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The countdown is on! Teachers , it’s almost time for you and your students to go BACK TO SCHOOL! Are you ready for a fresh crop of young minds? The beginning of each year is always exciting. In order to get the BEST out of your students, it’s important to start the year off RIGHT! I thought I’d show you my lesson plans to help you make the MOST out of your Back-to-School experience this year. Check out my FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL LESSON PLANS AND ACTIVITIES!

Before students walk into your classroom for the first time, they should have an idea of who they’re going to be spending their year with. Because of that, I like to send a little “about me” in a newsletter to welcome my students before the school year begins . When you have MEET THE TEACHER night, students AND parents will comment on something from your newsletter. It is a great way to break the ice! Then hang it by your door. If you have a large class and are short on funds, send a postcard instead of a letter. It may not have a ton of information, but the students will certainly appreciate hearing from you!

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PRIOR TO STUDENT ARRIVAL

First and foremost, make your students feel comfortable! I like to begin by letting the class know that we’re not just a class…we’re a FAMILY ! And since I like to rock out, I always play “We Are Family” as they are walking in the door. Choose a song that resonates with you and have it playing! I also like to have a little treat bag waiting for them. It doesn’t have to be candy. It can be class supplies or something in that vein! It will give them a warm, fuzzy feeling about being with you all year. Then put directions on the board regarding what to unpack, what to put in cubbies, what they should keep at their seats, etc. (I usually have them keep supplies at their desks, so we can go through them together.)

AS STUDENTS ARRIVE

If you want to wait to get to know the students a little more before assigning seats , get a deck of cards! If you have 4 students per group, assign each group of desks a number or face card. Pull out the right number of cards for the number of students from the deck. If they pick out a K, they go to the King’s Table, etc. Then after the first week, you can assign seats that best works for your new group of students!

BEFORE YOU GET STARTED

Double, triple-check transportation cards and emergency cards.

GET TO KNOW YOU:

  • TIME CAPSULES: Your students know who YOU ARE, now it’s time for you to get to know THEM. There are a lot of different ways to do this, but time capsules are one of my favorite ways. What are time capsules? Students write about their favorite things, write a paragraph or essay, write down goals and dreams, and create illustrations. We place them in a decorated Pringle’s can. We also add student photos from the beginning of the year. Then at the end of the year, we do the same thing and compare their growth from the beginning of the year! On the first day, I have them decorate the Pringle’s can to look like a time capsule.
  • MEET THE TEACHER:   At the beginning of the first day of class, I like to go over my “about me” just in case any students missed out on the newsletter I sent home. (Hopefully, they pay attention, because there will be a related activity later in the week!)
  • SCAVENGER HUNT: Create a list of things about the students. Have them find someone who is an only child, has 4 siblings, was born in another state, likes sports, etc. They cannot write the same name in any of the blanks. Participate with them! They will love it!

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RULES AND ROUTINES

  • THE BASICS : Create a list of rules and expectations. This is important because your students need STRUCTURE. Be sure to explain to your students what you expect when it comes to homework, lining up, what to put in cubbies, how to turn in work, when to be quiet, recess rules, and signals you will be using to get their attention
  • Raise your hand for permission to speak.
  • Keep your hands, feet, and objects to yourself.
  • Be prepared.
  • Follow directions the first time.
  • Be polite to others.
  • REWARD SYSTEM:   Explain your rewards system. Do you have individual rewards or class rewards or both? For individual rewards , I like to have a treasure chest of items anywhere from snacks, to pencils, to homework passes. Once the students obtain 5 coupons, they get a trip to the treasure chest. Set a specific time of day to do this like the end of the day so it doesn’t break up instruction time. For class rewards , set a goal together and choose what the reward will be. Filling up marbles or checkers in a jar? Once that happens, what does the class get as a reward? Movie? Extra recess? Every time the class is on track or impressing you, move a marble or checker into the jar! Positive classroom management works like a charm!

READING WORKSHOP

  • CHRYSANTHEMUM: Read Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. Discuss bullying and different names. Count letters and syllables in each student’s name and create a graph. Discuss how your class is a safe place and no bullying and teasing will be tolerated. (See lesson plans document for questions to ask.)
  • GENRE STUDY:   Show the class library and review the different types of genres. Hand out a genre study guide and quiz them at the end of the week.

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WRITING WORKSHOP

  • SETTING UP WRITING NOTEBOOKS : Hand out instructions to decorate the cover of their writing notebooks and assign it for homework.
  • GREEK AND LATIN :  Point out the GREEK AND LATIN Word Wall. Explain prefixes, suffixes, and root words. – We will begin Unit 1 next week.
  • 180 DAY JOURNAL OF POSITIVE THINKING:  Get started in 180 DAY JOURNAL OF POSITIVE THINKING. Explain how to look up word meanings and analyze quotes.

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END OF THE DAY

Go over dismissal rules, send home notes of any supplies still needed for class and hand out a happy note to take home.

Send home parent homework. This is a survey so parents can share information about their child. Then decorate the writing notebook. Have them turn it in on Wednesday.

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Write information on the board: Where to put homework, where to put parent homework, etc.

Then play music as students are walking in.

THINGS TO CHECK IN THE AM

  • Take attendance and review any parent notes.
  • Note any transportation changes.
  • Collect any parent surveys or supplies that come in.

GET TO KNOW YOU

  • TELEPHONE:   Don’t forget, some of your students may not know each other yet. Icebreakers and team-building activities are a good way to get your students involved with one another! An example I’ve used over the years is playing a game like ‘telephone’ where you whisper something into one person’s ear, they whisper it into the next person’s ear, and so on. In the end, the secret you whispered will come back to you, but it may have changed through the telephone line. This usually gets everyone laughing!
  • STUDENT SURVEYS:   Student and parent surveys are important and beneficial to you, your students, and your students’ parents. This gives your students and their parents the opportunity to tell you anything they need you to know before the start of the school year.
  • WHO’S WHO:   On a piece of paper, ask students to write down three things about themselves. Then you read off each one and have students guess who it is.
  • TIME CAPSULES: One page to put in the time capsules is a favorites page. Have students list their favorite color, friends, books, etc.
  • WALK AND TALK:   Your classroom is where your students will spend the majority of their day, so show them around! I like to walk and talk, making my way around the room, showing my students where everything is and how I like to keep it. Explain student mailboxes and the teacher’s mailbox. Explain the centers, bulletin boards, and where to put supplies, etc.
  • TEAM JOBS: Since I look at my students as my family, I also expect everyone to pitch in and help out around the classroom. Let your students do the cleanup! The best way to do this is by assigning TEAM JOBS in the classroom every week. Team jobs means multiple people get the same job and everyone gets a job except who is on vacation!

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  • HUNDRED DRESSES:   Start reading Hundred Dresses together. Read chapters 1 and 2 together. (See Lesson plans document for questions to ask.)
  • FLY EAGLE FLY: Read this as a read-aloud. Discuss goals and perseverance. (See Lesson plans document for questions to ask.)
  • DEVELOPING GOALS: Add students’ goals to their time capsules.
  • WRITING CENTER: Explain how they will use writing notebooks and the writing center. Talk about what the supplies in the center are used for.
  • WRITING PROMPT:   Pick a prompt from the monthly writing prompts. Ask students to just write. Writing instruction will start next week! Add this writing sample to their time capsule!

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180 DAY JOURNAL OF POSITIVE THINKING:  Work together as a whole group or in small groups to get students used to the process. Tell them about the person who is quoted. (This is included in the teacher notes!) Share and discuss their thoughts. You can slowly let go and let them work on it independently.

Research the meaning of your name and why your parents chose it! This goes along with the Chrysanthemum story.

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  • Have directions, what you will be covering today, and what they should put in their agendas on the board.
  • Hand out paper bag book report
  • Have a website available in case a student couldn’t find the meaning to their name last night
  • Help students get in the routine of unpacking, turning things in, etc.
  • Check student and teacher mailboxes
  • TIME CAPSULES : Have students trace their hands to compare sizes at the end of the year. Then create an illustration to put in the time capsule.
  • CHARACTER TRAITS : Pineapple bulletin board or door décor. Introduce character traits and explain how each month you will focus on one of them. Then either hand out names to different students or have students write about themselves- “I wear a crown because I am ____(character trait) because I ____.  He/She wears a crown because …”

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Walk around the school and show them different places they need to know. (nurse’s office, special area, office, different halls and grades, etc.)

  • READING NOTEBOOKS:   Set up the reading notebooks by adding the table of contents.
  • CAUSE AND EFFECT:   Explain cause and effect and give examples. Add interactive notes on cause and effect to the reading notebooks.
  • HUNDRED DRESSES:   Read chapters 3-4 together or in groups. Discuss the chapters together.

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  • PARAGRAPH OF THE WEEK: Explain the guided paragraph of the week so they can start tomorrow for first work.
  • SET UP WRITING NOTEBOOK:   Set up writing notebooks with the table of contents and first tab.
  • BRAINSTORM IDEAS:   To start writing notebooks, we brainstorm ideas that can be used in their writing throughout the year if they get stumped. Today, work on the “I am” and “I love” pages.

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  • Paper Bag Book Report due in 4 weeks
  • Write about a current event for time capsules.

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Write morning directions, what you need them to write in their agendas, and what you will be covering today on the board.

THINGS TO CHECK IN AM

BIO-POEMS:   Do one line at a time and walk around to help students. Have students write adjectives, things they feel, like, needs, etc. Use the word lists to help students brainstorm. Allow students to share and discuss in groups as they are working to help them with more brainstorming.

Talk about mentor text and how we will use it for reading and writing. Always be on the lookout for the author’s craft! 

  • HUNDRED DRESSES:   Read chapters 5-6 together and discuss the chapters.
  • CAUSE AND EFFECT:   Point out the causes and effects in the chapters. Pull passages from the READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGES AND QUESTIONS for the cause and effect standard. 
  • BASKETBALL REVIEW: Play a game to review genres and cause and effect. Have a mini-basketball and trash can. Divide the class into two groups. Each person gets a question. They get one point for the correct answer and one point for making the basket.
  • PARAGRAPH OF THE WEEK:   Guided paragraph of the week. All the instructions are there for them. Let them get started while you are taking attendance, but do this first one together.
  • BRAINSTORM IDEAS:   Brainstorming Ideas Unit
  • I wonder and feelings pages. Place in notebooks. (Use bio poem word list of feelings)

Bring in a picture of you for time capsules .

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  • TEACHER BINGO:   Now that your students have had the chance to get to know each other, let’s see how much they remember about you! Add questions to a bingo board for students to guess the answer. Go over your answer with them and as they get them correct, they can X out the box. See how many bingos they get!
  • TIME CAPSULES: Add a photograph or draw an illustration of yourself and add it to your time capsule. Add anything else (not food) and keep (or bury) them in a special place! Leave them there until the end of the year!
  • WEEKLY READING LOGS:   Explain the Weekly Reading Logs that will start next week. Decide on the minimum number of minutes you want them to read each night. I also like to include a written response for students to write about what they read. Include a variety of reading skills to use in the reading response . 
  • REWARDS:   Hand out coupons or rewards for the week

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  • HUNDRED DRESSES:   Finish the last chapter of Hundred Dresses . Discuss the lesson learned. Get out a beach ball. Toss it. Whoever catches it answers a question about the story. Then give them a quiz on the story.
  • GENRES: Quiz on genres.
  • BRAINSTORMING IDEAS: Finish the brainstorming unit on “my family” and the treasure map. Tell them that next week you will focus on Sentence Structure.
  • GUIDED PARAGRAPH WRITING:  Continue writing on this week’s guided prompt. 

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Strategies for a Successful First Week of Classes

Updated: May 16, 2023

Jennie Carr

Bridgewater College

I always love the beginning of a new semester. It's a fresh start with renewed enthusiasm, new faces, and new possibilities. But the excitement may not last through the work of setting up our courses, creating lesson plans, and thinking of ways to create the best class experience. How faculty approach a new semester ranges from meeting students with a fire and brimstone approach to getting to know you ice-breaker approach. I view the first week of classes as an opportunity to set the stage for the semester. As I reflect on my experiences with setting the scene, I find four strategies to be vital for creating a successful first week of the new semester.

1. Infographic Syllabus

During the first week of classes, I want students to be excited about the course and content. Reading aloud a detailed syllabus – does not fit the bill. I found a better way to engage students. Of course, the syllabus is a requirement on every college campus. As faculty, we believe the syllabus contains the most crucial course information such as contact information, policies, assignments, supports, and more! During the first week, I find students prefer a preview of key course assignments but desire to know about them in detail only before the assignment is due.

In 2014, I converted my 6-page syllabus to a front and back visually appealing infographic that resembles a wide bookmark. My students frequently complement the streamlined design but appreciate this syllabus at a glance. If you want to convert your syllabus to an infographic, there are several excellent and free platforms to consider, including Canva, Picktochart, Smore, or Adobe Spark. You can also download editable versions if you don't want to create your own template. Even though students receive the infographic syllabus, I still post my full syllabus with all the required institutional policies on our learning management system. I carefully explain to our students the infographic serves as a snapshot of the course assignments and expectations.

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2. 1:1 Meetings

Researchers have found strong positive correlations between building relationships and rapport with students and academic achievement, attendance, student interest, motivation, empowerment, self-efficacy student attention, classroom behaviors and interactions (Benson, Cohen, Buskist, 2005, Houser & Frymier, 2009, Kozanitis, Desbiens, Chouinard, 2007; Myers, Goldman, Atkinson, Ball, Carton, Tindage & Anderson, 2016). During the first week of classes, I invite each student to meet with me one-on-one in my office for a 10-minute meet and greet meeting.

Meaningful interactions with students outside of classes is listed by the National survey of student engagement as a high-impact educational practice (NSSE, 2017). Approximately 95% of my students attend. During the 1:1 meet and greet meeting, my primary goal is to get to know the students on a personal level. I explain to them very simply, "I care about you first and foremost as a person – I want you to be successful in this class." The meeting encourages students to not only find my office but also helps reduce anxious feelings about meeting with faculty when they have a more serious concern.

3. Professional Learner Profiles

We know education is not a one-size-fits-all experience and with the landscape of higher education changing significantly over the past decade, faculty need now more than ever to find ways to create personalized, student-centered learning experiences (Rear, 2019). If we believe teaching is truly about the student, then faculty need to find ways to get to know students on a deeper, more personal level. Creating a personalized experience means understanding more of the whole person. At the beginning of the semester, I ask my students to self-report strengths, needs, interests, and constraints using a professional learner profile.

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The learner profile assignment is more than a reflective  experience for students. I intentionally use professional  learner profiles as I design collaborative groups,   assignments, lectures, and provide feedback. Professional  learner profiles provide quick access to student's self-  reported strengths at the start of the semester. Typically, it  can take weeks for faculty to identify student strengths.  Students record instructional and personal needs, which  enables me to better differentiate and support learning preferences. Next, students share personal and professional interests. Using Tomlinson's differentiation framework, I integrate student's interest into my instructional lectures and interactive activities to motivate and engage them. Finally, students also report their constraints. This category allows students to share personal boundaries such as additional jobs or family life, that they may have otherwise never shared. It is essential to recognize professional learner profiles are not static (Wilkoff, 2015). Often students' lives change throughout the semester. To adapt, I ask students to review and update their professional learner profile at midterm, so if I need to make adjustments, I can.

