Schedule
Recent Developments in
US Supreme Court Cases
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
2:30 - 3:30 PM
THE US SUPREME COURT
l Understanding
the US Supreme Court
l Rules for Practicing Before the US Supreme Court
3:45 - 5:00 PM
ATTORNEYS' FEES
l Recovery by Prevailing Party
CIVIL
PROCEDURE
l Preliminary Injunctions
l Sovereign Immunity
l Tribal Court Jurisdiction
CIVIL RIGHTS
l Voting
l Deportation
l Desegregation
l Employment
Discrimination
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
8:00 - 9:30 AM
CIVIL RIGHTS
l Employment Discrimination
l Appointment of Counsel for
Indigents
l Retaliatory Employment Discharge
l Ballot Access
l Voting Rights Act of 1965
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
l Confrontation
l Cruel and
Unusual Punishment, Death Penalty
9:45 - 10:45 AM
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
l Evidence
l Federal Armed Career Criminals Act
l Habeas Corpus
l Jury
Instructions
l Prosecutorial Immunity
l Retroactivity
l Right to Counsel
11:00 AM - 12:00 AM
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
l Right to Trial by
Jury
l Search and Seizure
l What is a Violent Felony
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
l Arbitration
l Bankruptcy
l Employee Retirement Income Security
Act
Thursday, December 17, 2009
8:00 - 9:30 AM
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
l Federal Antidumping Statutes
l Federal Regulation of Securities
l Governmental
Liability
l Patentability of Computer Processes
l Punitive Damages Liability
l State Regulation of Business
l State Tax
l Utility Companies
l ERISA
v QDRO: No Beneficiary Change Before Death
FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
l Internal Revenue Service
l Narcotics
9:45 - 10:45 AM
FEDERAL
RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
l Narcotics
l Sentencing Guidelines
FEDERAL TAXATION
l The 2% Floor
l Refunds
FEDERAL PREEMPTION
l State Jurisdiction
11:00
AM - 12:00 PM
FEDERAL PREEMPTION
l State Jurisdiction
l State Regulation
FIRST AMENDMENT
l Political Parties
l Obscenity, Federal
l Union
Dues Required of Nonmember
l Campaign Spending
JUDICIAL POWER
l Standing to Sue, Legal Injury
1:00 - 1:45 PM
JUDICIAL POWER
l Collateral
Estoppel
l Jurisdiction of Federal Courts of Appeals
l Untimely Filing
INTERSTATE REGULATION
l Boundary Dispute Between States
TITLE IX
l Remedial
Exception to Section 1983
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM
l Exam Style Questions and Answers
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
ETHICS AND
PROFESSIONALISM
l Exam Style Questions and Answers