UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE 9114/06 DOCUMENT N: COURSE AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT COVER SHEET See Course and Program Development Policy and Procedures for Instructions I SCHOOL: LAW X MSB [J YGCLA [J Contact Name: Laurie Schnitzer Phone: 4479 I DEPARTMENT I DIVISION: Law School SHORT DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL (state name of action item 1-20 and course name, code &number I program affected):! MSBA-UB Business Law Clerkship Fellow I PROPOSED SEMESTER OF IMPLEMENTATION: Fall X Spring Year: 2009 Box 1: TYPE OF ACTION ADD(NEW) X DEACTIVATE [J MODIFY [J OTHER [J Box 2: LEVEL OF ACTION Non-Credit [J Undergraduate [J Graduate [J OTHER X Box 3: ACTION ITEM DOCUMENTS REQUIRED IMPACT REVIEWS APPROVAL SEQUENCE (check appropriate boxes) (see box 4 below) (see box 5 on back) (see box 6 on back) 1. Experimental Course 1 NOP a,c,e AC 2. Course Title NO ABCD 3. Course Credits NO ABCD 4. Course Number NO ABCD 5. Course Level NO ABCD 6. Pre & Co-Requisite NO ABCD 7. Course Description P ABCD x 8. New Course P ABCDEF 9. Deactivate acourse NO ABCDEF 10. Program Requirements NO b,c,d,e ABCDEF 11a. UG Specialization (24 credits or less) NO a,b,c,d,e ABCDEF 11b. Masters Specialization (12 credits or less) NO a,b,c,d,e ABCDEF 11 c. Doctoral Specialization (18 credits or less) NO a,b,e ABCDEF 12. Closed Site Program NOT e ABCDHIK 13. Program Suspension 9 NO,S a,e ABCDEGIK 14a. Certificate Program (ug/g) exclusively within existing degree program NO a,c,e ABCDEFHIK 14b. Certificate Program (ug/g) where degree programs do not exist or where courses are selected NOQR,6 a,c,e ABCDEFHJL across degree programs (12 or more credits) 15. Off-Campus Delivery of Existing Program NO,4 a,b,c,e ABCDEFHIL 16a. UG Concentration (exceeds 24 credit hours) NO,S a,c,d,e ABCDEFGHJL 16b. Masters Concentration (exceeds 12 credit hours) NO,S a,c,d,e ABCDEFGHJL 16c. Doctoral Concentration (exceeds 18 credit hours) NO,S a,c,d,e ABCDEFGHJL 17. Program Title Change NO,S a, c,d,e ABCDEFGHJL 18. Program Termination NO, 10 d,e ABCDEFGHIK 19. New Degree Program NOQR,3,8 a,c,d,e ABCDEFGHJL 20. Other Varies Varies Varies Box 4: DOCUMENTATION (check boxes of documents included) X N. This Cover Sheet Q. Full 5-page MHEC Proposal T. Other X O. Summary Proposal R. Financial Tables (MHEC) i X P. Course Definition Document S. Contract I 1. Approval of experimental course automatically lapses after two offerings unless permanently approved as anew course. 2. Codes: a) Library Services (Langsdale or Law) b) Office of Technology Services c) University Relations d) Admissions 3. Letter of Intent is required by USM at least 30 days before afull proposal can be submitted. Letter of Intent requires only the approval of the dean and the provost and is forwarded to USM by the Office of the Provost. 4. One-page letter to include: Program title &degree/certificate to be awarded; resources requirements; need and demand; similar programs; method of instruction; and oversight and student services (MHEC requirement) 5. One-page letter with description and rational (MHEC requirement) 6. One or two-page document that describes: centrality to mission; market demand; curriculum design; adequacy of faculty resources; and assurance program will be supported with existing resources. (MHEC requirement) 7. Learning objectives, assessment strategies; fit with UB strategic plan 8. Joint Degree Program or Primary Degree Programs require submission of MOU w/ program proposal. (MHEC requirement) 9. Temporary suspension of program to examine future direction; time not to exceed two years. No new students admitted during suspension, but currently enrolled students must be given opportunity to satisfy degree requirements.

