Class Information

Spring 2014

6347 Secured Financing - HAWKINS- 23498

Professor(s): Jim Hawkins (FACULTY)

Credits: 3

Course Areas: Business and Commercial Law 

Time: 1:00p-2:30p  TTh  Location: BLB-240 

Course Outline: Because lenders are concerned with ensuring debtors repay them, a lot of lending only occurs if the debtor puts up some collateral for the loan. This course examines the law that governs these transactions--the law of secured financing--found in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. We will discuss how a lender obtains a security interest in a debtor's property, how a lender perfects its interest, and what happens when two lenders claim an interest in the same property. The course is taught using a problem-based approach.

Course Syllabus: Syllabus Revised 1/21/2014

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First Day Assignments: Welcome to Secured Financing! For the first day of class, please read the following pages in the LoPucki and Warren casebook: xxxi – xxxv, 3 – 14, and 19. Also, prepare answers for problems 1.1 and 1.2 in the casebook.

Final Exam Schedule: 05/08 1-4pm  209 BLB  213 BLB   

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Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No

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