USC Gould School of Law

he USC Gould School of Law provides a forward-looking, interdisciplinary legal edu- cation guided by nationally renowned professors and informed by the diversity of a Tfriendly and collegial student body. As one of the most diverse of the nation’s top law schools, USC Law is made up of students from throughout the country and around the world whose ideas and experiences enrich the learning process and provide new perspectives on the law. Through close collaboration, interdisciplinary academic training and hands-on application of skills, students acquire the experiences and knowledge necessary to succeed as leaders in a global environment.

USC Law alumni are partners in the world’s largest law firms, CEOs and presidents of multimillion- dollar companies, and leaders in public service organizations. Since its founding in 1900, the school has produced hundreds of judges, and its graduates have held elected offices ranging from mayor of cities large and small to a United States senator.

When Justice Anthony M. Kennedy paid a visit, students from the USC Gould School of Law learned constitutional law from a U.S. Supreme Court justice. “Courts make decisions with political consequences,” he said, “but contrary to popular belief, we don’t make them in a political way.” 722 USC Gould School of Law

USC Gould School of Law George T. and Harriet E. Pfleger Chair in Law: Chief Information Officer and John Stauffer (213) 740-7331 Daria Roithmayr, J.D. Professor of Law: Albert O. Brecht, J.D., Email: [email protected] M.LL.* Nathan and Lilly Shapell Chair in Law: Nomi Administration M. Stolzenberg, J.D. Provost’s Professor of Business, Law and Political Robert K. Rasmussen, J.D., Dean* Economy: Mathew D. McCubbins, Ph.D. UPS Foundation Chair in Law and Gerontology: (Political Science and Policy, Planning, and Scott A. Altman, J.D., Vice Dean Martin L. Levine, J.D., LL.D. Development)

Pauline M. Aranas, J.D., M.L.I.S., Associate Ervin and Florine Yoder Chair in Real Estate Provost’s Professor of Philosophy and Law: Gary Dean and Deputy Director of the Law Library Law: George Lefcoe, LL.B. Watson, Ph.D. (Philosophy)

Albert O. Brecht, J.D., M.LL., Associate Dean Herbert W. Armstrong Professor of Constitutional University Professor: Alexander Morgan and Chief Information Officer* Law: Larry G. Simon, LL.B. Capron, LL.B.

Deborah A. Call, M.B.A., Associate Dean Leon Benwell Professor of Law: Edwin M. University Professor, Emeritus: Marshall Cohen, Smith, J.D.* M.A., M.A. (Oxon) Raymond Flores, M.B.A., Associate Dean Virginia S. and Fred H. Bice Professor of Law: Professors: Geoffrey Cowan, LL.B. (Journalism); Alice R. Galstian, M.B.A., C.P.A., Associate Scott A. Altman, J.D. David B. Cruz, M.S., J.D.*; Edward J. Finegan, Dean and Chief Financial Officer Ph.D. (Linguistics); Geoffrey Garrett, Ph.D. Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law: Jody David (International Relations); Howard A. Gillman, Daniel M. Klerman, J.D., Ph.D., Associate Armour, J.D. Ph.D. (Political Science); Cynthia B. Herrup, Dean Ph.D. (History); Ehud Kamar, LL.B., LL.M., William T. Dalessi Professor of Law: Gregory C. LL.M., J.S.D.; Edward D. Kleinbard, M.A., Sam Martinuzzi, M.B.A., Associate Dean of Keating, J.D., Ph.D. J.D.; Sharon A. Lloyd, Ph.D. (Philosophy); External Relations and Chief Development Officer John G. Matsusaka, Ph.D. (Finance and Frances R. and John J. Duggan Professor of Law: Business Economics); Mathew McCubbins, Chloe T. Reid, J.D., Associate Dean Elizabeth Garrett, J.D. M.S., Ph.D.; Kevin J. Murphy, Ph.D. (Finance and Business Economics); John E. Rolph, Ph.D. Elyn R. Saks, M.Litt., J.D., Associate Dean Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law: Elyn R. Saks, (Information and Operations Management); M.Litt., J.D. Hilary M. Schor, Ph.D. (English); Dan Simon, Robert M. Saltzman, J.D., Associate Dean* LL.B., M.B.A., LL.M., S.J.D.; Simon J. Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Professor Wilkie, M.A., Ph.D. (Economics) Matthew DeGrushe, M.Ed., Assistant Dean of Law: Mary L. Dudziak, J.D., Ph.D. Associate Professors: Jonathan M. Barnett, Leeanna Izuel, J.D., LL.M., Assistant Dean Charles L. and Ramona I. Hilliard Professor of M.Phil., J.D.; Kim Shayo Buchanan, LL.B./ Law: Daniel M. Klerman, J.D., Ph.D. J.D., LL.M., J.S.D.; Shmuel Leshem, LL.B., Brian M. Raphael, J.D., M.L.S.*, Assistant M.B.A., J.S.D., LL.M.; Camille Gear Rich, Director of the Law Library Maurice Jones, Jr. – Class of 1925 Professor of J.D.; Mark I. Weinstein, M.S.I.A., M.B.A, Law: Andrei Marmor, LL.B., Ph.D. Ph.D. (Finance and Business Economics); Priya Sridharan, J.D., Assistant Dean Gideon D. Yaffe, Ph.D. (Philosophy) Robert Kingsley Professor of Law: Susan Estrich, Faculty J.D. Assistant Professors: Stephen Rich, J.D.; Nina Carl Mason Franklin Dean’s Chair in Law: Walton, LL.B., C.Phil., M.P.P., Ph.D. Robert K. Rasmussen, J.D.* Richard L. and Antoinette Schamoi Kirtland Professor of Law: Gillian K. Hadfield, J.D., Adjunct Professors: Pauline M. Aranas, J.D., Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law, Policy Ph.D. M.L.I.S. (Deputy Director, Law Library); and Ethics: Alexander Morgan Capron, LL.B. Robert M. Saltzman, J.D.* John B. Milliken Professor of Taxation: Thomas Carolyn Craig Franklin Chair in Law and D. Griffith, M.A.T., J.D.* Adjunct Assistant Professors: Leeanna Izuel, Religion: Ronald R. Garet, J.D., Ph.D.* J.D., LL.M.; Tami Lefko, J.D. (Associate Dorothy W. Nelson Professor of Law: Michael H. Director of LL.M. Legal Writing and Advocacy); Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Endowed Shapiro, M.A., J.D. Rebecca S. Lonergan, J.D. (Associate Director Chair in Law: Thomas D. Lyon, J.D., Ph.D.* of Legal Writing and Advocacy); Paul Moorman, Newton Professor of Constitutional Law: M.L.S., J.D.; Brian Raphael, M.L.S., J.D. J. Thomas McCarthy Trustee Chair in Law: Rebecca L. Brown, J.D. Christopher D. Stone, J.D. Clinical Professors: Michael J. Brennan, Robert C. and Nanette T. Packard Professor of LL.B.; Lee W. Campbell, J.D.; Niels W. Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law: Law: Scott H. Bice, J.D.* Frenzen, J.D.; Noel M. Ragsdale, J.D.*; Jean Edward J. McCaffery, M.A., J.D.* Rosenbluth, J.D. (Director of Legal Writing and John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law: Advocacy); Jennifer Urban, J.D. Ariela J. Gross, J.D., Ph.D. USC Gould School of Law 723

Clinical Associate Professors: Michael Chasalow, toward the law degree may appropriately be USC Law is a national leader in continuing J.D., M.B.A.; Heidi L. Rummel, J.D. given for specified graduate work taken in the education, presenting six annual programs cooperating department. Similarly, the coop- designed for sophisticated attendees from the Clinical Assistant Professor: Jack Lerner, J.D. erating departments have recognized that bar, judiciary, accounting, business and law some credit toward the master’s degree may student communities and supported by both Professor of the Practice of Law: Clare Pastore, appropriately be awarded for certain work law firm and corporate sponsors. J.D. completed in the law school. CLE programs in 2010-2011 include the Emeritus Professors: Marshall Cohen, M.A., LL.M in Taxation Degree Institute on Entertainment Law and M.A. (Oxon.) (Philosophy); W. David Slawson, The LL.M. in Taxation program is a master’s Business, Trust and Estate Conference, Tax M.A., LL.B.* (Torrey H. Webb Professor of Law, degree program for students who hold a basic Institute, Institute for Corporate Counsel, Emeritus) law degree (J.D. or LL.B.). The LL.M. in Real Estate Law and Business Forum, and Taxation program provides students with Intellectual Property Institute. *Recipient of university-wide or school teaching a comprehensive knowledge in tax law. To award. obtain the degree, the program can be com- For detailed program and registration infor- pleted on a full-time basis in two semesters mation, visit law.usc.edu/cle. For additional Degree Programs or on a part-time basis in up to five semes- questions, call (213) 743-1772 or email Juris Doctor ters. After successfully completing the pro- [email protected]. The Juris Doctor (J.D.) is the basic law gram, students will be awarded the Master of degree. To obtain the degree, full-time atten- Laws in Taxation degree. Tuition and Fees (Estimated) dance for six semesters is required. During Students in the law school’s J.D. program pay the first year, the student takes a required Students will be required to complete a tuition of $24,416 per semester (13-17 units). curriculum of basic courses that examines minimum of 24 units in tax law courses and For less than 13 units the tuition is $1,887 fundamental legal institutions and addresses to earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.6 per unit, and tuition is an additional $1,887 legal problems relevant to today’s society based upon the Gould School of Law’s grad- for each unit over 17. and the modern practice of law. During the ing system in order to receive an LL.M. in second and third years the student must com- Taxation degree. Students in the law school’s LL.M. and plete a writing requirement and at least one M.C.L. programs pay tuition of $24,416 per course that provides substantial instruction in LL.M. Degree semester, for two semesters. professional skills generally regarded as nec- The LL.M. program is a master’s degree essary in the practice of law. The remainder program for foreign graduate students trained The university reserves the right to assess of the courses taken in the last two years are in law. This two-semester, full-time program new fees or charges as it may determine. The primarily elective. introduces foreign lawyers to American law rates listed are subject to change without and the U.S. legal system and prepares them notice by action of the Board of Trustees. Dual Degrees for leadership roles in the global market. USC Law maintains dual degree programs After successfully completing the program, These fees are based upon current informa- with the graduate programs in ­accounting, students will be awarded the Master of Laws tion available at the time of publication and business administration, economics, geron- degree. are subject to possible later change. tol­ogy, pharmacy, philosophy, public admin- istration, public policy, social work, political M.C.L. Degree In addition to the mandatory fees charged to science, politics and international relations, The M.C.L. program is a master’s degree all USC students, law students must also join religion, real estate development, and program for foreign graduate students trained the Student Bar Association. In 2010-2011, communication. The law school also has in law who have already earned their LL.M. this membership fee was $25 per semester. an international dual degree program with degree. This two-semester, full-time program the London School of Economics. These is focused on the study of comparative law. Admission Requirements — J.D. and Dual programs enable qualified students to earn Students are provided with the opportunity Degrees a law degree (J.D.) and the appropriate mas- to study the differences, similarities and First-year students must have a bachelor’s ter’s degree. If the master’s degree normally interrelationships of different systems of law degree from an accredited college by the requires one year of study, a student in a dual around the world. After successfully complet- beginning of their law school classes. USC degree program earns both degrees in only ing the program, students will be awarded Law does not require applicants to take any three years. If the master’s normally requires the Master of Comparative Law degree. specific college courses, and discourages pre- two years of post-baccalaureate courses, a law students from enrolling in college courses total of four years is required. To earn the Continuing Legal Education that duplicate the law school curriculum. The J.D., all students (including dual degree The law school’s Continuing Legal Education faculty recommends college courses that are students) must complete 35 numerically Program provides the legal community intellectually challenging and require disci- graded law units at USC beyond the first year with the greatest variety of offerings of plined study. Training in careful reading and curriculum. any law school in the west. USC Law has skilled writing is most valuable, as are courses been approved as a provider of Minimum involving seminar discussion and sustained The goal of these programs is to encourage Continuing Legal Education (CLE) by the research. The student will find that a broad law students to gain a recognized compe- State Bar of California and offers general exposure to such fields as economics, philoso- tence in another discipline that has a direct CLE and Legal Specialization Credit for law- phy, history, political science, anthropology, relevance to the roles lawyers play in society. yers, as well as continuing education credits mathematics and psychology is more useful The dual degree programs are based on the for accountants and real estate professionals. than narrow exposure to vocationally oriented premise that some topics covered in the law courses. school are also covered in the programs of the cooperating departments, so that some credit 724 USC Gould School of Law

