Block (Advanced)
Block (Advanced)
LAW 625
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. During the past ten years, many of the U.S. Supreme Court's most controversial decisions have fallen within the doctrinal areas encompassed by this course. By mandate in both constitutional and statutory law, the federal courts are courts of "limited," not general, jurisdiction and are subject to numerous restrictions on the exercise of their power. Purposes asserted for these restrictions include protecting the constitutional allocation of power between the National and State governments – federalism – and the allocation of power between the coordinate branches of the… see more
LAW 769
2 Credit Hours
The Federalist Papers consisted of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, under the name "Publius," in 1788. Their purpose was to convince the New York state constitutional convention not only of the benefits but also the necessity of ratifying the Constitution written in Philadelphia in 1787. The essays are widely recognized as classic literature, political theory, and legal interpretation, and are still referenced today in the decisions of the United States Supreme Court.
Students will read and discuss each of the essays, submit short worksheets based on… see more
LAW 743
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC; Secured Transactions (LAW 603) and Tax I (LAW 607) are recommended but not required. This seminar will consider a broad range of financial sector integrity issues but will focus on the prevention of money laundering and the financing of terrorism. International standards, US law, and examples from various countries will be considered. The grade for the seminar will be based on class participation and a final paper. Satisfies the upper level writing requirement.
LAW 680
2 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. A study of the content of the First Amendment. Subjects to be studied include the regulation and prohibition of verbal and nonverbal expression, political speech, obscenity, sedition, expressions in public places and government-owned property, use of “fighting words,” selected aspects of the law of libel, “hate” speech, and commercial speech. Also to be examined is the development of the law relating to the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause, as well as freedom of association.
LAW 774
2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: RCC*. Food and Drug Law is designed to ensure that students understand the full range of federal regulation of products subject to the authority of the FDA. The course will focus on regulations that impact food, human prescriptions and nonprescription drugs, animal feed and drugs, biologics and blood products and cosmetics.
LAW 827
Fall or Spring: 4 Credit Hours (16 hours/week) or 6 Credit Hours (24 hours/ week); Summer: 3 Credit Hours (24 hours/week) or 5 Credit Hours (40 hours)
General Counsel externships are placements in the general counsel offices of corporations and other entities including public interest, governmental, nonprofit or for-profit organizations. General Counsel offices advise their organizations on legal issues that arise. Externs experiences will vary depending on the particular organization or entity. Their duties generally will include researching legal issues, participating in strategy meetings, and assessing alternative approaches to the legal problems presented. Satisfies skills and experiential skills course requirements.
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LAW 818
1 Credit Hour; may be elected twice
Prerequisites: RCC*; approval of Global Business Law Review Editorial Board. Writing and editing for publication in the Global Business Law Review. Course credit for participation as a member of the Global Business Law Review Board of Editors for up to two semesters. Graded on a Pass/Fail basis.
LAW 821
1 Credit Hour
Prerequisites: RCC*; approval of Global Business Law Review Editorial Board. Service as editor-in-chief of the Global Business Law Review entitles a student to one credit in addition to the credit earned in Global Business Law Review (LAW 818).
LAW 817
Fall or Spring: 4 Credit Hours (16 hours/week) or 6 Credit Hours (24 hours/week); Summer: 3 Credit Hours ( 24 hours/week) or 5 Credit Hours (40 hours)
Prerequisites: RCC; completion of at least 29 credit hours; minimum g.p.a. of 2.50; approval of site supervisor; approval of course advisor. The Government/Public Interest externships are placements with public interest, governmental, nonprofit or for-profit entity (but not a law firm engaged in the private practice of law). These externships are in numerous subject areas: civil, criminal, education, health, immigration, labor/employment, and tax. They are also in wide variety of types of legal practices: litigation, in-house counsel, court. During an externship a student may have the… see more
LAW 617
2 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*; Health Care Law, LAW 686, may be taken concurrently. This course will provide an introduction to compliance with statutes, regulations and internal requirements generally with an emphasis on compliance in the health care industry. This course will cover the following topics: defining and understanding compliance, the essential elements of an effective compliance program, organizational steps necessary to achieve compliance and understanding where compliance fits into the various aspects of the health care industry. The course will also touch on the major substantive areas… see more
LAW 776
3 Credit Hours
(Formerly Health Care Transactions) This 3 hour credit course will discuss the importance of corporate compliance for health care organizations, and provide an overview of the 7 basic elements of an effective compliance program. It will entail specific areas of the OIG Work Plan, fraud and abuse, sentencing guidelines, HIPAA, research, coding, conflicts of interest as well as many other topics considered high-risk to healthcare sectors. Risk assessments, prioritization and mitigation are a vital part of any compliance program. The teaching strategies for this course will include lectures,… see more
LAW 627
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*; Health Care Law, LAW 686 (may be taken concurrently). The purpose of this three (3) credit hour course is to empower students to become and be practical health care lawyers, taking into account the matters of health care finance. This course employs a client-centric approach for students to learn and then contemporaneously apply their knowledge of the definition of "health care finance"; the moral, political and economic considerations that drive health care finance policy; U.S. health care insurance reform; health law finance regulation and oversight; and the realities… see more
LAW 682
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites:RCC*. In this course students will explore the large body of law governing the financial arrangements between health care providers and payors. Students will participate in a detailed examination of (i) The Federal False Claims Act; (ii) The Federal Anti-Kickback Statute; (iii) The "Stark" laws; (iv) the Civil Monetary Penalty Statutes; (v) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA); (vi) the impact of health care reform legislation on these statutes; (vii) current trends in enforcement; and (viii) cases recently decided as examples of the application of these laws,… see more
LAW 686
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. This course will address the legal and business issues facing health care institutions and health care providers, including the business structure of institutions; payment issues, including Medicare, Medicaid and third party reimbursement; state and federal regulations as applied to health care institutions and providers; not-for-profit tax issues arising in the health care context; and business relationships between health care institutions and providers. Satisfies administrative law requirement.
