Who We Are

The College of Law at Loyola University New Orleans educates future members of the Bar to be skilled advocates and sensitive counselors-at-law committed to ethical norms and the pursuit of human dignity for all.

The College of Law operates both a day program for full-time students and an evening program for part-time students. The day program offers curricula in civil law for students who will practice law in Louisiana and in common law for students who will practice in other states. The evening program offers only the civil law curriculum.

Students of the College of Law issue four academic publications, the Loyola Law Review, the Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law, the Loyola Maritime Law Journal, and the Law and Technology Annual. Students also have the opportunity to participate in the Law Clinic where they, under the supervision of the clinic faculty, provide legal services to clients who are unable to afford representation. Additionally, students are required to participate in the College of Law’s skills curriculum, a program designed to foster the practical skills integral to the effective practice of law.

The College of Law participates in five joint juris doctor/master’s degree programs. Three of these programs are offered in conjunction with other colleges of Loyola University, and the other two are offered in conjunction with colleges of the University of New Orleans. In each of these programs, each participating institution accepts a limited number of hours earned at the other, and the total number of hours required in each program is reduced correspondingly. The joint degree programs are in business administration, religious studies, mass communications, urban and regional planning, and public administration.

The College of Law is home to the Gillis W. Long Poverty Law Center, a foundation devoted to the assistance of the poor. The center is named in memory of the late Louisiana congressman who demonstrated great concern for the disadvantaged.

Additionally, the College of Law, in keeping with its civil law tradition and a growing international emphasis, conducts summer sessions abroad in cooperation with prominent foreign law schools. The curriculum emphasizes comparative law, international law, and the legal systems of the host countries.

The College of Law is a member of the Association of American Law Schools and is approved by the American Bar Association. It also is approved by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York.

Academic Regulations Overview

Honor Code

Students in the College of Law are governed by the Honor Code. An elected student committee acts as a fact finding committee for honor code purposes. The committee reviews complaints and conducts hearings. If a complaint is found to be substantial and if it is sustained after hearing, the student may appeal to the dean. 

Knowledge of Regulations

Students are responsible for compliance with the regulations of the university and should familiarize themselves with the provisions of this bulletin distributed by the Office of Admissions, the Registration Schedules distributed by the Office of Student Records, the Student Handbook distributed by the Office of Student Affairs, posted official notices, and instructions given to students.

The university reserves the right to clarify and change its regulations in the course of the student’s enrollment. Faculty advisers, deans, and associate deans are available to assist students regarding compliance with current regulations. However, it is ultimately the student’s responsibility to comply with the regulations and completion of requirements for his or her chosen program of study.

Upon enrollment, it is understood that both the student and the parents or guardians of a dependent student agree that the student will be governed by the university regulations and will abide by decisions made by proper authorities of the university regarding the individual student.

Petition To Waive A Regulation

The faculty committee receives petitions from students seeking variances from the rules and policies of the College of Law. Requests must be made in a timely manner. For more information, please contact Associate Dean of Students.

Curricula

Loyola offers four curricula. In the full-time day program, Loyola offers two curricula leading to the juris doctor degree: in the tradition of the civil law for Louisiana students; in the common law for those students who will practice in other states. As part of the full time day program, Loyola also offers a LL.M. in United States Law.  The part-time evening program offers only the civil law curriculum leading to the juris doctor degree.

Residence Requirements And Course Loads

The curriculum for full-time students covers a period of six semesters of resident study. Full-time students will not be permitted to schedule more than 16 hours of law work in any semester without special permission from the associate dean of academic affairs of the College of Law. ABA Accreditation Standard 304(e) prohibits students from enrolling in more than 20 percent of the credits needed for graduation in one semester. For Loyola, that maximum is 18 hours. Full-time first-year students must schedule 16 hours in the first semester and 15 hours in the second semester. The normal time frame for completion of the juris doctor degree is three academic years. Students are forewarned that this is a minimum time frame and the program may not be completed by acceleration in two and one-half years.

The curriculum for part-time students covers a period of usually four academic years plus one or two summer sessions. By attending three summer sessions and taking full loads each semester, it is possible to accumulate sufficient hours to graduate in three and one-half years. Part-time students may register for more than 12 hours only with the permission of the Petitions Committee or the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs by signing a pledge. All first-year part-time students are required to schedule 11 hours in the first semester and 10 in the second semester. Legal Profession must be completed and scheduled during the second year. Anyone who begins in the part-time program must stay with that program in the first year.

ABA Standard Regarding Employment

All students, full-time and part-time, should be aware of the ABA Accreditation Standard 304(f) which provides: “A student may not engage in employment for more than 20 hours per week in any semester in which the student is enrolled in more than 12 class hours.” In addition, ABA Accreditation Standard 304(d) requires “regular and punctual class attendance.”

Law Program Must Be Completed In Five Years

Students must complete their requirements in five calendar years. For example, if you begin your program in the fall of 2010, you must complete your program before the start of the fall of 2016.

Enrollment in Other Loyola Divisions

Students registered in the College of Law will not be permitted to register for courses in any other college of the university without the special permission from the associate dean for academic affairs of the College of Law. Permission will be granted only to upperclass students in special instances. Except for those students enrolled in the joint degree programs, no one will be permitted to take more than three hours of work in another school while enrolled in the College of Law.

Graduation Requirements

All Juris Doctor students must complete the following requirements to graduate:

•      A minimum of six semesters in residence
•     90 academic hours with at least a 2.0 or C average (see details below)
•     Eight skills credits
•     Satisfy all finanical obligations to the Law School and the University

As part of the 90 academic hours needed to graduate JD students must complete the following:

•     All required courses as listed below
•     Writing Requirement (2 hour requirement)
•     Perspectives course (3 hour requirement)
•     Law and Poverty requirement

Writing Requirement (2 hour requirement)

As a requirement of graduation, each student must submit a piece of legal writing in which the student exhibits the ability to perform legal analysis.

Guidelines for preparing a paper that satisfies the writing requirement are available from the Law Records Office or online at http://law.loyno.edu/law-records. Students will receive writing requirement credit when their paper receives a grade of C or higher and the professor who grades the paper indicates on LORA or to Law Records that the paper met the writing requirement standard. Students must tell the professor at the beginning of the project that the paper will be used to satisfy the writing requirement. Students must attach the writing requirement form to the paper when the paper is submitted for grading. The form instructs professors to indicate on LORA or report to Law Records that the writing requirement was satisfied by the student's paper.

Papers written in the following courses, when taught for at least 2 hours, may be used to satisfy the writing requirement:

LAW L782 - Law and Poverty Seminar
LAW L802 - Law and Education Seminar
LAW L809 - American Legal History Seminar
LAW L813 - Evidence/Procedure Seminar
LAW L816 - Comparative Law Seminar (2- or 3-hour credit assignment)
LAW L819 - Construction Industry Law Seminar
LAW L822 - Capital Punishment and the Constitution
LAW L826 - Advanced Torts Seminar
LAW L827 - Contracts/Commercial Law Seminar
LAW L831 - European Union Law Seminar
LAW L834 - Environmental Justice Seminar
LAW L846 - Seminar in Scholarly Writing
LAW L853 - Family Law Seminar
LAW L855 - Child Advocacy Seminar
LAW L859 - Regulation of Sports Industry Seminar
LAW L862 - Criminal Law Seminar
LAW L865 - Juvenile Law Seminar
LAW L867 - Business Planning Seminar
LAW L877 - Constitutional Law Seminar
LAW L883 - Dialogues in Law and Ethics
LAW L884 - International Law Seminar
LAW L885 - Sex Discrimination Law Seminar
LAW L886 - Environmental Law Seminar
LAW L887 - Federal Taxation Seminar
LAW L890 - Regulation of Entertainment Industries Seminar
LAW L892 - Law Review Seminar
LAW L893 - Public Interest Law Journal Honors Tutorial (only for comment)
LAW L894 - Public Interest Law Journal Seminar
LAW L898 - Legal Research (2-hour credit assignment)
LAW L910 - Law and Religion Seminar

Any new seminar, course, or existing course, which is at least 2 credit hours and in which a paper of suitable length and quality is either required or offered by the instructor as an option.

 Perspective Course Requirement (3 hour requirement)

The faculty has also established a requirement that students take one of the following courses which give a philosophical or historical perspective on law: Jurisprudence, Western Legal Tradition, Comparative Law, Comparative Law Seminar (when taught for three hours of credit), American Legal History Seminar, Law of European Union I, or Law of European Union II. Other courses from time to time may be added to this list. Only Western Legal Tradition and Comparative Law fulfill the perspective requirement for Civil Law and Common Law certificates.

Law and Poverty Requirement

Students may satisfy the Law and Poverty requirement by fulfilling any one of the following options: take the Law and Poverty course (LAW L781); take the Law and Poverty Seminar (LAW L782); take Street Law (LAW L833); Environmental Justice Seminar (LAW L834); represent low income people in the Clinical Seminar (LAW L897); Human Rights and the Global Marketplace (LAW L924); or perform 50 hours or volunteer pro bono legal services to the poor in one academic year in a setting approved in advance by the coordinator of the pro bono program. Students do not receive academic hours of credit for performing the pro bono services.

Skills Curriculum Requirement

Each student is required to earn eight skills credits to be certified for graduation by the skills curriculum office. The required eight skills credits should be distributed with two courses in each of the first four categories for a total of eight credits.

Certificate Requirements

The College of Law offers four certificate programs:

1. Certificates in Civil Law and Common Law
2. Certificate in International Legal Studies
3. Certificate in Environmental Law
4. Certificate in Taxation

Suggested Courses for Louisiana Bar Exam

Below in numerical order are the courses suggested to prepare for the Louisiana Bar Exam. Those courses in bold face are the suggested elective courses.

*LAW L705 Torts I
*LAW L710 Torts II
*LAW L725 Civil Procedure I
*LAW L730 Civil Procedure II
*LAW L735 Criminal Law
*LAW L740 Constitutional Criminal Procedure
*LAW L746 Business Organizations I
*LAW L750 Constitutional Law
*LAW L760 Evidence
*LAW L770 The Legal Profession
LAW L810 Negotiable Instruments
LAW L823 First Amendment
LAW L842 Courts in a Federal System
LAW L876 Conflict of Laws
LAW L955 Advanced Constitutional Law--14th Amendment
*LCIVL706 Civil Law Property I
*LCIVL707 Civil Law Property II
*LCIVL710 Conventional Obligations
*LCIVL715 Successions
*LCIVL725 Sales and Leases
p* LCIVL900 Civil Law of Persons
p* LCIVL920 Louisiana Donations and Trusts
p* LCIVL930 Community Property
LCIVL935 Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure
p* LCIVL940 Security Rights
LCOML921 Secured Transactions
* = required, p* = pool required

Suggested Courses For Common Law Bar Exams

Below in numerical order are the courses suggested to prepare for the Common Law bar exam. Those courses in bold face are suggested elective courses.

*LAW L705 Torts I
*LAW L710 Torts II
*LAW L725 Civil Procedure I
*LAW L730 Civil Procedure II
*LAW L735 Criminal Law
*LAW L740 Constitutional Criminal Procedure
*LAW L746 Business Organizations I
*LAW L750 Constitutional Law
*LAW L760 Evidence
*LAW L770 The Legal Profession
LAW L810 Negotiable Instruments
LAW L823 First Amendment
LAW L842 Courts in a Federal System
LAW L876 Conflict of Laws
LAW L955 Advanced Constitutional Law--14th Amendment
*LCOML700 Contracts I
*LCOML701 Contracts II
*LCOML705 Common Law Property I
*LCOML710 Common Law Property II
*LCOML715 Trusts and Estates
LCOML920 Commercial Transactions
LCOML921 Secured Transactions
* = required

Check with your individual state about any requirements unique to your state.

Enrollment At Other Law Schools

The associate dean for academic affairs may give written permission for a student to take courses at other law schools, thus assuring the student that the courses will be applied toward the student’s current program. An official copy of the transcript from the other school must be submitted to the Office of Law Records in the College of Law prior to the completion of Loyola’s next term. No credit will be awarded for a course taken at another law school unless the grade in that course is at least equal to the minimum grade point average required for graduation at that school. If a student fails to earn such a grade in a course required for graduation from Loyola, the course must be repeated. (See Academic Standards.) Credit earned at other schools will count toward total earned hours but will not affect the student’s cumulative grade point average.

Students are cautioned that the associate dean of academic affairs will only grant permission to take courses elsewhere when compelling reasons are demonstrated. Rarely will permission be granted to take a required course at another law school. At a minimum, two year’s residence (60 credit hours at any time or, if they are the last remaining hours, 45 credit hours) in the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law is required of students in order that they may be eligible for a Loyola degree.

Summer School Policy

Students pursuing degrees at Loyola are encouraged to advance their progress toward completion by attending Loyola’s summer sessions. A limited number of courses are offered each summer in an eight-week session. Schedules are available in the spring. A maximum of six credit hours may be earned in New Orleans in a summer session. All students, after completion of their freshman year, are permitted to enroll in summer school classes. Loyola students desiring to attend summer sessions elsewhere must have prior written permission from the associate dean of academic affairs if they want such credits to apply toward a Loyola degree.

Students are cautioned that the associate dean of academic affairs will only grant permission to take courses elsewhere when compelling reasons are demonstrated. Rarely will permission be granted to take a required course at another law school.

Designation Of Years In College of Law

Degree-seeking students are admitted to a degree program and classified, only after spring semester, as follows:

Attendance

Regular and punctual attendance is required. No student will be given credit for work done in any course in which he or she has failed to attend at least 80 percent of the scheduled classes. Each professor determines the effect of canceled classes on the total number of classes for the course. Excessive absences will result in a grade of UW. The student has the primary responsibility to keep a record of absences.

This attendance requirement is a “no fault rule”—that is, the professor shall not take account of any medical or other excuses in computing the number of absences that any student may have accumulated in the course. Upon a showing of compelling hardship and in exceptional circumstances, however, the petitions committee may relieve a student of the attendance requirement. Petitions for this purpose must be submitted in a timely manner—ordinarily within three days of notification of excessive absences. The committee may permit the student to take the examination or give no relief, in its discretion.

Final Examinations And Grades

Final examinations are given at the end of each semester. The alphabetical system of grading is used. The quality of work indicated by these grades is as follows:

An incomplete grade may only be given for Legal Research (LAW L898) upon presentation of written evidence of a medical or other handicap or compelling reason preventing the timely completion of the project. Incomplete grades must be approved by the faculty member supervising the project, and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs must be notified that the incomplete grade is being given.

In the case of a student who fails to appear for an examination without officially withdrawing, the following action will be taken:

1. Upon timely petition addressed to the Faculty Petitions Committee, the student, when he or she presents evidence of sufficient cause, such as personal illness, death in the immediate family, or unavoidable detention out of town, may be permitted to take a deferred examination. In the interim, the record of the student will list the course(s) as “Incomplete” until the examination has been completed.
2. In all other cases, the record will be marked AF. This grade will be considered as an F in determining grade point average and will indicate nonfulfillment of the examination for required course purposes.
3. If a student is present to take an examination, but for serious medical reasons believes that he or she is unable to take or complete it, the student should immediately advise the dean’s office of the circumstances.

Grading Guidelines

The faculty of the College of Law has adopted suggested grading guidelines for all first-year courses. These became effective in the fall of 2008. Faculty who deviate from these guidelines must provide justification to the dean’s office. The grading guidelines are:

Grade	At Least	But Not More Than
A	3 1⁄3%	10%
A-	3 1⁄3%	10%
B+	3 1⁄3%	10%
B	7½%	22½%
B-	7½%	22½%
C+	7½%	22½%
C	7½%	22½%
below C	5%	20%

Ranking System

Students are ranked within their class at the end of each fall and spring semester. Grade point average and rank-in-class vary slightly from year to year. The range for the class of Spring 2010 graduating class was:

The College of Law suggests that prospective employers look primarily at the class rank of student/graduate applicants and not only at grade point averages.

The Grade Appeal System

I. No grade is appealable unless it is at least 1.5 points lower than the student’s overall grade point average or semester grade point average—whichever is lower, exclusive of the challenged grade. Any appeal is waived unless the appeal form is submitted within three weeks of the posting of a student’s last grade, except that the period is interrupted after the spring semester until the first day of fall classes.

