Additionally, several memoranda and conferences are required prior to and towards preparation of this paper. The final component to the seminar is a revision of the paper made in light of the instructor's comments. This seminar has no prerequisite other than the first year course on Property. Topic selections are made by the student with approval of the instructor. There are no required classes.
Instruction is conducted by individual conference.
Although this is listed as a spring semester seminar, a meeting of those enrolled in the seminar will be held during the fall semester. Additionally, topic selection and significant research will be required before the spring semester commences. This course is a part of the Ethics Curriculum. Students in this course will write a research paper of publishable quality in the field of legal ethics and will work in teams as ethics counselors to one or more of the law school's legal clinics, doing research and writing memoranda and other documents for the use of the clinics. Students will meet individually with the instructor to discuss the progress of their research, and will need to turn in a research proposal, an outline, a preliminary draft as well as the final paper.