To be awarded the specialization in the Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy, students must obtain a B- (2.7) grade average in courses taken for this specialization. A minimum of four courses is required to earn the specialization. Detailed course descriptions are linked in the listings below. Prospective students should bear in mind that, due to curriculum scheduling and faculty availability, not every listed class is offered every year. This is most often true in the case of seminar courses.
Curriculum
For Elective Courses, A Minimum of One Course from Each Category Is Required.
- Required Core Course
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Elective - Category 1: Substantive Law
This requirement is designed to familiarize Epstein Program students with a doctrinal area of law relevant to their chosen public interest career goals, as well as the sites at which this area of law is practiced. To satisfy the Category 1 requirement, a student must take either a substantive law or advocacy sites course.
These courses are designed to familiarize Epstein Program students with a doctrinal area of law relevant to their chosen public interest career goals. For example, a student interested in pursuing a career in prison reform could choose Prison Law and Policy; a student who desires to become a legal services attorney specializing in domestic relations would likely take Family Law; and a student interested in community economic development might choose to take Business Associations.
LAW 201Constitutional Law II
LAW 202Criminal Procedure: Investigations
LAW 211Evidence
LAW 212Federal Courts
LAW 216Administrative Law
LAW 220Introduction to Federal Income Taxation
LAW 230Business Associations
LAW 240Antitrust Law I
LAW 260Labor Law & Collective Action
LAW 261Employment Law
LAW 267Federal Indian Law
LAW 270Public International Law
LAW 273International Human Rights Law
LAW 282Education Law & Policy
LAW 285Local Government Law
LAW 286Land Use
LAW 287Federal Indian Law II
LAW 290Environmental Law and Policy
LAW 293Public Natural Resources Law and Policy
LAW 295Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
LAW 298International Criminal Law
LAW 316Disability Law
LAW 317Family Law
LAW 319Election Law
LAW 322Legislation and Statutory Interpretation
LAW 325Public Benefits Law and Anti-Poverty Policy
LAW 326Health Law and Policy
LAW 331Immigration Law
LAW 348European Union Law
LAW 350Energy Law and Regulation
LAW 383Political Asylum and Refugee Law
LAW 389Prison Law and Policy
LAW 429Capital Punishment in America
LAW 442Public Health Law
LAW 449Business Crime
LAW 508Food Law and Policy
LAW 519Health Care Access
LAW 527Natural Resources Law
LAW 547Psychology and Criminal Law
LAW 552Food and Drug Law
LAW 635Topics in Animal Law
LAW 636Chinese Law & Legal Institutions
LAW 692Water Law
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Elective - Category 1: Advocacy Sites
This requirement is designed to familiarize Epstein Program students with a doctrinal area of law relevant to their chosen public interest career goals, as well as the sites at which this area of law is practiced. To satisfy the Category 1 requirement, a student must take either a substantive law or advocacy sites course.
These courses are designed to expose Epstein Program students to the decision-making institutions where advocacy takes place. For example, a student interested in becoming a public defender might take Anti-Terrorism and Criminal Enforcement; a student pursuing women's rights advocacy could take Human Rights and Sexual Politics; a student dedicated to immigrant rights work could take Immigration Court Practice.
