This course will focus on several major issues that arise in European entertainment law practice and how those issues affect the practice of entertainment law in the United States. The primary issues covered in this one credit course include the right to privacy in the European Union, including the transfer of data to the United States; the protection of a person's name and likeness in Europe and how that protection affects the content of entertainment products and services that are distributed in Europe; and the protection of trademarks, as well as domain names, in Europe.

Unscripted Television Production Law Unscripted television, known colloquially as reality television, has nearly twice as many productions as traditional scripted television series. The production process for unscripted television involves issues not present in the production of scripted programs that ordinarily deal with professional actors performing on sound stages.

The course would address the growing thicket of complicated and sometimes conflicting local, state, and federal laws governing the use, possession, cultivation, transportation, and distribution of cannabis, whether for medical or recreational purposes.

Appellate Process and Brief Drafting provides students with additional instruction in appellate writing, strategy, and practice. Topics will include standing to appeal, the timing of an appeal, the extent of appellate review, and tips for effective appellate advocacy. Students will answer hypothetical fact patterns to test their understanding of these concepts. Students will also analyze various appellate briefs and opinions to further their understanding of what constitutes effective written appellate advocacy.

This three-unit spring course is designed to help students develop lawyering skills that students will need in their legal careers. The course continues to refine students' skills in the legal research, analysis and writing style techniques introduced in the fall semester LAWS I course. In addition, it adds instruction on persuasive legal writing. The course also includes assignments and lessons on professionalism, oral advocacy and client counseling. NOTE: First-year students will receive their specific LAWS section and professor information at or just before Orientation.

Students who have successfully completed the Community Lawyering Clinic can continue to further develop and refine their lawyering skills through direct representation of CSUN community members in immigration matters, community outreach and policy projects. Students will not participate in the weekly Community Lawyering Clinic classroom component; rather, they will work solely on clinic cases and projects. The course may be taken for 1 to 3 units upon approval from the Director of the Community Lawyering Clinic.

The Community Lawyering Clinic is a five-unit, graded semester course. There are no course prerequisites and no final examination. Interested students must submit an application and resume to Professor Julia Vazquez via the online student portal. Enrollment in the Clinic is limited. The Community Lawyering Clinic provides Southwestern Law Students ("students") with the opportunity to learn lawyering skills and provide high quality legal assistance to a vulnerable and underserved population in a community based learning environment.

This criminal law seminar offers an exploration of sex crimes and issues connected to gender and intimate violence. Together, we will examine cutting edge questions related to rape, statutory rape, sex offender registration laws, pornography, stalking, and the constitutional reach of Lawrence v. Texas.

This course is an overview of commonly used agreements in entertainment transactions and how those deals are negotiated and drafted. Students study characteristics of optimal contract language and the construction of written agreements that best reflect the intent of their signatories and impact beneficiaries and how entertainment-related contracts can be informed by various categories of law such as copyright, labor, tort, contract, international law, and collective bargaining agreements.