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Law School Catalog
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Administration of the Court System – The Business of the Judicial Bench - LAW 6133
Credits Hours: 1
The class will review the broad array of programs, research, activities, and operations that encompass the field of court administration. Topics will include the history and development of the field of court administration and the emergence of professional court administrators, the differences between judicial administration and court administration, the wide range of governance structures for the provision of court administration services existent in federal, state and local courts, and the primary components of the work of court administration, including caseflow management, HR and fiscal administration, technology and information management, jury management, facility and security management, inter-branch representation and communication, community relations and public information, research and advisory services, emergency preparedness and business continuity, records management, performance management and accountability, and judicial education and training.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Government, Public Policy & Regulation
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Administrative Law - LAW 6350
Credits Hours: 3
Deals with administrative processes in executive and independent regulatory agencies; constitutional limits on governmental agencies and structures; separation of powers and other topics relevant to government structures; limits on the delegation of power to agencies; the operation of agencies through rule-making and adjudication; executive and legislative controls over agencies; and judicial review of agency actions.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Business & Commercial, Elder Law, Environmental Law, General Practice, Government, Public Policy & Regulation, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Public Interest Law
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Advanced Appellate Advocacy - LAW 6206
Credits Hours: 2
Covers procedure and practice, including appellate jurisdiction; error preservation; appeals from interlocutory and final orders; standards of review; brief writing; and oral argument. Each student researches and drafts a federal appellate brief; argues in preliminary practice rounds; and makes a final solo argument. This course satisfies the upper-level writing requirement
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Upper Level Writing
Practice Area: Litigation
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Advanced Bar Preparation Skills - LAWB 6303
Credits Hours: 3
This course focuses on problem recognition and analysis, and enhances critical reading, thinking, and writing skills to maximize student performance on the bar exam. Students will become thoroughly familiar with the format and components of the bar exam including the Multistate Performance Test (MPT), Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), and Multistate Essay Exam (MEE). Students will review selected substantive subjects traditionally tested on the bar exam. Students will become familiar with techniques for answering multiple choice questions and analyzing, organizing, and writing responses to essay questions. Memorization skills, time management, professionalism, stress management and collaborative learning techniques will also be reinforced.
- Must be a 3L within 24 hours of graduation.
- Introduction to Bar Exam Prep Skills is recommended.
- Cannot take Introduction to Bar Exam Prep Skills in the same semester.
Required: Elective
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Advanced Consumer Protection Clinic - LAWB 6217
Credits Hours: 2
This course is a continuation of the Consumer Protection Clinical course. Students who have successfully completed the Consumer Protection Clinic may apply for a second semester in the clinic, with faculty approval and contingent on the availability of space. During the advanced clinic semester, students continue to represent individuals in matters related to consumer protection law, including consumer debt, foreclosure, landlord/tenant issues, and predatory lending. Students will gain a deeper understanding of substantive law, while continuing to gain real life litigation and advocacy experience. Advanced clinic students are not required to take the seminar component of the course again, but are expected to attend a weekly case status meeting. This course is two credits and requires at least 85 hours of casework.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Civil Practice, Civil Rights, Elder Law, General Practice, Public Interest Law
Prerequisites: Consumer Protection Clinic
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Advanced Delta Divorce Clinic - LAWB 6318
Credits Hours: 3
This course is offered at the discretion of the instructor. If space is available, a few students may be invited to participate in the Advanced Delta Divorce Clinic (two credit hours) which allows the students to continue and possibly complete existing cases they are assigned. Depending on the caseload, students may be assigned an additional case. There is no classroom component to this course, but students do meet weekly with their supervising attorney for case status reviews. Students do go to court and work with clients throughout the semester as is necessary on assigned cases.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Experiential Learning
Practice Area: Civil Practice , Family Law , Practice Skills , Litigation , Public Interest Law
Prerequisites: Delta Divorce Clinic - LAW 6405 or Delta Divorce Clinic - LAW 6600
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Advanced Family Law Clinic - LAW 6237
Credits Hours: 2
Continues Family Law Clinic. Students are given the opportunity to work on more complex and difficult cases, and may also mentor Family Law Clinic students.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Civil Practice, General Practice, Litigation, Practice Skills, Family Law
Prerequisites: Family Law Clinic
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Advanced Legal Research - LAW 6134
Credits Hours: 1
This class is designed to equip students with the knowledge and practical skills necessary for effective legal research. The course will review the basic concepts of research that you learned in RWA I and II and introduce you to new authorities, sources, and tools. New material will include legislative history, administrative law, court rules, rules of professional responsibility, factual investigation, and specialized treatises and databases. Students will practice their research skills via simulated problems using a variety of legal research resources.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Upper Level Research Requirement
Prerequisites: Research, Writing & Analysis I - LAWB 6380 , Research, Writing & Analysis II - LAWB 6381
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Advanced Litigation Skills - LAW 6238
Credits Hours: 2
Builds on the advocacy skills taught in Lawyering Skills II. Students are expected to participate in trial competitions during the Fall semester (if selected), preparation for which requires practice sessions outside of class. A trial competition team will be selected from class participants for the following semester.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Civil Practice, Litigation, Practice Skills
Prerequisites: Lawyering Skills II
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Advanced Public Service Externship - LAWB 6304
Credits Hours: 3
This course permits students who have already completed the Public Service Externship course to participate in a second Public Service Externship. The externships must be two different types of placements and in two different semesters. The restriction regarding two different types of placements does not prohibit a student from participating in externships with a trial court and an appellate court in different semesters, nor does it prohibit a student from participating in more than one externship with different nonprofit organizations or state or federal government agencies. A student enrolled in the Advanced Public Service Externship course must complete 115 hours of work at the placement site during the semester that he or she is enrolled in the course and must complete timesheet, evaluation, writing, and mid-semester meeting requirements. This course does not require a training session or a seminar class. Students receive three hours of graded academic credit upon satisfactory completion of the course.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Experiential Learning
Practice Area: Practice Skills, Public Interest Law
Prerequisites: Public Service Externships
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Advanced Tax Clinic - LAWB 6212
Credits Hours: 2
Pursuant to permission from the instructor, students work on projects dealing with advanced tax issues and advancing the goals of the tax clinic.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Taxation, Practice Skills