LAW 269National Security Law
LAW 296Criminal Procedure: Habeas Corpus
LAW 301Art and Cultural Property Law
LAW 350Energy Law and Regulation
LAW 363Tax - Exempt Organizations
LAW 376Law and Dissent
LAW 380State and Local Taxation
LAW 438International Environmental Law and Policy
LAW 443Comparative Environmental Law
LAW 444Indigenous Peoples in International Law
LAW 452Class Actions in Practice
LAW 463Regional Human Rights Protection: The Inter-American System
LAW 465Prospects for International Justice
LAW 467Human Rights Law Beyond Borders
LAW 468China and the International Legal Order
LAW 472Human Rights and the Protection of the Environment
LAW 485Consumer Financial Protection
LAW 497Critical Issues in Human Rights
LAW 493Housing Law and Policy
LAW 503Current Topics in Criminal Law
LAW 509Rights, Secrecy, and the Limits of Public Interest Litigation
LAW 511A/BSocial Media and the Future of Democracy
LAW 513Topics in California Environmental Law
LAW 515The Entrepreneurial State
LAW 534Sentencing Law and Policy
LAW 556Power, Knowledge, and Procedure
LAW 564The Court of Today: Administration, Authority, and the Stuff of Adjudication
LAW 567Direct Democracy
LAW 584Human Rights and Sexual Politics
LAW 589Successful Strategies for Human Rights Advocacy
LAW 591Climate Change Law and Policy
LAW 617Special Topics in Family Law
LAW 623Topics in Non-Profit Law
LAW 630International Queer Rights
LAW 639Political Asylum
LAW 643The Regulation of the Automobile
LAW 657Contemporary Issues Facing the International Criminal Court
LAW 658Human Rights and War Crimes Digital Investigations
LAW 660Cities in Distress
LAW 671Comparative Education: Law and Policy
LAW 688Philosophy of Migration Law
LAW 693Food Litigation: Consumer Protection, Regulation, and Class Actions
LAW 696The Legal & Political Importance of State Attorneys General
LAW 697Gun Rights and Regulation
LAW 716International Climate Change Law and Policy Clinic
LAW 742Regulatory Lawyering
LAW 766Information Policy Lab
LAW 784Administrative Hearings Simulation Course
LAW 788Advanced Trial Preparation
LAW 790Advanced Evidence Objections and Arguments
LAW 832Voting Rights Policy and Practice
LAW 837Domestic Violence Prevention Practicum
LAW 838Civil Rights Litigation Practicum
LAW 908Suing the Police
LAW 941Law of the US - Mexico Border
LAW 951Human Rights Challenge
LAW 959Los Angeles Housing Law & Policy
LAW 965Higher Education Law and Policy
LAW 973Designing Real Utopias
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Elective - Category 2: Inequality
This course requirement is designed to expose Epstein Program students to the relationship between law and systems of power. These courses aim to explore the fundamental social, political, and economic issues that public interest lawyers confront and seek to change. Some courses in this category address a specific form or forms of group differentiation (such as race, gender, disability, sexuality, or tribal membership), while others address issues of economic equality that are implicated in most all areas of public interest practice. Finally, some courses address multiple forms of inequality in a single context (such as employment or criminal punishment). Although only one course in this category is required to earn the specialization, Epstein Program students are strongly encouraged to take more than one course in this category.
LAW 214Civil Rights
LAW 263Employment Discrimination Law
LAW 266Critical Race Theory
LAW 301Art and Cultural Property Law
LAW 318Law, Gender, and Sexuality
LAW 325Public Benefits Law and Anti-Poverty Policy
LAW 382Food as Commons or Commodity? The Case for Agroecology
LAW 429Capital Punishment in America
LAW 466Public Health, Migration, & Human Rights
LAW 496Race, Racism, and Law
LAW 505A/BMajor Problems in Environment & Sustainability
LAW M526Housing Segregation, Housing Discrimination, and the Evolution of Public Policy
LAW 529Criminal Procedure: Policing Poverty
