The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law Washington, DC 20064 SPRING 2016 COURSE SCHEDULE (UPPER DIVISION) As of January 19, 2016 Day Division Required Courses CATALOG CLASS SEMESTER NBR NBR COURSE TITLE CR DIV. DAY TIME INSTRUCTOR ROOM Spring 2016 422 1065 Professional Responsibility 36 3 All TTh 2:00-3:15PM Breger 305 Day Division Staple Courses Spring 2016 201 1066 Administrative Law 3 All MW 2:00-3:15PM La Belle 204 Spring 2016 205 1043 Corporations 1 4 All MW 9:00-10:50AM Schooner 305 Spring 2016 423 1046 Criminal Procedure: The Investigative Process 1 3 All TTh 11:00-12:15PM Drinan 205 Spring 2016 704 1017 Family Law 3 All TTh 2:00-3:15PM O'Brien 211 Spring 2016 321 1047 Remedies 3 All MW 4:00-5:15PM Williams 213 Evening Division Required Courses Spring 2016 272 1125 Constitutional Law II 11 3 All MW 6:15-7:30PM Watson 213 Spring 2016 461 1048 Professional Responsibility 36 3 All TTh 7:45-9:00PM Breger 204 Evening Division Staple Courses Spring 2016 465 1049 Commercial Transactions 4 All MW 5:45-7:35PM Miles 204 Spring 2016 283 1094 Evidence 1 4 All MW 7:45-9:35PM Fishman 213 Spring 2016 290 1013 Federal Income Taxation 4 All TTh 5:45-7:35PM Jefferson 205 Spring 2016 455 1050 Trusts & Estates 4 All TTh 5:45-7:35PM Silecchia 305 Elective Courses Spring 2016 669 1080 Advanced Criminal Procedure: Anatomy of a Homicide 2,5,18,85 3 All MW 7:45-9:00PM Zachem 208 Spring 2016 628 1081 Alternative Dispute Resolution Techniques 2,13,76,78 2 All Th 7:45-9:35PM Woods 208 Spring 2016 680 5092 American Indian Law (please view footnote) 43 1 All MW 4:00-4:50PM Watson 208 Spring 2016 581 1053 Antitrust 3 All TTh 4:00-5:15PM Perez 208 Spring 2016 401 1096 Appellate Advocacy 2,17 2 All W 7:45-9:35PM Fair 312D Spring 2016 746 1120 Applied Legal Studies 4 All TTh 3:45-5:35PM Scordato, et. al 307 Spring 2016 769 1113 Bar Preparation-Maryland and other jurisdictions 44,82 3 All Th 6:00-8:50PM Flinn 213 Spring 2016 753A 1114 Bar Preparation-Virginia 44,80 3 All T 6:00-8:50PM Flinn 213
Spring 2016 927A 1057 Becoming a Lawyer, Sec 1 74 2 All W 5:45-7:35PM Jordan/Jordan 303 Spring 2016 927A 5264 Becoming a Lawyer, Sec 2 74 2 All T 11:10-1:00PM Singer 312D Spring 2016 970 1026 CCLS: Advo for the Elderly Clinic 3,18,22,26,38,40,48,76 4 Eve W 6:15-8:15PM McGonnigal Spring 2016 972 1027 CCLS: Advo for the Elderly Clinic 3,18,22,26,38,40,48,76 5 Eve W 6:15-8:15PM McGonnigal Spring 2016 968 1025 CCLS: Advo for the Elderly Clinic 3,18,22,26,38,40,41,48,76 6 Eve W 6:15-8:15PM McGonnigal Spring 2016 902 5111 CCLS: Civil Practice Clinic 3,18,22,26,28,40,48,49,68,76 3 Day T 1:00-3:35PM Brustin/Mullen 220 Spring 2016 904 5112 CCLS: Civil Practice Clinic 3,18,22,26,40,41,48,49,68,76 6 Day T 1:00-3:35PM Brustin/Mullen 220 Spring 2016 906 5113 CCLS: Civil Practice Clinic 3,18,22,26,40,41,48,49,68,76 7 Day T 1:00-3:35PM Brustin/Mullen 220 Spring 2016 943 1141 CCLS: Families & the Law Clinic 3,18,22,26,29,40,48,49,68,76 1 Day T 1:00-3:35PM Klein/Martin 217 Spring 2016 944 1023 CCLS: Families & the Law Clinic 3,18,22,26,29,40,48,49,68,76 3 Day T 1:00-3:35PM Klein/Martin 217 Spring 2016 948 1024 CCLS: Families & the Law Clinic 