COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

• First Year Students - Required Courses
• Second Year Students - Required Courses
• Second or Third Year Students - Elective Requirements

First Year Students - Required Courses

Appellate Advocacy - 1
This course builds on the first semester Legal Writing course by introducing students to: (1) more sophisticated aspects of legal reasoning and analysis; (2) more sophisticated aspects of legal research; (3) the basics of persuasive legal writing; (4) the basics of appellate procedure; (5) the basic parts of an appellate brief; and (6) the basics of oral advocacy.

Civil Procedure I - 3
A study of modern practice in civil cases under Rules of Civil Procedure and other sources of procedural law. Civil Procedure I and its continuation, Civil Procedure II, cover all aspects of jurisdiction and other issues bearing on what court(s) may hear a case; choice of state or federal law; pleading; joinder of claims and parties; class actions; discovery and other pre-trial procedures; summary judgment; nonjury and jury trials; appeals; and claim and issue preclusion.

Constitutional Law I - 2
Constitutional Law I is divided into two parts. Part I focuses on governmental structures. Part II begins our coverage of individual rights and liberties. Part Is coverage includes the power of judicial review, separation of powers, federalism, and congressional powers. Part II focuses on equal protection.

Contracts II - 3
A study of the elements of simple contracts, including offer and acceptance, consideration, conditions, defenses, and damages. The impact of the Uniform Commercial Code on contracts is considered.

Contracts I - 3
A study of the elements of simple contracts, including offer and acceptance, consideration, conditions, defenses, and damages. The impact of the Uniform Commercial Code on contracts is considered.

Criminal Law - 3
After a brief overview of the sources of criminal law and the purposes of criminal punishment, this course will consider the constituent parts of criminal conduct, including act (or omission), culpable mental state, result, and causation. These general principles then will be brought to bear on two specific areas of the criminal law: homicide and sexual assault. The course also will consider common defenses to criminal charges, including self-defense, necessity, duress, insanity, and intoxication. Finally, the course will consider liability for attempted crimes and for crimes committed by others. Throughout the course, students will be required to consider the constitutional limits of the criminal law and the relationship of substantive principles to practice.

Introduction to Law - 1
(To Oct. 9) The course provides a general introduction to the law. The aim of the course is to assist first year students in developing a fundamental understanding of the procedures and structure of the legal system that will assist them in studying their foundational first year courses. An introduction to approaches for effecient and effective law school study will also be provided.

Legal Research - 1
Introduction to paper and electronic resources that cover primary and secondary legal materials, including case law, statutes, agency regulations for federal and state jurisdictions, and treatises, journals, Restatements, and other secondary sources. The class discusses research plans and develops brief research strategies for hypothetical situations.

Legal Research -
Introduction to paper and electronic resources that cover primary and secondary legal materials, including case law, statutes, agency regulations for federal and state jurisdictions, and treatises, journals, Restatements, and other secondary sources. The class discusses research plans and develops brief research strategies for hypothetical situations.

Legal Writing - 2
In this course students are introduced to the fundamentals of legal reasoning and analysis and the basics of predictive legal writing.

Property I - 3
Property I first addresses the rights that come with property ownership, then considers limitations on those rights by private agreement (covenants and easements) and by governmental regulation.

Property II - 3
Property II first covers acquisition and transfer of ownership rights in property. The rest of the semester deals with sharing ownership rights over time, including estates, future interests, concurrent estates, and landlord-tenant relationships.

Torts I - 3
A study of the methods and policies for allocating risks of harm; intentionally inflicted harms; negligence in its general aspects and its application to products liability, landowners, and automobile traffic; emotional harms; defamation; and fraud.

Torts II - 3
This course picks up where Torts I ends. Principal areas of coverage typically include wrongful death, defenses, vicarious liability, strict liability, nuisance, products liability and defamation. If time permits we will also cover privacy, misrepresentation and other topics.

Second Year Students - Required Courses

Civil Procedure II - 3
The second semester of a study of modern practice in civil cases under Rules of Civil Procedure and other sources of procedural law. Civil Procedure I, and its continuation, Civil Procedure II, cover all aspects of jurisdiction and other issues bearing on what court(s) may hear a case; choice of state or federal law; pleading; joinder of claims and parties; class actions; discovery and other pre-trial procedures; summary judgment; nonjury and jury trials; appeals; and claim and issue preclusion.

Constitutional Law II - 3
The course focuses on constitutionally protected individual rights and liberties. Specifically, the following topics will be covered: substantive due process, including the right of privacy; procedural due process; free expression; and religious freedom.

Evidence - 3
A study of the means by which any alleged fact is established or disproved, including competency of witnesses; direct examination; cross-examination and impeachment; privileges; basic and special issues of relevancy; the hearsay rule and its exceptions; real, demonstrative, and documentary evidence; and opinion and scientific evidence.

Professional Responsibility - 3
A study of the duties of attorneys to their clients, the courts, and the public, under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, applicable constitutional provisions, statutes and rules, and case law.

Second or Third Year Students - Elective Requirements

Administrative Law - 3
The Administrative Law course reviews administrative law practice and procedure, primarily at the federal level. The course begins with materials on the nature and function of administrative agencies. The course then reviews agency rulemaking power, emphasizing federal and state Administrative Procedure Act (APA) requirements. The course then considers the adjudicative powers of administrative agencies, including an agency's obligation to afford persons due process of law. Finally, the course examines judicial review of administrative agency decisions.

Advanced Business Organizations - 3
This course will consider the structure and governance of business organizations, owner informational rights, proxy voting and regulation, and shareholders derivative and direct suits. Attention will also be given to business combinations, sales of control, fiduciary duties of controlling persons, tender offers, the issuance of shares and debt obligations, distributions and redemptions. The above should be regarded as a general description of the course but is not intended to be all inclusive. Students are invited to consult with the instructor regarding specific information relative to this course.

Advanced Legal Research - 2
This course is designed to reinforce the legal research skills learned in the first year course and to expand those skills in both breadth and depth. For example, we delve into legislative histories, and examine in greater detail the intricacies of Shepards and KeyCite use.

We give special attention to using the web for legal research. Our coverage includes learning the various ways search engines function, exploring free legal information sites, and becoming more efficient in using proprietary online systems such as Lexis, Westlaw & less expensive alternatives, such as Loislaw and Versus Law. However, we also cover the wide variety of paper sources still commonly used by attorneys in their daily practice. The course provides an opportunity for students to become better organized, more efficient researchers and to consider what sources it will make sense for them to use in practice when theyll actually have to pay for sophisticated online databases like Lexis & Westlaw.

