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Eligibility, prerequisites and scheduling information

2008-2009

*subject to the availability of funding
** may enroll concurrently
***any slots not filled by application will be filled by lottery

Clinic Credits
(Fall-Winter-Spring)
Students Eligibility Prerequisites &
Recommended Courses
recommended in italics
Selection
Basis
Faculty/Location
Berman Environmental Law (E594) 4-4-4
Full year req'd
8-10 3Ls (2Ls with permission) Co-requisite: one of the following**- Water Law (A525), Pollution Control (A527), Public Lands (A529), or any enviro. law seminar.
Recommended: Admin Law, Professional Resp.
Application *** Michael Robinson-Dorn
Wm. H. Gates Hall
RM. 243
Children and Youth Advocacy (E524)4-4-4
Full year req'd
4-10 3Ls (2Ls with permission) Prerequisite: Child Advocacy (A579)**
Recommended: Evidence, Family Law, Professional Resp., Trial Advocacy, Interviewing & Counseling, Juvenile Justice
Application Lisa Kelly & Kim Ambrose
Wm. H. Gates Hall
RM. 265
Entrepreneurial Law (E523) 3-3-3
Full year req'd
6-12 2Ls, 3Ls, LLMs Prerequisites: (each student’s clinical practice will follow one of the three tracks noted below- only  associated prerequisites for that track are required; enrollment preference given for advanced crs): 
  1. Business Law Track: Bus Orgs (A515) OR Corps (A514) OR Small Bus Entities (A567) OR Nonprofit Corps (E514).
  2. IP Track: Patents (A546), Trademarks (E588), Copyrights (A522), OR IP Core (P501).
  3. Tax Track: Advising Private Bus Owners (T525) OR Taxation of C&S Corps (A537) OR Exempt Orgs (T512).
Recommended for all: Professional Resp.
Application Sean O'Connor & Supervising Attorneys TBD
WA Research Foundation
Seattle
Federal Tax Clinic (T526) JDs 3-3-3
LLMs 2-2-2
Full year req'd
6 JDs
6 LLMs
2Ls, 3Ls, LLMs Prerequisite: Basic Income Tax (A530)**
Recommended: Trial Advocacy, Evidence, Professional Resp., Negotiation
Lottery Scott Schumacher
Wm. H. Gates Hall
RM. 265
Immigration Law (B531)* 0-4-4
two quarters req'd
8 2Ls, 3Ls Prerequisite: Immigration Law (A577)
Recommended: Trial Advocacy, Evidence, Professional Resp.
Application Signe Dortch
NW Immigrant Rights Project
Seattle
Innocence Project NW (E566)4-3-3
Full year req'd
10 2Ls, 3Ls Recommended: Appellate Advocacy, Professional Resp., Criminal Procedure Application Jacqueline McMurtrie
Wm. H. Gates Hall
RM. 265
Mediation (B526A)4-3-0
Two quarters req'd
8 2Ls, 3Ls Recommended: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Negotiation, Professional Resp. 3Ls: Lottery,
up to three 2Ls by Application
Julia Gold
Wm. H. Gates Hall
RM. 265
Mediation (B526B) 0-4-3
Two quarters req'd
8 2Ls, 3Ls Recommended: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Negotiation, Professional Resp. 3Ls: Lottery,
up to three 2Ls by Application
Alan Kirtley
Wm. H. Gates Hall
RM. 248
Refugee & Immigrant Advocacy (B537)4-4-4
Full year req'd
6 2Ls, 3Ls Recommended: Immigration Law, Professional Resp., Administrative Law, Trial Advocacy Lottery Gillian Dutton
NW Justice Project
Seattle
Technology Law & Public Policy (E554)*2-4-4
Full year req'd
8 JDs
4 LLMs
2Ls, 3Ls, LLMs Prerequisite: Technology Law & Public Policy (E553)**
Recommended: Admin. Law., Electronic Commerce & Information Technology
Application*** Bill Covington
Wm. H. Gates Hall
RM. 439
Tribal Court Public Defense (E529)4-4-4
Full year req'd
12 3Ls (2Ls with permission) Corequisite: Trial Advocacy I (B520)**
Recommended: American Indian Law, Evidence, Criminal Procedure, Professional Resp.
3Ls: Lottery,
up to three 2Ls by Application
Ron Whitener & Molly Cohan
Wm. H. Gates Hall
RMs. 241, 438
Unemployment Compensation (B528)0-4-4
Two quarters req'd
8 2Ls, 3Ls Recommended: Evidence, Professional Resp., Administrative Law, Trial Advocacy Lottery Faculty TBD
Wm. H. Gates Hall
RM. 265