Administrative Law

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Professor does not allow recording of this class.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.  Required texts for the course will be listed online as will the assignment for the first class.

Advanced International Human Rights Clinic A

Certificate(s): International Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Enrollment in this course is limited to those students who successfully complete Course No. 727 (International Human Rights Clinic), and subject to the Clinic Director’s approval. Students enrolled in this advanced course will continue to work on previous human rights clinic projects and are expected to act as team leaders. Students must register for 2 units of academic credit, which will be graded. This is the “A” portion of the course. Additionally, students may register for up to 2 additional units that are not graded (credit/no credit). This is the “B” portion of the course. Professional Skills Course. Students must submit the International Human Rights Application and obtain a permission number from the professor in order to register for this course (contact FJRivera@scu.edu).

Advanced International Human Rights Clinic B

Certificate(s): International Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Credit/No Credit. Enrollment in this course is limited to those students who successfully complete Course No. 727 (International Human Rights Clinic), and subject to the Clinic Director’s approval. Adv Clinic B is the proper course to enroll in if you wish to take more than the 2 units of credit offered under Adv Clinic A.

Advanced Legal Research

Builds on the research skills developed in the first year Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis class. Examines legal research resources, both traditional and nontraditional and integrates those resources into effective research strategies. Credit/No Credit.

Advanced Legal Research in Intellectual Property

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Credit/No Credit. Attendance is mandatory. Class will meet for the first 8 weeks of the semester.

Advanced Legal Writing Scholarship: IP

Credit/No Credit. This course is intended for those who wish to engage in academic research.

Advanced Legal Writing: Writing

Credit/No Credit.  The final exam for this class is a Mock Bar Exam in which students write three essays in the morning and a Performance Test in the afternoon.  The exam is administered from 8:45-4:00 with a break for lunch.

Advanced Legal Writing: Writing

Credit/No Credit. To register for this section, students must secure a permission number from APD. The final exam for this class is a Mock Bar Exam in which students write three essays in the morning and a Performance Test in the afternoon.  The exam is administered from 8:45-4:00 with a break for lunch.

Advanced Legal Writing: Writing

Credit/No Credit. The final exam for this class is a Mock Bar Exam in which students write three essays in the morning and a Performance Test in the afternoon.  The exam is administered from 8:45-4:00 with a break for lunch.

Advanced Legal Writing: Analysis

Limited enrollment. Students taking this class must also be enrolled in Evidence with Uelmen this semester.

Advanced Legal Writing: Analysis

Limited enrollment. Students taking this class must also be enrolled in Con Law 2 with Hsieh this semester.

Advanced Low Income Tax Clinic

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law

Students enrolled in this advanced course will continue to work on Tax Clinic cases. They may also be assigned to new cases and/or projects, or be asked to prepare and present educational tax-related presentations to the local low-income community. This advanced clinic is designed to help students further develop their professional lawyering skills, with particular emphasis on case management, time-management, interviewing, fact-finding, documenting, monitoring, and drafting documents. Students register for 2 units of academic credit, which will be graded and fulfill 50 hours per unit consisting of casework and meetings. Students must participate in mandatory weekly meetings with the Director to discuss their cases in depth. This course meets the professional skills requirement and the Public Interest and Social Justice Law Certificate.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of Federal Income Tax, Course 270, Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Course, 724A and 724B, and Clinic Directors approval.

Advanced Torts

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Advanced Trial Techniques (Trial Team)

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (Skills)

Enrollment based on tryouts held in spring. One year, two semester course. Students should obtain permission number from instructors. Attendance is mandatory, as well as participation in regional/national competitions. There will be a small reading assignment in preparation for the first class, to be posted online.

Advocacy 1

Required course for all second year students. Students who do not attend the first day of class will be dropped by the professor. Attendance is mandatory. Limited enrollment.
Professor does not allow laptops.      The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.  With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.   Required texts for the course will be listed online as will the assignment for the first class.

Advocacy 2

Required course for all second year students.

Advocacy 3

Required course for all second year students.

Advocacy 4

Required course for all second year students.

Advocacy 5

Required course for all second year students.

Advocacy 6

Required course for all second year students.

Antitrust

Certificate(s): High Tech Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Approved IP LL.M. course.

Assisted Reproduction, Cloning, and Genetic Engineering

Certificate(s): High Tech Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Attendance is mandatory.  Limited enrollment.  Reading assignment for first class posted online.   Professor does not allow recording of this class.      The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.

