Categories: Constitutional Law

Antitrust

Course Page for Spring 2022 - Lipscomb-Jackson, Tiffany

This course provides a survey of American antitrust law. The primary focus is on the Sherman Act and Clayton Act provisions regulating restraints of trade, monopoly, and merger. Brief attention is given to the separate powers of the Federal Trade Commission and to the relationship of antitrust law to intellectual property rights. In addition, there will be some presentation of the antitrust law of other countries. Time permitting, there will also be a brief introduction of the Robinson-Patman Act.

Learning Outcomes - By the end of the semester students will:
1. appreciate the relevance of basic economic analysis of market conduct, structure and incentives
2. understand and apply the ancillary restraint concept
3. have a basic understanding of the different frameworks within which antitrust analysis is done
4. be able to do a basic written analysis of a competitive problem applying one or more analytic frameworks

Civil Disobedience, Strikes, and 'Riots'

Course Page for Fall 2022 - Braver, Josh

Revolutions are violent overthrows of a system of government. At the other end of the continuum are reforms which seek to use legal avenues to shore up or fix defects in a system while still leaving its essential features intact. What may lie between these two extremes? What other modes of political change and agitation exist?

We explore the political tactics of civil disobedience, strikes and "riots." Among the questions we will ask are the following: When does the law permit and how does the law regulate each of these types of political actions? Is this legal regulation fair or just? When are these tactics legitimate or productive? Is there a way to break the law that still pays respect to it? Are these tactics revolutionary or reformist or neither? We will work through a wide variety of legal, historical, and theoretical texts.

Law is the starting point, far from the ending point for us to address these theoretical questions.

Fair warning: The readings in this course will not be excessive but it will be extensive. You are expected to complete all it.

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Fall 2022
Fall 2022

Compliance and the Law

Course Page for Spring 2022 - Ohnesorge, John

This seminar will provide students with a multi-dimensional introduction to the ubiquitous phenomenon of compliance. We will begin by exploring foundational issues, such as the many sources of compliance demands in today’s society, as well as the complexities that arise when institutions, public or private, are subject to these demands. We will then turn to specific applied topics such as the role of law firms in supplying compliance services, the Justice Department’s fluctuating policies with respect to prosecuting corporate wrongdoing, or the system for certifying organic food production. Students will complete substantial writing assignments on compliance topics of their choosing, and these may take the form of either research memos or scholarly essays. The final sessions of the class will be devoted to student presentations of their research.

Biz Orgs I and Administrative Law are highly recommended, either in advance or concurrently with this seminar

Recent Offerings of this course by this instructor

Spring 2022

Construction Law, Contracting and Negotiation

Course Page for Spring 2021 - Aiken, Jeffrey

This course, generally offered in the spring every other year, will study a broad array of legal and practical issues encountered with inter-dependent transactions focused on, but not limited to, the construction industry, including contracting, negotiation, and dispute resolution strategies and tactics -- with in-class drafting exercises addressing key provisions of such process-oriented transactions. Course materials will include an extensive, easy-to-read ABA textbook plus a comprehensive set of PowerPoint slides and various other supplemental items. A former student evaluation characterized the course as being "taught...in a way to make it applicable to all fields of law, not just construction."

Construction Law, Contracting, and Negotiation

Course Page for Spring 2023 ZPO - Aiken, Jeffrey

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Contract Theory & Design

Course Page for Spring 2023 ZPO - Atkinson, Nate

Contract Theory and Design

This course takes an engineering approach to contracting. It aims to bridge the gap between economic contract theory, contract law scholarship and the drafting of real-world contracts. We will develop heuristic tools on how to design contracts, and to this end you will learn key concepts from economic and behavioral contract theory. We will also analyze and mark up real-world contracts to understand where they succeed and where they fail. This is not a contract drafting class. The focus is on the incentive structures around contracts rather than the legal language of the contract itself.

Recent Offerings of this course by this instructor

Spring 2023 ZPO

Defense Function

Course Page for Spring 2023 ZPO - Gross, John

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Spring 2023 ZPO
Spring 2022
Spring 2021

Disability Antidiscrimination Law

Course Page for Spring 2021 - Guevara, Angelica

The course will examine the law of disability discrimination, primarily based upon the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The course will provide counter-narratives on current disability discourse to help lawyers become better advocates.

