All Courses
This is a comprehensive course listing of courses taught in the current year and past two years.
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This is a course about the law governing private agreements. The course analyzes the criteria for determining whether or not a particular promise or voluntary agreement is legally enforceable and... |
This course is the students’ foundational clinical course and focuses on practice-oriented legal analysis. During this yearlong course students develop skills needed by practicing lawyers and desired... |
This course covers selected topics in substantive criminal law: principles underlying the definition of crime such as the requirements of actus reus and mens rea and general doctrines such as... |
An analysis of property as a social institution and particularly of the dynamics of the system for recognizing and protecting competing claims to resources. Major problem areas to be studied include... |
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This course focuses on personal injury law, as it has developed within the Anglo-American legal tradition. In particular, the concept of negligence and the refinements of negligence law will be... |
This is a course about the processes that courts follow in deciding disputes in noncriminal cases. It deals with the way in which conflicts are framed for courts, the stages through which litigation... |
This course examines ways in which the United States Constitution (a) distributes power among the various units of government in the American political system, and (b) limits the exercise of those... |
This seminar is a non-credit first-year course required of all students in The David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy. Through readings, guest speakers, and class discussion,... |
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This course will examine the Constitution's allocation of power among, and its system of checks and balances regarding, the executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. The main focus of... |
R. Goldstein M. Small J. Varat E. Volokh This course complements Constitutional Law I. It is devoted mainly to the study of the First Amendment's guarantees of the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly. The course also considers the First... |
P. Arenella D. Carbado D. Dolinko This course studies Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment constitutional restraints on the activities of law enforcement officers during the investigatory stage of the criminal process. Special... |
Arbitration has become an important aspect of legal practice in such disparate fields as securities regulation, commercial law, employment law, family law, labor law, medical malpractice,... |
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This course surveys the law of wills and trusts. Topics include: intestate succession, wills (with an emphasis on execution and revocation), will substitutes, planning for incapacity, trusts, and... |
This course is a detailed examination of the California community property system, which has long regulated property relations between husband and wife during marriage and at its termination by... |
The course will survey several important areas related to the federal income taxation of property transactions. Emphasis will be on federal income tax treatment of sales and other dispositions of... |
This is a concentrated study of the law governing the financing of land transactions from both a national and California perspective. Coverage includes the California deed of trust, installment land... |
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P. Bergman I. Eagly J. Mnookin P. Wonsowicz This course examines the law governing the admission of evidence, focusing on the Federal Rules of Evidence (and to a lesser extent the California Evidence Code), related case law, and federal... |
This course addresses the constitutional and statutory provisions, as well as the judicially-created doctrines, that shape and limit the role that federal courts play in our system of government. It... |
This is a survey course intended to review both the causal and remedial relationship of law to racial discrimination. The material will provide a brief review of the historic development of race as a... |
This course is an introduction to the legal principles that undergird the administrative state. We will study the sources of law for agency action and examine the ways in which the practical... |
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A. Burra M. Greenberg D. Plunkett This course is an introduction to some central issues in the philosophy of law. Topics will include some of the following: the nature of law; the relation between law and morality; the obligation to... |
This course is intended to give students an understanding of the fundamental concepts underlying the U.S. income tax. The course will focus on the statutory framework of U.S. tax laws, certain... |
Survey of the federal gift, estate, and generation skipping transfer taxes, with emphasis on the tax consequences of various methods of transferring wealth during life and at death. While there are... |
This course can serve as an introduction to corporate income taxation for those who have not yet taken the Taxation of Business Enterprises course (or who don’t plan to take it) or as a capstone... |
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This class explores current important issues related to taxation in a global economy. The goal is to provide an understanding of these issues, their relationship to the US and some non-US tax... |
This is a survey course that examines the basic legal aspects of corporate mergers and acquisitions, which are among the most dynamic and complex strategic activities firms undertake. Students will... |
This course examines how tax regimes can influence a country’s economic development. Topics include: the goals of tax systems in developing and developed countries, taxation and economic growth,... |
I. Anabtawi S. Bainbridge S. Cummings S. Kim L. Stout UCLA offers basic courses in Business Associations. A course in Business Associations is a foundational requirement in the Business Law Specialization. Different instructors have different emphases... |
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An exploration of online and offline privacy-related controversies, both as they currently exist and as they might conceivably exist in the future. The first half of the course seeks to synthesize... |
This course introduces basic accounting principles, concepts and terminology. It is intended for the law student who does not have an accounting background. Permission of the instructor to enroll is... |
This course offers a challenging introduction to the federal securities laws, covering the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as well as the detailed, complex regulations... |
