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.............STATE CIVIL PROCEDURE SURVEY

. .( _ ) = number of units. [ n._ ] = endnote. "Yes" .= no details provided in survey response. When .updating, a website for clinics/intern/externships .is preferred to more detailed information.
...........Please submit revisions to: <bills@tjsl.edu>.

.....All rights reserved. William R. Slomanson 2003. Last rev: 11/19/03
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STATE:
LAW SCHOOL STATE CIV PRO COURSE? [n.1] MORE THAN ONE COURSE? CLINICAL and/or EXTERNSHIP TRAINING [n.2]

ALABAMA:
Cumberland School Law (Samford Univ) Alabama Trial Practice--covers AL civil proc (2) No [n.3]

Univ Alabama AL Civ Prac and Procedure (2) Yes

ARIZONA:
Arizona State Yes http://www.law.asu.edu/Programs/Clinic

Univ Arizona No No http://www.law.arizona.edu/Academics/default.htm#clinics

ARKANSAS:
Univ Arkansas Fayetteville http://law.uark.edu/clinic

Univ Arkansas
Little Rock No No http://www.law.ualr.edu (click Course Description)

CALIFORNIA:
California Western No (formerly) No http://www.cwsl.edu/main/default.asp?nav=academic_programs.asp&
body=academic_programs/clinical_internships.asp

Golden Gate Will offer 2004 No http://www.ggu.edu/schools/law/index.html (see search function)

Loyola Marymount Los Angeles CA Discovery No http://www.lls.edu/academics/externships.html

McGeorge Civil Pre-Trial Litigation (2) Former NV Prac Sem. http://www.mcgeorge.edu/academics/experiential_learning/
clinics.htm

Pepperdine No No http://law.pepperdine.edu/prospective/academics/clinical

Santa Clara CA Civ Pro (3) CA Disc.& Pretrial Prac (3) http://www.scu.edu/law/academics/clinics_and_internships.html

Stanford No No

Southwestern CA Civ Pro (3) [n.4] http://www.swlaw.edu/programs/externships.htm

Thomas Jefferson CA Civ Pro (3) [n.5] No

UC Berkeley No No http://www.law.berkeley.edu/cenpro/clinical.html

UC Davis CA Civ Pro No http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/flash/index.asp

UC Hastings CA Civ Pro
(pre-req for externship) CA App Prac (pre-req extern app cts) http://www.uchastings.edu/clinical_01

UCLA http://www.law.ucla.edu/students/academicprograms

Univ San Diego CA Civ Pro (3) No http://www.sandiego.edu/usdlaw/cep.html

Univ San Francisco http://www.usfca.edu/law

USC

Western State CA Civ Pro (3) No http://www.wsulaw.edu/meetdir.asp

Whittier No No http://www.law.whittier.edu/centers_clinics/clinics.asp

COLORADO:
Univ Colorado No No http://www.colorado.edu/law/clinics/appeladvoc/index.htm

Univ Denver http://www.law.du.edu/clinics/

CONNECTICUT:
Quinnipiac CT Prac (3) NY Prac (3) http://law.quinnipiac.edu

Univ Connecticut http://www.law.uconn.edu/academics/bulletin/clinics.html

Yale http://www.law.yale.edu/outside/html/Academics/acad-clinic.htm

DISTRICT of COLUMBIA:

American Univ http://www.wcl.american.edu/clinical

Catholic Univ No No http://law.cua.edu/academic/cle

Univ DC No No http://www.law.udc.edu/Programs/index.htm

Georgetown http://www.law.georgetown.edu/clinics

George Washington Yes http://www.law.gwu.edu/acad/clinics.asp

Howard http://www.law.howard.edu (click Academic Programs)

DELAWARE:
Widener DE Practice (2) NJ Prac (2); PA Prac (2) http://www.law.widener.edu/CURRENT/PROGRAMS/CLINICAL_
PROGRAMS/index.shtml

