2000-2001 Catalog |
School of Law
Melissa Harrison, Associate Dean
The Law School is accredited by the American Bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools, and offers the degree of Juris Doctor (J.D.). Prerequisites for admission to the Law School are a baccalaureate degree and Law School Admission Test.
For detailed information concerning the Law School's admission criteria, application procedures, facilities, and official course descriptions, consult the Law School Catalog, which may be obtained by calling (406)243-4311 or visiting the website www.umt.edu/law/homepage.htm.
The Law School's administrative regulations are contained in the Law School Student Handbook, which is published annually for use by currently registered law students.
Academic Year Calendar
Autumn Semester 2000
August 28 (Monday) Registration Finalization
August 29 (Tuesday) Classes begin
September 4 (Monday) Labor Day (Holiday)
November 7 (Tuesday) Election Day (Holiday)
November 10 (Friday) Veterans' Day (Holiday)
November 22-24 (Wednesday-Friday) Thanksgiving Holiday
December 6 (Wednesday) Last day of classes
December 7-10 (Thursday-Sunday) Reading period prior to exams
December 11-20 (Monday-Wednesday) Final exams
Spring Semester 2001
January 15 (Monday) Marin Luther King Jr. Day (Holiday)
January 29 (Monday) Registration Finalization
January 30 (Tuesday) Classes begin
February 19 (Monday) President's Day (Holiday)
March 19-23 (Monday-Friday) Spring Vacation
May 8 (Tuesday) Last day of classes
May 9-13(Wednesday-Sunday) Reading period prior to exams
May 14-25 (Tuesday-Friday) Final exams
May 19 (Saturday)UM Commencement
May 26 (Saturday) Law School Hooding Ceremony
Required Curriculum
First Year
500 Civil Procedure I 3
501 Civil Procedure II 2
502 Contracts I 3
503 Contracts II 2
504 Pretrial Advocacy I 2
505 Pretrial Advocacy II 1
506 Legal Research 2
508 Legal Analysis 1
509 Legal Writing I 3
510 Criminal Law & Proc I 2
511 Criminal Law & Proc II 3
512 Torts I 2
513 Torts II 3
Second Year
550 Property I 3
551 Property II 2
552 Federal Tax 3
(may be taken third year)
553 Estate Planning 3
(may be taken third year)
554 Business Organizations 3
555 Professional Responsibility 3
556 Business Transactions 2
557 Trial Practice 2
558 Constitutional Law 4
560 Evidence 3
Electives (see below)
Third Year
599 Clinical Training II 1-6
600 Clinical Training III 1-6
601 Clinical Training IV 1-6
Electives (see below)
Elective Courses (Elective offerings vary from year to year)
Administrative Law (Law 665, 3 credits)
Advanced Criminal Procedure (Law 690, 2 credits)
Advanced Environmental Law (Law 649, 3 credits)
Advanced Legal Research (Law 615, 2 credits)
Advanced Legal Issues in Higher Education (Law 686, 1-3 credits)
Advanced Legislation (Law 652, 3 credits)
Advanced Problems in Federal Indian Law (Law 617, 2 credits)
Advanced Problems in Public Land and Resources Law (Law 619, 2 credits)
Advanced Trial Advocacy (Law 685, 1 credit)
Agricultural Law (Law 656, 2 credits)
Alternative Dispute Resolution (Law 614, 3 credits)
Appellate Advocacy (Law 616, 2 credits)
Bankruptcy (Law 621, 2 credits)
Business Planning (Law 623, 3 credits)
Child Advocacy (Law 670, 2 credits)
Client Counseling Team (Law 638, 2 credits)
Conflict of Laws (Law 653, 2 credits)
Consumer Transactions (Law 645, 3 credits)
Contemporary Problems in Constitutional Law (Law 618, 2 credits)
Copyright Law (Law 682, 3 credits)
Disability Law (Law 668, 2 credits)
Elder Law (Law 620, 3 credits)
Electronic Commerce (Law 693, 2 credits)
Employment Law (Law 622, 3 credits)
