2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Undergraduate Courses
000 to 499 subdivided as follows:
000 to 099 designate courses which normally are not counted towards a student’s baccalaureate.
100 to 299 designate Lower Division courses. This category is further subdivided as follows:
100 to 199 designate undergraduate Lower Division courses recommended for, but not restricted to, students studying the subject at a freshman or sophomore level. Such courses generally do not require any prerequisite course work for fully matriculated students.
200 to 299 designate undergraduate Lower Division courses recommended for, but not restricted to, students studying the subject at sophomore level. Courses in this category require specific or general prerequisites which are usually completed at the freshman level.
300 to 499 designate Upper Division courses. This category of courses is further subdivided as follows:
300 to 399 designate undergraduate Upper Division courses recommended for, but not restricted to, students studying the subject at a junior or senior level. These courses presume specific or general prerequisite course work at the Lower Division level.
400 to 499 designate undergraduate Upper Division courses recommended for, but not restricted to, students studying the subject at the senior level. Courses in this category have prerequisites which students have usually completed at the junior level.
Graduate Courses
500 to 899 subdivided as follows:
500 to 599 designate courses offered at the graduate level which prepare students for a graduate degree program or designate professional teacher-training courses.
600 to 699 designate courses at the master’s and credential level.
700 to 799 designate courses at the doctoral level.
800 to 899 designate courses at the School of Law.
5000 to 6999 designate courses at the MBA level.
7000 to 7999 designate courses at the doctoral Nursing level.
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LAW 656 - Art Law
Unit(s): 2 to 3
This course covers the legal, practical and ethical issues surrounding creation, display and sale of artistic content in traditional and new media. It examines notable controversies involving artists’ rights, intellectual property concerns, censorship and related First Amendment claims, art market conflicts, museum commercialization, and ethically questionable sponsorships, collaborations and commissions. We also study cultural heritage and indigenous art claims, current political disputes about memorials and monuments, and cases of stolen and trafficked art and art looted during war.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 658 - Asian Legal Systems
Unit(s): 2 to 3
This course surveys the legal systems of the 15 Asian countries and compares them to each other and to the legal system of the United States. It begins with the constitutions of the countries and then focuses on laws relating to such matters as business transactions, competition law, intellectual property, dispute resolution, corporations, and the fight against corruption. Law is presented against the he background and interaction of culture and religion and histories of the countries. The course is taught in four modules: a “Central Module” which considers countries and as a whole, a “China Related Module” which covers China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, a “Strategic Rim Module” which covers Japan, the Koreas, and the Philippines, and Vietnam, and “Southern Eclectic Module, which covers Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and emerging Myanmar (Burma), where English, Dutch, and Islamic law have an historic and current influence.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 660 - Applied Evidence
Unit(s): 1 to 3
A skills course devoted to practicing the application of evidence rules in fast-paced courtroom scenarios. Students participate in weekly trial exercises for which they must research issues, prepare a direct or cross-examination, and plan for objections and responses. Also covers the proper admission of evidence. Students receive immediate feedback after each practice session.
Prerequisite: concurrent LAW 616 with a minimum grade of D
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 661 - Bankruptcy
Unit(s): 3
A study of creditors’ rights and debtors’ protection under the Federal Bankruptcy Code. The course provides an overview of liquidation and reorganization, both for individuals and corporations. Debtor-creditor relations under state law are also considered, both as an alternative to bankruptcy and as they relate to proceedings in bankruptcy.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 663 - Bioethics
Unit(s): 3
Focusing on the interface of law, medicine, and ethics, this course will examine a number of issues concerning reproductive rights, death and dying, medical research, genetic technology, access to health care and health care decision making. Within the context, we also will seek to analyze the way that our definition of individual rights reflects our assumptions regarding nature, technology, and various human relationships.
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 664 - Biotechnology Law
Unit(s): 2
A survey class with an overview of legal, corporate, intellectual property, ethical and regulatory issues impacting the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Basic principles of licensing, litigation, and international law will also be discussed. The course focuses on the impact of the legal and regulatory system on research, products, and intellectual property for companies and institutions. Consideration is given to: (1) How do legal issues promote or hinder the development of technology, (2) What role should ethics and public health and safety concerns play in the law, (3) At what level should biotechnology be regulated: internationally, federally, at a state level, or locally? A prior course in intellectual property law or some life science background is helpful but not required.
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 669 - California Legal Research
Unit(s): 2
Designed primarily for second, third, and fourth-year law students who are planning to practice law in California, this overview course will provide practical legal research skills to help prepare students to conduct legal research as clerks, interns, or new attorneys. Assignments, lectures, and regular hands-on in-class exercises will emphasize cost-efficient research strategies, print and online legal materials, and law practice technology. Written assignments will emulate research assignments typically given to attorneys new to practice. Lectures and assignments will focus on California law, court systems and practice materials. Students who completed Advanced Legal Research are not eligible to enroll.
Restriction: Course Student Attribute Restrictions exclude Law LLM; Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 670 - California Civil Procedure
Unit(s): 3
A study of the mechanics of California litigation and the rules which govern California state court organization, jurisdiction and procedure. This course will touch on discovery lightly, at most. This course is critical to anyone who intends to practice in California’s Superior Courts. Students will develop and expand their marketable skill set with a practical application of the California Code of Civil Procedure to Pleadings (drafting, challenging, and amending), Strategic Timing of Discovery, Case Management Conferences, Dispositive Motions/ Motions for Summary Judgment, ADR, and Pre-Trial Motions and Procedures.