II. To effect an appeal of a grade, a student must:

1. Have discussed the examination and the grade with the professor unless the professor is unable or unwilling to do so prior to the waiver date,
2. Have an honest and mature intellectual conviction that he/she deserved a higher grade than that received, and
3. Have presented the examination to a student committee for the purpose of determining whether or not the appeal is frivolous. The student committee shall be appointed by the vice president of the Student Bar Association. A majority vote of said committee shall decide the issue. If the appeal is deemed frivolous, the student shall not be allowed to continue his or her appeal.

As a practical matter it may be several weeks before students can meet with professors to discuss an exam and grade.  Therefore, we recommend students file the appeal form very early in the waiver period to preserve the right to appeal, even if a student has not yet met with the professor. 

III. In order to appeal, the student should obtain an appeal form available in the Office of Law Records and complete the applicable portions of it. The completed form should be forwarded to the associate dean of students.

IV. If the student committee determines that the appeal is not frivolous, the associate dean for academic affairs shall appoint a committee composed of two faculty members who, if feasible, either teach the same course or have recognized expertise in the same field. The faculty committee will read the examination in question and shall have the option to read other papers from the same course for purposes of comparison. The faculty committee may allow both the student and the professor of the course in question to meet with them to present any relevant information.

V. If both faculty members agree that there is no reasonable basis for the grade assigned, it shall be changed to the nearest grade that is reasonable.

Grade Point Averages

A student’s grade point average is based on the credit hours, grading method, grade awarded, and quality points. The following definitions apply:

QUALITY HOURS are the units upon which a student’s grade point average is calculated. They differ from earned hours because quality hours do not include the pass grade and do include failed courses.

• LOYOLA EARNED HOURS are the credit hours earned while taking courses at Loyola.
• TOTAL EARNED HOURS are the credit hours earned while taking courses at Loyola as well as the hours awarded for transfer work toward a student’s degree.
• COURSE QUALITY POINTS are calculated by multiplying the quality points associated with a grade (A = 4, etc.) by the quality hours. (A three-credit-hour course with a grade of A will result in 12 quality points.)
• LOYOLA GRADE POINT AVERAGES are calculated by dividing the Loyola quality points by the total quality hours.
• LOYOLA CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGES include only the coursework taken at Loyola.

Grade Reports

A report of the grades made by a student in his or her scheduled courses is available through LORA. Students requiring a “paper copy” may also request this through LORA. Grades may be released to parents or guardians if the student authorizes the university to do so. This authorization must be made each term at the time of registration in either the Office of Law Records or the Office of Student Records.

Loyola’s grade reports list the courses, grades, Loyola grade point average (both cumulative and term), and the total earned hours. Discrepancies must be appealed according to the grade appeal system.

Change of Grade

An instructor may change a grade previously assigned by submitting a completed change of grade form to Office of Student Records.  The instructor must request the grade change form, cite the reason for changing the grade, and obtain the signed approval of the dean.

Academic Standards

A student is expected to do satisfactory work and, therefore, to maintain a minimum average of 2.0 at all times.

A student who has failed a required course must repeat that course. A student who fails an elective course may repeat that course but in any event must make up the credit hours for the failed course. A student who has earned a grade of less than C may repeat the course for credit. In such cases, both grades will be posted on the student’s transcript. A student may not repeat a course in which the grade received was a C or above.

In the case of repeated courses, both grades are used to compute the cumulative grade point average but only the earned hours from the original course are used in the calculation of Loyola cumulative earned hours, except where the original grade was an F.

Academic Probation

A student will be on academic probation at any time the overall average is less than 2.0. Students on academic probation may not hold office or otherwise participate in formal extracurricular activities of the College of Law.

Academic Success Program

The Academic Success Program is a tutorial/practical course open to all Loyola College of Law students who wish to participate, and is geared towards those whose grade point averages have fallen below the required 2.0. The program’s aim is to increase students’ understanding of the material, enhance classroom comprehension, and improve law exam performance. Individual and group tutoring is available, and both essay and multiple choice practice exams are given weekly with answer reviews. Contact Assistant Dean of Admissions for more information at (504) 861-5577.

Exclusions

A student will be automatically excluded from the College of Law if:

1. at the end of the first fall and spring semesters of College of Law work the student’s overall average is less than 2.0;
2. at any time thereafter the overall average of a full-time or part-time student is less than 2.0, providing the student has been on academic probation for the semester immediately preceding exclusion.

Courses Of Study

Students may have an undergraduate, graduate, and/or professional course of study at Loyola University. Each course of study results in a separate grade point average which will not reflect courses taken in other programs. Therefore, for students who receive bachelor’s degrees and return to take undergraduate courses as a law or graduate student, their grade point averages at the time of the awarding of the undergraduate degree will not be affected by this later coursework. In addition, the graduate or law grade point average will not include quality points for undergraduate courses. Students in joint J.D./M.B.A. programs have their law and graduate grade point averages computed separately.

Change Of Division

Students may request a change of division (Civil Law Day, Civil Law Evening, or Common Law) by completing the appropriate form and submitting it to the College of Law records coordinator or the assistant dean of admissions. Submission of this form should be done prior to registration for the term in which the change is to take effect.

Eligibility For Graduation

Students must meet the specific requirements of their degree programs as set forth in this bulletin. The university, through the deans, may authorize changes and exceptions where it finds them desirable and consistent with the continuous and orderly review of its policies.

To be eligible for graduation, students must have fulfilled their specific degree program requirements and college requirements, must have a 2.0 Loyola cumulative grade point average, and have been certified to graduate by their dean. Students who are short six or fewer hours of fulfilling their degree program requirements will be allowed to participate in the May Commencement.

In order to be certified for graduation and in order to be certified to the appropriate bar admission authorities for eligibility to take a bar exam, the student must satisfy all financial obligations to the university. Graduating students are expected to complete an exit survey before graduation.

In the fall semester prior to the calendar year in which a student expects to graduate, he or she must apply for graduation with the law records director. If unable to graduate in that calendar year, the student must reapply for graduation.

To be certified to graduate at the end of the term for which the student applied, all degree requirements must be completed no later than October 15 for spring or summer candidates and March 15 for fall candidates.

Graduation

Loyola confers degrees in December, May, and August. However, a commencement ceremony is only held in May. After grades are received, the university determines graduation grade point averages and distinctions. Subsequently, the Office of Student Records posts the degrees and distinctions to transcripts. Diplomas and transcripts are not released until the student has discharged all financial and contractual obligations to the university and has completed the required senior exit survey. After a student has graduated, no change may be made in his or her record, except to correct a discrepancy.

Graduation Distinctions

Graduation distinctions are determined on the basis of the student’s Loyola cumulative grade point average.

A student who has made a cumulative average of 3.4 graduates cum laude; one who has made an average of 3.6, magna cum laude; and one who has made an average of 3.8, summa cum laude. These distinctions are inscribed on the diplomas, noted in the list of graduates published for the commencement exercises, and listed on the transcripts.

Crowe scholars

In 2000, the faculty at the College of Law established an honor, in memory of their late colleague, for students graduating in the top 10 percent of their class. These students are designated the William L. Crowe, Sr., Scholars. This determination is based on cumulative grade point averages after the previous fall semester is updated by changes in grades received by March 1.

Commencement

Loyola will hold commencement only at the end of each spring term. Students who are candidates for May, August, or December of the current year will participate in that ceremony. The commencement program is not a certification document of the university.

Transcripts

Loyola is authorized to distribute only Loyola’s own transcripts, not transcripts from other universities. Only the Office of Student Records may issue transcripts. Students may have four records at Loyola which comprise the official transcript: undergraduate, graduate, law, and continuing education. Upon a student’s signed request, all official transcripts are sent by the Office of Student Records to others. Transcripts marked, “Issued to the Student,” are given by the Office of Student Records to students. In accordance with recommendations of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, official transcripts issued to students should not be treated as an official academic credential. Transcripts carry notations identifying major, degree program, Loyola term and cumulative statistics, degrees earned at Loyola and other institutions, date of birth, and prior academic level. Academic exclusion and dismissal are indicated on the transcript for students placed in this status. Loyola will withhold transcripts, diplomas, and statements of honorable dismissal until indebtedness to the university has been discharged.

Bar Examination Eligibility

Students are strongly advised to consult the state bar in which they plan to sit for a bar exam for student registration requirements. Students are urged to do this during the first semester of their first year.

Policy On Release Of Information (FERPA)

Loyola makes every endeavor to keep the students’ educational records confidential and out of the hands of those who would use them for other than legitimate purposes. All members of the faculty, administration, and clerical staff respect confidential information about students which they acquire in the course of their work. At the same time, Loyola tries to be flexible enough in its policies not to hinder the student, the institution, or the community in their legitimate pursuits.

Documents submitted by or for the student in support of an application for admission or for transfer credit are not returned to the student nor sent elsewhere by request. In exceptional cases, however, when another transcript is unobtainable, copies may be prepared and released to prevent hardship to the student. The student should present a signed request. Usually, the copy, marked as a certified copy of what is in the student’s file, is released.

The complete policy on release of student information follows.
Public Law 93-380 (also known as the Buckley Amendment and as the Privacy Rights of Parents and Students—Section 438 of the General Education Provisions Act) permits only the release of "directory information” about students without the student’s written consent. Directory information includes:

Student’s name, address, telephone number, place of birth, college, major, awards, photo, classification, dates of enrollment, degrees conferred, dates of conferral, any graduation distinctions, and the institution attended immediately prior to admission.

The law further provides that any student may, upon written request, restrict the release of or the printing of such directory information in the student address directory. The student may so indicate at each registration.

The law requires written consent of the student for the release to anyone (including parents) of other than directory information with the following exceptions: (a) other school officials within the educational institution who have legitimate educational interests; (b) officials of schools to which the student seeks to transfer; (c) the comptroller general of the United States, the HEW secretary, the administrative head of an education agency, or state educational authorities; (d) in connection with a student’s application for, or receipt of financial aid; (e) state and local officials or authorities to which such information is specifically required to be reported under state statute adopted prior to November 19, 1974; (f) organizations or educational agencies conducting legitimate research, provided no personal identifiable information about the student is made public; (g) accrediting organizations; (h) in connection with an emergency when such information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the student or other persons; and (i) the Veterans Administration.

Loyola University administrators and faculty may have access to information contained in students’ records on a need to know basis.

Personal information shall only be transferred to a third party, however, on the condition that such party will not permit any other party to have access to the information without the written consent of the student and that the information be utilized only for the specific purpose for which it was released.

Under the law, any student has the right to inspect and challenge his or her own educational file, with the exception of letters of recommendation or other material when the author was guaranteed confidentiality prior to January 1, 1975. Positive identification of the student shall be required for such examination and a university official shall remain in the immediate vicinity during the examination process.

Security Of Student Records

Loyola University New Orleans maintains all student records in electronic format. Such records are maintained on an administrative system housed in a secured environment. Access to all electronically stored information is controlled through the use of user IDs and passwords. Additionally, all records are copied to magnetic tape on a daily basis and stored offsite.

Policy On Intellectual Property Rights

The university’s policy for students, faculty, and staff on intellectual property rights can be found on the university web page under Policies, Procedures, and Reports at http://academicaffairs.loyno.edu/policies-and-guidelines.

University Policies And Procedures For Students With Disabilities

Loyola University New Orleans is committed to ensuring equal access and reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and to providing support services which assist qualified students with disabilities. The policy of Loyola prohibits and discourages discrimination against students with disabilities in all areas of the university. The Office of Disability Services was created to ensure the careful implementation of this policy by faculty and staff and to assist students with disabilities in meeting the demands of university life. Disability services are housed in the Academic Resource Center which is located on the main campus in Monroe Hall, Room 405, (504) 865-2990.

Any student with a disability wishing to receive accommodations must identify him/herself as soon as possible to the associate dean of students or to the director of disability services in order to comply with the requisite time limits and other procedures related to receiving accommodations. It is incumbent on the student to meet the deadlines and to inform him/herself of procedures in order to ensure reasonable accommodations.

Any student with a physical disability who may have difficulty evacuating the law building in an emergency is required to make an appointment with the associate dean of students at his/her earliest convenience to review the Loyola University emergency evacuation procedure.

Veterans Certifications

Immediately following registration held in the beginning of each semester, students who are taking courses leading towards degree requirements are eligible for benefits through the Veterans Administration and can be certified by the Office of Student Records. In accordance with Title 38, United States Code, Veterans Benefits, Loyola certifies only those students who are admitted to a degree program and who are making satisfactory progress as determined by the probationary and exclusion policies of the university’s colleges.

Reimbursement is certified for courses only and excludes noncredit courses. All inquiries concerning the certification should be directed to the Office of Student Records.

Credit Hour Certification Rules for Veterans

Syllabi Policy

Beginning fall 2004, syllabi for courses are published at the web-based schedule of classes (https://lorasec.loyno.edu/) by term and subject and are available for review and downloading. Students requiring a copy of their syllabus prior to fall 2004 should request that information from the Office of Student Records (http://academicaffairs.loyno.edu/records/ask-student-records).

E-Mail Address Information

All students are assigned a Loyola University e-mail address. This is the only address that will be recognized and used by Loyola University. All official information from faculty, staff, and administrators will be sent to students at this address. It is the students’ responsibility to regularly check their e-mail account.

Student Assessments

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment evaluates student learning and student perceptions through surveys of graduating seniors and alumni. Colleges and departments may also assess student learning outcomes and their perceptions of their Loyola experience.

Programs of Study

The Programs of Study of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law have been shaped by Louisiana’s unique role as the only state of the United States having a legal system based on significant elements of both the civil law and common law traditions.

• Juris Doctor
• Certificates in Civil Law and Common Law
• Certificate in International Legal Studies
• Certificate in Environmental Law
• Certificate in Taxation
• International Programs
• Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration
• Juris Doctor/Master of Urban and Regional Planning
• Juris Doctor/Master of Public Administration
• Legal Research and Independent Study
• Extern Programs
• LL.M. for International Students

Juris Doctor - Master of Business Administration

The J.D./M.B.A. program is designed for those students seeking advanced education in business administration in addition to education in the law.

Applicants for the J.D./M.B.A. program must apply separately to the College of Law and to the College of Business graduate programs and be accepted individually to both. The schools together will determine whether the applicant is eligible for the combined program. The J.D./M.B.A. applicant must present satisfactory evidence of having earned an undergraduate degree as well as satisfactory completion of 30 – 36 credit hours of designated undergraduate business course requirements.

Normal degree requirements of 90 credit hours (juris doctor) and 33 credit hours in 700- and 800-level coursework (master of business administration) are complemented and reduced to 81 credit hours (juris doctor) and 24 credit hours (master of business administration). Each program is reduced by nine semester hours as each program accepts, as part of its requirement, nine semester hours from the other program.

Upon completion of the program, the student will be awarded two separate degrees. The requirements for both must be completed, however, before either degree can be awarded.  Students participating in the joint program must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.30 (4.0 scale) in the College of Law and 3.0 (4.0 scale) in the College of Business Administration.

Students failing to meet all of the requirements of the program are awarded the juris doctor or master of business administration degree only if they fulfill the requirements for the individual degree as outlined in the College of Law or graduate bulletins, respectively.

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Juris Doctor - Master of Public Administration

The J.D./M.P.A. program is designed for those seeking an advanced degree in the field of governmental administration. This program is offered by the University of New Orleans (UNO) from the UNO College of Urban and Public Affairs. The program is interdisciplinary, with equal participation from the College of Urban and Public Affairs, the College of Business Administration, and the Department of Political Science at UNO.

Applicants for this joint program must apply separately to the College of Law and to the UNO College of Urban and Public Affairs and be accepted individually to both. The schools together will determine whether the applicant is eligible for the combined program. The applicant must present satisfactory evidence of having earned an undergraduate degree.

Normal degree requirements of 90 semester hours (juris doctor) and 42 credit hours including a six-hour thesis (M.P.A.) are complemented and reduced to 81 semester hours (juris doctor) and 33 credit hours (M.P.A.) plus the thesis. Each program is thus reduced by nine semester hours as each accepts, as part of its requirements, nine semester hours from the other program.

