Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: outline the rules of intentional torts and apply them to specific fact patterns; discuss rules regarding defenses to allegations of such torts and apply them to specific fact patterns; draft a memorandum to a court or supervising attorney, applying the elements of a cause of action to a real life scenario; research the elements of any cause of action under state or federal law, using statutory and/or case law; apply the rules regarding special duties owed, including those by land owners, common carriers, innkeepers, etc. to hypothetical fact patterns; determine extent of liability for a specific negligent act; outline appropriate defenses such as contributory negligence and assumption of risk; apply the rules of strict and product liability and product liability cases, including failure to warn, mis-design, and mis-manufacture; evaluate whether a defamation action can be successfully brought in a hypothetical fact pattern; and apply the elements for causes of action in fraud, malicious prosecution, invasion of privacy, and interferences with commerce to hypothetical fact patterns.