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Skills Menu
Students who entered prior to Fall 2015 are required to take one course from the Skills Menu.
The purpose of the Skills requirement is to assist students in developing skills required to
successfully perform lawyering tasks, such as problem solving, legal analysis and reasoning,
legal research, factual investigation, communication, counseling, negotiation, litigation and
alternative dispute resolution procedures, organization and management of legal work, and
recognizing and resolving ethical dilemmas in practice.
All Clinics and Legal Externships Intl Public Interest(Semester in practice)
Accelerator-to-Practice Program Interviewing and Counseling Advanced Legal Research – Tax Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation Advanced Legal Writing Investment Management Appellate Practice Labor and Employment Arbitration Arbitration of Domestic and Intl Disputes Lawyering/Smart Machines Business of Practice Mediation Business Planning Mediation Skills Training(Intersession)
Coding the Law Negotiation Commercial Lending and Finance Practicum Negotiating Business Transactions Community Lawyering Seminar Negotiation and Mediation Issues Seminar Compliance Practice Seminar Patent Litigation Practice Decision Making and Choice Management Patent Prosecution I: Drafting Design Thinking(Intersession)
Patent Prosecution II: PTO Practice Drafting Intellectual Property Licenses Personal Injury Litigation Drafting Wills and Trusts Planning: Law as a Career E-Discovery Law Practice Ready: Fee Shifting Cases Employment Law Practice Practice Ready Legal Research Energy, Natural Resources Pretrial Civil Litigation Entrepreneurship Private Placements/VC Practicum Environmental Law Seminar Problem Solving Federal Indian Law Process Improvement Forensics(Intersession)
State Criminal Practice Housing Discrimination Law Statutory Interpretation Human Rights Project Transactional Skills/Contract Drafting Human Rights Survey Trial Advocacy Intellectual Property Transaction Skills Trial Advocacy: Intensive Intl and Comparative Legal Research Twenty First Century Legal Profession Intl Legal Practice (externship) Urban Mechanics: Boston Practicum