Business Courses

Focuses on how new technologies affect legal drafting, and surveys the historical background of law and technology; the logical basis for such legal documents as contracts, wills, statutes and regulations; and the theory of embedding law in code. The course  also considers the secondary effects on law, lawyering and the legal profession likely to arise from the digitization of many legal tasks. In addition to the reading and class discussions, students will learn basic programming techniques and will undertake drafting projects.

Covers the theories of legal document and advice automation as well as the practical side of implementing such systems. Areas of focus for the course include: document automation, expert systems, logical construction and XML contracting.

Litigation often involves the collection, production, management and analysis of electronically store information (ESI). An enormous amount of data (Big Data) exists that may help make a case or predict the outcomes of approaches and legal rulings.  This course considers the legal and operational issues associated with managing electronic information.

Legal practices are using practice management and litigation software.  Courts have also moved in the direction of efiling and calendaring.  Students will gain the theoretical and practical background to understand these changes and to positively impact their employer’s responses to such change.  Students will use matter management software, prepare e-filings and use technology to strengthen and present a closing argument.

Dscusses the issues and opportunities presented by a virtual law practice while teaching students the skills and tools necessary to set-up a virtual law office.  Students will set-up a mock virtual law office as part of the course.

Focuses on how new technologies affect legal drafting, and surveys the historical background of law and technology; the logical basis for such legal documents as contracts, wills, statutes and regulations; and the theory of embedding law in code. The course also considers the secondary effects on law, lawyering and the legal profession likely to arise from the digitization of many legal tasks. In addition to the reading and class discussions, students will create a demonstrative virtual law practice and undertake drafting projects.

An overview of management subjects facing nonprofit organizations, including resource development, leadership and governance, staffing, planning and policy, resource management and reporting, communications, and stewardship.

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Covers various legal issues affecting professional sports industries and the relationship between leagues, teams, players and affected third-parties.   Topics include related issues in antitrust, labor, contracts, torts, property, environmental/energy, criminal, immigration, disability, anti-discrimination, regulation of private associations, regulation of athlete agents and their ethical duties, intellectual property and sports broadcasting.  Pursuit of employment in sports law is also covered.

Covers primarily Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code governing the sale of goods, including formation and modification of contracts for sale, Article 2's statute of frauds, warranties, parole evidence, risk allocations when goods are stored or transported, breach, remedies for sellers and buyers, and contractual limitations on remedies. The course includes references to consumer rights as well as comparisons between the common law of contract and the Code's rules and concepts. A JD bar class.

This course will introduce students to the foundations of sports law. Sports law reflects how various legal disciplines, including torts, antitrust, labor, agency, criminal, contract, immigration, and anti-discrimination laws, impact professional and amateur sports actors, such as leagues, conferences, teams, and players. This course will provide students with both practical and theoretical approaches to legal issues that arise in sports, including in the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, PGA, NCAA, and tennis.

An examination of legal issues arising in youth sports, high school sports, and college sports. The course addresses the role of sport as a cultural phenomenon in the United States and its relationship to law, politics, and economics.   Cases studied will implicate tort, contract, constitutional, antitrust, and intellectual property law.