LAW 6003 - Advanced Field Placement: Judicial

Credit(s): 3
Co-requisite(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 6003 must be placed with a local, administrative, state, or federal judge.

Students in this course must complete a minimum of 120 hours of work for their host judge’s chambers. 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 give students an overview of judicial ethics; researching and drafting judicial opinions; theories of judicial decision-making; the role of trial and appellate judges; judicial bias and implicit bias; and judicial selection and retention.

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