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Contents

Administrative Law Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Arbitration Evidence
Banking and Commercial Law Foreign/International Law
Business Associations / Corporations/Securities Insurance Law
Civil Procedure Intellectual Property
Civil and Human Rights Property Law
Constitutional Law Remedies
Contracts Taxation
Criminal Law Torts
Employment and Labor Law Trademarks
Environmental Law Trial Advocacy
  Wills and Trusts

Introduction

Web-based tutorials and instructional research guides help students learn new topics and skills, as well as refresh lessons learned in the classroom. They provide opportunities for convenient, individualized, self-paced instruction. This web site offers links to a selection of law-related tutorials and instructional research guides produced by many organizations.

Please note the following key points when connecting to any of the tutorials or instructional research guides:

* For the purposes of this list, tutorials are defined as instructional research guides accompanied by questions or exercises.

* Note the date of the production of the tutorial or instructional research guide. Remember that current versions of print and electronic research materials may differ in content and format from that presented by a tutorial or instructional research guide.

This Web site lists numerous tutorials from the CALI Library of Lessons. The full Library includes over 300 tutorials covering 28 legal education subject areas. Designed to augment traditional law school instruction, and written by law faculty and librarians, these tutorials are reviewed and revised on a regular basis. You must subscribe to CALI, and register a personal password, to access its tutorials. The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law has a subscription to CALI for College of Law Students and Faculty.  If you are a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Student, and have not yet accessed CALI via our Law School subscription, Students click here. If you are a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Faculty member, and have not yet accessed CALI via our Law School subscription,  Faculty click here. All others will need to access CALI via their own organization's subscription or individually subscribe to CALI.

This Web site lists several LexisNexis tutorials. You must subscribe to LexisNexis, and register a personal ID, to access these tutorials. This web site also lists several Westlaw tutorials. To access some of these guides, you must subscribe to Westlaw and register a personal password. The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law has subscriptions to LexisNexis and Westlaw for College of Law Students and Faculty.  If you are a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Faculty member or Student, and do not have a LexisNexis ID or Westlaw password, contact Laura Ray, Educational Programming Librarian (laura.ray@law.csuohio.edu).  All others will need to access LexisNexis and Westlaw via their own organization's subscription or individually subscribe to LexisNexis and Westlaw.

 

Legal Writing

 

Legal Research:  Overview Resources and Materials

 

Legal Research:  Secondary Resources and Materials

 

Legal Research:  Primary Resources:  General and Case Law

 

Legal Research: Primary Resources:  Legislation and Legislative History

 

Legal Research:  Primary Resources:  Administrative Law

 

Legal Research:  LexisNexis / Westlaw

 

Legal Research:  Updating Resources and Materials / Citation Research

 

Topical Areas of Law

Administrative Law

  • CALI - 9 tutorials: Basic Structure of the Administrative Procedure Act; Constitutional Placement of the Administrative Process; Ex Parte Communications in Administrative Law; Hearing Procedures Required by Due Process - The Basic Analysis; Introduction and Sources of Authority for Administrative Law; Questions about Agency "Guidance Materials"; Ratemaking by Administrative Agencies; Scope of Judicial Review of Agency Decisions; Three Models of Agency Decision Making

