Spring 2027 Class Descriptions
California Civil Procedure (LWLP520)
Instructor(s): Shawn Miller
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
Concentration(s): Civil Litigation (JD), Employment and Labor Law (JD), Employment and Labor Law (LLMG)
Prerequisite(s): Civil Procedure
This course is designed for upperclass law students who intend to practice law in California and therefore may wish to learn more about California civil procedure. The course will focus on the important caselaw doctrines, statutory rules, and policies which define civil litigation in the California courts with particular attention to those areas of California civil procedure that are unique when compared to federal and to other states' procedural laws. The topics covered will include considerations before undertaking representation; statutes of limitations and related doctrines; California conflicts of law doctrine; jurisdiction, venue, forum non conveniens, and service of process; prejudgment attachment and other provisional remedies; claim and issue preclusion; pleadings and motions; joinder of parties and claims, new party cross-complaints, equitable indemnity, and good faith settlements; the California Civil Discovery Act; summary judgments, default judgments, involuntary dismissals for failure to prosecute, the “fast track” system, and judicial and contractual arbitration; right to jury trial, trial procedures, and post-trial motions; judgments, enforcement of judgments, and setting aside judgments; and appeals, extraordinary appellate writs, and administrative mandamus. The course will also provide students with a brief summary of the federal or general position on each major topic covered as a basis of comparison and as a review of basic civil procedure.
Additional Information: Civil Litigation Concentration, Employment and Labor Law Concentration
California Criminal Litigation Skills (LWCR505)
Instructor(s): Richard Gates, Emily Rose-Weber
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Criminal Litigation (JD), Criminal Law (LLMUS), Criminal Law (LLMG)
Prerequisite(s): Criminal Law, Legal Writing & Research
If you are considering a career as a prosecutor or criminal defense attorney, or plan to intern at a prosecution or criminal defense agency, this is the course for you. This course focuses on the knowledge and skills required to litigate criminal cases in the California trial courts. The class tracks a criminal case from arrest through sentencing, but not trial, providing students with an overview of the process. Students draft practice-related documents, participate in courtroom simulations, learn fact management and development, and participate in discussions on relevant topics.
Additional Information: Criminal Litigation Concentration
California Reg Law & Public Interest (LWPP570)
Instructor(s): Marcus Friedman
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
Concentration(s): Children's Rights (JD), Environmental and Energy Law (JD), Health Law (JD), Public Interest Law (JD), Environmental and Energy Law (LLMUS), Environmental and Energy Law (LLMG), Environmental and Energy Law (MSLS)
California Regulatory Law and the Public Interest practicum course in which students learn the substantive law governing the operation and decision making of California regulatory agencies, including constitutional and administrative law principles commonly a part of the Bar Exam. State regulatory agencies are a crucial area of legal practice as they control environmental requirements and land use, education, utilities, and almost all trades and professions (e.g. contractors, doctors, accountants, veterinarians, and attorneys). Public interest lawyers represent interests that are diffuse, unorganized, and generally underrepresented – such as consumers, the environment, children, and the future.
This class focuses on the theories of regulations, barriers to entry, federal and state antitrust law, allies and strategies for creating systemic change, ethical standards for government officials, the California budget process, and the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine. Students are assigned California agencies to monitor outside of the classroom and provide an update to be published in the California Regulatory Law Reporter. Students will also provide agency updates throughout the semester via blog and social media posts.
Note:
This is a required course for the Public Interest Law Concentration (JD). There are limitations on JD concentration eligibility. Please check the JD concentrations web page for more details about applicability to other concentrations.
Additional Information: Public Interest Concentration
California Regulatory Law Clinic I & II (LWVL502)
Instructor(s): Marcus Friedman
1-2 credit(s), H/P/L/F Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Public Interest Law (JD)
Prerequisite(s): CA Regulatory Law and Public Interest
This Clinic, offered in both the Fall and the Spring semesters, is highly recommended for the Public Interest Law Concentration. This Clinic is associated with California Regulatory Law and Public Interest, and offers students an experiential opportunity to complement the knowledge gained from that class. In the Clinic, each student is assigned to monitor one or more state agencies, and does so by attending agency meetings (or watching them online), analyzing regulatory proposals, monitoring legislation and litigation impacting the agency, and more. In addition to drafting periodic tweets and blogs about their agencies during the semester, at the end of the semester students write articles on their agencies for publication in the California Regulatory Law Reporter, which appears on Westlaw. This enables students to achieve, prior to graduation, publication in the major state administrative law publication. Students in this Clinic meet with Prof. Friedman and Consumer Protection Policy Center staff weekly to inform and guide their work. Students interested in California Regulatory Law Clinic I & II must secure a permission slip from Professor Marcus Friedman at CPIL's offices.
