Winter 2015

Winter 2015 - Course Offerings - Credit Weights - Methods of Evaluation
Revised: Nov. 24, 2014
Winter 2015: Seminars/Clinicals/Skills
Credit
Wt
Course
Number
Course Name
Instructor
Class
Size
Method of Evaluation
TBA
24
paper and participation
Nicholls/Seifred
24
60% exam; 40% assignment
3
Law 532
Aboriginal Law
3
Law 608
Advanced Corporate Law
Law 525
Advanced Family
Bailey
24
80% paper; 10% seminar; 10% participation
3
Law 566
Advanced Labour
Shilton
24
Paper, presentation and participation
3
Law 339
Advanced Torts
Hanson
24
70% essay and 30% participation
3
Law 365
Advocacy on Motions
Muzynski/Storms
20
2 assignments 45%; 2 skills evaluations 55%
3
Law 343
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Hammond
20
40% class participation/attendance; 2 papers worth 30% each
3
Law 344
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Ball
20
4
Law 590B
Clinical Litigation Practice (continues)
Mills/Primeau
18
Substantive file work 30%; file management and clinic
performance 35%; class participation 35%
4
Law 418B
Clinical Prison Law (continues)
Thomas
18
Evaluation of clinical work 80%; academic work 20%
3
Law 562
Collective Agreement and Arbitration
D. Carter
18
60% course assignment; 40% class particiption
3
Law 446
Competition Law
Martino/Clarke
24
50% final exam (hypothetical case based); 30% take-home
assignment (short answer); 20% participation
3
Law 280
Contested Transactions
Davis
16
20% participation; 80% on two assignments of equal weight
3
Law 695B
Elder Law Clinic
Hurley
8
Casework and oral/written presentation
3
Law 645
Estate Litigation
Griesdorf
20
Oral presentation (moot) 50%; written paper (factum) 50%
3
Law 521
Family and Children's Law Placements
[Formerly Clinical Family Law]
Bala
10
Assessment of placement, reflective piece, seminar
involvement
3
Law 542
International Human Rights
Aiken
24
70% critical essay; 30% participation including seminar
presentation, quizzes and simulation exercises
3
Law 549
International Humanitarian Law
Drew
24
60% paper; 20% presentation; 20% in-class quizzes
3
Law 506
International Taxation
Cockfield
24
100% open-book exam; participation push points that
increase grade by at most a half grade
3
Law 309
Law and Philosophy
Webber
24
20% particiipation; 80% paper
3
Law 303
Law and Poverty
Essert
24
80% paper and 20% class participation/presentation
3
Law 335
Negotiation
Whyte
20
class participation 30%; focus notes 10%; critical review 10%;
group project 15%; self appraisal paper 35%
3
Law 336
Negotiation
Ippolito
20
3
Law 681
Occupational Safety, Health & Wrkrs Comp.
Law
24
100% final exam OR 100% paper OR a hybrid option of 40%
paper and 60% final exam
3
Law 364
Personal Injury Advocacy
Cameron
20
2/3 assignments; 1/3 participation
3
Law 304
Public Health Law
Peppin
24
Substantial research paper worth 85% of the final grade and
inclass work, made up of short focus notes on readings and
class discussion, worth 15% of the final grade
3
Law 438B
Queen's Business Law Clinic (continues)
Hurley
16
Casework and oral/written presentation
4
Law 527B
Queen's Family Law Clinic (continues)
McGrath
6
Casework and oral/written presentation
varies
Law 589B, 588B,Queen's
587B Law Journal (continues)
TBA
varies
varies
3
Law 505
Tax Policy
Lahey
24
100% course credit for guided paper
3
Law 361
Trial Advocacy
Wigderson/Wilkinson
20
3
Law 362
Trial Advocacy
Kamin
12
Mandatory attendance; mandatory participation in weekly
exercises; mandatory participation in final mock trial; pass/fail
grading.
60% class participation; 40% student conducted trial
examination
3
Law 363
Trial Advocacy
Freedman
20
50% participation in exercies in class and 50% final mock trial
Walters
60
100% open-book exam
Winter 2015: Lecture Courses Offered in Fall and Winter Terms
4
Law 427
Administrative Law
Evaluation method: class participation 30%; weekly reflection
papers 20%; preparation and analysis report for major
negotiation 20%; major role-play participation 30%
3
Law 321
Advanced Legal Research
McCormack
50
90% legal memorandum; 10% in-class test
4
Law 440
Business Association
Njoya
80
100% open-book exam
4
Law 225
Civil Procedure
Knutsen
80
60% exam; 40% assignments
4
Law 404
Criminal Procedure
not offered this term
75
n/a
4
Law 320
Evidence
Dufraimont
75
100% open book exam
4
Law 520
Family
Maur
75
100% open-book exm
4
Law 560
Labour
not offered this term
75
n/a
3
Law 334
Legal Ethics and Professionalism
Cockfield
75
100% open-book exam; participation push points can increase
grade by half a grade at most
4
Law 508
Taxation
Lahey
75
0% to 100% open-book exam and/or 100% course credit for
guided research paper
Pratt
60
100% open-book exam
McGrath
60
90% course journal; 10% class participation
TBA
60
Open-book exam
Winter 2015: Lecture Courses Offered in Winter Term Only
3
Law 458
Advanced Issues in Contract Law
3
Law 519
Children's Law
3
Law 441
Commercial
3
Law 468
Copyright
Amani
60
100% take-home exam (8 hrs) OR 100% paper
3
Law 538
International Envir. & Resource Law
Metcalf
60
30% Comment paper; Paper OR open-book exam 70%
3
Law 375
International Refugee Law
Aiken
60
80% take-home exam (8 hrs) OR 80% 25 page critical essay;
20% class participation with no downside risk
3
Law 314
Remedies
Pratt
60
100% open-book exam
3
416
Sentencing and Imprisonment
Manson
60
100% closed-book exam OR 100% paper OR combination of
Exercise (30%) and Short Paper (70%).
3
Law 462
Wills and Estates
Freedman
75
100% open-book exam
Short Courses Offered Winter Term Only
1
Law 693
Feminist Legal Studies Workshop
Amani/Lahey
24
Advance questions per speaker event: 20%; briefing notes per
speak event: 30%; short term paper for end of term: 50%.
1
Law 232
Comparative Constitutional Law
Kahana
24
10-12 page paper OR take-home exam
2
Law 262
Constitutional Labour Law In Canada
Kahana
24
20-25 page paper OR take-home exam???
1
Law 630
Personal Property Security Act (PPSA)
Horst/Wasylyk
24
2
Law 683
Int'l Trade Remedies
Masse/Covelli
24
Attendance 10%; Group presentations 30%; take-home exam
60%
85% paper; 15% participation