Juris Doctorate/Master of Business Administration (JD/MBA) Degree Program
Course Description
The class focuses on case analysis, case synthesis, statutory construction, research techniques, legal correspondence, and citation form. Students will engage in objective analysis and analyze several fact situations and prepare intra-office memos and correspond with "clients."
JD 102 Contracts 4 units
Course Description
Basic course for the study of the law of contracts, offer and acceptance, consideration, parties to the contract, joint and several contracts, conditional and third party contracts, illegality, discharge, Statute of Frauds and Parole Evidence Rule as they affect contractual obligations.
JD 103 Remedies 4 units
Course Description
Legal and equitable remedies, including damages, injunctive and declaratory relief, specific performance, rescission, and restitution. Considerations in choosing a remedy. Alternate remedies.
JD 104 Torts 4 units
Course Description
Intentional torts and defenses, negligence, vicarious liability, and strict liability, including products liability. Interference with contract, privacy, defamation, and other relational torts.
JD 105 Legal Research, Writing & Analysis II 2 units
Course Description
Legal Research, Writing & Analysis II focuses on persuasive writing. Students analyze an extensive fact situation and prepare an argumentative memorandum and an appellate brief. In addition, students give oral arguments on campus and engage in settlement negotiations concerning their case. The course culminates with an oral appellate argument, based on the appellate brief, before a three judge moot court panel at the downtown courthouse.
JD 106 Criminal Law 4 units
Course Description
Fundamentals of the substantive law of crimes, punishable acts and omissions, requisite intent, legal defenses, liability for conspiracy and attempt, lesser included offenses, enforcement of the law and introduction to criminal procedure.
JD 107 Civil Procedure I 4 units
Course Description
This course examines constitutional constraints on government investigation of crime. Topics include search and seizure, interrogations and confessions and eyewitness identification. While the focus is on the United States Constitution (4th, 5th, and 6th amendments and due process), some attention will be paid to state constitutional issues. Some coverage will also be given to the role of victims at this stage of the procedure.
JD 108 Evidence 4 units
Course Description
Inquiry into relationship of pleadings and proof at trial, techniques of proof, judicial notice, rules relating to witnesses, documents and demonstrative evidence; discovery procedures and application of rules of evidence at trial; hearsay and its exceptions.
JD 109 Civil Procedure II 4 units
Course Description
Civil Procedure II focuses on the procedural rules governing the adjudication of criminal cases, with emphasis on fundamental constitutional doctrines. Topics include charging decisions and prosecutorial discretion, discovery, pre-trial motions, plea negotiations, the rights of the defendant at trial, jury selection, the role of the jury, sentencing, appeal and post-conviction relief.
JD 110 Criminal Procedure 4 units
Course Description
Procedures from arrest through appellate proceedings, bail, and release on own recognizance, arraignments, motions, discovery and trial procedures; search and seizure and other constitutional guaranties as interpreted by recent Supreme Court decisions.
JD 111 Constitutional Law I 4 units
Course Description
This introductory course focuses on the issues raised by the structural parts of the United States Constitution. Consideration will be given to judicial processes in constitutional cases; judicial review; and the federal courts functioning in the constitutional system. Attention will then be given to the relationships of the three federal branches of government, with emphasis on some of the powers and limitations of the executive, legislative and judicial bodies that arise from principles of separation of powers and national checks and balances. The course will also consider federalism and the respective roles of the national and state governments in some detail. Both general principles and their specific application to sources of federal and states powers and their limitations will be discussed, with particular emphasis on examples under the commerce clause.
JD 112 Constitutional Law II 4 units
Course Description
This course is a continuation of Constitutional Law I. There, the focus was on the structural constitution-federalism, the separation of powers, and the role of the courts. In Constitutional Law II, the focus is on individual rights and their protection under the Constitution. We study primarily the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments for substantive due process and equal protection and the First Amendment for the freedoms of speech and religion.
JD 113 Wills & Trusts 4 units
Course Description
The substantive law of trusts; express and implied trusts; formation of testamentary and inter vivo trusts; rights and duties of grantor, trustee and beneficiary; administration of the trust. The law of wills in California and its origin, including non-probate changes in ownership at death, interstate succession, the statute of wills, validity and interpretation of wills.
JD 114 Property I 4 units
Course Description
An introductory investigation of Anglo-American rules governing acquisition, transfer, and use of real and personal property. Acquisition of property is studied through the law of finders, the rule of capture, and the doctrine of adverse possession. Transfer of property is evaluated through the concept of estates in land and future interests, including marital interests.
JD 115 Taxation 4 units
Course Description
An introductory course which includes theory and problems of individual income taxation, State and Federal; basic corporate taxation; taxing procedures, categories of taxable events, capital investments, gains, depreciation, estate and gift taxes.
JD 116 Property II 4 units
Course Description
Property II focuses on the historical development of land law, common law estates and conveyances. statute of uses, indicia of ownership, modem conveyance, landlord and tenant issues, deeds, recording acts, covenants, easements, equitable servitudes, adverse possession, rights and duties incident to the ownership of land, future interests. Emphasis is given to the tension between public needs and private desires in the allocation, transfer, and development of property rights.
JD 117 Community Property 4 units
Course Description
History and development of community property and quasi-community property law, interests of spouses in the community, agreements, separate vs. community property, future interests in community property, rights on dissolution of community and methods of division, and legal implications.
JD 118 Business Associations/Corporations 4 units
Course Description
Nature, formation and liabilities of partnerships and other unincorporated associations; nature and character of stock; closely-held and non-profit corporation organizations; relation of corporations to the state; de jure and de facto corporations; obligations and rights of shareholders, directors, and creditors; merger and termination of corporations.
