This course provides an introduction to the basic trial and advocacy skills that lawyers use in motion argument, hearings, trials, administrative proceedings and arbitration.
Judicial Externship Placement and Seminar
This course includes a placement with a federal judge or a state court judge in New York City or surrounding jurisdictions with a related seminar.
Law Office Externship Placement and Seminar
This externship experience is comprised of an externship placement with a mentor attorney at a law office and a co-requisite seminar.
Legal Practice I
This course integrates the teaching of legal reasoning and analysis, predictive legal writing, and legal research and problem solving with other lawyering skills, such as fact analysis and client interviewing.
Legal Practice II
This course introduces students to persuasive legal writing, oral advocacy, client counseling, and negotiation.
Legaltech, Legal Operations, and the Future of Practice
This course combines substantive legal content related to legal technology (including electronic discovery) and its use in practice as well as simulations introducing students to the practical application of the technology.
Litigating Copyright and Trademark Cases
This course provides students with the opportunity to experience the pre-trial steps in a copyright and trademark litigation in federal court.
Medical Malpractice
This course addresses the laws and policies surrounding problems in the delivery of health care by a range of providers.
Memo and Brief Writing
This writing and research course is designed for students who are interested in improving their memo and brief writing skills.
Moot Court Executive Board
Students are elected to the Moot Court Executive Board after serving for at least one term as a member of the Moot Court Association.