Course Schedule

Advanced Criminal Law

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

This course will include an examination and discussion of criminal law issues including: state and federal discovery obligations, mental health/competency, juvenile delinquency proceedings, state and federal sentencing, plea negotiations, jury selection, immigration consequences, post-conviction remedies and recent criminal law cases/issues.  

Advanced International Human Rights Clinic A

Certificate(s): International Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Experiential Course

Enrollment in this course is limited to those students who successfully complete Course No. 727 (International Human Rights Clinic), and subject to the Clinic Director’s approval. Students enrolled in this advanced course will continue to work on previous human rights clinic projects and are expected to act as team leaders. Students must register for 2 units of academic credit, which will be graded. This is the “A” portion of the course. Additionally, students may register for up to 2 additional units that are not graded (credit/no credit). This is the “B” portion of the course. Students must submit the International Human Rights Clinic Application Form and obtain a permission number from the professor in order to register for this course (contact FJRivera@scu.edu).

Advanced International Human Rights Clinic B

Certificate(s): International Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Experiential Course

Credit/No Credit. Enrollment in this course is limited to those students who successfully complete Course No. 727 (International Human Rights Clinic), and subject to the Clinic Director’s approval. Adv Clinic B is the proper course to enroll in if you wish to take more than the 2 units of credit offered under Adv Clinic A.

Advanced Legal Research in Intellectual Property

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Credit/No Credit. 

Advanced Legal Writing: Bar Exam 1

Credit/No Credit.

In this course, you will learn the skills necessary to smoothly transition into Bar review and pass the Bar Exam.  In half of the class sessions,  you will review the substantive law of torts, contracts, and criminal law.  Using that knowledge, you will learn and practice strategies for the MBE.  In the other half of the class sessions, you will work in small sections with a Bar writing professor to learn how to excel on essays and the performance test.

To earn credit in the course, all students must complete all assignments and take a 6.5-hour mock bar exam on Saturday,  April 24.

Enrollment is limited to JD students in their final semester of law school only.

Advanced Legal Writing: Bar Exam 10

Credit/No Credit.

In this course, you will learn the skills necessary to smoothly transition into Bar review and pass the Bar Exam.  In half of the class sessions,  you will review the substantive law of torts, contracts, and criminal law.  Using that knowledge, you will learn and practice strategies for the MBE.  In the other half of the class sessions, you will work in small sections with a Bar writing professor to learn how to excel on essays and the performance test.

To earn credit in the course, all students must complete all assignments and take a 6.5-hour mock bar exam on Saturday,  April 24.

Enrollment is limited to JD students in their final semester of law school only.

Advanced Legal Writing: Bar Exam 2

Credit/No Credit.

In this course, you will learn the skills necessary to smoothly transition into Bar review and pass the Bar Exam.  In half of the class sessions,  you will review the substantive law of torts, contracts, and criminal law.  Using that knowledge, you will learn and practice strategies for the MBE.  In the other half of the class sessions, you will work in small sections with a Bar writing professor to learn how to excel on essays and the performance test.

To earn credit in the course, all students must complete all assignments and take a 6.5-hour mock bar exam on Saturday,  April 24.

Enrollment is limited to JD students in their final semester of law school only.

Advanced Legal Writing: Bar Exam 3

Credit/No Credit.

In this course, you will learn the skills necessary to smoothly transition into Bar review and pass the Bar Exam.  In half of the class sessions,  you will review the substantive law of torts, contracts, and criminal law.  Using that knowledge, you will learn and practice strategies for the MBE.  In the other half of the class sessions, you will work in small sections with a Bar writing professor to learn how to excel on essays and the performance test.

To earn credit in the course, all students must complete all assignments and take a 6.5-hour mock bar exam on Saturday,  April 24.

Enrollment is limited to JD students in their final semester of law school only.

Advanced Legal Writing: Bar Exam 4

Credit/No Credit.

In this course, you will learn the skills necessary to smoothly transition into Bar review and pass the Bar Exam.  In half of the class sessions,  you will review the substantive law of torts, contracts, and criminal law.  Using that knowledge, you will learn and practice strategies for the MBE.  In the other half of the class sessions, you will work in small sections with a Bar writing professor to learn how to excel on essays and the performance test.

To earn credit in the course, all students must complete all assignments and take a 6.5-hour mock bar exam on Saturday,  April 24.

Enrollment is limited to JD students in their final semester of law school only.

Advanced Legal Writing: Bar Exam 5

Credit/No Credit.

In this course, you will learn the skills necessary to smoothly transition into Bar review and pass the Bar Exam.  In half of the class sessions,  you will review the substantive law of torts, contracts, and criminal law.  Using that knowledge, you will learn and practice strategies for the MBE.  In the other half of the class sessions, you will work in small sections with a Bar writing professor to learn how to excel on essays and the performance test.

To earn credit in the course, all students must complete all assignments and take a 6.5-hour mock bar exam on Saturday,  April 24.

Enrollment is limited to JD students in their final semester of law school only.

Advanced Legal Writing: Bar Exam 6

Credit/No Credit.

In this course, you will learn the skills necessary to smoothly transition into Bar review and pass the Bar Exam.  In half of the class sessions,  you will review the substantive law of torts, contracts, and criminal law.  Using that knowledge, you will learn and practice strategies for the MBE.  In the other half of the class sessions, you will work in small sections with a Bar writing professor to learn how to excel on essays and the performance test.

To earn credit in the course, all students must complete all assignments and take a 6.5-hour mock bar exam on Saturday,  April 24.

Enrollment is limited to JD students in their final semester of law school only.

Advanced Legal Writing: Bar Exam 7

Credit/No Credit.

In this course, you will learn the skills necessary to smoothly transition into Bar review and pass the Bar Exam.  In half of the class sessions,  you will review the substantive law of torts, contracts, and criminal law.  Using that knowledge, you will learn and practice strategies for the MBE.  In the other half of the class sessions, you will work in small sections with a Bar writing professor to learn how to excel on essays and the performance test.

To earn credit in the course, all students must complete all assignments and take a 6.5-hour mock bar exam on Saturday,  April 24.

Enrollment is limited to JD students in their final semester of law school only.

Advanced Legal Writing: Bar Exam 8

Credit/No Credit.

In this course, you will learn the skills necessary to smoothly transition into Bar review and pass the Bar Exam.  In half of the class sessions,  you will review the substantive law of torts, contracts, and criminal law.  Using that knowledge, you will learn and practice strategies for the MBE.  In the other half of the class sessions, you will work in small sections with a Bar writing professor to learn how to excel on essays and the performance test.