DOCUMENT N: COURSE AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT COVER SHEET (Page 2 of 2) SCHOOL: LAW X MSB [J YGCLA CI SHORT DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL (state name of action item 1-20 and course name, code &number I program affected): MSBA-UB Business Law Clerkship Fellow 10. Provide: a. evidence that the action is consistent with UB mission and can be implemented within the existing program resources of the institution. b. proposed date after which no new students will be admitted into the program; c. accommodation of currently enrolled students in the realization of their degree objectives; d. treatment of all tenured and non-tenured faculty and other staff in the affected program; e. reallocation of funds from the budget of the affected program; and f. existence at other state public institutions of programs to which to redirect students who might have enrolled in the program proposed for abolition. 11. University Council review (for arecommendation to the President or back to the Provost) shall be limited to curricular or academic policy issues that may potentially affect the University's mission and strategic planning, or have asignificant impact on the generation or allocation of its financial resou rces. Box 5: IMPACT REVIEW SIGNATURES (see procedures for authorized signers) DATE a. Library [J No impact CI Impact statement attached b. OTS CI No impact [J Impact statement attached c. University Relations [J No impact CI Impact statement attached d. Admissions CI No impact e. Records CI No impact CI Impact statement attached CI Impact statement attached Director or designee: CIO or designee: Director or designee: Director or designee: Registrar or designee: Box 6: APPROVAL SEQUENCE A. Department I Division Chair. I B. Final faculty review body within each School C. College Dean Dean: D. Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs E. Curriculum Review Committee UFS subcommittee F. University Faculty Senate (UFS option) APPROVAL SIGNATURES DATE. University Council (see# 11 above) H. President President: I. Board of Regents notification only J. Board of Regents approval K. MHEC notification only L. MHEC-approval M. Middle States Association notification Reauired onlv if the mission of the Universitv is chanaed bv the action

UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE DOCUMENT 0: SUMMARY PROPOSAL See Course and Program Development Policy and Procedures for Instructions SCHOOL: LAW X MSB 0 YGCLA 0 Contact Name: Laurie Schnitzer Phone: 4479 DEPARTMENT f DIVISION: Law SHORT DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL (state action item 1-23 and course name &number or program affected): MSBA-UB Business Law Clerkship Fellow PROPOSED SEMESTER OF IMPLEMENTATION: Fall X Spring Year: 2009 I I 0-1: Briefly describe what is being requested: Addition of MSBA-UB Business Law Clerkship Fellow Course For new courses or changes in existing courses (needed by Registrar) OLD Title: Course # I HEGIS Code: Credits: NEW Title: MSBA-UB Business Law Clerkship Fellow Course # I HEGIS Code: Law 555 Credits: 2 0-2: Set forth the rationale for the proposal: The MSBA-UB Clerkship program gives students the opportunity to work on real world policy issues - and to take the lead and responsibility to research and make policy recommendations to and draft legislative proposals for the MSBA Business Law Executive Council. Furthermore it gives the VB student an opportunity to meet and discuss their ideas with leading Maryland Business Law attorneys and to continue on with the project with the feedback received. The work involves both writing multiple research memoranda, either as a team with one or two other Fellows or alone as well as drafting a legislative proposal that will be considered by the Executive Council for the purpose ofrecommendation to the MD General Assembly_ The Clerkship Program allows the Law School to offer a more diverse and enriched range of opportunities for the VB Business Law student. This is an offering that no other law school in the area has; for the program to exist, it needed and has already received approval by both the Business Law Executive Council and also the Maryland State Bar Association. Paul Carlin, the Executive Director ofthe MSBA, sees the program as a model he hopes to extend to other MSBA Sections. As such, the Clerkship program brings VB Law School into a more integrated relationship with the MSBA through the Business Law Section. Furthermore the Program, which has been running for more than two years, has been not only the focus ofan article in the Section Spotlight ofthe Month ofthe MSBA Bar Bulletin the organization's monthly newspaper - but the program has already received an award for outstanding Section project (Spring 2008.) Thus the program not only provides outstanding opportunities for the VB Business Law student to participate in developing the cutting edge ofbusiness Law Policy and serves to enrich the Law School educational program, but it also brings and enhances the School's reputation in the community and in the state.