FLORIDA:
Barry Univ FL Civ Prac (2) No http://www.barry.edu/law/academicProgram/clinicsExternships.htm

Florida Coastal FL Civ Pro (3) Yes [n.6] http://www.fcsl.edu/alumni/cle/index.asp

Florida State FL Civ Prac (2)

Nova Southeastern http://www.nsulaw.nova.edu/law_clinics/index.cfm

St. Thomas FL Prac (3) No Clinics: Bankruptcy; Immigration; Tax & externships, including judicial

Stetson FL Civ Prac (3) http://www.law.stetson.edu/CLE

Univ Florida Yes http://www.law.ufl.edu/academics/clinics/juvenile

Univ Miami

GEORGIA:
Emory http://www.childwelfare.net

Georgia State GA Prac & Proc Adv. Sem. GA Prac http://law.gsu.edu/taxclinic

Mercer

Univ Georgia GA Prac & Proc http://www.lawsch.uga.edu/academics/clinics/index.html

HAWAII:
University Hawaii

IDAHO:
Univ Idaho

ILLINOIS:
DePaul http://www3.niu.edu/claw/clinic/index.html

Chicago-Kent IL Civ Pro (2) No http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic

John Marshall IL Civ Pro (2) IL Con Law

Loyola Univ Chicago IL Litigation (3) http://www.luc.edu/law/academics/special/clinics.shtml

Northern Illinois IL Civ Prac (2) Lawyering Skills (2) [n.7]

Northwestern Yes http://www.law.northwestern.edu/mainpages/cliniccent.htm

Southern Illinois Carbondale No [n.8] http://www.law.siu.edu/clinic/index.htm

Univ Chicago http://www.law.uchicago.edu/current/clinicalprogs.html

Univ Illinois On occasion (2) No http://www.law.uiuc.edu/clinic/civ.asp

INDIANA:
Indiana Univ Bloomington http://www.law.indiana.edu/curriculum/programs/clinical.shtml

Indiana Univ Indianapolis Yes/No [n.7] http://indylaw.indiana.edu/courses/clinics.htm

Notre Dame No No http://www.nd.edu/~ndlaw/currentstudents/academics/legal_aid.html

Valparaiso http://www.valpo.edu/law/lawclinic/

IOWA:
Drake http://www.law.drake.edu/clinic/curriculum.html

Univ Iowa http://www.law.uiowa.edu/legalclinic/?alternate_expand=
Academic+Programs

KANSAS:
Univ Kansas Practice in Kan: Civil (3) [n.9] http://www.law.ku.edu/academics/sub_clinic.asp

Washburn No No http://washburnlaw.edu/clinic [n.10]

KENTUCKY:
Northern Kentucky KY Prac & Proc (3) No [n.11] http://www.nku.edu/~chase/specialprograms.htm#Clinical

Univ Kentucky http://www.uky.edu/Law/clinic

Univ Louisville http://www.louisville.edu/brandeislaw

LOUISIANA:
Louisiana State LA Civ Pro
1 & 2 (both 3) http://www.law.lsu.edu/indexflash.asp (search "Clinics")

Loyola New Orleans LA Code Civ Pro [n.12] No http://law.loyno.edu/clinic

Southern University http://www.sulc.edu/clinic.html

Tulane LA Civ Prac (3) No [n.13] http://www.law.tulane.edu/prog/index.cfm?d=skills&main=clincivlit.htm

MAINE:
Univ Maine http://mainelaw.maine.edu/acad-clinic.htm

MARYLAND:
Univ Baltimore MD Civ Pro (3) No [n.14] http://law.ubalt.edu/clinics/index.html

Univ Maryland MD Civ Pro http://www.law.umaryland.edu/externships.asp

MASSACHUSETTS:

Boston College No No http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/services/academic/programs/clinical

Boston Univ No No http://www.bu.edu/law/jd/clinics/index.html

Harvard Yes http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical

New England MA Civ Proc NY & NH Civ Proc [n.15] http://www.nesl.edu/academics/clinic/Spring2003.pdf