To earn credit in the course, all students must complete all assignments and take a 6.5-hour mock bar exam on Saturday,  April 24.

Enrollment is limited to JD students in their final semester of law school only.

Advanced Legal Writing: Bar Exam 9

Credit/No Credit.

In this course, you will learn the skills necessary to smoothly transition into Bar review and pass the Bar Exam.  In half of the class sessions,  you will review the substantive law of torts, contracts, and criminal law.  Using that knowledge, you will learn and practice strategies for the MBE.  In the other half of the class sessions, you will work in small sections with a Bar writing professor to learn how to excel on essays and the performance test.

To earn credit in the course, all students must complete all assignments and take a 6.5-hour mock bar exam on Saturday,  April 24.

Enrollment is limited to JD students in their final semester of law school only.

Advanced Trial Techniques (Trial Team)

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (Skills)

Enrollment based on tryouts held in Spring 2020. One year, two semester course beginning in Fall 2020. Students should obtain permission number from instructors. Attendance is mandatory, as well as participation in regional/national competitions. 

Experiential Course

Antitrust

Certificate(s): High Tech Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Approved IP LL.M. course.

Bar Exam Skills Workshop

Credit/No Credit.

This class does not meet until January 25.
 This course is required for all JD students entering their final semester who have not earned 4 UP points:  https://law.scu.edu/bulletin/juris-doctor-program-of-study/#UpperDivisionProficiency. 

Business Immigration Law

This course will address the numerous provisions of U.S. immigration law under which foreign professionals, workers, traders, and investors, and their families, can enter the United States on either a temporary or permanent basis.  The goal of this course is to give students an understanding of U.S. business immigration laws, regulations, and policies, and to prepare them for entry into law firms or companies that have an immediate need for new attorneys knowledgeable in this area.  The course will prepare students in substantive and procedural law and also in the skills required to obtain needed information, work with clients,  prepare necessary applications, and guide clients through the visa process.

LAW 212 Immigration Law highly recommended or prior Immigration Law experience.

Business Organizations

Bar course. UP point eligible course. Subject to grade curve.

Business Organizations

Bar course. UP point eligible course. Subject to grade curve.  This is primarily a lecture course with an emphasis on “law and economics” theory. The content is focused on preparing students to work as business lawyers

California Civil Procedure

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Attendance is mandatory.  Reading assignment for first class posted online.  Professor tapes each class and posts recordings on I-Tunes University.  Professor is willing to have a student tape a class with the permission of the professor for personal use only.  Professor will provide class notes and slides.

Capital Markets and Financial Misconduct Seminar

Certificate(s): High Tech Law - Corporate Specialization Only

This seminar will focus on contemporary issues in the conceptualization and regulation of misconduct in financial markets. We will explore wrongdoing in U.S. secondary markets for the trading of stocks, bonds, and other financial instruments, markets whose proper functioning facilitates the original offerings of such instruments by businesses seeking new financing. The seminar will begin with an exploration of the social and economic functions served by trading markets, including providing liquidity for investors and incorporating information into prices, which in turn serve as vital guides for the economy. We will also consider how rules and policy shape the ability of these markets to perform such functions. We will then explore issues that arise specifically in the regulation of wrongdoing in these markets, including manipulation, spoofing, high frequency trading, and broker execution quality. We will also consider the impact of technological innovation on the prevalence of and regulation around such activities.   

This seminar will be divided into two parts.  The first will consist of assigned readings, occasional short response papers, and in-class discussion.  The second part will entail student-led presentations and discussions, based on topics collectively identified and assigned earlier in the course.  

Civil Practice, High Tech, and Social Justice Externship 1

Certificate(s): High Tech Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure (114). Students must apply and have externship pre-approved. Applications available online at Externship page. Students must also register for and successfully complete the Externship Workshop (706). Permission numbers for both classes will be sent via email by the Externship Program upon approval.

Civil Practice, High Tech, and Social Justice Externship II

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure (114) and Civil Practice Externship I (590). Students must apply and have placement pre-approved. Applications available online at Externship page. Students must also register for and successfully complete the Externship Workshop (706). Permission numbers for both classes will be sent via email by the Externship Program upon approval.

Civil Procedure 2

Required course.  Attendance is mandatory.  Prerequisite is Civil Procedure 1 (LAW 114A) 

Civil Procedure 2

Required course.  Attendance is mandatory.  Prerequisite is Civil Procedure 1 (LAW 114A) Section 3 and 4

Civil Procedure 2

First year required course.  Attendance is mandatory.  Professor tapes all classes for use of enrolled students.  Prerequisite is Civil Procedure 1 (LAW 114A) Section 1 and 2

Civil Procedure 2

First year required course.  Attendance is mandatory. Prerequisite is Civil Procedure 1 (LAW 114A) Section 5 and 6

Community Property

Bar Course. UP point eligible class. Subject to grade curve.   

Comparative Privacy Law

Certificate(s): High Tech Law Privacy Law

This course teaches the fundamentals of data protection law. It focuses on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) while drawing comparisons with other relevant regulatory frameworks including the recently enacted California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. Prerequisite:  Privacy Law (410). Students that have not taken the prerequisite but have taken and passed a CIPP exam are eligible. 

Constitutional Law 2

Required course. UP point eligible course. Subject to grade curve.  

Constitutional Law 2

Required course. UP point eligible course. Subject to grade curve.  

Constitutional Law 2

Required course. UP point eligible course. Subject to grade curve.  

Constitutional Law 2

Required course. UP point eligible course. Subject to grade curve.  

Contracts 2

First year class.  See 1L schedule.  Prerequisite is Contracts 1 (LAW 102A)  Section 2

Contracts 2

First year class.  See 1L schedule. Prerequisite is Contracts 1 (LAW 102A)  Attendance is mandatory. Section 5 and 6

Contracts 2

First year class.  See 1L schedule. Prerequisite is Contracts 1 (LAW 102A)  Attendance is mandatory. Section 1

Contracts 2

First year class.  See 1L schedule.  Prerequisite is Contracts 1 (LAW 102A) Section 3 and 4 

Contracts 2e

Prerequisite is Contracts 1e (LAW 102C)  First Year Class. See 1L Schedule. Section 7.

Copyright Law

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Attendance is mandatory.  Approved IP LLM course. Prerequisite:  IP Survey.

