WINTER 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 (you choose) 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/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 (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 satisfy 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 select 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. 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 enolled)

§         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.

 

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 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.    Although this seminar is offered for only two credits, students may not take a Law 800 Seminar Supplement in connection with it.

 

45.    #947 GENEVA EXTERNSHIP and #948 GENEVA EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR:  Information concerning the Geneva Externship Program is available from the Center for International and Comparative Studies, 300D Legal Research.  The #948 Geneva Externship Seminar does not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students.  Students must be registered in both #947 Geneva Externship and #948 Geneva Externship Seminar. 

 

46.    Reserved number

 

47.    Reserved number

 

48.    Reserved number

 

49.    Reserved number

 

50.    Reserved number

 

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51.    #823 MEN, WOMEN, AND CONFLICT IN INTERNATIONAL LAW:  Students who took #823 Women and War may not elect #823 Men, Women, and Conflict in International Law.

 

52.    Not used this term

 

53.    #608 ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH:  #590 Legal Practice I and #591 Legal Practice II are pre-requisites. 

 

54.    #608 ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH:  Students may earn a total of 3 credits (2 credits for the class and 1 credit for #900 Research) by making arrangements with Professor Leary to write a longer research paper.   Refer to the Registration Instructions, Section III: Research, for the procedure to follow to be enrolled.

 

55.    #753 TRIAL PRACTICE:  #669 Evidence is a pre-requisite or must be taken concurrently.

 

56.    #753 TRIAL PRACTICE:  This course will meet on 11 Thursdays and 8 Saturdays throughout the term plus one additional Saturday at the end of the semester for the Jury Trial.  Saturday meetings will be in Rooms 232, 236, and 242.  The list of meeting dates is contained in the course materials.

 

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 #818 HATRED AND SELF-HATRED may not elect #818 FAKING IT.

 

60.    #545 LAWYERS AND CLIENTS, #718 LEGAL PROFESSION AND LEGAL ETHICS, #769 LITIGATION ETHICS, and #731 LEGAL ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY are mutually exclusive elections.

 

61.    Not used this term

 

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

 

63.    Students who took #738 REMEDIES may not elect #738 INJUNCTIONS AND EQUITABLE REMEDIES or vice versa.

 

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64.    #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.

 

65.    #751 ACCOUNTING FOR LAWYERS:  Students who have previously taken any class in financial accounting are presumptively ineligible to take this class.  If you have had a financial accounting 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 and if you took it a significant amount of time ago.

 

66.    Not used this term

 

67.    #643 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: BAIL TO POST CONVECTION REVIEW:  #530 Criminal Law is a pre-requisite.

 

68.    #645 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE SURVEY:   #530 Criminal Law is a pre-requisite.

 

69.    #657/001 ENTERPRISE ORGANIZATION:  This section of Enterprise Organization will devote extra time to the study of business fundamentals to help students with no prior exposure to business concepts.  Any student, regardless of prior business background, is eligible to enroll in this section, but it is recommended that students with some business background, either academic or practical, enroll in another section of this course or in #723 The Public Corporation.

 

70.    #681 FIRST AMENDMENT:  #540 Intro to Constitutional Law is a pre-requisite.

 

71.    #788 HABEAS CORPUS:  #540 Intro to Constitutional Law and either #645 Criminal Procedure Survey or #643 Criminal Procedure:  Bail to Post-Conviction Review are pre-requisites for the course.

 

72.    Not used this term

 

73.    #771 HOW TO SAVE THE PLANET:  Students who want to take this course are strongly recommended to have laptop computers, since there will likely be some on-line interaction during the class sessions.

 

74.    Not used this term

 

75.    #691 INTERNATIONAL TAX:  Either #747 Tax I or #747 Taxation Of Individual Income is a pre-requisite for JD students but not a pre-requisite for LLM students.

 

76.    #758 LAW, MEDICINE AND SOCIETY:  This course will meet the first three Thursdays of the term in January (15, 22, and 29).  Then the course will meet every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in March beginning Monday, March 2.  This course may not be dropped after the start of the term.

 

77.    #705 MERGERS and ACQUISITIONS:  #657 Enterprise Organization or #723 The Public Corporation is a pre-requisite.  For LL.M. students, #657 Enterprise Organization can be a co-requisite for #705 Mergers and Acquisitions.

