Maymester & Summer 2013
This may not be an exclusive listing of all faculty members' first assignment and class meeting notices; some may post these notices directly on the bulletin board outside of Room 137 only. If you do not see a class that you are interested in listed below, it may be necessary to check the bulletin board for initial class assignments and meeting notices.
Index by Instructor
- Dalzell
- Advanced Legal Writing (LAWS 540) Section 001
- Leventis
- Introduction to Drafting Business Agreements (LAWS 745) Section 001
- Virzi
- Professional Responsibility (LAWS 555) Section 001
- Advanced Legal Writing (LAWS 540) Section 001
- Instructor Name(s): Dalzell
- See note
- Introduction to Drafting Business Agreements (LAWS 745) Section 001
- Instructor Name(s): Leventis
- Textbooks: Tina L. Stark, Drafting Contracts: How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do (2007).
- Monday: First Class Assignment: Our first class will meet at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, May 13, in room 345. Before that class, please read Chapters 1-5, pp. 3-43, in the textbook. In addition, please enroll in the TWEN course and submit by 12:01 am on Monday, May 13, a short statement explaining what you hope to gain from this course and describing any experience you have had with negotiated contracts. Finally, please bring with you to class a laptop that runs both Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat. If you have the option to use a PC, rather than a Mac, please do so. Using a Mac will not negatively affect your grade but will limit the effectiveness of certain functions in Word that will be useful during the course.
- Professional Responsibility (LAWS 555) Section 001
- Instructor Name(s): Virzi
- Textbooks: Schwartz & Wydick, Problems in Legal Ethics, 10th Edition (West); South Carolina Appellate Court Rules 402, 407, 413, & 417, available at https://www.sccourts.org/courtReg/; Additional materials will be provided via the course TWEN site.
- Monday: We will typically cover two topics per day. The topics and reading assignments for the first day are below.
Class 1 - The Law of Lawyering - Reading Assignments:
- Rico v. Mitsubishi, S&W p. 18
- RLDE Rule 7, SCACR 413 (sccourts.org)
- SCACR 402(k)(3) (The Lawyer's Oath)
- SCACR Rule 407 Preamble & Scope
- RPC Rule 8.5, SCACR 407
- Ethics vs. Malpractice - Reading Assignments:
- S&W Chapter 6, pp. 157-165
- RPC Rules 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 & 8.4
- Smith v. Haynsworth, 472 S.E.2d 612 (S.C. 1996)
- Moore v. Weinberg, 644 S.E.2d 740 (S.C. Ct. App. 2007)