FALL 2009 FOOTNOTES

(Pre-requisites and co-requisites are included when applicable.)

1. This course is graded on a mandatory limited grade option (pass/fail) basis.

2. This is course is graded and may not be taken on an elective limited grade option (pass/fail) basis.

3. This course fulfills the professional responsibility requirement for graduation applicable to all students.

4. This section of the course/seminar/clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—when the course/seminar is elected by Fall Starters as the first-year elective.

5. This section of the course/seminar/clinic does not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students nor the research requirement for LLM students.

6. This section is for administrative purposes only and does not indicate the availability of additional seats. Students may not enroll themselves into this section.

7. STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE/SIMULATION COURSE, OR CLINIC.  This policy includes students who enrolled through the Priority Registration System (PRS) or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist.  Students who fail to attend the first class meeting without making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IMPORTANT— IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR OR CLINIC, S/HE MUST DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll in the seminar or clinic.

8. This seminar, practice/simulation course, or clinc requires that students follow specific registration procedures:

§ A seminar or practice/simulation course requires students to complete TWO-steps: (1) students must follow the “time sensitive” special sign-up procedure listed in the Registration Instructions and (2) students must request the seminar or practice/simulation course via the Priority Registration System (PRS) during Round One. The Registration Instructions are located on the Office of the Registrar web site, click “Registration” in the left-hand column, click “Registration Instructions” in the middle column (http://www.law.umich.edu/currentstudents/registration/registration/pages/default.aspx).

§ A clinic requires students to complete and submit a Live Client Clinic Programs Application. The application is available by: (1) e-mail from Lou Anne Betts (bettylou@umich.edu), (2) in hard copy format at each of the clinics, or (3) by printing a hard copy on the Office of the Registrar web site, click “Registration” in the left-hand column, click “Live Client Clinic Programs Application” in the left column (http://www.law.umich.edu/currentstudents/registration/registration/pages/liveclient.aspx). Students must return the completed application to Lou Anne Betts (clinic-applications@umich.edu) or Room 727 Legal Research, no later than the deadline listed at the top of the application.

9. This seminar, practice/simulation course, or clinic has been designated a “Prof Pick.” During PRS Round One processing, admission into this seminar, practice/simulation course, or clinic is by permission of the professor. The professor receives a list of students who requested the class and makes selections. The curriculum coordinator enrolls the selected students. During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to this seminar, practice/simulation course, or clinic off the waitlist is also by permission of the professor and not according to waitlist order. If seats are available, the professor makes selections from the waitlist and contacts the curriculum coordinator who creates individual “time sensitive” permission codes and e-mails the selected students so they can enroll themselves via Wolverine Access.

10. Students must elect both the clinic and related “seminar.”

11. Students must elect both the clinic and related field course.

12. This course is limited in size.

13. Class will meet an average of two days per week.

14. Class will meet an average of three days per week.

15. Class will meet an average of four days per week.

16. Winter Term--First-year students (Fall Starters) may elect this course/seminar as the first-year elective.

17. Students must elect both the course and related research.

18. Students enrolled in this course have the option of writing a paper instead of taking the final exam. The “paper option” fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. See footnote #19. EXCEPTION—when course is elected by Fall Starters as the required first-year elective.

19. To choose the “paper option” students must complete two steps: 1.) Make arrangements with the professor to write a paper instead of taking the final exam. 2.) Request enrollment in the paper option section of the course by sending an e-mail to lawPrsAdmin@umich.edu and make “Paper Option” the subject line. This request must be made no later than the last day of classes for the term in which you are enrolled for the class unless an earlier deadline has been established by the professor. The e-mail should contain the following information:

§ Your FULL name (no nicknames)

§ Your EMPLID number (listed on your U of M ID card)

§ Professor’s FULL name (remember, we have many professors with the same last name and even the same first initial)

§ 3-digit course number

§ Course title

§ 5-digit class number of the section to drop (the section in which you are enrolled)

§ 5-digit class number of the section to add (the section displaying footnote #4)

§ Term in which you are making the section change

20. Both sections of this course meet simultaneously in the same classroom.

21. This “meet-together” course/seminar will include students from another department or school.

22. #900 RESEARCH, #980 ADVANCED CLINICAL LAW, and #985 ADVANCED POVERTY LAW IN A MEDICAL LEGAL COLLABORATIVE: These courses may be elected for 1, 2, or 3 credit hours.

