Public Service

Students concentrating in public and governmental service select one of two subspecialties: public interest and individual rights or government service and regulatory institutions. Each of the subspecialties includes a clinical or externship requirement. The faculty adviser for this concentration is Professor Daniel Hatcher.

Required course:

• Administrative Law

Complete the appropriate courses for your chosen subspecialty.

Public Interest Law and Individual Rights Subspecialty

 

Required:

• Constitutional Litigation
• Federal Courts

Choose one of the following:

• Civil Liberties Seminar
• International Women's Human Rights Seminar
• Law and Disabilities Seminar
• Law and Social Reform Seminar
• Law and Poverty Seminar
• Race and the Law Seminar
• Gender and Law Seminar
• Contemporary Legal Issues: Perspectives on Sexual Orientation and the Law Seminar
• Capital Punishment and the Constitution Seminar

Choose one of the following specialized courses:

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Remedies
• Child and the Family
• Consumer Law
• Elder Law
• Election Law Seminar
• Electronic Evidence and Discovery Workshop
• Employment Discrimination Law
• Environmental Law
• Health Care Law
• Immigration Law
• Juvenile Justice
• Law and Disabilities Seminar
• Law and Human Rights
• Special Topics in Applied Feminism
  
  Choose one of the following experiential courses:
• Civil Advocacy Clinic
• Criminal Practice Clinic
• Family Law Clinic
• Community Development Clinic
• Immigrant Rights Clinic
• Innocence Project Clinic
• Mental Health Clinic
• Mediation Clinic for Families I
• Veterans Advocacy Clinic
• Tax Clinic I
• Attorney Practice Internship in public interest law (that is approved by the director of the Attorney Practice Internship)

Government Service and Regulatory Institutions Subspecialty

Required:

• Federal Courts or Legislation

Choose one of the following:

• Capital Punishment and the Constitution
• Civil Liberties Seminar
• Coastal Law Seminar
• Cyberspace Law Seminar
• Government Contract Seminar 
• Issues in Law Enforcement Seminar
• Local Economic Development Seminar
• Legislation Workshop 
• Military Law Seminar
• Supreme Court Workshop
• Tax Policy Seminar 

Choose one of the following specialized courses:

• Antitrust
• Bankruptcy Law Workshop
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Remedies
• Climate Adaptation, Law and Equity
• Coastal Law Seminar
• Communications Law
• Consumer Law
• Election Law Seminar (upper-level writing)
• Electronic Evidence and Discovery Workshop
• Employment Discrimination Law
• Employment Law
• Environmental Law
• Federal Income Tax
• Health Care Law
• Immigration Law
• Information Privacy Law
• Insurance Law
• Labor Law
• Land Use
• Law and Education
• Law and Poverty
• Legislation
• Local Government Law
• Military Law Seminar (upper-level writing)
• National Security Law
• Wetlands Law Seminar

Choose one of the following experiential courses:

• Immigrant Rights Clinic I
• Immigrant Justice Clinic I
• Innocence Project Clinic I
• Civil Advocacy Clinic I
• Community Development Clinic I
• Legal Data and Design Clinic I
• Mental Health Law Clinic
• Tax Clinic I
• Veterans Advocacy Clinic I
• Attorney Practice Internship with a governmental organization (that is approved by the director of the Attorney Practice Internship)