This course equips students with the conceptual and practical tools necessary to navigate the complex landscape of AI governance. Students will be introduced to the concepts of AI ethics and responsible AI and learn practical frameworks that concretize strategies for effective AI governance.  The course teaches students to design and implement enterprise-level compliance programs that ensure AI systems are trustworthy, ethical, and legally compliant.

Legislative history refers to all the materials considered or created by legislature in relation to a proposed law. Legislative history can provide clues to a legislature's intent, which might signal how a law should be interpreted and applied.  This course will cover materials from the federal and California legislative processes and will review best practices for tracking them down. 

Most lawyers must interact with the administrative state because state agencies regulate in so many areas, such as employment, housing, environmental, and consumer law.  This course is an introduction to general principles governing how state agencies make and apply the law, as well as how courts review agency action.  Topics covered include agency rulemaking (the process by which agencies adopt regulations), agency adjudication (proceedings in which agencies determine rights, benefits, or liabilities of parties), and judicial review of agency action.

This course will provide an introduction to international laws and U.S. legal protections for unaccompanied children under the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA). (London Program) 

The Entertainment Law Capstone Course (Litigation) is specifically tailored to meet the needs of experienced students in their last year of law school interested in entertainment litigation. The course uses lectures, simulation, workshops, and graded assignments to immerse students in the major components of a realistic, multi-faceted entertainment law litigation practice.

Economics for Lawyers will provide you with an overview of basic tools involved in microeconomic analysis (including game theory, and some basic financial and statistical concepts), and an application of these tools to various areas of the law, including property, contracts, tort, and antitrust. This course will prepare you to think critically about the economic implications of legal rules.

This course introduces students to essential topics in food justice that cover all aspects of the food chain, from production to consumption. As part of Southwestern's London Program, the class will include guest lecturers and field trips, giving students the opportunity to experience and engage in the London food scene and food activism. Students will develop oral communication skills by participating in class debates on cutting-edge food justice issues and presenting their final papers.