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

each student will select a rulemaking
proceeding to follow and will
develop a set of written comments
to be used in that rulemaking. The
course will enable students to gain
insights into how statutory directives
are translated into regulations
and how private parties can influence
environmental policy decisions.
Class sessions will combine
exploration of legal and policy issues
with consideration of the strategic
dimensions of practicing before
administrative agencies.
Day/Evening (LAW 531 D) at
4:30 p.m. —Mr. Percival
Estate and Gift Taxation (2)
This course examines the general
structure of the federal estate and
gift taxes; tax consequences of inter
vivos transfers; joint interests;
life insurance; powers of appointment;
determination of the taxable
estate and taxable gifts; the marital
deduction and split gifts; and credits,
computation and payment and
the generation skipping tax.
Evening (LAW 521 H)—Mr. Stiller.
Estate Planning (4)
This course covers essentially the
same subject matter as the course
in Estates and Trusts, i.e., the gratuitous
disposition of property, including
(a) intestate succession;
(b) wills, with emphasis on execution,
revocation, contest and probate;
and (c) trusts, with emphasis
on problems involved in their creation,
termination and administration.
In addition it will provide a
general introduction to the structure
of federal estate and gift taxation,
and the relationship of this
taxation to the material on estates
and trusts in developing and carrying
out the client's estate plan.
A student may not take for
credit both this course and either
Estates and Trusts or Estate and
Gift Tax. As a prerequisite for the
Estate Planning Seminar, a student
may take either this course or both
Estates and Trusts and Estate and
Gift Tax.
Day (LAW 527 C)— Mr. Gohn.
Estate Planning Seminar* (3)
This seminar is devoted to problems
and techniques of estate planning
and includes a consideration
of property, wills, trusts, future interests,
insurance and tax law in
relation to the arrangement and
disposition of estates during life
and death.
P: Estate Planning, or both Estates
and Trusts and Estate and Gift Taxation.
Day (LAW 523 C)—Not offered
1988-89.
Estates and Trusts (3)
This course examines the gratuitous
disposition of property, including
(a) intestate succession;
(b) wills, with emphasis on execution,
revocation, contest and probate;
and (c) trusts, with emphasis
on problems involved in their creation,
termination and administration.
Day/Evening (LAW 524 C) at
5:05 p.m.—Mrs. Brumbaugh; Summer
1988—Mr. E. Goldberg.
Evidence (3) or (4)
This course is a study of the problems
of proof in civil and criminal
trials, including coverage of the
important rules of evidence and
the impact of the Federal Rules of
Evidence. The manner of examining
witnesses and presenting evidence
is considered, and the effects
of such sometimes inconsistent
goals as the presentation of all
important, relevant information to
the trier of fact and the exclusion
of evidence on grounds such as unreliability,
privilege and undue
prejudice are examined. In the 4credit
section, taught by Professor
Hornstein but not offered in
1988-89, the subject matter is examined
more intensively.
Da? (LAW 508 B)— Mr. Brumbaugh,
Mr. Gibson, Mr. Levy; Evening
(LAW 508 F)— Mr. Goldstein.
Externships (4) to (13)
A limited number of full semester
externships allows students to earn
credit for work with governmental
or public interest groups. Past externships
have included the National
Wildlife Federation and the
Center for Law and Social Policy
and its cognates, the National
Women's Law Center and the Media
Access Project. Before a student
will be permitted to participate
in such a program certain
conditions must be met: (1) The
requesting student must find a faculty
member with expertise in the
area who is willing actively to su-
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