Upon completion of the program, the student will be awarded two separate degrees. The requirements for both must be completed, however, before either degree can be awarded. A student will not be allowed to enroll in Loyola College of Law courses in Clinical Seminar, Legal Research, or Independent Study. The nine hours of credit earned at UNO in the M.P.A. program will count toward the total earned hours at Loyola but will not affect the student’s cumulative Loyola grade point average. No credit will be awarded for a course taken in the UNO M.P.A. program unless the grade is at least equal to a C+ on the Loyola grading scale. No credit will be accepted until a student has successfully completed the first year of study at Loyola with an average of 2.3 or better. The student must maintain an average of 3.0 or better in the M.P.A. program.

Students failing to meet all of the requirements of the program are awarded either the juris doctor or master of public administration degree only if they fulfill the requirements for the individual degree as outlined in the Loyola College of Law or UNO graduate bulletins, respectively.

For further information on the M.P.A., please contact Dr. John Kiefer, University of New Orleans, at jkiefer@uno.edu or (504) 280-3842.

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Certificate in Environmental Law

Students in their second and third year may elect to specialize in environmental law, earning a Certificate in Environmental Law. To do so, a student must apply no later than the end of the second year with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Students who have met the certificate requirements by the time of graduation will have this distinction noted on their transcripts and receive a certificate.

This certificate program is designed to recognize students who commit themselves to this fascinating and challenging area of study. But it is also intended to leave room to take other important core courses. We strongly believe that one must first be a good lawyer before one can become an effective environmental lawyer.

Curriculum

Students must complete the following courses, totaling 13 hours:

Writing Requirement

Students must complete an academic research paper of high professional quality concerning environmental law. They may fulfill this requirement in conjunction with an environmental course listed above, as part of LAW L898 Legal Research, LAW L905 Advanced Legal Writing, or through one of the College of Law's journal offerings. This paper must be written for a grade and must be advised or co-advised by one of the designated environmental faculty. Advance approval of the topic is required.

Grade Point Average

Students must complete the certificate requirements with a combined grade point average of 2.5 or higher, and with no individual grade below C.

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Certificate in Taxation

Students are eligible to receive the certificate upon successful completion of all requirements for graduation plus:

Requirements

1. Take 12 credit hours of taxation classes;
2. Maintain an average of “B” or better in tax classes;
3. Obtain at least a graduating G.P.A. of 2.5;
4. Complete 50 hours (over two (2) filing seasons) of volunteer work for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, which also satisfies the Law and Poverty requirement.  Please contact the Pro Bono Coordinator for information about using VITA hours to satisfy the Law & Poverty requirement.

The taxation classes are:

LAW L804 Legal Accounting
LAW L869 Taxation of the Family
LAW L870 Federal Taxation of Wealth Transmission
LAW L871 Advanced Federal Income Taxation
LAW L872 Federal Income Taxation of Corporations
LAW L873 Taxation of Partnerships and Other Pass-through Entities
LAW L874 Federal Tax Procedure
LAW L875 State and Local Taxation
LAW L887 Federal Taxation Seminar
LAW L898 Legal Research
LAW L980 Income Taxation
LAW L981 International Taxation

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Legal Research and Independent Study

Students wishing to register for Legal Research (LAW L898) and Independent Study (LAW L899) should obtain a copy of the current rules and regulations governing the courses from the law records coordinator.

Limits on Independent Study

Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L814, L846, L891, L892, L893, L894, L898, or L901 (group 1 below) that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers L898, L899, and L900 (group 2 below) that would result in more than six hours.

Group 1

Law L814 Law Review Practicum
Law L846 Seminar in Scholarly Writing
Law L891 Law Review Honors Tutorial
Law L892 Law Review Seminar
Law L893 Journal of Public Interest Law Honors Tutorial
Law L894 Journal of Public Interest Law Seminar
Law L898 Legal Research; paper required, letter grade
Law G898 Legal Research; paper required, letter grade
Law L901 Loyola Maritime Law Journal Honors Tutorial

Group 2

Law L898 Independent Study

• Paper required
• Letter grade
• 1, 2, or 3 hours

Law G898 Independent Study

• Paper required
• Letter grade
• 1, 2, or 3 hours

Law L899 Independent Study

• Paper not necessarily required
• Pass/fail
• 1, 2, or 3 hours
• Can’t use for writing requirement

Law G899 Independent Study

• Paper not necessarily required
• Pass/fail
• 1, 2, or 3 hours
• Can’t use for writing requirement

Law L900 Clinical Externship

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LL.M. for International Students

LL.M. in United States Law

The LL.M. in United States Law is primarily (but not exclusively) designed for lawyers who have obtained their first degree in law from a law school in a Civil Law country.  A concept of the program is that Louisiana’s Civil Law or perhaps more accurately “Mixed Jurisdiction” background will be attractive to lawyers from Civil Law countries.  The Loyola College of Law Civil Law faculty will be available for these students as interpreters and “mediators” to assist them in better understanding unfamiliar Common Law concepts and techniques and other aspects of American public and private law. By achieving this familiarity foreign lawyers can become more comfortable in those areas of their future practice when they interact with U.S. lawyers, businessman, government officials or other legal institutions.

A total of twenty-four credit hours is required for this degree.  It is anticipated that the degree will be completed in one academic year (two semesters), but students may take longer if they wish with the permission of the Director.  For example, it maybe possible to finish the few remaining hours in the summer following the academic year by taking summer courses either in New Orleans or one of several study-abroad programs.

The only specific required courses for this degree will be the three credit course in “Introduction to United States Law” and the two credit course in “Legal Research and Writing for Foreign Lawyers.”  There is also a separate research and writing requirement which may be fulfilled by taking a two hour law school seminar for credit or a two hour independent legal research project (LAW L898) under the supervision of a faculty member.  An LL.M. student may be able to complete a more extensive thesis under faculty supervision for up to a total of six hours credit.  (This would be instead of the two hour project, not in addition to it.)

The remaining credits of the twenty-four credit hours may be taken from among any other courses in the College of Law’s course catalog except for the “Legal Research and Writing” for JD students, as well as, courses that are associated with service on the school’s four officially recognized law journals.  The candidate should have a coherent plan of electives and have the approval of the director for all elective courses. 

Up to four credit hours may be earned through a pass-fail internship with a law firm, court or government agency.  The College of Law does not promise that an internship will be available to the potential LL.M. candidate, but will make best efforts to arrange one for interested candidates. 

If a candidate chooses to write a thesis this may be completed after the candidate’s one year period of residency on the Loyola campus, but the LL.M. degree will not be awarded until the thesis is satisfactorily completed. 

Students who have their first degree in law from a common law country other than the United States may elect, as part of their required twenty four credit hours, to take a limited concentration in Civil Law courses offered at Loyola and receive a certificate in Civil Law Studies reflecting this concentration. The additional requirements for the certificate in Civil Law Studies are that the candidate take one of the following Civil Law courses in our curriculum: Civil Law Property or Civil Law Conventional Obligations plus one other Civil Law course, i.e., one of those designed "LCIV" in the Law Bulletin. (see Academic Regulations and Requirements.)

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Civil Law (LCIV)

CIV L702 Common Law Contracts for Civil Law Students 3 hrs.
This course provides a comparative introduction to common law contracts. The course will address remedies, consideration, and selected other contract-law issues which may include conditions, third parties (beneficiaries, assignment, and delegation), the effect of writings (the statute of frauds and the parol evidence rule), and multiple obligors.

LCIV L706 Civil Law Property I 3 hrs.
This course introduces the civil law generally and the law of property in particular. It provides an introduction to the philosophy, structure, and methodology of the Louisiana Civil Code, as both a source of substantive law and as an embodiment of civilian legal method in the mixed jurisdiction of Louisiana. The course also serves as the introduction to basic civilian concepts of property, such as common, public, and private things, movables and immovables, ownership, and accession.

LCIV L707 Civil Law Property II 3 hrs.
This course builds on an introduction to the Civil Code in Civil Law Property I and covers more advanced but essential civil law property topics such as personal servitudes (including usufruct, rights of use and habitation), predial servitudes (including legal, natural, and conventional predial servitudes), boundaries, building restrictions, occupancy, possession, acquisitive prescription of movables and immovables, and dedication to public use.

LCIV L710 Conventional Obligations 3 hrs.
This course treats the general provisions of the Louisiana Civil Code applicable to all contracts in Louisiana, the formation and effect of agreements, various categories of obligations and the means of their extinction.

LCIV L715 Successions 3 hrs.
This course deals essentially with intestate successions. Subjects covered include the rules of distribution, the spousal usufruct, rights of children, absent persons, the opening of successions, capacity, acceptance, renunciation, and collation. (The administration of estates is covered in Louisiana Probate Seminar, LCIV L861, and Louisiana Probate, LCIV L862.)

LCIV L725 Sales and Leases 3 hrs.
This course is a continuation of the course in Conventional Obligations as to the particular contracts of sale and lease in respect to movable and immovable property.

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General Law Electives (LAW)

LAW L801 Intellectual Property Law 3 hrs.
The objective of this course is to provide a comprehensive survey and overview of the principal areas of federal and state law governing intellectual property rights, including trademarks, patents, copyrights, unfair competition, trade secrets, idea protection and the right of publicity.

LAW L802 Law and Education Seminar 2 hrs.
This course will examine the law governing education in the United States, with emphasis on elementary and secondary schooling, including the impact of federal and state constitutions and statutes on finance and curriculum, and on the relationship between private and public institutions. Each student will prepare and present a paper to the seminar.

LAW L803 Western Legal Tradition 3 hrs.
This course treats significant aspects and institutions of the Roman law, canon law, common law, and civil law. It also considers the interaction of these traditions in the context of our American legal heritage. Some emphasis is placed upon codification movements in Europe and the United States and particularly in Louisiana.

LAW L804 Legal Accounting 2 hrs.
Legal Accounting provides an introduction to financial statements and bookkeeping, followed by critical examination of selected problems illustrating generally accepted accounting principles. Consideration will be given to the principles governing recognition of revenue, the matching of costs against appropriate revenues (with particular stress on inventory and depreciation accounting), the cost of borrowed capital and of long-term productive assets, and proprietary transactions. Emphasis will lie on the legal contexts in which the lawyer is likely to confront accounting problems. The materials will draw heavily on current corporation reports and the publications of the American Institute of Accountants and the SEC, with supporting and contrasting illustrations from judicial decisions and administrative practice.

LAW L805 Law of the European Union I 3 hrs.
This course introduces the basic principles of the European Community Law and the institutional structure of the communities with particular reference to the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Community.

LAW L806 Corporate Finance 3 hrs.
This course considers the legal problems arising in connection with financing decisions of publicly held corporations, including valuation of the enterprise and its securities, determination of securities structure and dividend policy, and decisions on investment opportunities, whether by internal expansion or by merger or takeover. Consideration will be given to the application of federal securities regulation, as well as state law, to the corporate decisions and to the import of the legal requirements for investors.
Prerequisite: LAW L745.

LAW L807 Federal Appellate Advocacy 3 hrs.
This course gives students experience in the appellate process by working on pending cases in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Students assist in the drafting of briefs and the preparation and presentation of oral arguments. Permission of instructor is required.

LAW L808 Securities Regulation 3 hrs.
This course covers federal regulation of selling, trading, and dealing in securities in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Subject matter includes public offerings, secondary distributions, insider trading, applications of Rule 10 (b) 5, sale of corporate control, market manipulation, broker-dealer regulation, state “blue sky” laws, and attendant civil liabilities under federal and state laws.

LAW L809 American Legal History Seminar 3 hrs.
This is a seminar devoted to an in-depth treatment of one or more topics in the area of American Legal History. The exact subject(s) to be covered will be chosen by the instructor and posted in advance of registration. This course satisfies the perspective course requirement.

LAW L810 Negotiable Instruments 3 hrs.
This course involves commercial paper and bank collection as regulated under Articles 3 and 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

LAW L811 Law of the European Union II 3 hrs.
This course builds on the basic instruction of the European Union’s structures and institutions offered in Law of the European Union I and provides specific, detailed coverage in the substantive competencies of European Union law, including such topics as free movement of goods, services, workers, and capital in the common market, anti-trust (competition) law, company law harmonization, environmental law, external relations and the common commercial policy, social policy, and fundamental rights.
Prerequisite: LAW L805.

LAW L812 Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy 3 hrs.
This course examines the problems of the debtor who does not pay his debts. The study includes processes available to the creditor for collection, competition among multiple creditors for the assets of the debtor, means of affecting a distribution of the debtor’s assets among his creditors, means of rehabilitating the debtor, and the debtor’s right to some measure of protection. More than half of the course is devoted to a study of the Bankruptcy Act since all aspects of the creditor/debtor problem are colored by the interaction of state created rights and the federal bankruptcy provisions.

LAW L813 Evidence/Procedure Seminar 2 hrs.
This is a seminar devoted to an in-depth treatment of one or more topics in the area of evidence or civil procedure. The seminar’s more specific topic will be listed in advance of registration. Successful completion of the required course in Evidence or Civil Procedure I and II (depending on the content of the seminar) is a prerequisite.

LAW L814 Law Review Practicum 1 hr.
This practicum is open to candidates of the Loyola Law Review. Students enrolled in this practicum will study the fundamentals of editing scholarly writing, the editorial process, and advanced legal citation skills. Students will meet in a workshop forum at least one hour per week and will receive pass/fail grades based on the quality of their work.

Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L814, L846, L891, L892, L893, L894, G898, L898, or L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers G898, L898, G899, L899, and L900 that would result in more than six hours.

LAW L815 Federal Criminal Law 2 hrs.
This course surveys federal criminal law with emphasis on white collar crime, political corruption, and offenses affecting the administration of justice. Selected statutes such as the mail and wire fraud statutes, banking laws, RICO and Hobbs, as well as perjury and obstruction of justice laws will be examined.

LAW L816 Comparative Law Seminar 1, 2, or 3 hrs.
This seminar is devoted to in-depth treatment of one or more topics of concern in comparative law. The exact subjects to be considered will be chosen by the instructor.

LAW L817 Mediation and Arbitration 3 hrs.
This course is a survey of the various dispute resolution processes including mediation, arbitration, the mini-trial, and the summary jury trial. The overall objectives are to give students familiarity with these processes, basic skills in using them, and experience in how to help a client choose the most appropriate dispute resolution process. The class will include lectures, demonstrations, discussions, and simulations. In some years, the course may be taught as a seminar, where written work satisfying the writing requirement will replace a final examination.

LAW L818 Labor Law 3 hrs.
This course deals with the legal problems of concerted action by employees, including the common law obstacles to the objects of labor combinations, picketing and the boycott, the construction and administration of the National Labor Relations Act, the collective bargaining agreement, and the union-member relationship.

LAW L819 Construction Industry Law Seminar 2 hrs.
This is a seminar course covering construction industry law in all phases. A review will be made of pertinent statutes affecting all branches of the industry from design through construction. Litigation and tribunals, both state and federal, will be discussed. There will be complete coverage of the contracts issued by the American Institute of Architects, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and Associated General Contractors. Documents covering the financing of construction will be examined. Finally, there will be a discussion of trial practice in this type of litigation.

LAW L820 Employment Discrimination 3 hrs.
This course surveys the various kinds of employment discrimination and the statutes, constitutional provisions, and Executive Orders which govern the rights and remedies available to employees who are subjected to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age and disability. 

LAW L821 Computer Law 2 hrs.
This course focuses primarily on intellectual property issues relating to the creation, sale, use, and misappropriation of computer hardware and software. Patent law, copyright law, trademark law, and related state-law doctrines affecting computer technology will be considered. The course will also address selected criminal law, antitrust, and personal privacy issues. No knowledge of computers, programming, or intellectual property law is required.

LAW L822 Capital Punishment and the Constitution 2 hrs.
This course is designed to familiarize students with the basic constitutional framework of death penalty law. The course is a seminar and requires the completion of a paper on a topic related to the subject matter.

Law L823 First Amendment 2 – 3 hrs.
Students will examine the theoretical basis for constitutional protection of speech and religion and the analytical structure developed by the United States Supreme Court to determine the extent to which government may regulate or interfere with activities protected by the First Amendment.

LAW L824 Products Liability 3 hrs.
This course deals with the consumer vis-a-vis the dangerous and/or defective product. It covers the role, mechanics, and effect of the federal, state, and local governments in this area. It also covers the theories of recovery and defenses to those theories as well as the continuing evolution of theories and defenses.

