First Week Reading Assignments

First Readings for Spring 2025

This may not be an exclusive listing of all faculty members’ first assignment and class meeting notices. If you do not see a class that you are in listed below, it may be necessary to check with the faculty member.

Dates for Spring 2025

  •  The form for submitting assignments will be activated on Monday, December 9, 2024.
    • Assignments will begin to be posted Monday, December 9, 2024.
  • The form for submitting assignments will be deactivated on Monday, February 3, 2025.
    • Assignments will be removed on Monday, February 3, 2025.

Civil Procedure (LAWS 544 §002)

Instructor Name(s)

Bauries

Textbook Information

REQUIRED TEXTS

Gerald F. Hess, Teresa M. Beiner, & Scott R. Bauries, Civil Procedure: A Context and Practice Casebook (3d ed. 2023). ISBN 978-1-5310-2741-4.  Please purchase or rent the hard copy—no e-books. 

Federal Civil Rules Booklet 2024 Edition (available from www.LegalPub.com).  ISBN 978-1-9348-5249-1.  Please make sure to purchase this specific rules supplement, as it is the only thing you are permitted to bring into the exam.

General Assignment Information

University of South Carolina

School of Law

Civil Procedure (LAWS 544, § 002)

Spring 2025, First Day Assignment

Professor Scott R. Bauries

sbauries@mailbox.sc.edu

            Welcome to Civil Procedure!  Below is your assignment for our first class meeting on Tuesday, January 14th.

REQUIRED TEXTS

Gerald F. Hess, Teresa M. Beiner, & Scott R. Bauries, Civil Procedure: A Context and Practice Casebook (3d ed. 2023). ISBN 978-1-5310-2741-4.  Please purchase or rent the hard copy—no e-books. 

Federal Civil Rules Booklet 2024 Edition (available from www.LegalPub.com).  ISBN 978-1-9348-5249-1.  Please make sure to purchase this specific rules supplement, as it is the only thing you are permitted to bring into the exam.

COURSE TWEN PAGE

I have established a page for this course on Westlaw’s The West Education Network (“TWEN”).  You can find it by searching for Civil Procedure—Spring 2025—Bauries.  Please sign yourself up for this course and review the Syllabus before the first class.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Please read pages 3-37 (Introduction, Pennoyer v. Neff, and related materials). 

LAPTOP POLICY

Please note that I do not permit the use of laptops in class, but if you have a full-sized tablet that lies flat, and you plan to take notes on it using a stylus, rather than typing, you may use that in my class.  Also, if you have an ADA or Section 504 accommodation for note-taking using a laptop, please inform me of it prior to the first class meeting, and of course, I will honor it.

Looking forward to meeting you all!

–Prof. Bauries

Download Additional Materials

Bauries-Civil-Procedure-First-Day-Assignment-Spring-2025.pdf