3,18,22,26,40,41,48,49,68,76 6 Day T 1:00-3:35PM Klein/Martin 217 Spring 2016 891 1134 CCLS: Low Income Tax Clinic 3,18,22,26,40,48,49,76,81 4 All T 1:00-3:35PM Kurth 303 Spring 2016 891A 1135 CCLS: Low Income Tax Clinic 3,18,22,26,40,48,49,76,81 5 All T 1:00-3:35PM Kurth 303 Spring 2016 891B 1136 CCLS: Low Income Tax Clinic 3,18,22,26,40,48,49,76,81 6 All T 1:00-3:35PM Kurth 303 Spring 2016 809A 5091 Communications Law Practicum 6,18 1 All T 7:45-8:35PM Harold/Tramont 311 Spring 2016 428 5114 Comparative Law 2 All MW 6:15-7:05PM Ludwikowski 217 Spring 2016 480 5094 Contemporary Criminal Justice Seminar 13 2 All W 11:00-12:50PM Drinan 312D Spring 2016 716 1104 Corporate Finance Seminar 2 All M 4:00-5:50PM Lipton 303 Spring 2016 912A 1070 Criminal Defense Clinic 3,22,26,44,61,76 4 All W 6:15-8:05PM Foley Spring 2016 974 1028 Criminal Prosecution Clinic, Sec. 1 (Montgomery County) 3,22,44,46,76 4 All W 6:15-8:05PM Chase Spring 2016 974 1112 Criminal Prosecution Clinic, Sec. 2 (Prince George's County) 3,22,44,46,76 4 All W 6:15-8:05PM Glynn 253 Spring 2016 424A 5135 Cybercrime and Criminal Enforcement 2 All T 7:45-9:35PM Bailey/Downing 307 Spring 2016 942 1022 Directed Research 21,58 2 All FACULTY Spring 2016 500 5098 Elder Law 9 2 All T 4:00-5:50PM O'Brien 303 Spring 2016 427A 5108 Election Law 3 All TTh 2:00-3:15PM Mintz 312D Spring 2016 759 5105 ERISA: Labor Management Perspective 3 All MW 6:15-7:30PM Leary, J. 311 Spring 2016 633 1128 Federal Courts 62 3 All TTh 4:00-5:15PM Hartley 211 Spring 2016 479 1123 First Amendment Practicum 2,5,18,22,26,44,76 2/3 All TBD TBD Rienzi Spring 2016 807 1060 First Amendment: Problems of the Media 13 2 All Th 7:45-9:35PM Waldron 313 Spring 2016 686 1068 Government Contracts 2 All W 7:45-9:35PM Flesch 305 Spring 2016 794 5117 Health Law 13,55 2 All T 11:00-12:50PM Smith, G. 217 Spring 2016 410B 5107 Humanitarian Assistance and International Development Law 2 All T 7:45-9:35PM Jin/Khardori/Young 217 Spring 2016 650A 5095 Immigration Law: Employment, Family and Naturalization 16 2 All M 4:00-5:50PM Mooers 220 Spring 2016 882A 1071 Immigration Litigation Clinic 3,6,9,18,22,26,76,86 3 All MW 6:15-7:30PM Collopy/Mendez 312D Spring 2016 426A 5116 Information Privacy 2 All T 5:45-7:35PM Savage 208 Spring 2016 476 1064 In-House Counsel 2 All Th 4:00-5:50PM Burkhart/Lee 312D Spring 2016 569A 1052 Innocence Project Clinic and Clemency Project 3,6,18,22,26,40,76 3 All W 4:00-5:50PM Ogilvy 312D Spring 2016 776 1097 Intellectual Property Capstone 4,5,76 3 All MW 7:45-9:00PM Bain 303 Spring 2016 607A 5119 International Criminal Law (please view footnote) 45 1 All MW 4:00-4:50PM Watson 211 Spring 2016 788 1062 Interviewing, Counseling & Negotiating Skills 2,76 3 Day MW 4:00-5:15PM Woods 307 Spring 2016 585C 1099 Labor and Employment Litigation Capstone 4,5,13,76 3 All M 7:45-10:15PM Higgins/Woodward 211
