This blog is an integral component of our Lawsuits and Litigation MLS course. The purpose of the blog is to (a) promote out of class discussion on topics related to the course and (b) raise litigation questions or legal issues that are of interest to you, so they may be discussed in class.
The blog is public, although one must be a member of the blog to post a comment. Consequently, the blog is displayed on search results and members of the general public may view posts. If there are potential sensitivities to making public statements that relate to your current employment you should use an opaque user name. The blog uses the Blogger platform, which is a Google product. You must have a Gmail account in order to post on the blog.
Required posts:
- Each student shall make one substantive post during a week when the class does not meet that relates to (a) any of the readings, assignments, procedural rules or topics identified on the syllabus for the preceding week or (b) any lawsuit that is currently pending in any federal or state court in the United States. You will sign up for a posting date on the first day of class, which date will be on a Wednesday of the week where no class is held. The post is due at 9:00 am and should be 300-400 words in length and contain appropriate source citations and hyperlinks regarding the subject of the post. The post may offer a commentary on a particular litigation issue or case or simply raise an issue or question with the week’s readings. The post should be polished, well organized, thoughtful and analytical; not simply a stream of consciousness or opinion. The blog post author should be prepared to respond in class to questions from me about their post.
- Each student shall post a comment on at least one classmate’s substantive blog post per week, which comment is due on or before midnight on the same day as the blog post. You may post more than one comment if you wish. There is no minimum/maximum word count on comments and comments may be on the initial post or a reply to another comment. The purpose of the comments is to generate an intelligent and civil discourse on the blog postings. A robust, but civil, back and forth between author and commenter is encouraged.
- Students may be randomly called upon by me to expand upon or defend their comments in class.
We are going to have a great semester.