LAW 602
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. This course will cover legal and ethical values and doctrines in the context of current issues in health science decision-making including, e.g., a) death and dying; b) informed consent and other aspects of the doctor patient relationship; c) artificial reproduction (e.g., artificial insemination, surrogate motherhood, in vitro fertilization, embryonic transfer); d) organ transplants; e) research and experimentation on human subjects.
LAW 738
3 Credit Hours
This course will serve as an introduction to the essential elements of health law and the structure of the health care enterprise. Health law is an extraordinarily broad and diverse subject, addressing issues relevant to the health care industry, the largest industry in the U.S. economy. This course surveys the legal regulation of the quality of, access to, financing of health care, as well as some recent health care reform initiatives. Subjects addressed will include, but is not limited to, quality of health care, licensure and accreditation, malpractice (individual & institutional),… see more
LAW 790
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. This seminar will provide an opportunity for students to examine in detail special, topical issues in health law. Topics covered may include issues related to malpractice liability, reproductive issues, delivery of health services, regulation of health care institutions, modern bioethical questions, and legal regulation of pharmaceutical companies. Because course content may vary from term to term, students should contact the professor regarding the focus of the course for any particular offering of the course. This is a writing seminar in which students will complete and… see more
LAW 690
2 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. The course will focus on the laws pertaining to confidentiality and disclosure relative to patient medical documents and information. Most of the course will be based on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) but Ohio laws that govern medical information privacy will also be examined as will relevant administrative regulations and processes. Satisfies Administrative Law requirement. This is an online course.
LAW 734
2 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. Origin, social background, and constitutional foundations of the immigration and naturalization laws; the concept and nature of citizenship and limits to the state’s right to discriminate between citizens and aliens; rights and liabilities of aliens; variations of alien status; criteria for entry, exclusion, deportation, naturalization; adjustment of status and other discretionary relief; administrative procedure, judicial review, and other recurring problems in the representation of aliens. Satisfies administrative law requirement.
LAW 805
Fall or Spring: 4 Credit Hours (16 hours/week) or 6 Credit Hours (24 hours/ week); Summer: 3 Credit Hours (24 hours/week) or 5 Credit Hours (40 hours)
Prerequisites: RCC; completion of 29 semester hours; cumulative GPA of 2.50 or better; permission of Externship Committee and permission of the Academic Dean. The Independent Externship allows a student to propose externing in an office where we previously have not had an externship. The student is responsible for the following: (1) finding a placement in a government, public interest, nonprofit or for-profit legal environment (but not a law firm engaged in the private practice of law). Generally, students are not permitted to arrange an externship with a judge with whom we do not have an… see more
LAW 860
1, 2 or 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*; approval of Academic Dean. Independent study in a specialized area of the law, under the supervision of a faculty member; may be taken for 1, 2 or 3 credit hours, depending upon the nature of the research study involved, but in no event will more than three credit hours be applied toward the J.D. or LL.M. degree. Approval to register given upon a showing that a legitimate independent research study project has been approved by a faculty member, that the faculty member believes the amount of study time and effort likely to be involved in the project is commensurate with… see more
LAW 804
1 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*; Advanced Brief Writing (LAW 615); permission of the Dean and the Faculty Advisor to Moot Court. Credit for participation in interscholastic moot court competition outside of the College's Moot Court Program. May be elected a maximum of two times. Graded Pass/Fail.
LAW 797
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*; Copyright, Patent & Trademark Law, L658, or permission of the instructor. This class will examine proprietary rights in information technology (i.e., computer hardware and software, databases, multimedia, networks, the Internet, etc.) and related content. An introductory course in intellectual property is encouraged, absent which students should demonstrate other appropriate background in the subject area (e.g., meaningful IT-related educational or vocational experience).
Substantive topics to be covered will include treatment of proprietary rights in Information… see more
LAW 538
3 Credit Hours
This Innovation Law seminar allows students to explore topics at the intersection of law and innovation. For example, what are the optimal policy ingredients, laws, and business strategies for managing innovation? We will examine policies and disputes over the control of ideas and intellectual property; mobility of skilled employees; regulations such as advertising of new products; ethical issues at the edge of innovation, such as privacy and IP in medical technology, artificial intelligence, and technology programmed for addiction; and transactions in innovation such as venture finance, non-… see more
LAW 613
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: RCC*. A study of the principles of insurable interest, indemnity, subrogation; interests of third parties, beneficiaries, and assignees; the insuring agreement, exclusions, and conditions; warranties, representations, and concealment; making and terminating the insurance contract; waiver, estoppel, and election by the insurer; agents and brokers; the adjustment of claims; practical exercises in reading and interpreting policy language.