Paths to Practice

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Haub Law’s Paths to Practice curricular approach provides students with a roadmap for pursuing their particular interest in law, with a focus on the knowledge and skills actually needed to work in particular specialties. Our Advanced Certificates in Environmental Law, International Law and Health Law and Policy  are grounded in interdisciplinary subject matter and encourage engagement with law on a global level.

The Paths to Practice (formerly known as Concentrations) start with required foundational courses in a given area, build on those courses with intermediate doctrinal electives and related courses, and culminate with a practical skills-based capstone experience. Students are not required to give advance notice of their intention to pursue an Advanced Certificate or Path to Practice, but they must meet with the advisor for the applicable Certificate or Path to Practice once final grades have been received in all courses used to satisfy the requirements of the Certificate or Path to Practice. Students are welcome to meet with the advisor to the Advanced Certificate or Path to Practice at any time during their time at Haub Law.  Students must maintain a minimum overall GPA of 2.5 or better, with an average grade of B or better in Certificate/Path to Practice courses.

Advanced Certificates

Advanced Certificate in Environmental Law

JD candidates at Pace Law may structure their courses of study to attain Advanced Certificates in Environmental Law as part of their law degrees. Authorized by the New York State Department of Education and offered to both practicing attorneys and current students, this certificate signifies proficiency in the fundamentals of environmental law and provides a basic grounding for practice in the field.

Learn more about the Advanced Certificate in Environmental Law

Advanced Certificate in Environmental Law Application

Advanced Certificate in International Law

The Advanced Certificate in International Law is awarded to JD students upon their graduation. To earn the Certificate, students must have successfully completed 12 academic credits in qualifying international law courses.

Learn more about the Advanced Certificate in International Law

Advanced Certificate in International Law Application

Advanced Certificate in Health Law and Policy

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law offers two options for its Advanced Certificate in Health Law and Policy.

For students enrolled in our JD program, the Advanced Certificate in Health Law & Policy is awarded upon graduation to those who earn 15 credits in qualifying health law and policy courses.

Learn more about the Advanced Certificate in Health Law and Policy for J.D. Students

We also offer an Online Advanced Certificate in Health Law & Policy for both students with a JD and those without a JD who looking for a flexible option to advance their careers.

Learn more about the 100% Online Advanced Certificate in Health Law and Policy.

Paths to Practice

Business Law

If you are considering the Business Law Path to Practice, you may be preparing for practice in any of the following settings:

  • Corporate practice of a large or midsize law firm
  • Legal department of a company, private equity/venture capital firm, hedge fund, or other large organization
  • Compliance department of a bank, investment fund, securities broker-dealer, insurance company, or other financial institution
  • Law firm or consultancy advising financial industry clients on regulatory compliance matters
  • Federal or state regulatory agency responsible for financial services industry

 

If you pursue the Path to Practice in Business Law, you may do any of the following in practice:

  • Advise clients in the formation, operation, and dissolution of business and non-profit entities
  • Structure asset or stock purchases, sales, and mergers and acquisitions with other business entities
  • Arrange financing, via debt or equity vehicles, for the activities of business entities
  • Structure early-stage, venture capital investments via venture debt or venture equity
  • Structure, negotiate, and memorialize commercial transactions, including the purchase, sale, or lease of goods and services
  • Assure that the internal affairs of business entities or financial services companies are conducted in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and relevant governing documents of the entity
  • Represent business entities in litigation and dispute resolution/counseling
  • Draft compliance policies and procedures for a financial services institution
  • Design and conduct regulatory compliance surveillance plans, audits or investigations of financial services institutions
  • Advise on the structure of financial transactions, business units, and major asset holdings of financial services institutions.

 

Tracks Within Business Law Path to Practice

Depending on a student’s particular area of interest, a student may choose one (but not both) of two tracks within the Business Law Path to Practice: (a) Corporate; or (b) Financial Compliance.