Arbitration

Banking and Commercial Law

Business Associations / Corporations/Securities

  • CALI - tutorials - Business Associations:  Agency & Authority: Scroll through list to select 5 tutorials:  Authority: Actual, Apparent, and Inherent; Introduction to Agency:  Defining Agency Relationships; Liability of Agent to Third Parties:  On the Contract and Warranty of  Authority; Master and Servant Relationships; Ratification
  • CALI - tutorials - Business Associations:  Business Judgment Rule:Scroll through list to select 3 tutorials:  The Business Judgment Rule; The Business Judgment Rule in Shareholder Derivative Litigation I:  Demand Upon the Board; The Business Judgment Rule in Shareholder Derivative Litigation II:  The Special Litigation Committee
  • CALI- tutorials - Business Associations:  Conflict of Interest:Scroll through list to select 2 tutorials:  Judicial Review of Director's Conflicting Interest Transactions; What is a Director's Conflicting Interest Transaction?
  • CALI - tutorials - Business Associations:  Partnership:Scroll through list to select 7 tutorials:  Are You My Partner? Is this a Partnership?; Authority of Partners to Bind the Partnership; Management and Financial Rights of Partners; Partnership  Dissociation; Partnership Dissolution and the Article 7 Buyout Obligation; Partnership: Winding Up, Partnership Accounts, and Distribution of Profits and Losses; Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  • CALI - tutorials - Business Associations:  Shares and Shareholders:Scroll through list to select 9 tutorials:  Issuance of  Shares I; Issuance of  Shares IIA; Issuance of  Shares IIB; Issuance of  Shares III; Shareholder Agreements under RMBCA Section 7.32; Shareholder Appraisal Rights; Shareholder Derivative Actions; Shareholder Inspection Rights; Shareholder Voting: Straight vs. Cumulative
  • CALI- tutorials  - Business Associations - other issues:Scroll through list to select 13 tutorials:  Business Financing and the Federal Securities Laws; The Capital Asset Pricing Model; Corporate Distributions; Corporate Opportunity Doctrine; Delaware's Judicial Review of Board Action in Transactions Involving Corporate Control  I:  UNICOL; Delaware's Judicial Review of Board Action in Transactions Involving Corporate Control II:  REVLON and BLASIUS; Introduction to the Federal Regulation of Proxy Solicitation; Mechanics of Incorporation and Defective Incorporation; Piercing the Corporate Veil; The Ultra Vires Doctrine; Types of Business Combinations; Types of Securities; Valuation:  Basic Skills; Voting Trusts and Voting Agreements.
  • University of Chicago Law Library - Corporations and Securities Research
  • University of Chicago Law Library - SEC EDGAR Filings

Civil Procedure

  • CALI - 18 tutorials - Civil Procedure-Analysis of a Diversity Case; Buffalo Creek:  A Game of Discovery (Initial Disclosure Version); Demurrers and Judgments; Drafting a Complaint; Equitable Remedies - An Overview; Evidence for Procedure Students; An Exercise in Civil Procedure; An Interpleader Primer; Joinder of Claims and Parties; Judgments as a Matter of Law; Jurisdiction and Venue; Jurisdiction Over the Person; Preclusion; Randolph County:  A Game of Discovery; A Review of Joinder Concepts; Summary Judgment; Waiver Under Rule 12; Woburn: A Game of Discovery
  • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law - tutorial - Civil Procedure

