Administrative Law

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

Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet.

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. 727A (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. This course meets the professional skills requirement

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. This class is for those students already enrolled in Advanced International Human Rights Clinic A who wish to earn more units.

Advanced International Law Seminar

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

A limited number of papers may qualify for the Supervised Analytical Writing Requirement. Limited enrollment.  Approved IP LLM class.

Advanced Legal Writing: Writing 1

Credit/No Credit. New format for this semester.  Class will feature 7 large lecture classes taught by Professor Harrington, Professor Ferber and others and 7 small class sessions taught by Professor Jones.  Professors will provide regular feedback for improvement and self-editing on writing completed inside and outside of class. This course hones writing skills, emphasizing systematic, organized writing in formats similar to those used by Bar Examiners in Multiple Choice, Essay and Performance Tests.  Students may not register for both Advanced Legal Writing: Writing and Introduction to the Bar Exam.  Students wishing to participate in both should audit the Intro to the Bar Exam course.

Advanced Legal Writing: Writing 2

Credit/No Credit. Class will feature 7 large lecture classes taught by Professor Harrington, Professor Ferber and others and 7 small class sessions taught by Professor Gallo (fka Professor Hague).  Professors will provide regular feedback for improvement and self-editing on writing completed inside and outside of class. This course hones writing skills, emphasizing systematic, organized writing in formats similar to those used by Bar Examiners in Multiple Choice, Essay and Performance Tests. Students may not register for both Advanced Legal Writing: Writing and Introduction to the Bar Exam.  Students wishing to participate in both should audit the Intro to the Bar Exam course.

Advanced Legal Writing: Writing 3

Credit/No Credit. New format for this semester.  Class will feature 7 large lecture classes taught by Professor Harrington, Professor Ferber and others and 7 small class sessions taught by Professor DeKlotz.  Professors will provide regular feedback for improvement and self-editing on writing completed inside and outside of class. This course hones writing skills, emphasizing systematic, organized writing in formats similar to those used by Bar Examiners in Multiple Choice, Essay and Performance Tests. Students may not register for both Advanced Legal Writing: Writing and Introduction to the Bar Exam.  Students wishing to participate in both should audit the Intro to the Bar Exam course.

Advanced Legal Writing: Writing 4

Credit/No Credit. New format for this semester.  Class will feature 7 large lecture classes taught by Professor Harrington, Professor Ferber and others and 7 small class sessions taught by Professor Ferber.  Enrollment for this section by permission only.    Professors will provide regular feedback for improvement and self-editing on writing completed inside and outside of class. This course hones writing skills, emphasizing systematic, organized writing in formats similar to those used by Bar Examiners in Multiple Choice, Essay and Performance Tests.  Students may not register for both Advanced Legal Writing: Writing and Introduction to the Bar Exam.  Students wishing to participate in both should audit the Intro to the Bar Exam course.

Advanced Legal Writing: Analysis

Limited enrollment. Permission numbers required. Students taking this class must also be enrolled in Evidence with Graham this semester.

Advanced Legal Writing: Writing 5

Credit/No Credit. New format for this semester.  Class will feature 7 large lecture classes taught by Professor Harrington, Professor Ferber and others and 7 small class sessions taught by Professor Ferber.  Enrollment for this section by permission only.    Professors will provide regular feedback for improvement and self-editing on writing completed inside and outside of class. This course hones writing skills, emphasizing systematic, organized writing in formats similar to those used by Bar Examiners in Multiple Choice, Essay and Performance Tests.  Students may not register for both Advanced Legal Writing: Writing and Introduction to the Bar Exam.  Students wishing to participate in both should audit the Intro to the Bar Exam course.

Advanced Legal Writing: Writing 6

Credit/No Credit. New format for this semester.  Class will feature 7 large lecture classes taught by Professor Harrington, Professor Ferber and others and 7 small class sessions taught by Professor Ferber.  Enrollment for this section by permission only.    Professors will provide regular feedback for improvement and self-editing on writing completed inside and outside of class. This course hones writing skills, emphasizing systematic, organized writing in formats similar to those used by Bar Examiners in Multiple Choice, Essay and Performance Tests.  Students may not register for both Advanced Legal Writing: Writing and Introduction to the Bar Exam.  Students wishing to participate in both should audit the Intro to the Bar Exam course.

Advanced Legal Writing: Writing 7

Credit/No Credit. New format for this semester.  Class will feature 7 large lecture classes taught by Professor Harrington, Professor Ferber and others and 7 small class sessions taught by Professor Ferber.  Enrollment for this section by permission only.    Professors will provide regular feedback for improvement and self-editing on writing completed inside and outside of class. This course hones writing skills, emphasizing systematic, organized writing in formats similar to those used by Bar Examiners in Multiple Choice, Essay and Performance Tests.  Students may not register for both Advanced Legal Writing: Writing and Introduction to the Bar Exam.  Students wishing to participate in both should audit the Intro to the Bar Exam course.