Note:
California Regulatory Clinic II is LWVL 512
Additional Information: Public Interest Law Concentration
Child Advocacy Policy Clinic I & II (LWVL505)
Instructor(s): Jessica Heldman
1-3 credit(s), H/P/L/F Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Children's Rights (JD)
Prerequisite(s): Child Rights & Remedies
In this clinic, students work with Staff Attorneys at USD Law’s Children’s Advocacy Institute (CAI) on legislative and regulatory policy advocacy projects, impact litigation, public education, and/or policy research and analysis of issues that affect children, with an emphasis on children in the foster care system. Students are supervised by Professor Jessica Heldman and projects can include working remotely with CAI’s National Policy Advocate in Washington DC, CAI’s California Policy Advocate in Sacramento, or with local San Diego staff. This clinic provides an exciting opportunity to experience how laws and regulations get developed, enacted, and enforced on behalf of an important and vulnerable group of individuals. To participate, students must have completed or be enrolled in Child Rights and Remedies. Clinic slots are limited; contact Professor Jessica Heldman if interested.
Note:
This clinic may be applied as the required clinic for the Children's Rights Concentration (JD).
Child Advocacy Policy Clinic II is LWVL 506.
Additional Information: Children's Rights JD Concentration
Child Advocacy Practicum - Dependency I & II (LWVL507)
Instructor(s): Jessica Heldman
4 credit(s), H/P/L/F Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Children's Rights (JD)
Prerequisite(s): See course description
Practicum students assist attorneys from Children’s Legal Services of San Diego (CLSSD) or Dependency Legal Services of San Diego (DLSSD) in the representation of abused and neglected children or their parents, respectively, in Dependency Court proceedings. Dependency Court is the division of Juvenile Court where all decisions are made as to the legal rights of children who are found to be abused or neglected. Dependency Practicum students are exposed to a wide variety of experiences, such as interviewing clients and witnesses; presenting evidence during bench trials; preparing briefs and memoranda; participating in Child and Family Team meetings, conducting field work with investigators; and making court appearances as necessary and appropriate. Dependency Practicum interns must work at least 16 hours per week with their supervising attorneys. In addition, practicum students meet as a group once weekly for a one-hour classroom component. Students must have completed or be enrolled in Evidence, Civil Procedure and Child Rights and Remedies. Practicum slots are limited; students must obtain a permission slip from Professor Jessica Heldman to register for the course.
Note:
This practicum may be applied as the required clinic for the Children's Rights Concentration (JD).
Child Advocacy Practicum - Dependency II is LWVL 508
Additional Information: Children's Rights JD Concentration
Child Advocacy Practicum - Dependency LEGACY I & II (LWVL587)
Instructor(s): Carolyn Griesemer, Jessica Heldman
1-4 credit(s), H/P/L/F Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Children's Rights (JD)
Corequisite(s): Child Rights and Remedies
LEGACY Project students provide legal information and assistance to youth experiencing homelessness under the supervision of experienced attorneys. Students participate in evening drop-in legal clinics held on-site at a local youth shelter, where they meet directly with young people to identify and address legal needs involving issues such as public benefits, education, housing, family relationships, and access to supportive services. Students develop practical lawyering skills through client interviewing and counseling, legal research, case planning, advocacy, and collaboration with community providers. Students are trained to provide trauma-informed, youth-centered advocacy. Students must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in Child Rights and Remedies. Enrollment is limited, and students must obtain permission from Professor Jessica Heldman to register.
Note:
This practicum may be applied as the required clinic for the Children's Rights Concentration (JD).