Civil and Human Rights

Constitutional Law

Contracts

  • CALI - tutorials - Contracts - Drafting: Scroll through list to select 3 tutorials:  Drafting a Contract: The Sale of Goods; Drafting Contracts Using "Shall," "May" and "Must"; Drafting with "And" and "Or"
  • CALI - tutorials - Contracts/Sales - Formation:Scroll through list to select 27 tutorials:  Acceptance; Bilateral and Unilateral Contracts; Consideration:  the Basics of Consideration and the Bargain Theory; Contract Formation I & II; Defenses; Duration of Offers; Duress and Undue Influence; Express and Implied Contracts; Formation of Contracts under UCC Article 2; Fraud and Misrepresentation; Illegal Promises; Invitations to Negotiate and Other Expressions that Are Not Offers; Lack of Capacity; Letters of Intent and Other Formal Preliminary Agreements; The Mailbox Rule; Mutual Assent; Mutuality of Obligation; Offer; Option Contracts and Firm Offers; Satisfaction Clauses; The Seal; The Statute of Frauds; Statutes Dispensing with Consideration; Unjust Terms (Unconscionability); Void, Voidable and Unenforceable Contracts; Written Agreement Contemplated v. Written Memorialization
  • CALI - tutorials - Contracts/Sales - Performance and Breach:Scroll through list to select 16 tutorials:  Accord and Satisfaction; Anticipatory Repudiation and Assurances of Performance; Battle of the Forms (UCC 2-207); Battle of the Forms (UCC 2-207) PodCast; Conditions; Contract Tutorials on Damages; Good Faith; Implied Terms; Indefiniteness; Interpretation; Misunderstanding and Mistake; Modification; The Parol Evidence Rule; The Parol Evidence Rule PodCast; The Pre-Existing Duty Rule, Contract Modification, and Accord & Satisfaction; Warranties
  • CALI - tutorials - Contracts/Sales - Remedies: Scroll through list to select 17 tutorials:  Certainty; Cost of Completion; Contract Tutorials on Remedies; Equitable Remedies - An Overview; Expectation Damages; Foreseeability; An Introduction to Contract Remedies; ITT v. LTX:  An Interactive Exploration of Article 2; Liquidated Damages; Mitigation; Reliance Damages; Restitution; Specific Performance; Substantial Performance; UCC Remedies:  An Introduction; UCC Remedies:  Buyer's Remedies When the Seller Is in Breach; UCC Remedies:  Seller's Remedies When Buyer Is in Breach
  • CALI -  tutorials - Contracts/Sales - other issues: Scroll through list to select 4 tutorials:  Assignment and Delegation; Exploring a Contract; Overview and Sources of Contract Law; Third Party Beneficiaries
  • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law - tutorial - Contracts

Criminal Law


Employment and Labor Law


Environmental Law

  • CALI - 15 tutorials - Environmental Law-Citizen Suits Under the Clean Water Act; Clean Air Act Stationary Sources and Criteria Pollutants; Clean Air Act Stationary Sources and Hazardous Air Pollutants; Clean Water Act Jurisdiction; Clean Water Act Jurisdiction PodCast; Clean Water Act Permitting Basics; ESA Basics; Introduction to International Law for Environmental Law Students; NEPA Basics; RCRA Hazardous Wastes; RCRA Solid Wastes; Regulated Sources Under the Clean Air Act; Statutory Interpretation; Superfund Basics; Wetlands Basics
  • Duke University School of Law Library - Environmental Law

Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Evidence

  • CALI - tutorials - Evidence - Hearsay-Scroll through list to select 8 tutorials:  The Concept of Hearsay; The Definition of Hearsay and the Federal Rules; Federal Rule 801(d) and Multiple Hearsay; Four FRE 803 Hearsay Exceptions:  Availability Immaterial; Hearsay Exceptions:  Rules 803 and 804; Hearsay from Square One:  The Definition of Hearsay; The Hearsay Rule & Its Exceptions; An Overview of Relevance and Hearsay: A Nine Step Analytical Guide
  • CALI - tutorials - Evidence - other issues-Scroll through list to select 6tutorials:  Best Evidence Rules under the Federal Rules; Character Evidence Under Federal Rules;  Expert and Opinion Evidence; Impeachment and Rehabilitation of Witnesses; Preliminary Factfinding Under Rule 104; Survey of Evidence

