Class
Day
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TOPIC
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Reading Assignment Due
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Individual Assignment Due
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Team/Preparation Assignment Due
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Week 1
1/21
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- Intro. to class project, U.S./Va legal
system;
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Legal Research Guide;
Red Book Ch. 1; Review Project info.
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**Mini-Essay 1
Due Wed. 1/29
(on BB) |
** No Mon. Classes **
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Week 2
1/27
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- Reading legal cases;
- Assign trials /witnesses
- Intro. to Phil. Ethics
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EF
Cultural Travel v. Explorica;Computer Fraud & Abuse Act;
Tavani Chapter 2
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**Legal Research Exercise Due by Sat. 2/1
(on BB)
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Week 3
2/3
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- Logic; SW liability;
Professionalism;
- Group
Project work;
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Tavani: Chapter 3
Tavani Chapter 4
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** Project Para. due in class
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**Prepare for witness
interviews next week
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Week 4 2/10
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Plagiarism;
UCITA;
Intellectual Property;
mock trial
interviews
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Tavani:
Chapter 8;
Sony
v. Universal City Studios;
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**Main Essay
1 due Sat. 2/15 (on BB)
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Week 5 2/17
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Intellectual Prop. & the
Internet;
** Quest
1 **
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RIAA v. Napster
MGM v. Grokster
Statute of Anne
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Creative
Groups: Part 1 Leadership eval. forms due
in class (Wed./Thurs.) |
** Project Part 1 Due: Wed. 2/19 |
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Week 6 2/24
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Intro.
to Free Speech
Fairy Tale
Interviews |
Tavani: Chapter 9;
Brandenburg
v. Ohio;
Jeremy
Jaynes v. Va.
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Week 7
3/2
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Free Speech (cont.)
Fairy Tale Overview
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NY
Times v. U.S. ("Pentagon Papers"); |
**FT questions due in class
**Creative
Groups: Part 2 Leadership eval. forms due in
class (Wed./Thurs.)
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** Project Part 2 Due: Wed. 3/4
**fairy
tale trial prep |
| **3/9-3/15 | Spring Break | | | ** No Classes ** |
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Week 8 3/16
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Fairy Tale Trials!!!
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Mock Trial video;
Review rules of evidence, trial outline
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**Main
Essay 2
due Sat. 3/21 (on BB) |
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Week 9 3/23
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Final Fairy Tale Trials
Free speech and the Internet
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Ashcroft
v. FSC;
U.S. v.Williams
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**
Part 3 Group Leaders ALSO post Part 3 on BB Discussion Board
by 3/28
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** Project Part
3 due 3/28 as BB assignment submission
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Week 10 3/30
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Mock Trial Tips;
Pretrial: Trials 1
& 2
Mock
Trial 1
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**Cr.
Groups: Part 3 leadership forms due |
** Project Part 4 due
by 10 p.m. on the night before presentation
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Week 11 4/6
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Mock Trial 2 Creative
Pres. 1
Pretrial: Trial 3
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**ALL
Non-Witnesses: Go To Discussion Board and follow instructions to review
and critique one of the posted Creative Scenarios. **Post
Feedback by 4/6.
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**Trial
Lawyers: Self-Assessment Form due 48 hrs after trial;
** Part 4 leadership forms due day of pres.
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Week 12
4/13
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Mock Trial 3
Creative Pres. 2
Pretrial: Trial 4 (if nec) |
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**Mini-essay
2 due Sat. 4/18 (on BB)
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Week 13 4/20
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Mock Trial 4 (if any)
Creative Pres. 3 & 4
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Tavani: Ch. 5
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**Mini-essay 3
due Sat. 4/25 (on BB)
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Week 14 4/27
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Privacy;
Parody
Course Wrap-up
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In re: Bodil
Lindqvist;
Campbell v. Acuff-Rose
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**Creative
Groups: Part 5 Leadership forms due in class (Wed./Thurs.) |
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Cr. Project Part 5 due Wednesday 4/29 |
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Week 15 5/4
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- Exam Review
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* Mon. Classes Only *
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Weeks 16-17
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FINAL EXAM!!! (Possibly Common for Sections 1-4, 6)
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ALL Text/Supplement
assignments, Ethics Codes, handouts, class lectures, slides, and
in-class presentations
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**
All Done !!! **
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