Certificate Requirements
- Successful completion of ITAP and four other Advocacy and Litigation courses in the J.D. program
- Attendance at five lectures in the LL.M. in Trial Advocacy Program
- Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA in Advocacy courses as well as a 2.50 GPA overall
- Participation as a witness or juror in designated mock trials or serving as a teaching assistant in an approved advocacy course
Required Courses
2nd year day/3rd year evening:
- ITAP (Evidence and Trial Advocacy in the Fall; Civil Procedure II and Trial Advocacy II in the Spring).
3rd year day/4th year evening:
- Students must take 3 electives from either Menu A or Menu B as laid out on the Certificate Registration form
- 1 Litigation clinical (day students only; evening students take a fourth elective)
- LL.M. lectures in Litigation Strategy (no credit)