THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF LAW Courses to be Offered Fall 2018

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1 THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF LAW Courses to be Offered Fall 2018 CRN FIRST YEAR REQUIRED COURSES Introduction to the Study of 1 Head Introduction to the Study of 1 Ray Introduction to the Study of 1 Sullivan Introduction to the Study of 1 Ksobiech Torts 4 Dillbary Mon., Tues., Wed Torts 4 McMichael Tues., Thurs., Fri. 2:25 3:40 p.m Criminal 4 Vance Mon., Wed., Thurs Criminal 4 Carroll Tues., Thurs., Fri Civil Procedure 4 Steinman Tues., Thur., Fri. 9:20 10:35 a.m Civil Procedure 4 Elliott Mon., Wed., Thurs. 1:00 2:15 p.m Legal Research/Writing 2 Boone Tuesday, Thursday Wednesday, November 28 Wednesday, November 28 Tuesday, December 4 Tuesday, December 4 Tuesday, December 11 Tuesday, December 11

2 Legal Research/Writing 2 Boone Tuesday, Thursday Legal Research/Writing 2 Ksobiech Tuesday, Thursday Legal Research/Writing 2 Ksobiech Tuesday, Thursday Legal Research/Writing 2 Head Tuesday, Thursday Legal Research/Writing 2 Head Tuesday, Thursday Legal Research/Writing 2 Fogle Tuesday, Thursday Legal Research/Writing 2 Fogle Tuesday, Thursday REQUIRED COURSES Legal Profession 3 Ray Monday, Wednesday 8:20 9:35 a.m. Monday, December 3 CLINICS ***See policy regarding limited enrollment classes on last page.*** **Clinic: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - CASEWORK [Graded] (Limit 8) (Third Year Preference) (Students must also enroll in CRN unless exempted by Interim Director Yuri Linetsky.) (PS) 4 Cross This course is approved toward the Public Interest Certificate

3 **Clinic: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CLASS [Graded] (Limit 8) (Third Year Preference) (Students must also enroll in CRN unless exempted by Interim Director Yuri Linetsky.) 2 Cross Tuesday, Thursday 2:00 3:25 p.m Clinic: ELDER LAW - CASEWORK [Graded] (Limit 8) (Students must also enroll in CRN unless exempted by Interim Director Yuri Linetsky.) 4 Gold Clinic: ELDER LAW - CLASS [Graded] (Limit 8) (Students must also enroll in CRN unless exempted by Interim Director Yuri Linetsky.) 2 Gold Tuesday, Thursday 2:00 3:25 p.m **Clinic: CIVIL LAW - CASEWORK [Graded] (Limit 10) (Third Year Preference) (Students must also enroll in CRN unless exempted by Interim Director Yuri Linetsky.) 4 Linetsky Clinic: CIVIL LAW - CLASS [Graded] (Limit 10) (Third Year Preference) (Students must also enroll in CRN unless exempted by Interim Director Yuri Linetsky.) 2 Linetsky Tuesday, Thursday 2:00 3:25 p.m *Clinic: MEDIATION [Graded] (Limit 10) 3 + 3* Donovan Tuesday, Thursday 2:00 3:25 p.m Clinic: CHILDREN S RIGHTS [Graded] (Limit 4) 3 Ryan Tuesday, Thursday 2:00 3:25 p.m.

4 * Full year clinics ** Third year students are those who will have completed 54 credit hours by the beginning of the fall semester. Clinical Experience Guarantee: The School guarantees that every interested student will have the opportunity to participate in at least one law clinic before graduating, although not necessarily the student's clinic of first choice. To take advantage of this guarantee, you must seek to take a law clinic by at least the fall semester of the student's 3rd year. If you think you are on the guarantee list, please contact Yuri Linetsky (ylinetsky@law.ua.edu), Karla Fuell (kfuell@law.ua.edu) or Caroline Barge (cbarge@law.ua.edu) before the start of the registration period. ELECTIVES Advanced Legal Research (Limit 40) 2 Duncan Wednesday Alabama Civil Practice and Procedure 2 Alexander Tuesday 5:30 7:20 p.m Advanced Civil Procedure 3 Andrews Monday, Wednesday Alternative Dispute Resolution 2 Donovan Monday, Wednesday American Legal History 3 Lopez Tuesday, Wednesday Antitrust 3 Dillbary Monday, Wednesday Appellate Advocacy (Limit 16) 2 King/Brooks Wednesday 5:30 7:20 p.m Bankruptcy 3 Sullivan Monday, Wednesday Thursday, December 6 Paper Paper Thursday, December 6 Friday, November 30 This course is approved toward the Public Interest Certificate

