Upper Division

Curriculum Clusters Years Two and Three

The work during years two and three is elective, except for required courses in professional responsibility, professional skills, and a significant writing requirement. A wide-range of elective courses and seminars are offered, although every class may not be taught each 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
Faculty Recommendations
- Accounting for Lawyers*
- Antitrust*
- Basic Finance
- Business Associations*
- Business Planning and Drafting*
- Commercial and Bankruptcy Law
- Commerical Arbitration Seminar*
- Corporate Finance
- Law of 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
- Introduction to Bankruptcy Law*
- Issues in Setting Up and Maintaining Solo Law Practice*
- Law of Financial Markets
- Law and Economics*
- Law and Statistics*
- Law of E-Commerce
- Life-Cycle Transactions and Drafting*
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Nonprofit Organizations and Drafting
- Nonprofit Organizations: State and Local Governance Issues
- Nonprofit Organizations: Tax Exemptions and Taxation Focus
- Pension and Employee Benefit Law
- Private International Law (Conflict of Laws)*
- Products Liability
- Public Finance: Theory and Practice*
- Real Estate Finance
- Regulated Industries
- Secured Transactions*
- Securities Regulation I*
- Securities Regulation II*
- Taxation of Partnerships and LLCs
- The Business of Lawyering*
- Trade Secrets*
- Trusts, Wills and Decedents' Estates*
Criminal Law
Faculty Recommendations
- Administration of Criminal Justice Externship*
- Advanced Criminal Procedure*
- Aoki Federal Public Defender Clinic/Seminar*
- Corporate and White Collar Crime*
- Criminal Justice Administration Seminar*
- Criminal Procedure*
- Death Penalty
- Juvenile Justice*
- Law and Religion
- Legal Theory Workshop – Aoki Center Race and Nations Research Seminar*
- Seminar in Legal Psychology
- Sexual Assault Seminar*
- Sociology of Criminal Procedure*
- Policing Seminar
- Scientific Evidence
- Topics in California Criminal Practice
- Transnational Criminal Law
Constitutional Law
Faculty Recommendations
- Advanced Constitutional Law Seminar
- California Constitutional Law*
- Civil Rights Law
- Constitutional Law II*
- Constitutional Law II – Equal Protection
- Constitutional Law II - First Amendment
- Constitutional Theory Seminar*
- 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*
- Native American Law Seminar
- Privacy, Surveillance, and “Sousveillance”*
- Supreme Court Simulation Seminar
- Surveillance and States*
- Topics in Constitutional Law: Habeas Corpus and 11th Amendment
Environmental and Natural Resources Law
Faculty Recommendations
- Administrative Law*
- Administrative Law and Policy Seminar
- Agricultural Law and Policy
- Biotechnology Law and Policy
- California Environmental Issues Seminar
- Climate Change Law and Policy*
- Energy Law*
- Energy Law Seminar
- Environmental Justice
- Environmental Law*
- Environmental Law Externship*
- Environmental Law Moot Court Competition
- Environmental Practice
- Environmental Law Seminar: Emerging Technologies and the Environment*
- Farmworkers and the Law
- Free Trade and the Environment
- International Environmental Law
- Land Use Planning*
- 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*
- Wine and the 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
- Issues in Setting Up and Maintaining Solo Law Practice*
- Law and Culture of Food
- Law and Popular Culture
- Law and Rural Livelihoods*
- Legal Spanish for U.S. Lawyers*
- Legislative Process
- Legislative Process Externship*
- State and Local GovernmentLaw*
- Privacy, Surveillance, and “Sousveillance”*
- Sociology of the Legal Profession
- Surveillance and States*
- The Business of Lawyering*
- The Sociology of Criminal Procedure*
Health Law & Bioethics
Faculty Recommendations
- Bioethics*
- Disability Rights*
- Health Care Law*
- Law and Psychiatry
- Seminar in Legal Psychology
- Medical Liability and the Law
- Public Benefits Law
- Public Benefits Law Seminar*
- Public Health Law*
- Reproductive Health Law and Policy
- Topical Issues in Health Law Seminar
Human Rights and Social Justice
Faculty Recommendations
- 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*