School of Law
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LAW 683 - China and Its Neighbors
Unit(s): 2
This course will cover aspects of the constitutions and selected laws of China, Bhutan, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, the Macao Special Administrative Region, Myanmar (Burma), The Philippines, Taiwan (Republic of China, considered by China to be a province), and Vietnam, with brief side trips to Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand. The course will include a sprinkling of international treaties and comparisons to the United States Constitution and selected laws, including competition and intellectual property laws. The course is a two unit survey course with succinct excursions into the cultures and histories of a mixture of the neighboring countries as necessary to understand generally their laws and constitutions and the relationship of the laws and constitutions to rapidly emerging China and the perceived influence of the United States.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 684 - Chinese Law: Topics
Unit(s): 2 to 3
Over the past 40 years, China has developed a multi-faceted commercial law. The law ranges from antitrust to intellectual property to securities and corporate law, to tort law, and beyond. China has taken some of the best aspects of Western and historical Chinese law and has melded them with new concepts into a uniquely Chinese law, one that bridges the gap between socialism and capitalism. China is essentially a civil law country, but with unique concepts of civil law and contract law, as well as employment and related laws. The course studies Chinese business law and its differences from American law, with emphasis on avoiding pitfalls and enforcing Chinese court judgments in American courts and on developing an understanding of enforceable contracts. It is primer for American lawyers and Courts which increasingly need to be familiar with Chinese business related laws as China becomes an even more sophisticated trading partner and competitor. The course will cover the basic areas of Chinese business law, using theory, cases and practical examples to identify key challenges for modern Chinese business law. Interspersed throughout the course will be case studies that will help students to understand the current situation in China and the problems at the frontier of Chinese business law.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 687 - Climate Change Seminar
Unit(s): 3
This seminar will provide and introduction to the key legal and policy issues presented by climate change at the international and domestic levels. The seminar will cover climate mitigation (measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions), as well as climate adaptation (measures to address climate change impacts). The seminar will provide an overview of international treaties and negotiations, federal measures under the Clean Air Act and through the Department of Energy, and state and local approaches, with a particular emphasis on California initiatives. Students will be expected to provide several short commentaries on the readings during the semester and to write and present a research paper. Potential research topics will be elicited from state agencies and environmental groups engaged in climate change policy and litigation and, where possible, will be jointly supervised by the practicing attorneys soliciting the research. Prior or simultaneous cousework in Environmental Law and Energy Law are recommended but not required.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 700 - Comparative Law
Unit(s): 3
This course offers an introduction to the theoretical and practical issues of comparative law. It provides an overview of the main traditions of legal thought and traces the evolution of both civil and common law systems as they have been adapted and transplanted to jurisdictions around the world. Although the focus of the class is primarily methodological, the course will also include comparisons of substantive case law.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 708 - Contemplative Lawyering
Unit(s): 2
This class will expose students to contemplative practices derived from a variety of religious and secular (wisdom) traditions to help them develop lawyering skills that are essential in litigation and transactional practices, including interviewing, counseling, negotiating, problem-solving and advocacy. These lawyering skills require the personal capacity to focus without distraction; to respect and empathize with clients and colleagues; to listen and explain with open-mindedness and patience; to inject creativity into problem-solving; to facilitate productive communication among adversaries; to deal constructively with conflict; and to engage in honest and fearless self-critique. In order to develop these underlying abilities students will learn about and perform various contemplative practices and apply these practices to their own actual legal experiences (e.g. law school studies and externships/internships) in an iterative process. Development of these abilities will be supported by assigned readings, class discussions, writing assignments and regular contemplative practice. The ultimate goal of the class is to enable students to cultivate essential lawyering skills in a manner conducive to practicing law as thoughtful, grounded and moral people.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 711 - Contracts Drafting
Unit(s): 3
This course provides introductory, hands-on training in the basic techniques of contract drafting. It is designed to help students acquire general tools and skills applicable to various types of contracts. Students will learn to: translate the terms of a business deal into contract concepts; draft a logically-organized, precise, enforceable contract in plain English; edit the contract to reflect client input and negotiated changes; grapple with ethical issues arising during the contract drafting process; and read, analyze, and critique contracts drafted by others. Students cannot earn credit for both Contract Drafting and Technology Contracting.
Prerequisite: LAW 602 with a minimum grade of D or LAW 603 with a minimum grade of D or LAW 602 with a minimum grade of LP
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 712 - CA Construction Law
Unit(s): 3
A class that provides a broad, basic understanding of construction law including methods of contracting and issues in the context of construction disputes.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 713 - Cont. Issues of Race & Law
Unit(s): 3
Former title: Racism & Justice in American Legal History, students may not earn credit for both courses. An examination of the history, politics, theory and law related to race and ethnicity in America. Attention will be given to anti-discrimination law and, in addition, to a survey of racial issues embedded in core areas such as criminal, contract, tort and property law. Emphasis will be on providing critical contextual perspective on the intersection between racialized experience and the law, and on increasing student’s critical thinking, writing, and oral communication skills in a small group learning environment.
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 714 - Copyright Law
Unit(s): 3
This course covers copyright law, which protects certain intellectual property rights of authors, artists, designers, computer program writers, composers and performers. Among other things, the course explores the history and scope of copyright law, initial ownership principles, transfers and formalities, enforcement, liability for infringement and the “fair use” doctrine. It also investigates how technological advances and the increased exploitation of copyright has affected debate and discourse in this area. Finally, the course hones students’ abilities to advise creators, authors and users of data, information and creative works.
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 717 - Corporate Governance
Unit(s): 3
An exploration of the issues and principles related to an organization’s corporate governance, focusing on the interrelationship of an organization’s shareholders, directors and management. The course surveys and analyzes recent changes to organizations’ corporate governance structures and operations; the roles, duties and legal liabilities of an organization’s directors and officers; and the increasing federalization of areas of corporate governance that traditionally had been governed under state corporation law; especially on new federal regulatory developments
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 718 - Corporate Taxation
Unit(s): 3
An in-depth study of the federal taxation of corporations and their shareholders. Coverage includes formation and capital structure; dividends and other distributions; redemptions, liquidations, and reorganizations; elections under Subchapter ‘S’; and some special problems affecting professional corporations.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 722 - Internet Law
Unit(s): 3
This course studies the emerging body of law relating to cyberspace, focusing on the Internet and online services. The course considers how to adapt law to cyberspace, looking at case law, statutes, and other methods of regulation. Topics include jurisdiction, computer crime, electronic privacy, free speech in cyberspace (including online indecency), online torts (including spam and defamation) and intellectual property in cyberspace. While prior exposure to cyberspace is helpful, no special expertise is required.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 723 - Cyberlaw Seminar
Unit(s): 3
Through preparation of a paper and class discussions of selected books and law review articles, this seminar permits students to delve into the debates raging in cyberspace legal scholarship. Students will consider how hard it is to afford strong intellectual property protection online while maintaining a vibrant public domain, to ensure safety and accountability online while not intruding on personal privacy, and to protect vulnerable members of the community while not trampling on online free speech. The relationship of technology to law and to society is also considered.
