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1 CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY School of Law SUMMER SCHOOL 2016 Pre-registration for the 2016 Summer Sessions will be held Wednesday, February 24-Thursday, March 24. The following courses will be offered during the pre-registration period: TERM 1 Advanced Legal Writing and Drafting-online course (Professor Knoepfler); Business Associations (Professor Morse); Commercial Law (Professor Anderson); Cross Examination (Professor Melilli); Evidence (Professor Mangrum); Legal Interviewing, Negotiation and Counseling (Professor Cote); Negotiation (Professor Teply); and Sales and Leases of Personal Property (Dean Weber). An informational meeting regarding summer externships was held in early February and a packet of information was ed by Dean Dickhute. If you are interested in registering for an externship, please contact Dean Dickhute. Students who have submitted forms will be contacted by Dean Dickhute at a later time regarding their externship assignments. TERM 2 Alternative Dispute Resolution-online course (Professor Ebner); Commercial Contract Drafting (Professor Goedken); Marriage and Divorce (Professor Brooks); and Professional Responsibility (Professor Real). There will be two courses offered through the Germany Summer Abroad Program: International Criminal Law (Dean Kelly and Professor Watts), and From Nuremberg to The Hague: The Impact and Legacy of the Holocaust on the Law (Professor Bryant). Information about the summer abroad program can be found on the Law School website under Academics. Descriptions of the courses and their projected availability in the Academic Year are listed in this packet. Some courses have pre-requisites which are indicated. If you have questions about specific courses, please see the professor who will teach the course. Courses to be taught will depend on the number of pre-registrations received by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 24. Please review the following information and summer class schedule and submit the pre-registration form to the receptionist by March 24. The form is found on the last page of this packet. Extra paper copies of the Summer 2016 Session information are available at the Distribution Center next to the receptionist s desk. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 1. Except for students in the accelerated J.D. program, summer school courses taken here or at another law school may not be used to accelerate graduation; nor may they be used to satisfy the residency requirement for a J.D. degree (at least six semesters of ten or more hours). 2. Students may enroll in both summer sessions. 3. Days and times and dates of class meetings are indicated on the following pages. Note the varying starting and ending dates for the classes. 4. There will be no classes on Monday, May 30, Memorial Day. 5. Exam days and times for courses which have an exam are indicated on the following pages. 6. Summer tuition is $575 per credit hour. There will also be a university fee of $59 and a university technology fee of $99. Regular financial aid for summer school is available. In order to be considered for financial aid for the 2016 summer term, students enrolling in at least three credits must complete a 2016/2017 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). In addition to the FAFSA, students will need to complete a Creighton University Summer Aid Application. The Summer Aid Application is available on our web site at and then clicking on Commonly Used Forms. If you have additional questions, please contact Dean Obenauer at the University Financial Aid Office (phone: ; DeanObenauer@creighton.edu). 7. Prior permission is necessary to take summer school at another law school. See Dean Weber. 8. If a student becomes academically ineligible after the Spring Semester grades are in, the student s Summer School registration will be cancelled and tuition will be refunded..

2 SUMMER 2016 CLASS SCHEDULE TERM 1 ONLINE COURSE ADVANCED LEGAL WRITING AND DRAFTING (3 credit hours) Professor Knoepfler ONLINE Monday, May 16, through Friday, June 24 8:00 9:32 a.m. COMMERCIAL LAW (3 credit hours) Professor Anderson M-T-W-Th; Monday, May 16, through Thursday, June 23 HARPER CENTER ROOM 3048 Exam: Monday, June 27, 8:30 a.m. 8:00 9:32 a.m. EVIDENCE (3 credit hours) Professor Mangrum M-T-W-Th; Monday, May 16, through Thursday, June 23 HARPER CENTER ROOM 3042 Exam: Monday, June 27, 8:30 a.m. 9:40 11:05 a.m. LEGAL INTERVIEWING, NEGOTIATION, AND COUNSELING (3 credit hours) Professor Cote M-T-W-Th-F*; Monday, May 16, through Friday, June 24 *This class meets regularly Monday through Thursday, but instructor will need to cancel some regularly scheduled classes and hold a few on Fridays. HARPER CENTER ROOM 3036 No Exam 10:00 a.m. - 12:05 p.m. BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS (4 credit hours) Professor Morse M-T-W-Th; Monday, May 16, through Thursday, June 23 HARPER CENTER ROOM 3048 Exam: Wednesday, June 29, 8:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. CROSS EXAMINATION (3 credit hours) Professor Melilli M-W-F; Monday, May 16, through Wednesday, June 15 HARPER CENTER ROOM 3053 No Exam