Prerequisites: Tax Clinic
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Advanced Veterans Legal Services Clinic - LAWB 6358
Credits Hours: 3
The Veterans Legal Services Clinic (VLSC) seeks to honor those who have served our country by providing client-centered and trauma-informed advocacy. Students in the clinic represent former military service members with VA appeals related to disability compensation and reconsideration of discharge status. The Advanced Veterans Legal Services Clinic gives students the opportunity to build upon the skills they developed in taking the VLSC in a previous semester. Advanced VSLC students will serve as peer mentors, will work on more complex issues, and will develop strategies to address broader systemic issues facing the veteran population served by the clinic.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Experiential Learning
Practice Area: Practice Skills , Government, Public Policy & Regulation
Prerequisites: Veterans Legal Services Clinic - LAW 6602
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Advocacy for Policymakers - LAWB 6235
Credits Hours: 2
This course will examine how lawyers, political leaders, and other stakeholders responsible for shaping policy effectively employ tools of advocacy. Students will improve their ability to identify, evaluate, and formulate effective advocacy strategies and tactics and to develop common practitioner tools, such as concise briefing and messaging materials used in advocacy initiatives. In addition to building advocacy skills, the class will introduce students to key policy issues arising from domestic and foreign policy challenges.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Policy and Perspectives Requirement
Practice Area: Government, Public Policy & Regulation , Public Interest Law
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Arkansas Constitution and Court System - LAW 6161
Credits Hours: 1
This course canvases the unique jurisdictional and procedural aspects of both the Arkansas state and local district courts. Students will learn the various subject matter division of the circuit court system in Arkansas and recognize practices, procedures, and cases particular to each division. The jurisdiction of the Arkansas Court of Appeals and Arkansas Supreme Court will also be covered.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Litigation
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Arkansas Constitution Seminar - LAWB 6220
Credits Hours: 2
In this seminar students study the Arkansas Constitution of 1874, starting with its history, and then focusing on its current meaning and application. The course covers judicial decisions announcing State constitutional jurisprudence and explores the power the State’s founding document has over the structure and function of the State’s government today. The course is broken into four units: structure, rights, federalism, and finance. Guest speakers and practical litigation tips are also part of the mix. The goal is to prepare students not only to better understand the legal system in Arkansas, but also to foster in students a long-term interest in improving, as future members of the Bar, the structure of Arkansas State government.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Government, Public Policy & Regulation, General Practice
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Arkansas Criminal Trial Practice - LAW 6341
Credits Hours: 3
Uses a problems-based, practice-oriented approach to analyze the Arkansas Criminal Code; Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure; and Arkansas Rules of Evidence.
Students may take either Criminal Procedure Trial Process or Criminal Procedure Pre-Trial Process as a prerequisite. Evidence is required in all events.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Criminal Law, General Practice
Prerequisites: Criminal Procedure Trial Process, Evidence, Criminal Procedure Pretrial Process
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Bankruptcy Law - LAW 6345
Credits Hours: 3
The class is intended to be an overview of bankruptcy including an explanation of the bankruptcy system, basic bankruptcy concepts, and bankruptcy jurisdiction. The course will include coverage of Chapter 7, Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 with emphasis on individual Chapter 7 cases.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Business & Commercial, General Practice
Prerequisites: Secured Transactions
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Business Associations - LAW 6403
Credits Hours: 4
Emphasizes agency, partnership, close corporations, limited liability firms, corporate formation, piercing, fiduciary duty and governance. Additional topics to be covered at the discretion of the instructor include mergers, derivative suits, insider trading, proxy statements and corporate finance.
Required: Elective
Bar Exam Tested: Yes
Practice Area: Business & Commercial, General Practice, Real Estate Law
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Business Innovations Clinic - LAW 6408
Credits Hours: 4
Under the supervision of a clinical professor, students will provide legal services to a variety of social enterprises, small businesses and non-profits involved in economic development both in Little Rock and its environs. Clients will come from the following sectors: affordable housing, food and farm, artists, inventors, and construction. This list is not exhaustive and will vary each semester according to the demands of active clients.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Experiential Learning
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Business Reorganization - LAWB 6255
Credits Hours: 2
This course will begin with a review of basic bankruptcy laws and procedures. The remainder of the course will focus on business bankruptcies, including liquidations and reorganizations under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Specifically, the course will focus on the laws, practical business issues, and processes practitioners encounter in business reorganizations. This course will benefit students interested not only in bankruptcy and business reorganizations but also in corporate transactions and commercial litigation.
Required: No
Bar Exam Tested: No
Practice Area: Business & Commercial
Prerequisites: Bankruptcy Law - LAW 6345
Elective: Yes
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Capital Punishment Seminar - LAW 6292
Credits Hours: 2
Presents the substantive and procedural rules that govern capital cases in a practical context. Students will become familiar with modern Eighth Amendment doctrine, Arkansas’s capital murder statute, federal habeas corpus, and the American Bar Association Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases. The actual practice of litigating capital cases at all stages will be emphasized, with particular stress on managing the wide-ranging investigations necessary when the death penalty is involved.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Criminal Law, Public Interest Law
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Child Welfare Practice - LAWB 6306
Credits Hours: 3
This skills course introduces students to the practice of law in Arkansas’s civil child welfare system. The course reviews the complete life cycle of a simulated dependency-neglect case from the initial investigation stage all the way to the return of the juveniles to the parents, the termination of parental rights, or other possible outcomes. Students complete exercises on participating in hearings, oral advocacy, trial strategy, witness examination, and drafting legal documents.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Family Law
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Civil Liberties - LAW 6393
Credits Hours: 3
Examines suits under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 against state and local governments and their agents for violations of rights guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Civil Rights, Government, Public Policy & Regulation, Litigation, Public Interest Law
Prerequisites: Constitutional Law
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Civil Procedure I - LAW 6230
Credits Hours: 2
Civil Procedure I and II provide an overview of the litigation process from commencement of an action through appeal, with emphasis on pretrial procedures. Topics covered include personal and subject matter jurisdiction; process; pleading; discovery; pretrial and post-verdict motions; judgments; res judicata; and some appellate procedures.
Required: Required
Bar Exam Tested: Yes
Practice Area: Civil Practice, Litigation
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Civil Procedure II - LAW 6327
Credits Hours: 3
Civil Procedure I and II provide an overview of the litigation process from commencement of an action through appeal, with emphasis on pretrial procedures. Topics covered include personal and subject matter jurisdiction; process; pleading; discovery; pretrial and post-verdict motions; judgments; res judicata; and some appellate procedures.