Business Organizations

This class is somewhat different than other Business Organization classes. It relies more heavily on both economic theory and is largely a lecture class. The class focuses on issues that students who intend to practice business law or in the high tech sector generally may encounter. Please feel free to email Professor Diamond with any questions about the course. Reading assignment for first class posted online.   Professor does not allow recording of this class.

Business Organizations

 Bar course – subject to grade curve.  Students who do not attend the first day of class will be dropped by the professor.   Attendance is mandatory.  Professor does not allow recording of this class.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.  Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class.

Business Organizations

 Bar course – subject to grade curve.

California Tax Appeals Assistance Clinic

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Credit/No Credit.  Limited Enrollment.  Students represent live clients in tax appeal proceedings before the California State Board of Equalization (BOE). The clients are disadvantaged taxpayers appealing a tax liability less than $40,000, and students represent them under supervision of a faculty member who is an attorney with the Tax Appeals Assistance Program. This representation involves the direct communication with clients and with attorneys/representatives of the Franchise Tax Board and the BOE. Students will draft briefs and letters, and may have the opportunity to argue an appeal before the BOE in person. Students will work on approximately 2 to 3 cases per semester, from initial interviewing though trial and final disposition. Students meet weekly with the supervising attorney in a seminar class setting. Students receive credit for their work in practice, reflections, and case rounds with a supervisor. To receive full credit, students must attend all seminar, case rounds, and office hours and work a minimum of 100 hours (including preparation for class) per semester. This course is limited to 6 students. Federal Income Taxation is not a prerequisite or a required concurrent course, but it is recommended.

Chinese Trade and Investment Law

Certificate(s): High Tech Law International Law

Students who do not attend the first day of class will be dropped by the professor.  Attendance is mandatory.  Limited enrollment.  Reading assignment for first class posted online.  Professor does not allow recording of this class.  A limited number of papers may qualify for the Supervised Analytical Writing Requirement.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.

Civil Practice, High Tech, and Social Justice Externship 1

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure (114). Students must apply Applications available on the Academic and Professional Development TWEN page. Students must also register for the Externship Seminar (705). Permission numbers for both classes will be provided by the Director of Externships upon selection.

Civil Practice, High Tech, and Social Justice Externship II

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure (114) and Civil Practice Externship I (590). Students must apply. Applications available on the Academic and Professional Development TWEN page. Students must also register for the Externship Workshop. Permission numbers for both classes will be provided by the Director of Externships upon selection.

Civil Procedure

 Required course – subject to grade curve.   Attendance is mandatory.  With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.  Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class.

Civil Procedure

First year required course.  Attendance is mandatory.  Professor tapes all courses.  Required texts for the course will be listed on the course Camino page as will the assignment for the first class.

Civil Procedure

First year required course.  Attendance is mandatory.  Reading assignment for first class posted online.   Professor does not allow recording of this class.  With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.

Community Property

Bar Course – Subject to grade curve.  Students should reserve time immediately following class for a Community Property Study Skills Lab featuring optional problem sessions until 4:00 pm.  First assignment will be posted on course Camino page.

Conflict of Laws

Certificate(s): International Law

Attendance is mandatory.  Limited enrollment.  Reading assignment for first class posted online.   Professor does not allow recording of this class.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.  With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.

Constitutional Law 1

All Second Year students who have not taken Constitutional Law 1 must enroll in this course.  Bar course – Subject to grade curve.  Professor records each class and posts recordings on iTunes University.  Required texts for the course will be listed online as will the assignment for the first class.

Constitutional Law 2

Required course – subject to grade curve.  Attendance is mandatory.  With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.  Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class.

Constitutional Law 2

Required course – subject to grade curve.  Attendance is mandatory.  All classes are recorded for use of the enrolled students. Required texts and first reading assignment for the course will be posted on Camino.

Constitutional Law 2

Required course – subject to grade curve.  Attendance is mandatory.  With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.  Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class.

Contracts

Contracts

Contracts

Contracts

Contracts

Corporate Social Responsibility

Certificate(s): International Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

The seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility introduces students to concerns relating to the conduct of corporations worldwide and the different approaches proposed for
integrating beneficial policies into transnational and national business operations.  Students will examine the impact of corporate activity on a broad spectrum of  stakeholders, including humans, animals, and the environment. The course will evaluate international, national, and subnational efforts to promote corporate responsibility.  Among other topics, students will examine the international norms established by the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, aspirational solutions through international bodies such as the trade organizations, national dialog as expressed through Alien Tort Statute litigation, State solutions such as Benefit Corporations and Flexible Purpose Corporations. Students will be evaluated on the basis of a series of short papers, drafting exercises, and presentations. A limited number of students will be permitted to satisfy the Supervised Analytical Writing Requirement through this course.