3 1:00 2:05 p.m. SALES AND LEASES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY (2 credit hours) Dean Weber M-T-W-Th; Monday, May 16, through Thursday, June 23 ROOM 136 Exam: Tuesday, June 28, 8:30 a.m. 4:30 6:30 p.m. EXTERNSHIP CLASSROOM COMPONENT SEMINAR Dean Dickhute Monday, Tuesday, May 16, 17, (On Tuesday, May 17, class will be held from 4:00-7:00 p.m.) Wednesday, Thursday May 25, 26; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday May 31, June, 1, 2; Tuesday, Thursday June 14, 16; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday June 21, 22, 23; Thursday August 18, time TBA Individual Conferences: various times for the weeks of June 13, and June 29-July 5 Special Classes for those externs who work at their sites from July 5-August 19: Thursday, July 7, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 28, mid-term conferences; various times Tuesday, August 16, exit interviews; various times HARPER CENTER ROOM :00 8:55 p.m. NEGOTIATION (3 credit hours) Professor Teply Thursday, May 12; Tuesday, Thursday May 17 through Thursday, June 23 ROOM 136 No Exam

4 ONLINE COURSE 9:30 11:15 a.m. TERM 2 ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ONLINE (3 credit hours) Professor Ebner Tuesday, July 5, through Sunday, August 21 COMMERCIAL CONTRACT DRAFTING (3 credit hours) Professor Goedken M-T-W-Th-F*; Tuesday, July 5, through Monday, August 8 *This class meets regularly Monday through Thursday, but instructor will need to cancel some regularly scheduled classes and hold a few on Fridays. ROOM 139 No Exam 1:00-3:00 p.m. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (3 credit hours) Professor Real M-T-W-Th-F*; Tuesday, July 5, through Monday, August 8 *This class meets regularly Monday through Thursday, but instructor will need to cancel some regularly scheduled classes and hold a few on Fridays. ROOM 139 Exam: Wednesday, August 10, at 8:30 a.m. 5:00-7:20 p.m. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE (4 credit hours) Professor Brooks M-T-W-Th; Tuesday, July 5, through Monday, August 8 SMITH CONFERENCE ROOM LAW LIBRARY Exam: Friday, August 12, at 8:30 a.m. GERMANY SUMMER ABROAD COURSES INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW (3 credit hours) Dean Kelly and Professor Watts Sunday, July 3, through Saturday, July 30 FROM NUREMBERG TO THE HAGUE: THE IMPACT AND LEGACY OF THE HOLOCAUST ON THE LAW (3 credit hours) Professor Bryant Sunday, July 3, through Saturday, July 30