Required: Required
Bar Exam Tested: Yes
Practice Area: Civil Practice, Litigation
Prerequisites: Civil Procedure I
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Commercial Paper Transactions - LAW 6321
Credits Hours: 3
Covers Uniform Commercial Code Articles One, Three, Four, Five, and Seven; commercial paper transactions involving negotiability; rights and liabilities of parties; transfer; holders in due course; defenses; the collection process; and letters of credit.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Business & Commercial
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Comparative Law - LAW 6258
Credits Hours: 2
Examines the legal systems of other countries with particular emphasis on the administration of criminal justice, the administration of civil justice, and the education and regulation of the legal profession. The course includes an introduction to civil law and a survey of the ways that Western legal traditions have fared in colonial and post-colonial developing countries and the ways in which Western systems have influenced and been influenced by customary law and traditions. The course satisfies the policy and perspectives requirement, and the paper can satisfy the upper-level writing requirement
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Policy and Perspective
Practice Area: International & Comparative Law
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Conflict of Laws - LAW 6356
Credits Hours: 3
Covers law controlling cases with significant aspects relating to more than one state of the United States or to more than one country; focuses primarily on jurisdiction, choice of law, and enforcement of judgments; examines statutes and common law rules and theories, underlying policies, and control exercised by the federal government through constitutional limitations.
In addition to the prerequisites, Constitutional Law is strongly recommended.
Required: Elective
Bar Exam Tested: Yes
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Policy and Perspective
Practice Area: Civil Practice, Civil Rights, General Practice, International & Comparative Law, Litigation
Prerequisites: Civil Procedure I, Civil Procedure II
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Constitutional History - LAW 6245
Credits Hours: 2
This course studies the historical development of United States Constitution itself. We study the origins of the Constitution before and in the Constitutional Convention of 1787, its ratification, and its subsequent amendment over the next two centuries.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Upper Level Writing
Practice Area: Civil Rights, Government, Public Policy & Regulation
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Constitutional Law - LAW 6406
Credits Hours: 4
Constitutional Law studies the constitutional aspects of judicial review; interstate commerce; separation of powers; federal-state relationships; and protection accorded individuals and property under the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment. Specific subjects include: race and gender discrimination; the right to privacy and autonomy (including the rights to procreation, abortion, travel, and association); content-based and content-neutral regulation of speech; and a survey of the law of religion.
Required: Required
Bar Exam Tested: Yes
Practice Area: Civil Rights, General Practice, Government, Public Policy & Regulation, Public Interest Law
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Construction Law - LAWB 6309
Credits Hours: 3
Construction law is “a separate breed of animal,” as one judge noted. Construction law is a distinct body of law for the development, design, and construction industries, which is comprised of parts of contract, litigation, arbitration, mediation, statutory, and regulatory areas of the legal system. Construction law affects all phases of a project: feasibility, taxes, financing, architecture, engineering, construction, insurance, bonds, liens, disputes, intellectual property, and project site safety. This course chronologically introduces students to the typical legal issues that arise in the construction industry: from project development to completion and from construction contracts to construction disputes. From beginning to end, this Construction Law class will focus on providing practical knowledge, techniques, analysis, and procedures.
Required: Elective
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Consumer Protection Clinic - LAWB 6301
Credits Hours: 4
The Consumer Protection Clinic will assist clients who are facing foreclosure: debt collection; eviction; housing instability; fraud; unfair or deceptive trade practices; or have problems with credit reports and credit access. The course will be primarily litigation-based. Students will learn through real-life experiences such as interviewing clients, analyzing documents, drafting complaints and pleadings, and conducting discovery.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Experiential Learning
Practice Area: Civil Practice, Civil Rights, Elder Law, Public Interest Law, Litigation
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Consumer Protection Law - LAW 6295
Credits Hours: 2
This course considers some of the special protective legal mechanisms that have arisen at the federal and state levels in the context of consumer transactions. The principal focus of the course is on practices in consumer transactions (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) and on consumer credit regulation (e.g., advertising, disclosures, discrimination, usury, collection practices). The class will also look at “lemon laws” and the protections that such laws attempt to provide.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Litigation
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Contracts I - LAW 6310
Credits Hours: 3
Contracts I and II cover the formation of contracts; offer and acceptance; consideration and substitutes for consideration; mistake, unfairness and overreaching; unconscionability; the Statute of Frauds; interpretation; performance and breach; impossibility and frustration; third party beneficiaries; and assignment of rights and delegation of duties.
Required: Required
Bar Exam Tested: Yes
Practice Area: Business & Commercial
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Contracts II - LAW 6311
Credits Hours: 3
Contracts I and II cover the formation of contracts; offer and acceptance; consideration and substitutes for consideration; mistake, unfairness and overreaching; unconscionability; the Statute of Frauds; interpretation; performance and breach; impossibility and frustration; third party beneficiaries; and assignment of rights and delegation of duties.
Required: Required
Bar Exam Tested: Yes
Practice Area: Business & Commercial
Prerequisites: Contracts I
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Corporate Justice - LAW 6148
Credits Hours: 1
This course will explore corporate responsibility in the context of corporate justice. While there are other programs that have attempted to capitalize on the concept of CSR, this program will be unique in that our primary purpose is to facilitate a rigorous classroom experience that will adequately prepare each student, with the necessary tools and legal knowledge, to engineer corporate social change from a well-informed legal vantage point, or what we call Corporate Justice. Moreover, this course will provide a comprehensive overview of the historical foundations of Corporate Justice and how it can be used as a tool for legal activism. In this course we will further explore the following issues: foundational aspects of corporate governance; how issues of gender and racial diversity affect the corporate decision-making processes; the causes and effects of the financial crisis; regulation of credit default swaps and other derivative instruments; director/officer fiduciary duties; the Dodd-Frank Act; the prison industrial complex; and finally, we will explore the impact and effect of social movements like the “Occupy Wall Street Movement” on financial reform.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Policy and Perspectives Requirement
Practice Area: Business & Commercial
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Crime, Punishment, & Race in Arkansas - LAW 6291
Credits Hours: 2
This seminar examines race in the criminal punishment system in Arkansas. Students will be introduced to literature that addresses the purpose of punishment, both from a theoretical and real-life perspective. The historical role of race in the development of the current criminal punishment system will be interrogated. The national picture will serve as context of a discussion of Arkansas’s criminal justice system. This course satisfies the upper level writing requirement and Policy & Perspective requirement.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Policy and Perspective, Upper Level Writing
Practice Area: Criminal Law, Public Interest Law
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Criminal Law - LAW 6317
Credits Hours: 3
Provides an overview of the general principles of criminal liability, the substantive law of crimes, and the theory of punishment.
