Academics: JD Program

Required Courses

• Civil Procedure I
• Civil Procedure II
• Constitutional Law I
• Contracts
• Criminal Law
• Professional Responsibility
• Property
• Tax I
• Torts
• Legal Writing and Research I and II
• Intro to the Study of Law

Business, Corporate & Commercial

• Advanced Securities Regulation
• Agency, Partnership & the LLC
• Antitrust
• Bankruptcy
• Business Planning
• Business Torts
• Business Transactions in the People’s Republic of China
• Contracting Across Borders
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Governance Seminar
• Corporate Law Seminar
• Corporations
• Deals
• Entertainment Law
• Finance and Accounting for Lawyers
• High Tech Start-Ups
• In-House Corporate Counseling
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Real Property Transactions
• Securities Regulation
• Sports Law
• UCC: Sales
• UCC: Secured Transactions
• White Collar Crime

Clinics & Internships

• Agency Internships
• Agency Externships
• Appellate Clinic
• Child Advocacy Clinic: Delinquency
• Child Advocacy Clinic: Dependency
• Child Advocacy Clinic: Policy
• Civil Clinic
• Corporate Counsel Internship
• Criminal Clinic
• Education & Disability Clinic
• Energy Law & Policy Clinic
• Entertainment, Sport & IP Internship
• Entrepreneurship Clinic
• Environmental Law Clinic
• Federal Tax Clinic
• Immigration Clinic
• Judicial Internship Program
• Land Use Clinic
• Landlord Tenant Clinic
• Mediation Internship
• Public Interest Law Clinic
• Small Claims Clinic
• State Income Tax Clinic
• State Sales & Use Tax Clinic
• Tech Entrepreneur Law Clinic

Criminal Law

• Corrections and Sentencing
• Crime: The People, The Process
• Criminal Procedure I and II
• Death Penalty
• Federal Crimes
• Scientific Evidence

Environmental Law

• Advanced Environmental Law
• Advanced Issues in Climate & Energy Law
• Climate Change Law & Policy
• Comparative Environmental Law & Regulation
• Contemporary Water Law Issues
• Energy Law & Policy
• Environmental Law
• Environmental Law Seminar
• Public Land & Natural Resource Law

Family & Child

• Child Rights and Remedies
• Education Law
• Family Law
• Topics in Family Law

International & Comparative Law

• Comparative Con Law
• Comparative Law
• Comparative Law Culture & Religion
• European Commercial Law
• European Legal Cultures
• European Union Law
• Global Constitutionalism
• International Arbitration
• International Business Ethics
• International Business Transactions
• International Civil Litigation
• International Contracts
• International Energy Policy & Law
• International Environmental Law
• International Human Rights
• International Intellectual Property
• International Investment – Legal Issues
• International Negotiation
• International Organizations
• International Redress for Human Injustice
• International Sales Transactions
• International Sports Law
• International Trade Law
• Latin American Law & Institutions
• Law of the Sea
• Mexican Law
• NAFTA (North American Fee-Trade Agreement)
• Public International Law

Intellectual Property & Technology Law

• Art Law
• Biotech Patent Law
• Constitution and the Internet
• Copyright Law
• Corporate Innovation
• Cyberspace Law
• Intellectual Property Survey
• Intellectual Property & Antitrust
• Intellectual Property Strategies
• Intellectual Property Theory Seminar
• International Intellectual Property
• Media Law
• Patent Law
• Patent Law Policy
• Patent Law Theory Seminar
• Patent Litigation I & II
• Patent Prosecution
• Patents & Innovation
• Property
• Trade Secrets
• Tech Transfers Legal Practice
• Trademark Law
• Trademark Seminar

Jurisprudence & Theory

• Ethics, Law & International Affairs
• Jurisprudence
• Law and Socio-Economics

Litigation, Practice & Procedure

• Advanced Legal Research
• Advanced Trial Advocacy
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• California Civil Procedure
• Civil Practicum
• Complex Litigation
• Conflict of Laws
• Evidence
• Evidence Advocacy Lab
• Federal Courts
• Interviewing and Counseling
• Judicial Lawmaking
• Labor Law
• Legal Ethics Seminar
• Legal Research Boot Camp
• Mediation Skills
• Negotiation
• Oral Advocacy Skills
• Products Liability Seminar
• Remedies

Other Law Courses

• Advanced Legal Writing
• Animal Law
• Consumer Law
• Fundamentals of Bar Exam Writing
• Health Law & Policy
• Independent Supervised Research
• Law and Literature
• Law of Love
• Legal Analysis
• Legal Drafting
• Persuasive Legal Writing
• Race & the Law
• Topics in Insurance Law

Public Law & Policy

• Administrative Law
• Bioethics and the Law
• Civil Rights Theories Seminar
• Civil Rights Law & History
• Constitutional Development
• Constitutional History
• Constitutional Law II
• Constitutional Morality of the US
• Counterterrorism & the Law
• Election Law
• Employment Discrimination
• Employment Law
• Enterprise, Product and No-Fault Liability
• FDA Law & Policy Seminar
• Federal Courts
• Law and Economics
• Law & Politics of Education Policy
• Law of American Democracy
• Legislation
• Military Justice & National Security
• Native American Law
• Phil Foundations of the US Constitution
• Religion & the Constitution
• State & Local Government
• Public Interest Law and Practice
• Special Education and the Law
• Work, Welfare and Justice

Tax, Estate & Trust

• Advanced Business Planning
• Advanced Corporate Tax Problems
• Corporate Reorganizations
• Corporate Tax Reporting
• Criminal Tax Fraud
• Current Tax Problems
• Energy Taxation & Policy
• ERISA and Employee Benefit Plans
• Estate Planning
• Federal Estate and Gift Taxation
• Federal Tax Procedure
• Income Taxation of Trusts & Estates
• International Taxation
• Outbound Int'l Tax Planning
• Partnership Tax
• Pensions
• State & Local Taxation
• Tax Exempt Organizations
• Tax II (Corporate)
• Tax Litigation
• Tax Policy
• Taxation of Anti-Money Laundering
• Taxation of Intellectual Property
• Taxation of International Finance
• Taxation of Property Transactions
• Trusts and Estates: Community Property
• Trusts and Estates: Wills & Trusts
• Valuation