Course Catalog

 

LAW 722 - Academic Development Workshop

Credit: 0 Units  

LAW 816A - Accounting for Lawyers

This introductory course gives students a basic understanding of the structure of an accounting system; the mechanics of accounting entries; and the related legal, tax and business ramifications of implementing various accounting conventions and methods. Course lectures and text include discussions and cases covering generally accepted accounting principles, financial statement analysis and disclosure, auditing, choice of entity issues, and the attorney's role in dealing with accountants, auditors, and other financial professionals.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 811 - Administrative Law

This course surveys the organization, authority, and procedures of administrative agencies in relation to rulemaking, adjudication, and judicial review of administrative rulings and decisions. The course examines both federal and state agencies.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 732A - Advanced Appellate Practice

Students will write briefs and orally argue real cases pending in California appellate courts. Actual trial court transcripts in civil and criminal cases will be examined and used as the bases for presenting these arguments. Class discussion will focus on practical strategies for winning appeals and writs. Prerequisites: Appellate Advocacy, Civil Procedure II, Criminal Procedure I.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LLM 334A - Advanced Estate Planning

This course takes a comprehensive and detailed look into issues such as charitable organizations, valuation discounts, domestic partnerships, family limited partnerships, guardianships and conservatorships, trust and estate litigation, representing high net worth clients, irrevocable trusts, and law office management. Prerequisites: Estate and Gift Taxation; Estate Planning. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009  

LLM 321C - Advanced International Tax

This course explores the interplay among U.S. and international tax, legal, and business considerations in formulating an overall tax-efficient global strategy. Students will explore a variety of international tax topics in a case study format. Topics may include subpart F, foreign tax credits, foreign currency, hybrid instruments, choice of entity issues, international corporate reorganizations, tax treaties, and concerns of foreign investors in the U.S. Prerequisite: International Taxation. Recommended: Corporate Tax. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009  

LAW 727E - Advanced Legal Research: eSearch

This course explains the structure and use of legal materials. The goal is research proficiency, especially in a virtual law library. Each student is responsible for using the various online research tools, theories, and strategies presented by the instructors to complete weekly exercises and compile a comprehensive research memorandum/guide. Hard copy and electronic resources will be compared to explore their relative strengths and weaknesses, so students can also expect to sharpen their research skills with traditional print materials. This course is open only to upper division JD students.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 726A - Advanced Legal Writing

This course explores the art of legal writing. Students will focus on the writing process (from outlining to rewriting) as a series of strategic decisions. Assignments include writing and rewriting two closed library assignments. Students will also rewrite a document from a previous class (e.g., Appellate Advocacy brief) using the advanced writing techniques learned in class. Students who received less than a B- in Appellate Advocacy must obtain instructor permission prior to registering. Prerequisites: Must be taken after, and not concurrently with, Appellate Advocacy.
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LLM 326A - Advanced Real Estate Taxation

Prerequisites: Real Estate Taxation and Characterization of Income & Expenditures or Federal Income Taxation.
Credit: 1 Units  

LAW 885E - Advanced Seminar in Labor/Employment Law

This seminar explores a variety of cutting edge issues in the labor and employment law field, and gives students an opportunity to explore in depth policy issues affecting the workplace. The course explores both the union and non-union sectors, public and private sectors, building trades, health care issues, and other current topics.
Credit: 2 Units  

LLM 317B - Advanced Tax Research

Advanced Tax Research offers students the opportunity to put what they learned in Tax Research to practical use in an individual study context. On a topic of their choosing, students write a paper or create a study guide that demonstrates mastery of the multitude of tax research material that exists in print and online. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 1 - 2 Units  

LAW 720C - Advanced Torts: Contemporary Issues

This course will examine in depth selected issues concerning liability in tort not covered in Torts I and Torts II. Subjects such as toxic torts, professional liability, wrongful business practices, and wrongful discrimination and interference with civil rights will be extensively analyzed and explored. Select issues in tort will be studied through the analytical framework of critical race theory. This course will also examine contemporary advances in common law tort theory and proposed alternatives to the existing system of liability based on fault. Pre-requisites: Torts I & II
Credit: 3 Units  

LLM 370 - Air, Space, and Telecommunications Law

This course acquaints students with public, private, and commercial aspects of international air and space law in the context of national sovereignty over territorial air space. Students also explore the commercial uses of space and outer space for satellite communications, direct broadcasting, remote sensing, weather forecasting, and other uses of space for peaceful purposes within the existing framework of relevant multilateral treaties.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 815 - Alternative Dispute Resolution

The purpose of this course is to help students learn approaches to negotiation and conflict resolution, and to understand various dispute resolution processes, principally mediation and arbitration. Students will be exposed to simulated negotiations and mediations and will be expected to participate in exercises and to act as advocates and/or mediators. Guest lecturers may include a hostage negotiator, an aikido master, a retired superior court judge now serving as a JAMS mediator, and prominent mediators and arbitrators. Prerequisites: Civil Procedure I and II.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LLM 350A - American Legal System

A brief introduction to the US court systems, civil procedure, basic constitutional principles, common law torts, and legal writing and analysis.
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 822B - Animal & Wildlife Law

This course begins with a discussion of the ethical bases for legal protection of individual animals and wildlife populations, focusing on where different ethical premises create conflicts over animal protection. The course then reviews several wildlife protection laws, including the Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and California's Fully Protected Species Statutes. Finally, the course reviews the legal protections available to individual animals, from their status of property to standing for animals to their ethical treatment in domestic, agricultural, and laboratory settings. Several of San Francisco's unique statutes protecting animals will be reviewed, as well as recent bills proposed in Sacramento pertaining to animal and wildlife law.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 890A - Antitrust

This study of the federal antitrust laws (and corresponding California provisions) has a particular emphasis on price fixing, boycotts, discriminatory dealing, and other marketing restraints. The course focuses on counseling for small businesses and on understanding antitrust pitfalls. Current issues, particularly those relating to health care and intellectual property, are highlighted.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 732 - Appellate Advocacy

This course builds on the writing skills developed in the first year of law school. Students prepare appellate briefs and present oral arguments in a moot court program. Prerequisites: Writing and Research I and II.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 782 - Art and the Law

This course focuses on legal issues related to visual arts and explores the artist's rights in their work of art, specifically matters relating to property rights, including copyright, moral rights and resale rights, while examining issues relating to license agreements with third parties. Corequisite: Intellectual Property Law Survey
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 844B - Asian Americians & the Law

This course will examine the evolution of laws related to immigration and citizenship, racial exclusion and internment, and race consciousness and civil rights through the lens of Asian America. The course will set a contextual framework for discussion of contemporary civil rights and social justice issues.
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 835 - Banking & Financial Institutions Law

This course introduces students to the legal framework that governs banks and financial institutions in the United States and in the State of California. The course will address bank and financial institution regulation in the light of the current economic crisis and help the student to analyze regulatory reform proposals. Guest speakers from the industry and regulatory agencies will add their distinct perspectives.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 826C - Bankruptcy Law

This course covers all the major aspects of bankruptcy law, including eligibility, types of bankruptcy, the automatic stay, trustee strong-arm powers, rights of debtors and creditors, filing claims, and discharging debts. The course introduces students to substantive bankruptcy law and bankruptcy court procedures that are helpful to all practitioners, even those not specializing in bankruptcy law.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LLM 346W - Bankruptcy Taxation

This course focuses on the basic rules for bankruptcy (corporate, partnership and individual) and the important interplay between taxes and bankruptcy. The course will cover the discharge of income and other taxes in bankruptcy, and analyze special tax rules applicable to bankruptcies, including tax rules for real property dispositions in bankruptcy, taxation of individual bankruptcy estates, net operating losses and relief of indebtedness income rules. Current bankruptcy-related legislation and events will be discussed. Prerequisite: Characterization of Income & Expenditures or Federal Income Taxation. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 839A - Biotechnology Law

This course examines the legal issues arising from the intersection of biology, technology, and intellectual property law (especially patent), focusing primarily on current topics of interest such as cloning, assisted reproduction, and genetically modified foods and crops. Topics are explored mainly through internet sources and guest lecturers. Students research, write, and present to the class a publication-quality paper on a biotechnology topic of their choice. Prerequisite: High school level understanding of cellular and molecular biology. Some knowledge of patent law is a plus.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 864B - Birmingham Civil Rights Cases Seminar

This course centers on a series of cases heard in the 1950's and 1960's in Birmingham, Alabama, through which plaintiffs attempted to desegregate the University of Alabama, Central Georgia Railway, Birmingham Public Housing, Birmingham City Library, Democratic Party, Birmingham School System, County Personnel Board, Birmingham City Hall, and other segregated institutions. Students will be asked to analyze the procedural devices used by both sides, the decision of the United States District Court Judge and how developments in the cases might have been influenced by other cases being heard and decided, as well as by the social events going on in the streets, political developments, and the reports in the media at the time. Each student will develop a scholarly paper on a significant legal aspect of one or more cases.
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 802A - Business Associations

This course covers the formation, financing, structure, control, and management of business associations, including corporations, partnerships, and limited liability entities. The course also examines agency principles and uniform acts related to business associations and selected provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Credit: 4 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 816B - Business Contracts

This course focuses on the nature and purpose of various basic agreements found in business settings, including contracts for the manufacture of goods, for the distribution of goods, and for the provision of services. Each session is comprised of a lecture in a seminar style followed by a practical exercise designed to help students understand how to draft contracts from scratch, analyze contracts drafted by others, spot problem areas, and formulate solutions while avoiding common mistakes. One series of exercises will simulate key components in the formation of a business contract, including interviewing a client, drafting deal points from that interview, and a negotiating deal points with the client?s adversary. Another series of discussions and exercises will analyze the structure and component parts of a typical contract, using a sample contract as a guide. The goal is to provide students with sufficient background information to dissect and understand the moving parts in an agreement, together with the real-world challenge of negotiation and drafting. Prerequisites: Contracts I & II, Writing & Research I & II. Preferred: Business Associations.
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 842B - Business Immigration Law

This course is an in-depth review of the law, policies, and procedures regulating the entry into the United States of foreigners for business, employment, and investment purposes. Students examine the various strategies available to U.S. employers and to foreign individuals under existing law. Students further familiarize themselves with the federal agencies that regulate the dispensation of temporary and permanent immigration benefits in business, employment, and investment contexts, and develop insights into counseling and procedures for obtaining those benefits. The course also addresses related issues, such as employer compliance with federal employment eligibility verification requirements, and, to a lesser extent, export control issues, the impact of mergers and acquisitions, the intersection of immigration and employment law, and tax aspects of immigration.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 858 - Business of the Practice of Law

This course explores the business aspects of the practice of law for students interested in solo practice, those starting a firm with friends, or for students interested in understanding management issues of an existing firm or corporate law department. The course will consider the different forms of practice, client management issues, marketing, budgeting and financial planning, space and equipment planning, fee setting, compensation and human resource issues and associated ethical considerations. In lieu of a final exam, over the semester students will draft a number of documents including a law firm structure outline, a business plan, including a budget, client letters, a personal career plan and resume, a diary of observations and insights and time records.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 816 - Business Planning

This course follows a small business through the formation and early development stages, including the corporate, partnership, and tax issues raised in formation; relationships among the founders; employee stock and option structures; and venture capital and other capital-raising efforts. The course emphasizes practical aspects of representing small businesses and includes drafting and negotiation practice. Prerequisites: Business Associations, Federal Income Taxation.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 700C - California Civil Procedure

California civil procedure differs in significant respects from federal civil procedure. Five hands-on exercises provide reinforcement for the case law. These include a client interview, drafting a pleading, researching and writing a simple motion and memorandum of points and authorities in support, oral arguments in support or opposition to a motion, and a court-administered settlement conference. This course covers procedural steps in California ranging from client intake through the appellate process. The course covers the California Code of Civil Procedure and the California Rules of Court, and introduces California forms and local rules. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure I & II.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 834H - California Environmental and Natural Resources Law

California boasts some of the nation's most spectacular environmental resources and some of its worst environmental problems. It also frequently sets national trends with its cutting-edge environmental and natural resource protection laws. This seminar examines some of the state's unique environmental problems and regulatory approaches. Topics covered include: the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); the California Coastal Act and the California Coastal Commission; the California Forest Practices Act; the public trust doctrine; California Wild & Scenic Rivers protection; Stream Alteration Agreements; dams and fisheries passage under the California Fish & Game Code; the California Endangered Species Act, and farmland preservation pursuant to Williamson Act contracts and conservation easements.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 869 - California Legal Research

