Reunification
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An experiential course must be a simulation course, a law clinic, or a field placement. To satisfy this requirement, a course must be primarily experiential in nature and must:
A simulation course provides substantial experience not involving an actual client, that:
(1) is reasonably similar to the experience of a lawyer advising or representing a client or engaging in other lawyering tasks in a set of facts and circumstances devised or adopted by a faculty member; and (2) includes the following: (i) direct supervision of the student’s performance by the faculty member; (ii) opportunities for performance, feedback from a faculty member, and self-evaluation; and (iii) a classroom instructional component.
A law clinic provides substantial lawyering experience that: (1) involves one more actual clients; and (2) includes the following: (i) advising or representing a client; (ii) direct supervision of the student’s performance by a faculty member; (iii) opportunities for performance, feedback from a faculty member, and self- evaluation; and (iv) a classroom instructional component.
Field placement courses must meet the requirements of the relevant ABA Standards.