Registration Guide 2024-2025

CONCENTRATIONS

Appellate Practice and Advocacy

3 credits

4. An Alternative Dispute Resolution course from the following list:

Mediation

3 credits

Negotiation

2 credits

Online Dispute Resolution for ADR

2 credits

5. A Trial Advocacy course from the following list:

Trial Advocacy

2 credits

Trial Advocacy: Intensive

3 credits

B. Externships* and Clinical Courses** All Trial and Appellate Advocacy Concentration students must complete an externship or clinical program. At least one (1) course from the following list:

Accelerator-to-Practice Program

5 credits

Family Advocacy Clinic

5 credits

Health Law Clinic

5 credits

Immigration Clinic

5 credits

Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples Clinic

5 credits

Intellectual Property Clinic

5 credits

Externship in a Litigation-Related Externship

between 2-5 credits

Juvenile Defenders Clinic

5 credits

Suffolk Defenders Program

5 credits

Suffolk Prosecutors Program

5 credits

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

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