CIVIL JUSTICE CLINIC (SJG)
W74 797E LAW 01 W 1:30p-3:30p Gunn
Enrollment limit: 8. [Note drop
deadline: Mon, May 2, 2005.
This deadline is strictly enforced.]
Interested students should submit their clinic preferences online by
12:00 noon on Mon, March 28, 2005, at
http://law.wustl.edu/Registrar/Forms/prereg/2005-2006/clinic_pre.asp
.
After this date, it is unlikely that spot will be available, but
interested students may ask to have their names added to the
waitlist by emailing erker@wustl.edu. Be sure to read the clinic
pre-registration information at the beginning of the law school
course directory. Students in this clinical course provide legal
assistance, under the supervision of clinical faculty, to low-income
residents of metropolitan St. Louis in a wide range of civil cases.
The clinic's docket includes the representation of survivors of
domestic violence in order of protection proceedings, defending the
rights of poor tenants in eviction proceedings and suits against
slumlords, and impact litigation on behalf of the homeless. Students
handle all aspects of their clients' cases, including interviewing
their clients and other witnesses, drafting pleadings and memoranda
of law, conducting discovery, negotiating with opposing parties, and
preparing for and representing their clients at judicial hearings
and trials. Topics to be covered in class sessions and
materials include the substantive laws affecting domestic violence
survivors, poor tenants, and the homeless, ethical issues arising in
the representation of clients, social and economic policies
concerning the poor, and the development of lawyering skills,
particularly in interviewing, litigation, and negotiation.
Additional notes: The clinic is located on the first floor of the
law school. Students must spend a minimum of 21 hours per week on
clinic related work. Students are advised to avoid scheduling other
courses, as far as possible, on Wednesday and Thursday mornings as
court appearances generally occur at those times. This course is
graded on a modified pass/fail basis: HP94, P, LP78, or F70. The
drop deadline is May 2, 2005, and is strictly enforced. No
prerequisites. No final examination. 6 units.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLINIC (PAJ)
W74 790A LAW 01 Tu 3:30p-5:30p (at the Public Defender’s Office)
Joy
Enrollment limit: 8. [Note drop
deadline: Mon, May 2, 2005. This deadline is strictly enforced.]
Interested students should submit their clinic preferences online by
12:00 noon on Mon, March 28, 2005, at
http://law.wustl.edu/Registrar/Forms/prereg/2005-2006/clinic_pre.asp
.
After this date, it is unlikely that spot will be available, but
interested students may ask to have their names added to the
waitlist by emailing erker@wustl.edu. Be sure to read the clinic
pre-registration information at the beginning of the law school
course directory. Third year students receive preference.(If the
clinic is not full, second year students may be offered openings
with faculty permission.) Students who have completed Evidence,
Pretrial, Trial, a course from the ethics curriculum, CJA I, or CJA
II, may receive preference. Because the clinic is likely to involve
court appearances, preference will be given to students who are
certified under Rule 13 of the Missouri Supreme Court Rules.
Students who are not certified under Rule 13 need the permission of
Prof. Joy to enroll. This clinic provides real life lawyering
experience with the criminal justice system at the state trial
level. The student's primary experience will be to serve as a Rule
13 certified attorney with the St. Louis County office of the
Missouri Public Defender, which is the second largest criminal
defense office in the state. The goal is for each student to: (1)
conduct at least two, and hopefully more, preliminary hearings in
felony cases; (2) to conduct multiple bond reduction negotiations
and, when necessary, hearings for persons awaiting trial; (3) to
second-chair at least one felony jury trial: and, if possible, (4)
to take primary responsibility for at least one misdemeanor case
serving as lead counsel at trial. In addition, students may take
depositions, enter guilty pleas and participate in the sentencing
phase, and participate in probation revocation hearings. At the PD
office, students are likely to be actively involved in interviewing
clients, investigating crime scenes, interviewing witnesses,
performing legal research and writing memoranda and briefs, arguing
motions in court, and participating in trials. Students have work
carrels equipped with computers, telephones and a networked printer
to facilitate their work on behalf of clients. In addition to his
office in the law school, Professor Joy maintains an office at the
Public Defender site, works closely with students and supervising
attorneys, directly supervises students on some cases, and is
involved in the work they do with lawyers at the PD. Students may
enroll for 4, 5, or 6 credits, though the preference is for students
to enroll for 6 credits. Students must work at least 14 hrs per week
on clinical matters for 4 credits, 17.5 hrs per week for 5 credits,
and 21 hrs per week on clinical matters for 6 credits and can expect
to spend most of this time away from the law school either at court
or in the PD office adjacent to the courthouse. Each student must
have at least two mornings (8:45 a.m. until at least noon) free
because most court appearances take place in the morning. Students
also will meet as a class at the PD office from 3:30 - 5:30 PM on
Tuesday. The overarching objective of this course will be to help
students learn how to learn from their lawyering experiences. The
lawyering skills students will use and develop include: problem
solving, legal analysis and reasoning, legal research, factual
investigation, client interviewing and counseling, communication
skills, negotiation, litigation skills, organization and management
of legal work, and recognizing and resolving ethical dilemmas. This
course also will focus on the professional values of providing
competent legal representation, improving the legal profession, and
examining the legal profession's role in promoting justice,
fairness, and morality There is no textbook, but there will be some
reading assignments. This course will be graded on a modified
pass/fail basis: HP94, P, LP78, F70. Specific requirements for
receiving credit will be set by the professor. There will be no
final exam. DROP DEADLINE (strictly enforced): Mon, May 2, 2005. 4-6
units.
