To: Cyberspace Law Seminar participants

From: Nicholas Johnson

Re: Welcome, Requests, Heads Up

1. E-mail addresses. Please e-mail your preferred e-mail address to me at: njohnson@inav.net  We will not only be studying the Web and Internet, we will be using them for our studies. E-mail is one of the easiest ways for us to communicate.  (Because most law students seem to have e-mail, I am assuming each of you do. If you do not please let me know that so we can make special arrangements for keeping you informed.)

2. Our Web page. The reading assignments will be posted on our Web page. (Go to the main Web page, http://www.nicholasjohnson.org, click on “About,” and then click on “Teaching,” and then “This Semester,” and then “Cyberspace Law Seminar, Spring 2000.”) As of today it’s just “under construction,” but there are references from the “Teaching” page to past Cyberspace Law Seminar Web sites that may be of interest to you.

3. Who’s in the seminar and who’s not.  Although there may have been some early confusion about seminar openings, if you are getting this memo it means you’re in. There is a limit on how many can get writing credit, but no limit on the number who can take the seminar for academic credit. However, because the numbers are a little high at this point, if you know, or strongly suspect, that you will not be taking it please let me know as early as possible. This is especially true if you have been accepted for writing credit.

4. Early preparation. There are no formal required activities or readings prior to what I will subsequently post as your first reading assignment for January 12. However, unless you are a Web page designer who has logged thousands of Web hours over the past decade, there are some things you might want to read and do over break. Nothing onerous; just for fun and general background. I'll be putting those suggestions on our Web page sometime during the next week or so. Meanwhile, have a relaxing Y2K.