Advanced Low Income Tax Payer 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 Trial Techniques

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 on ClaraNet.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

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

This course is a survey of various dispute resolution alternatives to the traditional civil trial. It will focus on arbitration, mediation and negotiation. The arbitration section will follow a case-study approach. During the mediation/negotiation section students will practice the professional skills of mediation advocacy and negotiation/drafting of settlement agreements. Grades will be based on: participation in the skills exercises, class participation, a paper on a topic of the student’s choice and a mid-term exam on arbitration. No final exam is required. This course qualifies for the Professional Skills Requirement. Class is limited to twenty students.

Arbitration Law and Practice

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

Course will be taught for 3 units this semester.  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 on ClaraNet.  Professor does not allow taping 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.  This class will only be offered every other year.

Business Organizations

Bar course.  Subject to grade curve.

Business Organizations

STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND THE FIRST DAY WILL BE DROPPED BY THE PROFESSOR. Attendance is mandatory. Bar course – subject to grade curve. Reading Assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet. Professor does not allow taping of this class.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.

Business Planning

Students who have taken or are currently enrolled in Legal Issues of Start Up Businesses may not take this course.  Course meets the Professional Skills Requirement. This is a skills class that focuses on the nuts and bolts of business planning, and how to use that information in the real world. All hypos used in the class are current, real life examples. The class will cover the basic legal issues involved in the life of a business enterprise (e.g. formation, financing and exit strategies). Students will be asked to draft explanatory memos to clients on issues we cover in class. Students will have two short ungraded drafting exercises, and one graded take-home final. Prerequisites: 248 Business Organizations. 270 Federal Income Tax and 272 Corporate Income Tax are extremely helpful, but not required.

California Civil Procedure

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

Attendance is mandatory.  Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet.  Professor tapes each class and posts recordings on I-Tunes University.  A limited number of students will be allowed to write a SAWR paper in lieu of the final exam.   Professor is willing to have a student tape a class with the permission of the professor for personal use only.  Professor will provide class notes and slides.

California Post-Conviction Procedures

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

This class will deal with issues relating to sentencing felony and misdemeanor defendants under California law. It will cover such topics as plea bargains, multiple punishment, conditions of probation, revocation of probation, determinate sentencing issues, prior convictions, and the Three Strike Law.

Choice of Law

Class meets for the first seven weeks only.

Civil Practice, High Tech, and Social Justice Externship I

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 appropriate on-line Externship Workshop (706 or 707). Permission numbers for both classes will be provided by the Director of Externships upon selection.

Civil Procedure

Professor uses Camino for assignments and announcements.

Civil Procedure

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.  Professor tapes all classes. Professor uses Camino for assignments and announcements.

Civil Procedure

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Civil Procedure

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Class Actions and Complex Civil Litigation

Attendance is mandatory.  Limited enrollment.  Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet.  The course will adopt an actual practice perspective that emphasizes student participation in litigation exercises. Students will analyze class actions recently in litigation including the Wal-Mart employment discrimination suit and the BP oil spill. They will also prosecute and defend motions for class certification and settlement approval. Guest lectures by attorneys and judges will provide insight into the strategic and ethical dimensions of class and multi-party litigation. The course will be particularly useful to students planning careers in public or private civil litigation or seeking judicial clerkships. Professional Skills course.  Final grade based on final exam, two motion arguments, and class participation.

Climate Change Law

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

 This course will introduce students to the legal tools and policy measures used to respond to the world’s most pressing and prominent environmental problem — global climate change. In the process, we will explore evaluative frameworks and the latest developments in the U.S. and internationally, including the status of international climate negotiations and new treaty commitments, the pervasive social justice dialogue among governments and with civil society and the business sector, and the implications for the people of the developing and developed world. The course will emphasize the practical aspects of implementing measures, including new and pending federal and state regulations, the operation of economic mechanisms such as carbon markets, and the increasing need to focus on climate adaptation. Syllabus posted on the course ClaraNet page.

Commercial Transactions

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

Attendance is mandatory. Reading Assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet. Professor does not allow taping of this class.

Community Property

Bar Course – Subject to Grade Curve.

Comparative Law Seminar

Certificate(s): International Law

This course presents a brief introduction to foreign domestic law. This overview course is aimed at those not expecting an international practice as well as at those who are exploring further study of international or comparative law.

Computer and 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.

Con Law I

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Con Law I

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Con Law I

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Constitutional Law II

Required course.  Subject to grade curve.  Reading assignment for the first class posted on ClaraNet. Professor does not allow taping of this class.

Constitutional Litigation

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

Advanced Constitutional law course on issues relating to civil rights and civil liberties, including the enforcement of the due process clause and the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution, as well as the first amendment rights of free speech and the freedom of religion.

