California Southern Law School

CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN LAW SCHOOL

ASSIGNMENTS - 1ST YEAR

FALL SEMESTER 2010

[Spring Semester 2011] [Back]

Torts, Contracts, Criminal Law, [Legal Writing]

Class hours: 6:45 P.M. to 9:45 P.M.

Torts		Criminal Law	Contracts & Torts	Contracts	Torts
Class Begins:		8-30-2010		8-31-2010	9-02-2010
Class Night:		Monday		Tuesday	Thursday
		Perkins, 11th Ed. (NEW)		Farnsworth, 7th Ed.	Prosser, 12th Ed. (NEW)
CLASS #	DATE	PAGES	CLASS # - DATE	PAGES	PAGES
1	8/30	1-97	1 - 8/31 & 9/02	116-133	1-30
2	9/06	Labor Day Holiday	2 - 9/07 & 9/09	133-158	30-68
*******	9/13	98-151	3 - 9/14 & 9/16	158-185	68-91
3	9/20	152-199	4 - 9/21 & 9/23	185-205	92-132
4	9/27	200-255	5 - 9/28 & 9/30	205-234	133-174
5	10/04	255-300	6 - 10/05 -& 10/07	234-256, 29-46	174-212
6	10/11	301-354	7 - 10/12 & 10/14	46-76	212-258
7	10/18	355-405	8 - 10/19 & 10/21	76-105	258-302
8	10/25	405-454	9 - 10/26 & 10/28	105-1115, 1-29 Omit Sullivan v. O'Connor	303-350
9	11/01	454-505	10 - 11/02 & 11/04	257-285	350-396
10	11/08	505-564	11 - 11/09 & 11/11	285-309	396-431
11	11/15	See [Legal Writing] Assignments for Fall	12 - 11/16 & 11/18	310-345	431-464
12	11/22	[Legal Writing]	11/23 & 11/25	Thanksgiving Holiday	Thanksgiving Holiday
13	11/29	[Legal Writing]	13 - 11/30 & 12/02	345-364	464-517
14	12/06	[Legal Writing]	14 - 12/07 & 12/09	453-480	517-563
15	12/13	[Legal Writing]	15 - 12/14 & 12/21	480-507	563-608

Be sure to do the reading assignment, including the briefing of cases, in advance for the first week of classes.

The maximum # of allowable absences in each class each semester is 3.

**Please note that the first week's assignment is sizeable, but Mr. Fineman requests that students read but not brief these cases as they will provide the background for his first lecture. Students will be expected to read and brief all the cases beginning with week 2 of the fall semester.

Legal Writing Assignment - Fall Semester [top]

CLASS SESSION	LEGAL WRITING SUBJECT	QUESTION #
FALL SEMESTER
Nov. 15	Criminal Law (3 questions)	1, 2, 3
Nov. 22	Contracts (3 questions)	4, 5, 6
Nov. 29	Contracts (3 questions)	7, 8, 9
Dec. 6	Torts (3 questions)	10, 11, 12
Dec. 13	Torts (3 questions)	13, 14, 15

The above questions are contained in your First-Year Law Students' Examination Questions paperback. Your answers to the assigned questions must be written on standard notebook paper (or typed) and turned in at the class session it is due. Please put your name, subject and question # on each question. Please staple each question separately. You should practice writing your answers within the standard allowed time of 60 minutes per question.

ALL THREE answers must be completed to earn credit.

You must complete 4 of 5 assignments each semester to receive course credit.

Students who do not complete the required assignments will receive a FAILING grade in Legal Writing. Students who FAIL Legal Writing are not eligible to take the Baby Bar and are dismissed from school.

Do your class assignments in Torts and Contracts for the particular week before doing your legal writing assignment because the questions may involve the current assignment in Torts and Contracts.

ASSIGNMENTS - SPRING SEMESTER 2011

Torts, Contracts, [Legal Writing] [top]