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SCHOOL OF LAW
SCHOOL OF LAW
LAW A

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LAW A 500 Introduction to Perspectives on the Law ([0-1]-, max. 1)
Explores critical perspectives as a method of understanding common laws to provide context for black letter law. Creates a basic framework for understanding the relationship between race, class, gender, sexuality, and the law to help students deepen their ability to represent and counsel clients from diverse backgrounds and personal identities. Credit/no-credit only. Offered: AWSp.

LAW A 501 Contracts ([2-8]-, max. 8)
Focuses on guiding principles of contract law, including formation, consideration, bargaining, performance, conditions, termination, breach, defenses, damages, and remedies available to parties to enforceable agreements. Offered: A.

LAW A 502 Civil Procedure I ([2-6]-, max. 6)
Studies procedure that governs how civil disputes in United States are resolved. Offered: ASp.

LAW A 503 Property I ([2-8]-, max. 8)

LAW A 504 Torts ([2-8]-, max. 8)
Basic objectives develop an understanding of principles, concepts, and purposes of private law governing injuries and common-law method of adjudication. Topics covered include intentional harms to persons, negligence, and strict liability. The course may cover conversion, trespass to property, nuisance, products liability, misrepresentation, defamation, privacy, misuse of legal procedures, and interference with advantageous relationships.

LAW A 505 Criminal Law ([2-5]-, max. 5)

LAW A 506 Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing ([1-7]-, max. 7)

LAW A 507 Constitutional Law I: Constitutional Structures of Government ([2/6]-, max. 6)

LAW A 508 Transnational Law (3)
Survey of basic principles of public international law; comparative and historical overview of various legal traditions (civil law, common law, Islamic law, and mixed systems). Examines sources, subjects, and challenges of international law, and methodology of comparing foreign legal systems, providing perspective on U.S. legal system and rules. Offered: Sp.

LAW A 509 Administrative Law (3-5)

LAW A 510 Sales (3-4)

LAW A 511 Payment Systems (2/4)

LAW A 512 Secured Transactions (3-4)

LAW A 513 Creditor-Debtor Law ([2-3]-, max. 5)

LAW A 514 Publicly Held Corporations (3)

LAW A 515 Business Organizations (4-5)

LAW A 516 Accounting for Lawyers (2/3)
Provides students with foundational knowledge of accounting concepts, an understanding of financial statements and regulatory environments, and common accounting-related issues that lawyers may encounter in the practice of law.

LAW A 517 Securities Regulation (4)
Examines the federal regulations of the offer and sale of securities and the public offering process under the Securities Act of 1933; exemptions from federal registration; the reporting obligations of public companies under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the examination of the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

LAW A 518 Restitution (3)

LAW A 519 Trusts and Estates (5)
A survey of the law governing gratuitous transfers of property during life and at death. Primary emphasis on the law of wills and intestate succession, trusts and fiduciary relationships. Consideration also given to disability planning, future interests, and common will substitutes such as life insurance, joint tenancy, and multiparty bank accounts.

LAW A 520 Property II ([2-8]-, max. 8)

LAW A 521 Community Property (2/3)

LAW A 523 Real Estate Transactions (3/4)

LAW A 524 Law, Science, and Technology (3)
Considers how the linkage between science and law has become more pivotal with advancements in technology. Topics include science in the context of criminal law, public regulation, and individual rights. Explores the power of science to promote justice and expose injustice. Offered: A.

LAW A 525 Water Law (3/4)

LAW A 526 Copyrights and Trademarks (5)

LAW A 527 Environmental Law (4)

LAW A 529 Public Land Law (3/4)
Covers history of federal public land law, including grants of public land to private interests and the creation of management regimes for lands still publicly owned; aspects of legal rules that govern public timber, grazing, wilderness, and wildlife resources. Also, covers such matters as the public trust doctrine and provides a context for understanding current disputes about use of public lands and resources.

LAW A 530 Individual Income Tax ([2-6]-, max. 6