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Tax Policy Seminar

LAW 371

Students will be exposed to the theoretical and policy considerations that surround the Tax System. Students will examine the social and political pressures that shape the Federal Tax regime of the United States. This class is intended to introduce students to Tax Law in a format that promotes discussion and understanding. A background in accounting or Tax Law is not required. Topics to be covered include: the uncertain future of the Estate Tax or

Terrorism and the Law

LAW 381

This course will examine the responses to terrorism by the United States and the international community. The course is divided into three parts. The first part will begin with a discussion of the difficulties of defining terrorism and various legal definitions will be analyzed. A brief history of terrorism will follow. The second part of the course will involve an in-depth study of terrorism prosecutions in Title III courts. The class will study the various federal criminal statutes and investigative techniques utilized for prosecuting terrorists, including Title III electronic surveillance, criminal search and seizure warrants, and federal criminal grand jury practice, as well as national security investigative techniques authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The class will also examine the procedures for utilizing classified information in criminal terrorism prosecutions. The final part of the course will examine United States counterterrorism policy post 9/11, with specific emphasis on the legal implications of such policies as indefinite detention of enemy combatants, the use of military commissions, interrogation techniques and torture, targeted killing/assassination, extraordinary rendition and warrantless electronic surveillance. In this part of the course, the class will also analyze and discuss the interplay between counterterrorism policy and international law and the response to terrorism by foreign nations. Throughout the course, case studies will be presented which serve to illustrate the legal principles being discussed.

Topics in American Law

LAW 108

This will be a survey course of various topics in American Law, including Criminal Law, evidence, family law, and constitutional law. It is designed to help students who are not familiar with the American legal system gain a working understanding of major fields of substantive law, particularly those that are relatively unique to the American system. Open to LLM students only.

Torts I

LAW 111

This course surveys civil liability and breach of duties imposed by law, including intentional wrongs to persons and property; negligence and vicarious, strict, and products liability: defamation, and other civil wrongs.

Torts II

LAW 112

Trade Secret Law

LAW 712

Trademark Law

LAW 702

An examination of common law and statutory limitations on unfair and deceptive competition outside the scope of antitrust laws. Topics include trademark law (including trademark dilution), of misappropriation of trade values and trade secrets, regulation of false and deceptive advertising, unfair competition, and interference with contracts and trade relations.

Transgender Law

LAW 965

This course will explore the legal issues facing transgender people and the goals of the transgender legal movement. Although we will focus primarily on the U.S., we will occasionally consider the legal treatment of transgender people in other parts of the world. The course will cover marriage, parenting, and other family law issues; the treatment of transgender children and youth in schools, the child welfare, and juvenile justice systems; the treatment of transgender people in prisons; hate violence against transgender people; and employment, public accommodations, and housing discrimination against transgender individuals. We will consider these issues through two broad thematic frameworks: (1) the ways that transgender identity is deeply linked to race, ethnicity, geography, and economic status; and (2) the tension between seeking to abolish gender as a meaningful legal and social category versus seeking to win legal and social acceptance for transgender people on the other.

Trial Advocacy Honors Board

LAW 567

Students earn 1 unit of pass/fail course credit for 60 hours of work per semester (or 2 units for 120 hours of work) on activities related to the Trial Advocacy Honors Board, including participation as witnesses, lawyers or judges during practice rounds for inter-school mock trial competitions; coaching incoming students auditioning for membership onto the TAHB; coordinating the board's participation in inter-school competitions; or otherwise participating in the management or administration of the board's activities. Enrollment is limited to students who have completed their first year of law school, and is based on acceptance into the TAHB through an audition process overseen by the faculty advisor, adjunct coaches and/or executive board of the TAHB.