Criminal Justice Externship : Public Defender's Office

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Misdemeanor Externship
Expungement Externship
Pretrial Justice Externship

Credit/No Credit. Selected extern students work on real cases with live clients under the supervision of a senior attorney. These are 3 separate programs and enrollment is by online application only. Do not contact the Public Defender’s Office directly. For more information and applications, please see Externships at the Santa Clara County Public Defender’s Office on Emery.

Pre- or Co-Requisite: Evidence (LAW 320). Students should qualify to be certified pursuant to the CA State Bar’s certification requirements. Students must also register for and concurrently complete LAW 706 in order to receive credit.

Students register for 3 units of credit (equivalent to 150 externship hours). Each externship meets the Experiential Learning requirement.

Criminal Justice Externship I

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Criminal Law (106). Students must apply and have placement pre-approved. Applications available online at Externship page. Students must also register for and successfully complete the Externship Workshop (706). Permission numbers for both classes will be sent via email by the Externship Program upon approval.

Criminal Justice Externship II

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure (114), Criminal Justice Externship I (591). Students must apply and have placement pre-approved. Applications are available online at Externship page. Students must also register for and successfully complete the Externship Workshop (706). Permission numbers for both classes will be sent via email by the Externship Program upon approval.

Criminal Law

Evening Class. First Year Class. See 1L Schedule.

Criminal Procedure: Adjudication

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Bar course. UP point eligible course. Subject to grade curve. Attendance is mandatory. Reading assignment for first class posted on Camino.

Criminal Procedure: Investigation

Bar course.  UP point eligible course..  Subject to grade curve.
This course covers 4th Amendment search and seizure, confessions, eyewitness identification procedures and the right to counsel.  The course covers the material most heavily
tested on the bar examination.

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar A1

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar A2

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar A3

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar B1

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar B2

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar B3

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar C1

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar C2

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar C3

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar D1

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar D2

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar D3

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar E1

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar E2

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar E3

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar F1

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar F2

Critical Lawyering Skills Seminar F3

Critical Race Theory

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List B)

This advanced seminar introduces students to key writings in critical race theory. The class explores critical race theory’s central themes, including the permanence of racism; the role of rights and civil rights laws; and the relationship between race, gender, sexual orientation and law. If you are planning to incorporate advocacy into your legal career, understand how CRT is a necessary element in your toolkit.  Participation is class discussion is a major portion of the grade.

Debtors' and Creditors' Rights

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Exploration of methods by which creditors can seek satisfaction of debt and the methods by which debtors can seek relief from or discharge of debt under both state collection law and federal bankruptcy law. A portion of the course is devoted to exploring these issues in the context of consumer debtors. The remainder of the course is devoted to exploring these issues in the context of small- or moderate-size businesses.

Employment Discrimination

Energy Transactions

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law Certificate (List C)

Experiential Course

This two-unit course will train students in transactional work and permitting issues associated with electricity regulation, energy markets, and the development of renewable energy sources, including solar, wind, and geothermal. These issues, given the rapid growth of the renewable energy industry in California as well as the rest of the United States have become increasingly important a traditional business law practice.  California is currently the top state in the country for solar energy production, and the amount of solar capacity in the state is expected to grow significantly in the future. The state’s geothermal resources rank it second in the nation for geothermal power generation, while its wind industry also makes significant contributions to the electricity grid.  The course will illustrate transactional and permitting issues in the context of both national and California regulation of renewable energy and energy transactions needed to deliver power to the grid, including issues associated with both utility-scale and rooftop renewable projects.

Entertainment Transactions

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

This course will focus on legal and business issues related to video game agreements involved in the development and distribution of video games with a primary focus on development, distribution, licensing, talent, and confidentiality.  Students will begin to learn the legal skills needed to analyze, negotiate, and draft agreements representing various parties in the video game industry. Although the course will focus on the video game industry, many concepts will be useful for any transactional practice.  Take home exam.

Entrepreneurs Law Clinic B

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Entrepreneurs Law Clinic B

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Entrepreneurs' Law Clinic

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

ELC will adjust the clinic to accommodate all online. There may be some in-person events and meetings but all such activities will be optional or mixed with participants online. 

Experiential Course

Graded course. Students must submit an application to be considered for the class, and entry in the class will be subject to approval by the ELC Director. For priority consideration, applications should be received by Monday October 12.   Email Professor Norris lnorris@scu.edu if you have any questions. Limited enrollment.  

Entrepreneurs' Law Clinic

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

ELC will adjust the clinic to accommodate all online. There may be some in-person events and meetings but all such activities will be optional or mixed with participants online. 

Experiential Course

Graded course. Students must submit an application to be considered for the class, and entry in the class will be subject to approval by the ELC Director. For priority consideration, applications should be received by Monday October 12.   Email Professor Norris lnorris@scu.edu if you have any questions. Limited enrollment.  

Evidence

Required course.  UP point eligible course. Subject to grade curve.

Evidence

Required course.  UP point eligible course. Subject to grade curve.  

Externship Workshop

Externship Workshop

Externship Workshop

Externship Workshop

Externship Workshop

Externship Workshop

Federal Income Tax

Required texts for the course will be listed online as will the assignment for the first class.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.  With the permission of the professor, a student may record a class for personal use.

Forensic Science and the Law

The goals of this course are for students to:

1. Understand how evidence is collected and processed;
2. Understand the various scientific techniques used including their limitations;
3. Learn to evaluate scientific evidence, and
4. Present and/or challenge the evidence in court

Globalization and The Rule of Law

Certificate(s): International Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

This seminar examines the spread of corporate power across the globe linked to free market reforms in the wake of the end of the Cold War. This year we will focus on how popular social movements have attempted to respond to this new global power of corporations. We will consider several case studies. Students will be asked to write a research paper on a topic of their choosing related to the themes of the seminar. Grades will be based on a research paper and class participation. Several guest speakers will join us.

High Technology Law Journal

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Credit/No Credit. To register for this course students must obtain a permission number from the editor.

Honors Moot Court - Internal

Experiential Course

Credit/No Credit. To register, students must obtain a permission number from the Moot Court Board President.

Honors Moot Court Board

STUDENTS ON THE HMC INTERNAL BOARD, HMC EXTERNAL BOARD, AND GALLOWAY BOARD should all register for this section.  Credit/No Credit. Students are appointed to the boards. To register for this course, students must obtain a permission number from the Moot Court Board Presidents.