This course demonstrates the structure and use of legal resources as they relate to California practice. The course goal is research proficiency, especially with electronic California legal materials. Each student is responsible for learning to use the electronic research tools, theories, and strategies presented by the instructors. Weekly exercises are assigned, and students may also be expected to complete either a semester research project or a shorter end-of-semester project to demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of research skills. Paper and online resources will be compared to reveal their respective strengths and weaknesses, so students in this class can also expect to hone their skills in researching California printed legal materials.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LLM 348B - California Property Tax

This course provides a foundation in the theory and practice of property taxation for California businesses. During this 5-week session, students will learn the basics of real and personal property taxation and discuss current and relevant legal issues, such as tax compliance issues affecting property valuations, audit administration issues, and tax saving strategies. Prerequisite: Characterization of Income & Expenditures or Federal Income Taxation. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 896J - Capital Post Conviction Defense Clinic

Capital Post Conviction Defense Clinic introduces students to the representation of indigent defendants challenging their convictions and death sentences on direct appeal and through habeas corpus proceedings in the California Supreme Court. In addition to discussing legal and topical issues concerning death penalty representation at the weekly seminar sessions, students will work under the supervision of experienced capital defense attorneys to represent indigent defendants in their research and drafting of pleadings, the investigation of claims, and the collection and preservation of evidence. GGU law students in the past have drafted appellate arguments and habeas corpus claims, reviewed capital trial testimony, witness statements, and police reports, evaluated crime scene evidence, researched and drafted office memoranda and resource materials on various topics, collected defendant life history documents, and prepared litigation outlines and chronologies. In addition, CAP student externs are encouraged to attend oral arguments, to participate in litigation meetings, and to visit a client on death row. Please contact CAP Deputy Director Patricia Kern, <b>PKern@capsf.org</b>, if you have questions about this clinic. CAP is located at 101 Second Street, Suite 600. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 3 - 4 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LLM 330 - Characterization of Income & Expenditure

This course examines the fundamental concepts of federal income taxation, including gross income, business and investment deductions, personal exemptions, and the mechanics of capital transactions. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 851A - Children and the Law

Students examine various areas of law that impact children most. Examples include juvenile court jurisdiction (child abuse and neglect, status offenses, and delinquency), family and custody matters, mental health, disabilities, and special education. The course is taught in a seminar style with emphasis on the practical and ethical considerations of representing children as clients.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 897A - Civil Litigation: Pretrial Phase

In this course, students handle every aspect of the pretrial preparation of a civil lawsuit. They proceed from the initial client contact, through formulating client representational strategy, to developing a case theory. They draft all the case pleadings as well as motions challenging the sufficiency of the pleadings. Students also engage in all aspects of fact investigation. The course ends with a pre-trial settlement conference. Prerequisites: Civil Procedure I and II.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 700A - Civil Procedure I

This yearlong course (see Civil Procedure II) is a survey of the procedures regulating the litigation of civil disputes. Civil Procedure I covers personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, venue, and choice of law.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 700B - Civil Procedure II

This yearlong course (see Civil Procedure I) is a survey of the procedures regulating the litigation of civil disputes. Civil Procedure II covers elements of pleading, joinder of parties and claims, discovery, functions of court and jury, verdicts, post-judgment motions, and appeal. The main focus is the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure although comparisons will be made to the California Rules of Civil Procedure when they are materially different. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure I
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 871D - Climate Change & International Law

This course focuses on the most challenging environmental issue that this generation and many generations to come must confront, climate change. The course's orientation will be on international institutional responses, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and the European Trading System. The course will also examine international causes of action for damages associated with climate change in judicial and quasi-judicial fora, including the International Court of Justice, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the World Heritage Commission and under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Summer 2009  

LAW 803B - Commercial Finance

This introduction to the law of basic business financing covers the rules regulating lenders and the manufacturers, dealers, and consumers who borrow from them (and from one another) in our modern credit economy. This is also an introduction to the commercial world for students unfamiliar with elementary business practices. It is strongly recommended for anyone planning to represent business clients in litigation or commerce. The course covers Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 883C - Commercial Leasing

Commercial leasing constitutes a major area of modern real estate practice. This course introduces students to substantive law, drafting skills, and essential negotiation techniques that practitioners use and look for in their new hires. Some of the issues covered will be letters of intent, rentable space, expenses, use provisions, recapture provisions, repair & compliance clauses, tenant improvements, insurance, SNDAs, CAM, ADR, ADA, financing, and bankruptcy. Prerequisite: Property I & II.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 808A - Community Property

This course covers the law of California marital property. Topics include general principles of classifying marital property, management and control of community property, division of community property upon dissolution or death, and the property rights of putative or meretricious spouses. Prerequisites: Property I and II.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 890C - Comparative Anti-Trust Law

This course is a general introduction to a comparative analysis of US, European and global antitrust law. The course will emphasize the attorney's role in dealing with clients engaged in business in the US and/or in Europe. Students will acquire the fundamental analytical tools needed to represent clients faced with potential or actual antitrust problems. They will examine the cultural and historical aspects underlying the differences between the US and EU approaches to certain cases (i.e. Microsoft, GE/Honeywell merger, etc.). Finally, the course will explore applying international antitrust law notably within the framework of the WTO.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009  

LAW 818B - Comparative Civil Procedure

This course compares civil proceedings in common law (US, England) and civil law (Italy, Germany, with references to Japan) systems, mainly focusing on the following issues: (i) the fact-finding process; (ii) the law of evidence; (iii) the application of the law of evidence to facts; and (iv) the application of substantive law to (proven) facts. These issues will be addressed during the course, focusing on similarities existing among those proceedings, digging into some of the main devices concerning fact-finding and evidence. The course is intended to provide students and future international lawyers and scholars with tools to manage transnational litigations and arbitrations, and think about different legal systems in a comparative perspective, through the theory and practice of civil procedure and civil litigation. Students will write one final paper (approximately 20 pages).
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 801G - Comparative Constitutional Design

This seminar invites students to explore the issues behind writing a constitution. What motivates a nation to select among different options for judicial and executive power or to enforce certain rights rather than others (e.g., dignity, property rights and social welfare rights) and who should decide the content of a constitution? Readings will include historical examples of constitutional drafting from a variety of countries, popular and academic opinion about how to write (or amend) a constitution, and other writings to allow the students to formulate their own opinion of best practices for constitution drafting. Classes will be discussion-based and interactive. The course will culminate in a research paper in lieu of a final exam. Co-requisite: Constitutional Law I
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 763A - Comparative Corporate Law

Using a comparative and functional approach, the course examines the various regulatory and governance strategies employed in different legal systems to address three recurring problems of corporation law: mediating the tensions between owners and managers, between majority owners and minority owners, and between the corporation and society. The primary comparison will be between US and French/EU law. There is no prerequisite for this course. This course is offered only through the Paris Summer Program.
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 761A - Comparative Criminal Justice

This course compares the U.S. approach to criminal justice with that of European countries through readings and lively discussions. Specifically, we will consider the rights of one charged with an offense during investigation and interrigation; the right to counsel; search and seizure law; plea bargaining; roles of judges, lawyers and victims; and trial rules and proceedings. This course is offered only through the Paris Summer Program.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009  

LAW 818C - Comparative Criminal Justice

This course explores the US approach to criminal justice compared with that of European countries through readings and lively discussions. Specifically, it will consider the rights of one charged with an offense during investigation and interrogation, the right to counsel, plea bargaining, the roles of judges, juries, prosecutors and victims. This course also examines substantive criminal law issues such as the crime of rape and punishment considerations, including the death penalty.
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 803D - Comparative Criminal Procedure

This seminar compares the Anglo-American adversarial model of criminal procedure with the continental European inquisitorial system. In particular, students look at how these different systems deal with issues of pretrial detention, right to counsel, judges versus juries, confessions and trial testimony, prosecutors and plea bargaining, and search and seizure. Prerequisites: Criminal Procedure I, Evidence.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 762A - Comparative Equality (Civil Rights) Law

This course examines issues of equality (civil rights), including hate speech (France, Germany, U.S.); same-sex marriage (France, Denmark, U.S.); sexual harassment (France, U.S.); affirmative action (France, India, U.S.); discrimination remedies (France, Britain, U.S.); religious apparel in public schools (France, Turkey, U.S.); and reparations (Germany, U.S.). This course is offered only through the Paris Summer Program.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009  

LAW 764A - Comparative Intellectual Property Law

This course compares the U.S. approach to Intellectual Property law with that of European countries. A further description will be posted when available. This course is offered only through the Paris Summer Program.
Credit: 2 Units  

LLM 301A - Comparative International Tax

This seminar compares current tax law in countries from all parts of the developed and developing world. The course will explore similarities and differences among countries? income and other tax systems and identify the implications for tax practice. Using a structural framework, the course materials include recent cases and commentaries. The seminar will also assess national tax regimes in light of international tax treaty requirements and models (OECD, UN, EU, WTO, etc.).
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 765A - Comparative Labor Law

This course compares the US approach to labor law with that of European countries. A further description will be posted when available. This course is offered only through the Paris Summer Program.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009  

LLM 352 - Comparative Legal Systems

This global approach to the study of legal systems in various parts of the world is designed to enable students to recognize and analyze legal problems that might confront lawyers dealing with matters involving application of foreign law. The course focuses on the fundamental historical, institutional, and procedural differences between the common law and the civil law systems, with an emphasis on the code systems of continental Europe, and on their use as models for law reform in developing countries. References are also made to legal systems based on religious principles or socialist legal principles.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 763B - Comparative Remedies Law

This course examines the remedies available in torts, contracts, and property law (i.e., kinds of damages, injunctive relief), comparing American remedies with French and other E.U. remedies, and the procedures available for seeking relief (i.e., jury trials, restraining orders). This course is offered only through the Paris Summer Program.
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 899K - Competition: ABA National Appellate Advocacy

The ABA Law Student Division National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) emphasizes the development of oral advocacy skills through a realistic appellate advocacy experience. Competitors participate in a hypothetical appeal to the United States Supreme Court. The competition involves writing a brief as either respondent or petitioner and then arguing the case in front of the mock court. Enrollment in this course is limited to members of the Moot Court Board. Students may not enroll without explicit permission.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 899J - Competition: Advanced Mock Trial

This course is open only to students who have been selected to represent the law school in an interschool trial competition. Students may enroll in this course twice if they are selected twice for competitions. Prerequisites: Trial Advocacy, Mock Trial. Consent of instructor required.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 899I - Competition: Environmental Law Moot Court

Students participate in the annual National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition in New York City at Pace University School of Law. Students who participate in the mandatory qualifying round in the fall (in which the students who represent the law school are selected) receive 1 unit of credit; students chosen for the actual competition receive 2 units. Prerequisites: Appellate Advocacy and one introductory environmental law course; or permission of the instructor.
Credit: 1 - 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 899N - Competition: Environmental Negotiation

In today's law practice, almost all civil cases settle before trial. Negotiation skills are essential. In this unique course, learn universally applicable methods for negotiating personal and professional disputes, such as learning to invent options for mutually beneficial gain and learning to separate interests from positions. These skills are learned to prepare for a one-day competition in which two-person teams will negotiate a simulated environmental dispute, judged by environmental lawyers, judges and professional mediators.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 899T - Competition: IP Law Moot Court

Law students participate in the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition, which focuses on trademark law problems. Students are coached by faculty in basic trademark legal issues and in oral advocacy skills. The class is to be completed in two semesters in which students draft a brief in the fall term and compete in oral argument in the first half of the spring term.
Credit: 1 - 2 Units  

LAW 899M - Competition: Jessup International Law Moot Court

The American Society of International Law sponsors this moot court competition, which enables students to argue timely questions of international law in regional and final competitions against teams from 150 law schools in 20 different countries.
Credit: 1 - 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 899C - Competition: Mock Trial