This course will explore the legal aspects of corporate financing decisions. The course will consider various types of corporate securities that a firm might issue to raise financing and their... |
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This course is offered jointly by Professor Unterman of the Law School and Professor Osborne of the Anderson Graduate School of Management. Most of the class sessions will be taught by guest... |
This course is a basic one-semester introduction to federal antitrust law, including the rules against price-fixing, market division, monopolization, attempts to monopolize, tie-ins, and exclusive... |
There is a serious national crisis in high school completion and achievement which directly threatens the future of millions of Latino, African American and low-income students across the U.S. No... |
What’s the best way to control pollution? Should a fundamental right to privacy be implied in the U.S. Constitution? Why does the law allow people to breach contractual promises as long as they pay... |
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This course examines the United States Bankruptcy Code and the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. Areas of emphasis are: financing, operating and administering debtors’ estates; treatment of... |
Debt is pervasive in the American economy. Security interests, mortgages, and liens are the legal devices by which the parties to loans, deals, and other transactions establish the power relationship... |
Business Torts is a two-unit course that covers the commercial tort claims most frequently asserted in business litigation. Unlike the first-year torts class, which focuses on conduct causing... |
This employment law survey course is designed to introduce the student to selected topics pertaining to law in the workplace. The student should acquire a working knowledge of the essential... |
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Although the course satisfies the Law School's Professional Responsibility requirement, the emphasis will be less on rules of ethics and more on ethical and judgmental issues that arise over the... |
International commercial arbitration is the single most important means to resolve cross-border commercial disputes in today’s flat world economy. This course provides students with the fundamental... |
This course will focus on the federal law governing relations between private-sector employers and workers acting collectively through unions. We will study the structure, function and jurisdiction... |
This course offers a survey of employment law. We will explore the relationship between the employer and employee and their respective rights, duties and legal obligations. The course will cover... |
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The topic in Fall 2012 is Body Modification in Western and Other Cultures. The course will consider such body modifications as the following: tattoos, piercings, circumcision, self-mutilation (e.g.,... |
Examination of substantive and procedural laws regulating equal employment opportunity. Coverage of protection for public and private employees from discrimination on the basis of race, gender,... |
Intellectual property is widely touted as the greatest asset a company can have in the twenty-first century, but not necessarily because the company will use the IP in its own business. Often a... |
Throughout American history, race has profoundly affected the lives of individuals, the growth of social institutions, the substance of culture, and the workings of our political economy. Not... |
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This course provides an overview of federal Indian law through a study of cases and historical and contemporary materials. It covers the basic conflicts among sovereign governments which dominate... |
This course is an introductory examination of U.S. national security law. We will study questions relating to the exercise of military force, the conduct of intelligence operations, and the... |
This course examines the legal rules and institutions that govern and influence world politics, as well as analyzing the politics of international law. International law today is more complex and... |
This course examines the legal framework of private international business transactions, including: the international sale of goods; bills of lading; letters of credit; government regulation of... |
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This course examines the present legal structure and operation of the world trade system, primarily through analysis of multilateral and regional trade treaties and associated law. Much of the course... |
This course serves as a basic introduction to International Human Rights law. Many of the most significant and troubling trends in international law and international relations today center... |
This course is a comprehensive four-credit introduction to U.S. trademark and unfair competition law. It covers federal trademark, trademark dilution, and unfair competition law. We will also discuss... |
This course will focus on the comparative study of the structure and content of constitutional law, primarily (though not exclusively) comparing the United States with both (a) western European civil... |
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This introduction to comparative law course focuses primarily – but not exclusively -- on studying two legal traditions, (1) the civil law tradition that originated in continental Europe but... |
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to conduct original empirical legal research. In the past 10 years or so Empirical Legal Studies has emerged as a significant subfield of law. ELS... |
An examination of recent high profile, education-related disputes at both the K-12 and higher ed levels. Topics to be explored include campus safety and privacy, student freedom of expression,... |
In this course, we will study the legal regulation of the urban environment. Developers, environmentalists, homeowners, interest groups and other political actors are constrained and empowered by a... |
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The course on administrative law would be helpful, but it is not a prerequisite.This introductory course will focus on the variety of legal mechanisms that regulate the environment including common... |
This course examines the taxation of corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies. Business transactions will be emphasized, and topics will include the formation, operation and... |
This course examines the laws that address the legal status and management of public lands and natural resources, as well as the history, theory and legal authority that have shaped our country’s... |
Issues covered in this four credit course will include: the prosecutorial charging decision, bail and preventive detention statutes, the pretrial screening process including the grand jury[with... |