Prerequisite: LAW 722
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 727 - California Civil Discovery
Unit(s): 2 to 3
An advanced course in California discovery and related aspects of civil procedure. Emphasis is placed on the conduct of oral depositions, written interrogatories, production of documents, expert witness discovery, and other discovery and investigative techniques, and their use in pre-trial proceedings, settlement and mediation, and trial.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 728 - Discovery Practice
Unit(s): 2
Utilizing pretrial discovery methods in a practice environment, students learn how to draft written discovery, prepare for and take oral depositions, prepare document requests, and use other discovery methods in order to prepare a case for settlement or trial. There is additional emphasis on expert witness retention and discovery. Prerequisites: Recommended: California Civil Discovery
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 730 - Education Law
Unit(s): 3
This course will introduce students to some of the most important legal issues relating to primary and secondary (K-12) education in the United States, and it will touch to a lesser extent on issues concerning higher education. This course will consider both constitutional and statutory sources of law, with a heavy emphasis on the Fourteenth Amendment, First Amendment, and Title IX of Education Amendments to the Civil Rights Act. Primary topics for discussion will include, but are not limited to: racial inequality and ongoing efforts to integrate and equalize public schools; economic inequality and educational funding; the needs of students with disabilities; sex segregation in schools and school facilities; harassment due to sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity; and freedom of expression and religion in schools.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 731 - Environmental Justice Law
Unit(s): 3
Environmental Justice (EJ) is the movement to remedy the unequal distribution of environmental burdens and benefits, including facilitating more meaningful participation in public decisionmaking on environmental issues from historically disadvantaged groups. This course will introduce students to the concept of EJ, including the history and politics of the movement, how social scientists observe and document injustices, the lived experience of historically disadvantaged groups, and how environmental health and contamination intersect with issues of race, ethnicity, gender, class, national origin, age, and other aspects of identity. The course will then introduce students to the laws and policies that have led to environmental inequality as well as those that offer potential paths to a more equitable distribution of environmental harm. Specifically, the course will focus on the role of the legal system and lawyers in the EJ movement. As the course progresses, students will learn about EJ in a variety of law and policy contexts, including civil rights legislation, local land use and gentrification, tort and property law, pollution control regulation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, immigration and refugees, indigenous populations, and access to healthy housing and living spaces, green space, education, healthcare, and environmental risk information.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 732 - Elder Law
Unit(s): 2 to 3
Designed to equip students with a basic knowledge of elder law, which combines multiple areas of practice with the ability to work with elders and their families. This course will focus primarily on elder law issues related to estate planning, conservatorship practice, benefits eligibility, and elder abuse. Consideration will be given to ethical issues, capacity assessments and blending theory and practice in the representation of older clients.
School of Law
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LAW 733 - Dom Violence Law & Litigation
Unit(s): 3
This course provides an in-depth examination of domestic violence law. Students may opt to take the course with an externship at the Alameda County Family Justice Center legal clinic to supplement course learning, though it is not a condition of enrollment. Students examine domestic violence issues through studying domestic violence law, causation and solutions, and trauma-informed civil litigation practices. This course satisfies requirements for Professional Skills and Experiential Units.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 735 - Eviction Def, Lit Skills & Eth
Unit(s): 3
The course will cover the substantive and procedural law of evictions (with a focus on San Francisco), a variety of litigation skills, and selected ethical issues that arise in evictions. Utilizing real cases and situations students encounter in their externships, the course will focus on the application of practical civil litigation skills in the context of the fast-paced eviction case. Exercises in drafting, interviewing, negotiation, and other practical legal skills will be conducted throughout the semester. Students must be concurrently enrolled in a related externship. Prerequisites: Evidence
Prerequisite: LAW 608 with a minimum grade of D and LAW 609 with a minimum grade of D
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 736 - Employment Discrimination
Unit(s): 3
A survey of federal law prohibitions against, and remedies for, employment discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, ethnic origin, sex, age, and disability. The principle focus is on Title VII, the Age of Discrimination in Employment Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, but California Law is also discussed. Among the issues covered are: the nature and proof of discrimination, justifications for discrimination, harassment as discrimination, the ‘reasonable accommodation” requirement, and innovative approaches in the field.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 737 - Employment Law
Unit(s): 3
This course surveys the rapidly evolving law of the workplace and the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees. Its focus is on the developing legal limits to the traditional “employment at will” doctrine. Common law topics include implied contract theories, the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and wrongful discharge claims. The class also explores the trend toward statutory regulation of the workplace by analyzing some of the federal laws governing specific terms and conditions of employment. The class also introduces some of the issues arising from the intersection between employment and intellectual property law, including employers’ use of non-competition agreements and trade secret protection.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 738 - Employment Law Seminar
Unit(s): 3
Students explore advanced topics in employment law, as well as the process of writing academic papers. Each student prepares a paper on an employment law topic of their choice and presents it to the class during the term. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: Employment Law, Employment Discrimination, or permission of the Professor.
Prerequisite: concurrent LAW 736 with a minimum grade of D or concurrent LAW 737 with a minimum grade of D or concurrent LAW 744 with a minimum grade of D or concurrent LAW 845 with a minimum grade of D
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 739 - Energy Law
Unit(s): 3
This course will provide an in‑depth review of the basic principles of energy law, with a particular focus on the regulated electricity and natural gas industries. It will survey both federal and state law, and will cover important federal-state jurisdictional issues grounded in the Commerce Clause and Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Students will learn basic principles of the regulatory scheme in the United States, including cost-of-service ratemaking, modern market-based rates, and experiments (not all of them successful) with deregulation. A segment of the course will cover key developments in the emerging area of renewable energy.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Energy Systems Management, Environmental Management, Intellectual Property Tech Law, Intl Transaction & Comp. Law, Law Major
School of Law
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LAW 740 - Entertainment & Media Law
Unit(s): 2
A study of legal and business issues which arise in the creation, distribution and sale of products and services in the music, radio, television, news media, publishing, theater, video game, and movie industries. Coverage includes components on sexual and violent content in entertainment and the law; privacy rights and defamation issues; celebrity rights; fair use; the implications of social media and other technological innovations on intellectual property rights in entertainment; artistic credit and control; and emerging issues in the creation and digital distribution of content. Prerequisite: Copyright Law, or Intellectual Property Survey
Prerequisite: concurrent LAW 714 with a minimum grade of D or concurrent LAW 797 with a minimum grade of D
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 743 - Estate Planning
Unit(s): 2 to 3
This course focuses on the non-tax dimensions of estate and end-of-life planning, The course explores the basic documents needed in estate planning for different types of clients, primarily using California legal materials. Students will prepare written submissions, including drafting model statutes, client letters, dispository instruments, and other written materials relevant to estate planning. Prerequisites: Wills and Trust
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 744 - Employee Benefits (ERISA)
Unit(s): 3
An overview of pension, health and employee benefit law. The subject touches trusts, tax, labor, torts, insurance, investments, state/local legislation and family and estate law. Emphasis is placed on litigation subjects, such as denial of medical/retirement benefits, age discrimination, and fiduciary duty.
