What is UCCstuff?

UCCstuff is the web page resource for students taking business and commercial law courses from William H. Widen at the University of Miami School of Law in Coral Gables, Florida. The site also contains information about Professor Widen's ongoing research projects. The site is best viewed using Internet Explorer. Some materials are posted using pdf files. You will need Acrobat Reader to view them. This site contains information about courses taught by Professor Widen. Students should check the site periodically for assignments and class news on the applicable "Courses" page, linked on the right hand side of this page.

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Ongoing Research

Professor Widen currently is researching the prevalence of substantive consolidation in large public bankruptcy cases filed from 2000 to 2004. Data collection has been funded by a grant from the ABI Endowment Fund through the American Bankruptcy Institute. You may track the development of Professor Widen's dataset by checking his Substantive Consolidation Research Page.

Classmaster

Classmaster is a cgi program written in Perl. It allows students registered for Professor Widen's classes to pick a seat assignment and provide an e-mail address. It also creates a database of students which Professor Widen may use to call on students in class. It records whether a student was present or absent when called upon. It also records whether Professor Widen considers the student to be prepared or unprepared. Lastly, students may select a password that identifies their work for online quizzes. You may click on this Classmaster link to access the program.

Online Study Aids and Tests

For some classes, Professor Widen prepares review quizzes and tests that are available online. Links to the practice tests that Professor Widen wants you to take for a particular course will be listed and/or linked on the Course page for the class. Those links appear on the right hand side of this page under "Courses."

Diversions

View some short videos by Willilam H. Widen. They have sound and and may be viewed in a Windows Media Player. UCC Article 9 in One Minute; Castle of Contracts

If you do not have a plug-in to view the films through an embedded media player, try the direct links below. If the film opens in the side-bar to Internet Explorer, you may need to click on the player in the lower right corner on the arrows to "undock" it so that you may resize and enlarge the image. You do not need to do this if you view the films through the above links which have embedded media player screens in the web page.

UCC Article 9 in One Minute; Castle of Contracts

Office Hours

Professor Widen does not have regular office hours during the Fall 2007 semester. Professor Widen answers questions after class on the bricks. You may make an appointment for an office visit with Professor Widen by email at: wwiden-AT-law.miami.edu.