Child Advocacy Practicum - Dependency LEGACY II is LWVL 588
Additional Information: Children's Rights JD Concentration
Child Advocacy Practicum - Youth Justice I & II (LWVL503)
Instructor(s): Jessica Heldman
4 credit(s), H/P/L/F Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Children's Rights (JD)
Prerequisite(s): See course description
Practicum students work with the attorneys in the Juvenile Division of the Public Defender’s Office to represent youth in Juvenile Court proceedings to ensure their legal rights are protected and that they receive the appropriate educational, mental, physical, and other services they need if adjudicated delinquent. Practicum students interview clients, prepare and argue motions, and participate in San Diego’s specialized collaborative Behavioral Health Court program (BHC) for youth with mental health diagnoses who are on probation. Participation in BHC provides interns the opportunity to review comprehensive case files of youth to identify areas of need and then advocate on the youth’s behalf with regard to issues such as special education services, school placement, mental health assessments/services, and health care, in order to address underlying issues that might be contributing to the youth’s delinquency. Youth Justice Practicum interns must work at least 16 hours per week at the Public Defender’s Office. In addition, practicum students meet as a group once per week for a one-hour classroom component. Students must have completed or be enrolled in Evidence, Civil Procedure and Child Rights and Remedies. Clinic slots are limited; students must obtain a permission slip from Professor Jessica Heldman to register for the course.
Note:
This practicum may be applied as the required clinic for the Children's Rights Concentration (JD).
Please note this practicum has been renamed - it used to be named Child Advocacy Clinic: Youth Justice I & II.
Child Advocacy Practicum - Youth Justice II is LWVL 504.
Additional Information: Children's Rights JD Concentration
Class Action Law Forum (LWLP524)
Instructor(s): Shawn Miller
1 credit(s), H/P/L/F Graded
Requirement(s): Writing
Concentration(s): Children's Rights (JD), Civil Litigation (JD), Public Interest Law (JD)
The University of San Diego School of Law and Western Alliance Bank’s eighth annual Class Action Law Forum™ (CALF) will take place right here at USD March 20-22, 2027, and Professor Shawn Miller will be supervising students interested in helping state and federal judges and partners from leading law firms that are speaking at the event to prepare their conference presentations. Beyond the opportunity to individually assist judges and law firm partners, students selected must write a short paper (roughly ten pages) on the class action litigation topics covered at the conference. The expectation is that student papers will be published on the CALF’s conference website. Professor Miller is also happy to help students expand their works so that they may be submitted as student notes.
Additional Information: Link to the 2025 conference story on the USD website.
Community Property (LWFC554)
Instructor(s): Meredith Levin
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
This course covers the California community property law, the system for ownership and management of marital property by spouses. California law is the focus of the course, but the materials include comparison of the community property systems of other US states for parallel issues. The approach in the course is to examine both the policy and concepts of the community property system and the detailed rules and legislation applicable in California.
Constitutional Law I (LWAA515)
Instructor(s): Staff
4 credit(s), Letter Graded
This course provides an introduction to the United States Constitution, stressing the theory and practice of judicial interpretation and review, the separation of federal powers, the relation of the states to the federal government, and specific powers of the federal government. It also provides an introduction to the Bill of Rights and its limitations on the exercise of governmental power, with emphasis on freedom of speech.
Constitutional Law II (LWPP525)
Instructor(s): Miranda McGowan
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I
This course is about the Bill of Rights – apart from its “criminal procedure” aspects – and especially about the Fourteenth Amendment and its guarantees of due process and equal protection. Topics may include the second amendment; disputes over economic liberty, sexual liberty, abortion, and assisted suicide; the right to bear arms; takings of private property; voting rights; race and sex discrimination and affirmative action.
Consumer Justice Clinic I (Formerly Civil Clinic I) (LWVL510)
Instructor(s): Joe Villasenor
2-4 credit(s), H/P/L/F Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Civil Litigation (JD)
Recommended Class(es): Civil Procedure, Evidence, Trial Advocacy
Students interview, counsel and represent clients at Superior Court or in administrative hearings in a wide variety of cases under the supervision of an attorney. Students draft pleadings and correspondence, as well as confer and negotiate with opposing counsel/parties. Weekly group meetings are combined with individual case conferences to provide intensive personal training in litigation techniques, problem solving and case management. Students also learn general civil litigation practice and procedures.
Students interested in working in the clinics for either academic credit or as a volunteer must first fill out and submit the USD Legal Clinics Application for Law Students . Clinic staff will review your application and confirm enrollment.
Note:
There are limitations on JD concentration eligibility. Please check the Civil Litigation Concentration web page for more information.
Additional Information: Civil Litigation Concentration
Consumer Justice Clinic II (Formerly Civil Clinic II) (LWVL511)
Instructor(s): Joe Villasenor
1-4 credit(s), H/P/L/F Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Civil Litigation (JD)
Prerequisite(s): Civil Procedure, Civil Clinic I
Recommended Class(es): Civil Procedure, Evidence, Trial Advocacy
Clinic II interns refine their skills, working on complex cases and cases already begun as Clinic I interns. Students may mentor first time clinic participants, serve as lead attorney on cases, and have additional opportunities to appear in court or administrative proceedings. Supervising attorneys/adjunct professors provide individualized coaching, based on the Clinic II interns’ needs and interests.