This course is taught only in the fall semester. Students normally try a case three times during the semester, as well as participate several times as witnesses. In even-numbered years, the case that is tried is criminal; in odd-numbered years, the case is civil. The most outstanding students in this class are selected to represent the Law School in various trial competitions, which normally take place during the spring semester. (Students who participate in competitions enroll in Advanced Mock Trial during the spring semester.) Students may enroll in Mock Trial twice. The second enrollment requires the written permission of the instructor. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Corequisites: Evidence and Trial Advocacy.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 899S - Competition: Outer Space Moot Court

The Outer Space Moot Court Competition is named after late Judge Manfred Lachs formerly of the International Court of Justice at The Hague. The course affords the students an opportunity to examine and discuss/argue fundamental legal questions relating to the international law of outer space.
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 899E - Competition: Traynor Moot Court

The Roger J. Traynor California Moot Court Competition is a prestigious interscholastic moot court competition open to California law schools. The competition is designed to provide students with a learning experience that reflects contemporary appellate practice in California, and uses an edited record from an actual California Court of Appeal case. A team of two or three students will prepare and submit an appellate brief representing one side, and present oral arguments representing both sides.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 801K - Constitutional Issues Seminar

This course explores US Constitutional law through the lens of foreign and comparative law and with a focus on contemporary issues in domestic and foreign constitutional law. The goal of the course is to improve critical thinking, discussion and writing skills through a more focused engagement in topics of interests to the class. Students will improve their analytical, writing and presentation skills in connection with a paper on a constitutional law topic of their own choosing. This course will have a final paper; no exam. Prerequisites: Constitutional Law I or II.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 801A - Constitutional Law I

Constitutional Law I examines the American constitutional system with an emphasis on judicial review, the powers and responsibilities of the three branches of the federal government, the distribution of power between federal and state governments, and substantive due process. Enrollment during the spring term is limited to students in the Honors Lawyering Program (HLP).
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 801B - Constitutional Law II

Constitutional Law II deals with individual rights, specifically equal protection of the law, freedom of speech, and religious freedom. Prerequisite: Constitutional Law I.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Spring 2010  

LLM 366C - Contemporary Issues in International Law

This course focuses on the application of principles of public international law to current events. Students will evaluate selected topics drawn from contemporary/current news sources and determine whether the action of the nations or international organizations involved are consistent with the principles of public international law. Each class will begin with a review/overview of the applicable principle of international law (e.g. the law of treaties, the legitimate use of force, the law of armed conflict, international human rights law, etc.) and then students will participate in a discussion of the selected contemporary issue in light of the principle(s) just reviewed. Examples of topics for discussion include: the status of detainees at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, the legitimacy of the use of force in Iraq, violations of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (by Iran, North Korea, India, Pakistan), the Central American Free Trade Agreement (and its relation to NAFTA and the European Union), and the protection of intellectual property in foreign jurisdictions. Students may also propose topics for discussion as appropriate. Grading will be based upon class participation and on a 25-page research paper due on the date of the last class meeting.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 823L - Content Licensing

The focus of this course is the licensing of intellectual property content in both traditional circumstances and the online environment. Through lectures and writing exercises, students learn the key points to be included in licensing agreements for domestic and international transactions. Negotiating strategies are analyzed, and issues unique to technology content transfers are also addressed.
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 705A - Contracts I

This yearlong course (see Contracts II) covers basic contract law, including contract formation and legal devices designed to police the bargaining process. It also covers problems of performance, excuses from performance, breach of contract, remedies, third-party beneficiary contracts, assignments, and delegation of contract rights and duties.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 705B - Contracts II

This yearlong course (see Contracts I) covers basic contract law, including contract formation and legal devices designed to police the bargaining process. It also covers problems of performance, excuses from performance, breach of contract, remedies, third-party beneficiary contracts, assignments, and delegation of contract rights and duties. Prerequisite: Contracts I
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 823 - Copyright Law of the U.S.

This in-depth analysis of U.S. copyright law includes the history of the law, from the first copyright statutes through the major revisions of the 1909 Act, the 1976 Act, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Students explore legal issues relating to the registration process, defenses such as fair use and parody, and remedies for infringement. Terms for the licensing and/or transfer of copyright are also examined. Includes the impact of the use of digital media and the growth of the Internet on copyright protection. Intellectual Property LLM students are required to take this course, Trademark Law of the U.S., or Patent Law of the U.S.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009  

LAW 802C - Corporate Governance

This course will highlight the rising importance of corporate governance as evidenced by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the adoption of related rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the national securities exchanges and the national securities associations. It will focus on the impact of these regulatory initiatives on corporations, their executive officers, their directors, their auditors, and their attorneys. The course will also address the increasing importance of corporate governance on investor behavior and evaluate the evolving consensus on corporate governance best practices. Prerequisites: Business Associations.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LLM 322A - Corporate Taxation

This course addresses tax treatment, planning techniques, and problems of transactions between corporations and their shareholders, transfers to a corporation, capital structure of corporations, dividends and other distributions, stock redemptions, corporate liquidations, and tax free reorganizations. Prerequisite: Characterization of Income & Expenditures or Federal Income Taxation. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 855 - Courtroom as Theatre

This course teaches performance skills related to the use of voice, body, and movement in the context of the courtroom. It is designed for law students who want to improve their presentations as trial and appellate advocates or to simply be more effective in ordinary lawyer communications. The premise of the instructors is, "Lawyers don't have a constitutional right to be boring!" This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 710 - Criminal Law

This course focuses on the study of substantive criminal law. It examines the rules of conduct for major crimes against persons and property and the defenses to such crimes. The course also considers the development of and philosophical rationales for criminal law.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 898A - Criminal Litigation

This course affords students the opportunity to apply the skills learned in Trial Advocacy in the context of a criminal case. The class is divided into two-person teams. Each team is assigned either the role of prosecution or defense counsel. The class usually begins with the staging of a mock crime. The crime is reported, a suspect is arrested, charges are filed, and the prosecution commences. The class proceeds, week by week, through major phases of a criminal case. The course concludes with the trial of the case, which is conducted in a local courthouse. Prerequisites: Evidence, Trial Advocacy.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 803E - Criminal Procedure I

This survey of the basic constitutional issues underlying the criminal justice system focuses on the role of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments in regulating police practices such as search and seizure, confessions, lineups, and right to counsel.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 825A - Criminal Procedure II

Topics include bail and other forms of pretrial release, prosecutorial discretion, the preliminary hearing, grand jury, joinder and severance, speedy trial, discovery, guilty pleas and plea bargaining, double jeopardy, pretrial publicity, change of venue, sentencing, appellate review and harmless error, and habeas corpus. Prerequisite: Criminal Procedure I.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 895A - Curricular Practical Training

Qualified international students in valid visa status may obtain practical training by participating in clinical programs, legal internships and externships, and law clerk positions under the guidance of a faculty adviser. To qualify, students must demonstrate competence in legal writing and research and obtain written authorization from an international student adviser. May be taken a maximum of three times. Open only to upper division JD students. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 0 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LLM 395 - Curricular Practical Training

Qualified international students in valid visa status may obtain practical training by participating in clinical programs, legal internships and externships, and law clerk positions under the guidance of the program director and a faculty adviser. To qualify, students must demonstrate competence in legal writing and research and obtain written authorization from an international student adviser. May be taken a maximum of three times. Open only to students in LLM programs. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 1 - 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

SJD 995 - Curricular Practical Training (SJD)

Qualified international students in valid visa status may obtain practical training by participating in clinical programs, legal internships and externships, and law clerk positions under the guidance of the program director and a faculty adviser. To qualify, students must demonstrate competence in legal writing and research and obtain written authorization from an international student adviser. May be taken a maximum of three times. Open only to students in SJD program.
Credit: 1 - 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 743B - Cyberlaw & Privacy

This course explores data protection, intellectual property, online liability, Internet governance and standards, jurisdiction, and other emerging issues in Cyberlaw. This course also focuses on privacy issues: surveillance by companies, in the workplace and by the government; privacy policies; email/spam; children online; and international privacy compliance. Students examine new and pending Internet and privacy-related legislation and its impact on business and technology. Recommended: Internet and Software Law or Intellectual Property Law Survey.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LLM 399 - Directed Study

A Directed Study is an independent study project for LLM students done under the supervision of a faculty member or supervising attorney for academic credit. Directed Study can be taken for 1 to 3 units. The project can be on any topic agreed to by the student, faculty member or supervising attorney, and the LLM program director. Directed Study can be taken for a letter grade or for a Credit/No Credit grade and must be decided at the time of topic approval. All papers submitted under this program should reflect approximately 70 hours of work per unit of credit.
Credit: 1 - 3 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LLM 307 - DOJ Internship

This is a competitive placement, one student is selected each semester by DOJ. The student will have the opportunity to complete an internship with the Department of Justice Tax Division office in San Francisco, working directly with attorneys on both civil and criminal tax cases. Interested students should contact the director of the LLM in Taxation Program, for more information. Prerequisite: Characterization of Income & Expenditures and Federal Tax Procedure. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 2 - 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 837E - Domestic Violence Seminar

This seminar studies the historical, cultural, and psychological aspects of domestic violence in addition to the civil and criminal changes in the law both nationally and internationally. Students are assigned a reader composed of relevant articles, cases, and legislation.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 743A - e-Commerce Law

A broad spectrum of laws governing business conduct has been substantially affected by the digital revolution, such as copyright, trademark, contracts, banking, privacy, and antitrust. The Internet phenomenon has required new laws to protect against undue incursions from technology, creating new rights unneeded before. This course looks at establishing Internet business, information privacy, electronic pop-up advertising, spam messages and spyware, remote and click-wrap contracting, digital signatures, B2B Internet exchanges, P2P file-sharing, Internet auctions, licensing of information, electronic banking, and current Internet business and litigation.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 830 - Education Law Seminar

This 2-unit seminar will focus on judicial decisions, statutory law, and administrative regulations affecting public education in this country. Topics will include the history and philosophy of mandatory schooling, desegregation, equal opportunity, safe schools, freedom of expression for students and teachers, religious accommodation, bilingual education, searches in the school setting, employment rights, the No Child Left Behind Act, and the IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act). The course will culminate in a mock expulsion hearing, with all students participating. Each student will submit an original paper in order to receive credit for the course. Completion of Constitutional Law I is recommended.
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 867C - Election Law

This course is intended to introduce students to basic currents and themes in federal, state, and local election law. The course will provide an overview of relevant Supreme Court cases on such topics as voting rights, reapportionment/redistricting, ballot access, regulation of political parties, campaign finance, and the 2000 presidential election. Equal attention will be given to state and local regulation of campaigns and elections.
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 804E - Electronic Evidence

This course examines how the increased use of computers to create, process, and store information affects the use of that information as evidence in the decision-making process in criminal and civil trial proceedings in California state trial courts or United States District courts. Students participate in trial situations to gain an appreciation for proper procedures for offering or challenging admission of electronic information. Students learn to create and authenticate electronic charts, diagrams and slides. The course also explores application of the rules of discovery to electronic information. Students will need access to a computer to complete class assignments. (Access to GGU computer lab will suffice) Co-requisite: Evidence.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 832A - Employment Discrimination

This course examines the major federal statutes prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, disability, citizenship status, national origin, and age. California law regulating employment is also briefly examined. In addition to covering the substantive law, the course critically examines the law's assumptions about the nature of the employment relationship, the definition of discrimination, and the role of the government in regulating employment.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 831 - Employment Law

This course examines the relationship between employers and individual employees. Topics include hiring, wrongful termination, employees' duty of loyalty, restrictions on post-employment competition, workplace privacy and defamation, and protection against harassment and other abusive conduct in the workplace. The course covers substantive law and examines prevailing assumptions about the employment relationship. While the course covers some discrimination issues, it does not offer in-depth coverage of that area of law.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 857A - Energy & Environmental Law

This course surveys the law and regulation of energy production, distribution, and use, with an emphasis on the legal and policy issues at the intersection of energy and environmental law. These issues are examined in the context of the electricity and natural gas industries, giving particular attention to the statutory and administrative framework governing public utilities and the wholesale and retail energy markets. The class provides an introduction to state and national energy policy, and compares local, regional, and global impacts of fossil-based and renewable energy sources on climate change and the natural environment. Students interested in environmental law, natural resources law, water law, administrative law, and international law should consider this course.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 833 - Entertainment Law

