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FIRST YEAR COURSES
CIVIL PROCEDURE I (3 Hours)
A survey of the law and policy of the civil litigation process. Specific topics include jurisdiction over persons and property, federal subject matter jurisdiction, venue, forum non conveniens, choice of federal or state law, and alternative forms of dispute resolution.
CIVIL PROCEDURE II (3 Hours)
A continued survey of the law and policy of the civil litigation process, particularly initiating and responding to lawsuits and preparing for trial. Specific topics include pleading, discovery, joinder of claims and parties, summary judgment, trial, appeal, and claim and issue preclusion.
Prerequisite: CIVIL PROCEDURE I
CONTRACTS I (3 Hours)
This course introduces the basic law of contracts and promissory liability, including the evolution of the theory and law of contracts, the creation and termination of contract and quasi-contract rights, and introduces relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, the Restatement 2nd of Contracts, and comparative ideologies and systems governing agreements and expectations.
CONTRACTS II (3 Hours)
This course continues development of the basic doctrines and policies covered in Contracts I, with a focus on the substantive law of contract interpretation and construction, the parol evidence rule, mistake, material breach, conditions, and contract remedies.
Prerequisite: CONTRACTS I
CRIMINAL LAW (3 Hours)
This course introduces a basic understanding of substantive criminal law (as distinguished from criminal procedure). This will include the study of the legal doctrines that underlie the criminal law as well as the elements of crimes and defenses under the common law, model penal code, and the Arizona code. The student should expect to acquire the analytical skills and knowledge necessary to a practicing attorney working within the criminal justice system.
LAWYERING PROCESS I (3 Hours)
This course provides instruction in legal research, analysis, and writing. Students learn to use various sources of law and learn the analytical and organizational skills needed to produce objective legal memoranda.
Co-requisite: Legal Writing
LAWYERING PROCESS II (3 Hours)
In this course, students focus upon written and oral advocacy, legal history and philosophy, and personal qualities that are critical to success and effective interaction. The course builds upon the skills students learned in Lawyering Process I by teaching students how research, analysis, organization, and writing are used to persuade. The course also includes an oral argument component designed to train students how to argue substantively and persuasively on behalf of a client.
Co-requisite: Legal Writing Workshop II
Prerequisite: LAWYERING PROCESS I
PROPERTY I (3 Hours)
In this course students are exposed to the historical development of the law governing real and personal property rights and obligations, including the origin and nature of property rights and obligations, personal and real property, found property, adverse possession, estates and interests in land, landlord-tenant relationships, and easements and equitable servitudes.
TORTS I (3 Hours)
In this course students begin a comprehensive survey of the law of liability for harm to person or property, including negligence, duty, causation, defenses, damages, economic legal theory, and strict liability.
TORTS II (3 Hours)
In this course students continue a comprehensive survey of liability for harm to person or property begun in Torts I, including intentional torts, products liability, defamation, invasion of privacy, and nuisance.
Prerequisite: TORTS I