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Upper Division
Curriculum Clusters Years Two and Three
The work during years two and three is elective, except for required courses in professional responsibility, lawyering skills, and a writing requirement. A wide-range of elective courses and seminars are offered, although every class may not be taught each year. Courses below listed with an asterisk (*) will be offered in the 2013-2014 academic year. While students are free to choose their own upper division electives, students wishing to focus on specific practice areas may wish to consider the following lists:
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Business Law
- Accounting for Lawyers*
- Antitrust*
- Basic Finance*
- Business Associations*
- Business Planning and Drafting
- Commercial and Bankruptcy Law*
- Corporate Finance*
- Corporate Governance Seminar*
- Corporate Tax*
- Estate and Gift Taxation
- Estate Planning Seminar*
- Federal Income Taxation*
- Financial Regulations Seminar*
- Globalization and the Law
- International Aspects of U.S. Taxation
- International Business Transactions*
- International Economics
- International Finance
- International Investment Dispute Seminar*
- International Tax
- Law of Financial Markets
- Law and Economics
- Law of E-Commerce*
- Mergers and Acquisitions*
- Nonprofit Organizations and Drafting*
- Nonprofit Organizations: State and Local Governance Issues
- Nonprofit Organizations: Tax Exemptions & Taxation Focus
- Pension and Employee Benefit Law
- Private International Law (Conflict of Laws)*
- Products Liability
- Real Estate Finance
- Regulated Industries
- Securities Regulation I*
- Securities Regulation II*
- Taxation of Partnerships and LLCs*
- Trusts, Wills and Decedents' Estates*
Criminal Law
- Administration of Criminal Justice Externship*
- Advanced Criminal Procedure*
- Corporate and White Collar Crime*
- Criminal Justice Administration Seminar *
- Criminal Procedure*
- Death Penalty
- Juvenile Justice*
- Law and Religion
- Seminar in Legal Psychology
- Policing Seminar*
- Scientific Evidence*
- Topics in California Criminal Practice*
- Transnational Criminal Law
Constitutional Law
- Advanced Constitutional Law Seminar
- Civil Rights Law*
- Constitutional Law II*
- Constitutional Law II – Equal Protection
- Constitutional Law II - First Amendment
- Indian Gaming Law
- Law of the Political Process*
- Law and Religion
- Law and Rural Livelihoods*
- Law Making and Law Changing in the Nation's Capital*
- Native American Law Seminar*
- Supreme Court Simulation Seminar*
- Topics in Constitutional Law: Habeas Corpus and 11th Amendment
Environmental and Natural Resources Law
- Administrative Law*
- Administrative Law and Policy Seminar
- Agricultural Law and Policy
- Biotechnology Law and Policy
- California Environmental Issues Seminar*
- Climate Change Law and Policy
- Environmental Justice
- Energy Law Seminar*
- Environmental Law*
- Environmental Law Externship*
- Environmental Law Moot Court Competition*
- Environmental Practice
- Farmworkers and the Law
- Free Trade and the Environment
- International Environmental Law*
- Land Use Planning and the California Environmental Water Quality Act*
- Law and Religion
- Native American Law
- Natural Resources Law
- Ocean and Coastal Law*
- Public Land Law
- Renewal Energy Seminar*
- Water Law*
Estate Planning
- Estate and Gift Tax
- Estate Planning Seminar*
- Trusts, Wills and Decendents' Estates*
Family Law
- Family Law*
- Family Protection Clinic*
- Juvenile Justice*
- Marital Property*
- Private International Law (Conflict of Laws)*
General/Topical Survey
- Agricultural Law and Policy
- Animal Law Seminar*
- Farmworkers and the Law
- Indian Gaming Law
- Law and Culture of Food
- Law and Popular Culture
- Law and Rural Livelihoods*
- Legal Spanish for U.S. Lawyers*
- Legislative Process*
- Local Government*
- Sociology of the Legal Profession
Health Law & Bioethics
- Bioethics*
- Disability Rights
- Health Care Law*
- Law and Psychiatry
- Seminar in Legal Psychology
- Medical Liability and the Law
- Public Benefits Law*
- Public Health Law
- Reproductive Health Law and Policy
- Topical Issues in Health Law Seminar*
Human Rights and Social Justice
- Advanced Constitutional Law Seminar
- Advanced Immigration & Citizenship Seminar*
- Asian American Jurisprudence
- Civil Rights Clinic Seminar*
- Civil Rights Law *
- Civil Rights Seminar
- Community Education Seminar*
- Constitutional Law II*
- Critical Race Theory*
- Disability Rights
- Education Policy and the Law
- Employment Discrimination*
- Farmworkers and the Law
- Feminist Legal Theory*
- Housing Law
- Immigration Law Clinic*
- Immigration Law and Procedure*
- International Human Rights*
- Jewish Law Seminar
- Juvenile Justice*
- Labor Law*
- Latinos & Latinas and the Law
- Law and Rural Livelihoods*
- Native American Law Seminar*
- Seminar in Legal Psychology
- Prison Law Clinic*
- Public Benefits Law*
- Public Interest Law Seminar*
- Public Interest Law Externship*
- Public International Law Seminar
- Selected Topics in Constitutional Law
- Sex-Based Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Law*
- Tax and Distributive Justice*
- Transnational Criminal Law
- Women and the Law Practicum
- Women, Islam, and the Law
Individual and Group Study
- Advanced Writing Project*
- Business Law Journal*
- Environs*