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 745 - Equality & Religious Freedom
Unit(s): 3
An emerging issue in current federal constitutional law is a tension between first amendment rights that may be characterized as ‘religious freedom rights’ and substantive due process rights of privacy or equal protection that may be characterized as ‘equality rights.’ This course will take a tour of the history of both the religious freedom cases and the equality rights cases and then will take a deep dive into the theoretical underpinnings of each. Students will also consider some of the proposed approaches for harmonizing these rights and consider whether they are practical given the two very disparate histories and foundational rationales. Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I & II
Prerequisite: LAW 614 with a minimum grade of D and concurrent LAW 615 with a minimum grade of D
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 749 - European Union Law Topics
Unit(s): 1 to 2
Topics vary.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 750 - European Union Law
Unit(s): 1 to 2
The class compares the US-EU perspective. It covers the basic principles of the European Union legal system and the European legal cultures and examines the roles of the Council of Europe, as well as two transnational European courts, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Students will discuss the functioning substantive issues of EU law and debate the issues of data protection, customs, environmental law, commercial law, administrative law, and constitutional law
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 760 - Family Law
Unit(s): 3
A study of the legal and policy issues involved in the regulation of the family. The course surveys state and federal law as it impinges on the family, including issues related to marriage, divorce, child custody, spousal abuse, child neglect and abuse, nontraditional families, and new reproductive technologies.
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 764 - Feminist Legal Theory Seminar
Unit(s): 3
This course examines the main tenets, methedologies, and controversies in feminist legal theory including the meaning of equality, the intersection of gender and race/class/sexual orientation, the public/private divide, concepts of objectivity and neutrality, and how law reproduces hierarchies while also having the ability to participate in significant social change. It draws from the experiences of women and from critical perspectives wihtin other disciplines such as sociology, psychology, philosphy, and literary criticism to analyze the relationship between law and gender and understand the limits of, and opportunities for, legal reform. We will explore these strands of feminist legal theory form a philosophical perspective, as well as apply them to concrete areas of law such as employment law, family law, violence against women, and reproductive freedom.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 765 - Federal Income Taxation
Unit(s): 3
A problem-oriented introduction to the fundamentals of federal income taxation, particularly as they apply to individuals, including gross income, exclusions, deductions, assignment of income, capital gains and losses, non-recognition transactions, and income tax accounting. Emphasis is on the development of skills necessary for working with the Internal Revenue Code and issues of tax policy.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 767 - Banking & Financial Services
Unit(s): 2 to 3
This seminar is open to both Law and Business students. It will introduce the core principles of banking and the financial system - ranging from commercial banking and consumer finance to investment banking, securities trading and “shadow banking.” It will investigate the impact of technology and innovation - including “Fintech” - on the efficiency, safety and stability of the financial system. We will address both regulation and the policy decisions that drive it. The regulation of banking and finance was severely challenged by the 2008 financial crisis, and the regulatory response has been extensive and complex. It has also generated substantial job opportunities, both in the regulatory agencies and in the industry. There will be an emphasis on class participation, and each student will explore an issue in detail, write a paper and present it to the class. Previous course title: Banking and Financial Services: Innovation, Instability & Regulation.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 769 - First Amend, Free Speech
Unit(s): 3
An overview of First Amendment freedoms: speech, press, and religion. The course examines contemporary theoretical approaches to understanding the First Amendment in several contexts including, obscenity, violent, hateful and threatening speech, Internet speech, artistic expression, defamation, privacy, advocacy and dissent, reporter’s privileges, commercial speech and anonymity, as well as the evolving religious liberty doctrines of nonedorsement and incidental effects. In each area there is an attempt to answer whether restrictions are justified and if so, the appropriate scope for such restrictions.
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 780 - Health Law
Unit(s): 3
This course surveys the structure, regulation and financing of the U.S. health care enterprise. Topics covered include an overview of the Affordable Care Act, publicly-financed health programs (e.g. Medicare), and employer-sponsored health insurance and contemporary efforts to reform these systems. The McCarran-Ferguson Act will be covered, as well as attempts to police anti-competitive activities, fraud and abuse in the delivery of and billing for health care services. This course also covers a number of legal and ethical issues that arise in health law, including with respect to end-of-life decisions, human reproduction, and medical research. Issues arising under tort law that are particularly important with respect to health care, such as informed consent and medical malpractice liability, will also be explored.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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LAW 782 - Global Legal Research
Unit(s): 2
In an increasingly interconnected and globalized world, most lawyers will encounter some foreign and international law in their practices. This class will prepare students to find, evaluate and apply sources needed to assist clients whose issues touch on foreign or international law. The class will also explore how to identify and cope with the professional and practical pitfalls of researching foreign law. Through a variety of hands-on exercises and assignments, students will learn about the sources and research techniques. They will apply their knowledge and skills to research typical foreign and international legal issues. The class will cover foreign law (common law and civil law); European Union law; public international law; and special topics such as human rights, refugee law, or international trade. The emphasis will be on materials in English and on reliable and accessible online sources for both foreign and international law.
School of Law
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LAW 784 - Grand Jury Law & Practice
Unit(s): 3
This course will study the ethics and practice of the grand jury, including its history and current realities. Students will learn practice skills, ethics, and policy implications, largely through case studies of recent police fatal force cases taken to grand juries. Students will perform various roles in a grand jury felony case from opening statement, direct exam of witnesses, to closing argument and jury instruction, before real prosecution and defense litigation experts for real critiques; they will also study appellate briefs on a grand jury issue and perform an oral appellate argument.
