Social Justice and Public Service Law Courses

Last updated on 8/6/13

This  page lists courses required for the Social Justice and Public Service Law Certificate, indicating how  often they may be offered.  However,  faculty take leaves and sabbaticals, so this chart is advisory only. Contact us, if you really want to know about  a course’s availability, as we may have more current information. Note: where a course indicates it will be offered at the instructor’s discretion, we  encourage you to take the course whenever you see it as its offering depends on  a specific instructor’s interest and availability.

Note: where a course indicates it will be offered at the instructor’s discretion, we encourage you to take the course whenever you see it as its offering depends on a specific instructor’s interest and availability

Social Justice and Public Service Law Certificate Requirements

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SERVICE LAW CORE COURSES (LIST A)

COURSE ANTICIPATED OFFERING SCHEDULE
Advanced International Human Rights Clinic ongoing
Civil Practice, High Tech and Social Justice Externship ** ongoing
Criminal Justice Externship: Expungement * ongoing
Death Penalty Clinic instructor’s discretion
Entrepreneurs Law Clinic ongoing
International Human Rights Clinic ongoing
Judicial Externship ongoing
Judicial Externship II ongoing
KGACLC Community Law Practice: Civil Clinical Skills I ongoing
KGACLC Community Law Practice: Civil Clinical Skills II ongoing
KGACLC Community Law Practice: Consumer and Debtors’ Rights Interviewing and Advising ongoing
KGACLC Community Law Practice: Immigration Law Interviewing and Advising ongoing
KGACLC Community Law Practice: Workers’ Rights Interviewing and Advising ongoing
Law and Social Justice Seminar once a year
Low Income Taxpayer Clinic ongoing
Northern California Innocence Project ongoing
Northern California Innocence Project Advanced Practice Clinic ongoing
Panetta Fellowship ongoing
Public Interest and Social Justice Practice once a year
Social Justice Workshop twice a year

SOCIAL JUSTICE LAW AND PUBLIC INTEREST IDENTITY- RELATED COURSES (LIST B)

Children and the Law Seminar once a year
Specialized Topics in Citizenship and Immigration Law once a year
Community Economic Development occasionally
Consumer Protection once a year
Critical Race Theory every other year
Disability Law occasionally
Domestic Violence Seminar every other year
Elder Law every other year
Employment Discrimination every year
Federal Indian Law occasionally
Gender and Law every year
Housing Discrimination every other year
Immigration Law every year
Islamic Law occasionally
Juvenile Court Law Seminar every other year
Juvenile Justice Leadership & Juvenile Justice Practical Applications ongoing
Labor Law every year
Labor Law: The Public Sector every year
Law and Education every year
Race and Law every year
Sexuality and the Law Instructor’s discretion
Specialized Topics in Citizenship and Immigration Law once a year
Women and the Law Stories Instructor’s discretion

ADDITIONAL SOCIAL  JUSTICE AND PUBLIC INTEREST LAW COURSES (LIST C)
offered every year, unless otherwise  indicated

Administrative Law  
Advanced Evidence Seminar occasionally
Advanced Immigration Law every other year
Advanced International Law Seminar every other year
Advanced Torts every other year
American Legal History Instructor’s discretion
Animal Law occasionally
Antitrust  
Arbitration Law and Practice  
Assisted Reproduction, Cloning and Genetic Engineering Instructor’s discretion
Biotechnology Law every other year
California Civil Procedure  
California Post-Conviction Procedures every other year
Climate Change Law  
Coastal and Ocean Law occasionally
Commercial Transactions every other year
Comparative Government Spending Policies instructors discretion
Constitutional Law Seminar instructors discretion
Constitutional Litigation  
Consumer Mini-Course  
Contemporary International Issues occasionally
Contemporary Legal Theory Seminar instructor’s discretion
Criminal Procedure: Adjudication  
Criminal Procedure: Investigation  
Debtors’ and Creditors’ Rights every other year
Drug Abuse Law Seminar  
Economic Interest Human Rights occasionally
Employee Benefits Law – (“ERISA”) Seminar every other year
Employment Law  
Energy Resources Law occasionally
Environmental Law Seminar every other year
Environmental Protection Law  
Family Law  
Food and Drug Law every other year
Global Poverty, Human Rights and Development occasionally
Globalization and the Rule of Law instructor’s discretion
Health Law 1: Patient, Providers and Payers  
Health Law 2: Health Care Regulation and Finance occasionally
Health Law Seminar  
Human Rights Advocacy occasionally
Immigration Appellate Practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit  
Insurance Law every other year
International Human Rights Theory and Practice  
International Law  
International Environmental Law every other year
International Organizations Seminar every other year
Jurisprudence Seminar  
Jury Law and Strategies  
Juvenile Justice Topics: Leadership Training  
Land Use  
Law and Behavioralism  
Law of Nonprofit Organizations  
Law Practice Management  
Leadership for Lawyers instructor’s discretion
Legal Aspects of War: Humanitarian Law every other year
Legal Systems of El Salvador iInstructor’s discretion
Legal Systems Very Different from Ours every other year
Legislation every other year
Legislation II: Public Lawmaking in CA every other year
Marshall-Brennan Leadership Development and Constitutional Literacy Seminar  
Mass Communications: Television, Cable, Satellite Video and Convergence instructor’s discretion
Mass Communications: Telephone, Broadband Networks and Convergence  
Moot Court (provided the brief covers a public interest and social justice topic)  
Natural Resources occasionally
The Prison System every other year
Privacy Law Seminar every other year
Representing the Spanish Speaking Client occasionally
Righting Wrongful Convictions  
Sentencing Seminar  
Statutory Analysis  
Study Abroad: Geneva International Human Rights Courses  
Study Abroad: The Hague, The Netherlands Seminar in International Criminal Justice  
Study Abroad: Costa Rica, Human Rights in the Americas  
Study Abroad: Singapore, Southeast Asian Human Rights Law  
Study Abroad:  Australia, International Refugee and Immigration Protection Law  
Supreme Court Seminar  
Understanding Capital Punishment Law instructor’s discretion
Voting Rights Seminar  
Water Law occasionally

Skills Courses

Advanced Trial Techniques  
Alternative Dispute Resolution  
Broadband Regulatory Clinic instructor’s discretion
Honors Moot Court  
Interviewing and Counseling  
Interviewing and Counseling: Criminal Justice System  
Juvenile Justice Topics: Practical Applications  
Leadership for Lawyers instructor’s discretion
Mediation: Theory and Practice  
Negotiating  
Opening Statements and Closing Arguments  
Pretrial Litigation Techniques  
Trial Techniques  

* Three units from the Criminal Justice Internship and Seminar may count toward the 15 unit course requirement. This Course is subject to approval by the Social Justice and Public Interest Committee. Students interested in using this class to satisfy the requirement must be sure to file the Notice of Intent and Request for Advising

(Section K.(1)) prior to enrollment.

** Three units from the Civil Practice Internship and Seminar may count toward the 15 unit course requirement. This Course is subject to approval by the Social Justice and Public Interest Committee. Students interested in using this class to satisfy the requirement must be sure to file the Notice of Intent and Request for Advising

(Section K.(1)) prior to enrollment.