An introduction to the complex legal issues arising in the areas of music sound recordings and publishing, motion pictures, television, theater, and literary publishing in the United States and internationally. Covers the drafting of contracts in the entertainment industry, as well as dispute resolution alternatives. Students also study the roles of attorneys, agents and personal managers, as well as relevant legislation affecting the entertainment industry.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 834C - Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

The Environmental Law & Justice Clinic (ELJC) is an in-house clinic, which provides students with intensive training and hands-on lawyering experience. Under close faculty supervision, students provide legal representation on matters addressing environmental justice issues, including the disproportionate environmental hazards faced by low-income communities and people of color. Clinic students are certified under State Bar of California rules to perform many of the tasks of an attorney: they interview clients, develop legal strategies, draft legal documents, and counsel clients. They may also appear at hearings and negotiate with opposing parties, depending on the Clinic's caseload. Co-requisite: Evidence. Students also must have completed an environmental law course or have the instructors' waiver of this requirement. Special scheduling arrangements can be made on a case-by-case basis for night students. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 1 - 3 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 834G - Environmental Law and Justice Seminar

The ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & JUSTICE SEMINAR is a required companion course to the Environmental Law & Justice Clinic, but it may also be taken by JD or LLM students who are not enrolling in the Clinic. The Seminar explores law and policy issues central to the environmental justice movement, focusing on matters that recur in the Clinic's representation of clients who are disproportionately impacted by pollution; explores the role of lawyers and their ethical responsibility in representing clients from communities overburdened by pollution; and provides skills training that students must master to become effective lawyers, focusing on skills that are necessary for the Clinic's caseload. Students enrolled in the Seminar by itself, without the Clinic component, will be required to fulfill a significant writing requirement.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 834F - Environmental Law and Policy

This course focuses on the federal Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Students explore federal regulatory strategies, including technology-based requirements, environmental assessment, and enforcement methods, as well as alternatives to traditional regulation such as market-based incentives and information disclosure laws. Students also learn tools of statutory interpretation.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 862C - Environmental Law Journal Assoc. Editor

This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 1 - 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 862D - Environmental Law Journal Edit. Board

This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 862A - Environmental Law Journal Writer I

This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 862B - Environmental Law Journal Writer II

This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 834D - Environmental Law Practice Seminar

This course is designed to teach students the skills of environmental practice and advocacy, including the preparation of enforcement actions and defenses, environmental compliance, discovery, and environmental ethics. The emphasis is on hands-on practice exercises, such as drafting complaints, conducting discovery, and participating in environmental negotiations and mediation.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LLM 340A - ERISA I

This course examines Employees Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) rules for defined contribution retirement plans and related issues. Prerequisite: Characterization of Income & Expenditures or Federal Income Taxation. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LLM 340B - ERISA II

This course examines Employees Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) rules for defined contribution retirement plans and related issues. This class is a continuation of ERISA I (LLM 340A) and will focus on the review of the IRS model provisions for defined contribution plans. Prerequsite: ERISA I.(Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LLM 325 - Estate & Gift Taxation

This course provides an introduction to federal wealth transfer tax, including estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LLM 334 - Estate Planning

This course includes a study of various estate planning topics such as the unified credit, marital deductions, charitable deductions, generation-skipping transfers, life insurance, trusts and their uses, and family limited partnerships. Emphasis is on practical skills needed to create a uniform estate plan. Prerequisite:Estate and Gift Taxation. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LLM 334B - Estate Planning for the Blended Family

For estate planners representing blended families such as second marriages, same sex relationships, and families with difficult children, this one-unit course will explore and analyze technical and tax issues surrounding the marital deduction, discretionary trust distributions, retirement plan distributions, community property characterization, tax allocation and payment planning, post mortem planning, death versus divorce and the individual psychologies of the parties. This course will also address ethical conflicts and dissect some "typical" estate planning documents to show drafting modifications appropriate for the blended family. Prerequisites: Estate and Gift Tax; Estate Planning. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 1 Units  

LAW 846F - European Union Law

This course surveys the development of regional law in Europe, culminating in the formation of the European Community, European Union, and European Economic Area.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 804 - Evidence

This course is a survey of the principles of law and rules governing the admissibility of proof at criminal or civil trials, including direct and cross-examination of witnesses, impeachment of credibility, expert testimony, hearsay, privileged communication, and documentary proof. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure I, Corequisite: Civil Procedure II
Credit: 4 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 858C - Evolving Role of In-House Counsel

Today, corporate general counsel and law departments face new responsibilities, heightened expectations and unprecedented challenges. In-house counsel is driven by corporate management, evolving client expectations regarding legal services, trends in the external legal marketplace and the changing legislative and regulatory landscape. This class will look at the role of company lawyers and discuss best practices. The goal is to familiarize students with an analytical approach to issues in each of the following key areas: General Business Contracts; Corporate Governance; Corporate Compliance; Employment Law; Intellectual Property; Litigation; and Working With Outside Counsel. Pre-requisites: Contracts I & II, Business Associations (may be taken concurrently but will require paper registration); Recommended: Professional Responsibility, Employment Law, IP classes, Litigation classes.
Credit: 2 Units  

LLM 335 - Executive Compensation

This course considers nonqualified retirement plans including stock option plans, top hat plans, excess benefit plans, and related issues. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 896A - Externship: Civil Field Placement

Students work in private or non-profit law offices, government agencies, or business legal departments as law clerks, working on civil litigation or engaging in transactional work. Students also attend seminar class meetings. Students may work in a wide variety of areas such as civil rights, corporate law, entertainment law, family law, intellectual property law, international law, and personal injury law. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Application form and consent of instructor required.
Credit: 2 - 4 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 896F - Externship: Criminal Litigation

Students intern with prosecuting attorneys or public defenders on criminal cases in trial or appellate courts in the state or federal system. Students also attend a concurrent seminar covering relevant criminal justice issues. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Prerequisites: Criminal Law, Evidence. Recommended: Criminal Procedure, Trial Advocacy, and Criminal Litigation. Consent of instructor required.
Credit: 2 - 4 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 834I - Externship: Environmental Law

Students work as externs with governmental agencies, environmental organizations, public interest groups, or private attorneys active in the field of environmental law. Students also participate in a weekly seminar designed to provide them with practical skills and enable them to reflect on their cases and work experiences. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 2 - 4 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LLM 375E - Externship: Environmental LLM

This class is for LLM Environmental students who wish to do an externship at an organization, agency or firm engaged in environmental law. Pre-requisite: Externship: Environmental Law (formerly Environmental Law Clinic)or permission of the LLM Environmental Law Program Director. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 1 - 4 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 837D - Externship: Family Law

This externship is designed to address a vastly underserved population: low income persons and families with urgent family law issues. Students will be placed with non-profit organizations, government agencies, and private attorneys specializing in Family Law, to handle all aspects of Family Law cases at all stages, from client interview to representation at court hearings, assisting in trials, and writing legal briefs. Eligible students may become certified to argue cases in court. Corequisites: Students should have taken either Community Property, Family Law, or Family Law Practice, or be taking one of these courses contemporaneously with this externship. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 2 - 4 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 896C - Externship: Judicial

In this field placement program, students work in selected courts under the supervision of a judge. Students must complete 45 hours of work for each unit. A full-time externship can require up to 13 units; most students take 3 to 5 units at a time. Arrangements are made on an individual basis with the externship director. In addition to working at the court placement, students must attend a mandatory seminar, the first day of which is just before the start of the term. Students who enroll in this course in a summer session are limited to 8 units of credit. Prerequisite: Students must have completed 40 units and have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 for state trial court and 2.75 for appellate and federal court externships. Corequisite: Evidence, or consent of instructor. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 2 - 13 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 883 - Externship: Real Estate

Students are placed in law firms that specialize or do considerable work in real estate. Under the direct supervision of attorneys, students interview clients, draft pleadings and motions, and participate in trial preparations and trials. They also draft provisions for leases, sales contracts, closing papers, loan documents, and other real estate instruments. Students are required to attend classes in the Real Estate Practice Seminar or the Real Estate Litigation Seminar. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Prerequisites: Property I and II. Consent of instructor required.
Credit: 2 - 4 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 896Y - Externship: Youth Law

Students work in non-profit law offices, government agencies or private offices as law externs, engaged in litigation, administrative hearings, ADR (alternative dispute resolution) or other advocacy on behalf of children or youth. Students also attend seminar class meetings, with an emphasis on reflective lawyering, professional responsibility, skills and practice issues. Students may work in a wide variety of substantive law areas such as juvenile justice, dependency, education, disability, mental health and/or civil rights. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 2 - 4 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 824D - Extership: Homeless Advocacy

Students learn counseling, interviewing, and negotiating skills in class simulations, then work with real clients through the Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP), which is sponsored by the Bar Association of San Francisco Volunteer Legal Services Program. Training is provided in both lawyering skills and substantive law. Under the professor's supervision, students act as advocates for HAP clients in a variety of settings. Students in the Honors Lawyering Program (HLP) may not enroll in this course.
Credit: 3 - 4 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 837A - Family Law

This analysis of public and private regulation of the formation, maintenance, and dissolution of the de facto and de jure family unit includes the respective custody, support, and property rights and obligations between mates and between parents and children. Prerequisite: Property I.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 837F - Family Law Practice

This course focuses on the skills necessary to carry on a basic family law practice in California. Students prepare and argue motions, learn trial skills, and practice using the most popular computer programs for setting child support according to the detailed provisions of the Family Code. Students also develop parenting and child visitation plans, calculate spousal support, and learn various methods of dividing community property. Priority is given to graduating students. Prerequisite: Family Law.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 838C - Federal Courts

Students examine issues involved in federal court litigation, including habeas corpus, three-judge courts, suits brought by and against the federal government, governmental immunity, procedural barriers to obtaining federal court jurisdiction, and proposals for change in the jurisdiction of the U.S. Supreme Court. Prerequisites: Civil Procedure I and II, Constitutional Law I and II.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 838B - Federal Income Taxation

This study of the law of federal income taxation of the individual taxpayer covers the nature of income, statutory and regulatory exclusions from gross income, income splitting, personal and business deductions, at-risk and passive-loss rules, capital gains and losses, and elementary tax accounting. Prerequisites: Property I & II
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Spring 2010  

LLM 346H - Federal Income Taxation of Limited Liability Companies & S Corporations

This course explores the tax treatment, problems, and planning techniques involving LLCs and S corporations, including eligibility, election, revocation, termination, and accounting rules. Prerequisite: Characterization of Income and Expenditures or Federal Income Taxation; Recommended: Corporate Taxation. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009  

LLM 319 - Federal Tax Procedure

This course provides an overview of federal tax procedures, including Internal Revenue Service practices and policies and the correlative rights and privileges of taxpayers. Coverage includes the regulatory process, the audit and administrative appeals process, choice of litigation forum, and assessment and collection practices. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 885A - Gender and the Law

This course addresses a variety of gender-based private and public law controversies. Topics may include rape law reforms, reproductive rights, intersections between gender and race discrimination, the feminization of poverty, gender discrimination in athletics, and the rights of pregnant employees. Issues are addressed using a variety of practical and theoretical sources, including judicial opinions, feminist commentary, social science data, litigation documents, and literature.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 871E - Global Climate Change & Water Law

This course will review and analyze the global warming and climate change issue and related cross-sectoral water resource impacts. The class will review federal policy relating to climate change and whether it preempts state and local initiatives. The course will also examine international treaties and institutions involved (such as the United Nations Task Force on Climate and Water), as well as California's policy, reflecting its leadership role on these issues with specific attention to its strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the state's renewable energy portfolio standard, assessment of climate change impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and statewide water resource planning in light of climate change forecasts. Prerequisite: Environmental Law & Policy.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 871R - Global Warming & Renewable Energy

This course will review and analyze the global warming and climate change issue with a specific focus on the potential remedy of renewable energy and its legal implications. The class will review federal policy relating to climate change and whether it preempts state and local initiatives. Emphasis will be given to California's policy, reflecting its leadership role on these issues with specific attention to its strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the state's renewable energy portfolio standard and restrictions on the use and import of coal-based energy.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 871G - Global Warming & the Courts

Can--and should--the U.S. legal system deal with global warming? This course explores the ability of the courts to address a new and global environmental threat, and the relationship of litigation to the environmental movement and the political branches more broadly. We will consider the use of existing environmental statutes and the common law in addressing global warming in current litigation, the challenges faced by litigants in these cases, and how courts have responded. Class requirements include readings, class participation, and a final paper.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009  

