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Clinic: Children’s Advocacy

LAW 617

Students will assist in the completion of cases filed in Orange County Family Law and Probate Courts involving such matters as guardianship, adoption, limited conservatorship, paternity, dissolution of marriage, custody and support. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in the court-based Guardianship Clinic and Self-Represented Parties Court. Student enrollment limited to 5 students in the Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters. PRE-REQ: LAW 601 Lawyering Skills, or will take it concurrently.

Clinic: Family Violence

LAW 618

Students will provide domestic violence victims and their children assistance in completing restraining orders and other family law actions related to their cases in the local courts. Students may also participate in a monthly legal clinic at a nearby domestic violence shelter. Student enrollment limited to 5 students during the Fall and Spring semesters. PRE-REQ: LAW 601 Lawyering Skills or will take it concurrently.

Clinic: Special Education

LAW 619

Students will provide direct representation to minor children seeking special education services from initial Individual Education Plan ("IEP") meetings through administrative mediation sessions. You must have taken, or will take Lawyering Skills with this course. You have to have previously completed LAW 601 Lawyering Skills, or will take it concurrently.

CLS: Islamic Law, Con. & Dem.

LAW 513A

It is commonly presumed that constitutions in the Middle Eastern Islamic states have generally been written to augment political authority, and constitutionalism has often been considered at most a secondary goal. The most recent attempt toward constitutionalism

Community Property

LAW 403

An examination of the classification of property, its management and control, and its distribution upon dissolution of the community according to California law.

Comp. International Advocacy

LAW 608

In preparation for international moot court competitions, students will study the basic structure of international law, methods of effective international legal research and effective appellate advocacy in the context of international law. Enrollment is limited and will be based upon admission to the Moot Court Honors Board (MCHB), as well as competition approval conducted by the MCHB Executive Board, faculty advisor and/or adjunct coaches. PRE-REQ: LAW 406 Evidence, or will take it concurrently.

Comparative Family Law

LAW 915

This course will be a seminar and will survey and compare various issues in family law in Europe, Asia, Africa with the United States with an emphasis laws governing the formation of the family, traditional and alternative family structures, gender role expectations, same sex unions, marital laws and the division of property at the termination of the marriage.

Comparative Legal Systems: Law and Sexuality

LAW 513

This course is a survey of how different legal systems, secular and religious, construct and regulate various aspects of human sexuality. Among the topics we will discuss are marriage as a socio-legal institution, minority sexualities, sex work and pornography in different countries including the U.S., India, Turkey, Brazil and Israel.

Comparative Legal Systems: Muslim Communities and the Law

LAW 513C

This seminar is a survey of the various ways Muslim communities grapple with the realities of contemporary world. Through an analysis of laws in a variety of countries, the course addresses a range of topics from whether we can speak of a coherent system of law derived from Islam to the complexities of secularism in Muslim-majority countries and issues faced by Muslim communities living as religious minorities in contemporary states.