Required: Required
Bar Exam Tested: Yes
Practice Area: Criminal Law, General Practice
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Criminal Procedure Applied Skills - LAWB 6234
Credits Hours: 2
The primary goal of this course is to provide students with practice-oriented writing assignments through which they will apply knowledge acquired in Criminal Procedure, Pretrial. Students will draft client correspondence, client interview questions, questions for direct examination, motions to suppress evidence, professional memoranda, and an appellate brief. Finally, students will make oral arguments based on their appellate briefs. In addition to honing students’ written and oral communication skills, the course should reinforce the students’ knowledge of the substantive law of criminal procedure.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Criminal Law General Practice Practice Skills
Prerequisites: Criminal Procedure Pretrial Process - LAW 6301 Criminal Law - LAW 6317
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Criminal Procedure Post Trial Process - LAW 6205
Credits Hours: 2
Covers the criminal process following return of the verdict in the guilt/innocence phase of trial (except for sentencing), focusing in particular on the following topics: effective assistance of counsel; motions for new trial; notice of appeal and designation of the record on appeal; preservation of error for direct appeal and post-trial litigation; direct appeal; disposition of issues on direct appeal; certiorari to the United States Supreme Court; retroactivity of United States Supreme Court decisions, state post-conviction litigation; appeal in state post-conviction process; federal post-conviction litigation; exhaustion of remedies; deference to state fact and law findings; procedural default; the “new” rules doctrine; certiorari in the federal habeas process; and double jeopardy issues.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Criminal Law, General Practice
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Criminal Procedure Post Trial Process - LAWB 6367
Credits Hours: 3
Covers the criminal process following return of the verdict in the guilt/innocence phase of trial (except for sentencing), focusing in particular on the following topics: effective assistance of counsel; motions for new trial; notice of appeal and designation of the record on appeal; preservation of error for direct appeal and post-trial litigation; direct appeal; disposition of issues on direct appeal; certiorari to the United States Supreme Court; retroactivity of United States Supreme Court decisions, state post-conviction litigation; appeal in state post-conviction process; federal post-conviction litigation; exhaustion of remedies; deference to state fact and law findings; procedural default; the “new” rules doctrine; certiorari in the federal habeas process; and double jeopardy issues.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Criminal Law, General Practice
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Criminal Procedure Pretrial Process - LAW 6301
Credits Hours: 3
Focuses on the principle U.S. Constitutional issues arising in the pretrial investigation phase of a criminal case, including Fourth Amendment limitations; Fifth Amendment protections; the Sixth Amendment right to assistance of counsel; and the remedy for violation of any of these Constitutional provisions: exclusion of tainted evidence.
Required: Required
Bar Exam Tested: Yes
Practice Area: Criminal Law, General Practice
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Criminal Procedure Sentencing - LAWB 6383
Credits Hours: 3
Explores the substantive law, procedure, and practice of criminal sentencing. Topics include factors considered at sentencing, sentencing guidelines, the death penalty, constitutional rights at sentencing, and the types of sentencing sanctions available to judges and juries. The course includes practical components that require students to try their hands at investigation, pleading, and argument in the sentencing context.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Criminal Law, General Practice
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Criminal Procedure Trial Process - LAW 6302
Credits Hours: 3
Focuses on issues arising in the trial phase. The course begins with the initial charging instrument and ends with conviction. The course covers the principal U.S. Constitutional issues which arise, including limitations on the prosecutor, right to bail, grand jury, double jeopardy, pleas and the effective assistance of counsel.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Criminal Law, General Practice
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Critical Race Theory Seminar - LAW 6246
Credits Hours: 2
Provides insight into the role of race in the law. The course allows students to grapple openly with the role race played and plays in the law’s creation and implementation/enforcement, as well as the formation of a “level playing field.”
Required: Elective
Alternative Credit Hours: 3
Practice Area: Civil Rights, Public Interest Law
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Cyber Law - LAW 6247
Credits Hours: 2
An upper-level, writing-intensive course covering the effect of the Internet on the evolving face of the law, specifically focusing on free speech, intellectual property, privacy, and jurisdictional concerns.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Intellectual Property
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Decedents’ Estates & Trusts - LAW 6388
Credits Hours: 3
Covers law of gratuitous transfers, including intestacy; testate succession; trusts; powers of appointment; other related will substitutes; and the administration of estates and trusts.
Required: Elective
Bar Exam Tested: Yes
Practice Area: Elder Law, Estate Planning, Family Law, General Practice, Real Estate Law
Prerequisites: Real Property I
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Delta Divorce Clinic - LAW 6405
Credits Hours: 4
The Delta Divorce Clinic provides direct representation to low-income clients chosen through The Delta Experience. Students taking Delta Divorce Clinic must be Rule XV eligible. As such, the Delta Divorce Clinic is only open to upper-level students. Students earn six hours of law school credit for this course. Students must be able to travel with their professor to the Arkansas Delta to conduct follow-up interviews with clients and for court observations and appearances. Students conduct follow-up interviews with clients and perform fact investigations to ensure a successful outcome in divorce cases. After obtaining Rule XV consents from clients, Delta Divorce Clinic students prepare divorce complaints and motions for fee waivers for low-income clients. Next, students obtain service on defendants and write final divorce decrees. Students will then represent their clients in divorce hearings.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Experiential Learning
Practice Area: Civil Practice, Family Law, Practice Skills, Public Interest Law, Litigation
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Delta Divorce Clinic - LAW 6600
Credits Hours: 4
The Delta Divorce Clinic provides direct representation to low-income clients chosen through The Delta Experience. Students taking Delta Divorce Clinic must be Rule XV eligible. As such, the Delta Divorce Clinic is only open to upper-level students. Students earn six hours of law school credit for this course. Students must be able to travel with their professor to the Arkansas Delta to conduct follow-up interviews with clients and for court observations and appearances. Students conduct follow-up interviews with clients and perform fact investigations to ensure a successful outcome in divorce cases. After obtaining Rule XV consents from clients, Delta Divorce Clinic students prepare divorce complaints and motions for fee waivers for low-income clients. Next, students obtain service on defendants and write final divorce decrees. Students will then represent their clients in divorce hearings.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Experiential Learning
Practice Area: Civil Practice, Family Law, Practice Skills, Public Interest Law, Litigation
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Delta Experience I & II - LAW 6226
Credits Hours: 2
The Delta Experience is a unique two week summer intersession course in which students earn two hours of law school credit while expanding on Bowen’s mission of access to justice and public service. It is open to all students, including those who have completed the first year of law school. During the first week of the program, students learn about Arkansas divorce law and requirements for service of process in divorce proceedings, as well as the history of the Arkansas Delta. Then students prepare teaching materials to use and share with low-income citizens. The second week of the Experience is an educational outreach and intake program conducted at public libraries in the Arkansas Delta. The students travel to the Delta to educate low-income citizens about grounds for divorce and what is necessary to obtain a divorce pro-se. Those citizens interested in having direct assistance through the law school stay for intake interviews conducted by the students.
