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This seminar will focus on the use of alternative methods of dispute resolution in the context of the workplace, including arbitration and mediation. Issues …

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Course Description: This course is specifically designed for law students with a strong inclination to become litigators and handle cases involving business disputes. The …

Course Description: This course is specifically designed for law students with a strong inclination to become litigators and handle cases involving business disputes. The focus of the course will be on the liability of fiduciaries who serve as trustee for a trust engaged in the purchase or sale of company stock. Fiduciaries are subject to the highest duties known under the law, and the course will explore fiduciary duty and conduct which may violate statutory law and case precedent. Utilizing fiduciary liability cases, the course will cover the full litigation process including preparation of the complaint and answer, discovery, motion practice, mediation, the expert witness, and the examination of witnesses at trial.

Gary D. Greenwald
Adjunct Professor of Law

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Students work with clients, appear in court, negotiate with opposing counsel, draft motions, and try cases in local, state, and federal courts under faculty …

Students work with clients, appear in court, negotiate with opposing counsel, draft motions, and try cases in local, state, and federal courts under faculty supervision. The clinic works in diverse areas of practice, from public interest and civil rights to consumer and employment law. In class, students learn the building blocks of lawyering, simulating interviews and trials, discussing clinic cases and the ethics of lawyering. Experiential Course Requirement? Yes
Seminar? No
Professional Responsibility? No
Prerequisites: Ohio Legal Intern Certificate; Evidence

Amna Akbar
Associate Professor of Law
Elizabeth Ilgen Cooke
Clinical Professor of Law

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Course Description: The course explores legal and policy issues related to the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, Individuals with …

Course Description: The course explores legal and policy issues related to the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and Fair Housing Act Amendments, employing traditional statutory and case law analysis. Course emphasizes education law including both K-12 and higher education. Students will complete a practical exercise and take a take-home exam.

Ruth Colker
Distinguished University Professor and Heck Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law

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Course Description: This course offers skills and strategies for effective resolution of employment disputes in non-union work environments, with a focus on avoiding litigation. Students …

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Course Description: This course will focus on the legal issues surrounding the mandated or voluntary provision of benefits to employees by employers, including health …

Course Description: This course will focus on the legal issues surrounding the mandated or voluntary provision of benefits to employees by employers, including health and pension benefits. Issues that will be addressed include the scope of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as well as issues on non-discrimination, fiduciary obligations, and preemption of state laws relating to the provision of benefits.

L. Camille Hébert
Carter C. Kissell Professor of Law

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This course addresses developments in civil rights law in the context of the workplace. We will look at the growing body of law designed …

This course addresses developments in civil rights law in the context of the workplace. We will look at the growing body of law designed to protect against discrimination based on race, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. The main focus of the course will be on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended. Experiential Course Requirement? No
Seminar? No
Professional Responsibility? No
Prerequisites: none

L. Camille Hébert
Carter C. Kissell Professor of Law

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This course focuses on federal and state regulation of the employment relationship, including constitutional, statutory, and common-law restrictions on employer activities. Subjects covered include …

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Course Description: This course will examine the unique health care regulatory and industry features of common health care agreements and transactions. Experiential Course Requirement? Yes …

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Course Description: The course examines the international arbitration process and the legal framework of private contract, national law, and international treaties in which it …

Course Description: The course examines the international arbitration process and the legal framework of private contract, national law, and international treaties in which it operates. The course is relevant to lawyers with either a transactional or a litigation practice in an increasingly globalized world. Experiential Course Requirement? No Seminar? No Professional Responsibility? No Prerequisites: None

Ellen E. Deason
Joanne Wharton Murphy/Classes of 1965 and 1973 Professor in Law

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This course explores the law, theory and practice of arbitration. Students will engage in arbitration simulations as both a representative and as an arbitrator. …

This course explores the law, theory and practice of arbitration. Students will engage in arbitration simulations as both a representative and as an arbitrator. Evaluation will be based on in-class work, class participation, arbitrator opinions and exam. Experiential Course Requirement? No
Seminar? No
Professional Responsibility? No
Prerequisites: None

Sarah Rudolph Cole
John W. Bricker Professor of Law; Director, Program on Dispute Resolution

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This course will explore federal regulation of labor-management relations in private sector, focusing upon employee organizational and representational rights; selection of bargaining representative; collective …

