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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.). A prerequisite for admission to the Law School is a baccalaureate degree. 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. 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 1999 August 20 (Friday) Registration Finalization August 23 (Monday) Classes begin September 6 (Monday) Labor Day (Holiday) November 11 (Thursday) Veterans Day (Holiday) November 24-26 (Wednesday-Friday) Thanksgiving Holiday December 3 (Friday) Last day of classes December 4-7 (Saturday-Tuesday) Reading period prior to exams December 8-17 (Wednesday-Friday) Final exams Spring Semester 2000 January 19 (Wednesday) Registration Finalization January 20 (Thursday) Classes begin February 21 (Monday) President's Day (Holiday) March 13-17 (Monday-Friday) Spring Vacation May 5 (Friday) Last day of classes May 6-8 (Saturday-Monday) Reading period prior to exams May 9-19 (Tuesday-Friday) Final exams May 13 (Saturday)UM Commencement May 20 (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 3 514 Clinical Training I 1-4
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 2 556 Practicum 3 557 Trial Practice 2 558 Constitutional Law I 2 560 Evidence 3 *Electives
Third Year 599 Clinical Training II 1-4 600 Clinical Training III 1-4 601 Clinical Training IV 1-4 *Electives
*Elective offerings vary from year to year Elective Courses 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 Discrimination and Civil Rights Litigation (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) Insurance Law (Law 624, 2 credits) Intellectual Property (Law 627, 3 credits) International Business & Trade (Law 629, 2 credits) Introduction to Environmental Law (Law 650, 3 credits) Labor Law (Law 643, 3 credits) Law Practice (Law 631, 1 credit) Law Review I, II, III, IV (Law 564/5, Law 602/3, 1-2 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) Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (Law 641, 2 credits) Negotiation Team (Law 642, 2 credits) Partnership Tax (Law 635, 2 credits) Philosophy of Law (Law 664, 3 credits) Problems in Estate Planning (Law 630, 2 credits) Product Liability (Law 637, 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, 2 credits) Sentencing (Law 639, 2 credits) Special Topics in Criminal Law (Law 667, 2 credits) Taxation of Corporations and Corporate Distributions (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, 2 credits) Water Law (Law 663, 3 credits) White Collar Crime (Law 644, 3 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 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 Cynthia Ford, J.D., Cornell Law School, 1978 Melissa Harrison, J.D., Vanderbilt University, 1984 (Associate Dean) 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 Mary Helen McNeal, J.D., University of Maryland, 1986 Fritz Snyder, J.D., Washburn School of Law, 1979 Sally R. Weaver, J.D., Vanderbilt University, 1981 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 Larry E. Riley, J.D., The University of Montana, 1966 Klaus Sitte, J.D., The University of Montana, 1972 Frances L. Wells, J.D., Southern Methodist University, 1973 |