Domestic Violence

Course Page for Fall 2022 - Young, Morgan

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Fall 2022
Fall 2021

Ethical Issues in Crim Justice (Defender Project)

Course Page for Fall 2022 - Gross, John

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Fall 2022
Fall 2021

Ethical Issues in Crim Justice (Prosecution Project)

Course Page for Fall 2022 - Glinberg, Lanny

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Fall 2022
Fall 2021

Evidence

Course Page for Summer 2021 13-Week Session - Peterson, Kim

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Summer 2021 13-Week Session

Evidence (AKK session)

Course Page for Summer 2022 13-Week Session - Peterson, Kim

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Summer 2022 13-Week Session

First Amendment

Course Page for Spring 2023 ZPO - Tokaji, Daniel

This course explores American constitutional law regarding freedom of speech, association, the press, and religion. It focuses on the leading First Amendment cases that have created the most expansive protection for expression anywhere in the world. The course will consider not only the reasons for protecting these rights, but also countervailing interests -- such as public safety, national security, and equality -- that cause some to argue for restrictions. We will also consider arguments that the U.S. Supreme Court has gone too far in protecting some forms of expression and association, such as false statements, sexual explicit materials, and corporate political spending.

Food Law

Course Page for Spring 2023 ZPO - Levenson, Barry

Sharpen your most important legal skills while you snack. Students will write briefs and present oral arguments on the hottest topics in food law today. What is "natural?" Is Wisconsin's "Cheeseburger Law" unconstitutional? Can food executives be sent to prison for the negligence of their companies? Lots more, because in this class a J.D. is just a Jelly Doughnut. Eating in class is not only allowed, it is required

By the end of this course, students should understand:
1. How the law embodies our twelve expectations of food;
2. The history of food regulation in the United States and the relationship between the states and federal government in food oversight;
3. The role of litigation in protecting food safety and preventing food fraud;
4. The importance of core constitutional principles (First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Commerce Clause, and Supremacy Clause) in food law;
5. How the law may be used to advance a national food policy, including a healthier diet;
6. The role of the criminal law in advancing food safety.

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Spring 2023 ZPO
Spring 2022
Spring 2021

From Patient to Policy

Course Page for Spring 2023 ZPO - Jacklitz, Jill

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Spring 2023 ZPO
Spring 2022
Fall 2021

I.P. Licensing

Course Page for Spring 2021 - von Simson, Charles

Intellectual Property Licensing

Intellectual property is the most valuable asset of many businesses. The value derives in substantial part from the ability to transfer limited rights to use copyrights, patents, trademarks and trade secrets. IP licenses define how those rights are shared and exploited, and consequently how participants in many industries collaborate and compete.

This course will investigate the drafting and application of intellectual property licenses, relying on several examples from the software industry. Throughout the course the class will discuss strategies for revising and simplifying license agreements to better address the changing business needs of IP rights holders and their licensees.

Intro to I.P. is a pre-required course.

Implications of Tech on Business & Law

Course Page for Fall 2021 - Smith, Anne

The Implications of Tech Developments on Business & Law Course (the “Capstone Course”) is a capstone experience for transactionally focused law students that combines an externship and classroom component. The Capstone Course will introduce students to a select subset of modern technical innovations presented by industry and campus leaders on the subject. In the week after each class, students will participate in a focused discussion related to the legal, ethical, social, and business issues presented by the innovation. Additionally, students will engage with industry Partners to explore innovation from the experience of a company that regularly engages with disruptive technology.

LGBTQ+ Law

Course Page for Fall 2022 - Churchill, Abby

LGBTQ+ Law

This course will explore the unique legal issues impacting the LGBTQ+ community. Legal frameworks surrounding sexual orientation and gender identity are among the most dynamic and rapidly evolving in all of law. We will focus on those areas in which we are currently witnessing history being made.

Con Law I strongly recommended; but can take Con Law I concurrently.

Learning Outcomes:

This course is designed to:

1. Familiarize you with the basic knowledge of sexual orientation, gender identity, and the law, along with subject matter areas relevant to various aspects of LGBTQ+ life and the primary legal doctrine most relevant in that area.

2. Help you achieve a general understanding of how to apply what is learned about each subject matter area and its respective legal doctrines so that you can confidently work with LGBTQ+ clients.

