E. Edwin Eck, Dean
Fritz Snyder, 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 on the website.

Academic Year Calendar

Autumn Semester 2001
August 27 (Monday) Registration Finalization
August 28 (Tuesday) Classes begin
August 28 (Tuesday) Intro Program Begins
September 3 (Monday) Labor Day (Holiday)
November 12 (Monday) Veterans' Day (Holiday)
November 21-23 (Wednesday Friday) Thanksgiving Holiday
December 5 (Wednesday) Last day of classes
December 6-10 (Thursday Monday) Reading period prior to exams
December 11 20 (Tuesday-Thursday) Final exams

Spring Semester 2002
January 21 (Monday) Marin Luther King Jr. Day (Holiday)
January 25 (Friday) Registration Finalization
January 28 (Monday) Classes begin
February 18 (Monday) President's Day (Holiday)
March 18-22 (Monday-Friday) Spring Vacation
May 7 (Tuesday) Last day of classes
May 8 12 (Wednesday Sunday) Reading period prior to exams
May 13 24 (Monday Friday) Final exams
May 18 (Saturday)UM Commencement
May 25 (Saturday) Law School Hooding Ceremony

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)
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)
Health Care Law (Law 637, 3 credits)
Independent Study (Law 660/1, 1 2 credits)
Insurance Law (Law 624, 2 credits)
International Business & Trade (Law 629, 2 credits)
Introduction to Environmental Law (Law 650, 3 credits)
Land Use Planning (Law 687, 3 credits)
Law & Technology (Law 693, 2 credits)
Law Practice (Law 631, 1 credit)
Law Reviews 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 Courts (Law 666, 2 credits)
Natural Resource Development (Law 633, 3 credits)
Negotiations (Law 641, 2 credits)
Negotiation Team (Law 642, 2 credits)
Patent Law (Law 627, 2 credits)
Philosophy of Law (Law 664, 3 credits)
Public Dispute Resolution (Law 613, 2 credits)
Public International Law (Law 634, 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, 3 credits)
Special Topics in Criminal Law (Law 667, 2 credits)
Taxation of Business Organizations (Law 639, 4 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)

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Professors

Bari R. Burke, J.D., University of California, Davis, 1979
J. Martin Burke, LL.M., New York University, 1982
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 (Emeritus)
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
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)
Fritz Snyder, J.D., Washburn School of Law, 1979 (Associate Dean)
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

Assistant Professors

Elaine Gagliardi, LL.M., New York University, 1990
Larry Howell, J.D., M.A., The University of Montana, 1992
Michael Santana, J.D., CUNY School of Law, 1992
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

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