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Course Credit Information

• A - Usually offered alternate years
• CR/NR - Credit if course is passed; no credit if not passed
• N - Not regularly offered
• S - May be offered as seminar
• 2-3 - Credit may vary
• SK - Skills Course

220. WESTLAW RESEARCH ADVANCED PROBLEMS. 1 CR/NC
Intensive training in all aspects of computer-assisted legal research using the WESTLAW system. Advanced work in query formulation, networks, communication technologies and specialized databases.

058. WILL DRAFTING FOR THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER. 2 SK
The drafting of dispositive documents (wills and trust instruments) will be the primary focus in this course. While substantive law will be covered to the extent necessary to put the drafting in context, the primary focus will involve learning techniques of how to accomplish a testator's or grantor's goals through the drafting of documents, focusing on particular types of clauses.
    This course is aimed at, and will appeal to, the student whose primary practice would not be in estate planning but would be likely to draft some wills and trusts. The future country-seat practitioner will be the primary beneficiary of this course. The course will help general practice attorneys to be more confident and competent in the drafting of wills and trusts.
    Note: This course will not replace Wills and Trusts. Wills and Trusts will continue to be the basic course in the area and delivers far more substantive knowledge and analysis of the law of Wills and Trusts than this course. The course will concentrate more on the skills of drafting to make the client's intent clear. In that objective, it is akin to "skills" courses like pretrial advocacy and trial advocacy.

223. WILLS AND TRUSTS. 3
Examines execution, revocation and revalidation of wills; descent of property; family protection statutes; probate; grounds of contest; creation, characteristics and termination of trusts; rights of beneficiaries; and duties of the trustee. An overview of interpretation of will and trust provisions is provided, and will substitutes are briefly considered.

304. WOMEN AND THE LAW. 2
Seminar reviews how sex role understandings have affected various aspects of the law, including criminal law; employment, credit and insurance discrimination; abortion and fetal protection; family law; and lesbian and gay rights. Standards of review for laws that discriminate on the basis of sex as opposed to other kinds of discrimination also are discussed, as is the issue of how women are treated in courts today with an eye toward students' future practice as lawyers.

244. WORKERS' COMPENSATION. 2
An examination of the system by which compensation is provided to those suffering workplace injuries. Course considers the employment relationship, the conditions of compensation, benefits provided and the role of fault in workers' compensation programs. Consideration also is given to the availability of third-party actions and insurance issues.