Ladies and Gentlemen,

I’m SO sorry!  Thanks to Mian, I realized that I posted the WRONG version of the Amy Tan assignment!  It’s from last year and it’s not that different from the new one, but it is somewhat different.  I’ve now posted the the correct version right here, and under “Assignments.”  IF you didn’t already complete this assignment, please do so by 11am Monday, and it will be considered on time!!  If you already posted a response, no need to re-post, you’re all set.  🙂  I’m sorry for confusion!!

HELLO Ladies and Gentlemen!

I hope you enjoyed the lovely, cool weekend.  I also hope you saw the GOOD NEWS I posted yesterday, immediately below this post, that I postponed some assignments due tomorrow (Monday) to Wednesday.  Hooray!

I’ve now posted a series of videos that reenact the walking tour of the courts several of us took Friday afternoon (but without the snacks :(). They are posted in the “Class notes & materials” tab under Friday, September 11.  Each one is only a few minutes long.  If someone could please watch some of them and email me to let me know if you’re able to access them, I’ll really appreciate it.  I’m not sure if I did it right!  I hope everyone will watch them–we’ll cover the information in class but it will be helpful to see the actual courts.  And you can laugh at my pathetic videography skills.  Also in “Class notes & materials” I’ve posted the notes and other items we’ll discuss in tomorrow’s class, in case you want a preview.

Have a pleasant evening, see you tomorrow 11:30am!

Cheers,

Prof. C.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

GOOD NEWS!  You do NOT need to answer the C&W ch. 6 DYGI questions OR read the excerpt from M&M ch. 2 for Monday’s class!!  Hooray!  For Monday, you DO need to review our Peer Mentor’s postings and Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” from English class, details in “Assignments” tab.  And you’re not off the hook with C&W or M&M–you’ll need to answer C&W ch. 6 questions (for 1103 credit) and read M&M ch. 2 excerpt for Wed. Sept. 16 class, in addition to the Amy Tan assignment now posted under “Assignments.”  As always, you are most welcome to submit assignments early, so if you already answered the C&W questions or would like to get them out of the way, that’s absolutely fine, send them to me anytime before Wednesday (in accordance with instructions stated in “Assignments” tab).

Enjoy the rest of this beautiful day!

Cheers,

Prof. C.

Good afternoon Students!

I’m really looking forward to our walking tour of the courts tomorrow!!  (Friday Sept. 11)  EVERYONE is welcome to attend—even if you did not tell me you plan to attend, or if you didn’t join yesterday’s meeting after class about it.  We’ll meet in the courtyard by the Atrium entrance to the college (Tillary St.) between 2:30-3pm, and we’ll start the tour promptly at 3pm.  If you can’t find us, or you arrive after we’ve left for the tour, please call my cell phone, 917.363.0063, and we’ll find you!  (Don’t text or email, I won’t get it.)  If you did tell me you plan to attend and that changes, please email, call or text me before 3pm so we know not to wait for you.  Please review the additional information about the trip, including maps showing where to meet and updated info on the Everbridge app, in my post below, “INFO for Friday’s court tour!!”  You don’t need to bring anything other than a mask (though I’ll have extras) but I’ll be giving you some maps and other items so you may want to bring a small bag.  Wear comfortable shoes!  Forecast is showing good weather.  🙂

If you don’t attend, which is totally fine, remember there is no Zoom videoconference tomorrow afternoon.  In the next few days, I’ll post a video recording of the tour here on OpenLab, then you can watch it and answer some questions to get the academic material and credit for attending tomorrow’s class.

I’ve posted information from yesterday’s class: Under “Class notes & materials” I’ve posted the notes, charts and maps of the court system, and under “Assignments” I’ve added links to Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” and excerpts from C&W ch. 2 including p. 21 and the “DYGI?” questions assigned for homework (due before Monday’s class).  For the M&M ch. 2 excerpts, I’ve included a link to Blackboard, which is where you’ll get most readings from now on.  If you have trouble accessing them, let me know.

Have a pleasant evening, see some of you tomorrow, have a great weekend!

Prof. C.

Information for optional walking tour of courts on Friday, Sept. 11!!

Meet at the Atrium entrance to City Tech (on Tillary Street) between 2:30-3pm–photo on the right is what it looks like!  We will leave City Tech for the tour promptly at 3pm and return to City Tech by 4:30pm.  If these times are a problem for you, let me know!

This trip is OPTIONAL.  Each student may choose not to attend for any reason at all, which you do not need to tell me.  A video recording of the tour will be made for you to watch, to get the academic benefit of the tour and to earn credit for attending that day’s class.