LAW L825 Law and Medicine 2 hrs.
This course provides an introduction to forensic medicine, forensic sciences, and the use of medical proof in litigation. Attention will be given to such topics as professional liability insurance, informed consent, and statutory limitations of liability. A portion of the course will examine the basic principles of legal regulation of the medical profession and hospitals and other facilities. In this regard, the course will survey the problems emerging with respect to the major interventions of the government in the health care area in recent years: Medicare, Medicaid, and national health insurance, generally.

LAW L826 Advanced Torts Seminar 2 hrs.
This is a seminar devoted to an in-depth treatment of one or more topics in the area of torts, products liability, or relational interests. The exact subjects to be considered will be chosen by the instructor.
Prerequisites: LAW L705 and L710.

LAW L827 Contracts/Commercial Law Seminar 2 hrs.
This is a seminar devoted to an in-depth treatment of one or more topics in the areas of contracts and commercial law. The exact subjects to be considered will be chosen by the instructor.
Prerequisites: Either LCOM L700 or LCIV L702 and either LCIV L710 or LCOM L701.

LAW L828 Trademark, Trade Name, and Unfair Competition Law 3 hrs.
This course deals with unfair competition in the marketplace and considers the remedies competitors may have against one another. Topics include trademarks, trade names, trade identity, unfair competition doctrines of passing off false advertising, misrepresentation, trade libel or disparagement and misappropriation, protection of trade secrets, the right to publicize, and interference with contractual and business relations. Emphasis is placed upon the interrelationship of federal and state regulation with some necessary reference to copyright and patent laws.

LAW L829 Financial Institutions Law 3 hrs.
The course covers principally the areas of bank formation and bank regulation. Additional topics include antitrust aspects of banking, the role of the F.D.I.C. and the Federal Reserve, and international banking.

LAW L831 European Union Law Seminar 2 hrs.
This seminar is devoted to in-depth treatment of one or more topics of concern in European Union Law. The specific topics to be studied will be chosen by the instructor. Each student will be responsible for a class presentation and a written paper.

LAW L832 Immigration and Nationality Law 3 hrs.
This course surveys United States constitutional and statutory law regulating naturalization and immigration. Students explore the historical development of that law and the role that racial, national origin, and gender classifications have played in that development. Students are expected to develop an understanding of immigration that reflects awareness of global migration forces and broader policy choices that may be affected by international treaties and conventions. Students are evaluated on the basis of class participation and a written appellate brief. 

LAW L833 Street Law 3 hrs.
This course is designed for law students who are interested in teaching inner-city middle school and high school students about law related issues. Twice a week pairs of law students will enter local public school classrooms to discuss legal rights, responsibilities, and practical legal problems. The course also includes a two-hour seminar component and a paper requirement at the end of the semester.
Prerequisite: Only seniors or permission of instructor.

LAW L834 Environmental Justice Seminar 2 hrs.
This seminar examines the distribution of benefits and burdens in environmental protection, particularly as related to race and poverty. We will discuss facility permitting, risk assessment, community lawyering, civil rights law, as well as environmental issues of concern to Native Americans. Readings will include judicial opinions, law review articles, interdisciplinary materials, and situational case studies. Because southern Louisiana is a national center of environmental justice activity, the seminar will also highlight local issues and encourage students to research those issues as part of their studies.

LAW L835 Natural Resources Law 3 hrs.
Natural resource management presents extremely difficult and contentious issues of law and public policy. Major debates continue to rage over offshore drilling, the protection for biodiversity, and the management of commercial fisheries. This course provides an overview of the way in which our society allocates and regulates the use of several natural resources, including fisheries, wildlife, wetlands, petroleum, and lands of aesthetic beauty such as Yellowstone or Louisiana’s fabled swamps. We will examine the major federal environmental statutes directed toward conserving natural resources, including the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. The historical, constitutional, and economic underpinnings of natural resource law will also be addressed.

LAW L836 Real Estate Transactions 3 hrs.
In this course, we will examine fundamental issues in real estate transactions, including financing, contracting, and conveyancing, with a primary focus on commercial transactions. Topics to be covered include: the structure of mortgage markets and the regulation of loan transactions; the law governing mortgages and related financing structures (such as installment land contracts and ground leases), including foreclosure and borrower protections; construction finance; suretyship (guaranties and related contracts); recording and lien priorities; contracts for the purchase and sale of real estate; conveyancing issues; and title insurance.

LAW L837 Land Use 3 hrs.
This course explores the variety of ways in which the law attempts to resolve conflicts among land uses, as well as plan and regulate the impacts of different land use patterns. Topics include common law; state, regional, and local planning; zoning; environmental controls; growth management; historic preservation; restrictions relating to residential development; and constitutional limits on land use regulation. Throughout the course, we will explore how land-use decisions affect environmental quality and how land-use decision making addresses environmental concerns.

LAW L838 Mineral Law 3 hrs.
This course involves a specialized study of the nature of interests in oil, gas, and other minerals, including the remedies of the owner against the adjoining landowner and the trespasser, the nature of the mineral contract, sale and reservation of mineral rights, prescription of mineral rights, and the mineral lease. The course also may include a study of the conservation laws pertaining to minerals and the regulations of the Louisiana Conservation Commissioner and of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the leasing of state and federal public lands, operating and production agreements, special contractual agreements relative to mineral exploration and development, deviations from standard provisions in mineral leases and instruments creating or conveying mineral servitudes and royalties, and an introduction to some of the special tax problems of owners and producers of minerals. The Louisiana Mineral Code is given coverage in all areas.

LAW L839 Civil Rights Actions Under Section 1983 2 – 3 hrs.
This course covers the history of the interpretations of § 1983, immunities, governmental liability, nature of wrongs redressed, relationship to state law (e.g., res judicata, borrowing state law, exhaustion), attorney’s fees, abstention, and sovereign immunity.

LAW L840 Employment Law 3 hrs.
This course examines the laws and doctrines (federal and state) that regulate and impact the employer-employee relationship. Among the topics typically explored in this course are: employment at will; employment contracts (express and implied); whistleblower and mass layoff protections; restrictive covenants and trade secrets; an introduction to federal labor law and anti-discrimination law, wage and hour laws; the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); and applicable claim procedures, defenses, remedies, and litigation strategies.

LAW L842 Courts in a Federal System 3 hrs.
This course deals with requirements of Article III of the United States Constitution such as standing, ripeness, and mootness. A major portion of the course is devoted to problems relating to concepts of federalism and comity between the state and federal systems. The class also analyzes the relationship between the branches of the federal government. For example, the extent to which Congress may withdraw jurisdiction from those courts and the power of the court to review actions of coequal branches are issues receiving attention. The course also offers a review of jurisdiction based on the existence of diversity and a federal question. The course also covers some of the following subjects: the Erie problem, suits against state officials and the state, abstention, injunctions against state proceedings, and review of state court judgments.

Prerequisite: LAW L725. LAW L750 recommended.

LAW L844 Administrative Law 3 hrs.
This course deals with the creation and functions of administrative tribunals, the procedure before such tribunals, and judicial relief from administrative action.

LAW L845 Communications Law 3 hrs.
This course examines the regulation of electronic communications. It focuses on the legal framework, including First Amendment rights and limitations, for both wireless and wired electronic communications, such as communications via broadcast, satellite, telephone, cable, and computer networks (e.g., the Internet). 

LAW L846 Seminar in Scholarly Writing 3 hrs.
This seminar is open to candidates of the Loyola Law Review who are currently writing a law review comment. Others may enroll with instructor’s approval. Students enrolled in this seminar will write and edit one substantial Law Review comment and, in addition, evaluate and edit the writing of other students. Students will be evaluated on the basis of their research, writing, and editing skills.

Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L814, L846, L891, L892, L893, L894, G898, L898, or L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers G898, L898, G899, L899, and L900 that would result in more than six hours.

LAW L847 Legislation 3 hrs.
This course examines the theory of legislation and the practice of legislative bodies—federal, state, and local—including their relationship to the executive and judicial branches of government. Topics surveyed include issues as to sovereignty and legislative jurisdiction, the legislative process, the relationship between statutory law and the common law, statutory law and the codal tradition.

LAW L848 Antitrust Law 3 hrs.
This course analyzes federal regulation of private economic power and practices in the United States through consideration of the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Robinson-Patman Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act. Topics include the development and current trends involving the application of the rule of reason and per se rules to various restraints of trade including price fixing, group boycotts, and tying arrangements. Other topics include the nature of agreements, activities influencing governmental action, the offense of monopolization, and the regulation of mergers.

LAW L849 Patent Law 2 hrs.
This course focuses on the means for obtaining legal protection for patentable and unpatentable inventions and for technical knowledge. Licensing and aspects of litigation affecting these rights also will be discussed.

LAW L850 Copyright Law 3 hrs.
This course consists of a detailed exploration of the protection of creative expression—literature, music, visual art, and motion pictures. While focusing primarily on the copyright act, the course also will consider those areas of patent and trademark law that overlap with copyright or form the boundaries. The challenges created by new technology, such as computers, home video recorders, and cable television will receive particular attention. Additionally, some attention will be given to related doctrines in other countries.

LAW L853 Family Law Seminar 2 hrs.
This seminar permits students to conduct an intensive study of one or more issues in family law. The students will investigate marriage, the parent-child relationship, and other contemporary family topics in a comparative format. Each student will be responsible for a class presentation and a written paper on a specific topic in the area.
Prerequisite: LCOM L700 or LCOM L800.

LAW L854 Insurance 3 hrs.
This course concerns personal and property insurance, together with the rights and powers of the insurer, the insured, the beneficiary, the assignees, and creditors.

LAW L855 Child Advocacy Seminar 2 hrs.
This seminar examines some problems concerning the relation of the child to the family and to the state. Examples are parental rights and duties and their termination, neglect and abuse, judicial supervision of custody in foster homes or institutions, medical and psychological treatment, statutory limitations on children’s freedoms, and statutory guarantees of children’s rights including rights of handicapped children.

LAW L856 State and Local Government Law 3 hrs.
This course studies the legal aspects of intergovernmental relationships including the distribution of power among the federal, state, and local governments. Organization and reorganization of local governmental entities, home rule, metropolitan government, and financing of the local government are among the subjects covered. The legal issues are related to the greatest extent possible to contemporary American urban developments.

LAW L857 Employee Remedies (Maritime) 3 hrs.
This course is essentially maritime, examining remedies available to an injured employee (and heirs of deceased employees) in the context of The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), The Jones Act (seamen), and The General Maritime Law. Pertinent provisions of the LHWCA are studied in depth, as are claims for injuries to and death of seamen/members of the crew of vessels. Also included are claims for personal injuries and deaths which occur on the outer continental shelf and injuries to non-seamen on vessels.

LAW L858 Environmental Law 3 hrs.
This is a survey course in environmental law and regulatory policy. The course considers the special character of environmental disputes and the problems that arise in developing legal rules for their resolution. The course covers several different federal environmental statutes, including laws relating to hazardous wastes, toxic substances, and air pollution. Our goal in studying these issues will be to gain a better understanding not only of particular environmental laws and policies, but also of the processes by which the government can regulate potentially harmful activities. We will look not only at traditional regulatory mechanisms, but also at the opportunities for market and consensus solutions. The course will make frequent use of situational case studies, which will require you to think strategically about how you would solve real world problems that have confronted lawyers and policymakers.

LAW L859 Regulation of the Sports Industry Seminar 3 hrs.
This course will consider the response of the legal system to the particular problems of the sports industry. Coverage includes contractual obligations in professional sports, antitrust laws, regulation of agents, sports violence, labor relations and collective bargaining in professional sports, arbitration, professional sports franchise relocation, the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the regulation of intercollegiate sports, regulation of amateur sports, gender and racial discrimination in athletics, and drug testing.

LAW L860 Advanced Criminal Procedure 3 hrs.
This course considers common problems in criminal prosecution from the initiation of charges through the trial process to the handling of post conviction remedies. The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure will be employed as a model. The course is open to both civil law and common law students.

LAW L861 Trial Practice Seminar 2 or 3 hrs.
This seminar examines the functions of the advocate in the preparation and trial of lawsuits with special emphasis upon the methods of preparation and development of facts into evidence, strategic use of discovery devices such as interrogatories, depositions, admissions and motions to produce, typical use of rules of procedure and substantive law in trial proceedings, tactical and ethical aspects of problems confronting the trial lawyer, and practical applications of principles in trial moot court exercises.
Prerequisite: LAW L760.

LAW L862 Criminal Law Seminar 2 hrs.
This seminar is devoted to in-depth treatment of one or more topics of concern in criminal law or procedure. The exact subjects to be considered will be chosen by the instructor.

LAW L863 Marine Insurance 2 hrs.
The law of marine insurance presents a fairly comprehensive study of the hull policies and protection and indemnity policies typically used in the marine market. Although the emphasis will be on American form policies and United States law, attention will also be given to the London insurance market and British law where appropriate. The course’s study is divided into three parts: 1) general principles regarding marine insurance, 2) Hull policy, and 3) P&I policy. If time permits, some attention will be directed to the coverages currently contained in marine pollution liability policies. It is recommended, but not required, that the basic course in admiralty law be taken before taking this course.

LAW L864 Admiralty 3 hrs.
This course reviews the principles of admiralty and maritime law, including statutory modifications, in the following areas: jurisdiction, the nature of in rem and in personal jurisdiction, maritime liens, the contract of affreightment and COGSA, limitation of liability, general average, the law of collision, the tug and tow relationship, and salvage.

LAW L865 Juvenile Law Seminar 2 hrs.
This seminar requires a paper relating to merits, faults, and recommendations for improvement of a segment of the juvenile justice system. These conclusions must result from individual and group visits to court and to facilities to which the child in trouble is exposed, and from lectures and interviews, all as compared with ideals and trends learned from casebook reading, classroom discussion, and library research.

LAW L866 Maritime Personal Injury 3 hrs.
This course examines the law governing personal injury and wrongful death claims under the general maritime law and federal and state statutory law. Both jurisdictional and substantive law issues are considered. There is a detailed treatment of the law relative to seamen, including “status seamen,” the warranty of seaworthiness, maintenance and cure, indemnity and contribution, and persons employed in marsh lands and on platforms and special purpose vessels located on the Outer Continental Shelf.

LAW L867 Business Planning Seminar 2 hrs.
This seminar combines advanced work in corporations, corporate financing, and federaltaxation in the context of business planning and counseling. The seminar will be based upon a series of problems involving common business transactions, which present corporate and tax issues for analysis and resolution. The problems will cover such topics as the formation and financing of corporations, both closely held and publicly owned, stock redemption, the sale and purchase of businesses, mergers and other forms of acquisition and recapitalization, division and dissolution of corporations.
Prerequisites: LAW L745, LAW L804, and LAW L980.

LAW L868 Workers’ Compensation 2 hrs.
This course considers the Louisiana law relative to tort liability of master and servant and the Louisiana workers’ compensation law.

LAW L869 Taxation of the Family: Structuring the Tax Consequences of Marriage, Divorce, and Death 2 hrs.
This course presents both tax planning opportunities and problems raised by marriage, domestic partnerships, support of dependents, divorce, and property transfers during life and at death. The course introduces the fundamental tax principles in the context of tax planning for the beginning, the span, and the end of a committed relationship.
Prerequisite: LAW L980.

LAW L870 Federal Taxation of Wealth Transmission 3 hrs.
This course considers the impact of federal taxation on the transmission of wealth. Primary emphasis is placed on the gift and estate tax systems. The generation-skipping transfer tax system and related income tax problems are also considered.
Prerequisite: LAW L980.

LAW L871 Advanced Federal Income Taxation 2 hrs.
This course consists of an advanced study of federal income taxation emphasizing planning considerations affecting the personal and commercial transactions of individual taxpayers. Prerequisite: LAW L980.

LAW L872 Federal Income Taxation of Corporations 2 hrs.
This course deals with the tax problems of corporations and shareholders faced in practice with discussion and analysis of the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations, cases, and rulings.

Prerequisite: LAW L980.

LAW L873 Taxation of Partnerships and Other Pass-through Entities 3 hrs.
This course involves a study of the tax treatment of the formation, operation, and termination of pass-through entities including partnerships, limited liability companies, and subchapter S corporations. Class discussion will focus on the study of the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations and solving problems a taxpayer must deal with in practice.
Prerequisite: LAW L980.

