: Principles, Dickinson
For the first day of class, Monday, August 31, please do the following: 1. Read the course description at the beginning of the Xeroxed materials. 2. Study Assignments 1 through 4 as described in the syllabus that is included in the Xeroxed materials.
Evidence, Prater
Read Chapter 1
Federal Courts and the Federal System, Sward
For Thursday, August 27, please read Appendix C, pp. C-1 to C-11, at the back of the casebook and pages 1-7 of the materials. In addition, please read Article III of the United States Constitution, which you can find at the back of your casebook at pages A-7 to A-8 (Appendix A). The materials are posted on Blackboard, and a complete syllabus will be posted on Blackboard before the start of classes.
Federal Income Taxation, Dickinson
For the first day of class, Thursday, August 27, please do the following: 1. Read the course description at the beginning of the Xeroxed course materials. 2. Study Assignments 1 and 1A as described in the syllabus included in the Xeroxed course materials. Be prepared to answer Problem 1A. (Ignore problem 14A.)
Federal Tax Procedure, Mazza
Purchase from the bookstore the following materials: Lederman & Mazza, Tax Controversies: Practice and Procedure (3rd ed. 2009) Lederman & Mazza, Tax Controversies: Statutes, Regulations, and Other Materials (3rd ed.). [Syllabus and other course materials will be posted to a TWEN site for the course.] For the first class session on Thursday, read Chapter 1 (you can merely skim sections 1.03, 1.05[B][2][b] (on ?Signaling?), and 1.05[C]). Prepare answers to problems 2, 3, 5, and 6. On Friday, we?ll start the material on tax research in Chapter 20. Review the material in Chapter 20 before class. I except you to research the problem and generate a tentative answer to Problem 1 before class. I will bring the printed sources we'll need to formulate an answer to class and illustrate the process to you step-by-step. We'll also focus on other administrative and judicial sources of tax law, but will reserve for a later chapter any in-depth discussion of these topics. Please be considerate to other students when using the sources in the library. Reshelve the source promptly and in its proper location.
The State and Religion, Davis
For August 31st Read pages 1-10 in Gey, RELIGION AND THE STATE (2nd ed).
Governmental Control of Land Development, Davis
For the first class on August 31st read pages 3-9 and 12-17 in the casebook-Mandelker, et al., PLANNING AND CONTROL OF LAND DEVELOPMENT; CASES AND MATERIALS (7TH ED).
Islamic Law, Bhala
1. Review Syllabus (to be handed out at first class), especially Introductory Essay. 2. Read Speech of President Barack H. Obama, delivered at Cairo University, 4 June 2009 (available on line at the White House website, and attached to syllabus). 3. Pick book for Book Review (to be discussed at first class). 4. The Quran, Sura 2 (The Cow) at 2-33 (skim only); Sura 30 (The Byzantines) at pp. 257-60; Sura 49 (The Private Quarters) at 338-39; Sura 105 (The Elephant) at 437; Sura 106 (Quraysh) at 438.
Remedies, Hines
For Thursday, August 27th, please read pages 1-19 in the Modern American Remedies casebook.
Introduction to Elder Law, Reaves
Here is the first assignment for the Introduction to Elder Law course I am teaching. Aug. 27 Introduction and Overview pp. 1 - 9 pp. 12 - 15 pp. 64 - 70 Ethical Considerations pp. 73 - 86 pp. 100 - 107 pp. 110 - 111 pp. 118 - 119
Labor Law, Schroeder
For the first day, please read pp. 12-39 in the casebook.
International Trade Law, Bhala
1. In International Trade Law: Preface, Chapters 1 and 7 2. Optional -- In Modern GATT Law: Preface and Introduction
Local Government Law, McKenzie
For Monday Aug. 31 please read pp. 1 ? 8 in the Baker and Gillette text.
Sports Law, DeLaTorre
1. For the first day of class, be prepared to discuss pp. 25-40 of the casebook (Mitten, Davis, et al., 2nd ed.). 2. Be prepared to sign the seating chart on the first day of class.
Media Law, Kautsch
The initial assignment is posted in ?Course Materials? for Media Law on The West Education Network (TWEN).