LLM 396 - Graduate Legal Writing & Research

This course provides students with an overview of U.S. legal research tools and techniques, along with an introduction to writing a memorandum of law. The first ten class sessions are devoted to learning about U.S. legal resources, including practice materials, court rules, and computer-assisted legal research. The last few class sessions will provide students with an opportunity to learn how to write a memorandum of law. This couse is required for U.S. Legal Studies LLM students. Students in the International LLM program may enroll with the professor's permission if space is available.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 824G - Guerrilla Lawyering

This seminar focuses on lawyering for social change. It teaches the art of using guerrilla fighting techniques in the legal arena. Guerrilla lawyers are characterized by limited resources and by an alternative vision of the dominant culture. The class first explores the lawyer-client relationship, then moves on to unmasking legal dogma. Through role-playing students learn how to use the law as an organizing tool. There will be two class sessions in an actual courtroom at the federal building where each student will argue a bail motion or sentencing hearing. Students will learn how to exert power in formal legal settings. The course emphasizes merging political/legal theory with practical lawyering. There will be a short final paper, but no final exam in this course.
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 827B - High Technology Start-Up: Business & Legal Issues

This course will explore the business and legal issues associated with starting up and running a high technology company. It will cover the following topics: Formation of the entity (and governance), Founder's equity (and stock options), Business contracts (sale of goods, services, and E-commerce), Financings (venture capital and securities regulations), Employment issues, Intellectual property protection, and Exit strategies (M&A and IPO). This is a "hands-on" practical-oriented course, for those students planning to either become entrepreneurs, or provide legal advice to entrepreneurs. There will be Group Projects (50% of grade), as well as a final exam (50% of grade).
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 884H - HLP Independent Study

Students have the opportunity to do independent research under direct faculty supervision in areas of special interest. They may enroll in the project on a letter-grade or credit/no-credit basis after making arrangements to work with a faculty member and after receiving the approval of the associate dean for student services. Students must complete 60 total hours of research and writing for each unit.
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 824B - HLP Lawyering Skills

Students learn counseling, interviewing, and negotiating skills in class simulations, then work with real clients. Training is provided in both lawyering skills and substantive law. Under the professor's supervision, students act as advocates for clients in a variety of settings. This course is open only to students in the Honors Lawyering Program (HLP).
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009  

LAW 809B - HLP Skills Lab

This course applies the law of Evidence and Constitutional Law II to practical problems. This course is open only to students in the Honors Lawyering Program (HLP). This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009  

LAW 807I - HLP Wills & Trusts Lab

This course applies the law of Wills and Trusts to practical problems. Co-requisite: Wills and Trusts. This course is open only to students in the Honors Lawyering Program (HLP). This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Summer 2009  

LAW 842D - Immigration and Refugee Policy Seminar

This course will focus on U.S. and national asylum law and procedure, international refugee protection law and procedure, and significant debates regarding these topics. Students will become familiar with the process involving USCIS, US ICE, Immigration Courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the federal courts of review.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 842A - Immigration Law

This introduction to immigration and naturalization law and procedure examines major immigration policies and covers immigration and naturalization statutes, regulations, major administrative and court decisions, and constitutional rights as affected by alienage.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LLM 344 - Income Taxation of Trusts & Estates

This course analyzes the income taxation of trusts and estates, their creators, beneficiaries, and fiduciaries, including computation of distributable net income, taxable net income, taxation of simple and complex trusts, grantor trusts, and income in respect of a decedent. The course will focus on federal income tax issues, although state taxation of estates and trusts will also be addressed. Prerequisite: Characterization of Income & Expenditures. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 884 - Independent Study

Students have the opportunity to do independent research under direct faculty supervision in areas of special interest. They may enroll in the project on a letter-grade or credit/no-credit basis after making arrangements to work with a faculty member and after receiving the approval of the associate dean for student services. Students must complete 60 total hours of research and writing for each unit. Unit value for the work is determined in conference with the supervising faculty member. Petition for Independent Study forms, and appropriate registration forms, are available from the registrar's office or on the law school website.
Credit: 1 - 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 845 - Insurance Law

This course studies the interpretation and enforcement of liability, property, and life insurance policies, including the liability of insurers for bad faith. Emphasis is on the function of insurance in civil litigation and on public policy, including recent changes in California insurance laws. Prerequisite: Contracts I and II.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LLM 310A - Intellectual Property Law LLM Seminar

Students meet with the director of the LLM in intellectual property law program to discuss the progress of their thesis research. They also participate in discussion and analysis of recent statutory and case law developments in intellectual property law. (Offered only to students enrolled in the LLM in intellectual property law program.)
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 823E - Intellectual Property Law Survey

An introduction to the U.S. law of copyright, trademark, and patent, this course explores state law of trade secrets, unfair competition, and the role of IP protection of computer programs. The course is designed for students interested in focusing on IP law or in simply getting a basic understanding of the key legal principles of IP law.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 823D - Intellectual Property Litigation: Copyright and Trademark

This course takes students through the various stages of an intellectual property litigation case, focusing on the issues specific to litigating trademark cases and copyright cases. Infringement and breach of contract situations form the basis for study and analysis. Litigation strategies, discovery techniques, and settlement negotiation issues are also addressed.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 726 - Intermediate Legal Writing

In this course students will develop their written communication skills by focusing on the writing process through several assignments. This course covers logical organization, legal analysis, grammar, punctuation, and style. It does not cover legal research or exam writing. Consent of the Associate Dean for Law Student Services required. Prerequisites: Writing & Research I & II. Must be taken before and not concurrently with Appellate Advocacy.
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 846B - International Business Transactions

This introduction to the law and practice of international trade and investment focuses on typical transactions, such as sale of goods, transfer of technology (including franchising and licensing), and transnational investment. The course also examines the regulation of imports and exports and the role of competition law in international business. Recommended: Sales.
Credit: 2 Units  

LLM 360 - International Business Transactions

This introduction to the law and practice of international trade and investment focuses on typical transactions, such as sale of goods, transfer of technology (including franchising and licensing), and transnational investment. The course also examines the regulation of imports and exports and the role of competition law in international business. Recommended: Sales.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 741 - International Commercial Arbitration

Given the internationalization of the business world, disputes, with increasing frequency, involve parties from different parts of the globe. The intent of this course, therefore, is to provide GGU students with an introduction to international commercial arbitration currently and foreseeably the dominant vehicle by which transnational commercial disputes are resolved. The course will provide a basic understanding of the legal underpinnings of arbitration as well as the key issues surrounding the assemblage of an arbitration agreement; the conduct of an arbitral proceeding and the enforcement issues confronting a successful commercial disputant.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 741A - International Commercial Dispute Resoltn

As global markets continue to expand so has the need for resolving transnational disputes. While some international disputes will be resolved through litigation, most will be settled by alternative means. This course will concentrate on the various forms of dispute resolution available to international parties in both foreign and domestic legal settings. The course will emphasize the utility of mediation, conciliation, arbitration, and litigation as appropriate vehicles for the settlement of international disputes.
Credit: 2 Units  

LLM 352A - International Contracts

This course explores the practical aspects of drafting, negotiation, administration, and dispute resolution as they apply to international commercial contracts. A primary goal is to identify international and cross-cultural issues. Six categories of contracts are examined: distribution, sales, construction, loans, licensing, and joint ventures. The aim of the class is to endow students with the the lawyering skills expected of an international business attorney.
Credit: 2 Units  

LLM 373 - International Criminal Law

From the Nuremberg Tribunal to current developments following September 11, this course will provide an overview of international criminal law and institutions concerning human rights, humanitarian law and international terrorism. Substantive topics will include: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture and terrorism. The institutions to be covered will include international and mixed international criminal courts, universal jurisdiction, and national prosecutions of serious international crimes.
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 847C - International Environmental Law Seminar

Students examine the law and institutions relevant to managing transboundary, regional, and global environmental problems.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LLM 362 - International Environmental Law Seminar

This course will seek to provide an overview of the status of international environmental law in the 21st Century. In so doing, we will explore all of the following questions: Why do States cooperate in developing international environmental norms and regimes, and to what extent? What are the sources of international law, and what legal mechanisms or approaches facilitate the development of international environmental agreements and norms? What mechanisms do we use to facilitate assessment of compliance with, and implementation of, international environmental agreements, and what metrics do we employ to assess treaty effectiveness? How effective are some of the primary international environmental agreements in force today? How can we make these agreements more robust? What is the interface between international environmental law and other important international institutions, e.g. trade, human rights and financial regimes? This course is open only to LLM students.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LLM 364 - International Human Rights Seminar

This course begins with a brief historical introduction to the concept of international human rights and their antecedents. Selected international human rights instruments, including U.N. documents, regional instruments, U.S. reservations, U.S. legislation, and war crimes documents, are then examined in detail with appropriate classifications of human rights in accordance with their contents or substance and the chronological and generational stages of their development.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 823C - International Intellectual Property Law

This course discusses the impact of TRIPS and other international intellectual property treaties, including Paris and Berne, on the changes and interpretations in domestic U.S. law and selected countries outside the United States. The post-TRIPS environmental, current, and proposed legislation are also covered. Recommended: Intellectual Property Law Survey, Patent Law of the U.S., or Trademark Law of the U.S.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LLM 360A - International Investment Law

This course examines the law regulating international investment, exploring the range of issues practitioners deal with, including different bodies and mechanisms set up for the settlement of investment disputes, as well as selected international instruments at regional, interregional, and multilateral levels.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LLM 366 - International Law

This basic course introduces the progressive development of international law, which primarily regulates the relations between states but also governs the rights and obligations of subjects other than states, namely, international organizations and individuals. Sources of international law are examined. Substantive topics for study include jurisdiction, territories and responsibility of states, the law of treaties, and international liability of states for injurious consequences of acts not prohibited by international law.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LLM 378A - International Organizations

This survey of international organizations includes the United Nations and its specialized agencies, as well as institutions for dispute resolution.
Credit: 2 Units  

LLM 378 - International Organizations

This survey of international organizations includes the United Nations and its specialized agencies, as well as institutions for dispute resolution.
Credit: 3 Units  

LLM 380A - International Patent Law

This course is divided into two parts. The first part provides students with a working knowledge of the treaties, regulations, and procedural requirements that govern the protection of intellectual property in the international legal system. In the second part, students apply that knowledge to a series of practical exercises emphasizing real-world considerations, analyses, and drafting skills. Topics include patents under international law, international agreements and patent treaties, filing international patent applications, overview of foreign patent laws, and licensing technology in other countries.
Credit: 3 Units  

LLM 321 - International Taxation I

This course provides a basic survey of international taxation law, including source of income and expense allocation rules, international tax credits, transfer pricing, antideferral rules, withholding taxes, income tax treaties, tax incentives, and expatriate issues. Prerequisite: Characterization of Income & Expenditures or Federal Income Taxation. Recommended: Corporate Tax (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LLM 381 - International Trade & Environmental Protection

This course examines the legal relationship between international trade rules and policies to protect the natural environment. The course content is related to material covered in courses on international trade regulation and international environmental law. Prerequisite: International Law or one introductory environmental law course recommended but not required.
Credit: 3 Units  

LLM 322 - International Trade Regulation

This survey of the international regulation of trade in goods and services emphasizes the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Other topics include the role of regional economic arrangements (such as NAFTA and the EC), the relationship of U.S. trade law to the international trading regime, the role of specialized U.N. agencies, and the position of developing countries in the global trading system.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 743 - Internet and Software Law

This course covers the key issues in cyberspace law. Students explore the application of traditional legal principles to this new technology and examine issues regarding regulation of access, the impact of code architecture on regulation of conduct, and jurisdictional issues (both domestic and international). This courses also covers the basics of e-commerce, including digital certification/verification, UCITA, EDI, and EFI. Emphasis is placed on issues relating to privacy and indecent materials online.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LLM 383A - Intra-State Conflict & Peace Building

This course aims to introduce students to the theories of intra-state conflicts and international practices of resolving them at the very basic level. Students will explore sources and causes of conflicts, ongoing conflicts, successful resolution practices, peace building, relevant international law and the role of international and regional organizations in resolving intra state conflicts. General knowledge of or familiarity with international law required.
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 760 - Intro to French & European Union Law

