All students must successfully complete at least six credits of experiential learning. Experiential learning credits may be a simulation course, law clinic or externship. Students may not use the same course to satisfy both the Experiential Learning requirement and the Upper Level Writing requirement. Students do not need to submit an intent or completion form for this requirement. The experiential learning credits will be earned for the courses, clinics and externships listed below after receiving a passing grade.
Please note: Moot Court and Trial Advocacy competition credits do not satisfy the experiential learning requirement because they lack a classroom instructional component.
The following simulation courses satisfy the Experiential Learning requirement:
| Adv Criminal Practice and Procedure Simulation | Judge Anthony Mariani |
| Appellate Moot Court I Course (1 credit) | Adjunct Professor Erin Karsman |
| Art of Mediation (2 credits) | Adjunct Professor Lynn MacBeth |
| Commercial Use of Intellectual Property (2 credits) | Adjunct Professor David Schramm |
| Contract Drafting Simulation (3 credits) | Adjunct Professor Julie Mansberry |
| Deposition Skills (2 credits) | Adjunct Professor John Goetz |
| E-Discovery Simulation (3 credits) | Adjunct Professor Joseph Decker |
| Expert Evidence Simulation (3 credits) | Professor Jane Moriarty |
| Family Law Drafting Simulation (3 credits) | Professor Katherine Norton |
| Federal Criminal Law Simulation (3 credits) | Adjunct Professor Robert Kravetz |
| In-House Counsel in Modern Corporations (3 credits) | Adjunct Professor Marcy Smorey-Giger |
| Intro to Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Lawyer's Practicum (2 credits) | Adjunct Professor Joseph Alfe |
| Lawyering, Contracts and Project Management (2 credits) | Adjunct Professor Antonio Lordi |
| Mergers and Acquisitions (2 credits) | Adjunct Professors Susan Barrett and Jeff Friedrich |
| Negotiation and Document Drafting in Commercial Transactions (2 credits) | Adjunct Professor Alan Gordon |
| Negotiation Skills (2 credits) | Adjunct Professor John Goetz |
| Patent Drafting (3 credits) | Adjunct Professor Elisabeth Healey |
| Pennsylvania Legislative Process Simulation (3 credits) | Associate Dean Ann Schiavone |
| Pennsylvania Pretrial Civil Litigation Simulation (3 credits) | Associate Dean Ella Kwisnek |
| Pleading and Discovery Simulation (2 credits) | Professor Steven Baicker-McKee |
| Pretrial Civil Litigation Simulation (3 credits) | Professor Baicker-McKee or Professor Heppner |
| Trademark Practice and Litigation (2 credits) | Adjunct Professor Matthew Pritchard |
| Trial Advocacy (3 credits) | Adjunct Professor Jacqulyn Obara |
| Trial Advocacy I- Trial Team (3 credits) | Adjunct Professor Pete Giglione |
The following clinics and externships satisfy the Experiential Learning requirement:
| Criminal Prosecution Program | year-long, 3 credits each semester |
| Elder Law Program | year-long, 3 credits each semester |
| Externship (advanced, government, high-credit, judicial, non-profit, private sector, summer) |
one semester, 1-6 credits |
| Family Law Clinic | year-long, 3 credits each semester |
| Federal Litigation Clinic | year-long, 2 credits each semester |
| PA Innocence Project | year-long, 3 credits each semester |
| Public Defender Program | year-long, 3 credits each semester |
| Re-Entry Legal Services Clinic | year-long, 3 credits each semester |
| Unemployment Compensation Clinic | one semester or year-long, 3 credits each semester |
| Urban Development Practicum | year-long, 3 credits each semester |
| Veterans Clinic | year-long, 3 credits each semester |
| Wills and Healthcare Directives Clinic | one semester, 3 credits |
| Youth Advocacy Clinic | year-long, 3 credits each semester |