Minor Writing Credit

Graded CR (credit) or F (failure).

J.D. candidates only.

Minor Writing Credit must be registered separately with Registration Services not later than the end of the Change of Program period of their sixth (or final) semester (see Rule 1.4).

1.4.6.1 A 3,250-4,000 word or 10 to 15 page (double-spaced, 12-point font) seminar paper.
1.4.6.2 Research as an unpaid faculty assistant under Rule 1.6, if conducted under a faculty member’s active supervision and if the supervising faculty member so recommends.
1.4.6.3 Service on the staff of the Legislative Drafting Research Fund, if the director of the Fund so recommends.
1.4.6.4 Participation as counsel in the autumn term elimination rounds or spring term final rounds of the Harlan Fiske Stone Honor Competition, if the brief is certified as satisfactory by the director of the moot court program.
1.4.6.5 Reaction or discussion papers totaling 15 to 20 pages, written over the course of the semester.

Minor Writing Credit may be earned by an ordinary course paper, or brief, or other written research activity done under the supervision of a Columbia Law School faculty member. This may be any member of the regular or clinical or adjunct or visiting faculty. It may be earned at any time during the second or third year, but must be registered by not later than the end of the Change of Program period of their sixth (or final) semester. All written work submitted in satisfaction of the Minor Writing Requirement must be completed by the first day of the month preceding the month by which the student anticipates graduating. For May graduates the Minor Writing paper must be submitted by April 1. See Rule 1.4 for more information.