2022 Spring

Notes

// ENROLLMENT WITH WRITTEN PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR ONLY.

(W) THIS COURSE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A WRITING COURSE.

(E) THIS COURSE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS AN EXPERIENTIAL COURSE.

+ THIS COURSE HAS PREREQUISITES. PLEASE CHECK COURSE DESCRIPTIONS & SYLLABI FOR COURSE PREREQUISITE INFORMATION.

THIS SEMESTER WE ARE OFFERING SOME CLASSES IN REMOTE, HYBRID, OR FLEX FORMAT, WHICH IS REFLECTED ON THE PDF VERSION OF THE SPRING SCHEDULE.

Notes to Day Schedule:

(N.1) Antitrust II will meet for 2 hours at a time, although it is a 3 credit course. It will meet 20 times over the course of the semester instead of 26 times. Class dates to be announced in the syllabus.

(N.2) The Appellate Courts Reform and Separate Writings classes will meet remotely most weeks, but several in-person meetings will be required. More details will be provided in the course syllabus.

(N.3) The Arts & Entertainment, Innovation Law, and Tribal Sovereignty Clinics meet for two hours a week but students receive three credits total given other assigned work and meetings outside of the regularly scheduled classroom time. Students must apply to participate in the Spring A&E Clinic and details have been sent via LawNews email.

(N.4) The Bankruptcy Court Externship program will meet at the U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse (200 South Washington St., Alexandria, VA) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month.

(N.5) Enrollment in the History & Foundations of the Administrative State Seminar is limited and by written permission only. Students must have taken (or be taking in Fall 2021) Administrative Law and Constitutional Law I to be eligible to apply. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis starting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 10; applications submitted prior to that time will not be considered. To apply, please email Yen Kha at ykha@gmu.edu (Prof. Mascott's Administrative Assistant), attaching your transcript (for proof of pre-requisites) and a one paragraph statement of interest in the class. The Records Office will notify accepted students by email no later than Tuesday, Nov. 16, prior to general Spring 2022 registration. Admission will be first-come, first served, with prioritization given to students graduating in Spring of 2022.

(N.6) The Immigration Litigation, M-VETS and Poverty Law Clinics meet for two hours but students earn four credits because of work performed outside the regularly scheduled class time. Students must apply to participate in the Spring M-VETS Clinic and details have been sent via LawNews email.

(N.7) Students who have taken the Law & Economics Colloquium once may enroll a second time because the assigned readings change semester to semester.

(N.8) Students ranked in the bottom quartile (25%) of the class at the start of their final year are required to take Legal Fundamentals in order to graduate pursuant to AR 3-3.2(d). Students required to take the course have been notified and will be registered by the Records Office prior to the start of spring classes. The course is also now open to additional students who are in their final semester on a first come, first served basis.

(N.9) Readings in Legal Thought will not meet every week, but on assigned dates over the course of the semester as determined by the instructor. Students who took this course in Fall 2021 are eligible to register for the course in Spring 2022 because the assigned readings are different each semester.

(N.10) Students must receive approval to prior to being registered for any Supervised Externship program. For the general and Capitol Hill externship programs, students should submit the Externship Information Form found in the Experiential Learning module on Symplicity to begin the approval process. (Virginia Practice Externship applicants will submit the form after meeting with Professor Davis.)  To access the form, log into Symplicity and select the Experiential Learning module. Once approved, students will be registered by the Records Office for the appropriate externship course. Students NOT being compensated for the work being performed during their externship will be registered for Law 179, 320, 321, or 325. Students being compensated for the work being performed during their externship will be registered for Law 520, 521, 525, or 579. Students are limited to a maximum of 6 credit hours of compensated externship and such credit may be earned only in a student's final two full semesters (fall or spring). Remote externship sections will have remote and asynchronous-only tutorials and are available only to students who are taking remote-only classes and will be unable to attend tutorials in person.

(N.11) The Theories & Evidence of How the Internet Changed Society Seminar will meet remotely at the scheduled time for the first 8 weeks of the semester. After Spring Break, the course will meet in-person over the course of two weeks only, the weeks of March 28 and April 11. The in-person course meetings will be on Thursday, March 31 (4-6 p.m.), Friday, April 1 (9 a.m.-12 p.m.), Thursday, April 14 (4-6 p.m.), and Friday, April 15 (9.am.-12 p.m.) , which will be the final class meeting.

Notes to Evening Schedule:

(N.12) Students intending to register for the evening section of Appellate Advocacy who anticipate a conflict with the scheduled class meeting time should contact Professor Wagstaff directly.

(N.13) For each of the first three weeks of the semester, instead of having asynchronous lectures, Commercial Paper will meet virtually on Zoom on Tuesdays only, starting at 6:05 p.m. Students will be sent a link by the instructor to these Zoom sessions. The course will meet in-person in the classroom for the first time on Tuesday, February 8, and that class session and all remaining class sessions will meet from 6:05-7:55 p.m. in order to make up the class time missed during the first three weeks of the semester. More details will be provided by the instructor and on the course TWEN page.

(N.14) This course is offered online through the law school's online partner, iLaw, asynchronously, with no assigned meeting times, although there will be weekly obligations and assignments over the course of the spring semester. More information will be available in the syllabus.

(N.15) Legal Writing for Law Clerks is a seven week course ending mid-semester. Students must apply to participate and details have been sent via LawNews email.

(N.16) This section of LRWA IV is open only to part-time students only until December 6, 2021, after which the sections open to all second year students.

(N.17) Patent Litigation & Dispute Resolution meets for two hours a week but students receive three credits upon completion due to other work involved. Please check the course description and course syllabus for additional information.

(N.18) Students must apply to participate in the Separation of Powers Clinic and details have been sent via LawNews email.

MAKE UP EXAMS FOR ANY REASON OCCUR DURING THE MAKE UP PERIOD ONLY. STUDENTS MUST SUBMIT A PETITION TO THE RECORDS OFFICE SEEKING PERMISSION TO DELAY AN EXAM.