Fall 2019 Simulation and Seminar courses

 Seats are still available for the following simulation and seminar courses. If you want to enroll, you must meet any prerequisites and request a permit from the Registrar, Cheryl Edwards.

• ADR-Labor (Course 315 – 2-hour skills/simulation course) This course offers students an understanding and experience in representing clients in designing dispute resolution processes as well as how to prepare for and present to alternative dispute resolution forums. This course will satisfy the Experiential Course requirement. No prerequisites.
• ADR-Mediation (Course 316 – 2-hour skills/simulation course) This course offers negotiation and mediation skills to prepare the student to properly represent clients in mediation. While students will likely gain insight into how the mediator conducts a mediation session, the goal of the course is lawyering skills in mediation, not skills as a mediator. This course will satisfy the Experiential Course requirement. Prerequisites (Required, but can be taken concurrently): Professional Responsibility and Evidence.
• Health Policy Practicum (Course 705 – 3-hour skills/simulation course) In the Health Policy Practicum (“Practicum”), students will work in teams alongside community partners to address a real-world policy issue negatively impacting health. The course will include a weekly seminar (1 hour-50 minute) that will focus on building a core understanding of legal issues implicated by a given year’s policy project(s), in addition to skills of policy-making and community engagement, and an opportunity to present work, learn from affected stakeholders and brainstorm options. Out-of-class work will include drafting exercises and topical research, and community-based project work under the supervision of a lead Community Supervisor as determined in consultation with Practicum faculty and community partners. Overarching supervision, and final grade assessment, will reside in Practicum faculty. This course meets the upper-level skills requirement, as well as the experiential course requirement for students seeking the Health Law Certificate.  No prerequisites.
• Family Law Seminar (Course 421 – 2-hour research/writing course) This seminar examines current topics in family law with an emphasis on reproductive rights, the establishment of the parent-child relationship, and the evolving definition of family.  Students will write and present a substantial, publishable quality paper. This seminar satisfies the Advanced Research/Writing requirement. Prerequisites (Required prior to enrollment): Constitutional Law and Family Law.
• Comparative Law Seminar (Course 441 – 2-hour research/writing course) Despite accelerating globalization, the world remains governed by an overlapping set of fragmented legal regimes. This seminar will survey a number of non-U.S. national legal traditions from historical, critical, and comparative perspectives.  Topics of current interest will include studies of horizontal and vertical legal harmonization and regionalism. This course satisfies the Advanced Research/Writing requirement. No prerequisites.