The Castle Classroom

This classroom is affiliated with Ex Stellis University's College of Law.  Southern University law students have full privileges at ExStellis University.  While in the castle classroom, however, the webmaster wears a four-cornered mortarboard and is here addressed strictly as "Professor Franks."

The following materials are available for study:

HOW TO SEE EUROPE AND EARN ACADEMIC CREDIT

SULC Summer Abroad in London 

HOW TO OBTAIN YOUR LAW CENTER LICENSE PLATE

The SULC License Plate

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS

Office Hours This Semester
Improving Examination Performance
How to Write a Demand Letter
How to Write a Legal Argument

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS

Tips on Viewing PowerPoint Presentations
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction & Enforcement Act
Your Rights if Arrested in England
Summer Abroad Powerpoint

COURSE SYLLABI (present or most recent course)

Advanced Legal Writing
Agency & Partnership
Conflict of Laws
Evidence
International Law
Louisiana Family Law
Private International Law

ASSIGNMENTS AND REQUIRED READING

ADVANCED LEGAL WRITING

How to Write a Demand Letter, by Maurice Franks
How to Write a Legal Argument, by Maurice Franks
Sample hardball pleadings, by M. R. Franks
Sample hardball discovery, by M. R. Franks
Excerpts on grammar, from the Associated Press Stylebook
A Guide to Punctuation, from the Associated Press Stylebook
An Ode to a Spell Checker, from Webster University

AGENCY & PARTNERSHIP

Written assignment due 27 October
Formation of the Louisiana Limited Liability Company, by William C. Kalmbach
Classification of LLC for Tax Purposes, by Frederick R. Parker, Jr.
Entity Choice: Just Check-the-Box, by Jeffrey L. Burr

CONFLICT OF LAWS

Kuwait Airways Corp. v. Iraqi Airways Company, [2002] UKHL 19 (House of Lords, 16 May 2002)
Airline Liability for Loss, Damage, or Delay of Passenger Baggage, 12 Fordham J. Corp. & Financial Law 735

EVIDENCE

The Eye of the Wolf, Chapter 1 of From Freedom to Slavery, by Gerry Spence

INTERNATIONAL LAW

Required student readings in International Law (password protected)
Kuwait Airways Corp. v. Iraqi Airways Company, [2002] UKHL 19 (House of Lords, 16 May 2002)
Airline Liability for Loss, Damage, or Delay of Passenger Baggage, 12 Fordham J. Corp. & Financial Law 735

LOUISIANA FAMILY LAW

Written assignment due 25 March 2013
Environmental Impacts of Divorce, by Eunice Yu and Jianguo Liu
Dan Quayle Was Right, by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
Women emerge as aggressors, by B. Evenson and C. Milstone, 10 July 1999
Covenant marriage good step, by M. R. Franks, The Advocate, 12 June 1997
Louisiana's Covenant Marriage, by K. S. Spaht, 59 La. L. Rev. 63 (1998)
Sample hardball pleadings, by M. R. Franks
Sample hardball discovery, by M. R. Franks
Optional extra credit for book review, George Gilder's Men and Marriage

PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

Kuwait Airways Corp. v. Iraqi Airways Company, [2002] UKHL 19 (House of Lords, 16 May 2002)
Airline Liability for Loss, Damage, or Delay of Passenger Baggage, 12 Fordham J. Corp. & Financial Law 735

RESOURCES FOR STUDY:  PAST FINAL EXAMINATIONS

Advanced Legal Writing

1997 Advanced Legal Writing Final Examination
1996 Advanced Legal Writing Final Examination
1994 Advanced Legal Writing Final Examination
1993 Advanced Legal Writing Final Examination

Agency & Partnership

2010 Agency & Partnership Final Examination
2009 Agency & Partnership Final Examination
2008 Agency & Partnership Final Examination
2007 Agency & Partnership Final Examination
2006 Agency & Partnership Final Examination
2005 Agency & Partnership Final Examination
2004 Agency & Partnership Final Examination
2003 Agency & Partnership Final Examination
2002 Agency & Partnership Final Examination
2001 Agency & Partnership Final Examination
2000 Agency & Partnership Final Examination
1999 Agency & Partnership Final Examination
1998 Agency & Partnership Final Examination
1997 Agency & Partnership Final Examination
1996 Agency & Partnership Final Examination
1995 Agency & Partnership Final Examination
1994 (Fall) Agency & Partnership Final Examination
1994 (Summer) Agency & Partnership Final Examination

Conflict of Laws

2013 (Spring) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2012 (Spring) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2011 (Spring) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2010 (Spring) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2009 (Spring) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2008 (Spring) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2007 (Spring) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2006 (Spring) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2005 (Spring) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2004 (Summer) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2004 (Spring) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2003 (Summer) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2003 (Spring) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2002 (Summer) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2002 (Spring) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2001 (Summer) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2001 (Spring) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2000 (Summer) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
2000 (Spring) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
1999 (Summer) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
1999 (Spring) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
1997 Conflict of Laws Final Examination
1996 (Fall) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
1996 (Spring) Conflict of Laws Final Examination
1995 Conflict of Laws Final Examination

Evidence

2012 Evidence Final Examination
2011 Evidence Final Examination
2010 Evidence Final Examination
2009 Evidence Final Examination
2008 Evidence Final Examination
2007 Evidence Final Examination
2006 Evidence Final Examination
2005 Evidence Final Examination
2004 Evidence Final Examination
2003 Evidence Final Examination
2002 Evidence Final Examination
2001 Evidence Final Examination
2000 Evidence Final Examination
1999 Evidence Final Examination
1998 Evidence Final Examination
1997 Evidence Final Examination
1996 Evidence Final Examination
1995 Evidence Final Examination
1994 Evidence Final Examination
1993 Evidence Final Examination

International Law

2012 International Law Final Examination
2011 International Law Final Examination

Louisiana Family Law

2013 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
2012 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
2011 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
2010 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
2009 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
2008 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
2007 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
2006 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
2005 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
2004 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
2003 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
2002 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
2001 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
2000 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
1999 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
1997 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
1996 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
1995 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
1994 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination
1992 Louisiana Family Law Final Examination

Private International Law

2013 Private International Law Final Examination
2012 Private International Law Final Examination
2011 Private International Law Final Examination
2010 Private International Law Final Examination
2009 Private International Law Final Examination
2008 Private International Law Final Examination
2007 Private International Law Final Examination
2005 Private International Law Final Examination