OVERVIEW OF 2016-2017 COURSE UPDATES
2016-2017 AUTUMN
Advanced Organizations and Transactions Clinic with Jay A. Mitchell and Michelle Sonu – New
Critical Race Theory (Reading Group) with Ralph Richard Banks and Khiara Bridges – New
Current Topics in Sports Law with Hannah Gordon – New
Federal Courts with David Freeman Engstrom – Cancelled (Moved to Spring)
Innovations in the Delivery of Legal Services with Edward Hartman – New
Law and Biosciences Workshop with Hank T. Greely – New
Law and Inequality (Reading Group) with David Grewal – New
Law and Society in Late Imperial China with Matthew Sommer – New
Philanthropy and Civil Society with Walter Powell and Robert Reich – New
Policy Practicum: Campaign Finance Task Force with Nathaniel Persily – New
Policy Practicum: Empirical Study of Patent Troll Litigation with Mark A. Lemley and Shawn Miller – New
Policy Practicum: Endstage Decisions: Health Directives in Law and Practice with Lawrence M. Friedman and B. Howard Pearson – New
Policy Practicum: Incentivizing Renewable Energy Storage and Transmission with Jeffrey Brown and Dan Reicher – New
Policy Practicum: Judicial Selection in California with Lucy Ricca and Jason Solomon – New
Policy Practicum: Mitigating Global Poverty: Designing a SLS Course with Paul Brest and Robert M. Daines – Cancelled (Moved to Winter)
Policy Practicum: Native Brief Project with Gregory Ablavsky – New
Policy Practicum: Revising the Requirements for Software Copyright Registration with Paul Goldstein and Luciana Herman – New
2016-2017 WINTER
(Updated 10-18-2016) Advanced Corporate Finance with Laurie Hodrick – New
Advanced Legal Writing for American Practice with Taya de la Fuente – New
Comparative Law of Democracy – India: Field Study with Nathaniel Persily. Course title has changed to Law of Democracy – India: Field Study
Free Speech in the Age of the Internet with Monika Bickert, Juniper Downs, Victoria Grand and Del Harvey – Moved to Spring
Health Law: Finance and Insurance with Kate Bundorf and Daniel P. Kessler has been added to the list of 1L Winter Electives.
International Commercial Arbitration with Gary Born will meet Saturday, February 4, 8:30AM – 12:00PM, Sunday, February 5, 8:30AM – 12:00PM, and Monday, February 6, 4:15PM – 7:45PM (instead of 9:30AM to 1:00PM, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday)
Introduction to Organizational Behavior (Sterling) – New
Modern Surveillance Law with Todd Hinnen and Richard Salgado will meet Mo 4:15PM-6:15PM (instead of We 4:15PM-6:15PM)
Negotiation with Jessica Notini will meet Tu 5:30PM-8:30PM (instead of Tu 4:15PM -7:15PM)
Partnership Tax with Steven Franklin – New
Philanthropy and Civil Society with Walter Powell and Robert Reich – New
Policy, Politics, and the Presidency: Understanding the 2016 Campaign from Start to Finish with Bruce Cain, Lanhee Chen, Benjamin Ginsberg, Nathaniel Persily – New
Policy Practicum: Campaign Finance Task Force with Nathaniel Persily – New
Policy Practicum: Empirical Study of Patent Troll Litigation with Mark A. Lemley and Shawn Miller – New
Policy Practicum: Endstage Decisions: Health Directives in Law and Practice with Lawrence M. Friedman and B. Howard Pearson – New
Policy Practicum: Mitigating Global Poverty: Designing a SLS Course with Paul Brest and Robert M. Daines – New
Policy Practicum: Revising the Requirements for Software Copyright Registration with Paul Goldstein and Luciana Herman – New
Private Equity Investing with John Quigley - Cancelled
Private Equity Investing: Quantitative Skills Seminar with John Quigley - Cancelled
Regulation of the Political Process with Benjamin Ginsberg and Nathaniel Persily. Course title has changed to Law of Democracy
Reproductive Justice with Khiara Bridges will meet MoTuTh 7:15PM-9:05PM (instead of MoTuTh 9:10AM-11:00AM)
(Updated 10-18-2016) Teaching and Learning in Higher Education with Mariatte C. Denman and Thomas Ehrlich – New
Venture Capital I with John Rodkin and F. Daniel Siciliano – New
2016-2017 SPRING
Climate Change Policy: Economic, Legal, and Political Analysis with Lawrence Goulder and Michael Wara will meet TuTh 9:00AM-11:00AM (instead of MoWe 9:00AM-11:00AM)
Constitutional Law: Speech and the First Amendment with Camille Rich – New
Critical Race Theory with Kenneth Mack – New
Current Topics in International Economic Law with David Grewal will meet Mo 4:15PM-6:15PM (instead of Th 4:15PM-7:15PM) for two units (instead of three units)
Federal Courts with David Freeman Engstrom – New
Federal Indian Law with Gregory Ablavsky – New
Free Speech in the Age of the Internet with Monika Bickert, Juniper Downs, Victoria Grand and Del Harvey – New
Intellectual Property: Patent and Technology Licensing with Nader Mousavi and Joseph Yang will meet Tu 4:15PM-7:15PM (instead of We 4:15PM-7:15PM)
Law and Empire in U.S. History with Gregory Ablavsky – Cancelled
Legal Informatics with Michael Genesereth and Roland Vogl – New
Legal Studies Workshop (LAW 5801) with Barbara Fried and Bernadette Meyler will meet Mo 7:15 PM- 9:15 PM (instead of Tu 7:15 PM-9:15 PM)
Legislation and Administration with Mariano-Florentino Cuellar will meet to Mo 4:15 PM 7:15 PM (instead of We 4:15 PM 7:15 PM).
Philanthropy and Civil Society with Paul Brest, Walter Powell and Robert Reich – New
Policy Practicum: Campaign Finance Task Force with Nathaniel Persily – New
Policy Practicum: Empirical Study of Patent Troll Litigation with Mark A. Lemley and Shawn Miller – New
Policy Practicum: Endstage Decisions: Health Directives in Law and Practice with Lawrence M. Friedman and B. Howard Pearson – New
Racial Justice Through Law with Ralph Richard Banks – Cancelled
(Updated 10-18-2016) (Updated 10-18-2016)