Spring 2016 920 1021 Law Journal Editing (Conspectus) 6,25,53 1 All Harmon Spring 2016 919 1037 Law Journal Editing (Conspectus) 6,25,53 2 All Harmon Spring 2016 957 1035 Law Journal Editing (Law Review) 6,25,53 1 All Harmon Spring 2016 955 1036 Law Journal Editing (Law Review) 6,25,53 2 All Harmon Spring 2016 992 1031 Law Journal Writing (Conspectus) 6,25,54 1 All Harmon Spring 2016 917 1042 Law Journal Writing (Conspectus) 6,25,54 2 All Harmon Spring 2016 992 1032 Law Journal Writing (Law Review) 6,25,54 1 All Harmon Spring 2016 953 1034 Law Journal Writing (Law Review) 6,25,54 2 All Harmon Spring 2016 535 5123 Legal Drafting Seminar - General Drafting 2,55,78 3 All TTh 7:45-9:00PM Danzig 312D Spring 2016 735 1106 Legal Drafting Seminar - Legislation 2,55,78 3 All MW 4:00-5:15PM Hitchens 305 Spring 2016 535A 1056 Legal Drafting Seminar - Writing for Criminal Practitioners 2,55,78 3 All TTh 6:15-7:30PM Hagan 217 Spring 2016 927D 1118 Legal Externship, Sec. 1 (first time externship takers) 44,75 2/3 All Martin Spring 2016 927D 5184 Legal Externship, Sec. 2 (second or more externship takers) 44,75,87 2/3 All T 5:00-6:30PM Frost/Tschirch 220 Spring 2016 927D 5185 Legal Externship, Sec. 3 (second or more externship takers) 44,75,87 2/3 All W 5:00-6:30PM Frost/Tschirch 220 Spring 2016 587 5099 Legislation: The Making of a Federal Statute 5,18 3 All TTh 6:15-7:30PM Colinvaux 303 Spring 2016 946A 5125 Master of Legal Studies Final Project 30 2/3 MLS FACULTY Spring 2016 729 1063 Mediation and Arbitration Skills, Sec N-1 2,76 3 All Th 6:15-9:00PM Pope 220 Spring 2016 989 1029 Moot Court: National Appellate Advocacy Comp 25,44 2 All TBA TBA FACULTY Spring 2016 990 1030 Moot Court Trial National Team 25,44 2 All SaSu 9:00-3:00PM Mervis/Sharifi 249 Spring 2016 393A 5093 Negotiations: Theory and Practice 2,5,76 3 All T 11:00-11:50AM Perez 220 Th 11:00-12:50PM Spring 2016 722 5096 Partnership Tax 9 2 All W 4:00-5:50PM Jefferson 217 Spring 2016 319 5126 Patent Prosecution 18 2 All T 7:45-9:35PM Blinka/Weiss-McLeod 208 Spring 2016 590 1040 Professional Sports & the Law 2 All M 5:45-7:35PM Haase 211 Spring 2016 611 5128 Public International Law 3 All MW 2:00-3:15PM Ludwikowski 208 Spring 2016 576 1015 Public Policy Practicum 12,13,71 2 All M 7:45-9:35PM Favreau/Netram 220 Spring 2016 937 1116 S.E.C. Student Honors Prog. 22,26,31,44 3 All Frost Spring 2016 534B 1086 Securities Regulation: Civil Litigation 18 2 All W 5:45-7:35PM Borden 313 Spring 2016 531C 5133 Securities Regulation: Compliance 3,76 3 All MW 7:45-9:00PM Lanza 217 Spring 2016 540 1069 Securities Regulation: Enforcement Proc & Issues 9,84 2 All Th 5:45-7:35PM Brenner 311 Spring 2016 534 1115 Securities Regulation: Trading 3 All MWF 11:00-11:50AM Lipton 303 Spring 2016 817 1077 Starting and Managing a Solo Law Practice 44,79 1 All Sa 10:00-12:30PM Clark/Nichols 307 Spring 2016 570 1109 Trademarks & Unfair Competition 3 All TTh 2:00-3:15PM Winston 208 Spring 2016 599 5142 Trial Practice: Advanced 2,76 3 All TTh 6:15-7:30PM Mervis/Sharifi 257/249 Spring 2016 445 1059 Trial Skills: A Criminal Case 2,5,9,44,76 3 All T 6:15-9:00PM Barger 249 Spring 2015 554 1051 Vis International Moot Court 25,44,78 1 Weinstein Spring 2016 800 1127 Wealth Management 2 All W 5:45-7:35PM Griffin 208 Spring 2016 506 1110 White Collar & Business Crimes 2 All M 5:45-7:35PM Berthiaume 305 1 The faculty strongly encourage completion of this course during a student's law school career.
