Assignments for First Week of Class

1. Go to Blackboard and make sure you have access to this course. Class announcements will be distributed using the BB e-mail list and you are responsible for them.
2. Download the first installment of the syllabus and read the pages through Assignment 1 with care.
3. Obtain the first volume of the Appendix of course materials.  This may be done by downloading it from the Course Documents section of the Blackboard site or obtaining a copy from the Law School Copy Room located in the lower level of the Law School.
4. Prepare Assignment 1-3 for course meeting of  Tuesday, January 26.
5. In the event of any logistical difficulties, contact Joyce Amore Cox, Joyce.A.Cox@hofstra.edu, tel. 516-463-6339.

[1L day class] - 1705 Section A

Required Readings:

• Kuney and Lloyd, Contracts: Transactions and Litigation (5th Edition)
• Farnsworth, Sanger et al, Selections for Contracts (2019 Edition)
• Examples and Explanations: Contracts (7th Edition)

Course website: We will be using TWEN as our course website. You are required to register on the TWEN site for this class with an email address that you check regularly. Registration and participation are an essential part of this course. Students should check the website regularly; I will post the slides for class on TWEN under the “slides” tab.

For our first two classes, please read the following. We will cover up to page 12 in our first class and the rest in our second class.

• Introduction
  • v-xxvii
  • UCC §§ 1-103(b); 1-302; 2-102; 2-104(1); 2-105(1); 2-106(1); 2-501; R2d §§ 1; 7; 8;
• Ch 1: Objective theory of contracts
  • 1-28
  • R2d §§ 16; 22(2); 24; 26; UCC § 2-204; Unidroit article 4.2; SKIP problem 1-5

INITIAL ASSIGNMENT

When the entire class is on Zoom (as it will be for at least the first two classes) the link is 677 249 8789.
Thursday, January 21, 2021 (Class 1) Via ZOOM
Before the first class, please do the following:
Sign up for this class on TWEN. 

Read the Syllabus on TWEN carefully. We will be reviewing it at the first class.

We will be continuing our discussion of persuasive writing. This semester we will focus on
advocacy in the context of drafting an appellate brief. Please review Chapters 23-24 and
26-28 in the Neumann book (which we covered last semester).
Also please look over this two part article on Persuasive Writing:
a. From Objective to Persuasive Writing – Part 1
b. From Objective to Persuasive Writing – Part 2

View Lexis/Westlaw Classes:  Lexis and Westlaw will each be posting a research class on YouTube. These sessions are specifically geared to appellate research, which is what you will be doing this semester. Students MUST view both classes, these classes are mandatory.  You will be asked to submit a form through TWEN verifying your attendance.  Failure to attend both classes will negatively impact your professionalism grade. I will provide you for the link for each of the classes.  If you have any questions, please email our Westlaw Rep, Stefanie Efrati stefanie.efrati@thomsonreuters.com or our Lexis Rep, Ann Stafilias antoinette.stafilias@lexisnexis.com

Friday, January 22, 2021 (Class 2)
MANDATORY EXTRA CLASS FROM 12:15-2 Via ZOOM
Read Chapters 29-32 in Neumann, and look over Appendices G and H. 

The Appellate Record that you will be relying on in drafting your own appellate will be posted on TWEN. Start to read and research the record; start preparing your research journal & fact chronology. Look it over before class on Tuesday, January 26th

Hello,

I am looking forward to meeting all of you on Monday, January 25, when we have our first Legal Methods class. There will be no pre-work before our first class. However, I do ask that you sign into the TWEN section for the class, which is called “Legal Methods (Spring 2021) - Section A (Caporale).” I will use TWEN, rather than Blackboard, for most class communication.

Our class will be remote, via Zoom. To access the class, please go to the following Zoom link each week: 

https://hofstra.zoom.us/j/93585562996?pwd=YmpTQUp0emhOeW1JWTAyQ2s4Wk9ndz09
Meeting ID: 935 8556 2996
Passcode: 165516 

If you have any questions before 1/25, please feel free to email me at
Cara.m.caporale@hofstra.edu 

Regards,
Prof. Caporale

Hello,

I am looking forward to meeting all of you on Monday, January 25, when we have our first Legal Methods class. There will be no pre-work before our first class. However, I do ask that you sign into the TWEN section for the class, which is called “Legal Methods (Spring 2021) - Section B (Lefton).” I will use TWEN, rather than Blackboard, for most class communication.

Our class will be remote, via Zoom. To access the class, please go to the following Zoom link each week: 

https://hofstra.zoom.us/j/93608586385
Meeting ID: 936 0858 6385

If you have any questions before 1/25, please feel free to email me at Nicole.R.Lefton@Hofstra.edu. 

Regards,
Prof. Lefton

Hello,

I am looking forward to meeting all of you on Monday, January 25, when we have our first Legal Methods class. There will be no pre-work before our first class. However, I do ask that you sign into the TWEN section for the class, which is called “Legal Methods (Spring 2021) - Section C -2:10 PM (Louis).” I will use TWEN, rather than Blackboard, for most class communication.

Our class will be remote, via Zoom. To access the class, please go to the following Zoom link each week: 

https://hofstra.zoom.us/j/99569389263?pwd=Q0d3UU1GcW80Mm5RU3NGVEdidjEvdz09
Meeting ID: 995 6938 9263
Passcode: 904336

If you have any questions before 1/25, please feel free to email me at C.Benjie.Louis@hofstra.edu. 

Regards,
Prof. Louis

Hello,

I am looking forward to meeting all of you on Monday, January 25, when we have our first Legal Methods class. There will be no pre-work before our first class. However, I do ask that you sign into the TWEN section for the class, which is called “Legal Methods (Spring 2021) - Section D -9:10 AM (Louis).” I will use TWEN, rather than Blackboard, for most class communication.

Our class will be remote, via Zoom. To access the class, please go to the following Zoom link each week:

https://hofstra.zoom.us/j/99902318267?pwd=aXFLRGkrMkpJL0xnM2E5eDFQQ0NXUT09
Meeting ID: 999 0231 8267
Passcode: 908507 

If you have any questions before 1/25, please feel free to email me at C.Benjie.Louis@hofstra.edu. 

Regards,
Prof. Louis