 

78.    #726 PARTNERSHIP TAXATION:  Either #747 Tax I or #747 Taxation of Individual Income is a pre-requisite.

 

79.    #636 RELIGIOUS LIBERTY:  Students who have taken #636 Church and State may not take #636 Religious Liberty, and vice versa.

 

80.    #743/001 SECURITIES REGULATION:  #657 Enterprise Organization or #723 The Public Corporation is a pre-requisite.  This pre-requisite may be waived by permission of the instructor.

 

81.    Not used this term 

 

82.    Not used this term

 

83.    #813 SUPREME COURT LITIGATION:  This seminar will meet on many (but not all) Fridays.

 

84.    #818 FAKING IT:  Attendance Policy—Students will be allowed only one cut.  A second cut will result in a one grade level reduction, as from A to A-, etc.  A third cut and the student will not receive credit for the seminar.

 

85.    #899 SHAREHOLDER LITIGATION:  #657 Enterprise Organization or #723 The Public Corporation is a pre-requisite and #743 Securities Regulation is a co-requisite.  The pre-requisite and co-requisite courses are waived for LLM students.

 

86.    #809 ANATOMY OF A DEAL:  #657 Enterprise Organization or 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.

 

87.    #845 REFUGEE RIGHTS WORKSHOP:   #724 International Refugee Law is a pre-requisite or co-requisite.  LLM students are not required to take #724 International Refugee Law as a pre-requisite or co-requisite.

88.    #825 PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY AND #844 PUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL THEORY:  TBA:  These seminars will meet every other week for seven (7) times.

 

89.    #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.

 

90.    #530/002 CRIMINAL LAW: This class will meet on four Fridays during the course of the term, TBA by Professor Brensike.

 

91.    #672 HEALTH LAW: REGULATION:  have taken 684 Health Law and Policy with Professor Horwitz and 684 Health Law with Professor Payton may elect 672 Health Law: Regulation.

 

92.    #746 TAXATION OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS:  #747 Taxation of Individuals is a pre-requisite or instructor’s permission.

 

93.    #746 TAXATION OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS:  This course will meet on the following dates: January 16, 30; February 13, 27; March 6, 20, 27; and April 3, 10, 17.  In addition there will be two three-hour sessions from 5:50-8:50 PM on Thursday, March 26 and Thursday, April 10.

 

94.    #814 COMPARATIVE ASYLUM LAW:  #724 International Refugee Law is a prerequisite.

 

95.    #725 SECURITIES REGULATION PRACTICUM:  #743 Securities Regulation is a pre-requisite or co-requisite.  Students will also be required to have taken at least one of the following as a pre-requisite or be taking one of the following as a co-requisite:  #657 Enterprise Organization or The Public Corporation;  #644 Introduction to Income Taxation of Business; #749 Corporate Taxation;  or #751 Accounting for Lawyers or an equivalent accounting course at the Ross School of Business (#471 or #501).  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 her 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.

 

96.    #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.

 

97.    #635 CORPORATE FINANCE:  #657 Enterprise Organization or #723 The Public Corporation is strongly recommended, particularly for those students without a business background.

 

98.    #635 CORPORATE FINANCE:  #650 Corporate Finance Tutorial, is being offered for one credit to students enrolled in 635 Corporate Finance.  The course is strongly recommended for students with no previous background in corporate finance.

 

99.    #635 CORPORATE FINANCE AND #650 CORPORATE FINANCE TUTORIAL:  Finance majors and students holding MBA’s with a finance concentration are not permitted to enroll in the course or the tutorial, because both are intended for law students with no prior background in finance.  Students who were not finance majors or who do not have MBA’s with a finance concentration but who nonetheless have some finance background should communicate with Professor Beny to determine whether these courses are appropriate for them.

 

100.#650 CORPORATE FINANCE TUTORIAL:  This course is open only to students enrolled in 635 Corporate Finance.  Any student in 635 Corporate Finance may enroll for it.  The course is strongly recommended for students with no previous background in corporate finance.

 

101.#657/002 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.

 

102.#777 LAW AND DEVELOPMENT:  This class will meet on the following Wednesdays:  January 14, February 18, March 18, March 25, and April 1.

 

103.#846 NONPROFIT LAW AND POLICY:  Enrollment preference for this seminar will be given to third-year students.

 

104.#776 REAL ESTATE FINANCE LAW:  #560 Property is a pre-requisite.