Northeastern No No http://www.slaw.neu.edu/clinics/

Suffolk MA Prac (2) CT, NH, NY, RI (all 2) [n.16] http://www.law.suffolk.edu/academic/clinical/index.cfm

Western New England No No

MICHIGAN:
Ave Maria

Detroit College of Law Michigan State MI Civ Pro (2) http://law.msu.edu/academics/ac-exp.html

Thomas M. Cooley http://www.cooley.edu/clinics/index.htm

University Detroit Mercy http://www.law.udmercy.edu/currentstudents/academics/
specialprograms/

Univ Michigan http://www.law.umich.edu/CentersAndPrograms/clinical/index.htm

Wayne State No No http://www.law.wayne.edu/Pages/Programs/Clinics_and_Internships/
clinics_and_internships.htm

MINNESOTA:

Hamline No No http://web.hamline.edu/law/acadprogs/clinics.htm

St. Thomas No No http://www.stthomas.edu/lawschool/rw/rw_cl.cfm

Univ Minnesota No No http://www.law.umn.edu/students/lawclinics/civil_practice.php

William Mitchell http://www.wmitchell.edu/courses/lawpsych.html

MISSISSIPPI:
Mississippi College Law Mississippi Prac (3) LA Prac (3) http://law.mc.edu/ (click Academics)

MISSOURI:
St. Louis University Civil Practice [n.17] IL (some) http://law.slu.edu/registrar/fall2003/clinic_curriculum.html

Univ Missouri
Kansas City No No http://www1.law.umkc.edu/clinics/els/index.htm

Washington Univ http://law.wustl.edu/Clinics/index.html#cliniclinks

MONTANA:
Univ Montana http://www.umt.edu/law/clinics.htm

NEBRASKA:
Creighton Yes http://www.unl.edu/lawcoll/clinic.html

Nebraska Yes http://www.unl.edu/lawcoll/clinic.html

NEVADA:
UNLV No No http://www.law.unlv.edu/clinic.html

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Franklin Pierce No [n.18] No http://www.piercelaw.edu/civprac/clinnews.htm

NEW JERSEY:
Rutgers Univ-Camden NJ Prac http://www-camlaw.rutgers.edu/clinic

Rutgers Univ-Newark No [n.19]
NJ Prac(3) No [n.20]
NY Prac http://law.newark.rutgers.edu//clinics.html

Seton Hall NJ Prac (3) NY Prac http://law.shu.edu/csj/index.html

NEW MEXICO:
University New Mexico http://lawschool.unm.edu/Clinic

NEW YORK:
Albany NY Proc
I and II http://www.als.edu/centers/editor.cfm?ID=176

Brooklyn NY Prac (3/4) No http://www.brooklaw.edu/academic/clinics

CUNY NY Prac (4) No http://www.law.cuny.edu/OurPrograms/clinics/index.html

Columbia No No http://www.law.columbia.edu/focusareas/clinics

Cornell No No http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/admissions/clinic.htm

Fordham NY Prac http://law.fordham.edu/clinics.htm

Hofstra NY CPLR (3) [n.21] http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/Law/law_clinic.cfm

New York Law School http://www.nyls.edu/pages/1659.asp

NYU http://www.law.nyu.edu/clinics

Pace http://www.law.pace.edu/envclinic/index.html

St. John's NY Prac (4) Advanced NY Prac (2) http://new.stjohns.edu/students/ev_uni_031004.sju

Syracuse NY Civ Pro No http://www.law.syr.edu/academics/academics.asp?what=ClinicalLegalInfo

Touro NY Prac [n.22] No http://www.tourolaw.edu/AboutTLC/AcademicPrograms/
ClinicalExternship.html

Yeshiva (Cardozo) NY Prac (2/3)
[n.23] No http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/academic/specprog.html