Consumer Protection

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

Grade based on a final exam and class participation. Students who do not attend the first day of class will be dropped by the professor.  Limited enrollment. Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet. Required Texts for the course will be listed on the course ClaraNet page as will the assignment for the first class.

Contracts

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Contracts

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Contracts

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Contracts

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Copyright Law

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Attendance is mandatory.  Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet.  Approved IP LLM course.  Professor is willing to have a student tape a class with the permission of the professor for personal use only.  Prerequisite:  IP Survey.

Corporate Governance Seminar: General Counsel Survival Skills

Certificate(s): High Tech Law - Corporate Specialization Only

Attendance is mandatory. Limited enrollment.  Professional skills course.  Reading assignment for first class will be posted on ClaraNet.  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.  Pre-requisite: Business Organizations (248).  Securities Regulations (258) would be helpful. This class fulfills the LL.M. writing requirement.

Corporate Taxation

Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet. Final exam. Federal Income Tax (Law 270) is a prerequisite, unless waived by instructor. Taking Business Tax (Law 340), Business Organizations (Law 248), or both concurrently (if not already taken) is helpful.

Criminal Justice Externship I

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

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Criminal Law (106). Students must apply. Applications available on the Academic and Professional Development TWEN page. Students must arrange their own placements prior to application approval. Students must also register for the Externship Seminar (705). 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 the Criminal Justice Externship Defense Clinic Form. Students will be placed at the Santa Clara County Public Defender Office where they will work on real cases with real clients under the supervision of a senior attorney. Students will conduct arraignments, pre-trial conferences, the motion calendar and, if possible, a trial. Students need to be able to commit 2 full days at the PD office. The lessons learned in this clinic will be invaluable for any students who expect to practice in the criminal justice system. 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 II

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

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure (114) and Criminal Justice Externship I (591). Students must apply. Applications available on the Academic and Professional Development TWEN page. Students must also register for the appropriate on-line Externship Workshop (706 or 707). Permission numbers for both classes will be provided by the Director of Externships upon selection.

Criminal Law

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Criminal Procedure: Adjudication

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

Attendance is mandatory.  Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet.  Professor does not allow taping of this class.  This course covers the “bail to jail” portion of criminal procedure and includes subjects such as the right to counsel, double jeopardy, the right to a fair trial, the right to bail, plea bargains, the constitutional right to cross examination, the prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, and rights at sentencing and beyond. These are important topics that are tested on the California bar exam.

Criminal Procedure: Investigation

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

Bar course.  Subject to grade curve.

Criminal Procedure: Investigation

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

Bar Course. Subject to grade curve.

Cuban Legal System: Contemporary Issues

Certificate(s): International Law

Credit/No Credit. Class will meet approximately 7 times during the spring semester, DATES TBD. Attendance is mandatory. Other classes will be scheduled at various times.  Registration limited to students committed to going on the immersion trip to Cuba during Spring Break 2014. Permission of instructors required – permission numbers are available once an application has been submitted. (If you have not applied, please contact Professor Manaster.) Class will examine materials relating to the Cuban legal system and the culture of the country, and will prepare students for the immersion trip.

Debtors' and Creditors' Rights

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

Reading Assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet.

Domestic Away Externship Full Time

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 appropriate on-line 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). Students must apply. Applications available on the Academic and Professional Development TWEN page. Students must also register for the appropriate on-line Externship Workshop. Permission numbers for both classes will be provided by the Director of Externships upon selection.

Domestic Violence Seminar

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

Attendance is mandatory. This class meets the Professional Skills Requirement. Final grade based on in-class exercises, court watch, a one hour closed book final exam and an open book take home assignment. Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet. The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day. Professor is willing to have a student tape a class with the permission of the professor for personal use only. Although not required, evidence, criminal law, and family law course work or experience would be helpful.

Entertainment Transactions

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Course will be offered for 3 units this semester.  This course will focus on the legal and business issues contained in the various agreements used to structure deals in the video game industry from game development to distribution. Students will begin to learn the legal skills needed to analyze, negotiate, and draft agreements representing various parties in the video game industry. Although the course will focus on the video game industry, many concepts will be useful for any transactional practice. This class meets the skills requirement. IP LLM course. Students who have previously taken Entertainment/New Media Law may not take this class.  Take home final exam, students will be allowed to pick up the exam at any time during the finals period

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

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. 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.

Environmental Law Seminar

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

Advanced exploration of legal issues involved in current efforts to halt degradation of the environment. Emphasis on major responsibilities of environmental lawyers in serving environmental protection goals, as well as key considerations of justice. Topics include fairness in enforcement proceedings, citizen access to regulatory decision making, and “environmental racism” impacts of hazardous waste facility siting.  Students select individual or small group research projects and presentation on environment law topics. Prerequisite: Environmental Protection (288)

Ethics and Criminal Justice Advocacy

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

Final paper may qualify for the Supervised Analytical Writing Requirement.

