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Contracts: Unconscionability and Reasonable Expectations with Professor Scott Burnham

AustinGroothuis — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:15:53 -0500

Guests: Professor Scott Burnham from the University of Montana School of Law

Topic: Contracts: Unconscionability and Reasonable Expectations

Running Time: 7:28

Click here to download the mp3file: Prof. Burnham: Unconscionability & Reasonable Expectations

Professor Scott Burnham discusses unconscionability, the Williams v. Walker-Thomas case, and reasonable expectations. This podcast is a perfect supplement to Professor Burnham's Unjust Terms (Unconscionability) CALI tutorial.

EXAM PREPARATION: Conversations With Law Professors About Preparing For and Taking Exams

DebQuentel — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:49:50 -0400

TOPIC: Exam Taking Skills, Outlines, and Advice for Law Students

During the week of Oct. 17, 2005, CALI's Director of Curriculum Development, Deb Quentel, spoke with six law professors about outlines, studying for class, preparing for exams, time management, and how professors grade exams. The conversations were recorded as podcasts. While these podcasts are not intended to take the place of a conversation with your professor, the professors hope that these podcasts give law students additional insight into the exam process.

Several of the professors have graciously offered to field questions from students about the exam process. Please send your questions to Deb Quentel <dquentel@cali.org>. She will forward them to the professors.

Panel 1: Professors Ron Eades, John Farago, Patrick Wiseman
Panel 2: Professors Ron Brown and Joe Grohman
Panel 3: Professor Darryl Wilson

Click here to download Panel 1 - running time: 21:38 Eades_Farago_Wiseman_exam.mp3

Click here to download Panel 2 - running time: 12:19 Grohman_BrownExams.mp3

Click here to download Panel 3 - running time: 11:48 Wilson_exam.mp3

PROPERTY/REAL ESTATE: Covenants: Profs. Joe Grohman and Ron Brown

DebQuentel — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:33:50 -0400

Guests: Professors Ron Brown and Joe Grohman, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center

Topic: Property Law/Real Estate Law: Real Covenants and Servitudes of Land

Running Time: 13:05

Click here to download the mp3 file:GrohmanBrownCov_2.mp3

Professors Brown and Grohman, authors of several CALI lessons on covenants, give students a framework to approach studying the material and offer real-life applications of the doctrines. They also discuss the interrelatedness of the law and explain why it's an artificial distinction (and one that complicates learning) to study property issues separate from civil procedure issues, for example.

Related lessons are:

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Prof. Bill Andersen: Dormant Commerce Clause

DebQuentel — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 10:55:15 -0400

Guest: Prof. Bill Andersen, Judson Falknor Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law

Topic: Constitutional Law: The Dormant Commerce Clause

Running Time: 6:28

Click here to download the podcast. Andersen_Bill_DCC.mp3

Prof. Andersen has written a CALI lesson that provides students with extensive flowcharts designed to aid in learning the analytical framework necessary for understanding the Dormant Commerce Clause. In this podcast, Prof. Andersen gives an overview of the Dormant Commerce Clause, including a brief discussion of the June 2005 U.S. Supreme Court Gonzales decision, concerning states regulation of medical marijuana. He also offers tips for tackling this topic and explains the best way to use his related lesson.

PROPERTY: Profs. Ron Brown & Joe Grohman: Rule Against Perpetuities

DebQuentel — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:01:23 -0400

Guests: Professors Ron Brown and Joe Grohman, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center

Topic: Property Law: The Rule Against Perpetuities

Running Time: 9:44

Click here to download the mp3 file. Grohman_Brown_RAP1.mp3

Professors Brown and Grohman offer tips for mastering this complicated doctrine and explain the real-world reasons why students and attorneys need to understand the rule against perpetuities. This podcast discusses material covered in greater depth in Prof. Grohman's related lessons:

Rule Against Perpetuities 1: Common Law Rule Against Perpetuities

Rule Against Perpetuities 2: Reforms - Cy Pres and Wait-and-See Doctrines

Rule Against Perpetuities 3: Reforms - Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities

CONTRACTS: Prof. Jennifer Martin: Battle of the Forms UCC 2-207

DebQuentel — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 08:00:28 -0400

Guest: Prof. Jennifer Martin, Western New England College School of Law

Topic: Contracts Law: Battle of the Forms UCC 2-207

Running Time: 9:29

Click here to download the mp3 file. JenniferMartin_UCC2207.mp3

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In this podcast, Prof. Martin provides advice to students studying acceptance, the mirror image rule and the problem of the Battle of the Forms. Prof. Martin's podcast expands on her coverage of this topic in her CALI lesson Battle of the Forms (UCC 2-207).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: Clean Water Act Jurisdiction with Prof. Robin Craig

DebQuentel — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:41:45 -0400

Guest: Prof. Robin Craig, Indiana University School of Law Indianapolis

Topic: Environmental Law: Clean Water Act Jurisdiction

Running Time: 11:09

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In this podcast, Prof. Craig offers students tips on mastering statutory courses, with particular focus on Clean Water Act jurisdiction. This podcast complements Prof. Craig's CALI lesson on the same topic.

TORTS: Strict Liability with Prof. Ron Eades

DebQuentel — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 21:33:50 -0400

Guest: Prof. Ron Eades, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville

Topic: Torts: Strict Liability with animals and ultrahazardous activities and the shifting policies in this area of the law.

Running Time: 7:19

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This podcast discusses material that is also covered in Prof. Eades' two CALI lessons Strict Liability and Animals and Strict Liability: Abnormally Dangerous and Ultrahazardous Activities

BUSINESS ASSOC.: Has a Partnership Formed? with Prof. Debra Cohen

DebQuentel — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 12:02:58 -0400

Guest: Professor Debra Cohen, Southern New England School of Law

Topic: Business Associations: A discussion of the formation of a partnership and how to master related sections of UPA and RUPA.

Running Time: 7:52

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This topic is also discussed in Prof. Cohen's CALI lesson Are You My Partner? Is This a Partnership?

TORTS: Palsgraf with Prof. Lawrence Wilkins

DebQuentel — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:23:24 -0400

Guest: Prof. Lawrence Wilkins, Indiana University - Indianapolis

Topic: Torts - Palsgraf v. Long Island RR Co.

Running Time: 11:53

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