Baylor Law School | Current Students

Civil Procedure

Read Assignment #1 of the syllabus. Classes will be cancelled on 5/14-15 and 5/18 and they will be made up on 5/13, 5/20 and 5/27 at 8:00 am in Room 236. Please check your email for further explanation and to obtain a copy of the syllabus for the course.

Criminal Law

Monday, May 11, 9:15/ 11:45 am – Read page 53-63 of the casebook, Kaplan, Weisberg’s Criminal Law (Second Edition). Study section 6.01 of the Texas Penal Code.

Employment Discrimination

Proving Discrimination

Brief Discussion on Discrimination in Society

Charles R. Lawrence, The Id, Ego and Equal Protection, 39 Stan. L. Rev., 317-328 only.

Martha Minow, Foreward: Justice Engendered, 101 Harv. L. Rev. 10-17 only.

Meg Urry, “Diminished by Discrimination We Scarcely See,” Washington Post, February6, 2005 (available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A360-2005Feb5.html)

Text 1-7

Visit the website: www.implicit.harvard.edu.

Click on the “Demonstration” button and read through the introductory materials. The site describes an interesting theory about implicit attitudes about various individual characteristics, including gender, race, and religion.

Optional: To gain insight (possibly) about your own implicit attitudes, you are encouraged to take at least one of the demonstration tests, preferably one that addresses religion, gender/science, or race. You will have the choice whether or not to reveal your results.

Introduction to the Employment Discrimination Laws

Text 17-19
§703(a)

International Public Law

Read pages 1-29 & 52-64.

Intro to Law

Wednesday, May 13, 2:15 pm – No assignment.

Labor Law

Labor History

Peruse the summary of the Everett Massacre at:
http://content.lib.washington.edu/pnwlaborweb/everett-massacre.html.

Text 30-50; 101-103; 115-117; 143-151; 166-179

NLRA § 1

LARC I

Pick up Course Supplement #1 at the circulation desk in the law library. Read all of the contents of this supplement for class on Tuesday, May 12.

LARC II

For class on Tuesday, May 12, complete the following:

(1) Read Bluebook, Rules B1-B4 (pp. 3-5); Rule 1 (pp. 45-53); Rules 3-9 (pp. 58-78).

(2) Retrieve and read each of the following cases:

Murfee v. Phillips Petroleum Co., 492 S.W.2d 677 (Tex. Civ. App.—El Paso 1973, writ ref’d n.r.e.).
Mieth v. Ranchquest, Inc., 177 S.W.3d 296 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2005, no pet.).
Francis v. Coastal Oil & Gas Corp., 130 S.W.3d 76 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2003, no pet

Negotiable Instruments

The reading assignment for the 1st day of class (Monday, May 11) is pages 1-7 and pages 16-17. The book we are using is Problems and Materials on Payment Law (8th ed.) by Douglas J. Whaley (Aspen Publishers). You will also need Selected Commercial Statutes by West Publishing.

Property I

Moore v. UCLA Supp. 1-1 to 1-5
The Strange Case of Bill Kane (Note 4) Text 86
White v. Samsung Text 62-65
MGM v. Grokster Text 65-69
Pierson v. Post Text 17-21 (stop before notes & questions)
Armory v. Delamirie (including introductory notes before and note 1 following case) Text 95-97

Prosecutorial Externships

Monday, May 11, 4:30 pm – Meet at Serr’s office for a short but MANDATORY orientation. (Will probably be immediately followed by an additional orientation at the D.A.’s office).

Current Students

First Day Assignments