University of Baltimore Document P: Required Format for Course Definition Document 1. Date Prepared: 3/4/09 2. Prepared by: Barbara Ann White, Professor oflaw 3. Department: School oflaw 4. Course Nwnber(s), including HEGIS code(s): LAW 555 5. Course Title: MSBA-UB Business Law Clerkship Fellow 6. Credit Hours: 2 7. Catalog Description (paragraph should reflect general aims and nature ofthe course):_ The MSBA-UB Business Law Clerkship Program is designed to give select students the opportunity to work with the MSBA Business Law Section Executive Council under the supervision ofthe UB Law faculty member who serves on the Executive Council as the University Liaison. The Clerkship Fellows work on projects deemed by the Executive Council to be ofsignificant value to Maryland Business Law community as a whole and which require significant research and writing ofextensive memoranda. Projects typically culminate in the Fellows drafting and recommending statutory proposals with accompanying memoranda to the Business Law Executive Council, which will then consider them for legislative proposals to the Maryland General Assembly. Over the course ofthe year, the Fellows meet at least monthly with the faculty advisor and together meet several times with members ofthe Executive Council for discussion and feedback as to the course ofthe project. The Clerkship Fellows program gives strong UB Business Law students an opportunity not only to interact with leading members ofthe Maryland Business Law community but also to be integrally involved in the development and promotion of Business Law policy by the Maryland State Bar Association 8. Course Prerequisites: None 9. Faculty qualified to teach course: Law school faculty serving on the MSBA Business Law Executive Council as University Liaison. 10. Course Type (check appropriate) Seminar: -- Workshop: Advocacy: Scholarly Upper Level Writing Req: Clinic: -- Perspective Course: Limited Enrollment: X Open Enrollment: 11. Suggested approximate class size: 5-8 (instructor permission required for enrollment)

12. Content Outline: Determined by the project proposed by the Executive Council and approved by the Supervising Facu1ty member. Each project usually involves extensive research on the legislation and legislative history in various other states with regard to the project's policy concern, researching law review articles on the specific topic and writing memorandum with respect to these issues. On-going is developing an annotated statutory proposal with revisions as additional research reveals new issues. A monthly meeting with the Professor throughout the year and at least a quarterly meeting with the members ofthe Business Law section directly involved in the project. 2 credits are awarded in the last semester after full year participation. 13. Learning Goals: How to recognize and address issues that arise while setting Business Law policy, how to research the issues and make policy recommendations, how to compare MD Business Law Statues with those ofother states, how to write memoranda and position papers and how to draft legislative proposals. How to work cooperatively with fellow students in dividing up research and drafting responsibilities and how to interact with MSBA Business Law Executive Council members with regard to focusing the direction ofthe research and achieving the end goals ofthe project. 14. Assessment Strategies (check appropriate) Examination 25+ page Law Review Format Paper Yes (on occasion) Simu1ations Draft Documents/Complex instruments Yes Short Assignments Yes Other (explain) Draft Legislative Proposals 15. Suggested Text(s) and Materials (example: textbooks, equipment, software, etc.): Maryland Corporations and Business Associations, access to Westlaw and Lexis to research statutes, Word-processing software. 16. Concentrations (check appropriate) Business Law X Criminal Practice_ Estate Planning_ Family Law_ Intellectual Property_ Int'l & Comp_ Litigation & Advocacy_ Public Service_ Real Estate Practice_ 17. A Fu11 Rationale (include how the proposed course will benefit the students, the Law School and the University): As stated above, the MSBA-UB Clerkship program gives students the opportunity to work on real world policy issues - and to take the lead and responsibility to research and make policy recommendations to and draft legislative proposals for the MSBA Business Law Executive Council. Furthermore it gives the UB student an opportunity to meet and discuss their ideas with leading Maryland Business Law attorneys and to continue on with the project with the feedback received. The work involves both writing mu1tiple research memoranda, either as a team with one or two other Fellows or alone as well as drafting a legislative proposal that will be considered by the Executive Council for the purpose ofrecommendation to the MD General Assembly.

The Clerkship Program allows the Law School to offer a more diverse and enriched range ofopportunities for the VB Business Law student. This is an offering that no other law school in the area has; for the program to exist, it needed and has already received approval by both the Business Law Executive Council and also the Maryland State Bar Association. Paul Carlin, the Executive Director ofthe MSBA, sees the program as a model he hopes to extend to other MSBA Sections. As such, the Clerkship program brings UB Law School into a more integrated relationship with the MSBA through the Business Law Section. Furthermore the Program, which has been running for more than two years, has not only the focus ofan article in the Section Spotlight ofthe Month ofthe MSBA Bar Bulletin the organization's monthly newspaper but the program has already received an award for outstanding Section project (Spring 2008.) Thus the program not only provides outstanding opportunities for the UB Business Law student to participate in developing the cutting edge ofbusiness Law Policy and serves to enrich the Law School educational program, but it also brings and enhances the School's reputation in the community and in the state.