Antitrust Law

This general overview of federal antitrust law concentrates on basic substantive areas of the Sherman and Clayton Acts such as: horizontal restraints of trade including price fixing, boycotts, bid rigging, allocations of customers and territories, and trade associations; vertical restraints including resale price maintenance, allocation of territories, exclusive distributorships, tying and termination dealers; monopolization and attempts to monopolize under Section 2 of the Sherman Act; and mergers (horizontal, vertical and conglomerate) under the Clayton Act, Section 7.

This general overview of federal antitrust law concentrates on basic substantive areas of the Sherman and Clayton Acts such as:

Sales

This is a basic course dealing with contracts for the sale of goods under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Its goals include the development of skills in statutory analysis and an in-depth understanding of the process of contract formation and performance.

This is a basic course dealing with contracts for the sale of goods under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Course goals include the development of skills in statutory analysis and an in-depth understanding of the process of contract formation and performance.

Laws II: Negotiation

This spring semester 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.

This spring semester 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.

Laws II: Appellate Advocacy

This spring semester 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. The Appellate Advocacy track of LAWS II instructs students on advocacy in the courts of appeal.

This spring semester 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.

Trial of Jesus Seminar

This seminar will examine the trial of Jesus by deconstructing and critically analyzing the Gospel of Matthew in light of Jewish religious and criminal law and procedure, Roman law, as well as known historical events apart from the Gospel. The course will also explore the impact of the trial on the Jewish people and world history with particular attention given to the development of anti-Semitism. The course assumes no prior knowledge of Judaism, Jewish law, or Christianity.

This seminar examines the trial of Jesus by deconstructing and critically analyzing the Gospel of Matthew in light of Jewish religious and criminal law and procedure, Roman law, as well as known historical events apart from the Gospel.

The course also explores the impact of the trial on the Jewish people and world history with particular attention given to the development of anti-Semitism.

The course assumes no prior knowledge of Judaism, Jewish law, or Christianity.

Contracts II

This course involves the study of the formative process of contracts; mutual assent, consideration, effect of the statute of frauds, and parole evidence rule; the remedial process applied to contracts, including measure of damages and other remedies; and the examination of problems of breach of contract, anticipatory breach, and exploration of defenses to contract actions, including conditions, impossibility of performance, frustration of purpose, and discharge. Emphasis is also placed on the Uniform Commercial Code.

This course involves the study of the formative process of contracts; mutual assent, consideration, effect of the statute of frauds, and parole evidence rule; the remedial process applied to contracts, including measure of damages and other remedies; and the examination of problems of breach of contract, anticipatory breach, and exploration of defenses to contract actions, including conditions, impossibility of performance, frustration of purpose, and discharge. Emphasis is also placed on the Uniform Commercial Code.

Constitutional Law II

This course provides a study of the institution of judicial review, the limitations on federal judicial power and the constitutional roles of the legislative and executive branches. Due process and individual rights under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are also reviewed.

This course provides a study of the institution of judicial review, the limitations on federal judicial power and the constitutional roles of the legislative and executive branches.

Due process and individual rights under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are also reviewed.

Women & the Law Seminar

This seminar explores concrete legal problems of particular and current concern to women.

This seminar explores concrete legal problems of particular and current concern to women.

Among the areas potentially covered by the seminar paper and weekly readings are:

Employment Discrimination Law

Employment Discrimination Law studies the history, doctrine, and practice of law outlawing discrimination in the workplace based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, and membership in other protected classifications. Although the course focuses on California's Fair Employment and Housing Act, together with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it also covers the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, and other federal and state anti-discrimination statutes.

Employment Discrimination Law studies the history, doctrine, and practice of law outlawing discrimination in the workplace based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, and membership in other protected classifications.

Although the course focuses on California's Fair Employment and Housing Act, together with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it also covers the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, and other federal and state anti-discrimination statutes.

Advanced Immigration Law Clinic

Students who have successfully completed the Immigration Rights Clinic can continue to hone their lawyering skills through direct representation of children and adults in Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and U Visa cases. Students will not participate in the Immigration Law Clinic classroom component. The course may be taken for 1 to 3 units upon approval from the Director of the Immigration Law Clinic. Prerequisite: Immigration Law Clinic (680IM).

Students who have successfully completed the Immigration Rights Clinic can continue to hone their lawyering skills through direct representation of children and adults in Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and U Visa cases.  Students do not participate in the Immigration Law Clinic classroom component.

The course may be taken for one, two, or three units upon approval from the Director of the Immigration Law Clinic.

Prerequisite: Immigration Law Clinic (680IM).