This page lists all currently offered McKinney courses & their official course descriptions in alphabetical order.
All Courses
Carrier Corporation, In-House Corporate Counsel Externship (2 or 3 cr.) D802 - Externship - Carrier Corporation is a leader in heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration technology. Founded by the inventor of modern air conditioning, Carrier is part of Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR), the leading global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions. For more information, visit carrier.com/residential. This externship placement provides students with the experience and insight derived from working in the in-house legal department of a multinational business corporation. These include drafting and reviewing commercial agreements, engaging in legal research and preparing memoranda regarding federal, state and local regulatory issues confronting the corporation, data privacy law, reviewing marketing approaches for compliance with trademark and advertising laws, and otherwise assisting in legal work typical of that performed by corporate counsel.
Center for Law and Health Externship Course (3 cr.) D802 - Externship - This externship course integrates your externship experiences with academic exploration of substantive federal and state laws, healthcare infrastructure, and professional development. In addition, this course explores the realities of being a healthcare attorney, utilizing a myriad of opportunities to find your focus, and enhance your skills of professionalism such as completing an externship agreement, keeping accurate time logs of your externship time, document submission, and participating in your own professional development plan. Through individual assignments, class discussion, and individual mentorship, students will learn about the practice of law within the healthcare enterprise.
Center for Victim and Human Rights Externship (2 or 3 cr.) D802 - Externship - The Center for Victim and Human Rights (CVHR) is a non-profit legal services organization that provides civil legal representation to victims of crime and human rights abuses. CVHR's mission is to empower and advance the safety of victims through legal representation and educational outreach. Clients include, but are not limited to: victims of domestic violence, sex offenses, human trafficking, stalking, harassment and other violent crimes. Externs will have an opportunity to gain experience with the following substantive areas of law: civil protection orders, paternity/custody/parenting time/child support cases occurring in the context of domestic violence, humanitarian immigration (U visas, T visas, VAWA, and asylum), and other state and federal crime victim rights laws. Externs will assist staff attorneys with drafting pleadings and motions, case management, and research, and may have the opportunity participate in client interviews and conduct hearings. The CVHR externship experience is an opportunity to work on human rights at a local level while connecting with issues that affect global populations.
Child Advocacy Law Clinic (3 cr.) D/N 808 - Clinic Course - The Child Advocacy Law Clinic is an opportunity for second- and third-year law students to work with Kids' Voice, a nonprofit agency in Marion County that represents the best interest of children as Guardians ad Litem (GAL) and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) in abuse and neglect, juvenile, and civil disputes. Students will be assigned live-client cases and be supervised by Kids' Voice attorneys. Students will be certified CASA and GAL volunteers in the State of Indiana at the end of their training. Students enrolled in the clinic will analyze the best interest standard against various legal rights and responsibilities and explore how various legal concerns such as human trafficking, immigration law, criminal law, and mental capacity, among others, impact the representation of children and their best interest. Students will gain courtroom experience in this clinic, and these credits qualify toward the experiential learning requirements for graduation. New for Fall 2022, students can become certified legal interns as long as they have completed 45 credit hours by the time of enrollment, and have taken or be enrolled in Professional Responsibility when taking the clinic.
Civil Practice Clinic (3 or 4 cr.) D/N 808 - Clinic Course - Students represent clients in a variety of civil matters. These include domestic cases, such as dissolution of marriage, custody, support, paternity, and domestic violence; housing controversies; consumer problems; challenges to administrative decisions of state and federal agencies; and a variety of other general civil problems. This clinic is conducted under the supervision of clinical faculty, but students are responsible for all aspects of representation, including presentations in court and administrative hearings. P: Completion of 45 credit hours and completion of or enrollment in Professional Responsibility (DN861).
Civil Procedure (4 cr.) D/N 707 - Required (Basic) - introduces students to jurisdiction and venue in state and federal courts; rules governing civil litigation, judgment, and review.
Civil Rights (2 or 3 cr.) D/N 872 - Elective - explores selected issues relating to civil rights and liberties with an emphasis on Section 1983 and related statutes. P: Constitutional Law (DN620).
Clean Air Law (2 cr.) D/N 683 - Elective - The course will examine in depth the structure and function of federal law regulating air emissions that harm human health and the environment. The course will emphasize the history of air regulation including common law responses to industrial air pollution. It will review the advent of the Clean Air Act as a statutory framework and examine selected regulatory programs under the Act. Students will also review current controversies and areas of regulatory activity, such as the effort to regulate Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, which contribute to global climate change. Environmental Law or Administrative Law is strongly recommended.
Client Counseling Board of Directors (1 cr.) D/N 864 - Elective - Client Counseling Board members taking this course for a graded credit are selected from those eligible Board members following interviews with the faculty and will serve as Directors of the Board and the Intraschool Competition, Judge Acquisition, and Judging Procedures Committees. The directors are charged with overseeing all activities related to conducting the competition. With the faculty advisor's permission, other members of the Client Counseling Board may earn 1 credit hour by working a minimum of 60 hours related to competition activities.
