SUMMER 2008 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 course/seminar is elected by Fall Starters as the required 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-introduction.htm).  

§      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 leftcolumn (http://www.law.umich.edu/currentstudents/registration/registration-introduction.htm).   Students must return the completed application to Lou Anne Betts (bettylou@umich.edu), 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.  The seminar does not fulfill the seminar requirement for graduation.

 

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 required 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.  EXCEPTION—when course is elected by Fall Starters as the required first-year elective.  See footnote #19.

 

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.    #930 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PRACTICUM:   Students are strongly encouraged to have taken #713 Federal Litigation: Environmental Case Study either before or concurrent with this clinic.

 

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 FIRST-YEAR DETAILED MEETING PATTERN GRID (listed after the last footnote) 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 required 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 2 credits.  However, the professor has the option of allowing students to write a longer seminar paper or do other additional work to receive 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 seminar requirement for graduation.  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 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.    Reserved number

 

45.    Reserved number

 

46.    Reserved number

 

47.    Reserved number

 

48.    Reserved number

 

49.    Reserved number

 

50.    Reserved number

 

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FIRST-YEAR DETAILED MEETING PATTERN GRID

 

Day

Date

520

 Contracts

580

Torts

580

Torts

590/001

 LP I/

592/001

 LP Skills

590/002

 LP I/

592/002

 LP Skills

590/003

 LP I/

592/003

 LP Skills

590/004

 LP I/

592/004

 LP Skills

 

 

(ABCD)

(AB)

(CD)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

 

 

Room

220 HH

Room

116 HH

Room

116 HH

Room

116 HH/

ARR

Room

S106/

ARR

Room

220 HH/

ARR

Room

220 HH/

ARR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thurs

May 29

No Contracts

1:15-2:35

3:15-4:35

11:00-12:15

11:00-12:15

9:50-11:05

11:15-12:30

Fri

May 30

No Contracts

1:15-2:35

3:15-4:35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mon

Jun 2

8:00-9:20

1:15-2:35

3:15-4:35

 

 

 

 

Tues

Jun 3

8:00-9:20

1:15-2:35

3:15-4:35

11:00-12:15

11:00-12:15

9:50-11:05

11:15-12:30

Wed

Jun 4

8:00-9:20

1:15-2:35

3:15-4:35

 

 

 

 

Thurs

Jun 5

No Contracts

1:15-2:35

3:15-4:35

11:00-12:15

11:00-12:15

9:50-11:05

11:15-12:30

Fri

Jun 6

No Contracts