THOMAS M. COOLEY LAW SCHOOL JD - REQUIRED COURSES
Advanced Writing - ADVW 1084 LECT
Credits: 3
PREREQUISITE: RESEARCH & WRITING (RESW214LECT). Builds on Research & Writing. Students write an opinion letter, a brief, and a major contract. They can have draft conferences on the brief and contract and receive extensive written feedback on both. There are also weekly assignments that provide various forms of feedback, including in-class discussion, sample answers, and individual written feedback. The research instruction covers federal statutes and regulations, legislative history, and loose-leaf services--again through a series of self-guided audiotapes. And students receive additional training in advanced computer research, along with an introduction to various practical resources that lawyers often overlook. To be taken in year three.
Business Organizations - TXBW 518 LECT
Credits: 3
PREREQUISITE: RESEARCH & WRITING (RESW214LECT). Covers partnerships; limited liability companies; some aspects of limited partnerships, including formation of the limited partnership and the potential loss of limited liability of limited partners; corporations, including closely held and publicly owned corporations; social policy developed under the common law; and agency principles.
Civil Procedure I - CIVP 105 LECT
Credits: 3
PREREQUISITES: CONTRACTS I (CONT108LECT) AND TORTS I (TOEQ106LECT). Covers personal jurisdiction, notice and service of process, subject matter jurisdiction, removal, transfer, venue, simple joinder, pleading, default, dismissals, the Erie doctrine and related matters.
Civil Procedure II - CIVP 209 LECT
Credits: 3
PREREQUISITE: CIVIL PROCEDURE I (CIVP105LECT). Covers complex joinder, class actions, former adjudication, discovery, trial, summary judgment, post-trial motions, and related matters.