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 2008  

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  

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 2008  

LAW 833F - Advanced Film & Television Law

This course examines in detail the legal and business issues associated with the development, funding, production, and distribution of motion pictures and television programs. Special emphasis is given to understanding, negotiating and drafting effective agreements. In this course, students document the legal life of a creative project from its creation through final exploitation. Students also negotiate and draft selected agreements and key provisions. Recommended: Film and Television Law.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2008  

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.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

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   Offered: Spring 2008  

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 2008  

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: Spring 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2008  

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   Offered: Fall 2008  

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 and 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. It examines law and regulations enforced by government regulatory agencies, including the FDIC and California Department of Financial Institutions.
Credit: 3 Units  

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 2008  

LLM 346W - Bankruptcy Taxation

This course analyzes the special tax rules applicable to bankruptcies, including taxation of individual bankruptcy estates, G reorganizations, net operating losses, relief of indebtedness income rules, and federal tax claims. 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  

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   Offered: Spring 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

LAW 816B - Business Contracts

This course focuses on the nature and purpose of various basic agreements found in business settings, including contracts to protect confidentiality of information, for consulting and for provision of services. Each session is comprised of a practical drafting and/or negotiation exercise, followed by lecture in a seminar style in which the various types of agreements and their component parts will be described and analyzed. 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   Offered: Summer 2008  

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 2008  

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 2008  

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   Offered: Spring 2008  

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 pollution control and resource protection laws. This seminar examines some of the state's unique environmental problems and regulatory approaches. Topics that may be covered include: the state's landmark right-to-know toxic chemical initiative (Proposition 65), regulation of the state's old-growth forests, the public trust doctrine, the California Endangered Species Act, and lead poisoning prevention measures.
Credit: 3 Units  

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: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2008  

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. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 1 Units  

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. Clinic students attend a mandatory weekly seminar and work on capital cases at the California Appellate Project, a non-profit legal resource corporation serving the largest population of condemned individuals in the country, by assisting appointed counsel in the research and drafting of pleadings and the investigation of claims and by assisting unrepresented death row inmates by collecting and preserving evidence for their post-conviction claims. CAP is located at 101 Second Street, Suite 600. The seminar is taught by CAP Deputy Director Patricia Kern, with the assistance of different CAP attorney guest presenters each week. The seminar topics, reading materials, and class discussions serve as background to the tasks that students will be assigned at CAP. These tasks may include: the collection of life history documents, the preparation of litigation outlines and chronologies, the review of trial testimony, witness statements, and police reports for discrepancies, the evaluation of crime scene evidence, the researching and drafting of office memoranda and resource materials on various topics for panel attorneys, and the drafting of appellate arguments and habeas corpus claims. In addition, CAP student externs are encouraged to attend oral arguments, to participate in litigation meetings, and to visit a client on death row. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 3 - 4 Units   Offered: Fall 2008  

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 2008 , Fall 2008  

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   Offered: Fall 2008  

LAW 896A - Civil Field Placement Clinic

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. Formerly Civil Practice Clinic, Family Law Clinic, and Public Interest/Government Counsel Clinic. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Application form and consent of instructor required.
Credit: 2 - 4 Units   Offered: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

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 2008  

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 2008  

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: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2008  

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 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2008  

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   Offered: Fall 2008  

LAW 801D - Comparative Constitutional Law Seminar

The objective of this seminar is to explore constitutionalism and constitutions, selected civil law systems, and other systems, and how they differ from the system of the United States. After being introduced to basic comparative tools, the students will be able to focus on specific issues, such as constitutional values, judicial review, human rights, models of government, the separation of powers, the relation between constitutional law and politics, and legal reasoning within different constitutional cultures. The course is intended to be flexible, with consideration given to the interests of the students enrolled. Prerequisites: Civil Procedure I & II and Constitutional Law I & II.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2008  

LAW 763A - Comparative Corporate Law

This course surveys and compares key features of the U.S., European Union, and international law governing sales agreements. Topics include contract formation and interpretation, dispute resolution, and remedies for breach. Sources will include the (U.S.) Uniform Commercial Code and Restatement (Second) of Contracts, the United Nations Convention on Contracts for International Sales of Goods, the UNIDROIT Principles, European Contract Principles, and selected E.U. legislation. This course is offered only through the Paris Summer Program.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2008  

