Experiential Course Requirements

As a requirement for graduation, each student must satisfactorily complete one or more experiential courses totaling at least six (6) credit hours. An experiential course is primarily experiential in nature and (i) integrates doctrine, theory, skills, and legal ethics and engages students in performance of one or more of the professional skills identified in ABA Standard 302; (ii) develops the concepts underlying the professional skills being taught; (iii) provides multiple opportunities for performance; and (iv) provides opportunities for self-evaluation. Experiential courses include simulation courses, law clinics and field placement.

Simulation Courses

Accounting for Lawyers (2 credits)
Advanced Legal Research (2 credits)
Advanced Litigation Drafting (2 credits)
Advanced Trial Advocacy (2 credits)
Appellate Practice and Procedure (2 credits)
Business Drafting (2 credits)
Case Settlement Negotiation (2 credits)
Client Counseling II (2 credits)
Consumer Bankruptcy (2 credits)
Contract Drafting (2 credits)
Environmental Law Practice (2 credits)
Federal Tax Procedure (2 credits)
Introduction to Counseling (1 credit)
Introduction to Dispute Resolution (1 credit)
Legal Letters (2 credits)
Managing Law Practice (2 credits)
Problems in Trial Evidence (2 credits)
Summary Judgment Practice (2 credits)
Trial Practice (3 credits)

Law Clinics

Habeas Project (4 credits – usually taken twice)
Asylum & Human Rights Clinic (4 credits)
Domestic Violence Clinic (4 credits-taken twice)

Field Placements

Externship I (3 or 4 credits)
Externship II (2 or 3 credits)
Judicial Field Placements (3 or 4 credits)
Public Defender Externship (4 credits)
Summer Externship (2 or 3 credits)
Corporate Counsel Externship I (3 or 4 credits)
Corporate Counsel Externship II (2 or 3 credits)
Consumer Bankruptcy Externship Part 1 & 2 (3 or 4 credits)
Semester in Practice I* (1-12 credits)
Semester in Practice II* (1-12 credits)

*Must have a min. GPA of 83 to be eligible