This introduction to French and European Union Law has 2 main goals. First, to provide a solid foundation for understanding both the French legal system, which relies on statute law and codes as its primary source of law, and the unique European legal system, which relies on treaty law as its primary source of law and on regulations and directives. All subjects addressed during this course will explore the interaction between French and European Union law. The second goal of the course is to make a close study of key legal terminology in order to avoid some of the most common misunderstandings that arise between French and American lawyers. In particular, we will explore some of the fundamental differences that lurk behind deceptively similar terms, such as 'contrat' in French and 'contract' in English. During the 2-week course, students will have opportunities to visit French courts; interact with a number of French, European, and American lawyers; and take a field trip to Brussels, where they will hear lectures by members of the commission or its staff. This course is offered only through the Paris Summer Program.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009  

LAW 817B - Introduction to Islamic Law

This course introduces students to the basic concepts of Islamic law and their applicability in contemporary legal systems. Throughout the course students will learn the history and evolution of Islamic law, development of different schools of thought, an overview of the substantive principles and comparative analyses with existing legal principles in the world. Students will also have an opportunity to explore Islamic legal systems in diverse communities, the impact of colonialism and modernity on Islamic law, and to examine the presence of Islam in today's western societies.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LLM 350 - Introduction to the U.S. Legal System

Students study the structure and procedures of the US legal system; methods of legal analysis; writing and research; and basic terminology and principles of common law subjects including torts, contracts, and property. The course also provides a basic foundation for study of the US Constitution. Open to LLM and SJD students whose first law degree is from a non-US Law School.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LLM 309 - IRS Internship

This is a competitive placement as an unpaid law clerk with the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel in San Francisco or San Jose. Selected students will work directly with IRS counsel on pending Tax Court, collection and other current cases. The placement may be with either SB/SE and LMSB divisions. An IRS background check is required before beginning the internship; interested students should submit a resume and cover letter to the Associate Dean of the Tax LLM Program at the beginning of the semester prior to semester in which the student seeks the internship. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Prerequisites: Federal Tax Procedure; Characterization of Income and Expenditures.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LLM 393 - Judicial Externship

This is a competitive placement as an unpaid law clerk with the Probate Department of the California Superior Court of Alameda County. Selected students will work directly with the probate judge, probate examiners, court investigators, and courtroom staff on pending estate, trust, and conservatorship cases. The externs will get hands-on Probate Court experience from the judicial perspective. The course provides invaluable insight for future estate planners. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Prerequisites: Federal Tax Procedure; Estate and Gift Taxation; Estate Planning; Probate Procedure and Litigation. Enrollment in this course requires the permission of the program director of the LLM in Taxation Program.
Credit: 2 - 3 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 788A - Katrina & Disaster Law Seminar

This dynamic and timely course explores a myriad of legal issues arising out of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent breach of the levees. After studying some of the history of the Gulf Coast and the background leading up to Hurricane Katrina, each student will select a topic to research in depth. During the semester students will present reports to the class on the progress of their research and submit written work that will culminate in a paper of publishable quality. The research topics will focus on legal issues that are of practical use to lawyers and agencies engaged in helping those people who lost family members, homes, jobs, schools, pets, and neighborhoods in the wake of Katrina, and those who are engaged in the clean up and rebuilding efforts. Thus, the course will involve intersections of a number of areas of law, including contracts, insurance, property, race and poverty, employment, immigration, environmental and criminal justice. Students, with the assistance of the professor, will assemble their writings and submit them for publication and will present the results of their research at a symposium for the Golden Gate community.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 854A - Labor Law

This course will provide an overview of union and management relations under the National Labor Relations Act, focusing on employees' right to organize, union representation, collective bargaining, right to fair representation, employer and union economic weapons, and recent proposed legislative changes. Students will learn how the political, economic, and social environment have shaped the law of labor relations and gain an appreciation for competing visions of how the 64-year-old Act applies, or may need to be changed, to deal with many issues in the contemporary workplace.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 856A - Land Use Regulation

This review of the devices available to a community for regulating the development of land includes zoning, subdivision regulation, historic preservation, growth management, open space, and urban renewal. Also considered are the rights of owners, neighbors, environmentalists, and reformers to resist regulation on grounds such as just compensation, free speech, and housing welfare interests. Prerequisites: Property I and II.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 870A - Law & Leadership Seminar

Leadership calls upon a broad variety of skills, including professionalism, networking, mentoring and public speaking. The goal of this seminar is to help students develop competency in a range of leadership skills and increase their appreciation for the variety of leadership roles people with legal training may achieve throughout their careers. The seminar will also explore ways for students to strengthen their own personal leadership style through self-assessment and skill development. Enrollment in this class is by application. The application process begins April 1 and ends on the last Monday of spring semester classes. Students must enroll in both the fall and spring semesters and successfully complete both to receive credit. Grading is credit/no credit.
Credit: 0 - 1 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LLM 383 - Law of International Armed Conflicts

Students explore the body of law governing the actions of nations and individuals during a state of armed conflict. Topics include the use of force between states, rules of international armed conflict, war crimes and war crimes tribunals (including applications to ongoing conflicts), international humanitarian law, the Geneva Convention, arms control and disarmament, weapons of mass destruction, collective security, the United Nations and U.N. peacekeeping efforts, and the applicability of the laws to national and international terrorism.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 860 - Law of the Sea Seminar

This course examines the legal rights and obligations of nation-states regarding uses of the world's oceans. Coverage includes, but is not limited to, coastal state control over territorial waters and strategic straits; establishment of offshore exclusive economic zones and fisheries; activities on the high seas including efforts to control marine pollution, interdiction of drug and human smuggling, and terrorism and piracy; protection of underwater cultural heritage; resolution of international sea boundary disputes; and exploitation of the mineral resources of the international seabed. The course will view these matters through the structure and scope of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and other relevant international agreements, as well as applicable domestic legislation and regulatory mechanisms. (Note: In the event of insufficient enrollment for this class as a seminar, interested students may apply to the instructor to pursue it as an Independent Study project.)
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 861C - Law Review Associate Editor

Required of all Law Review members during their second year on Law Review (2 units/Fall, 1 unit/Spring). (Not applicable to Law Review Board members, see LAW 861D). In the Fall term, 12 hours of mandatory seminar sessions will be scheduled. During the course of the two semesters, each member will edit and cite check the work of various first year Law Review members or work on selected articles from outside authors. The total of 3 credits will be awarded at the end of the Spring term. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 1 - 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 861D - Law Review Board

Required of all Law Review Board members during the Fall and Spring terms (2 units/Fall & 2 units/Spring). Outlines of the requisite responsibilities of the board members are found in the Law Review Bylaws. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 861A - Law Review Writer

Required of all Law Review members during their first year on Law Review (2 units/Fall, 1 unit/Spring). Over the course of the two semesters, each student will write a scholarly casenote or comment. During the Fall semester, 12 hours of mandatory seminar sessions will be scheduled. The total of 3 credits will be awarded at the end of the Spring term. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Enrollment is limited to persons invited to join the Law Review. Membership on Law Review is determined in two ways: by first-year grades (top 10%) or through a writing competition that is held during the middle of the second semester of the first-year.
Credit: 1 - 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 801E - Legal Analysis

This course covers the elements of legal reasoning and problem solving, with an emphasis on analytical writing. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 863C - Legal Methods

This course re-examines a subject from the first year curriculum, exploring it in a small seminar setting with an emphasis on problem solving and analytical writing. Admission is by invitation only. See instructor for details of subject matter to be covered. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 805L - Legal Profession Seminar

This course provides an overview of the US legal profession and the historical, economic, and sociological forces that shape the profession and the practice of law. A central focus of this course is to examine the everyday realities of the practice of law and explore what it means to be a lawyer--a "professional"--in a variety of the many contexts in which lawyers work, including big-firms, small firms and solo practices, and government law offices. Class reading and critical discussion will examine such topics as the history of the American legal profession, the changing social structure of the bar, the business of practicing law, public interest and "cause" lawyering, the realities of legal ethics in everyday law practice, gender issues in the practice of law, and the future of legal practice and the legal profession. The course requires seminar participants to actively participate in class and to complete several analytic memos and brief essays throughout the semester.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 859A - Literature and the Law

Students read literature about the law including nonfiction and fictional accounts of major cases, trials, and legal movements; biographies of leading jurists and lawyers; and seminal articles in various areas of legal criticism. The class also examines legal writing as literature, considering the rhetorical style, theme, and content of selected opinions and writings of judges and legal scholars. The course is presented in seminar and discussion format, with one presentation or paper required.
Credit: 2 Units  

LLM 346B - Marital Taxation

This course considers the tax consequences of marriage, divorce, and nonmarital relationships, including marital status, prenuptual agreements, interspousal property transfers, structuring divorce settlements, special asset valuation, and the impact of marital status on gift and estate planning. Prerequisite: Characterization of Income and Expenditures. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 870C - Mediation & Collaborative Lawyering

Students examine the non-adversarial processes of facilitative mediation and Collaborative Practice. The course focuses on: 1) the practical and ethical considerations that arise for attorneys who are not representing their clients, and 2) how attorneys efficiently conduct themselves as part of an interdisciplinary team working with mental health and financial professionals.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 744 - Mergers and Acquisitions

The course focuses on the multitude of legal and nonlegal issues confronting lawyers handling mergers and acquisitions of entities. Issues include corporate, securities, tax, and antitrust issues. In a part-lecture, part-workshop approach, the course analyzes the lawyer's diverse role in managing a complex business restructuring. Public and private company mergers and other restructurings are considered, as are the various M&A roles played by directors, senior officers, investment bankers, accountants, and others.
Credit: 3 Units  

LLM 351 - Multinational Estate Planning

This course addresses estate, inheritance, gift, and income taxation of trusts and estates as they relate to U.S. citizens living abroad, foreign nationals in the United States, and nonresident aliens. Analysis includes comparative law, estate and gift tax treaties, conflicts of law, and choice of law in selected jurisdictions. Prerequisite: Estate & Gift Taxation; Estate Planning. Recommended: Income Taxation of Trusts & Estates; International Taxation. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 833D - Negotiating and Drafting Contracts in the Entertainment Business

This advanced course in entertainment law focuses on the drafting and negotiation of the numerous agreements involved in entertainment projects. Sound recording and publishing contracts in the music business and licensing agreements for the online distribution of music and audiovisual works are examined in detail. Students get hands-on experience in drafting these agreements. They also analyze negotiation points and discuss negotiation tips and strategies with experienced practitioners in entertainment law.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 860A - Ocean and Coastal Law

This course provides an overview of the major themes in the contemporary uses of the world's oceans and coastal regions and the legal institutions that govern such uses at the national and international level. Topics covered include delimitation of marine boundaries and jurisdiction, regimes to protect marine habitats and critical ecosystems, fisheries and marine mammal conservation regimes, and specific issues associated with U.S. marine and coastal waters.
Credit: 2 Units  

LLM 378P - Pacific Rim Trade Seminar

This course provides an overview of the international trade policies followed by selected Asian and Pacific Rim nations and then examines the legal issues arising from the execution of those policies. The Pacific Rim Trade Seminar is a natural extension of the basic course in International Organizations and will focus on legal issues and the organizations, trade agreements and mutual defense/cooperation agreements that have been implemented to resolve them. The seminar emphasizes student participation in discussions examining the issues from the perspective of the State, the courts, international businesses, and the individual. The seminar will allow students to review applicable rules of international law dealing with the regulation of international trade and then apply them to real world scenarios unfolding around them. Typical subjects for discussion include: (1) the effectiveness of (Pacific Rim) regional trade organizations such as ASEAN, NAFTA, and MERCOSUR; (2) advantages/disadvantages of (Pacific Rim) regional trade organizations; (3) advantages/disadvantages of supranational organizations such as the European Union and the Free Trade Area of the Americas; (4) compliance by Pacific Rim nations with WTO rules, regulations, and requirements; (5) legal issues arising out of doing business in a foreign jurisdiction (students will gain practical experience in advising a client considering an international business transaction involving Pacific Rim nations). Substantive material will be presented through and grades will be determined by: (1) Classroom lectures and student presentations; (2) Assigned reading material; (3) Case studies; (4) Participation in class/seminar discussions and exercises; and (5) A final research paper on a topic of the student's own choosing.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Summer 2009  

LLM 376B - Pacific Settlement of Disputes Between States

This course examines various methods available in the resolution of conflicts between States. The course examines the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea at Hamburg, the International Criminal Tribunal at The Hague for former Yugoslavia, and the International Criminal Tribunal at Arusha for Rwanda, as well as the interplay of other methods of dispute settlement between States, such as the DSB and its Appellate Body under the WTO in Geneva, the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, and United Nations-sponsored conciliation, mediation, enquiry, good offices, and negotiations.
Credit: 3 Units  

LLM 328 - Partnership Taxation

This course concerns tax issues of the organization and operation of partnerships, including contributions, distributions, withdrawal of a partner, dissolution, and sales or exchanges of partnership interests. Prerequisite: Characterization of Income & Expenditures or Federal Income Taxation.(Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 875B - Patent Application Process From A to Z

This is a practical course that traces an invention from conception to the issuance of a U.S. patent. The major emphasis in the class is on the filing and prosecution of a patent application at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, using the rules and procedures outlined in the U.S. patent codes and rules, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Manual of Patent Examining Procedures. The course is especially useful for students who want to take the patent bar and/or work in the area of patent preparation and prosecution.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 875 - Patent Law of the U.S.