5 Business Organizations (Limit 75) 3 Rosen Mon., Tues., Wed Civil Rights Legislation 2 Render Monday 10:00 11:50 a.m Conflicts of s 3 Andrews Monday, Wednesday Criminal Procedure: Pre-Trial 3 Gross Mon., Tues., Thurs Criminal Procedure: Trial 3 Carroll Tuesday, Thursday Friday, December 7 Friday, November 30 Monday, December Decedents Estates (Limit 95) (Decedents Estates is a prerequisite for Estate & Gift Tax and Estate Planning) 3 Vars Tuesday, Thursday Monday, December Environmental I 3 Andreen Tuesday, Thursday Equitable and Extraordinary Remedies 2 Davis Monday Evidence (Limit 40) 3 Carodine Monday, Wednesday Friday, November Externship Program (Judicial Clerkship) (PDF) (Must have Assistant Dean McLaughlin s permission to enroll) 3 McLaughlin/ Quarles Family I 3 M. Boone Tuesday, Thursday Thursday, December 13

6 Federal Jurisdiction 3 Newsom Tuesday, Thursday 8:20 9:35 a.m Health Care 3 Brewbaker Tues., Wed., Thurs Intellectual Property Transactions 2 Denniston Monday 6:00 7:50 p.m International Business Transactions 3 Rosen Monday, Wednesday Jury Selection (Limit 16) (P/D/F) 2 Emens Tuesday, Thursday Labor Arbitration 2 Williams Monday 5:30 7:20 p.m and Economics 2 Dillbary Tuesday Wednesday, November 28 Monday, December 10 Thursday, December 6 Friday, December in the U.S. (International LL.M. students ONLY) 3 Fair & Religion 3 Horwitz Tuesday, Thursday yers and Social Change Practicum (Limit 12) 3 Delgado/ Stefancic Monday, Wednesday No Exam Legislation, Special Problems: Statutory Interpretation 2 Pryor Monday 8:30 10:20 a.m Legislative Drafting 2 Spruell Tuesday 5:30 7:20 p.m Patent 3 Durham Tuesday, Thursday 9:20 10:35 a.m. Monday, December 3 Wednesday, November 28 9:00 a.m. This course is approved toward the Public Interest Certificate

7 Payment Systems 3 Hill Tuesday, Thursday Personal Income Tax 3 Hamill Monday, Wednesday Products Liability 2 T. Ksobiech Monday, Wednesday Tuesday, December 4 Friday, November 30 Tuesday, December 11 1:30p.m Public Interest yering (Required for Public Interest Certificate) Public International (Must successfully complete to participate in the Jessup Moot Court Competition.) 2 McLaughlin Monday 3 Joyner Tuesday, Thursday Paper Real Property Security 2 O Dell Monday Sales 2 Lee Monday, Wednesday Secured Transactions 3 Hill Tuesday, Thursday Special Topics in : Education 3 Steele Monday, Wednesday Special Topics in : & Public Policy 3 Horwitz Tuesday, Thursday Special Topics in : Regulation of Alcohol 2 J. Acevedo Tuesday, Thursday Sports 2 Marsh Thursday Tuesday, December 11 Thursday, December 13 Friday, November 30 Monday, December 10

8 Tax Procedure (JDs and MTAs) (Prerequisite: 643-Personal Income Tax) 3 Staggs Tuesday The of War 3 Joyner Tuesday, Thursday Transactional Drafting (Limit 16) 2 Stiles Wednesday Tuesday, December White Collar Practice (Mini-Course): September & Barger/Borden Mon., Tues., Wed. Thurs., Friday 8:00 10:30 a.m Will Drafting (Prerequisite: 644 Decedents Estates) 2 Lopez Tuesday Workplace 3 Das Acevedo Tuesday, Thursday Paper Thursday, December 13 **TRIAL ADVOCACY (ALL P/D/F) Students are allowed to take only one Trial Ad I and one Trial Ad II class. For example, if you take Trial Ad I Civil, you cannot take Trial Ad I Criminal (and vice versa). The same rule applies to Trial Ad II. ALL TRIAL ADVOCACY SECTIONS ARE LIMITED TO 12 STUDENTS ***See policy regarding limited enrollment classes on last page*** Trial Advocacy I 3 Brown Monday Trial Advocacy I 3 Gray Wednesday 6:00 8:50 p.m Trial Advocacy I 3 Spruell Monday Trial Advocacy I 3 Butler/Fowlkes Thursday 5:00 7:50 p.m. This course is approved toward the Public Interest Certificate

9 Trial Advocacy I 3 Almond Thursday Trial Advocacy I Criminal 3 Turner-Roberts Monday Trial Advocacy II Criminal (Prerequisite: Trial Ad I) 3 Sogol Wednesday Trial Advocacy II Civil (Prerequisite: Trial Ad I) 3 Donaldson Monday Trial Advocacy Competition (Co-requisite: Evidence) SEMINARS (LIMITED TO 12 STUDENTS) Constitutional, Special Problems: First Amendment Constitutional, Special Problems: Immunity Doctrine Constitutional, Special Problems: Comparative Privacy 3 Emens/Prince Tuesday 2 Fair Tuesday 2 Murphy Wednesday 2 Krotoszynski Tuesday Corporate, Special Problems: Entrepreneurship 2 Hobbs Tuesday Evidence, Special Problems in: Major Race Trials 2 Carodine Wednesday Special Topic in : Advanced Contracts 2 Arbel Thursday