LAW 533The Philosophy of Prisons and Punishment
LAW 542Race, Sexuality, and the Law
LAW 566Laws of War (International Humanitarian Law)
LAW 568Reparations for Black Americans: Legal Issues and Strategies
LAW 593Preventive Detention
LAW 609The American Civil Justice Crisis
LAW 612Reproductive Rights and Justice
LAW 613The Criminal (In)Justice System
LAW 614Global Perspectives on Criminal Procedure
LAW 618Your Professional Identity and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Law
LAW 619Environmental Justice Law
LAW 622Data, Policy & Legal Responses to the Attacks on Critical Race Theory
LAW 625Community Lawyering and Low Wage Worker Organizing
LAW 632Immigrants' Rights
LAW 653Critical Race Studies Scholarship Workshop
LAW 655Feminist Legal Theory
LAW 656Race, Law and Curriculum
LAW 661Latinx People and the Law
LAW 666The Law and Political Economy of Debt
LAW 668The 8th Amendment Punishments Clause
LAW 810Practicum
LAW 834Law, Organizing, and Low-Wage Workers
LAW 927Human Rights in Action Clinic - International Field Experience
LAW 952Re-envisioning the Lawyer’s Role: Trauma Informed Lawyering and Restorative/ Transformative Justice
LAW 964Comparative Sex Equality
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Elective - Category 3: Applied Advocacy
This course requirement is intended to provide Epstein Program students with hands-on training in public interest advocacy. In these advanced courses, students are exposed to simulated and real world opportunities to integrate their knowledge of law, procedure, and advocacy techniques to advocate on behalf of an individual or group client on a social justice issue. For example, a student interested in a career in international human rights could take the International Human Rights Clinic or the Asylum Clinic. A student planning a career in children’s rights might choose the Youth and Justice Clinic or the Education Law Clinic.
LAW 701Prisoners' Rights Clinic
LAW 712Street Law--Youth & Education
LAW 717International Human Rights Clinic
LAW 719Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic
LAW 725Supreme Court Clinic
LAW 727Supreme Court Simulation
LAW 728Tribal Legal Development Clinic
LAW 730Veterans Justice Clinic: Poverty, Homelessness & Criminalization
LAW 731Community Lawyering in Education Clinic
LAW 738California Environmental Legislation and Policy Clinic
LAW 769Documentary Film Legal Clinic
LAW 773Immigrants' Rights Policy Clinic
LAW 775Food Law and Policy Clinic
LAW 785Negotiation Theory and Practice
LAW 786Pretrial Justice Clinic
LAW 792Immigrant Family Legal Clinic
LAW 794Human Rights Litigation Clinic
LAW 805Part-Time Externship: Criminal
LAW 806Part-Time Externship: Judicial
LAW 807Part-Time Externship: Public Interest
LAW 808Part-Time Externship: Government/Civil Practice
LAW 927Human Rights in Action Clinic - International Field Experience
LAW 972Negotiation Theory & Practice (J-Term)
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Writing Requirement
Students may satisfy the writing requirement for this specialization by writing the faculty-supervised graded paper required for Problem Solving in the Public Interest (Law 541).
To be awarded the specialization in Law and Sexuality, students must maintain a B- (2.7) grade average in courses taken for the specialization. Detailed course descriptions are linked in the listings below. Prospective students should bear in mind that, due to curriculum scheduling and faculty availability, not every class listed is taught each year. This is most often true in the case of seminar courses. A sufficient number of courses will be available to enable those students who choose to specialize to satisfy the specialization requirements.
Curriculum
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Required Courses
Along with 318 - Law, Gender, and Sexuality, three additional courses are required, with at least two coming from Group A.
