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Curriculum: 52 Weeks Continuous Schedule; One (1) Unit = Forty (40) study hours
| Second Year Courses |
Study Hours |
Class Weeks |
Units |
| Law201 Civil Procedure |
360 |
18 |
9 |
| Law202 Real Property |
360 |
18 |
9 |
| Law203 Remedies |
160 |
8 |
4 |
| Law204 Criminal Procedure |
160 |
8 |
4 |
| In total |
1040 |
52 |
26 |
| Third Year Courses |
Study Hours |
Class Weeks |
Units |
| Law301 Evidence |
360 |
18 |
9 |
| Law302 Constitutional law |
360 |
18 |
9 |
| Law303 Legal Research & Writing |
120 |
6 |
4 |
| Law304 Corporations |
200 |
10 |
5 |
| In total |
1040 |
52 |
26 |
Course Descriptions
Second Year Courses
| Courses |
Descriptions |
Law 201
Civil Procedure
9 Semester Units,
18 Weeks |
This course examine the rules governing civil proceedings and the jury trial system with emphasis on federal procedural rules.
Students will study various phases of civil litigation and learn how to proceed with litigation in a court of law. Students will study the statutory and decisional law related to federalism, allocations of power between state and federal courts, personal and subject matter jurisdiction, rules of pleading, claim and party consolidation, venue, pre and post-trial motion practice, claim and issue preclusion, discovery, summary judgment, dismissals and the appellate process. |
Law 202
Real Property
9 Semester Units,
18 Weeks |
The course provides doctrinal analysis of various common and modern real property rules. Students will examine ownership, possessory, alienable rights and other legal interests in freehold and non-freehold estates, future interests, land covenants, equitable servitudes and easements. Students will study the law related to the recordation, use and transfer of property interests and landlord /tenant law. |
Law 203
Remedies
4 Semester Units,
8 Weeks |
Students will learn equitable and legal remedies that are available to civil litigants. They will learn how to allege, measure and define the scope of monetary damage awards, restitution, legal fees, constructive trusts and apportionments in tort and contract actions. Students will explore coercive remedies such as temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, permanent injunctions, specific performance, contempt and declaratory relief. |
Law 204
Criminal Procedure
4 Semester Units,
8 Weeks |
Students will study the rights of the accused in criminal matters by examining various provisions to the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution. Students will learn the law governing searches and seizures, confessions, double jeopardy,
the rights to counsel, jury trials, speedy trials, pleas, exclusionary rules, and the appellate rights of an accused to enforce constitutional guarantees. |
Third Year Courses
| Courses |
Descriptions |
Law 301
Evidence
9 Semester Units,
18 Weeks |
This course teaches the standards that regulate the admissibility of proof at judicial proceedings placing special emphasis on the Federal Rules, California rules and general principles of evidence law. Students will study burdens of proof, relevancy, the hearsay rule and its exceptions, policy-based exclusionary rules, legal privileges, expert and lay opinions, scientific,
forensic and demonstrative evidence, impeachment, authentication, character and habit evidence, and presumptions. |
Law 302
Constitutional Law
9 Semester Units,
18 Weeks |
Students will study the United States Constitution, the three branches and structure of the federal government, limitations and scope of government power, judicial review, the role of the
United States Supreme Court, the Bill of Rights, and personal liberties. Students will examine the constitutional distribution of power between the federal government and the individual
states, and personal liberties under the Due Process clauses with special focus on fundamental rights, equal protection, freedom of assembly, press, religion and speech. |
Law 303
Legal Research
&
Writing
3 Semester Units,
6 Weeks, |
Legal Research & Writing is a course that teaches students the fundamental aspects of lawyering: how to read a case; how to parse a statute; how to distinguish between material and
immaterial facts; how to find legal authorities relevant to legal problems; how to analyze a legal issue using facts and law; and how to communicate legal analysis logically, clearly and
concisely. Legal Research & Writing also serves as a bridge to our fourth-year Advanced Legal Research & Writing course (Law 406). |
Law 304
Corporations
5 Semester Units,
10 Weeks |
This course is a didactic inquiry into the law governing American business enterprises.
Students will study model, statutory and decisional law related to the formation and dissolution of private, public, close and limited liability corporations. Students will study the law
governing public stock and securities transactions, dividends, mergers and hostile takeovers, and the rights of corporate shareholders. Students will study the respective roles, duties,
liabilities, rights and remedies of shareholders and business decision-makers, including corporate directors, officers and subordinate employees. |
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