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295D sec. 001 - UCDC: Law and Lawyering in the Nation's Capital Seminar (Spring 2025)
Instructor: Nicole V Lehtman (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
Instructor: Sue Schechter (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
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Units: 3
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
Tu 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Off Campus
From January 14, 2025
To April 22, 2025
Course End: April 22, 2025
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 1
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 8
As of: 11/23 11:55 PM
This course meets on Tuesdays from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST in Washington, DC
UCDC LAW PROGRAM - Full-Semester Program in Washington, DC
The UCDC Law Program is a uniquely collaborative, full-semester externship program in person in Washington, DC. The program combines a weekly seminar course with a field placement to offer law students an unparalleled opportunity to learn how federal statutes, regulations, and policies are made, changed, and understood in the nation’s capital. The UCDC Law Program will immerse students in the theory and practice of Washington lawyering. Students will have contact with all three branches of the federal government, independent regulatory agencies, and advocacy nonprofits.
Students can receive up to 15 units for successful completion of the program: 8-12 units for the field placements and 3 units for the required companion course, “Law and Lawyering in the Nation’s Capital.” Students who are proposing 8-12 unit placements must receive academic clearance from a JD Academic Advisor in the Office of the Dean of Students. All UCDC Law Program field placement applications must be approved by Nicole Lehtman, the UCDC Law Program Director. The Program is housed at the University of California Washington Center, a UC facility located in Washington DC.
SEMINAR DESCRIPTION
The seminar is designed to enhance the externship experience in three ways. First, students will learn about the process of federal lawmaking directly from leading government lawyers, lobbyists, and public interest advocates. Second, students will explore new career opportunities unique to lawyering in Washington, while enhancing their skill sets for success in any career path. Third, students will investigate the role lawyers in Washington, DC have in making and changing federal law and policy. Class sessions include frequent guest lecturers and class discussions based on students' questions.
Please reach out to fieldplacementprogram@law.berkeley.edu with any questions.
Attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.
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Exam Notes: (None) Class requires a series of papers, assignments, or presentations throughout the semester
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Field Placements
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Public Law and Policy
Social Justice and Public Interest
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