1) New Course: Law 940-022 Sports
Law (Judge Phil Chavez). Meets 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesdays. 2
credits. Limit: 30 students. Call Number: 57027 Description: The
class focus concerns today's legal and practical issues surrounding
all aspects of sports including: the process of representing
professional athletes, legal dynamics of front office politics, the
governing body of the NCAA and other "hot-topic" issues. In
addition, lectures will include hands-on professional sports
contract negotiations in a role-playing setting, daily discussion
of current legal events affecting sports and guest speakers with
expertise in the various topics discussed.
(2) New Course: Law 808-004: Advanced
Legal Writing: Writing for Discovery (Attorney Bob
Kasieta). 2 credits. Limit: 12 students; meets 9:55-11:55 a.m.
Fridays. Call Number: 65197. This is an especially relevant
skills course for prospective litigators.
(3) New Course: Law 940-023 Privacy Law in
the Information Age (UW System Attorneys Chris Ashley
& Kellie Krake). 2-3 credits (3rd credit option is for extra
paper). Limit: 20 students; meets 5:40-7:40 p.m. Mondays. Call
number: 57028. Course description: This seminar-style course is
about privacy --what it means to the courts, to the legislature, to
the public, or whether it really means anything at all. Through a
variety of source materials, including case law, legislation,
essays, and literature, the course examines constitutional and
common law approaches to privacy issues in many contexts -- our
persons, our homes, our workplaces, our schools, our computers and
cyberspace. It also includes cultural and comparative law
dimensions of privacy. The instructors make a concerted effort to
weave current events and "hot topics" in privacy into the syllabus
and class discussions. Students are graded primarily on a final
research paper, oral presentation of the paper in class, and on
class participation that includes leadership of a class discussion
on selected topics. Pass/fail option is available.
(4) If you are a 3L or a 2L interested in taking
Prof. Huneeus's International Law next term, there
may be a few extra seats opening up. The course meets 1:20-2:40 on
Tues/Thurs. If interested, send an e-mail by Wednesday, January
7th, to the following address: schedules@law.wisc.edu (&
include on the subject line "International Law"). In your e-mail,
state whether you are a 3L or a 2L. You will be contacted in due
course about whether you will be able to enroll.
(5) Reminder: there are still seats available in
the new course Food Law (Law 940-002) taught by
Barry Levenson. An article on Mr. Levenson recently appeared in the
Wisconsin State Journal: http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/column/317426
Here is a course description: Our everyday encounters with food are not without
profound legal implications. This course explores all aspects of
the emerging specialized area of food law. These involve
application of a myriad of principles from different disciplines,
including constitutional law, torts, intellectual property, and
administrative law. The course will also help students develop
their brief writing and oral advocacy skills.
(6) Reminder: we have added the course
Conflict of Laws (Law 820-001) taught by David
Saltzman. The course meets on MWF at 11:00-11:55; Call Number is
57015. The course meets the Jurisdiction of Courts requirement for
Diploma Privilege.
Thank you for your attention. Happy New Year!
K. M. Kelly
Submitted by Kevin Kelly on January 6, 2009 1:05 pm
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