Requirements

To complete the Business Law Path to Practice (whether the Business Law-Corporate Path to Practice track or the Business Law-Financial Compliance Path to Practice track), a student must complete 7 courses in business-law related subject matters, as described below.

For the Business Law-Corporate Path to Practice Track:

1) You must take the following 4 Required Courses as early as possible:

  • Corporations and Partnerships
  • Corporate Finance
  • Federal Income Tax I
  • Securities Regulation or Securities Litigation and Enforcement

 

2) You must take at least 2 of the following Electives, totaling at least 5 credits:

  • Accounting for Lawyers
  • Administrative Law
  • Banking Law
  • Bankruptcy Law
  • Drafting Legal Documents
  • Entertainment Law
  • Fed Tax II (Corporate Tax)
  • Financial Services Compliance
  • Global Corporate Governance (Lubin)
  • Govt. Institutions and Business Strategy (Lubin)
  • Insurance Law
  • International Business Transactions
  • Intro to Private Funds Law and Compliance
  • Introduction to Financial Decisionmaking (Lubin)
  • Lawyering
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Negotiation
  • Org. Behavior and Leadership Skills (Lubin)
  • Survey of Dispute Resolution Processes
  • White Collar Crime Seminar

 

3) You must take at least 1 of the following Capstone or Skills Courses:

  • Corporate Law Externship
  • Guided Externship (business placement)
  • Investor Rights Clinic
  • Food and Beverage Law Clinic

 

For the Business Law-Financial Compliance Path to Practice Track:

1) You must take the following 4 Required Courses as early as possible:

  • Corporations and Partnerships
  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Services Compliance
  • Securities Regulation or Securities Litigation and Enforcement

 

2) You must take at least 2 of the following Electives, totaling at least 5 credits:

  • Accounting for Lawyers
  • Administrative Law
  • Banking Law
  • Bankruptcy Law
  • Drafting Legal Documents
  • Fed Tax I (Basic)
  • Fed Tax II (Corporate Tax)
  • Global Corporate Governance (Lubin)
  • Govt. Institutions and Business Strategy (Lubin)
  • Insurance Law
  • International Business Transactions
  • Intro to Private Funds Law and Compliance
  • Introduction to Financial Decisionmaking (Lubin)
  • Lawyering
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Negotiation
  • Org. Behavior and Leadership Skills (Lubin)
  • White Collar Crime Seminar

 

3) You must take at least 1 of the following Capstone or Skills Courses:

  • Corporate Law Externship (compliance placement)
  • Guided Externship (compliance placement)
  • Investor Rights Clinic

 

Minimum GPA

In order to qualify for the Business Law Path to Practice (regardless of track), you must achieve an average of B or better in all Path to Practice courses, with no grade below a C. You must maintain an overall GPA of 2.5 or better. You should consult with the following faculty regarding this Path to Practice: Professor Bridget Crawford.

For students who entered prior to Fall 2020: Concentration Worksheet

Civil Litigation/Dispute Resolution

If you are considering the Civil Litigation/Dispute Resolution Path to Practice, you are preparing for practice in the following settings:

  • Small, midsize, or large law firm
  • Nonprofit legal services organization
  • Attorney General’s office or other government agency
  • Corporate or large nonprofit legal department
  • Dispute resolution forum or services provider (e.g., American Arbitration Association, court annexed mediation program)

You may do any of the following in practice:

  • Assist clients in resolving disputes using formal or informal processes, including litigation, arbitration, mediation, and negotiation

To complete the Civil Litigation/Dispute Resolution Path to Practice, you must complete 8 courses in litigation/ADR-related subject matter. Specifically,

1) You must take the following 5 Required Courses as early as possible:

  • Evidence
  • Lawyering; Negotiation (one of these two courses)
  • Pre-trial Civil Litigation Simulation or Advanced Civil Procedure: E-Discovery
  • Trial Advocacy
  • One of the following:
    • Survey of Dispute Resolution Processes
    • Mediation Practicum and Seminar and Commercial Arbitration Law and Practice
    • Environmental Dispute Resolution
    • International Commercial Arbitration Seminar

