Approved List of Experiential Courses

Note:  This Approved List of Experiential Courses (the “Approved List”) is up-to-date as of the date specified above.  Students who want to assure that they satisfy the Six-Credit Experiential Learning Requirement should select courses only from this Approved List.  If a course does not appear on this Approved List, then Emory Law has not classified it as an experiential course according to the ABA’s definition and it will not count toward the Six-Credit Experiential Learning Requirement.  For more information about the Six-Credit Experiential Learning Requirement, see the FAQ found here.

Clinics

Course Name

Course No.

Credit Hours

Barton Child Law Public Policy and Legislative Advocacy Clinics

635C

3

Barton Juvenile Defender Clinic

699C

3

Barton Appeal for Youth Clinic

635D

3

International Humanitarian Law Clinic

676C

3

Turner Environmental Law Clinic

697C

3



Externships
Note:  A student taking an externship must take EXTERN:  Fieldwork plus one of the EXTERN one-hour courses listed below.

Course Name

Course No.

Credit Hours 

EXTERN:  Advanced

870I

1

EXTERN:  Civil Litigation

870D

1

EXTERN:  Corporate Counsel

870F

1

EXTERN:  Criminal Defense

870H

1

EXTERN:  Fieldwork

871

2-5

EXTERN:  Government Counsel

870C

1

EXTERN:  Judicial

870E

1

EXTERN:  Legislative Policy (same as EXTERN:  Public Policy and Legislation)

870B

1

EXTERN:  Prosecution

870G

1

EXTERN:  Public Interest

870A

1

EXTERN:  Small Firm

870L

1

EXTERN:  Summer Externships

3-6



Trial Techniques

Course Name

Course No.

Credit Hours

Trial Techniques

671

2



Practicum Courses

Course Name

Course No.

Credit Hours

Human Rights Advocacy Practicum690B

3

Capital Defender Practicum

658

3

Landlord-Tenant Mediation Practicum

870K, N

3

Criminal Competency and Responsibility Practicum

622E

2

Practical Lawyering Skills: Pro Bono in Practice

630A

2

Transitional Justice Practicum

724A

2

International Human Rights Practicum

690A

3



Simulation Courses

Course Name

Course No.

Credit Hours

Access to Justice  

679

2

Advanced Commercial Real Estate

617A

3

Advanced Criminal Trial Advocacy

852

3

Alternative Dispute Resolution

 605

3

Bankruptcy Law Research

657E

1

Business and Tax Legal Research

762-12A

1

Child Law & Policy Legal Research

 TBD

 1

Civil Trial Practice: Family Law9583

Courtroom Persuasion & Drama I

959

1

Courtroom Persuasion & Drama II9601

Criminal Pretrial Motions

622X3

Doing Deals:  Accounting in Action

659E

3

Doing Deals:  Commercial Lending Transactions

659M

3

Doing Deals:  Commercial Real Estate Transactions

659G

3

Doing Deals:  Complex Restructuring

659P

3

Doing Deals:  Contract Drafting

659A

3

Doing Deals:  Corporate Practice

659H

3

Doing Deals:  Deal Skills

659B

3

Doing Deals:  General Counsel in Negotiated Corporate Transactions

659F

3

Doing Deals:  Intellectual Property Transactions

659N

3

Doing Deals:  International Capital Transactions

659I

3

Doing Deals:  Mergers and Acquisitions 

659J

3

Doing Deals:  Private Equity

659D

3

Doing Deals: Representing Investment Funds

659R

3

Doing Deals:  Venture Capital

659C

3

Foreign Law Legal Research

761C 

1 

Fundamentals of Innovation I  (TI:GER)

890

3

Fundamentals of Innovation II (TI:GER)

890A

3

Federal Prosecutions Practice

760

3

Health Law Research

657D

1

Intellectual Property Law Research

657A

1

International Legal Research

761-02A

1

Mastery Legal Research Series (Case Law, Secondary, Statutory, Regulatory)

(formerly Advanced Legal Research)

 

657 (multiple sections)

 1

National Security Law Research

657B

1

Negotiations6562

Pretrial Litigation

755

4

Special Topics in Technology I  (TI:GER)

891

3

Special Topics in Technology Commercialization II  (TI:GER)

892

3

State Law Legal Research

657F

1

Trial Practice 

671A 

3