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)

This course provides an in-depth study of copyright law and its protection of the intangible property rights of authors. Copyright law reflects the rich and complex international business framework through which the expression of creative ideas is governed, whether in terms of creation, marketing, distribution, exhibition or litigation. Knowledge of copyright law has innumerable industry applications and, like trademark law, is of particular and critical importance to both transactional and litigation practitioners in the fields of entertainment, media, fashion, art and technology.

Criminal Litigation in Practice will cover virtually all of the stages of a criminal case - from the probable cause hearing through the sentencing hearing. The focus of this course will be on state practice. Each class will include a brief lecture about the relevant substantive law applicable to the particular stage at issue. The following class will be oral advocacy exercises involving factual hypotheticals implicating the relevant substantive law principles. The exercises will require each student to play the role of either defense counsel or prosecutor.

This course explores the substantive and procedural problems connected with the federal prosecution and defense of white collar crime. It also examines selected federal statutes including the Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). The range of topics includes mail and wire fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, corporate criminal liability, and Grand Jury investigations.

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.