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In this course, we will study the evolution of international criminal law since Nuremberg. We will concentrate on studying the important developments in the field in the last fifteen years, including... |
This course uses close examination of specific federal crimes to explore issues relating to the role of the federal government in criminal law enforcement. These issues include, for example, a) the... |
S. Bray P. Goodman / K. Lyon Grossman This course is about litigation after the court has found the need to provide relief. The course broadly surveys remedies in civil litigation, such as money damages, injunctive relief, and... |
Art intersects with law in a multitude of forums and disciplines, both nationally and internationally. This course will introduce the student, from an academic and practical perspective, to the body... |
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This course is a comprehensive four credit introduction to U.S. copyright law. The course begins with copyright's underlying policies and theoretical framework. It then examines the requirements... |
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the legal, business, and financial aspects of the music business. It will focus on the representation of artists as a framework for analysis, and... |
With a growing global market, the spread of the Internet, and continuing disparity between developed and developing countries, intellectual property assumes a major role in cross-border litigation,... |
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the legal, business and financial aspects of filmed entertainment, with pertinent comparisons and contrasts between the motion picture and... |
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This is an introductory course in patent law and patent strategy. Although the readings will at times cover technical areas, no technical background is required or even helpful. Instead, our... |
Patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret law are increasingly playing a central role in the economy, in business strategy, in scientific achievement, and in culture as well. This survey is... |
The field of animal law has grown tremendously in the past decade. There is substantial litigation and reform legislation designed to help animals we exploit for food, entertainment, and... |
Lawyers serve as problem solvers. They do so in diverse roles, across public and private and civic realms, in this and other countries. The problem solving lawyers pursue inevitably intersects with... |
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S. Cummings S. Derian S. Dolovich S. Kim A. Winkler This course deals with the law and ethics of lawyering; that is, the standards of law and the ethics that lawyers are held to (or aspire to) in their professional roles. We will study such matters as... |
This course deals with problems arising in multistate transactions in the federal system and in the international sphere. The emphasis will be on choice of law, but personal jurisdiction and... |
Legal, social, and political discourse on race relations has traditionally been framed in Black-White terms. This course disrupts the traditional view by taking Asian Americans seriously. Since the... |
This course focuses on the conjugal relationship, that is, marriage, registered domestic partnership, and informal cohabitation. We will examine the legal principles and social policies governing... |
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The landscape regarding issues of law and sexuality is rapidly changing. This course will therefore examine the law's role in regulating, subordinating, protecting, and constructing sexuality,... |
This course considers ways in which the law governing the political process affects and reflects political power relationships. Topics covered will include campaign finance, the right to vote,... |
Despite the emphasis in law school, especially in the first year, on case law and the judicial process, it is probably the case that for most lawyers most of the time, the "law" they work with is... |
This seminar will explore a cluster of issues concerning concepts, conceptual grasp, and incomplete and incorrect understanding of concepts. The class will range across philosophy of mind and... |
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This course surveys government programs that provide direct assistance to economically vulnerable people in the United States. These include means-tested programs targeted at low-income households... |
This course surveys the law and policy applicable to health care financing and delivery in the United States. Students will learn how different areas of law (e.g., torts, contracts, antitrust,... |
This course provides a legal, technological, and policy introduction to modern communications, including the regulatory regimes that govern broadcast, cable, telephony (wireline and wireless),... |
This course will cover legal issues pertaining to both professional and amateur team sports. Representative issues include: labor issues; antitrust issues (including those raised by the... |
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This course examines the legal and social status of women in modern American society, law and policy relating to that status, legal tools developed to address sexual inequality, and the... |
The course focuses on the answers to four principal questions: who is a citizen of the United States?; who else can come to this country as an immigrant or a visitor?; when and why can... |
This course examines the rights (and responsibilities) of non-citizens. Put differently, this course analyzes when and how questions of membership in U.S. society are complicated by immigration... |
This course introduces students to Jewish law, beginning with biblical law and continuing through its rabbinic interpretation and expansion over 2500 years to our own day. This legal system is based... |
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This course introduces students to the field of Islamic law. It is designed to give students a firm grounding in the principles, concepts and terminology of Islamic law. Islamic law is one of the... |
Students undertake legal research under the supervision of a faculty member resulting in an original scholarly paper analyzing a particular area of law. All work must be done under a faculty member’s... |
Students undertake legal research under the supervision of a faculty member resulting in an original scholarly paper analyzing a particular area of law. All work must be done under a faculty member’s... |
This class will cover domestic and international legal responses to climate change. It will examine the climate change debate and society’s regulatory reaction to it as a means of exploring,... |
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This course is designed to teach the basics of complex financing techniques commonly utilized by practicing lawyers in representing clients in raising capital in the global private institutional debt... |
