Course Descriptions

3310. Law Office and Project Management and Computers 3 hours
Introduces students to law office management, including administrative
systems; the management of finances, facilities, and personnel; and
general management skills. Also covers the use of personal computers in
the law office, including extensive hands-on training in important
software applications. Emphasis shall be on case/project scheduling,
work identification and assignment, time and results estimating and
reporting, user and management interaction, project management tools,
project documentation, post-implementation follow-up, and other aspects
associated specifically with the responsibilities of the paralegal and/or
attorney in charge.

3311. Business Law I (BUA 3311) 3 hours
Designed to introduce the student to the legal environment in which
business decisions are made.

3312. Business Law II (BUA 3312) 3 hours
Prerequisite: BUA/PLS 3311 or consent of instructor
A continuation of Business Law I. Topics will include the Uniform
Commercial Code, bailments, real estate, probate, and bankruptcy.

3319. Criminal Law and Justice (CRJ 3319, POL 3319) 3 hours
Covers (1) substantive criminal law, including crimes against the person,
crimes against property, crimes against the public, and defenses to
criminal accusations; (2) the pre-trial, trial, and appellate processes in
federal and Texas criminal cases; and (3) constitutional criminal
procedure, including searches, seizures, arrests, and police interrogation.

3322. American Constitutional Law I (3324)(POL 3322) 3 hours
Prerequisite: POL 2311 and 2312
The study of the Supreme Court cases and related materials concerned with the relations between the individual and the government. The cases studied are designed to stimulate interest in civil and personal freedoms established in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

3323. American Constitutional Law II (POL 3323) 3 hours
The overall purpose of this course is to stimulate interest in civil and
personal freedoms established by the United States Constitution and Bill of
Rights though critical and factual analysis of Supreme Court cases.
Interpretation and analysis of the Constitution, particularly the Bill of
Rights, is essential to this study.

3332. Sport and the Law (KIN 3332) 3 hours
A study of the impact of the legal process on sports: collective bargaining,
liability concerns, control of amateur, professional, and school sports, with a unit on risk management.

4301. Real Estate Law 3 hours
Real estate transactions, including interests in and acquisition and transfer
of real property, real estate appraisal and financing, leases, condominiums,
cooperatives, environmental and other controls on the use of real estate, and taxation of real estate.

4303. Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy 3 hours
The debt collection process, including exempt assets and security interests, and bankruptcy law and procedure.

4305. Intellectual Property 3 hours
Obtaining, protecting, and maintaining copyrights, trademarks, trade
secrets, and patents.

4306. Administrative Law 3 hours
The law governing the administrative agencies of the government, including
administrative procedure and the substantive law of selected administrative
agencies.

4307. Alternative Dispute Resolution 3 hours
Methods of resolving civil disputes without litigation, including mediation
and arbitration.

4308. Consumer Law 3 hours
Legalities relating to credit, sale of real estate, autos and other goods,
warranties, purchase of energy and landlord/tenant relationships, rights and remedies of consumers reviewed in non-technical terms, information to aid in making intelligent purchasing decisions and concerning effective
approaches to solving consumer problems. Among other topics covered are an overview of e-commerce, jurisdiction, copyrights, trademarks’ privacy, obscenity, defamation, online contracts, and internet taxation.

4310. International Business and Trade Law 3 hours
This course will consider selected problems in international trade, surveying some of the many issues encountered in private transactions and
emphasizing the options available in the “preventive” practice of law. As
such, the primary focus will be on recognizing and anticipating potential
problems, and choosing the most appropriate form of structure for the
business from among a range of equally viable or legally correct approaches, in order to manage increased risk inherent in international
transactions.

4322. Trial Advocacy and Preparation 3 hours
The aim of this course is to train students in a range of performance skills
such as interviewing, negotiating advocacy so that they will be better able to
carry out tasks which are fundamental to the delivery of a range of basic
legal services.