Civil Field Placement
The Civil Field Placement provides students with the opportunity to explore career interests and work closely with and be mentored by experienced practicing lawyers. Students receive intensive classroom training on skills and substance designed to provide specialized instruction on different areas of law as well as litigation and transactional skills. Students then perform on-site legal work under the supervision of practicing lawyers in private or non-profit law offices, governmental and administrative agencies, public interest organizations, or corporate legal departments which specialize in the practice of civil law. Students focus on civil litigation and/or transactional practice. Students will gain experience in lawyering skills, legal process and different substantive areas of law. Field placements include the following practice areas: Corporate and Business Practice; Environmental; Human Rights; Immigration; Intellectual Property; International Law; Real Estate and Land Use; Personal Injury; and Sports and Entertainment.
Clinic Prerequisites
All required first year courses; Professional Responsibility; Business Entities or Corporations; and Civil Pre-Trial Practice or Trial Advocacy or one transactional workshop including: Business Planning Workshop; Estate Planning Workshop; Health Law Workshop; Interviewing and Counseling; Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiating; Law Office Management Workshop; Law Practice and Business Technology Workshop; Legal Drafting Workshop; Mediation Workshop; Real Property Closing Workshop; or Will Drafting Workshop. (The Director of the Civil Field Placement will determine whether a workshop not listed in this description satisfies this pre-requisite.)