First day assignments
| Course | Summer 2013 Assignments (as of May 13, 2013) |
| 8511 Torts Rostron |
Required text Torts and Compensation, Personal Accountability and Social Responsibility for Injury by Dan B. Dobbs, Paul T. Hayden and Ellen M. Bublick (West Publishing Co., 6th edition, 2009). Please note that we’ll be using the 6th edition of this book, even though there is a new 7th edition that just came out this spring. This will save you a lot of money, because the price of the 6th edition dropped a lot as soon as the 7th edition came out. The cost of a new copy of the 7th edition would be $215.00. But you should be able to find a copy of the 6th edition for much less. For example, there are used copies of the 6th edition available for sale on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Compensation-Personal-Accountability-Responsibility-Casebooks/dp/0314184902/ref=pd_sim_b_3 ) for as little as $2.21 (plus a $3.99 shipping cost) and even unused copies of the 6th edition are going for just $34.00 (plus the $3.99 for shipping) on Amazon. The UMKC bookstore (https://www.umkcbookstore.com/#) also will have used copies of the 6th edition in stock, so that’s a great place to shop if you want to be able to see what the condition the used book is in (such as how much marking and writing is in it) before buying it. In addition, please note that book comes in both a “regular” version and a “concise” edition. We will be using the regular version, so please make sure you get that one. The concise edition has the words “concise edition” on the front cover, and the regular version does not. First day assignment Please read pages 2-3, 22-27, and 35-43 of the textbook. The section on “What is Tort Law?” (pages 2-3) and the section on litigation procedures (pages 22-27) are for background purposes only. They will tell you a little bit about tort law, why we read judicial opinions, and the basic procedures in a civil lawsuit. The first class session will focus on the cases on pages 35-43, so please read them carefully and be prepared to answer questions about them. (You do not need to read the A.R.B. v. Elkin case, which starts on page 43, so you can stop reading at the end of the notes preceding it.) Please note that the use of computers will not be permitted during this class. You can use them for writing essays during tests or exams, but not during the class sessions. |
| 8522A Civil Procedure II Berman |
First day assignment Please enroll in the LexisNexis Webcourse. 1. Go to http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool 2. Sign on with your LexisNexis ID 3. Click the Access Web Courses link under Class Preparation. 4. Click the red COURSES tab at the top of the page 5. Under Course Catalog, select Missouri, University of -Kansas City. 6. Click Show All at the bottom of the page. 7. Scroll down to Civil Procedure II - Berman 8. Click on the button Enroll on the right side. The site contains the books used, assignments and announcements. Reminder for summer students: Beginning on Monday, June 24, students will be logging in to ALL Lexis products (Web Courses are included here) with their Lexis Advance IDs. The Lexis.com/Lexis Home Page IDs will be deleted and students will go to www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool as usual to log in to Lexis, but they will be typing in their Lexis Advance ID and then they will be taken to the portal interface (similar to what students see today) with a link for Web Courses. |
| 8522B Civil Procedure II Glesner Fines |
Required text Marcus, Redish et al, Civil Procedure: A Modern Approach 5th Edition 2009 West Publishing 978-0-314-18495-5 First day assignment Letter to students (PDF) and Study guide (PDF) |
| 8531S Lawyering Skills I Part I Section 1 and Section 2 Temm Wilson |
Required text and materials Richard Neumann and Sheila Simon, Legal Writing, 2d ed. 2011. Wanda Temm and Julie Cheslik, Missouri Legal Research, 2d ed. 2011. Ruth Ann McKinney & Katie R. Pryal, Core Grammar for Lawyers (Carolina Acad. Press 2011) (www.coregrammarforlawyers.com) Supplement (www1.law.umkc.edu/academic/LWP/index.html) First day assignment Available here (PDF) (revised 4/25/13) |
| 8552 Federal Taxation Hoyt |
Required text and materials 1) 2014 West Federal Taxation, Comprehensive Vol (not 2013 or older) 2) Internal Revenue Code & Regs (Used copy is OK, but there's no need to purchase Code & Regs. Go to Prof Hoyt's web page for the statutes needed for this course. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/hoytlinks.htm 3) Compilation of cases – free from Prof. Hoyt's UMKC web page First day assignment Available here (PDF) |
| 8638R Entrepreneurial Lawyering: Solo & Small Firm Practice Luppino Suni |
First day assignment (May 29) • Make and bring to class a written list of (1) your personal strengths and weaknesses that you imagine would be relevant to the practice of law in a two or three person law firm; and (2) the attributes you would be looking for in a partner with whom you might practice in such a firm. • Make and bring to class a written list of all the "resources" you believe would be needed to start up and then operate a small firm. • Go to the Missouri Bar Solo & Small Firm Conference website (http://sasfconference.org/) and skim through "Program" for the June 13-15 Conference. • Read material in the Syllabus section of the course TWEN site on choosing a partner. • Read the material in the syllabus section on Fees: Calculation and Collection Note: The schedule for this summer’s sessions is: You are expected to (1) attend all five of the class sessions (Wednesday, May 29, and each of the following Mondays: June 3, June 10, June 17, and June 24, in each case from 5:30PM to 8:30PM, except that the initial session, May 29, will start with a pizza and soft drinks welcoming event at 5:00PM, with a guest from the Missouri Bar), and (2) the Missouri Bar Solo & Small Firm Branson Conference (“Conference”) workshop sessions and events on June 13-15 identified as required attendance items in a separate memorandum you will be given about the Conference. |
| 8707A Advanced Legal Writing: Practical Skills House |
First day assignment Register on TWEN. Read Evaluating Writing (PDF), Course Guidelines (PDF), Professional Expectations (PDF), and Syllabus (PDF) (all available on TWEN). Read Chapter 7 of Elizabeth Fajans et al., Writing For Law Practice (2d ed. 2002). Draft (i) list of top 3 things you want to get from this class and (ii) list of provisions you believe should be included in an engagement letter b/t an attorney and client, and bring these with you to the first class. |
| 8732C Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution Lee |
Required text Cross-Cultural Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (Grant R. Ackerman ed.) Note: Students should order this text online, directly from the publisher. http://tinyurl.com/bos332s First day assignment Please read Cross-Cultural Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (Grant R. Ackerman ed.), pages 3-10. Electronics policy: Students are not permitted to use computers, laptops, cell phones, or similar devices, during class time. Research paper: The research paper, which will comprise up to 75% of the course grade, will be due on Friday, July 26, 2013. |
| 8798A Art Law Abdel-khalik |
Required text Welcome to Art Law. We will be using the revised edition of Art Law: Cases and Materials, DuBoff, Burr, and Murray, 2010. If you obtain the text from a source other than our Bookstore, please be sure to obtain the right edition. First day assignment Please read pages 1-25 and prepare answers to Problems 1-2 and 1-3. There will be a number of problems in your reading throughout the semester, but I only expect you to prepare answers to the Problems identified with your reading assignments. If you have any questions before the semester starts, please let me know. |
