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Lawyers for America

  • course Lawyers for America Fieldwork (6-8 units/semester; yearlong)

Scholarly Publications (1 Unit/Semester or Yearlong)

A number of second- and third-year students are selected to participate for credit on one of the following student-edited scholarly publications at UC Law SF:

  • UC Law Business Journal

  • UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

  • UC Law Constitutional Quarterly

  • UC Law Environmental Journal

  • UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice

  • UC Law SF International Law Review

  • UC Law Journal

  • UC Law Journal of Race and Economic Justice

  • UC Law Science and Technology Journal

Each publication's board of editors selects solicited and unsolicited articles. Second- year members work on source pulls and citation checks and write student notes, usually under the guidance of third-year student mentors.

First-year students who are interested in becoming a member of a journal during their second year must enter the Inter-Journal Writing Competition, which begins immediately after spring semester finals and ends about 12 days later. The competition is administered by the college’s O’Brien Center for Scholarly Publications, which provides all materials necessary for completion of the competition. Each of the journals’ editors use base guidelines for the evaluation of writing competition entries as well as other criteria particular to each journal.

For sample copies of the journals and more information about the journals themselves, visit the UC Law SF Scholarship Repository or contact the O’Brien Center for Scholarly Publications.

Competitions

  • course-Alternative Dispute Resolution Board (1 Unit)

  • course Law Student Tax Challenge (1-2 units)

  • course Interscholastic Competition Board - Moot Court (1 unit Fall & 1 unit Spring)

  • course Interscholastic Competition - Moot Court (2 units upon completion of competition)

  • course Intercollegiate ADR Competition (1 or 2 units)

  • course Interscholastic Competition - Alternative Dispute Resolution Board

  • course Intercollegiate Trial Team Competitions (2 units per semester)

  • course Client Counseling Team (1 to 2 units)

Startup Legal Garage

  • course Startup Legal Garage: Patent (2 units)

  • course Startup Legal Garage: Patent Fieldwork (3 units; yearlong)

  • course Startup Legal Garage: Corporate (2 units)

  • course Startup Legal Garage: Corporate Fieldwork (2 units; yearlong)

Independent Study

Second- and third-year JD students, LL.M students, and MSL students may earn a maximum of two units of credit for a single independent study project. No student may enroll in more than two independent study projects during his or her law school career. To enroll in an independent study, the student should develop a topic under the supervision of a full-time faculty member and then submit a petition to the Registrar’s Office describing the proposed project.

Grades received for independent study are not considered in calculating the JD student's cumulative GPA. With the supervising faculty member’s approval, a 2-unit independent study may satisfy the College’s writing requirement. No independent study credit will be awarded if the student receives monetary compensation or other academic credit for the project. For more information, see Academic Regulations 2401-2405 and, for independent studies designed to satisfy the writing requirement, Academic Regulation 703.

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