Students undertake original research, usually involving empirical or field study, and produce a paper analyzing their findings. All work must be done under a faculty member’s supervision, and several... |
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 member states and nearly 500 million citizens, and forms the world’s largest trading bloc. It also represents the fastest and most... |
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This course will engage in a close consideration and reading of Pirkei Avot, one of the formative texts of Rabbinic Judaism and a central source for Jewish ethics over the last 2,000 years. In... |
This course is designed to introduce (1) the legal, economic, and structural issues that shape the energy sector and changes that may arise as a result of climate change; (2) the policy issues... |
This course will be a three-unit survey of Chinese legal thought from Confucius to the present. The course will include classical foundations of Chinese law (Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism), law... |
This course provides a general introduction to doing business in China from a legal perspective. The course material covers the basic legal (and to a certain extent business, political and... |
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The audio-visual entertainment industry is probably the most “unionized” in North America. This survey course examines the entertainment industry from the perspective of the laws and practices... |
This course focuses on the financial analysis skills lawyers need to better represent their clients on a variety of issues. As a foundation course in the Business Law Program, this course is also... |
This course examines the theoretical underpinnings of several major types of regulatory policy, as well as the practical issues involved in implementing and enforcing each. We will explore the... |
This course provides an introduction to the regulation of the investment management industry, and in particular financial investment products for retail investors. The course will focus on the... |
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This course focuses on federal tax laws that pertain to tax-exempt organizations.Specific tax issues considered in the class include requirements to receive and maintain tax-exempt status,... |
This course will provide an intensive introduction to the sequential distribution of theatrical motion pictures, both domestic and international. Students will follow the transactions between major... |
This course addresses the legal aspects of the U.S. government's "war" on terrorism. It examines the crimes and special approaches to criminal procedure (including bases for extended detention... |
This course explores the kinds of financial markets, intermediaries and instruments through which cross-border loan and securities transactions are accomplished, with attention to issues of... |
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This course provides a comprehensive overview of the legal, business, and financial aspects of film financing transactions, including equity investments, off balance sheet financing, tax... |
The objective of the course is to analyze the legal regime of Human Rights in the European context, showing, at the same time, the unification of the European Systems and their diversity.... |
This course surveys the experience of Latinas/os (Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and others) in the American legal system. The course begins with two foundational units. The... |
As dissent becomes criminalized and activity that has previously been considered legitimate dissent can land one in jail, the distinction between exercising freedom of speech and engaging in... |
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This course will examine how workplaces, jobs, and workers come to be structured along gendered lines. The class will read theoretical accounts, empirical studies, ethnographies, and legal cases... |
According to the Wall Street Journal, "it has become evident in recent years that the serious business of governing the United States is largely being done in the States." Yet to meet the rising... |
This course will explore foundational and developing legal concepts in the area of federal Indian law, focusing on issues surrounding contemporary Indian Country economies and commercial transactions... |
This course will introduce students to international refugee law and U.S. asylum law. Some background in immigration law would be helpful, but it is not necessary. Students without any background... |
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We will examine the nature and structure of, and the multidisciplinary legal rules relevant to, start-up companies and venture capital transactions. The course is designed to provide students:i. an... |
This course will introduce students to typical corporate transactions, providing students with substantial drafting and negotiation experiences as well as exposure to the ethical, tax and other legal... |
Course is limited to third-year students. Application required to enroll is due TBA. Graded on a Pass/No Pass basis.The course explores the fundamentals of effective written legal analysis.... |
Although numbers and empirical analysis now pervade many fields of law, most lawyers have few skills in presenting or interpreting data or quantitative arguments. This course develops those... |
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This lecture course will introduce students to research methods and sources unique to international and foreign law. Major topics covered will include treaty research, United Nations documents,... |
C. Fischer / S. Plotin K. Gerson This course is designed to provide students with the research skills needed in the practice of law. Topics covered include the use of primary and secondary sources; case law research; statutory... |
The Advanced Real Estate Transactions course examines the principal legal and business issues at play in each phase of creating value in real estate. The course starts with an examination of... |
This course will be focused on issues involved in litigating civil rights cases. We will study principles of federal civil rights law and practice, and examine the skills and strategies involved in... |
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Modern litigation, both criminal and civil, increasingly confronts claims about scientific evidence. Yet blending expert knowledge with lay adjudicatory processes inevitably raises difficult... |
This course will examine some of the most cutting-edge legal issues in family law (e.g., Should anonymous sperm and egg donation be prohibited? Can a child have more than two parents? Should the... |