Evidence

Bar course. Subject to the grade curve. Students who do not attend the first day of class will be dropped by the professor.  Attendance is mandatory.  Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet.

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 intermittently throughout the semester on the following dates: 01/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/12, 3/12, 3/26, 4/23. Course credit will be awarded only on satisfactory completion of both the fieldwork and the seminar. Students must complete both components simultaneously.

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 intermittently throughout the semester: 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, 2/07, 3/14, 4/4, 4/11.  Students must attend all classes. Course credit will be awarded only on satisfactory completion of both the fieldwork and the seminar. Students must complete both components simultaneously.  Professor does not allow taping of this class.

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 Wealth Management

Limited Enrollment. Pre-requisite  Wills and Trusts (281).

Federal Income Tax

Required texts for the course will be listed on the course ClaraNet 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. Final grade based on exam and class participation.

Food and Drug Law

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

This course covers the FDA, food and dietary supplements, human drugs and biological products, medical devises, cosmetics and enforcement of regulations.

Approved IP LL.M. course.

Gender and Law

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

STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND THE FIRST DAY WILL BE DROPPED BY THE PROFESSOR. Attendance is mandatory. Limited enrollment. Reading Assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet. 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.  This course may be taken as a companion course with Women and the Law stories.

Honors Moot Court - External

 This is a zero unit “meeting time” class required for all students involved in an external moot court. This is so that students can meet together as a team, with the team coach or with Prof. Carter. The meeting time will not necessarily be used each week, but must be left available.

Honors Moot Court - External

This is a zero unit “meeting time” class required for all students involved in an external moot court. This is so that students can meet together as a team, with the team coach or with Prof. Carter. The meeting time will not necessarily be used each week, but must be left available.

Honors Moot Court - Internal

Credit/No Credit. To register, students must obtain a permission number from the Moot Court Board President.

Honors Moot Court Board - External

Credit/No Credit. The External Moot Court Board is a student organization whose primary responsibility is the administration of Honors Moot Court External (HMCE) competitions. Students may earn from 1 to 4 units for work as members of the External Moot Court Board. To register for this course, students must obtain a permission number from the Moot Court Board President.

Honors Moot Court Board-Internal

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

Immigration Appellate Practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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

This is an appellate clinic. Students represent actual petitioners for review in immigration cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, under the instructor’s supervision. In the course of the representation, students will review the administrative record, conduct research, write an original and a reply brief, and present oral argument before the Ninth Circuit. Oral argument will probably not be until the late summer or fall, however. Students may write the briefs in their second year, but must have completed two-thirds of their legal education to argue before the Court. Students must understand that we are representing live individuals in the course and must commit to complying with all brief draft and filing deadlines.  Enrollment is limited to six students. Instructor approval required. Preference given to third-year students.  Meets the Professional Skills Requirement.  Supervised Analytical Writing credit available.   Pre-requisites: Immigration Law or Refugee Law or the equivalent.

Immigration Law

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

Students who do not attend the first day of class will be dropped by the professor.  Attendance is mandatory.  Reading assignment for the first class posted on ClaraNet.  A limited number of students may opt for writing a final paper, rather than a final exam. Please note that these papers will not qualify for SAWR credit.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.   Professor is willing to have a student tape a class with the permission of the professor for personal use only. Either prior or contemporaneous enrollment in Constitutional Law II highly recommended.

Intellectual Property Survey

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Attendance is mandatory.  Reading Assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet.  Professor tapes each class and posts recordings on I-Tunes University.  Class will have a take home final exam.  Approved IP LLM course.

International Business Transactions

Certificate(s): High Tech Law - International Specialization Only

Legal problems of international commercial transactions.

International Human Rights Clinic A

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

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 International Human Rights Clinic 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. This class meets the Professional Skills Requirement.

International Human Rights Clinic B

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

This course is the credit/no credit portion of the International Human Rights Clinic. Students can register for up to 2 units in this course. Students must register for Human Rights Clinic A for the first 3 units of clinical credit, and this course for any units thereafter.  Limited enrollment.  Students must 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. This class meets the Professional Skills Requirement.

International IP Law

Certificate(s): High Tech Law International Law

Enrollment limited to students who have taken at least one course on intellectual property or who have the instructor’s permission. Approved IP LLM course. Prerequisite : IP Survey (388)

Interviewing and Counseling

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

Class will meet for the first 9 weeks only. Professional Skills Course.

Interviewing and Counseling

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

Professional Skills Course

Interviewing and Counseling

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

Professional Skills Course.