This course explores U.S. patent law in depth. The emphasis is on the patent law statute, Title 35 of United States Code, and the case law that has interpreted this statute. In addition to class discussions of the cases and statutes and a final exam, patent law principles are applied in a practical manner in a graded student project. Past projects have included Markman hearing materials and infringement opinion letters. A technical background is a plus. Intellectual Property LL.M. students are required to take this course, Copyright Law of the U.S., or Trademark Law of the U.S.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 875C - Patent Litigation

This course takes students through the various stages of preparing a patent infringement or validity challenge case through trial. Litigation strategies, discovery, and pre-trial motions are covered.
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 829A - Poverty Law

The primary objective of this course is to introduce students to the unique legal issues of the poor and how the legal system deals with access to justice and indigency. We will review historical and contemporary challenges facing public interest lawyers, legal problems and policy choices regarding poverty, and effective advocacy strategies. These themes will then be traced through three areas of substantive discussion: government benefit programs, housing law and homelessness, and family law. We will conclude the course with an examination of new trends in legal services.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LLM 359 - Practical Accounting for Tax Attorneys

This course focuses on basic financial statement analysis and accounting concepts. The course is designed for students who need an understanding of accounting principles. Students planning to do transactional or litigation work where critical reading of financial statements is important will benefit from the course. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 863 - Practical Legal Writing

This is an upper level writing course that focuses on the legal documents most commonly prepared by attorneys in the practice of law. In-class exercises include a variety of legal writing documents, some of which are modeled on those used in the performance section of the California Bar Examination. Practical Legal Writing is limited to students who will be classified as D3 or E4 at the beginning of the semester in which they take the course. Students are recommended to take this class during the final semester of law school. Prerequisites: Appellate Advocacy.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 863B - Pre-Bar Bar Review

This yearlong non-credit, no tuition course reviews the subjects covered on the California Bar Exam. It is available to GGU Law students in their final year of study.
Credit: 0 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LLM 347B - Principles of Valuation

A general survey of valuation for income tax purposes including a study of reasons for valuations, the methods used to measure value, and why income tax valuation may differ from transaction valuation. The course will also cover how to analyze complex income tax valuation disputes and current income valuation insights. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 720G - Privacy, Defamation, and Other Relational Torts

This course is an intensive examination of relational torts, including privacy, defamation, interference with economic relationships, interference with family relationships, and abuse of the litigation process. Prerequisite: Torts I and Torts II.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 820A - Private International Law: Transnational Litigation

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the wide range of issues typically encountered in the context of transnational litigation. In particular, the course explores the resolution of transnational disputes involving one or more private parties. The course covers issues such as lex mercatoria, jurisdiction and forum non conveniens, choice of law and extraterritorial application of law, forum selection clauses and lis pendens, foreign sovereign immunity, international judicial assistance (e.g., in connection with service of process or taking evidence abroad), and the recognition and enforcement of judgments abroad. Throughout the course, we examine not only US law, but also relevant international law, as well as the rules and practices of other common and civil law countries. This is a field in which the US rules and practices differ vastly from those found in other countries, and where the potential for lawyers from different legal systems to misunderstand each other is huge. The course is suitable both for JD students who might wish to deepen their knowledge and understanding of U.S. civil procedure (as it pertains to transnational cases), as well as for LLM and SJD students without any previous knowledge of U.S. civil procedure or conflict of laws.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LLM 306 - Pro Bono Tax Clinic

The Pro Bono Tax Clinic provides students with the opportunity to assist low-income individuals in certain tax disputes before the California Board of Equalization ("BOE"). Under the direct supervision of a BOE attorney, the students provide legal assistance to taxpayers with claims involving Renter's Assistance Credits, California residency issues, and Head of Household status, among other issues. The students meet regularaly with a BOE attorney on campus who instructs them about the relevant law and assists them in the development of their clients' factual and legal arguments. The students draft procedural letters, legal memoranda and briefs that are submitted to the BOE. Students may also have the opportunity to argue the client's case at a BOE hearing. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Recommended: Characterization of Income & Expenditures or Federal Income Tax. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 1 - 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LLM 334C - Probate Procedures & Litigation

This course provides an understanding of what happens once the estate plan becomes a decedent's estate needing administration in the Probate Court. Students survey the California Probate Code rules and procedures as they relate to the administration of decedent's estates and trusts. Significant and recurring issues and trends in probate litigation are studied. Prerequisites: Federal Tax Procedure, Estate and Gift Taxation; Estate Planning. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 805A - Professional Responsibility

This course examines the attorneys responsibility to the client, the profession, and society, as well as the structure and operation of the U.S. legal profession. Both ABA and California rules are discussed.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LLM 300 - Professional Responsibility for Tax Practitioners

This course considers tax practice issues including tax attorney regulation and ethical considerations. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 715A - Property I

This survey of interests in land covers possession versus ownership, forms of ownership, modern landlord-tenant law, restrictions on the use of land through easements and restrictive covenants, and regulation of land use. The course also considers constitutional issues such as taking property without just compensation, infringements on freedom of association, and exclusion of minorities and the poor.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 715B - Property II

This survey of modern real estate transactions examines aspects of purchasing real estate. Prerequisite: Property I.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 872 - Public Natural Resources and Land Law

This course examines the laws governing natural resources on the one-third of the United States that comprises our public lands including forests, minerals, ranges, wildlife, recreation parks, and wilderness. Students also explore laws protecting federal wildlife and endangered species.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 882D - Real Estate Development

This advanced course covers legal problems that arise out of the development of real property. Topics include an overview of real estate investment analysis, selection of the acquiring entity, issues in the acquisition of real estate, land use problems, environmental issues, financing, and leasing. The orientation of the course is from the developer's point of view. Prerequisites: Property I and II. Recommended: Real Estate Finance, Federal Income Taxation.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 882E - Real Estate Finance

This course covers legal problems that arise out of financing and purchasing property, including foreclosure and redemption, antideficiency laws, and other debtor protections. Prerequisites: Property I and II.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 883L - Real Estate Litigation Seminar

This course examines common areas of real estate litigation such as commercial unlawful detainers; breach of sales contracts; broker commissions; malpractice claims against brokers, title insurers, escrow agents, attorneys, and brokers; foreclosures, receiverships, and injunctions against foreclosure; toxic waste; construction defects and mechanics' liens; condemnation and inverse condemnation; quiet title and partition; encroachment and trespass; bankruptcy; and the use of writs and lis pendens. Spring clinic students must attend the seminar as part of their clinical experience. Nonclinic students may take this course for nonclinic credit and complete special drafting exercises each week. Prerequisites: Property I and II.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LLM 326 - Real Estate Taxation

This course explores the tax advantages of owning real property, acquisitions, operations, sales and exchanges, conversions and abandonments, aspects of financing, leasing, and forms of entity ownership of property. Prerequisites: Characterization of Income & Expenditures or Federal Income Taxation; Recommended: Corporate Taxation. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 883T - Real Estate Transactions Seminar

This course explores common areas of real estate practice such as residential and commercial leases, purchase and sale contracts,loan documents, CC&Rs and easements, zoning applications, construction contracts, title insurance endorsements, and shared ownership agreements. Fall clinic students must attend this seminar. Nonclinic students may take this course for nonclinic credit and will complete special drafting exercises each week. Prerequisites: Property I and II.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 806 - Remedies

This survey of the legal and equitable remedies available to litigants based on their substantive rights emphasizes the type and extent of damages awarded in different legal settings. Also covered are specific performance, injunctive relief, and restitutionary remedies. Prerequisites: Constitutional Law I, Constitutional Law II and Property II
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 740 - Sales

Students examine Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code but also learn about the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The course focuses on formation, express and implied contractual terms, warranties, performance, and remedies for breach of contract. Prerequisites: Contracts I and II.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 802B - Securities Regulation

Students investigate the Securities Act of 1933 and selected portions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, together with analogous provisions in the Uniform Securities Act and California Corporate Securities Law. Topics include the role of the underwriter, the nature of a security, the registration process, exemptions from registration, and civil liability provisions. Prerequisite: Business Associations.
Credit: 3 Units  

LAW 885D - Sexual Orientation & the Law

This survey of the ways in which the law treats matters of sexual orientation emphasizes civil and constitutional law. The issues to be addressed include the right to privacy as applied to sexual orientation and conduct, issues of communication about controversies related to sexual orientation, definitions of discrimination in law applied to sexual orientation controversies, and decriminalization of lesbian/gay sexual activity. Prerequisites: Constitutional Law I and II or consent of the instructor.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

SJD 911 - SJD Additional Residency

This course is for SJD students who require an extra semester of residency before sitting for their qualifying oral exam. Tuition is US$750 each term and all other fees apply.
Credit: 0 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

SJD 920 - SJD Candidacy (Local)

This course is for SJD students who have advanced to candidacy and will continue work on their dissertation in the San Francisco Bay Area at GGU. Tuition is US$750 each term and all fees apply.
Credit: 0 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

SJD 922 - SJD Candidacy (Non-US)

This course is for SJD students who have advanced to candidacy and will continue work on their dissertations outside of the United States. Tuition is US$0 and only the "Registration" fee applies.
Credit: 0 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

SJD 921 - SJD Candidacy (US non-local)

This course is for SJD students who have advanced to candidacy and will continue work on their dissertations in the United States but not in the San Francisco Bay Area. Tuition is US$0 and only the "Registration" fee and applicable "international student" fees apply.
Credit: 0 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

SJD 931 - SJD Dissertation Seminar

The purpose of this seminar is to provide collaborative support, intellectual and scholarly context, and useful direction and practical assistance to students in the Doctor of Juridical Sciences (SJD) program. Students pursue their own research with readings, discussions and workshop activities in the seminar complementing each candidate's ongoing tutorial relationship with thesis supervisors, advisers, and committee members. At the end of the seminar each student will be expected to complete a revised proposal, or draft chapter of his or her dissertation, which will be graded. In addition the final two seminar sessions will be devoted to individual presentations to the class. This seminar is open to all students in the SJD program.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

SJD 910 - SJD Residency

This course is for the first and second of the required two semesters of residency. Tuition is US$15,000 for each semester and all fees apply.
Credit: 0 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 728E - Special Problems: Civil Procedure

The Law School offers advanced Special Problems courses in Property, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminal PRocedure Evidence, Contracts, and Torts. Students analyze problems in the subject matter covered by the course. The focus is on written and analytical skills. Prerequisites: Civil Procedure I & II.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 728L - Special Problems: Con. Law & Torts

The Law School offers advanced Special Problems courses in Property, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Contracts, and Torts. Students analyze problems in the subject matter covered by the course. The focus is on written and analytical skills. Prerequisites: Constitutional Law I & II and Torts I & II.
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 728 - Special Problems: Contracts & Torts

The Law School offers advanced Special Problems courses in Property, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Contracts, and Torts. Students analyze problems in the subject matter covered by the course. The focus is on written and analytical skills. Prerequisites: Contracts I & II and Torts I & II.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 728F - Special Problems: Criminal Procedure & Evidence