Climate Change Law and Policy (2 cr.) D/N 700 - Elective - Global climate change is an urgent issue that requires engagement of the worldwide community at all levels. Lawyers play a critical role in societys response to climate change through participation in legislation, the administrative law arena and litigation. Lawyers are also able to contribute to policy discussions as society considers legal options for mitigation and adaptation. This course will examine the legal responses to global climate change, including international treaties, U.S. federal government policy and regulatory responses, state and local programs for mitigation and adaptation, and common law responses. The course will delve into policy issues inherent in these legal responses and provide an overview of climate change science. Environmental Law or Administrative Law is strongly recommended. This course may be listed either synchronously or asynchronously online.
Collaborative Solutions for Communities in Crisis: An Introduction to Problem-Solving Courts (1 cr.) D/N 700 - Elective - Problem-solving courts utilize judicial power to convene stakeholders and resolve crises collaboratively. This 7-week course explores the history of problem-solving courts. Students will learn about historical episodes which gave birth to the drug court movement, early successes of that movement, and expansion of problem-solving courts to address other crises. Students will also learn about problem-solving courts in Indiana. They will become familiar with the legal framework within which problem-solving courts are created and operate. They will also learn how the opioid epidemic and the 2014 revision of Indiana's criminal code have elevated the role of problem-solving courts in Indiana's legal culture. Finally, they will examine recent societal problems, caused by COVID-19 and systemic racism, to understand how expanded use of problem-solving courts can ensure continuity of essential government functions.
Community Health Network Externship (2 or 3 cr.) D802 - Externship - Description forthcoming.
Comparative and International Competition Law (2 or 3 cr.) D/N 742 - Elective - After introducing the economic rationale for antitrust or competition law and enforcement, the course analyzes the rules and their interpretation in the U.S. and E.U. with regard to the three major pillars of antitrust law: cartels/collusion, abuse of dominant position/monopolization, and merger control. Some discussion of the laws of other countries will be added for illustrative purposes or in response to student interest. P: No prerequisites. This course may be listed either synchronously or asynchronously online.
Comparative Law (2 or 3 cr.) D/N 821 - Elective - focuses on select features of civil and common law systems. It provides an overview of the history, legal structures, and legal reasoning of several systems, including countries in North America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia, with comparisons to legal institutions and cultures of the United Kingdom and the United States. This course may be listed either synchronously or asynchronously online.
Conflict of Laws (2 or 3 cr.) D/N 804 - Required (HR) - considers issues that arise when the significant facts of a case have contacts with more than one jurisdiction, including recognition and effect of foreign judgments, choice of law, and jurisdiction of courts. Prerequisites: Civil Procedure. This course may be listed either synchronously or asynchronously online.
Constitutional Law (4 cr.) D/N 620 - Required (Basic) - introduces students to the U.S. Constitution. Principal aspects of judicial review, separation of powers, federalism, equality, and fundamental rights will be considered. Part-time evening division students must enroll during their second year. Full-time day division students must enroll during their first year.
Consumer Law (2 cr.) D/N 799 - Elective - addresses consumer rights and remedies under common law and under federal and state statutes, with particular emphasis on the federal Truth-In-Lending Act and Uniform Consumer Credit Code. This course may be listed either synchronously or asynchronously online.
Contract Drafting (2 cr.) D/N 538 - Simulation - This simulation course provides introductory training in the basic techniques of contract drafting. Through classroom discussion, reading assignments, in-class exercises, and drafting assignments, students will learn about different contract concepts; how to translate agreed terms into enforceable provisions that concisely and precisely reflect the contracting parties' intent; and how to draft a logically organized contract in plain English. P: Completion of Contracts and Sales and LCA I & II.
Contract Drafting for LL.M. Students (2 cr.) D/N 814 - Elective - provides introductory training in the U.S. approach to contract drafting. Through classroom discussion, reading assignments, in-class exercises, and drafting assignments, students will learn about different contract concepts; how to translate agreed terms into enforceable provisions that concisely and precisely reflect the contracting parties' intent; and how to draft a logically organized contract in plain English. P: Completion of LL.M. Contract Law for LL.M. Students or prior work experience in drafting contracts. This course is restricted to LL.M. students only.
Contract Law for LL.M. Students (2 cr.) D/N 535 - Graduate - introduces student to the sources of basic principles of contract law in the United States. The course will study contract formation, performance, breach, and available remedies under the common law, with references to parallel provisions in Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Contracts and Sales (4 cr.) D/N 512 - Required (Basic) - introduces students to exchange relationships in contemporary American society, with some emphasis on classic contract doctrine and introduction to the Uniform Commercial Code.
Copyright Law (3 cr.) D/N 626 - Elective - considers the principles of copyright law, with attention to its historical development and future adaptability to technological developments and new circumstances, foundations for securing copyright privileges and allowing fair use of existing works, and comparisons to other legal protections of intellectual property.
