MEMORANDUM

Welcome Back!  I trust this memo finds each of you well.  The Dean and Faculty at the School of Law look forward to your return to school in the fall.  This memo outlines some important information concerning Fall Registration.  Please read this memo carefully and completely in preparation for the upcoming semester.

Orientation and Convocation
Orientation for all returning 2L and 3L students will be held on Wednesday, August 13, beginning at 8:30 am.  Convocation will be held immediately following Orientation.  Attendance is required.  As we get closer to the start of school, I will send you some additional information concerning these events.

Registration for Fall 2008 Classes
Please read all enclosed materials carefully before completing registration online.

Included in this packet are detailed instructions on how to register online through web access. Online registration will be completed using the Web Access program used to review your grades.  You may register ONLINE in accordance with the following schedule:

There will be no day set aside for in-person registration; however, in an effort to combat any electronic registration problems that may occur in the implementation of this system, you may stop by the law school and register in person.   Please be advised that the Online Registrar notes the date registration occurs; enrollment in limited enrollment courses is determined by the computer.

If you have not registered by the date and time indicated above, either online or in person, you will be assessed a $35.00 late registration fee.  The late fee is assessed by the University Business Office and will not be waived.

In addition, if you have any outstanding bills with the University Business Office, the system will not let you register.  If you have an outstanding bill, please contact the University Business Office at 910-893-1246.

If you have any problems registering online, please call Lou Naylor, Law School Registrar, at 910-893-1755 for assistance.

Automobile Registration
Prior to starting classes, you will need to register your automobile(s) and receive your parking decal(s).   The Parking Administration Office is located in the Public Safety Office located at the stop light in Buies Creek.  For your information, their telephone number is 910-893-1550 or 910-893-1376.  
Do NOT mail your automobile registration form(s) to the law school.  Take your form(s) to the parking administration office and obtain your decals prior to Orientation.

Financial Aid
Students must take the initiative to determine that their financial aid applications are complete.  Please confirm that you have completed all necessary forms properly for the fall term by contacting the Financial Aid Office at 910-893-1310. 

Fall 2008 Class and Examination Schedules
The enclosed class and examination schedules are final and will not be subject to change unless insufficient interest in a course results in its cancellation, over-subscription in a course makes it impossible to offer in the assigned classroom (e.g., 60 students register for a course offered in Room 210), or a faculty member is unable to offer the course because of personal or institutional exigency.  This shall not be construed to prevent class cancellation and make-ups during the course of the semester.  In addition, faculty teaching planning or other writing courses may determine not to administer a final examination or to make the final examination optional.

NOTE: It is okay to take courses with the same examination date.  You need to see me for rescheduling of exam conflicts by Wednesday, November 5, 2008 to arrange for accommodations.  Neither students nor faculty may reschedule an examination except in the case of illness or unanticipated emergency, and then only with the permission of the Associate Dean.  (See Examination Schedule and Exam Scheduling Policy.)

Re-examinations
Students who have failed a course and who have been given permission to be re-examined in the course should make arrangements with individual faculty by Monday, August 11, 2008 to be re-examined at a date agreed upon by the faculty member.  This date should be communicated to the Law School Registrar as soon as it is established.

Limited Enrollment Courses
Please note that some courses are limited either to certain classes or to a specified number of students.  Registration for these courses will be on a first-come, first-served basis to the extent possible, except as otherwise noted.

Course Offerings and Drop Dates
Adjunct courses will only be offered if at least eight (8) students enroll.  Students may drop adjunct courses on a first-drop, first-served basis until the class size drops to eight (8).  Thereafter, no further drops will be permitted.

Regular faculty courses will be offered if at least five (5) students enroll.  Students may drop these courses under the same circumstances as set forth above until the class size drops to five (5).  Thereafter, no further drops will be permitted.

Drop Date
Except as provided above, the drop date for all other elective courses shall be  Thursday, August 21, 2008.   Any student who has not officially dropped a course by the drop date shall receive a grade in that course, regardless of the reason for the failure to drop the course, and even though it may result in the receipt of a failing grade.
No exceptions to the drop date policy will be allowed.

Information for 2L Students
You are required to take Constitutional Law, Evidence, Professional Responsibility & Ethics, and Wills & Trusts during the Fall 2008 Semester.  You are encouraged to satisfy as many degree requirements as possible (e.g., planning courses, jurisprudence courses, and perspective courses) before your final semester in law school. 

