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Schedule of Classes 

Law 1 - Business Law I
Class Description: Study of the fundamental principles of law as they apply in the business world by examining legal rights and remedies, business torts and crimes, contracts, agency, employment, and negotiable instruments

Law 2 - Business Law II

Class Description: Further study of the fundamental principles of law as they apply in the business world. Examines bailment, the rights and liabilities of agent, principles and liabilities of agent, principles and third parties, partnerships, corporations, stockholders, negotiable instruments and securities.

Law 10 - Intro to Legal Assistant I (Intro to Law)
Class Description: Introductory study of law including an overview of the system of American law, legal reasoning, case law, statutes, the courts, court procedures, constitutional law, torts, intellectual property, criminal law, administrative law, international law, employment law and environmental law. 

Law 11 - Intro to Legal Assistant II (Civil Litigation)
Class Description: Study of civil and criminal procedures. Emphasis is on parties and jurisdiction, pleadings, discovery, pre-trial and trial preparation, appeal, enforcement of judgments, and alternative dispute resolution.

Law 12 - Tort Law and Claims Investigation
Class Description: Study of the law of torts including intentional torts, privileges, negligence, joint & several Liability, damages, defenses, liability without fault, product liability, strict liability, nuisance, trespass, economic torts, misuses of legal process, defamation, invasion of privacy, insurance, and workers' compensation.

Law 13 - Wills, Trusts and Probate Administration
Class Description: Study of the law of wills and trusts, including simple wills, codicils, trust forms, living trusts, pourover wills, advance directives, powers of attorney, guardianship, conservatorship, caretakers, basic estate planning life estates, disposition of property outside probate, tax issues, and life insurance trusts  

Law 16 - Civil and Criminal Evidence
Class Description: Study of the rules of civil and criminal evidence and the admissibility of such evidence in court including relevancy, hearsay, hearsay exceptions, character evidence, habit and custom, witness & competency, impeachment, authentication and identification of documents, constitutional restraints, and common law privileges. Students analyze evidentiary objections to trial transcripts, and other legal documents.

Law 17 - Legal Writing
Class Description: Study of legal drafting and writing including writing case briefs, demand letters, legal memoranda, motions,  pleadings, and writing a legal research paper

Law 18 - Marriage and Family Law 

Class Description: Study of marriage and family law with emphasis on dissolution of marriage, California community property laws, jurisdiction, forms completion, calendaring, discovery, support and custody issues, restraining orders, and domestic disputes.

Law 19 - Property & Creditor Rights
Class Description: Study of property and creditor rights including real and personal property, joint tenancy, leases, deeds, escrows, deeds of trust, the system of recording and search of public documents, bankruptcy laws and forms, landlord-tenant, secured transactions, collateral, purchase money security interests, liens, attachments, garnishments, and other creditor's remedies.

Law 20 - Basic Probate Procedures
Class Description: Study of the fundamental principles and methods of fact gathering, office procedures, and required court work involved in the handling of probates of both testate and intestate decedents, as well as the administration of estates in California Probate Courts.

Law 34 - Legal Research (Laboratory) 
Class Description: Study of legal research including key search terms, precedents, citation format, finding cases, constitutions, statutes, regulations, ordinances, conducting, expanding and updating both federal and California legal research and reporting research results in various formats.

updated: 2/14/16