All applicants are required to take the Law may apply as international J.D. applicants to The grade equivalents are: A+ (4.1-4.4); A School Admission Test (LSAT) administered the three-year program. For further informa- (3.8-4.0); A- (3.5-3.7); B+ (3.3-3.4); B (3.0-3.2); by the Law School Admissions Council. tion, request LL.M. transfer information from B- (2.7-2.9); C+ (2.5-2.6); C (2.4); D (2.0-2.3); Applicants must take the test no later than the Graduate and International Programs and F (1.9). Students receiving a grade of December if they seek to start law school the Office at USC Law. 1.9 will not be given credit for the course following August. toward graduation. A student who fails a Admission Requirements — LL.M. in first-year course must repeat the course, but Like most law schools, the USC Gould Taxation Degree both grades will be included in computing School of Law requires students to use Students submitting an application must that student’s general average. Other courses the Law School Data Assembly Service have earned a basic law degree (J.D. or may not be repeated except on petition to (LSDAS). The LSDAS assembles an appli- LL.B.). LL.M. in Taxation students must the associate dean. A student with a weighted cant’s transcripts and LSAT scores and have completed at least one basic tax law cumulative average of less than 3.0 at the end forwards copies of them to law schools of course prior to enrolling at USC Law. For of the year will be placed on restricted enroll- the applicant’s choosing. An applicant who further information, contact the law school at ment. A student with a weighted cumulative has previously registered with the LSDAS (213) 821-5916 or visit the school’s Web site average of less than 2.7 at the end of any year need only request on the appropriate form (www.usc.edu/law/gip). will not be permitted to continue. that the name of the University of Southern California Gould School of Law be added Admission Requirements — LL.M. Degree Credit/D/F to the list of schools to which the student Students submitting an application must After the first year, a student may take up to is applying. Further information about the have earned a basic law degree, a Bachelor a total of 8 units on an elected CR/D/F basis, LSAT and the LSDAS may be obtained of Laws (LL.B.) degree or the foreign chosen from among courses otherwise graded from the Law School Admission Council, equivalent. Some experience following the in a normal manner. No more than 4 such 662 Penn St., Box 40, Newtown, PA 18940 completion of the first professional degree units may be taken in a semester. The student and online at www.lsac.org. is preferred. For further information, contact must elect to take a course CR/D/F during the law school at (213) 821-5916 or visit the the first two weeks of the semester. Courses Detailed information regarding admission school’s Web site (law.usc.edu). or seminars may, at the instructor’s option, be application procedures is available from the designated prior to registration as not available Dean of Admissions, University of Southern Admission Requirements — M.C.L. Degree for CR/D/F grading. To earn the J.D., all stu- California Gould School of Law, University Students submitting an application must dents (including dual degree students) must Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0074 and on have earned a basic law degree, a Bachelor of complete 35 numerically graded law units at the school’s Website (www.law.usc.edu). Laws (LL.B.) degree or the foreign equiva- USC beyond the first year curriculum. lent and will have previously earned their Transfer Students and Visiting Students LL.M. degree. Some experience follow- Students may also take such courses regularly A student in good standing at a law school ing the completion of the first professional offered only on a CR/D/F basis, in addition to that is approved by the American Bar degree is preferred. For further information, courses taken under this rule. Association may apply for admission with contact the law school at (213) 821-5916 or advanced standing either as a transfer student visit the school’s Website (law.usc.edu). Withdrawals from Courses or as a visiting student. Transfer students A student may not withdraw from a course enter USC Law after one year at another Registration later than two weeks after the first day of law school; they then spend two years at the Registration is handled by the Registration classes of any semester without permission of law school and earn the J.D. degree from and Records Office of the USC Gould School both the associate dean and the instructor. USC. Visiting students spend one or two of Law. First-year students will automatically semesters at the law school during their third be registered in their fall semester courses Attendance year of law school; they are not eligible for a approximately two to three weeks prior to Class attendance is an important part of law USC degree. For further information, please the beginning of the school year and for their school education. It assists both the indi- request Transfer/Visitor Information from the spring semester courses approximately two vidual and fellow students in making the Admissions Office at USC Law. to three weeks prior to the dates listed in most of the educational opportunity offered. the law school calendar for upper-division Students should, therefore, attend class Transfer LL.M. Students student registration. regularly and participate in the discussion. Law students who are enrolled in USC Law’s Professors may require attendance and may LL.M. program for foreign lawyers may apply Grading and Attendance Policies take attendance into account in evaluating to the J.D. program as transfer LL.M. stu- Grading student performance. dents during the transfer application period. The grading system uses both numbers and Only USC Law LL.M. students may apply letters in a range from 1.9 to 4.4 with letter- in this manner. Those who have already been grade equivalents ranging from F to A+. awarded an LL.M. at another U.S. law school

Juris Doctor

The Juris Doctor is the basic law degree. through which students may, with appropri- in law courses, taken at this law school, and To obtain the degree, a student must satis- ate permission, take courses outside the law graded in the normal manner. Each student factorily complete 88 units, be in full-time school. Except with special permission, how- must also complete a minimum of 65 of the attendance for six semesters and complete all ever, each student (including a dual degree required 88 units by attendance in regularly required courses. Several options are available student) must successfully complete at least scheduled class sessions at the law school. 35 units beyond the first year curriculum, Juris Doctor 725

A law student is expected to devote the major In the spring semester, students take the drafting of legal documents (including portion of his or her time to law studies; any Criminal Law, which studies issues relating Contract Drafting and Negotiation). outside employment must therefore be restrict- to the decision, by legislature or court, to ed. First-year students are not permitted to designate behavior as a “crime.” Significant Course Offerings hold jobs, and second- and third-year students attention is given to the moral, psychological The basic courses that most students elect to may not hold outside employment requiring and philosophical issues involved in ascribing take — for example: Business Organizations, more than 20 hours of work per week. criminal responsibility. Evidence, Taxation, and Gifts, Wills and Trusts — are offered every year and usually First-year students are required to carry the Legal Profession examines the functions of twice a year. Other courses listed are offered full load of courses prescribed for that year, the lawyer in modern society, the history and once a year, or in some cases, once every sev- and second- and third-year students are organization of the legal profession, as well as eral years. Each year the law school attempts required to carry between 13 and 17 units lawyers’ conflicting duties. It also looks into to provide upper-division students with a each semester, unless special permission the adversary system, equal access to justice, wide variety of optional specialized courses. to carry a reduced or enlarged schedule is and other problems of ethics and professional Often these reflect the research interests granted by the associate dean. After comple- responsibility. of the faculty. Some examples in recent tion of the first full year of law study, stu- years have been Biotechnology and the dents who are expecting a child may be given Constitutional Law considers the delineation Law, Global Warming, Counterterrorism and permission to carry a reduced load in their of spheres of responsibility between the judi- Homeland Security, Wrongful Convictions, subsequent years, but they must complete ciary and legislature, the nation and the state, Reproductive Rights, Special Education and all requirements for the degree within a rea- and the government and the individual. Disability Law, and seminars on the Enron sonable period of time (usually within four era. Because there are specialty courses in years). All students must complete six full- Property analyzes the development of rules nearly every major area of the law, upper- time semesters. dealing with land, water and other natural division students are able to concentrate in resources, frequently from historical and eco- a particular area, or, if they prefer, pursue a Requirements for degrees, as well as the nomic perspectives. broad, basic legal education. courses offered, may be changed by the facul- ty at any time. The associate dean may waive All students take a year-long course, Legal Clinical Offerings some requirements for individual students. Research, Writing and Advocacy. The course The upper-division curriculum includes a is coordinated with other first-year courses, variety of opportunities for clinical legal edu- The First Year and provides students an opportunity to draft cation. “Clinical” courses are of two kinds. During the first year, the student takes a pleadings and to prepare legal memoranda First, clinical refers to courses in which the required curriculum of basic courses that and briefs. Toward the end of the second learning of legal principles occurs through examines fundamental legal institutions and semester, each student participates in a moot actual work on cases in particular subject addresses legal problems relevant to today’s court argument based on work previously matter areas. For example, the law of prison- society and the modern practice of law. prepared for the course. ers’ rights and post-conviction remedies is taught in the Post-Conviction Justice Project, In the fall semester, Law, Language, and Students study basic sources of the law — case a course in which students represent inmates Values introduces students to foundational reports, constitutions, statutes and interdisci- in the California Institution for Women. This concepts in legal reasoning, including theories plinary materials. There is no uniform method representation is under the direct supervi- of interpretation, the rule of law and norma- of teaching, but Socratic dialogue and class sion of full-time law school faculty members. tive reasoning. discussion are primarily employed to help the About 20 students participate each semester, students analyze issues, reasons and arguments. traveling to the prison to meet with their Torts I explores the individual’s obligation Moreover, law school faculty have traditionally clients on a regular basis, attending seminars to refrain from harming others and studies employed interdisciplinary approaches in ana- at the law school, preparing briefs and papers, the bases for compensating persons who suf- lyzing legal problems. First-year classes meet drafting habeas petitions, and negotiating and fer injuries — either by holding responsible in sections of 60 to 100 students, about half the dealing with prosecutors and prison and court whomever is at fault for the harm, or by class size of many law schools. personnel. In addition, students make court invoking other principles of liability includ- appearances on behalf of clients in state and ing the efficiency of resource allocation and The Second and Third Years federal courts, as well as courts of appeals. spreading of losses. Requirements The upper two years of law study are pri- The second type of clinical course concen- Procedure introduces students to the issues marily elective, with only two requirements. trates on specific lawyering skills taught of what constitutes fair, adequate and effi- First, students must satisfy the upper division in a classroom setting through the use of cient procedures in resolving legal disputes. writing requirement, either by completing a hypothetical case materials, with actors and Study focuses on the procedures outlined in major faculty-supervised writing project, such actresses playing the roles of clients. The best Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. as a dissertation, or by taking a course with a illustration of this form of clinical teaching is substantial writing component. the three-course sequence of Pretrial, Trial Contracts studies the law regulating con- and Appellate Advocacy, which covers the sensual arrangements entered into for com- Second, students must enroll in course work stages in the litigation process suggested by mercial purposes. It concerns such questions that offers substantial instruction in profes- the course titles. In these courses, students as what promises do and should the state sional skills generally regarded as necessary actually perform, in a simulated courtroom enforce and what remedies are available for the effective and responsible participa- or law office environment, the multiple tasks when enforceable promises are breached. tion in the legal profession. Such course required of lawyers. Most work is done in work includes simulation courses (including small groups; students are videotaped and Trial Advocacy and Pretrial Advocacy), live- intensively reviewed by the instructors. client clinical offerings and courses involving 726 USC Gould School of Law

