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Litigation Concentration

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Students must satisfy the following core course requirements for the concentration in Litigation:
Evidence (3 or 4 credits); and either of
Trial Tactics or a Clinic (4 credits) (excluding Community Development)

Students must take at least 7 or 8 additional credits (for a total of 15) in the following eligible elective courses, including at least one procedural course that teaches primarily doctrine and at least one that teaches primarily practice, accordingly chosen from the lists below:

Doctrinal Courses:
  • Administrative Law
  • Appellate Institutions & Process
  • Complex Litigation
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Criminal Procedure I
  • Criminal Procedure II
  • Equity and Equitable Remedies
  • Federal Courts
  • International Arbitration
  • Scientific Evidence Seminar
  • Scientific Evidence Advanced Research
  • Supreme Court Seminar
  • Settlement Seminar
Practice Courses:
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Appellate Advocacy
  • Clinical Courses (not Community Development)
  • Judicial Externship
  • The Lawyering Process
  • Litigation Practice
  • Pretrial Practice
  • Trial Practice
  • Trial Tactics