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Group A
(At least two courses are required)
LAW 214Civil Rights
LAW 273International Human Rights Law
LAW 326Health Law and Policy
LAW 542Race, Sexuality, and the Law
LAW 584Human Rights and Sexual Politics
LAW 612Reproductive Rights and Justice
LAW 655Feminist Legal Theory
LAW 717International Human Rights Clinic
LAW 837Domestic Violence Prevention Practicum
LAW 964Comparative Sex Equality
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Group B
(Sum of courses from Groups A and B must equal at least three)
LAW 148Constitutional Law I
LAW 263Employment Discrimination Law
LAW 266Critical Race Theory
LAW 270Public International Law
LAW 282Education Law & Policy
LAW 317Family Law
LAW 331Immigration Law
LAW 338Islamic Jurisprudence
LAW 376Law and Dissent
LAW 383Political Asylum and Refugee Law
LAW 389Prison Law and Policy
LAW 442Public Health Law
LAW 466Public Health, Migration, & Human Rights
LAW 519Health Care Access
LAW 541Problem Solving in the Public Interest
LAW 565Topics in American Constitutional History
LAW 589Successful Strategies for Human Rights Advocacy
LAW 616Theories of International Law
LAW 649Religious Legal Systems: Jewish Law
LAW 653Critical Race Studies Scholarship Workshop
LAW 773Immigrants' Rights Policy Clinic
LAW 792Immigrant Family Legal Clinic
LAW 794Human Rights Litigation Clinic
LAW 796Health Care Compliance
LAW 838Civil Rights Litigation Practicum
LAW 927Human Rights in Action Clinic - International Field Experience
LAW 952Re-envisioning the Lawyer’s Role: Trauma Informed Lawyering and Restorative/ Transformative Justice
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Writing Requirement
Students must complete a writing requirement of at least 20 pages on a topic related to Law and Sexuality. Students may use an assignment from any of the courses listed above to fulfill the writing requirement, or undertake a minimum of two independent writing units.
To be awarded the specialization in International and Comparative Law, students must maintain a B- (2.7) grade average in courses taken for the specialization. Detailed course descriptions are linked in the listings below. Prospective students should bear in mind that, due to curriculum scheduling and faculty availability, not every class listed is taught each year. This is most often true in the case of seminar courses. A sufficient number of courses will be available to enable those students who choose to specialize to satisfy the specialization requirements.
Curriculum
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Group A
(At least two courses are required)
LAW 270Public International Law
LAW 271International Business Transactions
LAW 272International Trade Law
LAW 273International Human Rights Law
LAW 277Comparative Constitutional Law
LAW 278Comparative Law
LAW 298International Criminal Law
LAW 438International Environmental Law and Policy
LAW 614Global Perspectives on Criminal Procedure
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Group B
(Sum of courses from Groups A and B must equal at least four)
LAW 214Civil Rights
LAW 224U.S. International Taxation
LAW 266Critical Race Theory
LAW 267Federal Indian Law
LAW 268International Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution
LAW 269National Security Law
LAW 277Comparative Constitutional Law
LAW 287Federal Indian Law II
LAW 301Art and Cultural Property Law
LAW 313Conflict of Laws
LAW 318Law, Gender, and Sexuality
LAW 331Immigration Law
LAW 338Islamic Jurisprudence
LAW 348European Union Law
LAW 376Law and Dissent
LAW 383Political Asylum and Refugee Law
LAW 389Prison Law and Policy
LAW 432International and Comparative Sports Law
LAW 444Indigenous Peoples in International Law
LAW 462The Law of Peace
LAW 463Regional Human Rights Protection: The Inter-American System
LAW 465Prospects for International Justice
LAW 466Public Health, Migration, & Human Rights
LAW 468China and the International Legal Order
LAW 472Human Rights and the Protection of the Environment
LAW 484Information Privacy and Data Protection
LAW 489Future Law: Law and Governance under transformative societal trends
LAW 497Critical Issues in Human Rights
LAW 508Food Law and Policy
LAW 532Monetary Law and Institutions
LAW 542Race, Sexuality, and the Law
LAW 566Laws of War (International Humanitarian Law)
LAW 584Human Rights and Sexual Politics
LAW 589Successful Strategies for Human Rights Advocacy
LAW 614Global Perspectives on Criminal Procedure
LAW 616Theories of International Law
LAW 630International Queer Rights
LAW 636Chinese Law & Legal Institutions
LAW 649Religious Legal Systems: Jewish Law
LAW 653Critical Race Studies Scholarship Workshop
LAW 657Contemporary Issues Facing the International Criminal Court
LAW 658Human Rights and War Crimes Digital Investigations
LAW 671Comparative Education: Law and Policy
LAW 716International Climate Change Law and Policy Clinic
LAW 717International Human Rights Clinic
LAW 773Immigrants' Rights Policy Clinic
LAW 782International Commercial Arbitration Law and Advocacy
LAW 792Immigrant Family Legal Clinic
LAW 794Human Rights Litigation Clinic
LAW 927Human Rights in Action Clinic - International Field Experience
LAW 929Comparative Corporate Governance
LAW 941Law of the US - Mexico Border
LAW 951Human Rights Challenge
LAW 964Comparative Sex Equality
LAW 993Human Rights and the Global Economy
To be awarded the specialization in Human Rights, a student must obtain a B- (2.7) grade average in courses taken for this specialization, and earn a minimum of ten units of credit from at least four courses within the specialization.Detailed course descriptions are linked in the listings below. Prospective students should bear in mind that, due to curriculum scheduling and faculty availability, not every class listed is taught each year. This is most often true in the case of seminar courses.