A student can take part or all of this sequence. Neither program is considered a regularly Course Selection in the Upper Division The three courses together require the scheduled class session for purposes of gradu- With such a variety of courses available, how student to do at least the following: client ation requirements. do second- and third-year students go about interviewing and counseling, legal research, selecting the program that will be best suited fact-finding, drafting of legal documents, Individual Research Projects to their individual interests and ambitions? negotiation with opposing counsel, arguing A wide variety of courses and institutes offers pretrial motions to a judge, preparing wit- opportunities for upper-division students to There are no precise rules or proven methods nesses to testify, selecting a jury, conducting engage in individual research under faculty for selecting second- and third-year courses. direct and cross-examination, proposing and supervision and often in conjunction with To a large extent, these choices reflect each opposing exhibits and testimonial evidence, course offerings, as well as to participate in student’s personal assessment at the end of arguing to a jury, and drafting and arguing an large research projects. Projects presently the first year — strengths and weaknesses, appellate brief. underway include the uses of ocean and sea developing intellectual interests and first resources, the development and regulation tentative career plans. For this reason, the The Post-Conviction Justice Project and the of geothermal energy, sentencing practices combination of courses most desirable for advocacy courses are not the only clinical in felony cases, the effects of real estate one person will not necessarily be best for courses in the curriculum, but they are useful taxation, the delivery of legal service to anyone else. Students are urged to be wary examples of the variety of clinical teaching. low- and middle-income persons, the civil of the notion that there is a specific, recom- A course in a specific area of law, like the commitment of elderly persons, the rela- mended curriculum to follow. But reluctance Post-Conviction Justice Project, necessarily tionships between corporate law and actual to impose a model course of study does not requires students to acquire basic courtroom, corporate practices, and theoretical studies mean that no guidance is available, for there negotiation and client interviewing skills. in law and economics. Such research projects are at least four ways of thinking about these The skills-oriented advocacy courses require are financed by grants from the Brookings choices that, in combination, will help each students to be familiar with substantive areas Institution, the U.S. Commission on Civil student choose the best array of courses. like evidence, procedure and the law in the Rights, the National Science Foundation, area of the hypothetical client’s problems. the Ford Foundation, the Lincoln Institute One recommended approach to course selec- These two kinds of clinical courses supple- of Land Policy, the National Institute of tion is to choose courses taught by profes- ment each other, just as substantive knowl- Mental Health, and the Energy Research and sors the student admires, without regard to edge and expert skills do in the practice of Development Administration. subject matter. For each student there are law. Considered as a whole, USC’s clinical teachers who are particularly able to create courses provide the foundation of knowledge Independent research completed for aca- intellectual excitement and whose approach and skill necessary to begin the practice of law. demic credit is not considered a regularly to analysis and teaching strikes a responsive scheduled class session for purposes of grad­ note. Students will benefit as much from Judicial Externships and Clinical Internships uation requirements. exposure to a specific professor’s analytic The clinical opportunities listed previously skills and approach to legal issues as from are focused primarily within the law school. Courses Outside the Law School specific course content. In addition, there are two categories of clini- With the concurrence of the associate dean, cal options for students to pursue outside a student may receive up to 12 units of J.D. A second approach is to choose courses that the law school in the actual environments of credit for courses taken outside the law look exciting, without worrying about wheth- courts and law offices. school. These courses must be on the gradu- er such courses are directly related to the ate level and may be taken only at USC. student’s current career plans or to some idea The first of these, the judicial externship Taking graduate level courses outside the of traditional curriculum. If it appears that a ­program, enables students to receive credit law school is an alternative to the dual degree course will be intellectually interesting, will for full- or part-time work as an extern to a program; a student may not pursue both expose students to a new area of the law, or judge of the state or federal court. Students approaches. With the approval of the associ- provide needed variety, there is already more are selected by the judges themselves. ate dean, a student may receive a limited than enough reason to enroll. Courses taken USC students have served as externs in number of J.D. credits for undergraduate lan- because of enthusiasm for either the instruc- the California Supreme Court, U.S. Court guage courses taken at USC. For purposes of tor or the subject matter often lead to the of Appeals, U.S. District Court, U.S. Bank­ meeting the 35-graded-units rule, all non-law richest academic experience of law school. ruptcy Court, California Court of Appeal and courses are counted as CR/D/F units. Superior Court. During the externship, each The third way to make decisions about taking student is supervised by the assistant dean A student may, with permission of the asso- courses is to classify them according to clusters and the placement supervisor. ciate dean, enroll in and transfer the credit that emphasize similar issues or themes and from a law course taken at another school that then select from each area. For example, a stu- The second program, the clinical internship is a member of the Association of American dent interested in ideas about family relation- option, allows USC Law students to work Law Schools, if the course is equivalent to ships will find them discussed in different con- part-time in government agencies, legal one included in the USC Law curriculum texts in Gifts, Wills, and Trusts; Family Law; services programs or other nonprofit organi- that will not be offered here during the and the Children’s Legal Issues Clinic. Trial zations under the supervision of practicing semester the student takes the course. Credit Advocacy and Pretrial Advocacy are courses attorneys and faculty members. Students will be granted only for courses graded “C” that teach practical litigation skills, relating earn academic credit while providing repre- or better. A maximum of 5 such units may be various performance tasks to the underlying sentation to actual clients, learning important counted toward the J.D. skills of legal writing, advocacy, legal counsel- government processes or participating in ing, negotiation, and factual analysis. A further large-scale impact litigation. Since the pro- Courses taken outside of the law school are example includes courses involving close work gram includes more than 50 pre-approved not considered regularly scheduled class ses- with statutes, such as Labor Law, Securities agencies, students may choose from a wide sions for purposes of graduation requirements. Regulation and Taxation, any of which will range of clinical internships. provide opportunities to develop important and transferable skills. Dual Degrees 727

Finally, students might think about selec- Community Property (which may affect one’s about their academic programs. Formal and tion as a way of building a wide substantive legal ability to transfer property by will), and informal academic counseling are available expertise in an area of particular interest. For Real Estate Transactions (since various forms from the associate dean, the assistant deans example, the following courses are crucial to of property ownership may dictate a specific and other faculty. In addition, students are one anticipating a substantial wills and estate will or create planning considerations). encouraged to follow the written recom- planning practice: Family Law; Community mendations available in the online Student Property; Taxation; Estate Planning; Real These approaches to course selection Handbook available via the Student Portal on Estate Transactions; and Gifts, Wills and describe only some of the ways in which stu- the USC Law School Website. Trusts. This kind of course planning requires dents might make reasoned choices some thought and investigation, since a casu- al examination might omit such courses as

Dual Degrees

Admission Two Additional Graduate Level Courses in Gerontology Requirements Students may be accepted for a dual degree Economics (8 units): ECON 680 Industrial The Master of Science in Gerontology will program when they are accepted to the law Organization and ECON 681 Economics require 36 units of course and fieldwork that school, although most students do not apply of Regulated Industries are recommended, cover the core content of the M.S. program. until sometime in the first year. All programs but the student is free to choose any gradu- require that students successfully complete ate level courses other than ECON 590 or GERONTOLOGY REQUIREMENTS UNITS the required first year of law school before ECON 790 in consultation with the program GERO 510 Physiology of beginning work toward the master’s degree. advisor. ECON 401 Mathematical Methods Development and Aging 4 Credit toward the law degree may not be in Economics may be substituted for one GERO 520 Life Span Developmental given for graduate work completed prior to of these courses, and ECON 417 Statistics Psychology 4 the completion of the first year of law school, for Economics or ECON 414 Introduction GERO 530 Life Span Developmental although some credit toward the master’s to Econometrics may be substituted for the Sociology 4 degree may be allowed by the faculty of the other. (These three courses are applicable GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging 4 cooperating department of approved work toward graduate credit.) GERO 555 Integrating Gerontology: completed prior to the first year of law school. A Multidisciplinary Students are not eligible for either of their Four Units of Thesis: The thesis must be accept- Approach 4 dual degrees until they complete the require- able to both the faculty of the law school and GERO 591 Field Practicum 8 ments for both degrees. All students (includ- the faculty of the Department of Economics. GERO 593 Research Methods 4 ing dual degree students) must complete at Gerontology elective 4 least 35 numerically graded USC Law units Thirty-nine Units of Law Courses: including beyond the first year curriculum. one course in a subject matter related to economics (including but not necessarily The Davis School of Gerontology will waive Following are general descriptions of the limited to Taxation, International Business 16 units of electives, which are required in dual degree programs. Students interested in Transactions, Antitrust Law I, Regulated the regular M.S. program, as well as GERO further information should consult the USC Industries, Labor Law, Administrative 589 Case Studies in Leadership and Change Law Admissions Office. Process, Business Enterprise Taxation or Management because students enrolled in Land Use Controls). In addition to the LSAT, this program have a primary professional Juris Doctor/Master of Arts in Economics students interested in this dual degree pro- focus in law. Students are required to complete 92 units gram are required to take the aptitude and of law and economics course work, 4 units advanced economic portions of the Graduate Law School Requirements of which must constitute a thesis acceptable Record Examinations (GRE). The law school requires 74 units of credit. to the faculties of the law school and the Department of Economics. Before enrolling Juris Doctor/Master of Science in FIRST YEAR REQUIREMENTS UNITS in economics courses, students must have Gerontology LAW 502 Procedure I 4 completed an undergraduate course in prob- The J.D./M.S. dual degree combines the LAW 503 Contracts 4 ability and statistical inference (e.g., BUAD knowledge of the older population with LAW 504 Criminal Law 3 310). Students with undergraduate degrees understanding of the legal system. The pro- LAW 505 Legal Profession 3 in such disciplines as business, economics, gram prepares graduates for a number of roles LAW 507 Property 4 mathematics and psychology will usually in both public and private sector organiza- LAW 508 Constitutional Law I 4 have taken such a course as part of their tions. Students are required to complete LAW 509 Torts I 4 undergraduate program. 110 units of course work, 74 from the law LAW 512 Law, Language, and school and 36 from the Davis School of Values 2 First Year: Required law school courses. Gerontology. The first year is devoted to LAW 515 Legal Research, Writing required law courses, and the second, third and Advocacy I 3 SECOND AND THIRD YEARS: UNITS and fourth years combine gerontology and LAW 516 Legal Research, Writing ECON 500 Microeconomic Analysis law courses. and Advocacy II 2 and Policy 4 ECON 511 Econometric Methods, or ECON 513 Practice of Econometrics 4 728 USC Gould School of Law