4. Pre-Assessment

Effective instruction starts with a clear understanding of what students are bringing to the learning experience. A pre-assessment is an evaluation instrument faculty use to collect baseline data on students’ conceptual understanding. Pre-assessing students’ knowledge can demonstrate clearer student learning data (Lazarowitz & Lieb, 2006). Guskey and McTighe (2016) recommend a pre-assessment include the purpose(s) for the pre-assessment, determining how the faculty will use the information, and using the pre-assessment judiciously and efficiently. I create my own open-ended pre-assessment based on my course objectives. Students are encouraged not to prepare or look up answers as I explain how I use the results of the assessment to tailor the content knowledge based on their strengths and gaps or misconceptions in understanding. I share the results with students as each topic on the pre-assessment is taught.

As faculty researchers, we know one way to determine an impact is to evaluate using a pre-assessment/post assessment model. I've chosen to implement this same model with my teaching. Having a sense of the extent to which my students understand the material as they enter the course helps me to know more effectively and efficiently meet my students’ academic needs. For example, if all of my students have a full understanding of the content from chapter two, I know I don't need to spend an entire day on it. My pre-assessment is focused on broader concepts and is intentionally fill in the blank because I want students to pull from their understanding.

I have found an infographic syllabus, 1:1 meetings, professional learner profiles, and pre-assessments are four strategies that help me to set the stage for a successful semester. These areas have shown to be related to academic success and all areas in which my students have benefited.

Discussion Questions

What is one strategy you employ during the first week of school to get to know your students?

How to you intentionally build community across the course?

How can you make connections with students both inside and outside of the classroom?

Benson, T. A., Cohen, A. L., & Buskist, W. (2005). Rapport: Its relation to student attitude and behavior toward teachers and classes. Faculty Forum. Teaching of Psychology, 32(4), 237–270. https://doi-org.bceagles.idm.oclc.org/10.1207/s15328023top3204pass:[_]8

Guskey, T. R. & McTighe, J., "Pre-assessment: Promises and cautions" (2016). Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology Faculty Publications. 17. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/edp_facpub/17

Houser, M. L., & Frymier, A. B. (2009). The Role of Student Characteristics and Teacher Behaviors in Students' Learner Empowerment. Communication Education, 58(1), 35-53. doi:10.1080/03634520802237383

Kozanitis, A., Desbiens, J.F., & Chouinard, R. (2007). Perception of teacher support and reaction towards questioning: Its relation to instrumental help-seeking and motivation to learn. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 19, 238–250.

Myers, S. A., Goldman, Z. W., Atkinson, J., Ball, H., Carton, S. T., Tindage, M. F., & Anderson, A. O. (2016). Student Civility in the College Classroom: Exploring Student Use and Effects of Classroom Citizenship Behavior. Communication Education, 65(1), 64-82. doi:10.1080/03634523.2015.1061197

National Survey of Student Engagement (2017). Experiences that matter: Enhancing student learning and success—Annual Report 2017. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research.

Rear, D. (2019). One size fits all? The limitations of standarised assessment in critical thinking. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 44 (5) 664-675. Doi:10.1080/02602938.2018.1526255

Wilkoff, B. (2015). Building the basic of personalized professional learning (part 1). Edsurge. Retrieved on August 28, 2019 from: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-02-16-building-the-basics-of-personalized-learning-part-i

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Great tips. Wish this article was posted a couple of weeks ago.

I just gave a short paper-and-pencil assignment that students were required to turn it in at my office. Shows students that it's not that painful visiting the office. Actually had some great conversations when they dropped off the assignment. Didn't really plan for that happening.

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Meaningful assignments for the first weeks of school

When students come back from summer break, they are sometimes reluctant to engage in school assignments. This is especially true when they perceive the assignments as “busy work” or a waste of time. If you give students engaging, meaningful assignments right from the very first day of school, you will show them that everything they do in your class matters and they will be more likely to engage in the material you assign. Here are some ideas for the first weeks of school that will give you the important data you need and will engage students during class.

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Independent reading

This is by far my favorite assignment to get started right at the beginning of the school year. In language arts, I give students free choice for their independent reading books. They must have them to read in class, and they practice the skills I am working on with these books. In a history or science class, you could limit student choice to books or articles related to the subject area. If students are required to read across the curriculum, they see the value in developing their reading skills. (Click here to read more about my independent reading project.)

Paired nonfiction

Check out teacher-friendly sites such as newsela.com or studentnewsdaily.com for news articles to relate to your curriculum. If you haven’t heard of him, Kelly Gallagher is an expert on teaching reading with short “one pagers” for students to practice essential skills. (Click here to see more from Kelly Gallagher.) This is a quick assignment and because the nonfiction reading relates to the curriculum, students see the value in reading it.

Short stories

I love starting the year with an engaging short story. It gives me a chance to teach important skills and model reading strategies for my students. Also, reading a short story doesn’t take long, obviously. The benefit of starting the year with a short story is that you can reference it as a teaching tool for other skills. It’s a great way to ease students into serious literary analysis after summer break.

Creative writing

When the school year starts, it is important to assess student writing as soon as possible. You don’t want to give them something that will take a long time, however, since students need some time to work up to more extensive assignments. At the very beginning, I like giving students a creative prompt for them to “show off” their writing abilities.

I use it to assess grammar, organization, and sentence structure mostly. The topic doesn’t even matter to assess these areas, so sometimes I give students a choice. In my state, students take their required tests for graduation in 11th grade. The writing component includes a persuasive writing prompt, so with those students I give a choice of persuasive topics for their very first writing sample.

The beginning of the year is all about establishing a starting point for instruction. I try to assign writing in the first week so I can group students by ability level as soon as I can.

Remember, the first writing assignment you give should be short enough to finish in one class period and interesting enough for them to enjoy completing.

Final thoughts

Remember that your goal for the first few weeks is to get to know your students so you can help them learn throughout the year. You want to engage them and get them interested in the class so they will look forward to it. Avoid giving busy work or assignments that are unnecessarily long. Hook them in early and you’ll have a great year!

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The first week of school is usually a blur. We are all settling into a new routine and the summer haze is lifting-slowly. This is the time we are getting to know our students, but also the time there is much to be done. We are settling into a new routine, adjusting students to a new routine, filling out enrollment reports, and putting the finishing touches on our classrooms. For this reason, coming up with first week activities can be a bit stressful. For the past few years, I’ve used these seven writing activities the first week of school at various times throughout the day and they all serve their own purpose.

Goal Setting

My fifth grade team is departmentalized and I teach writing. For this reason, I make this activity specifically writing focused, and put these as the first page of their binders on the first day of school. However, I’ve given an example in the picture below of how this can be done for any subject or grade level. Goal setting is extremely important because it reminds students that there is a purpose and a focus to their learning. I refer back to this page often throughout the year so they see whether or not they are meeting their goals. The picture I listed here is general, but I encourage you to have students list several goals and make them specific and attainable. You can download this FREE goal setting template here .

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My Three Best Summer Memories

This activity is great for the very first day. Students can reflect on their summer and then share. It’s a great icebreaker because students love to read aloud their memories and share their pictures. Many times, individual personalities also come through and you can get a sense of what student hobbies are!

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What I Want My Teacher to Know About Me

This is my favorite writing activity for the first week of school. I learn so many things about my students, and I constantly look back at these pages throughout the year. I’ve had students share simple things with me such as their favorite ice cream flavor, or very personal things such as family situations at home. This assignment is special to me because students feel they can share and they know I will read them. I often make sure I mention them throughout the next few weeks. For example, “Christopher, when do you start soccer practice?” Or, “Kayla, I’ll make sure I give you a signal before I ask you to read out loud because I know it makes you anxious.” This helps reduce the anxiety for students and create a friendly class atmosphere!

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This Year I Want to Learn

I love reading what types of things students are interested in learning for the year. Some of which we won’t be able to cover, but I try my hardest to make sure students learn many at least one of the things they share on this sheet. Even if it means they have to do some of their own research! It’s a great way for students again to have a goal and a focus. Download this template for FREE here.

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Grade Level KWL

This is something I created as kind of a unique spin on a KWL. In the morning, you can have students write what they k now and w onder about the grade they are starting. At the end of the day, have students write what they l earned about their classroom/grade. It’s a also a great way to reinforce rules and expectations!

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The First Day of School

This writing activity is straight forward and simply allows students to share how they felt when they woke up in the morning. It’s also a perfect follow up activity to the book First Day Jitters   by Julie Danneberg .  The story has an awesome message about how teachers are nervous on the first day also! I’ve read it every year and it’s perfect for any grade level. I’ve read this story in both first and fifth grade!

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All About Me

Although this has been done so many different ways, the All About Me activity is a classic! Letting your students be creative and share some special things about themselves is always a great icebreaker. This activity will never get old!

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  • Constitutional Law I — Professor Freedman
  • Constitutional Law I — Professor Sample
  • Contracts — Professor Lyman
  • Legal Analysis, Writing and Research II — Professor Stein
  • Legal Methods (All Sections) — Professors Louis, Lefton, and Caporale D’Agostino

Constitutional Law I

Prof. Eric M. Freedman Section C Spring 2024

Assignments for First Week of Class

  • Go to Canvas and make sure you have access to this course. Class announcements will be distributed via Canvas, and you are responsible for them.
  • Download the first installment of the syllabus from the Canvas site, and read the pages through Assignment 1 with care. You are responsible for the contents, which include course policies regarding grading, remote attendance, and other important subjects.
  • Obtain the first volume of the Appendix of course materials. This may be done now by downloading it from the Canvas site. You will also be able to obtain a printed copy from the Law School Copy Room located in the lower level of the Law School a few days after classes begin.
  • Prepare the assignment as indicated on the syllabus for the course meeting of Wednesday, January 10.
  • In the event of logistical difficulties, contact my very helpful assistant, Joyce Amore Cox, [email protected] , tel. 516-463-6339. 1
  • Stay alert for any electronic communications from me or the law school respecting logistical matters.

1 For other Canvas-specific assistance contact [email protected] , tel. 516-463-7777. For all computer-related assistance contact [email protected] , tel. 516-463-4192.

Professor Sample

First Assignment (PDF)

Professor Lyman

[1L day class] - 1705 Section A

Required Readings:

  • Kuney and Lloyd, Contracts: Transactions and Litigation (5 th Edition)
  • Farnsworth, Sanger et al, Selections for Contracts (2023 Edition)
  • Examples and Explanations: Contracts (8 th Edition)

Course website: We will be using TWEN as our course website. You are required to register on the TWEN site for this class with an email address that you check regularly. Registration and participation are an essential part of this course. Students should check the website regularly; I will post the slides for class on TWEN under the “slides” tab.

For our first class, please read the following. 

  • UCC §§ 1-103(b); 1-302; 2-102; 2-104(1); 2-105(1); 2-106(1); 2-501; R2d §§ 1; 7; 8;  
  • R2d §§ 16; 22(2); 24; 26; UCC § 2-204;

Legal Analysis, Writing and Research II

LAW&R II Spring, 2024 Professor Stein

Thursday, January 11, 2024

There will be no class today. If necessary, I will schedule a makeup later in the semester.

Tuesday, January 16, 2024 (Class 1)

Before the first class, please do the following:

  • Sign up for this class on TWEN.
  • Purchase Introduction to Advocacy: Research, Writing and Arguments 8 th edition, by the Board of Student Advisors, Harvard Law School. We will use this book throughout the semester. Please be certain to purchase the correct edition.
  • Complete the Student Information Form posted on TWEN and submit it through the Assignments and Quizzes tab on TWEN. It is important that I have this form so that I can schedule your oral argument.
  • Read the Course Outline and Guidelines carefully. We will be reviewing them in detail at the first class.
  • We will be continuing our discussion of persuasive writing. This semester we will focus on advocacy in the context of drafting an appellate brief. Read Chapter 6 in Introduction to Advocacy . Please also prepare the Peter Scorn exercise, posted on TWEN. I will not be collecting this exercise; we will be going through it in detail in class. We will also be discussing cover letters and writing samples to give you a jumpstart on your summer job search.

Legal Methods (All Sections)

Professors Louis, Lefton, and Caporale D’Agostino

Welcome to Legal Methods. Our first class is on Thursday, January 11. Please be advised that there is no pre-work assignment and no textbook that you have to purchase. I look forward to meeting you!

Spring - Upper Division

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  • Admiralty Law — Professor Frevola
  • Advanced Legal Research — Professor Spar
  • Antitrust Law — Professor Tugander
  • Business & Law of Marijuana — Professor Cooper
  • Criminal Immigration Seminar — Professor Gaudio
  • Criminal Procedure I — Professor Klein
  • Criminal Procedure: Investigations — Professor Malavé
  • Employment Discrimination — Professor Damiano
  • Environmental Dispute Resolution — Professor Siegel
  • Ethical Problems in Federal Tax Practice Seminar — Professor Galler
  • Evidence — Professor Krieger
  • Expert Witness in Civil Cases — Professor Freedman
  • Family Law — Professor Schepard
  • Family Law — Professor Stark
  • Federal Income Taxation of Corporations — Professor Galler
  • Financial Restructuring and Business Bankruptcy — Professor Scarcella
  • International Law — Professor Stark
  • Introduction to Asset Management Legal and Compliance — Professors Kutner and Mastronardi
  • Introduction to Estate Planning — Professor David
  • Lawyers’ Ethics — Professor Harrison
  • Perspectives in Legal Analysis & Writing (all 3 sections) — Professors Lefton, Louis and D'Agostino
  • The Policy and Business of Cryptocurrencies — Professor Shipkevich
  • Private Equity — Professor Davis
  • Race and the Law — Professor Malavé
  • Selected Problems in New York Civil Practice — Professor Knobel
  • Sex-Based Discrimination — Professor Damiano
  • Voting Rights – Election Law — Professor Solages

Admiralty Law

Professor Frevola

Class #1, January 10

The Basics: Admiralty Jurisdiction, Conceptual Structure, and Practice (page 3)

  • DeLovio v. Boit (page 5)
  • Notes (page 8)
  • In re Complaint of Branson Duck Vehicles, LLC (Order) (Supplied by Instructor)
  • The Thomas Jefferson (page 8)
  • Notes (page 9)
  • The Genesee Chief v. Fitzhugh (page 10)
  • The Eagle (page 13)
  • Notes (page 15)
  • LeBlanc v. Cleveland. (page 16)
  • Notes (page 19)
  • Stewart v. Dutra Construction Co. (page 21)
  • Notes (page 25)
  • Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach (page 25)
  • Notes (page 29)
  • Jerome B. Grubart, Inc. v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (page 30)
  • Notes (page 39)

Advanced Legal Research

Professor Lisa Spar

Hi Everyone,

I am looking forward to meeting you in our first class on Wednesday, January 10 in Room 243. 

The Syllabus is available on the course website on Canvas. Print copies will be distributed in the first class.

Before our first class, please do the following:

  • Please make sure you are registered and can access Bloomberg Law , Lexis and Westlaw . If you need help registering for any of these, please contact the Library Reference desk at [email protected] , contact me at [email protected] or stop by the Reference desk or my office – 101B in the Library (ask at the Circulation or Reference desk).
  • If you have not already done so, update your notifications settings on Canvas. Here are instructions .