Housing Discrimination

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law

This course will focus on discrimination in housing on the basis of race, sex, and sexual orientation under both federal and state law. This is a two hour course that will meet for 150 minutes each week at the beginning of the semester and end after nine weeks of class. Students will have the remainder of the semester to work on the final paper for the course. There will be no exam.

How Engineers, Businesspeople and Lawyers Communicate With Each Other

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Class meets for 8 weeks only, on the following dates:  1/11, 1/13, 1/20, 1/25, 1/27, 2/1, 2/3, 2/8, 2/10, 2/17, 2/22, 2/24, 3/1, 3/3.   Limited to 6 Law Students.

It can be challenging to effectively communicate and collaborate with people from different disciplines. This course will help students from business, engineering, and law learn to understand each other’s perspectives, speak each other’s language, and work together effectively in a collaborative environment. Students from different schools will be organized into teams to work together on a simulated project involving a technological matter, such as privacy/security or IP.

Immigration Appellate Practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Experiential Course

Registration is limited. To obtain a permission number to register, contact Professor Abriel at eabriel@scu.edu.  Class will meet for 75 minutes per week.  Students will have individual meetings lasting another 75 minutes at other times during the week.

Insurance Law

Intellectual Property Survey

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

International Business Transactions

Certificate(s): High Tech Law - International Specialization Only International Law

International Environmental Law

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

This course is a survey course in international and global environmental law. It will cover a variety of substantive areas of international environmental law, ranging from climate change and transboundary air pollution to trade in hazardous waste and endangered species, as well areas of overlap with other fields of international law, such as international trade and human rights law. Equally important, the course aims to introduce students to methodologies and approaches to solving transnational and global environmental problems. As part of this emphasis, we will study the general structure of international environmental law, especially organizational actors, the operation of environmental treaties and the problem of enforcement.  Grading will be based on both class participation and a choice of either a final exam or final paper.

International Human Rights

Certificate(s): International Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

This course on International Human Rights is taught as an interactive and lively seminar that triggers thought-provoking analysis of the most significant and current trends in the field of human rights and international relations. The course will acquaint students with every significant aspect of this critical field as seen through multiple lenses: social, cultural, religious, political and economic factors that shape the global implementation of human rights. The course covers, among other topics, the United Nations human rights system, regional human rights systems, domestic litigation, and various mechanisms for the implementation of human rights. Wherever possible, the course will focus on current domestic and international topics. Grading is based on a short paper and presentation, as well as class participation. There is no final examination. 

International Human Rights Clinic A

Certificate(s): International Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Experiential Course

This course is the graded portion of the International Human Rights Clinic. Students wishing to take more than 3 units of clinic should also register for 1 – 2 units of IHRC B, which is the credit/no credit portion of this class. Limited enrollment. Students must submit theInternational Human Rights Clinic Application and obtain a permission number from the professor in order to register for this course (contact FJRivera@scu.edu) Prior or concurrent course work in international human rights strongly preferred.

International Human Rights Clinic B

Certificate(s): International Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Experiential Course

This course is the credit/no credit portion of the IHRC. Students can register for up to 2 units in this course. Students must register for IHRC A for the first 3 units of clinic credit, and this course for any units thereafter. Limited enrollment. Students must obtain a permission number from the professor in order to register for this course. Prior or concurrent course work in international human rights strongly preferred.

International Law

Certificate(s): High Tech Law - International Specialization Only International Law

Every student will be required to draft a series of short written assignments. The professor will provide detailed individualized feedback on student writing. The course is limited to a maximum of twenty students.

IP Litigation

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Pre or Co-requisite: Patent Law (233) or IP Survey (388) or consent of instructor. Students must attend first class meeting or make prior arrangements with the professor. Students who no-show to the first class will be dropped by the professor.  Attendance is mandatory.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day. The purpose of this course is to blend substantive patent law knowledge with practical application in a litigation context. The course emphasizes litigation skills including client relations, developing the factual record, strategic counseling, and motion practice. It will be of particular interest to those who plan to practice in the areas of patent litigation, patent prosecution, or patent licensing. The course analyzes a hypothetical patent litigation using a US Patent and file history along with other documents. Grades are based on a variety of exercises related to claim construction charts, infringement and invalidity analysis, serving and responding to discovery, expert reports, depositions, and motions as well as class participation. Limited enrollment. Professor does not allow taping of this class; but is willing to have a student tape a class with the permission of the professor for personal use only.  Approved IP LLM course.

IP Litigation

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Pre or Co-requisite: Patent Law (233) or IP Survey (388) or consent of instructor.

This course uses a different fact pattern than other simultaneously taught IP Litigation sections and includes a trade secret component.

Students must attend first class meeting or make prior arrangements with the professor. Students who no-show to the first class will be dropped by the professor.  Attendance is mandatory.  The purpose of this course is to blend substantive patent and trade secret law knowledge with practical application in a litigation context. The course emphasizes litigation skills including client relations, developing the factual record, strategic counseling, and motion practice. It will be of particular interest to those who plan to practice in the areas of patent or trade secret litigation, patent prosecution, or patent licensing. The course analyzes a hypothetical patent and trade secret litigation using a US Patent and file history along with other documents. Grades are based on a variety of exercises related to claim construction, infringement and invalidity analysis, serving and responding to discovery, expert reports, depositions, and motions as well as class participation. Limited enrollment. This course will be recorded and the videos made available for the use of enrolled students.  Approved IP LLM course.  

Journal of International Law

Certificate(s): International Law

Credit/No Credit. To register for this course students must obtain a permission number from the editor.

Judicial Externship I: Full Time

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure (114). Students must apply and have externship pre-approved. Applications are available online on the Externship website. Students must also register for and successfully complete the Externship Workshop (Law 706). Permission numbers for both classes will be sent via email by ExPro upon application approval.

Judicial Externship I: Part Time

Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure (114). Students must apply. Applications are available online on the Externship website. Students must secure their externship prior to application submission. Students must also register for the Externship Workshop (Law 706). Permission numbers to register will be provided by the ExPro upon application approval.

Judicial Externship II

Credit/No Credit. Pre-requisite: Judicial Externship I (Law 594B or 594C). Students must apply. Applications are available online on the Externship website. Students must also register for and successfully complete the online Externship Workshop (LAW 706). Permission numbers to register will be provided by the ExPro  upon application approval.