Alternative Dispute Resolution - 2
This course introduces students to various methods of alternative dispute resolution such as negotiation, mediation and arbitration. The course is designed to give students an opportunity to experience different ways to communicate, negotiate and represent clients in alternative dispute resolution processes. The course exposes students to both the theory underlying various dispute processes and the skills necessary to master negotiation, mediation, and arbitration.

American Legal History - 2
The course in American Legal History consists of a study of the life of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 until 1835. Reading for the course will include biographical material on John Marshall, Marshall's judicial opinions and other writings, and historical material on the era in which Marshall lived. Principal sources will include Jean Edward Smiths biography, John Marshall: Definer of a Nation and R. Kent Newmyers John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court. Copies of the assigned readings will be distributed in class by the professor. A fee will be collected from each student to cover the cost of the course materials. Our study of John Marshall will be divided into about 12 parts, ranging from his early life until his death, and concentrating on the years Marshall spent as Chief Justice. Each part will be assigned to one or more students for the purpose of preparing a paper and making a class presentation.

Antitrust - 3
The antitrust course consists of the study of the federal laws regulating monopolies and restraints of trade. The substantive provisions of the antitrust laws are relatively brief - there are only three main statutes - the Sherman Act (1890), the Clayton Act (1914) and the FTC Act (1914). These statutes entail broad prohibitions, and there are no detailed regulations like the tax code. Antitrust tends to be more like Constitutional Law than like other statutory law courses - basically, there is an ancient document (the Sherman Act) containing some broad generalizations and a lot of Supreme Court cases interpreting the law.
Overview of Topics - The topics we will be covering in the course include the following:
1. Policies behind and the history of the antitrust laws and economics as it applies to antitrust.
2. Monopolization. There are a number of classic cases in this area. We will discuss the Microsoft case.
3. Horizontal restraints, including price fixing, division of territories, and group boycotts. A horizontal restraint occurs when competitors in the same market get together and try to avoid having to compete in the marketplace. Every economist and policy maker agrees that such practices should be banned. You might say that horizontal restraints are the "big no-no" of antitrust.
4. Horizontal mergers is the next topic. These types of mergers are usually questionable. We will discuss the major cases as well as the Justice Dept. merger guidelines. We will skip material on so-called conglomerate mergers.
5. Vertical restraints of trade (these include things like territorial restrictions by the manufacturer on the distributor, tying arrangements and exclusive dealing). In contrast to the area of horizontal restraints, there is much less agreement among economists and policy makers on whether or under what circumstances vertical restraints of trade should be illegal. This is a very controversial and active area.
Unfortunately, we will not have time to cover the antitrust exemptions, such as state action, nor will we cover antitrust issues in patents or international antitrust or the Robinson Patman Act (price discrimination). These areas might provide some paper topics.

Bankruptcy Law - 3
The Bankruptcy Law course (formerly Creditors' Rights) investigates legal and practical problems regarding the rights of both creditors and debtors. It begins with a brief survey of state law remedies available to creditors when debtors are either unable or unwilling to pay. These remedies include judgment execution and related proceedings, which provide for seizure and sale of a debtor's property, avoidance of a debtor's fraudulent transfer of its property, and other remedies provided by state law. This portion of the course also considers limitations on creditor actions to recover debt payment.
The majority of the course deals with the bankruptcy laws. Bankruptcy is governed by federal law (the Bankruptcy Code) which creates a system of "bankruptcy courts" whose sole function is the handling of bankruptcy cases. These cases include not only situations in which the assets of a debtor are sold and the proceeds distributed to creditors (a liquidation), but also those in which the debtor retains its assets and works out a plan to pay its debts in part or in full (a reorganization).
The course is taught primarily through the use of practice-oriented problems. The problems are designed to examine legal issues in a realistic commercial context and to reflect the type of problems an attorney might actually confront in practice.

Business Organizations - 3
Business Organizations deals with legal principles essential to litigators and transactional lawyers. Agency relationships permeate our society and agency principles covered in this course are of relevance to all lawyers. Business Organizations deals with legal considerations in the formation, carrying on and termination of business enterprises. Among the matters considered are the management and control of business enterprises, the liabilities of their owners and the transferability of ownership interests. The course covers various matters of litigation involving business enterprises. For example, the course considers who may be held liable in contract and tort cases when a business enterprise is sued. It studies the fiduciary duties of management, such as corporate officials, to business associations and their owners and it considers issues arising in suits based on breach of such duties. The course also considers the protection afforded investors by federal securities law. Listing of the above items is not intended to be all inclusive. Students are invited to consult with the instructor regarding specific information.

Business Planning - 3
The Business Planning course focuses primarily on a problem involving several persons who are organizing a business entity. Consideration will be given to the characteristics of several kinds of business organizations and to making a judgment as to which organization should be used to house the business being set up. The course will consider tax and non-tax aspects with respect to business organizations. There will be no examination in this course. Instead students will be graded on a project or projects involving the preparation of memoranda and other documents. Students are invited to consult with the instructor regarding specific information relative to this course.

Conflict of Laws - 3
Conflict of Laws - the study of the law applicable to transactions or occurrences involving contacts with more than one state, including questions of choice of law, jurisdiction, and recognition of foreign judgments - is an important component of a classical legal education. It is a subject you are sure to encounter in a general practice, especially in cases governed by state law.

Half of the course deals with choice of law in state courts, which you have not studied in any detail in any other course. If you and a friend drive from Laramie to Denver and get into a wreck in Fort Collins, does Wyoming law or Colorado law determine whether you, the host, are liable to your friend, the guest? Which state's law determines whether exceeding the speed limit is negligence per se? How should these questions be analyzed and decided? Might the answers differ depending on whether you are sued in a Wyoming court, a Colorado court, or a federal court? What are the constitutional constraints on a state court's ability to choose to apply its own state's law?

Choice of law is a fascinating and intellectually challenging subject about which the courts and scholars are deeply divided and for which several different methods exist. You will be exposed to all the methods and encouraged to form your own views as to which is preferable. You will engage in policy-oriented thinking about problems involving common law, statutory law, and constitutional law and crossing subject matter lines (torts, contracts, property, etc.).

The other half of the course includes a reconsideration of in personam and in rem jurisdiction and the Erie doctrine from the sophisticated perspective of a 3rd year student; the constraints regarding recognition of judgments imposed by the Full Faith and Credit Clause (with which you have only passing familiarity); special problems of choice of law, jurisdiction, and recognition of judgments in marriage, divorce, interstate child custody, and decedents' estates; conflicts between federal law and state law; federal common law; federal law in the state courts; and an introduction to international conflict of laws problems.