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 2008  

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   Offered: Fall 2008  

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 2008  

LAW 836A - Comparative Equality (Equal Rights) Law

This research seminar compares US and non-US (mostly European) equality (Equal Rights) law, with readings and discussion of same-sex marriage (US, France, Denmark), affirmative action (US, France, India, South Africa), hate speech (US, Canada, Germany), sexual harassment (US, France), discrimination remedies (US, Britain), and religious apparel and public education (US, France, Turkey). Students will present a research paper in lieu of a final exam.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2008  

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  

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 2008  

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 2008  

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   Offered: Summer 2008  

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 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

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 2008  

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 2008  

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 2008  

LAW 899S - Competition: Outer Space Moot Court

Credit: 2 Units  

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: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008  

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: Fall 2008  

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   Offered: Spring 2008  

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 2008  

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 2008  

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 LL.M. students are required to take this course, Trademark Law of the U.S., or Patent Law of the U.S.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008  

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 2008  

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. (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 2008 , Fall 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

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 2008  

LAW 896F - Criminal Litigation Clinic

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: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2008  

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 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2008  

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. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 2 - 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

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 2008  

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  

LAW 830 - Education Law

This course is a survey of current school law, and a consideration of practice issues that arise when representing students, parents, teachers, and educational institutions. Topics may include the rights and responsibilities in the areas of special education and disabilities, church/state, school searches, student discipline, privacy, liability of school officials, and discrimination in the school context, with a focus on California law.
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) Prerequisite: Evidence.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2008  

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 2008  

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 2008  

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   Offered: Fall 2008  

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 2008  

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 Clinic146s caseload. Co-requisite: Evidence. Students also must have completed an environmental law course or have the instructors146 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: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2008  

LAW 834G - Environmental Law and Justice Seminar

This course provides the seminar portion of the Environmental Law & Justice Clinic (LAW 834C) and examines the background of the environmental justice movement, legal theories to address environmental injustice, and general lawyer practice skills. Students may enroll in this course for 3 units without enrolling in the Clinic however in lieu of working on clinic cases, students will be required to do a research paper applicable to the Clinic cases.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

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 2008  

LAW 834I - Environmental Law Clinic

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 2008  

LAW 862C - Environmental Law Journal Assoc. Editor

This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 1 - 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

LAW 862D - Environmental Law Journal Edit. Board

This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

LAW 862A - Environmental Law Journal Writer I

This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

LAW 862B - Environmental Law Journal Writer II

This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

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 2008  

LLM 375E - Environmental LLM Externship

This class is for LLM Environmental students who wish to do an externship at an organization, agency or firm engaged in environmental law. Pre-requiiste: 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: Fall 2008  

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. (Offered through the LLM in Taxation Program. JD students seeking to enroll must obtain the approval of the program director.)
Credit: 2 Units  

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  

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 2008  

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 2008  

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   Offered: Fall 2008  

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   Offered: Fall 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2008  

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 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

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 2008  

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   Offered: Fall 2008  

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.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008  

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; 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 2008  

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 2008  

LAW 833C - Film and Television Law

This course examines in detail the legal issues involved in the motion picture, video, and television industries. Production and distribution contracts, talent contracts, and related litigation are addressed. The impact of cable television, pay-per-view, and other delivery systems are also examined. This course includes an in-class negotiation and drafting exercise.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Summer 2008  

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  

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 California146s policy, reflecting its leadership role on these issues with specific attention to its strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the state146s renewable energy portfolio standard and restrictions on the use and import of coal-based energy.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2008  

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  

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 2008  

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 2008  

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 2008  

LAW 863H - HLP Legal Drafting Lab

This course will focus on understanding contract structure/function through critiquing existing agreements and creating new ones. Students will participate in a series of scenario-driven exercises to analyze client needs and appropriately draft (or revise) documents. The subject matter of such contracts may be in the areas of purchase and sale, indemnification, settlement or service agreements. The goal of the course is to equip students with a basic toolkit that will enable them to analyze, revise and draft contracts anew. There will be assignments each week, 4 of which will be take-home and graded. Overall grade based on class participation and such assignments. This course is open only to third year students in the Honors Lawyering Program (HLP). This course is graded on a credit/no credit basis.
Credit: 1 Units   Offered: Spring 2008  

