A student is required to produce and submit, prior to graduation, an original work of acceptable professional quality involving a significant exploration of a single major topic in compliance with the provisions set forth in the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University Policies and Procedures. This requirement may be satisfied any time after completion of a student's first year. Students may not use the same course to satisfy both the Upper Level Writing requirement and the Experiential Learning requirement. All papers written to satisfy the Upper Level Writing requirement must be submitted electronically through Canvas.

The following courses may be used to satisfy the Upper Level Writing requirement:

Advanced Legal Writing: Law as a Literary Profession Professor Glencer
Advanced Legal Writing: Legal Drafting Professor Levine
Animal Law Professor Schiavone ONLY
Appellate Practice and Procedure Judge Lally-Green
Business Law Journal Full-time Faculty*
Children and the Law Professor Kaufman
Directed Research Full-time Faculty*
Election Law Professor Mistick
Employment Discrimination Professor Kaufman or Judge Lally-Green
Energy Regulation Adjunct Professor McKown
European Union Law Adjunct Professor Landgraf
Functions and Duties of the Prosecutor Professors Rago and Corbett
Governance, Compliance and Risk Management Judge Lally-Green
Human Trafficking Professor Dai
Joule- Environmental and Energy Law Journal Full-time Faculty*
Law and Neuroscience Adjunct Professor Dilmore
Law, Public Service and the Executive Branch Professors Rago, Mistick, Corbett
Law Review Full-time Faculty*
Pennsylvania Pretrial Civil Litigation Simulation Associate Dean Kwisnek
Pennsylvania State Constitutional Law Professor Ledewitz
Philosophy of Law Professor Ledewitz
Race and American Law Professor Jefferson-Bullock
State Attorney General Law Professors Rago and Corbett
Wrongful Convictions Professor Rago

*If a student is interested in working with an adjunct faculty member, he or she must be approved in advance by the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.

Students are responsible for submitting an Upper Level Writing Intent form no later than 30 days after the start of the semester in which the requirement will be fulfilled. Once submitted, the electronic intent form will automatically be emailed to the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University Registrar's Office and the faculty member supervising the project. The faculty member will then reply with his or her approval.

To fulfill this graduation requirement, the project must total at least 7500 words (including citations and any endnotes or footnotes) and must be in a format prescribed by the faculty member supervising the project. For the full list of Upper Level Writing requirements and formats, please consult the Duquesne Kline School of Law  Policies and Procedures.

Upon successful completion of the project, the supervising faculty member will submit an Upper Level Writing Requirement Completion form.