Concentration Courses
- Required Courses: (12-14 Units)
- Administrative Law (3 Units)
- Constitutional Law II (3 or 4 units)
- Government Lawyer Concentration Seminar (2 Units – materials in fall, paper in spring)
- A substantial clinical or significant supervised work experience representing a branch or agency of the federal, state or local government. (4-6 units or equivalent, as approved by concentration advisor). Approved clinics include:
- Legislation Clinic
- Local Government Law Clinic
- Environmental Law Clinic (with approval of concentration advisor).
- Group Representation Clinic
- A relevant externship approved by the concentration advisor can substitute for this requirement.
- Recommended Courses: Students must take a minimum of 5 units of these courses:
- Legislative Process (3 Units)
- State and Local Government Law (3 Units)
- Statutory Interpretation and Bill Drafting (3 Units)
- Land Use Regulation (3 Units)
- Public Finance Seminar (2 Units)
- Current State & Local Government Problems Seminar (3 Units)
- Community Economic Development Seminar (2 Units)
- Comparative Regulation Seminar (2 Units)
- Public Policy Advocacy Seminar (2 Units)
- Advanced Legislative Process Seminar (2 Units)
- Qualifying electives: (For the remaining units)
- American Indian Law (3 Units)
- Animal Law (4 units)
- Biodiversity (3 Units)
- California Local Government Law (2 Units)
- California Water Resources (3 Units)
- Climate Change: Law, Policy and Business (2 Units)
- Education Law (3 Units)
- Elder Law (3 Units)
- Election Law Seminar (2 Units)
- Empirical Research and the Civil Rulemaking Process Seminar (2 Units)
- Employment Discrimination (3 Units)
- Employment Law (3 Units)
- Environmental Law (3 Units)
- Environmental Law Seminar (2 Units)
- Federal Courts (3 Units)
- Federal Income Taxation (3 Units)
- Federal and Interstate Water Resources (3 Units)
- Financial Crises and the Regulation of Financial Institutions (2 Units)
- Food and Drug Law (3 Units)
- Health Care Finance, Administration, & Policy (3 Units)
- Health Law I
- Health Law II
- Immigration Law (3 Units)
- Labor Law (3 Units)
- Land Trusts and Conservation Easements Seminar (2 units)
- Land Use Regulation (3 Units)
- Military Law Seminar (3 units)
- Public Health Law (3 Units)
- Public Lands and Resources Law (3 Units)
- Refugee Law & Policy (3 Units)
- Takings and the Environment Seminar (2 Units)
- Terrorism and the Law (2 Units)
- Water Resources Seminar (2 Units)
UCHastings College of the Law
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