GGU Law JD Viewbook 2020

Business/Commercial Law Course Offerings

• 401(K) Plans – Tax & ERISA Issues Criminal Law
• Accounting for Lawyers
• Alternative Dispute Resolution • Advanced Trial Advocacy
• Antitrust • Competition: ABA National
• Business Associations
• Business Bankruptcy Appellate Advocacy
• Business Immigration Law • Competition: Advanced Mock Trial
• Business of Solo & Small Firm Law Practice • Competition: Environmental Law Moot Court
• Characterization of Income & Expenditure • C ompetition: Jessup International Law
• Comparative International Tax
• Contracts I Moot Court
• Contracts II • Competition: Traynor Moot Court
• Corporate Compliance & Ethics • Criminal Law
• Corporate Governance • Criminal Litigation
• Corporate Taxation • Criminal Procedure I
• Employment Discrimination • Criminal Procedure II
• Employment Law • Domestic Violence Seminar
• Executive Compensation • Evidence
• Externship: Civil Field Placement • Externship: Criminal Litigation
• Externship: Consumer Rights • Trial Advocacy
• Federal Income Taxation • Wrongful Convictions: Causes & Remedies
• F ederal Income Taxation of Limited
Enviromental Law
Liability Companies & S Corporations
• Intellectual Property Law Survey • Administrative Law
• International Business Transactions • Animal & Wildlife Law
• International Taxation • California Environmental and Natural
• International Trade Regulation
• Mergers and Acquisitions Resources Law
• N egotiating and Drafting Contracts • Competition: Environmental Law Moot Court
• Competition: Environmental Negotiation
in the Entertainment Business • Energy & Climate Law
• Partnership Taxation • Environmental Law & Justice Clinic
• Sales • Environmental Law & Justice Seminar
• Secured Transactions • Environmental Law & Policy
• Securities Regulation • Toxics & Brownfield Law
• Taxation of Mergers & Acquisitions • Urban Environmental & Land Use Law
• Trade Secrets Law • Water Law
• Transfer Pricing I
• Transfer Pricing II Family Law
• Venture Capital Business Transactions
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
California Bar Subjects • Children & the Law
• Combating Financial Elder Abuse
• Business Associations • Community Property
• Civil Procedure I & II • Domestic Violence Seminar
• Community Property • Elder Law
• Constitutional Law I & II • Estate Planning
• Contracts I & II • Estate Planning for the Blended Family
• Criminal Law • Externship: Family Law
• Evidence • Family Law
• Professional Responsibility • Family Law Practice
• Property Law • Gender, Children & International Law
• Real Estate Transactions • Real Estate Transactions
• Remedies • Reproductive Rights & Justice
• Torts • Street Law
• Wills and Trusts • Wills and Trusts

Intellectual Property Law Labor and Employment Law

• Antitrust • 401(K) Plans – Tax & ERISA Issues
• Biotechnology Law • 401(K) Plans II – Tax & ERISA Issues
• Competition: IP Law Moot Court • Administrative Law
• Copyright Law of the US • Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Cyberlaw • Business Immigration Law
• Entertainment Law • Employment Discrimination
• Externship: Civil Field Placement • Employment Law
• Intellectual Property Law Survey • Entertainment Law
• I ntellectual Property Litigation: Copyright • Sports Law
• Women’s Employment Rights Seminar
and Trademark • Women’s Employment Rights Clinic
• IP Practicum: Trademark & Copyright Transactions
• Negotiating and Drafting Contracts in the Labor and Employment Law