Introduction to the Bar Exam

Credit/No Credit. Class will meet on 5 Saturdays. Dates and times are subject to change based on speaker and room availability. A series of guest speakers introduce the objectives, testing formats, and grading methods used on the California bar examination (applicable to many other state bars). Through hands-on practice with the Bar’s essay, performance test, and multiple choice testing formats, and feedback from commercial graders, students can self-assess individual readiness and design a personal study plan for the bar. Enrollment is limited to students in their final year of study. Attendance and satisfactory completion of homework exercises is required for credit. Students may also audit all classes and receive feedback without earning a unit of credit.  Students may not register for both Advanced Legal Writing: Writing and Introduction to the Bar Exam.  Students wishing to participate in both should audit the Intro to the Bar Exam course. Will meet as follows: January 25, 9-1; February 1,  9-1; February 15, 9-1; March 15, 9-5; April 5, 9-1

IP Litigation

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Formerly known as Patent Litigation. Pre or Co-requisite: Patent Law (233) or IP Survey (388) or consent of instructor. 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.  Attendance is mandatory.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day. The purpose of this course is to blend substantive patent law knowledge with practical application in a litigation context. The course emphasizes litigation skills including client relations, developing the factual record, strategic counseling, and motion practice. It will be of particular interest to those who plan to practice in the areas of patent litigation, patent prosecution, or patent licensing. The course analyzes a hypothetical patent litigation using a US Patent and file history along with other documents. Grades are based on a variety of exercises related to claim construction charts, infringement and invalidity analysis, serving and responding to discovery, expert reports, depositions, and motions as well as class participation. Limited enrollment. This class meets the Professional Skills Requirement. Professor does not allow taping of this class; but is willing to have a student tape a class with the permission of the professor for personal use only.  Approved IP LLM course.

IP Litigation

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Attendance is mandatory. Reading assignment for first class will be posted on ClaraNet. This course emphasizes the management of complex IP litigation , focusing specifically on three areas: (1) program/project management principles; (2) the analysis of the case record; and (3) the visual presentation of a complex IP case.  Most of the principles taught will be applied to a complex patent infringement case.  In addition, a limited portion of each class will be devoted to instruction on self-management, i.e., techniques young litigators can utilize to improve their performance and self/time management.  The reading for the class includes a soon-to-be published book on managing complex IP litigation written by the professor and some other select readings.  (Copies of the book will be available in the book store.)  There will be some reading quizzes, a final open-book/notes examination based on the lectures, and a final written team project.  The professor strongly prefers that students not use any devices (laptops, PDAs, etc.) during the class.  The professor is willing to have a student tape a class with the permission of the professor for personal use only. This class is recommended for any student who is considering a career as a litigator handling complex IP cases. Professional Skills Course. Prerequisite : IP Survey (388). Approved IP LLM course.”

Journal of International Law

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

Judicial Externship Full Time

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure (114). Students must apply. Applications available on the Academic and Professional Development TWEN page. Students must arrange their own placements prior to application approval. 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

Credit/No Credit

Judicial Externship Part Time

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure (114). Students must apply. Applications available on the Academic and Professional Development TWEN page. Students must arrange their own placements prior to application approval. 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 Court Law Seminar

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

Attendance is mandatory. A limited number of papers may qualify for the Supervised Analytical Writing Requirement.  Professor is willing to have a student tape a class with the permission of the professor for personal use only.

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 AILA@FLYPROGRAM.ORG to arrange a meeting. Students continue to teach practical legal skills to at-risk youth on juvenile probation, while simultaneously cultivating the professional growth of their peers. The law students serve not only as an instructor and a weekly positive role model for 20 youth over the 14-week period, but also as a site leader. The course includes three 2.5-hour orientation sessions, three lunch seminars, and regular check-in meetings. The trainings and seminars provide law students with instruction about substantive legal issues and professional skills.

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 AILA@FLYPROGRAM.ORG to arrange a meeting. Students teach practical legal skills primarily to at-risk youth on juvenile probation. Legal concepts include constitutional law, criminal law, and criminal procedure. The 14-week program seeks to use the law as a vehicle to build life-skills in disadvantaged youth while empowering them to exit the juvenile justice system. The law student will serve not only as an instructor, but as a weekly positive role model for 20 youth over the 14-week period. The course includes three 8-hour training sessions, three lunch seminars, and regular check-in meetings.

KGACLC Civil Clinical Skills IA

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 Clinical Skills I B, 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 Jan. 18.  This course fulfills the Professional Skills Requirement. 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 IB

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 I A for the first 3 units of clinical credit, and Clinical Skills I B for any units thereafter.  Students must submit an application after enrolling.  Students must attend a mandatory training class on Saturday, Jan 18. This course fulfills the Professional Skills Requirement. 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.  This class meets the Professional Skills requirement.

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.  Students can register for up to 4 units in this course.  Students must register for Clinical Skills II A for the first 2 units of clinical credit, and Clinical Skills II B for any units thereafter.  Students must obtain a permission number from instructors’ to add this course.  Limited enrollment.  This class meets the Professional Skills requirement.

