Electives
Completion of all first-year Day or Evening courses is required before students may enroll in electives.
For details, such as class times, class locations and faculty teaching these courses, please refer to our Academic Schedule.
For more information about the courses, please refer to our Course Descriptions.
Curriculum
| Course | Units | Offered |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting for Lawyers | 2 | Spring |
| Administrative Law | 3 | Fall |
| Advanced Appellate Advocacy Seminar | 2 | Spring |
| Advanced Criminal Procedure | 2 | Spring |
| Advanced Intellectual Property Seminar | 2 | Spring |
| Advanced International Business Transactions | 3 | Spring |
| Advanced Trial Advocacy | 3 | Spring |
| Advanced Water Resources | 2 | Spring |
| Advanced Legal Research | 2 | Fall |
| American Legal History Seminar | 2 | Fall |
| Antitrust Law | 3 | Spring |
| Banking Law | 3 | Fall |
| Bankruptcy | 3 | Both |
| Business Transactions: The Art of the Deal | 2 | Spring |
| California Employment Law Practicum | 2 | Spring |
| California Initiative Seminar | 2 | Fall |
| Civil Pretrial Litigation | 2 | Spring |
| Civil Rights Litigation | 2 | Spring |
| Conflict of Laws | 3 | Fall |
| Commercial Law | 3 | Fall |
| Comparative Latin American Law | 2 | Spring |
| Computer Assisted Litigation | 3 | Fall |
| Computer & Internet Law | 3 | Fall |
| Copyright Law | 3 | Spring |
| Criminal Pretrial Litigation | 2 | Spring |
| Current Issues in Securities Regulation | 3 | Spring |
| Elder Law & Social Policy | 3 | Fall |
| Employment Law | 3 | Fall |
| Entertainment Law | 2 | Fall |
| Environmental Law | 3 | Spring |
| Estate & Gift Tax/Estate Planning | 3 | Fall |
| European Union: Crisis and Democracy | 1 | Fall |
| Family Law | 3 | Fall |
| Federal Courts | 3 | Spring |
| Federal Income Taxation | 3 | Both |
| Federal Indian Law | 3 | Spring |
| First Amendment Law | 3 | Spring |
| Foundations of Water Law 1 | 2 | Fall |
| Foundations of Water Law 2 | 2 | Spring |
| Government Law Theory & Practice Seminar | 2 | Fall |
| Habeas Corpus Seminar | 2 | Fall |
| Health Law | 3 | Fall |
| Health Law Policy | 2 | Spring |
| Immigration & Naturalization Law | 3 | Fall |
| Insurance Law | 3 | Fall |
| International Banking | 2 | Spring |
| International Business Agreements | 1 | Spring |
| International Business Transactions | 3 | Fall |
| International Criminal Law | 2 | Spring |
| International Commercial Arbitration | 3 | Fall |
| International Environmental Law | 3 | Fall |
| International & Foreign Legal Research | 2 | Spring |
| International Intellectual Property | 2 | Spring |
| International Investment Law | 3 | Spring |
| International Protection of Human Rights | 3 | Spring |
| International Trade — Public Aspects | 3 | Fall |
| International Water Resources Law Seminar | 3 | Spring |
| Land Finance Law | 2 | Spring |
| Land Use Planning | 2 | Spring |
| Law of Armed Conflict | 2 | Spring |
| Law & Literature | 2 | Fall |
| Legal Spanish for U.S. Lawyers | 2 | Spring |
| Legislation/Statutory Interpretation | 3 | Spring |
| Legislative Decision-Making: Power & Influence in California | 2 | Spring |
| Legislative Process, Strategy & Ethics Class | 2 | Fall |
| Mediation | 3 | Both |
| National Security Law | 2 | Both |
| Natural Resources Law | 3 | Both |
| Negotiation & Settlements | 3 | Both |
| Negotiation & Settlements Seminar | 2 | Fall |
| Patent Law | 3 | Spring |
| Patent Prosecutions | 2 | Spring |
| Practical & Persuasive Legal Writing | 2 | Both |
| Problems in Criminal Justice: Criminal Defense & Prosecution Ethics | 2 | Fall |
| Public Education Law | 3 | Spring |
| Public International Law | 3 | Fall |
| Public Policy Development | 2 | Fall |
| Securities Regulation | 3 | Fall |
| Sexual Orientation & Law | 2 | Spring |
| Special Topics in Environmental Law: Ocean and Coastal Law | 2 or 3 | Spring |
| Sports Law | 2 | Spring |
| Street Law International | 3 | Spring |
| Survey of Intellectual Property | 3 | Fall |
| Taxation of Corporations & Shareholders | 3 | Fall |
| Taxation of Partnerships & S Corporations | 3 | Spring |
| Taxation of Real Estate Transactions | 3 | Spring |
| The Business of Lawyering | 2 | Spring |
| Trademark Law | 2 | Fall |
| Transnational Litigation | 3 | Spring |
| Trial Advocacy | 3 | Both |
| U.S. Taxation of International Transactions | 3 | Spring |
| Water and Energy Law Seminar | 1 | Fall |
| Water Resources Law | 3 | Fall |
| Water Resources Law Practice 1 | 3 | Fall |
| Water Resources Law Practice 2 | 3 | Spring |
| White Collar Crime | 2 | Fall |
