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COURSE SYLLABUS: Elderly Law

Course Title: Department: Instructor:

LS342 - Elderly Law Legal Studies George E. Guay III, J.D. E-Mail - Vitae

COURSE CONTENT

Elder law covers a number of separate legal topics, besides raising a few unique issues. Issues like health care, housing, employment, and guardianships can involve other areas of the law. But estate planning, elder abuse and assistance for the elderly focus more specifically on the issues that come with aging.

TEXT: Online Bookstore

Elder Law, Jeffrey A. Helewitz, J.D.   Thomson Delmar Learning (West Legal Studies), 2000/2001.
ISBN-13: 9780766813717   ISBN: 0766813711

COURSE GOALS

In this class, students will engaged in self-directed study. They can also contact the instructor via e-mail. By taking open-book multiple choice quizzes and writing a 10-page research paper, students will develop an understanding of a topic or issue addressed in a particular chapter.

Students should expect to spend at least three hours, and perhaps substantially more time and energy, on each chapter.

GRADING

Students will need to complete a twenty-question, multiple-choice and/or true-false, open-book quiz for each chapter designated for study in this class (save for Chapter 8) Students will also have to complete a 10- page research paper. A student's final grade for the class will come from student's grades on each of the specified activities.

The grade is broken down as follows:

Ethics quizzes Research Paper

60% 40% 100%

ASSIGNMENTS

Quizzes

Students must read each of the eight chapters in the text and do an open book quiz for all except chapter 8. There are seven quizzes. Please e-mail your professor to request your quizzes. He will either send them via e-mail or send a links to online quizzes which will require students to use their student ID's and passwords to access them.

These exercises constitute 60% of a student’s grade for the course.

Research Paper

Students have to write a ten-page paper (excluding title page and references) on any topic raised in the text. Such topics could include retirement law like ERISA or age discrimination. Students will need to cite to other material that is peer-reviewed (i.e., that has been reviewed by peers in the author’s field). Students need at least five references.

The pages need to be double-spaced, with one-inch margins and 10-point type. Students need to put footnotes and references in an appropriate and consistent style. Students may select which style they’d like to follow, although most might find it easiest to pick between APA and MLA style.

This exercise constitutes 40% of a student’s grade for the course.

NOTES

Instances of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to reliance upon others for answers to questions or for access to information which could lead to the earning of a grade in this class outside of the described and required conditions, will result in a grade of zero per incident. All participants engaging in this conduct will receive a zero.

Students should know that this class will abide by the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please contact the instructor as soon as possible so that reasonable accommodations can be made so that a student can gain the fullest benefit of the course. Students should expect to provide necessary documentation.