10 Special Topics in : Reproductive Rights 2 M. Boone Thursday International Environmental 2 Andreen Tuesday 3:30 5: Mental Health Seminar 2 Vars Tuesday LL.M. in Tax and LL.M. Concentration in Business Transaction Courses available to JD students. These courses are being offered via distance learning (interactive) through our LL.M. in Taxation and LL.M. Concentration in Business Transactions. JD students satisfying prerequisites may resister with permission from Associate Dean Daniel Powell. Classes meet from 5:30 7:30 p.m. with the exception of Capital Transactions which meets 5:30 8:30 p.m. Pre-requisite: Personal Income Tax (LL.M. Concentration in Taxation); Business Organizations (LL.M. Concentration in Business Transactions) Personal Income Taxation 2 Kahn Tuesday, Thursday 5:30 7:30 p.m. Aug. 14 Sept Estate & Gift Taxation 2 Carter Monday, Wednesday 5:30 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13 Oct. 1 October 2 October 3 This course is approved toward the Public Interest Certificate

11 Capital Transactions 3 Kahn Tuesday, Thursday 5:30 8:30 p.m. Oct. 9 Nov Choice of Business Entities 2 Williams Monday, Wednesday 5:30 7:30 p.m. August 13 Oct Principles in Accounting 2 Andrade Monday, Wednesday 5:30 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 Nov. 21 November 27 October 3 November Introduction to Accounting 1 Andrade Tuesday, Thursday 5:30 7:30 p.m. Aug. 14 Sept. 4 September 6 Enrollment in the Competition Class is limited and based on the demonstration of superior litigation skills as a member of a trial ad competition team or during tryouts. The prerequisite of 663 (Trial Ad I) may be waived in the case of 2L students selected on the basis of tryouts. Students should add this course only after the selections are made. Students taking Trial Ad Competition MAY NOT receive credit toward graduation for both the competition class and Trial Ad II. For credit for the symposium, students must attend one or two classroom sessions as scheduled by the professor before and/or after the symposium; attend the symposium itself; and write a page paper addressing one of the topics covered in the conference sessions.

12 VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION: DROPPING AND ADDING COURSES During the first week of classes each semester, students may drop or add most non-required courses without academic penalty, subject to requirements outlined in the previous section. After the end of the first week of classes, a student may drop a course only with permission of the Dean or his designee, the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. An administrative fee may be charged or a W assigned for each drop or add. Students, however, may not withdraw from clinics, trial advocacy classes, and mini-courses for which they are enrolled in the following semester after the last day of classes (April 23) for the current semester unless unusual circumstances exist. OTHER NOTICES Students may not take more than two seminars during law school. Students may not take more than one seminar a semester. No more than three hours of Independent Study may count toward the J.D. degree. A student may register for only one Independent Study project each semester. Approval for Independent Study must be granted by the professor and the Dean before registering for the hours. Students may use a limited number of credit hours toward graduation from the following: o Independent Study o Externships o Journal Credit o Moot Court/Trial Advocacy Competition Credit o Classes taken in another department A student wishing to take up to 6 hours of graduate work from other divisions of The University of Alabama must receive prior approval by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. students must be enrolled for at least 10 hours. No student may enroll, except in extraordinary circumstances and with permission of the dean or his designee, in more than 16 hours during the regular semester. Permission to take more than 16 hours even applies to joint program/dual enrollment students taking a majority of classes in another department. If a student is permitted to take an examination at a time other than the regularly scheduled time, he or she will receive a grade of P (pass), D (unsatisfactory), or F (fail). ***Note: Some divisions on Campus may charge students outside their divisions an additional fee for taking their classes. STUDENT ACCOUNTS INFORMATION: FALL 2018 SEMESTER: PRORATION OF TUITION: The following proration of tuition goes into effect in the event of withdrawal from the University or when individual courses are dropped which affect the student s charge. This course is approved toward the Public Interest Certificate

13 Fall 2018 Registration bill available on mybama: Confirmation deadline for Fall 2018: Last day to drop a course without a grade of W : August 19 Last day to withdraw for registration fee only: August 19 Last day to withdraw for 25% tuition charge: Last day to withdraw for 50% tuition charge: 100% tuition charge (No refund adjustment for dropped courses beginning this date): Last day to drop a course with a grade of W : October 21 Last day to drop a course online: October 21 Drops after this date need to be processed in the School Records Office. 4/3/2018

JD Concentrations CONCENTRATIONS. J.D. students at NUSL have the option of concentrating in one or more of the following eight areas:

JD Concentrations CONCENTRATIONS J.D. students at NUSL have the option of concentrating in one or more of the following eight areas: Labor, Work & Income Intellectual Property and Innovation Business and