The course is policy-oriented and relies heavily on class discussion in which all students become involved. Enrollments have ranged from a low of three to a high of 40. The arithmetical average for the past twelve years is 12. In 2006, nine students took the course. (An enrollment of at least five is necessary.)

Consumer Protection - 3
The consumer protection course covers three main topics: (1) the law of advertising and marketing; (2) consumer credit regulation; and (3) consumer warranty law.
This is an exciting area to study because of the continuing onslaught of new issues, with corresponding policy responses. Some of the new developments that will be covered are:
Internet commerce and consumer protection
Consumer privacy
Auto leasing
Pay-day loans, loan "flipping" and predatory lending
Sweepstakes advertising
Identity theft
Do-Not-Call list for telemarketing
We will cover the basic consumer protection mission of the Federal Trade Commission and the State Attorneys General. We will cover the First Amendment's application to commercial speech, particularly with regard to the advertising of tobacco and alcohol products. We will discuss federal Truth in Lending regulations, Equal Credit Opportunity, Fair Credit Reporting andidentity theft, UCC warranties, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, and new car "lemon" laws.

Criminal Adjudication - 3
A study of the post-investigative phase of the criminal process: from charging decisions through sentencing and appeals. Topics covered include: the decision to prosecute; bail and pretrial release; grand jury and preliminary hearing practice; criminal discovery; the role and responsibilities of defense counsel and of the prosecutor; jury-related issues, such as pretrial publicity, Batson, and deliberative secrecy; defendants rights to presence, confrontation, and to present a defense case; verdicts; sentencing; appeals and post-conviction proceedings. The coursework may include a few practical assignments, such as motion drafting, during the semester in addition to a final exam.

Criminal Procedure - 3
This course examines the constitutional rights of criminal suspects and defendants under the 4th, 5th and 6th Amendments of the United States Constitution. Much of the focus is on law enforcement practices and the constitutional principles that constrain the police.
Major topics include search and seizure issues under the 4th Amendment, the exclusionary rule, the privilege against self-incrimination, confessions, identification of suspects, and the right to counsel.

Domestic Violence - 3
Domestic violence is a pattern of behavior in which one intimate partner uses physical violence, coercion, threats, intimidation, isolation, and emotional, sexual or economic abuse to control and change the behavior of the other partner. Domestic violence is a problem in our society of widespread proportions. By conservative estimates, 1 to 4 million American women are abused by intimate partners each year. Experts also estimate that between 3.3 and 10 million children witness violence in their homes. Domestic violence also causes third party violence, drains economic productivity, and wastes valuable resources.
As a result of the prevalence of domestic violence in our society, attorneys, regardless of their area of expertise or practice will find themselves confronting cases in which domestic violence is an issue. Domestic relations lawyers, criminal defense lawyers, labor lawyers, corporate lawyers, bankruptcy lawyers, tort lawyers, and real property lawyers, regularly represent victims or perpetrators of domestic violence. Due to the prevalence of domestic violence and the frequency with which it finds its way into the legal system, all actors within the legal system should be properly educated.
The Domestic Violence and the Law Class has been offered for the past five years by Dona Playton, an adjunct professor at the law school who has trained and consulted throughout the state and nation, including consulting with the ABAs Commission on Domestic Violence. The course covers subjects from the history of relationship violence, cultural issues, including immigration and tribal concerns, economic impacts, women as defendants, law enforcement and prosecutorial roles, civil protection orders, stalking, sexual assault and batterer intervention programs, working with people with disabilities, the impact on children, as well as state and federal legislation that impacts domestic violence in criminal and civil cases. Guest speakers, valuable hand-outs and practice tools created by the instructor and other experts in the field, as well as videos are integrated throughout the course.
The Domestic Violence class helps prepare students to take part in the Legal Services Program, which has been expanded to include a Domestic Violence Legal Assistance Project. The legal profession as a whole will benefit from both this class and the expansion of the legal services clinic to include a domestic violence clinic. A new set of legal professionals will be created who have a better understanding of domestic violence and its wide ranging implications. These legal professionals will go on to represent victims effectively, make well-informed legal decisions, create effective legislation, and further educate judges, attorneys and other professionals throughout the state on the dynamics of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking and on the critical importance of applying the law in a safe and effective fashion when handling such cases.
The class is supported by a grant from the Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Grant No.# 98-WL-VX-0006 awarded by the Violence Against Women Office, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.

Electronic Payment Systems - 1
This course permits advanced study of the laws governing modern electronic payment systems, including such topics as credit cards, debit cards, electronic funds transfer, automated clearing house systems, wire transfers and letters of credit.

English & Scot. Legal History - 2
English and Scottish Legal History will examine the development of law and legal institutions in England and Scotland during the 17th Century. This was a pivotal era in the evolution of our law, when great changes occurred in the conception of sovereignty, in the substance of the law and its procedures, and in the courts and the legal profession.
In England, it was the age of Bacon and Coke, Hobbes and Locke, Hale and Clarendon, Selden and Jeffreys, of William Sheppard and Bulstrode Whitelock. King and Parliament struggled for supremacy, a Civil War followed, the king was beheaded, a Commonwealth flourished and failed, monarchy was restored, the Glorious Revolution deposed another king, and the Bill of Rights was enacted.
In Scotland, the century began when the Stuart James VI went south to England at Queen Elizabeth's death and became James I of England. He and his successors were monarchs of the separate kingdoms of England and Scotland, leaving Scotland without a resident sovereign. Scottland, too, played its part in the revolutionary fervor which swept England. It was the century of Scottish jurists John Skene, Thomas Hope, Thomas Craig, James Dalrymple (Viscount Stair), and George Mackenzie -- all of whom wrote seminal works of Scots law.
In both England and Scotland, judicial decisions came to be regularly and seriously reported. Legislation assumed new importance. The bar began to develop a cohesive professional identity. In England the Court of Star Chamber came to an ignominious end. In both countries, judges continued to condemn witches. But in the same century, ideas of due process and the rule of law began to take hold, and, perhaps for the first time, law reform was diligently pursued.
Assigned readings will consist primarily of decisions, statutes, and readings from the 17th Century, together with more modern legal and biographical writings and text prepared by the professor. Individual copies of the readings will be distributed, and a fee not to exceed $40.00 will be collected from students for these materials.
The goal of the course is to give students a better understanding of how our law came to be as it is, through study of a revolutionary age. Scots law is included with English law to provide perspective on how a kindred legal system developed. Students will assist in planning the particulars of the course, and will make presentations on the assigned subjects for study. One or more papers will be required. Students may satisfy the College of Law advanced writing requirement in the submission of the papers.