Curriculum
- Required Course
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Group A
(At least one two-credit course is required)
LAW 298International Criminal Law
LAW 383Political Asylum and Refugee Law
LAW 465Prospects for International Justice
LAW 566Laws of War (International Humanitarian Law)
LAW 584Human Rights and Sexual Politics
LAW 657Contemporary Issues Facing the International Criminal Court
LAW 717International Human Rights Clinic
LAW 794Human Rights Litigation Clinic
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Group B
(Sum of Required, Group A, and Group B courses must equal at least 4 courses and 10 units)
LAW 201Constitutional Law II
LAW 202Criminal Procedure: Investigations
LAW 214Civil Rights
LAW 260Labor Law & Collective Action
LAW 261Employment Law
LAW 263Employment Discrimination Law
LAW 266Critical Race Theory
LAW 267Federal Indian Law
LAW 269National Security Law
LAW 270Public International Law
LAW 287Federal Indian Law II
LAW 318Law, Gender, and Sexuality
LAW 331Immigration Law
LAW 376Law and Dissent
LAW 389Prison Law and Policy
LAW 429Capital Punishment in America
LAW 461Congressional Investigations: Powers, Precedents, and Politics
LAW 466Public Health, Migration, & Human Rights
LAW 468China and the International Legal Order
LAW 472Human Rights and the Protection of the Environment
LAW 496Race, Racism, and Law
LAW 497Critical Issues in Human Rights
LAW 509Rights, Secrecy, and the Limits of Public Interest Litigation
LAW 533The Philosophy of Prisons and Punishment
LAW 537Low-Wage Workers
LAW 542Race, Sexuality, and the Law
LAW 587Free Speech Theory
LAW 589Successful Strategies for Human Rights Advocacy
LAW 593Preventive Detention
LAW 614Global Perspectives on Criminal Procedure
LAW 616Theories of International Law
LAW 619Environmental Justice Law
LAW 630International Queer Rights
LAW 636Chinese Law & Legal Institutions
LAW 653Critical Race Studies Scholarship Workshop
LAW 658Human Rights and War Crimes Digital Investigations
LAW 688Philosophy of Migration Law
LAW 697Gun Rights and Regulation
LAW 699Freedom of Speech: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives
LAW 728Tribal Legal Development Clinic
LAW 773Immigrants' Rights Policy Clinic
LAW 786Pretrial Justice Clinic
LAW 792Immigrant Family Legal Clinic
LAW 837Domestic Violence Prevention Practicum
LAW 838Civil Rights Litigation Practicum
LAW 937Reparations for Black Americans – Legal Issues and Challenges
LAW 941Law of the US - Mexico Border
LAW 951Human Rights Challenge
LAW 964Comparative Sex Equality
LAW 966Enslavement and Racialization in U.S. Legal History
LAW 993Human Rights and the Global Economy
To be awarded the specialization in Environmental Law, students must maintain a B- (2.7) grade average in courses taken for the specialization. Detailed course descriptions are linked in the listings below. Prospective students should bear in mind that, due to curriculum scheduling and faculty availability, not every class listed is taught each year. This is most often true in the case of seminar courses. A sufficient number of courses will be available to enable those students who choose to specialize to satisfy the specialization requirements.
