TORTS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Law JD Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of some policies underlying Tort law Audience: Graduate 2. Demonstrate knowledge of how the common law develops Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate knowledge of how common law differs from statutory or regulatory law Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate proficiency in extracting legal rules and rationales from cases and applying those rules to new fact patterns Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate proficiency and good judgment in analyzing and interpreting cases Audience: Graduate 6. Improve discussion skills, including listening, turn-taking, learning through interaction, orally presenting reasons and drawing conclusions based on reason Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of some policies underlying Tort law Audience: Graduate 2. Demonstrate knowledge of how the common law develops Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate knowledge of how common law differs from statutory or regulatory law Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate proficiency in extracting legal rules and rationales from cases and applying those rules to new fact patterns Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate proficiency and good judgment in analyzing and interpreting cases Audience: Graduate 6. Improve discussion skills, including listening, turn-taking, learning through interaction, orally presenting reasons and drawing conclusions based on reason Audience: Graduate