23. Winter Term—First-year students (Summer Starters) may elect this course as their foundation (bottleneck) course.

24. #799 SENIOR JUDGE SEMINAR or #794 SENIOR JUDGE SEMINAR II must be elected by and may only be elected by Senior Judges.

25. #794 SENIOR JUDGE SEMINAR II: Students must complete two semesters of #799 Senior Judge Seminar I to be eligible to enroll in this course.

26. Winter Term—First-year students (Fall Starters) may elect 606/002 Transnational Law for 2 credits as their foundation course.

27. #940 EXTERNAL STUDIES and #941 EXTERNAL STUDIES PAPER: Consult the externship descriptions available in the rack outside 313 Hutchins Hall for important information about externship procedures and requirements. Students must be registered in both #940 External Studies and #941 External Studies Paper.

28. #945 SEMESTER STUDY ABROAD and #946 SEMESTER STUDY ABROAD PAPER: Information concerning the International Externship Program is available from the Center for International and Comparative Studies, 300D Legal Research. Students must be registered in both #945 Semester Study Abroad and #946 Semester Study Abroad Paper.

29. #900 RESEARCH: This is a two-step registration process. 1.) Make arrangements with a professor to do an independent study. 2.) Refer to the Registration Instructions, Section III: Research, for the procedure to follow to be enrolled in the course.

30. #942 LAW PRACTICUM RESEARCH: Please make an appointment to see Assistant Dean David Baum for more information.

31. #942 LAW PRACTICUM RESEARCH: Eligible JD students may enroll in this course for 1, 2, or 3 credits. Eligible LLM/SJD students must enroll for either 2 or 3 credits.

32. #980 ADVANCED CLINICAL LAW and #985 ADVANCED POVERTY LAW IN A MEDICAL LEGAL COLLABORATIVE: Students are enrolled by invitation only after having expressed interest to one of the clinic faculty or administrators.

33. Summer Term--See the DETAILED MEETING PATTERN GRID for more information on class meeting days and times.

34. Reserved number

35. Winter Term--First-year students (Fall Starters) cannot elect this course/seminar as the first-year elective.

36. Foreign graduate students (LLM) cannot elect this course/clinic.

37. Winter Term--First-year students (Fall Starters) cannot elect this practice/simulation course, clinic, or research course.

38. Winter Term--First-year students (Summer Starters) cannot elect this clinic.

39. This seminar is offered for two (2) credits. However, the professor has the option of allowing students to write a longer seminar paper or do other additional work to receive an additional credit. Any student making such an arrangement with the professor must enroll in #800 SEMINAR SUPPLEMENT. See footnote #40.

40. #800 SEMINAR SUPPLEMENT: This is a two-step registration process.  1.)  Make arrangements with the professor to write a longer seminar paper or do other additional work to receive additional credit.   2.)  Refer to the Registration Instructions, Section VI:  Seminar Supplement, for the procedure to follow to be enrolled in the course.  Points of Clarification  1.) #800 SEMINAR SUPPLEMENT on its own does not fulfill the upper-level writing requirement.  2.)  Whether or not to permit a student to enroll for a Seminar Supplement is entirely the decision of the faculty member teaching the seminar.

41. Laptops are not permitted to be used during class sessions for any purpose.

42. #800 SEMINAR SUPPLEMENT: Seminars listed in the class schedule at three (3) credits are not eligible for the #800 SEMINAR SUPPLEMENT additional credit.

43. The time listed for this class is PM.

44. Although this seminar is offered for only two (2) credits, students may not enroll in the #800 SEMINAR SUPPLEMENT additional credit.

45. Reserved number

46. To choose the three credit section of this seminar which fulfills the upper-level writing requirement students must complete two steps: 1.) Seek the professor’s permission to switch seminar sections. 2.) Request enrollment in the three credit ULWR section of the seminar by sending an e-mail to lawPrsAdmin@umich.edu and make “Three Credit ULWR Section” the subject line. This request must be made no later than the last day of classes for the term in which you are enrolled for the seminar unless an earlier deadline has been established by the professor. The e-mail should contain the following information:

§ Your FULL name (no nicknames)

§ Your EMPLID number (listed on your U of M ID card)

§ Professor’s FULL name (remember, we have many professors with the same last name and even the same first initial)

§ 3-digit seminar number

§ Seminar title

§ 5-digit class number of the section to drop (the section in which you are enrolled)

§ 5-digit class number of the section to add (the section displaying footnote #4)

§ Term in which you are making the section change

47. Reserved number

48. Reserved number

49. Reserved number

50. Reserved number

51. Reserved number

52. Reserved number

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53. Not used this term

54. Not used this term

55. Fall Term--#631 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND AMERICAN LEGAL PROCESS: This course is open only to foreign graduate students (LLM).