Criminal Justice Externship I

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Criminal Law (106). Students must concurrently register for and successfully complete the Externship Seminar: Criminal Justice (705). Students must apply. Applications available on the Academic and Professional Development TWEN page. Permission numbers for both classes will be provided by the Director of Externships upon selection.

Criminal Justice Externship II

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure (114), Criminal Justice Externship I (591). Students must apply. Applications available on the Academic and Professional and Development TWEN page. Students must also register for Externship Workshop. Permission numbers for both classes will be provided by the Director of Externships upon selection.

Criminal Justice Externship: Criminal Defense

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Credit/No Credit. Pre- or Co-Requisite: Evidence (320) Class will meet at the Public Defender Office. Enrollment is by application only. Applications available in the Law Student Services Office and at Criminal Justice Internship Defense Clinic Form. Students may not participate in this clinic while working in law enforcement or in the district attorneys office due to the conflict of interest it presents. This class meets the Professional Skills requirement.

Criminal Justice Externship: Expungement

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Graded Course. Limited Enrollment. Pre- or Co-Requisite: Evidence (320). Only offered in the Fall semester for the current 2013-14 academic year. Students should register on eCampus and then submit the Criminal Defense Expungement Application to the Law Student Services Office. The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.

Criminal Law

First year required course.   Attendance is mandatory.  With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.  Required texts for the course will be listed online as will the assignment for the first class.

Criminal Law

First year required course.   Attendance is mandatory.   Professor does not allow recording of this class.   Class will not meet  10/17 and 11/7.  Make up dates TBD.

Criminal Procedure: Investigation

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Bar course – subject to grade curve.  Students who do not attend the first day of class will be dropped by the professor.  Reading assignment for first class posted online.

Domestic Away Externship Full Time

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure (114) and Externship Seminar (705). Students must apply. Applications available on the Academic and Professional Development TWEN page. Students must also register for the Externship Workshop. Permission numbers for both classes will be provided by the Director of Externships upon selection.

Domestic Away Externship Part Time

Credit/No Credit.Prerequisite: Civil Procedure (114) and Externship Seminar (705). Students must apply. Applications available on the Academic and Professional Development TWEN page. Students must also register for the Externship Workshop. Permission numbers for both classes will be provided by the Director of Externships upon selection.

Drug Abuse Law Seminar

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Students who do not attend the first day of class will be dropped by the professor. The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day. Attendance is mandatory. Limited enrollment. Required texts for the course will be listed on the course Camino page as will the assignment for the first class. Professor is willing to have a student tape a class with the permission of the professor for personal use only. Grade based on class participation, assignments and final exam.

Economic Analysis of Law

Professor records all courses.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.   With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.     Required texts for the course will be listed online as will the assignment for the first class.

Entrepreneurs Law Clinic B

Certificate(s): High Tech Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

This course is the credit/no credit portion of the Entrepreneurs Law  Clinic.  Students must register for  Entrepreneurs Law Clinic  for the first 3 units of clinical credit. Limited enrollment.  Students must obtain a permission number from the professor in order to register for this course. This class meets the Professional Skills Requirement.

Entrepreneurs' Law Clinic A

Certificate(s): High Tech Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Graded course. Students must submit an application to be considered for the class, and entry in the class will be subject to approval by the ELC Director. Application due date is May 28th at 5:00 pm. Limited enrollment.  There will also be a field trip during the semester that will be mandatory but there will be a makeup assignment if a student can’t attend. Professional Skills Course.

Ethics and Criminal Justice Advocacy

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Attendance is mandatory.  Limited enrollment.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.  With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.   Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class.

Evidence

Required course – subject to grade curve.

Evidence

Required course – subject to grade curve.   Attendance is mandatory.   The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.  With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.   Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class.

Externship Seminar

Credit/No Credit. Students registering for their first externship experience are required to also register for this seminar. Permission numbers for both the Externship and this seminar will be provided by the Director of Externships upon selection. Seminar will meet seven times throughout the semester on the following dates: TBD.  Course credit will be awarded only on satisfactory completion of both the fieldwork and the seminar. Students must complete both components simultaneously.