Environmental Law - 3
This course provides an overview of the broad field of environmental law, with an emphasis on the major federal environmental statutes, including the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, and statutes regulating both hazardous wastes and toxic chemicals in commerce. We will consider both the substantive requirements of these statutes and their conceptual approaches to environmental protection. The course will also touch briefly on issues such as the role of states in implementing these national laws, various approaches to enforcing these laws, common-law doctrines relevant to environmental protection, and economic aspects of environmental law.

Estate Planning - 2
The course will apply estate and gift tax principles in a survey of estate planning principles and techniques. Traditional estate planning tools including wills, trusts, and durable powers of attorney will be discussed as well as post-mortem planning, administration issues, and planning for special situations, such as owners of closely held businesses, entrepreneurs, and the disabled.
Estate planning focuses heavily on planning for individuals who have sufficient wealth to make them subject to the estate and gift tax portions of the Internal Revenue Code. As such, the course continues to focus heavily on tax consequences of various planning methods. Of course, the same planning techniques generally can be applied to those individuals with modest or little wealth.
You will be required to prepare a number of documents. The drafting assignments will probably include, among other things, a will, trust and relevant tax returns.

Family Law - 3
Once, family law occupied a quiet backwater in legal practice and academia. No longer. Today, family law finds itself on the front lines of what Justice Scalia has called the culture war of modern America. The perceived social consensus that long undergirded the legal regulation of family life has largely collapsed. Family law is currently embroiled in a series of hot-button debates: same-sex marriage, divorce, out-of-wedlock childbearing, abortion, and the deregulation of sexuality. The very definition of family and the boundaries of family law have become blurred. Family law now draws from constitutional law, and extends to criminal law, conflicts of laws, welfare law, and the laws of contracts, torts, property, and inheritance, to name a few.
From marriage to divorce, property distribution, child custody and the termination of parental rights, this class will explore the many areas and facets of family law with an eye toward providing students with a firm doctrinal grounding, while preparing them for what they will face as they enter into practice. In the context of this exploration we will look closely at many of the cultural issues noted above, and the effects those issues are having not just on the family and the law related to the family, but on society as a whole.

Federal Courts - 3
Every exercise of federal judicial power places a federal court in a position of possible conflict with another government actor. On the one hand, the federal court might trench on the Congress's constitutional lawmaking powers; on the other, it might usurp a function that could be performed by a state court. This course examines these two themes of separation of powers and federalism by scrutinizing the jurisdiction of the federal courts. The course covers justiciability doctrines (standing, ripeness, and mootness), congressional power to control federal court jurisdiction, constitutional and statutory parameters of federal question jurisdiction, federal common law, basic contours of litigation under 42 U.S.C. 1983, state sovereign immunity and the Eleventh Amendment, and the various abstention doctrines.

Gift & Estate Tax - 2
Gift & Estate Taxation is a two credit course that focuses on the federal estate and gift tax consequences of wealth transfers during life and upon death. Generally, estate planning for individuals who have some The course will focus on the federal estate and gift tax sections of the Internal Revenue Code. The estate and gift tax sections of the Code have undergone substantial change in the last several years and will continue to change for several years to come. Students will gain by learning the most recent applicable tax law and become prepared for the substantial changes that will occur in the near future. Compared to income tax, the relevant code provisions are few, but their application is quite complex.

Income Taxation - 3
Income Taxation focuses on the federal taxation of individuals. It includes taxation of compensation, installment sales as well as taxation of gains on property transfers. We will begin by studying what constitutes income and generally move through the deduction, timing and characterization sections of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code). The objective will be to enable you to understand the overall structure and application of the Code and to advise clients on issues pertaining to what constitutes taxable income in a given taxable year.

Independent Study - 1-2
Research and writing in specialized or advanced areas of the law. Independent Study papers may not duplicate material taught in a regular law school offering. They are intended to allow students to explore a new area, not covered in the COURSE DESCRIPTIONS, or to conduct more in-depth research into a topic presented in a regular law school offering.
Students are to contact a professor that has a background or interest in the students topic area to determine if the professor will supervise the Independent Study.
Students receive one credit hour for 50 hours of work or 2 credit hours for 100 hours of work. Grades are generally based on a research paper. The paper may be structured so as to fulfill the advanced writing requirement. Within one week after the start of the semester, students must submit to the Associate Dean a written proposal, signed by the student and supervising professor, that describes the topic and paper requirements. Forms for this purpose are available from the Associate Dean.

Independent Study: Law Review - 1-2
Intensive research, writing, and editing of case note or comment and cite-checking of articles for the Wyoming Law Review. Credit earned for a grade of S-U only. Law Review membership is required. Credit may be received in the third year only. Maximum six hours in academic career.

Indian Law - 3
This course surveys the law that applies to Native Americans and tribal governments. The course deals primarily with federal law because of the unique relationship between the federal government and tribes, which are sovereign entities, and because federal law affects or governs most Native American activities. The main issues are jurisdictional; that is, they concern the allocation of legislative (or regulatory) and judicial (both civil and criminal) jurisdiction among federal, tribal, and state governments. History has played a crucial role in the evolution of federal Indian Law and is a prominent consideration in the course. We will also examine how Congress and the Supreme Court have molded the law in this area. Other topics include: family law, hunting and fishing, taxation, gaming, and protection of natural resources and the environment on tribal lands.

Insurance Law - 2
The course is designed to accomplish the following objectives: 1) impart an understanding of the fundamentals of insurance law as they apply to commercial transactions, personal and public liability, estate planning and litigation; 2) involve students in the identification, analysis and resolution of issues related to contracts for insurance; 3) acquaint students with the basic practices of the insurance industry.

Intellectual Property Law - 3
Introductory overview of principles of intellectual property protection particularly trademark, copyright and patent law. USA law will be integrated into a comparative analysis of International intellectual property law.

International Law - 3
This course covers international law in its classic sense--public international law, or "the law of nations" as it's referred to in the Constitution. It looks at topics such as the sources and evidence of international law, sovereignty, the relationship of international law to national law, the bases of national jurisdiction, conflicts of jurisdiction, the international use of force, etc. However, modern public international law also includes areas of more immediate interest to practicing lawyers, such as conflicts between nations over which one has the right to assert jurisdiction over certain activities, international extradition, and immunities from jurisdiction.
Moreover, with the world being the way it is, we probably will have stimulating international incidents and crises to analyze, e.g. the international legal status of the use of force by the U.S. against Iraq. Following these incidents in the media and discussing them in class will increase our understanding of how international law works (or doesn't).

