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:
| Advanced Legal Writing: Law Firm Simulation (3 credits) | Associate Dean Willke or Adjunct Professor Glencer |
| Appellate Moot Court I Course (1 credit) | Adjunct Professor Karsman |
| Art of Mediation (2 credits) | Adjunct Professor MacBeth |
| Commercial Use of Intellectual Property (2 credits) | Adjunct Professor Schramm |
| Contract Drafting Simulation (3 credits) | Adjunct Professor Bucci |
| Deposition Skills (2 credits)- beginning with Spring 2022 semester | Adjunct Professor Goetz |
| E-Discovery Simulation (3 credits) | Adjunct Professor Decker |
| Expert Evidence Simulation (3 credits) | Associate Dean Moriarty |
| Family Law Drafting Simulation (3 credits) | Professor Norton |
| Federal Criminal Law Simulation (3 credits) | Adjunct Professor Kravetz |
| In-House Counsel in Modern Corporations (3 credits) | Adjunct Professor Smorey-Giger |
| Intro to Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Lawyer's Practicum (2 credits) | Adjunct Professor Alfe |
| Lawyering, Contracts and Project Management (2 credits) | Adjunct Professor Lordi |
| Mergers and Acquisitions (2 credits) | Adjunct Professors Barrett and Friedrich |
| Negotiation Skills (2 credits)- beginning with Fall 2021 semester | Adjunct Professor Goetz |
| Patent Drafting (3 credits) | Adjunct Professor Dilmore |
| Pennsylvania Legislative Process Simulation (3 credits) | Professor Schiavone |
| Pennsylvania Pretrial Civil Litigation Simulation (3 credits) | Associate Dean Kwisnek |
| Pleading and Discovery Simulation (2 credits) | Professor Baicker-McKee |
| Pretrial Civil Litigation Simulation (3 credits) | Professor Baicker-McKee or Professor Heppner |
| Trial Advocacy (3 credits) | Adjunct Professor Obara |
| Trial Advocacy I- Trial Team (3 credits) | Adjunct Professor Giglione |
| Venture Capital Law (3 credits) | Professor Oranburg |
The following clinics and externships satisfy the Experiential Learning requirement:
| Criminal Prosecution Program | year-long, 3 credits each semester |
| Education Law Clinic | year-long, 3 credits each semester |
| Externship (advanced, government, high-credit, judicial, non-profit, summer) |
one semester, 1-6 credits |
| Family Law Clinic | year-long, 3 credits each semester |
| Federal Litigation Clinic | year-long, 2 credits each semester |
| Juvenile Defender Clinic | year-long, 3 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 (formerly Civil Rights 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 |