Fall 2023 Schedule

JURI CRN Course Title Section Instructor Day Begin End Room
4030 18878 Contracts Y Rodrigues MWR 3:00 PM 4:10 PM B (122)
4010 39188 Civil Procedure Y Shipley TWRF 1:00 PM 1:50 PM A (120)
4120 18898 Torts Y Kadri MWR 9:00 AM 10:10 AM C (256)
4072 35235 Legal Research Y1 Nolan T 9:00 AM 10:15 AM I (353)
4071 28370 Legal Writing Y1 Mangan TF 10:35 AM 11:50 AM I (353)
4072 35236 Legal Research Y2 Kalim T 9:00 AM 10:15 AM K (109)
4071 28371 Legal Writing  Y2 Clutter TF 10:35 AM  11:50 AM  K (109)
4040 57597 Lawyering  Y Murphy  M 1:00 PM 1:50 PM L (366)
Course Title Section Instructor Day Begin End Room
OneL Academic Enhancement Sessions   Hale F 2:30 PM 3:30 PM C (256)
CDO 1L Session Y CDO W 11:00 AM 11:50 AM A (120)

School of Law Fall 2023 Semester Schedule

Course Registration Instructions

Students will register themselves on Athena: http://athena.uga.edu. Detailed instructions on how to register for your courses can be found here. After you are registered, you must pay your tuition and fees. Payment of Fall 2022 tuition is due on August 17th. Please note that financial aid overage funds will not be disbursed until you have paid your tuition and fees.

Due to a vendor issue, access to Athena from off-campus locations is unavailable. If you are off campus and need to access Athena, please visit our How to Access Athena Off-Campus page.

Book and Software List

Course Title Section Instructor Textbooks (s)
Contracts Y Rodrigues Contract and Related Obligation: Theory, Doctrine, and Practice, 8th Ed.,  Summers et al., ISBN 1684670152 AND Contract Law: Selected Source Materials Annotated, 2020 or later, Burton et al., ISBN 9781647080754
Civil Procedure Y Shipley Civil Procedure, 11th Ed., Yeazell et al. ISBN 9781543856286 AND Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with Selected Statutes, 2023 Supplement Ed., Yeazell et al., ISBN 9798886144680
Torts Y Kadri Tort Law: Cases & Critique, 3rd Ed., Kadri (available to download at no cost at https://www.thomaskadri.com/casebook; the UGA Bookstore will also have hardcopies of the book available for purchase.)
Legal Research Y1 Nolan No Textbook Required
Legal Writing Y1 Mangan Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 21st Ed., Harvard Law Review, 9780578666150
Legal Research Y2 Kalim No Textbook Required
Legal Writing Y2 Clutter A Lawyer Writes, A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis, 3rd Ed., Coughlin et al., ISBN 9781531008765
Lawyering Y Murphy Multicultural Lawyering: Navigating the Culture of the Law, the Lawyer, and the Client, 1st Ed., O'Leary et al., ISBN 9781531020415, eISBN 9781531020422

Reading Assignments

*First day assignments are still being posted. Please continue to check this page before the start of classes on August 16th.

Contracts

In the book, Contract and Related Obligation: Theory, Doctrine, and Practice, 8th Ed., Summers et al., please read pages 37-47 in ; read as background 3-5, 25-28; 30. 

Civil Procedure

Our casebook is Stephen Yeazell, Joanna Schwartz & Maureen Carroll, Civil Procedure (11th Edition 2023) plus 2023 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure supplement published by Aspen for the Yeazell, Schwartz & Carroll casebook.

The Limits of Judicial Power over Defendants; Personal Jurisdiction

  • Class 1: Tuesday, August 15: - Pages 1 to 14 and 44 to 45 in the casebook plus the pertinent rules and code sections in the supplement - subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, service of process, and the lawyer’s responsibility.
  • Class 2: Wednesday, August 16: - Complete our discussion of yesterday’s materials and then start on pages 49 to 66 – Pennoyer to International Shoe.
  • Class 3: Thursday, August 17: - Complete discussion of Pennoyer and International Shoe.
  • Class 4: Friday, August 18: - Pages 66 to 69 – McGee, Hanson v. Denkla and Absorbing In Rem Jurisdiction

Torts

For the first day, please read pages 4–8 in Tort Law: Cases & Critique and Taylor Swift, Philosopher of Forgiveness by Scott Hershovitz. I’d also strongly recommend reading Orin Kerr’s How to Read a Legal Opinion before diving into the cases.

Legal Research

Y1

The first day assignment is: 

  • Complete the Welcome and Class Orientation Module in eLC, including the Introductory Questionnaire (due August 14th at 11:59 pm)
  • Complete the Reading for Week 1 posted in eLC
  • Review the Sample Class documents for Week 1 posted in eLC

If you have any issues or can not access eLC, please email Prof. Nolan at savnolan@uga.edu. 

Y2

Please read the syllabus, complete the Welcome Module, and complete the Week 1 Module in eLC before our first class on Tuesday, August 15th at 9:00am. You are welcome to reach out with any questions before class starts at gkalim@uga.edu.

Legal Writing

Y1

Tuesday, August 15th (Day 1) - Reading Cases, Briefing Cases, PBJ Directions, Local Rules and Standing Orders 

Homework:

  1. Read “Front Matter,” “Reading Cases,” “Briefing Cases,” and “Local Rules and Standing Orders” in Legal Writing Manual (https://alg.manifoldapp.org/projects/legal-writing-manual)
  2. What kinds of “local rules” or “standing orders” have you encountered in real life?
  3. Write directions for me to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and submit under Assignments tab on eLC.
  4. Take Reading and Briefing Cases Quiz on eLC
  5. How to Navigate eLC
    1. Go to elc.uga.edu
    2. Click on
    3. Look for Tools in top header
    4. Click on Tools and in dropdown menu, select the tab you have been directed to 

  1. For quizzes, click on the title of the quiz to begin

 

For assignments, click on the title of the assignment, and then on the next page upload the file you wish to submit by using “Add a File;” be sure to click Submit to complete the submission!

Y2

Please read Chapter 2 in our coursebook, Christine Coughlin et.al., A Lawyer Writes, A Practical Guide to Legal Analysis.

Lawyering

The first-day assignment is as follows: 

1) Watch 4 Ted Talk videos.  

  • Let's Get Uncomfortable: It's Time to Talk About Race | Lori Mayo | TEDxWCMephamHigh:  https://youtu.be/3m728kmKRJE  (12 mins)                           
  • We all have implicit biases. So what can we do about it? | Dushaw Hockett | TEDxMidAtlanticSalon:  https://youtu.be/kKHSJHkPeLY  (12 mins)                                                                                                           
  • How to Outsmart Your Own Unconscious Bias | Valerie Alexander | TEDxPasadena:  https://youtu.be/GP-cqFLS8Q4 (17 mins)   
  • Unpacking the biases that shape our beliefs | Mike Hartmann | TEDxStJohns:  https://youtu.be/dU7Mhne4CzU (11 mins)                                                                                                                                    

2) Chapter 3 & 4 Multicultural Lawyering (p. 99-164)