IP
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND BUSINESS FORMATION CLINIC
W74 711C LAW 01 TuTh 3:00p-4:30p Deal (McManis)
Enrollment limit: 8 [Note drop
deadline: Mon, May 2, 2005. This deadline is strictly enforced.]
Interested students should submit their clinic preferences online by
12:00 noon on Mon, March 28, 2005, at
http://law.wustl.edu/Registrar/Forms/prereg/2005-2006/clinic_pre.asp.
After this date, it is unlikely that spot will be available, but
interested students may ask to have their names added to the
waitlist by emailing erker@wustl.edu. Be sure to read the clinic
pre-registration information at the beginning of the law school
course directory. The IP/BF Legal Clinic will provide law students
with opportunities to work with qualified IP counsel in providing
early stage legal advice to innovators both within the University
and in the wider community, to collaborate in interdisciplinary
experiential learning activities with students from the Olin School
of Business and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and to
provide IP and business formation legal services to clients who
might otherwise not have access to competent legal counsel. The
Clinic's activities will be devoted to four program areas, each of
which will involve teams of two students, who will: 1) Participate
in interdisciplinary innovation and entrepreneurship courses, such
as the Senior Design Course in the Department of Biomedical
Engineering and the Olin School's Hatchery course; 2) Work with St.
Louis area IP attorneys to provide early stage legal advice to other
innovators and entrepreneurs at the University and in the wider
community, with a particular focus on business incubators in the St.
Louis area; 3) Work with non-profit organizations such as: St. Louis
Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts, Missouri Small
Business Development Centers in the St. Louis area, Public Interest
Intellectual Property Advisors, a nationwide intellectual property
referral service established to help developing country clients find
U.S. IP professionals to represent them in IP matters as a public
service; and, 4) Work with two area research organizations - the
Missouri Botanical Garden and the Donald Danforth Plant Sciences
Center - on projects involving genetic resources, biotechnology, and
the protection of traditional medicinal and agricultural knowledge.
The Clinic office is located in the law school in Room 311. The
course will be graded on a modified pass/fail basis: HP94, P, LP78,
F70. There is no final exam. The text for the course will be
photocopied materials available for purchase. The weekly seminar
meetings are mandatory. Pre/co-requisites: One or more introductory
IP course and a course from the ethics curriculum (or permission of
the instructor). To enroll in this Clinic, students 1) must have
completed one of the introductory IP courses (Patent Law, Copyrights
& Related Rights, or Trademarks & Unfair Competition) and a course
from the ethics curriculum; and 2) must either have completed or be
enrolled in one of the IP practical skills courses or one of the IP
seminars. Priority and Wait Lists: Please note that there will be
three waitlists corresponding with the program areas. Because the
first two of the Clinic's listed program areas will require a patent
law background, while the last two will not, but the final program
area will require that a student to have taken or be enrolled in an
International IP Law course, students seeking to enroll in this
Clinic will placed on one or more of the following three
priority/wait lists: 1) Students with an undergraduate educational
background in the physical sciences or engineering, who have taken
Patent Law and either have taken or are enrolled in one of the IP
practical skills courses or IP seminars; 2) Students who have taken
an introductory IP course and either have taken or are enrolled in
one of the IP practical skills courses or IP seminars; and 3)
Students who have taken one of the introductory IP courses and
either have taken or are enrolled in an International IP Law course.
If students are qualified for more than one priority/wait list, they
may specify which wait list they wish their name to appear or may
specify that they wish their name to be place on any list for which
they are qualified, in the latter case, however, they will not be
given priority over a student whose name appears on only that list.
WITHDRAWAL POLICY: In order to try to avoid the sort of last-minute
shuffling that, in the past, has resulted in interested students
being notified of Clinic openings too late for them readily to
change their schedules and enroll, the following new policy is in
effect: IF YOU ARE ENROLLED IN THIS COURSE AFTER Mon, May 2, 2005,
YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO DROP THE COURSE. In other words, any
student enrolled in the course as of the above date will receive a
grade for the course and risks receiving a failing grade 6 units
[4-5 units may be possible with professor’s permission].
INTERDISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENTAL
CLINIC (ML)
W74 704B LAW 01 F 1:00p-3:00p Lipeles
Enrollment limited to 8. [Note drop
deadline: Mon, May 2, 2005. This deadline is strictly enforced.]