1 credit hour for each week.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Experiential Learning
Practice Area: Civil Practice, Family Law, Practice Skills, Public Interest Law
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Disability Law - LAW 6399
Credits Hours: 3
Emphasizes federal and state legislation and case law affecting people with physical, mental, and developmental disabilities. Representative issues covered include education, employment, access, public services, and health care.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Civil Rights, Estate Planning, Family Law, Government, Public Policy & Regulation, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Public Interest Law, Elder Law
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Disability Law Issues: Housing and Independent Living - LAW 6129
Credits Hours: 1
In this course, students learn about the Fair Housing Act Amendments Act of 1988, which added “handicap” as one of the protected statuses; the accompanying Fair Housing Act Amendments regulations; important jurisprudence in this area of the law; and, to the degree applicable in this context, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination of individuals with disabilities by to state and local governments. Principally, however, the course covers the Fair Housing Act Amendments of 1988. Students will learn the concepts of “discrimination,” “reasonable accommodations.” “structural barriers,” and “least restrictive environment and independent living” in the context of housing for individuals with disabilities. Finally, students will also learn enforcement mechanisms used in the practice of law when representing individuals with disabilities.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Government, Public Policy & Regulation
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Drafting Contracts - LAWB 6213
Credits Hours: 2
Drafting Contracts is a skills course that emphasizes precision of expression and organization of documents. Students complete 12-15 drafting exercises during the first part of the course and draft one or two major contracts in the second part of the course. There is no final exam, and the course ends before the exam period begins.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Business & Commercial, Civil Practice, General Practice, Practice Skills, Real Estate Law
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Education Law - LAW 6260
Credits Hours: 2
Education Law involves the study of law as it applies to public education in America, including the theory of compulsory education, constitutional rights of students and teachers, school financing, equal opportunity in education.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Upper Level Writing
Practice Area: Civil Rights, Government, Public Policy & Regulation
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Elder Law - LAWB 6229
Credits Hours: 2
This course presents various legal issues related to representing older clients. Included in the course will be such topics as estate planning and tax issues, property management and healthcare decisions, elder abuse and nursing home issues, the basics of Medicaid and Medicare, as well as guardianships. In addition, discussion of ageism, working with older clients, and ethical considerations related thereto will be discussed.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Civil Rights, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Family Law
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Election Law - LAW 6233
Credits Hours: 2
This course is designed to help students develop an understanding of the basis for federal and state election laws. In addition, the course will cover state and federal voting laws, federal and state campaign finance laws, and the Arkansas election process. Students may use the class to satisfy the upper level writing requirement.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Upper Level Writing
Practice Area: Government, Public Policy & Regulation
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Employee Benefits Law - LAWB 6397
Credits Hours: 3
Offers a combined overview of employee benefit regulation, including health care and disability issues and retirement savings through qualified plans, 401K plans, and cash balance plans. The course also addresses deferred compensation through non-qualified plans. The course focuses on two distinct statutes that are most relevant in this area: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Code). The course addresses ERISA litigation including issues relating to preemption, fiduciary responsibility, disclosure requirements, and managed care litigation.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Business & Commercial, Elder Law, Government, Public Policy & Regulation, Labor & Employment Law
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Employment Discrimination - LAW 6361
Credits Hours: 3
Surveys substantive, procedural, and remedial rules of law pertaining to employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, and physical or mental handicap. The course deals primarily with the interpretation and application of various federal statutes, with emphasis on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972. Pertinent First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment questions are also considered.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Business & Commercial, Civil Rights, Government, Public Policy & Regulation, Labor & Employment Law, Litigation
Prerequisites: Constitutional Law
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Employment Law - LAW 6328
Credits Hours: 3
Covers federal and state law relating to employers and employees, including drug testing, use of references, employment at will, the Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, and Occupational Safety and Health Act.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Business & Commercial, Litigation, Labor & Employment Law
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Entertainment Law - LAWB 6302
Credits Hours: 3
Entertainment Law is a foundational course for the pursuit of a transactional or corporate law career in the entertainment industry. This course includes the study of the law of copyright, contracts, trademark, first amendment and agency representation, all in the context of entertainment industry disputes and norms. Each area of law will be examined through the prism of the motion picture industry, the music industry and the television industry.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Business & Commercial
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Entrepreneurship, Law, and Innovation - LAWB 6232
Credits Hours: 2
Entrepreneurship, Law & Innovation will focus on the lawyer as innovator. This course includes an analysis of the current legal market and an exploration of new merging market possibilities. Students will review multiple examples of both “creative disruption” happening within the practice of law and “disruptive innovations” that may benefit both attorneys and clients. Key innovations will also be reviewed for any ethical concerns implicating the Rules of Professional Conduct. This course will be taught in part using in-classroom experiential learning through simulated professional encounters and structured debriefing sessions. Students will collectively design a competitive business model.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: General Practice, Practice Skills, Business & Commercial
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Environmental Law - LAW 6362
Credits Hours: 3
Examines federal and state legislation pertaining to the protection of environmental quality. The course covers statutes, administrative regulations, and judicial decisions relating to all major aspects of environmental protection such as clean air, prevention of water pollution, and hazardous waste regulations
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Environmental Law, Government, Public Policy & Regulation, Litigation, Real Estate Law
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Estate and Gift Taxation - LAW 6263
Credits Hours: 2
Studies federal estate and gift tax statutes, regulations, and case law, followed by consideration of the practical impact of these taxes on private planning of business arrangements and property dispositions.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Elder Law, Estate Planning, Family Law, General Practice, Real Estate Law, Taxation
Prerequisites: Real Property I
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Estate Planning - LAW 6264
Credits Hours: 2
Surveys alternative methods of disposing of small and large estates by will, life insurance, inter vivos arrangements, or combinations of several methods and considers resulting tax and administrative problems. Students complete exercises in gathering and analyzing facts and in planning and drafting trusts, wills, and related documents.
