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Transactional Law and Practice
Mr. Todd Krieger,
2 credits day; 2 credits evening.
This course is available to two groups of students: (1) Those students who are registered, during
the Spring 2011 semester, in a legal internship placement focusing on transactional practice, and
(2) Those students, not enrolled in such a legal internship placement during the Spring 2011
semester, but interested in studying transactional law and practice. (This is a limited enrollment
course. Priority is available to those students who will be registered contemporaneously in the
previously-described legal internship placement.) (See detailed information below.) - This course
is a focused section of the two-credit, contemporaneous course requirement for students
registered in a legal internship placement in the Spring, 2011 semester. The two credits granted
for this course are in addition to and independent of any credits awarded for field placement
experience. This specialized section of the internship classroom requirement will focus on
transactional law practice subjects including contract analysis and drafting; entity formation;
intellectual property; client counseling; business planning, and other related topics. Guest
lecturers, including practitioners from major local law firms, will lend their experienced insight
and examples to further enhance the students‘ learning experience. This course is graded on an
High Pass, Pass, Low Pass/Fail (no credit) basis and a student‘s grade will be based on his or her
journal entries, class participation, individual presentations, research and drafting assignments,
and other assigned projects. Students placed at corporate in-house legal departments, selected
local law firms with a transactional practice, and other in-house counsel and IP firms will be
eligible for participation in this section. Any student interested in registering in the legal
internship placement must see Prof. Bernadette Feeley for approval before registering for the
classroom component. - This course will focus on transactional law practice subjects including
contract analysis and drafting; entity formation; intellectual property; client counseling; business
planning, and other related topics. Guest lecturers, including practitioners from major local law
firms, will lend their experienced insight and examples to further enhance the students‘ learning
experience. This course is graded on a on an High Pass/Pass/Low Pass/Fail (no credit) basis and
a student‘s grades will be based on class participation, individual presentations, research and
drafting assignments, and other assigned projects. Graded on an High Pass, Pass, Low Pass, Fail
basis.
Elective Course
Meets Skills Menu Requirement
Meets Financial Services Concentration Requirements
Meets Intellectual Property Concentration Requirements