Practice in Kansas, Valdez
Required materials: Practice in Kansas (2009) - copied and bound materials. Please read Chapter 1, entitled Pleadings for the first week of class.
Professional Responsibility, Agrawal
Margaret Raymond, The Law and Ethics of Law Practice (West 2009); pp. 4-21, 557-76. Thought questions for the day: What does it mean to be a member of a learned profession? What obligations does that status impose?
Torts II, Westerbeke
Prosser, Wade & Schwartz, Cases & Materials on Torts (11th ed. 2005), pp. 829-841
Trial Advocacy, Prater
The first lecture will be given on August 31st. The reading assignment for the first lecture is Mauet, Trial Techniques (Seventh Edition, Aspen Publishers, Inc.), pp. 447-481. The workshops will meet the week of August 31st. Workshops which are usually held at the Douglas County Courthouse will be held in Room 201 for that week only. Bring your copy of Mauet & Wolfson, Materials in Trial Advocacy (Sixth Edition) to your workshop.
Estates and Trusts, DeLaTorre
(1) be prepared to discuss pp. 38-39, 42-47, and 71-80 of the casebook (Dukeminier et al., 8th ed.), and (2) be prepared to sign the seating chart on the first day of class.
1) For reading material click this link 2) Farnsworth et al., pp. 1-8; 3) Restatement 2d sections 1,2,3,4 4) UCC sections referred to on Farnsworth p. 7
Contracts, Drahozal
For the first class, read and prepare to discuss pages 1-2, 13-14, and 29-34, as well as Hamer v. Sidway (pages 34-39) in the Farnsworth casebook. I will hand out a syllabus in class.
Criminal Law, Wilson
First Assignment: Read pp. 1-18 in Cases and Materials on Criminal Law, Fourth Edition. Be prepared to discuss.
Criminal Law, Jefferson Exum
For the first day of class, read p. 31-47. Be sure to consult Appendix B for the Model Penal Code sections referred to in the footnotes of these pages.
Torts I, Leonard
In our casebook, FRANKLIN & RABIN, TORT LAW AND ALTERNATIVES (8th ed. 2006), please read and prepare for discussion the following assignments. Mon., Aug. 31 Intent, pp. 884 ? 91 (Garrett) Tues., Sept. 1 Unintentional Harm, pp. 2 ? 9 (Hammontree) The Litigation Process, pp. 9 ? 17 Wed., Sept. 2 Historical Development of Fault Liability, pp. 31 ? 39 (Brown v. Kendall)
Torts I, Kautsch
Chapter I, Development of Liability Based Upon Fault - p. 1-16, in Prosser, Wade and Schwartz?s Torts: Cases and Materials (11th Edition).
Torts I, Westerbeke
Prosser, Wade & Schwartz, Cases & Materials on Torts (11th ed. 2005), pp. 1-20.
Torts I, McAllister
For our first class session (Monday, August 31), please skim pages 1 - 6 of our casebook, and read more carefully the cases contained on pages 6 - 20. Be prepared to sign the seating chart.
International Civil Litigation, Sward
For Thursday, August, 27, please read pages 176 - 208 in the casebook. Much of this material will be review. A syllabus is posted on Blackboard
Advanced Criminal Procedure, Cateforis
The first two days of class are an overview of and introduction to the course. Please read in Dressler: Chapter 1 and the chapter 1 material in the supplement (pp. 1-2). See you all Monday. Beth Cateforis
Topics in Advanced Legal Research, Steadham
For Monday, August 31, please read Chapters 1 & 3 of Kansas Legal Research
Taxation of Business Enterprises, Key
REQUIRED MATERIALS: Lind, Schwarz, Lathrope & Rosenberg, Fundamentals of Business Enterprise Taxation: Cases and Materials (4th Ed. 2008) Current Code and Reg volume Photocopied assignments and additional readings (available on the syllabus table) ASSIGNMENT FOR FIRST CLASS: Purchase the required materials from the bookstore Prepare Problems in the Introductory Review
Advanced Litigation, Prater
Come to the first class.
Alternative Dispute Resolution, McKenzie
The course syllabus will be distributed at our first class meeting on Thursday Aug. 27. There is no reading assignment.
