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Readings for Fall 2026

This may not be an exclusive listing of all faculty members’ first assignment and class meeting notices. If you do not see a class that you are in listed below, it may be necessary to check with the faculty member.

Dates for Fall 2026

  •  The form for submitting assignments will be activated on Monday, July 20, 2026.
    • Assignments will begin to be posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
  • The form for submitting assignments will be deactivated on Monday, September 14, 2026.
    • Assignments will be removed on Monday, September 14, 2026.

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Textbook and First Assignment

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Monday, August 17th: Judicial Review and the Federal Court System. Please read pages 1-19 (Marbury v. Madison).

First Day Assignment and Information

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Casebook: Franklin, Rabin, Green, Geistfeld, Engstrom, TORT LAW AND ALTERNATIVES: CASES AND MATERIALS (11th Edition, 2021): Monday, August 17: pp. 1-9. 

Syllabus

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Please see the course Blackboard page for the syllabus and first assignments (Course Modules > Week 1).

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First Class Assignments

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The casebook is Funk, Shapiro & Weaver's "Administrative Law and Practice," 8th Ed. (9798892099714). Either the physical or eBook is fine (I allow laptops in class). For our first class (8/18), please read Chapters 1.A and 1.B in the Casebook, on Agency Structure (pp1-28). For our second class (8/20), please read the U.S. Supreme Court's June 29, 2026 Trump v. Slaughter opinions, including concurring and dissenting opinions. The PDF is available on SCOTUS's website here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-332_qn12.pdf

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Please see Blackboard for assignment details, or email me if you can't access Blackboard. Looking forward to it! 

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SKIM United States v. Thomas (Uploaded on Blackboard) and Read Chapter One (1-28) (Skip the Embry case on pp. 11–16)

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Read Chapters One and Two (1-28)

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First Week Assignment

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All pages of "Gluck" document, and pages 1-9 ONLY of "Brill" document (documents emailed & on TWEN -- if you cannot access, email professor) 

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Textbook, pp. 1-21 

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First Week Assignments

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First Week Assignments

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August 18 : Introduction Class
Be prepared to discuss three things you are hoping to learn from this class.
Reading Assignments (All Under "Class Reading Assignments" on Blackboard)

  1. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Digital Identity Guidelines, Read only Appendix A— Strength of Memorized Secrets 
  2. Embracing a Zero Trust Security Model, National Security Agency
  3. Lawyers, Passwords and the Obligation To Keep Clients Secrets

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Casebook, pp. 271-295

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Begin reading chapter 9 in Beauchamp and Childress, Principles of Bioethics

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Sign up for twen asap. The book is the ninth edition of Health Law, Clark, Fuse Brown, et al,please read pages 1-35 for Wednesday.
Please read this Commonwealth Fund report for your first day assignment: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2026/may/us-health-care-global-perspective-2026

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Syllabus and First Day Assignment

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Greetings, class, and welcome to Real Estate Transactions I. We will meet the class on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:20 pm to 5:50 pm in Room 288. For our first class on Tuesday, August 18, please read pages 5-21 of the Lefcoe Text and pages 55-59 (bottom) of the Johnson text, as well as the following items on the course TWEN page: 1. The course syllabus and the separate class schedule both found under the “Syllabus” tab. 2. The attendance policy and the policy on use of generative AI both found under the “Syllabus” tab. 3. The Benya v. Gamble case and S.C. Code Section 32-3-10 both found in the Course Materials. I look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday, August 18. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via email at bhiggins@glvlawfirm.com.

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Hello! Thank you for signing up for this class: a combination of ag law, administrative/regulatory law, and the practical aspects of lawyering with a focus on the in-house practice. We will be taking a high level overview of the various topics, as opposed to doing deep assessments of case law or regulations. THERE IS HOMEWORK FOR THE FIRST DAY. Please review the syllabus and do the readings in the order they are presented. Class participation is a component of your grade. I intend to make this class as comfortable as possible for you to throw out ideas and questions to help you maser the material as well as gain comfort in communicating in situations of ambiguity. I very much look forward to meeting and working with all of you. See you on August 10!
Syllabus

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No textbook is required.
First Class Assignment

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Read CMMC: 1-17; 63-73; Dimension Financial Corporation 12 U.S.C. § 1813(a) 12 U.S.C. § 1841(c). Register for the course on the Westlaw TWEN website.
First Class Assignment

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Register for the course on the Westlaw TWEN website.
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Animal Law Cases and Materials (sixth edition) - Wagman/Waisman/Frasch ISBN: 978-1-5310-1099-7
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Hello, Class! For our first week, please read pp. 1-14, 31-53, and 95-109 in the Dressler & Garvey book. See you soon!