The Law School offers advanced Special Problems courses in Property, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Contracts, and Torts. Students analyze problems in the subject matter covered by the course. The focus is on written and analytical skills. Prerequisites: Evidence, Criminal Procedure I
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 728P - Special Problems: Criminl Lw & Procedure

The Law School offers advanced Special Problems courses in Property, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Contracts, and Torts. Students analyze problems in the subject matter covered by the course. The focus is on written and analytical skills. Prerequisites: Criminal Law & Criminal Procedure I
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 728K - Special Problems: Evidence

The Law School offers advanced Special Problems courses in Property, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Contracts, and Torts. Students analyze problems in the subject matter covered by the course. The focus is on written and analytical skills. Prerequisite: Evidence
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 728C - Special Problems: Property

The Law School offers advanced Special Problems courses in Property, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Contracts, and Torts. Students analyze problems in the subject matter covered by the course. The focus is on written and analytical skills. Prerequisites: Property I and II
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 873 - Sports Law

This survey of the complex legal relationships found in major professional teams and leagues includes contracts, antitrust, labor law, torts, workers compensation, and gender discrimination brought to bear on current issues in the sports industry. Practical guidance in representing athletes is stressed.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LLM 368 - State & Local Taxation

This course provides an overview of state and local taxation with an emphasis on federal constitutional limitations on state and local taxation, the jurisdiction to tax, apportionment and allocation of the tax base, and an introduction to multistate business taxes, sales and use taxes, corporate income taxes, and individual income taxes. Prerequisite: Characterization of Income & Expenditures or Federal Income Taxation. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 726B - Strategies of Legal Writing

This course is devised to teach the fundamentals of effective legal writing and specific techniques in exam essay writing. Students will take and review 12 essay exams covering all California subject areas over the course. During the last week of class students will take two practice exams under exam conditions. Prerequisites: Students must have taken all Law School required courses with the exception of Practical Legal Writing (formerly Solving Legal Problems).
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 886 - Street Law

Each student teaches a 12-week course in basic housing law, family law, consumer law, constitutional law, and criminal law and procedure to local high school students. Students prepare in teacher-training sessions held prior to the teaching assignments and follow up with weekly seminars in substantive areas of the law. Prerequisite: completion of first-year courses. This course is counted against clinical units. Street Law is taught by the University of San Francisco School of Law, with classes meeting at their campus. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Students must have approval from the associate dean for student services to enroll in this course.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LLM 325A - Tax Aspects of Charitable Giving

This course will provide an in-depth analysis of income, estate, and gift tax issues arising in the context of gifts to charity. Basic rules of charitable giving, including analysis of contributions that will and will not give rise to tax benefits, permissible beneficiaries, limitations based on adjusted gross income and other considerations, valuation and substantiation will be presented. In addition, charitable giving techniques will be discussed, including charitable lead trusts, charitable remainder trusts, and bargain sales. Specific giving situations relevant to estate planning will also be covered. Prerequisite: Characterization of Income & Expenditures or Federal Income Taxation. Recommended: Estate and Gift Taxation. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009  

LLM 326C - Tax Credits for Real Estate Investment

This course is an introduction to low income, rehabilitation, new market and renewable energy tax credits and their use in financing real estate investments. The course covers the basics of what the credits are and how and why they are used, as well as the legal and regulatory parameters, including the use of partnerships as a vehicle for using credits, and discussion of the social policies the credits are designed to advance. Prerequisite: Real Estate Taxation.
Credit: 1 Units  

LLM 331 - Tax Exempt Organizations

This course provides an overview of the laws governing tax-exempt organizations, focusing on federal tax laws affecting charitable and educational organizations. Topics covered include charitable planning, charity formation and application for exemption, operational requirements, executive compensation, private foundation excise taxes and prohibitions, unrelated business income, and other interesting tax issues. The course will also include discussion of relevant state law formation and governance issues as well as charitable trust restrictions, using California as a model. Prerequisite: Characterization of Income & Expenditures or Federal Income Taxation. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009  

LLM 397 - Tax Fieldwork

Clinical fieldwork in a tax practice may be performed under the supervision of a practicing attorney. Students must petition to program director for approval. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 1 - 3 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LLM 341D - Tax Litigation

After analyzing litigation procedures and rules, students apply them to model cases through pleadings, discovery, pretrial motions, settlement conferences, stipulations, trial strategies, briefs and memoranda, oral arguments, evidentiary hearings, and trials. Prerequisite: Federal Tax Procedure. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 2 Units  

LLM 340 - Tax Policy

This course considers utilization of the tax system to achieve public policy goals, including assumptions, problems, and social impacts of alternative public taxation policies. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 3 Units  

LLM 317A - Tax Research

This course acquaints students with resources available for tax research, including legislative processes, the Internal Revenue Code, judicial and administrative interpretations, reference services, and electronic research. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LLM 347 - Taxation of Intellectual Property

This course addresses the tax treatment of intellectual property in a wide range of issues including: tax treatment of the development of IP, distinctions between self-produced and purchased IP, tax treatment of sales and other transfers of IP (treatment of a transfer as a sale or as a license, and the significance of this treatment), and the treatment of IP in non-recognition transactions. International tax topics covered will include: sourcing of income from the use of IP, withholding tax and other taxes on royalties, the impact of tax treaties on licensing, development of IP in tax-favored jurisdictions and transfer pricing rules regarding such development, the use of a "buy-in" or "cost-sharing agreement" and current developments regarding these strategies. There will also be brief coverage of state and local issues regarding IP. Prerequisite: Characterization of Income & Expenditures or Federal Income Taxation. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 1 Units  

LLM 339A - Taxation of Mergers & Acquisitions

This course will provide students with a practical understanding of many of the critical tax considerations associated with acquisitions and dispositions. Topics will include structuring considerations for taxable and tax-free transactions, including section 338 and section 338(h)(10) elections, tax due diligence, and drafting and review of acquisition agreements. Prerequisite: Corporate Taxation. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 2 Units  

LLM 315 - Taxation of Securities

Prerequisites: Characterization of Income & Expenditures or Federal Income Taxation.
Credit: 1 Units  

LLM 386 - Thesis

A thesis is an independent study project for LLM students done under the supervision of the LLM Program Director. Thesis can be taken for 4-6 units. The thesis can be on any topic agreed to by the student and the Program Director. Thesis can be taken for a letter grade or for a Credit/No Credit grade and must be decided at the time of topic approval. All papers submitted under this program should reflect approximately 70 hours of work per unit of credit.
Credit: 4 - 6 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LLM 338 - Timing of Income & Expenditure

This course analyzes problems of allocation income and deduction items to the proper taxable year, including annual accounting concept, tax year selection, accounting methods, and the time value of money. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 720A - Torts I

This course examines the elements of and defenses to intentional torts, negligence and introduces strict liability. The legal principles in each subject area and the policies underlying them are extensively analyzed and explored.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 720B - Torts II

This course examines strict liability, liability for defective products, defamation, privacy and economic and business torts. The legal principles in each subject area and the policies underlying them are extensively analyzed and explored. Prerequisite: Torts I
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 894A - Toxics Law and Policy

How to regulate the thousands of toxic substances used in commerce today is a central focus of environmental law. This course first examines how effective common law actions are in dealing with exposures to toxic substances, then studies the range of regulatory responses dealing with toxic substances and hazardous waste, such as the federal hazardous waste management law (RCRA), the federal Superfund statute that deals with clean up of abandoned waste sites, and other federal statutes controlling toxics in various other settings, including drinking water (the SDWA Act) and pesticides (FIFRA). The course also covers risk assessment and risk management issues and information-based alternatives to traditional regulation, including California's Proposition 65.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 891 - Trademark Law of the U.S.

This course covers U.S. trademark law and the role trademark protection plays in interstate commerce. Students explore the legal issues arising from the registration process with special attention to the business perspectives on trademark protection. The course also examines the interaction between domain names and trademarks and the general impact of the Internet on trademark law. Intellectual Property LL.M. students are required to take this course, Copyright Law of the U.S. or Patent Law of the U.S.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LLM 321D - Transfer Pricing

Transfer pricing has emerged as one of the leading international tax issues among multinational corporations. This course covers the genesis of transfer pricing under U.S. law and the legal and economic principles governing inter-company pricing of intangible property, services, and tangible goods transactions. Prerequisites: Characterization of Income & Expenditures or Federal Income Taxation. A background in international taxation, economics, and accounting is useful but not required. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 899B - Trial Advocacy

This is the entry course for the litigation program, and it teaches the basic skills needed by every lawyer going to court: conducting a direct examination of a witness, introducing documents and physical evidence, cross-examining witnesses, making and answering objections, and preparing opening statements and closing arguments. Much of the students' work is videotaped. The final examination for this course is a full trial conducted in a local courthouse. Prerequisite/Corequisite (depending on the instructor): Evidence.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 871W - Water Law

This class provides an overview of the legal framework and principles governing the ownership, use, and distribution of water. It covers topics that are national in scope, but it also emphasizes laws and issues unique to California. The class covers: surface water and ground water rights, riparian and appropriative water rights, California and federal water agencies, the federal Central Valley Project (CVP) and the California's State Water Project; interstate water compacts and international water allocation treaties, Native American water rights, instream flow requirements, the public trust doctrine, and California's water supply-land use legislation (SB 221 and SB 610).
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 807D - Wills & Trusts Drafting

In this two-unit Wills & Trusts drafting lab, students will have the opportunity to draft simple wills and the operative provisions of simple trusts (without significant tax implications). Students will engage in drafting based on written materials, and also based on information elicited from client interviews with live mock clients. The course includes a client counseling component. The lab will also include a visit to the Probate Court in San Francisco, and an opportunity to meet with GGU Law alumni who now practice in this area (details depending upon enrollment). Co-requisite: Wills & Trusts
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 807 - Wills and Trusts

A study of nontax estate planning devices, this course explores intestate succession; restrictions on the power to dispose of property; the execution and revocation of wills; and the nature, creation, modification, and termination of trusts. Future interests and perpetuities problems are also discussed. Prerequisites: Property I and II.
Credit: 4 Units   Offered: Summer 2009 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 885S - Women's Employment Rights Seminar

The Women's Employment Rights Seminar is a required companion course for students enrolled in the Women's Employment Rights Clinic (LAW-885B) and is also open to a maximum of 15 students who are not enrolled in the Clinic. The course addresses employment law issues affecting low wage workers, focusing on both California and federal law. Substantive law areas include: overview of employment discrimination law, workplace harassment, wage and hour law, pregnancy discrimination, Family and Medical Leave Act, unemployment insurance benefits, disability discrimination, ethical issues in employment law, and wrongful termination. The seminar may also include skills training components on client interviewing and counseling, case theory development, and administrative filing and hearing practice. The seminar is open to second and third-year students.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 885B - Womens Employment Rights Clinic

Students represent low-income clients with employment-related problems in areas including unpaid wages, discrimination and harassment, pregnancy disability, family and medical leave, and unemployment benefits. The clinic operates as a law office, with students practicing under direct faculty supervision. Clinic students must simultaneously enroll in the Women's Employment Rights Seminar (LAW-885S). Prerequisites: All first-year courses. Corequisite:Evidence. Consent of the instructor is required for Clinic enrollment.
Credit: 1 - 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2009 , Spring 2010  

LAW 892 - Workers Compensation

This course surveys the compensation system for handling claims of workers injured in the course of their employment.
Credit: 2 Units  

LAW 725A - Writing and Research I

In this process-based course, students begin working with the basic legal research resources. They become familiar with legal citation, legal reading and legal analysis. They develop their ability to formulate research plans and to analyze legal issues as they research and write predictive memoranda responding to specific legal problems.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009  

LAW 725B - Writing and Research II

The second semester of Writing and Research continues to focus on the predictive memo as the vehicle to further develop research and analytical skills. The memo problems are more complex, requiring more in-depth research. Prerequisite: Writing and Research I
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Spring 2010  

LAW 876A - Wrongful Convictions: Causes & Remedies

Since 1989, more than 200 wrongfully convicted people have been exonerated by DNA testing. (One of that number, Peter J. Rose, exonerated in 2004-2005, was represented by Professors and students from GGU.) This 2-unit seminar course gives students the opportunity to do law reform work. Students investigate the factors that contribute to wrongful convictions by studying flaws in our criminal justice system and, working in conjunction with the national Innocence Project, propose remedies.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Fall 2009