Foreign and International Law

Insurance Law

Intellectual Property

Property Law

  • CALI - tutorials - Property Law - Adverse Possession (AP)-Scroll through list to select 7 tutorials:  AP:  An Introductory Lesson; AP:  Color of Title and Constructive Adverse Possession; AP:  Continuous and Exclusive Possession for the Statutory Period; AP:  Hostile Possession or Possession Under Claim of Right; AP:  Open and Notorious Possession; AP:  Related Doctrines; AP:  Review Questions
  • CALI - tutorials - Property Law - Landlord and Tenant (L&T)-Scroll through list to select 9 tutorials:  L&T:  An Introductory Lesson; L&T:  Constructive Eviction; L&T:  Delivery of Possession and Title Covenants; L&T:  Periodic Tenancy; L&T:  Quiet Enjoyment; L&T:  Statute of Frauds; L&T:  Tenancy at Sufferance (Holdover Tenants); L&T:  Tenancy at Will; L&T:  Tenancy for Years;
  • CALI - tutorials - Property Law - Rule Against Perpetuities-Scroll through list to select 4 tutorials:  Rule Against Perpetuities 1:  Common Law Rule Against Perpetuities; Rule Against Perpetuities PodCast; Rule Against Perpetuities 2:  Reforms:  Cy Pres and Wait-and-See Doctrines; Rules Against Perpetuities 3:  Reforms - Uniform Statutory Rules Against Perpetuities
  • CALI - tutorials - Property Law - Covenants, Equitable Servitudes and Restrictions (CESR)-Scroll through list to select 5 tutorials:  CESR 1:  Creation; CESR 2:  Determining the Validity and Scope; CESR 3:  Who Has the Right to Enforce Covenants and Equitable Servitudes?; CESR 4:  Against Whom May One Enforce the Promise?; CESR 5:  Defenses to Enforcement
  • CALI - tutorials - Property Law - Easements-Scroll through list to select 9 tutorials:  Easements Appurtenant and In Gross; Easements Defined; Easements Implied from Prior Existing Use; Express Easements; Implied Easements of Necessity; Licenses Contrasted:  Easements by Estoppal; Negative Easements - In Contrast with Affirmative Easements; Prescriptive Easements; Termination of Easements
  • CALI - tutorials - Property Law/Real Estate- other issues-Scroll through list to select 25 tutorials:  Basic Future Interests; Contract for Purchase and Sale 1:  Formation and Terms; Contract for Purchase and Sale 2: Remedies and the Merger Doctrine; Distinction Between Real Property and Personal Property; Equitable Remedies - An Overview; Estate in Fee Tail; The Estate System; Fee Simple Absolute; Financing Real Estate Transactions: A Basic Introduction; Future Interest Rules; Gifts I:  Inter Vivos Gifts; Gifts II: Testamentary Gifts, Causa Mortis Gifts and Gifts of Future Interests; Interpreting the Language of Conveyances; Joint Tenancy; Life Estate; Marketable Title Acts and Marketable Record Title Acts; Problems in Property Law Series 1-3; Real Covenants and Servitudes of Land PodCast; Recording Acts; Relations Between Co-Tenants; Remedies and the Merger Doctrine; Tenancy by the Entirety; Tenancy in Common
  • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law - tutorial - Property

Remedies

  • CALI - tutorials - Remedies - Overview-Scroll through list to select 4 tutorials:  Characterizing Remedies; Contempt Overview; Equitable Remedies - An Overview; History of Equity
  • CALI - tutorials - Remedies - Damages-Scroll through list to select 11 tutorials:  Adjustments for Present Value and Future Inflation; Compensatory Damages:  Terminologies and Basic Concepts;  Damages for Harms to Interest in Use and Enjoyment; Damages for Harms to Interests in Physical Integrity of Personal Property; Damages for Harms to Possessory Interests in Personal Property; Damages for Harms to Real Property; Damages for Injuries That Cause Death; Damages for Personal Injuries; Fundamentals of Damages for Harms to Personal Property; Interests Protected; Non-Economic Damages:  Proof and Argument
  • CALI - tutorials - Remedies - Equitable Remedies-Scroll through list to select 2 tutorials:  Equitable Discretion; Irreparable Injury
  • CALI - tutorials - Remedies - Injunctive Relief-Scroll through list to select 8 tutorials:  Framing Injunctions; Injunctions: Crime & Criminal Prosecutions; Injunctions Against Civil Litigation; Injunctions Against Speech II; Injunctions Against Speech III; Judicial Orders (frequently Injunctions) & Speech; Modifying Injunctions; Preliminary Injunctive Relief
  • CALI - tutorials - Remedies - Restitution-Scroll through list to select 4 tutorials:  Equitable Protection of Restitution I & II; Restitution:  Unjust Enrichment; Tracing
  • CALI - tutorials - Remedies - other issues-Scroll through list to select 13 tutorials:  Contract Tutorials on Remedies; Defamation Remedies; Election of Remedies Doctrines; The Equitable Defenses of Laches; In Personam Remedies; Libel and Slander; The Policy Debate Over Attorney's Fees Rules; Recovery of Attorneys Fees; Ripeness and Mootness; UCC Remedies:  An Introduction; UCC Remedies:  Buyer's Remedies When the Seller Is in Breach; UCC Remedies:  Seller's Remedies When Buyer Is in Breach; Unclean Hands