Jurisprudence - 3
This course will examine American legal thought from the nations inception through today. We will discuss issues related to the nature of law, the nature of judicial decision making, the relationship between law and society, and the like. The first part of the course will explore historically important jurists, jurisprudents, and schools of thought, including the constitutional framers, natural law thinkers, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and Benjamin Cardozo. The second part of the course will explore current schools of thought, including law and economics, feminist jurisprudence, pragmatism, and postmodernism.
The purpose of the course is to encourage critical thinking: to question some of the apparent foundations of legal study and practice that attorneys, students, and professors often take for granted. I do not expect students to agree with all of the viewpoints expressed by the various writers that will be read during the semester. In fact, you might not agree with any of the writers. Such disagreement is fine (and is even to be encouraged).

Labor Law - 3
This course deals with labor law in the private sector. Labor Law is defined as the Federal regulation of private sector disputes between employers and groups of its employees (usually unions) and of the relationship between unions and their members. Traditionally the course surveys the establishment of a collective bargaining relationship between employers and unions, the subsequent negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement resulting from that relationship, the administration of that agreement through its grievance-arbitration provisions, and the economic weapons used by parties to various kinds of labor conflicts. Increasingly, labor law concerns itself with protected concerted activity not involving a union, the relationship between labor law and immigration law, the relationship between a union and its members, and the use by unions of non-traditional weapons to achieve their objectives. We will consider as many of these issues as time permits.

Land Use - 3
Land Use Law deals generally with public regulation of how land is used. Specifically, the course first covers the constitutional law related to land use regulation, including substantive due process, takings, equal protection, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech. The course then examines zoning, subdivision regulation, building codes, and aesthetic controls; local financing issues related to land use such as special assessments and development exactions; and the governments eminent domain power.

Law Review - 1-3
Intensive research, writing, and editing of case note or comment and cite-checking of articles for the Wyoming Law Review. Credit earned for a grade of S-U only. Law Review membership is required. Credit may be received in the third year only. Maximum six hours in academic career.

Law of the Workplace - 3
In this class we will examine a variety of laws, regulations and legal theories governing the workplace and the employment relationship. In particular we will look at the at-will doctrine and its exceptions, rules affecting the establishment of the employment relationship and rules affecting the termination of the employment relationship. To the extent time permits, we will also explore other topics such as, the laws prohibiting discrimination, the wage and hour laws, employee handbooks and policies, alternative dispute resolution (in particular the developing law governing mandatory arbitration agreements), non-competition and trade secret issues as they relate to employees, workers compensation, health and safety (including workplace violence), unemployment and the affect of technology on the employment relationship.
While this course will not devote extensive time to the labor-management relations laws that are covered in the separate Labor Law class, we will touch on the affects of collective bargaining agreements when pertinent. More often than not, both federal and state laws will govern a particular aspect of the employment relationship and state laws addressing a particular issue will differ. Therefore, when exploring the above topics, we will also address the affects of the interplay of these laws.

Legal Clinic: Defender Aid - 3
The Defender Aid Program provides representation to indigent persons convicted of felonies in the Wyoming state courts. We represent clients on direct appeal from their convictions, prepare motions for sentence reduction, and may handle other post-conviction matters in state and federal court.
The program has two purposes: first, to give Student Attorneys practical experience in the area of criminal law, and second, to assist indigent people in the state of Wyoming with the highest quality legal services and representation in the area of criminal law. This means providing not just the minimal effective assistance of counsel, but zealous advocacy within the bounds of the law. Ideally, these two purposes can be achieved harmoniously; however, at all times the clients interests are paramount.

Legal Clinic: Legal Svcs/Dom. Viol./ASUW - 3
The Legal Services Program provides third-year students the opportunity to represent low-income clients with civil legal problems. Clients must qualify as indigent under legal services income and eligibility standards, and the Clinic takes no cases which would generate a fee, such as tort cases. Students also represent inmates at the Wyoming State Prison and the Wyoming Women's Center on civil matters. Accordingly, the clinic's caseload consists of juvenile matters (child abuse and neglect), domestic relations (divorces and custody disputes), appeals involving the denial of government benefits (social security, Medicare, etc.) and other miscellaneous matters. The Clinic is located at the corner of 21st and Garfield in the University Annex building.

In the summer of 2002, the Clinic expanded to include a Domestic Violence (DV) clinic. The DV clinic is also located at 21st and Garfield. Six students work in the DV clinic under the supervision of Dona Playton, the Assistant Faculty Supervisor of the Legal Services Program. Students represent victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking in civil matters in which domestic violence is an issue. Such matters include divorces, child custody modifications, requests for domestic violence protection orders, or requests for civil stalking orders. Students in the DV clinic must either be currently enrolled or have taken the Domestic Violence and the Law course or be willing to get additional training, which may include taking the forty-hour SAFE advocacy training program the next time it is offered. Those hours will not count toward the 150 hours required for the clinic.
In the fall of 2004, the Clinic expanded to include ASUW Legal Assistance clinic. The ASUW clinic is also located at 21st and Garfield. Two students work in the ASUW clinic under the supervision of Dona Playton, the Assistant Faculty Supervisor of the Legal Services Program. Students represent fee-paying students at the University of Wyoming in civil matters (the Students attorney provides advice-only). Such matters include landlord-tenant issues, divorces, child custody modifications, requests for domestic violence protection orders, or requests for civil stalking orders (the ASUW clinic will not represent one student against another).
Students handle cases from beginning to end, including any necessary court appearances. Students represent clients in Circuit Court, District Court, and, occasionally, the Wyoming Supreme Court. Generally, every student who wishes to appear in court is able to do so.
The Clinic (including the DV and ASUW clinics) also involves a classroom component of approximately seven two-hour training sessions, held one afternoon or evening per week for the first half of the semester. Training sessions include client counseling, landlord/tenant laws, immigration, mental health issues, social services, victims rights, social security and the dynamics of sexual assault, stalking, dating violence and domestic violence, representing clients in juvenile court matters, bankruptcy, etc., and are presented by the faculty supervisor and outside speakers. Part of the training will take place at a retreat. Students must attend the retreat.

