Course Catalog

 

LAW 732 - Appellate Advocacy

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

LAW 801B - Constitutional Law II

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

LAW 884H - HLP Independent Study

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

LAW 824B - HLP Lawyering Skills

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

LAW 809B - HLP Skills Lab

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

LAW 807I - HLP Wills & Trusts Lab

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

LAW 807 - Wills and Trusts

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