KGACLC Consumer & Debtors Rights Interviewing and Advising

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

Credit/No Credit. Students must attend a mandatory training class on Saturday, Jan. 18. Thereafter, students must spend 25 hours advising at the Consumer and Debtor Rights Clinic, which meets on the following Mondays: Jan 27, Feb 3, 10 and 24, March 10, 17, 24, 31 and April 14 from 3:30 pm to 6:20 pm. Students may not take more than one interviewing and advising class in the same semester. This class fulfills the Professional Skills Requirement.

KGACLC Immigration Interviewing and Advising

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

Credit/No Credit. Students must attend a mandatory training class on Saturday, Jan 18. Thereafter, students must spend 25 hours advising at the Immigration Clinic, which meets from 12:30 – 4 pm on Wed. DATES: Jan. 22; Feb. 5, 19, 26; March 12; April 2, 16. Students may not take more than one interviewing and advising class in the same semester. This class fulfills the Professional Skills Requirement.

KGACLC Workers' Rights Interviewing and Advising

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, Jan. 18. Thereafter, students must spend 27 hours advising at the Workers’ Rights Clinic.  Tuesday Clinic meets from 6:00 – 9:00 pm on the following dates:  Jan. 21, 28; Feb. 4, 11, 25; March 11, 18; April 1, 8. Thursday class meets from 6:00 – 8:00 pm on the following dates: Jan. 23, 30; Feb. 6, 13; March 6, 13 . Students may not take more than one interviewing and advising class in the same semester. This class fulfills the Professional Skills Requirement.  Students will provide advice to low income clients regarding problems in the workplace such as wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, unpaid wages, and failure to pay overtime. In addition to advising clients, students will also receive 13.5 hours of instruction in the Fundamentals of Employment Law class that covers wage and hour law, wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, leave acts, workers compensation, unemployment insurance, state disability insurance, ERISA, privacy, workplace immigration, and union issues.  The Workers’ Rights Clinic (KGACLC 463) has entered into an exciting new partnership with the Labor Commission.  Workers’ Rights (KGACLC 463) students stand in the shoes of the Labor Commission and investigate retaliation claims filed with the agency; interview employers, employees, and witnesses; draft declarations and reports; and prepare cause and no cause findings.

Labor Law: The Public Sector

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

Grade based on midterm, take home final and class participation. Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet. The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day. It is recommended that students have had Labor Law (235) but not required.

Law and Education

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

Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet.  Supervised Analytical Writing credit possible.

Law Practice Management

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

Law Review

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

Leadership for Lawyers

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

Credit/No Credit. This course examines the unique role of the Lawyer as a Leader. The course explores the major theories of leadership in order to prepare students to understand, develop, and accept complex leadership roles. This class meets the Professional Skills Requirement.

Leadership Skills for Law Student Leaders

Legal and Business Aspects of the Entertainment Industry

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

 This course will survey the legal and business aspects involving the creation and distribution of content in the entertainment industry and the various agreements used to structure deals in the industry. The course will explore the similarities and differences in the exploitation of intellectual property in the film, television, music and video game industries and teach the practical aspects of how deals get done.  Take home final exam. No textbook, all reading information is downloaded before the class. IP LLM course. Pre-requisite : IP Survey (388) First class: Movie industry; Second: TV industry; 3rd: Music Industry; 4th:Video game industry.  Class meets on Saturday’s from 11:15 AM to 2:15 PM on the following dates: 1/18, 2/1, 2/22, 3/8, 3/22, 4/5 and 4/26.

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 Drafting

ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY.  Assignment for first class will be posted in ClaraNet.  How does one discover a client’s objectives and then translate them into legal text (statutes, contracts, bylaws, etc.) that has the best chance of accomplishing what the client wants? This skills course considers many different forms of legal drafting, focusing primarily on legal work intended for planning and governing purposes such as contracts, wills, trusts, bylaws, and statutes. The skills to be developed will be generic to and useful for all forms of drafting, though we will not consider drafting in the litigation context. Class sessions will center on written work that students have prepared in advance and also on in-class exercises. This will require preparation of written work at home and we will review, evaluate, and edit that work during class. Attendance, participation, and written work will be required for each class. Evaluation will be through drafting projects and classroom preparation and participation.

Legal Issues of Start up Business

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

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. This course satisfies the Professional Skills Requirement. Limited enrollment.  Approved IP LLM course

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. Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet.
Professor does not allow taping of this class.

Legal Profession

Required course. Subject to grade curve.

Legal Profession

Required Class. Subject to grade curve.

Legal Research and Writing A

First Year Class. See 1L schedule

Section 1

Legal Research and Writing B

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.
Section 2

Legal Research and Writing C

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Section 3

Legal Research and Writing D

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Section 4

Legal Research and Writing E

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.
Section 5

Legal Research and Writing F

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Section 6

Legal Research and Writing G

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Section 1 & 2

Legal Research and Writing I

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.
Section 5 & 6

Legal Research and Writing J

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.
Section 7

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.