Family Law (Law 669, 3 credits)
Family Law Mediation (Law 672, 2 credits)
Federal Courts (Law 671, 2 credits)
Federal Indian Law (Law 648, 3 credits)
Gender and the Law (Law 625, 3 credits)
Independent Study (Law 660/1, 1-2 credits)
Indian Child Welfare (Law 674, 2 credits)
Insurance Law (Law 624, 2 credits)
International Business & Trade (Law 629, 2 credits)
Introduction to Environmental Law (Law 650, 3 credits)
Labor Law (Law 643, 3 credits)
Land Use Planning (Law 687, 3 credits)
Law Practice (Law 631, 1 credit)
Law Review I, II, III, IV (Law 564/5, Law 602/3, 1-2 credits)
Legal Education (Law 630, 2 credits)
Legal History (Law 626, 2 credits)
Local Government (Law 646, 3 credits)
Moot Court (Law 666, 2 credits)
Natural Resource Development (Law 633, 3 credits)
Negotiations (Law 641, 2 credits)
Negotiation Team (Law 642, 2 credits)
Partnership Tax (Law 635, 2 credits)
Patent Law (Law 627, 2 credits)
Philosophy of Law (Law 664, 3 credits)
Public International Law (Law 634, 3 credits)
Public Interest Lawyering (Law 673, 3 credits)
Public Land and Resources Law (Law 654, 3 credits)
Public Regulation of Business (Law 632, 3 credits)
Real Estate Transactions (Law 658, 2 credits)
Remedies (Law 628, 3 credits)
Sales & Leases (Law 692, 2 credits)
Secured Transactions (Law 636, 2 credits)
Special Topics in Criminal Law (Law 667, 2 credits)
Taxation of Corporations (Law 647, 3 credits)
Taxation of Estates & Gifts (Law 655, 3 credits)
Taxation of Property Transactions (Law 640, 2 credits)
Tribal Courts/Tribal Law (Law 688, 2 credits)
Tribal/State Relations (Law 694, 3 credits)
Water Law (Law 663, 2 credits)
White Collar Crime (Law 644, 2 credits)
Workers' Compensation (Law 662, 3 credits)
Faculty
Professors
Bari R. Burke, J.D., University of California, Davis, 1979
J. Martin Burke, LL.M., New York University, 1982 (on leave Fall 2000)
Scott J. Burnham, LL.M., New York University, 1981
William J. Corbett, LL.M., Harvard University, 1971
Gardner Cromwell, S.J.D.,University of Michigan,1958 (Emeritus)
William F. Crowley, LL.M., New York University, 1951
E. Edwin Eck II, L.L.M., Georgetown University (Dean)
Larry M. Elison, S.J.D.,University of Michigan,1962 (Emeritus)
Cynthia Ford, J.D., Cornell Law School, 1978
Melissa Harrison, J.D., Vanderbilt University, 1984 (Associate Dean) (on sabbatical 2000-2001)
John L. Horwich, J.D., Cornell Law School, 1975
Gregory S. Munro, J.D., The University of Montana, 1975
Robert G. Natelson, J.D., Cornell Law School, 1973
David J. Patterson, LL.M., University of Michigan, 1966
Lester R. Rusoff, LL.M., University of Michigan, 1952 (Emeritus)
Robert E. Sullivan, J.D., Notre Dame, 1946 (Dean Emeritus)
Associate Professors
Raymond Cross, J.D., Yale, 1973
Mark S. Kende, J.D., University of Chicago, 1986 (on leave Fall 2000)
Mary Helen McNeal, J.D., University of Maryland, 1986
Fritz Snyder, J.D., Washburn School of Law, 1979
Assistant Professors
Carole A. Granger, M.L.S., University of Washington, 1971 (Assistant Law Librarian)
Larry Howell, J.D., M.A., The University of Montana, 1992
Kathleen Magone, J.D., The University of Montana, 1989
Maylinn Smith, J.D., The University of Montana, 1987
Margaret A. Tonon, J.D., The University of Montana, 1974
Lecturer
Thomas P. Huff, Ph.D., Rice University, 1968
Adjunct Faculty
Elaine Gagliardi, LL.M., New York University, 1990
John W. McDonald, J.D., The University of Montana, 1961
Jeffrey T. Renz, J.D., The University of Montana, 1979
Klaus Sitte, J.D., The University of Montana, 1972
Frances L. Wells, J.D., Southern Methodist University, 1973