LR&W Syllabus Spring 2008

This semester's class is a continuation the course we began last fall, and this syllabus is a continuation of the syllabus that I distributed to you then. Please review all of the information in your Fall 2007 syllabus and incorporate it by reference into this document. Please note that even though we only have one class meeting per week this semester, our assignment schedule is just as rigorous as it was during the last semester!

1. Motion for preliminary injunction and memorandum in support	10%
2. Rewrite -- as a memorandum in opposition	15%
3. Memo in support of or in opposition to motion for summary judgment	20%
4. Oral Argument	5%

Your grades for this semester will be combined with your grades from last semester for one, overall, four-credit grade.

My office is, as you know, Room 456 in the library; my office telephone number is 614-236-6476; my Capital web page is http://users.law.capital.edu/dhughes/law.htm; my email address is dhughes@law.capital.edu. My office hours are by appointment, and emailing me is the best way to set up an appointment. Conferences about assignments will be scheduled by sign-up sheets.


Date	Reading & Assignments

W 1-9 (1)	Topics: Outline of semester. Persuasive Writing. Assignment: Read in Neumann, Chs. 24-26, pp. 301-51; Read in Garner's Redbook, Section 20, Pleadings, pp. 383-90. ***Return Open Memo. ***Students sign up for conferences on open memo.

W1-16 (2)	Topic: Motion Memoranda. Assignments: Read PDF hand-outs 1 & 2; Read in the Redbook, Section 21, Motions, pp. 391-402; Read in Neumann, Chs. 27-28, pp. 353-68 & Appendix F. ***Memorandum in support of preliminary injunction assigned.

W 1-23 (3)	Topic: Motion Memoranda, cont'd. Assignments: Read PDF hand-out 3; Read in Neumann, Chs. 29-30, pp. 369-91 & Appendix F (again);

W 1-30 (4)	Topics: Opinion Letters, Client Letters, & Demand Letters Assignment: Read in the Redbook, §§ 14, 17, & 18, Letters, pp. 325- 331 and pp. 353-73; Read in Neumann, Ch. 21-22, pp. 279-90; *** Memorandum in support due in class.

W 2-6 (5)	Topics: Motion Memoranda, cont'd, and Affidavits. Assignments: Redbook, Section 19, Affidavits, pp. 375-81; Read PDF hand-out 4; ***Memo in Support Returned. ***Memo in opposition to preliminary injunction assigned. ***Students sign up for conferences.

W 2-13 (6)	Topic: Grammar for Lawyers Assignment: Read "A Brief Grammar for Lawyer" on Prof. Hughes's website. (URL below in footnote 1)

W 2-20 (7)	Topic: MSJ and Motions in Support or Opposition. Assignment: Read PDF hand-outs 5 & 6; *** Memo in opposition to prelim. injunction due in class. ***Memorandum in Support of or Opposition to MSJ assigned.

W 2-27 (8)	Topic: Introduction to Appellate Practice. Assignment: Redbook, Section 22, Appellate Briefs, pp. 403-33; Read in Neumann, Chs. 31-32, pp. 395-413;

W 3-5 (9)	Topic: Appellate Practice, cont'd. Assignment: Read PDF hand-out SupCt13; Read in Neumann Ch. 33, pp. 415-423 & Appendices G & H.

F 3-9	***Research Outline Due by 4:00 p.m. (can be sent via email).

W 3-12 (10)	Topic: Oral Argument. Read in Neumann, Ch. 34, pp. 427-48.

F 3-14	*** Memoranda in Support of or Opposition to MSJ Due at Noon in Professor Hughes's office, Room 454, in the library.

W 3-19	***Spring Break. No class meeting.

M, T, W -- 3-24, 3-25, 3-26 (11)	***Oral Arguments. (See footnote 2 below)

1. URL for Feb. 13:
http://users.law.capital.edu/dhughes/Content/Content2/Grammar/Grammar%20Main%20Page.htm

2. We shall argue our motions for and against summary judgment on Monday, March 24th, Tuesday, March 25th, and Wednesday, March 26th. Arguments will be held in Room 454 in the library (the conference room next door to my office), from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. You should wear business dress (jacket and tie, etc.) for your argument. Please try to avoid scheduling any conflicts during those times.