LAW 291: Evidence, Advanced
Goal is to develop witness interrogation skills. Direct and cross examination of lay and expert witnesses, introduction of documentary evidence, and use of illustrative evidence in California and federal courts. The art of examining friendly and hostile witnesses. Enrollment limited to six. Prerequisite: 290, application
Last offered: Winter 2009
| Units: 3
LAW 293: Family Law
Rules regarding the making and breaking of legally recognized relationships, especially those between marital partners and parents and children. Focus is on the institution of marriage.
Last offered: Winter 2008
| Units: 3
LAW 304: Law and the Rhetorical Tradition
(Same as
PWR 194.) The rhetorical underpinnings of legal argument. Elements of the rhetorical tradition; how to analyze written and oral legal and non-legal texts with an eye to the use and function of rhetorical principles. How form and content are mutually constitutive. Understanding of rhetoric as readers and interpreters of legal texts and development of skills as writers and speakers.
Last offered: Winter 2009
| Units: 3
LAW 307: Gender, Law, and Public Policy
Open to non-Law students with consent of instructor. Topics include equal protection standards, employment, reproductive rights, sexual harassment, rape, domestic violence, pornography, sexual orientation, feminist legal theory, and the family. (Semester schedule.)
Last offered: Winter 2009
| Units: 3
LAW 308: Cultural Heritage Law and Policy
Preference to students who have taken
LAW 236 or comparable preparation. Seminar. Focus is on national and international attention to law and policy concerning works of art, antiques, architectural monuments, archives, and intangible cultural heritage. Research paper.
Last offered: Autumn 2008
| Units: 2
LAW 311: Comparative Law
Issues of convergence of national legal systems, and American exceptionalism. Sources include contemporary Western European legal systems. Legal education, the role of judges and judging, the function and meaning of codes versus precedent, private law/public law distinction, constitutional courts, judicial review, and approaches to contract. Public law questions on racial equality and affirmative action, gender equality and sexual harassment, citizenship, and church and state.
Last offered: Winter 2009
| Units: 2
LAW 318: History of American Law
(Same as
HISTORY 352B). Modern history of American law, legal thought, legal institutions and the legal profession. Topics include law and regulation of corporate organizations and labor relations in the age of enterprise, law of race relations in the South and North, development of classical legalism, critiques of classical legalism, modern administrative state, organized legal profession, New Deal legal thought and legislation, legal order of the 50s, expansion of enterprise liability, civil rights movements from 1940, rights revolution of the Warren Court and Great Society. (Semester schedule.)
Last offered: Winter 2009
| Units: 3
LAW 321: Patent Prosecution
(Same as
ME 238.) Stages of the patent application process: identifying, capturing, and evaluating inventions; performing a patentability investigation, analyzing the documents, and the scope of the patent protection; composing claims that broadly cover the invention; creating a specification that supports the claims; filing a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; and analyzing an office action and preparing an appropriate response. Current rules and case law. Strategic decisions within each stage, such as: how a patent application advances the patent portfolio; and in what countries a patent application should be filed.
Last offered: Winter 2009
| Units: 1
LAW 322: Patent Litigation Workshop
Simulations of the strategy and pretrial preparation of a patent lawsuit. Materials include information typical to a patent lawsuit: a patent, file history, prior art, and information regarding the accused product. Students represent either the patentee or the accused infringer. Students plan litigation strategy, meet with and advise a client, conduct written discovery, take and defend depositions, and brief and argue claim construction and motions for summary judgment. Some knowledge of patent law is presumed. Pre- or corequisite:
LAW 326.
Last offered: Winter 2009
| Units: 3
LAW 325: Comparative and International Employment Discrimination
Comparison of laws prohibiting employment discrimination in the U.S. with those of other countries. Differences between regimes in social context; how differing histories, demographics, economic institutions, and political commitments have produced various approaches to employment discrimination. How and why laws prohibiting discrimination have become widespread, looking to international and local influences. Prerequisite:
LAW 349 or consent of instructor.
| Units: 3