LAW 6006 - Advanced Field Placement: Public Interest

Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of LAW 5907 . This course will be taught online and asynchronously. Enrollment by application and permission of instructor.
Advanced Field Placement courses are designed for students who have already successfully completed a field placement and are interested in either pursuing a second and new field placement or continuing with their original field placement. Students enrolled in LAW 6006 must be placed with public interest and non-profit organizations.

Students in this course must complete a minimum of 120 hours of work for their host placement. Students will be required, in consultation with their placement supervisor, to develop new and advanced learning goals for their experience. Students participating in this course must also participate in and complete an online asynchronous course component. This course component will explore the clients, constituencies, and causes of public interest lawyering, the various practice sites of public interest lawyering, effective advocacy strategies and impact litigation, lawyering for a cause, funding and supporting non-profit lawyering positions, and organizations that serve the legal needs of the poor and marginalized populations.

This course is graded on the experiential learning scaled Pass/Fail system. This course is graded Pass/Fail (E, HP, P, F). Participation requires consent of the instructor.