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LAW 787 - IP & Int’l Trade Law
Unit(s): 3
The rapid development of international trade and information technologies makes it increasingly important for lawyers to understand the international aspects of practicing international property law, particularly copyrights, trademarks and patents. Books, music and movies uploaded on the Internet are instantaneously available around the globe. Many modern products (e.g. computers, televisions and phones) involving multiple patents and trademarks are developed in one country, assembled in another county, and marketed worldwide. Intellectual property clients often need to engage in international licensing transactions, and enforce their rights against foreign parties domestically or overseas. This course will provide a survey of cross-border legal issues that lawyers are generally faced with counseling clients on intellectual property and international trade. The course will introduce the basic contours of international principles, treaties and institutions, including significant substantive and procedural differences between the United States and other countries of the world.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 790 - Immigration Law
Unit(s): 3
An overview of U.S. immigration and citizenship laws, including the statutes and the public policy contexts, regulations and judicial decisions. Topics covered include nonimmigrant visas, how to obtain and retain lawful permanent resident status, exclusion at the border, grounds for deportation, deportation hearing procedures, relief from deportation, administrative appeals, federal judicial review, asylum, and citizenship and naturalization.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 791 - In-House Counsel
Unit(s): 2
This two credit course will explore the unique legal and practical challenges that face counsel working in corporate law departments of various sizes [or specifically in start-ups]. Students will come to understand the use of the legal function as a tool which is critical to innovation and furthering business objectives. Themes addressed will include client service, driving business objectives through the legal function, and the independent duties owed by a corporate attorney to the corporation, as well as, where tensions arise between those themes. These themes will be examined through topics such as selecting and managing outside counsel and expense, drafting and negotiating contracts, and managing IP, employment and litigation matters, each as distinct from the responsibilities of outside counsel. The course will also examine matters of corporate compliance, governance, and the attorney-client privilege specific to the in-house context. In addition to legal issues, students will build practical business skills such as business writing, metric-tracking and counseling the non-lawyer business client in order to realize business objectives.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 792 - Information Privacy Law
Unit(s): 3
This course examines the legal protection of privacy. It explores the interaction of common law, constitutional law, and the patchwork of statutes that endeavor to protect privacy. Topics will include tort privacy claims, privacy of medical information, privacy and law enforcement, privacy and computerized records, and privacy at work.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 795 - Insurance Law
Unit(s): 3
This course focuses on the interpretation and enforcement of liability, property, health, life and other insurance contracts, including the liability of insurers for bad faith. Emphasis is on the function of insurance in civil litigation, business transactions, the protection of property and personal security. The course also examines the major role insurers perform in shaping public policy, such as the delivery of health care and crisis management.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 797 - Intellectual Property Survey
Unit(s): 3
A survey of rights under U.S. state and federal law for the protection of new technology and inventions (trade secrets and patents), business symbols and literary titles (trademarks), and industrial design (design patents), and rights in works of authorship (copyrights) While the course focuses on American law, it will also introduce students to various aspects of international intellectual property law. It is highly recommended that this course be taken as a foundation to for the advanced study of intellectual property.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 798 - Intellectual Property Seminar
Unit(s): 3
This seminar permits students to specialize in Intellectual Property by preparation of a paper and seminar discussion. Topic papers include advanced issues in all aspects of Intellectual Property law, from technical subjects such as patent and trade secret issues to trademark and unfair competition issues in marketing to entertainment law issues in the areas of copyright and the rights of publicity and privacy. Prerequisites: Intellectual Property Survey, Copyright Law, Patent Law, or Trademark Law.
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 799 - Intensive Advocacy Program
Unit(s): 3
https://www.usfca.edu/law/professional-skills/intensive-advocacy-program
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 802 - Intl Advocacy and Research
Unit(s): 2
Students learn international law research skills and apply them in preparing memoranda, legal letters, and advocacy materials for international dispute resolution and policy advocacy. Substantive law is paired with research, litigation and advocacy to illustrate how to build compelling arguments in a high stakes environment. Both written and oral skills are utilized within the legal framework of advocating in court or an international agency. Course developed skills will apply to a more generalized practice of law, as well as a practice that relies on international law knowledge.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Law
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LAW 803 - Int’l Civil Dispute Resolution
Unit(s): 2 to 3
This course exposes students to the doctrines and skills of the international practitioner negotiating contracts, dealing with contract related disputes, and securing enforcement of transnational business arrangements for sales and investment. The substantive principles covered will include procedural mechanisms such as transnational service of process and taking evidence abroad. Principal subjects will also include jurisdiction, forum selection, enforcement of foreign judgments and a major emphasis concerning international arbitration. Students will apply the substantive coverage in skills exercises involving the drafting and negotiation of contracts.
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day
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LAW 805 - Int’l Business Transactions
Unit(s): 3
This course examines the legal issues that arise when business dealings span different nations. The course begins with a discussion of the environment of international business, including an introduction to international trade law, the world economic environment, and international tax issues. Next, a series of representative transactions are explored, including export sales, agency and distributorship, licensing, joint ventures, and other strategic agreements.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 808 - Int’l Criminal Law
Unit(s): 2 to 3
A study of the evolution of international criminal law from the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals, and their precedents, to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The course will also provide an overview of the statutes and main judgments of the U.N. International Criminal Courts for Yugoslavia and Rwanda. There will be discussion of other experiences demanding accountability for serious human rights violations before national courts through territorial or universal jurisdiction.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 812 - Int’l Environmental Law
Unit(s): 3
This course is designed to provide students with a working knowledge of international institutions, an understanding of the major environmental problems facing the global environment, and insight into the difficult political, moral, and scientific issues facing the on-going development of international environmental law. Specific environmental issues to be considered include: air pollution, ozone depletion, climate change, water resources and pollution, hazardous materials, and endangered species and biodiversity. The course also considers the connections between international human rights and the environment, and between international environmental law and trade. There are no prerequisites and no prior knowledge of international or environmental law is necessary or expected.
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day
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LAW 815 - Int’l Human Rights
Unit(s): 2 to 3
An introduction to international human rights documents and the procedures and mechanisms available for protecting and promoting human rights. It covers regional systems as well as the United Nations human rights bodies. It also includes the use of international human rights law in United States courts, addressing direct treaty application, customary international law, and its use as an interpretive guide. Readings on how to conduct fact investigation are also discussed.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 819 - Int’l Intellectual Property
Unit(s): 3
A course in designed to prepare students for transactional work and litigation in an international IP practice with an understanding of some of the economic and cultural issues underlying IP law in other parts of the world. The couse covers patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition and trade secrets in the context of foreign laws and international agreements and treaties.