Antitrust Law

Professor Tugander

First Assignment

Casebook:  Morgan and Pierce,  Cases and Materials on Modern Antitrust Law and Its Origins  (7th Edition)

Read pages 1-45 of the casebook.

This assignment is for both Class 1 on January 11th and Class 2 on January 17th .

Business & Law of Marijuana

Professor Cooper

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 from 4:10-6 p.m.

Course overview, including expectations and assignments; introduction to the physical and psychoactive properties of cannabis

  • Discussion of cannabis properties and uses
  • Introduction of industrial, medical, and recreational markets – of which we will explore the evolving legal landscapes
  • Examination of medical and social uses in pre-Columbian America and other cultures
  • Examination medical and social uses in American society prior to prohibition
  • Reefer Madness (1936) [Enhanced] – the unabashed propaganda film is most popularly known as “Reefer Madness”, but originally known by the title “Tell Your Children, a dead giveaway”, has become a cult classic of comically bad cinema due to its dated, alarmist views on the dangers of "marijuana addiction" and the exaggerated symptoms thereof. (Runtime: 1:08:18)
  • The Illegalization of Marijuana: A Brief History
  • Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational and Scientific by Martin Lee (Audiobook Free with Audible trial)
  • The Drug War at 100 by George Fisher

Criminal Immigration Seminar

Hofstra Law Criminal Immigration Seminar Course # 2815 Professor Christina M. Gaudio Spring 2024 Syllabus

Week #1- Jan. 10 th : Historical Background of Crimmigration and The Role of Systemic Racism

  • Garcia Hernandez, pgs. 1-20
  • 4 th , 5 th and 6 th Amendments
  • Juliet Stumpf, The Crimmigration Crisis: Immigrants, Crime, and Sovereign Power, 56 Am. U. L. Rev. 367 (2006). 367- 395 ONLY
  • Alina Das, Inclusive Immigrant Justice: Racial Animus and the Origins of Crime-Based Deportation, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research paper (July, 2017).
  • The State of Black Immigrants Report: Part II : Black Immigrants in the Mass Criminalization System, by The Black Alliance for Just Immigration.
  • Black Immigrants School Prison Deportation Pipeline , by Shamira Ibrahim, February 5, 2020, Vox

Criminal Procedure I

Professor Klein

Please CAREFULLY read the syllabus included on Canvass (you should download it to read the proper format). Although I will cover many of the issues covered in the Syllabus during the 1 st class, you are responsible for all of them. You should do this before the 1 st class as part of this assignment.

View Course Syllabus (PDF)

All assignments should be read in the order they appear on this list. (< means before; > means after.)

For the 1 st class , please read the following pages in Kamisar et al (15 th ed):

  • The 4 th , 5 th , 6 th 14 th Amendments as found at consource.org (top resources tab)
  • Section 2, pages 5-16 (< section C);
  • Sections 3 and 4, pages 18-23;
  • Pages 24-26 (notice: fn 14 will be updated in class),
  • McDonald v City of Chicago , 561 U.S.742-769 & 1 st paragraph of Scalia concurrence
  • & Thomas concurrence through page 814 (2010),
  • Text at 35-36.
  • Pages 37-38 (Dripps), 40-42 (Maclin), 45-47 (Sotomayor), 51-53 (Garrett)

Three competing themes permeate the law of criminal procedure: (1) protecting public safety vs. protecting the rights of the individual; (2) legal tests based on a bright line rule vs. those using a case by case approach and (3) states’ rights vs. national uniformity. In light of this and to aid our class discussion, please read Bowles v. Russell , 551 U.S. 205 (2007) and be prepared to discuss it in class. It would be helpful if you formally brief it.

For those who are interested in the location of their seat for class, you should arrive at the 1 st class early and select the seat you want for the entire semester. There are assigned seats for the course which are determioned by where you situate yourself for the 1 st class. A seating chart will be prepared based on where you sit for the 1 st class.

Please feel free to email me at [email protected] with any questions or comments. I look forward to working with you.

Criminal Procedure: Investigations

Professor Evelyn Malavé (Mah-lah-VAY)

Required Casebook & First Assignment

The required casebook for this class is Lee & Richardson, Criminal Procedure Cases and Materials (3d Ed.)

First Assignment: For our first class on Thursday, January 11, please read the below. Please note that a syllabus will be uploaded to Canvas shortly before our first class. I look forward to meeting you all soon!

Class 1 – Thursday, January 11

Introduction to Criminal Procedure

  • LR Ch. 1 (pp. 1–8)
  • LR pp. 256-261 (Carbado excerpts)
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rWtDMPaRD8&has_verified=1 (from the beginning to 8:08) [Note: Some may find the language and content of this video offensive.]

Fourth Amendment

  • LR pp. 9–14 ( Katz v. United States )
  • LR pp. 27-43 ( Smith v. Maryland , California v. Greenwood , Colb excerpts, Solove excerpts)

Employment Discrimination

Professor Charis Damiano

Required Course Materials:

The required text is Employment Discrimination, Procedure, Principles and Practice by Joseph Seiner (3 rd Ed. 2023). Published by Wolters Kluwer.

Administrative Details:

  • Class meetings: Mondays and Wednesdays 8:40-10.00am
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Office: Room 100C
  • Office hours: By appointment on Monday and Wednesday 12:30-2pm.
  • Assistant: Jennifer Calautti, Room 223
  • Course webpage: CANVAS

First Assignment: The first class will be on Wednesday January 10 th 2024. Please read pages 1-13 and 79 to top of 88 before that class meeting.

Points for discussion:

  • What are the major statutes that form the backbone of employment discrimination laws in the US? What does “at will employment” mean?
  • What kind of constitutional anti-discrimination claims can federal workers bring?
  • Consider the difference between federal anti-discrimination laws and state anti-discrimination laws.
  • What is the difference between direct and circumstantial evidence of discrimination?
  • What are the prongs of the McDonnell Douglas prima facie test?

Environmental Dispute Resolution

Joseph A. Siegel, Adjunct Professor E-mail: [email protected] Phone:  (212) 637-3208

Class 1 Assignment – Jan. 11, 2024 (6:10-8 p.m.)

Introduction to the Course; Overview of Environmental Dispute Resolution  

Reading Before First Class:

  • What does the reading tell us about justice for indigenous and black communities and people of color in the context of mediating environmental disputes?
  • What do we learn about environmental mediation from the reading?
  • Go to the John S. McCain National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution website and read the “Basic Principles for Agency Engagement in Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution” . Then scan the “FAQs about ECR” . How are ECR processes, and the mediations you read about in the Lucy Moore book, different from and/or similar to your prior conception of, or experiences with, mediation?

Expert Witness in Civil Cases

Prof. Eric M. Freedman

  • Go to CV and make sure you have access to this course. Class announcements will be distributed using the CV e-mail list and you are responsible for them.
  • Download the syllabus from the course documents section of the CV site and read the entire document with care.
  • Prepare for the course meeting on Zoom at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 17 (a legislative Monday) in accordance with the syllabus.

Welcome to FamilyLaw!

I look forward to our first class this Wednesday, January 10 th at 2:10 pm in room 205. We will be using a new text this semester, Douglas E. Abrams et al., Contemporary FamilyLaw (West Academic, 6 th ed. 2023). The first assignment is pp. 1-22. Please be prepared to discuss Problem 1-1 at p. 3.

I look forward to seeing many of you again and to meeting those of you who I don’t know yet!

Barbara Stark

First Assignment Family Law Spring 2024 Professor Andrew Schepard

Welcome to Family Law for Spring 2024. I hope you had a wonderful and safe holiday season with family and friends. I look forward to working with you this semester.

This memo covers what I would like you to do to prepare before our first class on Wednesday, January 10 th at 10:10 am on Zoom (class ends at 11:30 am)

Find the Course site on CANVAS. This will be our principal communications vehicle. You should be able to find the Zoom link for our classes on the site under Zoom Room. Also be sure you can access all the parts of the CANVAS site.

Please complete the following assignment before class.

ASSIGNMENT KEY

  • Casebook – OV- Robert E. Oliphant & Nancy Ver Steegh, Work of the Family Lawyer (5 th Edition)
  • The materials assigned are contained in folders listed with the names of the subject listed on the assignment. For example, if the class topic is Domestic Violence , read all materials found in the Domestic Violence folder under Course Modules on the course CANVAS site. The materials in the folders are required reading. In other words, you are responsible for the contents of the folders.
  • In the folders, you will also find PowerPoint slides that I created on many of the subjects we will be studying. They are informal, bullet point summaries of what I regard as the most important material on the topic. Students have found them helpful in the past for focusing their learning. I suggest that you download the PowerPoint slides for your use.

Date: Wednesday, January 10 th (First Day of Class)

  • Getting to Know You.
  • Course Overview and Policies, etc.
  • Family Law: Past and Present

Reading and Comments:

  • I will begin the class by asking if you have any questions about the syllabus.
  • Be prepared- I will then ask each of you to briefly tell me about your experience with family law and what you hope to get out of the class.
  • Read OV (Oliphant & Ver Steegh) 3-24 (this is our course textbook)
  • Ten Questions About Family Law
  • Historical Background

View the Syllabus (PDF)

Ethical Problems in Federal Tax Practice Seminar

Professor Galler

The textbook for the course is Linda Galler & Michael B. Lang, Regulation of Tax Practice (2d ed. 2016).

The assignment for our first class meeting (Friday, , January 12, 2024) is:

  • Pages 14-20 (but skim only, pp.17-20)
  • Pages 44-47

Evidence (A), Law_4761_A Professor Stefan Krieger Spring 2024

Assignment for First Class (Wednesday, January 10, 2024)

For our first class, please review the syllabus for the course posted in the Syllabus Module on Canvas. (The syllabus is not posted in the syllabus tab.)

Also, please prepare Problems 1-3, 1-6, 1-7, and 1-9 in Problems in Evidence and read the assigned text and rules at the end of each of the problems. As stated in the syllabus, for this class, I will not call on students to argue these problems, but we will discuss them in class.

Federal Income Taxation of Corporations

The casebook for the course is Schwarz & Lathrope, Fundamentals of Corporate Taxation (Tenth Edition 2019).

In addition, we will be using Lathrope, Selected Federal Taxation Statutes. This should be the same statutory supplement that you used in Federal Income Taxation of Individuals.

For our first session (Thursday, January 11, 2023), please read pages 3-12 in the casebook.

Financial Restructuring and Business Bankruptcy

Financial Restructuring and Business Bankruptcy 2757-A Professor Scarcella – Spring 2024 Reading Assignment for Class 1 and Class 2

Professor Scarcella’s contact information :

  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: (631) 712-6278
  • Faculty Assistant: Ms. Jennifer Calautti – Office 223

Class time and location:

  • Tuesdays, 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
  • Room [To Be Announced]

Course Materials:

Levitan, Business Bankruptcy: Financial Restructuring and Commercial Markets (3d Edition, 2022) (Aspen Publishing)

Additionally, you will need a statutory supplement that contains the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) and Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. You will need a 2021 or later statutory supplement for the Bankruptcy Code as that will include Subchapter V – Small Business Debtor Reorganization. If you did not take the Bankruptcy Law course, the supplements I suggest are:

  • Elizabeth Warren and Robert M. Lawless, Bankruptcy and Article 9, 2023 Statutory Supplement (Aspen Publishing)
  • Anne Lawton, Bankruptcy Code, Rules, and Official Forms , 2023 Law School Edition, (West Academic)

Class time will focus on the problem sets. The reading assignments and problem sets often have statutory citations to the Bankruptcy Code so please read the referenced statutory provisions.

Class Assignments:

  • Chapter 1 (pp. 3-22) (20 pages)
  • Chapter 11 (pp. 217-228) (12 pages)
  • Problem Set 1
  • Chapter 12 (pp. 231-252) (22 pages)
  • Chapter 13 (pp. 253-269) (17 pages)
  • Problems 12.1, 12.2, and 12.3
  • Problem 13.1

International Law

Welcome to International Law!

Please register for the course on TWEN using your Hofstra email. A syllabus will be posted soon.

Our text is Janis, Noyes, & Sadat,  International Law:  Cases and Commentary (6 th ed. 2020). For the first assignment, please read pp.1-17 and be prepared to discuss the following questions:

  • What is the international rule elaborated by Article 2 of the European Human Rights Convention (EHRC)?
  • Are the rules in a treaty more like an international contract or an international statute? How are they different?
  • Why did the United Kingdom consent to the rules set out in the EHRC?  
  • Why did the United Kingdom consent to the jurisdiction of the ECHR? Why did the United Kingdom comply with the court’s decision? What did it cost? (in addition to £40 ,000?)

I look forward to our first class this Wednesday, January 10th at 10:10 am in room 14 , to seeing many of you again and to meeting those of you I don’t know yet!

Introduction to Asset Management Legal and Compliance

Zoom Meeting Tuesday 6:10-8 p.m.

Professors:

Online Materials

There is no textbook for this class. Reading assignments will consist of a series of articles and other materials (please see Canvas for document entitled “Online Materials for Hofstra Class Spring 2024” for assigned readings). 

The reading for Class 1 will be spread over the first few classes so don’t worry if you do not get to everything for Class 1.

We look forward to meeting you on January 16th!

Course Date

  • Class 1 – January 16, 2024

Topics to be Discussed

  • What is Compliance?
  • What is Risk?
  • Types of Risk
  • Overview of the Legal and Regulatory Structure Governing Asset Managers
  • Overview of Key Constituents (asset management departments and personnel, board of directors, shareholders and regulators

Assigned Reading From “Online Materials” Document

  • The Importance of Compliance in Business
  • Ethics vs. Compliance
  • Risk Management
  • Asset Management Risk Management and Compliance

Introduction to Estate Planning

Prof. Johanna C. David, Esq.

Tuesdays: 6:10-8 p.m.

First Assignment: Read Ch. 1 of Estate Planning in a Nutshell; Matter of Fabbri (2 N.Y.2d 236,239); and Ch. 1 of Pennells Estate Planning and Drafting.

Lawyers’ Ethics

CRN# 23751; Course # 2897-B

Professor Robert M. Harrison

Welcome to Lawyers’ Ethics! Before our first class on Thursday, January 11, sign onto the course Canvas page where you will find the course syllabus. Please read it and come to class with any questions you have.

We will be using the following texts:

  • Nathan M. Crystal and Grace M. Geisel,  Professional Responsibility: Problems of Practice and the Profession  (Seventh Edition).
  • ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct (2023 edition).

Your assignment for the first class is to read pages 1-26 in the Crystal and Geisel casebook, and skim the Model Rules.

The Policy and Business of Cryptocurrencies

Professor Shipkevich

Course Law: 2740-E

Welcome to The Policy and Business of Cryptocurrencies course for the Spring of 2024.

Our first class will be on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at 8:10 am in Room 243.

Casebook: Digital Coins & Cryptocurrencies, Law & Regulation, Shipkevich (Carolina Academic Press)

  • 31 U.S.C. § 5103
  • Casebook: pages 3 – 51

Private Equity

Assignment for Class 1 (Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 8:10-10:00AM, KUSHN 0243)

Professor: Wayne Davis

Email: [email protected]

The textbook for this class is Mastering Private Equity: Transformation via Venture Capital, Minority Investments & Buyouts by Claudia Zeisberger, Michael Prahl and Bowen White (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2017). Reading assignments will consist of selected sections of the text and a series of articles and other materials (throughout the semester please check Canvas for document entitled “Online Materials for Hofstra Class Spring 2024” for assigned readings). Reading assignments will consist of a series of articles and other materials (please see Canvas for document entitled “Online Materials for Hofstra Class Spring 2024” for assigned readings).