Executive Compensation, Brous
Reading: Exhibits A, B, C, D and H (included with Syllabus) Melbinger, 601, 615, 701.05, 715.01, 765, 801.01-05, 1501.01-03, 1525.01; I.R.C. 83(a), 451(a) Treas. Regs. (skim) ?1-83-1, 1.83-3, 1.83-7 Theophilos v. Commissioner, 85 F.3d 440 (9th Cir. 1996)
Business Associations I, Hecker
There is a course syllabus on the assignment table outside room 203. Please familiarize yourself with the syllabus and the course outline on pp. 1 & 2 of the photocopy materials for the first day of class.
Commercial Law: Secured Transactions, Ware
The required casebook is Lynn M. LoPucki & Elizabeth Warren, Secured Credit: A Systems Approach (Aspen, 6th ed., 2009). The recommended statutebook is Elizabeth Warren, Bankruptcy and Article 9 (Aspen, 2009). You may use a different statutebook if it has current versions of these statutes: (1) Articles 1 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, (2) the Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Anti-Theft Act, and (3) the Bankruptcy Code. The 2008 versions of the recommended statutebook and the Comprehensive Commercial Law statutebook (by Mann, Warren & Westbrook) have the current versions of these statutes. Also required is a short photocopied supplement available at the KU Burge Union bookstore. For the first day of class, the assignment is to read the table of contents and introduction of the casebook.
Conflict of Laws, Stacy
read through page 17 in the casebook.
Constitutional Law, Levy
Review the course website (which can be linked at http://web.ku.edu/~rlevy/) and the information posted to it, especially the Course Information and the Syllabus. Read the Constitution (pp. xli ? lvii of your book) and the Historical Background material posted to the course syllabus.
Civil Rights Actions, McAllister
For the first day of class (Monday, August 31), please read pages 1 - 20 and 47 - 50 of the casebook. Be prepared to sign the seating chart. I will hand out the syllabus in class.
Bankruptcy, Ware
The required casebook is Elizabeth Warren & Jay Westbrook, The Law of Debtors and Creditors (Aspen, 6th ed., 2009). The recommended statutebook is Elizabeth Warren, Bankruptcy and Article 9 (Aspen, 2009). You may use a different statutebook if it has current versions of these statutes: (1) Articles 1 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, (2) the Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Anti-Theft Act, and (3) the Bankruptcy Code. The 2007 and 2008 editions of the recommended statutebook and the 2007 and 2008 editions of Comprehensive Commercial Law (by Mann, Warren & Westbrook) have the current versions of these statutes. For the first day of class, the assignment is to read the casebook?s table of contents and preface. As noted in the registration materials and law school catalog, this course has a prerequisite. You may not take this course unless you have already completed Commercial Law: Secured Transactions, Law 873.
Elder Law Research Project, Steadham
For Tuesday, September 1, please read Chapters 1 & 2 of Legal Research in a Nutshell.
Estate Planning: Principles, Dickinson
For the first day of class, Monday, August 31, please do the following: 1. Read the course description at the beginning of the Xeroxed materials. 2. Study Assignments 1 through 4 as described in the syllabus that is included in the Xeroxed materials.
Evidence, Prater
Read Chapter 1
Federal Courts and the Federal System, Sward
For Thursday, August 27, please read Appendix C, pp. C-1 to C-11, at the back of the casebook and pages 1-7 of the materials. In addition, please read Article III of the United States Constitution, which you can find at the back of your casebook at pages A-7 to A-8 (Appendix A). The materials are posted on Blackboard, and a complete syllabus will be posted on Blackboard before the start of classes.
Federal Income Taxation, Dickinson
For the first day of class, Thursday, August 27, please do the following: 1. Read the course description at the beginning of the Xeroxed course materials. 2. Study Assignments 1 and 1A as described in the syllabus included in the Xeroxed course materials. Be prepared to answer Problem 1A. (Ignore problem 14A.)