Externship Workshop

Students participating in their second externship experience will be given a permission number by the Director of Externships to register for this on-line workshop. Course credit will be awarded only on satisfactory completion of both the externship and the workshop.

Family Law

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Final grade shall be determined by class participation and a final paper. The instructor is willing to supervise up to five students for SAWR. Please email the instructor in advance of first class to request that your final paper shall qualify for SAWR. Five student names will be selected at random.

Federal Income Tax

Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.  With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.

Globalization and the Rule of Law

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

The focus of this year’s seminar will be the international financial system. The credit crisis of 2008 revealed how important and complex this system has become. The seminar will rely on lecture, discussion and several case studies and role-playing exercises to introduce students to key elements of the system including banking, the capital markets, securitization, derivatives, hedge funds and mergers and acquisitions. There are no pre-requisites but a strong interest in business and financial issues would be helpful. It will also be useful if you have taken other business law courses such as Business Organizations, Securities Regulation, Venture Capital or Corporate Finance. Students can write a longer seminar paper or a series of shorter discussion papers. There will be no final exam. Final grades will reflect the work done on the paper(s) and participation in class. Feel free to contact Professor Diamond directly if you have any questions about the course.

High Technology Law Journal

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Credit/No Credit. To register for this course students must obtain a permission number from the editor.

Honors Moot Court Board

STUDENTS ON THE HMC INTERNAL BOARD, HMC EXTERNAL BOARD, AND GALLOWAY BOARD should all register for this section.

Credit/No Credit. Students are appointed to the boards. To register for this course, students must obtain a permission number from the Moot Court Board Presidents.

Intellectual Property Survey

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Attendance is mandatory.  With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.  Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class.  Class will have a take home exam.

Intellectual Property Survey

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Attendance is mandatory.  With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.  Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class.  Class will have a take home exam.

International Business Negotiations - Simulation

Certificate(s): High Tech Law International Law

Interested students should contact Professor Jimenez directly – PJimenez@scu.edu. Course will occasionally meet on some Friday afternoons in October and November. Limited enrollment. Professor is willing to have a student tape a class with the permission of the professor for personal use only. Approved IP LLM course. A limited number of papers may qualify for the Supervised Analytical Writing Requirement.

International Commercial Arbitration

Certificate(s): International Law

Grade based on final paper.  A limited number of papers may be sued for the Supervised Analytical Writing Requirement.  The professor does not allow taping of this class.

International Environmental Law

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

A limited number of papers may qualify for the SAWR.  With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.  Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class.  Take home exam.

International Human Rights Clinic A

Certificate(s): International Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

This course is the graded portion of the International Human Rights Clinic. Students wishing to take more than 3 units of clinic should also register for 1 – 2 units of IHRC B, which is the credit/no credit portion of this class. Limited enrollment. Students must submit the International Human Rights Application and obtain a permission number from the professor in order to register for this course (contact FJRivera@scu.edu) Prior or concurrent course work in international human rights strongly preferred. Professional Skills Course.

International Human Rights Clinic B

Certificate(s): International Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

This course is the credit/no credit portion of the IHRC. Students can register for up to 2 units in this course. Students must register for IHRC A for the first 3 units of clinic credit, and this course for any units thereafter. Limited enrollment. Students must obtain a permission number for the professor in order to register for this course. Prior or concurrent course work in international human rights strongly preferred. Professional Skills Course.

International Human Rights Theory and Practice

Certificate(s): International Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

There is no final exam for this class. Students will have the option of writing three short papers on topics assigned by the professor, or one longer paper on a topic chosen by the student, subject to the professor’s approval. Students who choose to write one longer paper may use that paper to satisfy the SAWR requirement.

International Law

Certificate(s): International Law

International Organizations

Certificate(s): International Law

Internet Law

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

 Attendance is mandatory.  Professor records each class and posts recordings on iTunes University.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.   Required texts for the course will be listed online as will the assignment for the first class.  Take home exam.  Approved IP LLM course.

Introduction to United States Law

This is a continuation of the summer course.

IP Litigation

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

This course simulates an intellectual property lawsuit from preliminary considerations (such as whether suing is the proper course of action) to pleadings, pretrial activities, discovery, evidentiary challenges, trial preparation and appellate procedures. Students will do mock simulations and prepare portions of key litigation document.s Grades will be based on an evaluation of these exercises, as well as on a short exam. Approved IP LLM course. Pre-Requisite of IP Survey ( LAW 388) or Patents (LAW 233).

IP Theory

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Professor records all courses.  A limited number of papers may qualify for the Supervised Analytical Writing Requirement.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.   With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.  Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class.