Students interested in working in the clinics for either academic credit or as a volunteer must first fill out and submit the USD Legal Clinics Application for Law Students . Clinic staff will review your application and confirm enrollment.
Note: There are limitations on JD concentration eligibility. Please check the Civil Litigation Concentration web page for more information.
Additional Information: Civil Litigation Concentration
Contemplative Practice of Law (LWGC514)
Instructor(s): Emily Nagisa Keehn
1 credit(s), P/F Graded
We have much work to do to support the well-being of lawyers. There is robust evidence showing that lawyers suffer at high rates from chronic stress, substance abuse, depression, and burnout. This seminar will introduce students to a variety of mindfulness and contemplative theories and practices with the objective of cultivating their long-term resiliency as professionals. Readings will examine issues through the lens of professional identity formation at the personal and interpersonal levels, including relationships with themselves, their clients, and their colleagues. This course will help students to grow in their self-knowledge, learn how to navigate psychologically difficult situations, and have greater care for themselves while striving to work more thoughtfully and effectively in the service of others.
Contract Drafting (LWGC563)
Instructor(s): Frederick Heller, Monica Sullivan
2 credit(s), Letter Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential OR Writing
Concentration(s): Business and Corporate Law (JD), LLM in Business and Corporate Law (LLMB), Business and Corporate Law (LLMUS), Business and Corporate Law (MSLS)
Transactional drafting is crucial to the legal profession. It refers to the process of creating documents to formalize agreements between parties. This course trains students to be able to use the process comfortably. You will learn to structure agreements, and express them in clear and concise language that will benefit clients and maximize the likelihood of favorable interpretation. The course emphasizes both cooperative and individual drafting work. Each week in class, you will focus on selected components of the drafting process, and prepare a document or exercise requiring you to practice what you learn. You will receive immediate feedback on that day’s drafting activity, and written comments on individual weekly homework assignments. Visits by attorneys who draft contracts in their practice will provide a view of how the legal profession depends on this skill. This class will use various types of contracts that touch on various areas of substantive law: contracts for the sale of goods, business or property (contract law, commercial transactions); residential and commercial leases (landlord-tenant and real estate law); settlement agreements (torts); employment, non-disclosure and non-compete agreements (employment law); retainer agreements (legal ethics); intellectual property rights (intellectual property); corporate acquisitions (corporations, securities law); entertainment contracts (entertainment law); vendors’ contracts (sports law). Grades are based on the scores on individual weekly assignments.
Note:
This course may fulfill either the Experiential OR Upper Division Writing requirement. Students will be asked in class at the beginning of the semester to elect which requirement they would like this course to fulfill. The student's election is final.
Contract Drafting GRAD - LLM or MSLS or EXCHANGE ONLY (LWGC562)
Instructor(s): Leslie Morsek
2 credit(s), Letter Graded
Requirement(s): Writing
Concentration(s): LLM in Business and Corporate Law (LLMB), Business and Corporate Law (LLMUS), Business and Corporate Law (MSLS)
Transactional drafting is crucial to the legal profession. It refers to the process of creating documents to formalize agreements between parties. This course, which is offered only to students in the LLM, MSLS and Exchange programs, trains students to be able to use the process comfortably. You will learn to structure agreements, and express them in clear and concise language that will benefit clients and maximize the likelihood of favorable interpretation. The course emphasizes both cooperative and individual drafting work. Each week in class, you will focus on selected components of the drafting process, and prepare a document or exercise requiring you to practice what you learn. You will receive immediate feedback on that day’s drafting activity, and written comments on individual weekly homework assignments. Visits by attorneys who draft contracts in their practice will provide a view of how the legal profession depends on this skill. This class will use various types of contracts that touch on various areas of substantive law: contracts for the sale of goods, business or property (contract law, commercial transactions); residential and commercial leases (landlord-tenant and real estate law); settlement agreements (torts); employment, non-disclosure and non-compete agreements (employment law); retainer agreements (legal ethics); intellectual property rights (intellectual property); corporate acquisitions (corporations, securities law); entertainment contracts (entertainment law); vendors’ contracts (sports law). Grades are based on the scores on individual weekly assignments.
