Fall 2026 Class Descriptions
Mediation Skills (LWLP556)
Instructor(s): Lisa Maxwell
2 credit(s), H/P/L/F Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Business and Corporate Law (JD), Children's Rights (JD), Civil Litigation (JD), Criminal Litigation (JD), Employment and Labor Law (JD), Environmental and Energy Law (JD), Health Law (JD), Intellectual Property (JD), Public Interest Law (JD), LLM in Business and Corporate Law (LLMB), Business and Corporate Law (LLMUS), Criminal Law (LLMUS), Environmental and Energy Law (LLMUS), Intellectual Property (LLMUS), Criminal Law (LLMG), Employment and Labor Law (LLMG), Environmental and Energy Law (LLMG), Intellectual Property Law (LLMG), Business and Corporate Law (MSLS), Criminal Law (MSLS), Environmental and Energy Law (MSLS), Intellectual Property Law (MSLS)
Mediation is a process by which a trained and impartial third party helps others resolve a dispute. Lawyers use mediation extensively, both as advocates and as neutrals. Participants will learn to mediate a variety of disputes, using the methodology developed by San Diego National Conflict Resolution Center (NCRC). They will receive a certificate of participation upon their successful completion of the training. Participants must commit to attending each of the training sessions as a condition of enrollment. Enrollment is limited to 42 participants. This course is graded on a 4-tier Pass-Fail basis.
Unfortunately, due to the Covid pandemic, NCRC is unable to offer student opportunities to mediate Small Claims Court disputes under the mentoring of NCRC mediators. Once the SCC resumes operations, the opportunity will be revisited possibly under a virtual format.
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There are limitations on concentration eligibility. Check the Concentrations web pages for more information.
Mental Health Law (LWPP545)
Instructor(s): Nicolas Badre, Dov Fox
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
Concentration(s): Criminal Litigation (JD), Health Law (JD), Public Interest Law (JD), Criminal Law (LLMUS), Criminal Law (LLMG), Criminal Law (MSLS)
This course will examine civil and criminal law doctrine that relates to the mental health care system in the United States. The civil aspects of mental health law we will cover include competency, informed consent and refusal, duties to warn, and involuntary commitment. On the criminal side, we will learn about such topics as the psychological profiling, child abuse, the insanity defense, and death penalty.
Additional Information: Criminal Litigation Concentration (JD), Health Law Concentration, Public Interest Law Concentration
Multistate Bar Exam Review (Asynchronous Distance Education) (LWGC576)
Instructor(s): Drew Lautemann
4 credit(s), Letter Graded
The Online MBE Course offers a robust conceptual understanding of highly tested areas of law and a flexible approach to solving bar exam questions via an asynchronous online platform. Students will review substantive doctrine through online lectures, assigned text, MBE questions and black-letter law. Through the course, students systematically build exam skills including reading comprehension, issue identification, rule mastery, application, critical thinking, and legal analysis. Students will also learn how to recognize and deal with common MBE “distractors.” Students receive a course textbook, workbook with problems, and access to BARBRI AMP and online lectures. The course assessment includes a 100-question diagnostic/baseline exam, midterm exam, and a comprehensive final exam. The midterm and final exams will be online. Only students planning to graduate in December 2024 or May 2025 may register for the course.
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This course is an asynchronous distance education course and the course content will be available through Canvas.