Elective Course Work Students pursuing the dual Pharm.D./J.D. sixth academic year of the dual degree pro- The second and third year of law study are degree must notify the law school in a timely gram. Students will be eligible to sit for the primarily elective with one requirement. fashion that they will be enrolling in the dual Pharmacy Board Exams after completion of Students must satisfy the upper division Pharm.D./J.D. degree program and will not the Pharm.D. degree requirements. However, writing requirement, either by completing a matriculate at the law school until the follow- dual degree students will not actually be major, faculty-supervised writing project such ing year. Students who are accepted only by awarded their Pharm.D. degrees until they as a dissertation, or by taking a course with a one school may choose to attend that school complete requirements for both degrees. substantial writing component. but will not be eligible for the dual degree. Second, students can apply to the dual degree Juris Doctor Requirements The law school will waive 14 units of elec- by submitting an application to the law school Dual degree students must successfully tives which are required in the regular J.D. during their first year of enrollment in the complete 88 units of J.D. and acceptable program. Pharm.D. program prior to the law school’s Pharm.D. course work during the second to published application deadline. Students who sixth years of the dual degree program to Juris Doctor/Master of Business elect this approach must apply through the receive the J.D. degree. The 88 units must Administration School of Pharmacy. Students admitted to be composed of 76 units of J.D. course work, In addition to the LSAT, applicants to this the law school using this approach would be including satisfaction of the upper-division dual degree program are required to take offered admission to the dual degree contin- writing requirement and any other substan- the Graduate Management Aptitude Test. gent on passing all courses in their first year tive requirements, plus 12 units of Pharm.D. Requirements for the dual degree program of the Pharm.D. with a minimum 3.0 GPA. course work deemed acceptable to meet are listed in the Marshall School of Business See the admissions section of the School J.D. elective requirements. No J.D. credit section of this catalogue on page 160. of Pharmacy and the law school for specific will be awarded for Pharm.D. course work requirements. completed prior to matriculation in the law Juris Doctor/Master of Business Taxation school. Students cannot receive the J.D. The Leventhal School of Accounting offers Degree Requirements degree under requirements for the dual a specialized 45-unit program in taxation The professions of pharmacy and law are degree program without prior or simultaneous leading to the Master in Business Taxation distinctly different, yet pharmacists are completion of the Pharm.D. degree. (M.B.T.). However, up to 15 units of pre- often involved in legal issues and lawyers liminary courses in the M.B.T. program frequently deal with pharmacy, drug, health Both professions require passing a state board may be waived by the Leventhal School of care, product development and toxin-related or bar exam to practice the respective profes- Accounting in light of previous education or matters. This dual degree program provides sions. Neither of these degrees requires a completion of a proficiency examination. The qualified students with an efficient mecha- thesis or comprehensive final exam. total number of units required may thus vary, nism for obtaining the expertise and profes- but all students are required to complete sional credentials that will enable them to Recommended Program a minimum of 30 units of business courses develop professional practices that bring Pharm.D./J.D. dual degree students will begin and maintain an overall grade point average together expertise in both areas. with the first year of the Pharm.D. curriculum of 3.0 for these courses. Students also must (36 units). During the second year, students complete 76 law units to satisfy the J.D. por- Overall Requirements will take the first year law core (33 units), plus tion of the dual degree. Requirements for A student is required to complete all work 3-5 Pharm.D. units. Due to the rigor of the law this dual degree are listed in the Leventhal for both degrees within six years of the date school core, pharmacy courses during the first School of Accounting section of this catalogue of matriculation at the School of Pharmacy year of law school are limited to non-science on page 195. (Pharm.D.) and five years of matriculation at courses. The third through fifth years of the the law school (J.D.). The entire dual degree program focus on Pharm.D. courses with suf- Juris Doctor/Pharm.D. program will take six years to complete. ficient law courses to maintain students’ edu- Admission Requirements Dual degree students will be allowed to cational momentum in law. Students should Admission to the dual Pharm.D./J.D. program use 12 units of approved J.D. course work complete their Pharm.D. requirements during is competitive, and involves meeting admis- (elective or required) to meet 12 units of the fall of their sixth year of the program and sion requirements and gaining acceptance Pharm.D. electives and 12 units of approved their law course work also during the sixth to both the School of Pharmacy and the law Pharm.D. course work (elective or required) year. Students must complete both degree school. Students will not be given special to meet 12 units of J.D. electives. A faculty requirements by the end of the sixth year of consideration for admission to either pro- guidance committee will determine the the program. gram because they are applying for the dual exact program for each student, including the degree. Students that have a baccalaureate appropriateness of courses in one program Juris Doctor/Master of Public degree may apply to the dual Pharm.D./J.D. used to meet elective requirements for the Administration degree program in two ways. First, they may other program. A total of 208 units is required Students are required to complete 97 units apply at the time they submit their Pharm.D. for the dual degree. of course work. Candidates for the dual application by concurrently submitting appli- degree must fulfill the statistics require- cations to both schools. Students who elect Pharm.D. Requirements ment of the M.P.A. degree. See the Master this approach must identify themselves on Dual degree students must successfully com- of Public Administration section, page 870. their Pharm.D. applications as potential dual plete 144 units of Pharm.D. and acceptable Requirements for this dual degree program Pharm.D./J.D. degree students. Students J.D. units to receive the Pharm.D. degree. are listed in the USC School of Policy, who are admitted to both schools will be The 144 units must include 132 units of Planning, and Development section of this offered admission to the dual degree contin- required and elective pharmacy course work catalogue, page 885. gent on passing all courses in their first year plus 12 units of J.D. course work deemed of the Pharm.D. with a minimum 3.0 GPA. acceptable to meet Pharm.D. elective requirements. Dual degree students should graduate with their Pharm.D. degrees at the completion of the first semester of the Dual Degrees 729

Juris Doctor/Master of Public Policy The law school gives credit for the third elective course. LAW 508 Constitutional Law The School of Policy, Planning, and Develop­ semester in the School of Social Work, while or such other law course as the schools agree ment and the law school offer a dual degree the latter recognizes law courses as substitu- may be substituted for one of the electives. that enables qualified students to earn both a tions for three social work courses and one Students must also complete 36 additional Juris Doctor and a Master of Public Policy in semester of field instruction (for which a law units. approximately four years of study. clinical law semester is substituted). Juris Doctor/Master of Communication The dual degree allows students to acquire Juris Doctor/Master of Arts, International Management a blend of the analytic skills of public policy Relations Students must complete 20 units (five ­courses) and an understanding of legal institutions and The USC Gould School of Law and the USC of communication courses at the School of processes. This combination of knowledge School of International Relations jointly offer Communication: one core class from the is well suited for law students who want to a three-year program leading to the J.D. and student’s preferred track; one method course; affect the policy-making process and craft leg- M.A. degrees. (Students may extend the dual CMGT 597; and the remaining two courses islation to aid in achievement of public policy degree program to four years.) Applicants may be from either core or elective offerings. goals. It is equally appropriate for prospective must apply to both the law school and the policy analysts who are interested in law and School of International Relations and meet First Year: Required law school courses. public policy. requirements for admission to both. In addi- tion to the LSAT, students interested in this Second and Third Years: 20 units of communi- Students must apply to, and be accepted by, program are required to take the Graduate cations courses and 38 units of law courses, of both schools. They may be accepted to the Record Examinations (GRE). Law students which 8 units must be approved as appropri- dual degree at the time of their acceptance may apply to the School of International ate for acceptance by the Annenberg School to the law school or at the beginning of Relations during their first year at the law for Communication & Journalism toward its their second year of law school. Dual degree school. degree. All ­students take CMGT 597 in the students spend the first year of the program third year. completing the required first year of law In the first year, students take their course school. The remaining units of law school work in the law school exclusively. The sec- Application to pursue the dual degree should courses and the required 36 units of core ond and third years include 24 units of courses be made before completion of 15 units of M.P.P. courses are taken by students in the in international relations and 40 units in law. work on law or 8 units toward the M.A. second through fourth years. Students pursuing the dual degree must com- Admission by the law school to its J.D. plete LAW 662 or LAW 764 and one addi- degree will be evaluated as a substitute for Students are required to complete 114 units of tional international law course. GRE scores. course work, including 78 units in the Gould School of Law and 36 units in the School Students pursuing the dual degree must Juris Doctor/Master of Real Estate of Policy, Planning, and Development. The complete 24 units within the School of Development M.P.P. program has a statistics prereq­uisite. See International Relations at the 500 level or The Juris Doctor/Master of Real Estate the Master of Public Policy section, page 872. above. These students are required to suc- Development dual degree program provides Requirements for this dual degree are listed cessfully complete IR 500 International the opportunity for in-depth study of legal in the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Relations Theory, either IR 513 Social issues and real estate development. The Development section (page 883). Science and Historical Research Methods: increasingly regulatory environment develop- Introduction to Research Design or IR 517 ers work within demands that professionals Juris Doctor/Master of Social Work International Policy Analysis, and two domain in the real estate industry have a strong Students are required to complete 123 units courses selected from among IR 502 Conflict understanding of the legal system. Lawyers of course work, including 76 units in the and Cooperation, IR 509 Culture, Gender, who plan to specialize in real estate law will Gould School of Law and 47 units in the and Global Society, IR 521 Introduction to benefit from a thorough understanding of USC School of Social Work. Foreign Policy Analysis, and IR 541 Politics the development process, including financial, of the World Economy. Like all other mas- planning, marketing and design issues. First and Second Years: Complete both the ter’s students, students in the dual degree first year J.D. program of study and the first program must complete a substantive paper Application must be made to both the Gould year M.S.W. course of study. or alternative project. The requirements, School of Law and the School of Policy, standards and evaluation procedure for the Planning, and Development. This program Third Year: Complete the second year J.D. substantive paper are identical to those listed normally requires three years (including one program. for all M.A. students except that one member summer) of full-time study in residence to of the examining committee must come from complete. Fourth Year: Complete the core concentra- the law school. tion courses (included SOWK 686a Field Students must have use of an approved lap- Practicum II) of the concentration selected Juris Doctor/Master of Arts, Religion and top computer as required by instructors and in the M.S.W. program, with the fourth course Social Ethics must demonstrate calculator and spreadsheet to be determined as part of the student’s Students must complete 20 units in the grad- skills; a calculator and/or spreadsheet class is individualized educational plan approved by uate School of Religion, plus 4 units of thesis. offered online via the Internet. that concentration. The final semester will be taken in the J.D. program in the spring. First Year: Required law school curriculum. Requirements for completion of the dual degree program are 112 units, including Second and Third Years: Students will take any 78 units in law and 34 units in planning. For two of the three core courses in the School a complete listing, see Policy, Planning, and of Religion and a maximum of three elec- Development (page 883). tive courses from Areas I and II. Students may substitute the third core course for an 730 USC Gould School of Law