Journal of International Law

Certificate(s): International Law

Credit/No Credit. To register for this course students must obtain a permission number from the editor.

Judicial Externship Full Time

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure (114). Students must apply. Applications available on the Academic and Professional Development TWEN page. Students must also register for the Externship Seminar (705). Permission numbers for both classes will be provided by the Director of Externships upon selection.

Judicial Externship II

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Credit/No Credit. Students must apply. Applications available on the Academic and Professional Development TWEN page. Students must also register for the Externship Workshop. Permission numbers for both classes will be provided by the Director of Externships upon selection.

Judicial Externship Part Time

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure (114). Students must apply. Applications available on the Academic and Professional Development TWEN page. Students must also register for the Externship Seminar (705). Permission numbers for both classes will be provided by the Director of Externships upon selection.

Jury Law & Strategies

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Attendance is mandatory.  Students who do not attend the first class will be dropped by the professor.   Professor does not allow taping of this class.  This class meets the Professional Skills Requirement.

Juvenile Justice Topics: Leadership Training

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Credit/No Credit. Students enrolling in this class should send an email to professor to arrange a meeting.

Juvenile Justice Topics: Practical Applications

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (Skills)

Credit/No Credit. Students enrolling in this class should send an email to professor to arrange a meeting.

KGACLC Civil Clinical Skills 1a

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

This course is the graded portion of Clinical Skills I. Students wishing to take more than 3 units of Clinical Skills I should also register for 1-3 units of Clinic Skills Ib, which is the credit/no credit portion of this class. Students must submit an application after enrolling. Students must attend a mandatory training class on Saturday, August 23rd from 8:30 – 5:00. Professional Skills Course. Each student is required to attend the first day of class and if not the student will be dropped from the course.

KGACLC Civil Clinical Skills IIa

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

This course is ONLY for those students who have completed only Clinical Skills I. This is the graded portion of Clinical Skills II. Students may take up to 4 additional non-graded units by signing up for Clinical Skills IIb. Students must obtain a permission number from instructors’ to add this course. Limited enrollment. Professional Skills Course.

KGACLC Civil Clinical Skills IIb

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

This is the credit/no credit portion of Clinical Skills II. Student can register for up to 4 units in this course. Students must register for Clinical Skills IIa for the first 2 units of clinical credit, and Clinical Skills IIb for any units thereafter. Students must obtain a permission number from instructors’ to add this course. Limited enrollment. Professional Skills Course.

KGACLC Clinical Skills 1b

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

This course is the credit/no credit portion of Clinical Skills I. Students can register for up to 3 units in this course. Students must register for Clinical Skills Ia for the first 3 units of clinical credit, and Clinical Skills Ib for any units thereafter. Students must submit an application after enrolling. Students must attend a mandatory training class on Saturday, August 23rd from 8:30 – 5:00. Professional Skills Course. Each student is required to attend the first day of class and if not the student will be dropped from the course.

KGACLC Consumer & Debtors Rights Interviewing and Advising Clinic

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Credit/No Credit. Student must attend a mandatory training class on Saturday, August 23rd from 8:30 – 5:00. Thereafter, students must spend 25 hours advising at the Consumer and Debtor Rights Clinic, which meets on the following dates Aug 25; Sept 8, 15, 22, 29; Oct 6, 20, 27; Nov 10.  Students may not take more than one interviewing and advising class in the same semester.

KGACLC Immigration Interviewing and Advising Clinic

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Credit/No Credit. Students must attend a mandatory training class on Saturday, August 23rd from 8:30 – 5:00. Thereafter, students must spend 25 hours advising at the Immigration Clinic, which meets from 12:30 – 4 pm on the following Wednesdays: Aug 27, Sept. 10 24,Oct. 8 22,Nov. 5, 19.  Students may not take more than one interviewing and advising class in the same semester. Professional Skills Course.

KGACLC Workers' Rights Interviewing and Advising Clinic

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Now offered for a letter grade. Students must attend a mandatory training class on Saturday, August 23rd from 8:30 – 5:00. Thereafter, students must spend 27 hours advising at the Workers’ Rights Clinic. Tuesday clinic meets from 6 – 9 PM on the following dates: Tuesday:  Aug. 26; Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Oct. 7, 21, 28. Thursday class meets from 6 -8 PM on the following dates:  Aug. 28; Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25; Oct. 2. Students may not take more than one interviewing and advising class in the same semester. Professional Skills Course. In addition to advising clients, students will also receive 13.5 hours of instruction in the Fundamentals of Employment Law.

