ELEMENTS D1 & D2
Introduction to Legal Reasoning and Case Analysis
FALL 2017 COURSE PAGE
New on Course Page (11/28):
Review Session Power Point
Link to Copy of Exam Instructions
Link to Copy of Detachable Exam Syllabus
New on Course Page (11/25):
Comments/Best Student Answers for GWA#3 (Based on Prior Years)
(This is much more thorough than the equivalent document for GWA#2 and well worth your time if you are still unsure about approaching XQ2)
Pre-Exam Office Hours
Tuesday 11/28 10:45 a.m. -1:45 p.m.
Wednesday 11/29 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. & 2:00-6:00 p.m.
Thursday 11/30 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. & 2:00-6:00 p.m.
I will answer reasonable E-Mail Qs sent by 6pm Thursday
Professor Marc Fajer
Law Library Room G280
mfajer@law.miami.edu
Assistant: Tina Sutton
Law Library Room G287
tsutton@law.miami.edu
305-284-4241
Dean's Fellow: Bryan Walsh
walsh@students.law.miami.edu
732-859-6934 (text only)
Thank You Bryan!!
Course Materials
Course Materials: Unit I Part 1
Course Materials: Unit I Part 2
Course Materials: Unit I Part 3
Course Materials: Unit II Part 1
Course Materials: Unit II Part 2
Info Memos & Group Written Assignments
Info Memo #1 (Introductory Info)
Info Memo #2 (1st Possession) (incomplete) (Updated 10/30):
Rules for attending class with the other section; Instructions for pass-fail briefing assignments; Property problem like GWA #1 based on Shack ; Write-ups of DQ1.28 & 1.31; First possession: review material ; F. Shack problem: comments/best answers re individual qs for written assignment .
Info Memo #3 (Escape) (Revised 11/14) (Now Includes Escape Toolbox; Exam Prep Exercise Based on GWA#; Submissions from DQ1.48 & DQ1.53)
Info Memo #4 (Unit Two) (Complete)(Completed Custom Toolbox; Internet Ghen Brief & Write-Up of DQ2.19; Miscellaneous Student Submissions)
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GWA #1 Instructions/Teams
Comments/Student Answers from Prior Years (Slightly Revised 10/29)
GWA #2 Instructions/Teams
Comments/Student Answers from Prior Years
Preliminary Comments on 2017 Submissions
GWA #3 Instructions/Teams Comments/Student Answers from Prior Years
Self-Quizzes & Sample Briefs
Unit I: Part A (1st Possession)
Pierson v. Post: Self-Quiz Answers/Explanations Sample Brief
Liesner v. Wanie (Appellate Opinion): No Quiz Sample Brief
Liesner v. Wanie (Trial Transcript): Self-Quiz Answers/Explanations No Brief
State v. Shaw: Self-Quiz Answers/Explanations Sample Brief
Demsetz Excerpt: Self-Quiz Answers/Explanations No Brief
Unit I: Part B (Escape)
Manning v. Mitcherson: Self-Quiz Answers/Explanations Sample Brief
Mullett v. Bradley: Self-Quiz Answers/Explanations Sample Brief
E.A. Stephens & Co. v. Albers : Self-Quiz Answers/Explanations Sample Brief
Kesler v. Jones : Self-Quiz Answers/Explanations Sample Brief
Unit II: Part A (Whaling)
Taber v. Jenny: Self-Quiz Answers/Explanations Sample Brief
Bartlett v. Budd: Self-Quiz Answers/Explanations Sample Brief
Swift v. Gifford: Self-Quiz Answers/Explanations Sample Brief
Ghen v. Rich: Self-Quiz Answers/Explanations Sample Brief
Rose Excerpt: Self-Quiz Answers/Explanations [No Brief]
Unit II: Part B (Oil & Gas)
Hammonds v. CKNGC: Self-Quiz Answers/Explanations Sample Brief
White v. NYNGC: Self-Quiz Answers/Explanations Sample Brief
Exam Preparation Materials
Fajer's Exam Technique Workshop: 2017 Slides
Old Exam Qs In Reverse Chronological Order
(CSA = Comments & Sample Student Answers)
2017 Practice Midterm Q CSA (from prior years) Self-Grading Form
2016 Exam Q1-2
2014 Exam Q1-2 CSA(Q1)(All Three Sub-Qs) CSA(Q2)
2012 Exam Q1-2 Problems/Instructions (revised) CSA(Q1)(Escape & Custom) CSA(Q2)
2007 Exam Q1-2 Problems/Instructions (revised) CSA(Q1) CSA(Q2)
1997 Exam Q1-2 Problems/Instructions(revised) CSA (Q1) CSA(Q2)
Bank of Other Prior Exam Qs CSA(Q1) CSA(Q2)
Power Point Presentations
In Reverse Chronological Order
Power Point Class #34 (Review Session)(11/28)