Juvenile Justice Topics: Leadership Training

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law Certificate (List C)

Credit/No Credit.

This course is for students who would like to receive credit for volunteering for the Law Program with Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY), a juvenile justice nonprofit with a mission to break the cycle of crime, violence, and incarceration in the lives of teens through legal education, leadership training, and one-on-one mentoring. In order to receive credit for this course, students will facilitate FLY’s law-related education (the Law Program) course for at-risk youth in teams of 2-4 facilitators. Students MUST be eligible and available to fulfill the commitment required of a volunteer facilitator in order to receive course credit. Please note that students will not receive credit for volunteering with other FLY programs.

First time volunteers may receive credit by enrolling in Juvenile Justice Topics: Practical Applications 

Returning volunteers who act as the lead of a volunteer site may receive credit by enrolling in Juvenile Justice Topics: Leadership Training 

For students who have not volunteered with FLY and would like to receive credit for volunteering for the first time, you may enroll in Juvenile Justice Topics: Practical Applications. For more information, visit flyprogram.org.  Students must apply for the Facilitator position with Fresh Lifelines for Youth and be accepted as a Facilitator in order to enroll in and receive credit for the course.  For questions visit flyprogram.org or contact Vianni Garcia at vianni@flyprogram.org.

Juvenile Justice Topics: Practical Applications

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (Skills)

Credit/No Credit.

This course is for students who would like to receive credit for volunteering for the Law Program with Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY), a juvenile justice nonprofit with a mission to break the cycle of crime, violence, and incarceration in the lives of teens through legal education, leadership training, and one-on-one mentoring. In order to receive credit for this course, students will facilitate FLY’s law-related education (the Law Program) course for at-risk youth in teams of 2-4 facilitators. Students MUST be eligible and available to fulfill the commitment required of a volunteer facilitator in order to receive course credit. Please note that students will not receive credit for volunteering with other FLY programs.

First time volunteers may receive credit by enrolling in Juvenile Justice Topics: Practical Applications

 Returning volunteers who act as the lead of a volunteer site may receive credit by enrolling in Juvenile Justice Topics: Leadership Training 

Students must apply for the Facilitator position with Fresh Lifelines for Youth and be accepted as a Facilitator in order to enroll in and receive credit for the course.  For questions, contact Vianni Garcia at vianni@flyprogram.org.

KGACLC Courthouse Clinic

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Experiential Course.

Credit/No Credit. Consumer/Debtors Practice Area. Students will remotely attend a mandatory training class on January 16.  Thereafter, students must log 25 hours assisting and advising unrepresented litigants, and performing related activity.   Students will provide this assistance under the supervision of an attorney.  Meets Jan 20,27, Feb. 3,10,17,24, March 3,17,24,31, April 7,14,21.

KGACLC Immigration Interviewing and Advising

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Experiential Course

Credit/No Credit. Students must attend a mandatory training class on Saturday, January 16 from 8:30 to 5:00 p.m. Thereafter, students must spend 25 hours advising at the Immigration Clinic, which meets between 12:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on the following Wednesday dates: Jan 20, Feb 3,17, March 3,17,31, April 7. Students may not take more than one interviewing and advising class in the same semester. 

KGACLC Litigation Skills 1a

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Experiential Course

This course is the graded portion of Litigation Skills I. Students wishing to take more than 3 units of Litigation Skills I should also register for 1-3 units of Litigation Skills Ib, which is the credit/no credit portion of this class. Students must submit a form after enrolling. Students must attend a mandatory training class on Saturday, January 16 from from 8:30-5:00.  Each student is required to attend the first day of class and if not the student will be dropped from the course.

KGACLC Litigation Skills 1b

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Experiential Course

This course is the credit/no credit portion of Litigation Skills I. Students can register for up to 3 units in this course. Students must register for Litigation Skills Ia for the first 3 units of clinic credit, and Litigation Skills Ib for any units thereafter. Students must submit a form after enrolling. Students must attend a mandatory training class on Saturday, January 16 from 8:30-5:00. Professional Skills Course. Each student is required to attend the first day of class and if not the student will be dropped from the course.

KGACLC Litigation Skills IIa

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Experiential Course

This course is ONLY for those students who have completed only Litigation Skills I. This is the graded portion of Litigation Skills II. Students may take up to 4 additional non-graded units by signing up for Litigation Skills IIb. Students must obtain a permission number from instructors’ to add this course. Limited enrollment. 

KGACLC Litigation Skills IIb

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Experiential Course

This is the credit/no credit portion of Litigation Skills II. Student can register for up to 4 units in this course. Students must register for Litigation Skills IIa for the first 2 units of clinic credit, and Litigation Skills IIb for any units thereafter. Students must obtain a permission number from instructors’ to add this course. Limited enrollment. Professional Skills Course.

KGACLC Workers' Rights Interviewing, Advising and Mediation Clinic

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Experiential Course

Students must attend a mandatory training class on Saturday, January 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m..  Thereafter, students must spend 27 hours advising at the Workers’ Rights Clinic. Clinic meets on the following Tuesdays from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Jan 19,26, Feb 2,9,23, March 2,16,23,30.   Class meets on the following Thursdays from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Jan 21,28, Feb 4,11,18,25, March 4.  Students may not take more than one interviewing and advising class without the prior approval of the instructors. Students will provide advice to low income clients regarding problems in the workplace such as wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, unpaid wages, and failure to pay overtime. In addition to advising clients, students will also receive 15.5 hours of instruction in the Fundamentals of Employment Law class that covers mediating employment law disputes, wage and hour law, wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination,  domestic violence, labor trafficking, retaliation, leave acts, workers compensation, unemployment insurance, state disability insurance, ERISA, privacy, workplace immigration issues, and union labor law.  Students will conduct a mediation of a case filed at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Students will conduct or observe an EEOC mediation. This course is graded. Students may also enroll in independent study for additional units.

Labor Law: The Public Sector

Grade based on midterm, take home final and class participation. Reading assignment for first class posted online. The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day. It is recommended that students have had Labor Law (235) but not required.

Land Use

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

The Land Use Law Seminar provides a unique opportunity to study how local governments regulate the use of land through planning, zoning, subdivision regulation and other controls.  In other words, this seminar is about local environmental law. Legal regulation of both private and public uses of land in urban, suburban, exurban and rural areas is one focus of the seminar.  Other land use control strategies through nuisance law and private land use arrangements also play a role in local land use control systems.  Primarily looking at California law, the seminar also will explore constitutional issues such as takings and First Amendment freedoms of religion and of expression as they arise in local land use controversies.  Accommodation of potentially conflicting interests of landowners, neighbors, communities, and regional interests causes regulation of transportation and affordable housing especially challenging.  The first reading assignment will be posted on Camino.  The top five students on the wait list should attend the first day.  The course is graded, based on a seminar paper and participation in weekly seminar discussions. 

