New England Law Boston Summer School 2016

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1 Updated 4/20/16 New England Law Boston Summer School 2016 Dates Monday April 11, 2016 & Tuesday April 12, 2016 Thursday, April 14, 2016 & Friday, April 15, 2016 Friday, May 13, 2016 Monday, May 23, 2016 Monday, May 30, 2016 Tuesday, May 31, 2016 Monday, July 4, 2016 Tuesday, July 5, 2016 Wednesday, July 6, 2016 Thursday, July 7, Sunday July 10, 2016 Monday July 11, 2016 Event Senior Priority Registration Days Non-Senior Registration Days Summer School Tuition Deadline Classes Begin Memorial Day No Classes Monday Schedule Independence Day- No Classes Monday Schedule Last Day of Classes Reading Period Exam Period New England Law Boston summer school is not available for online NECIN registration. Students need to fill out the summer application and submit it to the Office of the Registrar during the set registration time. Please follow the instructions in this section for enrolling in summer courses. Note: To attend a summer school program or take courses, whether at New England Law Boston or elsewhere, students must be in good standing as defined in the New England Law Boston Student Handbook Rule A.2.a. Furthermore, if you attend a summer school program or take a summer course, whether at New England Law Boston or another ABA accredited law school, if you are dismissed at the end of the spring semester, you should be aware that you cannot earn grades through summer school. If you receive a grade from a summer program, it will not appear on your transcript and you will not earn any credit for it. Summer Program Description: The New England Law Boston 2016 Summer Program classes will be offered May 23, 2016 to July 6, Final exams will be held July 11, (Please refer to the course offering table for specific course offerings and their meeting days and times).

2 Eligibility: Students who have completed one year at an A.B.A. accredited law school and are in good academic standing are eligible to attend New England Law Boston Summer Program. Eligibility for Online/Distance Learning Courses: ABA Standard 306 (f) -- A law school shall not enroll a student in courses qualifying for credit under this Standard [Distance Learning] until that student has completed instruction equivalent to 28 credit hours toward the J.D. degree. Therefore, first year evening students are not eligible. Academic Credit: Any student may take up to 6 credits (12 classroom hours per week) without special permission. No student may take, under any circumstances, more than 7 credits (14 classroom hours per week). Any student wishing to take 7 credits (14 classroom hours per week) must petition Jacqui Pilgrim, the Director of Student Services. All New England Law Boston students, regardless of division, are advised that use of the summer program for purposes of accelerating the date of graduation is not permitted without permission from the Director of Student Services and the payment of a tuition equalization charge. Registration: The official registration period for the 2016 Summer Program begins on Monday, April 11, 2016 and ends on Friday April 15, Applications will be posted to the Office of the Registrar forms page found here: All courses are subject to a minimum enrollment of 15 students. Registered students will be notified in time to adjust their summer schedule if courses which they have selected do not meet minimum enrollment requirements. After the main registration period, students will be allowed to register for open classes up until the start of classes as long as tuition and/or financial aid requirements are met on time. Students from other A.B.A accredited law schools should contact the Office of the Registrar at registrar@nesl.edu for registration materials. Senior Priority for over-subscribed courses: As during the academic year, seniors will be given enrollment priority during the designated senior registration dates listed above. Any senior wanting to register after April 13th will not be given priority in over-subscribed classes. Tuition and Fees: Tuition for New England Law s 2016 Summer Program is $1, per credit. New England Law Boston students registering for at least 3 credits may be eligible for educational loans for summer courses. Unless educational loans have been approved by the financial aid office, a twenty-five percent (25%) tuition deposit is due at the time of registration. Students will not be registered until the 25% deposit is paid. The remaining balance is due on Friday, May 13, Interest will be assessed at 1% of the unpaid balance each month (12% per annum) beginning Monday, May 16, Financial Aid: Many students find it necessary to secure funding in order to pay for summer courses. Students who select Financial Aid as payment type on their electronic registration will be ed a budget consisting of tuition and living expenses for the summer session based on the number of credits you are enrolled for. Students must be registered for a minimum of 3 credits in order to apply for a Graduate PLUS loan; if registered for less than 3 credits (below half-time enrollment), you can only apply for a Private loan. Both the Graduate PLUS and Private loans are based on credit approval and are not guaranteed. More information on borrowing loans for the summer program can be found at: If you are enrolled in summer classes while participating in summer FWS, your FWS award during enrollment must be applied towards your summer program cost of attendance (COA) budget reducing your federal/private loan borrowing (as your FWS earnings will assist paying for your living expenses).

3 Withdrawal Policy: All requests to withdraw must be submitted in writing to the Office of the Registrar. The effective date of withdrawal will be the date that the Office of the Registrar receives the request. Please Note: A student may not withdraw from a course after a quiz has been offered or other graded work is due which will be weighed in the course s final grade. Requests to withdrawal from a class must be made prior to the last day of classes Tuition credits (excluding fees) are allowed according to the following schedule: Effective Date of Withdrawal Tuition Credit Before 1 st day of classes 100% During the 1 st week of classes 60% NO REFUNDS WILL BE MADE AFTER SUNDAY, MAY 29, Course Offerings Summer 2016 Course Title Code Faculty Cred. Days Times Room Immigration Law Flaherty/ IM-400-D-01 1 Research McCarthy/ Stearns Mondays & Juvenile Law JV-422-E-01 Mark Lawton 2 5:30pm 7:10pm 507 Wednesdays Personal Income TX-382-D-01 Eric Lustig 3 Tax UCC: Sales UC-548-D-01 Russell VerSteeg 3 Wills Estates & WE-556-D-01 Kent Schenkel 3 Trusts