Required: Elective
Alternative Credit Hours: 3
Practice Area: Elder Law, Estate Planning, Family Law, General Practice, Real Estate Law, Taxation
Prerequisites: Estate and Gift Taxation, Decedents’ Estates & Trusts
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Evidence - LAW 6319
Credits Hours: 3
Emphasizes the Federal and Uniform Rules of Evidence, including those rules relating to real, testimonial, and circumstantial proof; impeachment and cross-examination of witnesses; hearsay; presumptions; expert testimony; privileged communications; and judicial notice.
Required: Required
Bar Exam Tested: Yes
Practice Area: Civil Practice, Criminal Law, Litigation
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Evidence Practice - LAW 6131
Credits Hours: 1
In Evidence Practice students take what they learn in the basic Evidence course and apply it in a variety of simulated settings. Along with covering the admissibility of different types of evidence, student will practice applying the rules of evidence in a variety of contexts in which lawyers use them, including assessing whether evidence will be held admissible, making motions, and making evidentiary objections. The course also will include offers of proof, preparing, examining, cross-examining and impeaching witnesses as well as evidentiary privileges.
Evidence is a co-requisite.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Civil Practice, Criminal Law, Litigation
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Family Law - LAW 6331
Credits Hours: 3
Studies legal aspects of family relationships, including issues which arise during the creation and dissolution of marriage relationships; property settlements; support obligations; and child custody.
Constitutional Law is recommended.
Required: Elective
Bar Exam Tested: Yes
Practice Area: Elder Law, Estate Planning, Family Law, General Practice
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Family Law Clinic - LAW 6405
Credits Hours: 4
Family Law Clinic is a law office within the law school. The course integrates the theory and practice of law. It begins with an intensive three-day orientation before the semester begins. In the classroom, students develop theoretical models of the lawyering process, while also representing real clients under the supervision of clinic faculty. The cases involved divorce, delinquency, dependency, education and mental health issues. Outside of the classroom, students meet with clients, and represent them in hearings of various types ranging from administrative hearings to judicial proceedings.
Criminal Procedure Trial Process or Arkansas Criminal Trial Practice may be substituted for Criminal Procedure Pretrial Process. Students must have completed 48 hours.
Required: Elective
Alternative Credit Hours: 6
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Experiential Learning
Practice Area: Civil Practice, Family Law, General Practice, Practice Skills, Litigation
Prerequisites: Civil Procedure I, Civil Procedure II, Evidence, Legal Profession, Criminal Procedure Pretrial Process
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Family Law Clinic - LAW 6600
Credits Hours: 6
Family Law Clinic is a law office within the law school. The course integrates the theory and practice of law. It begins with an intensive three-day orientation before the semester begins. In the classroom, students develop theoretical models of the lawyering process, while also representing real clients under the supervision of clinic faculty. The cases involved divorce, delinquency, dependency, education and mental health issues. Outside of the classroom, students meet with clients, and represent them in hearings of various types ranging from administrative hearings to judicial proceedings.
Criminal Procedure Trial Process or Arkansas Criminal Trial Practice may be substituted for Criminal Procedure Pretrial Process. Students must have completed 48 hours.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Experiential Learning
Practice Area: Civil Practice, Family Law, General Practice, Practice Skills, Litigation
Prerequisites: Civil Procedure I, Civil Procedure II, Evidence, Legal Profession, Criminal Procedure Pretrial Process
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Family Mediation Seminar - LAW 6339
Credits Hours: 3
Focuses on the unique skills needed to work with families undergoing change and experiencing conflict situations. Students learn how to screen for domestic abuse, address family dynamics, and understand financial issues in divorce. During the course, students are exposed to a range of other family conflicts. This course meets the training requirements of the Arkansas Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission for inclusion on their family mediation roster. (There are additional requirements. Please refer to the ADR Commission website for full details.)
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Elder Law, Family Law
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Federal Income Taxation - LAW 6323
Credits Hours: 3
Surveys the federal income tax, particularly as applied to individuals. Subjects include income; exclusions; deductions; and the income tax consequences of sales and exchanges; gifts and inheritances; annuities; divorce; and personal injury settlements.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Business & Commercial, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Family Law, General Practice, Taxation
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Federal Indian Law - LAW 6127
Credits Hours: 1
This course is a short and basic introduction to the history and the fundamental principles underlying United States law as it relates to Native American Tribes and individuals.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Government, Public Policy & Regulation
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Federal Jurisdiction - LAW 6365
Credits Hours: 3
Federal Jurisdiction is an interesting combination of Constitutional Law and Civil Procedure. As such, it provides an excellent capstone opportunity for students who are about to take the bar exam. Federal Jurisdiction explores the role of the federal courts in the constitutional order. When should the federal courts become involved in a case and when should the courts step back and let the majoritarian branches of the federal government or the states take care of the particular problem at hand? This course explores situations in which the courts have decided (perhaps imprudently) to step in and those in which the courts have decided to refrain from deciding a particular case. The situations in which the courts are confronted with these choices will be explored, while we consider the role of the federal courts in our system of government.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Civil Practice, Civil Rights, Environmental Law, General Practice, Litigation
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First Amendment: Free Speech/Free Press - LAWB 6312
Credits Hours: 3
Surveys First Amendment law from the defense against speech crimes and civil claims to modern constitutional issues such as the law of news-gathering. Covers First Amendment treatment of expressions including obscenity, fighting words, symbolic speech, commercial speech, hate speech, and student speech. The course includes comparative perspectives and problems of multinational law.
