Clinical Courses

The courses listed below include live-client clinics in which students undertake representation of real clients under faculty supervision; simulation-based courses in which students develop skills by participating in simulated problems of varying levels of complexity, often using volunteers from the UCLA witness program to act as clients, witnesses or jurors; and courses that combine of simulation-based teaching with field-placement programs in which students represent real clients. You can access a particular course description by clicking on the designated title. Some courses are listed under more than one practice area.

FIRST YEAR

• 108 Lawyering Skills

UPPER DIVISION
Litigation Practice

• 700 Pre-Trial Litigation (simulated)
• 702 Depositions and Discovery in Complex Litigation (clinic)
• 702 Depositions and Discovery in Complex Litigation (simulated)
• 705 Cappello Trial Advocacy Clinic - Simulated Trial Advocacy 
• 708 Civil Rights Litigation (clinic)
• 713 Interviewing and Counseling (field placements)
• 710A/B Trial Advocacy Clinic
• 720 Criminal Trial Advocacy (simulated)
• 723 Fact Investigation and Discovery in Complex Matters

Criminal Trial Practice

• 720 Criminal Trial Advocacy (simulated)
• 715 Criminal Defense Clinic   

Appellate Practice

• 701A/B Ninth Circuit Appellate Clinic
• 729 Tribal Appellate Court Clinic

Public Interest Practice

• 706 Public Policy Advocacy
• 712 Street Law: American Legal Education (field placement and seminar)
• 719 Environmental Law Clinic
• M728 Tribal Legal Development Clinic
• 729 Tribal Appellate Court Clinic   
• 735 Asylum Clinic 
• 738 Land Use, the Environment and Local Government
• 739 Community Economic Development (field placement and seminar)
• 742 Regulatory Lawyering  

Environmental Law

• 719 Environmental Law Clinic
• 741 Environmental Aspects of Business Transactions

Government/Regulatory Practice 

• 717A/B International Justice Clinic
• 719 Environmental Law Clinic
• M728 Tribal Legal Development Clinic

Dispute Resolution

• 703 Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation
• 707 Mediation (simulated)
• 709 Negotiation Theory & Practice
• 709A Negotiation Theory & Practice 

Transactional

• 328 Sports and the Law
• 714 Creating Value Through Renegotiating Business Agreements
• 739 Community Economic Development
• 740 Bankruptcy Transactions Course: Negotiating and Confirming Chapter 11 Plans
• 741 Environmental Aspects of Business Transactions
• 744 Mergers & Acquisitions Transaction Planning