Dean William C. Powers of the School of Law has filed with the secretary
of the Faculty Council the following additions to the options of required
courses in the Curriculum subsection of
The Law School Catalog,
2006-2008. The faculty of the school approved the proposed changes
on May 5, 2004. The dean approved the proposed changes on May 7, 2004,
and submitted the changes to the secretary on August 17, 2005. The
secretary has classified this proposal as legislation of exclusive
application and primary interest to a single college or school.
The edited proposal was received from the Office of Official Publications
on October 12, 2005, and was sent to the Committee on Undergraduate
Degree Program Review from the Office of the General Faculty on October
13, 2005. The committee forwarded the proposed changes to the Office
of the General Faculty on October 17, 2005, recommending approval.
The authority to grant final approval on behalf of the General Faculty
resides with the Faculty Council.
If no objection is filed with the Office of the General Faculty by
the date specified below, the legislation will be held to have been
approved by the Faculty Council. If objection is filed within the prescribed
period, the legislation will be presented to the Faculty Council at
its next meeting. The objection, with reasons, must be signed by a
member of the Faculty Council.
To be counted, a protest must be received in the Office of the General
Faculty by noon on October 28, 2005.
<signed>
Sue Alexander Greninger, Secretary
The Faculty Council
This legislation was posted on the Faculty Council Web site (
http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/)
on October 19, 2005. Paper copies are available on request from the Office of
the General Faculty, WMB 2.102, F9500.
| On page 54 of The Law School Catalog, 2004-2006 under the Curriculum subsection,
make the following changes. |
Curriculum
Required Courses
The following courses are required: Law 421 or 521; 423 or 523; 427 or 527;
431 or 531; 132 or 232; 433 or 533; 434 or 534;
one of the following: 251K,
351K, 270M, 370M, 181C, 281C, 381C, or 481C; 285 or 385; 397S; and such other
courses as the dean and faculty of the School of Law may specify. In addition
to the required first-year courses, each first-year student must take one elective.
Elective courses that are open to first-year students are identified in the
course schedule published each semester by the School of Law. To avoid scholastic
difficulty, the student should complete all required work except the seminar
before the final semester.
RATIONALE:
This change is necessary to add the two courses, (1) Criminal Procedure: Prosecution
and (2) Criminal Procedure: Investigation, which also meet the Constitutional
Law II requirement.
