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1L course of study This course is the companion seminar for students enrolled in the Civil Practice Externship fieldwork course with a placement in a law office that represent the interests of individuals and entities engaged in the arts, entertainment, and media-including in film, television, theater, music, book publishing, fine arts, and sports. Students will learn about the various agreements used in the entertainment industry through lectures, small group exercises, and a negotiation simulation project, all designed to develop substantive knowledge and essential lawyering skills that will assist students in their fieldwork. Class time will also be spent discussing the work students do at their placements, the skills they are building, and their impressions of the entertainment industry and the attorneys and other colleagues with whom students interact. Grading and Method of Evaluation: Letter grade only. Students will be assessed based on reflective writing assignments, in-class exercises and presentations, the negotiation project, professionalism, and class participation.
Recommended but not required. Wrongful Convictions Seminar or experience in wrongful convictions, criminal defense, or prosecution. This is a semester long clinic that provides students with the opportunity to provide legal assistance to wrongfully convicted persons in New York with a focus on the most challenging cases - those that lack DNA evidence. The clinic will work in conjunction with the Exoneration Initiative (EXI), a pioneering non-for-profit located in lower Manhattan that litigates non-DNA innocence cases. Because DNA only exists in approximately ten percent of criminal cases, exonerations based upon DNA evidence represent a fraction of wrongful convictions. The Clinic targets the often forgotten and under-represented, but larger population, of wrongfully convicted. Non-DNA innocence cases are very difficult to select, advance and litigate to exoneration. The work involves a comprehensive understanding of the criminal justice system from investigation, through trial, appeal and post-conviction proceedings. Students in the BLS/EXI Innocence Clinic will learn and develop an appreciation of all phases of the process. The goal of the Clinic is to work directly with EXI in its efforts to: provide free legal services to indigent inmates with claims of actual innocence; conduct impact litigation to advance legal precedent favorable to potentially wrongfully convicted persons; and to inform and educate the public, the legal profession and the judiciary about the causes of wrongful convictions and the fallibility of the criminal justice system. Students will screen and evaluate potential cases for innocence, work on investigations, meet with clients, prepare post-conviction motions and observe and assist with post-conviction hearings and retrials. Students will also research and write about the rapidly evolving law that is shaping exoneration litigation for articles, amicus briefs, and educational materials. Grading: Letter grade only.
Contracts This course is a survey of commercial law. It will explore the three prototypical commercial transactions: (1) purchase and sale of goods; (2) payment; and (3) secured financing. The course will focus on Articles 2, 3, 4, and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Relevant federal statues and regulations, and international conventions will be covered as well. Students may elect to take either this course or one or more of the more detailed separate courses in Commercial Transactions: Sales, Commercial Paper and Banking, and Secured Transactions.
Source: Brooklyn Law School's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