Entertainment Business • Administrative Law
• Patent Law of the US • Advanced Legal Research
• Patent Litigation • Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Privacy Law • Appellate Advocacy
• Privacy Law & Technology • Business of Solo & Small Firm Law Practice
• Sports Law • California Legal Research
• Trade Secrets Law • Civil Litigation: Depositions
• Trademark Law of the US • Civil Litigation: Pretrial Phase
• Venture Capital Business Transactions • Civil Procedure I
• Civil Procedure II
International Law • Competition: Advanced Mock Trial
• Competition: Mock Trial
• Business Immigration Law • Competition: Traynor Moot Court
• Comparative International Tax • Environmental Law Journal
• Comparative Legal Systems • Essential Mindfulness for Lawyers
• Competition: Jessup International Law Moot Court • Evidence
• Gender, Children & International Law • Evidence in the Courtroom
• Immigration & Refugee Policy Seminar • Externship: Civil Field Placement
• International Business Transactions • Externship: Judicial Law Review
• International Law • Legal Profession Seminar
• International Human Rights Seminar • Practical Legal Writing
• International Investment Law • Professional Presentation & Persuasion
• International Law – Annual Survey • Professional Responsibility
• International Organizations • Remedies
• International Trade Regulation • Trial Advocacy
• Intra-State Conflict & Peace Building • Writing and Research I
• Introduction to Islamic Law • Writing and Research II
• Law of International Armed Conflict
• Public International Law
• Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism
• Transnational Courts

Litigation Public Interest and Human Rights

• Advanced Trial Advocacy • Administrative Law
• Alternative Dispute Resolution • ADR for Children & Families
• Civil Litigation: Depositions • Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Competition: ABA National Appellate Advocacy • Animal & Wildlife Law
• Competition: Advanced Mock Trial • Business Immigration Law
• Competition: IP Law Moot Court • California Election Law
• Competition: Jessup International Law Moot Court • California Environmental and Natural Resources Law
• Competition: Mock Trial • Children & the Law
• Competition: National Veterans Law Moot Court • Cities Law & Policy Seminar
• Competition: Traynor Moot Court • Community Property
• Criminal Litigation • Competition: Environmental Law Moot Court
• Criminal Procedure I • Competition: Environmental Negotiation
• Criminal Procedure II • Criminal Litigation
• E-Discovery • Criminal Procedure I
• Environmental Law and Justice Clinic • Criminal Procedure II
• Ethical Prosecutions • Domestic Violence Seminar
• Evidence • Elder Law
• Evidence in the Courtroom • Employment Discrimination
• Externship: Criminal Litigation • Employment Law
• Pro Bono Tax Clinic • Energy & Climate Law
• Professional Presentation & Persuasion • Environmental Law & Justice Clinic
• Trial Advocacy • Environmental Law & Justice Seminar
• Trial Evidence & Advocacy • Environmental Law & Policy
• Veterans Legal Advocacy Center • Environmental Law Journal
• Veterans Legal Advocacy Seminar • Essential Mindfulness for Lawyers
• Women’s Employment Rights Clinic • Externship: Civil Field Placement
• Externship: Consumer Rights
Property Development and Real Estate • Externship: Criminal Litigation
• Externship: Family Law
• Environmental Law & Policy • Externship: Judicial Family Law
• Federal Income Taxation • Family Law Practice
• Partnership Taxation • Gender, Children & International Law
• Property • Guerrilla Lawyering
• Real Estate Development • HLP Client Representation
• Real Estate Practice • Immigration & Refugee Policy Seminar
• Real Estate Taxation • Immigration Law
• Real Estate Transactions • International Human Rights Seminar
• Secured Transactions • International Organizations
• Law of International Armed Conflict
• Legislation & Public Policy
• Poverty Law
• Privacy, Defamation, and Other Related Topics
• Public International Law
• Reproductive Rights & Justice
• Street Law
• Tax Exempt Organizations
• Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism
• Toxics & Brownfield Law
• Transnational Courts
• Water Law
• Women’s Employment Rights Seminar
• Women’s Employment Rights Clinic
• Wrongful Convictions: Causes & Remedies

