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Securities Regulation

LAW 548

A review of the law of securities regulation, developed through the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, state "blue sky" laws, and the judicial interpretation and rule-making of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Sexuality, Gender, and Displacement

LAW 726

This course looks at the social, political, and legal aspects of how sexuality and gender play a central role in the displacement and forced migration of people globally, as well as international legal instruments aimed at providing relief. Specific topics of study include gender persecution, gender-related violence, sexual-orientation persecution, and international trafficking of women and children.

Social Science & Public Policy on LGBT Issues Seminar

LAW 391

Empirical claims about the lives of LGBT people have played an important role in many major legal decisions and in legislation. This course will analyze the use of social science research in public policy debates and court cases on LGBT issues. In particular, the course will focus on social science research on employment discrimination against LGBT people, LGBT parenting, and the legal recognition of same-sex couples. We will also compare countries

Spanish for Lawyers I

LAW 382

An introduction to Spanish language for lawyers, designed for law students who anticipate working with Spanish speaking clients. The goal is to help students develop basic skills in reading, understanding and writing in Spanish. The course focuses on language acquisition sufficient for interacting with Spanish speakers. The teaching methods will include exercises to simulate client interviews, client intakes, and conversations to solicit basic personal information. This course will be taught in both English and Spanish. Prerequisites: None. Some previous knowledge of Spanish preferred.

Spanish for Lawyers II

LAW 383

This will be an advanced course focusing on legal vocabulary to enhance students

Spanish Law & the LGBT Community

LAW 392

This course explores Spanish efforts to eradicate discrimination and violence against the LGBT community from a Comparative perspective. The course will explore legal instruments that address violence on the basis of gender and sexual orientation and other rules specifically addressed at the LGBT community. The course will discuss strategies to protect the LGBT community from violence and discrimination and how those strategies have been and are being utilized.

Special Education Law

LAW 519

Special Education Law is a rapidly expanding area of practice in California and throughout the United States. This course reviews relevant state and federal legislation, (particularly the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or

Sports Law

LAW 549

This course examines a wide range of legal issues and relationships in the sports industry, including player negotiations and contracts, leases, licensing, leagues, franchising, and intellectual property issues in sports law. This course is offered as a 3 or 4 unit course. Students who take the course for 4 units shall receive Intellectual Property elective credit by, in addition to meeting all other course requirements, completing a substantial research paper on an intellectual property-focused topic. Students who take the course for 3 units will not receive IP elective credit.

Street Law

LAW 616

An interactive "teaching law" course in which students earn credit teaching law to high school students under the direction of a faculty member. Students review the law, explore methods of teaching law to non-lawyers, and learn how to provide a non-adversarial view of the law. Students engage in a critical examination of legal problems of particular concern to teenagers to better enable them to understand fundamental principles of authority, fairness, justice and individual responsibility that underlie the American legal system.

Struggle for Marriage Equality

LAW 966

This seminar will examine the history, strategies, and current and future battles in the ongoing movement to secure for same-sex couples the freedom to marry. Informed by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s reminder that no one's methodology of social change is sufficient, gay and non-gay people and organizations have engaged in legal, political, and cultural efforts to end sex discrimination in marriage, following on the work to end race discrimination in marriage a generation ago. Readings and discussion will focus on advances and attacks through litigation, legislation, and electoral battles; international developments; and the interplay between law, public education, and culture.