3. Help you cultivate ways to communicate the changes we are currently seeing to non-lawyers.

4. Give you keen insight into jurisprudence as it is rapidly-evolving before our very eyes, and facilitate consideration about what the next 5 years may look like for the LGBTQ+ community.

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Fall 2022
Fall 2021

Labor Relations

Course Page for Spring 2023 ZPO - Kulwiec, Alexia

"Labor Relations" is a detailed examination of the National Labor Relations Act with an emphasis on representation issues, collective bargaining, protection of individual rights, enforcement of the Act against both labor and management, enforcement of the collective bargaining agreement and regulation of economic weapons used by both management and labor. This course will briefly address the Railway Labor Act, the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, and public sector rights and bargaining obligations. The Fall term course "Labor & Employment Law" is NOT a prerequisite.

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Spring 2023 ZPO
Spring 2022

Law in the Time of COVID

Course Page for Fall 2022 - Raymond, Margaret

In this course, we will look at selected areas of law that have been important during COVID, either because there’s been extensive litigation and law development, or because existing law has had to adapt to the unprecedented circumstances of a worldwide pandemic. The writing project will be a structured memorandum, prepared with the guidance of the instructor, addressing the best approach to a specific legal issue that is likely to arise in a future pandemic.

Law of Democracy

Course Page for Spring 2023 ZPO - Yablon, Robert

This course examines the laws that structure the American democratic system. Topics include voting rights, redistricting, campaign finance, and the regulation of political parties. The course addresses the key constitutional principles and statutory provisions that govern these areas, with particular emphasis on recent legal developments. In addition to covering doctrine, the course focuses on the theoretical underpinnings of the electoral system, the role of courts in overseeing the system, and proposals for reform. Prior or concurrent enrollment in Constitutional Law I and/or II is recommended but not required.

Recent Offerings of this course by this instructor

Spring 2023 ZPO
Spring 2022

Legal Intersections

Course Page for Spring 2022 - Mitchell, Everett

Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Administration: Legal Intersections

This course will explore the legal intersections between the child welfare and juvenile justice by exploring both systems through the lenses of trauma. In the first part of the course, students will explore Wis. Stat. Chapter 48 and the child welfare system in Wisconsin: From initial decision to remove children from their homes, court jurisdiction, dispositional orders, termination of parental rights warnings, the reasonable efforts that must be made by the department, permanency planning, conditions of return and termination of parental rights. In the second half of the course, students will learn about Juvenile Justice and the purpose of the system in Wis. Stat. Chapter 938. In this section of the course, students will became familiar with the stages of juvenile justice: detaining of juveniles in detention, confidentiality, trauma, youth juvenile assessments, dispositions (juvenile sentencing), rules of supervision, placement (in home, foster home, residential care centers, group homes, or Lincoln Hills/Cooper Lake), restorative justice and juvenile expungement. The intention of the course is for law school and social work students to work in teams to develop the skills necessary to support children and families.

Recent Offerings of this course by this instructor

Spring 2022

Legislation & Regulation

Course Page for Spring 2022 - Desai, Anuj

This course provides an introduction to the federal laws and governmental institutions that shape significant aspects of social and economic policy. The course addresses legislation, statutory interpretation, regulation and administrative agencies. Legislation and regulation play the dominant role in shaping law and governance in the modern American legal system. While numerous other law school courses involve statutes and regulations or legislatures and administrative agencies, this course considers the overarching questions about these laws and institutions: how statutes are enacted and agency regulations issued, what tools lawyers use to shape statutes and regulations, how judges interpret them, etc. The main goal of the course is practical. All lawyers, irrespective of the area of law—from securities law to criminal law, from environmental law to tax, from labor and employment law to contract drafting, from military law to bankruptcy, etc.—must understand statutes and regulation. This course is aimed at providing students with a deeper understanding of these forms of law and the institutions that make this law, and to help them better appreciate the role that lawyers play in the American legal system as it operates in practice. To think like a lawyer, and hence to represent or advise clients, requires an ability to do so in the context of the regulatory state.

This course meets the Legal Process graduation requirement.

Learning Outcomes:

(i) To understand the role of legislatures, administrative agencies, and courts in the legal process.
(ii) To understand the relationship between and among these institutions.
(iii) To understand the role that lawyers play in furthering their clients’ interests in each of these institutions.
(iv) To understand the differences in the forms of legal argument that occur in these different institutions.
(v) To understand how courts interpret statutes.
(vi) To understand how administrative agencies interpret and implement statutes.
(vii) To understand how courts oversee the interpretation and implementation of statutes by administrative agencies.