The reading assignments for Class 1 are:

  • From the textbook: Forward and Preface, pp. ix – xv; Chapter 1, Private Equity Essentials, pp. 5 – 18.
  • At Canvas, Course Materials: “Private Equity, Class # 1, Wednesday, January 17, 2024;

“Introduction to Private Investment Funds -- Fund formation and investment management compliance”

Topics to be Discussed:

Introduction to Private Investment Funds

  • Introductions -- goals.
  • Private Equity Funds – privately held portfolio companies; closed end funds; limited liquidity.
  • Venture Capital Funds – start-up privately held PCs; closed end; limited liquidity – monetization event (sale; IPO).
  • Hedge Funds – publicly traded securities; open ended; liquid.
  • S vs. non-U.S. based investment funds (target investor profile; capital raising).

I look forward to meeting you on January 17th!

Perspectives in Legal Analysis & Writing (all 3 sections)

Welcome to  Perspectives in Legal Analysis & Writing . The class will meet in person. However, we will also use an online classroom component for this course called Matrix. You will submit and receive all assignments through Matrix. In early January, you will receive an email from BARBRI with login information to access the Matrix course page prior to the first day of class. If you do not receive an email prior to January 10, please contact [email protected]

Aside from accessing Matrix, there is no prework before Class 1 . We will use a course book that will be distributed in class. 

If you have any questions before class, please feel free to reach out to one of us.

Regards, The ASP Team (Profs Lefton, Louis and D'Agostino)

Race and the Law

Required Books & First Assignment

The required books for this class are:

  • Khiara Bridges, Critical Race Theory: A Primer (2019)
  • Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic, Critical Race Theory: An Introduction (3d ed. 2019)
  • Derrick Bell, And We Are Not Saved (1989).

For our first class on Wednesday January 10, please read pages 1-57 in Bridges (above). A syllabus will be posted shortly before the class.

I look forward to meeting you all on Wednesday.

Selected Problems in New York Civil Practice

Professor Knobel

Textbook: Chase & Barker (“CB”) Civil Litigation in New York [7th edition] Treatise: Siegel, New York Practice [6th ed]

Assignment for January 11

  • Subject Matter Jurisdiction
  • Pages xxxi – xxxvi; 123-155; problem A
  • Article VI NYS Constitution; Judiciary Law 190; CPLR 325

Sex-Based Discrimination

Required Course Materials: The required text is Katharine T Bartlett, Deborah L Rhode, Joanna L Grossman and Deborah Brake, Gender and the Law: Theory, Doctrine, Commentary (9th Edition, 2023). (“Gender and the Law”)

  • Class meetings: Monday and Wednesdays 10:40 -12:00pm.
  • Office hours: Monday and Wednesdays 12:30pm-2pm by appointment
  • Office: 100C

First Assignment: The first class will be on Wednesday January 10 th 2024. Please read the following: Page 1-top of page 7 and 29-41 of Gender and the Law.

  • Consider the various theoretical frameworks presented on pages 1-7 and how they interplay in the field of sex discrimination law.
  • When reading the cases, try to identify the source of the discriminatory practice, the legal rationale that was given to try to justify the discriminatory practice and the harm it caused to women at the time.
  • Compare and contrast the different legal reasonings provided by the Supreme Court in the cases of Muller v. Oregon 208 U.S 412 (1908) and Goesart v. Cleary 335 U.S 464 (1948). Think about how they are alike and how they differ.
  • Please read the Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Convention on pages 38-40 and make a list of the issues addressed in this Declaration. Consider the various ways that the authors argue that a women’s right to work and be employed are affected by the list of discriminatory acts and practices set out in the document.

Voting Rights – Election Law

Professor Phil Solages

FIRST ASSIGNMENT

  • The History of Voting Rights & Election Law
  • U.S. Constitution: Article 1 §2 ¶ 1, Article 1 §2 ¶ 2, Article 1 §2 ¶ 4, Article 1 §3 ¶ 2, Article 1 §3 ¶ 3, Article 1 §4 ¶ 1, Article 1 §5 ¶ 1, Article 2 §1 ¶ 1, Article 2 §1 ¶ 2, Article 2 §1 ¶ 3, Article 2 §1 ¶ 4, & Article 2 §1 ¶ 5
  • U.S. Constitutional Amendments: 15,19,24, & 26 Amendments
  • NY Constitution Article 1, Section 1
  • NY Constitution Article 2, Section 1 through 9
  • Go to Canvas and make sure you have access to this course.

Fall - First Year

  • Civil Procedure — Professor Gundlach
  • Civil Procedure — Professor Sample
  • Civil Procedure — Professor Zarin-Rosenfeld
  • Criminal Law (Sections A1 and A2) — Professor Barron
  • Criminal Law — Professor Burke
  • Criminal Law — Professor Klein
  • Criminal Law — Professor Malavé
  • Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I (Section A-1) — Professor Colesanti
  • Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I (Section A-2) — Professor Weintraub
  • Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I (Section B-1)  — Professor Greene
  • Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I (Section B-2) — Professor Franzella
  • Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I (Section C-1) — Professor Stein
  • Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I (Section C-2) — Professor McElroy
  • Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I (Section D)  — Professor White
  • Legal Methods  — Professor Damiano
  • Torts — Professor Bush
  • Torts — Professor Caffarone
  • Torts — Professor Campbell
  • Torts — Professor Greenwood

Civil Procedure

Professor Gundlach

First Day Assignment

You should gain access to the Canvas course page through the Hofstra portal, review the opening announcement, the syllabus, and the first module under Course Materials entitled Introduction and Overview Materials. Be sure to post a comment in the Discussion Thread entitled Introductions. And for our first class, read pp. 3-34 in the Freer Casebook.

First Assignment: Review the full syllabus (found on Canvas) and read per below.

Class 1 (Read prior to 1 st class session)

  • Read pp. 1-top of p. 29 in the Casebook
  • Look at Judicial Map, "Geographic Boundaries of United States Courts of Appeals and United States District Courts" (contained within the PDF of supplemental materials available on CANVAS)
  • Read Avista Management, Inc. v. Wausau Underwriters Insurance Company (contained within the PDF of supplemental materials available on CANVAS)

Professor Zarin-Rosenfeld

First Two Assignments

Our Casebook will be Friedenthal et al. , Civil Procedure: Compact Thirteenth Edition for Shorter Courses . Supplemental cases will be posted on Canvas.

Please read the following for our First Class (Monday, Aug. 21) :

  • Casebook Pages: 1-6, 31-36
  • Supplemental Cases: Fuentes v. Shevin

In the order listed, please read the following for our Second Class (Tuesday, Aug. 22) :

  • Casebook Pages: 202-03, 206 note 3
  • Mitchell v. W.T. Grant Co. ;
  • Ga. Finishing v. Di-Chem
  • Casebook Pages: 207-08 note 6
  • Supplemental Cases: Mathews v. Eldridge

Criminal Law (Sections A1 and A2)

Professor Barron

Course Materials We will be using  Kadish, Schulhofer, & Barkow, Criminal Law and Its Processes  (11TH edition) as our casebook. 

Please refer to the syllabus for both courses and please review the hypo set.

  • Syllabus (PDF)
  • Hypo Set (PDF)

Your readings are below.

  • Chapter 3: Legality: Pages 189-232 
  • Chapter 1: Justification for Punishment:  Pages 1-40; 48-53 
  • Chapter 3: Proportionality:  Pages234-248

Criminal Law

Professor Burke

The required text for this class is Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (9th ed.) by Kaplan, Weisberg & Binder.

The assigned, required reading for the first day of class is pages 1-13 and 19-29 of the casebook PLUS an excerpt from Understanding Criminal Law by Joshua Dressler, which is posted on our Canvas course under “Assignments.” To be clear, the pages from Understanding Criminal Law are required, not supplemental or optional.

I'm looking forward to meeting all of you and am excited for the coming semester.

-Prof. Burke

The text book we are using for this course is Dressler and Garvey, Criminal Law; Cases and Comments (9 th ed West Academic). You can purchase it in the university bookstore or anywhere else you can find the same edition at more favorable rates.

For the 1 st class, please read the following pages in the Dressler book:

Assignment 1- Introduction: Setting the Stage

  • Pages 1-8 (before section C)
  • Pages 9-10 (proof of guilt at trial (< Notes and Questions, hereinafter “N and Q”)
  • Pages 11 (note 2) – 13 (before note 5)

For those who are interested in the location of their seat, you should arrive at the 1 st class early and select the seat you want for the semester. There are assigned seats for the course which are determined by where you sit at the first class. A seating chart will be prepared based on where you sit for the first class.

Finally, but of no lesser importance, please carefully read the Syllabus which is posted on Canvass before the first class.

Please feel free to email me at [email protected] with any questions or comments. The symbol “<” in some assignments means to read up to but not including or past. I look forward to working with you during your time at Hofstra.

Professor Evelyn Malavé Room 100M [email protected]  

Assignment for First Class - August 22, 2023

Dear Class,

Welcome to Criminal Law! I look forward to meeting you all soon, and I hope you are enjoying the rest of your summer.

For the first day of class, please read pages 8-35 from our casebook, KADISH, SCHULHOFER, & BARKOW, CRIMINAL LAW AND ITS PROCESSES (11th ed. 2022). Shortly before classes start, I will also share the syllabus. Please review it before the first class.

Sincerely, Professor Malavé

Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I (Section B-2)

Professor Franzella

Welcome to Hofstra Law School. Our first class is on Monday, August 21 from 2:10pm-4:00pm in Kushner Hall Room 242.

Prior to our first class, please:

  • Purchase the following books, which are available in the Hofstra Bookstore : Neumann , Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing (9th ed.);  The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation (21 st ed.). Be certain that you have the correct edition for each book.
  • Lexis+ Registration Link :  https://register.lexisnexis.com
  • Westlaw Registration Link:  https://lawschool.westlaw.com/register  
  • If you have any questions on Lexis, please contact our Lexis representative Kacey Murphy. Her e-mail is: [email protected]
  • If you have any questions on Westlaw, please contact our Westlaw account manager Estee Waxman at [email protected]
  • Please be aware that you must also register for the Canvas page for this class. I post many class assignments and other documents there and use it to communicate with the class.
  • Syllabus with Tentative Class Schedule;
  • Lexis Learn Modules;
  • Introduction to Legal Research.
  • Read Neumann , Chs. 1 – 3 and 6.

I look forward to meeting each of you. In the meantime, enjoy the rest of your summer.

Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I (Section C-1)

Professor Stein

Welcome to Hofstra Law School. While you may be feeling somewhat intimidated by the prospect of three years of law school, don’t. Orientation is designed to lessen your apprehension and give you some tools to smooth the transition into law school. I will also do whatever I can to help.

Our scheduled class time is Mondays and Wednesdays from 8:10 am – 10:00 am in Room 205. Please read this letter carefully, it contains a lot of important information. Prior to our first Legal Analysis class, do the following:

Sign up for the TWEN page for this class immediately. TWEN is part of Westlaw. Westlaw registration information is in the packet that you received from admissions. We will use TWEN in the following ways:

This schedule and the other basic course documents are available on our class page;

There is a folder for each class labelled HW and Handouts for Class 1, etc. Consult that folder BEFORE each class. It contains the homework assignment/s that you must complete PRIOR to that class, as well as the handouts that we will be using during class (you should bring your computer to class with you every day. Even if you don’t use it for notetaking, it will give you access to the handouts); and

You will hand in your graded assignments on TWEN.

Prior to our first Legal Analysis class on Monday, August 21st, please do the following:

Purchase the following books, which are available in the Hofstra Bookstore: Neumann, Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing (9th ed.); Sloan, Basic Legal Research Tools and Strategies (8th Edition); The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation (21st ed.) and Interactive Citation Workbook for the Bluebook (2023 Edition). Be certain that you have the correct edition for each book.

You need to register for both Westlaw and Lexis, the two computer assisted legal research providers that we will be using. Again, the Westlaw registration information is in the packet that you received from admissions. You received an email from the library director, Hunter Whaley, with your Lexis code. If should have you did not, check with Isaac Samuels in the Law Library.

As previously mentioned, you must register for the TWEN page for this class imediately. I post homework and handouts on the page, and use it to communicate with the class. You will also be required to hand in most of your assignments using TWEN.

For our first class please read Chapters 1-3 in Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing. Because case briefing is so important, we will be reinforcing the skills that you were introduced to during orientation. Please review the case brief that you prepared for the Roberson case for your ITL class and bring it with you. If you did not brief that case for ITL, please do so before our first class; please also prepare Exercise II, on page 33. Finally, prepare a brief of the Costanza case on pp. 35-36, using the Case Briefing Form posted on TWEN. A couple of comments about this assignment:

  • Please submit your typewritten Roberson and Costanza briefs through the “Assignments & Quizzes” tab on TWEN. This is how you will be submitting your assignments throughout the year so handing in the briefs this way is good practice.

Feel free to download the Case Briefing Form and use it for your briefs in all of your classes if you wish.

Be sure to allow enough time for this assignment as it is likely to take longer than you think and you will need to spend time looking up unfamiliar terms. You will be expected to participate in class discussions, even those held on the first day.

Please print out and read through the Course Outline and Guidelines that are posted on the TWEN page for this class. We will be discussing them during our first session.

Fill out the “Getting to Know You” form. The form is posted under the “Assignments & Quizzes” tab on TWEN. Once you have completed it, please submit it through the link that you will see on that page.

We begin our study of legal research at the same time as our study of legal analysis and writing. To begin this process, there are three training sessions that you must complete (Lexis, Westlaw, and Legal Research Strategies 101): All Westlaw and Lexis trainings will be done "live" on Zoom. These will be the only trainings offered and you MUST attend one. Attendance will be taken and a deduction will be taken from your professionalism grade for the course if you do not attend. Lexis Week of Aug 21 Students can register using the links below or by going to www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool

Monday, August 21st 1pm - 1:45pm

Tuesday, August 22nd 1pm - 1:45pm

Wednesday, August 23rd 1pm - 1:45pm

Thursday, August 24th 1pm - 1:45pm

Westlaw Week of Aug 28 Classes have been posted on the event training calendar on lawschool.tr.com .  It’s the same link for each session. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/7776514981

  • August 28, 2023 12:20 PM - 1:00 PM  
  • August 30, 2023 1:20 PM - 2:00 PM  
  • September 1, 2023 12:20 PM - 1:00 PM

Legal Research Strategies 101 presented by Professor Lisa Spar, Assistant Director for Reference and Instructional Services and Special Professor of Law. YOU MUST COMPLETE THIS ONLINE PRESENTATION BY 6 PM on AUGUST 31st. View the presentation .

There is a handout that you will need when you watch this video, it is posted on TWEN under a tab entitled “Legal Research Strategies 101 Handouts.” This video is interactive and requires you to respond to questions. I am able to monitor who participated in each of the three trainings, if you do not complete all three, a deduction will be made from your professionalism grade.

