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Cannabiz: Exploring the “Legalized” Cannabis Industry
Course Description: This course will be an exploration of the risks inherent in entrepreneurial businesses, and the ways in which entrepreneurs embrace the possibility …
Children & the Law
This course examines the substantive and procedural rights of children and the competing interests of their parents and the state in a variety of …
Computer Crime and Surveillance Seminar
Course Description: This course explores the legal and policy issues that judges, legislators, prosecutors and defense counsel confront in response to computer-related crime and …
Criminal Defense Clinic
This clinic operates as a small law office specializing in criminal defense work. Under faculty supervision, each student represents several defendants charged with misdemeanors …
Criminal Law
Criminal Law covers the moral and penological principles underlying the definition of crime, such as the requirements of actus reus and mens rea, and …
Criminal Law Defenses
Course Description: This seminar explores the moral underpinnings of, and controversies regarding, criminal law defenses. During the first half of the semester, through substantial …
Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
This course studies the process of the criminal justice system from after the time of arrest through trial and verdict. Topics covered will include …
Criminal Procedure: Investigation
This course focuses on the legality of police investigative conduct under the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The course …
Criminal Prosecution Clinic
Students represent the City of Delaware and the State of Ohio in criminal cases, prosecuting cases as diverse as domestic violence, sexual misconduct, drunk …
Drug Crimes
Course Description: Almost fifty years ago, President Nixon declared drug abuse to be “public enemy number one in America.” In the decades since, the …
Evidence
This course surveys the law of evidence. Students develop a facility with major evidentiary rules and concepts, based on a study of the Federal …
Federal Death Penalty Seminar
Course Explorer: This seminar examines many of the substantive and procedural issues that arise in federal habeas corpus cases. It begins with an understanding …
Forensic Mental Health
Course Description: This course discusses the civil and criminal aspects of mental health case law including involuntary civil commitment, competence to stand trial, and …
International Criminal Law Seminar
Course Description: This seminar covers international law as it affects the prosecution of crime. Specific topics include international extradition of suspects (and other forms …
Justice for Children Clinic
The course examines the substantive and procedural rights of children in a variety of legal contexts. As legal interns certified by the Ohio Supreme …
Law and Social Science
Course Description: This course introduces students to the use of social science evidence by legal practitioners and courts at all levels. Such evidence is …
Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform Seminar
Course Description: This seminar will examine the social and historical backdrop of intoxicant prohibition, and assess the legal reforms and political debates now surrounding …
Prisons, Police, and Borders Seminar
Course Description: The course will consider the historical, psycho-social, and legal foundations of prison, police, and borders, and the possibilities for reforms and alternatives. …
Race and Crime Seminar
This seminar examines questions relating to the myriad ways in which race intersects with the law and with the criminal justice system.
Section 1983: Police Misconduct and Prison Violations Seminar
Course Description: This course considers the origins, uses, and limits of section 1983 litigation in the contexts of police misconduct and prison violations.
Sentencing Law & Policy
This course will review traditional theoretical justifications for punishments and examine in depth society’s always-developing approach to the sentencing of criminal offenders. Experiential …
Sexual Violence Seminar
Course Description: This seminar examines various theories of sexuality—both cross-sex and same-sex—and how they relate to notions of “sexual violence,” “sexual injury,” and “sexual …
Transitional Justice Seminar
Course Description: This seminar will explore the diverse range of transitional justice mechanisms in post-conflict societies and compare and analyze them in view of various …
Trial Practice
In this course, students learn basic trial techniques. Students participate in simulated trial problems and proceedings conducted under the supervision of a seasoned trial …
War Crimes Law Seminar
Course Description: This seminar will explore the concept of “rule of law” and accountability after war and crisis.
White Collar Crime
This course focuses on the investigation, prosecution and defense of white-collar crimes. Sophisticated criminal offenses often use power, influence or trust for the purpose …