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Participation rules for all clinical courses
GENERAL RULES GOVERNING ALL CLINICAL COURSES: The Law School offers a variety of clinical courses in which student represent, counsel and assist clients under the supervision of a member of the clinical faculty. Currently these courses include Criminal and Juvenile Justice, Employment Discrimination, Criminal Justice Reform, Entrepreneurship, Police Accountability and Mental Health Advocacy. Each of these clinical courses has its own requirements, often including pre- and co-requisites. Some of the pre-requisites are only available on a limited basis. Thus, prior to the beginning of their second year of law school, students considering enrollment in a clinical course should familiarize themselves with the requirements of the clinical course(s) they may be considering.
The following rules apply to all clinical courses:
- No more than six clinical credits will be awarded to any student.
- Students may enroll in a clinical course for a minimum of two quarters and a maximum of six quarters.
- Students may enroll in a clinical course for no more than three credits in one quarter.
- Students will be awarded one credit for work averaging five hours/week for one quarter. Students will be expected to keep written or electronic records of the time they have spent in the clinic and to provide these records to their clinical teacher in a timely fashion.
- Clinical courses are not available to first year students.
- No student may be enrolled in more than one clinical course in any quarter. This rule may be waived in exceptional circumstances with the written permission of the relevant clinical teachers.
- Enrollment in any clinical course requires the permission of the clinical teacher. The duration, total credits and number of credits per quarter must be arranged with the clinical teacher in writing prior to enrollment. Such arrangements may be modified to reflect the work already performed or anticipated, provided that such modification is also in writing.
- A lottery may be used to determine admission to any clinical course.
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