University of Maryland School of Law : Catalog, 1988-1989

Description of Required and
Elective Courses
This list includes only those
courses which are being taught during
1988-89 or which have been
offered since 1985-86. Several
other courses have been approved
by the Faculty Council. Most
courses are offered every year, but
some—usually of a specialized
nature—are offered every two or
three years, depending upon the
interest of students and the interest
and availability of faculty.
The number of credit hours
given for the satisfactory completion
of a course is indicated in parentheses
after the name of the
course. The symbol * after a
course name identifies a course requiring
written work, on which the
grade for the course will largely depend.
The symbol + after a
course identifies a subject tested
on the Maryland Bar Exam, but
not required by the school for
graduation.
At the end of a course description,
the letter P indicates a prerequisite
for the course described.
C indicates a course which must be
taken either before or concurrently
with the course described. R indicates
a course which is recommended
as a prior or concurrent
course, but is not required.
Accounting (2)
Accounting is a basic level course
for students with little or no background
in accounting and finance.
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The first one-third of the semester
will concentrate on an introduction
to accounting principles and
concepts, and basic double-entry
accounting. The remainder of the
semester will deal with a variety of
financial accounting topics important
to a practicing lawyer including:
the relevance and importance
of generally accepted accounting
principles (GAAP); the relationship
of financial accounting to income
tax accounting; the importance
of proper realization and
recognition of income; and how
management decisions affect reported
income. We will learn the
basics of reading and interpreting
financial statements by using published
annual reports of several
well-known corporations. Students
with substantial prior course work
or experience in accounting or finance
may not take this course.
Day (LAW 500 Q— Mr. Fishman.
Administration of Criminal
Justice Seminar* (3)
This seminar explores the contours
and problems of the justice delivery
system from the perspective of
the legal profession. The structure,
organization and financing of criminal
justice are considered as well
as traditionally troublesome areas
of criminal procedure: police evidence-gathering
methods, use of
informants, interrogation techniques
and search and seizure problems.
Day (LAW 559 C)-Mr. Evans;
Evening (LAW 559 H)—Judge
Moylan and Ms. Hughes.
Administrative Law (3)
This course is concerned with the
nature and function of administrative
agencies; procedure before administrative
tribunals, including
notice, hearings and enforcement
of rules and orders; and judicial
control over administrative action.
C: Constitutional Law
Day (LAW 501 C)—Ms. Strand,
Mr. Tomlinson; Evening (LAW 501
H)— Mr. Dash; Summer 1988—Ms.
Strand.
Admiralty (2)
Students study the law relating to
maritime transactions and consider
problems involving admiralty jurisdiction,
maritime liens, rights of
seamen and other maritime workers,
carriage of cargo, charter parties,
salvage, general average, collision
and limitation of liability.
Day/Evening (LAW 502 H) at 5:25
p.m.—Mr. Tobias.
Alternative Methods of Dispute
Resolution (3)
This course will examine methods
of dispute resolution, other than
litigation, including negotiation,
conciliation, mediation, fact-finding,
minitrials, and arbitration. It
will also explore the use of various
hybrid procedures and other mechanisms
specifically designed to
meet the needs of a particular controversy
or categories of controversies.
Consideration will be given to
use of these alternative mechanisms
in the private sector, versus their
use in court-annexed programs or