Juris Doctor/Master of Arts, Philosophy graded law units at USC after the first year. and many of its faculty, from outside the Students must complete 24 units in the USC The associate dean may make exceptions United Kingdom. School of Philosophy and 69 units in the to this rule for students enrolled in the law Gould School of Law. school honors programs. The second and International Semester Abroad Programs third years include 40 units of courses in University of Hong Kong: The semester First Year: Required law school curriculum. political science and 40 units of law. Students exchange program at the University of Hong must take two methodology courses, POSC Kong (HKU) allows USC Law J.D. students Second and Third Years: The School of 500 and POSC 600, and three core courses to experience Hong Kong and its legal cul- Philosophy prefers that students take at least to be selected from POSC 510, POSC 512, ture and business in the Pacific Rim. one philosophy course each semester. During POSC 520, POSC 530 and POSC 540. the four semesters, students must take at least HKU was established in 1911 and is a leading 16 units at the 500 level, including PHIL 450 To obtain a Ph.D. in Political Science and university in Asia. It is linked with over 80 Intermediate Symbolic Logic and PHIL 500 International Relations, students must pass partner institutions in 15 countries and has Introduction to Contemporary Philosophical the screening process. After the completion exchange programs with prominent universi- Literature; one 400- or 500-level course in of additional course work, students must ties worldwide. The language of teaching at ethics or social/political philosophy or aesthet- take a Ph.D. qualifying examination in three HKU for its law courses is English. ics or philosophy of law; one 400- or 500-level fields. Students will be examined in two of course in metaphysics or epistemology or phi- their three fields of concentration. The third Bocconi University: USC Law J.D. students losophy of language or philosophy of science (“write-off”) field will be completed by taking have the opportunity to learn about law and or philosophy of mind; one 400- or 500-level at least three courses and passing them with business in Milan, Italy, in this semester course in the history of ancient or early mod- a grade of B or better. The final requirement, exchange program with Bocconi University. ern philosophy; passage of the second year following successful completion of the quali- An Italian course is available to interested review, which shall include a research paper fying examination, is a doctoral dissertation. exchange students who wish to study the lan- based on a completed seminar paper and guage before the law program begins. completion of a publishable research paper. Other Graduate Courses Students must also complete 36 additional Students interested in combining an exper- Bocconi University, a private institution law units. tise in another discipline with the law degree in Milan, Italy, has a global reputation as a may arrange individually to take approved research university in business, economics Juris Doctor/Master of Arts, Political Science graduate courses for limited credit toward the and law. Bocconi offers its exchange students The Department of Political Science and law degree. law courses in English. These include courses the Gould School of Law jointly offer a dual in international and European law, interna- degree program leading to the J.D. and M.A. Students may receive up to 12 units for grad- tional trade law, and comparative business degrees. Applicants must apply to both the uate work taken outside the law school with and corporate law. Department of Political Science and the law the prior permission of the administration. school and meet the requirements for admis- These units may be concentrated in a single University Jean Moulin Lyon 3: The semes- sion to both. In addition to the LSAT, students appropriate discipline; they may not, how- ter abroad program at the University Jean interested in this program are required to take ever, be applied to another graduate degree Moulin Lyon 3 allows USC Law J.D. stu- the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). in progress unless it is a certificate program dents the chance to study in English at a offered by another department. leading law school in Lyon, France. After In the first year, students take their course earning the J.D. degree, graduates may elect work in the law school exclusively. The sec- J.D. Study Abroad Programs to return to Lyon for a semester to complete ond and third years include 24 units in politi- USC Law offers five study abroad programs an LL.M. in international and European law. cal science and 40 units in law. for J.D. students that provide opportuni- ties to learn about foreign legal systems and The University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 is a Like all other students in the political science to experience different cultures. Qualified public university ranked among the top in M.A. program, students pursuing the dual second- and third-year J.D. candidates are France. Lyon 3 is one of three universities in degree must pass a master’s screening exami- exposed to international law as they take part Lyon with a combined population of 100,000 nation in their field of choice. If they wish to in exchange programs with leading partner students. Lyon is the second-largest city in write a master’s thesis, they may do so in lieu institutions worldwide. France with a great selection of cultural and of two courses. professional opportunities. International Dual Degree Program Juris Doctor/Doctor of Philosophy in London School of Economics: The USC/LSE Bond University: USC Law J.D. students have Political Science and International Relations dual degree program consists of two years of the opportunity to live in Queensland, on the The Department of Political Science and the law study at USC Law followed by one year Gold Coast of Australia, for a semester while Gould School of Law offer a dual degree pro- of study at the London School of Economics. studying at Bond University. gram leading to the J.D. and Ph.D. degrees. Upon the successful completion of the three Applicants must apply to the Department of years of study, dual degree program partici- Bond University has a distinctly global per- Political Science, the School of International pants will receive a J.D. degree from USC spective, aspiring to a 50:50 ratio of Australian Relations and the law school, and meet and an LL.M. degree from the University of to international students, who come from 80 requirements for admission to all. In addi- London. countries worldwide. Under the guidance of tion to the LSAT, students interested in this Australia’s most eminent legal professionals, program are required to take the Graduate LSE is one of the largest schools of the internationally renowned criminologists and Record Examinations (GRE). University of London and is certainly one specialists, students benefit from the mentor- of the best known. It has an outstanding ing relationship fostered at Bond where pro- In the first year, students take their course international reputation in economics and the fessors take an active role in charting student work in the law school exclusively. To earn social sciences. LSE has a very cosmopolitan success. the J.D., all students (including dual degree character with over half of its 6,000 students, students) must complete 35 numerically Undergraduate Programs 731

Graduate Degree Programs

USC Law’s graduate degree programs Course requirements Taxation; Tax Aspects of Mergers and include an LL.M. in Taxation program, an The LL.M. in Taxation program requires the Acquisitions; Tax-Exempt Organizations; Tax LL.M. program and an M.C.L. program for satisfactory completion of 24 units in tax law Policy; and Tax Practice and Procedures. foreign law graduates. Through the graduate classes. Students will have completed a basic degree programs, students have opportuni- tax course before enrolling in this program. The LL.M. for foreign lawyers and M.C.L. ties to meet and interact with faculty and Students enroll in elective courses from programs are intended for individuals who J.D. students and also with practicing lawyers amongst these and other tax course offerings: are trained in law abroad and wish to gain from around the world. a basic knowledge of U.S. law and our legal Bankruptcy Taxation; Business Enterprise system and/or who wish to engage in com- The LL.M. in Taxation program is intended Tax; Estate Planning; Gifts, Wills and Trusts; parative legal study. for students with basic law degrees who are Income Tax Timing Issues; Income Taxation interested in the specialized and advanced and Real Estate Transactions; International knowledge of tax law.

Certificate Programs

The law school offers two certificates. All students are required to take both LL.M. students must complete at least mandatory business law courses (such as 14 units of entertainment-related classes Certificate in Business Law business organizations) and a selection of to receive this certificate. LL.M. students J.D. students must complete at least 27 units elective business law courses (such as merg- complete the certificate requirements during of business-related classes to receive this cer- ers and acquisitions, advanced contracts and the year they are taking their LL.M. course tificate. Interested J.D. students must submit bankruptcy). work, and courses may count both toward the their applications for this certificate program LL.M. degree and the certificate. after completing the first year of law school. Certificate in Entertainment Law J.D. students complete the certificate require- J.D. students must complete at least 21 units All students are required to take both manda- ments during their second and third years of entertainment-related classes to receive tory entertainment law courses (such as intel- of law school, and courses may count both this certificate. J.D. students must submit lectual property) and a selection of elective toward the J.D. degree and the certificate. their applications for this certificate program entertainment law courses (such as copyright, after completing the first year of law school. legal issues in music and sports law). LL.M. students must complete at least J.D. students complete the certificate require- 14 units of business-related classes to receive ments during their second and third years this certificate. LL.M. students complete of law school, and courses may count both the certificate requirements during the year toward the J.D. degree and the certificate. they are taking their LL.M. course work, and courses may count both toward the LL.M. degree and the certificate.

Undergraduate Programs

B.A. Philosophy, Politics and Law of policy and alternatives; the roles played by Minor in Psychology and Law This interdisciplinary program consists government, business and nonprofit organiza- This interdisciplinary minor brings together of nine courses chosen from philosophy, tions in public decision-making; and the legal courses in psychology that focus on the political science, law and anthropology bases for various areas of public policy. See social, ethical, cognitive and societal aspects courses. See Philosophy, page 418, for degree Policy, Planning, and Development, page 859, of psychology and how it relates to law. This requirements. for requirements. knowledge is augmented with law courses that identify the relationship between men- Minor in Law and Public Policy Minor in Law and Society tal health, social psychology and law. See The minor in law and public policy draws This interdisciplinary program focuses on Psychology, page 449, for requirements. upon four fields of study: public policy and the effect of law on society and the way in management, law, economics and political which social forces influence the legal system. science. It provides students with an under- The idea is that students will understand the standing of the political and economic con- law if they look beyond “law in books” to texts in which laws are made, as well as how “law in action.” See Political Science, page legal institutions shape policy formulation. 436, for requirements. Students learn to analyze the consequences 732 USC Gould School of Law

Courses of Instruction

L A W ( L A W ) LAW 502 Procedure I (4, Fa) Consideration LAW 512 Law, Language and Values (2-4) of the participants in litigation – private and An introduction to legal interpretation and The terms indicated are expected but are not public plaintiffs, defendants, and courts. normative reasoning. Among the topics guaranteed. For the courses offered during any Information exchange, process, outcomes, addressed are statutory and common law given term, consult the Schedule of Classes. and costs of lawsuits. interpretation, the rule of law, externalities, and inequality. Courses numbered 500 and above are open LAW 503 Contracts (4, Fa) The interpre- only to law students except by special per- tation and enforcement of promises and LAW 515 Legal Research, Writing and mission from the associate dean. agreements. Advocacy I (2-3) Development of legal research, writing and advocacy skills. Empha- LAW 200x Law and Society (4) Sources LAW 504 Criminal Law (3, Sp) The crime sis on objective legal writing, including mem- and structure of law; history of Bill of Rights problem and the legislative response to it oranda, and researching case law through emphasizing effect on criminal justice sys- through substantive criminal law; admin- primary and secondary sources. tem; limits of law in solving problems in istration of criminal justice through police, American society. Not available for major prosecutorial, sentencing, and penological LAW 516 Legal Research, Writing and credit to law students. discretion. Advocacy II (2, Sp) Continuation of LAW 515. Development of legal research, writing, LAW 201x Law and Politics: Electing a LAW 505 Legal Profession (2-4) Functions and advocacy skills. Emphasis on persuasive ­President (4) Examination of the rules of the lawyer in modern society; history legal writing, including appellate briefs, and and realities of American politics, and the and organization of the legal profession; the researching statutory and administrative role politics plays in American life and cul- adversary system; equal access to justice; law. Participation in a moot court program. ture. Not available for major credit to law other problems of ethics and professional Prerequisite: LAW 515. students. responsibility. LAW 520 Introduction to U.S. Legal System LAW 300 Concepts in American Law (4) The LAW 507 Property (4, Sp) The idea of prop- (2) The basic structure of government in the main concepts and topics in American law, in erty as understood through economic and U.S., including the constitutionally mandated the historical, economic and cultural contexts philosophical concepts. Rights in land, water division of power in the federal government in which they have developed. Open only to and other natural resources. Forms of shared and the federal system of power sharing students enrolled in the Philosophy, Politics ownership (e.g., landlord and tenant), and a between state and federal systems. A com- and Law (PPL) major. survey of mechanisms for controlling land parative perspective on selected substantive use. and procedural matters, such as common law LAW 402 Psychology and Law (4, Sp) reasoning, jury trials, adversary process, and Explores issues of responsibility and credibil- LAW 508 Constitutional Law I (4 or 5, Sp) various aspects of civil procedure. Open to ity. Intentional and unintentional behavior. Considers the delineation of spheres of LL.M. students only. Clinical biases. Topics include witness cred- responsibility between the judiciary and ibility, confessions, cults, hostages, battered legislature, the nation and the state, and the LAW 521 Topics in American Law (1-4, persons, and repressed memories. government and the individual. FaSp) This course provides LL.M. and M.C.L. students with a survey of various LAW 403 Mental Health Law (4, Sp) Issues LAW 509 Torts I (4, Fa) Individual’s obliga- topics in American law, including criminal at the intersection of law and psychology, tion not to harm others; bases for compen- law, evidence, family law, constitutional law, both civil – e.g., civil commitment – and sating persons who are harmed, either by torts, wills and trusts, administrative law and criminal – e.g., the insanity defense. Empha- holding responsible whoever is at fault or by property law. Open to LL.M. and M.C.L. sis on ethical issues. invoking other principles of liability, includ- students only. ing the efficiency of resource allocation and LAW 404 Law and Psychology: Examining the spreading of losses. LAW 568 The Rights of Groups (4) (Enroll in the Criminal Justice Process (4, FaSpSm) REL 568) Examination of the capacity of the criminal LAW 510 Legal Research (0 or 1, FaSp) justice process to produce accurate verdicts. Examination of the basic sources of law for LAW 599 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Application of psychological research on federal and California jurisdictions, utilizing a witnesses, detectives, suspects, judges and vast array of sources from books to computer- LAW 600 Taxation (3 or 4) Federal tax stat- jurors. Recommended preparation: PSYC 100. assisted research and analyzing research meth- utes, technical issues and social problems odology and techniques. Graded CR/D/F. involved in tax planning, tax litigation, and LAW 444 Civil and Political Rights and reform of the tax laws. ­Liberties (4) (Enroll in POSC 444) LAW 511ab Legal Writing (a: 1-2, Fa; b: 1-2, Sp) Two-semester course focusing LAW 601 Advanced Legal Writing Practi- LAW 450 Internet Law (4, FaSp) Basic issues on developing analytic and communication cum (2-4) Requires students to draft legal of current Internet regulation, intellectual skills. Lawyers will analyze legal principles documents they were not exposed to in the property rights, freedom of expression on and incisively apply them to facts. Graded first-year writing course, such as client letters, the Internet, privacy, security, and jurisdic- CR/D/F. demand letters, and contracts. tion and zoning as it relates to the Internet. ­Prerequisite: LAW 200. LAW 602 Criminal Procedure (3) Criminal procedure in the courts, and the regulation of law enforcement by the courts through rules of evidence and interpretation of the Bill of Rights. Courses of Instruction 733

