The Bulletin - George Washington University Law School

72 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOLticipating in real or hypothetical court and administrative proceedings. The faculty recommendsthat students take one or more such courses. These courses include Advanced AppellateAdvocacy (6653), Alternative Dispute Resolution (6647), Client Interviewing and Counseling(6650), Consumer Mediation Clinic (6620), Environmental Law Clinic (6627), EnvironmentalCrimes Project (6465), Family Justice Advocacy Clinic (6624), Federal, Criminal,and Appellate Clinic (6625), Health Law Rights Clinic (6631), Immigration Clinic (6630),Intensive Clinical Placement (6638), International Human Rights Clinic (6633), Law Studentsin Court (6634), Legal Drafting (6652), Mediation (6646), Moot Court (6644), Negotiations(6648), Neighborhood Law and Policy Clinic (6623), Field Placement (6668), Pre-Trial Advocacy(6643), Prisoners Project (6376), Public Justice Advocacy Clinic (6622), Small Businessand Community Economic Development Clinic (6621), Trial Advocacy (6640), MockTrial Competition (6645), and Vaccine Injury Clinic (6626).Career Planning and Course SelectionEvery spring a series of counseling sessions is held to provide students with an overview ofcourse offerings in various areas of the law and to assist them in selecting courses and definingtheir career objectives. Students may also consult members of the faculty for course andcareer planning. In addition, the Professional Development and Career Strategy Officeprovides a central storehouse of information regarding many types of legal careers.To assist students in choosing upper-class courses and planning graduate programs ofstudy, the Law School’s courses are listed below according to principal practice areas,with a brief introduction to the gateway courses in each area. Each listing begins withfoundational courses in the practice area, and moves next to advanced courses typicallyoffered just once each year, including seminars and clinics related to the practice area.Some courses are listed in several practice areas.Many courses listed in the course description section of this Bulletin under the headingsLaw and Other Disciplines (Law 6590–617) and Skills and Simulations Courses(Law 6640–67) are not repeated in the practice areas listed below. This is because theyconcern perspectives on the law or lawyering skills that are applicable to all of these practiceareas. Students should, therefore, consider taking courses from these categories tocomplement courses taken within specific practice areas.Students should consult course descriptions to determine the prerequisites and eligibilitycriteria.Field Placement ProgramThe George Washington University Law School Field Placement Program provides studentswith the opportunity to work closely with judges or practicing lawyers as legal externsin governmental, judicial, and non-profit organizations while earning academiccredit. The program is designed to enhance the educational experience of its studentsthrough exposure to the actual practice of law.The primary educational objectives of the program are to provide students with theopportunity to gain experience in different substantive areas of law and legal process; todevelop legal research, writing, interviewing, counseling, and investigative skills; to dealwith issues of professional responsibility in a real practice setting; and to engage in reflectivelawyering.Each student is supervised by a member of the Law School faculty and is enrolled in arequired corequisite course. The student's externship experience also includes regular