Labor Law

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List B)

Law and Education

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List B)

Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class.  Students can record any class without the professor’s permission.

Law and Social Justice Seminar

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Law Review

Credit/No Credit. To register for this course, students must obtain a permission number from the editor.

Legal Aspects of War: Humanitarian Law

Certificate(s): International Law

This course examines the legal regimes governing the resort to, and the waging of, armed conflict. Some of the specific topics we will discuss in class include targeted killings and drone warfare; preventive detentions; torture; the use of nuclear weapons; and legal aspects of the so-called ‘war on terror’.

Legal Issues of Start-up Businesses

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Attendance is mandatory. The course simulates how attorneys advise startup businesses and the various legal issues that a business may encounter during its early stages. Issues covered include entity selection, employment and labor, intellectual property, and financing, including venture financing. Discussions also include relevant regulatory schemes such as securities regulation and the process of IPO. The class is interactive and requires effective oral and written counsel so that the client can make meaningful business decisions. Attendance is mandatory as there are numerous fun and challenging student group exercises including negotiations, client interview and advising.Guest presentations by various experts involved with start-up and growing businesses will be scheduled.  Limited enrollment. No final. Instead a final drafting assignment is required. Grades include class participation.  Professor is willing to have a student tape a class with the permission of the professor for personal use only. This course satisfies the Professional Skills Requirement.  Approved IP LLM course

Legal Profession

Required course – subject to grade curve.  Professor does not allow recording of this class.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.  Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class.

Legal Research and Writing A

Section 1

Legal Research and Writing B

Section 2

Legal Research and Writing C

Section 1 and 2

Legal Research and Writing D

Section 3

Legal Research and Writing E

Section 4

Legal Research and Writing F

Section 3 and 4

Legal Research and Writing G

Section 5

Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing for US Law LL.M.s

Pass/No Pass. The goal of this course is to introduce our international LL.M. students to legal analysis, writing, and research in the U.S. legal system. Instruction will cover sources of law in the United States, the common-law system, reading and briefing court decisions, articulating and synthesizing rules from legal sources, applying those rules to the facts of simulated cases, legal citation, legal research in the U.S. system, and plagiarism. We will give the students written assignments to allow them to apply the information they learn in the class. We anticipate the following assignments: (1) case briefs; (2) a written analysis in which students must analyze a hypothetical case in a “closed universe” and convey their analysis in writing, (3) research exercises, and (4) a written research assignment in which the students must conduct legal research in a hypothetical case, analyze the case under the rules they find through their research, and convey their analysis in writing. We may also have some oral presentation assignments. We will provide written feedback on the students’ work and meet with them to discuss the work.

Low Income Tax Clinic A

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

This course is the graded portion of the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic. Students must also register for the 1 unit Low Income Taxpayer Clinic B, which is the credit/no credit portion of this class. Limited enrollment. This controversy clinic will provide upper-division students the opportunity to represent clients before the Internal Revenue Service and/or Tax Court, develop professional skills, and learn tax procedure, while directly serving the community. All students must attend an all-day skills training program on the first Saturday of the semester and a 150-minute class seminar a week, which may include one-on-one meetings with the supervising attorney. Students must also participate in Wednesday evening intake clinics (5:00 pm-8:30 pm) at the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic located at KGACLC to fulfill the course requirements, and attend office hours to work on their cases at KGACLC. Students will earn units by class time, class preparation and reflection memoranda, intake clinics, and direct case work (1 unit for each 50 hours of work). This clinic is a professional skills course. Please contact the professor for more information: ctchen@scu.edu. Pre- or Co- requisite: Federal Income Tax (270)

Low Income Tax Clinic B

This course is the credit/no credit portion of the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic. Students must be registered for Low Income Taxpayer Clinic A for the first 3 units of clinical credit to be eligible to add this class.

Mass Communications II: Telephone, Broadband Networks and Convergence

Certificate(s): High Tech Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law Certificate (List C)

Attendance is mandatory.   A limited number of papers may qualify for the Supervised Analytical Writing Requirement.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.  Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class. Approved IP LLM course.

Mediation: Theory and Practice

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (Skills)

 Reading Assignment for first class will be posted on Camino. Professor does not allow taping of this class.