Federal Tax Procedure, Mazza
Purchase from the bookstore the following materials: Lederman & Mazza, Tax Controversies: Practice and Procedure (3rd ed. 2009) Lederman & Mazza, Tax Controversies: Statutes, Regulations, and Other Materials (3rd ed.). [Syllabus and other course materials will be posted to a TWEN site for the course.] For the first class session on Thursday, read Chapter 1 (you can merely skim sections 1.03, 1.05[B][2][b] (on ?Signaling?), and 1.05[C]). Prepare answers to problems 2, 3, 5, and 6. On Friday, we?ll start the material on tax research in Chapter 20. Review the material in Chapter 20 before class. I except you to research the problem and generate a tentative answer to Problem 1 before class. I will bring the printed sources we'll need to formulate an answer to class and illustrate the process to you step-by-step. We'll also focus on other administrative and judicial sources of tax law, but will reserve for a later chapter any in-depth discussion of these topics. Please be considerate to other students when using the sources in the library. Reshelve the source promptly and in its proper location.
The State and Religion, Davis
For August 31st Read pages 1-10 in Gey, RELIGION AND THE STATE (2nd ed).
Governmental Control of Land Development, Davis
For the first class on August 31st read pages 3-9 and 12-17 in the casebook-Mandelker, et al., PLANNING AND CONTROL OF LAND DEVELOPMENT; CASES AND MATERIALS (7TH ED).
Islamic Law, Bhala
1. Review Syllabus (to be handed out at first class), especially Introductory Essay. 2. Read Speech of President Barack H. Obama, delivered at Cairo University, 4 June 2009 (available on line at the White House website, and attached to syllabus). 3. Pick book for Book Review (to be discussed at first class). 4. The Quran, Sura 2 (The Cow) at 2-33 (skim only); Sura 30 (The Byzantines) at pp. 257-60; Sura 49 (The Private Quarters) at 338-39; Sura 105 (The Elephant) at 437; Sura 106 (Quraysh) at 438.
Remedies, Hines
For Thursday, August 27th, please read pages 1-19 in the Modern American Remedies casebook.
Introduction to Elder Law, Reaves
Here is the first assignment for the Introduction to Elder Law course I am teaching. Aug. 27 Introduction and Overview pp. 1 - 9 pp. 12 - 15 pp. 64 - 70 Ethical Considerations pp. 73 - 86 pp. 100 - 107 pp. 110 - 111 pp. 118 - 119
Labor Law, Schroeder
For the first day, please read pp. 12-39 in the casebook.
International Trade Law, Bhala
1. In International Trade Law: Preface, Chapters 1 and 7 2. Optional -- In Modern GATT Law: Preface and Introduction
Local Government Law, McKenzie
For Monday Aug. 31 please read pp. 1 ? 8 in the Baker and Gillette text.
Sports Law, DeLaTorre
1. For the first day of class, be prepared to discuss pp. 25-40 of the casebook (Mitten, Davis, et al., 2nd ed.). 2. Be prepared to sign the seating chart on the first day of class.
Media Law, Kautsch
The initial assignment is posted in ?Course Materials? for Media Law on The West Education Network (TWEN).
Practice in Kansas, Valdez
Required materials: Practice in Kansas (2009) - copied and bound materials. Please read Chapter 1, entitled Pleadings for the first week of class.
Professional Responsibility, Agrawal
Margaret Raymond, The Law and Ethics of Law Practice (West 2009); pp. 4-21, 557-76. Thought questions for the day: What does it mean to be a member of a learned profession? What obligations does that status impose?
Torts II, Westerbeke
Prosser, Wade & Schwartz, Cases & Materials on Torts (11th ed. 2005), pp. 829-841
Trial Advocacy, Prater
The first lecture will be given on August 31st. The reading assignment for the first lecture is Mauet, Trial Techniques (Seventh Edition, Aspen Publishers, Inc.), pp. 447-481. The workshops will meet the week of August 31st. Workshops which are usually held at the Douglas County Courthouse will be held in Room 201 for that week only. Bring your copy of Mauet & Wolfson, Materials in Trial Advocacy (Sixth Edition) to your workshop.
Estates and Trusts, DeLaTorre
(1) be prepared to discuss pp. 38-39, 42-47, and 71-80 of the casebook (Dukeminier et al., 8th ed.), and (2) be prepared to sign the seating chart on the first day of class.