This seminar on American political thought will focus on the Founding and, especially, the writings of Abraham Lincoln. Readings will include Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, the... |
Violence appears across the law school curriculum—notably in criminal law and public international law, with cameo appearances in torts, contracts, property, will & trusts, constitutional law,... |
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The intersection between immigration law and crimes has gained greater attention post 9/11 and is of growing importance to policy makers, judges and lawyers alike who practice in both fields. This... |
The aim of this course is to provide law school students with a strong foundation in securities markets, investments, and valuation. Topics include discounting and present values, the valuation... |
This course examines selected theoretical topics in American constitutional law. While the contours of the course material vary from year to year, students can expect an in-depth study of one or... |
This seminar is designed to allow students to delve into current issues and controversies in copyright law. Our readings will be drawn from then-current materials, including materials from pending... |
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The subject in fall 2012 of the Seminar in Property is Current Issues in the Legal and Political Theory of Property. The readings are drawn from legal and philosophical books and articles on such... |
This seminar will analyze effective California and national legal and planning systems achieving: 1. Reductions in global warming through sustainable green design of buildings,... |
This seminar offers an opportunity for students who are interested in corporate law and securities regulation to develop their thinking further by researching, writing, and presenting a paper on... |
Requirements: four brief response papers and one research paper This seminar will have three thematic parts. First, it will look at the changing nature of the employment relationship and its... |
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This Workshop (which includes a Speaker Series too) will immerse students in "rebellious lawyering" - the name given to both a particular vision of problem solving practiced by growing numbers of... |
This course will provide an intensive look at California’s approaches to several areas of environmental and natural resources law. California’s environmental regulatory systems raise important... |
This course explores the identity, ownership, appropriation and repatriation of both tangible and intangible cultural property – those items which are of great significance to the cultural heritage... |
This seminar examines innovative efforts to design more effective pathways for delivering public goods and services than might be available within the strictures of traditional government... |
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This seminar offers an opportunity for students who are interested in corporate law and securities regulation to develop their thinking further by researching, writing, and presenting a paper on a... |
This course begins with a lecture on alternative approaches to understanding international human rights law. Legal, political, sociological, and economic perspectives will be considered. These... |
A. Burra D. Plunkett S. Shiffrin This seminar explores selected topics in philosophy of law. Please see the individual course descriptions for this semester for details on the topics to be discussed. |
D. Lichtman / A. Heinrich/ A. Iancu This seminar is designed to allow students to delve into current issues and controversies in patent law. Students either must already have taken patent law or must specifically apply for admission... |
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R. Sander R. Sander / J. Zasloff This course will examine the past forty years of federal and state programs to stem urban decline and improve housing in the U.S. The course will compare and contrast a variety of legal and policy... |
Students in this seminar will study the traditional and contemporary legal systems of Native American tribal nations. There will be detailed examination of several different tribal systems, including... |
This seminar examines intellectual property from a variety of comparative law, historical, cultural, religious, doctrinal, and theoretical perspectives. We first consider whether intellectual... |
This course will systematically and creatively examine the juvenile justice system and the impact of various legal, social and political policies on at-risk youth -- with a focus on youth in Los... |
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Most lawyers and legal scholars believe that the laws that prohibit discrimination based on race, sex and similar statuses are based on one of two competing approaches: (1) a formalistic approach... |
Students will participate in a workshop series in which scholars from UCLA and other universities – representing a variety of academic disciplines including business, economics, psychology, and... |
An exploration of disability issues impacting people of all ages across a broad range of settings in both public and private sectors – from pre-school to higher education, from the military to... |
This seminar is a required course for the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy and enrollment is limited to Epstein Program students except by approval of the instructor.... |
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This course will examine the ways in which race and sexuality intertwine to shape the law, public discourse and society. We will also explore issues related to the experiences of LGBT people of... |
This course is co-taught by Professors Bank, Stark and Zolt. Tax policy is at the heart of many of the most important public policy issues that we face in our society. How should we allocate the cost... |
Economic theory has had an enormous influence on legal thinking and the legal curriculum. Economic theory, however, traditionally assumes people are always rational and always selfish. In recent... |
This seminar gives you the opportunity to participate in cutting edge scholarship in the areas of entertainment, media, and intellectual property. During the first part of the seminar, we will read... |
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This seminar (taught in the Spring Semester) is primarily but not exclusively intended for students who have completed an unpaid entertainment industry internship the previous summer and who are... |
This seminar will explore – and make explicit what we understand as -- legal analysis. What do we regard ourselves as recognizing when we label something legal analysis? What do we regard... |
The seminar will focus on what (if anything) makes it morally permissible for the state to inflict “hard treatment” on people, against their will, provided they have been found guilty of criminal... |