56. Fall Term--#696 RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS IN AMERICAN LAW: This course is open only to foreign graduate students (LLM) pursuant to the Academic Regulations for the M.C.L. and LL.M. degrees. Students may elect this course for either one (1) or two (2) credits:

§ One (1) credit option -- Students will meet for seven consecutive weeks beginning the second week of the term.

§ Two (2) credit option -- Students will meet for the entire term beginning the second week of the term.

57. Students who have taken #645 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE SURVEY may not elect either #641 CRIMINAL JUSTICE: ADMINISTRATION OF POLICE PRACTICES or #641 CRIMINAL JUSTICE: INVESTIGATION & POLICE PRACTICES or #643 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: BAIL TO POST CONVICTION REVIEW or vice versa.

58. Students who have taken #692 INTERNATIONAL LAW, #692 INTERNATIONAL LAW: U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW, and #744 INTERNATIONAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS, all of which are no longer being offered, may not elect #606 TRANSNATIONAL LAW. #606 TRANSNATIONAL LAW is the foundational course in the international and comparative law curriculum. Students who elect #606 TRANSNATIONAL LAW may also elect any other international and comparative law course.

59. Students who have taken #623 COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS may not elect #652 SECURED TRANSACTIONS.

60. Not used this term

61. Students who have taken #818 HATRED AND SELF-HATRED may not elect #818 FAKING IT.

62. #545 LAWYERS AND CLIENTS, #718 LEGAL PROFESSION AND LEGAL ETHICS, #769 LITIGATION ETHICS, and #731 LEGAL ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY are mutually exclusive elections.

63. Students who took #642 JEWISH LAW may not elect #642 TALMUDIC LAW or vice versa.

64. Students who took #679 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW may not elect #679 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY or vice versa.

65. #936 INTERNATIONAL TAXPAYER CLINIC and #937 INTERNATIONAL TAXPAYER CLINIC FIELD: #747 Taxation of Individual Income is a pre-requisite.

66. #933 LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC and #934 LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC FIELD: #747 Taxation of Individual Income is a pre-requisite or permission of the instructor is required.

67. Not used this term

68. Reserved number

69. Reserved number

70. Reserved number

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71. #751 ACCOUNTING FOR LAWYERS: Students who have substantial background in financial accounting or who have taken classes in financial accounting are ineligible to take or receive credit for this course for a grade. However, students who took only an introductory class in financial accounting a significant amount of time ago may request permission from the instructor to take the course for a grade.

72. #756 COMPARATIVE HUMAN RIGHTS LAW and #814 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: INTERNATIONAL, COMPARATIVE AND EMPIRICAL DIMENSIONS: Both the course and seminar will meet for the first five weeks of the term. #756 Comparative Human Rights Law begins on Monday, August 31 and ends on Thursday, October 1. #814 Affirmative Action: International, Comparative and Empirical Dimensions begins on Tuesday, September 1 and ends on Thursday, October 1.

73. #749 CORPORATE TAXATION: Either #747 Tax I or #747 Taxation of Individual Income is a pre-requisite. Students who have not met the pre-requisite may enroll with permission of the instructor.

74. #645 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE SURVEY: #530 Criminal Law is a pre-requisite.

75. #657 ENTERPRISE ORGAINZATION: Although this section of Enterprise Organization is not designed especially for students with no prior exposure to business concepts, such students are still eligible to enroll for this section and will not be a disadvantage because there will be some review of business fundamentals.

76. Not used this term

77. Not used this term

78. #683 FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT and #807 PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION: Both the class and seminar will meet approximately every other week.

79. #672 HEALTH LAW: REGULATION: Students who have taken 684 Health Law and Policy with Professor Horwitz and 684 Health Law with Professor Payton may elect 672 Health Law: Regulation.

80. #724 INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE LAW: #606 Transnational Law is a pre-requisite or co-requisite.

81. #644 INTRODUCTION TO INCOME TAX OF BUSINESS: Tax LLM students are not eligible to take this class.

82. #630 PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW: This class will meet on the following dates:  October 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 26, 27, 28, 29; November 2 and 3.

83. #630 PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW: Students will find it useful to have already taken #606 Transnational Law, but #606 Transnational Law is not at all required in order to take this course.

