Nonprofit Organizations: Principles and Practice

Section 1, Fall 22

Schedule Information

Enrollment: 2/16
Credits: 2
Days* Time Room Start Date End Date
  • W
  • 0930-1130
  • WB119
08/31/2022 12/07/2022
*“R” means Thursday

Course Description

This course will allow students to delve deeper into the theory and practice of representing nonprofit organizations. Throughout the term, students will have the opportunity to supplement their reading with hands-on simulated case studies. Students will thus build drafting, negotiation and advocacy skills.

Course Requirements

Exam Info:
Final Type (if any): None
Description: None

Written Work Product
Written Work Product: Students will draft documents and be required to complete some short response papers (due directly to instructor, not via EXPO).

Other Work

Other Course Details
Prerequisites: Prior coursework in nonprofit organizations, corporations, trusts and estates is recommended but not required. Because the credits in this course count toward the JD Program Professional Skills requirement, JD candidates will be given enrollment priority for this class. Concurrencies: If not taken previously, concurrent coursework in nonprofit organizations, corporations, trusts and estates is recommended but not required.
Mutually Exclusive With: None
Laptops Allowed: Yes
First Day Attendance Required: No
Course Resources: To be announced.
Course Notes:

Graduation Requirements

*Satisfies Writing Requirement: No
**Credits For Prof. Skills Requirement: Yes
Satisfies Professional Ethics: No

*If “Yes,” then students are required to submit a substantial research paper in this course, which means students do not need to submit any form to SRO for this paper to meet their upper-level writing requirement. If “No,” then students must submit a “special request” e-form to SRO (available via LawWeb) no later than five weeks after the start of the term for a paper in this class to be counted toward the upper-level writing requirement.

**Yes indicates course credits count towards UVA Law’s Prof. Skills graduation requirement, not necessarily a skills requirements for any particular state bar.

Schedule No.
122819841
Law No.
LAW9303
Modified Type
Simulation
Cross Listed: No
Cross-Listed Course Mnemonic:
Public Syllabus Link: None
Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Opens: Wednesday, November 30, 12:01 AM
Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Closes: Friday, December 09, 11:59 PM
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