LAW 603 Business Organizations (3-5, FaSp) LAW 614 Accounting for Lawyers (2 or 3) LAW 629 Real Estate Finance (2-4, Sp) Organization of economic activity – especially The lawyer’s skills needed to understand the A survey of the major types of financing used the modern corporation – as institutions of financial affairs of a business client. for real estate and the basic techniques used social power. The roles of managers, owners, to make real estate investment and financing and public regulatory agencies in shaping LAW 615 Election Law (1-4) Consideration of decisions. Prerequisite: LAW 605. processes of decision-making. legal regulation of the right to vote and other- wise to participate in the electoral process. LAW 630 Mediation Clinic (2-4, max 8, LAW 604 Real Estate Transactions Problems FaSp) Students receive the training required (1, Fa) Selected problems to supplement LAW 617 History of American Law (2 or 3) to become professional mediators for civil LAW 605. Corequisite: LAW 605. Explores the interaction of law, culture, and cases in the L.A. County Superior Court, and politics in American society from the Revolu- mediate these cases. LAW 605 Real Estate Transactions (3-5, Fa) tion through the New Deal. The land transfer process: arrangements LAW 632 Business for Lawyers (2-4) This between buyers and sellers, brokers, escrows, LAW 618 Advanced Contracts (2-4, FaSp) course introduces law students to the tools, recorders, title companies. Real estate financ- Students work in groups using principles concept, and language of business. It is pre- ing through mortgages and other land secu- of contract design analyzing concrete cases mised on the belief that to excel as a business rity devices. based on actual events in transactions han- lawyer, one must understand the business dled by a large commercial law firm. world from the perspective of the clients one LAW 606 Land Use Controls (3 or 4) The counsels and assists. The course will cover, regulation of land development through LAW 619 Employment Law (2-4) Exami­ in compressed form, the basic subjects from planning, zoning, subdivision controls and nation of the evolving role of work in our the M.B.A. program which are most useful to private devices. Mechanisms for coordinat- society and the nature and scope of legal lawyers. ing regional development and financing new regulation of the employment relationship. urban infrastructure. LAW 633 Law and Economics (4) Employs LAW 620 Mortgage Law (2-4, Sp) Deals economic reasoning to explain and provide LAW 607 Gifts, Wills, and Trusts (3 or 4) with the rights and remedies of mortgage a normative basis for the analysis of prop- Gratuitous transfer of wealth, especially the lenders and borrowers after the mortgage erty, contract, tort and criminal law and the transmission of wealth from one generation loan has gone into default. Recommended legal process. Prerequisite: ECON 500 or to the next as a settlement of family affairs. preparation: LAW 605. ECON 503. Comparative analysis of the legal mecha- nisms of gifts, wills, and trusts. Introduction LAW 621 Gender Discrimination (1-4) LAW 634 Legal Analysis of Evidence (2-4) to problems of fiduciary administration. ­Analysis of the constitutional and statu- Legal analysis of the rules of Evidence using tory debates about the meaning of equality, problems designed to improve analytic skills LAW 608 Evidence (3 or 4) The purpose and and the recognition and accommodation of and problem-solving. Taken in conjunction character of trial. Problems of adversary pre- difference. with Evidence. Corequisite: LAW 608. sentation and the nature of proof. The basis for admission and exclusion of evidence in LAW 622 Family Violence (2-4, Fa) Practi- LAW 635 Employment Discrimination Law judicial proceedings. cal and theoretical aspects of legal practice (2-4) Examines the regulation of employment in cases involving family violence, including discrimination under federal law. Pays pri- LAW 609 Torts II (2 or 3) Remedies of the both spousal violence and child abuse. mary attention to issues of race, sex, age and law for injuries to an individual’s personal disability discrimination. integrity or to his reasonable economic LAW 623 Family Law (3 or 4) Creating, expectations, including the torts of misrepre- regulating and dissolving family relationships. LAW 636 Labor Law (3 or 4) The interrela- sentation, defamation, and assault. Explore moral and power relations among tion of labor, business, and government in men, women, children and the state. Develop collective bargaining, federal regulation of LAW 610 Advanced Civil Procedure (2-4, Sp) skills to help clients in families. union and management practices and pres- This course will look at juries and judges as sures, especially through the Taft-Hartley Act. decision-makers during trials. As background, LAW 625 Remedies (3 or 4) Comparison of we will examine the constitutional rights to a the remedial goals of contracts, torts, and LAW 637 International Trade Policy (1-4) civil and criminal jury trial, and then focus on property and the impact of procedural devices Examination of the institutions and laws that such features of the jury as voir dire, peremp- in law and equity. Damages, injunctions, spe- regulate international economic relations. tory challenges, instructions, deliberations cific performance and restitution. Remedial Students will be introduced to the major and differences in perceptions. The scope of theory and transactional application. international agreements and national laws jury authority, including jury nullification, as that regulate international trade goods, ser- well as various models for the proper role of LAW 626 International Arbitration (2-4, Fa) vices and capital. the jury in our society. Steps in the arbitration process, attorney’s functions in the process, relation of arbitra- LAW 638 Topics in Alternative Dispute LAW 612 California Civil Procedure (2-4) tion to national courts, policy issues, issues Resolution (2-4, max 6, Sp) Examines Examines the California rules of civil proce- involved when governments are parties to selected topics in negotiation, mediation, dure. Emphasizes California law, with some international commercial disputes. or alternative dispute resolution. May be discussion of the differences between state repeated with permission of the instructor and federal procedure. LAW 628 Real Estate Finance Problems as topics vary. Graded CR/D/F. (1, Sp) Selected problems to supplement LAW 629. Corequisite: LAW 629. 734 USC Gould School of Law

LAW 639 Law and Literature (1-4, max 8) LAW 650 Entertainment Law (2-4, FaSp) LAW 660 Trademark (1-4) A rigorous intro- Selected topics in law and literature. An examination of how the courts are han- duction to a law of trademarks. A trademark dling selected, “cutting edge” topics in enter- can be any word, symbol, design, sound, fra- LAW 641 Commercial Law (2 or 4) Commer- tainment law. The topics will include the grance or product configuration that is used cial transactions involving secured financing scope of and limitations on the right of pub- to distinguish the goods or services of one (other than land). Government regulation of licity; fair use and parody defenses to copy- person from those of another, and to indicate such sales and borrowing through Article 9 right infringement; future technology clauses the origin of the goods or services. of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and in rights contracts; and copyright and defama- other recent legislation. tion issues arising in the online world. Previ- LAW 661 National Security Law (2-4) ous entertainment law courses recommended, Examination of the nature of United States’ LAW 642 Secured Transactions (2-4) This is but not required. Corequisite: LAW 772. national security law, focusing on how it is a course on Chattel paper and secured trans- created, violated and enforced. actions involving personal property under LAW 651 Entertainment Law Practicum Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (1-2, max 8, FaSpSm) Supervised internship LAW 662 Public International Law (3-4) and some related bodies of law. for students enrolled in LAW 650. Graded Principles of international law involving rela- CR/D/F. Corequisite:­ LAW 650. tions among governments. The function of LAW 643 Securities Fraud Litigation (2-4) international tribunals and organizations. Examination of the laws governing fraud LAW 652 Persuasion (2-3, Fa) Analysis and in securities markets. Focus on several sec- development of persuasive arguments using LAW 663 European Union Law (2-4, FaSp) tions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, principles of persuasion; translation of the Introduction to the EU legal system and an including fraudulent statements and insider arguments into visual presentations using understanding of the functioning EU, con- trading, fraud in the takeover context, fraud presentation models; persuasive presentation stitutive treaties, and evolving judicial and in proxies, and controlling personal liability. of visuals. regulatory system being established within Europe. LAW 644 Corporate Taxation (2-4) Tax prin- LAW 653 Legal Issues in the Music Industry ciples and practice applicable to business, (1-4, FaSp) The course will focus on contract LAW 664 Globalization and Law (2-4) especially problems of formation, liquidation, drafting and negotiation issues relevant to The impacts of globalization and legal reac- and reorganization. Prerequisite: LAW 600. an artist’s pursuit of a career in the music tions in a number of areas including consti- business. tutional law, trade law, military law and the LAW 645 Realities of Commercial Lending environment. (1-4) Involves issues including loan restruc- LAW 654 Legal Issues in the Television turing; what loan agreements cover; how rep- Industry (2-4) An in-depth study of television LAW 665 Art Law (2 or 3) Provides an over- resentations, covenants, default and financial industry legal concepts, contracts, business view, often from a litigation perspective, of and repayment terms interrelate; and how structures and economic models. legal issues affecting artworks and cultural security documents fit in. Graded CR/NC. property. Prerequisite: LAW 642. LAW 655 Environmental Law (2-4) Focus on environmental law policy and practice. This LAW 667 Hale Moot Court Brief (2) LAW 646 Advanced Topics in Employ- course is a combination of regulatory and pri- Invitation-only course offered to second-year ment Discrimination (1-3) Reviews recent vate law, with a special emphasis on disputes students as part of the Hale Moot Court Supreme Court decisions and legal scholar- and regulations involving contamination in Honors Program. Students write an appellate ship with attention to statutory interpretation, soil, water and air. brief. Open only to students in J.D. program consistency with constitutional antidiscrimi- (including dual degrees). nation standards, and consistency with cur- LAW 657 International Protection of Intel- rent understandings about discrimination. lectual Property (1-4) The laws concerning LAW 668 Hale Moot Court Oral Advocacy how to enforce and exploit rights protecting (1, Sp) Invitation-only course for students LAW 647 Bankruptcy: Debtors and media creations, marketing symbols, com- in the Hale Moot Court Honors Program. Creditors I (2 or 3) Bankruptcy of the poor, puter programs, new technologies, designs, Students present an oral argument and judge imprudent or unlucky, and of unsuccessful know-how, and data across national borders. first-year student rounds. Graded CR/NC. businesses. The mechanisms of our law for Prerequisite: LAW 667. distributing the debtor’s property and dis- LAW 658 Mergers and Acquisitions (1-4, Sp) charging his obligations. Problems of integrating the corporate, securi- LAW 669 Moot Court Supervision (1-3, ties, tax, business, antitrust, accounting and max 6, FaSp) Evaluation and supervision of LAW 648 Topics in Entertainment Law (1-4, contractual aspects of corporate mergers and the preparation of briefs and oral arguments max 8) Contemporary topics in the field acquisitions. Prerequisite: LAW 603. in the Hale Moot Court honors competition. of entertainment law. Corequisite: LAW 650, Graded CR/D/F. LAW 772. LAW 659 Legal Issues in the Motion Picture Industry (2-4) Involves the legal and business LAW 670 Advanced Moot Court Oral LAW 649 Insurance (2 or 3) The pooling principles involved in structuring, negotiat- ­Arguments (1-3, max 3, Sp) Preparation of risks and distributing of losses. Actu- ing and documenting agreements relating to of oral arguments in approved moot court arial foundation and contract problems of the development, production and distribu- competitions, such as national and state insurance. tion of theatrical motion pictures. Prerequisite: prize rounds (other than Hale Moot Court LAW 650, LAW 772. Program). Graded CR/D/F.