Legal Clinic: Prosecution Assistance - 3
The Prosecution Assistance Clinical Program assists Wyoming County and Prosecuting Attorneys and the Wyoming Attorney Generals Office in criminal matters in the trial courts and the Wyoming Supreme Court. Most students who enroll in the clinic will choose between (1) working in the office of a County or Prosecuting Attorney; and (2) working under the supervision of the faculty director in handling criminal appeals. Whatever option the student chooses, he or she will also be required to devote time to staffing the clinic office. In the clinic office, students will field calls from County and Prosecuting Attorneys and will provide requested assistance with legal research and the preparation of legal memoranda.
Students who elect to work in the office of a County or Prosecuting Attorney will perform tasks assigned by the office's attorneys. Among the most common tasks are: preparing motions, motion responses, jury instructions, and trial briefs in circuit and district courts; handling preliminary hearings in felony cases; handling criminal trials, principally of misdemeanor cases in circuit courts.
Students who elect instead to work on appeals will be assigned to represent the State in one or more criminal appeals. These appeals will be assigned to the clinic by the Wyoming Attorney General. Representation of the State will include the preparation of an appellate brief and the presentation of oral argument to the Wyoming Supreme Court.
The Prosecution Assistance Clinic is open only to third-year students. The course is graded S/U. Students must devote a minimum of 150 hours to the work of the Clinic during the semester. Students may enroll for one or both semesters. Enrollment in the Clinic is limited, and eligibility is determined through a lottery. The Clinic has a classroom component, in which all students meet weekly to discuss the work and procedures of the Clinic, and current issues of criminal law and procedure. During the semester, prosecutors and members of the Attorney Generals, staff will be invited to speak to Clinic students. In addition to the weekly classroom component, each student must participate in a workshop to be held early in the semester. The workshop will familiarize students with the Clinic and its procedures and with Wyoming courts and criminal procedure.
Students may gain experience in the Clinic during the summer through the work-study program, by working for academic credit, or by volunteering their time. Students who wish to earn academic credit in the summer must keep in mind that not more than six hours of academic credit earned in the College of Law clinics may be counted toward graduation.
Brian Hunter will be the Student Director of the Clinic during the 2007-2008 academic year.

Legal Competitions - 1-2
Credit is given to student competitors in approved inter-school competitions. Students receive one S/U credit hour for participation in a regional competition as part of the University of Wyoming Law School team. This credit is to be applied in the semester after the student participates in a qualified competition. Please see Dean Pridgen or Dean Burke before you register for this credit.
Approved inter-school competitions include:
PACE Environmental Moot Court Competition. This is the preeminent environmental law moot court competition in the nation. Students have a chance to improve their oral advocacy and writing skills while mastering such difficult environmental law issues and policies as the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. The University of Wyoming and the law firm of Holland and Hart sponsor the intramural competition where 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year students compete against each other for a chance to be selected for the national moot court competition held at the Pace Law School in White Plains, New York.
Rothgerber, Johnson & Lyons Trial Competition. This competition encourages development of litigation skills. Each litigation team, consisting of two attorneys and two witnesses conduct either a civil or a criminal trial in an intramural competition. Each team prepares all phases of the trial from opening statements to direct and cross-examination and closing statements. The winners of the intramural competition go on to compete in the regional competition sponsored by the Association of Trial Lawyers.
Brown, Drew & Massey Moot Court Competition. This competition is sponsored by the Young Lawyers Section of the Bar Association of the City of New York. Students write appellate briefs and present oral arguments in a simulated appeal to the United States Supreme Court. The student compete in an intramural competition. The winners of the intramural competition participate in a regional competition. Regional winners then progress to a competition sponsored by the American Bar Association.
Pence & MacMillan Client Counseling Competition. This competition emphasizes communication and other interpersonal skills essential to the sound representation of clients. In this intramural competition, students interview and counsel a client, suggesting possible advantages and disadvantages of courses of action in resolving legal problems. Winners of the intramural competition progress to the national client counseling competition which is sponsored by the Law Student Division of the American Bar Association.

Legal Externships - 1-2
Detailed Description

Legislation - 3
This course examines how statutes are made and applied. Priorities are (1) legislative process in Congress and the state legislatures (especially Wyoming), and (2) statutory interpretation tools and techniques. It will also touch upon the role of attorneys in dealing with legislatures, especially at the state level. The course helps students build their oral advocacy skills through simulated legislative testimony.

Local Government Law - 3

Mining Law - 2
The mining law course is an in-depth review of the law governing mineral development in the western United States. The first part of the course focuses on hardrock minerals governed by the General Mining Law of 1872 and related regulations. The second part will cover the regulation of energy minerals such as oil and gas under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 and related laws and regulations, as well as the development and regulation of coal mining under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). The third part will analyze the unique aspects of federal and state environmental laws as they relate to mineral development operations, including constitutional issues such as federal and state preemption and takings.

Native American Natural Resources Law - 3
This course will examine federal and tribal law (chiefly federal statutes, regulations, judicial decisions, and treaties) governing environmental regulation and use and management of tribal land, water, minerals, timber, fish/wildlife, and cultural resources. Principal issues relate to the federal trust doctrine, aboriginal title, reserved rights, allotment, and the "tribes-as-states" doctrine.

Oil & Gas Law - 3
A study of the law regarding private property interests in oil and gas. Subjects include the acquisition, transfer, lease, and assignment of oil and gas interests; rules and contracts governing the relationships among surface owners, oil and gas lessors, oil and gas lessees, and neighboring owners; and government regulation.

Payment Systems - 2
The Payment Systems course (formerly Commercial Paper) focuses on the use of negotiable instruments (such as checks, drafts, promissory notes, and certificates of deposit) to document debts and to make payments. The course provides an overview of the banking system, the check collection process, and the use of various commercial instruments. Topics include liability for stolen checks, forged signatures, alterations, payment to impostors, insufficient funds, stop payment orders, post-dated checks, and restrictive endorsements. In addition, the rights of good faith purchasers are examined and the use of third parties (such as guarantors, sureties, and accommodation parties) to secure obligations are discussed.
The rules governing these transactions are set forth in Articles 3 and 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code and the Federal Reserve System regulations. The course emphasizes the use and understanding of the Uniform Commercial Code and the Federal Reserve System regulations. Problems are employed to examine legal issues in a realistic commercial context.
Payment Systems (also referred to as Commercial Paper or Negotiable Instruments Law) is a bar examination subject in the vast majority of states, including Wyoming and Colorado.

