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Lauri Away 8/7
1) Oliver & Schreiber Position Filled
The following courses are just some that have seats available.
2) Comparative Con Law: The Case of Israel
3) Intro to Law & Sexuality
5) Monetary Law & Regulation
6) Phil of Law in Ancient Athens
7) Wall Street to Main Street
8) Memory in Legal Principle & Process
9) Law, Economics & Inequality
10) Sexuality & Social Theory
11) Family Policing & Defense
12) Job for Recent Grad
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1) Oliver & Schreiber Position Filled
Oliver & Schreiber Position Filled
Project Analyst/Paralegal Position has been filled.
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2) Comparative Con Law: The Case of Israel
Comparative Con Law: The Case of Israel
Seats!
Legalst 174
4 units
Area IV or V
The seminar will provide an introduction to the comparative study of constitutional law through the lens of Israeli constitutional jurisprudence – a jurisprudence built explicitly on the foundations of a variety of other constitutional systems, reflecting the diversity of approaches to constitutionalism. Through this comparative framework students will learn basic constitutional theory as well as explore some of the major constitutional debates in Israeli contemporary law. The constitutional theory part of the course will discuss the formation of Israeli constitution in comparison with the structure of other constitutions such as the U.S. Constitution and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This framework will introduce the central notions of constitutionalism – the ideas that that constitutions can (and should) limit government; the role of the judiciary in interpreting and enforcing the constitution; and the importance of constitutional rights. Among the constitutional debates that the class will explore are topics such as freedom of expression and freedom of association, equality, the right of human dignity, due process, social rights, freedom of occupation, freedom of religion etc. These topics will also be looked at from a comparative perspective drawing upon different constitutional regimes such as the Canadian Charter and the constitution of South Africa.
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3) Intro to Law & Sexuality
Legalst 159
4 units
Area II or IV
This course focuses on the legal regulation of sexuality, and the social and historical norms and frameworks that affect its intersection with sex, gender, race, disability, and class. We will critically examine how the law shapes sexuality and how sexuality shapes the law. Our subject matter is mostly constitutional, covering sexuality’s intersection with privacy, freedom of expression, gender identity and expression, equal protection, reproduction, kinship, and family formation, among other subjects. We will study case law, legal articles, and other texts (including visual works) that critically engage issues of sexuality, citizenship, nationhood, religion, and the public and private spheres domestically and internationally.
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4) Law & Econ II
Law & Econ II
Legalst 147
Seats!
4 units
Area III
Law and Economics I is not a prerequisite. Microeconomic theory will be applied to government and regulation. Topics include the economic analysis of constitutional law, administrative law, regulation, corporations, and environmental law. To illustrate, the behavior of legislators who want to maximize the votes that they receive will be described and predicted. Similarly, the behavior of regulatory agencies who seek to maximize their own budgets will be predicted. The best forms of regulation will be identified assuming that parties subject to it minimize the cost of compliance, as when corporations try to satisfy environmental controls at least cost.
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5) Monetary Law & Regulation
Monetary Law & Regulation
Seats!
Legalst 142
4 units
Area III or V
This course surveys the history of US monetary law from its inception to the coming about of cryptocurrencies. We begin with a discussion of monetary affairs in colonial times and during the American Revolutionary War. We then examine the framework established at the Constitutional Convention. We cover the 19th century and New Deal Supreme Court cases that shaped US monetary law as we know it today. Finally we discusses contemporary legal dilemmas such as the regulation of bitcoin and stablecoins, the creation of central bank digital currencies, the workarounds of the US debt ceiling and the debate over the spectrum of the Fed’s legal authority. We conclude by revisiting some classic questions concerning the nature and functions of money.
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6) Phil of Law in Ancient Athens
Phil of Law in Ancient Athens
Seats!
4 units
Area V
This is an introduction to important aspects of the philosophical and constitutional thought of classical Athens. We will pay particular attention to accounts of the origins of the Athenian legal system; criticisms and defenses of the democracy; arguments about the nature of justice, law, and legal obligation; and the context of the Athenian way of organizing trials, taxation, and administration. Readings from Aeschylus, Thucydides, Aristophanes, Plato, Lysias, Aristotle, and others.
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7) Wall Street to Main Street
Wall Street to Main Street
Lots of seats in this class!
It's a Big Ideas course which means it's taught by professors from different departments.
The course is being offered under these three Dept/Numbers:
Legalst 141
Amerstd 102
Hist 133B
4 units
Area III
As longstanding metaphors in American history and culture, “Wall Street” and “Main Street” typically refer to streets that intersect at right angles and places that represent the antithesis of each other. In this rendering, Wall Street is home to nefarious big banks and greedy financiers, while Main Street is home to wholesome “mom-and-pop” shops patronized by ordinary people of modest means. What’s good for one is not good for the other. This course, which will be co-taught by a historian and corporate law professor, will examine critical junctures in the intersection of Wall Street and Main Street in American history and culture, how and why Wall Street and Main Street have been understood to point in opposite directions, the extent to which that understanding makes sense, and how and why the relationship between Wall Street and Main Street has evolved over time.
