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CONTRACTS SYLLABUS [Prior exams ] [Electronic Discussion] [Electronic reserve] Professor Gary Neustadter Reading Materials Neustadter, Contracts 2001 (download from Professor Neustadter's electronic reserve page for Contracts or purchase hard copy from Campus Bookstore) (required); Burton and Eisenberg, Contract Law: Selected Source Materials (2001 Ed. West Group) (recommended for students desiring hard copy of UCC Articles 1 and 2 and R.2d of Contracts); Farnsworth, Contracts (3rd Ed. Aspen) (recommended) White & Summers, Uniform Commercial Code (5th Ed. West Group) (recommended) Assignments and other Announcements Reading assignments, other announcements, drafting assignments, and news or supplementary materials will be posted on Professor Neusdtadter's electronic reserve page for Contracts. Course Requirements 1. Class Attendance and Participation I expect regular class attendance and consistent preparation of assignments in anticipation of class discussion. If you are not prepared for class discussion because of illness or for other appropriate reasons, please note your name for me on a piece of paper and give it to me prior to the start of class. I reserve the right to adjust your final course grade downward for excessive absenteeism or frequent lack of preparation. 2. Contract drafting As a condition to receiving credit for the course, you must participate in 2 contract drafting assignments undertaken in small groups. Details will be announced in class and specific drafting assignments will be posted on Professor Neustadter's electronic reserve page for Contracts. 3. Examinations and Grading There will be a midterm examination in December and a final examination at the end of the spring semester. Dates, times and locations will be posted by the Law School Records Office. The midterm examination will count approximately 33% toward calculation of your final course grade and the final examination will count approximately 66% toward calculation of your final course grade. Grading in the course is subject to the Law School's mandatory grade curve for first year courses. You may take either or both of your examinations on a laptop computer or on desktop computers located in the Law Library. Each examination will be "limited open book." This means that during the examination you may consult your (annotated) copy of Neustadter, Contracts 2000 (both in electronic form and hard copy), your copy of the Burton and Eisenberg book, and any notes, outlines or other work product that you have produced either alone or in cooperation with other students in the class. You may not consult any other materials, including the Farnsworth text and the White and Summers text, because the cost of these additional materials may disadvantage some students. Classroom etiquette While in class, kindly disable cell phones and pagers, refrain from displaying wallpaper or screen savers on your laptop computers that may be offensive to other students, and refrain from connecting to the Internet. Electronic enabled discussion I encourage you to participate in threaded electronic enabled discussion of class topics. To access discussion for the first time, select the Discussion link from my home page and then follow the link for New Users. After creating your own user profile you may log in at any time with the user name and password that you have created in your profile. To read or participate in the threaded discussion, click on the Contracts conference and either post a new topic or reply to previous posts. You may post anonymously. Office hours My formal office hours will be Mondays from 2:30 - 4:00 p.m., and Thursdays from 9:00 - 10:15 a.m. But you are also welcome to stop in at other times without appointment. I am usually on campus a substantial portion of each weekday except for late Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. You may also schedule an appointment by phone or through e-mail. I am will also participate in electronic enabled discussion. Web Site On my web site you will find prior exams, a link to electronic enabled discussion, a link to electronic reserve for Contracts, and links to selected web sites relating to law, legal education, and other sites of use to law students and lawyers. I especially encourage you to surf those selected links to become acquainted with some of the important law related resources available on the web.
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