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Spring 2022
Spring 2021
Spring 2021

Mental Health Law

Course Page for Spring 2023 ZPO - Van Rybroek, Gregory

Learning Outcomes - By the end of this course, students will
1. understand that there is a complex intersection between the law and mental health issues
2. understand the role of lawyers when there are criminal/civil issues involving mental health problems
3. understand several specific nettlesome psycho-legal topics, and how the legal system reaches dispositions in these areas
4. develop a deeper and more realistic portrayal of mental health law issues, and how lawyers work inside and around another paradigm in their representation of clients - i.e., mental health evaluation and treatment

Recent Offerings of this course by this instructor

Spring 2023 ZPO
Spring 2022
Spring 2021

Models of System Level Advocacy

Course Page for Spring 2021 - Jacklitz, Jill

Recent Offerings of this course by this instructor

Spring 2021

Privacy Law in the Information Age

Course Page for Spring 2021 - Bilder, Anne, Kastberg, Erin

This seminar-style course is about privacy --what it means to the courts, to the legislature, to the public, or whether it really means anything at all. Through a variety of source materials, including case law, legislation, essays, and literature, the course examines constitutional and common law approaches to privacy issues in many contexts -- our persons, our homes, our workplaces, our schools, our computers and cyberspace. It also includes cultural and comparative law dimensions of privacy. The instructors make a concerted effort to weave current events and "hot topics" in privacy into the syllabus and class discussions. Students are graded primarily on a final research paper, oral presentation of the paper in class, and on class participation. Pass/fail option is available.

Learning Outcomes – By the end of the course, students should have had the opportunity to engage in critical thinking about how the law reflects societal values about privacy in the following contexts:
1. Be familiar with the origins of U.S. privacy law;
2. Identify the four privacy torts;
3. Identify the privacy interests that are recognized and protected by the 4th Amendment;
4. Identify the privacy interests that are recognized and protected by the 1st Amendment;
5. Be familiar with how courts have applied the Constitution to decisions involving bodily integrity and medical decisions; and
6. Recognize and understand privacy implications in computing and on-line activities.

Recent Offerings of this course by this instructor

Spring 2021

Prosecution Function

Course Page for Spring 2023 ZPO - Glinberg, Lanny

Recent Offerings of this course by this instructor

Spring 2023 ZPO
Spring 2022
Spring 2021

Public Interest Housing Workshop

Course Page for Fall 2022 - Atuahene, Bernadette

Since 2009, 1 in 3 Detroit homes have been subject to property tax foreclosure. More troubling, the City assessed the majority of Detroit homes at rates that violated the Michigan Constitution, placing the unprecedented number of property tax foreclosures in disrepute. The problem, however, goes beyond Detroit. Racialized property tax injustice is a national racial justice issue that our country has yet to confront. After our one week intensive course, students will be prepared to work collaboratively with the Coalition for Property Tax Justice (illegalforeclosures.org) to end racialized property tax inequity in Detroit, Chicago, and Milwaukee. This is a 3-credit course with an enrollment limit of 12 students.

Class sessions (synchronous online) are 9/7 through 9/14 only (including Sat. 9/10); thereafter students work on project paper, which will be due at the end of the semester.

Class session times:
4:10-7:10 pm: 9/7, 9/8, 9/12, 9/13, 9/14
Noon-3:00 pm: 9/9 (Fri)
9:00 am -2:30 pm: 9/10 (Sat)

Students may fulfill the Upper-Level Writing Requirement in this course.

Recent Offerings of this course by this instructor

Fall 2022

Public Law & Private Power

Course Page for Fall 2022 - Rogers, Joel

This course is about problems in the design and maintenance of a democratic “affirmative” (aka“welfare” or “opportunity”) state that satisfies popular interest in both efficacy and democratic legitimacy, particularly in the latter’s requirement of demonstrated fidelity to the rule of law. We take the activities of this kind of state, which is characteristic of all modern capitalist democracies, to include not only income maintenance and social insurance programs but any
public policies or programs that, in alleged pursuit of improved living standards and egalitarian ends, supplement or replace unregulated markets, procedural rights, and representative democracy — for example, in environmental protection, industrial policy, and the provision of basic public goods in education, security, energy, transportation, and communication. We will examine the modern affirmative state’s origin, evolution, current problems in satisfying
expectations of it, and a variety of strategies to address those problems.

