Public Interest externships place students with various non-profit organizations which serve the public interest and meet the legal needs of those who cannot afford legal services. Some examples include Public Counsel, Alliance for Children's Rights, and Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law. Public interest placements expose students to various areas of the law, such as housing, employment, family law, and human rights. Externs work closely with experienced attorneys on a range of projects, including client intake, research and analysis, document drafting, negotiating, and counseling.

This course will offer students the opportunity to expand their skills in using sources in the specialized area of international law. The course covers a range of topics, including sources of international law, how international legal research differs from domestic U.S. legal research, treaty and international case law research, and researching of law of international and supranational organizations.

The competent use of technology is a vital part of modern law practice. Comment 8 to Rule 1.1 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct specifies that professional competence requires a lawyer "keep abreast of changes in the law . . . including the benefits of and risks associated with relevant technology." Thirty-nine (39) states have integrated this duty of technological competence into their own ethics rules in some form. Routine use of computers, phones, and IPads does not lead to the kind of technological competence required in today's legal profession.

Sexual orientation, race, and gender represent some of the most powerful aspects of our social identities. They simultaneously tie us to millions of others while also letting us stand out in spaces where minorities are underrepresented. In American law, we generally - but unequally - proscribe discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, race, or gender.

Despite the portrayal of LGBTQ youth in the media with an abundance of acceptance and freedom, not all youth are able to express themselves fully or experience the calm acceptance of family, caretakers, and peers. This course will provide an overview of the various systems of care that youth may encounter during the course of their childhoods. This course will also explore the discrimination and backlash that youth often experience at the hands of these systems of care and caretakers.

This course presents a study of corporate mergers and acquisitions from a transactional perspective. The mechanics of alternative acquisitions techniques are described and compared from the point of view of the target corporation and the acquiring corporation. Defensive tactics of target corporations are examined with reference to the legal standards governing their use. The corporate law concerns of the acquiring corporation are considered in both the friendly and the hostile acquisition.

This course will examine the intersection between immigration and the LGBTQI community. The course will examine the issues representing LGBTQI asylum seekers who face a fear of persecution in their native countries because of their sexual orientation or identity. This course will also examine the struggle of LGBTQI undocumented youth and the challenges they face as a result of the "double closet" in this country. The course will be taught primarily as a lecture-style course but will integrate some practical exercises.

This course will offer students the opportunity to get first-hand experience researching and working with regulatory rules and regulations the context of legal practice. The course will cover both federal and California agency research. It will also explore statutory law in relation to administrative bodies. The course will delve deep into the complexities of agency decisions and guidance. Upon completion of this course, students will have gained an understanding of the basics of administrative law in addition to experience formulating efficient research methodologies.

This course will explore the challenges LGBTQI people have with respect to their family relationships. The course will briefly review the struggle for marriage equality. However, the main focus of the course will be on the legal challenges LGBTQI people still face with respect to their family relationships. The course will primarily be a lecture-style course.

The course will explore the unique legal issues affecting transgender individuals including the rights of transgender people to necessary medical care; the rights of transgender youth in schools; the treatment of transgender people in correctional facilities; legal mechanisms to change identification; discrimination against transgender people in employment; and, legal solutions to the problem of violence against transgender people.