2) You must take at least 2 of the following Electives, totaling at least 6 credits (note that no course may be used as both a Required Course and an Elective):

  • Administrative Law
  • Advanced Appellate Advocacy
  • Lawyering
  • Advanced Civil Procedure Seminar: Anatomy of a Trial-The Burden of Proof
  • Mediation Practicum and Seminar
  • Advanced Civil Procedure: E-Discovery
  • Advanced Trial Advocacy
  • Negotiation
  • Civil Rights Litigation
  • New York Practice
  • Collaborative Law
  • Pre-Trial Civil Litigation Simulation
  • Commercial Arbitration Law and Practice
  • Environmental Dispute Resolution
  • Skills Workshop: Depositions
  • Federal Judicial Honors Externship
  • Skills Workshop: Forensics
  • Guided Externship: Civil Rights
  • State Judicial Externship
  • International Commercial Arbitration Seminar
  • Survey of Dispute Resolution Processes

3) You must take at least 1 of the following capstone or skills courses:

  • Representation in Mediation Clinic
  • Disability Rights Clinic
  • Immigration Justice Clinic
  • Environmental Law Externship (civil)
  • Investor Rights Clinic
  • Environmental Litigation Clinic
  • Legal Services Externship (civil)
  • Family Court Externship

Additionally, you should participate in one or more student competitions (Moot Court, Trial Advocacy or Client Counseling) through the Advocacy Programs.

In order to qualify for the Path to Practice, you must achieve an average of B or better in Path to Practice courses, with no grade below a C. You must maintain an overall GPA of 2.5 or better. You should consult with the following faculty regarding this Path to Practice: Professor Jill Gross.

For students who entered prior to Fall 2020: Concentration Worksheet

Criminal Practice

If you are considering the Criminal Practice Path to Practice, you are preparing for practice in the following settings:

  • Small or midsize law firm or public defender’s office
  • State or local prosecutor’s office or city attorney’s office
  • Public interest organization focused on criminal representation, or issue advocacy

You may do any of the following in practice:

  • Advise clients charged with crimes, either juveniles, adults or both
  • Draft motions, petitions, subpoenas, appeals, and other documents related to prosecuting or defending criminal cases
  • Negotiate resolution of charges or represent clients in court proceedings
  • Create non-custodial sentencing options with local support groups and other agencies
  • Work with immigration agencies and courts

To complete the Criminal Practice Path to Practice, you must complete 7 courses in criminal practice related subject matter. Specifically,

You must take the following Required Courses as early as possible:

  • Criminal Procedure Investigation
  • Evidence
  • Criminal Procedure Adjudication OR New York Criminal Procedure

You must take at least 1 of the following Doctrinal Electives:

  • Advanced Issues in Criminal Law
  • Prisoners’ Rights
  • White Collar Crime Seminar
  • Juvenile Justice

You must take at least 1 of the following Capstone or Simulation Courses:

  • Advanced Appellate Advocacy
  • Lawyering
  • Trial Advocacy
  • Advanced Trial Advocacy

You must take at least 2 of the following Professional Experience Courses:

  • Criminal Justice Clinic
  • Federal Criminal Pretrial Simulation
  • Prosecution Externship
  • Honors Prosecution Externship
  • Human Rights in Action Externship
  • State Judicial Externship (in criminal court)

In order to qualify for the Path to Practice, you must achieve an average of B or better in Path to Practice courses, with no grade below a C. You must maintain an overall GPA of 2.5 or better. You should consult with the following faculty regarding this Path to Practice: Professor Lissa Griffin.

