Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution Concentration Courses

Required Courses [not fewer than 14 units]

1. Civil Litigation Concentration Seminar (2)
2. Civil Procedure II (3)
3. Evidence (3 or 4)
4. Trial Advocacy I (2) or Trial Advocacy (Intensive) (4)
   —and one course from each of the following two groups:
5. Alternative Dispute Resolution courses:
   • Alternative Dispute Resolution courses:
   • Arbitration (2)
   • Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar (2)
   • Negotiation & Mediation: Process & Practice (4)
   • Negotiation & Settlement (2)
6. Advanced Advocacy/Clinical courses:
   • ADR Externship (5-6)
   • Civil Justice Clinic (Individual) (8)
   • Civil Justice Clinic (Mediation) (6)
   • Environmental Law Clinic (8)
   • Immigrants’ Rights Clinic (6)
   • Judicial Externship (6 or more)
   • Trial Advocacy II (2 or 3)

Qualifying Electives [not fewer than 3 courses and not fewer than 8 units]

• Administrative Law (3)
• Advanced Alternative Dispute Resolution: Conflict, Emotion, Mindfulness, and “Lie Detection” Seminar
• Advanced Evidence Seminar (2)
• Advanced Legal Research (3)
• Advanced Negotiation: Art of the Deal (2 or 3)
• Advanced Negotiation: Multi-Party, Multi-Issue & Group Processes (4)
• Appellate Advocacy (2)
• Bankruptcy & Creditors' Remedies (3)
• California Appellate Process (3)
• California Civil Procedure (2 or 3)
• Civil Rights Law (3)
• Class Actions Seminar (2)
• Comparative Civil Justice Seminar (2)
• Complex Litigation (3)
• Consumer Transactions (3)
• Disability Law (2)
• Dispute Systems Design (2)
• Domestic Violence Law (3)
• E-Discovery (2)
• Effective Representation in Mediation (1)
• Empirical Research & the Civil Rulemaking Process Seminar (2)
• Employment Discrimination (3)
• Facilitation for Attorneys (1)
• Federal Courts (3)
• Federal Income Taxation (3 or 4)
• Federal Pretrial Litigation (2)
• Financial Basics for Lawyers (2)
• Insurance (2 or 3)
• Intellectual Property Under State Law: Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility (2)
• International Negotiations Dispute Seminar (2)
• Judicial Elections & the Role of the Judiciary
• In American Democracy (2)
• Judicial Externship (maximum of 3 units counte as elective; may not be used as elective if used as required course)
• Judicial Process Seminar (2)
• Judicial Settlement Conf. (1)
• Legal Ethics: Practice of Law (3)
• Litigating Class Action Employment (2)
• Mass Justice Seminar (2)
• Mediation (3)
• Patent Litigation (2)
• Personal Injury Litigation (2)
• Pre-Trial Practice (2)
• Problem Solving & Professional Judgment in Practice (3)
• Remedies (3)
• Roles & Ethics in Practice (4)
• Science in Law Seminar (2)
• Scientific Method for Lawyers (3)
• Tax Procedure (3)
• Trial Objections (2)

[Additional courses from required lists I and II may count as electives with the permission of the concentration advisor.)