- International Law in the Public Sphere (Public International Law)*
- Jewish Law Seminar
- Juvenile Justice*
- Labor Law
- Latinos & Latinas and the Law
- Law and Rural Livelihoods*
- Legal Theory Workshop – Aoki Center Race and Nations Research Seminar*
- Native American Law
- 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 Assault Seminar*
- Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Law*
- Tax and Distributive Justice*
- Transnational Criminal Law
- Women and the Law Practicum
- Women, Islam, and the Law
- Women’s Human Rights*
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
Faculty Recommendations
- 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
- Intellectual Property – Current Issues*
- 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
- Privacy, Surveillance, and “Sousveillance”*
- Public Interest Law Externship*
- Right of Publicity and Related Doctrines
- Trademark and Unfair Competition Law*
- Trade Secrets*
- Trademark and Branding Seminar
International, Comparative, and Foreign Law
Faculty Recommendations
- Advanced International 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 Law in the Public Sphere (Public International Law)*
- 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
- Surveillance and States*
- Terrorism and International Law*
- Theories of International Law
- Transnational Criminal Law
- Women, Islam and the Law
- Women's Human Rights*
Labor and Employment Law
Faculty Recommendations
- Agricultural Law and Policy
- Employment Discrimination*
- Employment Law*
- 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
- Ancient Athenian Law*
- 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 – Aoki Center Race and Nations Research Seminar*
- Mindfulness and Professional Identity
- Selected Topics in Constitutional Law
- Seminar in Legal Psychology
- Professional Responsibility*
- Tax and Distributive Justice*
Procedure and Jurisdiction
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Complex Litigation*
- Federal Jurisdiction*
- Legislative Process Externship*
- State and Local Government Law*
- Private International Law (Conflict of Laws)*
- Remedies*
- Suing Government*
Public Law and Policy
Faculty Recommendations
- 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
- Law-Making and Law-Changing in the Nation’s Capital*
- Legislative Intent Seminar
- Legislative Process
- Legislative Process Externship*
- Policing Seminar
- Privacy, Surveillance, and “Sousveillance”*
- Public Benefits Law Seminar*
- Public Finance: Theory and Practice*
- Public Interest Law Seminar*
- Public Interest Law Externship*
- Public International Law
- Public Regulatory Law
- Public Sector Labor Law Seminar
- State and Local Government Law*
- State and Local Taxation*
- Statutory Interpretation*
- Surveillance and States*
- UCDC Externship*
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
- Aoki Federal Public Defender Clinic/Seminar*
- Analytical and Persuasive Writing*
- Appellate Advocacy I and II (Moot Court)*
- Business Planning and Drafting*
- Carr Intraschool Trial Advocacy Competition*
- Civil Rights Clinic*
- Commercial Arbitration Seminar*
- 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
- International Litigation and Arbitration*
- Interschool Competitions
- Judicial Process Seminar
- Law-Making and Law-Changing in the Nation’s Capital*
- Legislative Process Externship*
- Mediation: Theory and Practice"
- Mediation (Representing Clients in Mediation)*
- Moot Court Board*
- Negotiations*
- Nonprofit Organizations and Drafting*
- Pretrial Skills*
- Prison Law Clinic*
- Public Interest Law Externship*
- Scientific Evidence
- Suing Government*
- Trial Practice*
- Trial Practice Honors Board*
- UCDC Externship*
Taxation
Faculty Recommendations
- Corporate Tax
- Estate Planning Seminar
- Estate and Gift Taxation
- Federal Income Taxation*
- International Aspects of U. S. Taxation
- Life-Cycle Transactions and Drafting*
- Nonprofit Organizations and Drafting*
- Nonprofit Organizations: State and Local Governance Issues
- Nonprofit Organizations: Tax Exemptions, Pension and Employee Benefit Law
- State and Local Taxation*
- Tax and Distributive Justice*
- Taxation of Partnerships & Limited Liability Corporations*