Taxation

  • CALI - 175 tutorials - Tax Law-Basic Federal Income Taxation: Assignment of Income (BFITAI): Assignment of Income: Property; BFITAI: Assignment of Income: Services; Basic Federal Income Taxation: Deductions (BFITD): Basic Depreciation, ACRS, and MACRS Concepts; BFITD: Below Market Loans; BFITD: Charitable Contribution Deductions: Basic Concepts and Computations; BFITD: Deductions for Income-Producing Activities; BFITD: Deductions for Taxes; BFITD: Education Expenses; BFITD: General Applicability of Deduction Limitations; BFITD: Interest Deductions; BFITD: Medical Expense Deductions; BFITD: Moving Expenses; BFITD: Personal Casualty Loss Deduction: Computation, Limitations; BFITD: Reasonable Compensation, Miscellaneous Business Deductions, and Business Losses; BFITD: Trade or Business Deductions; BFITD: Traveling Expenses; Basic Federal Income Taxation: Gross Income (BFITGI): Alimony and Alimony Recapture; BFITGI: Annuities and Life Insurance Proceeds; BFITGI: Claim of Right Doctrine; BFITGI: Damages and Related Receipts; BFITGI: Exclusion of Interest on Certain United States Savings Bonds; BFITGI: Gifts, Bequests, Prizes, and Donative Cancellations of Indebtedness; BFITGI: Indirect Transfers for Services; BFITGI: Realization Concepts in Gross Income; BFITGI: Receipt of Property as Compensation; BFITGI: Scholarships; BFITGI: The Taxability of Employment Connected Payments: Fringe Benefits, Meals and Lodging, Unemployment Compensation, and Social Security Benefits; Basic Federal Income Taxation: Property Transactions (BFITPT): Capital Asset Identification; BFITPT: Capital Gain Mechanics; BFITPT: Capital Loss Mechanics; BFITPT: Computation of Gain and Loss Realized; BFITPT: Exclusion of Gain on the Sale of a Principal Residence; BFITPT: Identification of Section 1231 Property; BFITPT: Section 1231 Mechanics; Basic Federal Income Taxation: Taxable Income and Tax Computation (BFITTITC): Claim of Right Mitigation Doctrine; BFITTITC: Dependent Care Credit; BFITTITC: Filing Status; BFITTITC: Personal and Dependency Exemptions; BFITTITC: Taxation of Minor Children's Income; Basic Federal Income Taxation: Timing (BFITT): Cash and Accrual Methods of Accounting; BFITT: Fundamentals of Installment Sales; BFITT: Installment Sales: Second Dispositions by Related Parties and Contingent Payments; The Concept of Gross Income; Corporate Taxation: Distributions (CTD): Calculation of C Corporation Earnings and Profits; CTD: Consequences on the Disposition of Section 306 Stock; CTD: Defining Section 306 Stock; CTD: Distributions of Cash by C Corporations; CTD: Distributions of Interests by C Corporations; CTD: Distributions of Property by C Corporations; CTD: Section 306 Exceptions; Corporate Taxation: Formation (CTF): Formation of C Corporations: Advanced Issues; CTF: Formation of C Corporations: Basic Issues; CTF: Formation of C Corporations: the Effect of Liabilities; Corporate Taxation: Liquidations (CTL): Corporate Liquidations: Effects on Shareholders: Sections 331 & 334(a); CTL: Distributions of Property in Complete Liquidations: Section 336; CTL: Subsidiary Liquidations: Section 332; Corporate Taxation: Redemptions (CTR): Consequences of Redemptions Under Section 302; CTR: Constructive Ownership of Stock; CTR: Redemptions in Partial Liquidations: Section 302(b)(4); CTR: Redemptions Not Equivalent to Dividentds: Section 302(b)(1); CTR: Redemption Through the Use of Related Corporations: Section 304; CTR: Redemptions