Here are some helpful resources:

• Directions to college and campus map
• Link to campus map on Google maps
• Coughlin’s marked-up campus map with “Enter Here!” marked
• Coughlin’s cell number if you can’t find us: 917.363.0063 **Please CALL! Don’t text or email–I won’t see it.
• Waiver for students under 18 — if you are under 18, please complete and bring to the trip.
• Everyone must wear masks over nose and mouth, and maintain 6 feet social distance, throughout our time together. I will have extra masks if anyone needs them!
• Please download the EverBridge app from Apple Store or Google Play and complete the Wellness Check Survey before traveling to City Tech.  The quick survey involves five short questions and is accessible through Everbridge’s health screening app. Please use this Instructional Guide for accessing and using the app.  (For the institution, choose CUNY. Log in, using your CUNY credentials, such as John.Smith22@login.cuny.edu.  Then navigate your way to CUNY Health Screening.  Press the red shield in the lower right hand corner of the screen to get to the series of questions.)  Visitors should use the Visitors’ Guide for instructions.  Based on the answers provided, you will receive confirmation on your phone or email that clears you to enter the college. When you successfully answer the questions (“no” to all of them), you will be pre-approved to enter the College and receive a green check-mark confirmation.  You will show that confirmation to the staff at the entryway to the campus building.  If you are not cleared to enter the college, please refrain from attending the trip and follow the app’s recommendations on next steps. Please review these FAQs if you have a question.

Hope for good weather!!

Prof. C.

Hello Students!

I hope you’re enjoying this beautiful weekend, I’m sorry to interrupt, feel free to ignore this post until Monday! But if you’d like a preview of what we’ll discuss in Monday’s Intro class, check out the “Class notes & materials” tab where I’ve posted an updated version of the combined syllabus for these courses, and the “Law in Culture review” assignment that you’ll complete this semester for 5% of your Intro course grade, replacing the “Book review” assignment previously listed on the syllabus.

There are no major revisions in the updated syllabus. All the dates, course requirements, and other important information is the same. The only significant changes are these:

• My office hours have changed slightly: instead of ending 2pm on both days, now on Mondays they will end at 1:45pm, and Wednesdays they will extend to 2:15pm.
• “Book review” assignment is replaced with “Law in Culture review” assignment that we’ll discuss Monday, now posted under “Class notes & materials” and “Assignments.”
• “Summarizer and responder” assignment has been omitted from the list under “Homework and other assignments.” One less thing you have to do! 🙂 Does not change the grade calculation at all, it was not worth any specific percentage.
• In the “Class Schedules” I have added a notation that classes do not meet on Friday, September 18, in observance of Rosh Hashanah. So our 1103 Civ Pro class will not meet that day. 🙁 You’re not getting an extra day off, sorry–the prior schedule did not have us meeting that day, I just neglected to note the reason why.

All other changes were superficial–typos, etc. Still, you should review it and we’ll discuss it in tomorrow’s class.

DON’T FORGET! By 10am tomorrow (Monday), please email me a question or other short response to the assigned reading, as long as you’d like, though a sentence or two is plenty. Please see the “Assignments” tab for details.

Enjoy the rest of this beautiful day, see you tomorrow (Monday) 11:30am!

Cheers,

Prof. C.

Hello Students,

THANK YOU all for joining our first class session yesterday!  I truly appreciate your enthusiasm and cooperation as we get acclimated to the new online format.  I’ve posted the information from yesterday’s class here on our OpenLab site: class notes and syllabus are under the “Class Notes & Materials” tab, and the assignment due tomorrow, including links to the pages you need to read, is under the “Assignments” tab. I also emailed this information to everyone, in case anyone has not been able to join this site.

I look forward to seeing you TOMORROW (Friday, Aug. 28) at 2:30pm for our first class in LAW 1103, Civil Law and Procedure! We’ll finish at about 4pm, after which I’ll meet individually with some students. Here is the link, which is the same link as yesterday’s class, and every class!  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81380874817 (meeting ID 813 8087 4817). 

Have a great afternoon and evening, see you tomorrow!

Prof. C.

Dear Students,

WELCOME! to our First Year Learning Community for LAW 1101 (Intro to Paralegal Studies) and LAW 1103 (Civil Law and Procedure)!  Here is a short, goofy welcome video from me, it’s about 6 minutes long, please check it out!  Here is our combined syllabus for these two courses, with lots of important information and helpful hyperlinks! I look forward to “seeing” you on Zoom for our first class, Wednesday, August 26, 11:30am. Here’s the link for that, meeting ID is 813 8087 4817.

Feel free to reply to this post!  Please poke around this website, and keep checking back as it develops!

Cheers,

Prof. C.