www2.hawaii.edu/~barkai The Clinical Program Google: John Barkai
experiential learning classes (EXL) 2 or 6 credit requirement for “clinical” experiential learning classes (EXL) 2 credits – by UH if entered before Fall 2016 6 credits - by ABA if you are a 1L now (F’16)
But not much has changed at UH. On average, our students take 6-8 credits of clinical program courses during law school, e.g. 2 credits EXL per semester during the 2L & 3L years
clinical program for a school Amazing clinical program for a school our size
clinic, simulation, and externship classes Over the last 7 years 2778 enrollments in clinic, simulation, and externship classes About 400 per year for approximately 200 2-5Ls
1008 Clinic Enrollments
1019 Simulation Enrollments
751 Externships
Experiential Learning Courses Externships do not satisfy the 2-credit clinical requirement Mediating Family Conflict Contract Drafting Note; These lists are often modified & updated Medical Legal partnership Entrepreneurship & Small Business Clinic
for meeting the 2 credit requirement Externships do not count for meeting the 2 credit requirement
Courses satisfying the clinic requirement Child Welfare Clinic Defense Clinic Elder Law Clinic (& Adv) Environmental Law Clinic Environmental Litigation Seminar Estate Planning Workshop Entrepreneurship & Small Business Family Law Clinic Immigration Law Clinic Innocence Project Lawyering Skills Mediation Workshop Medical Legal Partnership Native Hawaiian Rights Clinic Native Hawaiian Litigation seminar Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Pretrial Litigation Prosecution Clinic Trial Practice Mediating Family Conflict Contract Drafting
Limited Enrollment Courses Sign up at 8 am 8:05 is sometimes too late
Enrollments sometimes in the week before classes start Don’t give up Enrollments sometimes change by 25 – 50% in the week before classes start
You might get in to “full” courses ASK You might get in to “full” courses Many profs will take a couple of additional students Show up to the first class Students “drop” without unenrolling
Prosecution and Defense Clinics Can’t take Prosecution and Defense Clinics the same semester
with Evidence as a co-requisite Can take Prosecution Clinic in the fall as a 2L with Evidence as a co-requisite Not true for Defense Clinic or Trial Practice
All Clinic Courses 2016-2017 (credits, spring/fall only) enrollment limit Simulation Courses Negotiation & ADR (2 s) no limit Negotiation Skills (1-2) Trial Practice (2) 12 Pretrial Litigation (2) 2x12 Lawyering Skills (3) 12 Mediation Workshop (2 f) 16 Estate Planning Workshop (3 s) 14 Environmental Litigation (2 eof) Mediating Family Conflict (1-2) Contract Drafting Live-Client Clinics Prosecution (3-4) 12 Defense (3) 12 Elder Law (3 ) 6; Advanced (3) Family Law (3) 10 Child Welfare (3 s) 14 Native Hawaiian Rights (3 s) 10 Environmental Law (3) -3 of 4 sem 10 Innocence Project (4) 10 (Adv) Entrepreneurship & Small Business (3) 12 Medical Legal Partnership (3) 10 Externships Hawaii (2-4) (2-6 summer) Asia-Pacific (12) eof = every other fall f = Fall; s = Spring 3 of 4, not fall eoy Note; These lists are often modified & updated
Spring 2017 (credits, spring/fall only) enrollment limit Simulation Courses Negotiation & ADR (2 s) no limit Trial Practice (2) 12 Pretrial Litigation (2) 2x12 Lawyering Skills (3) 12 Estate Planning Workshop (3 s) 14 Environmental Litigation (2 eof) Contract Drafting Live-Client Clinics Prosecution (3-4) 12 Defense (3) 12 Elder Law (3 ) 6; Family Law (3) 10 Child Welfare (3 s) 14 Native Hawaiian Rights (3 s) 10 Environmental Law (3) -3 of 4 sem 10 Innocence Project (4) 10 (Adv) Entrepreneurship & Small Business (3) 12 Medical Legal Partnership (3) 10 Externships Hawaii (2-4) (2-6 summer) Asia-Pacific (12) eof = every other fall f = Fall; s = Spring 3 of 4, not fall eoy Note; These lists are often modified & updated
All Clinic Courses 2016-2017 EVENING or SATURDAY COURSES – 4:45 and later Simulation Courses Negotiation Skills (1-2) fall Trial Practice (2) 12 Pretrial Litigation (2) 2x12 Lawyering Skills (3) 12 Mediation Workshop (2 f) 16 fall Estate Planning Workshop (3 s) 14 Mediating Family Conflict (1-2) fall Live-Client Clinics Defense (3) 12 Family Law (3) 10 Child Welfare (3 s) 14 spring Innocence Project (4) 10 (Adv) Entrepreneurship & Small Business (3) 12 Externships Hawaii (2-4) (2-6 summer) Asia-Pacific (12) eof = every other fall f = Fall; s = Spring 3 of 4, not fall eoy Note; These lists are often modified & updated
Core Competency Areas 1) Resolving conflicts without trial Negotiation Mediation Lawyering Skills 2) Trial and hearing skills Trial Practice Pretrial Practice (depositions Prosecution/Defense clinics 3) Representing clients Any of the many clinics + Lawyering Skills – Interviewing & Counseling 4) How lawyers work together Externships – (does not “count” towards the 2-redit clinical requirement)