LAW L874 Federal Tax Procedure 2 hrs.
This course deals with numerous aspects of federal tax procedure. Specifically, the course will cover administrative procedures before the Internal Revenue Service, an analysis of the statutory notice procedures, the entire spectrum of litigating a case before the United States Tax Court and the District Court, extended periods of limitations, and additions to tax and other problems that a practitioner might encounter while handling a tax case.
Prerequisite: LAW L980.

LAW L875 State and Local Taxation 2 hrs.
This course considers the varieties of taxation imposed by state and local governments including: property taxes, business taxes, sales and use taxes, and the various exemptions.
Prerequisite: LAW L980.

LAW L876 Conflict of Laws 3 hrs.
This course deals with the law relating to transactions with elements in more than one state. Emphasis is placed upon the problems of choice of laws to be applied in a given situation where the laws of the states involved differ. This problem is examined with respect to actions in tort, worker’s compensation, contract, family law, and decedents’ estates. Consideration is given to constitutional issues, the theoretical bases for the choice of laws, and questions relating to the jurisdiction of courts and the enforcement of foreign judgments.

LAW L877 Constitutional Law Seminar 2 hrs.
This seminar is devoted to in-depth treatment of one or more topics of current controversy in constitutional law. The exact subjects to be considered will be chosen by the instructor. Seminar members will submit term papers in completion of course requirements.

LAW L878 International Law 3 hrs.
This introductory course acquaints students with the theory and practice of a distinct legal system. The sources and mode of discourse of the international legal system are studied in sufficient detail to allow the student to undertake further work in the discipline. Detailed examination will be undertaken of several substantive areas of international law. These areas will be selected from topics such as jurisdiction of states, international criminal law, law of the sea, international protection of human rights, law of war, and regulation of resort to force by states.

LAW L880 Seminar in Legal French 1 hr.
This seminar is designed to provide students who already have basic proficiency in the French language with a practical understanding of French legal terminology, concepts and materials, so that they may be prepared to engage in a meaningful interaction with French-speaking legal professions within the context of a global legal market.

LAW L881 Comparative Law 3 hrs.
This course presents an overview of the Civil Law and Common Law, the two great legal systems of Western civilization. It highlights their different historical development and how this divergence contributes to the differences in the two systems. The course also notes contemporary legal systems outside the Civil Law and Common Law traditions.

LAW L882 Jurisprudence 3 hrs.
This course considers the history of the natural law. It also appraises such schools of jurisprudence as the analytical, historical, philosophical, sociological, and realist in the light of the natural law. The natural law basis of the principal juridical institutions in the Roman and Anglo-American legal systems is considered, as well as the creative role of the natural law in contemporary law-making.

LAW L883 Dialogues in Law and Ethics 2 hrs.
This course attempts to sharpen the student’s critical awareness of the sensitive moral and ethical problems inherent in the legal enterprise. The goal is to sensitize the prospective counselor, advocate, legislator, and judge to these problems while helping him or her develop the ability to resolve them in a fashion most respectful of the personal human values affected. The course draws on a variety of interdisciplinary readings and will involve persons experienced in some facet of the problems discussed.

LAW L884 International Law Seminar 2 hrs.
Students with a background in the subject will conduct an intensive study of one or more issues in international law. These issues will be identified by the instructor prior to registration. Limited enrollment.
Prerequisites: LAW L878 and stipulated requirements.

LAW L885 Sex Discrimination Law Seminar 2 hrs.
This seminar deals with the law in the areas of sex-based discrimination. Emphasis on discrimination in family law, constitutional law, criminal law, education and employment opportunities. Consideration will be given to the legal status of both sexes and the changing emphasis toward equalization of the status of the sexes.

LAW L886 Environmental Law Seminar 2 hrs.
This seminar is devoted to an in-depth treatment of one or more topics of current interest in the field, e.g., Superfund, Toxic Torts, Wetlands, or Clean Air. The exact subjects will be chosen by the instructor(s).
Prerequisite: LAW L858.

LAW L887 Federal Taxation Seminar 2 hrs.
This seminar considers selected problems in taxation under the Internal Revenue Code. Enrollment is limited to 20 students. Prerequisite: LAW L980.

LAW L888 Gender, Race and Law in Film and Literature 2 hrs.
This seminar explores the intersection of gender, race and law by examining legal writings, statutes, cases, films, novels, short stories and plays. Students are introduced to feminist legal theory and consider a variety of issues that impact particularly on gender including intimate violence, rape, reproduction and harassment. Students are also introduced to the law and literature movement. Students are evaluated on the basis of class participation and a written paper or project. 

LAW L889 Rights, Remedies and Damages in Maritime Disaster 3hrs.
This course will examine the legal rights, remedies and types of damages a party can recover in the event of a maritime casualty including defenses to the claims. The course will teach the distinction between a right from a remedy and which party or parties may recover damages in such an event. It will include claims for personal injury, death of seamen and non-seamen, third parties, property damage, loss of income, profit, use and deferred income and production as well as monetary damages for damage to the environment. Defenses to such claims will also be covered. In addition, how to prove and defend against such claims will also be a subject covered.

LAW L890 Regulation of the Entertainment Industries Seminar 2 hrs.
This seminar considers the response of the legal system to the particular problems of the entertainment industries. Coverage includes antitrust law and the entertainment industries, the protection of ideas, the right of publicity, legal issues in the music industry, regulation of agents and managers, motion picture ratings, record labeling and censorship, film colorization and moral rights, and selected issues in trademarks and unfair competition.

LAW L891 Law Review Honors Tutorial 2 hrs.
This tutorial is open to candidates for Law Review who successfully have completed the junior Law Review requirements as determined by the Student Editorial Board and who complete service on the Executive Board. This tutorial is graded on a pass/fail basis only.

Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L814, L846, L891, L892, L893, L894, G898, L898, or L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers G898, L898, G899, L899, and L900 that would result in more than six hours.

LAW L892 Law Review Seminar 1 hr.
Should the candidate for Law Review Honors Tutorial develop the publishable comment as a part of a regular seminar, the seminar course description on the record of the student will have the addition of Law Review added to the seminar description, and an added hour of credit will be assigned to the seminar.

Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L814, L846, L891, L892, L893, L894, G898, L898, or L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers G898, L898, G899, L899, and L900 that would result in more than six hours.

LAW L893 The Journal of Public Interest Law Honors Tutorial 2 hrs.
This tutorial is open to candidates for the Journal of Public Interest Law who successfully have completed the junior journal requirements as determined by the Student Editorial Board and 1) complete service on the Editorial Board, or 2) complete a publishable comment under the tutorship of a member of the faculty. This tutorial will be graded on a pass/fail basis for board service, but a letter grade for comments.

Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L814, L846, L891, L892, L893, L894, G898, L898, or L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers G898, L898, G899, L899, and L900 that would result in more than six hours.

LAW L894 The Journal of Public Interest Law Seminar 1 hr.
Should the candidate for the Journal of Public Interest Law Honors Tutorial develop a publishable comment as a part of a regular seminar, the seminar course description on the record of the student will include the addition of Journal of Public Interest Law, and an added hour of credit will be assigned to the seminar.

Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L814, L846, L891, L892, L893, L894, G898, L898, or L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers G898, L898, G899, L899, and L900 that would result in more than six hours.

LAW L895 Law Workshop 1 or 2 hrs.
This workshop with limited enrollment gives students practical experience. Subtitles for this workshop have included Evidence and Immigration.

LAW L896 Professional Seminar 2 or 3 hrs.
This seminar surveys historical and contemporary responses of the legal system of the United States.

LAW L897 Clinical Seminar 6 or 9 hrs.
During the first semester, after a period of orientation, students will be assigned cases, civil or criminal, and will be expected to prepare these cases for trial. Such preparation will include client interviews, investigation, discovery, pleading, research, and writing of memoranda. Thereafter, students will actually participate in the trial process. Clinic students must be willing to devote at least 12 to 15 hours a week to clinic classes and class work over two semesters. A maximum of six credit hours of graded credit may be obtained for this course. Any hours in excess of six will be graded on a pass/fail basis.

Students may register for a maximum of nine hours in Law L897, which must be taken in consecutive sessions. The summer session will be graded pass/fail and will earn no quality points. During the fall and spring sessions, students will receive letter grades and will be eligible for quality points. Students who register for only the summer and fall sessions will receive only three hours of graded credit and will earn quality points for those hours only. In no event may a student receive more than six hours of quality hours for this course. Legislative and Administrative Advocacy – Law L841 and Advanced Legislative and Administrative Advocacy – Law L879 are considered clinical courses and count toward the maximum of nine clinical credits.

LAW L898 Legal Research 1 or 2 or 3 hrs.
This course is designed to develop skills in legal research, analysis, and writing, and to allow the student the opportunity to study a narrow subject in depth under the supervision of a full-time faculty member with expertise in the area. A written paper is required for satisfactory completion of this course, whether it is taken for one or two hours of credit. A letter grade is given for completion of the course. The course may be taken for two hours of credit to satisfy the writing requirement. A student must be in good academic standing and receive the permission of the associate dean for academic affairs to register for this course. 
Prerequisite for Mediation Section only: LAW L817

Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L814, L846, L891, L892, L893, L894, G898, L898, or L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers G898, L898, G899, L899, and L900 that would result in more than six hours.

LAW L899 Independent Study 1 or 2 or 3 hrs.
This course is designed to allow the student an opportunity to study a narrow subject in depth under the supervision of a full-time faculty member with expertise in the subject area. Appropriate written documentation pertinent to the study is required, but the course does not necessarily entail a single research paper as is the case with Legal Research (LAW L898). This course is only graded on a pass/fail basis and may sometimes involve working for an outside agency (i.e., an “extern” program), with general supervision and evaluation by the designated faculty member. A student must be in good academic standing and receive the permission of the associate dean for academic affairs to register for this course. This course cannot be used to satisfy the writing requirement.

Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L814, L846, L891, L892, L893, L894, G898, L898, or L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers G898, L898, G899, L899, and L900 that would result in more than six hours.

LAW L900 Clinical Externship 1 or 2 hrs.
This course allows students to learn by participating in legal work with an outside agency or court. Second- and third-year law students in the upper half of their class may apply to participate in this program. The student must be in good academic standing and receive the permission of the associate dean for academic affairs and the Loyola Law Clinic to register. This course cannot be used to satisfy the writing requirement. There is a regular classroom component. This is a pass/fail course. There is a two-semester commitment, and the extern must be willing to devote at least 12 – 15 hours a week to this course.

Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L814, L846, L891, L892, L893, L894, G898, L898, or L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers G898, L898, G899, L899, and L900 that would result in more than six hours.

LAW L901 Loyola Maritime Law Journal Honors Tutorial 2 hrs.
This tutorial is open to candidates for the Loyola Maritime Law Journal who successfully have completed the junior journal requirements as determined by the Student Editorial Board and 1) complete service on the Editorial Board, or 2) complete a publishable comment under the tutorship of a member of the faculty. This tutorial will be graded on a pass/fail basis for board service, but a letter grade for comments.

Under no circumstances can a student elect any combination of course numbers LAW L814, L846, L891, L892, L893, L894, G898, L898, or L901 that would result in more than six hours. Also, under no circumstances may a student elect any combination of course numbers G898, L898, G899, L899, and L900 that would result in more than six hours.

LAW L905 Advanced Legal Writing 3 hrs.
This course will build on the analytical and writing skills developed by students in the Legal Research and Writing and Federal Appellate Advocacy courses and will provide students with opportunities to sharpen their legal analysis through various types of documents, including a trial memorandum, a judicial opinion, a client opinion letter, and a short scholarly piece. Students will examine the types of legal arguments and will study the conventions and expectations unique to each of the documents they create. They will be expected to use this knowledge as they analyze hypothetical cases. Additionally, students will conduct legal research for their assignments, which will serve to reinforce their researching skills.

LAW L910 Law and Religion Seminar 2 or 3 hrs.
This seminar is devoted to an in-depth study of the interrelations between law and religion. The exact subjects will be selected by the instructor and posted prior to registration.

LAW L924 Human Rights and Global Marketplace 2 hrs.
This course examines economic, social and cultural entitlement in international and comparative human rights law. Students discuss the theoretical paradigms that have developed historically embracing the notion of moral and legal responsibility for the satisfaction of basic human needs; international and regional legal instruments embodying socio-economic rights and duties; special problems related to race, the status of women, children and indigenous peoples; the impact of globalization, trade, and international financial institutions on poverty and development; and the comparative approaches to socio-economic rights applied in India, South Africa, the Council of Europe, and the United States.

LAW L925 International Trade Law 2 or 3 hrs.
This course presents the regulatory context of the international sale of goods, including the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and other supranational or international organizations, as well as the effect of bilateral treaties and similar arrangements. This course also presents and analyzes the law governing the import and export of goods, such as the Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG), the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, the proposed European Code of Contracts, the Incoterms of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), as well as national laws that have been applied in the international context. Conventions and model laws on financing of international sales (e.g., on letters of credit, factoring, and receivables) may also be addressed.

LAW L926 International Investment Law 2 or 3 hrs.
This course presents an overview of the law applicable to foreign direct investments. Special attention is given to such issues as political risk management, privatization, transfer pricing, project finance, currency risk and foreign exchange controls, asset freezes, the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises, NAFTA, bilateral investment treaties, and national security issues. The regulation of multinational corporate conduct is also explored, including such areas as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, antitrust regulations, and the protection of human rights and the environment.

LAW L927 International Financial Services Law 2 or 3 hrs.
This course presents an overview of the law applicable to international financial services such as banking, securities, insurance, and accounting. Special attention is given to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and NAFTA, as well as the role of the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision, the European Union, the International Organization of Securities Commissioners (IOSCO), and the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC). Topics covered may include such issues as risk management, asset securitization, the payment system, clearance and settlement, capital adequacy, and foreign exchange.

LAW L928 International Dispute Resolution 2 or 3 hrs.
This course deals with the resolution of disputes in the international context. It addresses both litigation and alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration. The course focuses on commercial disputes between private actors, but may also analyze the special problems of disputes between private actors and states or state-owned entities.

LAW L929 Selected Topics in International Environmental Law 2 hrs.
This course examines selected topics in international environmental law. The course offers an overview of how international regimes address environmental problems and examines a selection of current global environmental topics, such as climate change, biodiversity, international trade, or human rights. Because the underlying basis for international environmental law is very different from that of traditional American law, students must be prepared to leave their pre-conceptions about law behind and “think outside of the box.”

LAW L930 Introduction to United States Law 3 hrs.
This course is designed exclusively for students who are enrolled in the Loyola LL.M. degree program in United States Law and who have already been awarded a first degree in law (LL.B. or equivalent) from a law school outside of the United States or Canada. This course gives an overview of U.S. legal history, legal education, the legal profession, the judicial system, case law, the legislative system and statutes, secondary authority and the Restatements, civil and criminal procedure (including evidence) conflict of laws, contracts, torts, property, family law, commercial law, business enterprises, constitutional law, administrative law, trade regulation, labor law, tax law and substantive criminal law.

LAW L931 Legal Research and Writing for International Lawyers 2 hrs.
This course parallels LAW L715 Legal Research and Writing and adapts and supplements it for the needs of international law students.

LAW L932 Immigration Law Seminar 2 hrs.
Students will explore problems posed by immigration and the regulation of aliens in the United States through selected readings, class discussion, and class presentations.

LAW L946 Agency and Partnership 2 hrs.
This course is an introduction to the fundamental legal principles governing agency and fiduciary relationships and unincorporated business associations. Among the topics covered include: 1) the creation and legal effects of agency and fiduciary relationships; 2) the formation, operation, and dissolution of general partnerships and limited liability companies; 3) the distribution of powers among the owners and managers of such organizations; and 4) the relative advantages and disadvantages of various organizational forms.

LAW L955 Advanced Constitutional Law—14th Amendment 3 hrs.
This course focuses on the protection afforded individuals by the 14th amendment due process and equal protection clauses, state action, and Congress’ power to enforce the 14th amendment. Students are strongly encouraged to take this course, as well as the first amendment course.