Law and Social Justice Seminar

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

Law and Technology of Silicon Valley

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

For a technology company, there is a strong  interplay between law and technology. Legal issues can determine the course research and development takes, while at the same time, the nature of the technology in question can determine to what extent certain legal aspects apply. This course seeks to explore this interplay by studying three Bay Area companies operating in three different technical areas. The students become familiar with basic technology concepts and ways new technologies are developed, commercialized and distributed, and the legal decisions along the way.

Law of Nonprofit Organizations

This course offers an overview of nonprofit law. Topics include the formation and operation of charitable organizations and special issues relating to foundations, churches, and political nonprofits. The class will form its own charitable organization and act as the board of directors for the duration of the course. This class fulfills the LL.M. writing requirement. The top three students on the waiting list should attend the first day.

Experiential Course

Law Practice Management

Law Review

Credit/No Credit. To register for this course, students must obtain a permission number from the editor.

Law Student Co-Op Education B

This class is graded on a CR/NC basis. The course consists of an initial ninety-minute mandatory in-person class session followed by online instructional sessions. The mandatory in-person session will be held: Tuesday, January 19, 2021, from 8:30-10:00 a.m. Students must attend the mandatory in-person class session or they will be dropped from the class. No exceptions. Should in-person classes not be permitted due to COVID, this class will take place via Zoom. After the initial in-person class session the remaining sessions will be held online throughout the spring semester. Only those international students seeking to satisfy work requirements in the United States are eligible for this course. Students must secure a permission number from the Externship Program to register for this class.

Leadership for Lawyers

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law

Experiential Course

Graded course. Students will be graded on their engagement in the subject matter, including projects and papers assigned during the semester. 

Legal Analysis

Limited enrollment. Contact Professor Kinyon for enrollment information. Students taking this class must also be enrolled in Evidence with Kreitzberg this semester.

Legal Analysis

Limited enrollment. Contact Professor Kinyon for enrollment information. Students taking this class must also be enrolled in Evidence with Smith this semester.

Legal Analysis

Limited enrollment. Contact Professor Kinyon for enrollment information. Students taking this class must also be enrolled in Evidence with Kreitzberg this semester.

Legal Aspects of War: Humanitarian Law

Certificate(s): International Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Legal Issues of Start Up Business

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Experiential Course.  Approved IP LLM course.  Pre-requisite: Business Organizations (248).  

Legal Issues of Start Up Business

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Experiential Course

Approved IP LLM course.  Pre-requisite: Business Organizations (248).  

Legal Research and Writing 2A

First year class.  See 1L schedule. Section 1.  Prerequisite is Legal Research and Writing 1 (LAW 101A) Section 1 

Legal Research and Writing 2B

First year class.  See 1L schedule. Section 2.  Prerequisite is Legal Research and Writing 1 (LAW 101A) 

Legal Research and Writing 2C

First year class.  See 1L schedule. Section 1 and 2.  Prerequisite is Legal Research and Writing 1 (LAW 101A) 

Legal Research and Writing 2D

First year class.  See 1L schedule. Section 3.  Prerequisite is Legal Research and Writing 1 (LAW 101A) 

Legal Research and Writing 2E

First year class.  See 1L schedule. Section 4.  Prerequisite is Legal Research and Writing 1 (LAW 101A) 

Legal Research and Writing 2F

First year class.  See 1L schedule. Section 3 and 4.  Prerequisite is Legal Research and Writing 1 (LAW 101A) 

Legal Research and Writing 2G

First year class.  See 1L schedule. Section 5.  Prerequisite is Legal Research and Writing 1 (LAW 101A) 

Legal Research and Writing 2H

First year class.  See 1L schedule. Section 6.  Prerequisite is Legal Research and Writing 1 (LAW 101A) 

Legal Research and Writing 2I

First year class.  See 1L schedule. Section 5 and 6.  Prerequisite is Legal Research and Writing 1 (LAW 101A)

Legal Research and Writing 2J

First year class.  See 1L schedule. Section 7.  Prerequisite is Legal Research and Writing 1 (LAW 101A) 

Mass Communication I: Television, Cable, Satellite Video and Convergence

Certificate(s): High Tech Law Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List C)

Experiential Course

Mediation: Theory and Practice

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (Skills)

Experiential Course

Mediation and alternative dispute resolution is a growing field as clients look to lawyers to be problem solvers and to expand the pie.  This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills; to examine the circumstances in which mediation is an appropriate form of dispute resolution; and to explore the role of the lawyer in mediation, either as mediator or as counsel to a client considering or participating in mediation.  Attendance and full participation in role plays and demonstrations is mandatory.    Evaluation is based on class exercises, participation, and short papers.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Certificate(s): High Tech Law - Corporate Specialization Only

 This course will focus on the law affecting corporate mergers and acquisitions, with some time being devoted to spin-offs and split-ups.  JD students should have already taken Business Organizations (248) or Securities Regulation (258);  LLM students should have had a comparable basic business organization course, or relevant background and experience, or should be contemporaneously taking the basic Business Organizations (248) course.

Negotiating

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (Skills)

Experiential Course

Whether you realize it or not, you negotiate every day of your life. This course seeks to help you move from negotiating by instinct, as most people do, to negotiating more purposefully, thoughtfully, and with a stronger sense of awareness. The course merges theory with practice, in order to: (1) develop your understanding of purposeful negotiation; (2) give you tools and concepts for analyzing and preparing for negotiations; (3) enhance your negotiating skills through frequent role plays, analysis, and feedback. Given the interactive nature of this class, attendance is mandatory, and class size is limited. Any student that is interested in the class must attend the first day. Method of Evaluation: Seminar participation and short reflection papers.

Negotiating

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (Skills)

Experiential Course

Whether you realize it or not, you negotiate every day of your life. This course seeks to help you move from negotiating by instinct, as most people do, to negotiating more purposefully, thoughtfully, and with a stronger sense of awareness. The course merges theory with practice, in order to: (1) develop your understanding of purposeful negotiation; (2) give you tools and concepts for analyzing and preparing for negotiations; (3) enhance your negotiating skills through frequent role plays, analysis, and feedback. Given the interactive nature of this class, attendance is mandatory, and class size is limited. Any student that is interested in the class must attend the first day. Method of Evaluation: Seminar participation and short reflection papers.

