COLLEGE OF LAW SUMMER 2016 FIRST WEEK ASSIGNMENTS

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1 COLLEGE OF LAW SUMMER 2016 FIRST WEEK ASSIGNMENTS 1

2 FIU COLLEGE OF LAW FIRST WEEK ASSIGNMENTS SUMMER 2016 LAW Insurance Law Professor Isaiah Tuesday, May 24, Casebook pages 6-8. Insurance Law and Regulation, 6th ed. (Foundation Press, 2015). Pages 1-15 of the Supplementary Materials ( ed directly to students) Thursday, May 26, 2016: Casebook pages 33-40, ( binders in the life insurance context), and LAW Conflict Management Practice-Comparative Perspectives of Negotiations Professor F. Rodriguez Read the book Bridge of Spies prior to the first class LAW Administrative Law Professor K. Coffey 05/24/16: Introduction to Course; Overview of Agency Action and the Administrative Procedures Act Text: pp /26/16: Rulemaking: Initiation of Administrative Proceedings; Procedures Text: pp , Whitehall Boca v. Dept. Health and Rehab. Serv., 456 So.2d 928 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984) 2

3 LAW Local Government Law Professor Leen Please read from the textbook: Florida Home Rule Greenbook, Part 1 and Part 2, Chapter 1 LAW Election Law Professor J. Coffey May 23, 2016: Pages 1-3, 7-10, in the text May 25, 2016: Pages 27-30, in the text LAW Professional Responsibility Professor Pouncy PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY Summer 2016 Office: Rm. 2072a Professor Pouncy Phone: 305/ Office Hours: tba pouncyc@fiu.edu Required Texts: Nathan M. Crystal, Professional Responsibility, Little, Brown and Company (Aspen) 5 th Edition [Crystal]. Mary C. Daly, What Every Lawyer Needs to Know about the Civil Law System, 1998 Prof. Law 37 [available on TWEN] 2016 Morgan & Rotunda Selected Standards on Professional Responsibility Foundation Press [Rules] Initial Assignment 3

4 Register at the TWEN site for this course. Unit 1 Professional Responsibility? Crystal pp Daly pp [On TWEN] Rules: 1.1, 1.6, 4.3, 5.2, 8.3, 8.4 A Philosophy of Lawyering Rules and Standards Regulation Admission LAW Advance Electronic Legal Research Professor Ramirez Toft-Nielsen Read pages 3 to 80 from the assigned text of Impeccable Research Submit the citation for the following: (1) Florida dog bite statute and (2) one relevant Florida case. In addition, submit the following supporting documents: (1) research terms used; (2) a screenshot of your research history; and (3) a one paragraph synopsis on why you selected those research terms and your research steps to find the statute and case. LAW Immigration Clinic Professor J. Gomez LAW 6945 Criminal Externship Placement Professor Kotey First Week Assignments: 4

5 LAW 6949 Civil Externship Placement Professor Kotey First Week Assignments: LAW Judicial Externship Placement (U01) Professor Kotey LAW Judicial Externship Placement (U11) Professor Scola/Fine LAW Florida Constitutional Law Professor Klion Week 1 May 24 May 26 Introduction to the Course; History of the Florida Constitution; State Constitutions as Limits on Inherent Power; Aids to Interpreting the Florida Constitution Text: pp. 1-15; Amending the Florida Constitution Text: pp Florida Constitution Article XI 5

6 Florida Statute Askew v. Firestone, 421 So. 2d 151 (Fla. 1982). Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re: Limiting Cruel and Inhumane Confinement of Pigs During Pregnancy, 815 So. 2d 597 (Fla. 2002). 6