For students who entered prior to Fall 2020: Concentration Worksheet

Family Law

If you are thinking about Family Law as an area of practice, you are preparing for internship or permanent placements in the following settings:

  • Small or midsize law firm
  • State or local government agency focusing on legal issues of the family and/or children
  • Legal services office representing parents or children
  • Non-profit organization focusing on legal issues of the family and/or children

You may do any of the following in practice:

  • Advise clients on issues regarding the formation, maintenance, and dissolution of family relationships, including marital and parent/child relationships
  • Litigate or mediate actions related to divorce, orders of protection, paternity, child custody, support, and related matters
  • Draft agreements resolving issues of separation, division of assets, maintenance, and related matters
  • Represent children in matters of child protection, adoption, guardianship, or juvenile justice
  • Prosecute or defend clients in child neglect, child abuse, or juvenile delinquency cases

For the Family Law Path to Practice,

You should consult with the following faculty regarding this professional Path: Ben Asher

  1. You should take the following foundational course as early as possible:
    • Family Law
  2. You should take at least 3 of the following intermediate courses:
    • Accounting for Lawyers
    • Advanced Family Law
    • Children and the Law
    • Elder Law
    • Federal Income Tax I
    • Juvenile Justice
    • Mental Disability Law
    • Trial Advocacy
    • Sexuality, Gender and the Law
    • Wills and Trusts
  3. You should take at least 2 of the following capstone or skills courses:
    • Collaborative Law
    • Disability Rights Clinic
    • Family Court Externship
    • Lawyering
    • Matrimonial Practice
    • Legal Services Externship with a family law placement
    • State Judicial Externship with a family court placement
    • Guided Externship with a family law placement

You should consult with the following faculty regarding this Path to Practice: Ben Asher

Note: Students pursuing this Path to Practice should consider combining it with the Civil Litigation/Dispute Resolution or Criminal Practice Paths to Practice.

Immigration Law

If you are thinking about Immigration Practice as an area of practice, you are preparing for internship or permanent placements in the following settings:

  • Small or midsize law firm
  • Nonprofit organization focused on issues of immigration, asylum, and the needs of foreign nationals living in the U.S.
  • Government agency focused on administering claims and proceedings under immigration law
  • Immigration Court (as a clerk or a judge)
  • Board of Immigration Appeals

You may do any of the following in practice:

  • Represent individuals seeking visas, refugee status, asylum, or naturalization
  • Litigate removal proceedings on behalf of individuals or the government  
  • Advise corporations or other organizations regarding visa issues relating to their international employees
  • Draft and advocate for changes in immigration law and regulation  

For the Immigration Law Path to Practice,

You should take the following foundational course as early as possible:

  • Immigration Law

You should take at least 3 of the following intermediate courses:

  • Administrative Law
  • Advanced Legal Research
  • Evidence
  • International Human Rights Seminar
  • International Law
  • International Law Seminar: Asylum & Comparative Refugee Law
  • Lawyering
  • Trial Advocacy

You should take the following capstone or skills course:

  • Immigration Justice Clinic

You should consider taking one of the following additional skills courses:

  • Legal Services Externship (immigration placement)
  • Semester in Practice (Immigration Justice Clinic placement)

You should consult with the following faculty regarding this Path to Practice: Merton

Note: Note: Students pursuing this Path to Practice should consider taking courses from the Civil Litigation/Dispute Resolution Path to Practice.  Students should also work at developing or enhancing foreign language skills in connection with pursuing a practice in immigration law.

Intellectual Property

If you are thinking about Intellectual Property as an area of practice, you are preparing for internships or permanent placements in the following settings:

  • Small, midsize, or large law firm
  • Corporate legal department
  • Government agencies such as the U. S. Patent & Trademark Office or U.S. Copyright Office
  • Public policy research organization (e.g. the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Public Citizen, the Center for Democracy & Technology)

You may do any of the following in practice:

  • Assist clients in securing intellectual property (“IP”) rights in their artistic, literary, scientific or technical creations
  • Enforce clients’ IP rights against others using litigation and other dispute resolution processes
  • Negotiate business transactions to sell, license, or otherwise exploit IP rights
  • Counsel clients by providing opinions relating to procuring IP rights, invalidating IP assets, and avoiding infringement of IP assets, especially in the corporate transactions context
  • Engage in policy research and advocacy on IP and related issues