Prerequisite: concurrent LAW 797 with a minimum grade of D
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 820 - Int’l Refugee Law &Euro Crisis
Unit(s): 2
This course will begin with study of the foundational principles of international refugee law, and then explore their application, particularly in the context of the current ‘European Refugee Crisis” and the ‘durable solutions’ of asylum, integration, resettlement and repatriation. It will include consideration of the relevant principles of human rights law and humanitarian law. The principal focus and objective will be to understand and improve the pragmatic management of mass migration, including the realities of border controls, refugee camps, detention facilities, migrant protection and migrant choice.
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LAW 826 - International Taxation
Unit(s): 2 to 3
An introductory study of the application of the federal income tax laws to nonresident aliens and foreign corporations and United States citizens, residents and corporations investing funds or conducting business in the international setting. Consideration is also given to the impact of bilateral tax treaties and tax planning for multinational business enterprises.
Prerequisite: concurrent LAW 765 with a minimum grade of D or concurrent LAW 765 with a minimum grade of LP
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 830 - Interrogations & Confessions
Unit(s): 3
This is an interdisciplinary course on the study of police interrogation practices and confessions from criminal suspects. We will examine these topics from the perspectives of law, social psychology, criminology, sociology, history, ethics and public policy. The goal of this course is to acquire an in-depth understanding of the social psychology of police interrogation in America, the evolution of American interrogation practices from the nineteenth century to the present, the impact of law on police behavior and ideology, the causes and consequences of police-induce confession, and the possibilities for reform. While the particular focus of this course is on interrogation and confession, ultimately this course is about (1) the social psychology of influence, persuasion and coercion; (2) the proper and improper administration of criminal procedure and criminal justice in America; (3) the shifting social and legal norms that surround the state’s use of force, manipulation and deception; and, ultimately, (4) the kind and quality of criminal justice system we wish to have in the United States.
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LAW 831 - Interpersonal Dynamics
Unit(s): 3
Formerly: Interpersonal Dynamics for Attorneys. In Intensive Interpersonal Dynamics, students learn the skills essential to establishing, maintaining, and deepening effective relationships, increasing influence, and effectively resolving conflict. At the same time, they also increase self-awareness, self-acceptance, and authentic self-expression. Most of the students who have taken the course have said that it had a profound positive impact on their lives. The important learning in this course comes from neither reading nor lectures, but from in-class participation. Unlike other law-school courses, participation does not involve theoretical discussion or legal analysis. It requires honest self-disclosure-sharing real-time feelings and thoughts with others and listening to others do the same. For more about the course, see Rosenberg, Interpersonal Dynamics: Helping Lawyers Learn the Skills, and the Importance, of Human Relationships in the Practice of Law, 58 U. Miami L. Rev. 1225
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 833 - Intro to Race Law
Unit(s): 3
This course will introduce and examine important aspects of the knowledge, skills and values necessary to support lawyers in dealing with race in the practice of law in the 21st Century. Together we will closely examine important cases (e.g., Johnson v. MacIntosh, Dred Scott v. Sanford, Yick Wo v.. Hopkins, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Loving v. Virginia) that help construct race in America and construct thinking about its relevance to law and policy to this day. Along the way, we’ll explore and practice a range of self- and other-awareness skills that have been proven important to effective and professionally-appropriate service as members of the bar in the 21st century, including a commitment to practicing self-reflection and to compassionate and courageous examination of the presence of bias in oneself and in others. We will also identify together and examine the principles, values and ethical rules that support ongoing engagement with anti-bias work in law, whether as ally, advocate, member in good standing or leader among our increasingly diverse profession and client population. Satisfies the Professional Skills course requirement.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 842 - Juvenile Law
Unit(s): 3
This course examines matters involving children who are subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, with a primary emphasis on California law and policy. The class will focus on dependency, delinquency, dual status, and adult court certification law and practice. While emphasis will be on traditional juvenile court procedures, collaborative justice and specialty courts will also be discussed.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 845 - Labor Law
Unit(s): 2 to 3
This course is a survey of the law of labor relations; it is designed to provide the student with an acquaintance with the more important problems of labor law but not with a comprehensive coverage of the entire field. In particular, the course will focus upon the historical development of labor law, problems relating to union organization, recognition, and the duty to bargain collectively. The course will also examine some aspects of arbitration and the law relating to the enforcement of collective bargaining as well as non-union arbitration. The course will include some discussion of the relationship between law and politics in administrative agencies.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 846 - Labor & Emp Law Seminar
Unit(s): 3
Students explore advanced topics in labor and employment law, as well as the process of writing academic papers. Each student will prepare a paper on a topic (of their choice) and present it to the class during the term.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 848 - Land Use Law
Unit(s): 3
Land is the focus of intense legal and social conflict. In this course, students learn the basics of land development and the regulation process (including zoning, planning, and subdivision law), with an emphasis on California law. The course explores contemporary land use struggles, including accommodating population and job growth, infrastructure development, respecting property rights (“takings”), and topical discussions of the role of local government in people’s day-to-day lives. Prerequisites: Property
Prerequisite: concurrent LAW 608 with a minimum grade of D
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 850 - Law of Communic. & the Press
Unit(s): 3
An in-depth look at the legal issues involved in the gathering and reporting of news and other forms of mass communication. Among the topics examined will be access to court proceedings and records, Freedom of Information Act and access to governmental meetings and records, the reporters privilege against compelled disclosure, prior restraints, issues of tort liability including defamation and invasion of privacy, commercial advertising, and student press rights. The class will also examine the differential treatment the law gives various media and consider the impact of the development of both new media and new news reporting models on the applicable law.
