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Sunday, July 5 12-5 pm Dormitory Check Kerrey Hall Cardozo staff will be on hand to assist with check-in New School for Social Research This is set up through the New School. 65 Fifth Avenue (at 13th Street) Coordinator on hand
6:30 pm Welcome Dinner and Neighborhood Walk Meet at Kerrey Hall at 6 pm Get acquainted with your new neighborhood and with Coordinator one another over a welcome dinner at a local favorite. 2014: Patsy’s Pizza Prix Fixe $20 per person (Cardozo pays)
Monday, July 6 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Cardozo School of Law Bagels, cream cheese, muffins, fruit, OJ, Coffee Room 420
10 a.m. – 12:30 pm Introduction to U.S. Law Professor Leslie Newman (confirmed for Summer 2015) Overview of U.S. Judicial and Legal Practice Supreme Court Decision: Obergefell v. Hodges Common law decision making exercise
12:30 p.m. Orientation Lunch Hosted by Val Myteberi Agenda: Icebreaker Distribute ID Cards Go over essential info and safety tips New York City Information
2 – 4:30 p.m. Introduction to U.S. Law Professor Leslie Newman How a dispute becomes a case Res Judicata and Stare Decisis The U.S. Judicial and Governmental Structure Tuesday, July 7 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Cardozo School of Law French Toast, Scrambled eggs, Coffee, Tea Room 420
10 a.m. – 12:30 pm Introduction to U.S. Law Professor Leslie Newman Common Law decision making and Kelly v. Gwinnell case Fundamental Research Metholodgies Binding and Persuasive Precedent
12:30 p.m. Lunch on your own
2 – 3:50 p.m. Introduction to U.S. Law Professor Leslie Newman Case Reading and Analysis – selected cases Selected Hot Topics in U.S. Law Formulating Legal Arguments
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Pizza and Primer Sports and the Law Pizza ordered If possible, get sports and the law speaker David Reinman U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Mediation David Reinman 5:00pm-6:00pm Teaching about the game of baseball, also incorporating some information on negotiation in baseball/sports
7:00 pm Yankee Game (coordinator) Yankee Stadium
Tickets in file Coordinator Wednesday, July 8 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Cardozo School of Law Yougurt, Granola, Fruit, Pancakes, Coffee, Tea Room 420
10 a.m. – 12:30 pm Introduction to U.S. Law Professor Leslie Newman Case analysis continued Guest speaker from legal practice
12:30 p.m. Lunch on your own
2 – 4:30 p.m. Introduction to U.S. Law Professor Leslie Newman Film Screening and Discussion: William Kunstler: Defending the Universe A documentary about one of the most famous lawyers in the United States Thursday, July 9 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Cardozo School of Law Bagels, Cream Cheese, Muffins, OJ, Coffee, Tea Room 420
10 a.m. – 12:30 pm Introduction to U.S. Law Professor Leslie Newman Statutory Analysis and Construction Fielding hypotheticals
12:30 p.m. Lunch on your own
2 – 4:30 p.m. Introduction to U.S. Law Professor Leslie Newman Ethical Issues in Law School and Legal Practice Oral Arguments U.S. Law School writing for scholarship and exams
6:00 – 9:00 pm Alternative Dispute Resolution in Small Claims Court (Coordinator) Annie Noula, Esq., Cardozo Law LL.M. ’13 (Dispute Resolution), Manhattan Courts Coordinator for the New York Peace Institute Friday, July 10 12:00 noon Statue of Liberty Excursion (Coordinator) 12:30 p.m. Departure from the residence hall 2:00 p.m. Meet at Castle Clinton, Battery Park Ferry departs for the Statue of Liberty
Saturday, July 11 10:00 a.m. Coney Island Excursion (Coordinator Optional) Saturday excursion Coney Island, while only a subway ride away from Manhattan, is home to beaches, stores, restaurants, a boardwalk and an amusement park--a perfect place for a summer day.
