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DEV. MOD. BANKR:THE INNOVATORS (BANKRUPTCY LAW - 4070)
1 credits
This course approaches recent bankruptcy history from the perspective of a major participant in the development of some aspect of bankruptcy law or practice. Students will research the issues and cases in which the subject played an important part. From that material, the class will prepare an interview script including questions for the subject and will participate in a videotaped interview of the selected person. Evaluation will be based on an examination that will require a full understanding of the interviewee's problems and objectives and the court decisions and legislative enactments that resulted from the interviewee's efforts. Class participation and written work may be factored into the final grade. Prerequisite for J.D. students: Creditors' Rights
Richard Lieb
Robert M. Zinman
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DIRECTED RESEARCH (DIRECTED RESEARCH - 1000)
2 credits
The course in Directed Research is designed to afford students the opportunity to prepare a major research paper of publishable quality under the direction of a faculty adviser who has expertise in a particular area of the law. Students are responsible for obtaining the sponsorship of a faculty member prior to registering for the course. Students must complete an "Approval of Directed Research" form with the signatures of the faculty adviser and the Associate Dean to be submitted to the Registrar at the time of registration. Academic credit will be awarded only if the student has successfully completed all requirements by the end of the student's penultimate semester at the Law School. Completion of requirements means that the student shall have produced a final writing of at least thirty pages in length that, except for the minimum grade, satisfies the guidelines in place at the time of registration and shall have prepared a detailed outline and have satisfied any other preparatory steps required by the instructor.
Prerequisite: LEGL ANALYSIS,WRITING&RESEARCH
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DOM VIOL LIT CLIN PLCMT-PART I (ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 4020)
2 credits
St. John's University School of Law is partnering with the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) to provide students with an exciting, well-supervised, hands-on clinical experience. Clinic students, working in pairs, represent clients in family offense and visitation matters in the Queens and Manhattan family courts. Students have the opportunity to handle cases from inception to final disposition, including conducting client interviews, seeking orders of protection, negotiating settlements, making all court appearances, and, where indicated, taking the case to trial. Clinic students enroll in the domestic violence clinic placement and in a two-credit seminar component which meets at the law school. The seminar provides clinic students with substantive knowledge in aspects of family, matrimonial, immigration, and criminal law relevant to the practice portion of the course. In addition, students will be introduced to the integration of law and psychology specific to intimate violence and participate in skills classes in interviewing, safety planning, case preparation, evidence gathering, legal writing, trial advocacy and negotiation skills. This two-semester course maximizes each student's opportunity to fully service each client while maintaining continuous client representation on sensitive legal matters. Students spend approximately 12 - 15 hours a week in court or preparing their cases at the NYLAG clinic office. Students will receive 4 credits per semester, 2 pass-fail credits and 2 letter-graded credits. Students will be chosen based upon an interview with the professor. Evidence and a trial advocacy course are pre- or co-requisite courses and interested students are strongly urged to take Family Law and Family Violence and Sexual Assault.
Prerequisite or Corequisite: EVIDENCE OR TRIAL ADVOCACY - CRIMINAL OR TRIAL ADVOCACY (INTENSIVE) OR TRIAL ADVOC-CONCENTRATED CIVIL OR TRIAL ADVOCACY-CONCENTR. CRIM
Corequisite: TRIAL ADVOCACY-CONCENTR. CRIM
Keri K. Gould
Lisa Rivera
Kim Susser
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DOM VIOL LIT CLIN PLCMT-PARTII (ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 4040)
2 credits
St. John's University School of Law is partnering with the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) to provide students with an exciting, well-supervised, hands-on clinical experience. Clinic students, working in pairs, represent clients in family offense and visitation matters in the Queens and Manhattan family courts. Students have the opportunity to handle cases from inception to final disposition, including conducting client interviews, seeking orders of protection, negotiating settlements, making all court appearances, and, where indicated, taking the case to trial. Clinic students enroll in the domestic violence clinic placement and in a two-credit seminar component which meets at the law school. The seminar provides clinic students with substantive knowledge in aspects of family, matrimonial, immigration, and criminal law relevant to the practice portion of the course. In addition, students will be introduced to the integration of law and psychology specific to intimate violence and participate in skills classes in interviewing, safety planning, case preparation, evidence gathering, legal writing, trial advocacy and negotiation skills. This two-semester course maximizes each student's opportunity to fully service each client while maintaining continuous client representation on sensitive legal matters. Students spend approximately 12 - 15 hours a week in court or preparing their cases at the NYLAG clinic office. Students will receive 4 credits per semester, 2 pass-fail credits and 2 letter-graded credits. Students will be chosen based upon an interview with the professor. Evidence and a trial advocacy course are pre- or co-requisite courses and interested students are strongly urged to take Family Law and Family Violence and Sexual Assault.
