Hands-On Learning at Every Stage
Every J.D. student completes Bowen’s Experiential Learning Requirement (ELR), which combines foundational skills training with practical legal experience. Through skills courses, clinics, externships, and practicums, students graduate prepared to practice law with confidence.
Your Experiential Learning Journey
1L: Build Your Foundation
Students develop legal research, writing, and analysis skills that form the foundation of legal practice.
- RWA I
- RWA II
2L: Develop Your Skills
Students strengthen interviewing, counseling, negotiation, advocacy, and other practical lawyering skills.
- Lawyering Skills I
- Lawyering Skills II
Upper Level: Practice in the Field
Students apply their classroom learning through hands-on legal work and advanced research.
- Upper-Level Research Course
- Three credit hours in an approved clinic, externship, or practicum
Explore Experiential Learning Opportunities
Learn more about the clinics, externships, research opportunities, and practicum experiences that help students fulfill the Experiential Learning Requirement.
- Clinical Programs
- Public Service Externships
- Part-Time Student Practicum
- Upper-Level Research Courses