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UWLA Course Catalog for Spring 2012

LS101 - Advanced Legal Writing  
Required  (3 Units)  
Building on the skills mastered in Legal Research and Writing, this course provides students with advanced legal research skills training as well as additional writing practice including closed and open office memoranda of points and authorities.  
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LS239 - Community Property  
Required  (3 Units)  
The law of California marital property. Topics include classifying marital property, management and control of community property, the liability of marital property for the debts and torts of the spouses, the division of community property upon dissolution or death, and the property rights of putative and meretricious spouses. The course also includes coverage of selected California family law topics.  
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LS105 - Constitutional Law II  
Required  (3 Units)  
A further study of the Constitution of the United States. Subjects include equal protection, freedom of expression and association, and free exercise and establishment of religion. 
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LS107 - Contracts II  
Required  (3 Units)  
The second semester of the course begins with parole evidence and contract interpretation. With all aspects of contract formation covered, the course goes on to contract performance doctrines (conditions, impossibility/impracticability, frustration of purpose, breach). Following the mid-semester exam, the course is completed with remedies (damages, restitution, specific performance), the rights and duties of third parties (assignment, delegation, third party beneficiaries), and finally, remaining doctrines of contractual discharge (mutual rescission, accord and satisfaction, novation).  
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LS109 - Criminal Law  
Required  (3 Units)  
Inchoate crimes, target crimes, including offenses against the person, habitation, and property; imputability and responsibility, modifying circumstances negating responsibility; and criminal capacity.  
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LS113 - Evidence II  
Required  (3 Units)  
Materials include competency of witnesses; privileged communication; impeachment and cross- examination; and scientific, demonstrative, and documentary evidence.  
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LS115 - Introduction to Legal Studies  
Required  (3 Units)  
The substance and structure of legal analysis and legal method, including reading, briefing, and understanding cases and statutes. Extensive in-class and out-of-class written work emphasizing the application of case law and statutory law to specific fact situations. 
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LS261 - Pre-Trial Litigation Procedure  
Required  (3 Units)  
Students explore pre-trial procedures (including pleadings, discovery and planning the trial). 
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LS111 - Professional Responsibility  
Required  (3 Units)  
Organization, regulation and ethical obligations of the legal profession; unauthorized practice; forming the attorney-client relationship; limitations on advertising, solicitation, and group legal service plans; compensation for legal services; fiduciary duties to client; avoiding conflicts of interest; competent representation; withdrawal from employment; duties and limitation on zealous representation; relations with other attorneys and the court; judicial ethics.  
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LS119 - Real Property II  
Required  (3 Units)  
Includes the recording system, title insurance, covenants of title and implied warranties; private restrictions on the use of land and zoning; duties and rights of landlord and tenant; easements; covenants; equitable servitudes. 
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LS120 - Remedies  
Required  (3 Units)  
A study of legal and equitable remedies. Includes damages, injunctive relief, specific performance, restitution and defenses. Emphasis will be placed upon the choice of appropriate remedies for achieving the best strategic result. 
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LS122 - Torts II  
Required  (3 Units)  
Continued study on the laws governing negligence. Other topics covered include strict liability, product liability, defamation, invasion of privacy and business torts. 
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LS262 - Trial Advocacy  
Required  (3 Units)  
Students explore trial procedures and strategies (including selecting a jury, examining witnesses, raising objections and making legal and factual arguments to the jury).  
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LS271 - Basic Income Tax  
Elective  (3 Units) 
 
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LS209 - Criminal Practice  
Elective  (3 Units) 
Criminal Practice is a course designed for those students interested in the practice of criminal law. While Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure are required substantive courses focusing on black letter law and analysis of the laws, criminal practice focuses on the real day-to-day practice of criminal law. The course will consist of an overview of criminal practice from the client interview through final verdict. This overview will include discussion of such areas as the arraignment, preliminary hearing, pre-trial motions and preparation, trial, and focus on specific criminal areas such as DUI cases and Death Penalty cases. No text book is required as all classes will be lecture only with numerous handouts. Students will be required to take copious notes and to study all aspects of the handouts. The final will consist of 100 multiple choice questions stemming from the in class lectures and the handouts. There are no prerequisites, but the taking of Criminal Law is encouraged.  
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LS248 - Directed Study  
Elective  (1-3 Units) 
Comprehensive individual research projects under supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a scholarly paper. Topic and unit credit must be approved in advance by the Academic Council. Students who elect to do independent study must be in good standing academically. 
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LS249 - Jurisprudence  
Elective  (3 Units) 
 
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LS243 - Legal Externship Program  
Elective  (1-3 Units) 
Externships and clerkships in which students are placed with local public agencies, including the District Attorney, the Public Defender, various city agencies, including legal aid clinics, and local judges in both the trial and appellate courts. Students work under the supervision of an attorney, learn how to deal with clients, and solve practical legal problems. Interested students must meet with the Director prior to registration to discuss individual interests and suitable placements. 
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LS270 - Lex Parsimoniae (Bar Exam Prep)  
Elective  (1-3 Units) 
Focusing on test-taking techniques with an emphasis on essay questions, the objective of this course is to enhance the student’s knowledge and mastery of subjects tested on the California Bar Examination. The class is not intended as a substitute for any other course in the curriculum or for an outside bar review course. Tuition for this course entitles the student to full access to the “Adaptibar” online multistate-question tutorial program. (See www.adaptibar.com.)  
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LS233 - Moot Court Honors  
Elective  (1-3 Units) 
 
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