Course Offerings

The College of Law has both full-time and part-time J.D. programs. The full-time program requires three years of study, while the part-time program requires four years of study. Both full-time and part-time students must complete 88 semester units for the J.D. degree. While our course offerings are continuously evolving, below is a sample of current course listings:

Required Courses

Foundational Courses

Civil Procedure

Contracts

Criminal Law

Legal Analysis & Writing I

Legal Analysis & Writing II

Legal Research I

Property

Torts

Advanced Courses

Appellate Advocacy

Business Organizations

Constitutional Law

Criminal Procedure

Evidence

Lawyering Skills Practicum

Professional Responsibility

Wills & Trusts

Elective Courses

Administrative Law

Advanced Legal Analysis

Alternate Dispute Resolution

Antidiscrimination Law Seminar

Antitrust and Trade Regulation

Arbitration

Bankruptcy

California Civil Procedure

California Real Estate Practice

Civil Rights Law

Clinical Externship

Community Property

Conflict of Laws

Copyright and Trademark Law

Corporate Tax

Criminal Procedure: Pre-trial, Trial and Sentencing

Disability Rights Law

Disability Rights Legal Clinic

Employment Relations

Entertainment Law

Environmental Law

Estate & Gift Taxation

Estate Planning

Family Law Practicum

Federal Courts

Health Care Law & Policy

Immigration Law

Income Taxation

Independent Research

Insurance Law

Intellectual Property

International Business Transactions

Justice & Immigration Clinic

Law & Economics

Law and Terrorism

Law Review

Lawyering Skills Practicum: Trial Practice

Legal Analysis & Writing III

Legal Research II

Local Government Law

Mediation

Moot Court Honors: Advanced Appellate Advocacy

National Moot Court Competition Team

Negotiation

Philosophy of the Law

Probate Practice

Products Liability

Public International Law

Remedies

Sales

Secured Transactions

Sports Law

Transactional and Statutory Analysis

Video Game Law