APPELLATE CLINIC (DBL)
W74 800A LAW 01 Days/times TBA* La Pierre /Gans / Marshall
Enrollment limit: 8 [Note October
31, 2005, drop deadline. 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 clinic represent a party in cases
to be heard in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth
Circuit. The clerk of the Court will assign cases to the clinic in
the Fall 2005. Students will work on all aspects of the appeal. In
each case, one student will have an opportunity to argue. To comply
with the briefing schedule to be set by the Court of Appeals, all
students in this clinic must be prepared to begin preliminary work
on the cases in December 2005 immediately after the end of the
examination period. Students should plan to work very intensively in
January and February. After the clinic’s briefs are filed (probably
in February 2006), there will be a respite for about 30 days
(perhaps 50 days if the appellees request an extension of time to
file their briefs). After appellees’ briefs are filed, there will be
another intense period of work drafting reply briefs. Depending on
the amount of time consumed in this briefing process, the cases will
be set for argument either in April or in May 2006. Although the May
argument will be after the completion of classes and the examination
period, there will no interference with grading or graduation.
Argument is a special opportunity; it is not a prerequisite for
successful completion of the clinic. Each member of the clinic
should be prepared to do extensive research and will have an
opportunity to write and revise substantial portions of the brief.
At the beginning of the semester, there will be a few regularly
scheduled meetings – on a day and at a time convenient for the
students and instructors. Later in the semester, students will meet
in groups assigned to particular cases, and they must be prepared to
meet as often as necessary to complete the appeal. If a suitable
case is not available in the Court of Appeals, students may
represent an amicus in a case to be heard by the United States
Supreme Court. The course is graded on a modified pass/fail basis:
HP94, P, LP78, F70. Students who are interested in participating in
this clinic should submit a statement of interest and qualifications
as part of the their pre-registration clinic materials. 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 Mon. Oct. 31, 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. 4 units.
* At the beginning of the semester, there will be a few
regularly scheduled meetings – on a day and at a time convenient for
the students and instructors. Later in the semester, students will
meet in groups assigned to particular cases, and they must be
prepared to meet as often as necessary to complete the appeal.
CIVIL JUSTICE CLINIC (JHA/KJN)
W74 797E LAW 01 TuTh 3:00p-4:30p Aiken / Norwood
Enrollment limit: 16 [Note October
31, 2005, drop deadline. 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. CJC Overview: A distinctive feature of the Civil
Justice Clinic is that students take responsibility for all aspects
of their client’s case. Students certified to practice under Rule 13
(MO) and Rule 711 (IL) appear in court under the supervision of a
licensed attorney and act as primary counsel in these cases. They
speak on behalf of clients and conduct hearings. The goal of the
Civil Justice Clinic is to provide students opportunities to
actually engage in client representation, learn effective lawyering
skills, grapple with ethical issues as they arise in the practice
and develop the fundamental ability to learn from experience. CJC
Clients: The Civil Justice Clinic represents low-income persons in a
wide variety of civil matters, from individual representation to
class action suits. The Clinic’s docket includes representation of
women survivors of domestic violence in order of protection
proceedings, defending homeowners against predatory mortgage
lending, and impact litigation on behalf of the homeless. The Clinic
also handles clemency and parole hearings for battered women in
prison. The Clinic engages in policy work focusing on human rights
issues in Nepal with our NGO partner The Forum for Women, Law and
Development. CJC Requirements: Clinic students are responsible for a
broad array of legal work including client and witness interviewing,
hearing and trial preparation, legal research, drafting pleadings
and memoranda of law, and discovery. Students prepare proposed
orders, plan direct examination and cross examination, and negotiate
settlements or conduct trials in federal, Missouri and Illinois
courts. Students work under faculty supervision and assume direct
responsibility for the cases. It is important to have Wednesday or
Thursday morning free as court appearances generally occur at these
times. Students must spend a minimum of 21 hours per week on clinic
related work. Additional Notes: The clinic office is located in the
Law School. The course will be graded on a modified pass/fail basis:
HP94, P, LP78, or F70. There is no final exam. The text for the
course are collected readings available for purchase. There are
mandatory weekly seminar meetings, which meet Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 3:00-4:30. Students take primary responsibility for cases to
which they are assigned and must complete litigation assignments in
a timely manner. Pre/co requisites: Evidence and a course from the
ethics curriculum (or permission of the instructor); Rule 13
certification strongly preferred. J.D./M.S.W. candidates are
encouraged to apply. 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, Oct. 31, 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.