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First Day Assignments

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Textbook, 35-45; New York Convention; Shalakany article, 434-438
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First Day Prep

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As first assignment, read in Merryman, Clark & Haley, The Contemporary Civil Law Tradition: Europe, Latin America, and East Asia, Lexis-Nexis 2015, pp. 1-33
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First Day Assignment
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Read Evicted by Matthew Desmond, Chapters 1-16. Syllabus also attached.

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First Day Assignment

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Sign up for Legal Writing for the Courts on TWEN and read the materials withing the "Week 1 Reading" folder

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The first two reading assignments are available online.
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I am looking forward to having you in Legal and Equitable Remedies this semester! The reading assignments for the first week of class are as follows: August 18: Textbook, pp. 1–32; August 20: Textbook, pp. 32–60 . Please note that the textbook information and the full course assignment chart are included in the syllabus, which is available on the course Blackboard page. Before the first class, please log in to Blackboard and visit the Remedies course. The “Course Info and Syllabus” module contains all of the introductory information you will need. See you soon!

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Required Texts and First Assignment

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First Day Assignment

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Disability Law Cases and Materials, Stephen F. Befort and Nicole Buonocore Porter, Second Edition (West 2021) Please purchase of rent the print version unless the e-version is a needed accommodation. Used copies should be available.

Syllabus

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Casebook, pp. 67-73, 291-317

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Read Chapter 1 of your textbook, Learning Criminal Procedure: Adjudication by Ric Simmons and Renee McDonald Hutchins, as well as the attached reading.
First Class Readings

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As you read through these materials, think about what aspects of sentencing you may want to write about.
First Class Readings

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Required Texts and First Assignment

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Course Introduction, Textbook pp. 21-40

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Textbook, pp. 1-13, The Problem of Employment Discrimination and Statutory Overview 

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Casebook, pgs. 1-41; 2dK §§ 1-4; UCC §§ 1-302; 1-201(3); 1-201(12); 2-106(1)

Syllabus

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Text: The Little Book on Oral Argument by Alan Dworsky. You’ll need a 1 1/2” to 2” binder. First assignment: Read the book and be prepared to discuss it.

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Frug et al., Local Government Law, Seventh Edition, pp. 1-37, 47-53, 79-89; Tovey v. City of Charleston, 237 S.C. 475, 117 S.E.2d 872 (1961).

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Coursebook, 1-6, 47-69, 98-114, Const. Art. 1 sec. 1-4; 14th amendment

First Assignment

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Stephanopoulos (2024), ch. 2. 

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For the first class, read pages 3-38 of the textbook, Intellectual Property: A Survey of the Law (3rd edition) by Ned Snow.

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We will be using Patent Law: Fundamentals of Doctrine and Policy (2d edition) by Dan Brean and Ned Snow. For the first class, read pages 3-14 and 25-29; skim 29-37. For the second class, read pages 43-58.

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During Orientation: Skim pp. 1-6 (skip n. 1), skim pp. 6-14, skim pp. 19-29 | For Class 1: Textbook p. 133, MPC § 1.05(1), and Supp. 1

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Supplement 1
Supplement 2

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Assignment for first Class on 8/17, Introduction & Development of Liability Based on Fault Read pages 1-26 in Victor E. Schwartz, et al., Prosser, Wade, and Schwartz’s Torts Cases and Materials (West, 15 th ed., 2024)

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First day reading is posted on Blackboard

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https://newlypossible.org/wiki/Torts . You do *not* need to login to this website. To access the practice exam, use username lawstudent and password Traindozo

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There is no first-day assignment. Come as you are! 

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See attached assignment sheet for first two weeks. Course Packet will be available at the bookstore soon; I am emailing the class a copy of the first two weeks of reading as a PDF. If you are not enrolled as of 8/5/26, email me directly and I will send a copy to you if it is not available here.

First Assignments
Syllabus

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Textbook pp. 1-17, 26-43, supplemental materials on Blackboard

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Casebook (Antitrust Law in Perspective: Cases, Concepts and Problems in Competition Policy, 5th Ed.): pp.1-37 and 44-48.

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Read Chapters 1-2 (Lawyers as Counselors) 

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Class 1/2: The Unmarried Family Casebook • Casebook notes pages 575-581 • Village of Belle Terre 638-642 • Borough of Glassboro 644-648 • Moore v. City of East Cleveland 631-637 Articles: Available on TWEN (under Additional Reading Materials in the articles folder) • Older Women Team Up to Face Future Together, Jane Gross, The New York Times (Feb. 27, 2004) • I Now Pronounce you Friend and Friend

Syllabus

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Class 1 Casebook (CB): • Maynard v. Hill (13-16) • Skinner v. Oklahoma (16-20) • US v. Bitty (43-47) Skim : • Turner v Safely (21-24) • Loving v. Virginia (65-69) Articles: • https://newrepublic.com/article/148493/forgotten-war-women
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