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December 20, 2006
American University Washington College of Law Introduces Electives for First-Year Law Students
American University Washington College of Law will implement a plan to offer 1Ls electives for the Spring 2007 semester. According to the College's press release "in order to make room for an elective, WCL’s faculty transformed the Civil Procedure and Property courses from two-semester, five-credit courses into one-semester, four-credit courses. This frees up space for students to take an elective in the spring semester of their first year. The new electives have been developed specifically for first-year students, and will include, among others, a survey of International Law; a course on the regulatory state; an introduction to Intellectual Property Law; a course in litigating International Law cases in the United States; and a course in Trial Advocacy principles and techniques." -- Joe Hodnicki
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Yale law school makes the entire second semester elective. This requires telescoping the first year curriculum into one semester--and pushing Property into a mandatory course to be taken any time after the first semester.
I believe Hastings has recently offered the possibility of an elective course--allowing students to choose from among a handful of courses only.
One important concern is whether first year students are prepared for upper level courses.
I favor creating space for an elective--and then permitting professors to designate a course as "Open to Second Semester First Years."
Posted by: Anupam Chander | Dec 21, 2006 1:39:15 PM
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