Terminating Shareholder's Interests: Section 302(b)(3); CTR: Substantially Disproportionate Redemptions: Section 302(b)(2); Corporate Taxation: Reorganizations (CTRo): A Reorganizations: Definition; CTRo: B Reorganizations: Definition; CTRo: C Reorganizations: Definition; CTRo: D Reorganizations: Definition; CTRo: E Reorganizations: Definition; CTRo: F Reorganizations: Definition; CTRo: G Reorganizations: Definition; CTRo: Tax Consequences of A Reorganizations; CTRo: Tax Consequences of B Reorganizations; CTRo: Tax Consequences of C Reorganizations; CTRo: Tax Consequences of Acquisitive D Reorganizations; CTRo: Tax Consequences of Divisive D Reorganizations; Introduction to Partnership Taxation; Partnership Taxation: Partnership Allocations (PTPA): Allocations When Partners' Interests Vary; PTPA: Allocations With Respect to Contributed Property: Depreciation of Inherent Gain Property; PTPA: Allocations With Respect to Contributed Property: Depreciation of Inherent Loss Property; PTPA: Allocations With Respect to Contributed Property: Gain, Loss, and Characterization; PTPA: Allocations With Respect to Contributed Property: General Principles; PTPA: At-Risk Limitations in the Partnership Context; PTPA: Passive Loss Limitations in the Partnership Context; PTPA: The Section 704(e) Allocation Rules; PTPA: The Section 704(d) Loss Limitation; PTPA: Special Allocations: Basic Issues; PTPA: Special Allocations: Nonrecourse Deductions; Partnership Taxation: Partnership Definition (PTPD): Partnership Classification: In General; PTPD: Partnership Definition: In General; PTPD: Partnership Definition: Investment Trusts; Partnership Taxation: Partnership Distributions (PTPDi): Basis Adjustments Arising from Distributions; PTPDi: Identifying Section 736 Payments; PTPDi: Identifying Section 751 Assets; PTPDi: Operating Distributions by Partnerships; PTPDi: Partial Partnership Liquidations: Disproportionate Distributions I-III; PTPDi: Partial Partnership Liquidations: Proportionate Distributions; PTPDi: Treatment of Section 736 Payments; Partnership Taxation: Partnership Formation and Liabilities (PTPFL): Partnership Formation: Basic Issues; PTPFL: Partnership Formation: Contribution of Services; PTPFL: Partnership Formation: Liabilities; PTPFL: Partnership Liabilities: In General; Partnership Taxation: Partnership Operation (PTPO): Partnership Entity Level Determinations; PTPO: Partnership Taxable Year; PTPO: Partnership Separately Stated Items; PTPO: Sales and Exchanges With Controlled Partnerships; PTPO: Transactions Between Partners and Partnerships; Partnership Taxation: Partnership Terminations (PTPT): Partnership Terminations: Causes; PTPT: Partnership Terminations: Consequences; Partnership Taxation: Sales of Partnership Interests (PTSPI): Basis Adjustments With Respect to Transferee Partners; PTSPI: Sales of Partnership Interests; S Corporation Taxation: Distributions: Distributions of Cash by an S Corporation; S Corporation Taxation: Formation and Qualification (SCTFQ): Eligibility as Small Business Corporation; SCTFQ: S Corporation Elections; S Corporation Taxation: Termination of the S Election (SCTTSE): The Post-Termination Transition Period of an S Corporation; SCTTSE: The Termination of S Election: Causes; SCTTSE: The Termination of S Election: Consequences; SCTTSE: The Termination of S Election by Revocation; S Corporation Taxation: Taxation of the Shareholder (SCTTS): S Corporation Entity Level Determinations; SCTTS: S Corporation Separately Stated Items; S Corporation Taxation: Taxation of the S Corporation (SCTTSC): S Corporation LIFO Recapture Rules; SCTTSC: S Corporation Built-In Gains: Computation of the Tax; SCTTSC: S Corporation Built-In Gains: General; SCTTSC: S Corporation Tax on Passive Investment Income; Taxation of Business Entities: Definition and Formation (TBEDF): Formation of C Corporations: Advanced Issues; TBEDF: Formation of C Corporations: Basic Issues; TBEDF: Formation of C Corporations: The Effect of Liabilities; TBEDF: Partnership Classification; TBEDF: Partnership Definition; TBEDF: Partnership Formation: Basic Issues; TBEDF: Partnership Formation: Liabilities; TBEDF: Partnership Liabilities: In General; TBEDF: S Corporation Formation: Elections; TBEDF: S Corporation Formation: Eligibility; Taxation of Business Entities: Liquidations and S Election Termination (TBELSET): C Corporation Liquidations: Effects on Shareholders; TBELSET: C Corporations: Distributions of Property in Complete Liquidations; TBELSET: C Corporations: Effects of Complete Liquidations; TBELSET: Partnerships: Termination Consequences; TBELSET: S Corporations: Termination Consequences; TBELSET: S Corporations: Termination of S Election: Causes; TBELSET: S Corporations: Termination of S Election by Revocation; Taxation of Business Entities: Operating Distributions and Allocations (TBEODA): Calculation of C Corporation Earnings and Profits; TBEODA: C Corporation Cash Distributions; TBEODA: C Corporation Distributions of Interests; TBEODA: C Corporation Property Distributions; TBEODA: C Corporations: Defining Section 306 Stock; TBEODA: C Corporations: Section 306 Exceptions; TBEODA: C Corporations: Section 306 Stock Dispositions; TBEODA: Partnership: At Risk and Passive Loss Limitations; TBEODA: Partnership: Section 704(d) Loss Limitation; TBEODA: Partnership: Section 704(e) Allocation Rules; TBEODA: Partnership Allocations When Partners' Interests Vary; TBEODA: Partnership Contributed Property Allocations; TBEODA: Partnership Operating Distributions; TBEODA: Partnership Special Allocations: Basic Issues; TBEODA: Partnership Special Allocations: Nonrecourse Deductions; TBEODA: S Corporation Cash Distributions; Taxation of Business Entities: Operations (TBEO): Entity Level Determinations; TBEO: Partnership: Separately Stated Items; TBEO: S Corporation Shareholder Taxation: Entity Level Determinations; TBEO: S Corporation Shareholder Taxation: Separately Stated Items; Taxation of Business Entities: Redemptions and Partial Liquidations (TBERPL): C Corporations: Constructive Ownership Determinations; TBERPL: C Corporations: Redemption Consequences; TBERPL: C Corporations: Section 302(b)(1) Redemptions; TBERPL: C Corporations: Section 302(b)(2) Redemptions; TBERPL: C Corporations: Section 302(b)(3) Redemptions; TBERPL: C Corporations: Section 302(b)(4) Redemptions; TBERPL: Partial Partnership Liquidations: Disproportionate Distributions I-III; TBERPL: Partial Partnership Liquidations: Proportionate Distributions; TBERPL: Partnerships: Identifying Section 736 Payments; TBERPL: Partnerships: Treatment of Section 736 Payments; Taxation of Business Entities: Sales of Interests (TBESI): Partnerships: Identifying Section 751 Assets; TBESI: Sales of Partnership Interests
  • Boston University Law Library - Federal Tax Research
  • Duke University School of Law Library - Federal Tax
  • University of Utah College of Law Library - Taxation