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8) Memory in Legal Principle & Process
Memory in Legal Principle & Process
Seats!
Legalst 190.3
4 units
Area I
Human memory plays a key role in legal thought, institutions, and procedures. In a wide range of circumstances – evaluating the reliability of testimony, appreciating challenges to judges and jurors in learning and retaining information presented during a trial, assessing intent and culpability for
plagiarism, or considering the admissibility of a plaintiff’s repressed memories – assumptions about the nature of memory play a vital role. This course will explore recent progress in the understanding of the nature and brain substrates of human memory. For each topic, the relevant basic cognitive psychology
and neuroscience information will be introduced in non-specialist terms. We will then consider the implications of those insights for philosophical attitudes, legal processes, and societal institutions.
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9) Law, Economics & Inequality
Law, Economics & Inequality
Seats!
Legalst 190.6
4 units
Area III
Inequality with respect to income and wealth – both within countries and at the global level – has attracted increased attention and scholarly discussion in recent years. This course provides an overview of this topic and its relationship to law and legal institutions. Its conceptual framework draws primarily on the economic analysis of law and the theory of taxation, but also considers various other normative and theoretical perspectives, including those from moral philosophy. Topics to be covered include (but are not limited to) the following: the empirical facts on within-country and global income and wealth inequality; theories of distributive justice within societies and at a global level; economic perspectives on the use of private law doctrines to redistribute wealth; the relationship between meritocracy and economic inequality; the role of anti-discrimination law in reducing inequality; the role of the family in transmitting inequality; college admissions, social mobility and inequality; the impact of economic inequality on political equality; the history of restrictions on the electoral franchise and their relationship to political inequality; tax evasion, tax avoidance, tax havens and their impact on inequality.
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10) Sexuality & Social Theory
Sexuality & Social Theory
Seats!
Legalst 190.8
4 units
Area II or Area IV
What did classical social theorists write about sexuality? How have contemporary scholars built on and challenged their work to rethink sexual desire, identity, practice and regulation? This course traces the lineage of contemporary theories of sexuality back to the founding ideas of sociology. The course will pair classical texts in social theory with contemporary texts from the postwar period. We will examine, for example, works of theorists in the Marxian tradition on capitalism and sexual cultures, theorists in the Durkheimian tradition on the “cult of the individual” and the emergence of gay rights, Weberian theorists on bureaucracy and the organization of sexuality, and theorists in the Freudian tradition on civilization, sexual repression and sexual liberation, etc. For those who have already studied social theory, it will be an opportunity to revisit the classics; for those who have not, it will be a chance at a first encounter. The class will also introduce students to “queer of color” and postcolonial critiques, which also engage deeply with classical sociological texts. Prior knowledge of social theory is not a prerequisite for this course.
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Family Policing & Defense
Family Policing & Defense
Seats!
190.10
4 units
Area I or II
This class is on the law, practice and history of State removal of children to foster care, with family defense in California dependency serving as a case study. The course focus is not whether the system is good or bad, but what type of assumptions, familiar notions, and ways of thinking have contributed to family separation as an accepted practice for the protection of children and promotion of their well-being. Child welfare courts in California are considered non-adversarial—in fact they are called “collaborative”—and are technically civil (or at least quasi-civil), but the closest analog to the actual process is criminal law, i.e. adults receive charges from the State which, after adjudication, could result in the indefinite removal of a family member. Given this, the class would
likely be primarily interesting to those looking to learn more about criminal defense in a parallel system, one which deals in managing risks, mostly those posed by poverty, substance use, and intimate partner violence.
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12) Job for Recent Grad
Job for Recent Grad
Job opportunity with recent LS alum and any students finishing up their degree this summer:
Please see a brief description below:
BARTON LLP
(Salary range is $55k-$75k)
We seek a legal assistant to join a dynamic and busy legal practice with a diverse array of clients in travel, tourism, fashion, entertainment, financial services, e-commerce, and pharmaceuticals, among others. This is not an ordinary paralegal job----this position requires someone interested in a career in law or business, who would use this position as a learning experience and springboard toward success. Computer, graphic design, and research skills are helpful, but even more important is the willingness to be part of a team with the objective of successfully pursuing our clients’ interests. Familiarity with electronic court filing systems, electronic production of documents, and cite-checking cases is a plus.
You will report to the senior partner in the group, and be primarily responsible for maintaining his litigation calendar and schedule, and otherwise coordinating with other members of the team. Your regular schedule would be 9-6, but scheduling flexibility is critical to success, and the schedule may shift based on the deadlines and meeting times imposed by courts and clients. You would be a valued team member, and your input on strategy and best practices will always be welcome.
This position is best for those interested in IP Litigation as the cases the paralegal will primarily work on involve such claims. Please apply here: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4279607981.
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