This seminar will examine the development, articulation and application of “Intersectionality” as both a theoretical frame and a discursive practice in law, human rights and social justice... |
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In the 21st Century problems such as climate change, ozone depletion, and biodiversity will be a central part of international and national politics and policy. What role, if any, does... |
The Legal Theory Workshop brings leading scholars from around the country to discuss their works in progress with law students , graduate students in philosophy, and interested faculty. All the... |
This seminar explores selected topics in philosophy of law. Please see the individual descriptions for this semester for details on the topics to be discussed. |
What is a political crime? Is there a meaningful distinction between a political as opposed to a non-political or common crime? And what is the relationship of political crimes to terrorism? This... |
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S. Banner / R. Korobkin S. Dolovich R. Dworkin / S. Shiffrin R. Dworkin / M. Greenberg J. Kang / S. Kim K. Klee D. Lichtman J. Michaels J. Mnookin / J. Dienstag A. Carlson / J. Mnookin N. Netanel F. Olsen K. Raustiala R. Sander J. Varat / E. Zolt J. Zasloff These seminars are designed to give students the chance to discuss engaging texts pertaining to law, lawyering, and their emerging professional identities in a non-traditional, collegial and... |
This seminar offers students an opportunity to plan a career in public interest law. Unlike graduates pursuing other well-institutionalized career paths (e.g., large firms, government, or... |
The purposes of this seminar are several. First, it seeks to provide a deeper, more contextualized study for some of the cases and topics that students are likely to have encountered in... |
The subset of international law relating to the conduct of war – known as international humanitarian law (IHL) or the law of armed conflict – plays a prominent role in contemporary debates about law... |
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The goal of the seminar would be to (1) help students produce very good publishable student articles, and at the same time (2) teach students better writing and editing skills by having them edit... |
This year-long seminar is designed for advanced law students who wish to develop and complete a full-length, high-quality legal article (or “comment”) of publishable quality in a collaborative... |
This course, required for any LL.M. student who has not previously studied law in the United States, is designed to prepare the foreign lawyer for American legal study. The course provides... |
This seminar is required for all writing advisors in the Lawyering Skills Program and is open only to those writing advisors. The seminar reinforces the analytical and writing skills taught in the... |
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The principal objectives of this seminar are to teach empirical research and writing skills. Each student will do a simple empirical study from already existing data regarding a topic in the field of... |
Human trafficking represents a troubling side effect of globalization, encompassing forced labor and the illicit trade in people across borders. This interdisciplinary course will review and... |
This seminar explores major legal controversies afflicting the digital economy. In particular, the seminar asks how “property” and “monopoly power” should be defined to promote prosperity when... |
This seminar is designed as a follow-up to Law 279. This is a once-weekly seminar in which students will continue the design and execution of original empirical research, using either existing... |
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Why are films and photographs protected by copyright, but food and fashion are not? What difference does it make that copyright reaches some creative acts but rejects many others? Copyright law... |
Sexual politics cut across issues in human rights, encompassing debates about gender equality, cultural relativism, sexual orientation, human trafficking, and HIV/AIDS. This seminar explores the... |
From ancient times, law, justice and responsibility have been major themes in many great works of literature. The primary emphasis of this seminar will be the consideration of a number of such... |
Women of color are the fastest growing segment of the prison population. Nevertheless, women of color are largely omitted in discourses and advocacy regarding criminal justice policy. This... |
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This course will consider the position of indigenous peoples at the intersection of two distinct legal regimes – civil rights law and Indian law. Drawing on ideas from Critical Race Theory and... |
Global climate change is emerging as the most significant environmental, if not societal, issue of our era. This seminar will explore cutting-edge public policy, legal, and scientific challenges... |
This course examines and evaluates recent scholarship in the field of sexual orientation and gender identity law. Each week, students will read and discuss several recent law review articles in the... |
UCLA School of Law offers various opportunities for its students, and for law students in other countries, to gain exposure to international law and the legal systems and cultures of other nations.... |
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This seminar examines scholarship on non-monetary remedies. It will focus especially on the injunction and the declaratory judgment. The law of remedies implicates fundamental questions about the... |
In most markets, money is traded for goods or services. In financial markets, money is traded for other money to be received in the future, often contingent on future events. Financial markets... |
Note: Enrollment limited to 12 students. This seminar takes an in-depth look at selected topics in mergers and acquisitions. Areas explored will include the reasons for pursuing acquisitions, the... |
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This course will examine the important trends in European political theory in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, that is, the political theory that was current and influential at the time of... |
The course will enroll up to 16 students, from law and other graduate programs, who will each week read the work of a scholar who will present a paper on the topic of either climate change and/or... |
In this seminar, students will explore complex issues in medical ethics and law that are ripped from the headlines and fall under the broad umbrella of "reproduction." Topics include: forced... |
This seminar examines the criminal law's alleged link between legal and moral blame. Most of the criminal law's culpability and excuse doctrines for mala in se crimes are derived from the criminal... |
