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Music Law

LAW 939

This course provides you with a “behind the scenes” look at the music industry while teaching the basics of the various aspects of the business. We will cover recorded music, music publishing, live events/touring, merchandising, and the variety of other exploitations of music. We will analyze the basic terms of each of the key agreements (e.g., Exclusive Recording Agreements, Co-Publishing Agreements, Producer Agreements, etc.) and the various modes of distribution of music (e.g., records, radio, sheet music, internet, film, TV, etc.). Beyond the fundamentals, we will explore how the industry arrived at its current state of chaos, and where it may be headed.

Native Americans & the Law

LAW 572

A of the relationship between Native American tribes and federal and state governments; the role of Congress, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and tribal governments; Native American education; economic development on reservations; water, hunting, and fishing rights; religion; criminal justice, and the role of customary Native American laws; urban Native American rights; and the status of California Native American "rancherias" are examined.

Natural Resources Seminar

LAW 358

This seminar surveys and evaluates federal and state law regulating the use of natural resources, with special emphasis on mining, water, and timber issues. Today's international situation and economic downturn have sharpened conflicts over the exploitation and preservation of these raw materials, so along with traditional sources such as cases and statutes, the class will discuss relevant articles from natural resource periodicals such as High Country News. There is no prerequisite for this course, although some subjects introduced in Real Property, such as takings and the public trust doctrine, will be considered in greater depth. A 15-20 page paper is required, and for at least two weeks the class will not meet while students conduct their research. The last week will be devoted to brief student presentations on individual paper topics.

Patent Drafting

LAW 592

This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of drafting effective patent applications. Students will acquire an understanding of patent concepts, patentability requirements, different patent types and parts of a patent application, drafting a patent application; and the technical and legal strategies for prosecuting the application before the U.S. Patent Office. Options for obtaining worldwide patent protection, patent litigation and the related licensing and transactional matters may be also covered in less detail.

Patent Law

LAW 703

In this course, we will explore the major topics of U.S. patent law, seeking a solid general education in patent law concepts and procedures from a practical and policy perspective. Topics covered will include patentable subject matter, requirements for patent validity, patent infringement, and damages. Grading will be based on class participation, and a final examination.

Patent Prosecution

LAW 710

An introduction to the basics of drafting patent applications and supporting documents, and the prosecution of patents before the Patent and Trademark Office. PRE-REQ: LAW 703 Patent Law.

Poverty Law Seminar

LAW 374

You are no doubt by now familiar with the way some law school classes ask you to think about the essential concept at the course?s core: What is a contract? What is a tort? What is Property? Our seminar will ask the same kind of questions, but about something that the law and law school make essentially invisible, poverty. What is poverty? Who are the poor? Why might it be problematic even to use the term the poor? We will explore how poverty is constructed, maintained, and addressed, including the role played by gender and race, and explore the role of the Law in all of this. There are recurring Constitutional Law concepts in Poverty Law. Examples include procedural due process, the unconstitutional conditions doctrine, and the negative Constitution.

Pretrial Litigation Skills

LAW 605

An analysis of forum selection, pleading, motion practice, investigation, and discovery tactics through courtroom simulation.

Professional Responsibility

LAW 206

This course combines the substantive law of Professional Responsiblily with a writing skill segment and a section on interviewing, counseling, and negotiating skills. Problems include the canons of legal ethics; duty to court, clients, the public, and profession; advocacy and the adversary system; conflicts of interest; fees and solicitition; and lawyer discipline.

Professional Skills I: Litigation

LAW 207B

This is an upper-level pretrial litigation course in which students represent a client from the beginning to the end of a fictitious lawsuit. Skills also include drafting pleadings, discovery, and motions, as well as interviewing, counseling, and negotiating on behalf of a client. Professional Skills I: Transactional

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