This course covers automatic stay proceedings, executory contracts and leases, voidable transfers, property of the estate, claims procedure and discharge. Topics include drafting pleadings, law and motion proceedings, pretrial investigation, discovery, trial preparation and participation in trial and post-trial motions.
Students work on projects in all areas of civil trial practice in a seminar setting.
Computer Assisted Legal Research. A series of lectures and student presentations covering the prosecution and defense of criminal cases in the California court system. Students participate as attorneys, witnesses and court personnel in the arraignment, preliminary hearing, trial, and sentencing hearing using the facts of an actual criminal case. The legal aspects of relationships between employers and employees, emphasizing California law. Covers the law and business of the entertainment industry.