5 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS ADVANCED LEGAL WRITING AND DRAFTING B ONLINE COURSE (3). This seminar is designed to improve and fine-tune legal writing skills by emphasizing inductive and deductive organization in various legal documents, and editing and critiquing documents to add clarity and structure. Drafting assignments will include trial briefs, correspondence, and estate documents. P: Legal Research and Writing I and Legal Research and Writing II. (Online course for summer school session only.) Professor Knoepfler ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION B ONLINE COURSE (3) This course presents a broad introduction to the field of negotiation and dispute resolution and provides the student with a strong foundation across a number of key areas. As an academic discipline and a distinct professional field, conflict resolution reached and passed a tipping point sometime in the last decades of the 20 th century: what was once a patchwork of techniques (such as interestbased negotiation), social movements (such as community justice), and efforts at streamlining court dockets (such as mandatory mediation referrals), has become an interdisciplinary field in its own right, transformed from an alternative form of dispute resolution to the mainstream. Negotiation has always been a fundamental tool in lawyers toolbox; in contemporary practice, this must be augmented with an understanding of other ADR processes. The course is structured to provide practical skills that can be applied in real-world lawyering, as well as insights that can be transferred to, and enhanced through, other course offerings in the Negotiation and Dispute Resolution program. As an introduction to the ADR field, it will also equip students with a new set of conceptual frameworks and a disciplinary vocabulary that will prepare them to engage with the field s literature and participants. (Online course for summer school session only.) Professor Ebner BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS (4) This course surveys significant legal issues affecting the formation, operation, and governance of business enterprises. It explores the basic relationships and legal entities through which business activities are carried out, including agency, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations. Choice of organizational form, financing structures, implications of limited liability and limitations imposed thereon, governance of the enterprise, and the nature and extent of fiduciary obligations are among the many topics addressed. The course also provides an overview of some basic financial accounting and valuation concepts and principles of taxation applicable to C corporations, S corporations, and partnerships. It provides an important foundation for further study in areas of business planning, securities regulation, and taxation, as well as general knowledge of complex legal and policy questions affecting modern business operations. (Will be offered in Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Semesters.) (This is a required upper-class course.) Professor Morse COMMERCIAL CONTRACT DRAFTING (3) This course explores typical commercial transactions that a small but growing business might encounter, including negotiation of secured bank loans, incorporation, personal guarantees of corporate indebtedness, loan workouts, and creditor representation in bankruptcy. A substantial part of the course involves simulation exercises and drafting and review of pertinent documents. P: Commercial Law. (Will be offered in Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Semesters.) Professor Goedken COMMERCIAL LAW (3) The course will primarily examine the concepts and scope of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (Secured Transactions). Also, ancillary bodies of law (i.e. fraudulent conveyances, bankruptcy, wire transfers, documents of title, etc.) will be discussed when relevant to provide an overview of fundamental commercial law concepts. This course is designed to provide an overview and understanding of the most important commercial law concepts involving the rights and duties of debtors and creditors in transactions using personal property as collateral for a loan. P: Contracts I and II. (Will be offered in Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Semesters.) (This is a required upper-class course.) Professor Anderson

6 CROSS EXAMINATION (3) By means of simulated exercises in the cross-examination of witnesses, the course covers techniques for the crossexamination of witnesses, introduction and use of exhibits, dealing with failed recollection, impeachment, and the making of and responding to objections during cross-examinations. P: Must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in Evidence. (Will be offered in Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Semesters.) Professor Melilli EVIDENCE (3) This is a comprehensive course covering the rules governing the introduction of evidence in judicial and, to a lesser extent, administrative proceedings. Attention is focused on the Federal Rules of Evidence, the Nebraska Evidence Rules, and the general principles of the common law of evidence. A combination problem/case book method is employed. (Will be offered in Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Semesters.) (This is a required upper-class course.) Professor Mangrum EXTERNSHIPS (3) Students who submitted an externship preference form to Professor Dickhute for the 2016 Summer Session will be notified of their assignments at a later date. Dean Dickhute FROM NUREMBERG TO THE HAGUE: THE IMPACT AND LEGACY OF THE HOLOCAUST ON THE LAW (3) GERMANY SUMMER ABROAD COURSE This course is designed to foster a greater understanding of how traumatic societal events like the Holocaust impact the law and alter the trajectory of the law s development. Ethical, historical and legal insights are generated from the study of the Holocaust and its influence on the development of international crimes, human rights law, peremptory norms, transitional justice, hate speech prohibitions, genocide denial laws, and modern governmental bureaucracies. Professor Bryant INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW (3) GERMANY SUMMER ABROAD COURSE This course explores the theoretical and practical reaches of major international crimes: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression. Historical and modern cases are analyzed as well as various structural modes for international criminal tribunals, rules of procedure and evidence, extradition, bases of jurisdiction, and policy questions associated with new directions in the development of this field of law. Dean Kelly and Professor Watts LEGAL INTERVIEWING, NEGOTIATION AND COUNSELING (3) This course focuses on lawyer-client relationships and the role of the attorney in negotiation on behalf of a client. Methods of legal interviewing, counseling, and negotiating are examined in depth. Skills in these areas are developed through practical training and experience. A student who has taken/is taking Negotiation may not enroll in this course. (Will be offered in Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Semesters.) Professor Cote MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE (4) This course examines the issues of marriage and divorce as they have developed in history and as they appear in current practice. Areas that are covered include the constitutionality of statutory and public policy restrictions on marrying, procedures for marrying, common law marriage, traditional fault grounds for divorce and defenses to those grounds, divorce law reform, annulments, marital separations, jurisdictional and evidentiary problems, child custody, parents= rights to contact with their children, property divisions, spousal support, and child support. (Will be offered in Fall 2016 Semester.) Professor Brooks

