WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
SUMMER SESSION 2015
COURSE DIRECTORY
[3/24/2015]
GENERAL INFORMATION
Summer courses are open to all matriculated Washington University law students and non-Washington
University law students currently in good standing at their law school. Students from other law schools must
request that their school send a letter of good standing. Summer course work counts toward the 86 credits
required to obtain a Washington University J.D. degree (but does not count toward the J.D. residency
requirement). Generally, the maximum number of units a student can take in summer school is 8 units; however,
students interested in taking more than 8 units should contact the Registrar’s Office at [email protected].
2015 SUMMER SEMESTER CALENDAR
Wednesday, March 25:
Registration begins (students should register via pre-registration
forms – see below; there is no online registration)
Friday, May 15:
Commencement Day
Monday, May 18:
Tuition deadline
Monday, May 18:
First day of Law summer session
Monday, May 25:
Memorial Day Holiday
Friday, July 3:
Independence Day Holiday
Thursday, Aug. 13:
Last day of Law summer session
[Mon, August 24:
First Day of Fall 2015 Semester]
Students enrolled in the Judicial Clerkship Externship or Lawyering Practice Externship may begin their
placements as early as after the spring exam period and are strongly encouraged to work at their placement sites
a minimum of ten (10) weeks. See descriptions below.
REGISTRATION
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Externships: To pre-register with priority for an Externship course (see descriptions below), students
should submit a pre-registration form as soon as possible. Externship placements are subject to space
availability. The pre-registration forms are available at:
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP EXTERNSHIP (requires GPA of at least 85 and writing sample):
http://law.wustl.edu/clinicaled/pages.aspx?id=6888
LAWYERING PRACTICE EXTERNSHIP
http://law.wustl.edu/clinicaled/pages.aspx?id=6890
Externship Pre-registration forms should be submitted to Katie Herr, Clinical Education Program
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Operations Manager, at [email protected], AB Hall, Room 107, 314-935-5942 (Tel); 314-935-5171 (Fax).
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Visiting students should complete the pertinent pre-registration form found above, and must also
complete a short application (found at http://law.wustl.edu/uploadedFiles/Registrar/appvisitcourse.pdf),
along with providing a letter of good standing from their law school.
TUITION
Tuition for the summer session is $2,134 per unit. Tuition payment is due by the first day of classes. Tuition
cannot be refunded if a student drops after the drop deadline (see withdrawal policies at the end of each course
description). Questions about tuition/billing/financial aid should be directed to Carrie Burns, Assistant Director of
Financial Aid & Student Services, 314-935-4605, [email protected].
No students, whether full-time or part-time, may earn a JD degree from Washington University School of Law
until they have paid six semesters of full-time tuition at the regular full-time semester rate. Students entering as
second-year transfers are required to pay four semesters of full-time tuition. For joint-degree students, the
semester-tuition minimum is five; for LLM students, it is two. Summer school or other special-program tuition
does not get credited towards the semester tuition minimum for any student. The full tuition policy can be found
at http://law.wustl.edu/registrar/coursedir/2010-2011/WUSLLawTuitionPolicy09102009.pdf.
CURRICULAR PRACTICAL TRAINING (CPT) – FOR STUDENTS ON F1 VISAs:
Students who are in the U.S. on student visas may be able to do externships or work using their CPT time
allotment (to save their Optional Practical Training or OPT time allotment). Students who register for summer
school credits must pay tuition (at the per credit hour rate noted above). More information can be found at
http://law.wustl.edu/registrar/forms/CPTApplication-Law.pdf and through the University’s Office of International
Students and Scholars (http://oiss.wustl.edu/students/employment-training/f-1/).
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WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
SUMMER SESSION 2015
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
EXTERNSHIPS
A N JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP EXTERNSHIP
W74-654 (3 credit hours, or 4 with permission of instructor)
Days and times for individual review session to be arranged
Enrollment limited: 12
Prof. Charles Bobinette (in St. Louis)
Prof. Mary Perry (outside St. Louis)
Students in the Judicial Externship summer course learn litigation and appellate advocacy skills working as law clerks for
judges. Students can work for state, federal, or tribal judges at the trial level (including district, magistrate, and bankruptcy)
or appellate level in Missouri, Illinois, or elsewhere in the United States. Students develop advanced legal research and
writing skills through the research and drafting of legal memoranda on cases pending before the courts. Students also
enhance their understanding of civil and criminal practice and procedure, and gain insights into judicial perspectives
through the clerkship and through required observation of civil and criminal litigation.
The summer Judicial Externship course primarily utilizes a cadre of participating judges in the St. Louis metropolitan area (in
both Missouri and Illinois) who supervise Judicial Externship students during the regular academic year. Students who wish
to do summer clerkships with judges outside the St. Louis metropolitan area may do so, but must demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the faculty instructors that the proposed placement is comparable in rigor to the local placements. (Students
with placements outside the St. Louis area will be supervised by Prof. Mary Perry.] Students working with local judges meet
with Professor Bobinette on a bi-weekly basis (and for those out of town who are working with Prof. Perry, the supervision
will take place via phone/email, etc.). Students’ written work is reviewed under the same standards whether the
placement is local or out-of-town.