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This seminar provides an overview of comparative criminal procedure. Its goal is not only to study how other legal systems regulate the criminal process, but also to enable a deeper understanding... |
This course is intended for those interested in sophisticated international legal argumentation or those interested in scholarly debates over international law. The seminar will explore competing... |
The central question for debate in this course is well posed in the Legislative Analysts November 2009 report on California’s Fiscal Outlook: “Some observers of the... |
This seminar will examine market mechanisms to regulate pollution and conserve limited natural resources. We will use case studies of various economic approaches, such as fishing quotas, nutrient... |
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The seminar examines traditional legal theory from a feminist perspective and explores alternative feminist views of legal issues and standard jurisprudential quandaries. Admissions to this seminar... |
This seminar examines contemporary scholarship on health reform. The seminar will provide a framework from which to understand and evaluate the ethical, empirical and legal implications of... |
Courses in criminal law tend to focus on the "front end" of the criminal justice process: investigation, prosecution, and verdict. But for those offenders sentenced to prison, the trial process... |
The intersection between immigration law and crimes has gained greater attention post 9/11 and is of growing importance to policy makers, judges and lawyers alike who practice in both fields. This... |
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This seminar examines the rights (and responsibilities) of noncitizens in the United States. As an overarching theme, we will analyze when and how questions of membership in U.S. society are... |
The rise of large urban centers and global food trade has generated a modern food system that is different than anything the world has ever experienced. This modern food system has a profound... |
Examining Public School District Governance and Advocacy Within a Legal Framework.This course will examine contemporary American educational law and policy with a particular emphasis on California... |
This seminar will focus on race-conscious remedies designed to ameliorate race discrimination and inequality. Preliminary focus will be on the location of race-conscious remedies within the existing... |
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Parties engaging in economic exchange often organize their relationships through written contracts. We study the design of these contracts and the body of law which governs and influences their... |
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the mechanics of speaking, presentation and persuasion, framed by the classical principles of rhetoric. The course will feature an in-depth... |
This course will examine the legal and ethical obligations of lawyers representing corporate clients in high stakes business transactions, litigations and reorganizations. The early sessions will... |
Students will participate along with faculty in the law school's biweekly Critical Race Studies Workshop. Every other week we will discuss a work-in-progress presented by various authors, including... |
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In recent decades, sex discrimination scholarship has moved beyond its initial focus on legal doctrine and constitutional arguments to develop a criticism of the legal system itself. This seminar... |
This seminar considers the historic and contemporary position of Latinos/as (Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans and other groups in the U.S. who descend from Latin America) in the... |
The 8th Amendment’s cruel and unusual punishment clause is the constitutional provision that limits what the state can do to convicted criminal offenders as punishment. Substantive challenges to... |
This course will explore the relevance of public policy research to LGBT legal issues. The course will feature the scholars and research of the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. Topics... |
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This semester, the constitutional law seminar will focus on the right to keep and bear arms. We will examine the philosophical and historical origins of the arms right; the controversy over the... |
This course will be graded on a P/U/NC basis. Students who have taken (or plan on taking) Law 702 (Depositions and Discovery in complex Litigation) or Law 703 (Interviewing, Counseling and... |
V. Jih / C. Lifland/ S. Strong V. Jih / C. Lifland/ A. Silvers/ S. Strong The Ninth Circuit Appellate Advocacy Clinic is a joint undertaking between UCLA and the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers LLP. Three senior O’Melveny appellate attorneys will teach the Clinic. ... |
K. Lyon Grossman / S. Donald J. Light A. Moore This course is designed for students who intend to engage in a civil litigation practice. The course focuses on the practical and theoretical aspects of preparing for, taking and defending... |
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This year-long clinic will teach students how lawyers and other professionals help build businesses, with particular emphasis on supporting the technology transfer process at UCLA. This experimental... |
In this course, students in the Public Policy Advocacy Clinic work with clients, organizers and other advocates to devise and implement strategies for changing law or public policy in a selected area... |
The course will cover mediation theory, skills, and perspectives in a variety of areas of law. Students will learn the basic skills to serve as both a neutral mediator and to represent clients during... |
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In this clinic, teams of students will work on civil rights cases in cooperation with public interest organizations and private attorneys. Significant out-of-class time will be required. Class will... |
D. Babbe R. Korobkin C. Sklarz All lawyers, regardless of specialty, must negotiate: with opposing counsel, with clients, and with members of their own firms or organizations. Law 709 is a 3-unit course that provides an overview... |
Third year students have priority for enrollment in this course. This course will be graded on a P/U/NC basis. Students are allowed to take only one Trial Advocacy related course (Civil, Criminal or... |
Students teach law-related topics in local high schools and participate in weekly seminar meetings at the law school. Each student, in consultation with the hosting high school teacher, develops... |
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This five unit clinic is open to a maximum of twelve students. The class meets twice a week for a total of three hours and has a placement component at a community based legal service organization.... |