Curriculum
- Required Course
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Group A
(At least three courses are required)
LAW 216Administrative Law
LAW 286Land Use
LAW 293Public Natural Resources Law and Policy
LAW 350Energy Law and Regulation
LAW 382Food as Commons or Commodity? The Case for Agroecology
LAW 438International Environmental Law and Policy
LAW 472Human Rights and the Protection of the Environment
LAW 489Future Law: Law and Governance under transformative societal trends
LAW 490Renewable Energy Project Finance
LAW 505A/BMajor Problems in Environment & Sustainability
LAW 513Topics in California Environmental Law
LAW 527Natural Resources Law
LAW 560Regulation of the Business Firm: Theory and Practice
LAW 591Climate Change Law and Policy
LAW 615Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy
LAW 619Environmental Justice Law
LAW 643The Regulation of the Automobile
LAW 689Future Law: Legal & Governance Responses to Transformative Societal Trends
LAW 692Water Law
LAW 716International Climate Change Law and Policy Clinic
LAW 719Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic
LAW 732Land Development Simulation
LAW 738California Environmental Legislation and Policy Clinic
LAW 741Environmental Aspects of Business Transactions
LAW 742Regulatory Lawyering
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Externship Option
An LL.M. student who is pursuing this specialization and obtains an externship relating to environmental law may apply it as a Group A course for the specialization. A student wishing to use an externship as a Group A course must receive the prior consent of the designated faculty advisor. Consent requires a demonstration that the externship will provide exposure to relevant substantive areas of law. Regardless of the number of externships or externship units a student completes, a student may use an externship to count, at most, as one Group A course.
To be awarded the specialization in Critical Race Studies, students must maintain a B- (2.7) grade average in courses taken for the specialization. Detailed course descriptions are linked in the listings below. Prospective students should bear in mind that, due to curriculum scheduling and faculty availability, not every class listed is taught each year. This is most often true in the case of seminar courses. A sufficient number of courses will be available to enable those students who choose to specialize to satisfy the specialization requirements.
Curriculum
- Required Courses
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Group A
(At least one course is required)
LAW 267Federal Indian Law
LAW 273International Human Rights Law
LAW 287Federal Indian Law II
LAW 331Immigration Law
LAW 338Islamic Jurisprudence
LAW 444Indigenous Peoples in International Law
LAW 463Regional Human Rights Protection: The Inter-American System
LAW 497Critical Issues in Human Rights
LAW 568Reparations for Black Americans: Legal Issues and Strategies
LAW 622Data, Policy & Legal Responses to the Attacks on Critical Race Theory
LAW 653Critical Race Studies Scholarship Workshop
LAW 661Latinx People and the Law
LAW 688Philosophy of Migration Law
LAW 717International Human Rights Clinic
LAW 728Tribal Legal Development Clinic
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Group B
(Sum of courses from Groups A and B must equal at least two)
LAW 202Criminal Procedure: Investigations
LAW 260Labor Law & Collective Action
LAW 261Employment Law
LAW 263Employment Discrimination Law
LAW 270Public International Law
LAW 282Education Law & Policy
LAW 301Art and Cultural Property Law
LAW 316Disability Law
LAW 317Family Law
LAW 318Law, Gender, and Sexuality
LAW 325Public Benefits Law and Anti-Poverty Policy
LAW 363Tax - Exempt Organizations
LAW 376Law and Dissent
LAW 383Political Asylum and Refugee Law
LAW 389Prison Law and Policy
LAW 429Capital Punishment in America
LAW 493Housing Law and Policy
LAW 496Race, Racism, and Law
LAW 529Criminal Procedure: Policing Poverty
LAW 533The Philosophy of Prisons and Punishment
LAW 537Low-Wage Workers
LAW 541Problem Solving in the Public Interest
