Supreme Court Litigation Clinic (YR)

Section 1, Spring 23

Schedule Information

Enrollment: 12/12
Credits: 4
Days* Time Room Start Date End Date
  • W
  • 1600-1830
  • SL366
01/25/2023 04/26/2023
*“R” means Thursday

Course Description

This is the second semester of a yearlong clinic. See fall semester course listing for details.

Course Requirements

Exam Info:
Final Type (if any): None
Description: None

Written Work Product
Written Work Product: Draft petitions and merits briefs.

Other Work
Monitor lower court cases, and attend mootings and Supreme Court arguments.

Other Course Details
Prerequisites: (Constitutional Law (6001)) 3L JD Status (and selection via application process); because the credits in this course count toward the JD Program Professional Skills requirement, JD candidates will be given enrollment priority for this class. Concurrencies: None
Mutually Exclusive With: None
Laptops Allowed: Yes
First Day Attendance Required: No
Course Resources:
Course Notes:

Graduation Requirements

*Satisfies Writing Requirement: No
**Credits For Prof. Skills Requirement: Yes
Satisfies Professional Ethics: No

*If “Yes,” then students are required to submit a substantial research paper in this course, which means students do not need to submit any form to SRO for this paper to meet their upper-level writing requirement. If “No,” then students must submit a “special request” e-form to SRO (available via LawWeb) no later than five weeks after the start of the term for a paper in this class to be counted toward the upper-level writing requirement.

**Yes indicates course credits count towards UVA Law’s Prof. Skills graduation requirement, not necessarily a skills requirements for any particular state bar.

Schedule No.
123217924
Law No.
LAW8625
Modified Type
Clinical
Cross Listed: No
Cross-Listed Course Mnemonic:
Public Syllabus Link: None
Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Opens: Friday, April 21, 12:01 AM
Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Closes: Sunday, April 30, 11:59 PM
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