Assignments for First Day/Week of Classes
Spring 2023 Beginning Tuesday, January 17

If your course does not appear on this page, please check back-- first day assignments are still being submitted.

On this page:
» Child Advocacy Training - Elrod
» Civil Procedure I (A) - Marten, T.
» Civil Procedure II - Krell
» Constitutional Law I (A) - Rubenstein
» Constitutional Law I (B) - Jackson
» Contracts (B) - Sourgens
» Criminal Procedure - Francis
» Criminal Procedure II - Ramirez
» Federal Indian Law - Davis
» International Business Transactions (ON) - Westbrook
» International Intellectual Property Law - Judd
» International Petroleum Transactions - Sourgens
» Interviewing and Counseling - Leisinger
» Labor Law - Mastrosimone
» Law in Context - Baldwin
» Legal Analysis, Research and Writing I (J) - Matthews
» Legal Analysis, Research and Writing I (LLM) - Kowalska
» Legislation - Rubenstein
» Multistate Legal Analysis (ON) - Griggs, M.
» Pretrial Advocacy-Criminal - Francis
» Professional Responsibility - Krell
» Public Employment Law - Mastrosimone
» Race and the Law - Butler
» Remedies - Griggs, M.
» Trademark Law - Judd
» Transactional Drafting - Westbrook
» White Collar Crime - Ramirez

Child Advocacy Training - Elrod for Tuesday, 1/10/2023

Civil Procedure I (A) - Marten, T. for Wednesday, 1/18/2023
Please read pp. 1-23 of the text for the first. Reading for the second day is pp. 24-58 of the text.

Civil Procedure II - Krell for Tuesday, 1/17/2023

  • The D2L site for the course is live.
  • Before the first day of class, please review the syllabus, complete the icebreaker quiz, and prepare answers to the first ten Directed Reading Questions of Chapter 12 - "Supplemental Jurisdiction."

Constitutional Law I (A) - Rubenstein for Wednesday, 1/18/2023

Constitutional Law I (B) - Jackson for Wednesday, 1/18/2023
Read pages 1-13 in Maggs & Smith.

Contracts (B) - Sourgens for Wednesday, 1/18/2023
In Textbook, pp. 1-43 Or R.R. v. M.H., 426 Mass. 501 (Mass. 1998) [sections facts, procedure, other jurisdictions and discussion)

Criminal Procedure - Francis for Tuesday, 1/17/2023
Prior to the first class, please visit the D2L course webpage. Please also do the following readings for the first two classes.
First Class: January 17, 2023 –

  • Introduction; Sources of Criminal Procedure; Foundation Principles; Incorporation of the Bill of Rights; Retroactivity; Right to Counsel
  • Read Chemerinsky and Levenson, Criminal Procedure: Investigation, pp. 1-5; 11-30; 799-804; 807-817
SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
January 20, 2023 -
  • Stages of the Criminal Justice Process
  • Read Chemerinsky and Levenson, Criminal Procedure: Investigation, pp. 5-11. What is a search?
  • Read Chemerinsky and Levenson, Criminal Procedure: Investigation, pp. 31-66

Criminal Procedure II - Ramirez for Tuesday, 1/17/2023

  • Read Chapter 1, pp.1-30: Participants and Stages of Criminal Justice System; Purpose of Procedural Rules, Incorporation of the Bill of Rights, and Retroactivity
  • Additionally, please purchase a copy of the following book: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. You can find it in paperback for less than $5 online. Over the course of the semester, the full book will be assigned.
  • I have asked the law library to place a copy of Just Mercy on reserve for this course. It should be available in the next couple of days.

Federal Indian Law - Davis for Wednesday, 1/18/2023
Read Chapter 1 of the textbook and the Marshall Trilogy Handout. Marshall Trilogy handout can be found on D2L under week one.

International Business Transactions (ON) - Westbrook for Tuesday, 1/17/2023

  1. This is an asynchronous online class, with weekly modules available through D2L. Each week you will do the readings and watch the videos, and you will complete and submit the exercises that go along with them.
  2. Class materials include a textbook, as well as other documents and links available through the D2L page. The textbook is Amy Westbrook, International Business Transactions: A Context and Practice Casebook (Carolina Academic Press, 2014). It can be purchased in hard copy or you can get the e-book at https://redshelf.com/book/1503718/international-business-transactions-1503718-9781531019327-amy-deen-westbrook.
  3. The class will open Friday, January 13th at 5:00 pm, in order to give you time to review the full Syllabus and course setup before the semester begins. All the reading assignments for the first week are listed on the Syllabus on the D2L page

International Intellectual Property Law - Judd for Wednesday, 1/18/2023
Unit 1: Basic Intellectual Property Concepts

  • Merges, et al., INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND THE NEW TECHNOLOGICAL AGE: 2022 EDITION, Chapter 1, pp. 25-64 (you may skip problems and “comments and questions” sections for now), posted on D2L.
  • Complete the Opening Student Survey on D2L (go to Assessments-Surveys-International IP Opening Student Survey)

International Petroleum Transactions - Sourgens for Tuesday, 1/17/2023
Read in the textbook pp. 1-51

Interviewing and Counseling - Leisinger for Tuesday, 1/17/2023
First class Tuesday the 17th in Room 120 from 1:45 to 3:45

  • Read Chap. 1 - Three Models of Legal Counseling: Pages 1-10.
  • We will cover all course expectations and then do an Introductory Client Interview Exercise (provided in class).