Legal Systems in El Salvador

Credit/No Credit. Contact Professor Cynthia Mertens (cmertens@scu.edu) as soon as possible if you are interested in this immersion experience. Class will meet three or four Friday afternoons in the spring. This course is a co-requisite for students who are participating in the immersion trip to El Salvador Jan. 2-10, 2014. Permission number required to register. An application must be submitted.  Application is available on Professor Mertens’ ClaraNet site.

Low Income Taxpayer 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. Students must participate in Wednesday evening intake clinics (5:30pm-8:30pm) at the Tax Clinic located at KGACLC to fulfill the course requirements, and attend office hours to work on their cases at KGACLC. Students will earn units through 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-requisite or co-requisite: Federal Income Tax (270)

Low Income Taxpayer Clinic B

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

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.

Mediation: Theory and Practice

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

Over 90 percent of pending lawsuits settle. This fact of modern lawyering ensures that skills in legal settlement are of critical importance to all lawyers. Mediation is the most common type of legal settlement, taking place in both litigation and corporate law. This class will teach the skills and techniques necessary to successfully navigate this legal negotiation process. The course merges theory with practice, in order to: (1) develop your understanding of both the processes and significance of mediation; (2) give you tools and concepts for analyzing and preparing for mediations; (3) enhance your skills through frequent role plays, analysis, and feedback.
Given the interactive nature of this class, attendance is mandatory, and class size is limited. All interested students must attend the first class. Only students who are present on the first day of class will be able to take the course. Method of Evaluation: Seminar participation and short written assignments. Negotiating is recommended as a prerequisite but is not required.

Professional Skills Course.

Mediation: Theory and Practice

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

Mergers and Acquisitions

 This course will focus on the law affecting corporate mergers and acquisitions, with some time being devoted to spin-offs and split-ups.  JD students should have already taken Business Organizations (248) or Securities Regulation (258);  LLM students should have had a comparable basic business organization course, or relevant background and experience, or should be contemporaneously taking the basic Business Organizations (248) course.

Natural Resources

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

 This course provides an overview of the regulation and management of natural resources. The topics that will be covered include federal regulatory powers and land policy, water resources, energy issues, endangered species, basics of tribal lands, takings, and the public trust doctrine.  Syllabus posted on the course ClaraNet page.

Negotiating

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

Students who do not attend the first day will be dropped by the professor.  This class will have a  take home exam.  Professional Skills Course. Attendance is mandatory. Limited enrollment. Reading Assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet. Professor is willing to have a student tape a class with the permission of the professor for personal use only.

Northern California Innocence Project A

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

Graded. Available by permission number (contact lstarr@scu.edu) to students taking NCIP 505 A and B in the Fall 2013 and to students who are currently taking Wrongful Conviction Seminar – This is now a year long course. Students enrolled in Basic NCIP must take at least three units. If you would like to take three units of Basic NCIP for a grade, you should enroll under 505A. If you would like to enroll in either three units for credit/no credit or for units in addition to your three under 505A, you should enroll in 505B (see below). There is no final or paper – credit and grade are earned through class participation and work on cases. Requirements: ALL NCIP students must attend the first week of class, beginning Tuesday, January 14th at 4:10 pm as well as our training session “NCIP Boot Camp” on Friday Jan 17, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Readings and other important announcements will be posted on ClaraNet. 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. 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 A

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

Graded. Limited enrollment. Students must obtain a permission number from NCIP to register for this course (contact lstarr@scu.edu). This course is ONLY available to students who have completed NCIP prior to Fall 2013. 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 must obtain a permission number from NCIP to register for this course (contact lstarr@scu.edu). This course is ONLY available to students who have completed NCIP prior to Fall 2013. 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. Available by permission number (contact lstarr@scu.edu) to students taking NCIP 505 A and B in the Fall 2013 and to students who are currently taking Wrongful Conviction Seminar – This is now a year long course. Students enrolled in Basic NCIP must take at least three units. If you would like to take three units of Basic NCIP for a grade, you should enroll under 505A (see above). If you would like to enroll in either three units for credit or for more than three units of class, you must enroll in those additional units under 505B with a permission number (contact: lstarr@scu.edu). ALL NCIP students must attend the first week of class, beginning, Tuesday, January 14 at 4:10 pm as well as our training session “NCIP Boot Camp” on Friday, Jan. 17, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Readings and other important announcements will be posted on ClaraNet. NCIP is located at 900 Lafayette Street (corner of Lafayette and Homestead, first floor). This class meets the Professional Skills Requirement.