NORTH CAROLINA:
Campbell

Duke No No http://www.law.duke.edu/curriculum/upper.html#skills

North Carolina Central Yes http://www.nccu.edu/law/academics/clinical.html

University North Carolina Chapel Hill No No http://www.law.unc.edu/academics/clinical

Wake Forest http://www.law.wfu.edu/x342.xml

NORTH DAKOTA:
Univ North Dakota http://www.law.und.nodak.edu/lawweb/clinic/clinics.html

OHIO:
Capital No No http://www.law.capital.edu/Student/clinic.asp

Case Western Reserve http://lawwww.cwru.edu/academic/kramer.asp

Cleveland State Cleveland Marshall OH Civ Pro (3) No [n.24] http://www.law.csuohio.edu/academics/clinics.html

Ohio Northern http://www.law.onu.edu (click Academics)

Ohio State
Moritz College of Law No No http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/admissions/special_programs/
clinical_programs.html

Univ Akron No No http://www.uakron.edu/law/clinical.php

Univ Cincinnati

Univ Dayton Yes Clinical Practicum

Univ Toledo No No http://www.utlaw.edu/clinics/index.htm

OKLAHOMA:
Oklahoma City Univ http://www.okcu.edu/law/centers/extern.asp

University Oklahoma Not OK Civ Pro TX Civ Pro http://www.okcu.edu/law/centers/extern.asp

Univ Tulsa No [n.25] TX Civ Pro http://www.law.utulsa.edu:8080/clinic

OREGON:
Lewis & Clark Oregon (3) No www.lclark.edu/dept/lscs/externplace.html

Univ Oregon Yes No http://www.law.uoregon.edu/academics/clinics.php

Willamette No No http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/academic/prof_prep.htm

PENNSYLVANIA:
Penn State/Dickinson PA Prac & Proc No [n.26] www.dsl.psu.edu/programs/fieldplaceopps.cfm

Duquesne www.law.duq.edu/lawclinic/clinical.html

Temple PA Civ Pro

University Pennsylvania No No http://www.law.upenn.edu/clinic

Univ Pittsburgh PA Civ Pro Yes [n.27] http://www.law.pitt.edu/programs/clinics/index.html

Villanova http://www.law.vill.edu/currentstudents/clinicsandexternships/
clinicsandexternships.asp

Widener PA Civ Prac (2) No [n.28] www.law.widener.edu/CURRENT/PROGRAMS/CLINICAL_
PROGRAMS/ clinical_externship.shtml

PUERTO RICO:
Inter-American Univ Puerto Rico

Pontifical Catholic Univ Puerto Rico

Universidad de Puerto Rico http://upracd.upr.clu.edu:9090/derecho.htm

RHODE ISLAND:
Roger Williams http://law.rwu.edu/Academics+and+Institutes/Clinical+Legal+Education

SOUTH CAROLINA:
Univ South Carolina http://www.law.sc.edu/clinic/clinichp.htm

SOUTH DAKOTA:
Univ South Dakota No No http://www.usd.edu/law/new_web_site/student_resources/academics/
academics_page.htm

TENNESSEE:
Univ Memphis http://www.law.memphis.edu/sumsched.pdf

Univ Tennessee No No www.law.utk.edu

Vanderbilt Yes http://law.vanderbilt.edu/academics/clinical.html

TEXAS:
Baylor http://law.baylor.edu/advocacy/externships.htm

SMU TX Pretrial Proc (3) & TX Trial and App Proc (3) NO http://www.law.smu.edu/clinics/index.htm

St. Mary's TX Civ Pro I
Tx Civ Pro II
(both 3) [n.29] No http://www.stmarytx.edu/law/index.php?group=program&page=
clinic.php

Texas Southern http://www.tsulaw.edu (click Academics)

Texas Tech TX Civ Proc http://www.law.ttu.edu/academics/clinic/default.asp

Texas Wesleyan TX Pretrial Proc; TX Trials & Appeals;
TX Pretrial Practicum http://law.txwes.edu/default.asp?path=
8D3FDE29FB876461E410E6199236D16A [n.30]

