2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics

This lesson was removed at the end of 2013. It is outdated but is currently being revised. CALI

This lesson was written as a review of the material covered in Chapter 1 of the CALI e-book, Wetlands Law: A Course Source. The lesson reviews some basic wetlands science, including the values and functions of wetlands, types of wetlands, and wetland delineation methodology.

This lesson provides the basic framework for the search incident to arrest exception to the warrant and probable cause requirements the U.S. Supreme Court set forth in Chimel v. California in 1969.

This lesson, part one of three lessons on searches and seizures with a warrant, addresses issuance of warrants. This involves basic principles about search and arrest warrants, who can issue them, the "preference" for warrants, and concepts of probable cause, particularity and nexus. The second lesson concerning warrants, "Searches and Seizures with a Warrant: Issuance of the Warrant 2" includes a detailed example of an application for a search warrant and the search warrant issued based on this application. These provide opportunities to identify potential shortcomings in both documents.

This lesson, part two of three lessons on searches and seizures with a warrant, addresses application of the rules for issuance of warrants. A first lesson, "Searches and Seizures with a Warrant: Issuance of the Warrant 1," involves basic principles about warrants, who can issue them, the "preference" for warrants, and concepts of probable cause, particularity and nexus. This lesson includes a detailed example of an application for a search warrant and the search warrant issued based on this application. These provide opportunities to identify potential shortcomings in both documents.

This third lesson in a three lesson set on warrants addresses execution of warrants. Two separate lessons, "Searches and Seizures with Warrants: Issuance of the Warrant 1" and "Searches and Seizures with Warrants: Issuance of the Warrant 2," cover the rules for issuing warrants and the use of these rules with an application for a search warrant and a search warrant. This third lesson treats what happens when police obtain a warrant. It examines the knock & announce requirement, the proper time and method of entry, and the property subject to search under a search warrant.

This lesson is one of two lessons on section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, which imposes liability for false or misleading registration statements. This lesson focuses on the basic requirements of a section 11 action; the other lesson discusses the defenses to liability in section 11(b).

This is one of two lessons on section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, which imposes liability for false or misleading registration statements. This lesson discusses the defenses to liability in section 11(b); the other lesson focuses on the basic requirements of a section 11 action.

This lesson discusses sections 16(a) and 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. It begins with a discussion of the section 16(a) reporting requirement: who must file, what they must file, and when. It then proceeds with an element-by-element discussion of liability under section 16(b) for short-swing trading profits, including a brief introduction to the complexities introduced by derivative securities. It concludes with a discussion of enforcement issues: standing, limitations, and the right to attorneys' fees.

This lesson was written as a review of the material covered in Part 2 of Chapter 6 of the CALI e-book, Wetlands Law: A Course Source. The lesson reviews the procedures for the issuance of individual Section 404 permits and the application of the Clean Water Act section 404(b)(1) guidelines.

This podcast explains the use of after-acquired property clauses and future advances given by secured creditors. This topic primarily requires a careful reading of UCC § 9-204 and a basic understanding of how a secured party attaches its security interest in the first place.

The topic of this podcast is some of the basic concepts of bankruptcy, as well as the automatic stay, and some ways you might find to get around it. While most courses on secured transactions focus on U.C.C.

This podcast discusses the nature of security interests, as well as some of the basic vocabulary that you will need to understand the concepts, using the rules set forth in the Uniform Commercial Code Article 9. The rules of Article 9 are state statutory law.

This podcast explains how a secured creditor decides what debtor name it should use on a financing statement when perfecting its security interest.

This podcast discusses how a secured creditor can perfect a security interest in goods that are or might become fixtures in order to prevail against UCC or real estate claimants of the same collateral.

The topic of this podcast is how a secured creditor goes about maintaining a perfected security interest in order to prevail against others who might claim the same collateral.

This podcast discusses how a secured creditor goes about perfecting its security interest in order to prevail against others who might claim the same collateral.

This podcast explains how a secured creditor that does not file a financing statement goes about perfecting its security interest in order to prevail against others who might claim the same collateral, and  includes tips about the type of questions that might appear in the bar exam.

The topic of this podcast is which party will prevail in a competition for collateral as between sellers or lenders having a purchase money security interest (“PMSI”) and other creditors with a security interest in the debtor’s assets.

The topic of this podcast is which party will prevail in a competition for collateral as between sellers and the creditor with a security interest in the debtor’s assets.

This podcast discusses the transformation of collateral subject to a security interest, in particular whether a security interest exists in proceeds, products, offspring, accessions, and the like.

The topic of this podcast is the nature of foreclosure of a security interest and, in particular, the right of a secured creditor to obtain possession of collateral after default.

The topic of this podcast is to summarize and evaluate the nature of security interests covered by Article 9. It will also cover transactions that are within the scope of UCC Article 9 even though the parties may not have intended to create a security interest.

This podcast evaluates when a transaction described as a “lease” will be considered a sale with a retention of a security interest and covered by Article 9.