7 NEGOTIATION (3) This course introduces the skills of negotiating and offers hands-on experiences in the three common steps of that process (preparation, negotiation, and drafting). Students will discover, control, and use personal strengths and weaknesses in confronting and compromising adversary interests. A significant amount of time will be spent on negotiating projects. Readings cover legal, psychological, theoretical, and practical aspects of negotiating. A student who has taken/is taking Legal Interviewing, Negotiation, and Counseling may not enroll in this course. (Will be offered in Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Semesters.) Professor Teply PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (3) This course considers the nature of the legal profession and attorneys obligations to their clients, the courts, their colleagues, and society. The course approaches these issues by familiarizing students with the Model Rules of Professional Conduct and introducing students to ethical questions that may arise in practice that are not specifically determined by the Model Rules. The course focuses on the nature and duties of the attorney-client relationship, rules governing conflicts of interest, standards for behavior in specific contexts, special roles of attorneys, and regulation of attorney conduct through formal and informal mechanisms. (Will be offered in Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Semesters.) (This is a required upper-class course.) Professor Real SALES AND LEASES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY (2) This course covers the law governing the sales of tangible personal property (primarily U.C.C. Articles 2 and 2A). The course goes beyond the general principals in Contracts I and II, and deals with issues such as the shipment of the goods when the parties are at a distance and the risk of loss should the goods be damaged or destroyed prior to acceptance by the buyer. The seller's obligations with respect to the quality of and title to the goods, shipping terms (INCOTERMS), the buyer's right to reject or revoke acceptance of non-conforming goods, the buyer's and seller's remedies in the event of breach, and the right of the buyer or seller to reclaim goods from an insolvent seller or buyer. The course will also cover the creation and content of express and implied warranties, the manner in which they may be modified or disclaimed, and the contractual alterations the parties can make to the remedies provided by the law. Although the central source of law for this portion of the course is Article 2 of the U.C.C., the course also will consider the interface between the U.C.C. and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and other consumer protection statutes. In addition, the class will also look at the interplay between the U.C.C. and the Convention on the International Sale of Goods. This course is designed to cover the legal topics regarding the sale of goods most likely to come up during the first years of an attorney s career. P: Contracts I and Contracts II (Will not be offered in Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Semesters.) Dean Weber

8 2016 SUMMER SCHOOL PRE-REGISTRATION FORM To pre-register for Creighton Law School's 2016 Summer Session, please submit this form to the receptionist by Thursday, March 24. NAME: LAW SCHOOL CLASS YEAR IN FALL 2016: STUDENT NET ID NUMBER: PREFERRED ADDRESS: TELEPHONE NUMBER: I WISH TO PRE-REGISTER FOR THE FOLLOWING COURSES: TERM 1: TERM 2: IF YOU PLAN TO ENROLL IN AN EXTERNSHIP FOR THE SUMMER SESSION AND YOU HAVE SUBMITTED THE NECESSARY FORMS TO PROFESSOR DICKHUTE, PLEASE WRITE EXTERNSHIP IN THE SPACE ABOVE. AS SOON AS THE EXTERNSHIP ASSIGNMENTS ARE DETERMINED, SANDY MURNAN WILL REGISTER YOU.