Note:
This course is for students in the LLM, MSLS, and Exchange programs only.
Contracts (LWAA520)
Instructor(s): Staff
4 credit(s), Letter Graded
An introduction to legal reasoning and analytical skills through an investigation of how the law enforces agreements. Included are such topics as: the requirements for the formation of a contract; problems of interpretation; damages for breach; the statute of frauds; illegality; and problems which arise during the performance stage of a contract, such as the creation and failure of express and implied conditions, excuse through impossibility or frustration of purpose, and discharge. Article II of the Uniform Commercial Code is introduced and compared with the common law of contracts.
Controlled Substances (LWGC518)
Instructor(s): Donald Dripps
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
Concentration(s): Criminal Litigation (JD), Criminal Law (LLMUS), Criminal Law (LLMG), Criminal Law (MSLS)
This course examines the criminal law’s treatment of recreational drug use and the policy controversies attending the law. The course should be of special interest to students interested in taking up criminal practice, whether as prosecutors or defenders, but should also appeal to students interested in our criminal justice system generally. Specific topics covered will include the Nature of Intoxicants, the Development of Legal Prohibitions, and Continuing Debate over Legalization; The War on Drugs, Mass Incarceration, and Questions of Equal Justice; Possession versus Distribution; Manufacture and Conspiracy Offenses; Mens Rea in Drug Crimes; Drug Testing at Work and School; Sentencing under the Guidelines; Criminal Procedure--Informants and Wiretaps; Criminal Procedure—Search and Seizure, with special emphasis on suppression hearing practice; The Controlled Substances Act and the FDCA; Medical Marijuana; and International Aspects of Drug Control.
Additional Information: Criminal Litigation Concentration
Copyright Law (LWIP525)
Instructor(s): Abraham Bell
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
Concentration(s): Intellectual Property (JD), Intellectual Property (LLMUS), Intellectual Property Law (LLMG), Intellectual Property Law (MSLS)
This course surveys the law relating to rights in expressive works. We will study what copyright covers – such as books, movies, musical recordings, and software – and distinguish copyright from other forms of intellectual property, such as trademark and patent. We will focus on the exclusive rights granted in copyrightable works, rules governing the transfer of those rights, what acts infringe those rights, what remedies the law provides for infringement, and what limitations the law places on those rights, such as the fair use doctrine. We will discuss some topics of current interest, such as the rules governing the copying and distribution of music over peer-to-peer networks, digital rights management, and open-source software development. This class has a final exam.
Note: May be applied as part of the six required credits for the Intellectual Property Concentration (JD).
Additional Information: Intellectual Property JD Concentration
Corporate Counsel Externship I (LWVL591)
Instructor(s): Beth Baier
1-6 credit(s), P/F Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Business and Corporate Law (JD), Intellectual Property (JD), LLM in Business and Corporate Law (LLMB), Intellectual Property Law (LLMG)
The Corporate Counsel Externship Program consists of a work component and a class component and allows students to earn academic credit working in the legal department of a corporation, company or other business entity. Students may also work in other departments of a corporation as long as they are supervised by an on-site licensed attorney. Students must work during the academic session for a minimum of 50 hours per unit of credit and may receive 1-6 credits. For purposes of corporate counsel externship work, the academic session is from the official start of classes to the last day of final exams. No academic credit may be earned for corporate counsel externship work outside this time period.
Academic requirements include: mandatory orientation, student journals submitted to the professor relating to the field placement work; discussion boards on legal practice topics; a four-six page reflective paper at the end of the semester, include a placement evaluation; an externship work product for professor review; and an on-site supervisor evaluation showing satisfactory completion of work experience. The Externship is graded on a Pass-Fail basis.
If you have been offered and have accepted a field placement, meet the eligibility requirements, agree to meet the course obligations and want to register for the Externship course, fill out the Field Placement Form. After you submit the form, the Office of Career and Professional Development will review it and send you an email with directions on how to enroll.
If you have any placements questions, read the FAQ's available at that link. If the FAQ's do not answer your field placement questions, contact the Office of Career and Professional Development at lawcareers@sandiego.edu.
Note:
There are limitations on JD concentration eligibility. Please check the JD concentrations web pages for more information. Contact Law Student Affairs to find out if your work in this externship qualifies for the concentration.