4 Courses Descriptions - Summer 2016 Course Immigration Law Research (Distance Learning Course) Code IM-400-D-01 Professor Flaherty/ McCarthy/ Stearns Credits 1 Immigration Law Research is a distance learning course consisting of two modules per week. It is hosted on TWEN and will require viewing several short instructional presentations each week. The course will cover a broad spectrum of strategies and tactics for researching immigration law. The course begins by reviewing research techniques that are constant across platforms. Students will then learn to apply those techniques to the legal authorities that are important to immigration lawyers. Topics will include working with: statutes, regulations, administrative documents and decisions, appellate case law, dockets, key respected secondary sources, and current awareness resources. There is no textbook for this class. Readings will be posted online and some readings will require logging on to Bloomberg, Westlaw, Lexis, or AILALink. Graded assignments are as follows: (1) class preparation, including watching posted videos and completing short exercises to demonstrate comprehension; (2) bi-weekly written assignments; and (3) a final exam at the end of the semester. Final Exam: July 11, 2016 Requirement Met: n/a Course Juvenile Law Code JV-422-E-01 Professor Mark Lawton Credits 2 Day(s) Mondays & Wednesdays Time 5:30pm 7:10pm Room 507 Explores the primary methods by which the state defines and controls juvenile delinquency in our society. Through the study of case law, students are exposed to the history and philosophy of the juvenile justice system and to the concept of juvenile delinquency. In particular, focus is given to the unique juvenile court, its roles as a legal system and as a social welfare system, and a comparative analysis of juvenile law and process. Also, explored are dependency, neglect, and diversion programs. Final Exam: July 11, 2016

5 Course Personal Income Tax (Distance Learning Course) Code TX-382-D-01 Professor Eric Lustig Credits 3 Tax issues are raised in the context of typical lawyer-client situations: the employment contract (fringe benefits, employee business expenses), buying and selling property, personal injury expenses and recoveries, divorce, and running a small business. An important aspect in understanding the details covered is comprehension of the economic policy objectives and unintended results of specific tax provisions, such as capital gains taxation. The course is focused on the statute, cases, and administrative law that define the income tax base. In overview, the tax base is determined by what receipts go in and what expenses can be deducted. Tax rates are also examined, in basic computations in which the tax itself is calculated by multiplying the tax base by a statutory rate formula. Basic tax-unit issues are covered for individual wage-earners, married couples, children living in the home, pensioners, and small businesses organized as sole proprietorships. This distance learning course will consist of required weekly readings from the casebook and on-line statutory and regulatory sources, regular mini-lectures on pre-recorded video accompanied by PowerPoint slides, discussion forums to which students must make posts each week, and weekly quizzes. All course material other than the casebook will be accessible by any computing device through an internet connection. While most of the course will be asynchronous, opportunities will be presented for synchronous digital chat. In addition to posing questions and providing guidance on the discussion boards and through the video lectures, the professor will be available throughout the course by , conference call or live chat. Grading will be based on participation in the forums (including a qualitative component), performance on quizzes, and a final openbook examination. Final Exam: final open-book examination

6 Course UCC: Sales (Distance Learning Course) Code UC-548-D-01 Professor Russell VerSteeg Credits 3 Devoted mainly to the sale of goods under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Major topics include the scope of Article 2, formation and modification of contracts for the sale of goods, implied terms, warranties, risk allocation, excuses for non-performance, and remedies in the event of breach. Each student is expected to acquire a mastery of the guiding principles contained in Article 2. Because Article 2 covers sales to consumers as well as commercial sales, the course includes an excursion into the law of unfair trade practices. The course also covers selected themes from Article 3 (negotiable instruments), Article 4 (check collection), Article 5 ( letters of credit), Article 7 (documents of title), Article 9 (secured transactions), and Article 2A (leases of goods), providing an introduction to these topics, particularly as they relate to the sale of goods. Material covered in the basic course on Contracts is reviewed to a limited extent to highlight the changes made by the adoption of the Uniform Commercial Code. The subject matter of this course is heavily tested on bar examinations. Knowledge of the law of Sales is very helpful for lawyers advising on commercial transactions or engaged in commercial litigation. This distance learning UCC Sales course will consist of required weekly readings from the casebook, regular mini-lectures on pre-recorded video, discussion forums to which students must make posts each week, and weekly assessments including quizzes. All course material other than the casebook will be accessible by any computing device through an internet connection. The course will be asynchronous, but in addition to posing questions and providing guidance on the discussion boards and through the video lectures, the professor will be available throughout the course by . Grading will be based on participation in the forums (including a qualitative component), performance on quizzes, and a final open-book examination. Final Exam: final open-book examination

7 Course Wills Estates & Trusts (Distance Learning Course) Code WE-556-E-01 Professor Kent Schenkel Credits 3 This course is designed to give the student a grounding in the general law relating to donative transfers of property interests taking place at death. It covers intestate succession, wills laws, nonprobate transfers and some trust laws. It is not jurisdiction-specific; instead it focuses on majority and minority rules and trends in the law. Jurisdictional comparisons will often be made. This distance learning course will consist of required weekly readings from the casebook, regular mini-lectures on pre-recorded video accompanied by PowerPoint slides, discussion forums to which students must make posts each week, and weekly assessments including quizzes. All course material other than the casebook will be accessible by any computing device through an internet connection. While most of the course will be asynchronous, opportunities will be presented for synchronous digital chat. In addition to posing questions and providing guidance on the discussion boards and through the video lectures, the professor will be available throughout the course by , telephone, in-person at New England Law Boston and/or Skype. Grading will be based on participation in the forums (including a qualitative component), performance on quizzes, and a final open-book examination. Final Exam: final open-book examination