Univ Houston TX Pro 2 (3) & 3 (2) No http://www.law.uh.edu/clinic

Univ Texas Austin TX Pretrial Proc (3) and Tx Trial & App (3) No http://www.utexas.edu/law/academics/clinics

South Texas TX Pretrial Proc (3) TX Trial & App. Proc (3) http://www.stcl.edu/admissions/philosophy.html#clinics

UTAH:
BYU

Univ Utah http://www.law.utah.edu/programs/clinic.html

VERMONT:
Vermont No No http://www.vermontlaw.edu/experiential/index.cfm

VIRGINIA:
Appalachian VA Civ Pro No [n.31] All students required to complete a six-week externship during the
summer after their first year.

George Mason VA Prac http://www.gmu.edu/departments/law///////lawpsych

Judge Advocate General's School

Regent Univ VA Proc (3) Civil Pretrial Prac&Proc (2) http://www.regent.edu/acad/schlaw/programs/clinical.html

Univ Richmond VA Civ Pro No http://law.richmond.edu/clinic

Univ Virginia VA Civ Prac & Proc (3) [n.32] http://www.law.virginia.edu/home2002/html/academics/clinics.htm

Washington & Lee VA Civ Pro No http://law.wlu.edu/clinics/legalclinic/index.asp

William & Mary VA Civ Pro (3) No http://www.wm.edu/law/academicprograms/legalskills/index.shtml

WASHINGTON:
Gonzaga No No http://www.law.gonzaga.edu/Programs+and+Institutes/
Externship+Program/Externship+Program.htm

Seattle University http://www.law.seattleu.edu/clinic/courses?mode=standard

Univ Washington http://www.law.washington.edu/Clinics

WEST VIRGINIA:
West Virginia http://www.wvu.edu/%7Elaw/academic/ProgramsSkillsTraining.html

WISCONSIN:
Marquette Advanced Civil
Procedure [n.33] No http://www.law.wisc.edu/clinics/index.asp

Univ Wisconsin No

WYOMING:
Univ Wyoming http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/Law/Students/clinics.htm