Constitutional Law is recommended.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Civil Rights
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FOIA Litigation - LAW 6167
Credits Hours: 1
This one-credit course is an introduction to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which governs the obligations of federal agencies to disclose information about their operations and decisions to the public. The course will cover the substantive disclosure requirements; statutory and judicially-created exemptions from disclosure obligations; and the process of submitting, negotiating, and litigating FOIA requests with federal agencies. The course will be particularly useful for lawyers who (1) want to know more about disclosure requirements of federal agencies; (2) how to navigate the Agency’s FOIA procedures; and (3) how to litigate FOIA cases in federal court.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Government, Public Policy & Regulation , Litigation
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Fourth Amendment Seminar - LAWB 6230
Credits Hours: 2
The course examines how Fourth Amendment jurisprudence has evolved due to two influences: (1) The 9-11 attack on the World Trade Center and the resulting national security and “War on Terror” infringements on Fourth Amendment protections; and (2) the proliferation of modern technology, particularly technology that causes a lessening of the expectation of privacy.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Policy and Perspective, Upper Level Writing
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Gender & the Law - LAW 6298
Credits Hours: 2
This course will not only incorporate issues that affect women in the legal system, but also will encompass legal issues related to sexual orientation, gender identity, and masculinity. The intersection of gender and other factors, such as age, class and ethnicity will also be examined. Emphasis will be placed on policy, jurisprudence, and interdisciplinary resources.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Policy and Perspective, Upper Level Writing
Practice Area: Civil Rights
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Government Contracts - LAW 6366
Credits Hours: 3
This course is a survey of the basic principles and everyday practice of government procurement, including the powers and limitations on the government when it is contracting and the respective roles of Congress, the Executive Branch, and the courts. The course will cover contract formation, administration, and litigation. It will look at how these items differ from contracting in the private sector. The course will also touch on the political and policy goals of federal contracting. Finally, it will discuss fiscal law, the appropriations process, procurement fraud and ethics in government contracting. The course will be particularly useful for (1) lawyers who want to work for government agencies; and (2) lawyers whose clients are federal contractors or work with such contractors.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Business & Commercial, Government, Public Policy & Regulation
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Health Law - LAW 6387
Credits Hours: 3
Examines the health care system as it meets standards of access, cost, and quality. Quality controls of professionals and institutions, health insurance (both public and private), and the organization of health care entities are examined. Compliance with government regulations as well as tax, antitrust issues, and policy development in health care are covered.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Health Law, Government, Public Policy & Regulation, Elder Law
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Hip Hop & the American Constitution - LAWB 6219
Credits Hours: 2
Hip Hop & the American Constitution is a 2-credit course for students who are interested in exploring social justice theory and training in the classroom and have an interest in representing indigent and underrepresented clients. This course includes the study of Fourth Amendment search and seizure law, First Amendment free speech law, constitutional intellectual property protections, as well as mass incarceration, policing, family law and corporate law all through the prism of hip hop music and culture. From its origin, hip hop music and culture have specifically critiqued U.S. law and policy from the perspective of the underrepresented and oppressed. Very specific lyric and album themes criticize and debate constitutional law protections that are enforced disparately and/or unfairly. This course will examine those critiques and challenge students to imagine a less disparate, more fair enforcement of constitutional rights and liberties. This course further provides students an opportunity to explore topics of race, inequality, misogyny, and oppression in the law school classroom
Required: Elective
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Immigration Law - LAW 6396
Credits Hours: 3
Concentrates on both practical and policy issues in immigration law. Covers substantive immigration law as embodied in statutes, regulations, and practices of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and judicial decisions. Practice and procedure is also covered, though to a limited degree.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Civil Rights, Government, Public Policy & Regulation, Public Interest Law, Labor & Employment Law
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Independent Study - LAW 6150
Credits Hours: 1
Consists of the preparation of a substantial research paper on a legal topic. The student works under the supervision of a faculty member. Special rules for this course are available in the Office of Student Records.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Upper Level Writing
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Insurance Law - LAW 6368
Credits Hours: 3
Emphasizes matters likely to arise in ordinary insurance litigation such as statutory and decisional law limitations on policy defenses; the meanings of terms of art and standard policy provisions; the insurable interest requirements; assignments of policy; change of beneficiary; and co-insurance.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Business & Commercial, Elder Law
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Intellectual Property - LAW 6266
Credits Hours: 2
Surveys trademark law; false advertising; copyright law; legal protection of the right of publicity and the author’s non-copyright interests; and patent law, including the related doctrine of the law of trade secrets.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Business & Commercial, Intellectual Property
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International and Domestic Human Rights - LAW 6290
Credits Hours: 2
This seminar will examine the law and policies that address human rights, including defining human rights and applying those definitions to international and domestic case studies, both historical and contemporary. The course goal is to expand students’ knowledge of rights violations from civil rights to human rights and examine the implications of human rights for the development of law and public policy. Students will scrutinize the effectiveness and enforcement of human rights conventions and make recommendations for improvement including areas for future research and inquiry. This course satisfies the upper level writing requirement and Policy & Perspectives requirement.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Policy and Perspective, Upper Level Writing
Practice Area: Civil Rights, International & Comparative Law, Public Interest Law
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International Business Transactions - LAW 6369
Credits Hours: 3
This course covers the law governing aspects of doing business in foreign countries by international sales of goods and technology. Topics include federal powers; the regulation of imports and exports; the formation and performance of contracts including the shipment of goods and the use of letters of credit; settlement of disputes; the international legal process; sovereign immunity and the act of state doctrine; and the European Economic Community.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Business & Commercial, International & Comparative Law
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International Criminal Law - LAWB 6243
Credits Hours: 2
Considers various aspects of crime where more than one nation is involved, including: Jurisdiction; Criminal Law in cases where more than one nation is involved (“Transnational Criminal Law”); Criminal Procedure in cases where more than one nation is involved (“Transnational Criminal Procedure”); International Human Rights limitations on Criminal Law and Procedure; Law and Procedure in international criminal tribunals; and the problem of Mass Violence, and whether International Criminal Law is the best way to deal with it.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Criminal Law, International & Comparative Law
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International Environmental Law - LAW 6290
Credits Hours: 2
This course will give an overview of several areas of conventional and customary law affecting the international environment, including international environmental agreements and “soft law” documents, the role of international organizations, the practice of states, and, where appropriate, U.S. law. Students in the course will complete a rigorous research project on a particular topic of public international law, with the potential to satisfy the upper-level writing requirement.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Upper Level Writing
Practice Area: International & Comparative Law , Environmental Law
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International Law: Self-Determination, Nation-Building, and Economic Development and the Case Study of Kosovo - LAW 6274
Credits Hours: 2
This seminar course serves as an introduction to international law, from armed conflict in the name of independence to nation-building and economic development. The course focuses on the unique situation of Kosovo as a case study. Kosovo is Europe’s newest nation and one of the more recent examples of these stages of growth. This course satisfies the P&P requirement.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Policy and Perspective
Practice Area: International & Comparative Law
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Interviewing & Counseling - LAWB 6257
Credits Hours: 2
Focuses on interviewing and counseling clients in both litigation and transactional contexts; explores the basic theories of counseling; examines interviewing as an integral part of the counseling process; relies on extensive simulations with detailed feedback for the participants; considers the ethical responsibilities involved in the counseling process. Students are evaluated on the basis of their performances in simulated client counseling sessions; and there may also be a short writing assignment.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Elder Law, Family Law, General Practice, Practice Skills, Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Introduction to Bar Preparation Skills - LAW 6156
Credits Hours: 1
Provides a broad overview of the bar exam and its components including the MPT, MBE, MPRE, and MEE. It also discusses study strategies and ways to begin preparing for the bar exam prior to graduation. The course is a pass/fail course and specifically designed for 2Ls although it is also open to 3Ls who have not already taken Advanced Bar Preparation Skills. The class supplements but is not intended to replace a commercial bar review program. Prerequisites: Must be a 2L. Cannot have already received credit for Advanced Bar Preparation Skills.