84. #743 SECURITIES REGULATION: #657 Enterprise Organization or #723 The Public Corporation is a pre-requisite.

85. #723 THE PUBLIC CORPORATION: Professor Pritchard’s section has an ethics component and fulfills the professional responsibility requirement for graduation.

86. #757 TRUSTS AND ESTATES II: #755 Trusts and Estates I is a pre-requisite.

87. #804 ADVANCED CORPORATE LAW: #657 Enterprise Organization or #723 The Public Corporation is a pre-requisite and #743 Securities Regulation is recommended.

88. #809 ANATOMY OF A DEAL: #657 Enterprise Organization or #723 The Public Corporation is a pre-requisite.  Beginning in the 2007-2008 academic year, students will also be required to have taken at least one of the following as a pre-requisite:  #644 Introduction to Income Taxation of Business; #749 Corporate Taxation; #751 Accounting for Lawyers or an equivalent accounting course at the Ross School of Business (#471 or #501); or #743 Securities Regulation.  Students who have not met these requirements may seek permission to enroll from the professor, who may waive any or all of these requirements at his discretion.  It is understood that most LLM students will not have been able to meet these requirements.  We recommend that LLMs consult with the professor before enrolling in this course. Professor Adelman can be reached by e-mail at badelman@fklaw.com, by phone at 212-833-1107 or by fax at 212-833-1250.

89. Not used this term

90. #886 IMPACT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL LAW: The class will meet on the following dates:  October 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 26, 27, 28, 29; November 2 and 3.  A syllabus will be available for this seminar in early September.

91. #886 IMPACT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL LAW: Either #606 Transnational Law, #689 Leading Cases in International Law, or #605 Advanced Transnational Law is a pre-requisite.

92. #881 ETHICS, JUSTICE, AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: #606 Transnational Law or an equivalent introductory course in international law is a pre-requisite.

93. #893 PRESIDENTIAL POWER: #540 Introduction to Constitutional Law is a pre-requisite.

94. #896 REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT: Students must submit a statement of interest describing any real estate experience (refer to the on-line Spring/Summer and Fall 2009 Registration Instructions, Section II, for sign-up details) and list their expected month and year of graduation. Preference will be given to students who will graduate by May of 2010.

95. #896 REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT: Real Estate Finance and real estate courses taught at the Ross School of Business are recommended but are not pre-requisites.

96. #730 ADVANCED APPELLATE ADVOCACY:  This practice/simulation course will meet every other week for seven (7) times. During off weeks, students will frequently work with the professor by teleconference on assigned exercises.  Professor Rosenbaum will provide specific dates to the students who are enrolled.

97. #754 BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS PRACTICUM I: #657 Enterprise Organization or #723 The Public Corporation is normally a pre-requisite, but may be taken concurrently.

98. #759 BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS PRACTICUM II: #657 Enterprise Organization or #723 The Public Corporation AND #754 Business Transactions Practicum I are normally pre-requisites, but these courses may be taken concurrently.

99. #662 ELEMENTS OF ADVOCACY: This practice/simulation course will meet August 24, 25, 27, and 28.

100. #715 STATUTORY INTERPRETATION AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS: Any student who has taken Law 715 Legislation is not eligible to take this class.

101. #402 PUBLIC INTEREST COLLOQUIUM: Students must have the professor’s permission to enroll in this seminar.

102. #407 TEACH THE PROF: OIL & GAS LAW: All students will initially be enrolled in Section 001.

§ Section 001 of this seminar is a two (2) credit option -- Students will write a relatively brief research paper. 

§ Section 002 of this seminar is a two (2) credit option -- Students in this section will write a very brief paper that will become the basis for an oral examination.  Students in section 002 will be graded on a mandatory pass/fail basis.   

§ Section 003 of this seminar is a three (3) credit option -- Students will write a longer research paper that will fulfill the upper-level writing requirement. 

Students wishing to enroll in Section 002 or Section 003 must do so by Monday, November 16.  No section changes may be made after that date.  To make a section change, please send an e-mail to lawPrsAdmin@umich.edu and make “Teach the Prof Sec. 002” or "Teach the Prof Sec. 003" the subject line.  The e-mail should contain the following information:

§ Your FULL name (no nicknames)

§ Your EMPLID number (listed on your U of M ID card)

§ Professor’s FULL name (remember, we have many professors with the same last name and even the same first initial)

§ 3-digit seminar number

§ Seminar title

§ 5-digit class number of the section to drop (the section in which you are enrolled)

§ 5-digit class number of the section to add (which corresponds with either Sec. 002 or Sec. 003)

§ Term in which you are making the section change

103. #906 INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS CLINIC: This clinic will meet on Thursdays only for the first seven weeks of the term.

