Fall 2025
Professor(s):
Elizabeth Trujillo (FACULTY)
Credits: 4
Course Areas: 1st Year - Section C
Time: 2:30p-4:30p MW Location: 311
Course Outline: This course examines legally enforceable promises. The topics include contract formation, contract interpretation, the performance of contractual obligations, defenses to breaches of contract, and remedies.
Course Syllabus: Syllabus
Course Notes: (Synchronous – On Campus Exams) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. Contrary to the UH information, some student materials may not be available online, such as an assigned casebook. A physical classroom may be assigned for this course to give students a location in the Law Center to join the virtual class sessions. If the course has a final examination, it will be conducted in a classroom in face-to-face mode requiring your physical presence. Other assessment, such as a mid-term exam, may also be in a classroom.
Prerequisites:
First Day Assignments:
Final Exam Schedule: 12/8/2025 9:00:00 AM 200 211
This course will have:
Exam:
Paper:
Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
Experiential Course Type: No
Bar Course: No
DistanceEd ABA: Yes
Pass-Fail Student Election: Unavailable (Required Course)
Course Materials
Book(s) Required
Course Materials: 1) Randy E. Barnett and Nathan Oman, Contracts: Cases and Doctrine (8th ed.) (Aspen Publishers: 2025) 2) Tracey E. George and Russell Korobkin, Selections from the Restatement (Second) and Uniform Commercial Code for First-Year Contracts (Aspen, 2024 Supplement) [Supplement]. Students may also use the 2023 or 2022 versions of the supplement.
NOTE: The only item allowed for the final exam is a hard copy of the supplement. 2024 edition is an ebook ONLY; bookstore is being sent 2023 edition. Used copies must be clean. ALSO: Casebook Connect is used with this course!!