Corporate Compliance Overview (3 cr.) D/N 657 - Elective - This introductory overview course emphasizes the areas of corporate and regulatory law that impose requirements on corporations including health care provider organizations as well as pharmaceutical and medical device companies. The course emphasizes the importance of corporate compliance for these organizations, and gives and overview of relevant regulatory authorities and their underlying theories and rationales. This course examines the pertinent government regulations, guidance documents and enforcement initiatives forming the framework for corporate compliance. The course will focus on the process of compliance which should be established internally irrespective of the regulatory authority involved. The course will also examine on the various requirements of financial disclosures and conflict of interest in the health care arena.
Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy (2 or 3 cr.) D/N 846 - Elective - considers various means of reorganization through out-of-court trust agreements, extensions, compositions, and Chapter 11 reorganizations. There is a major focus on Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and concepts of the filing requirements, cash collateral, adequate protection, disclosure statement, plan, confirmation, and consummation. The course also includes a brief overview of Chapters 7, 12, and 13 of the code. P: The 2 credit version requires Bankruptcy Law (DN619), or permission of instructor. The 3 credit version has no prerequisites.
Counter-terrorism and Intelligence (3 cr.) D/N 910 - Elective - course will explore a range of legal and policy questions in U.S. law related to the prevention of terrorism. Topics include intelligence-gathering, investigations, and the prosecution of suspects in U.S. courts, including controversies surrounding the use of informants, material support laws, racial and religious profiling, electronic surveillance, terrorist watchlists, and terrorism trials. This final component will address access to and protection of national security information, including the classification system, public access to such information by statute and other means, "leaks", and censorship.
Criminal Defense Clinic (3 or 4 cr.) D/N 808 - Clinic Course - Students represent clients in criminal cases involving a variety of misdemeanor or Level 6 felony charges. Most cases are theft, prostitution, driving while intoxicated, and drug offenses. Students will gain valuable experience representing clients at bond hearings, pretrial hearings, guilty plea and sentencing proceedings, suppression hearings, and bench and jury trials. Under adjunct/faculty attorney supervision, students are responsible for all aspects of representation, including presentations in court. P: Completion of 45 credit hours, Criminal Law (DN533), Evidence (DN632), Criminal Procedure: Investigation (DN702) and completion of or enrollment in Professional Responsibility (DN861).
Criminal Law (3 cr.) D/N 533 - Required (Basic) - introduces students to basic principles underlying the substantive law of crimes, with special focus on definition of specific offenses and defenses.
Criminal Procedure Advocacy Skills (2 or 3 cr.) D/N 777 - Simulation - is designed to show students how basic concepts of criminal procedure are tested in the courtroom. By participating in a series of oral advocacy assignments, students will hone their oral and written trial advocacy skills. Over the course of a semester, each student will participate in the following advocacy exercises: bail/bond hearings, pre-trial motions, motions to suppress evidence, miscellaneous issues during trial, and sentencing hearings. In addition each student will submit at least one significant writing project, such as a Motion to Suppress Evidence. In addition to placing the theoretical course material in a courtroom context, the advocacy exercises give students interested in pursuing a career in criminal law additional practice and feedback on a critical pre-trial skill. This simulation structure will allow students to get "on their feet," learn courtroom lawyering skills, and receive substantial feedback throughout the semester. Co-requisite or P: Criminal Procedure: Investigation or permission of instructor.
Criminal Procedure: Adjudication (3 cr.) D/N 704 - Elective - covers the criminal trial process and post-trial proceedings, including pretrial motions, discovery, guilty pleas, jury selection, trials, sentencing, appeals, and post-conviction relief procedures. Criminal Procedure: Investigation (DN702) is not a prerequisite for Criminal Procedure: Adjudication.
Criminal Procedure: Investigation (3 cr.) D/N 702 - Required (HR) - covers the pretrial criminal process from arrest to charging decision, with emphasis on constitutional criminal procedure, criminal investigation, and criminal evidence. Arrests, searches and seizures, interrogations and confessions, lineups and identification evidence, preliminary hearings, grand jury proceedings, and indictments and informations are considered.
Criminal Sentencing (2 cr.) D/N 741 - Elective - focuses on the sentencing phase of the criminal justice process and covers constitutional principles, statutes, and rules of procedure governing criminal sentencing, particularly those applicable in federal courtand judicial opinions and legal advocacy regarding those principles, statutes, and rules. We will discuss and debate issues arising from those principles, statutes, and rules and their applicability in the real world, and will have multiple opportunities to sharpen advocacy skills, both written and oral.
Critical Race Theory (2) LAW-D/N 700 - Elective - This course explores Critical Race Theory (CRT), covering core concepts as well as exploring new directions. The course will examine CRT concepts and theories such as: storytelling, racial realism, interest convergence theory, intersectionality, colorblindness, and the social construction of race. The course will also discuss Critical Race Theory in respect to the current social and political landscape in which it operates. Relevant work experience and/or study involving race relations law is strongly recommended.
Cummins, Corporate Counsel Externship (2 or 3 cr.) D802 - Externship - Description forthcoming.