LAW 671 Advanced Moot Court Briefs (1-3, Sp) Preparation of briefs in approved moot court competitions, such as national and state prize rounds (other than Hale Moot Court Program). Courses of Instruction 735

LAW 672 Jessup Moot Court Briefs (1-3, Fa) LAW 685 Civil Discovery (2-4) Focuses on LAW 709 Contract Drafting and Nego- Students prepare for competition by writing the discovery phase of pre-trial litigation and tiation (2-4, FaSp) Contract Drafting and a brief on the issues in a problem that is the many of the skills new lawyers are called Negotiation will teach students the mechan- basis for the Jessup International Moot Court upon to use right out of law school. ics of drafting and negotiating sophisticated Competition. Participation is by faculty selec- contracts from a variety of legal disciplines tion only. LAW 697 Foreign Relations and National including entertainment law, real estate law Security Law (2-4, FaSp) This course will and general corporate law. LAW 675 Mental Health Law (2-4 ) Studies examine the statutory, constitutional, and the important issues at the intersection of international legal structures that form the LAW 711 Access to Justice Practicum (2-4) law and psychology/psychiatry, both civil and base of American diplomacy. Real world advocacy projects involving issues criminal. such as civil rights, disability rights, foster LAW 700 Health Care Regulations (1-4) care, welfare, and health care, among others. LAW 677 Quantitative Methods in the Law Regulation of the medical profession; the (2-4, FaSp) Introduces students to basic prin- physician-patient relationship; professional LAW 712 Negotiation and Mediation ciples of descriptive and inferential statistics, and institutional liability; health care institu- Advocacy (2 or 3, FaSp) Develops enhanced probability, and valuation. tions and delivery systems; quality control; negotiation skills and a working understand- access to health care services and problems ing of ADR processes and procedures in an LAW 678ab Review of Law and Social Jus- of distribution and rationing; cost control, inter­active classroom experience. (Duplicates tice Staff (1-4; 1-4) Writing, source-checking, including government and private health credit in LAW 638.) Graded CR/NC. and preliminary editing of articles and com- care programs; patient rights; antitrust. ments for publication in the Review of Law LAW 713 International Human Rights and Social Justice. For second-year students LAW 701 Child Interviewing Seminar (1-4) (2-4, FaSp) This course will address the serving as staff members on the Review. Students learn how to effectively interview international law and institutions which have Graded CR/D/F. child witnesses. Students will practice mock developed since World War II for the protec- interviews, and may be eligible to conduct tion of human rights. LAW 679ab Review of Law and Social actual interviews of child witnesses. Justice Writing (1; 1-4) Writing, source- LAW 715 Law and Policy of Alternative checking, and preliminary editing of articles LAW 702 Children, Sexuality and the Law Dispute Resolution (2-4) Exploration of the and comments for publication in the Review (2-4) Explores laws designed to protect origin, development, and practice of media- of Law and Social Justice. For second-year children from sexual abuse and exploitation, tion, arbitration and other forms of ADR, ­students serving as staff members on the with a limited emphasis on foreign and inter- emphasizing the policies underlying these Review. Graded IP to numerical. national law for comparative perspective. increasingly significant and evolving areas.

LAW 680ab Review of Law and Social LAW 703ab Children’s Legal Issues (1-4; 1-4) LAW 716 Race and Gender in the Law (1-4) ­Justice Editing (1-3; 1-4) Supervision of Students will work on cases in the following Investigates the experience of women and research and writing, and final editing of areas: (1) Dependent and neglected children: people of color as they have encountered articles and comments for publication in the All children who are wards of the court must legal institutions and processes. Review of Law and Social Justice. For officers have legal counsel. (2) Children with AIDS: of the Review. Graded IP to CR/D/F. Legal implications of such issues as health LAW 717 Estate Planning (3, FaSp) Legal care and custody. (3) Guardianships or other and tax considerations important to the law- LAW 681 Analytical Methods for Lawyers temporary arrangements for children whose yer advising his client on the transmission of (2-4) Teaches important business and eco- parents are terminally ill or are otherwise wealth from one generation to the next. nomic concepts that will assist with problems unable to care for them. Graded CR/D/F. lawyers in every practice area routinely LAW 718 Sports Law (1-4, Sp) Sports law is encounter. LAW 704 Poverty Law (2-4, FaSp) An intro- a blend of contract, labor, antitrust, agency, duction to the problem of poverty in the tax, intellectual property, tort, civil rights and LAW 682 Jessup Moot Court Oral Argu- United States and to the response of govern- constitutional law. ments (1, Sp) Students prepare oral argu- ment and the legal system to the problems of ments on the issues in a problem that is the poor. LAW 719 Corporate Finance (3 or 4) Legal the basis for the Jessup International Moot and economic aspects of corporate finance Court competition. Participation is by faculty LAW 705 Community Property (1-3) The including capital structure, policy, mergers, selection only. Graded CR/D/F. Prerequisite: law of community property, including dispo­ takeovers, and freeze-outs; analysis of policy LAW 672. sition of property on dissolution of the mar- relating to present law and possible reforms. riage and questions of conflict of laws. May LAW 683 Client Interviewing and Counsel- be offered as a reading course. LAW 720 Topics in Corporate Law (1-4, ing (2, 3, FaSp) Introduction to a practice- max 8, FaSp) Executive malfeasance, share- oriented approach to interviewing and coun- LAW 708 Reviewing and Negotiating holder rights, securities class actions, asset seling clients. Enables students to develop a ­Business Contracts (2-4, FaSp) Covers the securitizations, hedge fund regulation and useful framework for effectively interviewing fundamentals of reviewing and analyzing corporate social responsibility from a theoreti- and representing clients. business contracts and strategies for nego- cal and corporate finance framework. tiating business issues with an emphasis on developing practical skills. LAW 724 International Finance (2-4, FaSp) An examination of international aspects of U.S. securities and banking law, capital mar- kets and regulations, Eurobonds, Futures and Options, asset securitization, swaps and project finance. 736 USC Gould School of Law

LAW 725 Bioethics and Law (3) Legal, ethical LAW 741 Sentencing Law, Practice and LAW 753 Antitrust Law I (3 or 4) Laws and economic problems of advanced biological Policy (2-4, FaSp) This seminar will explore designed to preserve and promote business technologies, for example, behavior, genetic, the law, purposes and practices of sentencing. competition, with heavy emphasis on the and reproductive control; control of the pro- Students will study and compare the differ- ­federal antitrust laws. cesses of dying; organ transplantation and the ent systems of sentencing and the procedures use of artificial organs; regulation of scientific by which sentences are imposed. Students LAW 754 Antitrust and Intellectual Property research and human experimentation. may also examine some actual pending crimi- Law (2-4) Covers the interface between anti- nal cases. trust law and intellectual property law. LAW 726 Stereotypes, Prejudice, and the Rule of Law (2-4, FaSp) An examination of LAW 742 Criminal Law Motion Practice LAW 758 Identity Categories (2-4, FaSp) the role of race (and other markers of social (2-4, FaSp) This course instructs students on Drawing on feminist legal theory, critical race marginality) in the administration of justice in the law and strategy concerning most major theory, and lesbian/gay/bisexual and queer American courts. criminal case motions. Students will draft and theory, this seminar will explore the treat- argue motions based on actual cases. ment of identity categories in United States LAW 727 Partnerships and Limited Liability law. Companies (2-4, FaSp) Deals with the LAW 743 Federal Criminal Law (2-4, max 8) formation, features and functions of gen- Covered topics include offenses relating to LAW 760ab Interdisciplinary Law Journal eral partnerships, limited partnerships and fraud and political corruption, terrorism, nar- Staff (1-1 or 2, FaSp) Source-checking and limited liability companies. Also focuses on cotics, money laundering, organized crime, preliminary editing of articles and comments business planning, recognizing business and false statements and obstruction of justice. for publication in the Interdisciplinary Law legal objectives and selecting the appropriate Journal. For third-year students serving as entity to accomplish these objectives. LAW 744 Comparative Islamic Law (2-4, staff members on the Journal. Graded a: IP to FaSp) Course will cover basic principles of CR/D/F; b: CR/D/F. LAW 730 Immigrants and the Constitution Islamic transactional laws as adapted and (2-4, FaSp) A focus on the constitutional incorporated into contemporary Islamic coun- LAW 761ab Interdisciplinary Law Journal rights of noncitizens. The course will explore tries. Laws will be compared with U.S. and Writing (1-1 or 2, FaSp) Writing of an article the role of immigrants and immigration in California. for the Interdisciplinary Law Journal. For American history. ­second-year students serving as staff mem- LAW 745 Comparative Constitutional Law bers on the Journal. a: Graded IP to numeri- LAW 731 Gender, Crime and Justice Semi- (2-4, FaSp) Comparison of the U.S. Consti- cal. b: numerical. nar (2-4, FaSp) Analyzes various criminal tution with constitutions in other nations. justice issues with a focus on the questions Exploration of differences in structure and LAW 762ab Interdisciplinary Law Journal of how gender may shape and inform those substance, with a focus on how nations Editing (1-3, Fa; 1-3, Sp) Supervision and issues. address pluralism. final editing of articles and comments for publication in the Interdisciplinary Law LAW 733 Corporate Reorganization (2 or 3) LAW 746 Critical Race Theory (2-4) Intersec- ­Journal. Graded IP to CR/D/F. Reorganization of failing corporations under tionality, destruction and critical historiogra- Chapter XI of the Bankruptcy Act. Claims, pro- phy; specifically affirmative action in educa- LAW 763 Federal Courts: The Federal Sys- tective committees, plans, tax considerations. tion, hate speech and immigration reform. tem II (3-5) Problems of adjudication in a fed- eral system. Allocation of authority between LAW 734 Local Government Law (3 or 4) LAW 747 Constitution in the 20th Century federal and state courts and among Congress, Study and evaluation of the municipal and (2-4) This course examines the impact of his- the Executive and the Courts; choice of regional legal institutions. Emphasis on the torical events, world wars, the Cold War and federal and state law; jurisdiction of federal crises in financing and governing the urban civil rights and understanding the role of the courts and significant rules of practice. society. Constitution in American life. LAW 764 International Business Transac- LAW 735 Employer Legal Advice Clinic LAW 748 Topics in Constitutional Law and tions (3 or 4) Survey of legal aspects of inter- (2-4, Sp) Provides legal advice to clients in Religious Ethics (2-4, FaSp) This seminar national trade and investment transactions, the area of employment law. Graded CR/D/F. will discuss religious views about the mean- including tax considerations. Prerequisite: LAW 619. ing and nature of human existence and address contested contemporary issues of LAW 765 Topics in Intellectual Property LAW 736 Small Business Clinic I (2-4, Fa) constitutional law. Law (1-4) Analyzes selected contributions to Students provide legal assistance to small intellectual property scholarship and explores businesses, entrepreneurs and non-profit LAW 749 Securities Regulation (2-4, Sp) some challenging problems in contemporary organizations that cannot pay market rates for Regulation by state and federal agencies of intellectual property law. legal services. Graded CR/NC. Prerequisite: issuance of, and trading in, stocks, bonds, and LAW 603, LAW 727 or LAW 827. other securities. Particular reference to SEC LAW 766 Journal Note Writing Seminar regulations. (1-3, max 8) A special section of selected LAW 737 Small Business Clinic II (2-4, Sp) seminars for second-year law students writing Continuation of Small Business Clinic I. LAW 751 Sexual Orientation and the Law journal notes. Prerequisite: LAW 736. (2-4, FaSp) Explores the ways in which American law has responded to the diversity LAW 767ab Law Review Staff I (1-1 or 2) LAW 738 Civil Rights Litigation (2-4, FaSp) that exists within human sexual orientation. Writing, source-checking, and preliminary An examination of issues of class action and editing of articles and comments for publica- other impact civil rights litigation with an tion in the Southern California Law Review. emphasis on federal court practice. For second-year students serving as staff members on the Review. Graded CR/D/F. Courses of Instruction 737