Negotiating

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (Skills)

Negotiating

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (Skills)

Whether you realize it or not, you negotiate every day of your life. This course seeks to help you move from negotiating by instinct, as most people do, to negotiating more purposefully, thoughtfully, and with a stronger sense of awareness. The course merges theory with practice, in order to: (1) develop your understanding of purposeful negotiation; (2) give you tools and concepts for analyzing and preparing for negotiations; (3) enhance your negotiating skills through frequent role plays, analysis, and feedback. Given the interactive nature of this class, attendance is mandatory, and class size is limited. Any student that is interested in the class must attend the first day. Method of Evaluation: Seminar participation and short reflection papers.

Northern California Innocence Project A

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Graded. NCIP is a year-long program (Fall and Spring semesters), available to 2L and 3L students.  Students enroll for at least three units of academic credit per semester.  For each unit of credit, a student is responsible for 50 hours of participation, including casework and class attendance and participation.  To enroll in NCIP for a grade, you should enroll under 505A.  If you would like to enroll for credit/no credit, enroll under course number 505B. If you would like to enroll for more than three units of class per semester, you must enroll in those additional units under 505B for credit/no credit.  Students must obtain a permission number from NCIP to register for this course (contact Linda Starr,Lstarr@scu.edu). Requirements: ALL NCIP students must attend the first week of class, beginning Tuesday, August 19th at 4:10 PM as well as our training session “NCIP Boot Camp” on Friday, August 23^rd starting at 8:30 AM. NCIP required texts must be purchased before the first day of class through the University bookstore. Readings and other important announcements will be posted online. Class will meet at the Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP), 900 Lafayette St. (corner of Lafayette and Homestead, first floor). Work and classes at the Innocence Project provide insight into our criminal justice system and the causes of wrongful conviction. You will receive professional skills training including case management, organization, and development as well as interviewing and counseling skills. You will have the opportunity to develop your legal writing ability through edited work on legal pleadings, professional communications and legal memoranda. These important skills transfer to professional work in law firms and government agencies, as well as criminal law practice.

Northern California Innocence Project Advanced Practice Clinic A

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Graded. Limited enrollment. Students who have completed the one-year NCIP course are encouraged to enroll in Advanced NCIP which provides the opportunity for them to continue to advance their individual cases and to research and discuss in-depth the specific issues relevant to promising cases.  Participation requires faculty approval.  Students must obtain a permission number to register for this course (contact Linda Starr, Lstarr@scu.edu).  NCIP 515A is the proper course to enroll in if you wish to take Advanced NCIP for 3 units or less for a grade. If you desire 4 or more units, you must register those extra units beyond 3 in NCIP 515B, as they will be credit/no credit. NCIP is located at 900 Lafayette Street (corner of Lafayette and Homestead, first floor). This class meets the Professional Skills Requirement.

Northern California Innocence Project Advanced Practice Clinic B

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Credit/No Credit. Limited enrollment. Students who have completed the one-year NCIP course are encouraged to enroll in Advanced NCIP which provides the opportunity for them to continue to advance their individual cases and to research and discuss in-depth the specific issues relevant to promising cases.  Participation requires faculty approval.  Students must obtain a permission number from NCIP (contact Linda Starr,Lstarr@scu.edu).  NCIP 515B is the proper course to enroll in if you wish to take Advanced NCIP for credit/no credit. NCIP is located at 900 Lafayette Street (corner of Lafayette and Homestead, first floor). This class meets the Professional Skills Requirement.

Northern California Innocence Project B

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Credit/No Credit.  NCIP is a year-long program (Fall and Spring semesters), available to 2L and 3L students.  Students enroll for at least three units of academic credit per semester.  For each unit of credit, a student is responsible for 50 hours of participation, including casework and class attendance.  To enroll in NCIP for a grade, you should enroll under 505A.  If you would like to enroll for credit/no credit, enroll under course number 505B. If you would like to enroll for more than three units of class per semester, you must enroll in those additional units under 505B for credit/no credit.  Students must obtain a permission number from NCIP to register for this course (contact Linda Starr,Lstarr@scu.edu). Requirements: ALL NCIP students must attend the first week of class, beginning Tuesday, August 19th at 4:10 PM as well as our training session “NCIP Boot Camp” on Friday, August 23^rd starting at 8:30 AM. NCIP required texts must be purchased before the first day of class through the University bookstore. Readings and other important announcements will be posted online. Class will meet at the Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP), 900 Lafayette St. (corner of Lafayette and Homestead, first floor). Work and classes at the Innocence Project provide insight into our criminal justice system and the causes of wrongful conviction. You will receive professional skills training including case management, organization, and development as well as interviewing and counseling skills. You will have the opportunity to develop your legal writing ability through edited work on legal pleadings, professional communications and legal memoranda. These important skills transfer to professional work in law firms and government agencies, as well as criminal law practice.