LAW 542Race, Sexuality, and the Law
LAW 566Laws of War (International Humanitarian Law)
LAW 584Human Rights and Sexual Politics
LAW 593Preventive Detention
LAW 619Environmental Justice Law
LAW 655Feminist Legal Theory
LAW 671Comparative Education: Law and Policy
LAW 712Street Law--Youth & Education
LAW 730Veterans Justice Clinic: Poverty, Homelessness & Criminalization
LAW 773Immigrants' Rights Policy Clinic
LAW 786Pretrial Justice Clinic
LAW 792Immigrant Family Legal Clinic
LAW 838Civil Rights Litigation Practicum
LAW 941Law of the US - Mexico Border
LAW 952Re-envisioning the Lawyer’s Role: Trauma Informed Lawyering and Restorative/ Transformative Justice
To be awarded the specialization in Business Law -- Bankruptcy Track, students must maintain a B- (2.7) grade average in courses taken for the specialization. Detailed course descriptions are linked in the listings below. Prospective students should bear in mind that, due to curriculum scheduling and faculty availability, not every class listed is taught each year. This is most often true in the case of seminar courses. A sufficient number of courses will be available to enable those students who choose to specialize to satisfy the specialization requirements.
Curriculum
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Required Courses
(Students are required to take either 248 OR 250. And in addition to 220, 230 and 248 OR 250, select at least one course from Group A)
LAW 220Introduction to Federal Income Taxation
LAW 230Business Associations
LAW 248Business Bankruptcy
LAW 250Secured Transactions
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Group A
(At least one of the following is required)
LAW 248Business Bankruptcy
LAW 250Secured Transactions
LAW 252Business Torts
LAW 403Contracts for Foreign Lawyers
LAW 413Contract Law: Analysis and Application
LAW 652Professional Responsibility Issues in Sophisticated Business Transactions, Litigations, and Reorganizations
LAW 751Transactional Skills
To be awarded the specialization in Business Law -- Securities Regulation Track, students must maintain a B- (2.7) grade average in courses taken for the specialization.
Detailed course descriptions are linked in the listings below. Prospective students should bear in mind that, due to curriculum scheduling and faculty availability, not every class listed is taught each year. This is most often true in the case of seminar courses. A sufficient number of courses will be available to enable those students who choose to specialize to satisfy the specialization requirements.
Courses
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Required Courses
LAW 220
Introduction to Federal Income Taxation
LAW 230Business Associations
LAW 236Securities Regulation
(In addition to 220, 230 and 236, select at least one course from Group A)
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Group A (At least one of the following is required)
LAW 228
Mergers & Acquisitions
LAW 231Advanced Corporation Law
LAW 240Antitrust Law I
LAW 248Business Bankruptcy
LAW 250Secured Transactions
LAW 307Intellectual Property
LAW 343Complex Finance Transactions
LAW 403Contracts for Foreign Lawyers
LAW 413Contract Law: Analysis and Application
LAW 423Capital Markets Regulation
LAW 506Advanced Topics: Corporate & Securities Law
LAW 575Regulation of Investment Funds
LAW 606Mergers and Acquisitions
LAW 744Merger and Acquisition Transactions
LAW 759Life Cycle of a Business: From Start-up to Sale
LAW 779Mergers & Acquisitions Due Diligence
To be awarded the specialization in Business Law -- Tax Track, students must maintain a B- (2.7) grade average in courses taken for the specialization. Detailed course descriptions are linked in the listings below. Prospective students should bear in mind that, due to curriculum scheduling and faculty availability, not every class listed is taught each year. This is most often true in the case of seminar courses. A sufficient number of courses will be available to enable those students who choose to specialize to satisfy the specialization requirements.
