Christine Scartz teaching a class

The University of Georgia School of Law is pleased to offer the following schedule of classes to undergraduates studying at UGA.

Fall 2023

  • JURI 3233 Foundations of American Law - 3 credit hours
      • Christian Turner -- TR 3:55 PM 5:10 PM
        An introduction to legal reasoning, fundamental law and policy argumentative tools, the various types of legal institutions, the administrative state, and the interpretation of statutes and the Constitution. Foundational study will lead to legally sophisticated analyses and discussion concerning recently argued or decided Supreme Court cases.
        This course meets once a week for a 75‐minute class in Brooks Hall 145. Students must also sign up for a recitation section (JURI 3233D).
        Letter Day Begin End Room CRN
        A Thursday 9:35 AM 10:25 AM D 54233
        B Thursday 11:10 AM 12:00 PM D 54237
        C Thursday 3:55 PM 4:45 PM CR 54238
        D Thursday 3:55 PM 4:45 PM K 54239
        E Friday 9:10 AM 10:00 AM D 54240
        F Friday 11:30 AM 12:20 PM D 54241
        G Friday 12:40 PM 1:30 PM D 57763
        H Friday 12:40 PM 1:30 PM L 57765
        I Friday 1:50 PM 2:40 PM D 57766
        J Friday 1:50 PM 2:40 PM L 57767

         

    • JURI 3200S Law and Social Justice - 3 credit hours
      • Christine M. Scartz -- TR 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM Classroom E
        Through readings, various media, and classroom discussions, students will learn about social justice in the legal context. Students will compose a reflective journal writing and a written project/class presentation proposing a creative social justice response to a real-world community need or issue identified by faculty and the students.
         
    • JURI 3500 Undergraduate Mock Trial - 2 credit hours
      • Lauren R. Lutton / Brian J. Mink -- TBA
        Students will earn credit through participation as members of the University of Georgia Mock Trial Team. Participants in the course will assume roles as lawyers, witnesses, and/or student coaches preparing for and competing in tournaments sponsored by the American Mock Trial Association. Limited to members of the UGA Mock Trial Team.
         
    • JURI 3503 Ideas and Expressions: The Fundamentals of Copyright Law - 3 credit hours
      • Stephen Wolfson -- TR 11:10 AM - 12:25 PM Classroom H
        With its roots in Article I of the U.S. Constitution, copyright is an essential part of U.S. Law. Moreover, because of the ease of obtaining copyright protection over creative works, nearly all people have countless works to their names. Yet despite these things, people often misunderstand how copyright law operates. As such, this course will explore the fundamentals of U.S. copyright law, from securing protection, to copyright duration, fair use, and the tension between copyright and First Amendment freedom of expression.
         
    • JURI 3627 Mental Health Law - 3 credit hours
      • Alexander W. Scherr -- TR 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM Classroom K
        This course will include both undergraduate and law students.
        This course surveys the legal issues relating to mental health and illness, including competency, disability, confidentiality (HIPAA), duty to warn, civil commitment, criminal defenses, discrimination, and similar issues. The course will help students planning careers in the helping professions, including social work, therapy, psychology, education, and criminal justice.
         
    • JURI 3700 Antimonopoly and American Democracy: Case Studies in American Capitalism - 3 credit hours
      • Laura Phillips-Sawyer -- TR 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM Classroom K
        This course teaches students about antitrust law by placing it within the wider scope of the American antimonopoly tradition. This course enables students to engage in this ongoing debate and to answer for themselves the perennial question of our time: how should we regulate market competition in a liberal democracy?
         
    • JURI 4110 Democracy and the Constitution - 3 credit hours
      • Lori A. Ringhand -- Wednesday 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM Classroom L
        Examination of concepts of democracy and equal citizenship through the prism of the U.S. Constitution. Students will examine the rights and responsibilities of membership in the American civic community and how those rights and responsibilities have changed over time. Examination of each of these conflicts will center on their relationship to the rights and duties embodied in the U.S. Constitution.
         
    • HONS 1990 Honors Seminar: The Founders Constitution in Theory, Law, and Politics - 1 credit hour

    Spring 2024

    • JURI 2990 Law, Justice and the State - 3 credit hours
      • Logan E. Sawyer -- MW 10:20 AM - 11:10 AM TBA
        This course introduces students to the ways that lawyers, historians, social scientists, and others evaluate the law’s relationship to justice, the state, and democracy, and helps them understand how those relationships have shaped and been shaped by social, cultural, economic, and political ideas and institutions.
        Students must also sign up for one Recitation section (JURI 2990D)
         
    • JURI 3080E Life Cycle of a Corporation - 3 credit hours
      • Willow Tracy -- Thursday 9:35 AM - 10:50 AM (Online)
        Life Cycle of a Corporation covers the legal transactions involved in each stage of business evolution - from a founder leaving a current employer and the birth of a new company, through raising venture capital and growing the business, culminating in an initial public offering (IPO), acquisition or other exit strategy.
        There will be one class meeting per week, and the course will otherwise be taught in an asynchronous online format. This section will include both law students and other graduate and professional students.
         
    • JURI 3500 Undergraduate Mock Trial - 2 credit hours
      • Lauren R. Lutton / Brian J. Mink -- TBA
        Students will earn credit through participation as members of the University of Georgia Mock Trial Team. Participants in the course will assume roles as lawyers, witnesses, and/or student coaches preparing for and competing in tournaments sponsored by the American Mock Trial Association. Limited to members of the UGA Mock Trial Team.
         
    • JURI 3501 Pirates, Spies, and Speech: Exploring the Intersection of Law & Technology in the Information Age - 3 credit hours
      • Stephen Wolfson -- TR 11:10 AM - 12:25 PM Classroom H
        The law has always had to adapt to deal with challenges created by new technologies. The first copyright law, for instance, can trace its origin to the proliferation of publishing enabled by the printing press. Today this issue is especially important because technology develops much more quickly than the law can respond. And since things like the World Wide Web, social media, smart phones, and wearables are so integral to modern life, this time between tech development and legal change can be lead to problems that the law cannot easily address. As such, this course will explore the intersection of law, policy, and the modern connective technologies that many of use daily. To this end, we will look at copyright, fair use, and the changing concept of IP ownership, particularly since the growth and fall of Napster; privacy and data security, particularly since Edward Snowden's revelations; and how copyright and privacy collide with free speech, particularly considering cases like the fight between Terry "Hulk Hogan" Bollea and Gawker Media
         
    • JURI 3821 Race and the Law - 3 credit hours
      • Gregory L. Roseboro -- MWF 11:30 AM - 12:20 PM Classroom E
        An examination of the effects of race on the structure and practice of law, on thinking about law, and on legal education.
         
    • JURI 4810 Natural Resources Law - 3 credit hours

     

    For any questions, please contact the law school's associate dean for academic affairs at (706) 542-7140.