CIVIL RIGHTS & COMMUNITY JUSTICE
CLINIC (KLT)
W74 769E LAW 01 TuTh 3:00p-4:30p Tokarz
Enrollment limit: 8 [Note October
31, 2005, drop deadline. 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 provides students
opportunities to engage in both civil rights practice and community
practice; to experience client advocacy and dispute resolution on
behalf of clients through mediation, litigation, legislation,
administrative practice and community education; to grapple with
ethical issues that arise in practice; and to develop the
fundamental ability to learn from experience. The Civil Rights and
Community Justice Clinic has two components: 1) students work at the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the ACLU, the Legal
Services AIDS Project and Children's Alliance, and selected
plaintiff law firms on pro bono cases of alleged discrimination
based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, and
disability in employment, education, and other areas. Students
engage in client interviewing and counseling, case analysis and
planning, problem solving, fact investigation, document drafting,
negotiation, mediation, administrative practice, pre-trial practice,
and trial practice. 2) Students receive 16 hours of mediation
training, observe and participate in mediations, and participate in
a civil rights community justice/community leadership project under
the supervision of Professor Tokarz. Students are expected to spend
a minimum of 21 hrs. per week for 6 credits (17.5 credits for 5
credits) in the handling of their cases and projects; this number
includes individual meetings with Professor Tokarz, the course
seminar, and observations. The clinic seminar meets weekly and
attendance is mandatory; thus, clinic students must keep their
schedules open during these time slots. This course is graded on a
modified pass/fail basis: HP94, P, LP78, F70. There is no final
exam. There is no textbook for this course, but there are weekly
reading and some writing assignments. Pre/corequisites: A course
from the ethics curriculum. The following courses are highly
recommended and may affect your priority for placement: Employment
Discrimination, Employment Law, Individual Rights & Responsibilities
(Con Law II), Civil Rights Litigation, Disability Law, Feminist
Legal Theory, ADR, Pretrial, and Trial. Students certified under
Rule 13 may be given preference. 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, October 31, 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 with permission of
instructor.
CONGRESSIONAL/ ADMINISTRATIVE
LAW CLINIC
W74 786B LAW 01 (Read description for days/times info.) Kaplan
Enrollment limited. Open to
students in the last semester of their third year. Must be taken in
conjunction with ETHICS OF LAWYERING IN GOVERNMENT (3 units), which
meets in D.C. and fulfills the ethics requirement. Each student
admitted to this Clinic is assigned to either a Congressional Office
or Administrative Agency. Admission to the Clinic is by application
only and occurs one year in advance. Prof. Kaplan conducts an
informational meeting usually during the spring semester for 2Ls
considering applying for their 3rd year. (The application deadline
for participation in this clinic in Spring 2006 will have already
passed at the point that this course directory goes to print;
Questions can be directed to Prof. Kaplan’s assistant, Andrea Donze,
Room 467, donze@wulaw.wustl.edu
, 935-6422). Student and instructor
collaborate during the fall in making office selection/assignment.