104. #798 STATISTICS FOR LAWYERS: Students who have previously taken any college-level statistics class are presumptively ineligible to take this class.  If you have had a  college-level statistics class in the past, you may speak to the instructor, who may permit you to enroll for this class if the only class you took was introductory or if you took it a significant amount of time ago.

105. #826 FAIR HOUSING LAW AND POLICY: Students who have taken #826 Fair Housing and Diversity may not elect #826 Fair Housing Law and Policy.

106. #753 TRIAL PRACTICE: #669 Evidence is a pre-requisite or must be taken concurrently.

107. #753 TRIAL PRACTICE: This course will meet on Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the term plus one additional Saturday at the end of the semester for the Jury Trial. The list of meeting dates is contained in the course materials.

108. #865 SELECTED TOPICS IN FEDERAL JURISDICTION: #693 Jurisdiction and Choice of Law is a pre-requisite.

109. #668 ADVANCED COPYRIGHT PRACTICE: A course in Copyright Law (3 or 4 credits at an accredited law school) or #633 Copyright is a pre-requisite.

110. #668 ADVANCED COPYRIGHT PRACTICE: Enrollment preference for this practice/simulation course will be given to third-year students.

111. #848 COLLOQUIUM ON INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE LAW: Students wishing to take this course must have already taken or must be taking concurrently #724 International Refugee Law, #814 Comparative Asylum Law, #845 Refugee Rights Workshop.  Alternatively, students may take the course with the permission of the instructor.

112. #410 ENERGY LAW AND CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY: This seminar will meet eight times on the following Fridays: September 11, September 25, October 2, October 16, October 30, November 13, November 20, December 4.

113. #402 PUBLIC INTEREST COLLOQUIUM: Students must (1) be prepared to spend 8 hours a week (preferably a day, or two half days) working at their placement location, and (2) the bi- weekly class meeting (once every two weeks for 90 minutes each time) will be arranged at a time that will accommodate everyone's schedule. If you have any questions, please contact Professor Kochen (kochen@umich.edu).

114. #789 SECURED TRANSACTIONS AND BANKRUPTCY: All students will initially be enrolled in Section 001.

§ Section 001 of this class is a four (4) credit option -- This section will last all term and is for students who have not had either Bankruptcy or Secured Transactions. 

§ Section 002 of this class is a two (2) credit “Bankruptcy only” option -- This section is for students who only are eligible or want to take Bankruptcy and not Secured Transactions. It will take place only during the first half of the fall term (the specific end date will be announced by Professor White).   

§ Section 003 of this class is a two (2) credit “Secured Transactions only” option -- This section is for students who only are eligible or want to take Secured Transactions and not Bankruptcy. It will take place only during the second half of the fall term (the specific start date will be announced by Professor White). 

Students wishing to enroll in Section 002 or Section 003 must do so by Tuesday, September 8. To make a section change, please send an e-mail to lawPrsAdmin@umich.edu and make “Sec Trans & Bank Sec. 002” or "Sec Trans & Bank Sec. 003" the subject line.  The e-mail should contain the following information:

§ Your FULL name (no nicknames)

§ Your EMPLID number (listed on your U of M ID card)

§ Professor’s FULL name (remember, we have many professors with the same last name and even the same first initial)

§ 3-digit seminar number

§ Seminar title

§ 5-digit class number of the section to drop (the section in which you are enrolled)

§ 5-digit class number of the section to add (which corresponds with either Sec. 002 or Sec. 003)

§ Term in which you are making the section change

115. #750 CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY: This class will meet on the following seven Mondays: September 14, 21; October 12, 26; November 2, 9, and 16.

116. #728 BANKRUPTCY PRACTICUM: #637 Bankruptcy or #789 Secured Transactions and #637 Bankruptcy is a pre-requisite or co-requisite.

117. #728 BANKRUPTCY PRACTICUM: This course will meet on the following Wednesdays: September 9, 16, 23, 30 and October 7, 14, 28.

118. #964 MEDIATION CLINIC: Students enrolled in this clinic are required to attend the Institute of Continuing Legal Education's mediation training which takes place on Thursday, October 1 through Saturday, October 3 and Friday, October 23 through Saturday, October 24, in Plymouth, Michigan.

Updated September 4, 2009 alb