Negotiating

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (Skills)

Experiential Course

Whether you realize it or not, you negotiate every day of your life. This course seeks to help you move from negotiating by instinct, as most people do, to negotiating more purposefully, thoughtfully, and with a stronger sense of awareness. The course merges theory with practice, in order to: (1) develop your understanding of purposeful negotiation; (2) give you tools and concepts for analyzing and preparing for negotiations; (3) enhance your negotiating skills through frequent role plays, analysis, and feedback. Given the interactive nature of this class, attendance is mandatory, and class size is limited. Any student that is interested in the class must attend the first day. Method of Evaluation: Seminar participation and short reflection papers.

Northern California Innocence Project A

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

NCIP will be meeting remotely Spring semester with perhaps some in-person events and meetings – but all such activities will be optional or mixed with participants online and held only if all health and safety concerns can be met. 

Experiential Course

Graded. NCIP is a year-long program (Fall and Spring semesters), available to 2L and 3L students. Students enroll for at least three units of academic credit per semester. For each unit of credit, a student is responsible for 50 hours of participation, including casework and class attendance and participation. To enroll in NCIP for a grade, you should enroll under 505A. If you would like to enroll for credit/no credit, enroll under course number 505B. If you would like to enroll for more than three units of class per semester, you must enroll in those additional units under 505B for credit/no credit. Students who enrolled in NCIP in Fall 2020 will automatically have permission to register for this course through eCampus in Spring 2021. NCIP required texts must be purchased before the first day of class through the University bookstore. Readings and other important announcements will be posted on Camino. Work and classes at the Innocence Project provide insight into our criminal justice system and the causes of wrongful conviction. You will receive professional skills training including case management, organization, and development as well as interviewing and counseling skills. You will have the opportunity to develop your legal writing ability through edited work on legal pleadings, professional communications and legal memoranda. These important skills transfer to professional work in law firms and government agencies, as well as criminal law practice. Note: Students can take a maximum of 6 units of graded credit from any combination of NCIP course credit [i.e., NCIP and NCIP Advanced Practice Clinic (Catalog numbers 505 and 515)]. Any additional units will be graded on a Credit/No Credit basis only.

Northern California Innocence Project Advanced Practice Clinic A

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

 NCIP will be meeting remotely Spring semester with perhaps some in-person events and meetings – but all such activities will be optional or mixed with participants online and held only if all health and safety concerns can be met.

Experiential Course

Graded. Limited enrollment. Students who have completed the one-year NCIP course are encouraged to enroll in Advanced NCIP which provides the opportunity for them to continue to advance their individual cases and to research and discuss in-depth the specific issues relevant to promising cases. Participation requires faculty approval. Students must obtain a permission number to register for this course (contact Linda Starr, Lstarr@scu.edu). NCIP 515A is the proper course to enroll in if you wish to take Advanced NCIP for 3 units or less for a grade. If you desire 4 or more units, you must register those extra units beyond 3 in NCIP 515B, as they will be credit/no credit.  Note: Students can take a maximum of 6 units of graded credit from any combination of NCIP course credit [i.e., NCIP and NCIP Advanced Practice Clinic (Catalog numbers 505 and 515)]. Any additional units will be graded on a Credit/No Credit basis only.

Northern California Innocence Project Advanced Practice Clinic B

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

 NCIP will be meeting remotely Spring semester with perhaps some in-person events and meetings – but all such activities will be optional or mixed with participants online and held only if all health and safety concerns can be met.

Experiential Course

Credit/No Credit. Limited enrollment. Students who have completed the one-year NCIP course are encouraged to enroll in Advanced NCIP which provides the opportunity for them to continue to advance their individual cases and to research and discuss in-depth the specific issues relevant to promising cases. Participation requires faculty approval. Students must obtain a permission number from NCIP (contact Linda Starr,Lstarr@scu.edu). NCIP 515B is the proper course to enroll in if you wish to take Advanced NCIP for credit/no credit.  Note: Students can take a maximum of 6 units of graded credit from any combination of NCIP course credit [i.e., NCIP and NCIP Advanced Practice Clinic (Catalog numbers 505 and 515)]. Any additional units will be graded on a Credit/No Credit basis only.

Northern California Innocence Project B

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law (List A)

NCIP will be meeting remotely Spring semester with perhaps some in-person events and meetings – but all such activities will be optional or mixed with participants online and held only if all health and safety concerns can be met.

Experiential Course

Credit/No Credit.  NCIP is a year-long program (Fall and Spring semesters), available to 2L and 3L students. Students enroll for at least three units of academic credit per semester. For each unit of credit, a student is responsible for 50 hours of participation, including casework and class attendance. To enroll in NCIP for a grade, you should enroll under 505A. If you would like to enroll for credit/no credit, enroll under course number 505B. If you would like to enroll for more than three units of class per semester, you must enroll in those additional units under 505B for credit/no credit. Students must obtain a permission number from NCIP to register for this course (contact Linda Starr,Lstarr@scu.edu). Students who enrolled in NCIP 505A in Fall 2020 will automatically have permission to register for this course through eCampus in Spring 2021. NCIP required texts must be purchased before the first day of class through the University bookstore. Readings and other important announcements will be posted on Camino. Work and classes at the Innocence Project provide insight into our criminal justice system and the causes of wrongful conviction. You will receive professional skills training including case management, organization, and development as well as interviewing and counseling skills. You will have the opportunity to develop your legal writing ability through edited work on legal pleadings, professional communications and legal memoranda. These important skills transfer to professional work in law firms and government agencies, as well as criminal law practice.

Note: Students can take a maximum of 6 units of graded credit from any combination of NCIP course credit [i.e., NCIP and NCIP Advanced Practice Clinic (Catalog numbers 505 and 515)].  Any additional units will be graded on a Credit/No Credit basis only.

Online Dispute Resolution: The State of the Art

Class will meet on the following dates/times: Friday, February 5 from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m., Saturday, February 6 from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. and Sunday, February 7 from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. All students will be expected to watch and interact with 315 minutes of recorded materials.  Enrollment is limited to 30 students. There are no prerequisites but knowledge of mediation would be helpful but is not required. The grade in the course will be based on class participation and a short paper.