Work begins when Spring semester starts and ends one week before
what would normally be the last day of classes in St. Louis
(students in the D.C. clinic are not off during the University’s
spring break week). Students keep the hours of their office (usually
9 AM to 6 or 7 PM, sometimes later, sometimes weekends). Students
meet individually with the instructor and as a group on a regular
basis in Washington D.C. Students interested in Congress will be
placed in a Congressional Office where he/she will do professional
staff work, primarily research and writing on legislation. The
externship also will provide students with the opportunity to
observe Congressional hearings, mark-ups and floor debate. A course
in legislation is recommended. Those interested in administrative
agency will be placed in a federal administrative agency in
Washington D.C. in a subject area that matches the student's
interest. The student will do hands-on professional staff work of
the type commonly done in the agency office. The externship also
will provide students the opportunity to observe administrators
making decisions about such agency activities as rule making,
advising the public and case handling. The Administrative Law course
is highly recommended for this placement. Students are also
encouraged to take, as preparation, courses in the subject area of
the agency in which they will be placed. Students enrolled in this
clinic are required to take Ethics of Lawyering in Government (3
units), taught by Prof. Clark in Washington, D.C., during the same
semester. 11 units [Of the 11 credits, 3 are graded numerically and
8 are graded pass/fail.]
CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLINIC (PAJ)
W74 790A LAW 01 T 3:30p-5:30p (at PD’s Office) Joy
Enrollment limit: 8. [Note Mon,
Oct. 31, drop deadline. 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. 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, Oct. 31,
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. 4-6
units.
GOVERNMENT LAWYERING CLINIC (KG)
W74 692D LAW 01 TBA* Goldwasser
Enrollment limit: 8 [Note September
16, 2005, drop deadline. 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 in this course will work in the
United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri
(in St. Louis) or the United States Attorney's Office for the
Southern District of Illinois (located on the near east side).
Subject to availability of attorney mentors, students may elect to
work in the Criminal Division, the Civil Division, or a combination
of both. Students in this clinic are required to spend at least 21
hours per week working at the United States Attorney's Office or on
clinic-related work. For students in the Criminal Division, the
course provides an opportunity to gain exposure to all facets of
criminal investigation and prosecution, including fact
investigation, drafting charges, discovery, motion practice, and
trial and appellate work. Students in the Civil Division will work
on behalf of the federal government in a variety of civil matters,
engaging in tasks such as drafting pleadings and discovery requests,
reviewing and organizing documents, and writing legal and factual
memoranda. There will be weekly meetings to discuss topics relevant
to the practice of law as an attorney for the federal government and
to each student’s work. Students will have written assignments in
connection with these meetings, and while there is no textbook,
there may be reading assignments as well. The 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 exam. Students who have taken the following courses
may receive preference: CJA I, CJAII, Pretrial, Evidence, Trial,
Corporate & White Collar Crime, and a course from the ethics
curriculum. Certification under student practice rules (Rule 13 in
Missouri, Rule 711 in Illinois) is NOT required. Students enrolled
in this clinic will be required to submit FBI clearance paperwork
months in advance of the beginning of the semester (students will be
given an exact deadline by the U.S. Attorney's Office). Because of
this special paperwork, if you are enrolled in this course after
Wednesday, September 16, 2005, you will not be permitted to drop.
After this date, it would be very unlikely that another student
would be able to complete the extensive paperwork with enough time
to gain FBI clearance before the beginning of the semester (i.e., a
slot in the clinic would go unfilled). Thus, any student enrolled in
the course after the above date will receive a grade for the course
and risks receiving a failing grade (F70). 6 units. *NOTE:
Prof. Goldwasser will arrange a time for meetings with students;
weekly meeting time may vary.
IP
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND BUSINESS FORMATION LEGAL CLINIC
W74 711C LAW 01 TuTh 3:00p-4:30p Deal (McManis)
Enrollment limit: 8 [Note Mon, Oct.
31, 2005, drop deadline; 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, October 31,
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 with permission of instructor.
INTERDISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENTAL
CLINIC (ML)
W74 704B LAW 01 W 12:30p-2:30p Lipeles
Enrollment limited to 8. [Note drop
deadline: Mon, Oct. 31, 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, Oct. 31, 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 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 WHO ARE NOTIFIED THAT THEY ARE ENROLLED IN
A SPRING 2005 JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP MUST ATTEND THE ORIENTATION MEETING
WITH PROFESSOR BOBINETTE on Nov. 7, 4:30-5:30, Room TBA. 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 - 4 units. [*15 min. individual bi-weekly appointments]