Sunday, July 12 Free Day
Monday, July 13 9:30 a.m. Visit to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission - Eastern Region (Coordinator) 140 Broadway, New York, NY 10005
The mission of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is to foster open, transparent, competitive, and financially sound markets, to avoid systemic risk, and to protect the market users and their funds, consumers, and the public from fraud, manipulation, and abusive practices related to derivatives and other products that are subject to the Commodity Exchange Act.
1:00 pm Lunch in Chinatown (at student expense) (Coordinators) Pings Seafood http://pingsnyc.com/ Or Peking Duck 347.853.2269
2:30 p.m. Site Visit: New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division (Coordinator) Candid conversation and Q & A with Justice Dianne Renwick, Cardozo School of Law Alumna Tuesday, July 14 10 a.m. – 12:30 pm Site Visit: The Innocence Project (Coordinator) The Innocence Project, founded at Cardozo in 1992, is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. Summer Seminar participants meet with lawyers, policy makers, and law students working on exoneration cases.
12:30 p.m. Lunch with Innocence Project Staff and Students
5:00 p.m. Pizza and Primer Cardozo School of Law, Theater and the Law Room 420 Eric Rayman, Adjunct Prof of Entertainment & Media Law: [email protected]
7:00 p.m. Broadway Visit (Coordinator)
“On the Town”
Wednesday, July 15 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Cardozo School of Law Scrambled eggs, Bagels, Cream Cheese, Coffee, Tea Room 420
Wednesday, July 15 Mini Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (MITAP) Professor Marcia Levy and Judge Nancy Viadik In a "master class" approach to learning, students learn cutting-edge strategies for courtroom litigation. The sessions begin with an overview of the trial process in state and federal courts in the US-- the only lecture part of the program. Participants are then called upon to be advocates-- to brainstorm the theory of the case; make an opening statement; learn the art of direct and cross examination; and give a summation in the case. Work is done in small groups, and each participants takes the roles of both examiner and a witness in the case.
10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Introduction to MITAP and Read and Digest Problem 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Brainstorming Session 1:00 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Lunch and Prepare Opening Statements 2:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m. Opening Statements
5:00 p.m. Site Visit: Corporate Practice in New York City Times Square Tower O’Melveny and Meyers (Coordinator) 7 Times Square
A panel discussion of attorneys at a Top U.S. Law Firm speak about law firm interviewing processes; life as a summer associate and a new practicing attorney; and international law practice.
Thursday, July 16 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Cardozo School of Law Room 420 Fresh Pastries, Bagels, Cream Cheese, OJ, Coffee, Tea
Mini Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (MITAP) Professor Marcia Levy and Judge Nancy Viadik
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Direct examination 12:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch and Prepare Cross Examination 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Cross Examination 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Break (Cookies, Coffee, Tea) 3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Cross Examination and Direct/Cross/Recross Examination
5:00 p.m. Seminar on Studying Law in the United States Val Myteberi, Assistant Dean, Graduate & International Programs Selene Steelman, Director of LL.M. Admissions, Cardozo School of Law
Friday, July 17 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Cardozo School of Law Ordered Room 420
Mini Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (MITAP) Professor Marcia Levy and Judge Nancy Viadik
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Summations 12:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Final Remarks and Discussion
12:30 p.m. Closing Lunch in Room 1008 American BBQ menu (ordered) Slide show, presentation of certificates and closing ceremony
Saturday, July 18 1:00 p.m. Pot Luck Picnic in Central Park (Coordinators optional)
Sunday, July 19 11:00 am Residence Hall Checkout
Students seeking academic credit from their home universities Final Project: Students may elect an optional final evaluative take-home examination. This examination will ask students to submit an essay that synthesizes course lectures, discussions, exercises, and site visits with distributed and supplemental readings. This essay will be due four weeks after the conclusion of the course and will be returned with comments.