Basic Government Track
Government Concentration
Concentration Advisor: Professor Joseph Sabino Mistick
In addition to completing Constitution Law I and II, students wishing to fulfill the Government and Public Interest Concentration – Basic Government Track must complete four additional courses in the upper level curriculum, as follows:
Required Course
Administrative Law
Elective Courses
Choose three additional courses from below:
Simulation Courses
Pennsylvania Legislative Process Simulation
Clinics and Externships
Civil Rights Clinic*
Criminal Prosecution Program
Federal Litigation Clinic
Government Externship
High-credit Externship*
Judicial Externship
Juvenile Defender Clinic
Non-profit Externship*
Pennsylvania Innocence Project
Public Defender Adult Program
Public Defender Juvenile Program
Summer Intensive General Externship*
Unemployment Compensation Clinic
Urban Development Practicum*
Veterans Clinic
Upper-Level Writing Courses
Advanced Legal Writing: Legal Drafting*
Animal Law
Companion Animal Law and Policy
Directed Research*
Election Law
Environmental Justice Seminar
National Security Litigation
Pennsylvania State Constitutional Law
Other Courses
Children and the Law
Civil Rights Litigation*
Climate Change Law
Corporate Governance in the For-Profit and Non-Profit Spheres
Employment Discrimination
Energy Law
Environmental Enforcement, Litigation and Negotiation Skills
Environmental Law
Federal Courts and the Federal System
Federal Legislative Process: Theory, Politics & Procedure
Food Law and Policy
Gender and the Law
Governance, Compliance & Risk Management
Health Care Law
Health Care Regulation
Immigration Law
International Law
Labor Law
Law and Higher Education
Law, Public Service and the Executive Branch
Local Government Law
Military Law
Pennsylvania Civil Procedure
Practice Before the Minor Judiciary
Public Health Law and Policy
Sanctions, Sentencing and Corrections
*Requires approval of Concentration Advisor after consultation with faculty member supervising the clinic/externship/paper