Requirements

Core Requirements:

Students will take at least one of the following courses for a minimum of three units.

• Administrative Law
• Civil Rights Litigation Seminar
• Constitutional Litigation/ Section 1983 (not offered until 2012-13)
• Immigrant Justice Practicum: Lawyering Skills I or Immigrant Justice Practicum: Lawyering Skills II
• Juvenile Justice Program
• Principles of Social Justice
• Public Interest Lawyering (not offered until 2012-13)

Writing:

Students must select for their two-unit Upper Division Writing Requirement (UDWR) a topic related to Public Interest Law. This may be accomplished by selecting a seminar or other UDWR class from the list of Public Interest Law electives or by writing a law review article or directed research paper on a topic approved by the Concentration Advisor.

Electives:

Students must also take enough electives to reach a minimum of 15 units for the Concentration as a whole.

Experiential Requirements:

Students will earn at least four units of clinic or externship credit in a functioning public interest practice environment

• Working at one of Loyola’s on-campus clinics
• Externship in a practice setting as a part of a two-semester practicum course (Civil Rights Litigation Seminar and Immigrant Justice Practicum)
• An individually arranged externship with a non-governmental, non-profit law office