Upper Division
- Admiralty Law — Professor Frevola
- Copyright — Professor Friedman
Copyright
Professor Friedman
Welcome to Copyright Law with Professor Friedman.
The case book for the course is Copyright: Cases and Materials, 9th edition, by Robert A. Gorman, Jane C. Ginsburg, and R. Anthony Reese.
In addition, students should obtain the 2021 Case supplement and statutory appendix.
First assignment:
- Pages 1-56. Burrow-Giles v. Sarony (photograph case)
- Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing (circus poster)
- general outline of copyright law
- Disability Law — Professor Gundlach
Disability Law
Professor Gundlach
First Class Assignment:
- Register for my Blackboard course page
- Excerpt (pp. 3-10) from Joseph P. Shapiro, No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement (Three Rivers Press, 1994) (Available on Blackboard)
- Joseph Shapiro, “Disability Pride” from The New York Times (July 26, 2020) (Link on Blackboard)
- Casebook, Chapter 1: pp. 1-6, 8-28
- Employment Discrimination — Professor Damiano
Employment Discrimination
Professor Damiano
Required Course Materials:
The required text is Employment Discrimination, Procedure, Principles and Practice by Joseph Seiner (2nd Ed 2019). Published by Wolters Kluwer.
Administrative Details:
Class meetings: Mondays and Wednesdays: 8:40 -10.00am.
Email: Charis.J.Damiano@hofstra.edu
Office hours: By appointment
Assistant: Jennifer Calautti, Room 223
Course webpage: TWEN (please refer to TWEN for further details of the course)
First Assignment: The first class will be on Wednesday January 12 2022. Please read pages 1-12 and 79 to top of 87 before that class meeting.
Points for discussion:
- What are the major statutes that form the backbone of employment discrimination laws in the US? What does “at will employment” mean?
- What kind of constitutional anti-discrimination claims can federal workers bring?
- Consider the difference between federal anti-discrimination laws and state anti-discrimination laws.
- Read the interactive problem on page 79 and be prepared to discuss it in the context of the case of McDonnell Douglas Corp v. Green (1973) on page 81.
- What is the difference between direct and circumstantial evidence of discrimination?
- What are the prongs of the McDonnell Douglas prima facie test?
- Expert Witness in Civil Cases — Professor Freedman
Expert Witness in Civil Cases
Professor Freedman
Assignments for First Week of Class
- 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.
- Download the syllabus from the BB site and read the entire document with care.
- Prepare for the course meeting on Zoom at 4:30 P.M. on Thursday, January 13 in accordance with the syllabus.
- Family Law — Professor Stark
Family Law
Professor Stark
Family Law First Assignment
Professor Barbara Stark, Room 116 (Library) (516) 463-5994
e-mail: barbara.j.stark@hofstra.edu or lawbjs@hofstra.edu
TEXT
Ellman et al., Family Law: Cases, Text, Problems (Abridged 5th ed. 2014)
TWEN
Please register on the Class TWEN page. If you don’t, you won’t get supplemental materials, PowerPoints, extra-credit opportunities, or changes in assignment or meetings. If you email me, please use the email account that you used in registering on TWEN. Otherwise, Microsoft sends it to my SPAM file.
ZOOM
Our first class will be conducted via Zoom. The course’s TWEN site will contain a link for you to click to join the live class session. Each student must have access to a PC, Mac, or laptop with (1) speakers, (2) a microphone, (3) a webcam, and (4) a stable, solid Internet connection for each of the class meeting times. (You may be able to participate via a tablet or smartphone, but the experience is inferior and is not recommended.) A complete list of technical requirements can be found here.
Students unable to fully participate in the Zoom class sessions, via both video and audio feed, will not be permitted to remain in the course.
Please follow these rules for our Zoom classes:
- Arrive at least 10 minutes early to make sure you can log in and that your equipment is working properly
- When initiating your Zoom session, please provide Zoom with your full first and last name
- Mute your microphone when you are not speaking
- To prevent audio echo, please mute your speakers and use earbuds or a headset if possible
- Avoid using the chat feature – please ask your questions orally
For help with Zoom, please contact the Law School’s helpdesk via lawhelp@hofstra.edu or phone (516) 463-4192.
Welcome to Family Law! Please read the following assignment and be prepared to answer the accompanying questions.
- Class #1, pp. 3-11 (through Glendon)
- Chapter 1. Introduction
A. The Themes of Family and Family Law- What is the “revolution in families” and how does it affect the direction of family law?
- Does the State have a legitimate interest in privileging certain kinds of families?
- Should ‘marriage’ be at the center of family law?
