Courses

Professional track courses are intensive, three to six weeks in duration, and offered in sequence. 21 units are required for completion of the LL.M. degree, which allows students to meet the educational requirements to sit for the California Bar Examination. Proposed course offerings for the two summer terms are listed below (subject to change).

 

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Click below for more information about the courses required to satisfy: 

 

Orientation: May 13th

Graduation: July 19th

 

YEAR ONE  

 

  = Required courses for degree completion


Morning Classes (Mon-Fri)

9am – 12 pm

Select One per Quarter

 

OPTIONAL

Q1
May 13-31
Exam: Jun 3

Q2
Jun 4-21
Exam: Jun 24

Q3
Jun 25-Jul 15
Exam: Jul 18

Q4
Jul 22-Aug 7
Exam: Aug 9

Contracts (3 Units, Berring/TBD)

Business Associations (3 Units, McCrary)

Patent Law (3 Units, Merges)

Antitrust Law 
(3 Units, 
Dibadj)

 

Foreign Investment Law (3 Units, Guzman)

Torts (3 Units, Gergen)

Evidence (3 Units, Spencer)

 

Introduction to IP
(3 Units, 
Menell)

Mergers & Acquisitions 
(3 Units, 
Talley)

Human Rights
(3 Units, 
Mohamed)

 

Privacy Law (3 Units, Schwartz)

 

 

Afternoon Classes (2 days/wk)

Fundamentals of US Law (2 Units, Fernholz)

Professional Responsibility  (2 or 3 Units, Budner/Langford)

Legal Research & Writing (1 Unit)

 

 

 

Negotiations (1 Unit, Epstein)

 

YEAR TWO

Morning Classes (Mon-Fri)

9am – 12 pm

Select One per Quarter

 

OPTIONAL

Q1
May 13-31
Exam: Jun 3

Q2
Jun 4-21
Exam: Jun 24

Q3
Jun 25-Jul 15
Exam: Jul 18

Q4
Jul 22-Aug 7
Exam: Aug 9

Civil Procedure
(3 Units, 
O'Connell)

Business Associations (3 Units, McCrary)

Patent Law (3 Units, Merges)

Antitrust Law 
(3 Units, 
Dibadj)

Constitutional Law
(3 Units, 
Ross)

Foreign Investment Law (3 Units, Guzman)

Torts (3 Units, Gergen)

Evidence (3 Units, Spencer)

International Civil Litigation 
(3 Units, 
Yoo)

 Introduction to IP
(3 Units, 
Menell)

Mergers & Acquisitions 
(3 Units, 
Talley)

Human Rights
(3 Units, 
Mohamed)

Securities Law 
(3 Units, 
Bartlett)

Privacy Law (3 Units, Schwartz)

 

 

Afternoon Classes (2 days/wk)

Legal Research & Writing (1 Unit)

OR

Academic Writing (2 Units, Farber)

 

 

 

 

Professional Responsibility  (2 or 3 Units, Budner/Langford)

 

 

Negotiations (1 Unit, Epstein)