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Page 1: COURSE SELECTION · • Child Advocacy Clinic • Transactional Clinic • Street Law Clinic • Tax Clinic • Elder Law Clinic • Housing Clinic • Policy / Legislation Clinic

M A T T H E W H A L L , A S S O C I A T E D E A N M E R C E R B U L L A R D , P R O F E S S O R

COURSE SELECTION

Page 2: COURSE SELECTION · • Child Advocacy Clinic • Transactional Clinic • Street Law Clinic • Tax Clinic • Elder Law Clinic • Housing Clinic • Policy / Legislation Clinic

3rd 4th 5th 6th

2L & 3L

January Skill Session January Skill Session

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ON REGISTRAR’S WEBPAGE

•  Course Selection Guide •  Recommended Courses List •  This PowerPoint Show •  Full Year Schedule @ Spring

Page 4: COURSE SELECTION · • Child Advocacy Clinic • Transactional Clinic • Street Law Clinic • Tax Clinic • Elder Law Clinic • Housing Clinic • Policy / Legislation Clinic

REQUIREMENTS

90 Credits 2.0 GPA

Legal Profession

Skills Requirement (3 Skill Sessions)

Writing Requirement

(1 Course)

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NOTES

•  Graduation Possible in 24 Months •  75 of 90 Credits in Regularly Scheduled

•  70 w/ Permission

•  70 of 90 Credits in Letter Graded

Page 6: COURSE SELECTION · • Child Advocacy Clinic • Transactional Clinic • Street Law Clinic • Tax Clinic • Elder Law Clinic • Housing Clinic • Policy / Legislation Clinic

BAR TOPICS

“The” Bar Exam MPRE State Essays Multi-State Essay Multi-State Bar Exam Multi-State Performance Exam

Generally Civ Pro II Con Law II Corporations Crim Pro I Evidence Family Law Secured Transactions (& Commercial Paper) Wills and Estates

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RECOMMENDED COURSES!!!

•  The faculty strongly recommend that all students take many, if not all, of these courses. They constitute the backbone of a legal education and will help prepare every student for the bar exam. While the faculty believe these courses will serve all students well, they do not advocate these classes to the exclusion of others.

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RECOMMENDED COURSES!!!

• Civil Procedure II • Constitutional Law II • Corporations • Criminal Procedure I • Evidence

• Family Law •  Income Tax -- Individuals • Secured Transactions • Wills and Estates

If Civil Practice in Mississippi

• Mississippi Civil Practice

Page 9: COURSE SELECTION · • Child Advocacy Clinic • Transactional Clinic • Street Law Clinic • Tax Clinic • Elder Law Clinic • Housing Clinic • Policy / Legislation Clinic

CAREER AND INTELLECTUAL INTERESTS

•  Practice Areas •  Variety / Diversity •  Enrichment

Page 10: COURSE SELECTION · • Child Advocacy Clinic • Transactional Clinic • Street Law Clinic • Tax Clinic • Elder Law Clinic • Housing Clinic • Policy / Legislation Clinic

LOGISTICS

•  Course and Exam Schedule

•  Prerequisites •  Sequencing •  Frequency •  Summer Study •  Non-Residents

•  Class Size

•  Method of Evaluation

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CLINICAL AND EXTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

•  Child Advocacy Clinic •  Transactional Clinic •  Street Law Clinic •  Tax Clinic •  Elder Law Clinic •  Housing Clinic •  Policy / Legislation Clinic •  Criminal Appeal Clinic •  Innocence Project •  MacArthur Justice Clinic •  Clinical Externship •  Pro Bono Initiative – Micro Clinics

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SKILL SESSION

•  First Two Weeks of Spring Semester •  Mandatory •  M-F January 5-9 and 12-16 •  Regular Classes Start W Jan 21 •  Enrollment in Fall •  Counts as Part of Spring Semester

•  7 Credits in Regular Classes = Total of 10 = Full Time •  12 Credits in Regular Classes = Total of 15 = Full Tuition •  13+ Credits in Regular Classes = Total of 16+ = Overload Tuition