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LAW 853 - Law Prac Mgmt: Path to Success
Unit(s): 3
Designed to address the variety of issues which arise in the formation and operation of a law firm. The course will examine the intricacies of forming and developing a vibrant law practice, while complying with relevant practical and legal constraints. It will also explore accounting and taxation issues which are directly relevant to the business of practicing law, how to develop a marketing strategy for your law firm, how to hire and retain qualified and competent employees, and a number of other issues which will lead you down the path of success in managing your law firm. If you have ever thought of being involved in the management of a law firm (either your own firm or one with other partners), this course is designed to impart the requisite knowledge to you so you are able to do so with confidence
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 854 - Law of Settlements
Unit(s): 2
This course prepares students for the most common outcome of any litigation: resolution by settlement. The course explores the theory and practice of settlements, including the fundamentals of settlement agreements, issues arising in complex matters such as class actions and mass torts, techniques for negotiating settlements, and procedures to enforce settlements.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law; Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day
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LAW 856 - Legal Issues of Terrorism
Unit(s): 3
An exploration of the tension between national security and civil liberties by studying the powers of the President and the Congress to declare and wage war – including the Bush administration’s assertion of unlimited executive power and the role of the Commander in Chief; application of the Geneva Conventions and other international laws and treaties to the War on Terror; roles of military commissions and administrative Dept of Defense hearings, the detentions of “enemy combatants;” the process of extraordinary rendition; Military Commissions Act of 2006; court decisions on Guantanamo and on enemy combatants; Bush administration memos regarding executive authority and torture; changes wrought by a new Obama administration; and the onset of “truth commissions,” prosecutions of former officials, reparations and other means of accountability.
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 861 - Law & Philosophy
Unit(s): 2
This course focuses on aspects of law that raise philosophical questions. A primary topic will be the nature of judicial decision-making. Do judges (ideally) follow the law mechanically and perhaps exercise discretion at the margins, do they generally make value judgments framed by relevant legal standards, do they exercise great discretion and then use the law merely to rationalize their decisions, or do they operate in some other way? More broadly, topics may include the nature of law, theories of adjudication, and whether traditional legal theories can usefully illuminate either one.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 863 - Litigating Workers’ Rights
Unit(s): 3
This course will provide students with hands-on, simulated legal practice in the area of employment law. Specifically, students will gain experience in litigating cases involving independent contractor “gig workers”-such as the app-based drivers, personal shoppers, and restaurant delivery persons who make up the backbone of the new app-based service economy. Students will litigate a simulated case from the client interview through a dispositive motion for summary judgment on the merits and engage in case investigation, discovery, motion practice, oral arguments, and settlement negotiations. Students will also be encouraged to discuss and argue the policy considerations underlying the fundamental distinction between independent contractors and employees, and whether gig workers should be afforded labor protections offered to other workers.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 864 - Local Government Law
Unit(s): 3
Local government law, and its state law parent, both create and codify social consensus, however uneven, in the provision of basic public goods. Not a single field of law, but a weave of thematically varied practice areas, local government law reflects and shapes the major fault lines of contemporary American life in a number of concrete ways. This course examines themes of gender, race, class and the economy as ways of understanding how local governance is structured and experienced. Specifically, the course surveys the law and politics of local government formation, public finance and government services as well as the application of these subjects to themes such as regionalism, sprawl, environmental concerns and development, residential segregation, policing, immigration, schooling and welfare. This course also provides a quick examination of municipal bankruptcies and the financialization of regional, state and local economies. Not least, the course builds in skills development with a look at the operations of administrative law courts and state and local legislative processes.
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 865 - Logic For Lawyers
Unit(s): 2
Designed to improve reasoning and the ability to articulate analysis in an organized and concise manner. The course is taught through multiple-choice, short-answer, and essay questions and provides a substantive law review of specific topics in torts and property. Topics covered include privacy, defamation, mortgages, and other related topics, such as interference with economic relationships, deeds and race-notice statutes. This course teaches a variety of essay strategies to improve legal analysis, but the course’s main focus is mastering multiple-choice questions. Students will learn the importance of self-assessment and self-regulation, components of a multiple-choice question, and how to successfully derive the correct answer using legal-reasoning and problem-solving techniques. Logic for Lawyers is taught in a seminar setting to ensure students receive ample practice, individual feedback, and opportunities to reflect on their work product.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 867 - Maritime Law
Unit(s): 3
A survey of maritime law and the practices and procedures affecting today’s maritime industry. Emphasis includes studies of admiralty jurisdiction; maritime torts to person and property; maritime liens and mortgages; maritime contracts, including transportation of cargo and marine insurance, the doctrines of limitation of liability, general average, salvage, and un-seaworthiness; and, the use of maritime remedies, such as vessel arrests and foreign attachment.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 871 - Mediation
Unit(s): 3
An introduction to the theory and practice of mediation, the development of mediation skills, applications to different substantive areas, and emerging legal issues. Although the class will focus on the mediation process, communication skills, negotiations, and the spectrum of dispute resolution options will be introduced.
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 872 - Mediation & ADR Techniques
Unit(s): 1 to 2
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 876 - Museums & the Law
Unit(s): 3
This course is designed to introduce law students to many of the legal and related ethical issues associated with artistic and cultural items and their ownership and display in museums and other forums. The class will use lectures, case studies, discussion and individual and group presentations to explore the different applications of legal principles to a wide range of cultural property and institutions, from art and art museums to historic buildings to natural history collections and zoos. Several short individual written assignments and a final exam will encourage critical thinking and problem solving and measure students’ progress.
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LAW 883 - Nonprofit Organizations
Unit(s): 3
This course covers the regulation of nonprofit organizations under federal tax law and state corporate and trust law. Topics include the requirements to qualify and maintain federal tax-exempt status; the formation, operation and governance of nonprofit corporations and trusts, including the legal duties and liabilities of directors and trustees; the legal status of unincorporated associations; taxation of unrelated business income; the limits on the political activity of tax-exempt organizations; the distinction between public charities and private foundations; and the regulation of charitable solicitation; and attorney general enforcement of charitable trust laws. Although the course will focus charitable nonprofits, some attention also will be devoted to other types of nonprofits such as social welfare organizations, trade associations, and social clubs.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 884 - Partnership Tax
Unit(s): 2 to 3
This course is an in-depth study of federal taxation of partnerships and partners. Coverage includes: classification of partnerships for tax purposes, transfers of property and services to partnerships, the treatment of partnership indebtedness, taxation of partner-partnership transactions, sales of a partnership interests, partnership distributions, liquidation of a partner’s interest, liquidation of a partnership, and death of a partner.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 885 - Patent Law
Unit(s): 3
An introductory patent law course which focuses on the fundamentals of patent law; patent infringement and patent damages; patent validity issues such as anticipation, obviousness, enablement, and best mode; and equitable aspects of patent enforcement, including the defense of inequitable conduct. Technical training is not required.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 886 - Patent Licensing
Unit(s): 2 to 3
A skills-based intellectual property course covering patent licensing and patent monetization transactions, which represents the largest financial portion of the patent economy. The course will focus on negotiation skills, contract drafting skills, presentation skills, and technical knowledge as used in actual licensing and monetization negotiations as well as integrating key subjects from patent law to demonstrate real-world business transactions involving patents. Students will conduct mock negotiations and contract drafting for three separate patent transactions: a mock patent sale, a mock licensing engagement, and a mock patent portfolio transaction. Lectures will cover core patent law licensing and monetization issues, contractual patent issues, portfolio transactions driving Mergers & Acquisitions, patent consortiums, patent portfolio market economics and other patent monetization vehicles. Students will have the opportunity to meet in-house counsel and guest speakers from law firms or companies who are active in the patent licensing and monetization space. Credit is based on regular homework assignments and in-class mock-negotiation performance.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 889 - Poverty Law
Unit(s): 2
This course is designed to explore the interaction between policy regulation and constitutional law in the context of Poverty. We will study the impact of welfare reform and consider the consequences of how the government regulates the terms of work and the family relations of those most economically vulnerable. We will consider how societal changes, social movements, public opinion, empirical data, and policy goals matter for both policy regulation and constitutional interpretation. We will study in depth how the Supreme Court has interpreted the Constitution when applying its provisions to poor people. We will consider whether and how constitutional interpretation relates to economic justice at home and abroad.