2 Limited enrollment course. 3 This course fulfills the Transition to Practice graduation requirement. 4 This course is limited to 3rd year or 4th year students. 5 If this course is taken during a student's 3rd year or 4th year, then this course satisfies the Transition to Practice graduation requirement. 6 Year-long course; must be taken for two semesters in order to receive credit. 7 Reserved. 8 Reserved. 9 Prerequisites are listed in the Announcements. 10 Reserved. 11 Required of all second year evening students. 12 Limited to LPP certificate students graduating in May 2016; other upper-class students may enroll on a space available basis during the add/drop period. 13 Qualifying course paper. 14 Reserved. 15 Reserved. 16 Students who have previously taken Immigration Law and Policy are eligible to take Immigration Law: Employment, Family and Naturalization. 17 Appellate brief successfully prepared in this course will satisfy one of the two upper-level writing requirements. 18 Some writing in this course may be used to satisfy one or more of the three products required for the Applied Legal Writing Portfolio option of the upper-level writing requirement. 19 Exam/Paper option, at option of student. Qualifying course paper. 20 Reserved. 21 Approved topic registration for Directed Research must be submitted to the Academic Dean s office, Room 343, no later than the last day of the add/drop period. 22 Students seeking to participate in more than one clinical program per semester must have the permission of Professor Martin, the Director of Experiential Education. Some of these clinical offerings are only possible for students who can participate during the day.
23 Reserved. 24 Limited to 24 students. 25 Open only to selected students. 26 Open only to selected students. A pre-application is required. For more information, please contact the following individuals: for the CCLS clinics - Prof. Paul Kurth, CCLS Managing Attorney; for the Innocence Project Clinic & Clemency Project - Prof. Sandy Ogilvy; for the Criminal Prosecution and Criminal Defense clinics - Prof. Lisa Martin; for the First Amendment Clinic - Prof. Mark Rienzi; for the S.E.C. Student Honors Program - Prof. David Lipton; and for the Immigration Litigation Clinic, Prof. Dree Collopy. 27 Reserved 28 Enrollment in this course is limited to students who have satisfactorily completed a minimum of six credits of CCLS: Civil Practice Clinic. Registration in this course requires prior approval of Professors Mullen or Brustin. 29 Enrollment in this course is limited to students who have satisfactorily completed a minimum of six credits of CCLS: Families & the Law Clinic. Registration in this course requires prior approval of Professors Klein or Martin. 30 This course is restricted to Master of Legal Studies students in their final semester. 31 Please see the Experiential Education Coordinator (Room 343) or Professor Lipton for details regarding application deadlines. Meets at S.E.C. S.E.C. classroom lectures are mandatory for any first time Honors Program participant who has not previously taken Becoming a Lawyer. The S.E.C. will notify students of the schedule of these lectures. 32 Reserved. 33 Reserved. 34 Reserved 35 Reserved 36 Students must complete this course prior to graduation. 37 Reserved 38 Preference will be given to evening division students. 39 Reserved 40 Participants who have completed Evidence, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, and Criminal Procedure: The Investigative Process and a minimum of 41 credit hours may be certified under the Student Practice Rule of the District of Columbia to represent clients in court. Upper-class students who do not meet the certification requirements also can take course.