This transactional clinical course teaches the art of renegotiating basic business contracts such as leases, junk bond indentures, and loan agreements. After studying principles of contractual... |
This clinical course examines the role of the defense lawyer in the criminal justice process. The class seminar, which meets twice each week, covers both substantive and technical aspects of... |
The two-semester International Justice Clinic focuses on the mechanisms of accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. The clinic involves two elements: an integrated... |
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Co-requisite: Law 202. Graded P/U/NC. Limited to 8 students. Third year students will have the opportunity to enroll before second-year students.This course is both a live-client and a seminar. In... |
C. Horowitz / M. Enion S. Hecht The course is designed to train students in lawyering by exposing them to actual environmental law cases. Under faculty supervision, students represent environmental and environmental justice... |
Third year students have priority for enrollment in this course. This course will be graded on a P/U/NC basis. Students are allowed to take only one Trial Advocacy related course (Civil, Criminal or... |
This 6-credit clinical course provides students with hands-on experience in conducting investigations of facts relevant to litigation, transactional matters, and public policy advocacy, particularly... |
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Course credit: 5 unitsLimited to 6 studentsEnrollment by applicationIn this course students will work on real cases before the United States Supreme Court, while learning how the Court selects and... |
Four units; may be taken for one or two semesters, with second semester subject to approval of units by the instructors)Students in this clinic will provide non-litigation legal assistance to Indian... |
4 units; may be taken for one or two semesters, with second semester subject to approval of units by the instructor.Students in this Clinic will provide assistance to justices of the highest courts... |
The Asylum Clinic is a joint venture between the law school and Public Counsel’s Immigrants’ Rights Project. Students will spend approximately four hours each week in the classroom and an additional... |
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Community economic development (CED) has emerged over the past decade as a important strategy for redressing urban poverty. The main programmatic goal of CED—advanced primarily by community-based... |
Students will be divided into groups and assigned one of four roles -- debtor's counsel, secured bank's counsel, unsecured creditors' committee 's counsel, and Noteholders counsel. You will be... |
The acquisition of a going concern raises a host of environmental issues to be resolved and integrated into the larger transaction. It also offers an excellent context in which students can learn... |
The operation of a going concern raises a host of environmental issues to be resolved and integrated into the broader context of managing the business. This problem-based course will draw upon such... |
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In this course, students will have an opportunity to study in depth the process of selling a private company. Students will learn (from both the buyer’s and the seller’s perspective) how to prepare a... |
From the client's initial call requesting a confidentiality agreement and term sheet, through the due diligence process and the preparation and negotiation of a commitment letter, up to the... |
This course has elements of a clinic, a seminar, a law journal, and a long-distance externship. We will partner with the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a... |
Students in their second and third years may apply to do a part-time externship with a government agency, a non-profit organization or with in-house corporate counsel. A student may take more than... |
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Students in their second and third years may apply to do a part-time externship with a judge. A student may take more than one part-time externship, but may receive a cumulative total of no more than... |
This two-unit course will address contemporary theoretical and practical issues concerning the judicial process. We will focus both on the structural features of the judicial system and on the roles... |
UCLA School of Law offers externships in a variety of settings from government agencies to non-profit organizations. Currently, externship placements are limited to California, Seattle, Chicago, New... |
Students in their second and third years may apply to do a full-time externship with a judge, a government agency, a non-profit organization or with in-house corporate counsel. A student may not take... |
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Commercial Law in the People's Republic of China will bring students up close to the past decade of foreign direct investment in China. Having lived in China before attending Georgetown University,... |
Why are corporate transactions structured in the way that they are? This course explores the business lawyer’s role in (1) creating value by helping clients identify, assess, and manage business... |
This course considers whether and to what extent international human rights law applies to the actions of states outside their sovereign territories. The focus is on international law only, not also... |
Poverty wages, sweatshop conditions, and complex structures designed to obscure the relationship between workers and those who profit from their labor characterize many low-wage industries. Growing... |
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This course examines the role that the concept of human intelligence and the instruments invented to measure “intelligence” -- standardized tests -- play in legal disputes. Topics to be covered... |
The course will cover selected topics in environmental law of recent salience including developments in energy and climate legislation, greenhouse gas regulation under the Clean Air Act and the... |
This border has become the most troublesome border for two countries. Since Los Angeles is the most attractive destination for the people living on such a border, a seminar focusing on the legal... |
What is the relationship between law and technology? Does the law lag behind technology? Can the law regulate technology? The course queries the complex relationship between law and Information... |
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In this intensive short course, students will be exposed to the most important elements of a typical merger-and-acquisition transaction involving a publicly traded target company. The course will... |
Previous or concurrent enrollment in Law 248 or this 1- unit mini-course is the substantive law prerequisite for Law 740 Bankruptcy Transactional Course: Negotiating and Confirming Chapter 11... |
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