For the Intellectual Property Path to Practice,

  1. You should take the following foundational course as early as possible:
    • Survey of Intellectual Property
  2. You should take at least 2 of the following intermediate courses:
    • Copyright Law
    • International Intellectual Property
    • Patent Law
    • Trademark Law
  3. You should take at least 2 of the following related courses:
    • Antitrust Law
    • Computer Law
    • Entertainment Law
    • Privacy and Information Law
    • Sports Law
  4. You should take at least 2 of the following capstone or skills courses:
    • Corporate Law Externship (IP placement)
    • Guided Externship (IP placement)
    • IP Agreements & Licensing
    • Patent Practice & Procedure
    • Trademark Practice & Procedure

You should consult with the following faculty regarding this Path to Practice: Anderson

Note: Students pursuing this Path to Practice should consider taking courses from the Business Law and Civil Litigation/Dispute Resolution Paths to Practice.

Labor and Employment Law

If you are thinking about Labor and Employment Law as an area of practice, you are preparing for internships or permanent placements in the following settings:

  • Small, midsize, or large law firm
  • Corporate legal department
  • Legal department of a labor union
  • Government agencies such as the NLRB, EEOC, New State Division of Human Rights, or New York City Commission on Human Rights
  • Public interest organization focused on employment discrimination issues

You may do any of the following in practice:

  • Assist clients in establishing and managing all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including employment agreements and employee handbooks, benefits and retirement programs, workers’ compensation issues, and occupational safety and health issues;
  • Enforce clients’ rights against discrimination in the workplace on the basis of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, or disability;
  • Assist clients in all aspects of the collective bargaining process, including organizing, managing bargaining unit elections, negotiating collective bargaining agreements, and managing and enforcing such agreements

For the Labor and Employment Path to Practice,

  1. You should take the following core courses:
    • Employment Law Survey OR Employment Law AND Employment Discrimination
    • Labor Law
  2. You should take at least 3 of the following related courses:
    • Antitrust Law
    • Administrative Law
    • Civil Rights Law
    • Civil Rights Litigation
    • Corporations and Partnerships
    • Drafting Legal Documents
    • Lawyering
    • Negotiation
    • Sports Law
    • Survey of Dispute Resolution Processes
  3. You should take at least 1 of the following clinics or externships:
    • Corporate Law Externship (employment law placement)
    • Disability Rights Clinic
    • Guided Externship (labor or employment law placement)
    • Legal Services Externship (employment discrimination placement)

You should consult with the following faculty regarding this Path to Practice: McLaughlin, Waldman

Note: Students pursuing this Path to Practice should consider taking courses from the Business Law and Civil Litigation/Dispute Resolution Paths to Practice.

Law and Technology

If you are thinking about Law and Technology as an area of practice, you are preparing for internships or permanent placements in the following settings:

  • Consulting firm or other alternative professional setting

You may do any of the following in practice:

  • Advise clients regarding effect of technology on their legal or regulatory position
  • Assist clients in planning use of technology in pursuing litigation or corporate strategy

For the Law and Technology Path to Practice,

You should take at least 3 of the following courses:

  • Advanced Civil Procedure: E-Discovery
  • Advanced Issues in Criminal Law: Cybercrime and Cybersecurity
  • Computer Law
  • Internet Law: Regulation of Social Media
  • Privacy and Information Law

You should take 1 or 2 courses in the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems

You should consult with the following faculty regarding this Path to Practice: Anderson, Tenzer

Note: Students pursuing this Path to Practice should combine it with courses from the Paths to Practice in Business Law, Civil Litigation/Dispute Resolution, and Intellectual Property.