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 2008  

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 2008  

LAW 842E - Immigration and Refugee Policy Clinic

Students examine critical policy issues in U.S. immigration and refugee law, including questions concerning family unity, treatment of skilled labor, people fleeing persecution, population growth, and allocation of resources. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 1 - 2 Units  

LAW 842D - Immigration and Refugee Policy Seminar

Students will learn about and investigate current legal & policy issues in international & U.S. immigration and refugee law. Topics will include political asylum, human rights issues, the Convention Against Torture, and cross-cultural issues in immigration and refugee law. Students will become well-versed on the involvement of the USCIS aslyum office, the immigration courts, and the federal courts of appeal in immigration and refugee law. Current news and media coverage will be incorporated into the class discussion. Grades will based on a paper, oral presentation on the paper, and class participation.
Credit: 2 Units   Offered: Spring 2008  

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 2008  

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: Spring 2008  

LAW 884 - Independent Study (formerly Selected Legal Problems)

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: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2008  

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  

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   Offered: Fall 2008  

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 2008  

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  

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 2008  

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  

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 2008  

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  

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  

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 2008  

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 2008  

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 2008  

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   Offered: Spring 2008  

LLM 321 - International Taxation

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. 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: Fall 2008  

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   Offered: Fall 2008  

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 2008  

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 2008  

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   Offered: Fall 2008  

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 2008  

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

Students study the structure and procedures of the U.S. 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 U.S. Constitution. Open only to international students in LL.M. programs.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Fall 2008  

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: Tax Procedure; Characterization of Income and Expenditures.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2008  

LAW 896C - Judicial Externship

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: Spring 2008 , Summer 2008 , Fall 2008  

LAW 788A - Katrina 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: Spring 2008  

LAW 854A - Labor Law

Students study the law relating to union organization. This course covers collective bargaining, administration of the collective bargaining agreement, and union obligations to individual union members.
Credit: 3 Units  

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 2008  

LAW 869B - Landlord-Tenant Law Clinic

Students work in law clerk positions with various lawyers and judges who specialize in landlord-tenant law. Students also attend a seminar with the instructor for lectures on landlord-tenant law and discussions of cases being handled by the students. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Consent of instructor required.
Credit: 3 Units  

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   Offered: Spring 2008  

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   Offered: Spring 2008  

LAW 819B - Law Practice Technology

This course examines the technology systems currently used in law firms for calendaring, time/billing, document management, drafting, research, client extranets, marketing, and e-filing. In addition it explores the privacy and ethical considerations associated with some of these applications. Using legal forms and MS Word legal templates, students draft a number of documents including client letters, pleadings, and motions. In lieu of a final exam, each student creates a presentation on an assigned topic.
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: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

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: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

LAW 824D - Lawyering Skills: Client 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. Consent of instructor required. Students in the Honors Lawyering Program (HLP) may not enroll in this course.
Credit: 3 Units   Offered: Spring 2008  

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 2008  

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 2008  

LAW 735A - Legal Reasoning

This course covers the elements of legal reasoning and problem solving, with an emphasis on analytical writing. This course is for mid-year admission students who have completed only one semester of study. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
Credit: 3 Units  

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   Offered: Spring 2008  

LAW 870 - Mediation Skills Training

This course combines a survey of various mediation theories, settings, and methods with simulations in problem solving, mediation, negotiation, and legal representation. Topics include confidentiality and standards of conduct for mediators. Students may earn a certificate for 40 hours of Mediator Training.
Credit: 2 Units  

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   Offered: Spring 2008  

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 2008  

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 2008  

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 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   Offered: Spring 2008  

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.(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 2008  

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   Offered: Summer 2008  

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: Fall 2008  

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   Offered: Spring 2008  

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 (formerly Solving Legal Problems)

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 (formerly Solving Legal Problems) 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: Spring 2008 , Fall 2008  

LAW 863B - Pre-Bar Bar Review

This yearlong non-credit, no tuition course reviews the subjects covered on the Californi