•  No New Rank / GPA

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CERTIFICATES

•  Criminal Law •  Space and Aviation Law •  Business Law •  Intent to Pursue – Start of 2L •  Statement of Completion

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NOTES

•  Add/Drop Dates •  Skills and Writing Class Limits •  Grade Viewing Dates •  17+ Credits at One Time – Permission Needed •  On Line Questions

•  20 Hour Rule •  Ongoing Character and Fitness Disclourses

•  Evaluations •  Class Ranking •  Intent to Graduate Form •  Certificate Form

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CO-CURRICULARS

•  Journals

•  Mississippi Law Journal •  Space Law Journal •  Sports Law Review

•  Advocacy Programs •  Moot Court Board •  Negotiation Board •  Trial Advocacy Board

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EMPLOYMENT

•  Employment Status •  Graduation Survey •  Post-Graduation

•  Visit OCS

•  Resume •  Cover Letter

•  Development Plan •  1 Contact / Week

•  Grades vs. Resume

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SOME IMPORTANT CLASSES JUST ONCE A YEAR

•  Bankruptcy – Fall •  Civil Procedure II – Fall & June!!! •  Constitutional Law II – Fall •  Corporations – Fall & July!!! •  Income Taxation of Individuals – Fall & July!!! •  Secured Transactions – Fall

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INTERSESSIONS AND SUMMER

•  May •  Federal Trial Practice •  Pretrial Practice

•  Full Summer Online •  Environmental Law

•  June – First Summer •  Civil Procedure II •  Entertainment Transactions •  Legal Profession

•  July – Second Summer •  Corporations •  Income Taxation of Individuals •  Interviewing and Counseling

•  August •  International Criminal Trial Practice

Page 19: COURSE SELECTION · • Child Advocacy Clinic • Transactional Clinic • Street Law Clinic • Tax Clinic • Elder Law Clinic • Housing Clinic • Policy / Legislation Clinic

EARLY GRADUATION

•  As soon as you reach 90 credits

•  24 months minimum

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FEBRUARY BAR EXAM

•  Mississippi •  While Still Enrolled in School •  Possible If All Grades Turned in w/in 60 Days

•  Writing/Paper Courses •  Clinics/Externships •  Other Pass/Fail Classes

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AREAS OF

INTEREST

Alternative Dispute Resolution Business / Transactional Law

Civil Rights Law Clinical Programs: Criminal

Clinical Programs: Civil Commercial Litigation

Criminal Law Domestic Relations Employment Law

Environmental Law Estate Planning

General / Solo Practice Government Law

Intellectual Property International Law

Public Interest Law Real Estate

Space and Aviation Law Tax Law

Tort Litigation

Page 22: COURSE SELECTION · • Child Advocacy Clinic • Transactional Clinic • Street Law Clinic • Tax Clinic • Elder Law Clinic • Housing Clinic • Policy / Legislation Clinic

BUSINESS / TRANSACTIONAL LAW

Supplemental Courses

Administrative Law Agency & Partnership

Antitrust Law Banking Law

Bankruptcy Reorganization Seminar Business Planning Commercial Paper

Communications Law Copyright Law

Corporate Finance Corporate Tax

Deferred Compensation Employee Benefits

Employer-Employee Relations Employment Discrimination

Entertainment and Sports Law Environmental Law

Housing Law

. . .

Core Courses

Corporations* Secured Transactions

Income Tax I* Securities Regulation

Bankruptcy* Income Tax of Corporations

Page 23: COURSE SELECTION · • Child Advocacy Clinic • Transactional Clinic • Street Law Clinic • Tax Clinic • Elder Law Clinic • Housing Clinic • Policy / Legislation Clinic

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Core Courses

Bankruptcy Corporations*

Civil Procedure II* Evidence*

Federal Trial Practice Mississippi Civil Practice

Pretrial Practice Secured Transactions

Supplemental Courses

Administrative Law Advanced Legal Research Advanced Legal Writing

Alternative Dispute Resolution Antitrust Law

Bankruptcy Reorganization Sem. Commercial Paper Conflict of Laws

Corporate Finance Employer-Employee Relations Employment Discrimination Entertainment & Sports Law

Federal Jurisdiction Insurance

Intellectual Property International Commercial Arb.

