Law School Registrar
Registration
Summer Visiting Students
- Summer School 2009 registration forms
 must be completed and returned to the Law School on or before April 30, 2009.
- All students must submit a letter of good standing to the Duquesne University School of Law Registrar's Office from their Law School's Dean/Registrar by May 30, 2009.
- Registration forms must be accompanied by a deposit of $100.00 per course (in the form of a check or money order payable to Duquesne University School of Law), which will be credited toward the tuition for the course(s)
- Deposits will not be refunded under any circumstances.
- Tuition balance is due on or before May 30, 2009.
- Final registration will be completed by mail.
Refund Schedule
- Withdrawals occurring after pre-registration but before classes begin will result in forfeiture of the deposit.
- The Registrar’s Office must be informed in writing (typed) of your intention to withdraw from Summer School.
- A student withdrawing during the first week of summer school will receive a refund of 65% per course. Thereafter, no refunds will be given.
Tuition
- Summer tuition is $695.00 per credit.
Summer School 2009 Courses
ADVANCED LEGAL WRITING - C785 (2 crs.)
The purpose of this class is to provide students with an opportunity to enhance their writing skills. Accordingly, students will do several writing and editing exercises for the class. Students will produce a variety of writings with different audiences, purposes and formats. (This course will not satisfy the Upper Level Writing Requirement.)
ESTATES AND TRUSTS - C523 (3 crs.)
This course integrates the law of wills, trusts and future interests. It includes; intestate succession; execution, revocation and contest of wills; the creations, elements and termination of private and charitable trusts; powers of appointment; class gifts; and social restrictions on perpetuities and accumulations. Prerequisite: Property
FEDERAL CRIMINAL LAW - C02 (2 crs.)
This course would provide the student with a basic knowledge of federal law enforcement agencies; frequently utilized federal criminal statutes and certain statutorily created investigative tools. The specific areas to be covered include: Mail Fraud, Illegal Drugs, Income Tax, Currency Reporting, Interference with Commerce by threats or violence, Bankruptcy Fraud, Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (R.I.C.O.), False Statements, Obstruction of Justice and Civil Rights.
LAW AND RELIGION - C755 (2 crs.)
The course will examine the phenomena of growing secularism in America and the West and the challenges and opportunities that this creates for private, public and international life in the future. Potential responses from religious thought, materialism and humanism will be considered. Topics will include the nature of secularism, secular attitudes toward religion, the limits of secularism and the nature of meaning in secular life. We will ask about democracy, social life, family, ritual, prayer and globalization in a secularizing world. There will be special emphasis on the role of law with suggestions for the future of Establishment Clause jurisprudence.
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