JUDICIAL FIELD PLACEMENT COURSE
(LAWJ-4005) - UNITS

Field Placement Department approval required.

If you are seeking academic credit for your field placement, you must submit an application to the Field Placement Department via 12twenty by the applicable deadline, which can be found on the Field Placements website. Student and placement eligibility, in-depth application instructions, and more can also be found on the Field Placements website.

The Judicial Process Field Placement course will cover topics, such as the role of the judicial law clerk; judicial ethics and professional considerations of lawyers and judges working in the judicial branch; the role of precedent and standards of review in decision making; "judicial activism;" the judicial selection process; and the best practices in drafting bench briefs, proposed orders and opinions. The course is designed to complement the judicial field placement experience and develop the skills learned in the field placement; it will use readings, class discussions, and written and oral exercises to expose judicial externs to doctrine, legal theory, and ethical issues that arise in the state and federal judiciary. Specifically the course participants will be offered multiple opportunities for performance, self-evaluation and feedback on their oral and written work and other professional skills obtained in the judicial field placement. Classes for Judicial Process meet regularly throughout the semester and are required for all students who are concurrently enrolled in a state or federal judicial field placement for credit. Students eligible to enroll in Judicial Process must receive professor approval and be concurrently enrolled in a Judicial field placement. A student may enroll in a judicial field placement for the fall and spring semesters from 2 to 10 units and for the summer session from 1 to 6 units.

Enrollment: If your field placement application is approved, you will receive notification of approval via email. The Field Placement Department will notify the Registrar's Office of the approval and request that you be enrolled in field placement units and the corresponding course for the field placement.

Pass/Fail:
Yes

Prerequisites:
None