Real Estate and Land Use

If you are thinking about the Real Estate and Land Use Path to Practice, you are preparing for practice in:

  • Small, midsize, or large law firm
  • Municipal government law department
  • Local, state, or federal agency
  • Private sector development company
  • Private company with significant real estate holdings
  • Large non-profits, such as hospitals, with such holdings

You may do any of the following in practice:

  • Advise private, civic, and public agency clients regarding applicable land use regulations
  • Assist these clients in reviewing development proposals with an eye toward furthering, improving, or opposing them.
  • Bring or defend actions challenging state and local government decisions regarding land use and development
  • Represent buyers, sellers, developers, banks, and investors in structuring and executing transactions for the transfer, lease, development, and financing of real estate
  • Advise clients regarding the close relationship between real estate transactions and state and local land use regulation

To complete the Real Estate and Land Use Path to Practice, you must complete a minimum of 15 credits in real estate and land use courses (with at least 9 credits in Required Courses). Specifically,

You must take 9 credits from the following Required Courses as early as possible: 

  • Commercial Real Estate Transactions: Skills (3) or Real Estate Business (2)
  • Land Use Law (3)
  • Real Estate Transactions and Finance (4)

You must take at least one of the following Experiential Courses:

  • Advanced Land Use & Sustainable Development Seminar (2)
  • Legal Services Externship or Guided Externship (2 or 3)
  • Real Estate Law Externship (2 or 3)

You must earn the balance of your credits from one or more of the following Elective Courses:

  • Administrative Law (3)
  • Advanced Land Use & Sustainable Development Seminar (2)
  • Commercial Leasing (2 or 3)
  • Conservation Law (2)
  • Construction Law (2)
  • Environmental Commercial Transactions (2)
  • Environmental Dispute Resolution (3)
  • Historic Preservation (2)
  • Sustainable Development Law Survey (3)

In order to qualify for the Path to Practice, you must achieve an average of B or better in Path to Practice courses, with no grade below a C. You must maintain an overall GPA of 2.5 or better. You should consult with the following faculty regarding this Path to Practice: Professor Shelby Green.

For students who entered prior to Fall 2020: Concentration Worksheet

Trusts and Estates

If you are thinking about Trusts and Estates as an area of practice, you are preparing for internship or permanent placements in the following settings:

  • Small, midsize, or large law firm

You may do any of the following in practice:

  • Advise clients on the transfer of wealth, either during their lifetimes or at the end of their lives
  • Draft wills and other documents related to the transfer and maintenance of assets
  • Administer trusts
  • Litigate disputes among heirs

For the Trusts and Estates Path to Practice,

  1. You should take the following 2 foundational courses as early as possible:
    • Wills, Trusts, and Estates
    • Federal Estate and Gift Tax Law and Planning
  2. You should take at least 2 of the following intermediate courses:
    • Drafting Legal Documents
    • Elder Law
    • Estate Planning
    • Nonprofit Organizations
    • Surrogate’s Practice
    • Estate Administration
    • Trusts
    • Advanced Issues in Trusts & Estates
  3. You should take at least 1 of the following skills courses:
    • Disability Rights Clinic
    • Legal Services Externship (Elder Law placement)
    • State Judicial Externship (Surrogate’s Court placement)
  4. You should take at least 1 of the following related courses:
    • Corporations and Partnerships
    • Family Law
    • Tax Policy Seminar

You should consult with the following faculty regarding this Path to Practice: Crawford, Johnson

Italics indicates course in development.

Women, Gender & the Law

Requirements

At least 15 total credits are required for successful completion of the Women, Gender & the Law Path to Practice. With the exception of the Foundational Course, ordinarily advance approval of the Path to Practice director is required. See “Additional Requirements” below.

