This course gives international students the opportunity to receive academic credit for part-time legal work. Enrollment in the course must be concurrent with the employment. Employment cannot exceed 20 hours/week. Students are required to write a 3-5 page paper explaining how their work experience enhanced their understanding of legal research, writing, doctrine, or practice. The paper is due the last of instruction for the semester. Course units do not apply toward JD graduation requirements. S/U only.

Legal Research Fellow

Research Fellow

Directed Research

Directed Research

The Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition is the world's largest moot court competition, with participants from over 550 law schools in more than 80 countries. The Competition is a simulation of a fictional dispute between countries before the International Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the United Nations. Each year, up to 5 students may be selected to be on the School of Law's Jessup team. Team members complete assignments on international law, written advocacy, and oral advocacy, and compete in the Jessup competition. Selected students may register for 1 unit of academic credit graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

Directed Research

Directed Research - Special Project

This course introduces LL.M. students to the U.S. legal system by considering several central procedural and substantive aspects of American Law. Included among the topics covered are: the basic structure and function of U.S. legal institutions, basics of subject matter and personal jurisdiction of American courts, the interaction of state and federal law in the American system of federalism, selected doctrines of constitutional law, selected topic pertaining to the American criminal and civil justice systems, and trial by jury.

In this course, foreign lawyers will learn how to research American law, how to perform common law analysis, and how to write research memoranda. Students will complete a series of written assignments throughout the term to practice these skills. Instructors will provide extensive feedback via written comments and one-on-one conferences.

This course will introduce foreign lawyers to the actual practice of law in the United States. Through a combination of simulated exercises, field trips, and other experiential learning activities, students will learn first-hand about what it might be like to work as an attorney in the U.S. Students will also continue to develop their research, analysis and writing skills by completing various written assignments throughout the term.

In this course, foreign lawyers will be introduced to the basic rules of professional responsibility that regulate the American legal profession, with a focus on the California Rules of Professional Conduct. The class also provides an understanding of various legal practice settings in which LL.M. graduates might work in the U.S. or interact with in a transnational practice in their home countries - in particular, corporate law firms, so-called "boutiques", solo and small firms, and a variety of nongovernmental organizations and public interest law firms. Guest speakers will provide some of the context on internationalized legal careers and also serve as mentors, sharing their experiences with LL.M. students from outside the United States.