Torts


  • CALI - tutorials - Torts - Damages-Scroll through list to select 8 tutorials:  Damages for Harms to Interest in Use and Enjoyment; Damages for Harms to Interests in Physical Integrity of Personal Property; Damages for Harms to Possessory Interests in Personal Property; Damages for Harms to Real Property; Damages for Injuries that Cause Death; Damages for Personal Injuries; Fundamentals of Damages for Harms to Personal Property; General Concepts of Damages in Torts
  • CALI - tutorials - Torts - Defamation, Libel, Slander-Scroll through list to select 3 tutorials:  Basic Issues in Defamation and Privileges; Constitutional Issues in Defamation; Libel and Slander
  • CALI - tutorials - Torts - Intent-Scroll through list to select 5 tutorials:  Consent as a Defense to Intentional Torts; Intent One:  The Use of Intent in Tort; Intent Two:  Computer-Aided Intent Questions; Intentional Infliction of Mental Distress; Intentional Torts
  • CALI - tutorials - Torts - Product Liability-Scroll through list to select 2 tutorials:  Liability for Defectively Designed Products; Liability for Defectively Manufactured Products
  • CALI - tutorials - Torts - Strict Liability-Scroll through list to select 3 tutorials:  Strict Liability and Animals; Strict Liability:  Abnormally Dangerous and Ultrahazardous Activities; Strict Liability PodCast
  • CALI - tutorials - Torts - other issues-Scroll through list to select 28 tutorials:  Assault; Assumption of Risk; Basic Issues in the Right of Privacy; Battery Basics; Battery Puzzlers; Causation in Fact; Proof of Causation in Fact; Children and Others of Diminished Capacity; Civil and Criminal Statutes; Comparative Fault; Constitutional Issues in the Right of Privacy; Contributory Negligence and Last Clear Chance; Conversion; Equitable Remedies - An Overview; False Imprisonment; General Professional Standard; Intervening Cause; How to Prepare for the Study of Torts Law PodCast; Multiple Defendants; Negligence; Occupier's Liability to Invitees and Licensees; Occupier's Liability to Trespassers; Palsgraf v. Long Island RR Co. PodCast; Reasonable Person; Res Ipsa Loquitur; The Role of the Jury in Torts Cases; Sprague Case: Child Injury in Tort Law; Trespass to Chattels
  • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of  Law Web Tutorial - Torts

Trademarks

  • CALI - tutorials - Trademarks - Type & Subject Matter and Distinctiveness-Scroll through list to select 9 tutorials:  Acquired Secondary Meaning; Collective Marks and Certification Marks; Distinctiveness; Foreign Words and Personal Names as Trademarks; Functionality; Introduction to Trade Dress Law; Service Marks; Trademark Basics; Trademark Policy
  • CALI - tutorials - Trademarks - Registration, Exclusive Rights, & Ownership-Scroll through list to select 10 tutorials:  Abandonment; Federal Trademark Registration: Bars to Registration; The Geographic Scope of Trademark Protection; Incontestability; Initial Trademark Ownership; Likelihood of Confusion; Related Goods; The Role of "Use" in Trademark Law:  An Overview; Trademark Assignments and Licenses; Trademark Exhaustion/First Sale
  • CALI - tutorials - Trademarks - Infringement, Dilution, & Remedies-Scroll through list to select 6 tutorials:  Injunctive Relief for Trademark Infringement; Recovery of Damages for Trademark Infringement; Trademark Dilution:  Defenses and Remedies; Trademark Dilution: Defining Dilution and Its Elements: Trademark Dilution:  What Marks Are Eligible for Protection; Trademark Fair Use
  • CALI - tutorials - Trademarks - Other issues-Scroll through list to select 4 tutorials:  European Union Trademark Basics; Lanham Act Section 43(d):  Cybersquatting; Registration and Section 44; Trademarks in the European Union:  Advanced Topics

Trial Advocacy

Wills and Trusts

  • CALI - 5 tutorials - Wills and Trusts-California Interstate Succession; Equitable Remedies - An Overview; The Execution and Revocation of Wills Under the Uniform Probate Code (Based on 1990 UPC); The Interpretation of Wills Under the Uniform Probate Code; Intestate Succession Under the Uniform Probate Code (Based on 1990 UPC)
 

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April 2006


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