Law Lessong: The Holder in Due Course Blues

There's not a lot of interesting resources out there on Holder in Due Course.  Perhaps this can help.

The Negotiable Paper Bunch

It's a writing
Pay to order or bearer
Signed by the maker or the drawer
An unconditional promise to pay
A sum certain
In currency
On demand or at a definite time

It's a writing
Pay to order or bearer . . .
Oh, well - you'll get it after you watch the video.

Thank you, Sabrina Ursaner, for sharing you ditty with us on the internet.  Please visit Sabrina's YouTube channel and her Blog.



Brday Bunch theme:



Another Negotiable Instrument Song:

Featured Website: LawInfo.com YouTube Channel

The Law Info You Tube channel has a plethora of short (around 1:00) videos that are great for introducing legal topics or defining terms. I find that students can zone out on my voice.  Sure, I can define a promissory note or briefly introduce the concept of employment discrimination, but having another face/voice do it gives an opportunity to have students close laptops to look up at a video and lends credibility to what I have to say (since the video lawyer agrees).  Below are some examples:

Click on the image below to see a video on Promissory Notes:



Click on the image below to see a video on Commercial Speech:

Featured Website: Clipart, ETC.

Clipart, ETC is an online service of Florida's educational technology clearinghouse. The Consumer Math section of the site has a number of illustrations that I have found useful to exhibit various types of commercial paper and indorsements.  According to the licensing instructions, one may use up to 50 images per project, for educational purposes, without seeking permission.  The site should be credited when images are used.

Credit for the following images: http://etc.usf.edu/clipart

Law Lessong - The Holder in Due Course Blues

This  video and song from a Power Point presentation can help students ponder the requirements for achieving Holder in Due Course status and the importance of doing so. Learn more about Law Lessongs from the post found here. More audio files are found at the Law Lessongs Website. More videos may be found at my youtube channel. Please feel free to use them in the classroom or as assignments or in any way that they work for you as an educational resource.

"Law Lessong" - The Negotiable Instruments Song

I have always been drawn to both music and the law. In searching for some innovative classroom techniques, I was encouraged by the education literature and the brain research indicating the beneficial effects of music on learning and memory. I was further encouraged by seeing Rutgers Law Professor Steven Friedell singing with his class and reading about BU Law Professor Mark Pettit singing in his class. My idea was to take a simple or recognizable melody and add lyrics that include a lesson in the law  - "Law Lessongs." There are 18 audio files of "Law Lessongs" at the Law Lessong website.  I sing the Law Lessongs in class with the lyrics displayed and encourage students to sing along.  Recognizing that not everyone may be comfortable singing songs in class, I am trying to produce a video for each song so that they can be played in class for students to hear and experience as more than a simple audio file. I have included the first of these videos below.  Over time, I hope to create more of these videos to make the Law Lessongs a more viable classroom resource.  Please feel free to use them in the classroom or as assignments or in any way that they work for you as an educational resource. The youtube version is here along with access to my youtube channel and other Law Lessong videos posted there.