Litigation Law Concentration

Required Core Courses:

A student must take two from the following list:
LAW 308 Advanced Trial Practice (3)
LAW 345 Defense of Criminal Cases (2) or LAW 418 Prosecution of Criminal Cases (2)
LAW 431 Scientific Evidence (3)
LAW 455 Trial Practice (3)
LAW 446 Trial Team (3)
LAW 441 Witness Examination Skills (3)

Elective Courses:
LAW 312 Advanced Legal Writing and Drafting (2/3)
LAW 308 Advanced Trial Practice (3)
LAW 310 Alternative Dispute Resolution (2)
LAW 486 Appellate Litigation (3)
LAW 315 Arbitration (2)
LAW 301 Arbitration/Trial Law Theory (1)
LAW 331 Conflict of Laws (3)
LAW 345 Defense of Criminal Cases (2)
LAW 361 Federal Courts: Jurisdiction and Procedure of the District Courts (3)
LAW 340 Federal Courts: Relations Between Federal Courts and Congress and Between the Federal Courts and the States (3)
LAW 394 Legal Interviewing, Negotiation, and Counseling (3)
LAW 388 Milton R. Abrahams Legal Clinic (4)
LAW 410 Negotiation (3)
LAW 420 Federal Habeas Corpus (3)
LAW 454 Pretrial Litigation (3)
LAW 418 Prosecution of Criminal Cases (2)
LAW 431 Scientific Evidence (3)
Selected Independent Studies (1, 2 or 3)
Selected Externships (3)
LAW 485 Selected Moot Court Competitions (2)
LAW 455 Trial Practice (3)
LAW 446 Trial Team (3)
LAW 441 Witness Examination Skills (3)

Substantial Project:
Students must either take Advanced Trial Practice, Trial Team, or complete a substantial litigation-related project with an assigned advisor.

Credit hour and GPA requirements:
Students must accumulate a total of 18 hours worth of credit from approved coursework listed above and maintain a 3.0 GPA within the litigation concentration.

Please note that several of the law school's required first and second year courses are relevant to this concentration and are required for all students, including:
LAW 103 Civil Procedure I (3)
LAW 104 Civil Procedure II (3)
LAW 355 Evidence (3)
LAW 341 Criminal Procedure (3)