LAW L957 Injured Employee Compensation and Tort Remedies 2 hrs.
This course is a study and comparison of the various remedies available to an employee or his or her dependents resulting from work-related injury or death. We will compare state worker’s compensation principles with those of the Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Compensation Act. The tort remedies available to the employee and the compensation carrier’s right of intervention in a third-party action are studied. The remedies available to maritime workers pursuant to the Jones Act, general maritime law, and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act are also considered.

LAW L974 Canon Law 1 or 2 hrs.
This course will examine the 1983 code of Canon Law in light of the historical developments of church law and the reforms of Vatican II. Special emphasis will be placed on Book Two of the Code, “The People of God.” This course is cross-listed as LIM G874 and is offered by the Loyola Institute for Ministry in City College.

LAW L980 Income Taxation 3 hrs.
This course is an introduction to the principles of the federal taxation of income as it relates to individuals. It will focus on a number of concepts usually involving tax policy, gross income, property transactions, including gains, losses, non-recognition transactions, tax status, timing issues, deductions, credits, exemptions, and tax procedure. This subject is a bar requirement in many common law jurisdictions.

LAW L981 International Taxation 3 hrs.
This course covers the taxation of foreign nationals doing business in the United States and United States citizens doing business outside of the States. The course will examine the taxation rules regarding foreign income of United States corporations and individuals, United States taxation of nonresident aliens and foreign corporations, domestic international sales corporations, and international boycott determinations.

Prerequisite: LAW L980.

LAW L985 Intellectual Property Law Seminar on Digital Delivery of Entertainment Products 1 hr.
The course will cover the following topics: 1) the legal and legislative responses, especially under copyright law, to emerging digital technologies, including compression formats, increased bandwidth, and CMI (copyright management information) applications; 2) the emerging business models viewed against the background of the so-called “traditional” model; 3) the social, political, and policy underpinnings of the “safe-harbor” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act viewed as an unprecedented entrance of technology into the Copyright Act; 4) the increasing relevance of global treaties regarding foreign distribution of entertainment products for intellectual property rights holders in the United States; 5) the future of the entertainment industries in a limited-encryption copyright protection environment of instantaneous global access. Class meets once a week.

Prerequisite: LAW L890 or permission of instructor.

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Common Law Electives (LCOM)

LCOM L800 Family Law 3 hrs.
This course surveys the law regulating marriage and other interpersonal relationships. Topics considered include marriage, alternate forms of social organization, rights concerning procreation, divorce, child custody, financial aspects of family dissolution, the legal regulation of the parent/child relationship, children’s rights and the state’s role in protecting children from neglect and abuse, and adoption.

LCOM L805 Estate Planning 2 hrs.
This course examines the various methods of preserving, increasing, and disposing of wealth. Emphasis is placed on the tax implications of transfers within the family group as well as transfers for the benefit of charitable organizations. Attention is given to the use of generation skipping transfers, class gifts, and the creation of future interests by trust instruments.
Prerequisites: LAW L980, LCOM L715.

LCOM L920 Commercial Transactions 3 hrs.
This course investigates the laws that affect the rights and obligations of parties engaged in the sale and distribution of goods. The sales contract, its formation, interpretation and performance, the risk of loss, and the remedies of the parties are emphasized. Uniform Commercial Code Article 2 receives intense scrutiny.

LCOM L921 Secured Transactions 2 hrs.
This course is concerned with all aspects of security in personal property. Covered are problems and legal principles relevant to the creation of the security interest, to its perfection, to priorities between competing security interests and between a security interest and other kinds of property interest, to payment and redemption, and to realization procedures. The emphasis will be on Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

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Skills Curriculum Course Descriptions

Category I — Factual Investigation and Counseling

Pretrial Practice Skills
This course develops fundamental lawyering skills starting with the initial client interview and working through the various phases of pretrial discovery. Students will work in two-lawyer “firms.”

Developing Deposition Skills
This course offers students an opportunity to master preparing the witness, developing and executing a questioning formula for obtaining complete information, using simple language, creating a clear deposition record, formulating concise questions, listening carefully to answers, making and handling objections, using exhibits during the deposition, and dealing with obstreperous defending counsel. Students participate in a hands-on workshop to develop good deposition techniques.

Advanced Legal Research Skills
The emphasis in this course is on the practical research skills students need to survive in the real world. The course covers the basic research skills and sources introduced in the Legal Research & Writing and Moot Court courses, as well as more advanced topics. Topics include search strategy, case law, statutory and regulatory research, periodicals and other secondary sources, and practice materials. Students will be required to utilize skills learned in class to complete a research exercise.

Creative Problem Solving
Using an interactive workshop approach, this course will examine creative ways to attack and defeat the various legal challenges which seek to bar an attorney from proceeding with a claim or defense. Students will learn how to read codes, statutes, and rules and regulations with an eye to overcoming apparent barriers. Use of various Internet resources will be discussed.

Documents Drafting
This course examines a variety of documents used by attorneys. Emphasis is placed on the purpose and function of a variety of documents, including contracts, wills, deeds, leases, and security devices. Students will draft a variety of documents.

Foreign and International Legal Research
This course will provide a broad overview of print and online resources used for research in international and foreign law. Students will learn strategies for international and foreign research through a hands-on exercise.

Advocacy and Strategy in Government Regulatory Affairs
This course offers students insight to government relations and regulatory affairs, focusing the coursework on how to manage issues and advocate before Congress and Federal agencies. In today’s environment, clients often require more than just legal advice, necessitating attorneys to be cognizant of alternative course of action and joint efforts in various arenas to achieve a client’s objective. Course
topics include the development of joint legal and government affairs strategies for addressing a client’s legal needs through the political and regulatory processes and at the administrative level, the building of consensus and coalitions among industry, the legislative branch and Federal agencies, and countering, influencing, and focusing agency and legislative action.

Construction Law: Handling Cases Under the LA Private Works Act
This course will examine the Louisiana Private Works Act and recent decisions in the area. Students will learn how to prepare, enforce, and challenge a lien. Emphasis will be placed on how to effectively litigate a construction law case based upon actual cases tried by the instructor.

Drafting Corporate Documents
Students will learn to draft corporate formation documents including articles of incorporation, by-laws, articles of organization, and operating agreements.

Using the Internet for Legal Research
This hands-on course will teach students how to use free sources of primary legal information on the internet. Using lab computers, students will work through reallife research questions along with the instructor and learn when and how the internet can be a useful resource. The students will also gain an understanding of the benefits and drawbacks of using the internet for legal research and how this can compliment the legal research skills the students already possess.

Pleadings Drafting
This course examines the purposes and functions of pleadings in the litigation process. Students will draft a variety of pleadings and motions for both state and federal court actions.

Computer Fundamentals for Computer Assisted Legal Research
In order to understand how computer-assisted legal research actually functions, and thus how to effectively perform this type of research, the course will show students some fundamental operations upon which research software is based. The course will begin with the basics: zeroes and ones. Students will gain an elementary understanding of hardware, software, browsers, and the internet. Students will also create their own web pages. Two one-and-one-half-hour classes. Homework is a web page turned in on a floppy disk.

How to Write a Will
This course examines the various forms of wills. Students will draft a will in class.

Drafting Corporate Documents
Students will learn to draft corporate formation documents including articles of incorporation, by-laws, articles of organization, and operating agreements.

Basics of Mergers & Acquisitions
No description available

Creditors' Rights
No description available

Statutory & Regulatory Legal Research
No description available

The Last Transaction Hero - LA Sales Tax
No description available

Category II — Trial Practice Skills

Quantum Theory—Valuing the Case
This course examines the concept of valuing the case to determine how to assess damages and what to ask for monetarily at various stages of litigation.

Developing the Theory of the Case
This course examines in detail the skills, techniques, and strategies needed to properly evaluate and prepare a case for trial. Students work with a case from the beginning to develop the theory and prepare the trial notebook.

Handling the Criminal Case
This course consists of three presentations by experienced criminal attorneys and judges: Arrest, Bail, and Preliminary Hearings; Motions and Discovery; Jury Selection and Trial Considerations.

The Expert Witness in Court
This course examines the use of a variety of expert witnesses (medical, construction, accountants, etc.) in the litigation process. Students will explore when to use an expert witness, how to find an expert witness, and how to prepare the expert witness for trial.

Demonstrative Evidence
This course provides an overview of a wide range of demonstrative aids available to assist in supporting various issues during the trial of the case. Students will examine both expensive and inexpensive options available to create such aids and will explore the proper way to lay the foundation for the introduction of such exhibits.

Demonstrative Evidence II
This course examines the most effective methods for using various types of demonstrative evidence during trial. A specific case is used during the course. *Demonstrative Evidence I Skills is a prerequisite.

Using Evidence at Trial
This course examines how to make and meet objections and how to use the Rules of Evidence at trial to secure a successful evidentiary ruling. *Evidence LAW 760 is a prerequisite.

Motion Practice
This course develops the fundamental lawyering skills needed for handling pretrial motions effectively. Students will work in teams and performances will be critiqued by the faculty.

Appellate Practice
This course builds on the skills developed in the basic Moot Court (Law 765) course. The student will examine in depth the issues of whether to appeal, the application of appellate rules in federal and state court, and how to perfect the trial record.

Louisiana Class Action Litigation
Participants completing this skills course will understand the basic procedural requirements for Louisiana class actions; know how to spot and/or create certification problems; understand how to plan for a certification hearing; know how to identify, screen, and prepare or attack class representatives; and will participate in a problem-solving session in which fact situations are analyzed for certification criteria
in light of Louisiana caselaw. *Civil Procedure I LAW 725 is a prerequisite.

Representing a Defendant in Federal Court
This Skills presentation provides an overview to those with an interest in handling criminal cases in federal court. This course discusses the evolution of a federal criminal matter from investigation and indictment to trial, as well as sentencing and the apellate process. Other topics include grand jury testimony, initial appearances, arraignments, discovery, pretrial services, probation, rearraignments, trial practice and procedure, presentence investigation reports, sentencing hearings and appeals, all in the context of a federal criminal case.

Winning in the Beginning - Power, Passion, & Persuasion in the Opening Statement
No description available

Advocacy for the Ages - Talk to the Generations
No description available

Lawyers in the Great Tradition
This course builds on the skills developed in the basic Moot Court (Law 765) course. The student will examine in depth the issues of whether to appeal, the application of appellate rules in federal and state court, and how to perfect the trial record.

The Argument of an Appeal
No description available

Courts in Action
No description available

Intensive Trial Training Workshop
This course introduces the student to basic courtroom skills, including direct and cross examination, opening and closing statements, use of exhibits, and making and handling objections. The course relies on the “learn by doing” method and all student performances are videotaped and critiqued by a faculty of practicing attorneys and judges.

Family Law
This course examines the strategies and techniques used in handling separations, divorces, custody, and support matters. Emphasis will be placed on how to use the courts efficiently.

Personal Injury – Plaintiff vs Defense – 2 Views
No description available

Trial Tactics
No description available

Domestic Violence – Judicial Responsibilities & Perspectives
No description available

Category III — Communication and Negotiation

Courtroom Communication Skills
This course explores nonverbal communication and the impact that communication strategies can have in the courtroom. Students will explore the basic principles of communication and learn to use them effectively at trial.

Courtroom Performance Workshop
This course develops public speaking skills. Students will learn how to use voice, mood, and tone in courtroom presentations and how to deliver a clear, interesting, and significant message.

Negotiation Techniques Workshop
This course analyzes the techniques used to effectively evaluate a case for settlement. Students will practice preparing and presenting a settlement offer to opposing counsel.

Entertainment Law Negotiation
This course introduces the student to the basic components of a recording contract in the music industry. A brief summary of copyright law principles relating to the sound recordings and musical compositions forms the foundation of the course. Specific clauses of a recording contract are analyzed and techniques regarding negotiations are discussed.

Arbitration Skills Workshop
Students will learn the principles and procedures of arbitration as an alternative dispute resolution method. The course includes a comparison with other methods including litigation, review of statute, and federal decisions and statutes. Students will have the opportunity to participate in an arbitration practicum.

Mediation Skills Workshop
This course introduces students to the principles and procedures of mediation as a method of alternative dispute resolution. Students will learn how to effectively participate in mediation as counsel representing a party. Students will participate in a mediation practicum.

Mock Mediation Workshop
No description available

Real Estate Licensing Workshop
No description available

Closing the Real Estate Transaction
No description available

Legal Letters – Communication for Lawyers
No description available

The Art of Persuasion
No description available

Alternative Dispute Resolution
No description available

Fundamentals of Arbitration
No description available

Ethical Dilemmas to On-Line Marketing-from blogs to Twitter
No description available

First Amendment Issues Facing the Media
No description available

Handling Employee Benefits Claims
This course will introduce students to employee benefits law and provide them with the most effective way to handle employee pension and employee medical claims through a pension or medical plan. Students will learn how to evaluate the claim, research the relevant issues, learn where to file the claim, and avoid the most common pitfalls that can prejudice or damage their client’s claim. This perspective is presented from both the plaintiff ’s and defendant’s standpoint.

Real Estate Transaction Workshop
This course examines the series of documents required to successfully complete a variety of real estate transactions. The creation, management, and retention of these documents will be studied. Students will create a set of real estate documents.

Category IV — Administrative Board and Office Management

Handling Bankruptcy Claims
This course will provide an analysis of the most effective way to handle bankruptcy claims. From initial client interview to appearance before the bankruptcy court, students will take a “hands-on” look at the case.

Handling the Social Security Case
This course will introduce the student to the Social Security Income Disability Law and will provide an overview of recent decisions in the area. The student will discuss the practical issues of handling an SSI Case: the initial client interview, getting medical evidence, preparing the witness, and direct and cross examination at the hearing.

Handling the Title VII Case
This course provides an introduction to Title VII and the most recent decisions in the area. Special emphasis is placed on how to effectively represent claimants under this legislation.

Handling Claims Under the ADA
This course will examine the procedures required and the skills needed to represent clients under the ADA. Claims will be examined from both plaintiff and defendant perspective.

Handling the Medical Malpractice Case
No description available

Handling the Longshore Case - Making Sense of Administrative Soup
No description available

Practice and Procedures Before Administrative Boards
This course examines the practices and procedures unique to cases heard before administrative boards. Students may choose to investigate medical malpractice, longshore claims, or practice and procedures before city and state boards.

5300 Reasons for Handling the Social Security Case
This course will introduce the student to the Social Security Income Disability Law and will provide an overview of recent decisions in the area. The student will discuss the practical issues of handling an SSI Case: the initial client interview, getting medical evidence, preparing the witness, and direct and cross examination at the hearing.

The Professional in Practice (Required Skills Course)
This course will examine the current law on legal malpractice with an emphasis on the latest office structures and management concepts made to eliminate the opportunity for errors and mistakes. *This skills course is required for graduation.

Law Office Management
This course introduces the student to everyday questions and answers encountered in setting up a law practice.

Technology and the Law Office: Beyond Word Processing
This course surveys and evaluates law office technology and equipment—from cell phones to palm pilots to computer software and hardware. Students will learn how to plan and organize using the latest technology.

Screening the Medical Malpractice Case
No description available

Scientific Meets Socratic Method
No description available

How to Go Solo form Scratch
No description available

Digital Lawyering - How to Become Paperless
No description available

Category V — Skills Electives

How to Write for the Bar Exam
This presentation provides guidance toward writing for and passing the Louisiana Bar Exam. Test-taking techniques will be reviewed. *Skills course electives do not receive skills credit. Participation will be noted on each official transcript.

Duty Risk in Louisiana Tort Law
No description available

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Admissions Overview

Admission Process

Applicants for admission to the freshman class of the College of Law will be admitted only in the fall semester.

Both the Louisiana civil law curriculum and the general common law curriculum are available in the full-time day program. Only the Louisiana civil law curriculum is available in the part-time evening program. Although there is no application deadline, applications completed after March 1 generally will be processed on a space available basis only.

Accepted applicants must furnish prior to matriculation, a passport sized photograph, passport size, prior to registration, as well as transcripts from all degree granting undergraduate and graduate schools. All transcripts and documents submitted become the property of the university.

Applicants who have attended another law school, and who have been excluded for defective scholarship, or who are on scholastic probation, are not eligible for admission to the College of Law.

Students in good standing at an approved law school (one that is a member of the Association of American Law Schools or approved by the American Bar Association) may enroll as transient students with the permission of the dean. Members of the bar may be admitted as non-degree seeking students and register for courses on an audit basis.