This course will be graded on a pass/fail basis. To earn 3 credits, students in this course must work in their placements a
minimum of 156 hours and produce a minimum of 30 pages of polished research and writing, including outlines and first
drafts over a period of approximately six to ten weeks. Students seeking 4 credit hours (which requires permission of the
instructor, as noted above) must work in their placements a minimum of 208 hours and produce a corresponding amount
of research and writing. Students are strongly encouraged to spread the work out over a ten-week period in order to
develop a solid working relationship with the judge and law clerks. Students may begin work before the beginning of
regular summer school courses through arrangement with the instructor.
Note: The supervising judges strongly prefer students with a GPA of 3.40 or higher and a demonstrated strong ability in
legal writing. Please submit a copy of your grades, GPA and a writing sample.
Pre-registration: Students who wish to take this course should preregister by submitting a “Summer Judicial Clerkship
Externship Pre-Registration” form as soon as possible, in order to secure priority in placement. The form is found at
http://law.wustl.edu/clinicaled/pages.aspx?id=6888
The completed forms should be returned to the Katie Herr, Clinical Education Program Operations Manager, in AB Hall,
Room 107 along with a copy of your transcripts/ GPA, resume and writing sample. This information can also be emailed to
Katie at [email protected]. Additional information can be found on the clinical program website at
http://law.wustl.edu/clinicaled/pages.aspx?id=6888.
Professors Bobinette works individually with students on their placements and assign placements after the initial meeting,
on a first-come, first-serve basis. Students have the opportunity to accept/reject their placement sites within one day of
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receiving notification of their placement. Open registration continues until the start of the summer term, subject to the
enrollment limit and placement availability. [Students with placements outside St. Louis will be supervised by Prof. Perry.]
WITHDRAWAL POLICY: In the interest of maintaining excellent relationships with our placement sites, once a student has
accepted her/his placement, s/he may not drop this course, and will receive a grade of pass or fail.
A N LAWYERING PRACTICE EXTERNSHIP
Prof. Mary Perry
W74-798A
3 - 6 units
Days and times to be arranged.
Enrollment limit: 20
Additional information can be found on the clinical program website at
http://law.wustl.edu/clinicaled/pages.aspx?id=6890. Students in the Lawyering Practice Externship summer course learn
advocacy and litigation skills working under the supervision of clinical field supervisors in government law offices or legal
departments of approved tax-exempt charitable organizations. Students may handle cases in civil or criminal matters.
Students engage in various phases of lawyering practice, including interviewing, counseling, investigation, drafting,
negotiation, litigation and settlement. Enrollment in the summer Lawyering Practice Externship does not prohibit you from
taking another clinic in the fall or spring academic year.
The following placements are a sample of what may be available in Summer 2015:
* Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis)
* Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Illinois (E. St. Louis)
* Legal Services of Eastern Missouri: Community & Economic Development Program (St. Louis)
* Missouri Attorney General's Office (St. Louis)
If you are interested in externing in the summer for credit, you are encouraged to contact Professor Perry to discuss your
career interests and strategize other possible placements.
Alternatively, students may on their own seek placements in similar not-for-profit or government law offices. These
placements can be either in St. Louis or another location within the United States. The proposed placement must be
comparable in rigor to previously-approved placements. Students working locally meet periodically for class meetings and
with Prof. Perry on a regular basis. For out-of-town placements, Prof. Perry will meet with students at the beginning and
end of their externship experience and communicate with them weekly by phone and e-mail journal.
This course will be graded on a credit/no credit basis. Students in this course must work in their placements a minimum of
156 hours and complete designated assignments to earn 3 credit hours. (4 credits = 208; 5 credits = 260, 6 credits = 312).
Students are strongly encouraged to spread the work out over a minimum ten-week period in order to develop a solid
working relationship with the attorneys. Students may begin work before the beginning of regular summer school courses
through arrangement with the instructor.
Pre-registration: Students who wish to take this course should preregister by submitting a “Lawyering Practice Externship
Pre-Registration” form as soon as possible in order to secure priority in placement. The form and more detailed information
can be found at http://law.wustl.edu/clinicaled/pages.aspx?id=6890 and should turned in to Katie Herr, Clinical Education
Program Operations Manager, in AB Hall, Room 107. Questions can be directed to Katie Herr at [email protected].
WITHDRAWAL POLICY: In the interest of maintaining excellent relationships with our placement sites, once a student has
accepted her/his placement, s/he may not drop this course, and will receive a grade of credit or no credit. Tuition cannot
be refunded if a student drops after s/he has accepted her/his placement.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------COURSE ATTRIBUTES:
A = Courses that satisfy the J.D. Applied Lawyering/Professional Skills requirement.
N = Non-Law Classroom Unit (Non-LCU; also known as non-regularly scheduled class session courses) - JD students who graduate with
exactly 86 units are limited to no more than 19 units of non-regularly scheduled class session courses and non-law courses.
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