  • Finally, you will need to bring your computer to every class session because all homework and handouts for class will be posted on the TWEN page. I look forward to meeting each of you. In the meantime, enjoy the rest of your summer!

Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I

Professor Colesanti

View First Assignment (PDF)

Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I (Section A-2)

First Assignment for Prof. Weintraub’s Class (Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research I)

In advance of class on Monday, August 21 (Class #1):

  • In Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing , please read Chapters 1, 2 (do the Exercise on page 21), and 3 (do Exercises I, II, and III).
  • Please write an essay no longer than one double-spaced page as to whether you think legal writing is important for lawyers. Submit your essay on Canvas (once I get our class site up and running) any time before our first class. This essay is not graded. It may help you to view some videos on this following website . The interviews are of Supreme Court Justices talking about legal writing. The videos are intended to be helpful and interesting—there is no required minimum number of videos or amount of time that you must watch.

Also, within the first two weeks of classes, please complete the following LEXIS and Westlaw legal research training sessions: 

  • Monday, August 21 st 1pm - 1:45pm
  • Tuesday, August 22 nd 1pm - 1:45pm  
  • Wednesday, August 23 rd 1pm - 1:45pm
  • Thursday, August 24 th 1pm - 1:45pm
  • August 28, 2023 12:20 PM - 1:00 PM
  • August 30, 2023 1:20 PM - 2:00 PM

Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I (Section C-2)

Professor McElroy

Welcome to Hofstra Law School and to Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I. I am looking forward to working with you for the next academic year. This semester our classes are on Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:10 am -10:00 am in room 010 in Roosevelt Hall which is to your right as you are facing the law school.

The required books for the course are:

  • Neumann,  Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing (9th ed.) and

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (21 st ed.);

I have posted two documents on the course’s TWEN and Canvas pages which you should read prior to our first class. They are: (1) the syllabus; and (2) the Generative AI Policy for Legal Writing & Academic Honesty & School Code of Conduct.. You are required to read the Generative AI Policy for Legal Writing & Academic Honesty & School Code of Conduct, sign it and submit the signed copy to me prior to September 1 st .

The TWEN page is entitled LAW&R I 2023 – McElroy. Please sign up as soon as possible as TWEN is how I communicate to the entire class and where I post assignments and materials. I will be using both platforms as I am transitioning to Canvas but I want to be sure you receive everything you need.

Below are the assignments for the first three classes.

CLASS & ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE

Class No. 1

  • Date:  Wed. 8/23
  • Read Chapters 1-3 and 5 in the Neumann book. As you read the Costanza case beginning on page 35, ask yourself which category of a case brief each sentence of the opinion is conveying. The brief template is posted on TWEN.
  • Be prepared to discuss Exercises II & III in Chapter 3 (p. 33-34);
  • Be prepared to contribute to the discussion creating a brief of the Costanza case (pages 35-36), using the briefing template on TWEN.

Class No. 2

  • Date:  Fri. 8/25
  • Read In re $82,000 More or Less posted on TWEN and prepare a brief of the case using the briefing template also posted on TWEN.
  • Read chapters 6 and 11-14 in the Neumann book; skim (and I do mean skim) pages 1 – 24 in the Bluebook.
  • We will discuss the In re $82,000 case, the Bluebook and topics covered in Neumann reading.
  • Read case series posted on TWEN for Wednesday.

Class No. 3

  • Date:  Wed. 8/30
  • Read Chapters 7 and 9
  • Read the Nansen v. Byrd exercise which is posted on TWEN and appears on pages 46-47
  • Be prepared to discuss Nansen v. Byrd.
  • Brief the case from the case series assigned to you and be prepared to discuss all cases.
  • Librarian introduction.

Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I (Section B-1)

Professor Greene

Welcome to Legal Analysis Writing and Research and to Law School! Please complete the assignment below before our first class. I look forward to meet you all – Professor Greene

Read Chs 1-3; please pay special attention to the Roberson case (p. 26) and prepare Exercise II (p. 33).

Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I (Section D)

Professor White

Welcome to Hofstra Law School. Our first class is on Wednesday, August 23 from 4:10 – 6 p.m. in Kushner Hall, Room 242.

Prior to our first class, please :

  • Neumann , Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing (9th ed.);
  • The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation (21 st ); and
  • Norton, Interactive Citation Workbook for The Bluebook (2023 ed.).
  • Be certain that you have the correct edition for each book.
  • Lexis Registration Link:  https://register.lexisnexis.com
  • Westlaw Registration Link: https://lawschool.westlaw.com/register
  • Please register ASAP for the TWEN page for this class (via Westlaw). I post many class assignments and other documents there and use it to communicate with the class.
  • In addition to registering for Lexis and Westlaw, you will need to participate in on-line research training for these providers as well as on-line research training from the law library. All of this training must be completed by Friday, September 1 at 5 p.m. The Lexis training will be conducted the week of August 21 and the Westlaw training will be conducted the week of August 28. The law library training is pre-recorded and can be done on your own schedule. Please consult the “Legal Research Training” document I posted on TWEN in the “Legal Research” tab for information on how to sign up/view each of these three trainings.
  • Read the (i) Syllabus, and (ii) Class Schedule & Assignments Part I that I will be posting the week of August 14 on TWEN in the “Course Materials” tab. We will review these together in our first class.
  • Read Chapters 1-3 and 6 in the Neumann Brief the following case posted in the “First Class Assignment” tab and be prepared to discuss in our first class: J’Aire Corp. v. Gregory, 598 P.2d 60 (Ca. 1979).
  • Please complete the “Student Survey Fall Semester” posted on TWEN in the “First Class Assignment” tab and email it to me at [email protected] by noon on Tuesday, August 22. Your answers are confidential and will be read only by me.

Again, welcome to Hofstra Law School. I look forward to meeting each of you!

Legal Methods

Administrative Details: Class meetings: Tuesday and Thursdays: 8.10 am -9.30am in Koppl 206. Email: [email protected] Office hours: Monday and Wednesday 10am -12pm and by appointment Assistant: Jennifer Calautti, Room 223 Course webpage: CANVAS

First Assignment: The first class will be on August 22 2023.

  • We will be reviewing the structure of the class and the semester;
  • Please ensure that you have read the syllabus (posted on CANVAS) ahead of the first class;
  • Please make sure that you have set up your passwords and access to LexisNexis, Westlaw, Hofstra Portal, West’s Study Aids and CALI.

Professor Bush

Reading assignment for first class:

Topic: The Negligence “Theory”                             “Wrongful” Conduct

Reading (in Franklin/Rabin Casebook [FR]): FR pages 1-20 ( Hammontree v. Jenner )

Topic: Risk/Avoidance Theory                                

Reading (in Franklin/Rabin Casebook [FR]): FR pages 37-55 ( Brown v. Kendall, Adams v. Bullock, U.S. v. Carroll Towing)

FULL COURSE SYLLABUS AND FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON “CANVAS” BY AUGUST 7. 

Professor Caffarone

Welcome to Hofstra Law School. Our first class is on Tuesday, August 22 from 10:10-12:00 in room 230. Prior to our first class, please:

  • Dan B, Dobbs et al., Torts and Compensation: Personal Accountability and Social Responsibility for Injury ( 2017 Concise 8 th Edition ).
  • Review the Course Syllabus posted on Canvas.
  • Read Dobbs , Chs. 1-2. Prepare case briefs of the Van Camp v. McAfoos and Dillon v. Frazer cases found in the reading. You may (but are not required to) use the briefing template provided on Canvas.

Please note that I will “cold call” students off a randomly generated list every class, including the first class.

Professor Campbell

The following are the assignments for the first week of class from the coursebook if anyone wants to read ahead. Also, please review the syllabus, which will be posted on Canvas and emailed to you, before the first day of class.

The course textbook is: Best, Barnes & Kahn-Fogel,  Basic Tort Law: Cases, Statutes, and Problems   (5th ed.)

  • Introduction to Torts and overview of the class——pp. 1-14
  • Negligence: The Duty of Reasonable Care. The Reasonable Person Standard —pp. 107-118 (Stop at Part III)  
  • The Range of Application of the Reasonable Person Standard— pp. 118-129; pp. 129-141

Best, Colleen

Professor Greenwood

Welcome to torts!

Please register for the course on TWEN. You will find a course introduction and a syllabus including reading assignments there. Before the first class, please complete the first reading assignment and post an introduction. 

The purpose of the introduction is for us to begin to get to know each other (not to impress future employers) so include something memorable about you or important to you. 

You should also include anything that might be relevant to the course. Have you ever committed or been the victim of a tort? Worked in a field where employers worry (or don’t worry enough) about safety? Driven a car and thought you could hurt someone quite easily?

See you soon,

Dan Greenwood

  • Approaches to Legal Analysis & Writing (LAW-2734-2) — Professor Caporale - D'Agostino
  • Approaches to Legal Analysis & Writing — Professor Lefton
  • Criminal Law (Section B2) — Professor Barron
  • Criminal Law — Professor Malavé
  • Torts (Section C) — Professor Caffarone
  • Torts — Professor Stark

Please access my Canvas course page through the Hofstra portal, review the opening announcement, the syllabus, and the first module under Course Materials entitled Introduction and Overview Materials. Be sure to post a comment in the Discussion Thread entitled Introductions. And for our first class, read pp. 3-24 in the Freer Casebook.

Criminal Law (Section B2)

The syllabus for the course is posted on its Canvas site. You should be able to access it. If you cannot, please let me know. My email is  [email protected]

We will be using Kadish, Schulhofer, & Barkow, Criminal Law and Its Processes (11th edition) as our casebook. Your assignment for the first 2 weeks of class will come from the casebook and is set forth below.

Weeks 1 -2 : 

  • Chapter 3: Legality,  189-232 
  • Chapter 1: Justification for Punishment, 1-40; 48-53 
  • Chapter 3: Proportionality 234-248 

I look forward to our semester together.

Assignment for First Class - August 24, 2022

Professor Evelyn Malavé Room 100M (516) 463-5874 [email protected]

Welcome to Criminal Law!

Our text is: Kadish, Schulhofer, & Barkow, Criminal Law and Its Processes (11th ed. 2022)

Please read the assignment below for our first class on August 24, 2022. Casebook (CB): 1-8, 67-75, 77-84, 16-27. 

Please sign in on the Class TWEN page using your Hofstra email.

Shortly before classes start, I will post a syllabus on the TWEN page. Please review it before the first class.

I look forward to meeting you all soon, and enjoy the rest of your summer!

Sincerely, Evelyn Malavé

Approaches to Legal Analysis & Writing (LAW-2734-1)

Hello, I are looking forward to seeing you in Approaches to Legal Analysis & Writing on Monday, August 22 at 10:10 in Room 202.

The  coursebook  we will use is titled Legal Reasoning Case Files , by Kris Franklin. This book should be available in the Hofstra Book Store. There is no  prework  before the first class. Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions.

Regards, Prof Caporale - D'Agostino

Approaches to Legal Analysis & Writing (LAW-2734-2)

Hello, I are looking forward to seeing you in Approaches to Legal Analysis & Writing on Wednesday, August 24 at 10:10 in Room 202.

Approaches to Legal Analysis & Writing

Hello, I am looking forward to seeing you at the first class of  Approaches to Legal Analysis & Writing (ALAW)  on Thursday, August 25 at 4:10PM in Roosevelt 010.

The coursebook we will use is titled  Legal Reasoning Case Files , by Kris Franklin. This book should be available in the Hofstra Book Store. There is  no  prework  before the first class. 

Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions.

Regards, Prof Lefton

Professor Kevin McElroy

Welcome to Hofstra Law School and to Legal Analysis, Writing & Research I.  I am looking forward to working with you for the next academic year.  This semester our classes are on Monday and Wednesday from 8:10-10 a.m. in room 206.  We may need to re-schedule our September 6 th class to Tuesday or Friday afternoon, but we will discuss that in class.

  • The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (21 st );

I will be posting the syllabus on the course TWEN page soon.  The TWEN page is entitled LAW&R I 2022 – McElroy.  Please sign up as soon as possible as TWEN is how I communicate to the entire class and where I post assignments and materials.  Before that be on the lookout for emails from me.

The assignments for the first three classes are:

  • READING ASSIGNMENT: Read Chapters 1-3 and 5 in the Neumann book.  As you read the Costanza case beginning on page 35, ask yourself which category of a case brief each sentence of the opinion is conveying. The brief template is posted on TWEN.
  • COMMENTS: Be prepared to discuss Exercises II & III in Chapter 3 (p. 33-34); Be prepared to contribute to the discussion creating a brief of the Costanza case (pages 35-36), using the briefing template on TWEN.  
  • READING ASSIGNMENT: Read In re $82,000 More or Less posted on TWEN and prepare a brief of the case using the briefing template also posted on TWEN. Read chapters 6 and 11-14 in the Neumann book; skim (and I do mean skim) pages 1 – 24 in the Bluebook.
  • COMMENTS: We will discuss the In re $82,000 case, the Bluebook and topics covered in Neumann reading. Read case series posted on TWEN for Monday.  
  • READING ASSIGNMENT: Read Chapters 7 and 9; Read the Nansen v. Byrd exercise which is posted on TWEN and appears on pages 46-47 .
  • COMMENTS: Be prepared to discuss Nansen v. Byrd. Brief the case from the case series assigned to you and be prepared to discuss all cases.

Welcome to Law School!

The assignment to be completed prior to the first class is posted on the TWEN page for our class, under a tab that reads “Assignment for First Class”. Once you have registered for Westlaw, sign up for the TWEN page, read the letter carefully and be sure to follow the instructions .

I look forward to meeting you all, Professor Stein

Torts (Section C)

Welcome to Hofstra Law School. Our first class is on Tuesday, August 23 from 10:10-12:00 in room 230. Prior to our first class, please:

  • Dan B, Dobbs et al., Torts and Compensation: Personal Accountability and Social Responsibility for Injury (2017 Concise 8 th Edition).  
  • Review the Course Syllabus posted on Canvas.  

Assignment for First Class

Professor Barbara Stark, Room 116 (Library), e-mail:  [email protected]

Welcome to Torts!  Our text is:

Dan B. Dobbs et al., Torts and Compensation: Personal Accountability and Social Responsibility for Injury (2017 Concise 8 th Edition) 

Please read the assignment set out below and be prepared to answer the indicated questions.

You do not need to print out the syllabus and power points, which will be distributed at the beginning of class. They are posted on TWEN for your convenience.

Also, please sign in on the Class TWEN page using your Hofstra email. 

No Laptops or Phones During Class            

This course does not lend itself to laptop note-taking.  Surveys indicate that students are more satisfied with the learning environment in no-laptop courses.  Although some students prefer to use laptops, a larger number of students in the surveys say that classrooms are quieter, they can hear the teacher and other students better, and they feel more engaged in the classroom experience with fewer distractions.  Accordingly, in Torts you may not use a laptop or any other electronic device, including phones, during class. If these devices are out during class, I will assume you are using them, and you will be considered unprepared for that class.

CLASS 1 pp. 3-24

  • What is a tort?
  • What was wrong with Van Camp’s complaint against Mark?
  • Please be prepared to answer the questions raised in Notes 3-6 at p. 10.