The Path to Practice requirements are as follows:

Foundational Course (required class):

  • Family Law


Focused Courses (at least 1 is required; select any from this list):

  • Advanced Family Law
  • Advanced Issues in Criminal Law
  • Advanced Issues in Criminal Law: Sex Crimes
  • Bioethics and Medical Malpractice
  • Civil Rights Law
  • Collaborative Law
  • Critical Race Theory
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Employment Law Survey
  • Feminist Legal Theory
  • Public Health Law
  • Sexuality, Gender & the Law


Related Courses
(at least 4 required; select any from this list and/or list of "Focused Courses" and/or list of "Capstone/Skills Courses," provided that same course may not be counted in satisfaction of the requirement of 4 "Related Courses" and the requirement of 1 "Foundational Course" and 1 "Capstone/Skills Course"):

  • Animal Law
  • Children and the Law
  • Environmental Justice Seminar
  • Elder Law
  • Estate Planning
  • Environmental Law Seminar: Human Rights and the Environment
  • Health Law in America
  • Immigration Law
  • Internet Law: Regulation of Social Media
  • International Criminal Law
  • International Human Rights Seminar
  • International Law Seminar: Asylum & Comparative Refugee Law
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Law and Education
  • Matrimonial Practice
  • Poverty Law
  • Prisoners’ Rights
  • Privacy and Information Law
  • Prosecution of War Crimes Seminar
  • Surrogates Practice
  • Wills, Trusts & Estates
  • Such one or more other courses as may be designated from time to time by mutual agreement of the Path to Practice Director and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs


Capstone/Skills Courses
(at least 1 is required; select any from this list):

  • Family Court Externship (3 credits)
  • Externship: Legal Services/Public Interest/Health Law (with advance approval of Path to Practice director and faculty supervisor; sex-related or gender-related placement required)
  • Externship: Criminal Justice (with advance approval of Path to Practice director and faculty supervisor; sex-related or gender-related placement required)
  • Guided Externship (with advance approval of Path to Practice director and faculty supervisor; sex-related or gender-related placement required)
  • Guided Research (minimum 2 credits) (with advance approval of Path to Practice director and faculty supervisor; sex-related or gender-related project required; further note that guided research does not satisfy any other skills-related requirement the school may have)
  • Advanced Legal Research (with advance approval of Path to Practice director and faculty instructor; sex-related or gender-related final project required)
  • Pro Bono Scholars Program participation (with advance approval of Path to Practice director and faculty instructor; sex-related or gender-related placement required)
  • Any seminar in which student submits a paper that would be eligible to earn upper-level writing requirement (with advance approval of Path to Practice director and faculty instructor of seminar; sex-related or gender-related final paper required; further note that a seminar paper does not satisfy any other skills-related requirement the school may have)
  • Any semester-long involvement in clinical program offered by John Jay Legal Services (with advance approval of Path to Practice director and Director of John Jay Legal Services; sex-related or gender-related casework required)
     

Additional Requirements:
With the exception of the Foundational Course, in order for any course to count toward satisfaction of the Path to Practice requirements, then ordinarily before the end of the drop/add period of the term in which the student is enrolled in the particular course, the student must present to and have signed by the Women, Gender & the Law Path to Practice director a form available from the Registrar’s Office. That form will require the student to provide a short (one paragraph) description of how the course relates to the Path to Practice. The purpose of this requirement is to provide opportunities for interaction, guidance and feedback so that the student is able to choose a deliberate and cohesive program of study that is unified in its relevance to women, gender and the law.

Students who have taken or are enrolled in courses that they wish to have retroactively counted toward the Path to Practice should meet with the Path to Practice director. You will need to prepare and have signed by the Path to Practice director a form available from the Registrar’s Office. That form will require the student to provide a short (one paragraph) description of how each course sought to be retroactively applied relates to the Path to Practice.

As is the requirement in other approved Paths to Practice, all candidates must maintain an average grade of B or better in the Path to Practice courses and may have no grade below C in any of the Path to Practice courses. In addition, all candidates must maintain an overall GPA of 2.5 or better. You should consult with one of the following faculty directors regarding this Path to Practice: Professor Emily Waldman.

For students who entered prior to Fall 2020: Concentration Worksheet

See our Gender & the Law page!