Income Tax I Labor Law

Law and Economics Legal Accounting

Legislation Problems in Evidence

Remedies Securities Regulation

White Collar Crime Workers’ Compensation

Page 24: COURSE SELECTION · • Child Advocacy Clinic • Transactional Clinic • Street Law Clinic • Tax Clinic • Elder Law Clinic • Housing Clinic • Policy / Legislation Clinic

CLINICAL PROGRAMS: CRIMINAL

Core Courses

Criminal Appeals Clinic Crim. Pro. I: Investigations* Crim. Pro. II: Adjudication*

Evidence Criminal Trial Practice Prosecution Function

Prosecutorial Externship

Supplemental Courses

Advanced Search and Seizure Capital Punishment

Criminal Appeals Clinic Cybercrime

Federal Habeas Corpus Federal Jurisdiction

Interviewing and Counseling Legislation

Problems in Evidence Public Service Internship

Sentencing White Collar Crime

Youth Court Seminar

Page 25: COURSE SELECTION · • Child Advocacy Clinic • Transactional Clinic • Street Law Clinic • Tax Clinic • Elder Law Clinic • Housing Clinic • Policy / Legislation Clinic

Con Law II Evidence Will & Estates or Family Law Legal Profession

Civ Pro II Crim Pro I Admin Law or Workers’ Comp

Miss Civil Prac or Fed Jur or Conflicts

Income Tax Secured Trans Elective Bankruptcy or Comm Paper

Corporations Writing Course Clinic

Elective

Advanced Course

3rd 4th 5th 6th

Reasonably Prudent Program

January Skill Session January Skill Session

Page 26: COURSE SELECTION · • Child Advocacy Clinic • Transactional Clinic • Street Law Clinic • Tax Clinic • Elder Law Clinic • Housing Clinic • Policy / Legislation Clinic

FUTURE GOVERNMENT ATTORNEY

Corporations Income Tax Securities Reg Federal Juris

Con Law II Pol & Civ Rights Antitrust Banking Law

Environmental Admin Law Local Gov’t Law Intel Property

Employ Discrim Legal Profession Writing Course

Remedies

Envtl Law

3rd 4th 5th 6th

January Skill Session January Skill Session

Page 27: COURSE SELECTION · • Child Advocacy Clinic • Transactional Clinic • Street Law Clinic • Tax Clinic • Elder Law Clinic • Housing Clinic • Policy / Legislation Clinic

FUTURE SOLO PRACTITIONER

Corporations Secured Trans Land Finance Writing Course

Legal Profession Crim Pro II Commercial Paper Depositions

Income Tax Civ Pro II Employ Discrim Miss Civ Prac

Crim Pro I Family Law Solo Practice Fed Trial Prac

Evidence

3rd 4th 5th 6th

January Skill Session January Skill Session

Page 28: COURSE SELECTION · • Child Advocacy Clinic • Transactional Clinic • Street Law Clinic • Tax Clinic • Elder Law Clinic • Housing Clinic • Policy / Legislation Clinic

EMPHASIS ON SKILLS

Civ Pro II Crim Trial Prac Wills & Trusts Drafting Federal Juris

Corporations or Income Tax Crim Pro II Writing Course Fed Trial Prac

Legal Profession Family Law Alt Disp Resolution Depositions

Crim Pro I Miss Civ Prac Crim App Clinic Civil Law Clinic

Evidence

3rd 4th 5th 6th

January Skill Session January Skill Session

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SEQUENCING: TAX

Income Tax

Corporate Tax

Estate Planning Fed Tax Grat Trans Income Tax II

Partnership Tax

3rd 4th 5th 6th

January Skill Session January Skill Session

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SEQUENCING: CRIMINAL CLINIC

Crim Pro I Crim Pro II Federal Habeas Crim Ap Clinic

Evidence Crim Trial Prac Prosecution Ext

3rd 4th 5th 6th

January Skill Session January Skill Session


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