Public Lands - 3
This course examines the law governing management of the federal public landsnational parks, national forests, wildlife refuges, BLM lands, etc. The course begins with an historical overview of the evolution of federal land and resource policy. It then takes up the relationship between Congress and the states, exploring Congress's authority under the Property Clause and federal preemption of state laws that conflict with federal policies. A review of Executive Branch authority follows. The course then explores the substantive law governing water, minerals, timber, range, wildlife, recreation, and wilderness. We study the National Environmental Policy Act, General Mining Law of 1872, Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, National Forest Management Act of 1976, Taylor Grazing Act, Federal Land Policy and Management Act, Endangered Species Act, and Wilderness Act. Finally, throughout the course we also consider how politics and the public influence public land policy and decision making..

Real Estate Finance - 3
The course begins with some study of the law and practice relating to real estate transactions, deeds, and titles. The rest of the semester covers the law and practice relating to mortgages, foreclosure, and other financing issues in residential and commercial real estate transactions.

Secured Transactions - 3
Financial institutions and other businesses often take an interest in a debtor's personal property (such as goods, equipment, inventory and accounts) to secure payment of a debt or performance of an obligation. The secured transactions course deals with the law governing security interests in personal property which is embodied primarily in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
The course has several goals. The first is to provide students with a working knowledge of Article 9 and related bodies of law. The second goal is to use Article 9 as an example to illustrate how to approach, work with and interpret an unfamiliar statute. The third objective is to discuss and become familiar with many common forms of business transactions and how such transactions work, including loan agreements and other financing arrangements.

Securities Regulation - 3
The course considers the responsibilities and liabilities of a company and various persons involved in the public offering of securities, including the filing of a registration statement, and other disclosure matters. The course also deals with the definition of the term "security" and possible exemptions for securities offerings. The course also covers securities fraud under SEC Rule 10b-5 including, inter alia, insider trading. Corporate disclosure requirements in connection with matters such as proxy rules and in other contexts are also considered. Some attention is given to disclosure requirements in connection with mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, and tender offers. Securities litigation also receives significant attention. The above description of the course is not intended to be all inclusive. Students are invited to consult with the instructor regarding specific information relative to this course.

Seminar: Education Law - 2
The course will explore selected topics relating to education law, at all levels of education (primary, secondary, and higher education). Some of those topics will be selected by the professor, and others will be selected by the students. Professor-selected topics in recent years have included school desegregation, affirmative action, gender equity in athletics, search and seizure, corporal punishment, and religion in schools.

Seminar: Federal Law of Water Resources - 2
This course examines key issues of water management in the western U.S., with an emphasis on those involving federal law. Reserved water rights for federal and tribal lands, laws governing federal water projects and the effect of federal environmental laws on water supply are major themes.

Seminar: Health Care Law - 2
This seminar course offers students an overview of major laws, issues and trends affecting the health care industry and the general public. Students will be introduced to the historical roots of health law and policy in the United States and continue through discussion of legal implications arising from the latest developments in medical science and technology and issues regarding world health. Guest lecturers, experts in their specific health field, will periodically present their perspective for class discussion. Students will be presented a variety of topics; the amount of time spent on varying topics will be determined by the interests of students enrolled in the class. However, the following topics will be addressed: patient rights, professional licensing, facility licensing, health care payment systems, quality of care, Stark Laws, EMTALA, public health, and emerging world health care issues. The following presentations are anticipated: Perspectives from the Board of Medicine, Board of Nursing, and Board of Pharmacy, Aids and the Law, Impact of the Aging on Health Care, Reproductive Rights and Freedoms, Health Care Fraud, Medicare, Medicaid, and other Government Health Care Programs, Health Care in Correctional Facilities and Penal Institutions, and The Avian Flu Pandemic.

Students are required to write seminar papers and will have broad latitude in covering subjects not covered by the whole class. Students are also expected to make class presentations on their paper topics. Seminar members will learn from each other and will help shape this course. Lively discussion is anticipated.

Seminar: International Human Rights - 2
This seminar explores the law, theory, and practice of international human rights. The course examines the historical development of international human rights; the tension between universal human rights and cultural relativism; the contemporaneous evolution of civil and political rights on one hand and economic, social, and cultural rights on the other; and the conflict between state sovereignty and humanitarian intervention. The class will assess the effectiveness of contemporary human rights institutions such as the United Nations, regional human rights systems, and national human rights institutions. The course will highlight selected problems in international human rights law such as the Darfur crisis, contemporary forms of slavery, the need to protect human rights in an age of terror, and the role of the U.S. in promoting human rights around the globe.

Students are required to write seminar papers on a topic of their choice subject to the approval of the faculty member. Active participation is expected and encouraged. There will be no final exam.

Seminar: Natural Resources & Environment - 2
This seminal will provide an overview o fhte basic principles of Americal natural resources and environmental law as they have developed over time. Students will write a publishable-quality paper on some topic related to natural resources and environmental law and present the paper to the seminar. There will be a voluntary field trip over Labor Day weekend to visit Wyoming locations in which natural resources and environmental issues can be observed and discussed.

Seminar: Sentencing Law - 2
This seminar course will examine criminal sentencing policy in this country, focusing on the evolution of federal sentencing policy over the last twenty years. The seminar will examine the drafting of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 and the creation of the federal sentencing guidelines and recent Supreme Court cases that have impacted that landmark piece of legislation. Through this examination, the seminar will explore the tools available to criminal justice stakeholders for crafting effective sentencing policy.

Seminar: Wyoming Constitution - 2

Skills: Alternative Dispute Resolution - 2

Skills: Civil Pretrial Practice - 2
This class will deal with the civil litigation process from the filing of a complaint and decisions related to the complaint, to written discovery, depositions, pre-trial motions such as motions to change venue, to exclude evidence, to preparation for pre-trial conferences and trial. The class will end with mock mediation in conjunction with the ADR class. Sample cases will provide the basis for the drafting of various discovery documents and motions. There will be no exam. The grade will be based on the documents drafted throughout the semester and class participation.

Skills: Lawyering Skills - 2
This course is an introduction to interviewing, counseling, negotiating, and general conduct as an attorney. These skills are important for the practicing lawyer, who ordinarily spends much of his/her time engaged either in interviewing or counseling clients, or in negotiating with opposing counsel. The course will consist of class lecture and discussion about the theories underlying these skills and how to apply them, an analysis of video tapes showing lawyers using these skills, and simulated exercises requiring student participation. The two required books provide a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of interviewing, counseling, and negotiating skills. The course is graded on the basis of student participation in the classroom, performance in graded interviewing, counseling, and negotiation exercises and student performance on a few short written assignments.

