Skill development
All Indiana Law students must complete one or more courses certified by the faculty as offering substantial instruction in "other professional skills" generally regarded as necessary for effective and responsible participation in the legal profession. Below is a list of skills courses offered the past two years.
Skill development courses and opportunities that are offered every year:
- B528 Advanced Appellate Advocacy
- B595 Advanced Environmental Law and Practice
- B720 Advanced Trial Practice
- B734 Advocacy: ABA
- B734 Advocacy: AIPLA
- B734 Advocacy: External Moot Court Team
- B734 Advocacy: IP
- B734 Advocacy: International Patent Drafting
- B734 Advocacy: LawMeet
- B734 Advocacy: Moot Court Board
- B734 Advocacy: Pace Moot Court Team
- B642 Appellate Advocacy
- B688 Community Legal Clinic
- B558 Conservation Law Clinic
- B545 Criminal Law Externship
- B581 Decision Making for Lawyers: Concepts, Duties and Skills
- B563 Domestic Relations Mediation
- B561 Entrepreneurship Law Clinic
- B740 Estate Planning
- B611 Ethics and Compliance
- B691 Family and Children Mediation Clinic
- B710 Independent Clinical Project
- B562 Indiana Legal Services Externship
- B551 IP Externship
- B567 IP Practicum
- B698 Judicial Field Placements
- B539 Lawyering in the Public Interest
- B508 Legal Operations
- B771 Mediation
- B508 Modern Small Firm Practice
- B620 Negotiations
- B559 Patent Prosecution
- B547 Public Interest Internship Program
- B507 Public Speaking
- B679 Student Legal Services Externship
- B722 Trial Advocacy
- B538 Washington Public Interest Program
Skill development courses and opportunities that are offered less frequently:
- B714 Deliberative Leadership
- B532 Federal Circuit Advocacy
- B785 Patent Trial Practice
- B515 Project Management
Student activities and opportunities
Student-run projects provide an opportunity for valuable practice experience with a defined time commitment. Academic credit is not granted for participation in these projects.
- Incarcerated Individuals Legal Assistance Project
- LGBT Project
- Pro Bono Immigration Project
- Protective Order Project
- Tenant Assistance Project
Internal and external competitions provide students with additional opportunities to practice their skills development.
- Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition
- Jessup International Moot Court Competition
- National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition
- Trial Team Competition
- Venture Capital Investment Competition