Interested students should submit their clinic preferences online by
12:00 noon on Mon, March 28, 2005,
at
http://law.wustl.edu/Registrar/Forms/prereg/2005-2006/clinic_pre.asp.
After this date, it is unlikely that spot will be available, but
interested students may ask to have their names added to the
waitlist by emailing erker@wustl.edu. Be sure to read the clinic
pre-registration information at the beginning of the law school
course directory. This clinical course teaches students how to work
in interdisciplinary teams representing public interest,
environmental or community organizations on interdisciplinary,
environmental matters. The clinic offers experience in first-chair
responsibility for complex litigation, advocacy in multi-party
settings, legislation drafting, and strategic planning. Prior
interest or experience in environmental cases is not required.
Students might be assigned to handle matters involving the following
activities: representing clients in federal, state, and local
administrative or court litigation; drafting proposed legislation;
commenting on proposed regulations, permits, environmental impact
statements or environmental assessments, and similar documents; and
evaluating matters for potential future action. The goal is that for
each project, students will have primary responsibility for handling
the matter, and the professor will play a secondary, supervisory
role. Students will learn to work with technical experts (including
environmental engineering, environmental science, and/or medical
students on their team) to investigate facts, to develop and analyze
legal strategies, and to communicate effectively among the team,
with clients, and with adverse and other interested parties.
Students must work at least an average of 21 hours per week on
clinic matters, including attendance at and participation each week
in: a two-hour seminar for all students in the course (Fridays 1-3
pm); at least one individual meeting with the professor; and one
group meeting involving the student team assigned to each project
and the professor(s). The course will be graded on a modified
pass/fail basis: HP94, P, LP78, F70. The professor will set specific
requirements for receiving credit. There will be no final exam.
There will be reading and writing assignments in conjunction with
client work and/or the seminar. Pre/co-requisites: Environmental Law
and Administrative Law. (Requests to waive one, but not both, of the
pre/co-requisites may be requested by attaching a statement to the
back of the Clinic Pre-Registration Form.) Students who are eligible
to be certified under Rule 13 of the Missouri Supreme Court Rules
will receive preference in clinic enrollment. WITHDRAWAL POLICY: In
order to try to avoid the sort of last-minute shuffling that, in the
past, has resulted in interested students being notified of Clinic
openings too late for them readily to change their schedules and
enroll, the following policy is in effect: IF YOU ARE ENROLLED IN
THIS COURSE AFTER Monday, May 2, 2005, YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO
DROP THE COURSE. In other words, any student enrolled in the course
as of the above date will receive a grade for the course and risks
receiving a failing grade. [This is a 6 credit course; however, 4 or
5 units may be possible with the professor's permission].
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP (CWB)
W74 654 LAW 01 M 5:30p-7:30p Bobinette
Enrollment limit: 14 [Note
withdrawal policy: once a student has accepted his/her placement,
s/he cannot drop. Placement sites may not be known until relatively
near to the beginning of the semester.] Interested students should
submit their clinic preferences online by 12:00 noon on Mon, March
28, 2005, at
http://law.wustl.edu/Registrar/Forms/prereg/2005-2006/clinic_pre.asp.
After this date, it is unlikely that spot will be available, but
interested students may ask to have their names added to the
waitlist by emailing erker@wustl.edu. Be sure to read the clinic
pre-registration information at the beginning of the law school
course directory. This externship course offers students a
structured, hands-on exposure to civil and criminal litigation from
the judicial perspective. Students work as part-time law clerks
under the supervision of local, state or federal trial or appellate
judges. Students observe hearings, trials and other court
proceedings; perform extensive legal research; and draft a series of
legal memoranda relevant to cases under submission by the courts.
The course provides an opportunity for students to develop advanced
legal research and writing skills. To receive 3 credits, students in
this externship will be required to work approximately 12 hrs/week
and produce 3 major legal memoranda or 30 pages of polished research
and writing. To receive 4 credits, students will be required to work
approximately 16 hrs/week and produce 4 major legal memoranda or 40
pages of polished research and writing. Students have regularly
scheduled, individual meetings with the course instructor and are
required to submit an outline, first draft, and final draft for each
legal memorandum. There is no final exam. This course is graded on a
pass/fail basis. Students meet with Prof. Bobinette in individual 15
minute appointments on a bi-weekly basis (on Monday evenings -
between 5:30-7:30.) Pre/co-requisites: A course from the ethics
curriculum. Note: Some Courts demand that students have legal
writing experience or have demonstrated their scholastic excellence.
Students are not required to have Rule 13 certification. WITHDRAWAL
POLICY: In order to try to avoid the sort of last-minute shuffling
that, in the past, has resulted in interested students being
notified of Clinic openings too late for them readily to change
their schedules and enroll, the following policy is in effect: ONCE
A STUDENT HAS ACCEPTED HIS/ HER PLACEMENT, HE/SHE MAY NOT DROP THIS
COURSE AND RISKS RECEIVING A FAILING GRADE. 3 or 4 units. [15 min.
bi-weekly indivil mtgs. w/Prof. Bobinette]
