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Fall 2012 Litigation Concentration Courses

Spring 2013 Litigation Concentration Courses

All Civil Litigation Concentration students must complete five (5) required courses; an internship or clinical program; and at least three (3) Concentration elective courses, as follows.

 

In planning their schedules concentrators should be mindful that the required Evidence course covers foundational material and should be taken first. The required Clinical course will put the student's acquired litigation skills into practice and optimally should be taken last. For those students writing a Thesis, the Thesis Seminar must be taken by the second semester prior to graduation. This allows for any necessary adjustments and improvements to the Thesis in the final semester prior to graduation.

The approved Civil Litigation Concentration courses for Suffolk University Law School's Macaronis Civil Litigation Concentration are described below. In order to successfully complete the Civil Litigation Concentration, students must take a minimum of twenty three (23) credits in the following approved Civil Litigation Concentration courses, including the five (5) required courses and the required clinical or internship program. Please note that not all courses are offered each semester and plan accordingly.

 

 A. Required Courses

All Civil Litigation Concentration students must complete the following five (5) required courses.

1.  One (1) Evidence course from the following list:  

 Evidence

4 credits
or  
Evidence and Trial Advocacy 4 credits
   
2. One (1)  Pretrial course from the following list:  

Drafting Discovery Documents   

or

Pretrial Civil Litigation

2 credits

 

3 credits

 
   
3. An Appellate course from the following list:  

Appellate Practice

or

Appellate Practice and Advocacy

3 credits


 
4. An Alternative Dispute Resolution course from the following List:
Alternative Dispute Resolution - Professor Golann 3 credits
Alternative Dispute Resolution - Professor Smith 3 credits
Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar 2 credits

Arbitration of Domestic and International Disputes*

3 credits
Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation 4 credits

Labor and Employment Arbitration*

3 credits
Mediation 3 credits
Mediation Advocacy 3 credits
Mediation Seminar 3 credits
Negotiation for Lawyers 3 credits
Negotiation Seminar 2 credits
 
5. A Trial Advocacy course from the following list:
Probate Family Trial Practice 2 credits
Trial Advocacy - Intensive 3 credits
Trial Evidence and Techniques 2 credits
Trial Practice 2 credits
Trial Practice:  Criminal 2 credits
Trial Advocacy: Criminal 3 credits
State Criminal Practice 2 credits
   
 
 B. Internships* and Clinical Courses**

All Civil Litigation Concentration students must complete an internship or clinical program.

 
At least 1 course from the following list:
Battered Women's Advocacy Program 4 credits
Child Advocacy Clinic 8 credits
Educational Advocacy Clinic 8 credits
Evening Landlord Tenant Clinic 6 credits
Family Advocacy Clinic 8 credits
Health Law Clinic 8 credits
Housing and Consumer Protection Clinic 8 credits
Immigration Clinic 8 credits
Indian Law and Indigenous Peoples Clinic 8 credits
Intellectual Property Clinic 8 credits
Internship in a Litigation-Related Placement credits vary between 2 and 5
Investor Advocacy Clinic 8 credits
Juvenile Internship Program 2-4 credits

Child Welfare Internship Seminar (limited to those students enrolled in the Juvenile Internship Program)

2 credits
Juvenile Defender Clinic 8 credits
Suffolk Defenders 8 credits
Suffolk Prosecutors 8 credits

*Participation in the Legal Internship Program requires prior approval by the Concentration Faculty Director. Internships must be arranged through the Legal Internship Office in advance of the semester(s) during which a student will participate. For information on the process of securing a legal internship, go to Legal Internships.You are also encouraged to make an appointment with Professor Bernadette Feeley in the Legal Internship Office, Room 165B, Sargent Hall, to discuss legal internships further.

**Participation in any of the Clinical Programs requires application and acceptance in advance of the semester(s) during which a student will participate. Each Clinical Program has its own prerequisite courses and rules as to how students are selected for participation. If you are considering a Clinical Program, please to sure to consult the individual program's web site at Clinical Programs. You are also encouraged to make an appointment with the Clinical Programs Office, Room 190, Sargent Hall, to discuss the Clinical Programs further.



 C. Litigation-Related Elective Courses

All Civil Litigation Concentration students must complete at least three (3) Concentration elective courses from the following list.
 
Administrative Law 3 credits
Advanced Evidence Seminar 2 credits
Advanced Civil Procedure 3 credits
Advanced Legal Methods 2 credits
Advanced Legal Research 2 credits
Advanced Legal Writing 3 credits
Advanced Legal Writing: Civil Litigation 3 credits
Advanced Legal Writing: Civil Practice 3 credits
Advanced Legal Writing: Consumer Class Actions and Multi-District Litigation 3 credits
Advanced Legal Writing: Criminal Appellate Advocacy 3 credits
Advanced Legal Writing - Criminal Topics - Professor Santos 3 credits
Advanced Legal Writing: Employment Agreements and Disputes - Professor Healey 3 credits
Advanced Legal Writing: Inoocence Project Seminar - Professor Hartung 3 credits
Advanced Torts 2 credits
Civil Litigation Thesis 2 credits
Conflict of Laws: Theory and Practice 3 credits
E Discovery Law 2 credits
Employment Law Practice 2 credits
Equitable Remedies 3 credits
Federal Courts - Professors Blum and Perlman 3 credits
Federal Courts - Professor Dodd 3 credits
Forensics 2 credits
Health Law Advocacy 2 credits
Housing Discrimination and Landlord Tenant Law 2 credits
Insurance Litigation 2 credits
International and Comparative Legal Research 2 credits
International Legal Practice 2 credits
International Litigation in U.S. Courts 2 credits
Interviewing and Counseling 2 credits
Litigating Federal and State Constitutional Claims 2 credits
Massachusetts Practice * 2 credits
Massachsuetts Practice Seminar 2 credits
Medical Malpractice 2 credits
New Hampshire Practice * 2 credits
New York Practice and Procedure * 2 credits
Police Misconduct Litigation 3 credits
Pretrial Criminal Litigation 2 credits
Pretrial Federal Criminal Practice 2 credits
Real Estate Litigation 2 credits
Rhode Island Practice * 2 credits

 

*Only one state practice courses may count toward fulfilling the three elective requirement.

 



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