Panetta Fellowship

Experiential Course

Credit/No Credit. To apply, students must submit a resume, a transcript, and a statement of interest to the Externship Program (ExPro). Students will also be given a brief writing exercise. Please see the ExPro website for more information and to submit any questions about the Panetta Fellowship Program or the selection process.

Patent Prosecution

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

 This course covers practical aspects of drafting and prosecuting foreign and domestic patent applications, including the creation of a patent application, claim drafting and construction, international patent practice, and the strategic development of a patent portfolio.  Approved IP LLM Course.  Prerequisite: IP Survey (388)

Patents

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Reading assignment for first class posted online. Approved IP LLM course. Prerequisite: IP Survey (388)

Privacy & Technology

Certificate(s): High Tech Law Privacy Law

Experiential Course 

Students will identify privacy issues in technology, identify technology solutions to privacy problems,  recommend privacy features and communicate them accurately, and assess privacy risks posed by specific technologies or their features. Students in this course will do consulting work for actual privacy entrepreneurs—the kind of work that privacy practitioners in the technology sector perform.

Prerequisite:  Privacy Law (410) or, with instructor consent, a CIPP .

Professional Responsibility

Required course. UP point eligible course. Attendance is mandatory.  Subject to grade curve.

Professional Responsibility

Required course. UP point eligible course. Subject to grade curve.  

Property

First year class.  See 1L schedule.  Section 7.

Attendance is mandatory.  All classes are recorded for use of the enrolled students.

Property

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule. Section 3 and 4 

Property

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule. Section 1 and 2 

Property

First Year Class. See 1L Schedule. Section 5 and 6.

Real Estate Conveyancing

UP Point class.  NOTE:  this class is subject to the grade curve.  An overview of the law and practice of real estate purchases and sales, covering bar-tested materials (MBE and essay), common law, and California statutory modifications.  This course has been reduced to two-units.  

Remedies

Bar course. UP point eligible course. Subject to grade curve. 

Remedies

Bar course. UP point eligible course. Subject to grade curve.

Rights of Publicity

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

Attendance is mandatory.  The top five students on the wait list should  attend the first day. Professor is willing to have a student tape a  class with the permission of the professor for  personal use only. Approved IP LLM course.  Pre-requisites:  Intellectual Property Survey (388) is recommended but not required.

Selected Topics in Anti-discrimination Law

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law

In this seminar we will explore the concept of discrimination in case law, philosophy and legal theory.  We will investigate some of the main concepts that crop up in contemporary anti-discrimination law and its associated literature. That includes the concept of discrimination itself. We will also investigate some of the possible rationales for having anti-discrimination laws, with a view to seeing what implications those rationales might have for doctrine and policy.  We will also discuss the doctrinal frameworks in several key areas of antidiscrimination law and will discuss how these frameworks have applied to different types of discrimination, including discrimination based on race, sex, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation.

Social Justice Workshop: Public Interest and Social Justice Practice

Certificate(s): Public Interest and Social Justice Law

Experiential course.

This experiential learning seminar undertakes a project-based approach to addressing a range of issues critically impacting the most marginalized, vulnerable members of our local community. Partnering with public interest lawyer-mentors from organizations such as the Silicon Valley Law Foundation, students will work in teams to provide research support and creative problem solving in an effort to respond to the most pressing needs generated by the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and poverty. Class will proceed in the style of a graduate seminar, featuring independent research, class presentations, and ongoing reading, writing and re-writing projects. To obtain a permission number to register, contact Professor Oberman at moberman@scu.edu. 

Technology Licensing

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

The process of technology licensing. Includes topics such as motivations for licensing, types of agreements used in licensing transactions, provisions commonly used in licensing contracts, and special considerations of international licensing. Actual negotiation sessions with scenarios provided and exercises in drafting specific provisions used in technology licensing contracts. Approved IP LL.M. course.

Limited enrollment.  

Technology Licensing

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

This practice-oriented course covers the fundamentals of intellectual property licensing, including strategizing about intellectual property protection, valuing intellectual property, carrying out due diligence, negotiating business terms, drafting licensing agreements, and using in-/out-/cross-licensing for continuous innovation. 

Learning Objectives 

• Understand and identify legal issues related to intellectual property protection, enforcement, and licensing transactions.
• Understand the sources of licensing law.
• Compare and contrast licensing with alternative transactional models.
• Understand the role and interplay of the fundamental provisions in a licensing agreement.
• Understand how to draft licensing agreements clearly and effectively.
• Recognize the importance of aligning business strategy with intellectual property strategy.
• Understand how to conduct intellectual property due diligence and valuation.
• Understand how to conduct effective negotiations.
• Understand the ethical issues in intellectual property transactions.
• Understand how to license intellectual property in various industry settings.    

Since the class is practice-oriented, we will have a multi-phased licensing project instead of exams for which you will be able to work alone or with a partner.

Limited enrollment.  Meets on the following Saturday’s: 1/23, 1/30, 2/6, 2/20, 2/27, 3/6, 3/20, 3/27, 4/10, 4/17, 4/24

Trade Secrets

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

This course, building on the Intellectual Property Survey, covers trade secret law in more detail, including the Uniform Trade Secret Act, the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, and California’s trade secret laws. The course also addresses how trade secret law can affect employee mobility. Prerequisite: IP Survey (388). Approved IP LL.M. course.

Trial Techniques

Experiential Course

Credit/No Credit. Students who do not attend the first day of class will be dropped by the professor. Attendance is mandatory. Limited enrollment.  Grade based on class exercises. Pre- or Co-requisite: Evidence (320).

Venture Capital

Certificate(s): High Tech Law

This course introduces the operation of the venture capital industry from both a theoretical and practical perspective. The course focuses on both the business and legal challenges throughout the life cycle of venture capital funds from raising capital to create a fund through distributing profits to investors.  Assignments are designed to mimic tasks performed by new lawyers in a firm with VC funds as clients or tasks performed by new analysts in VC funds.  Pre-requisite: Business Organizations (248). 

Water Law

Legal principles, practices, and processes governing allocation of water among competing beneficial uses. Property systems in water, federal-state relations and powers, interstate disputes, water-right transfers, groundwater management, pollution control and the public trust doctrine.

Wills and Trusts

Bar course. UP point eligible course. Subject to grade curve. Reading assignment for first class posted online. 

Wills and Trusts

Bar course. UP point eligible course. Subject to grade curve. Reading assignment for first class posted online.