Academics
Advocacy Certificate Requirements
To qualify to obtain the certificate, students during their first year must notify the registrar of their intention to meet the certificate requirements. The students then will receive the certificate if they meet the requirements for the degree Juris Doctor and earn credits as follows:
Required Courses
- Trial Advocacy
- Evidence
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Elective Courses
Four of the following:
- Advanced Criminal Procedure
- Advanced Litigation
- Art of Advocacy
- Capital Punishment
- Civil Rights Actions
- Commercial Arbitration
- Complex Litigation
- Conflict of Laws
- Criminal Practice in Kansas
- Deposition Skills Workshop
- Employment Discrimination
- Employment Law
- Federal Courts and the Federal System
- Federal Criminal Prosecution
- International Civil Litigation
- International Moot Court Competition
- Moot Court Competition
- Practice in Kansas
- Pretrial Advocacy
- Remedies
Clinical Requirement
One of the following:
- Criminal Prosecution Clinic
- Defender Project
- Elder Law Clinic
- Externship Clinic (assuming appropriate placement)
- Family Health Care Services Legal Clinic
- Judicial Clerkship Clinic
- Legal Aid Clinic
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