printer friendly pageLAW 404: Foreign Legal Study
This course is for JD students who have been approved by the Law School to study at Bucerius Law School (Hamburg, Germany) or European University Institute (Florence, Italy) or Waseda University Law School (Tokyo, Japan). See SLS Foreign Legal Study Exchange Program at
http://www.law.stanford.edu/program/centers/spil/foreign_study/ for details.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 9-14
Instructors:
Weiner, A. (PI)
LAW 406: Research Track
The Research Track is for students who wish to carry out a research project of a scope larger than that contemplated for a Senior Thesis. Research Track projects are to be supervised by two or more professors, at least one of whom must be a member of the Law School faculty. At least one faculty member in addition to the supervisors must read the written product of the research, and the student must defend the written work orally before the readers. Students will be admitted to Research Track only if they have a demonstrated capability for substantial independent research, and propose a significant and well-formulated project at the time of application.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 9-12
| Repeatable
for credit
LAW 407: International Deal Making
This course is specifically focused on the application of legal and business knowledge to real world transactions in the international context. This is a practical course for students who are interested in applying their knowledge to deal structuring, identifying and resolving legal and business concerns, negotiations, documentation and deal closing. The caselets (short-form cases), developed by the instructor (JD/MBA/CPA) from his 25 years' experience in deal-making in China and Asia, raising $9 billion in equity and debt, often place the student inside the negotiating room and challenge the student to strike deals with senior private and public officials. This course is structured as an intense large seminar with a maximum of 30 law and 10 business students, mixed into groups for class work and presentations. Course objectives: (1) To give the law student a deeper understanding of the legal issues that arise in cross-border transactions, and a broader understanding of the business context in which legal advice is asked for and given; (2) to give the business student an appreciation of the importance of reading the legal documents which purport to describe his/her business transaction, and an understanding of the role the legal advisor can and should play in deal structuring, negotiating and documenting aspects; and (3) for both sets of students, there will be the opportunity to strategize, structure and be the principal negotiator in real world, substantive, international business deals. Following the outcomes decided in class, the actual outcomes and subsequent events will be shared.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Franklin, L. (PI)
LAW 407: International Deal Making: Legal and Business Aspects
The application of legal and business knowledge to real world international transactions. Topics include deal structuring, identifying and resolving legal and business concerns, negotiations, documentation, deal closing, legal issues in cross-border transactions, importance of legal documents in business transactions, and the role of the legal advisor. Case studies. Students strategize, structure, and negotiate real world, substantive, international business deals.
Last offered: Autumn 2008
LAW 409: Introduction to Intellectual Property
This is a survey course covering the main areas of intellectual property law - patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. It introduces each subject and explores commonalities and differences among different systems of intellectual property protection. The course can be taken by the non-specialist interested in learning a bit about the field, or as a gateway to the more detailed course IP: Patents; IP: Copyright, and IP: Trademark and Unfair Competition.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Lemley, M. (PI)
LAW 409: Introduction to Intellectual Property
Patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. Commonalities and differences among systems of intellectual property protection.
Last offered: Winter 2009
LAW 423: Advanced Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
The Advanced Supreme Court Litigation Clinic provides an opportunity for students who have already successfully completed the Supreme Court Litigation to continue their work in the Clinic. Work includes research and drafting petitions for certiorari and oppositions, merits briefs, and amicus briefs, compiling joint appendices, and preparing advocates for oral argument, as well as commenting on drafts of briefs being filed by lawyers in other cases. Advanced students also continue to participate in the Clinic's discussion of cases during case rounds.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 2-7
| Repeatable
6 times
(up to 12 units total)
Instructors:
Fisher, J. (PI)
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Goldstein, T. (PI)
;
Howe, A. (PI)
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Instructors:
Fisher, J. (PI)
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Goldstein, T. (PI)
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Howe, A. (PI)
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Karlan, P. (PI)
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Russell, K. (PI)
LAW 424: Secured Credit
This course surveys the law of raising funds by granting security interests in personal property. Security interests affect the creditor's rights if the debtor is unable to repay the loan; as a result, they significantly affect the terms on which capital can be raised. They affect industries ranging from traditional manufacturing to high tech start-ups; they also play a role in consumer loans (and help explain the movie "Repo Man"). The course focuses primarily on Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, but also considers the federal Bankruptcy Code, the federal intellectual property statutes, and other state and federal laws.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Craswell, R. (PI)
LAW 427: Local Government Law
This course examines the source, scope and limits of local governmental power. It considers the relationship of local governments to state and federal government and of the relationship of local governments to the individuals and communities within and around them. Specific themes include the potential of local governments to be responsive democratic communities, the potential of local governments to become isolated or exclusive enclaves, and the effect of local governments on the metropolitan political economy. The course examines state and federal doctrine that affects local government, political/ social theory and urban planning/ development literature.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Ford, R. (PI)
LAW 430: Trusts and Estates
This survey course covers issues related to: intestacy; will execution and revocation; will provisions and interpretations; restrictions on the right to devise; probate; creation of trusts; revocable and irrevocable trusts; trust provisions; charitable trusts; trust administration; and substitutes and conservatorships.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Pearson, B. (PI)
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