LAW 8734      Mediation
The process in which a neutral third party assists others in resolving a dispute or planning a transaction; introduction to the nature of the process, its possibilities and limitations, its current and future uses, and how lawyers can and should be involved in it; public policy and political issues surrounding the mediation movement; professional responsibility and malpractice.
Credits: 2 hours
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LAW 8740      Missouri Civil Procedure
Selected problems in Missouri civil procedure under Missouri statute and rules. Topics may include venue and personal jurisdiction, pleading and motion practice rules on joinder of parties and claims, statutes of limitation, trial procedure, post-trial motions & appellate procedure, discovery, and preclusion. (2-3 hours)
Credits: hours
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LAW 8904      Multicultural Lawyering and Spanish for Lawyers
In this course, students acquire skills and knowledge needed to represent Spanish speaking clients, including mastering selected Spanish legal vocabulary, working with translators, conducting initial client interviews, and identifying cultural impacts on communication. Ethical dimensions of cross-linguistic and cross-cultural counseling are examined and students receive training in counseling skills. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Credits: 1 hours
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LAW 8837      Negotiating Mergers And Acquisitions
Problem-method study of corporate, tax, securities, and business problems entailed in buying and selling a corporation; fundamental corporate changes: recapitalizations, mergers, sale of assets, sale of stock, and tender offers; corporate finance and rehabilitation of financially distressed corporations.
Credits: 2,3 hours
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LAW 8882      Patent Law
This course will focus primarily on substantive U.S. patent law, including the laws governing the patentability of particular inventions, the patent procurement process, the rights granted by a patent, and patent enforcement and litigation. As time permits, the course will explore policy issues raised by the current patent system, discuss proposals for reform and international harmonization, and consider alternatives to patent protection such as trade secret and regulatory exclusivity.
Credits: 2,3 hours
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LAW 8822      Post Conviction Remedies
Federal and state remedies for collateral attacks on criminal convictions; vacation of sentences and convictions; federal habeas corpus and similar devices. Paper required when course is offered as a seminar. Prerequisite: Criminal Procedure I.
Credits: 2-3 hours
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LAW 8729      Preservation Law
An exploration of the legal and economic issues impacting preservation of land, wilderness, buildings and archeological and historical sites, including a study of various federal and state preservation legislation, and private land use preservation measures.
Credits: 2,3 hours
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LAW 8846      Professional Malpractice Litigation
Negligence by those in professions; consideration of the practice components of litigating legal malpractice claims, including investigation, jurisdiction, legal theory and defenses, pleading, discovery, trial, expert testimony, jury instructions and judgment. Prerequisite or co-requisite: Professional Responsibility
Credits: 2-3 hours
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LAW 8731      Professional Responsibility
Code of Professional Responsibility and the Model Rules of Conduct; role of the lawyer as a professional; confidentiality; conflict of interest; zeal within the bounds of the law; competency; providing legal services.
Credits: 2 hours
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LAW 8541      Property I
Introduction to the nature of property; basic personal property law; adverse possession; possessory estates; basic future interests; marital and concurrent interests; landlord-tenant relationships.
Credits: 3 hours
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LAW 8542      Property II
Licenses, easements, real covenants, equitable servitudes; nuisances; basic water law; brokerage; financing, mortgages, deeds of trust; contract of sale, deeds, closing; title insurance, warranties; recording; eminent domain; zoning.
Credits: 3 hours
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LAW 8771      Public Finance
Fiscal, economic, and taxation problems and powers of local government in metropolitan areas; constitutional limitations; spending and public finance; property taxes; special assessments and exactions; interstate tax acts; local income taxes; debt financing; debt adjustment; public expenditures and contracts; financing education.
Credits: 2,3 hours
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LAW 8650      Race And The Law Seminar
In-depth examination of the role that race plays in American society as a whole and in judicial decision-making in particular. Coursr will examine the effect of race on representative democracy, employment, education, housing, hate crimes, the legal profession, sex, popular culture, and other aspects of the law. Research paper.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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LAW 8861      Real Estate Finance
Real estate investment and development; basic financing instruments (e.g., mortgages, deeds of trusts, contracts for deed); foreclosure remedies; home finance, national housing market; financing of commercial and industrial properties; construction financing; mechanic's liens; priority disputes; bankruptcy issues affecting real estate security interests.
Credits: 2-4 hours
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LAW 8711      Remedies
Remedies for violation of legally protected interests; history and development of equity jurisdiction and modern equity practice; injunctions; declaratory judgments; rescission; reformation; restitution; contempt; damages. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure.
Credits: 2,3 hours
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LAW 8720      Secured Transactions
Secured Transactions in personal property under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, function and form of a security agreement, process of perfecting a security interest, priority among unsecured parties; secured sales of goods under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Credits: 3 hours
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LAW 8758      Securities Regulation
Problem and policy method study of the Securities Act of 1933 and selected aspects of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; financing of an enterprise; reorganizations; tender offers; proxy regulation; and securities fraud claims.
Credits: hours
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LAW 8897      Seminar In Analytical Strategies
Pedagogical philosophy of legal education; common themes in first-year legal education; techniques of cooperative learning of legal materials. Students may act as study group leaders for various first-year course subjects. Ungraded.
Credits: 1,2 hours
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LAW 8826      Seminar In Constitutional Interpretation
Current issues in constitutional law. Paper required. Prerequisites: Constitutional Law I.
Credits: 2,3 hours
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LAW 8883      Seminar In National Security Law
Consideration of lawyer involvement in the formulation and execution of national security policy. Concentration will be upon the practice of law in the public sector. In an interdisciplinary undertaking, this course will define national security and examine its historic and theoretical roots. Domestically, Constitutional principles and rules will be studied. Use of force will be explored from the vantage point of ethics, international law, and the law of war. Legal issues surrounding problems of control of international terrorism, low intensity conflict, planning and using rules of engagement, and supporting international peace-keeping and peace-making missions will be discussed.
Credits: 2-3 hours
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