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COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
(BUSINESS AND FINANCE LAW - 3010)
(2 credits)
This course focuses on arbitration as a means of resolving disputes. Topics include construction and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate, the federal and New York statutory schemes governing arbitration, the possible preemption of the state law of arbitration by its federal counterpart, the legal enforceability of arbitral awards, and policy restrictions on the arbitrability of certain types of claims. Emphasis is placed on arbitration outside the highly specialized labor area. Discussion extends to practice as well as theory. Assigned reading is fairly extensive. Grades are based upon a final examination.
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CONTRACTS I
(BUSINESS AND FINANCE LAW - 1090)
(3 credits)
This course deals with the formation, avoidance and discharge of contract obligations. Cases and materials selected for study reflect the influence that present-day industrial labor and economic conditions have exerted on the law of contracts. Attention is also directed to the remedies available for breach of contract and the rules for ascertaining the damages recoverable. Grades are based upon a final examination.
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CONTRACTS II
(BUSINESS AND FINANCE LAW - 2000)
(3 credits)
This course deals with the formation, avoidance and discharge of contract obligations. Cases and materials selected for study reflect the influence that present-day industrial labor and economic conditions have exerted on the law of contracts. Attention is also directed to the remedies available for breach of contract and the rules for ascertaining the damages recoverable. Grades are based upon a final examination.
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LEGAL WRITING SEMINAR
(ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 2050)
(3 credits)
This course is designed to expose students to the various types of Legal Writing and Legal Drafting encountered in law practice. Students will negotiate and draft various types of contracts and will receive intensified instruction in the researching and written discussion of complex legal issues. Students will also receive instruction on preparation of litigation papers and written advocacy. There will be approximately eight written assignments, but no term paper or final examination. N.B.: Students who take this course are not permitted to take the two-credit Drafting Legal Instruments.