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4.
Enhanced quality to the entire JD program.
C.
Components of an Academic Concentration
An academic concentration shall consist of the following requirements:
1.
An introductory academic course or sequence of academic courses.
2.
Additional academic courses (including Base Menu courses) such that the total number of
academic credits under (1) and (2) in each participating student’s program equals a
minimum set for the academic concentration, which shall not be less than 14 credits, as
determined by the faculty proposing the concentration and approved by the Law faculty.
3.
A Skills course or internship in an agency or law firm that has been designated by a
concentration Faculty Director as providing practical experience related to the
concentration.
4.
Successful completion of either a concentration thesis of publishable quality or the Law
School’s legal writing requirement in a concentration course. A concentration Faculty
Director must approve, in writing, the topic and supervisory arrangements for all students
writing a thesis. All these must be written under the supervision of a full time faculty
member. If a student wishes to have an adjunct faculty member supervise a paper written
in satisfaction of a concentration’s legal writing requirement, the student must obtain prior
approval by a concentration faculty director and an Associate Dean. [as amended 11/30/00]
In order to qualify for completion of the concentration requirements, a student must (i) attain upon
graduation a minimum cumulative average of 3.25 in concentration courses and must not have
received a grade less than 2.00 in any such course; (ii) attain upon graduation a minimum
cumulative average of 3.00 for the entire JD program; (iii) satisfy the concentration writing
requirement; and (iv) in the case of the civil litigation concentration, complete an internship or
clinical program approved by the concentration Faculty Director.
D.
Procedure for Student Enrollment in a Concentration
Any student who is in good academic standing and has successfully completed the first year of the
Day program or of the Evening program may file with the Law School Assistant Dean for
Academic Services a Notice of Enrollment in a particular academic concentration. A student may
be enrolled in only one such concentration at any time but may change enrollment to another
concentration. The Law School Assistant Dean for Academic Services shall forward a copy of
each such notice to the appropriate concentration Faculty Concentration Director.