Courses
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Required Courses
LAW 220
Introduction to Federal Income Taxation
LAW 230Business Associations
LAW 291Taxation of Business Enterprises
(In addition to 220, 230 and 291, select at least one course from Group A)
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Group A (At least one of the following is required)
LAW 222
Estate and Gift Taxation
LAW 224U.S. International Taxation
LAW 249Tax Aspects of Mergers & Acquisitions
LAW 251Business Strategy and Corporate Governance
LAW 285Local Government Law
LAW 363Tax - Exempt Organizations
LAW 380State and Local Taxation
LAW 390Estate Planning
LAW 403Contracts for Foreign Lawyers
LAW 413Contract Law: Analysis and Application
LAW 536Proposition 13: Law, History, and Politics
LAW 543UCLA Colloquium on Tax Policy and Public Finance
LAW 648A/BBusiness Law Workshop
LAW 660Cities in Distress
LAW 751Transactional Skills
LAW 780Tax Practice
To be awarded the specialization in Business Law -- Business Law Track, students must maintain a B- (2.7) grade average in courses taken for the specialization.
Detailed course descriptions are linked in the listings below. Prospective students should bear in mind that, due to curriculum scheduling and faculty availability, not every class listed is taught each year. This is most often true in the case of seminar courses. A sufficient number of courses will be available to enable those students who choose to specialize to satisfy the specialization requirements.
Business Law Track
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Required Courses
(In addition to 220 and 230, select at least one Group A course and one additional course from Group A or Group B)
- Group A
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Group B
(Sum of courses selected in Groups A and B must equal at least two)
LAW 222Estate and Gift Taxation
LAW 224U.S. International Taxation
LAW 231Advanced Corporation Law
LAW 244Television Law
LAW 251Business Strategy and Corporate Governance
LAW 252Business Torts
LAW 261Employment Law
LAW 271International Business Transactions
LAW 272International Trade Law
LAW 285Local Government Law
LAW 286Land Use
LAW 302Copyright Law
LAW 303Music Industry Law
LAW 305Entertainment Law
LAW 306Patent Law
LAW 348European Union Law
LAW 363Tax - Exempt Organizations
LAW 380State and Local Taxation
LAW 403Contracts for Foreign Lawyers
LAW 413Contract Law: Analysis and Application
LAW 419Real Estate Transactions
LAW 423Capital Markets Regulation
LAW 432International and Comparative Sports Law
LAW 434Business Skills for Lawyers
LAW 437Telecommunications Regulation
LAW 447Corporate Finance - What you need to know to be a successful lawyer
LAW 480Television Special Issues: SVOD/AVOD Platforms
LAW 484Information Privacy and Data Protection
LAW 485Consumer Financial Protection
LAW 490Renewable Energy Project Finance
LAW 506Advanced Topics: Corporate & Securities Law
LAW 520Corporate Law Policy
LAW 525Patent Intensive
LAW 543UCLA Colloquium on Tax Policy and Public Finance
LAW 560Regulation of the Business Firm: Theory and Practice
LAW 573Digital Transformations in the Information Society
LAW 575Regulation of Investment Funds
LAW 582Brands: Constructing Identity
LAW 606Mergers and Acquisitions
LAW 648A/BBusiness Law Workshop
LAW 660Cities in Distress
LAW 666The Law and Political Economy of Debt
LAW 693Food Litigation: Consumer Protection, Regulation, and Class Actions
LAW 721Real Estate Law: Affordable Housing
LAW 732Land Development Simulation
LAW 744Merger and Acquisition Transactions
LAW 751Transactional Skills
LAW 757Insurance for Litigators
LAW 759Life Cycle of a Business: From Start-up to Sale
LAW 780Tax Practice
LAW 785Negotiation Theory and Practice
LAW 791A/BTalent & Brand Partnerships / Name, Image & Likeness Clinic
LAW 972Negotiation Theory & Practice (J-Term)
LAW 985Silicon Valley Law for Startups, Entrepreneurs and VCs
LAW 986Law of Elon Musk
LAW 987Business Crime