n.1: The current percentage of schools offering a state civil procedure course is 40%. A number of California schools have ......added state civil procedure to their curricula in the last year, preseumably in response to the Oct. 17, 2002 notice that this ......subject will be tested on the state bar exam.
n.2: Additional clinical education details are available at <http://www.cleaweb.org>. One must thereon navigate through
......each individual school's website to access details, including whether there is a web-based database for each school's .....clinical/internship/externship opportunities. This STATE CIVIL PROCEDURE SURVEY, as it evolves, is designed to ultimately .....provide only each school's clinical website information. It currently provides ready access on one webpage--regarding
......state.civil procedure and clinical courses--for all ABA-accredited law schools. The author has relied upon direct imput
......from faculty members, rather than the sometimes outdated information available on various websites. The responses
......remain anonymous, unless otherwise requested. Any mistakes regarding such faculty input is solely that of the survey
......author. Please provide notice of any changes regarding either your school's state civil procedure or clinical offerings ......(preferably only a.clinical/intern or externship website) to <bills@tjsl.edu>.
n.3: Years ago, offered a course on Florida civil procedure.
n.4: Team litigation projects when offered as 3-unit course. No skills component when offered in the 2-unit summer class.
n.5: Two units, with 3rd optional skills unit until 1997. The lack of accreditation authorization for online courses resulted in .....dropping this online unit. The ABA promulgated its initial cyber course guidelines in 2001.
n.6: Because we are less than a half hour from the Georgia border and have a number of students who commute from Georgia, ......we have offered a course in Georgia Civil Procedure in the past. The frequency is not that clear. But, it is a.course that we ......offered at some time within the last two years.
n.7: Interviewing & counseling negotiation--two-thirds state & one-third fed. It is also taught in Pre-Trial.
n.8: State Civ. Pro. is taught as part of our 6 hours of required Civil Procedure (Civ. Pro I & II).
n.9: About half is Kansas civil procedure.
n.10: Our 1st year civil procedure course focuses on Indiana civil procedure, with some reference to the Federal Rules. Also, ........principles of Indiana civil procedure are taught as part of the various civil clinics we have here. Indiana civil procedure is.
.........on the Indiana bar.
n.11: Students take a course called "Clinic" and get experience with a variety of cases.
n.12: We probably should teach Ohio Prac & Proc, but no one has time to develop the course.
n.13: It is the subject of an entire section of the Louisiana Bar exam and has become the most difficult to pass.
n.14: I once taught an independent study to a student who was returning to my home state of Missouri. I doubt whether this
........has happened very often.
n.15: Although many waive into DC and/or have ties to VA.
n.16: Either in house or conjunction with another local law school.
n.17: I also offer a review session on Massachusetts Civil Practice, every June, as an aid to our graduates--prior to their .......beginning their commercial bar review courses.
n.18: Pre-requisite for some of our clinic offerings and concentrates on Missouri (and some Illinois) discovery and practice ........information.
n.19: Although NH has not adopted the FRCP (we still use the writ system and law and equity have separate procedures), in ........reality the practice in NH state court is not all that different from federal court. Most practitioners use the same form.of ........pleadings and motions they would use in federal court while enjoying the benefits of the far less managerial bench that.
........ they.find in the state courts.
n.20: Rutgers Newark lists both NJ practice and NY practice in its catalogue, but that doesn't mean they're actually given.
n.21: Selected Problems in New York Civil Practice.
n.22: First year is a six credit Civ Pro federal rules class. Because of [offering] NY Practice, we tend to stay away
....... from any.NY law except the long-arm statute.
n.23: We offer a year-long, 3-credit New York Practice course & a one-semester, 2-credit adjunct-taught version.
n.24: In the past we offered New York procedure (for maybe a couple of years) since we might have a dozen or so students ....... per year who intend to go to, or return to New York.
n.25: Even though there are not enough differences to create a meaty course on Okla. Civ Pro, the bar examiners often pick ....... those areas of difference to emphasize on the bar exam * * * according to my colleague who teaches the Civ Pro ....... ....... component of the Okla. Bar Review. I also review the questions, and it varies by year, but some years I think he is ....... ....... definitely correct.
n.26: Offers PA Criminal Procedure.
n.27: We have a variety of courses connected with our litigation certificate program that focus on practice before state ........(ie,Pennsylvania) and federal courts. These courses cover both rules and so-called practical issues.
n.28: In the past we have offered NJ Civil Practice, but the recent demand has been too low to justify the offering.
n.29: Required: All students intending to practice in Texas must take these courses.
n.30: The Law Clinic is both a credit course and a functioning law office, allowing students to practice law while in lawschool. ........Students represent indigent clients in court under direct faculty supervision. A classroom component meets.weekly to ........study.the substantive law, to learn essential practical skills, and to discuss client cases.
n.31: Discussed WVA, KY, and TN because of number of students who migrate--although they ted to follow fed.
n.32: I do not think that large numbers of students take this course even though Virginia procedure is tested extensively on the ........bar exam (25% of the state portion). Virginia does not follow the FRCP but retains a modified version of the common
.........law system of procedure. (It retains the distinction between law and equity, for example, with different procedural rules ........and deadlines for each.) 25 years ago, I opted not to take the course because I was told that the bar review course
.........would teach me all I need to know about Va. procedure--which was more or less true (Gordon Hylton).
n.33: Part of the reason for this advanced course is that the Civil Procedure faculty created it when CP changed, from a
.........2-semester 6-credit course, to a 1-semester 4-credit course. We couldn't bear the thought of our students (or at least
.........those who plan on trial practice) missing out on so much. It's been a successful course (Shirley Wiegand).

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