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Skills Course Requirement

Students are required to take a three-credit Advocacy course that focuses on client representation, negotiation and advocacy skills. In addition to Advocacy, students must take at least one course from the following list of courses (minimum of five skills credits total). Advocacy is a prerequisite or co-requisite for some of the skills courses listed below.

» Advocacy course description

Advanced classes in specific practice areas meld doctrine and skills
Business Buy/Sell Transaction Simulation
Estate Planning, Advanced
IP - Intellectual Property Licensing
IP - Intellectual Property Transactions
IP - Patent Litigation
IP - Patent Prosecution
IP - Trademark Litigation
IP - Trademark Prosecution
Legal Practicum: Business Practice
Tax Research
One-credit workshops connected to elective doctrinal courses
Elder Law Workshop: Advising the Senior Client
Employment Law Workshop: Advising Clients and Drafting Employment Documents
Public International Law Research Workshop I
Simulated courses focus on specific skills
44-Hour Family Mediation
ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution
ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution), Advanced
Advocacy, Advanced
Argumentation and Persuasion
Business - Negotiating and Drafting Business Agreements
Death Penalty Seminar
Elder Mediation
Legal Practicum: General Practice (formerly Legal Practicum)
Negotiation
Persuasive Legal Writing
Pretrial Litigation
Rethinking Zealousness: A Fresh Look at Family Advocacy
Clinics and externships involve assisting lawyers and representing clients in real cases
Clinic - Business Law Clinic
Clinic - Civil Advocacy Clinic
Clinic - Community Development Clinic
Clinic - Criminal Appeals Clinic
Clinic - Criminal Justice Clinic
Clinic - Immigration Law Clinic
Clinic - Intellectual Property Law Clinic
Clinic - LAMP/The Reentry Clinic
Clinic - Law and Psychiatry Clinic
Clinic - Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners (LAMP) Clinic
Clinic - Legal Planning Clinic for Tax-Exempt Organizations and Low Income Clients (formerly Tax Planning Clinic)
Clinic - Misdemeanor Clinic
Externship - Administrative Law Externship
Externship - Family Law Externship