41 Enrolled students are expected to spend a minimum of 20 hours weekly on clinic work, including instructional time. 42 Reserved 43 This course will meet for only the first half of the semester. Students will take a final exam at the mid-point of the semester (date to be determined). 44 This course is graded on a Pass/Fail basis. 45 This course will meet for only the last half of the semester. 46 Participants must be eligible for certification under the Maryland Student Practice rule. Please see Professor Leary for details. 47 Reserved 48 With faculty permission, students may opt to take this course pass/fail. The selection of this option must be made by the end of the add/drop period. Please e-mail the registrar to select this option; failure to exercise an option by the deadline will result in default to a letter grade. 49 Evening students may enroll on a space available basis. Please see the appropriate instructor(s) for approval. 50 Reserved 51 Reserved 52 Reserved. 53 This course may satisfy one of the two upper-level writing requirements; however, a student may not count both this course and the Law Journal Writing course toward the fulfillment of the two upper-level writing requirements. 54 This course may satisfy one of the two upper-level writing requirements; however, a student may not count both this course and the Law Journal Editing course toward the fulfillment of the two upper-level writing requirements. 55 Successful completion of this course may satisfy one of the two upper-level writing requirements. 56 Reserved 57 Reserved 58 Directed Research may satisfy one of the two upper-level writing requirements. It is a two-credit course that may be completed in one or two semesters, at the option of the instructor. 59 Reserved 60 Reserved
61 Participants must be eligible to be certified under the Virginia Third Year Student Rule. Please see Prof. Leary for details. 62 Prerequisites: Constitutional Law I and I and II. Constitutional Law II (or 5 credit Con. Law for students who started prior to Fall 2013). 63 Limited Reserved to students having completed LSIC: Civil 914 (6 Cr) in Summer 2008. 64 Reserved 65 This Reserved course can be taken only in conjunction with Becoming a Public Policy Lawyer Seminar (Law 431) or Public Policy Practicum (Law 575). 66 Reserved 67 Reserved 68 Students who enroll in either the Families and the Law Clinic or Civil Practice Clinic should keep their Thursdays clear for the scheduling of court hearings and other clinic-related activities. 69 Reserved 70 Reserved 71 This course is required for students who are in the Law and Public Policy Program. Day students must take this class during their third year. Evening students may take the class during their third or fourth year. Students taking the Public Policy Practicum must also register for a Legal externship for three credits or for one of the live-client clinical courses (Families and the Law, Civil Practice, Elder Law, Innocence Project, Criminal Prosecution Clinic or Immigration Litigation Clinic) during the Fall semester. 72 Reserved 73 This course requires students to pay a mandatory license fee for the use of the sample Multistate Bar Examination questions. This fee was $50 in the 2015 Spring semester. No textbooks are required for this course. 74 This course is offerred as a two-credit graded seminar. All students who enroll in this course must also enroll in Legal Externship to obtain two or three credits for fieldwork. Students who are enrolling in their first externship for credit must enroll in one of the Becoming a Lawyer seminars during the same semester as the fieldwork. 75 Students enrolling in their first externship should register for 2 or 3 credits of Legal Externship and must also enroll in one of the Becoming a Lawyer seminars. Students in their second or greater externship should only register for 2 or 3 credits of Legal Externship. Approval of externship, by Director of Experiential Education, required prior to registration in Cardinal Station. 76 This course fulfills the Professional Skills requirement. 77 Enrollment in this one credit course is limited to students in the Comparative and International Law Certificate Program. All students who enroll in this course should also enroll in Legal Externship to obtain two or three credits for fieldwork.
78 This course can fulfill either one of the two upper division writing requirements or the Professional Skills requirement, but may not be used to satisfy both. 79 This course will meet 5 times over the course of the Spring 2016 semester (Jan. 16 & 30; Feb. 13 & 27, Mar. 19). 80 Students taking this course cannot also take the Maryland Bar Preparation course. 81 Limited to an aggregate total of 8 students in all sections of CCLS: Low Income Tax Clinic 82 Students taking this course cannot also take the Virginia Bar Preparation course. 83 Students have the option of taking this course in-class or viewing on-line taped lectures. 84 For non-securities program students, this is an exam course. For those students, this course does not satisfy the upper-level writing requirement. Only students in the Securities Institute or concentration may be given a portfolio writing option. Those selecting the writing option would also take the exam, but it would count proportionally less toward the final grade. 85 Prerequisite: Criminal Procedure: The Investigative Process. Recommended for students to have completed or taking concurrently Criminal Procedure: Post Investigative Process. 86 Open only to selected students (year-long course). For more information, please contact Professor Dree Collopy. 87 This class will meet as a group two times during the semester.