LAW 768ab Law Review Writing (1-1 or 2) LAW 778 Sales (2-4, FaSp) Analysis of the LAW 809 Deposition Strategies and Tech- Writing, source-checking and preliminary buying and selling of goods both in domestic niques (2, 3) Emphasizes strategies and editing of articles and comments for publica- and international transactions with a heavy tactics in asking and objecting to questions tion in the Southern California Law Review. focus on Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial at a deposition in a civil case. Students will For second-year students serving as staff Code. conduct mock depositions. members on the Review. Graded IP to numerical. LAW 780 Intellectual Property and Technol- LAW 810 Patent Law (2 or 3, Sp) Patent ogy Law Clinic II (2-4, max 4, Fa) Continua- laws, litigation, and the process of prosecuting LAW 769ab Law Review Editing (1-3, FaSp) tion of LAW 771. Prerequisite: LAW 771. the patent application. The concept of inven- Supervision of research and writing, and tion and ownership of rights under patents. final editing of articles and comments for LAW 781 Clinical Internship/Externship I publication in the Southern California Law (1-10, FaSp) A clinical internship or judicial LAW 815 Deals (3, 4) Examines the collabo­ Review. For officers of the Review. Graded IP externship allows a student to gain hands-on ration between business people aiming to to CR/D/F. legal experience in legal settings. Students accomplish a goal and lawyers translating their will be assigned to a legal services program, business objectives into contract language to LAW 771 Intellectual Property and Technol- government agency, or state or federal judge, achieve the goal. Prerequisite: LAW 603. ogy Law Clinic I (1-5, max 8, Fa) Provides under faculty supervision. Graded CR/D/F. law students with the ability to represent cli- LAW 820 Pretrial Advocacy (3 or 4) Exam- ents (under the supervision of the professor) LAW 782 Clinical Internship/Externship II ines conceptual and practical aspects of inter- in cutting-edge issues of intellectual property (1-10, FaSp) Advanced clinical training/ viewing, counseling, negotiation, settlement, and technology law. Corequisite: LAW 772. externship. Graded CR/D/F. drafting, and formal advocacy in the handling of legal cases. LAW 772 Intellectual Property (2 or 3) LAW 789 Dissertation (1-4) Students should The protection of intellectual property and register for 2 to 4 units of dissertation to LAW 821 Trial Advocacy (3 or 4, FaSp) encouragement of creativity. Explores copy- engage in supervised research and writ- Examines decision-making by counsel in the right, trademarks, patents, and selected state ing that is expected to result in a paper of litigation of cases. Emphasis is given to deci- law theories. publishable quality. Any regular, full-time sions involving tactics and strategies and their member of the faculty (including full-time implications for the functioning of legal insti- LAW 773 Internet Law (2-4, Fa) Integration visitors) may supervise students in this course tutions and substantive doctrine. Extensive of cyberspace and the Internet into existing upon agreement by the faculty member and use of simulated trial practice exercises. legal structures. Topics include: First Amend- the student. Other persons who teach in the ment issues; intellectual property, privacy and J.D. program may supervise dissertation only LAW 823 Statutory Interpretation (2 or 3) child protection; criminal activity and gover- upon approval of the Board of Review. A one Examines the change and evolution of law to nance and jurisdictional activities. unit registration for dissertation will be avail- discover its political roots and the ways policy able only where the unit is to be added to making branches work to make and imple- LAW 774 Rights of Groups Seminar (2 or 3, the course where a paper is already required, ment law. FaSp) Explores the place of groups (such as in recognition that the student’s paper will racial and ethnic groups, labor unions, family, require substantially more work than that LAW 827 Counseling the Startup Company neighborhood, class and religious groups) in expected of other students in the course. (2-4, Sp) Role of the attorney in startup firms: the legal order governed and protected by Students may take a total of 4 units of disser- business plan, employment agreements, the Constitution. Asks whether groups have tation during their educational experience at lease, stock option plan, financing documents rights comparable in stature to the rights the law school. and distribution and strategic partnership of persons, and, if they do, how conflicts arrangements. between the group rights and individual LAW 792 Law and Philosophy (2-4, max 8, rights should be adjudicated. FaSp) Examination of the best scholarly work LAW 839 Copyright (2-4) Study of federal currently done by legal, moral and political copyright law, analysis of property rights LAW 775 Immigration Law (2-5) The devel- philosophers in the country. and interests created thereunder. Manner in opment of immigration law to its present which these rights can be exploited in the state. LAW 793 Law and Economics Seminar various entertainment media. Prerequisite: (1-4, max 8) Key concepts and cutting-edge LAW 772. LAW 776 Immigration Clinic I (2-4, Fa) research in law and economics. Workshops ­Students represent clients before Immigra- with leading scholars from around the country. LAW 840 Copyright and Fictional Charac- tion and Customs Enforcement, the Immi- ters (2-4) Involves the treatment of fictional gration Court, and certain law enforcement LAW 795 Law of the Political Process (2-4, characters by the courts and in new media agencies in cases including applications for max 8) Examines the state and federal laws and the fundamental copyright concepts that relief under the Violence Against Women Act, regulating the political process and related have shaped that treatment. for asylum, and for relief against deportation. Constitutional issues. Graded CR/D/F. LAW 842 Partnership Taxation (2-4) LAW 796 Immigration Clinic II (2-4, Sp) LAW 777 Administrative Law and Regula- Continuation of LAW 776. Prerequisite: LAW 849 International Human Rights Clinic tory Policy (1-4) Legal principles subject to LAW 776. (2-4) Students work under close faculty judicial control and the alternative ways in supervision on cases and projects that involve which agencies can be organized to serve LAW 798 Law, Mental Health and Ethics the application of international law to address their purposes. (2-4, max 8, FaSp) Focuses on one or two human rights violations. topics per year at the intersection of law, mental health and ethics and explores them from an interdisciplinary perspective. 738 USC Gould School of Law

LAW 851 Topics in Criminal Law and Crimi- LAW 871 First Amendment (2-4, FaSp) LAW 888 Law and Religion in American nology (2-4, max 6) Selected topics in crimi- Freedom­ of expression (political speech, Law and Culture (1-3) Explores the laws that nal law or criminology. May be repeated with symbolic expression, obscenity, commercial govern and affect religious groups and reli- permission of the instructor as topics vary. speech, defamation), rights of access to the gious belief-systems and religious experience media, religious protection and prohibition of in the United States. LAW 855 Topics in Maritime and Admiralty establishment of religion. Law (2-4, max 6, FaSp) Taught in honor LAW 890 Directed Research (1-4) Directed of James Ackerman, USC Law graduate of LAW 872 Advanced Legal Writing and Research may be taken only with the 1948, this class examines selected topics in Advocacy: Appellate Advocacy (1-4, FaSp) approval of the Administrative Board. This maritime and admiralty law. May be repeated Students will research, write, and rewrite an course is intended for substantial indepen- with permission of the instructor as topics appellate brief and may work on motions and dent research and study that does not result vary. oral advocacy as well. in a paper of publishable quality. It includes, but is not limited to, preparation of research LAW 859 Regulation of Telecommunica- LAW 873 Judicial Opinion Writing (2-4) memoranda for faculty research projects, tions (2-4, FaSp) Concentration on the regu- ­Students write a majority opinion and a empirical research for such projects, and lation of broadcast television, cable television, dissenting opinion based on cases pending supervised independent study. Directed telephone, and spectrum management. before the U.S. Supreme Court. This is a research is to be supervised by a regular, full- writing-intensive course. time faculty member (including full-time vis- LAW 861 International Law Seminar (2-3, iting faculty). Students may take a maximum max 6, Sp) Investigation of selected prob- LAW 874 Media Law in the Digital Age of 4 units of Directed Research during their lems of international law. May be repeated (1-3) ­Explores the interplay between the law, educational experience at the law school. with permission of the instructor as topics politics, and media, particularly mass media, vary. in the digital age. LAW 891 Post-Conviction Justice Seminar I (1-5, max 5, Fa) Examines the substantive LAW 863 International Negotiations and LAW 877 Major Trends in American Legal rights of federal prisoners with respect to Mediation (2-4) Introduction to negotiation Thought (1-3) Survey of major trends in parole, sentencing, validity of conviction and and mediation from an international per- American legal thought. conditions of confinement and the procedural spective. Development of essential skills for mechanisms by which to enforce those rights. effective client representation in negotiation LAW 878 Evolutionary Game Theory and Under faculty supervision, students provide and mediation. the Law (1-3) Uses the Evolutionary Game legal assistance to federal inmates in admin- Theory methodology to explore the dynamics istrative and judicial proceedings. Graded LAW 866 Homeland Security and Counter­ of cooperative interaction among people, and CR/D/F. terrorism Law and Policy (2-4) Explores the role that legal punishment plays. the spectrum of interrelated legal and policy LAW 892 Post-Conviction Justice Seminar II issues known as “homeland security” since LAW 884 Equality and Liberty (3 or 4) (1-5, max 5, Sp) Continuation of LAW 891. the events of September 11, 2001. ­Focuses on individual rights and liberties, Prerequisite: LAW 891. with special attention paid to equal protec- LAW 867 Corporate Fraud: Enron and the tion and substantive due process. LAW 893 Advanced Clinical Training Financial Crisis of 2008 (2-4) The lessons (1-5, max 10, FaSp) For third-year students of the “Enron era” and the “financial crisis LAW 886 Justice and the Foundations of who wish to continue their clinical training. era” from many of the top practitioners in the Liberalism (1-4) ­Discusses John Rawls’ field. A Theory of Justice (1971), critical reactions to it and some possible extensions of Rawls’ LAW 868 Business Enterprise Taxation theory of justice. (2-4, FaSp) Examination of the taxation of corporations, partnerships, and limited liabil- LAW 887 Law and War in 20th Century ity companies. America (1-3) Examines the experience of war during the 20th century and the impact LAW 870 Legal Writing Fellows (1-4, max 7, on American law, particularly the relationship FaSp) Assist in teaching writing and advocacy. between national security and individual Responsibilities include helping prepare les- rights. son plans and drafting writing assignments and sample answers; leading class exercises; and judging first-year moot court practice rounds. Graded CR/D/F.