This Comparative Professional Responsibility course deals broadly with the law of lawyering in the United States and Canada. It focuses, primarily, on the principle Canadian and U.S. Codes and Rules of Professional Conduct.
The course examines the powers of state and federal courts (with an emphasis on subject matter and personal jurisdiction) and the sources of the substantive and procedural law to be applied in each.
This course explores selected topics in comparative constitutional law. It begins with an overview of the methodologies and goals of comparative constitutional study.
Comparative Legal Writing and Research is a comprehensive comparative research and writing course for students in the dual J.D. program with the University of Windsor.
An investigation of the special problems arising out of legal disputes that implicate the interests of more than one jurisdiction, including the states, the federal government and foreign countries.
The Consumer Defense Clinic will assist clients against creditors with credit card and other debt, especially where the creditors are attempting to get a judgment for excessive amounts or for a non-existent debt.
A study of the formation, interpretation, and performance of contracts. Historical development of the basic contractual concepts is traced as a foundation for modern contract law.
