Summer 2025 Class Descriptions
Immigration Clinic I (LWVL530)
Instructor(s): Tammy Lin
1-4 credit(s), H/P/L/F Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): International Law (JD), Public Interest Law (JD), International Law (LLMUS), LLM in International Law (LLMI)
Students gain practical experience through interviewing, counseling, and representing clients with immigration-related problems. Students have the opportunity to assist clients with a range of immigration issues such as removal cases (immigration court cases), asylum, naturalization, lawful permanent residency, derivative citizenship, deferred action, and U-visa and VAWA for domestic violence and abuse victims. Students may attend U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services interviews and/or immigration court dates related to their client's applications for immigration relief. Students may also attend and participate in community immigration outreach. Weekly meetings are held with the clinic supervisor and other interns to discuss immigration law, practical application and casework. The clinic is graded on a 4-tier Pass-Fail basis. No Prerequisites.
Students interested in working in the clinics for either academic credit or as a volunteer must first fill out and submit the USD Legal Clinics Application for Law Students . Clinic staff will review your application and confirm enrollment.
Immigration Clinic II (LWVL531)
Instructor(s): Tammy Lin
1-4 credit(s), H/P/L/F Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): International Law (JD), Public Interest Law (JD), International Law (LLMUS), LLM in International Law (LLMI)
Clinic II interns refine their skills, working on complex cases and cases already begun as Clinic I interns. Students may mentor first time clinic participants, serve as lead attorney on cases, and have additional opportunities to appear in court or administrative proceedings. Supervising attorneys/adjunct professors provide individualized coaching, based on the Clinic II interns needs and interests. Prerequisite: Successful completion of Clinic I in the same clinic. The clinic is graded on a 4-tier Pass-Fail basis.
Students interested in working in the clinics for either academic credit or as a volunteer must first fill out and submit the USD Legal Clinics Application for Law Students . Clinic staff will review your application and confirm enrollment.
International Deals & Global Crises - Madrid (LWIC534)
Instructor(s): Frederick Heller
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
Concentration(s): International Law (JD), International Law (LLMUS), International Law (MSLS)
The High Stakes Game: Lawyering Cross-Border Deals in a Turbulent World.
In today’s turbulent times, lawyers managing cross-border deals face unprecedented complexities. Cross-border deals always require mastering different legal systems, cultures and economies. Now those bedrocks of international practice are shifting more rapidly than ever before. This course teaches the fundamentals every cross-border lawyer needs to know: international M&A, joint ventures financing, getting money in and money out. It also discusses how to address deal-shaking events that demand innovative solutions, with no two alike. These events will be selected based on world developments at the time. They may include crises such as the Ukraine-Russia war, political reversals such as the election of Milei in Argentina and shifts in policy such as in relations between China and the U.S.