Additional Information: JD Concentrations Web Page, Email Law Student Affairs
Corporate Counsel Externship II (LWVL589)
Instructor(s): Beth Baier
1-6 credit(s), P/F Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Business and Corporate Law (JD), Intellectual Property (JD), LLM in Business and Corporate Law (LLMB), Intellectual Property Law (LLMG)
Externship II students refine their skills, with a longer opportunity to specialize their training in a specific area. Externship II is limited to students who have previously worked at a Corporate Counsel Externship placement. Please refer to Corporate Counsel Externship I description for additional requirements.
Additional Information: Field Placement Program Page
Corporate Tax (LWTE560)
Instructor(s): Michelle Layser
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
Concentration(s): Business and Corporate Law (JD), LLM in Business and Corporate Law (LLMB), Business and Corporate Law (LLMUS), Taxation (LLMUS), LLM in Taxation (LLMT), Business and Corporate Law (MSLS), Taxation (MSLS)
Prerequisite(s): Tax I
The course involves a study of the basic concepts of federal income taxation of C corporations and their shareholders, including organization of corporations; cash and stock dividends; redemptions of stock; partial and complete liquidations; sales of corporate businesses and reorganizations. Taxation of corporations is compared with taxation of partnerships, limited liability companies and S corporations. The emphasis is on careful analysis of Code provisions, Treasury Regulations, other administrative materials and important judicial decisions in relation to problems that are frequently assigned in advance of class discussion.
Note: This is a required course for the Business and Corporate Law Concentration (JD).
Additional Information: Business and Corporate Law Concentration
Corporate Technology Externship (LWVL570)
Instructor(s): Anthony Mauriello
1-6 credit(s), P/F Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Business and Corporate Law (JD), Intellectual Property (JD), LLM in Business and Corporate Law (LLMB), Intellectual Property Law (LLMG), Business and Corporate Law (MSLS), Intellectual Property Law (MSLS)
This externship places students at local law firms and companies to provide legal assistance to technology companies in the areas of corporate formation and transactions, contracts, employment, and related areas. Students will be supervised by attorneys at the local law firms and companies as well as the professors. Students begin work during the first week of the semester with companies and law firms, and meet one-on-one with the professors on a regular basis.
Only students who were registered for the fall semester will be admitted to the spring semester. Non-graduating students who have not previously participated in the externship may apply for the Fall 2027 externship in late Spring 2027. Please see the Fall 2026 course description for more information on applying for the 2027-28 program.
Additional Information: Application
Corporations (LWBC545)
Instructor(s): Mengyi Wang, Mark Lee
4 credit(s), Letter Graded
Concentration(s): Business and Corporate Law (JD), Employment and Labor Law (JD), LLM in Business and Corporate Law (LLMB), Business and Corporate Law (LLMUS), Employment and Labor Law (LLMG), Business and Corporate Law (MSLS)
Note:
This is a required course for the Business and Coporate Law Concentration (JD).
Additional Information: Business and Corporate Law Concentration
Criminal Procedure I (LWCR520)
Instructor(s): Rebecca Talbott
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Criminal Litigation (JD), Criminal Law (LLMUS), Criminal Law (LLMG), Criminal Law (MSLS)
This course is limited to pre-trial matters, as effected by the fourth, fifth, and sixth amendments. Coverage will include arrest, search and seizure, wiretap, lineups, interrogation, and the exclusionary rules.
Note: This is a required course for the Criminal Litigation Concentration (JD).
Additional Information: Criminal Litigation Concentration
Criminal Procedure II (LWCR525)
Instructor(s): Erin Sheley
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Criminal Litigation (JD), Criminal Law (LLMUS), Criminal Law (LLMG), Criminal Law (MSLS)
Prerequisite(s): Criminal Procedure I
In this advanced criminal procedure class, students will continue the study commenced in Criminal Procedure I, focusing on the processing of a criminal defendant through the criminal justice system. The course will address a number of issues regularly presented in criminal cases, including the charging process, the right to a speedy trial, criminal discovery and disclosure, the right to jury trial, the right to effective assistance of counsel, the right to confrontation and the exercise of the privilege against self incrimination at trial. In addition the course will include discussions of the principles of the right against double jeopardy, and post conviction remedies such as direct appeal and petitions for habeas corpus. The purpose of the course is to develop an understanding of the basic structure of the criminal process in a federal system of government as well as the basic principles underlying the constitutional and procedural protections of the criminal justice system.
Note: This is a required course for the Criminal Litigation Concentration (JD).
Additional Information: Criminal Litigation Concentration