Spring 2025
Professor(s):
John Unger (ADJUNCT)
Credits: 3
Course Areas: International Law
Time: 4:00p-5:30p MW Location: 260
Course Outline: The objectives of this course are to teach the substantive law of the subject matter in a manner which will provide a historical review of the law and present day status; to consider ethical and professional questions related to the subject matter, and to integrate the subject matter with the analytical and practical skills necessary to the practice of law in this area.
Adjunct Professor John Unger is has practiced maritime law in Houston for more than 40 years. He is the former Managing Partner at Royston, Rayzor, Vickery and William LLP.
Course Syllabus: Syllabus
Course Notes: (Face-to-Face) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. For this instruction mode, instructors and students are expected to normally be physically present in the classroom. If the course has a final examination, it will be in a classroom requiring your physical presence. Other assessment, such as a mid-term exam, may also be in a classroom. Whether this instructor will offer “remote presence” (starting a zoom meeting from the podium computer to enable student remote access on an occasional basis) for part or all of the semester is not known, but students should not rely on an expectation that remote presence will be available.
Quota- 12
*** Students who have already taken course 6350: Admiralty, PI & Death cannot enroll in this course. ***
Casebook and 2025 supplemental book links
Prerequisites:
First Day Assignments:
Final Exam Schedule: 5/5/2025 2-5pm
This course will have:
Exam:
Paper:
Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
Experiential Course Type: No
Bar Course: No
DistanceEd ABA: No
Pass-Fail Student Election: Available
Course Materials
Special Case
Course Materials: The required text for this course is Cases and Materials on Maritime Personal Injury and Death, 2024 Ed. (Gus A. Schill and John F. Unger) and 2025 Supplement.
The course materials will be provided via pdf online or print version available by pickup at UHLC Faculty Services. To schedule print pickup please email mdhowar4@central.uh.edu