This course will explore federal regulation of labor-management relations in private sector, focusing upon employee organizational and representational rights; selection of bargaining representative; collective bargaining process; contract administration and enforcement; and the union’s duty of fair representation. Experiential Course Requirement? No
Seminar? No
Professional Responsibility? No
Prerequisites: Not open to students with credit for 8103.01

Courtlyn Roser-Jones
Assistant Professor
Charles E. Wilson
Associate Professor Emeritus of Law

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Course Description: This course will cover substantive labor law issues as well as the modern practice of labor law, including negotiating a collective bargaining agreement …

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This highly interactive course is designed to familiarize students with theories, skills and ethics involved in legal negotiation. Through simulations and role-play exercises, students …

This highly interactive course is designed to familiarize students with theories, skills and ethics involved in legal negotiation. Through simulations and role-play exercises, students will gain first-hand experience in applying negotiation techniques. This course will aim to provide students with tools to prepare for, conduct, and analyze negotiations. Experiential Course Requirement? Yes Seminar? No Professional Responsibility? No Prerequisites: None

Katrina Lee
Clinical Professor of Law
Joseph B. Stulberg
Michael E. Moritz Chair in Alternative Dispute Resolution

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This course provides opportunities to develop skills as a mediator, along with basic study of mediation law and policy issues. The course combines the …

This course provides opportunities to develop skills as a mediator, along with basic study of mediation law and policy issues. The course combines the features of a regular law school class, a clinic, and a seminar (satisfying either the seminar requirement or the experiential course requirement, but not both). For the clinical component, students will receive skills training through role plays and a videotape exercise, and then serve as a mediator for the Franklin County Small Claims Court and other forums. Students who have taken the Multi-Party Mediation Clinic may not take this course. Experiential Course Requirement? Yes Seminar? Yes Professional Responsibility? No Prerequisites: None

Amy J. Cohen
John C. Elam/Vorys Sater Professor of Law
Sarah Rudolph Cole
John W. Bricker Professor of Law; Director, Program on Dispute Resolution
Ellen E. Deason
Joanne Wharton Murphy/Classes of 1965 and 1973 Professor in Law
William Froehlich
Langdon Fellow in Dispute Resolution
Joseph B. Stulberg
Michael E. Moritz Chair in Alternative Dispute Resolution

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This course explores the legal, technological, and political issues surrounding information privacy concerns. Experiential Course Requirement? No Seminar? No Professional Responsibility? No Prerequisites: None

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This course will survey the various legal issues facing gay men, lesbians and bisexuals. The topics include: regulation of sexuality and gender; liberty-equality debate; …

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This seminar focuses on sexual harassment in the employment setting and in academic settings. We will start the semester with a discussion of the …

This seminar focuses on sexual harassment in the employment setting and in academic settings. We will start the semester with a discussion of the prevalence of sexual harassment and its causes and effects. We will then turn to the legal prohibitions of sexual harassment and study the standards that must be met for plaintiffs alleging sexual harassment in connection with employment, as well as the defenses asserted by employers to claims of sexual harassment. Next, we will discuss issues of the harassment on the basis of gender and on the basis of sexual orientation, as well as issues of the intersection of race and gender with respect to harassment. We will then turn to special issues of sexual harassment in education, including issues concerning sexual harassment between students and intimate relationships between students and faculty members. Finally, we will address conflicts between the law of sexual harassment and the First Amendment.

L. Camille Hébert
Carter C. Kissell Professor of Law

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This course centers on problem solving and the skills and professional judgment required in litigation work. This course will explore issues that confront lawyers …

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This seminar will explore the legal and interdisciplinary literature relating to contemporary claims of bias in the workplace, including theories of implicit bias, intersectionality …

This seminar will explore the legal and interdisciplinary literature relating to contemporary claims of bias in the workplace, including theories of implicit bias, intersectionality theory, structuralist approaches and stereotyping and identity performance theories. In addition to studying various theories of bias, the reading will cover applied topics such as pay equity, appearance discrimination, cyberharassment, accommodation of pregnancy and caregiving activities, and religious objections to compliance. Students will be required to write and present a research paper on a topic of their choice.

Martha Chamallas
Robert J. Lynn Chair in Law

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