Admission Requirements

Applicants to the College of Law must present satisfactory evidence that they have earned an undergraduate degree. In certain cases, applicants possessing an outstanding undergraduate record as well as an outstanding LSAT score may be considered for admission by presenting satisfactory evidence that they have completed a minimum of three-fourths of the requirements for an undergraduate degree. Applicants are in competition with one another under a rolling admissions system initially on the basis of undergraduate grade point average and Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score. The LSAT score attained must complement the undergraduate record sufficiently to indicate the applicant’s ability to successfully complete work undertaken in the College of Law. Other factors will be considered to determine the applicant’s acceptability including but not limited to letters of recommendation, college major, and graduate record.

For a profile of entrance credentials of the most recent entering class (both undergraduate grade point average and LSAT score), applicants are advised to read the Official Guide to U.S. Law Schools published by the Law School Admission Council in conjunction with the Association of American Law Schools and the American Bar Association.

All applicants must register with Law School Admission Services for both the LSAT and the Credential Assembly Service (CAS). Information packages for both are available at the College of Law or by writing directly to Law School Admission Services, Box 40, Newtown, PA 18940 or online at www.lsac.org. Applicants should arrange to take the test as early as possible—preferably no later than the December prior to the planned enrollment year.

Application Procedure

Applicants for admission to the freshman class of the College of Law must:

1. Complete an electronic application and attach a personal statement and any other required documents for questions 14B, C, D and E at www.lsac.org as well as at law.loyno.edu. September 1 begins the application period each year.
2. Register with the Law School Data Assembly Service (LSDAS). A transcript from each college or university attended (a cumulative transcript from the last school attended will not suffice) should then be sent directly to: LSAT/LSDAS, P.O. Box 2000, Newtown, PA 18940.
3. Applications will be evaluated when complete. An application is considered complete when the law school has received the application, fee, CAS report, personal statements and any required accompanying documents. The CAS will analyze all transcripts submitted and will send a complete report as well as a copy of each transcript submitted to the Loyola College of Law.

Upon acceptance, applicants will then be asked to submit a final transcript, showing the award of a bachelor’s degree or completion of 96 hours in courses having substantial intellectual content, directly to this law school.

All students entering Loyola University for the first time must complete a Medical History Questionnaire, the results of which must be on file in the Office of Student Health Service prior to registration. New Loyola students must also present proof of required (MMR, PPD, Tetanus, and Bacterial Meningitis ) immunizations.

Policies and Regulations

All applicants and Loyola students are required to provide complete, correct, and truthful information on all university applications, forms, and correspondence. If a student falsifies a record and it is discovered between the time of application for admission and the beginning of classes, it may be considered cause for cancellation of acceptance. If such a falsification is discovered after the student has begun classes, it may be considered cause for dismissal. Whenever an applicant or student discovers that the application is incomplete or inaccurate, the applicant or student should update the application.

Transfer Applicants

A limited number of applicants who have pursued a portion of their law studies in an approved law school successfully may be accepted as students with advanced standing. At a minimum, two year’s residence (60 credit hours at any time or, if they are the last remaining hours, 45 credit hours) in the Loyola University College of Law is required of students to be eligible for a Loyola degree.

A letter or certification of good standing as well as transcripts from the previously attended law school must be provided prior to evaluation. Applicants will be accepted for transfer if they present evidence of acceptance eligibility required of Loyola students in the year in which they began the study of law and evidence of above average academic study in their prior law school record. Once a transfer applicant is accepted, the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs will determine how many credits will be accepted by Loyola from their prior law school. No credit will be awarded for a course taken at another law school unless the grade in that course is at least equal to the minimum grade point average required for graduation at that school. If the transfer student has failed to earn a grade that is at least equal to the minimum grade point average required for graduation at the school from which the student seeks to transfer and that course is a Loyola required crouse, then the student must repeat that course at Loyola. The right to refuse credit in whole or in part is reserved. Transfer quality points are not used in calculating Loyola law school GPAs or rank in class.

Re-Admission

An excluded Loyola student may petition the Faculty Committee on Readmission for readmission to the College of Law. This request for readmission should be delivered to the assistant dean of admissions. Such a petition for readmission may be granted only if, in the judgment of the faculty, the academic record earned by the student in one or more semesters while enrolled in the College of Law was not indicative of the student’s ability to complete satisfactorily the requirements leading to a juris doctor degree. In addressing such a petition to the faculty, the student should specifically explain any hardships or other explanations which account for the deficient performance, and explain why those circumstances will not reoccur.

A student whose petition for readmission to the College of Law has been denied by the committee may not petition again for readmission until two years have passed since his or her last enrollment or petition for readmission. Any petition for readmission made at that time will be for admission as a beginning student with no academic credit for prior work attempted. Exceptions to the two-year requirement may be made by the committee for students who have completed more than the first year of law school study, and such students, at the discretion of the committee, may be readmitted to continue with advanced standing.

Policy On Sexual And Other Forms Of Harassment

Loyola University New Orleans, consistent with its Goals Statement and the Character and Commitment Statement, fosters dignity and worth of all members of the Loyola community and is committed to maintaining an educational and working environment free of sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is immoral and illegal, and will not be tolerated.

Sexual harassment may occur within a variety of relationships. Some relationships involve unequal authority, while others involve individuals who are of equal status. All allegations of sexual harassment will be scrutinized.

The university’s full policy and procedures governing sexual harassment and other forms of harassment can be found on the university web page for Human Resources Policies, Procedures, and Benefits. Appeal and grievance procedures can also be found in the text of the policy and in the university's Student Code of Conduct, Section 5: Sexual Misconduct, Discrimination, and Harassment Policies and Guidelines.

Loyola University New Orleans strongly supports equal opportunity in all aspects of university services and employment as provided in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Inquiries, concerns, and questions regarding the application of Title IX to university programs, services, employment, and policies should be addressed to the Title IX coordinator. The Title IX coordinator for Loyola University is the director of Human Resources, Marlise L. McCammon. The Title IX coordinator may be contacted at: Campus Box 16, (504) 864-7914. The law school contact person is Stephanie W. Jumonville, Associate Dean of Students, who can be reached at sjumon@loyno.edu or (504) 861-5438.

Policy on Nondiscrimination

Loyola University New Orleans has fully supported and fostered the policy of not discriminating on the basis of age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex/gender, or sexual orientation in its educational programs, admissions, employment practices, and in the activities it operates.  This policy is in compliance with all applicable federal regulations and guidelines.

Student Grievances And Complaints

The university has procedures to handle student grievances and complaints. Please see the Student Code of Conduct to determine the procedure to follow for a specific grievance or complaint.  Law students can contact the Associate Dean of Students at (504) 861-5761 for more information.

Tuition, Fees, and Financial Aid Overview

Tuition and fees as well as revenues produced by the university endowment and with funds raised through the annual support program from alumni, friends, faculty, staff, foundations, and corporations provide for the actual cost of operating the College of Law.

Applicants for admission to the College of Law and students who need assistance in paying for their education are encouraged to apply for financial aid. Forms may be obtained from the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid.

Because of the uncertainty of the economy and budgetary projections, Loyola University reserves the right to change tuition, fees, or other charges printed herein. The rates for 2011-2012 are listed below:

Tuition

New students and continuing students $1,241 per cr. hr.

Fees

For Beginning Students

• Application Fee (nonrefundable) $40
• Acceptance deposit (nonrefundable, applicable to tuition) $500
  • ($150 due by April 1, nonrefundable, if accepted by March 15)
  • ($350 due by May 1, refundable only until June 1)
• Student Bar Association Fee $150

For All Students

Students are encouraged to make payments via our online payment system through their LORA (Loyola Online Records Access) Account Summary at https://lorasec.loyno.edu/.  Payment may also be made by check or money order made payable to Loyola University with the bill remittance stub. Students not wishing to have their social security number or campus-wide identification number placed on their payment should contact the Office of the Bursar for available alternative options. Cash transactions are discouraged. A charge of $30 will be assessed for each check returned from the bank. VISA and MasterCard charges greater than $50 will be accepted as payment on the tuition account.

All students accepted by the College of Law for the first time who wish to be assured a place in the first-year class must, after notification of acceptance, make the application deposit listed in the above schedule.

Residence Halls

Unavailable for 2011-2012 for any graduate students.

Meal Plans (Board)

Loyola Dining Services offers several meal plan options that offer a combination of all-you-can-eat meals and the declining balance dollars, known as Wolf Bucks. The all-you-can-eat meals include breakfast, lunch, and dinners. Wolf Bucks are used for snacks, and late night dining. Additional Wolf Bucks may be purchased in $100 increments. All students living in the residence halls are required to participate in a meal plan.

Weekly Plans: Any 19, 15, or 12 all-you-can-eat meals each week.

Semester Plans: Any 50, 75, or 100 all-you-can-eat meals each semester in any combination and at any point in time. The semester plan includes $500 Wolf Bucks per semester.

Wolf Bucks Only: Students may select from four plans that provide only Wolf Bucks.  These plans may be purchased for their actual value of $500, $750, $1500 or $2000.

Combination Plan:  Any 9 all-you-can-eat meals each week, plus any 75 all-you-can-eat meals each semester, plus $600 in Wolf Bucks.

For more information about our meal plans, please visit our website at www.loyno.edu/dining.

Loyola Express Card

A Loyola student identification card, known as the Loyola Express Card, is much more than just an identification card. It is a fast, safe, convenient, and economical way to make purchases all over campus. You simply deposit money into your Express Card account, and then purchases made are deducted from your balance. It has proven to be an excellent method to pre-plan and monitor expenditures.

As long as you have money in your Express Card account, you will be able to make purchases all over campus without carrying cash, checks, or change. Deposits may be made in the Office of the Bursar, located in Marquette Hall, Room 270, who can be reached by phone at (504) 865-2388. All campus food services locations, Loyola Bookstore, Central Reproduction, the Convenience Store, Dunbar's, Student Health Services, Student Government Association, and residence hall laundry machines all accept the Loyola Express Card.

Funds deposited to the Loyola Express Card carry over from one semester to the next until spent. Balances in excess of $10 in a Loyola Express Card account will be refunded only if a member officially severs ties with the university by graduating, transferring, or otherwise leaving the university. Refund forms may be completed with the Office of Student Finance and must be accompanied by written proof of separation unless you are graduating. Refunds will be applied first to any outstanding university debt, with remaining funds issued, by check, to the student.

Billing and Payment Policy

Incoming students and returning students who have preregistered are mailed a bill for tuition, fees, residence hall charges, and board plans prior to the beginning of the semester. All payments are due 30 days from the billing date unless other arrangements have been made. Accounts not paid by the due date will be placed in a past due status.

Students who are not early registrants, students taking special program courses or continuing education courses, and all international students must pay in full at the time of registration.

A late fee of $250 will be assessed on accounts in past due status. If a bill is not received or if an adjustment should be made to the bill, the student should contact the Office of Student Finance so that payment can be made by the deadline. Students who have not met their financial obligations or made appropriate arrangements through the Office of Student Finance have not officially completed registration and may be subject to removal from enrollment and will not be allowed to register for subsequent semesters. Students whose checks are returned from the bank as unpaid also may be subject to removal from enrollment.

Loyola will withhold statements of honorable dismissal, transcripts, the diploma, and all other reports or materials until all indebtedness to the university has been paid or until satisfactory arrangements have been made with the vice president for finance and administration. Students are not allowed to enroll for subsequent semesters as long as prior financial indebtedness has not been satisfied. It is also the policy of Loyola to withhold transcripts, registration, and diplomas on any student who has defaulted on a Guaranteed Student Loan, Stafford Loan, Direct Loan, Perkins Loan, NDSL, Nursing or other student loan. In the event that the delinquent account is placed with an outside agency for collection, all collection costs, attorney fees, and court costs incurred will be passed on to the student.

Monthly Payments

Although Loyola has no monthly payment plan of its own, students may subscribe to one of two plans offered by outside companies.

TuitionPay by Sallie Mae and Tuition Management Systems, Inc. offer families several monthly payment options to help make education expenses more affordable. The Interest-free Monthly Payment Option enables families to spread all or part of the annual tuition, fees, residence hall charges, and board plans over equal, monthly payments. There are no interest charges, only a small annual fee. Please contact the Office of Student Finance at (504) 865-3337, or visit our website at http://www.loyno.edu/studentfinance/monthlybudgetplans.html for more information on these programs.

Refund Policy

A student who withdraws from a course before the end of the term may be entitled to a refund of a percentage of the tuition charged for that course. The university’s general policy on refunds is described below. Federal statute requires an alternate calculation for recipients of federal Title IV financial assistance, and it is described as well.

TUITION—Students who withdraw from the university or from a course may be entitled to a refund of a percentage of their tuition. Students who withdraw must return a completed withdrawal form to the Office of Student Records. Mere cessation of attendance does not constitute withdrawal. The date of receipt of the withdrawal notice by the Office of Student Records will determine the amount of tuition refund. Refunds are a percentage of the tuition payable in the semester in which the student withdraws, not a percentage of the total amount billed. Only tuition is refundable. No refunds are made when a student is suspended or dismissed for academic, disciplinary, or financial reasons. Tuition refunds are made for the fall and spring semesters on the following basis:

1. If formal notice is received within two weeks after the beginning of the semester, a refund of 100 percent of tuition is made.
2. If formal notice is received within five weeks after the beginning of the semester, a refund of 50 percent of tuition is made.
3. If formal notice is received within nine weeks after the beginning of the semester, a refund of 25 percent of tuition is made.
4. No refunds are allowed after the ninth week of classes.
5. Since summer sessions vary in length, please refer to the academic calendar for summer refund deadlines.

Students forced to withdraw for medical reasons should consult the Academic Regulations section of this bulletin for the university’s policy on medical withdrawals.

ROOM—Students who withdraw from the university for any reason are not entitled to any refund on the cost of their room.
MEALS—Students who withdraw from the university may receive a refund on the meal plan, prorated to the date of withdrawal. However, no refunds will be granted after the last day for refunds according to the academic calendar (last day for 25 percent refund). These refunds must be approved by the Office of Residential Life.

Tuition Refund Insurance

An elective medical withdrawal insurance plan administered by A.W.G. Dewar, Inc. is offered to full-time students. This insurance provides a refund of 75 percent of tuition in the event the covered student is forced to withdraw due to illness or accident. The insurance reimburses the insured for the remaining tuition not refunded by the university’s refund policy described above.

Enrollment forms and descriptive materials are mailed to the student in mid-summer prior to the start of the academic year. More information may be obtained from the Office of Student Affairs.

Refund/Repayment of Title IV Financial Aid Funds

Loyola follows the requirements mandated by the Department of Education for the treatment of Title IV funds when a student withdraws. These requirements were added to the law by the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (Public Law 105 – 244) and are found in section 484B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and in the implementing final regulations published on November 1, 1999 (64 FR 59016).

A repayment to the federal aid programs (Perkins Loan and Direct Loan programs) may be required when cash has been disbursed to a student from financial aid funds in excess of the amount of aid the student earned during the term. The amount of Title IV aid earned is determined by multiplying the total Title IV aid (excluding Federal College Work-Study funds) for which the student qualified by the percentage of time during the term that the student was enrolled.

If less aid was disbursed than was earned, the amount of Title IV aid that must be returned is determined by subtracting the earned amount from the amount actually disbursed.

The responsibility for returning unearned aid is allocated between the university and the student according to the portion of disbursed aid that could have been used to cover university charges and the portion that could have been disbursed directly to the student once university charges were covered. Loyola University will distribute the unearned aid back to the Title IV programs as specified by law. The student will be responsible for any balance on his or her account, which results from these adjustments.

Overpayments/Excess Aid

If a credit exists on a student account due to an overpayment, withdrawal, or excess financial aid, a refund may be issued to the student upon request. If the student paid any portion of the bill by credit card, the refund will be issued to the credit card company for the appropriate amount. If the student paid any portion of the bill by personal check, a refund may be issued after the personal check clears. Please refer to the tuition refund schedule. Any form of financial aid (loans, grants, or scholarships) will be the priority form of payment to the tuition account. If a credit results from a combination of financial aid and a credit card payment after all adjustments have been made, the credit card will be refunded.

College of Law Financial Aid Office

This office administers all federal and private loans for law students. The Office of Financial Aid is located in LS 345. The telephone number is (504) 861-5551.  For more information regarding federal and private loans, see our webpage, www.law.loyno.edu/lawaid.