• Constitutional Law—Because almost half of the rising 2L class took Con Law this summer with Prof. Wallace, the fall semester class will not be sectioned and Prof. Buzzard will teach all students in combined sections.  Note: this class is scheduled to meet 4 times a week (M,W,F at 10 am and Tuesday at 8 am).
• Wills and Trusts—These classes will be taught by Profs. McLaughlin and Bowser at the same day and time (Tues/Thurs at 10 am).  Each professor will teach approximately half of the 2L class.  The registrar will assign you a section to attend (by Professor).
• Evidence—Evidence will be sectioned into three small sections.  All sections will be taught by Prof. Woodruff.  The registrar will assign you a section to attend (1, 2 or 3).
• Professional Responsibility and Ethics—These classes will be taught in 2 separate classes (sections 1 and 2 with Prof. King and section 3 with Prof. Currin). 

Information for 3L Students
All 3Ls will be required to take Sales and Leasing in the fall semester.  The registrar will assign you a section to attend. 

In addition, please note that Payment Systems is offered as a three hour elective class (M,W,F 11 am).  While this class is not required, Payment Systems covers Articles 3 and 4 of the UCC which represents subject matter that could be seen on the bar examination.

• Administrative Law, Jurisprudence, Perspectives and Planning Courses
  While administrative law has been removed from the graduation requirements, please note that the classes that previously satisfied this requirement offer a very valuable insight into the expanding area of practice before administrative agencies.
  You are encouraged not to wait until your last semester to take your remaining requirements (planning, perspectives and jurisprudence classes). 
• Declaration for the Business/Advocacy Track
  If you want to pursue a track, you must declare by the start of the fall semester (third year).  Attached to this memo is a copy of the track declaration form for the business and advocacy tracks.  In addition, I am including a list of potential courses that will satisfy for the tracks.  If you plan to designate a track and you have not done so, please fill out the appropriate form and turn in to the Registrar’s Office at the beginning of the fall semester.
  
• Trial Advocacy Requirement
  Students in the General Education Curriculum may satisfy the advanced trial advocacy requirement by taking either Pre-Trial Litigation or Advanced Trial Advocacy.  Students in the Advocacy Track must take both courses.  For students in the Business Track, Advanced Trial Advocacy will satisfy one of the business track elective requirements.
  A caution to students in the Business or Advocacy tracks: Failure to complete track requirements may create the situation wherein you may have failed to satisfy your degree requirements.  E.g., both Pre-Trial Litigation and Advanced Trial Advocacy substitute for the planning course for Advocacy Trackers.  However, Advocacy Trackers who fail to complete all track requirements may find themselves having failed to satisfy the planning requirement.  Business Trackers do not have to take either Pre-Trial Litigation or Advanced Trial Advocacy.  However, Business Trackers who fail to complete all track requirements may find themselves having failed to satisfy the Advanced Trial Advocacy or Pre-Trial Litigation requirement of the General Education Curriculum.  Be sure to plan your courses carefully to assure that you satisfy not only track requirements, but degree requirements as well. 
• Pre-trial Litigation
  There are four sections of Pre-Trial Litigation, each with limited enrollment.  A brief note about the class: the class is a three hour class, yet the schedule indicates that it will meet two hours on both Mondays and Wednesdays.  The reality is that the class will meet some weeks for two hours on Monday and only one on Wednesday.  Other times, the class may meet for one hour on Monday and two hours on Wednesday.  On the first day of class, you will receive a complete syllabus with the specific times the class will meet.  
  Efforts will be made to accommodate section preferences on a first-come, first-served basis; however, we reserve the right to make any adjustments necessary to equalize the sections should one or more become over-subscribed.

General Information for All Incoming 2Ls and 3Ls

• Juvenile Justice Mediation Project—there has been some confusion from a few of you regarding whether this class is on the schedule.  The class is titled “JJMP” and it is being offered on Mondays at 1 pm in the JP Courtroom.
• New Courses
  We have several new electives this semester.
  • Lawyer as Public Citizen—Prof. Lee is offering this perspectives elective.  He has provided me with some additional information about the course.  I am attaching it to this memo.
  • Great Trials—Prof. Anderson is offering this perspectives elective.  As I understand it, he has provided you with some additional information concerning this course.
  • Federal Courts Practice—we are pleased to have Allison Wexler join us this semester.  Prof. Wexler has clerked at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and is currently clerking for Judge Daniel at the Eastern District of North Carolina.  This course will explore federal courts, including trial and appellate practice.
    Mergers & Acquisitions—Prof. Mike Kadens returns to Campbell to offer this course.  In addition, Prof. Kadens will offer Corporate Finance.
  • Patent Litigation—Prof. Brufsky will be offering this course.  Prof. Brufsky is an experienced patent attorney and will offer tremendous insight into this burgeoning area.
  • State Constitutional Law—Associate Justice Newby of the North Carolina Supreme Court will be teaching this elective course.

As I get further information about these or other courses, I will pass them along to you.

I truly hope you enjoy the remainder of your summer.  Again, we look forward to your return on August 13th.