Recent Offerings of this course by this instructor

Fall 2022
Fall 2021

Race and Property

Course Page for Spring 2023 ZPO - Atuahene, Bernadette

Racist policies are any written and unwritten laws, rules, procedures, processes, regulations, and guidelines that govern people and produce or sustain racial inequity between racial groups. To better understand racist policies that have undermined property ownership for racial minorities in America, students will learn about an array of topics, including racialized property tax administration, racially restrictive covenants, mortgage and insurance redlining, land contracts, subprime loans, urban renewal, residential segregation, and partition sales.

Race, Racism, and the Law

Course Page for Fall 2021 - Mitchell, Everett

The killing of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020, re-ignited the demand by black lives matter activists, white allies and co-conspirators for community control of police, reallocating monies designated to police towards mental health resources and educational equity, and specific criminal justice reform meant to reduce the number of non-violent offenders sitting in jail with cash bail awaiting trial. This course will explore these events through the lenses of racism and the codification of certain laws and United States Supreme Court decisions to undergird systemic narratives of racial inferiority of people of color. The intention is to ensure that students have a lens to view the current context through a historical point of view that demonstrates the unique role that lawyers must play if legal systems that maintain inequitable systems will eventually be dismantled and destroyed.

Recent Offerings of this course by this instructor

Fall 2021

Research & Administrative Issues in Taxation

Course Page for Fall 2022 - Misey, Robert

Methodologies and tools for tax research; responding to and dealing with various functions of the IRS; professional and inter-professional responsibilities, administrative procedures and techniques.

Recent Offerings of this course by this instructor

Fall 2022
Fall 2021

Sports Law

Course Page for Spring 2023 ZPO - Schaub, Josh

What is a sports lawyer? I can tell you it looks nothing like you imagine nor what you are told by Hollywood. This class will cover in a small part, the most famous type of sports law, that of the player-agent relationship, but seeks to broaden the concept of sports law to everything related to the business, law, and regulation of sport. There will be an emphasis on antitrust and labor laws and the impact it has on the business of sport. This class will lean heavily into professional sports while borrowing from NCAA litigation and NIL matters to better understand the rule of reason and the role of competitive balance in the defense to antitrust claims. Students can expect practical teachings by being presented real life scenarios encountered by real sports lawyers and being asked to apply the assigned case law to resolve issues for employers and clients. This class does not cover Title IX or IP in sports

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Spring 2023 ZPO
Spring 2022
Spring 2021

State & Local Government Law

Course Page for Fall 2022 - Seifter, Miriam

This course studies state and local government law in the United States. Although much of legal discourse focuses on the national government, it is in fact state and local governments that influence much of our day to day lives. Moreover, state and local government decision-making will play a prominent role in many of your legal careers. And state and local government law is at the center of some of the most significant theoretical and normative questions in American law, including those regarding democracy, federalism, and distributive justice.

The course will include study of the allocation of authority within and between state and local governments. This will include analysis of the three branches of state government and separation of powers questions arising among them, as well as analysis of how local governments are structured, financed, and organized. We will also study how state and local governments interact, covering doctrines of home rule and intrastate preemption. Throughout, we will ask whether and how current doctrines and policies implicate democracy, efficiency, and distributive justice. In addition, we will explore how these various doctrines and ideas play out in the context of contemporary disputes, including over housing, education, and immigration.

This course will have components of both a traditional lecture class and a more hands-on research seminar. Students will attend and participate in weekly lectures; they will also learn about the need for research on state and local issues and will complete a final paper or project on a topic relevant to the course. Depending on course enrollment, one or more adjunct instructors may participate in the supervision of final research projects.

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Fall 2022
Spring 2022
Spring 2021

Tax Research & Writing

Course Page for Spring 2023 ZPO - Cauble, Emily

This course will introduce the students to tax research techniques, tax memo writing, and writing client letters. Students will become familiar with resources that are helpful when conducting tax research. Students will also learn about special terminology used in tax opinions to indicate different levels of confidence in the conclusions reached. During the semester, students will draft memos and client letters for two main assignments that require them to research and address various tax questions (and receive feedback to use when revising their drafts). In addition, during the semester students will complete various shorter exercises to gain experience with researching and summarizing applicable tax law.