Loan Repayment Assistance Program

Many Loyola College of Law graduates devote their careers to public service work as advocates for traditionally underserved communities. Given a significant law school debt burden, such careers might not be feasible without some form of assistance. Since 1991, the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) has tried to address this problem and remains committed to furthering its goal of providing quality legal assistance to communities throughout the country.

For additional information, http://loyno.edu/gillislong/.

Diversity Funding

In accord with its commitment to extend opportunities in education to all qualified students, regardless of age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex/gender, or sexual orientation, and being cognizant of the underrepresentation of minorities within the legal profession, Loyola has established a fund to assist minorities in obtaining a legal education.

Other Funding

The Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) conducts summer tutorial programs each year to assist students of “low income” or “disadvantaged background” to obtain entrance into the College of Law. Those students successfully completing the program will, upon enrollment in the College of Law, be awarded an annual living stipend. For further information, students should contact: CLEO, 740 15th St. N.W., 9th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 or call (202) 216-4343 or www.cleoscholars.com. Minority students may also wish to contact the Earl Warren Legal Training Program, Inc., 10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019 for further information concerning the availability of assistance.

University Academic Scholarships

Scholarships are awarded to outstanding entering first-year students with superior academic records and LSAT scores. These scholarships are awarded as tuition waivers and are renewed automatically if the required grade point average is maintained.

After the freshman year, students may apply to the Faculty Scholarship Selection Committee to be considered for one-year awards based on a combination of merit and need. Loyola may conclude that gift and grant aid from other sources precludes or limits a student’s eligibility for scholarships administered by the College of Law. Unless otherwise specified, scholarship awards shall not exceed actual tuition. The College of Law administers the following scholarships:

• Annual Scholarships
• Endowed Scholarships

For additional information concerning scholarships and awards, http://law.loyno.edu/scholarships.

Student Services Overview

Student Life at Loyola is based on the philosophy that education occurs in the context of total human development. Development of the whole person involves not only the intellectual development of the student but also the moral, social, cultural, and physical development of the individual. Programs and services exist which provide opportunities for this total educational experience.

Career Services Program

The mission of the Office of Career Services at the College of Law is to equip law students and alumni with the ability to define and achieve their career aspirations, and assess their interests and values. The office is staffed with licensed attorneys and legal recruitment professionals who have both law school and law firm experience.

Located in LS 402, the Career Services staff offers one-on-one counseling to assist students and alumni with local and out-of-state job searches.  Professional development programming, internships, recruitment programs, job fairs, networking events, mentoring programs, and other services are offered to educate law students and alumni regarding the methods of achieving career ambitions and employment options for those in possession of a Juris Doctor degree. By cultivating relationships with legal employers (e.g., the judiciary, private law firms, government agencies, legal services), alumni, local and national associations, and other members of the legal community, the Office of Career Services develops employment opportunities for law students and alumni.

Academic Counseling

For those students who need advice and counseling about their law program, the members of the faculty are available on a designated basis. The dean and associate deans will assist the student with scheduling courses and are available to discuss other problems that may arise in the academic year.

Academic Success Program

The College of Law Academic Success Program complements the law school curriculum to assist students in attaining academic success and is an integral part of Loyola Law School’s commitment to the academic achievement of all students. The Academic Success Program recognizes that students have diverse learning methods and backgrounds that affect their performance in law school. The program provides presentations, workshops, skills seminars and study groups on such topics as brief writing, test taking, issue spotting, essay writing, and time and stress management. The program also provides professional academic guidance and one-on-one tutorials to enhance studying, analysis, comprehension and writing. Individual meetings allow students to focus on their specific academic strengths and weaknesses to assess the best approach for achieving academic success. The Program is open to all students. Information about specific times and locations for activities and office hours will be posted on the web page and bulletin boards. The Academic Success Program office is located in Room 124.

Marie D. Tufts, Director, Academic Success Program,Telephone (504) 861-5689 Room: 124, Email: mdtufts@loyno.edu.

University Counseling Center

The University Counseling Center (UCC), located on the main campus on the second floor of the Danna Student Center (room 208) provides personal counseling, psychiatric services and psychological assessments to all registered students. The UCC exists to assist students with meeting the varied challenges of community life at Loyola. Concerns for which students have sought services include adjustment issues, grief and loss, eating disorders, sexual violence, anxiety and depression. These services are offered free of charge and on a confidential basis in which the UCC records are maintained independently of all other university records. The UCC staff includes mental health professionals and a consulting psychiatrist who have been professionally trained in their areas of expertise. For more information about the University Counseling Center or to schedule an appointment, please call (504) 865-3835.

Student Housing

Cabra Hall, located on the Broadway campus adjacent to the College of Law, is a residence hall primarily housing undergraduate upperclass men and women. Law students may apply for housing in Cabra Hall, and every effort will be made to house law students in a suite with other law students.  The Office of Residential Life will make every effort to accommodate law students with housing, but they are not guarnetted a space in Cabra Hall.  There are no accommodations for married students on campus.

Law students are encouraged to visit the Law school housing webpage for information on off-campus housing.

Requests for further information about campus housing should be forwarded directly to the Office of Residential Life, following notification of acceptance to the College of Law.  Their direct number is 504-865-2445.

Campus Parking

Students may park on campus by purchasing a parking permit from the Loyola Express Card/Parking Services office located on the first floor of Biever Hall. Visitors may park in the Freret Street Parking Garage by paying an hourly rate or at a paid parking meter. Parking regulations are enforced 24 hours every day, weekends and holidays included. Please refer to the Loyola University parking and traffic regulations brochure for a complete listing of the parking regulations. For further information about on-campus parking, please contact the Loyola Express Card office at (504) 865-3000.

Commuter Services

The Office of Co-Curricular Programs serves the needs of Loyola University’s commuter students, which represent over 54 percent of the student population. The university recognizes its responsibility for responding to their unique needs.

Resources for commuter students including brochures, apartment listings, car pooling information, bus schedules, and programs are available in the Office of Co-Curricular Programs located in the Danna Student Center.

Student Health Services

Loyola’s Student Health Services is located on the main campus on the lower level of the Danna Student Center.  Medical professionals administer a program of primary healthcare, medical assistance for illness/injury, and referral for emergency and/or specialty medical care to all registered students.  The primary goal for Student Health Services is to promote personal healthcare and healthy lifestyles.  Services provided include immunizations, well-woman exams, anonymous HIV testing, allergy injections (available through Tulane Student Health Center), and licensed in-house and contract laboratory for various testing.  Treatment by medical professionals is provided at no charge to students and on a confidential basis as dictated by the medical code of ethics. Prescribed medicines, referrals to off-campus medical specialists, laboratory tests, and hospitalization are at the student’s expense. For more information about Student Health Services please call (504) 865-3326.

Immunization Policy

Loyola University New Orleans and Louisiana law requires all incoming students and students residing on campus to submit vaccination documentation.  This requirement includes proof of immunization for tetanus/diphtheria (within the past 10 years), meningococcal disease, and for students born after 1956, measles, mumps, and rubella (two doses). 

Registration for any course will be “temporary” until the completed proof of immunization compliance form has been submitted to Student Health Services by the student and reviewed by Student Health Services staff.  Failure to submit the completed form will result in a cancellation of classes.  This requirement can be met by providing evidence of prior vaccinations or being vaccinated at Student Health Services.  All vaccination forms can be found on the Student Health Services website.

Health Insurance

Loyola University New Orleans provides a student health insurance plan through Gallagher Koster. The plan is available for students who are United States citizens. Gallagher Koster manages the insurance program and United Healthcare StudentResources (UHCSR) is the insurance company and claims administrator.

For details about what’s covered, to review Frequently Asked Questions, locate participating providers, or enroll in the plan, visit the Gallagher Koster website.

For more information visit Student Health Services located on the main campus on the lower level of the Danna Student Center or call (504) 865-3326.

Identification Cards

Picture identification cards, known as Loyola Express Cards, are provided free to new students during the registration period. After class starts, all cards cost $15. Only one I.D. card is allowed per student. The cards are used for admittance to the Recreational Sports Complex, the residence halls, the parking garage, as well as serving as the card for students on a board plan and/or students who deposit funds for future food or bookstore purchases, vending purchases or laundry, campus events, and for other activities. They are required for use of campus library facilities.

Students must obtain their Loyola identification cards from the Loyola Express Card Office in the Danna Student Center, lower level. Students must have the cards on their persons at all times to present to university officials on demand. Loan of the card to anyone is prohibited. Use of another’s card subjects the user and the lender to a fine and/or disciplinary action. Lost or stolen cards should be reported immediately to the Express Card office. There is a $15 charge for replacement cards. The cards are used for the full term of enrollment at Loyola. Law students’ cards must be validated at the beginning of each semester at either the Office of Student Records at the College of Law or the Express Card office on the main campus at (504) 865-3000. Cards must be validated at the beginning of each semester at Loyola's Parking/ID office located in university police headquarters in Biever Hall.

Law Walk Program

During the 2003-2004 academic year, the College of Law instituted the Law Walk Program to make evening students feel more comfortable when they left campus at night after their classes were dismissed. Two law walkers are available to watch students get to their cars from Monday through Thursday evenings during fall and spring semesters and are located in the first floor hallway.

Student Organizations

Membership in student organizations provides opportunities for law students to achieve educational and professional relevance in non-class time activities. Through participation in law student organizations, students have the opportunity to integrate the experiences of the classroom with the concerns and issues of the legal profession. Of the more than 120 student organizations chartered by the university, approximately 25 are affiliated directly with the College of Law under the umbrella of the Student Bar Association. Please contact the Student Bar Association at (504) 861-5541.

Law students are also eligible for membership in non-law student organizations based upon personal interest and the membership criteria of the student organization.

Broadway Activities Center (BAC)

The Broadway Activities Center (BAC), located across the street from the College of Law, houses "Dunbar's",  a full-service cafe, offering three meals a day, Monday through Friday, on a cash/Loyola Express Card, á la carte basis.  The BAC also houses the Broadway Campus mail room, University Ministry office, one law classroom (BA 202), the SBA office, an office for law journals, and an office for student organizations, as well as individual storage lockers which are available for rental for a nominal fee. The BAC operates under the supervision of the director of the Joseph A. Danna Student Center and student activities. For more information, please call (504) 865-3622 or the Associate Dean of Students in the College of Law at (504) 861-5761.

The Joseph A. Danna Student Center

The Joseph A. Danna Student Center located on the main campus is the university center for the campus community. This center houses the full-service dining facilities of the university, located in five different locations in the building. The center mall contains a credit union, a hairstylist shop, a convenience store, food service outlet, and three automatic teller machines (ATMs) of local banks. Located outside the mall is a university-operated branch of the U.S. Post Office. The Danna Student Center also contains lounges, meeting rooms, the Danna Student Center Art Gallery, student organization offices, and some student affairs administrative offices.

The Danna Student Center, through the University Programming Board, offers a full range of social, cultural, educational, and recreational activities for the entire university community. Contact number: (504) 865-3622.

The Bookstore

The Loyola Bookstore located on the main floor of the Danna Student Center provides required and recommended textbooks, computer hardware and software, leisure and literary reading material, school supplies, gift items, class rings, clothing, and Loyola memorabilia. It serves as a central unit for the university’s business supplies. Hours of operation are posted. To contact the bookstore, call (504) 865-3262.

Department of Athletics and Wellness

The Department of Athletics and Wellness provides opportunities for Loyola students, employees, and alumni to participate in competitive and noncompetitive, organized and informal sports and fitness activities. It is the express purpose of Athletics and Wellness to meet the diverse needs of the university community with a broad-based, comprehensive program including intramural sports, extramural sports, club sports, noncredit instructional programs, open recreation, and special interest programs. Students participating in all sports are responsible for ensuring that they are medically able to withstand the rigors of the physical activity in which they plan to engage. Likewise, all students should have sufficient personal injury insurance in the event of an accident.

The University Sports Complex is a multipurpose sports facility which includes: courts for basketball, tennis, volleyball, badminton, floor hockey and racquetball; an Olympic-style natatorium for swimming and diving; a whirlpool; a suspended jogging track; a weight-lifting/conditioning area; and the Loyola Athletic Hall of Fame. It also has locker rooms, each with a sauna and steam room. Students are admitted free with their university ID cards and may purchase memberships for immediate family members.

The Loyola Wolfpack competes in the N.A.I.A. (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics), Division I, as a member of the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC). Loyola currently fields varsity teams in the following sports: men’s and women’s basketball, tennis, cross-country, men’s baseball, and women’s volleyball. By a student referendum conducted in 1991, the program is financially supported by a student fee dedicated to the intercollegiate athletic program. Loyola offers athletic scholarships in men’s and women’s basketball.

Lectures, Special Programs and CLE

The Hon. Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr., Lecture

Friends and admirers of the late Honorable Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr., have endowed a lecture series inviting distinguished speakers to appear annually at the College of Law. Judge Ainsworth served as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The following distinguished jurists have been guest lecturers: Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States; William H. Webster, Former Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and Former Director of the F.B.I.; John R. Brown, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; Kenneth F. Ripple, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; Charles E. Roemer, III, Former Governor of the State of Louisiana; Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Associate Justice, Retired, of the U.S. Supreme Court; John Minor Wisdom, Senior Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; Kenneth W. Starr, Former U.S. Solicitor General; Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; Henry A. Kissinger, Former U.S. Secretary of State; Deanell Tacha, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit; Guido Calabresi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; Patrick E. Higginbotham, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Brendan Brown Natural Law Institute and Lecture

The Brendan Brown Natural Law Institute, established through the generosity of the late Brendan Brown, a faculty member in the College of Law, sponsors a major annual lecture, colloquia, and other scholarly activities in keeping with Professor Brown’s love of the natural law and scholarly discourse.

Bernard J. Ward Jurist in Residence

This program was established through a gift from 1949 Loyola law graduate the Honorable Adrian G. Duplantier in memory of his former classmate, Bernard J. Ward, also a 1949 graduate of the College of Law. Professor Ward served on the faculty at Loyola, Notre Dame, and the University of Texas. He also served for many years as the reporter for the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules for the Judicial Conference of the United States. The program serves to bring an esteemed jurist to the law school to speak to and interact with the students.

Loyola Chapter of American Inns of Court

In 1988, Loyola College of Law organized and sponsored a chapter of the American Inns of Court, which was chartered on June 10, 1988, as the Thomas More Inn of Court. Although sponsored by Loyola, the Inn’s membership consists of prominent judges and lawyers, two Loyola professors, and 12 students. The average membership of the Loyola chapter is 70.

The American Inns of Court movement was chartered in 1985. The founders were seeking to establish in America some of the values of the English Inns of Court. The AIC concept seeks to encourage excellence in the litigation practice, with particular emphasis on the development of litigation skills, ethics, civility, professionalism, and the transfer from one generation to another of the very best traditions of American litigation.

Institute for Continuing Legal Education

The Institute for Continuing Legal Education was founded in 1982. Under the direction of the director and an assistant, the institute provides courses on a wide range of legal topics for the practitioner who desires to keep abreast of the latest legal developments.

The institute sponsors live and online programs during the year and draws registrants from across the country. Practitioners and judges from Louisiana and other parts of the country serve as guest lecturers. The student body and law faculty are invited to attend these courses free of charge.

The Hon. Michaelle Pitard Wynne Distinguished Visiting Professorship Series

The Wynne Visiting Professorships were established in memory of the Hon. Michaelle P. Wynne, a 1970 law graduate. Lead gifts were made by the Hon. Adrian g. Duplantier, L’49, Theodore M. Frois, L’69, the Hon. T. Hartley Kingsmill, L’48, and the Federal Bar Association. The following have served as Wynne visiting professors:

2011 – 2012:  Michael Rainer
2009 – 2010:  M. Guarino
2008 – 2010:  Sanghan Wang
2007 – 2008:  Joel Moneger
2004 – 2005:  Tim O’Brien
2003 – 2004:  Tim O’Brien and Peter Klik
2002 – 2003:  Gabor Hamza and Obrad Stanojevic
2001 – 2002:  Gabor Hamza
2000 – 2001:  Obrad Stanojevic
1999 – 2000:  Gabor Hamza
1998 – 1999:  Saul Litvinoff

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