printer friendly pageLAW 705: SPILS Masters Thesis
Terms: Spr
| Units: 6
Instructors:
Cohen, J. (PI)
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Friedman, L. (PI)
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Goldstein, P. (PI)
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Instructors:
Cohen, J. (PI)
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Friedman, L. (PI)
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Goldstein, P. (PI)
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Gould, W. (PI)
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Grundfest, J. (PI)
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Klausner, M. (PI)
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Stacy, H. (PI)
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Sykes, A. (PI)
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Wara, M. (PI)
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Weiner, A. (PI)
LAW 707: SPILS Research Methods Workshop
The Research Methods Workshop is a 3-unit mandatory course for SPILS Fellows as part of the program's core curriculum. Its main goal is to offer students an interdisciplinary perspective about socio-legal research, and a general introduction to different research tools for designing and implementing their individual thesis projects. During the semester, students will work towards the completion of a detailed research plan intended to serve as a framework for their thesis. As a requirement for this course, students are expected to give several oral presentations and prepare and submit several written assignments on the different stages of their research projects, from the selection of their topic and formulation of the research questions, to the description of key aspects of their research design, including the research population, research and analytic approach, data sources, and for primary research, data collection strategies.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Paz, M. (PI)
LAW 708: Advanced Legal Writing for American Practice
This course introduces LLM students to foundational skills that are necessary for corporate and transactional law practice in the United States and that assist students in writing papers and exams for doctrinal classes. The skills are legal analysis, objective and persuasive legal writing, and legal research. The course offers realistic legal writing and drafting problems that students complete in and out of class. Students prepare analytical memoranda, as well as letters and email, advising corporate clients. Students also draft simple agreements. These exercises help students learn to find and analyze federal and state law, apply the law to new situations, and hone their legal writing skills.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 2
Instructors:
McLellan, B. (PI)
LAW 709: Introduction to American Law
This special course for foreign graduate students in the LLM and SPILS programs is offered during August, before the start of the regular law school semester. The course is designed to introduce foreign graduate students to basic concepts of American law and provides an overview of U.S. legal process and institutions.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
Instructors:
McLellan, B. (PI)
LAW 710: SPILS Thesis Writing Workshop
The goal of this seminar is to facilitate the writing of a graduate-level thesis that is a work of original scholarship in an area of research of the student's choosing. The class is only open to SPILS students and is a necessary requirement to complete the JSM degree. Students participate in a weekly colloquium in which they present their own research and discus that of other students as the projects develop and advance during the quarter. Topics of presentation and discussion include data collection processes, data analysis, and structure of the written thesis.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Paz, M. (PI)
LAW 802: TGR: Dissertation
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 0
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Instructors:
Bankman, J. (PI)
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Barton, J. (PI)
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Cohen, J. (PI)
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Craswell, R. (PI)
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Cuellar, M. (PI)
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Dauber, M. (PI)
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Fisher, G. (PI)
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Friedman, L. (PI)
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Gilson, R. (PI)
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Goldstein, P. (PI)
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Grey, T. (PI)
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Grundfest, J. (PI)
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Heller, T. (PI)
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Hensler, D. (PI)
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Kelman, M. (PI)
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Kessler, A. (PI)
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Klausner, M. (PI)
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Koski, W. (PI)
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Lemley, M. (PI)
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Lessig, L. (PI)
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Marshall, L. (PI)
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Martinez, J. (PI)
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Radin, M. (PI)
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Rhode, D. (PI)
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Scott, K. (PI)
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Strnad, J. (PI)
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Thompson, B. (PI)
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Weiner, A. (PI)
LAW 212: Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship
Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship examines the challenges of starting, counseling and funding an early stage social venture through the eyes of the entrepreneur, investor, attorney and community leader. It explores the intricacies of managing and sustaining growth, the changing role of corporate governance, and leveraging private sector partnerships and resources. It also explores innovative public / private sector partnerships and the challenges and opportunities of engaging diverse partners with differing agendas. The course includes guest speakers from the fields of law and business assisting organizations as well the practitioners who run them. Throughout, students explore the valuable roles that attorneys can and have played in such ventures. Student teams partner with local area law firms and/or social enterpreneurs to solve legal challenges that are facing some of Silicon Valley's leading non-profits. Teams attempt to create solutions that are practical in application and ultimately enhance programmatic efficiency without inhibiting the organization's growth and flexibility.
Instructors:
Klahr, S. (PI)
LAW 308: Cultural Heritage Law and Policy
This seminar explores the growing national and international attention to law and policy concerning cultural heritage (works of art, antiquities, architectural monuments, archives, intangible cultural heritage, etc.). Preference will be given to students who have taken Art and the Law (
Law 236) or have comparable preparation.
LAW 380: Construction Law
The many components and complexities of the construction industry offer an ideal setting for demonstrating how multiple areas of the law (contracts; procurement; torts; insurance; environmental concerns; dispute resolution) interact and operate. This course explores the application of these various aspects of the law in the construction industry from both a national and international perspective. Students discuss the sources of disputes; liability theories; innovative methods of project structuring; risk management techniques; and modern means of dispute resolution.
Instructors:
Singleton, J. (PI)
LAW 435: Climate Change Law and Policy: From California to the Federal Government
(Same as
EARTHSYS 233/133). This class explores California's groundbreaking developments in climate change law and policy, and the way in which many of those policies are now being translated into federal law. It covers several California climate laws: the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008 (SB 375), the Clean Cars and Trucks Bill (AB 1493), the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Performance Standard (SB 1368), as well as complementary and subsidiary regulations such as the Renewable Portfolio Standard, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, and energy efficiency and decoupling. In December 2009, California adopted its "scoping plan" for achieving its ambitious and unprecedented economy-wide reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and this course will discuss the up-to-date implementation of that plan. Many of California's efforts are now getting play on the federal stage. After years of legal battles, California is likely to get its clean cars waiver under the Clean Air Act, which will mean that more than half of the nation's cars will conform to California's standard. President Obama has asked Congress to send him a climate bill, and has planned for revenue from a cap-and-trade program in his 2012 budget. Congress is poised to adopt a version of California's landmark SB 375. This course covers all the latest federal developments and their implications.
Instructors:
Grenfell, K. (PI)
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