Lior Strahilevitz : Courses and Seminars
Canonical Ideas in Legal Thought
LAWS 57013
This year-long research seminar is the equivalent of a research colloquium in a PhD program. During the fall quarter, students will read, discuss, and critique some of the most influential law review articles from the twentieth century, as well as newer papers that extend and apply those canonical ideas to modern legal problems. The readings will consist of a healthy mix of public law and private law, and various scholarly methodologies. During the fall, students will write short reaction papers on the readings, and each student will once during the term facilitate the class discussion of an article. Students will also identify a topic for a substantial research paper. During the winter quarter, the seminar will not meet in formal sessions, but each student will work on his or her research paper and will meet individually with the instructors to assess the paper’s progress. During the spring quarter, the seminar will reconvene, and students will workshop their drafts (i.e., each student will circulate his or her draft in advance and answer questions from students and faculty). Students are expected to produce papers of publishable quality because the seminar’s ultimate goal is to prepare students for the process of entering the legal academy.
Students will receive a fall quarter grade based on the reaction papers and class participation. Students will receive a separate grade for the winter and spring quarters based on the quality of their research papers and class participation. Every student must enroll for the entire year; students may not drop the class after the fall quarter.
Students may only enroll with the permission of the instructors.
Students interested in enrolling should email Professors Miles and Strahilevitz a resume and a one-page statement explaining why they would like to enroll in the seminar no later than September 7.
Spring 2013
Thomas J. Miles, Lior Strahilevitz
Canonical Ideas in Legal Thought
LAWS 57013
This year-long research seminar is the equivalent of a research colloquium in a PhD program. During the fall quarter, students will read, discuss, and critique some of the most influential law review articles from the twentieth century, as well as newer papers that extend and apply those canonical ideas to modern legal problems. The readings will consist of a healthy mix of public law and private law, and various scholarly methodologies. During the fall, students will write short reaction papers on the readings, and each student will once during the term facilitate the class discussion of an article. Students will also identify a topic for a substantial research paper. During the winter quarter, the seminar will not meet in formal sessions, but each student will work on his or her research paper and will meet individually with the instructors to assess the paper’s progress. During the spring quarter, the seminar will reconvene, and students will workshop their drafts (i.e., each student will circulate his or her draft in advance and answer questions from students and faculty). Students are expected to produce papers of publishable quality because the seminar’s ultimate goal is to prepare students for the process of entering the legal academy.
Students will receive a fall quarter grade based on the reaction papers and class participation. Students will receive a separate grade for the winter and spring quarters based on the quality of their research papers and class participation. Every student must enroll for the entire year; students may not drop the class after the fall quarter.
Students may only enroll with the permission of the instructors.
Students interested in enrolling should email Professors Miles and Strahilevitz a resume and a one-page statement explaining why they would like to enroll in the seminar no later than September 7.
Winter 2013
Thomas J. Miles, Lior Strahilevitz
Canonical Ideas in Legal Thought
LAWS 57013
This year-long research seminar is the equivalent of a research colloquium in a PhD program. During the fall quarter, students will read, discuss, and critique some of the most influential law review articles from the twentieth century, as well as newer papers that extend and apply those canonical ideas to modern legal problems. The readings will consist of a healthy mix of public law and private law, and various scholarly methodologies. During the fall, students will write short reaction papers on the readings, and each student will once during the term facilitate the class discussion of an article. Students will also identify a topic for a substantial research paper. During the winter quarter, the seminar will not meet in formal sessions, but each student will work on his or her research paper and will meet individually with the instructors to assess the paper’s progress. During the spring quarter, the seminar will reconvene, and students will workshop their drafts (i.e., each student will circulate his or her draft in advance and answer questions from students and faculty). Students are expected to produce papers of publishable quality because the seminar’s ultimate goal is to prepare students for the process of entering the legal academy.
Students will receive a fall quarter grade based on the reaction papers and class participation. Students will receive a separate grade for the winter and spring quarters based on the quality of their research papers and class participation. Every student must enroll for the entire year; students may not drop the class after the fall quarter.
Students may only enroll with the permission of the instructors.
Students interested in enrolling should email Professors Miles and Strahilevitz a resume and a one-page statement explaining why they would like to enroll in the seminar no later than September 7.
Autumn 2012
Thomas J. Miles, Lior Strahilevitz
Privacy
LAWS 79501
This course surveys society's efforts to draw boundaries between the public and private spheres, with a focus on the legal regimes governing the collection, aggregation, and dissemination of private information. The course devotes substantial attention to the privacy-related torts, government surveillance, privacy-related First Amendment issues, and international privacy law. Other substantive topics that may be covered include consumer privacy on the Internet, Megan's Law, associational privacy, the Freedom of Information Act's privacy provisions, and medical privacy.
The student's grade is based on a final examination and participation.
This course is capped at 84 students.
Spring 2013
Lior Strahilevitz
Property
LAWS 30411
This course, offered over two sequential quarters, provides an introduction to the legal relationships that arise out of or constitute ownership of property. Subjects covered may include, but are not limited to, such areas as the initial acquisition of rights in real and personal property, the nature of ownership of natural resources, the various types of concurrent and successive interests in land, and restraints on alienation. The course will also deal with the law relating to easements and covenants, landlord and tenant, and conveyancing.
The student's grade is based on a single final examination.
Winter 2013
Lior Strahilevitz
