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Immigration, Citizenship, and the Family

LAW 722

This course offers a comparative analysis of how family relationships, and how they are legally defined, provide the central avenues for citizenship and immigration benefits in the United States and in the European Union. Specific topics of study include birthright citizenship, family reunificaiton immigration provisions, and intersections of family law with immigration.

Immigration Law

LAW 528

This course is a study of the legal issues surrounding United States migration. Among the issues covered are federal government power in admission, deportation and exclusion; economic and political rights of immigrants; documented and undocumented immigration and the acquisition of citizenship.

Initial Externship

LAW 609

INITIAL EXERNSHIP: A law-related field placement where students perform and observe legal work under the supervision of an attorney or bench officer. Students enrolling in an Initial Externship must concurrently enroll in the Lawyering Skills course. For more infromation about the Externship Program, refer to the Externship Program Policies and Procedures Handbook. PRE-REQ: You must have previously taken LAW 601 Lawyering Skills or will take it concurrently.

Initial Judicial Externship

LAW 609J

FULL-TIME JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIP (INITIAL): A field placement with the federal or California appellate bench officer where students perform and observe legal work under the supervision of a judicial officer or judicial law clerk. Students must have a cumulative grade point average of 85 or above. First-time externs enroll concurrently in the Lawyering Skills course. For more infromation about the Externship Program, refer to the Externship Program Policies and Procedures Handbook. PRE-REQ: You must have previously taken LAW 601 Lawyering Skills or will take it concurrently.

Intellectual Property Litigation

LAW 717

Examines problems involved in representing clients in pretrial and at trial in intellectual property cases, including factual investigation, negotiation, and specialized discovery and evidentiary problems. Special emphasis will be placed on the interrelationship between various types of intellectual property. PRE-REQ: At least one of the core courses, Law 701 Copyright, Law 702 Trademark, or Law 703 Patent Law.

International & Comparative Children’s Rights Seminar

LAW 387

International Children

International Adoption Law Seminar

LAW 526

This seminar will focus on modern legal issues pertaining to international adoption law with an emphasis on the effects of the Hague Convention on the international adoption process. Topics will include an overview of events and laws leading up to the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention), an overview of the Hague Convention, a survey of the effect of the Hague Convention on adoption laws in foreign countries and the U.S., and an evaluation of the effectiveness of post-Hague Convention international adoption laws and procedures.

International Animal Law

LAW 912

This class looks at Animal Law from an international and comparative law perspective. While the class is focused on issues relating to animals, it covers a number of subjects of general applicability relating to international law, international trade, intellectual property, and environmental law. Some of the subjects covered include analysis of moral theories relating to the relationship between humans and non-human animals; review of laws of numerous jurisdictions, including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, the EU, Germany, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and the U.K., relating to the use of animals in agriculture, scientific experiments, sport and entertainment, including film, circuses and animal exhibitions; analysis of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; study of the impact of international trade agreements on Animal Law issues, with a focus on the World Trade Organization, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights; consideration of the recent trend toward attempting to protect the interests of animals through constitutional provisions; and analysis of animal-related intellectual property issues including cloning, patenting of life forms, trade secrets, and sales of artwork created by animals. Another major topic of discussion will be the economic, moral, social and cultural foundations of the various approaches taken to Animal Law in different jurisdictions. The class requires a paper based solely on the readings and presentations in the class, and this paper will be due about a month after the class concludes. One or more field trips related to the class are possible and the class will visit a vegetarian restaurant in Toulouse. For those students who successfully complete their paper on a (pre-approved) intellectual property-related topic, this course will provide 2 units of intellectual property elective credit for purposes of the Intellectual Property Certificate.

International Business Negotiations

LAW 520

A review of the principles involved in international business negotiations with an emphasis on negotiation, arbitration and mediation during the contracting process and as alternatives to litigation in resolving civil disputes. Practical strategies are discussed with an introduction to the role of the international lawyer in each of the different processes with multinational enterprises.

International Business Transaction

LAW 555

This course covers both private and public (government regulation) aspects of international business transactions. Specific topics covered include international sales contracts and the Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG), regulation of foreign investment and bilateral investment treaties (BITs), private international dispute resolution (including choice of forum and choice of law clauses, international commercial arbitration, and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards), US customs law, remedies and responses to unfairly traded imports, and the regulation of international bribery through the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.

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