Fall - Upper Division

  • Accounting & Finance for Lawyers — Professor Neurman
  • Approaches to Legal Analysis & Writing — Professors D’Agostino (Caporale), Lefton and Louis
  • Bankruptcy Law — Judge Scarcella
  • Broker/Dealer Regulation — Professor Sabino
  • Business Organizations — Professor Lyman
  • Business Planning Seminar — Professor Galler
  • Commercial Leasing — Professor Lefton
  • Constitutional Law II — Professor Charlow
  • Constitutional Law II — Professor Freedman
  • Criminal Procedure I — Professor Gordon
  • Criminal Procedure II: Adjudication — Professor Burke
  • Delivering Access to Justice In a Challenged Society — Judge Fisher
  • Derivatives Law and Regulation — Professor Kalbaugh
  • Drafting & Negotiating Contracts & Statutes — Professor Neumann
  • Elder Law — Professors Abrandt and Daleo
  • Employment Law — Professor Fernbach
  • Energy Law and Policy — Professor Hickey
  • Entertainment Law — Professor Meggett
  • Evidence — Professor Freedman
  • Externship Seminar, Judicial — Judge Fisher
  • Family Law with Skills — Professor Schepard
  • Federal Courts  — Professor Sample
  • Federal Criminal Law  — Professor Schroeder
  • Federal Income Taxation of Individuals — Professor Galler
  • Foundational Lawyering Skills — Professors Krieger and Gordon
  • Fundamentals of the Law of Cybersecurity — Professor Kuperschmid and Professor Osborne
  • Health Law — Professor Mazzagatti
  • International Business Transactions — Professor Neumann
  • International Human Rights — Professor Stark
  • International Transaction Skills — Professor Lites
  • Jurisprudence Seminar — Professor Sinha
  • Labor Law — Professor Fernbach
  • Law and Role of In-House Counsel — Professor Lampert
  • Lawyers’ Ethics — Professor Liebmann
  • Lawyers’ Ethics — Professor Louis
  • Legal and Bioethical Responses to Healthcare Challenges — Professor Dunbrook
  • Legal Research and Writing for International Students — Professor Damiano
  • Mediation Seminar — Professor Diamond
  • Mergers & Acquisitions — Professor Klein
  • Perspectives in Legal Analysis & Writing — Professors Lefton, Louis and D'Agostino
  • Pre-Trial Skills — Judge Cozzens
  • Real Estate Development Seminar — Professor Ostrow
  • Real Estate Transactions — Professor Castellanos
  • Religion and The Constitution — Professor Charlow
  • Social Media and the Law — Professor Tabibi
  • Secured Transactions — Professor Hamroff
  • State and Local Government Seminar — Professor Herzfeld
  • Trademarks — Professor Platt
  • Wills, Trusts and Estates — Professor Gans

Accounting & Finance for Lawyers

Professor Neurman

There is no assignment for the first class. 

Professors D’Agostino (Caporale), Lefton and Louis

Welcome to Approaches to Legal Analysis and Writing (ALAW). There is no pre-work assignment for the first class. We look forward to meeting you!

Profs. D’Agostino (Caporale), Lefton and Louis

Bankruptcy Law

Reading Assignment for Class 1 and Class 2

Professor Scarcella’s contact information : Email: [email protected] Telephone: 631-712-6278 Faculty Assistant: Ms. Jennifer Calautti – Office 223

Class time and location: Tuesdays, 4:10 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Room 205

Course Materials

  • Epstein, Markell, Nickles & Ponoroff, Bankruptcy: Dealing with Financial Failure for Individuals and Businesses (5th ed.) (West 2021)
  • Bankruptcy Code, Rules and Official Forms, 2023 Law School Edition, Charles J. Tabb (West Academic)

The reading assignments are from the course textbook, Bankruptcy: Dealing with Financial Failure for Individuals and Businesses . Also, please read the Bankruptcy Code sections discussed in the reading materials and as set forth below in the reading assignments. The Bankruptcy Code sections are in Bankruptcy Code, Rules and Official Forms . The reading assignments are intended as background for the concepts that we will be discussing in class.

Class 1: August 22

  • problems 2-1, 2-2, 2-3 on pp. 36-37
  • 97-99 (up to problem 4-1)
  • 107-108; problem 4-5 on p. 109
  • Bankruptcy Code § 101(13), 301, 302, 303
  • Bankruptcy Code § 109(e): Debt ceiling for Chapter 13: $2.75 million of combined secured and unsecured debt
  • Official Forms 101 and 201

Class 2: August 29

  • Official Form 106E/F (Schedules) and Official Form 410 (Proof of Claim)
  • 66-67; problems 3-14 to 3-16; Bankruptcy Code §101(5)
  • 152-157; problems 5-21, 5-22; Bankruptcy Code §§ 501, 502(a), 502(b)(1), (2), (6), 1111(a)
  • 157-163; problems 5-25, 5-26 (parts 1 and 2); 5-29, 5-31 Bankruptcy Code §§ 507(a)(1), (2), (4), (5), 503(b)(1), (2), (9)
  • 168-173 (up to Turnover of Repossessed Collateral) Bankruptcy Code § 510(a), (c); problems 5-32, 5-33, 5-34  
  • Official Form 106D
  • 81-86; problems 3-18, 3-19
  • Bankruptcy Code 506(a)(1), (2)  
  • Equality of Distribution, pp. 58-59

Broker/Dealer Regulation

Professor Sabino

Dear Students:

Welcome to Broker/Dealer Regulation for the Fall of 2023.

This is an Upper Division class. 

This is also a fully “in person” class. No remotes, unless I have an emergency. 

Please consult the Syllabus for your first class readings (as well as the subsequent ones). 

The first class is Monday, 21 August 2023, commencing at 4:10 P.M.  sharp .

Specifically, the first class readings are:

  • Chevron, U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council , 467 U.S. 837 (1984);  Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores , 421 U.S. 723 (1975). 

Please enjoy the remains of your summer, and I shall see you in class.

Prof. Sabino 

Business Organizations

Hofstra Law School

Business Organizations – Professor Lyman – Fall 2023

Texts: Assignments are from Bainbridge, Business Associations (11 th edition 2021) [“KRB” below]. The Restatement 3d of Agency can be found in the assigned supplement, or you can find it online.

Class web page: You are required to register on the TWEN site for this class with an email address that you check regularly; the website facilitates the exchange of ideas and provides interested students with an opportunity to participate in online discussions. Registration and participation are an essential part of this course. Students should check the website regularly throughout the semester. 

Please note: I use power point slides in class, and I will post them on the TWEN site under “slides” at least 24 hours before each class. 

Assignment: Please read the following for our first class.

  • SB 1-16; 33-4 [Review problems];
  • Restatement 3d of Agency, Chapter 1

Business Planning Seminar

Assignment for Friday, August 25, 2023: Please read casebook pages 35-51 and prepare to discuss Problem 3-A.

Commercial Leasing

Professor Lefton

Welcome to Commercial Leasing. We will use the following casebook: Bogart, Hammond & Marsh, Commercial Leasing: A Transactional Primer (2020)

Please read  Chapter 1 (Letter of Intent)  before the first class. I look forward to seeing you on Thursday, August 24 th  at 10:10AM in Roosevelt 010. 

If you have any questions before class, please feel free to reach out to me.

Nicole R. Lefton  (she/her/hers) Professor,  Director of Academic Support  & Bar Exam Preparation Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University 121 Hofstra University, Ste. 223A, Hempstead, NY 11549 (516) 463-4008 [email protected]

Constitutional Law II

Professor Charlow

Fall 2023 First Assignment

Text: Choper, Dorf, Fallon, and Schauer, Constitutional Law , 14 th edition,

plus 2023-2024 Supplement (not yet available)

Assignment for the first week (Monday August 21 – Wednesday August 23):

Incorporation, Text pages 419-435

Reproductive Freedom, pages 436-497

Professor Eric M. Freedman

  • Download the Part 1 of the syllabus and read it with care through Unit I. Allow ample time for this.
  • Prepare Assignments 1 -3 for the first week of class as indicated in the syllabus.
  • In the event of any logistical difficulties, contact my always-helpful assistant, Joyce Amore Cox, [email protected] .

Professor Gordon

Welcome to Crim Pro I

Required Text You may use either the softbound or hardbound version of the Dressler, Thomas, and Medwed Criminal Procedure casebook (8 th Edition). The softbound version contains all chapters from the hardbound version that we will be discussing this semester. The hardbound version includes chapters that go beyond the topics covered in this course. Page numbering is the same in both versions.

Hardbound: Criminal Procedure: Principles, Policies, and Perspectives, 8th Edition - ISBN: 9781636597904

Softbound: Criminal Procedure, Investigating Crime, 8th Edition - ISBN: 9781647087739

For the First Class:

Assignment #1

Watch: The Bill of Rights: Overview by constitutioncenter.org https://youtu.be/tBlXRS_Npno

Failures, pp. 9-31 Gerald B. Lefcourt – Responsibilities of a Criminal Defense Attorney, pp.31 America the Violent, pp. 32-35 The Norms of the Criminal Process, pp. 35-44 The Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment: The Incorporation Story, pp.47-48 The Best Trial in the World, pp. 61-66

Criminal Procedure II: Adjudication

The required text book is Criminal Procedure: Adjudication (4th ed) by Erwin Chemerinsky & Laurie Levenson, ISBN 978154384609. No supplement is necessary.

The reading assignment for the first class is pages 1-11 and 31-50 (end before section C).

I’m looking forward to getting to know you this semester.

Delivering Access to Justice In a Challenged Society

Judge Fisher

View training videos particularly the Zendesk video. See syllabus for reading assignment Judge Fern Fisher (Ret)

Derivatives Law and Regulation

Gary E. Kalbaugh Classroom: KOPPL 0205 CRN: 93793 6:10 PM-8 p.m. [email protected]

Course Materials : Kalbaugh, Derivatives Law and Regulation , 3d ed. (Carolina Academic Press 2021), ISBN: 978-1531021108. Other materials will be made available via TWEN or class handouts.

FIRST DAY ASSIGNMENT Please read Derivatives Law and Regulation, pages 3–45 in advance of our first day of class. Please also go to the course page for the class at TWEN for the syllabus and other materials.

Drafting & Negotiating Contracts & Statutes

Professor Neumann

The First Two Weeks of Class

Class will not meet on August 22 or 24. The first DNCS class will be August 29.

The August 29 and 31 classes might be 10 or 15 minutes longer than usual.

You have received the following by email:

  • the Syllabus (which is also in the Drafting Supplement, pages 1–9)
  • A Word file titled “DNCS – classes 1 & 2”
  • Another Word file: “DNCS – classes 3 & 4"

Please read the Syllabus right now.  The Word files are for exercises that require you to rewrite badly drafted provisions. See the syllabus, pages 5 and 6.

Readings for class are heavier at the beginning of the semester to prepare you to draft documents on your own. There will be less reading later while you’re drafting.

Chapters, pages, and exercises listed below are in the drafting textbook — unless the Drafting Supplement is specified.

For Tuesday, August 29 — (This is a lot of reading. Set aside plenty of time for it.)

  • Read Chs. 1, 2 & 3 (pp. 3–42)
  • Read Apps. A & B (pp. 515–521)
  • In the Drafting Supplement, read pp. 11–33
  • Read Chs. 5 & 6 (pp. 57–79)
  • (Be prepared to discuss all of the above.)
  • Do Excs. 5-A and 5-B (pp. 67–70) — use the Word file titled “DNCS – classes 1 & 2 ”
  • Do Exc. 6-A (pp. 79–80) (but not the 2d item on p. 80) — use the Word file “DNCS – classes 1 & 2 ”
  • In the Drafting Supplement, read pp. 34–39 and do the Find the Gaps exercise on p. 39

For Thursday, August 31 —

  • Read Ch. 7 (pp. 81–100)
  • Do Excs. 7-A, 7-B, 7-C, and 7-D (pp. 100–101) — use the Word file “DNCS – classes 1 & 2”

Tuesday, September 5 — No DNCS — Monday classes meet this day.

For Thursday, September 7 —

  • Read Chs. 8 & 9 (pp. 103–125)
  • In the Drafting Supplement, read pp. 44–55
  • Do Exc. 8-A (p. 115) — use the Word file “DNCS – classes 3 & 4”
  • Do Excs. 9-A, 9-B, and 9-C (pp. 125–127) — use the Word file “DNCS – classes 3 & 4”

Professors Abrandt and Daleo

The Developing Field of Elder Law Redux: Ten Years After

University of Illinois Elder Law Journal, Vol. 10, p. 1, 2002 U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research 14 Pages Posted: 23 Feb 2009

In 1993, Professor Frolik helped initiate The Elder Law Journal's first issue with his essay, The Developing Field of Elder Law: A Historical Perspective. Today, with the publication of the tenth volume of the Journal, Professor Frolik looks back over the past decade to reflect on the changes that have occurred within the field. In the past, he writes, Medicaid planning was thought by many to be the core of an elder law practice. This was not the case ten years ago, however, and it is certainly not true in the twenty-first century; elder law attorneys must practice in multifarious areas that, taken together, constitute late life legal planning. In his essay, Professor Frolik examines some of the fields that interface with elder law, such as estate planning, retirement planning, and health care. He concludes by describing some of the reasons that elder law's acceptance in the academy has been slow, despite its growth in private practice, and notes the difficulties young attorneys face in receiving elder law training.

Keywords:  elder law practice, development, legal education, training, estate planning, retirement planning, health care, health insurance

Suggested Citation:

Frolik, Lawrence A., The Developing Field of Elder Law Redux: Ten Years after. University of Illinois Elder Law Journal, Vol. 10, p. 1, 2002, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research, Available at SSRN:  https://ssrn.com/abstract=1348080

  • Download This Paper
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  • Lawrence A Frolik & Melissa C Brown For example, in some states, the purchase of an annuity is not considered a disqualifying transfer of assets for Medicaid eligibility purposes, while other states, such as Pennsylvania claim it is ADVISING THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED CLIENT, p. 14 - 18 Posted: 2001
  • This is true although both states are interpreting the same federal Medicaid stat­ ute. 16. Current Medicaid planning can be traced from the 1993 amendments to the Medicaid statute. 42 U.s.c. § 1396a Posted: 1994  
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Employment Law

Professor Fernbach

Tuesday and Thursday 8:40 am- 10:00 am, Rm Roosevelt 10

Textbook: Employment Law, Cases and Materials, Ninth Edition, 2020, Foundation Press By Rothstein, Liebman Yurako, & Garden. 

  • Chapter 1 Work & Law – 3-14
  • Chapter 2 Overview and Development of Employment Law
  • Pages 18-42

Energy Law and Policy

Professor Hickey

1st Assignment for Tuesday 8/22 and Thursday 8/23

Dear Class:

Welcome Back for the Fall Semester and welcome to Energy Law and Policy!

The Syllabus will be posted next week on Canvas.

Our first assignment is pages 1-33 of Chapter One of our casebook. The casebook is the same one used as last year, -- the 5 th Edition of Eisen, Hammnd et al, Energy, Economics and the Environment, Cases and Materials published by Foundation Press (2020).

We will also take up pages 1-11 of our “Chapter One Handouts” which will be posted in Canvas “hopefully” this week. I will also bring hard copies for you of Chapter One handouts to our first class.