Taxation Law/Estate Planning, • Mediating Trust & Estate Disputes
Trust and Probate Law • Partnership Taxation
• Pro Bono Tax Clinic: Sales & Use Tax
• 401(K) Plans – Tax & ERISA Issues • Pro Bono Tax Clinic: State Income Tax
• 401(K) Plans II – Tax & ERISA Issues • Probate Court Externship
• Bankruptcy Taxation • Probate Procedure
• Characterization of Income & Expenditure • Professional Responsibility for Tax Practitioners
• Combating Financial Elder Abuse • Professional Responsibility for Trust & Estate Practice
• Comparative International Tax • Real Estate Taxation
• Corporate Taxation • State & Local Taxation
• Court Ordered Estate Planning • Tax Exempt Organizations
• Drafting Estate Plans • Tax Litigation
• Estate & Gift Taxation • Tax Research
• Estate Planning • Taxation of Mergers & Acquisitions
• Estate Planning Lab • Taxation, Politics & the Law
• Estate Planning Practice Management • Timing of Income & Expenditure
• Executive Compensation • Transfer Pricing I
• Federal Income Taxation • Transfer Pricing II
• Federal Income Taxation of Limited Liability
Youth Law
Companies & S Corporations
• Federal Tax Procedure • ADR for Children & Families
• Foreign Acc. Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) • Children & the Law
• Generation Skipping Transfer Tax • Community Property
• Income Taxation for Estate Planners • Domestic Violence Seminar
• Income Taxation of Trusts & Estates • Externship: Legal Services for Children
• International Estate Planning • Family Law
• International Taxation • Family Law Practice
• Internet Law & Digital Asset Inheritance • Gender, Children & the Law
• IRS Litigation Clinic • International Human Rights Seminar
• Litigating in Probate Court • Poverty Law
• Street Law



Golden Gate University School of Law strives Admissions
to admit a diverse group of students seeking a
rigorous legal education focused on practical, Application Checklist
hands-on training in a close-knit, collegial • Completed application
environment. The Admissions Committee uses • Personal Statement (two pages, double-spaced)
objective indicators, such as LSAT scores and • Resume
undergraduate transcripts, as well as subjective • Credential Assembly Services (CAS) Report
indicators, such as personal statements, from LSAC:
resumes, and letters of recommendation. All • A valid LSAT score
of these indicators allow us to develop a deep • Two letters of recommendation (highly
understanding of each applicant’s potential for encouraged)
success. • C opies of all post-secondary transcripts
• Addendum (if applicable)

Transfer & Visiting Students
The application must include:

• A current law school transcript
• A letter of reference from a law professor

(recommended, not required)
• A letter of standing from the Dean or Registrar

at the applicant’s current institution
• A letter of permission from your home

institution (for visiting students)

For more information about applying as a transfer
or visiting student, visit our website or contact the
Office of Admissions.

International Students
Students who have completed their undergraduate
studies outside of the United States or Canada must
have their transcripts evaluated through the LSAC
Credential Assembly Service. For more information
about applying as an international student, visit
our website or contact the Office of Admissions.

Questions? Contact us:

Office of Admissions

Web: law.ggu.edu
T: 415-442-6630
E: [email protected]



Scholarships & Financial Aid

All applicants to GGU Law are automatically The California Scholars Program awards special
considered for merit-based scholarship awards. scholarships to select graduates of California’s
Entering merit scholarships include full-tuition public university systems. All applicants from UC
Dean’s Scholarships and partial-tuition Faculty and CSU campuses are automatically considered
Scholarships awarded in varying amounts. for these awards.

GGU Law has established The Golden Gate Our Public Interest Scholars Program and
University School of Law Fellowship Program. Environmental Law Scholars Program award
GGU Law Fellowship recipients receive a full- special scholarships to qualified applicants
tuition scholarship, which they will retain if they pursuing careers in public interest or
stay in good academic standing. GGU Law Fellows environmental law.
will also get a $5,000 fellowship award after their
2L year for completing an internship in the area of Loan Repayment Assistance Program
their fellowship. To help students who secure employment in
low-paying public interest and government
GGU Law proudly participates in the Yellow jobs, GGU offers a Loan Repayment Assistance
Ribbon Program, a provision of the Post-9/11 GI Program (LRAP). Under LRAP, GGU makes a loan
Bill®. to qualifying graduates to assist them with their
school loan repayment.

Detailed Financial Aid information can be found at:
http://law.ggu.edu/student-support/financial-aid.

Golden Gate University School of Law is fully This publication does not constitute a binding
accredited by the American Bar Association offer. GGU Law reserves the right to change any
(ABA) and is a member in good standing of the portion of its curriculum, tuition, fees, and any
Association of American Law School (AALS). other aspect of the programs described without
GGU Law is also fully accredited by the Western notice.
Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
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