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UCI Law Curriculum: How, when, what

UCI Law Curriculum: How, when, what. Carrie L. Hempel. UCI 2001 Law School Proposal . The creation of a top tier institution that has: Explicit focus on interdisciplinary work; Greater emphasis on faculty collaboration across the UCI campus; Clinical education as a central component,

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UCI Law Curriculum: How, when, what

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  1. UCI Law Curriculum: How, when, what

    Carrie L. Hempel
  2. UCI 2001 Law School Proposal The creation of a top tier institution that has: Explicit focus on interdisciplinary work; Greater emphasis on faculty collaboration across the UCI campus; Clinical education as a central component, to encourage students “to explore the social, intellectual and professional benefits of a career in poverty-law, civil rights, and public interest law”; and Dedication to “public access and public education.” - Joseph DiMento, UCI Law: The First Half Century (UCI Law Review 2011)
  3. Carnegie Commission Report Three apprenticeships and grades given to legal education in each: Intellectual/cognitive A- Practice expertise C to C+ Identity and purpose C to C+
  4. Competencies Legal Research Legal Writing Statutory Analysis Procedural Analysis Constitutional Law Analysis Common Law Analysis International Law Analysis Negotiation Mediation Drafting Problem-solving Interviewing/Counseling Fact Investigation Oral Communication Professionalism/Ethics
  5. Lawyering Skills Course Legal Writing (Expository and Advocacy) Legal Research Letter Writing Factual Investigation Oral Advocacy Interviewing Negotiation Drafting
  6. Legal Profession Course Shadow an experienced lawyer mentor for at least 25 hours Conduct an extensive interview and write a paper about it Panels of lawyers from different practice areas Who discuss their views of the rewards and challenges of particular practice areas and ethical and professional issues “in context” Simulations to work through ethical and professional problems Materials about and discussion of what scholars in other disciplines have to say about the legal profession
  7. First-Year Curriculum Fall Courses Spring Courses Title Units Title Units Lawyering Skills I 3.00 Lawyering Skills II 3.00 Legal Profession I2.00 Legal Profession II 2.00 Common Law Analysis: Contracts4.00 Common Law Analysis: Torts 4.00 Procedural Analysis 4.00 Constitutional Analysis 4.00 Statutory Analysis 3.00 International Legal Analysis 3.00
  8. Upper Level Requirements Required clinical course 6 units In-house Option to propose alternative field placement (1-5 students per year) Upper Level Writing Requirement
  9. Lessons Learned It took A LOT of time to create this curriculum Constant tension between the desire to create a curriculum that is different enough to justify a new law school, and yet traditional enough to attract students and faculty Legal Profession Course and the Lawyering Skills Course, which have numerous exercises and modes of evaluation, are very time intensive “Modes of analysis” model is taken more seriously by some faculty than others Already some calls for “reform” of our curriculum(to the horror of some others) http://www.law.uci.edu/lawreview/issuearchive/vol1no1.html
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