Prerequisite: concurrent LAW 614 with a minimum grade of D
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 891 - Practice Readiness
Unit(s): 0 to 2
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 893 - Prac. Read Non-Prof Leadership
Unit(s): 1 to 2
A three-day class, taught by OneJustice staff with expertise in fundraising, financing, strategic planning, and outcome measurements, will take place during spring break. It will provide law students with an overview of critical topics essential to a thorough understanding of nonprofit organizations, along with the practical skills that students will need as they embark on public interest legal careers. It is designed as a survey course that will engage 2L and 3L students in the basic concepts of practice readiness in the nonprofit management setting, and will equip students with skills that will make them more competitive fellowship and staff attorney applicants upon graduation.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 894 - Public International Law
Unit(s): 2 or 3
The course is designed to provide understanding of the distinctive character of the international legal environment, particularly to develop the perspective of the international lawyer dealing with foreign governments and their agencies. It provides a comprehensive view of the lawyer’s role in using the primary international institutions and principal doctrines of public international law, through analysis of contemporary problems. Coverage includes: jurisdiction, sovereign immunity, the act of state doctrine, law of the sea, trade law, international sanctions and the use of force under in international law.
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LAW 895 - Personal Injury Litigation
Unit(s): 2
This course will teach you how to handle a personal injury case from beginning to end. We cover who’s involved, when things happen, beginning with the initial contract (signup) to settlement (handing your client their check). Along the way we break down the practice area into its essential areas, including; case selection, investigation, claims adjuster negotiations, filing a case with the court, discovery, alternative dispute resolution, expert witnesses and settlement considerations.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 901 - Race and Law Seminar
Unit(s): 3
In this course, we examine the complex interrelationships between the U.S. legal system and the broader structural inequalities reflecting the legacies of White Supremacy and racism in the United States. The course will survey racism embedded in core areas of law and policy such as criminal, employment, immigration, property law, as well as in the culture in which law is made. Emphasis will be on providing critical race perspective on the intersection between racialized experience and the law, and on increasing student’s critical reflection on their own experiences, thinking, writing, and oral communication skills and strengthening your capacity for engaging across real and perceived differences in a small group learning environment and beyond.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 902 - Real Estate Litigation
Unit(s): 3
The purpose of this coursee is to provide a comprehensive analysis of how to litigate and try a real estate case. The course will cover residential and commercial real estate sales and lease transactions, the documents and disclosures associated with such, and the normal array of disputes that occur both before and after close of escrow, including LLC and partner disputes. Construction law, mechanic’s lien claims and construction defects are explored. The course also covers adjoining landowner disputes, including boundary and easement disputes. Landslide, subsidence, drainage and property damage claims are analyzed. Both residential and commercial landlord/tenant disputes are discussed. Understanding and analyzing the remedies available in real property dispute are a critical component. Unique real property discovery issues and trial issues are covered.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 903 - Real Estate Sales Trans
Unit(s): 2 to 3
A practice oriented course that provides a practitioner’s look into the role of debt and equity financing arrangements in the context of real estate transactions. Students will learn the fundamentals of real estate finance and taxation and how these factors inform corporate transactional structures. The course follows generally a commercial real estate acquisition process, from broker engagement, to letter of intent, to purchase and sale documentations, joint ventures, and debt financing. The course will also likely include segments on important post-closing matters that include credit assurances, guaranties, workouts and foreclosures. From a practice standpoint, we will discuss advocacy in the context of a transactional practice, the role of representations, warranties and covenants in a commercial transaction, and how the concepts of knowledge, consent and effort are used to tailor agreements between parties.”
Prerequisite: Property I. Co-requisite, Property II
Prerequisite: concurrent LAW 608 with a minimum grade of D
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 905 - Racism & Justice in American
Unit(s): 2
The course will examine the complex interrelationships between the legal system and structural inequalities in the United States. The course will survey racial issues embedded in core areas such as criminal, contract, tort and property law, as well as in media, popular culture, and current events. Emphasis will be on providing critical contextual perspective on the intersection between racialized experience and the law, and on increasing student’s critical thinking, writing, and oral communication skills, and capacity for perspective-taking and social-emotional intelligence, in a small group learning environment.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 913 - Reproductive Rights & Justice
Unit(s): 3
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
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LAW 916 - Secured Transactions
Unit(s): 3
A survey of the law related to the use of personal property as security in both commercial and consumer credit transactions. The focus is on Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, with an exploration of the purpose and scope of Article 9 and the difference between secured and unsecured credit. Transactions where lending is based on tangible or intangible personal property are considered, including equipment, inventory, receivables, intellectual property, and consumer assets. The course examines creation, perfection and enforcement of security interests; priority disputes among competing secured creditors or between secured creditors and other claimants; and debtor’s rights and creditor’s remedies in the event of default.
Restriction: Class restrictions exclude Law 1st Yr. Full time, Law 1st Yr. Part Time and Law 1st Yr. Part Time Day; College restricted to School of Law
School of Law
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