Labor Law - Mastrosimone for Wednesday, 1/18/2023

  • Find the course page on D2L.
  • Review Craver 1-24
  • Read Craver 20-43
  • Review National Labor Relations Act Sections 1, and 7-14 (just for an overview)
  • Complete Reading Quiz #1 on D2L prior to first class.

Law in Context - Baldwin for Friday, 1/20/2023

  • See first day problem (323 KB PDF).
    Take no more than 60 minutes to prepare a written out answer to the problem.

Legal Analysis, Research and Writing I (J) - Matthews for Tuesday, 1/17/2023

  • Read: Edwards Chapter 1; Skim Blue Book Table of Contents & pp. 1-2; Skim Aspen Table of Contents
  • Write: Please compose a short essay about a difficult situation you encountered. Explain how you handled the situation, and what, if anything, you would do differently. Upload a Word document to D2L, double-spaced, 300 words or less.

Legal Analysis, Research and Writing I (LLM) - Kowalska for Wednesday, 1/18/2023
For our first meeting on Wednesday, January 18, please prepare a short writing exercise. In 100-200 words, please describe how case law is used in your home legal system to analyze legal problems. For example: Is your home legal system closer to a common law model or a civil law model? Can courts make law that can be binding in future cases? Do you discuss case law extensively when you write petitions or briefs to a court, or is case law of little importance compared to statutory law? Please feel free to share any information you think is relevant.

You may email your short writing exercise to Prof. Kowalska at antonina.kowalska@washburn.edu. If you have questions, please feel free to email them to the same address.

Legislation - Rubenstein for Wednesday, 1/18/2023

  • Read pp. 1-15 and be prepared to discuss your answers to Exercise I.1 (p. 2) and Exercise II.1 (p. 14)
  • Read the syllabus & class policies (syllabus will be posted on D2L on Thurs., Jan. 12th)

Multistate Legal Analysis (ON) - Griggs, M. for Tuesday, 1/17/2023
Read Chapter 1 from the assigned text.

Pretrial Advocacy-Criminal - Francis for Tuesday, 1/17/2023
Prior to the first workshop session, please go to the course D2L webpage and do the following:

  • Watch the introductory video called. Watch this Video – Introduction to Course/Navigating D2L page, located under Content -> Video Recording Playlist -> Video Introduction.
  • Read the following available on D2L under the "Preliminary Issues" module:
  1. ABA Prosecution Function Standards excerpt,
  2. ABA Defense Function Standards excerpt, and
  3. Kansas Supreme Court Rule 3.8.
  • Read First Workshop Watching Guide for "Criminal Justice" Movie, located under Assessments - > Assignments. You d not need to submit anything on D2L.

We will meet as a large group via Zoom on Tuesday, January 17 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 120.During this first workshop, we will watch a movie, Criminal Justice, which we will refer to at different points in the semester. Due to the length of the movie, this workshop will run 95 minutes. You will get the extra time back later in the semester. We will discuss issues raised by the movie in class on Thursday. Also, please hold off on purchasing your copy of the State v. Tyler case materials until you are informed which side of that case you will be working on. Please be aware that the case files for this course are no longer published in print form. You will need to purchase from the bookstore a license for an electronic copy of the file, which will be provided to you.

Professional Responsibility - Krell for Tuesday, 1/17/2023

  • The D2L site for the course is live. Before the first day of class, please review the syllabus, complete the icebreaker quiz, and read pages 18-39 of the Lerner casebook.

Public Employment Law - Mastrosimone for Tuesday, 1/17/2023

  • Review Malin: 1- 21
  • Read Malin: 23-58

Race and the Law - Butler for Monday, 1/23/2023
Read Bennett Capers, The Law School as a White Space, 106 Minnesota L. Ref. (2021) that was emailed to you.

Remedies - Griggs, M. for Wednesday, 1/18/2023
Please read Chapter 1, and Chapter 6, pp. 531-551.

Trademark Law - Judd for Wednesday, 1/18/2023
Unit 1: Introduction to Trademark Law

  • U.S. Constitution Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (Commerce Clause)
  • Barton Beebe, TRADEMARK LAW: AN OPEN-SOURCE CASEBOOK, VERSION 9 (2022)(hereinafter “Beebe”), Volume I, pp. 11-39
  • Complete the Trademark Law Opening Student Survey on D2L (Assessments-Surveys- Trademark Law Opening Student Survey)

Transactional Drafting - Westbrook for Tuesday, 1/17/2023

  1. This class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00—10:25 in Room 125 (downstairs in the library).
  2. The coursebook for the class is Drafting Contracts: How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do (2nd ed., 2014), by Tina L. Stark. You will need your book for every class, including the first day.
  3. The reading assignment for our first day (Tuesday, January 17th) is:
  • Chapter 1: A Few Words (pp. 3-8)
  • Chapter 2: The Building Blocks of Contracts (pp. 9-10)
  • Chapter 30: Ethical Issues in Drafting (pp. 455-459)

White Collar Crime - Ramirez for Tuesday, 1/17/2023

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