Taxation of Mergers & Acquisitions

Course Page for Fall 2022 - Schnur, Robert

This seminar is entitled “Income Taxation of Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions.” It has been offered for more than a decade (at Wisconsin Law and at Cornell Law). Enrollment is limited to 16 students and Tax I is a pre-requisite. (Tax II is not a pre-requisite and the course will therefore begin with an overview of how corporations are taxed under the Internal Revenue Code).

The structure of the seminar is intended to replicate to the greatest extent possible the experience that a new lawyer might have at a law firm or other place of professional employment. Therefore, it is built around a series of “Assignment Memoranda”, each of which sets forth a proposed hypothetical corporate acquisition and asks a series of questions relating to various tax planning issues faced by the acquired and acquiring entities and their shareholders. There will be no final exam but each student will be required to prepare three written “Response Memoranda” during the semester, based on assigned and independent tax research, discussing the issues presented by the acquisition described in that week’s Assignment Memo. Then, each seminar session will be devoted to a discussion of those issues. The emphasis is not on “right” or “wrong” answers but on how a lawyer should approach these types of tax planning questions. The focus is on domestic and not international transactions.

Recent Offerings of this course by this instructor

Fall 2022
Fall 2021

Technology Law

Course Page for Spring 2023 ZPO - Ard, BJ

This course examines how the legal system responds to technological change. We will study the legal, economic, and social impacts of so-called “disruptive” technologies; the strategies through which courts, legislatures, administrative agencies, and international institutions respond to the legal uncertainty surrounding new technologies; and efforts by both incumbent and newcomer industries—and their attorneys—to use the law to support their preferred business models in the face of change.

Technologies discussed may include smartphones, autonomous weapon systems, domestic drones, robotics, driverless cars, cyberwarfare, the railroad, the internet of things, social media, big data analytics, the sharing economy, 3D-printing, as well as developments appearing in this semester’s headlines.

Requisites: This course is appropriate for students regardless of their prior experience with technology or their career interests; there are no course prerequisites. New technologies have raised challenges in every area of the law and the regulatory strategies and modes of legal argumentation explored in this course are transferable across subject areas

Recent Offerings of this course by this instructor

Spring 2023 ZPO
Spring 2022
Spring 2021

Trials of the Holocaust

Course Page for Spring 2021 - Tuerkheimer, Frank

This course studies the Holocaust through six different trials held after the Second World War in which alleged perpetrators of the Holocaust were defendants, from concentration camp guards to the upper levels of the Nazi bureaucracy. The course places the Holocaust into historical context and shows how it is interwoven with the Second World War. The course ends with efforts of courage and heroism by nations and individuals to save Jewish lives.

Workers Compensation Law

Course Page for Spring 2022 - Aplin, Ronald, Clark, Hayley

This experiential course is taught by experienced attorneys designed to introduce second and third year law students to worker’s compensation law and procedure. Ronald S. Aplin of Aplin & Ringsmuth, LLC is the primary instructor, along with Hayley Clark of the same firm. Students are assigned to advocate fictitious Wisconsin worker’s compensation claims from the pleading stage to hearing. Roughly half of the class sessions involve a traditional lecture/discussion format, although legal, procedural and medical topics are discussed with the fictitious claims in mind. In other class sessions, guest experts, including an orthopedic surgeon, a psychologist, and a vocational expert, pose as witnesses in the fictitious claims, and are “examined” and “cross-examined” by experienced attorneys, as if they were testifying at hearing. One class session involves the direct and cross-examination of a claimant from one of the fictitious claims. Students learn about medical, psychological and vocational science, and acquire litigation skills in these class sessions. Current administrative law judges also teach a class session as guest lecturers on effective advocacy at hearing, and on settlement. At the conclusion of the course, students are required to write a brief advocating their clients’ positions in the fictitious cases for hearing, and then litigate their clients’ claims in a two-hour mock worker’s compensation hearing, conducted during the final exam period before a current administrative law judge. Course materials include the Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Handbook by John D. Neal and Joseph P. Danas, and additional materials provided to students by the instructor electronically.

Recent Offerings of this course by this instructor

Spring 2022