Panetta Fellows Externship

Credit/No Credit. Limited to two to three students. To apply, students must submit a resume, a transcript, and a statement of interest to the Director of Law Externships. Students will also be given a brief writing exercise. Contact the Director of Law Externship Programs at (408) 554-5015 with any questions about the Panetta Fellowship Program or the selection process

Patents

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Reading assignment for first class posted online. Approved IP LLM course. Prerequisite: IP Survey (388)

Pretrial Litigation Techniques

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (Skills)

Limited enrollment. Attendance is mandatory. Students must attend first class meeting or make prior arrangements with the professor. Students who no-show to the first class will be dropped by the professor. The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day. Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet. This class fulfills the Professional Skills Requirement. Professor does not allow taping of this class. Professor is willing to have a student tape a class with the permission of the professor for personal use only. Pre-requisite: 114. Pleading and Civil Procedure. Pre- or Co- requisite: 320. Evidence.

Privacy Law

Certificate(s): High Tech Law Privacy Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

   Limited enrollment.  Professor does not allow recording of this class.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.   Required texts for the course will be listed online as will the assignment for the first class.  Approved IP LLM class.

Race and Law

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List B)

   Attendance is mandatory.  Professor does not allow laptops.  A limited number of papers may qualify for the Supervised Analytical Writing Requirement.  Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class.

Religious Freedom

This course considers the relationship between law and religion from a comparative and international perspective, with particular attention given to the topic of religious freedom. The first part of the course will introduce the students to the concepts of religious freedom from legal, philosophical, historical and theological perspectives. The course next addresses the treatment of religion in international law and in various regional and supranational settings such as the United Nations, the European Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. This will be followed by the discussion on the comparative approaches to religious freedom, primarily (though not exclusively) comparing constitutional cases in Western Europe, South Africa, and some majority Muslim states. At the end of this course, students will have learned how to understand and critically analyze religious freedom issues in different jurisdictions and will have learned how to do research on comparative and international religious freedom issues.

Remedies

Bar course – subject to grade curve.  With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.  Required texts for the course will be listed online as will the assignment for the first class.

Remedies

Secured Transactions

Sexuality and the Law

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List B)

Professor is willing to have a student tape a class with the permission of the professor for personal use only.  While not a pre-requisite, Con Law 2 would be helpful.

Sports Law Seminar: The Agent's Perspective

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

No prerequisites. Students may also take Sports Law Seminar: The Litigator’s Perspective in the spring, as there is virtually no duplication of subject matter. Limited enrollment. This class fulfills the LL.M. writing requirement.

Supreme Court Seminar

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class.  Students can record any class without professor’s permission. Prerequisite: 200 Constitutional Law I.

Taxation of Business Transactions

Limited enrollment. Federal Income Tax (Law 270) is a prerequisite. Taking Business Tax (Law 340), Business Organizations (Law 248), or both concurrently (if not already taken) would be helpful, but are not required.   Corporate Taxation (Law 272) would also be helpful. 

Technology Licensing

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

This class fulfills the Professional Skills Requirement.

(1) it is strongly recommended that students take IP Survey before taking this class.

(2) the syllabus and assignment for the first class are listed online.

Technology Licensing

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

This class fulfills the Professional Skills Requirement.

(1) it is strongly recommended that students take IP Survey before taking this class.

(2) the syllabus and assignment for the first class are listed online.

Torts

Torts

Torts

Torts

Torts

Trial Techniques

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Students who do not attend the first day of class will be dropped by the professor.  Attendance is mandatory.  Limited enrollment.  Class meets at courthouse one day a week. Graded Credit/No Credit. Pre-Requisite or Co-requisite LAW 320 Evidence

Understanding Capital Punishment Law

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Attendance is mandatory.  Limited enrollment.   Reading assignment for first class posted online.

Wills and Trusts

Bar course – subject to grade curve.  Attendance is mandatory.  Professor does not allow laptops.  Professor does not allow recording of this class.  Required texts for the course will be listed online  as will the assignment for the first class.

Wills and Trusts

Bar course – subject to grade curve.  Attendance is mandatory.  Professor does not allow laptops.  Professor does not allow recording of this class.  Required texts for the course will be listed online as will the assignment for the first class.