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LAW 19-PROPERTY & CREDITORS' RIGHTS

COURSE SYLLABUS 

Student Responsibility: Our online law program requires a comprehensive and complete understanding of a number of details, procedures and information. Students are assumed to have carefully read all of our procedures and policies located at our "Welcome Message" at http://welcome.pbwiki.com - which is a comprehesive collection of materials for our program. Students are held fully responsible for information contained at this central location.  Students must login to their online class and post their introduction and first set of assignments within a week from the start of the semester or session or they may be excluded and dropped from class, and not permitted to enter the moodle classroom.

Course Assignments:  The assignments for each class and the due dates are located at duedates for each class. If there is a "conflict" between the due dates and the moodle class assignments, quizzes, forums, text and materials, the  moodle materials will "over rule" if there are differences with the duedates.

YOUR INSTRUCTOR

see information on your instructor including website, office hours, phone no. etc. http://lamission.edu/law/lawfaculty.htm

COURSE DESCRIPTION 

Welcome to the Law 19 - Property & Creditor Rights. Law 19 is a study of the law of property including community property, joint tenancy, leases, deeds, contracts, escrows, deeds of trust, a study of the system of recording and search of public documents, a study of bankruptcy laws and forms and evictions (unlawful detainer actions).Law 19 introduces the student to the nature of property and personalty, acquiring and owning property, real property, and the landlord-tenant relationship.

The student will prepare all of the forms related to an eviction (unlawful detainer) and a simple Chapter 7 ("liquidation") bankruptcy, along with reviewing the documentation for transfers of real property and related escrow documents, and will also prepare a UCC-1 Financing Statement. The student will also study secured transactions, collateral, purchase money secured interests, liens, attachment, garnishment, and other creditor's remedies.

This course is designed to give the student familiarity with the substantive law of property and creditors rights. A good capsule summary of property law is found at Emanuel Summaries (Property). You will will learn to "think critically" in law, and in the area of property law. You will learn how to prepare a simple, liquidation or Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, eviction or unlawful detainer papers for both landlord and tenant, along with transfer escrow documents and deeds in the purchase/sale of real property.

COURSE TEXT       

West's Business Law by Clarkson, Miller, Jentz, and Cross - 11th Edition. Students can obtain the textbook from our College bookstore or online - see http://lamission.edu/law/textbooks

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of the class, students will be able to:

1. demonstrate their knowledge in the substantive law and procedures of property and creditors rights including Bankruptcy, Secured Transactions, Creditors' Remedies, Landlord-Tenant, Real Property, Personal Property, Consumer Law, Checks and the Banking system, Labor and Employment Law, preparing a Chapter Bankruptcy, and eviction papers for both landlord, and the defense of a tenant

2. "think critically" in law, and in the area of property and creditors rights

3. brief a law case in property and creditors rights

4. prepare certain legal documents, forms or papers in the area of Property Law. 

GRADING & EVALUATION

The class will be composed of quizzes, postings to an "electronic bulletin board" - threaded discussions, and written projects, including the preparation of bankruptcy schedules, and a landlord-tenant eviction case. The student should work off of the due dates for the class. The deadlines are clearly posted on the schedule. Quizzes will be posted and students are expected to fill in their answers to the multiple choice questions during a deadline period. After the time period has expired, the quiz link will no longer be available, and the student will NOT be allowed to take the quiz (certain exceptions might be made if the student emails his/her online instructor regarding exceptional family circumstances or situtations - not just "not enough time", or "late", and the instructor will decide and determine each request on the facts of the circumstances).

The "letter grade" scale is as follows.

A =  90-100 percent of total points

B =  80-89

C =  70-79

D =  60-69

F =  Below 60

Distribution of Grades

Tests - 30% of your grade

Bankruptcy papers - 15% of your grade

Eviction papers - 10% of your grade

Forum Discussion - 10% of your grade

Assignments - 35% of your grade

Office Hours: see Faculty page at http://lamission.edu/law/lawfaculty.htm - Office Hours, Mon. - Friday 9-5 pm at the Office Telephone number of each Faculty member, or upon special appointment - email the faculty member for your appointment date and time.

Course Structure: This course is offered through a course management system. To find the class check the Mission online portal at http://lamission.edu/online .  

LATE ASSIGNMENTS: ASSIGNMENTS SUBMITTED LATE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS PRIOR APPROVAL IS REQUESTED AND GRANTED BY THE INSTRUCTOR.

EXTRA CREDIT: Since the law is in constant change, along with the advent of the Internet, issues may arise that are timely and germane to our class. Therefore, opportunities may arise during the term that allow for extra credit, although no extra credit is presently offered.

INCOMPLETE: If you require a grade of "incomplete," you must advise me as soon as possible and discuss the terms of its removal.

ACADEMIC HONESTY: Academic honesty is highly valued at Mission College, just as it is at all colleges and universities. A student must always submit work that represents his or her original words or ideas. If any words or ideas are used that do not represent the student's original words or ideas, the student must cite all relevant sources. The student should also make it clear to what extent such sources were used. Words or ideas that require citations include, but are not limited to, all hard copy or electronic publications, whether copyrighted or not, and all verbal or visual communications when the content of such communications clearly originates from an identifiable source. All submissions to any public meeting or private mailbox fall within the scope of words and ideas that require citations if used by someone other than the original author.

Course Assignments: see links at http://duedates.pbwiki.com

Course Evaluation:

The final grade will be determined by: averaging quizzes, discussion questions and written assignments, each assigned 100 or more points.

* This syllabus is subject to change. Please note revision dates ("updated") above. Students are responsible for the most recent updated version of this syllabus.

Reasonable Accommodations:  If you are a student with a disability and require online class accommodations, please see Prof. Jordan an email to discuss arrangements.  The sooner we are aware that you are eligible for accommodations, the quicker we will be able to provide them.  If you have not done so already, you may also wish to contact the DSP&S Office in Instructional Building 1018 (phone 818/364-7732 TTD 818/364-7861). There website and resources are located at http://www.lamission.edu/dsps/

For students requiring accommodations, the DSP&S Office at Mission College provides special assistance in areas like: registering for courses, specialized tutoring, note-taking, mobility assistance, special instruction, testing assistance, special equipment, special materials, instructor communications, community referrals and job placement.

Updated: 11-12-09