| LEGL-143 | Contracts and Restitution |
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| A general overview of contract and restitution law. Students learn what constitutes a contract, defenses to enforceability at law, and equitable remedies. The course focuses on developing practical skills required of legal assistants and application of litigation risk-management techniques. |
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| LEGL-144 | Enterprise Law |
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| An introduction to the structure of sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited-liability companies, and corporations. The course focuses on problems of formation, management, control, securities, capitalization, taxation, dividends, reorganization, agency relationships, fiduciary duties, ultra vires acts, and dissolution. Litigation risk-management techniques are applied where appropriate. |
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| LEGL-145A | Civil Procedure I |
| (3 units lecture) | |
| Survey of the civil-litigation process in California courts. The course covers primary jurisdiction, venue, service of process, pretrial demurrers and motions, pleadings, amended pleadings, joinder, concurrent jurisdiction, introduction to discovery and document form and content. Selected federal-litigation practices are reviewed. |
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| LEGL-145B | Civil Procedure II |
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| A second-semester course in discovery devices and strategies. The course covers information gathering and indexing as applied to requests and demands for admission and inspection, interrogatories, oral and video depositions, physical and mental examinations, expert-witness consultations, and business-records examination. |
| Recommended: LEGL-145A |
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| LEGL-146 | Family Law |
| (3 units lecture) | |
| An overview of the substantive and procedural aspects of California family-law practice. The course covers adoption, annulment, legal separation, dissolution, paternity, abuse, and community property. Students learn to draft dissolution pleadings and marital settlement agreements. Litigation risk-management techniques are applied where appropriate. |
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| LEGL-147 | Wills and Trusts |
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| An overview of the fundamental principles of the law of wills and trusts including simple will and simple living trust forms. A brief introduction to the organization and jurisdiction of estate administration including gift, inheritance, and estate taxes. Selected ethical considerations are addressed and litigation risk-management techniques are applied where appropriate. |
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| LEGL-148 | Tort Law |
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| A broad overview of tort law including intentional torts, negligence, strict liability and defenses. The course also covers evaluation and appraisal of personal-injury lawsuits and exemplary damage claims. Litigation risk-management techniques are applied where appropriate. |
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| LEGL-151 | Bankruptcy Law and Procedures |
| (3 units lecture) | |
| An overview of federal bankruptcy law and procedures: how bankruptcy court functions; debtor, creditor, trustee, and attorney rights and obligations; voluntary bankruptcy and wage-earner plans; Chapter 7; schedules preparation. |
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| LEGL-153 | Mediation |
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| An introduction to techniques of mediation used to resolve legal disputes without lawyers. Students develop mediation techniques through a study of issue-focused analysis and fundamental doctrines of fairness. The course presents a nonjudicial, common-sense alternative to litigation. |
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| LEGL-155 | Law Practicum |
| (1 unit lab) | Repeatable to a maximum of four enrollments |
| Pro bono law-related work experience in courts, law offices, government agencies, legal-aid societies, or mediation centers. Seminars address field experiences, legal ethics, and professional responsibility. |
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| LEGL-157 | Child Support Specialist |
| (4 units lecture) | |
| Introduction to the California welfare system, skip tracing (investigations), family-support computer-specific software, judgment enforcement (collection procedures), client-interviewing, and documenting and summarizing client interviews. Selected public-relations challenges and safety challenges typically encountered by Family Support Officers are addressed. |
| Recommended: LEGL-146 |
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| LEGL-41 | Introduction to Law and the Legal System |
| CSU | (3 units lecture) | |
| An introduction to the study of law including the development of the common-law system and the legislative and judicial process. The course covers court structure; jurisdiction, distinctions among civil, criminal and administrative procedures; and an introduction to substantive law and selected constitutional issues. Litigation risk-management techniques are applied. |
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| LEGL-42A | Legal Research and Writing I System |
| CSU | (3 units lecture) | |
| An introduction to the basic tools of legal research in California law. Students learn to locate authority relevant to selected legal issues. This skill is applied to writing clear and concise basic pleadings, motions, briefs, and memoranda employing the IRAC (issue, rule, analysis, conclusion) legal-analytical formula. |
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| LEGL-42B | Legal Research and Writing II System |
| CSU | (3 units lecture) | |
| A second-semester course in intermediate legal research and writing. The course expands and refines the legal assistant’s ability to implement legal research, analytical and writing skills. Introduction to computerized legal-data search. |
| Prerequisite: LEGL-42A |
| Recommended: CIS-1 |
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