Courses 2023 - 2024

LAW B 599 Special Topics

Credits: 1-12, Max 12

Designed to take advantage of special opportunities resulting from visitors to the School of Law or other exceptional occurrences. (This is not a form of independent study.)

The Law of People and Place (SUM 2025)
This place-based learning experience focuses on a particular ecosystem or river system and the myriad natural resource, environmental, governmental, legal, policy, and practical issues embedded in that region. We approach these issues by immersing ourselves in the place and working to understand the ways in which law and policy interact with it. Aside from the course faculty, students will hear from tribal representatives, private conservationists, federal land managers, and other stakeholders involved in management of various places. Themes explored include the myth and reality of public lands; wildlife management across jurisdictions; water law; cooperative management; and the intersection of tribal rights, sovereignty, and interests with federal, state, and private interests—both historical and continuing. For Summer 2025, we are planning to visit the Salmon/Lochsa Rivers region of Idaho, with more details forthcoming.

Environmental Justice Seminar (AUT 2025)
This course will fulfill the Perspectives distributional requirement.

International Merger Control Seminar (WIN 2026)
By one count, over 150 jurisdictions around the world have competition laws that may apply to mergers, acquisitions, and similar transactions. Most, if not all, of these jurisdictions assert the authority to apply these laws extraterritorially. As a result, particular transactions involving multinational companies may often be subject to concurrent investigation and challenge in more than one jurisdiction at a time.

Immigration Policy Seminar (WIN 2026)

Native American Legal Research (WIN 2026)
Focuses on the student’s development of research and analysis skills in Native American legal contexts, including Federal Indian Law and tribal law. Students will learn to incorporate necessary primary and secondary legal sources into their legal analysis of common tribal and Indian law issues.

Post-Conviction Legal Empowerment (WIN-SPR 2026)

Risk and Compliance Seminar (WIN 2026)
This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of corporate risk and compliance. It will focus on the governance, processes, and internal controls that permit an organization to both manage and optimize risk. It will answer: What constitutes an effective compliance program? What is a risk-based approach to risk management? While practical examples will come from the healthcare industry due to my experience at Mayo Clinic and now Amazon Health Services, the class applies to all industries.

Performance Tests (SPR 2026)
This course will teach the strategies and skills required to answer a performance test, a component on both the Uniform Bar Exam and the California Bar Exam. Students taking the NextGen Bar Exam should enroll in E578 instead.

Summer, 1 Credit(s)

1-6 Credits Graded

Course Sections and Instructors

Instructor(s)
TBA Show Detail Quarter Instructor Schedule - Days, Hour, Room) Sec SLN Type Grading Type Summer - Full Term A 11970 JD Room assignments are not posted until 60 days before the start of the quarter and are subject to change without notice.

Summer, 1 Credit(s)

1-6 Credits CR/NC

Course Sections and Instructors

Instructor(s)
TBA Show Detail Quarter Instructor Schedule - Days, Hour, Room) Sec SLN Type Grading Type Summer - Full Term B 11971 JD Room assignments are not posted until 60 days before the start of the quarter and are subject to change without notice.

Autumn, 3 Credit(s)

Cybersecurity and Data Protection

Course Sections and Instructors

Instructor(s)
Alben, Alex Show Detail Quarter Instructor Schedule - Days, Hour, Room) Sec SLN Type Grading Type Autumn Alben T 4:00-6:50 116 C 17562 JD D 17563 LLM E 17564 IP F 17565 MJ M 23937 MJ-China Exam 12/11/23 8:30 AM Room assignments are not posted until 60 days before the start of the quarter and are subject to change without notice.

Autumn, 1 Credit(s)

1-6 Credits Graded

Course Sections and Instructors

Instructor(s)
TBA Show Detail Quarter Instructor Schedule - Days, Hour, Room) Sec SLN Type Grading Type Autumn A 17560 JD Room assignments are not posted until 60 days before the start of the quarter and are subject to change without notice.

Autumn, 1 Credit(s)

1-6 Credits CR/NC

Course Sections and Instructors

Instructor(s)
TBA Show Detail Quarter Instructor Schedule - Days, Hour, Room) Sec SLN Type Grading Type Autumn B 17561 JD Room assignments are not posted until 60 days before the start of the quarter and are subject to change without notice.

Autumn, 2 Credit(s)

Transgender Rights Seminar

Course Sections and Instructors

Instructor(s)
Leavitt, Adrien Show Detail Quarter Instructor Schedule - Days, Hour, Room) Sec SLN Type Grading Type Autumn Leavitt W 3:30-5:20 207 J 23732 JD K 23733 LLM L 23734 MJ Room assignments are not posted until 60 days before the start of the quarter and are subject to change without notice.

Winter, 1 Credit(s)

1-6 Credits Graded

Course Sections and Instructors

Instructor(s)
TBA Show Detail Quarter Instructor Schedule - Days, Hour, Room) Sec SLN Type Grading Type Winter A 16484 JD Room assignments are not posted until 60 days before the start of the quarter and are subject to change without notice.

Winter, 1 Credit(s)

1-6 Credits CR/NC

Course Sections and Instructors

Instructor(s)
TBA Show Detail Quarter Instructor Schedule - Days, Hour, Room) Sec SLN Type Grading Type Winter B 16485 JD Room assignments are not posted until 60 days before the start of the quarter and are subject to change without notice.

Spring, 1 Credit(s)

1-6 Credits Graded

Course Sections and Instructors

Instructor(s)
TBA Show Detail Quarter Instructor Schedule - Days, Hour, Room) Sec SLN Type Grading Type Spring A 16273 JD Room assignments are not posted until 60 days before the start of the quarter and are subject to change without notice.

Spring, 1 Credit(s)

1-6 Credits CR/NC

Course Sections and Instructors

Instructor(s)
TBA Show Detail Quarter Instructor Schedule - Days, Hour, Room) Sec SLN Type Grading Type Spring B 16274 JD Room assignments are not posted until 60 days before the start of the quarter and are subject to change without notice.

Spring, 2 Credit(s)

Law and Technology in Theory and Practice

Course Sections and Instructors

Instructor(s)
Calo, Ryan Show Detail Quarter Instructor Schedule - Days, Hour, Room) Sec SLN Type Grading Type Spring Calo W 1:30-3:20 222 C 16275 JD D 16276 LLM E 16277 IP F 16278 MJ Room assignments are not posted until 60 days before the start of the quarter and are subject to change without notice.