- Group Study*
- Instruction in Legal Research & Writing Skills*
- Journal of International Law & Policy Editor *
- Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy Editor *
- Law Review Editor *
- Law Review Writer *
- Research in Legal Problems *
Intellectual Property and Technology
- Agricultural Law and Policy
- Art Law*
- Bioethics *
- Biotechnology Law and Policy
- Chinese Intellectual Property Law*
- Copyright*
- Fictional Characters
- Innovation and Technology Transfer Seminar
- Intellectual Property*
- Intellectual Property Agreement Drafting for Biotech & Pharma
- Intellectual Property Externship*
- Intellectual Property in Historical Context
- International Aspects of U.S. Taxation
- International Intellectual Property
- International Intellectual Property and Development
- Jurisdiction in Cyberspace
- Law of E-Commerce*
- Patent Law*
- Patent Law Externship*
- Public Interest Law Externship*
- Right of Publicity and Related Doctrines
- Trademark and Unfair Competition Law*
- Trademark and Branding Seminar*
International, Comparative, and Foreign Law
- Advanced Topics in Immigration and Citizenship Law Seminar*
- Animal Law*
- Asian American Jurisprudence
- Asian Pacific Americans and the Law*
- Chinese Intellectual Property Law*
- Criminal Justice Administration Seminar*
- Free Trade and the Environment
- Globalization and the Law
- Immigration Law Clinic*
- Immigration Law and Procedure*
- International Aspects of U. S. Taxation
- International Business Transactions*
- International Dispute Resolution Seminar
- International Environmental Law*
- International Finance
- International Human Rights*
- International Intellectual Property
- International Intellectual Property and Development
- International Investment Dispute Seminar*
- International Litigation and Arbitration*
- International Tax
- International Trade Dispute Seminar
- Is International Law Democratic
- Jewish Law Seminar
- Private International Law (Conflict of Laws)*
- Public International Law Seminar
- Theories of International Law
- Transnational Criminal Law
- Women, Islam and the Law
Labor and Employment Law
- Agricultural Law and Policy
- Employment Discrimination*
- Employment Relations Externship*
- Farmworkers and the Law
- Labor Law*
- Pension and Employee Benefit Law
- Public Sector Labor Law Seminar
- Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and the Law*
Legal Theory and Ethics
- Bioethics *
- Constitutional Law II - Equal Protection
- Constitutional Law II - First Amendment
- Feminist Legal Theory*
- International Human Rights*
- Jurisprudence*
- Law and Economics
- Legal Ethics in Corporate Practice
- Legal History*
- Legal Theory Workshop*
- Mindfulness and Professional Identity*
- Selected Topics in Constitutional Law
- Seminar in Legal Psychology
- Professional Responsibility*
- Tax and Distributive Justice Seminar*
Procedure and Jurisdiction
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Complex Litigation
- Federal Jurisdiction*
- Legislative Process*
- Local Government Law*
- Private International Law (Conflict of Laws)*
- Remedies*
Public Law and Policy
- Administrative Law*
- Administrative Law and Policy Seminar
- California Environmental Issues Seminar*
- Educational Policy and the Law
- Elections and Political Campaigns
- Housing Law*
- Law and Society Seminar
- Law of the Political Process*
- Legislative Intent Seminar
- Legislative Process
- Legislative Process Externship *
- Local Government Law*
- Policing Seminar
- Public Benefits Law
- Public Interest Law
- Public Interest Law Externship *
- Public International Law
- Public Regulatory Law
- Public Sector Labor Law Seminar
- Statutory Interpretation*
Skills and Litigation
Faculty Recommendations - Advocacy Skills and Litigation
Faculty Recommendations - Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Administration of Criminal Justice Externship*
- Advanced Legal Writing*
- Advanced Legal Research *
- Advanced Evidence*
- Advanced Negotiations Strategy and Client Counseling
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Analytical and Persuasive Writing*
- Appellate Advocacy I and II (Moot Court) *
- Business Planning
- Carr Intraschool Trial Advocacy Competition *
- Civil Rights Clinic*
- Complex Litigation
- Employment Relations Externship*
- Environmental Law Externship*
- Environmental Law Moot Court Competition *
- Evidence *
- Family Protection Clinic*
- Federal Taxation Externship *
- Immigration Law Clinic*
- Intellectual Property Externship*
- Intellectual Property Drafting for Biotech and Pharma
- Interschool Competitions *
- Judicial Process Seminar
- Legislative Process Externship*
- Mediation: Theory and Practice"
- Moot Court Board *
- Negotiations *
- Nonprofit Organizations and Drafting *
- Pretrial Skills *
- Prison Law Clinic*
- Public Interest Law Externship*
- Scientific Evidence *
- Trial Practice *
- Trial Practice Honors Board *
- UCDC Externship*
Taxation
- Corporate Tax
- Estate Planning Seminar
- Estate and Gift Taxation
- Federal Income Taxation *
- International Aspects of U. S. Taxation
- Nonprofit Organizations and Drafting*
- Nonprofit Organizations: State and Local Governance Issues
- Nonprofit Organizations: Tax Exemptions, Pension and Employee Benefit Law
- Tax and Distributive Justice Seminar*
- Taxation of Partnerships & Limited Liability Corporations*