Prerequisite: DOM VIOL LIT CLINIC SEM-PART I AND DOM VIOL LIT CLIN PLCMT-PART I
Corequisite: DOM VIOL LIT CLIN PLCMT-PART I
Keri K. Gould
Lisa Rivera
Kim Susser
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DOM VIOL LIT CLINIC SEM-PART I (ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 4010)
2 credits
St. John's University School of Law is partnering with the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) to provide students with an exciting, well-supervised, hands-on clinical experience. Clinic students, working in pairs, represent clients in family offense and visitation matters in the Queens and Manhattan family courts. Students have the opportunity to handle cases from inception to final disposition, including conducting client interviews, seeking orders of protection, negotiating settlements, making all court appearances, and, where indicated, taking the case to trial. Clinic students enroll in the domestic violence clinic placement and in a two-credit seminar component which meets at the law school. The seminar provides clinic students with substantive knowledge in aspects of family, matrimonial, immigration, and criminal law relevant to the practice portion of the course. In addition, students will be introduced to the integration of law and psychology specific to intimate violence and participate in skills classes in interviewing, safety planning, case preparation, evidence gathering, legal writing, trial advocacy and negotiation skills. This two-semester course maximizes each student's opportunity to fully service each client while maintaining continuous client representation on sensitive legal matters. Students spend approximately 12 - 15 hours a week in court or preparing their cases at the NYLAG clinic office. Students will receive 4 credits per semester, 2 pass-fail credits and 2 letter-graded credits. Students will be chosen based upon an interview with the professor. Evidence and a trial advocacy course are pre- or co-requisite courses and interested students are strongly urged to take Family Law and Family Violence and Sexual Assault.
Prerequisite or Corequisite: OR TRIAL ADVOCACY (INTENSIVE)EVIDENCE OR TRIAL ADVOCACY - CRIMINAL OR TRIAL ADVOC-CONCENTRATED CIVIL OR TRIAL ADVOCACY-CONCENTR. CRIM
Corequisite: TRIAL ADVOCACY-CONCENTR. CRIM
Keri K. Gould
Lisa Rivera
Kim Susser
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DOM VIOL LIT CLINIC SEM-PARTII (ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 4030)
2 credits
St. John's University School of Law is partnering with the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) to provide students with an exciting, well-supervised, hands-on clinical experience. Clinic students, working in pairs, represent clients in family offense and visitation matters in the Queens and Manhattan family courts. Students have the opportunity to handle cases from inception to final disposition, including conducting client interviews, seeking orders of protection, negotiating settlements, making all court appearances, and, where indicated, taking the case to trial. Clinic students enroll in the domestic violence clinic placement and in a two-credit seminar component which meets at the law school. The seminar provides clinic students with substantive knowledge in aspects of family, matrimonial, immigration, and criminal law relevant to the practice portion of the course. In addition, students will be introduced to the integration of law and psychology specific to intimate violence and participate in skills classes in interviewing, safety planning, case preparation, evidence gathering, legal writing, trial advocacy and negotiation skills. This two-semester course maximizes each student's opportunity to fully service each client while maintaining continuous client representation on sensitive legal matters. Students spend approximately 12 - 15 hours a week in court or preparing their cases at the NYLAG clinic office. Students will receive 4 credits per semester, 2 pass-fail credits and 2 letter-graded credits. Students will be chosen based upon an interview with the professor. Evidence and a trial advocacy course are pre- or co-requisite courses and interested students are strongly urged to take Family Law and Family Violence and Sexual Assault.
Prerequisite: DOM VIOL LIT CLINIC SEM-PART I AND DOM VIOL LIT CLIN PLCMT-PART I
Corequisite: DOM VIOL LIT CLIN PLCMT-PART I
Keri K. Gould
Lisa Rivera
Kim Susser
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DOMESTIC RELATIONS IN BANKRUP. (BANKRUPTCY LAW - 2030)
2 credits
This course will examine issues such as the enforceability and dischargeability of antenuptial, divorce, and separation agreements; maintenance and support obligations; and other pre-bankruptcy consensual arrangements including the rights and obligations of spouses of persons in bankruptcy. Prerequisite for J.D. students: Creditors' Rights or Family Law.
Melanie L. Cyganowski
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DRAFT BANK & COMM AGREE & DOCS (BANKRUPTCY LAW - 2040)
2 credits
This practice-oriented course will examine how to draft documents such as agreements pertaining to cash collateral, loans, asset purchases, disclosure statements, reorganization plans and post-petition loans. Prerequisite for J.D. students: Creditors' Rights.
Alec P. Ostrow
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DRAFTING LEGAL INSTRUMENTS (ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 1090)
2 credits
Open to seniors only. This seminar is concerned with the study of the common legal instruments within the framework of legal problems presented by clients. The student is required not only to find solutions to the problem but actually to draft legal instruments necessary for their solution. The course is graded on a pass-fail basis as determined by the satisfactory completion of drafting assignments. N.B.: Students who take this course are not permitted to take the three-credit Legal Writing Seminar.
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DRAFTING WILLS & TRUST INSTR (TRUSTS AND ESTATES - 1000)
2 credits
This course is designed to develop practical skills in the drafting of wills, trusts and other instruments involved in donative transfer as well as an understanding of the goals and limitations of the drafting process itself. The importance of client counseling as a means of insuring maximum tax efficiency is stressed as well as the range of legal tools available to the drafter in addressing a variety of human situations. Topics to be included are pecuniary legacies, legacies of tangible personalty, devises of specific realty, residuary bequests, will substitutes, intervivos trusts, and gifts on condition. Grades are based upon a final examination and graded drafting assignments.
Prerequisite: TRUSTS AND ESTATES
Barbara J. Scheiner