During our first classes, we learn fundamental notions to which we will refer back to repeatedly throughout the course:

  • Who “does” Energy Law and how does one go about becoming an Energy Lawyer? What do energy lawyers “do”?
  • What is energy and how does energy do work for us human beings? What are the fundamental predicates upon which the body of energy laws is constructed?
  • We will spend some time examining the energy flow charts on pages 4-8 of the Chapter One handouts. Try to become familiar with these energy flow charts as they present a useful “picture” of the USA’s energy sources and uses and the relations amongst them. These energy flows are greatly affected by energy laws and regulations.
  • We will learn about energy fuel cycles and government regulatory cycles and the relation between them. That relationship is fundamental to crafting energy laws and regulations and understanding energy laws and regulations already crafted. That relationship, we will learn, is determined most fundamentally by politics and economics.

There is a very helpful introduction to energy and its use on the Federal Energy Information Agency’s (EIA) “Kids page” .

Best Regards

Entertainment Law

Professor Meggett

View Syllabus (PDF)

  • Download Part 1 of the syllabus and read it with care through Unit I. Allow ample time for this.
  • Prepare the assignments for the first week of class as indicated in the syllabus.

Externship Seminar, Judicial

Learning Goals Memo due day before class by 5pm. See syllabus for content guidelines Judge Fern Fisher (Ret)

Family Law with Skills

Professor Schepard

Welcome to FLWS for Fall 2023. I look forward to working with you.

Find the Course site on Canvas. This will be our principal communications vehicle. Be sure you can access all the parts of Canvas site.

Here is the assignment for our first class

Monday, 8/21/23

  • Getting to Know You and Each Other
  • Name and year (2L, 3L)
  • Where are you from?
  • What is your experience with Family Law (you don’t need to have any)?
  • What do you want to get out of the Course?
  • Fun fact about you that you are willing to share (e.g. I was the Tuba player in my high school marching band) You can also find these questions in the Canvas folder under Assignments labelled “Opening Day Materials.” Be prepared to introduce your partner to the class based on how he or she answers the interview question s in about 30 seconds.
  • Read Course Overview and Course Schedule and Assignments. It can be found Syllabus Section of the Course Canvas site)
  • An article on the philosophy and development of Family Law with Skills Can be found in the Canvas folder “Opening Day Materials under “Assignments”  
  • Read Brooke S.B. v. Elizabeth A. C.C. , 28 N.Y.3d 1, 61 N.E.3d 628 (2016) (Can be found in Opening Day Materials folder)
  • Opening Day Questions – You will find the questions in the Opening Day materials folder. Answer the questions individually. Please be prepared to discuss your answers in class.
  • Brooke SB Questions

Federal Courts

If you are using H&W

  • 6 th edition Casebook pp. 49-80 (please read for the first class)
  •  7 th edition Casebook 49-81
  • Marbury v. Madison,
  • Note – Historical Background,
  • Note – Jurisdictional Holdings,
  • Note – Arguments for Judicial Review,
  • Note – Function of Adjudication,
  • Supreme Court and the Models,
  • Discretion, Prudence, and the Judicial Function

If you are using Siegel (2 nd ) (pagination for 3 rd edition should be similar)

  • Siegel 2 nd pp. 3-middle of page 26
  • Marbury v. Madison & Notes and Questions
  • Cooper v. Aaron
  • [Skim] Jackson’s veto message & Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address
  • [Skim] Notes on judicial supremacy

Federal Criminal Law

Professor Schroeder

First Day Reading Assignment

Read pages 1 through 57 in the casebook:

Federal White Collar Crime: Cases and Materials ,  8th edition by Julie R. O'Sullivan West Academic Publishing ISBN-13: 9781636593852

Federal Income Taxation of Individuals

The casebook for the course is Freeland, Lathrope, Lind & Stephens, Fundamentals of Federal Income Taxation (20 th edition 2022). 

In addition, we will be using Lathrope, Selected Federal Taxation Statutes. The 2021, 2022 and 2023 editions are acceptable.

For our first session (Monday, August 21, 2023), please read item #1 on the course syllabus that is posted on the course TWEN page. A pdf of the assigned pages is available on the course TWEN page for students who do not yet have their books. 

WE WILL BE USING TWEN, NOT CANVAS, IN THIS COURSE.

Foundational Lawyering Skills

Professors Stefan H. Krieger and Celia Gordon

Assignment for Large—Group Class – August 24, 2023: Introduction to the Course

Readings: ELS chs. 1, 2 (pp. 3-24) and 10 (pp. 175-84)

The first class in the course will be the large-group class on Thursday, August 24. No Skills Lab is scheduled for Tuesday, August 22.

All the materials for all of the sections of the course are available on Canvas for the course FOUNDATIONAL LAWYERING SKILLS (no section). We have posted in the Modules tab on Canas the course syllabus and materials for each unit of the course. (The course syllabus is available as a Module, not in the Syllabus tab on Canvas.)

In our August 24 class, we will start by reviewing the goals of this course and providing a general overview of the topics we will cover. We will also answer any questions about the course, the syllabus, or evaluation process.

Then, we will show the class a clip from a film and ask you to identify all the significant facts that are shown. For this exercise, we will focus on the discussion in chapter 10 of the text.

Fundamentals of the Law of Cybersecurity

Steven J. Kuperschmid

Nicole E. Osborne

First Class Assignment

  • Cybersecurity Tech Basics: Hacking and Network Intrusions: Overview, Practical Law Practice Note
  • Cybersecurity Tech Basics: Malware and End User Attacks: Overview, Practical Law Practice Note
  • Cybersecurity Tech Basics: Ransomware: Overview, Practical Law Practice Note

Professor Frank A. Mazzagatti

First Class Assignment  

  • The assignment for first class meeting on Tuesday August 22, 2023:
  • Casebook pp. 1-12; 12-15 (incl. notes 1-3); 16-18; 21-30 (incl. notes 1, 2 and 4)
  • Brief: Katskee v. Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Nebraska

International Business Transactions

Assignments for Monday, August 28 and Tuesday, September 5

IBT will not meet on August 21. The first IBT class will be on August 28.

The second IBT class will be on a Tuesday because Labor Day is on Monday, Sept. 4.

( See pages 2 and 3 in the syllabus, which you have already received by email. )

In the assignments below, “ CB ” means the casebook.

“ IBT Suppl ” means the International Business Transaction Supplement distributed through the law school copy room. See the syllabus p. 2. The hard copy you’ll get in the copy room is black-and-white. Some pages have pictures that were originally in color. I’ll distribute color duplicates of those pages as PDF email attachments.

“ Prob ” = a Problem in the CB. When a Problem is assigned, we’ll cover it in class, and you might be called on. (Skip Problems that aren’t assigned.)

“ bot ” = bottom of a page

The Documents Supplement (the “Docs Suppl”) (see syllabus p. 2) contains statutes, CISG, etc. When the CB or the IBT Suppl refers to a statute, a CISG section, or something similar, read it in the Docs Suppl . You need to know the exact wording.  That’s what lawyers interpret every day.

  • For Monday, August 28 —
  • IBT Suppl — pp. 9–22
  • CB — pp. 1–61 — including Probs 1-7 & 1-8
  • IBT Suppl — p. 27(bot)–p. 34(top)
  • CB — pp. 63–89(top) — including Prob 2-2
  • IBT Suppl — pp. 23–27(top)
  • the two Biddle Brothers cases, Prob 2-5,
  • the Julia case ( Comptoir p. 98), & Prob 2-6

International Human Rights

Professor Barbara Stark Room 116 (Law Library) Phone: 516-463-5994, e-mail: [email protected]

I am generally available to meet after class. (I am not available before class.) In addition, if you email me, I’m happy to schedule a mutually convenient time to meet with you.

Philip Alston & Ryan Goodman, International Human Rights (2013)

NO LAPTOPS OR PHONES DURING CLASS

This course does not lend itself to laptop note-taking. Surveys indicate that students are more satisfied with the learning environment in no-laptop courses. Although some students prefer to use laptops, a larger number of students in the surveys say that classrooms are quieter, they can hear the teacher and other students better, and they feel more engaged in the classroom experience with fewer distractions. Accordingly, in International Human Rights you may not use a laptop or any other electronic device, including phones, during class. If these devices are out during class, I will assume you are using them, and you will be considered unprepared for that class.

Class #1 pp. 3-17 Questions starting at the bottom of p. 3-4, p. 17

1. Human Rights Concepts and Discourse

A. Global Snapshots

Welcome to International Human Rights! Please register for the seminar on TWEN, using your Hofstra email. Please read the assignment and be prepared to discuss the indicated questions. Please also read this short article from the New York Times . (All students have free access to the Times through the law school library.) The PowerPoint for the first class will be posted on TWEN and a Handout will be distributed during the first class (with space for notes.) A syllabus will also be posted on TWEN and distributed during our first class.

See you soon!

International Transaction Skills

Professor Lites

  • Absolute Advantage
  • Comparative Advantage Comparative Absolute Advantage Globalization Impact
  • International Trade Theory (Anderson) How Do Tariffs Protect Domestic Industry
  • Tariffs on China Don’t Cover the Costs of Trump’s Trade War
  • 2023: The Year the Global Supply Chain Bounces Back
  • S. Supply Chain Woes Shift and Persist in 2023
  • [Question: should trade continue to be global? Be prepared to answer “yes” or “no” and defend you answer.]  
  • Two weeks prior to our first class, each student will receive memos related to our first class exercise, along with documents that you will negotiate with your designated adversaries.

All of the above will be posted on Blackboard and emailed to each registered student using their email address in the class roster.

Jurisprudence Seminar

Professor Sinha

Welcome to Jurisprudence! For our first meeting, please read Crito by Plato. It will be available on Canvas by the end of the first week of August, along with the syllabus and the readings for the next few classes. (We will begin to use the assigned book a bit later in the course, so there’s no rush to acquire it.)

I will reach out to the class in the days before our first meeting. In the meantime, feel free to contact me directly if you need anything: [email protected] .

Tuesday and Thursday 10:40 am-12:00pm Rm. 242

  • Labor Law Cases and Materials, Cox, Bok, Gorman and Finkin, 17th edition, University Casebook, Foundation Press.
  • 2022 Statutory Appendix and Case Supplement

Session 1 – Overview of Course Objectives

The historical development of the regulation of the Labor-Management relationship in the United States.

Read Cox- p 5-55

During this session we will cover the following cases:

  • Vegelahn v. Guntner, Cox, p. 7-13 (Use of injunction in private labor Disputes.
  • Application of Anti-trust Law to Labor Disputes -Sherman, Clayton, and Norris-Laguardia Anti-Trust Statutes
  • Loewe v. Lawlor, (Danbury Hatter’s Case) 
  • Cox, p. 20-23
  • Thornhill v. Alabama, Cox, p. 36-40

Wagner Act (NLRA– Creation of the NLRB and its Constitutionality)

Pages 41-55 of Text

Law and Role of In-House Counsel

Professor Lampert

  • The syllabus is on TWEN. Please review it before the first class.

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  • Excerpt from The Inside Counsel Revolution by Ben Hieneman, former GC, GE.
  • Compare our curriculum with the real world .
  • Becoming In-house Counsel, ACC. READ ONLY THROUGH END OF SECTION III, PAGE NUMBERED 19.
  • Management expectation
  • Biggest Challenges Facing General Counsel 2022
  • ACC Chief Legal Officers Survey Key Findings: READ ONLY Introduction (p. 4) and Key Findings (pp. 5-9 using the printed numbers, not the Adobe page count).
  • GC in the boardroom – READ ONLY Executive Summary (through page 7 ONLY)

Professor Liebmann

CRN# 93823; Course #2897  

Assignment for First Class Welcome to Lawyers' Ethics! Your assignment for our first class is as follows:

  • Sign onto the course Canvas page.
  • Read the Syllabus for the course, and come to class with any questions you have.
  • Purchase the 2023 Model Rules of Professional Conduct (available through Amazon or on the American Bar Association website).
  • Read the Rules assigned on the Unit 1 Assignment Memo (Part I), which is available on the course Canvas page.
  • Listen to the 50-minute "Buried Bodies" podcast (link available under Unit 1 course materials on the course Canvas page).
  • How did Armani address the fact that he had never handled a murder case before representing Garrow? Does that comport with Rule 1.1?
  • Do you think it was ethical of Armani and Belge to go and view the “buried bodies”? Is that consistent with Rule 1.3?
  • How did the promise of confidentiality help Armani and Belge in their representation of Garrow?
  • Does the current Rule 1.6 contain an exception that would have allowed Armani or Belge to contact the police about the buried bodies? If not, do you think it should?
  • Do you think it was proper for the prosecutor, in assessing whether or not to accept the plea deal presented by Armani and Belge, to consider whether he would “look bad” if he accepted the deal?
  • Aside from the ethics rules, what do you think would have been the right thing for Belge and Armani to do regarding disclosure of the bodies’ location? Is it ok if the “right thing” is different from the ethics rules?

Professor Louis

Welcome to Lawyers’ Ethics (LAW-2897-B). Your assignment for our first class on Monday, August 21, is to read pages 3-18 and pages 21-41 of our course book, Legal Ethics in the Practice of Law , Zitrin, Cole, and Casey, 5 th  edition.

I look forward to meeting you. I plan to email the syllabus to the class on or before August 18. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions.

Best, Prof. Louis [email protected]

Legal and Bioethical Responses to Healthcare Challenges

Professor Dunbrook

Week 1- Background for the Course 

  • Janet L. Dolgin and Lois L. Shepherd,  Bioethics and the Law  (4ed. 2019) (Dolgin and Shepherd), pp. 5-22, 26-34
  • Mark Davies, An Introduction to the Structure and Sources of American Law
  •  Thomas R. McCormick,  Principles of Bioethics ,  Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington
  • Daniel Callahan, Bioethics and Policy—A History , Bioethics Briefings, The Hasting Center

Legal Research and Writing for International Students

Administrative Details: Class meetings: Monday and Wednesday: 8.10 am -9.30am in Kushn 0242. Email: [email protected] Office hours: Monday and Wednesday 10am -12pm and by appointment Assistant: Jennifer Calautti, Room 223 Course webpage: CANVAS

First Assignment: The first class will be on August 21 2023.

  • Please make sure that you have set up your passwords and access to LexisNexis, Westlaw and the Hofstra Portal.

Mediation Seminar

Professor Diamond

View Reading Assignment (PDF)

Mergers & Acquisitions

First Assignment – reading material - please see the links below:

View Reading Assignment - Part 1 (PDF)

View Reading Assignment - Part 2 (PDF)

View Reading Assignment - Part 3 (PDF)

View Reading Assignment - Optional Reading (PDF)

Perspectives in Legal Analysis & Writing

Welcome to Perspectives in Legal Analysis & Writing. The class will meet in person. However, we will also use an online classroom component for this course called Matrix. You will submit and receive all assignments through Matrix. You will receive an email from BARBRI with login information to access the Matrix course page prior to the first day of class. If you do not receive an email, please contact [email protected] .

Aside from accessing Matrix, there is no prework before Class 1 . We will use a course book that will be distributed in class on 8/22.

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, August 22 at 2:10PM in Room 308.

Pre-Trial Skills

Judge Cozzens

The assignment for the first class, Tuesday 8/22: Obtain a copy of the class book New York Pre-Trial Practice Guide from the copy center. Read pages 3-12.