Required: Required
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Introduction to Drafting General Practice Documents - LAW 6243
Credits Hours: 2
This course introduces students to the drafting of basic law practice documents, such as wills, rental agreements, and other simple legal documents. It also teaches students how to research sources and develop techniques that allow students to find templates for particular areas of the law. Students will also engage in basic client counseling and be exposed to the ethical obligations associated with producing standard legal documents.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Civil Practice, Elder Law, General Practice, Practice Skills
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Introduction to International Law - LAW 6155
Credits Hours: 1
Covers What International Law is; the sources and evidence of International Law; and the application of International Law in national and international tribunals.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: International & Comparative Law
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Judicial Practicum - LAWB 6368
Credits Hours: 3
The Judicial Practicum is an experiential-learning course in which students in the part-time division are placed in distance field placements with members of the judiciary and also attend an accompanying seminar class at the law school. The students work under the supervision of both a faculty supervisor at the law school and a field supervisor at the placement site. Working remotely, students in the course telecommute to perform research and other related writing assignments for the judges with whom they are placed. As their schedules permit, students will be encouraged and permitted to attend courtroom proceedings conducted by the judges for whom they are working. Students receive three credit hours upon satisfactory completion of the course requirements. This course affords part-time students an opportunity that they would not otherwise get to do authentic legal work. In addition, the students (and Bowen) will be providing a valuable service to Arkansas by providing research support in areas of the state where no such support would otherwise be available.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Experiential Learning
Practice Area: Litigation, Practice Skills
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Jurisprudence - LAW 6394
Credits Hours: 3
This course covers legal philosophy and constitutional theory. The legal philosophy portion of the course focuses primarily on the nature of law, whether there are correct answers to legal questions, and the relationship of law and morality. The constitutional theory portion of the course focuses primarily on constitutional interpretation, Originalism versus Living Constitutionalism, and Textualism versus unenumerated rights theories.
Constitutional Law strongly recommended.
Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Policy and Perspective
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Prerequisites: Constitutional Law
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Justice Technology - LAWB 6305
Credits Hours: 3
This course will help prepare students to enter a legal market place that is currently experiencing fundamental changes due to emerging technologies, relentless connectivity and consumer expectations. Upon completion of the course students will be able to identify various legal technologies and then classify these technologies by type, purpose and impact upon the legal profession.
Required: Elective
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Juvenile Law - LAW 6270
Credits Hours: 2
This course has a heavy emphasis on Arkansas juvenile laws. The purpose of this course is to (1) learn substantive juvenile law, (b) consider practical and ethical issues in the area of juvenile law, and (c) have fundamental and practical experience beneficial to=for representation of your future clients. By the end of the course, students should be able to integrate their knowledge of juvenile law into the practice of law.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Family Law
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Labor Law - LAW 6371
Credits Hours: 3
This course will examine federal labor law governing private employers and the rights of private sector employees to engage in collective action in the workplace. Topics covered will include: union organizing; the establishment of the collective bargaining relationship; primary and secondary economic pressures such as strikes, pickets and boycotts; the administration of collective bargaining agreements and labor arbitration. We will begin by reviewing the evolution of federal labor relations law, including the Wagner Act, the Taft -Hartley Act, the Landrum Griffin Act and cases construing them from federal courts and the National Labor Relations Board. We will also track breaking news and journal articles covering the post pandemic reemergence of union organizing activities, company responses and unfair labor practice charges.
Required: No
Bar Exam Tested: No
Practice Area: Labor & Employment Law
Elective: Elective
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Land Use - LAW 6232
Credits Hours: 2
Land Use is being taught as a two-hour course in the spring. Students will learn about the basic legal regime of land use law at the local level, both generally and in Arkansas. They will also be exposed to some of the major legal issues surrounding land use, at both the state and federal levels. Students will be required to visit governmental or quasi-governmental entities such as a planning commission or city council, keep a journal of their visits, and report to the class. Students will also be required to complete one or two assignments, such as drafting an application for a conditional use permit. There will be a final exam.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Environmental Law, Government, Public Policy & Regulation, Real Estate Law
Prerequisites: Real Property I
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Law and Economics Seminar - LAW 6287
Credits Hours: 2
Examines the application of economic reasoning to a variety of legal topics. The overarching questions include whether law is implicitly designed to be efficient and whether it should it be. The course covers both positive and normative aspects of the topic. Previous classes have analyzed topics including contracts to sell organs and criminalizing corporate misdeeds. As a seminar, the course relies heavily on class participation. No economics background is necessary.
Required: Elective
Practice Area: Business & Commercial, Government, Public Policy & Regulation
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