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Experiential and Practical Training

Experiential and Practical Training
Experiential and Practical Learning Experiences

The More You Do, the Better You Do

Feel empowered to chart your path from day one. From a first-year elective that explores legal interests to a wide range of hands-on programs that fulfill your six-credit experiential learning requirement, go out into the world with confidence that you can change it.

Experiential and Practical Learning
Advocacy
Develop proficiency in practical advocacy, an important skill to develop in law school. Master the basics, then further your training with externships and specialized courses.
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Clinics
Emory Law's nationally acclaimed legal clinics engage students in both substantive knowledge of the law and practical application of skills learning in the classroom.
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Externships
Go inside a public defender or prosecutor's office, government agency, nonprofit organization, judge's chamber, in-house counsel's office, or small firm in the Atlanta metro area.
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Professionalism
Learn to identify and make sound judgments about issues you'll encounter during law school and in practice. Attorneys, judges, and Emory Law's esteemed faculty engage in the Professionalism Program as facilitators.
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Public Service
When you study in a metropolitan area, you have access to abundant opportunities to study and practice law in the public interest.
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Study Abroad
Participating in one of Emory Law's international exchange programs is a unique opportunity to complement Emory's classroom studies with immersion in another society's law school experience.
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TI:GER Program
The Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER®) Program unites law, business, engineering, and science PhD students from Emory and Georgia Tech in learning how to take innovative ideas from the lab to the marketplace.
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Transactional Law
Our robust Transactional Law and Skills Certificate curriculum is the gold standard for transactional law education, preparing you to add value to a transaction from day one on the job.
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Trial Techniques
Immerse yourself in oral advocacy. Connect with nationally recognized trial lawyers, judges, and professors. Learn - and experience - the mechanics of litigating a case.
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ABA's Six-Credit Experiential Learning Requirement
For more information about the Six-Credit Experiential Learning Requirement, see our FAQ. To meet their experiential learning credit requirement at Emory Law, students must take one or more of the courses listed on the Approved List of Experiential Courses.