JD 119 Agency and Partnership 4 units
Course Description
An introduction to the law of agency, its uses and limitations. Methods of creation, and termination. The powers and authority of agents, both formal and ostensible. Ratification of the acts of an agent. When notice of a principal and agent relationship is necessary. The reciprocal rights and duties of principal and agent in fiduciary relationships. Master and servant and the doctrine of respondent superior, including tort and criminal liabilities. The common law origins of agency and how employers liability, workers' compensation, and motor vehicle statutes affect master and servant relationships.
JD 120 Professional Responsibility 4 units
Course Description
A study of the legal profession and of many of the ethical decision-making problems the American lawyer is likely to encounter in all phases of practice. The American Bar Association's Code of Professional Responsibility and the California Rules of Professional Conduct are considered. The problems in building a law practice, the different roles of the lawyer as counselor, negotiator, judge, and teacher. Relations with clients. Public service. Maintaining the integrity of the legal profession.
MBA 101 Managing Organizations & People 4 units
Course Description
Introduces students to concepts, models and frameworks to help them become better acquainted with the organizations they work for, the teams they work in, the people they work with, and their own personal development. The course focuses on five main areas of study: developing as a manager, working well within groups, developing effective organizations, assessing the external environment in which organizations operate, and initiating change within organizations. Tying all of these elements together, the course devotes particular attention to the traits, skills and behaviors that are indicative of good leadership. It also explores how organizations and managers can be transformed for better alignment with the business demands of the future.
MBA 102 Financial Reporting and Control 4 units
Course Description
Introduces accounting and an examination of how it helps in decision-making. Financial accounting (information needs of stockholders, creditors, and analysts) and managerial accounting (information needs of managers) are stressed equally. Topics covered include: income statement and balance sheet format, purposes, and limitations, statement of cash flows, analysis of financial statements, cost behavior, use of relevant costs in decision-making, budgeting, and divisional performance measurement. Course includes lectures, exams, and a group project.
MBA 103 Data Analysis for Managerial Decision Making 4 units
Course Description
Managers deal with a large amount of information in quantitative form. Effective managers must understand the conditions under which quantitative techniques may be appropriately applied for decision-making. In this course, students develop skills in using the computer to examine and report data Focus is on supporting decisions through: deriving meaning from particular data sets, use of statistical estimation, hypothesis testing, and regression/correlation analysis.
MBA 104 Marketing Management 4 units
Course Description
Builds an in-depth understanding of basic marketing concepts and applies those concepts to a variety of management situations, including non-profit and public sector settings. The course provides working knowledge of the tools of marketing (product policy, pricing, distribution, promotion, consumer behavior), and the ways in which these tools can be usefully employed. The course also builds practical skills in analyzing marketing problems and opportunities and in developing marketing programs.
MBA 105 Financial Management 4 units
Course Description
This course examines three sets of issues: saving and investing decisions by households, investment and financing decisions by corporations, role of securities markets and financial intermediaries in the economy. Decisions today affect the timing and uncertainty of future flows of income; both timing and risk determine the current value of those future flows. This course develops the tools required to analyze these decisions and their interaction within the financial system.
MBA 106 Economics and Management Decisions 4 units
Course Description
Presents many of the decision problems managers face and the economic analysis they need to guide these decisions. In the first half of the course, microeconomic tools are used to structure complicated decision problems about strategic subjects, such as production, pricing, and investment. Some of these decisions take place in uncertain environments, and the class addresses this uncertainty by making probabilistic forecasts and sequential decisions. Since most decisions depend on the structure of the industry in which a company operates, an additional goal is to distinguish different market structures and apply competitive strategies using game theory.
In the second half of the course, the focus shifts to the study of the national and global economic environments within which companies operate. The class identifies the drivers of fluctuations in key features of the economies, such as gross domestic product, inflation, interest rates, exchange rates. Students analyze and share economic developments in particular countries. Since governments play key roles in determining the fate of economies and companies, the final theme is the rationale for and efficacy of government policy tools.
MBA 107 Strategies for a Networked Economy 4 units
Course Description
This course is case-based and demonstrates the role of information technology in shaping business strategy and models. It provides an overview of the key technologies that are important in today's business environment and introduces organization and management concepts relating to the information technology functions. The course also illustrates the relationships between organizational performance and the ability to leverage knowledge assets.
MBA 108 Creating Value through Operations and Technology 4 units
Course Description
This course is case-oriented and is focused on topics of use to managers in any environment: process analysis, process improvement, and strategic operations decision-making. The course emphasizes the importance of effectiveness and efficiency and evaluates the potential trade-offs between them.
MBA 109 Competition, Innovation and Strategy 4 units
Course Description
This course draws on findings from a number of academic disciplines, especially economics, organization theory, and sociology, to build a fundamental understanding of how and why some f m s achieve and sustain superior performance. Successful strategy design and implementation require marketing, finance, and other areas. The course is designed to develop this integrative view of the firm and its environment, along with appropriate analytical skills. Global management is an important additional theme of the course: while many of the cases are US- based companies, students will be challenged to extend the conceptual framework to encompass global businesses and to apply any lessons learned to international contexts.
MBA 110 Current Topics in Law and Ethics 4 units
Course Description
This course will study the contemporary issues in selected areas of law and ethics. The students will be introduced to the pivotal areas of law, so that students begin to anticipate legal problems, and will also analyze how to avoid them, and realize how legal principles can be employed to add value in their chosen fields. The course provides an overview of a few disciplines that will encourage students to explore other legal topics relevant to their business interests. The course will also provide an analytic structure that enables students to identify ethical issues in business, analyze options and make appropriate choices.