SEM:  Advanced Torts
Co-Teaching Schedule (Spring 2013)

Class No.

DATES

Topics

Academic Legal Writing

Co-Teachers

2

Th 1/17

Vincent R. Johnson & Shawn M. Lovorn, Misrepresentation By Lawyers About Credentials or Experience, 57 Okla. L. Rev. 529 (2004).

1. Julie Goodrich
2. Justin Patton

3

T 1/22

C. Chase Senk, Another Missed Opportunity in Shoemaker v. Gindleberger:  Strict Privity Lives On In Ohio Legal Malpractice Cases, 43 Akron L. Rev. 291 (2010).

Finding a Topic
(pp. 84-87);
Research
(pp. 89-100)

1. Julie Goodrich
2. Elisabeth Pontasch

4

T /29

Dwayne J. Hermes, Jeffrey W. Kemp, and Paul B. Moore, Leveling the Legal Malpractice Playing Field:  Reverse Bifurcation of Trials, 36 St. Mary's L.J. 879 (2004).

1. Carolyn Ganstine
2. Ashley Efird

5

Th 1/31

Charles W. Wolfram, A Cautionary Tale:  Fiduciary Breach as Legal Malpractice, 34 Hofstra L. Rev. 689 (2005).

Choosing a Claim; writing a thesis; Organizing the Article
(pp. 9-13; 39-41)

1. Rahat Huq
2. Justin Patton

6

T 2/12

An Attorney's Liability for the Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress, 58 Fordham L. Rev. 1309 (1989).

Writing the Introduction; Organizing the Article
(pp. 39-54)

1. Basil Adham
2. Crystal Del Toro
3.  Michelle Rice

7

Th 2/14

Charles Marshall Thatcher, Recovery of "Lost Punitive Damages" as "Compensatory Damages" in Legal Malpractice Actions:  Transference of Liability or Transformation of Character?, 49 S.D. L. Rev. 1 (2003).

1. Ashley Efird
2. Dallas Cook

8

T 2/26

Vincent R. Johnson and Stephen C. Loomis, Malpractice Liability Related to Foreign Outsourcing of Legal Services, 2 St. Mary's J. on Legal Malpractice & Ethics, 262 (2012).

Budgeting Your Time; Deciding What to Set Aside; Choosing a Title
(pp. 73-82)

1. Basil Adham
2. Rahat Huq

9

Th 2/28

 J. Mark Cooney, Benching the Monday-Morning Quarterback:  The "Attorney Judgment" Defense to Legal-Malpractice Claims, 52 Wayne L. Rev. 1051 (2006).

1. Carolyn Ganstine
2. Aman Fissihaie
3.  Michelle Rice

10

T 3/5

The Consequences of Arbitrating a Legal Malpractice Claim:  Rebuilding Faith in the Legal Profession, 35 Hofstra L. Rev. 327 (2006).

1. Crystal Del Toro
2. Aman Fissihaie

11

Th 3/7

George S. Mahaffey, Jr., Cause-In-Fact and the Plaintiff's Burden of Proof with Regard to Causation and Damages in Transactional Legal Malpractice Matters:  The Necessity of Demonstrating the Better Deal, 37 Suffolk U. L. Rev. 393 (2004).

1. Dallas Cook
2. Elisabeth Pontasch