Ex. Legal Practice: Advocacy and Litigation

Section: Advocacy and Litigation
Instructor: Susan Horwitz

This offering will provide a 1 credit seminar to accompany a 2 credit placement in various advocacy and/or legal services organizations arranged directly by the participating students. Ms. Horwitz is a new adjunct Lecturer with 25 + years experience with The Legal Aid Society. After more than a decade in criminal appeals and the trial practice, she is now the Director of the Education Team of the Civil Practice. In this capacity, she oversees both direct services, advocacy work and impact litigation on behalf of students in the NYC public school system. The class will meet every other week for 2 hours.

Grading and Placement Expectations
Each student must secure a placement independently. The seminar credits count towards students' classroom credit requirements for the NYS Bar and are also experiential. The seminar credit is graded and the placement credits are NC/C.
The fieldwork component is 2 credits. These credits are also experiential but do not count towards students' classroom credit requirement. These credits are graded CR/F. Students registered for 2 fieldwork credits must complete an average of 10 hours per week for 14 weeks at their placement. Students asked to work up to an average of 15 hours per week for 14 weeks at their placement may secure an additional credit pursuant to JD/LLM Supervised Experiential Study(L6695 or L6697 (LLM)), for which they must secure a sponsor. Students can ask their Legal Practice Seminar teacher to sponsor the additional credit. It is within the instructors' sole discretion to agree to this. Students must coordinate your schedule with their supervisor.

Externship credits count towards students' 6-credit experiential requirement provided they satisfy the requirements dictated by the ABA and incorporated into each course. In addition to substantive and qualitative requirements set by instructors, these requirements include the submission of certain documents. Due dates and descriptions of the documentation requirements will be distributed upon admission to the class.