Panetta Fellows Externship

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

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

Patent Prosecution

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

This course satisfies the Professional Skills Requirement. This course covers practical aspects of drafting and prosecuting foreign and domestic patent applications, including the creation of a patent application, claim drafting and construction, international patent practice, and the strategic development of a patent portfolio.  Approved IP LLM Course.  Prerequisite: IP Survey (388)

Patents

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Attendance is mandatory.  Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet.  Approved IP LLM course.  Prerequisite:  IP Survey (388)

Privacy Law Seminar

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

Final Paper can be used to satisfy the Supervised Analytical Writing Requirement. Limited enrollment.  Reading Assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet. Professor does not allow taping of this class. The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.  IPLLM class.

Property

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Property

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Property

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Property

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Public Interest and Social Justice Practice

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

 Professional Skills Class.  Limited enrollment.

Real Estate Conveyancing

An overview of real estate conveyancing principles. The real estate purchase contract, escrows, recording acts, title insurance, delivery of deeds and covenants of title are among the topics to be covered in this course. The course will cover common law and California statutory modifications. This material will be covered on the California Bar Exam but this course is not a “Bar” course. Professor Collins is a practitioner in the real estate transaction area and will incorporate practical approaches.

Real Estate Finance

This year the course will include an examination of the current mortgage debacle: its causes, effects and possible solutions. It will also include the traditional debtor protections and lender remedies that underlie secured real estate transactions. California law is emphasized. No prerequisites.

Remedies

Bar class.  Subject to grade curve. Attendance is mandatory.  Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet.

Remedies

Bar course. Subject to grade curve.

Rights of Publicity

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Attendance is mandatory.  The top five students on the wait list should  attend the first day. Professor is willing to have a student tape a  class with the permission of the professor for  personal use only. Approved IP LLM course.  Pre-requisites:  Intellectual Property Survey (388) is recommended but not required.

Securities Regulation

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Attendance is mandatory.  Limited enrollment.  Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet.
Professor does not allow taping of this class.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.  Professional Skills course.  Prerequisite:  Business Organizations

Social Justice Workshop: Law and Labor in the Fields

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

California agriculture is big business. It generates more than $43 billion in revenue each year.  The industry employs approximately 750,000 workers, more than one third of all farm workers in the country.

California is unique in American farm labor, not just because of its economic dominance, but also because the Agricultural Labor Relations Act (ALRA) provides protection for farmworkers’ right to organize unions and engage in collective bargaining.  Despite the passage of this law in 1975, however, only a tiny number of farm workers are organized today.  Yet, the industry has grown dramatically in size and profitability over the last 40 years.

This seminar will examine the relationship between legal institutions and farm labor, in California and elsewhere, both in the U.S. and internationally.  Labor organizing, immigration, technology and other issues will be covered.

The seminar is dedicated to the memory of both Cesar Chavez, the founder and leader of the United Farm Workers union, who died 20 years ago and our own Professor Herman Levy, who died a decade ago, and was a key architect of the ALRA.  Leading academics from law and other disciplines as well as labor activists will present their views to the seminar.

Sports Law Seminar: The Litigator's Perspective

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

This course approaches Sports Law from the perspective of the litigator. Sports have become a major industry in the U.S. and worldwide. Therefore, virtually every legal discipline applies to sports and the several of the more commonly applied disciplines will be considered, such as intellectual property law, tort law, class action law, disability law, criminal law and Constitutional law. Also, there are bodies of laws and rules unique to sports, such as those applying to athletic associations, amateurism and the Olympics, and these will also be considered. No prerequisites. Students who have taken Sports Law Seminar: The Agent’s Perspective in the fall MAY enroll in this course. This course will cover topics not covered in the fall Sports Law course. Limited enrollment. Grade based on final exam and class participation.

Statutory Analysis

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

Class will meet two times per week for the first 9 weeks only.

Take home exam right at the end of the 9 week course.

Supreme Court Seminar

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

Final paper may qualify for the Supervised Analytical Writing Requirement.  Professional Skills Class.  Limited enrollment.  Pre-requisite: Con Law I (200)

Technology Licensing

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Limited enrollment.  Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.  Professor is willing to have a student tape a class with the permission of the professor for personal use only.  The class focus is on 1) understanding high tech licenses/agreements used by high-tech companies and law-firms and 2) agreement drafting theory and practice.  This class meets the Professional Skills Requirement.  While not a pre-requisite, IP Survey would be helpful.

The Prison System

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.  Reading assignment for first class posted on ClaraNet.  Professor does not allow laptops.  Professor does not allow taping of this class.  All enrolled students will be eligible for the Supervised Analytical Writing credit.

Trademarks & Unfair Competition

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Prerequisite : IP Survey (388)

Trial Techniques

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

Credit/No Credit. This class fulfills the Professional Skills Requirement.  Pre- or Co-requisite:  Evidence (320).

Understanding Capital Punishment Law

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

Grade based on final paper. Final paper can be used to satisfy the Supervised Analytical Writing Requirement. Limited enrollment.

Venture Capital

Wills and Trusts

 Bar course.  Subject to grade curve.