This course is designed to examine the legal and economic aspects of land sale transactions. A study is made of typical documentation used in such transactions; the role of the real estate broker and the lawyer; the rights, liabilities, and remedies of the buyer and seller arising out of their contract; sources and alternative forms of financing; basic tax considerations; forms of ownership; title protection devices and development alternatives. Prerequisite: Property (160)

This course provides an in-depth study of the substantive patent law of the U.S. Although the Patent Office procedure to obtain a patent is not covered in this course, the conditions for a valid patent are reviewed, such as inventorship, the date of the invention, the novelty requirement, statutory bars other than novelty, and the requirements of utility and non-obviousness are explored.

Participation in the Trial Advocacy Honors Program (TAHP) is by invitation only. Students who have been selected to participate in TAHP must register for the program via Student Action Report (SAR) in the Registration Office (W102). For more information, please visit the TAHP web page at https://www.swlaw.edu/trial-advocacy-honors-progra m

Trial Advocacy introduces the fundamental trial techniques employed in the preparation of witnesses, jury selection, direct examination, cross-examination, expert witnesses, introduction of exhibits, use of demonstrative aids, and delivery of opening statements and closing arguments. Simulations are utilized throughout the course.Prerequisite: Evidence (140 or 140B).

This is an advanced course in torts and contract principles pertaining to the liability of all those who are part of the integral marketing enterprise for goods and services. There is also coverage of legislative and administrative controls with respect to goods and services which are placed into the stream of commerce. Prerequisites: Torts I (170A) and Torts II (170B); or Torts (170).

This course focuses on the various discovery techniques and motions that are commonly used in federal and/or California state practice. General topics may include: pleadings, motions to dismiss and demurrers, discovery vehicles and privileges, experts, pre-trial conferences, summary judgment motions, motions for failure to prosecute, and pre-trial practice in complex litigation. In lieu of a final examination, students are graded on the basis of multiple simulated skills exercises. Work outside and well an inside of the classroom is expected.

The Internet and e-commerce industries are among the fastest growing segments of the global economy. Southern California is a major center of information technology (IT) vendors and e-commerce enterprises. The Internet and IT industries are generating a complex and rapidly developing body of laws that show no sign of abating. Lawyers with an expertise in this area are in great demand.

This course is designed as study of the law pertaining to the formation and dissolution of domestic relations, including the law of marriage, annulment, separation and dissolution, alimony, and custody and support of children.

This course will focus on the legal and institutional regulation of high school, collegiate, and Olympic sports, as well as the business transactions that are rightfully an integral part of those sports. The course will also cover health, safety, and risk management issues in these amateur sports.

This course is an overview of those aspects of entertainment law, other than copyright, encompassed in the relationships between artist and personal manager, artist and agent, artist and record producer, and artist and motion picture producer. Other areas explored are: right of publicity and performer's rights; protection of ideas by property, quasi-contract, and express and implied contract theories; television packaging deals; and motion picture financing and distribution. Prerequisites: Copyright Law (538 or 538A)