Distribution of Courses

A. Required Courses: All students in the program must take each of the following courses:

• Civil Procedure I
• Civil Procedure II
• Criminal Procedure I
• Evidence

B. Grouped Required Courses: All students in the program must also satisfy the Core Course Requirement, the Advanced Course Requirement, and the Skills Requirement set forth below:

1. Core Course Requirement: All students in the program must take at least two of the following core courses:
   • Conflict of Laws
   • Federal Jurisdiction
   • Remedies
   • Criminal Procedure II
2. Advanced Course Requirement: All students in the program must take at least one of the following advanced courses:
   • Alternative Dispute Resolution
   • Civil Procedure III-Post Trial Issues
   • Civil Rights Litigation
   • Complex Litigation
   • Criminal Trial Techniques
   • Mediation
   • Professional Malpractice Litigation
3. Skills Requirement: All students in the program must take at least two of the following courses:
   • Advanced Legal Writing: Litigation Drafting
   • Appellate Advocacy II
   • Appellate Advocacy III
   • Appellate Advocacy IV
   • Trial Advocacy I
   • Trial Advocacy II
   • Trial Advocacy III

C. Electives: The following electives may also help satisfy the minimum total hours requirement:

1. Clinics and Externships
   • Bankruptcy Court Clerkship
   • Child and Family Services Clinic
   • Court Clerkship
   • Death Penalty Clinic
   • Department of Labor Clinic
   • Family Law Clerkship
   • Federal Public Defender Externship Clinic
   • Legal Aid Clinic
   • National Labor Relations Board Clinic
   • Public Defender Trials Clinic
   • United States Attorney's Office Law Clinic
   • Wrongful Convictions II
2. Other Coursework
   • Administrative Law
   • Advanced Lawyering Processes (second semester only)
   • Criminal Trial Techniques
   • Criminal Sentencing Law Practice & Procedure
   • Employment Discrimination
   • Family Law Practice
   • Famous Trials
   • Independent Study (if approved by student's emphasis area adviser on the basis that the course of study relates directly to litigation)
   • The Jury: Practice and Perspectives
   • Law Review (if approved by student's emphasis area adviser on the basis that the student's note or comment relates directly to litigation)
   • Legal Research (if approved by student's emphasis area adviser on the basis that the student's writing relates directly to litigation)
   • Missouri Civil Procedure
   • Seminar in the Ethics of Criminal Advocacy
   • Wrongful Convictions I
   • Wrongful Convictions II
   • Any other course if, before beginning the course, the student obtains written approval from both the emphasis area litigation adviser committee and the student's emphasis area adviser. Such approval shall not be granted unless the committee and the adviser find that, in light of the student's other courses and the student's litigation-related goals, the course will advance the student's study of litigation to an extent equivalent to other litigation electives.

D. Courses may be added or deleted from the lists contained in sections A through C above with approval of the litigation emphasis area adviser committee and the faculty.