Taxation of Business Entities - 3
This course surveys the federal income tax consequences of major events in the existence of business entities and their owners including formations, contributions, operations, distributions, redemptions, and liquidations. This course compares taxation of Subchapter C corporations, Subchapter S corporations, and partnerships. Students will spend significant time on statutory interpretation and along the way consider policy issues that affect how the taxation of businesses is structured and enforced under the Internal Revenue Code.

Topics in Law: International Business Transactions - 3
A study of international business within the legal context with special focus on negotiation of business transactions, the documentary sale and use of letters of credit, foreign currency issues, dispute settlement, technology transfers and other international legal issues which ensure the smooth running of international business.

Topics: Children & the Law - 3

Topics: International Human Rights Field Study - 1
The fall course will prepare students to conduct an in-depth human rights investigation in Namibia, which will take place in the spring semester. In the fall, students will study the Namibian legal system, the human rights situation in Namibia, the relevant international human rights law, the methodology of human rights investigation, and ethics in human rights practice. In addition to mastering human rights concepts and applying them to the situation in Namibia, students will also develop the skills necessary to conduct cross-cultural human rights work. Among other exercises, students will engage in simulated, videotaped interviews to develop fact-finding skills.

The first part of the spring course will be devoted to beginning the drafting process of a human rights report. The writing of this report will be a collaborative enterprise with students contributing to different parts of the report. Students will also be engaged in editing each others work. Students and faculty will travel to Namibia over spring break 2008 to conduct an intensive fact-finding investigation. The focus of the investigation and the report will be determined in consultation with local human rights groups. This investigation will entail numerous interviews with various stakeholders in the legal system, including: human rights victims, government representatives, human rights advocates, judges, lawyers, and other relevant stakeholders. Students and faculty will work closely with a Namibian human rights organization and possibly with a group of Namibian law students. Upon return to the U.S., students will incorporate their findings into the human rights report, which will be sent to our partner organization in Namibia for use as an advocacy document. The course offers students an opportunity to conduct valuable human rights fieldwork in collaboration with a grassroots organization in Africa.

Topics: International Human Rights Field Study - 3

Topics: Law Office Management - 1
(10/16/08 - 11/25/08) This course is an introduction to the law office as an operating business, utilizing, in a practical manner, the legal principals learned in contracts, business organization and ethics classes. In addition, the course will introduce the student to the functional aspects of law office management such as fees, billing, timekeeping, accounting, budgeting, payroll and reporting requirements, and facilities management. Administrative skills such as leadership, delegation, and personnel issues will also be addressed. Specific software and related skills in the essential operating systems that comprise the modern law office will be reviewed, including docket control, record and file managment, and law firm marketing. Presenting yourself as a professional, both in the community and with the courts, will also be discussed.

Topics: White Collar Crime - 3
The course in White Collar Crime deals with crime committed in a corporate or business setting, with emphasis upon federal crimes. The content of the course is illustrated by the chapters of the required casebook:
1. Corporate Criminal Liability
2. Personal Liability in an Organizational Setting
3. Conspiracy
4. Mail Fraud
5. Securities Fraud
6. False Statements
7. Perjury and False Declarations
8. Obstruction of Justice
9. Bribery of Public Officials
10. RICO
11. Tax Fraud
12. Currency Reporting Crimes and Money Laundering
13. Environmental Crimes
14. Sanctions
In addition, there will be coverage of white collar crime in State criminal codes, and to Medicare fraud.
Readings will be assigned from the casebook, generally at the rate of one chapter per week.
A syllabus for the course will be prepared.

Topics: Workers Compensation - 2
The course addresses essential aspects of workers' compensation laws including extent of coverage, the various levels and varieties of benefits provided, and how claims are established and enforced. The course will also consider the interaction of state workers' compensation laws with tort litigation and Federal employment statutes such as the ADA, the FMLA, and the Social Security Act.

Topics: Immigration Law - 3
This course takes a practical approach to topics such as the standards for the admission of immigrants; nonimmigrant visas for students, workers and tourists; the regulation and exclusion of undocumented aliens; legal procedures for admission, exclusion and deportation; refugee law; and citizenship law. In addition, the legislative history and the policy behind the applicable legislation and case law will be discussed.

Trial Practice - 3
Trial Practice is a rigorous learn-by-doing course designed to build courtroom skills. Through a combination of exercises, lectures, demonstrations, drills and complete trials, students are prepared to advocate before judges and juries.
The first half of the course focuses on basic examination and exhibit skills, including direct, cross, redirect, making and responding to objections, and the introduction and use of real and demonstrative evidence. In the sixth week, students conduct bench trials. The second half of the course builds on the basic skills and covers advanced ones, including examination of expert witnesses, opening statement, closing argument and voir dire. Jury trials are conducted in the final two weeks.
Class meets regularly for 4 hours per week except during trial weeks. In-class critiques of student performances focus on issues arising in an individuals presentation from which the entire class can learn. Additionally, many of the exercise s are videotaped and students receive individual instruction in private video-review appointments.

Trial Practice - 3

Trusts and Estates - 3
This is a survey course that also serves as an introduction to Estate Planning. The course covers the law of wills, trusts, and interstate succession. It also includes execution and revocation of wills; creation, modification, and termination of trusts; problems of construction; restrictions on testate transfers, and transfers in trust. The course covers some aspects of fiduciary administration, but not taxation.

Water Rights - 3
Water Rights is a study of the allocation and reallocation of water resources with particular emphasis on prior appropriation systems in the Western United States. Riparian systems and groundwater management are also addressed, along with interstate conflicts, federal water rights, federal-state relations, and the effect of environmental laws on water allocation and the exercise of water rights.

Wyoming Legal History - 2
This seminar will afford an opportunity to explore the history and development of Wyoming law and legal institutions from territorial status in 1868 through statehood in 1890, until the present time.
Using primary and secondary materials, students will examine the work of the Wyoming Legislature and the Wyoming courts including the Wyoming Supreme Court, other Wyoming courts, and the federal courts in Wyoming. The development of the legal profession in Wyoming will be studied, together with the careers of notable Wyoming judges and lawyers.
Particular attention will be devoted to the relationship between Wyoming law and the economic, political and social activities of Wyoming's people, including the effect of the law upon railroads, ranching, mineral extraction and tourism. The development of particular areas of substantive law as well as judicial procedure will be examined. The effectiveness of Wyoming's courts and legislature in creating a legal climate beneficial to the welfare, happiness and prosperity of Wyoming's citizens will be evaluated.