- What is the purpose of family law?
- What are its limits?
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Federal Income Taxation of Corporations — Professor Galler
Federal Income Taxation of Corporations
Professor Galler
The casebook for the course is Schwarz & Lathrope, Fundamentals of Corporate Taxation (Tenth Edition 2019).
In addition, we will be using Lathrope, Selected Federal Taxation Statutes. This should be the same statutory supplement that you used in Federal Income Taxation of Individuals.
For our first session (Wednesday, January 12, 2022), please read pages 3-12 in the casebook.
The Zoom link, syllabus and other course information can be found on the course TWEN page.
- Federal Tax Procedure — Professor Caine
Federal Tax Procedure
Professor Caine
There is an assignment in the syllabus for our first class.
- International Law — Professor Stark
International Law
Professor Stark
International Law First Assignment
Professor Barbara Stark, Room 116 (Library) (516) 463-5994
e-mail: barbara.j.stark@hofstra.edu or lawbjs@hofstra.edu
TEXT
Janis, Noyes, & Sadat, International Law: Cases and Commentary (6th ed. 2020).
TWEN
Please register on the Class TWEN page. If you don’t, you won’t get supplemental materials, PowerPoints, extra-credit opportunities, or changes in assignment or meetings. If you email me, please use the email account that you used in registering on TWEN. Otherwise, Microsoft sends it to my SPAM file.
ZOOM
Our first class will be conducted via Zoom. The course’s TWEN site will contain a link for you to click to join the live class session. Each student must have access to a PC, Mac, or laptop with (1) speakers, (2) a microphone, (3) a webcam, and (4) a stable, solid Internet connection for each of the class meeting times. (You may be able to participate via a tablet or smartphone, but the experience is inferior and is not recommended.) A complete list of technical requirements can be found here.
Students unable to fully participate in the Zoom class sessions, via both video and audio feed, will not be permitted to remain in the course.
Please follow these rules for our Zoom classes:
- Arrive at least 10 minutes early to make sure you can log in and that your equipment is working properly
- When initiating your Zoom session, please provide Zoom with your full first and last name
- Mute your microphone when you are not speaking
- To prevent audio echo, please mute your speakers and use earbuds or a headset if possible
- Avoid using the chat feature – please ask your questions orally
For help with Zoom, please contact the Law School’s helpdesk via lawhelp@hofstra.edu or phone (516) 463-4192.
Welcome to International Law! Please read the following assignment and be prepared to answer the accompanying questions.
Class #1, pp. 1-17
Chapter 1. The Nature of International Law
- The History of International Law
- An International Law Sampler
McCann v. United Kingdom
Notes and Questions- What is the international rule elaborated by Article 2 of the European Human Rights Convention (EHRC)?
- Are the rules in a treaty more like an international contract or an international statute? How are they different?
- Why did the United Kingdom consent to the rules set out in the EHRC?
- Why did the United Kingdom consent to the jurisdiction of the ECHR?
- Why did the United Kingdom comply with the court’s decision? What did it cost? (in addition to £40 ,000?)
- Lawyers' Ethics — Professor Harrison
Lawyers' Ethics
Professor Harrison
Crystal and Giesel, Professional Responsibility: Problems of Practice and the Profession, 7th ed., Aspen Casebook Series, Wolters Kluwer, ISBN 9781543810738
Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 2021 edition, ABA Publishing, ISBN 9781641058599
The first assignment for January 12th is to read pages 1-26 in the Crystal and Giesel casebook (pages 27-38 are optional), and to skim the Model Rules.
Also, I’ve created a TWEN page for the course, please make sure you register for that. I’ve posted the syllabus and will post other materials there.
Regards,
Robert M. Harrison, Esq.
- Medicare and Medicaid Law — Professor Weintraub
Medicare and Medicaid Law
Professor Weintraub
Assignment for First Class, Tuesday, January 18, 2022
4:10 - 6:00 P.M. via Zoom
Please read and be prepared to discuss during class the first reading assignment (PDF).
- Wills, Trusts and Estates — Professor Folami
Wills, Trusts and Estates
Professor Folami
Hello and Welcome to Wills, Trusts, and Estates!
As a reminder our first class will be held, according to administration policy, on-line and virtually via Zoom on January 13th. I currently have intermittent access to email but should you have any questions please feel free to email me or my assistant Frances Avnet (Frances.Avnet@Hofstra.edu). In the meantime, please be sure to sign up for our course class on TWEN where you will find our class syllabus, a case for our first class, and PowerPoint slides that you might find helpful in your reading and comprehension of the material.
Looking forward to meeting you soon.
Best regards,
Professor Folami