USC Schedule of Classes

Explores U.S. trademark law. Topics include trademark infringement and dilution, trademark selection, clearance, enforcement, federal registration and maintenance, the tension between trademark rights and the First Amendment, trademark licensing and other transactions, trademark fair use and the right of publicity.

Provides an overview of the United States legal system for those unfamiliar with common law courts, including the mechanics of the U.S. Court system in both criminal and civil courts, as well as more detailed analysis of torts and intellectual property disputes.

Provides background on about the importance of compliance for health care organizations and legal challenges facing the health care industry.

Part-time or full-time, practical work experience in the student's field of study. The internship must be located at an off-campus facility. Students are individually supervised by faculty. May not be taken until the student has completed at least one semester of enrollment in the graduate program with a cumulative 3.0 GPA.

Examines the purpose, evolution and history of corporate governance standards, priorities and culture of boards, shareholder/stakeholder engagement, and corporate social responsibility, as it relates to law.

Comparison of the remedial goals of contracts, torts, and property and the impact of procedural devices in law and equity. Damages, injunctions, specific performance and restitution. Remedial theory and transactional application.

Covers the nuts and bolts of negotiating a deal with investors, and emphasizes legal concepts used in drafting key business agreements.

Students present to the class their assessment of assigned contracts, then draft their own contracts, interpret a complex contract, followed by team-based rewrites.

A judicial externship allows a student to gain hands-on legal experience in legal settings. Students will be assigned to a legal services program, government agency, or state or federal judge under faculty supervision.

Advanced externship.

Designed to support student learning at externship field placements, and support student growth in becoming ethical, professional, confident and successful law students and attorneys.

Develops students' negotiating skills through role plays, reflection and instructor feedback.

One CR/D/F unit for a research proposal approved by a full- or part-time faculty supervisor; up to four graded units with academic deans approval of proposal by LLM or third-year JD student to produce a publishable paper under full-time professor.