Extensive analyses of the administrative decisions, judicial decisions, statutes, regulations, and informal practices of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Consulate, and Manpower Administration are presented in this course.

This course is primarily concerned with Title 11, United States Code, including the comprehensive amendments under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA). Some reference is made to previous bankruptcy laws for historical background purposes. An in-depth study is made of the statutory material relating to both voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy, both under Chapter 7 (liquidation) and 11 (reorganizations). The course also includes discussion of the important features of Chapter 13 bankruptcy.

This course combines the study of the transmission of property at death, including the rules of interstate succession, with inter vivos gifts, the creation of inter vivos and testamentary trusts, and the rights and duties of trustees who hold and manage property for another or for charitable purposes. It includes the study of resulting and constructive trusts as well as the Uniform and California probate codes.

Students in this course will study the taxation of personal income from employment, investments, and the operation of sole proprietorships (but not the taxation of partnerships, corporations, or limited liability companies, which will be covered in the separate Taxation of Business Entities course). This course covers what is included (and what is excluded) from income that must be reported to the IRS, when income must be reported, deductions, exemptions, tax rates (i.e., "ordinary" vs. "capital gain" rates), credits, and the Alternative Minimum Tax.

This course is devoted primarily to the study of the differences between community and separate property, what determines how property is classified as one or the other, and the impact of such classification. The course also deals with the disposition of community property on termination of the marriage relationship, either by divorce or death. Liability of spouses for debts is also explored. Prerequisite: Property (160).

This four-unit, single-semester course examines civil wrongs not arising from a breach of contract. It explores several theories for holding such wrongdoers liable - including intentional torts, negligence and strict liability - and the defenses that may be asserted in response. For each theory and defense, it analyzes the law's substantive bases, evidentiary requirements, historical antecedents and policy implications. It covers topics as diverse and important as duty, standard of care, causation, harm, intent, privilege, deterrence, punishment, compensation and loss spreading.

This course provides an introduction to the basic concepts of property law with emphasis on real property law. Course coverage includes: adverse possession, landlord-tenant, possessory estates, future interests, concurrent ownership, sale of real property, recording statutes, conveyancing, zoning, and other land use controls. Takings may also be included.

This course examines the lawyer's individual and professional obligations to clients, to other lawyers, to the courts, and to the larger society. Special attention is given to the lawyer's role as a professional and the concomitant obligations and conflicts that the professional role creates. The course also canvasses the means by which the professional role is defined, including professional codes of conduct, professional traditions and history, ethical philosophy, and social and cultural expectations of lawyers and the legal system.

This course examines constitutional doctrines regarding the powers of police and prosecutors in the investigation and prosecution of crimes. Topics covered in the course include limitations on arrest, search and seizure based on the Fourth Amendment, rules governing confessions based on the Fifth and Sixth Amendments, and the enforcement of these doctrines through the exclusionary rule.

This course emphasizes both the common law of crimes and the major statutory and case law changes which reflect present legislative and appellate court attitudes. Offenses against the person, property, and habitation are intensively covered, and the concepts of individual and group responsibility are explored. Special attention is also devoted to the corpus delicti, causation, limitations on criminal capacity, special and general defenses, and those mental states which are of importance to the substantive criminal law.