Power Point Class #33 (11/20) (2014 Exam Questions 1A & 1C (Custom & Escape); Apples & Oranges)
Power Point Class #32 (11/17) (DQ2.33-2.37; 2012 Exam Question 2; 2014 Exam Question 2)
Power Point Class #31 (11/15-11/16) (2012 Exam Problem 1B(ii): Adoption of Custom as Law; Kaye Jewelers Part II; Mib-November Crisis; 2014 XQ1B (1st Poss.); Further Set-Up for DQ2.33-2.37)
Power Point Class #30 (11/13-11/14) (White cont'd & DQ2.30-2.32; Set-Up for DQ2.35-2.37; Usefulness of `1st Possession ACs for Extraction of Oil & Gas cont'd & DQ2.24-2.25; 2012 Exam Problem 1B(i): Applicability of Custom)
Power Point Class #29 (11/10) (Ghen, Demsetz & DQ2.18; Rose cont'd & DQ2.21; Using Rose, Demsetz & Oil & Gas Cases on Final Exam; Choosing 1L Elective; Intro to "Escaping" Gas; Hammonds & DQ2.26-2.29; Intro to White & DQ2.30)
Power Point Class #28 (11/8 & 11/9) (Ghen cont'd, DQ2.16 & Intro to DQ2.19; Kaye Jewelers Part I; Final Exam Structure and Q1 v. Q2; 1st Possession ACs as Analogy for extracting Oil & Gas & DQ2.23-2.24)
Power Point Class #27 (11/6 & 11/7) (Westmoreland & DQ2.22; GWA#3; Rose Excerpt & DQ2.20; Intro to Ghen & DQ2.17)
Power Point Class #26 (10/30 & 10/31) (Swift Brief & DQ2.12-2.15)
Power Point Class #25 (10/27) (2012 Exam Problem 1A Cont'd; Argument by Analogy & DQ2.09-2.11)
Power Point Class #24 (10/25-10/26) (Argument by Analogy & DQ2.09; October Crisis; 2012 Exam Problem 1A)
Power Point Class #23 (10/23-10/24) (Taber: Brief (cont'd) & DQ2.01 (Albers)-DQ2.04; Bartlett: Brief & DQ2.05-2.08)
Power Point Class #22 (10/20) (Review of Practice Midterm; GWA#2 & Ratione Soli; 2007 Exam Problem 1A)
Power Point Class #21 (10/18-10/19) (Kesler: Brief cont'd & DQ1.60-1.62; Taber: Intro to Brief & DQ2.01(Mullett))
Power Point Class #20 (10/17-10/18) (Intro to GWA#2; Intro to Unit Too, Whaling Cases. Argument by Analogy; Albers Critique and DQ1.58-1.59; Kesler: Intro to Brief & DQ1.60)
Power Point Class #19 (10/12) (Exam Technique: Basics; Closing Up Manning/Mullett & DQ1.48, 1.52-1.53; Albers Domestic v. Wild & DQ1.55)
Power Point Class #18 (10/10-10/11) (Albers Holdings/Rationales & DQ1.54 & 1.56-1.57)
Power Point Class #17 (10/9) (Mullett Brief cont'd & DQ1.50-1.51; Intro to Albers Brief & DQ1.54-1.55)
Power Point Class #16 (10/6) (Manning Brief cont'd & DQ1.47-1.48; Intro to Mullett Brief & DQ1.49)
Power Point Class #15 (10/4 & 10/5) (Manning Brief cont'd & DQ1.45-1.47)
Power Point Class #14 (10/2 & 10/3) (Intro to Manning Brief & DQ1.43-1.44; Demsetz cont'd & DQ1.33-1.39)
Power Point Class #13 (9/29) (Intro to Final Exam; Technical Meaning (Whipping & Abandonment) Shaw cont'd & DQ1.27-1.29; September Crisis; Externalities, Demsetz & DQ1.31)
Power Point Class #12 (9/27 & 9/28) (Intro to Demsetz & DQ1.30; Shaw Brief cont'd, 1902, & DQ1.23-1.26)
Power Point Classes #10 & #11 (9/5 [short break] & 9/20; 9/25 & 9/26) (Recap of Pierson & Liesner & DQ1.22; Most Performed Waltz; Intro to Shaw Brief & DQ1.23; Intro to Escape & DQ1.41-1.42; Intro to GWA#1; Lion-Bull-Fish-Fox)
Power Point Class #9 (9/1) (Liesner Appellate Opinion cont'd, 1914, & DQ1.18; Liesner Trial transcript & DQ 1.19-1.21)
Power Point Class #8 (8/30-8/31) (Liesner Appellate Opinion & Brief cont'd & DQ1.15-1.18)
Power Point Class #7 (8/28-8/29) (Pierson cont'd & DQ1.10-1.11; Transition Pierson --> Liesner/Shaw; Intro to Liesner Brief & DQ1.15; Playing with Rules)
Power Point Class #6 (8/25) (Intro to Liesner Appellate Opinion & DQ1.12-1.14; Pierson cont'd & DQ1.08-1.11)
Power Point Class #5 (8/23-8/24) (Pierson Brief cont'd & DQ1.05-1.07)
Power Point Class #4 (8/21-8/22) (1L Issues: Competition v. Cooperation; Pierson Brief cont'd & DQ1.04-1.05)
Power Point Class #3 (8/18) (1L Issues: Control; Pierson cont'd: DQ1.03 & Intro to Brief)
Power Point Class #2 (8/16-8/17) (1L Issues: Confusion; Pierson cont'd: DQ1.02-1.03 & 1805)
Power Point Class #1 (8/14-8/15) (Intro to Elements; Logistics; Intro to Pierson & DQ1.01-1.02)