Real Estate Development Seminar

Professor Ostrow

Time: Wednesday, 2:10 – 5:00

Location: Room 238

For our first class, please read “What is Real Estate Development Law and the Ten Stages of Deal,” which is posted on our Canvas site. 

Real Estate Transactions

Professor Castellanos

Required Materials:

  • Berger, Johnstone & Tracht, Land Transfer & Finance (6 th ed. 2011). 

Date:  Aug. 24

  • Residential Contract of Sale (NY Bar Form) ( skim )
  • 1-12, 19-42, 62-66
  • NY Real Prop Law § 443

Religion and The Constitution

First Assignment – Fall 2023

  • Religion and the Constitution by McConnell, Berg & Lund (5 th ed. Wolters Kluwer 2022) and 2023-2024 Supplement (online—see Syllabus on Canvas for access instructions)

For Tuesday, August 22, 2023, read:

  • Defining Religion - pp. . 669-688, 701-705, Supplement ( Yeshiva University )
  • History - pp. 13-19, 50-61

Full Syllabus is available on Canvas.

Textbook : Chase & Barker (“CB”) Civil Litigation in New York [7 th  edition]

Treatise : Siegel, New York Practice [6 th  ed]

August 25 Subject Matter Jurisdiction

Social Media and the Law

Professor Tabibi

Class 1 Reading Assignments

The following reading materials should be accessed from Westlaw:

  • PhoneDog v. Kravitz , 2011 WL 5415612 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 8, 2011).
  • Eagle v. Morgan , 2013 WL 943350 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 12, 2013).
  • Salonclick LLC v. SuperEgo Management LLC , 2017 WL 239379 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 18, 2017).
  • JLM Couture, Inc. v. Gutman , 2023 WL 2503432 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 14, 2023).

Secured Transactions

Fall 2023 - Wednesday 8:10-10 a.m. Hofstra Law School • Kushner Hall 243 Adjunct Professor Marc L. Hamroff

Contact info: Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP 400 Garden City Plaza Garden City, NY 11530 Website: www.moritthock.com [email protected]   Tel: (516) 873-2000 Fax: (516) 873-2010

Coursebook: Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions, 5th Ed. Sepinuck (West Press)

Selected Commercial Statutes For Secured Transactions 2022 (or most current)

Agreement Binder (To be supplied at first class)

Syllabus as of August 1, 2023

Updates will be posted on the Website

Goal of the Problem-Solving Method

The course will address a wide variety of commercial transactions essential to a student contemplating a career in commercial law including creditors rights, bankruptcy, securities, commercial and real estate lending, finance and business litigation. A primary focus of the course will be UCC Article 9 but will also include the interplay between Article 9 and the bankruptcy laws, other state and federal created liens (both statutory and judicial) and other types of financing structures. The nature of these topics will expose students to real life commercial transactions including problem solving and strategy decision practitioners must make in litigating and structuring these business arrangements. 

This course is designed for you to learn a statutory scheme that regulates security interests in personal property (Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)). The legal rules are not a mystery, they are printed right in the statute book. The critical learning is to understand how the statutory provisions apply to particular factual scenarios, the alternative arguments that can be made about how they apply, and the consequences of the various arguments. We do this through evaluation of the problems in the course book and related hypothetical scenarios that will be developed as a result of class discussion.

In addition, because the UCC is part of a comprehensive scheme of rules regarding particular transactions, it is important to understand how the provisions of the UCC work together. In that respect, the course is a building block course. What we learn each day will be relevant to what we learn in every other day. 

This problem-solving method replicates in significant part the work of practicing lawyers. Lawyers are confronted with factual scenarios and must identify and investigate the legal rules relevant to those scenarios. Lawyers then consider how the relevant legal rules may be applied to that factual scenario. In doing so, lawyers must be able to deal with a great deal of uncertainty and creativity, that is, a lawyer must have the ability to imagine new arguments regarding how to apply legal principles to typical scenarios and innovative applications of settled law to new types of scenarios.

The following requirements for class preparation and attendance are designed to help achieve the goals related to this style of learning.

Class Preparation

I expect students to be prepared for class. Adequate preparation requires reading and analyzing all relevant statutory sections and comments as well as the material in the textbook. We will focus on the problems during class discussion.

To use the textbook most effectively: (i) read the textual material; (ii) read the cited statutory sections and the official comments, and (iii) analyze the problems. You will find that as you analyze the problems, you will have to go back through the textual material, cases, statutes, and official comments repeatedly in order to identify the relevant issues and construct your analysis.

Final Examination

The final examination for this course will be given during the exam period at the end of the semester and will be open book . You will be allowed to bring into the examination the casebook, the statute book, and your own notes/outlines. You will be allowed to use the approved software for typing your examination answers if available at Hofstra. Other than as allowed by the approved software for typing your examination answers, you will not be allowed access to any other electronic device.

Subject to rules imposed for blind grading and/or curves, the final examination will be worth 80% of the final grade for the course. Class participation will be worth 20%. 

Assignments

The following is the tentative schedule of assignments for the class; page numbers refer to the textbook. We may move faster or slower than these specific assignments.

Credit Hour Policy

“The Law School has adopted a “Credit Hour Policy.” A “credit hour” is an amount of work that reasonably approximates not less than one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction (calculated as 50 minutes of classroom time) and two hours (120 minutes) of out-of-class student work per week for fifteen weeks (including one week for final exams), or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time. These requirements apply equally to all courses taught in the Law School, including distance education courses.”

Read any referenced statutes and commentary from the Selected Commercial Statutes book as necessary to provide a thorough analysis of the assigned problems .

Date:  WED. 08/23

Class No.:  1

Topics/Issues:  Overview: (1) the context in which debtor-creditor relationships arise, (2) the difference between secured and unsecured creditors, (3) the reality that some creditors are not timely paid what they are owed, (4) the basic creditor collection remedy which is known as "execution" and the rights of "statutory liens", (5) the difficulties facing creditors when debtors do not voluntarily pay their debts, (6) fraudulent transfers, and (7) pre-judgment remedies.

Required Reading Material Pages/Problems:  Pgs. 1-43; pb. 1-3

Statutes:  NY Lien Law §§80, 151, 160, 180, 184; CPLR §§5201, 5202, 5203, Articles 62-65, 270 et. seq. and Bky Cod 548.

State and Local Government Seminar

Professor Herzfeld

Class 1 (Part 1, 9:10-10:30 AM).

August 21, 2023

Decentralization of Local Government on Long Island

The casebook (“CB”) for this class is Cases and Materials on State and Local Government Law (Ninth Edition), by Briffault, Reynolds, Davidson, Scharff and Su.

Please read pp. 8-18, 26-36 and 51-54 in the casebook, and the below hyperlinked material.

The Long Island Index was a project of the Rauch Foundation from 2003-2018 that gathered and published data about the Long Island region. In 2012, the Long Island Index published a report entitled “ Who Provides Services on Long Island ” that described the multiplicity of local government entities on Long Island. 

If you have access to a Newday subscription, you can also see the updated maps for municipal geographic boundaries and service providers referenced in the Long Island Index report at next.newsday.com/map/boundaries and next.newsday.com/map/service-providers

Keeping in mind the points made in the casebook about the relative advantages and disadvantages of centralized government, should local government on Long Island be more centralized or is the current structure of local government appropriate? 

  • If your last name begins with the letter “A” through the letter “G ”, please be prepared to argue for maintaining the current decentralized structure of local government on Long Island. What would be the negative impacts if the Towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay each became a city and all the villages and special districts in each town were consolidated into the respective city government? Are there particular municipal services or functions that might be most harmed?
  • If your last name begins with the letter “H” through “Z” , please be prepared to argue for consolidating local governments in each of Nassau County’s three towns as suggested above. Which municipal services do you think could be most improved by greater centralization? How do you think more centralization could be achieved most effectively? 

Class 1 (Part 2, 10:40 AM to noon)

State Constititutional Law

Please read CB, pp. 55-56, 63-77 and the following hyerlinked materials:

  • The New York State Constitution v Federal Constitution

Compare the New York State Constitution and the federal Constitution.

What are general differences between the New York State Constitution and the federal Constitution in terms of its level of detail, structure, the subjects it covers, and the rights it recognizes?

Identify at least three (3) specific subjects that are covered in the New York State Constitution that are not analogous to any subject covered in the federal Constitution.

Identify at least three (3) rights that are recognized in the New York State Constitution that are not mentioned in the federal Constitution.

What is the process for amending the New York State Constitution?

The Environmental Rights Amendment of 2021

In 2021, New York State’s voters approved a referendum to add the Environmental Rights Amendment (“ERA”) to the State Constitution’s Bill of Rights .

How does New York’s Environmental Rights Amendment, Article I, §19 of the State Constitution, compare to the Pennsylvania ERA quoted on page 68 in the casebook in Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation v Commonwealth ? 

Note 1 following Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation v Commonwealth (on page 72 of the casebook) compares Pennsylvania’s ERA to Article XIV, §4 of the New York State Constitution. Article XIV, §4 states that it is the policy of this state to “conserve and protect its natural resources and scenic beauty” and requires the legislature to implement that policy by enacting legislation that, among other things, provides “for the abatement of air and water pollution.”

Does the New York ERA afford rights or establish duties that do not exist independently under Article XIV and the body of federal, state and local environmental protection laws and regulations that were already in force prior to the ERA’s adoption?

Please read the first major court decision that addresses the scope of New York’s ERA, Fresh Air for Eastside v State of New York . Please also read the following short articles discussing the decision:

  • Murphy, Michael, “Decisions Expansively Interpreting New York’s Green Amendment Create Uncertainty ”,
  • Gerrard, Michael, “ New York’s Green Amendment: The First Decisions”
  • If your last name begins with the letter “A” through the letter “G ”, please be prepared to discuss the potential difficulties with the court’s finding that the State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) has legal obligations to protect the environment under the ERA that go beyond NYS DEC’s duties codified in federal and state law.
  • If your last name begins with the letter “H” through “Z” , please be prepared to argue that NYS DEC should be compelled to take affirmative steps to protect the environment under the ERA that go beyond its duties to enforce environmental protection statutes. Consider how this interpretation of the ERA might be limited so that it does not give the courts free rein to displace the role of the legislature in making environmental protection policy.

 Finally, please read the following article about the case of Held v. State of Montana in which plaintiffs have asserted that a provision in Montana’s Environmental Policy Act, that exempts government projects from having to assess their impact on climate change, violates Montana’s Environmental Rights Amendment .

  • In Montana, It’s Youth v the State in a Landmark Climate Case

Please compare the Montana ERA to the New York and Pennsylvania ERAs. Is there a difference in the language of the Montana ERA that could make the climate change argument by the plaintiffs in Held stronger than it would be if it was raised under the New York or Pennsylvania ERA? 

Professor Platt

Wills, Trusts and Estates

Professor Gans

Read pp. 1-34 (note, as we move through chapter 1, we will not discuss Shaw Family Archives, Ltd.).

The syllabus is available on Canvas. 

  • law.und.edu
  • All UND sites

First Week Assignments

Spring 2024, advanced legal ethics (#236).

Professor Michael S. McGinniss

Advanced Legal Ethics (#236) – Professor McGinniss

The required textbook (“Text”) is Daniel R. Coquillette, R. Michael Cassidy, & Judith A. McMorrow, Lawyers and Fundamental Moral Responsibility (LexisNexis 2d ed. 2010).  For the assignments from the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct (“MR”), you may access them online at ( http://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/model_rules_of_professional_conduct_table_of_contents.html ) or from a paper copy of the MR you have in your possession from Professional Responsibility or otherwise.

At about 4:30 pm on Tuesday, January 2, via Campus Connection I plan to email to students registered for the course the password for accessing (on TWEN) the Syllabus, specified reading assignments for the semester (such as the Sandberg and Auden poems below), and other materials of interest.  If you register for the course after 4:30 pm on January 2, please email me at [email protected] to request the TWEN password.

Class 1—Monday, January 8 Lawyers and Fundamental Moral Responsibility                                          Professional/Personal Responsibility                                Karl N. Llewellyn, The Bramble Bush                              Carl Sandberg, The Lawyers Know Too Much      W.H. Auden, Law Like Love                                                          Text : Preface (v-vi); pp. 1-14; Q4-5, p. 14; Sandberg and Auden poems (on TWEN) MR : Preamble [1]-[13], Scope [14]-[16], 1.2(b), 1.16(b)(4), 2.1                                

Class 2—Wednesday, January 10 The Moral Person                                                                           Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince                Plato, The Apology of Socrates                               Text :  pp. 32-36; Q1-5 p. 36; pp. 14-32; Q1-3, pp. 31-32 MR :  2.1, 5.1, 5.2   

Conflict of Laws (#257)

The required Textbook is Kermit Roosevelt, Conflict of Laws (3d ed. 2022) (Foundation Press), and the required Casebook is Robert L. Felix, Ralph U. Whitten, Richard H. Seamon, Jesse M. Cross, American Conflicts Law: Cases and Materials (7 th ed. 2020) (Carolina Press) (bound and electronic editions are available from publisher). 

At about 4:30 pm on Tuesday, January 2, via Campus Connection I plan to email to students registered for the course the password for accessing (on TWEN) the Syllabus, responsive analysis for the assigned Problems, and other materials of interest.  If you register for the course after 4:30 pm on January 2, please email me at [email protected] to request the TWEN password.

Class 1 - Tuesday, January 9 Conflict of Laws:                                        Introduction and Overview                                Text : 1-2 Casebook : 3-14; Prob. 1.1-1.2 (p.14)

Class 2 - Thursday, January 11  Choice of Law:  Traditional Approach                                            “Vested Rights” & the First Restatement; Torts, Contracts, etc. Text : 5-15, 29-33 Casebook : 15-31; Prob. 2.1 (p.30)

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2nd Week HSC 2021 Exam Assignment

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2nd Week HSC Assignment 2021 to 2022

The Department of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has released the second week assignment for HSC 2022 candidates on 20 June 2021. The second week HSC assignment consists of 6 subjects in three groups (Science, Humanities and Commerce). They are: English, Physics, Economics, Civics and Good Governance, Logic and Accounting. A short syllabus for the HSC 2022 exam for Class 11 students was published a few days ago. The HSC assignment 2021 will run for a total of 30 weeks from the second week to complete the syllabus. Here are the assignment questions for the second week of HSC. Sample answers will also be given here if HSC assignment 2021 questions of all subjects are solved.

English 2nd Week HSC Assignment Of Class 11

HSC English 2nd Week Assignment Question

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HSC Accounting 2nd Week Assignment 2022

The 2nd week Accounting HSC Assignment is important for the Commerce students of Inter 1st year. Because here it has been asked to determine the distribution of profit and capital. To solve the assignment, one must study the second paper textbook of accounting. The chapter on capital in particular needs to be mastered very well.

The answer to the 2nd week accounting assignment is to discuss the variable capital system and the fixed capital system. If you can answer according to the assessment instructions, you will get about 16 to 20 marks. We tried to answer a sample of accounting assignments For 2nd week.

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No. 14 seed Oakland and the Jack Gohlke show return, this time facing No. 11 seed NC State, which means we're guaranteed to have a double-digit seed in the Sweet 16 for the 16th straight tournament. Saturday also offers up No. 11 seed Duquesne and No. 7 seeds Washington State and Dayton as potential Sweet 16 surprises. Who will push through?

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