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Certificate Programs

Constitutional Law and Civil Rights Certificate Requirements
Food and Agricultural Law Certificate Requirements
Health Law Certificate Requirements
International/Foreign Law Certificate Requirements
Legislative Practice Certificate Requirements
Litigation and Dispute Resolution Certificate Requirements
International and Comparative Law and Human Rights Certificate Program

Certificate Programs: get credit for Drake's specialties Match your career choices with Drake's areas of special expertise. A certificate program is a formal course of study within the curriculum that is analogous to a college major. Successful completion of a certificate program not only represents significant learning, but can also demonstrate to potential employers a student's commitment to the practice area. Drake offers four certificate programs.

Constitutional Law and Civil Rights Certificate The Drake Constitutional Law Center is one of only four constitutional law programs established by the U.S. Congress. This certificate program builds on Drake Law School longstanding commitment to research and symposia in these areas through the Drake Constitutional Law Center. Students take 21 credits of coursework. For more information, contact Professor Kende.

Health Law Certificate Students who wish to concentrate their studies in health law may earn a Health Law Certificate following satisfactory completion of twenty-one (21) credits through the following components:
(1) a Required Component, consisting of one Introduction to Health Law course;
(2) at least one course from the Health Law Perspectives Component;
(3) at least one course from the Tort and Insurance Component; and
(4) at least three courses from the Specific Populations/Specific Doctrine Component, all three of which must be selected after consultation with and approval by the Health Law and Policy Center Director to ensure coordination between course selection and desired career placement.

The remaining 3-5 credits may be taken from any of the other courses listed under these four components and/or, at the discretion of the Health Law and Policy Center Director, through an Independent Study Component or other health law-related coursework that may be approved by the Drake University Law School faculty from time to time.

International/Foreign Law Student Certificate
International or foreign law students who successfully complete two semesters of course work at Drake Law School will be awarded a Certificate that appropriately recognizes their accomplishment.

Food and Agricultural Law Certificate Drake was the first American law school to offer a specialization in agricultural law. In association with Drake's nationally-recognized Agricultural Law Center, this certificate program consists of 21 credit hours of coursework, an internship and a major legal research and writing project. For more information, contact Professor Hamilton.

Legislative Practice Certificate Drake's proximity to the Iowa legislature in Des Moines offers students a valuable opportunity for first-hand experience in legislative practice. This program combines coursework and internships to give students a significant grounding in the legislative process from a legal perspective. For more information, contact Professor Pope.

Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Certificate Drake Law School has been well-known as an institution that produces well-educated, thoughtful, skilled, and successful litigators, mediators, negotiators, and adjudicators. Drake alumni are well-represented among the judiciary (including holding four of the seven positions on the Iowa Supreme Court) and the litigation bar in Iowa. In view of Drake Law School’s longstanding and well-deserved reputation for its education and training of future litigators, the Certification in Litigation and Dispute Resolution is well-integrated into the law school’s mission. For those students who are dedicated to and focus upon litigation- and dispute resolution-related courses and activities during their law school years, this certification provides formal recognition of the knowledge, experiences, and skills they have achieved.

International and Comparative Law and Human Rights Certificate The International and Comparative Law and Human Rights Certificate (“ICLC”) Program. recognizes the satisfactory completion by students of required credits in Drake’s international and comparative law and related course offerings.

Certificate Requirements

Constitutional Law and Civil Rights Certificate

Students must take 21 hours from the courses below.

Required Courses:

Required Con Law I and II – Law 160 and Law 161, Three Credits each
Required Electives – Nine credits (three credits must come from the “practice” group, three credits must come from a “core” group, and the remaining credits must come from either group)

Practice Group Courses:

Constitutional Litigation - Law 252 (Sec. 1983), Two/Three Credits
Employment Discrimination - Law 243, Two/Three Credits
Evidentiary Suppression Motions - Law 358, Three Credits
Remedies - Law 106, Three Credits
Federal Jurisdiction - Law 241, Three Credits

Core Group Courses:

Advanced Constitutional Law Seminar
Civil Rights- Law 248, Three Credits
Comparative Constitutional Law - Three Credits
Critical Perspectives on Law
Sexuality and the Law - Law 330, Three Credits
Women and the Law (with one credit Indepen. Study attached). - Law 301, Two Credits

Student must fulfill their Advanced Writing Requirement in this area either through one of the courses below, or by doing an Independent Study.

Optional Electives – 6 credits:
-Electives regularly offered at least every other academic year (3 credits)

Administrative Law - (2-3 Credits)
Advanced Constitutional Law Seminar - (alternate years)*
AIDS and the Law (alternate years)*
Children and the Law
Civil Rights - (alternate years)*
Comparative Constitutional Law*
Constitutional Litigation (Sec. 1983)(alternate years)*
Criminal Procedure I
Critical Perspective on Law*
Current Issues in Family Law*
Death Penalty (alternate years)
Education Law
Election Law (alternate years)
Employment Discrimination*
Evidentiary Suppression Motions*
Federal Jurisdiction
First Amendment Seminar*
International Human Rights*
Litigation with Federal Government (alternate years)
Mass Media Law
Remedies
Sexuality and the Law (alternate years)*
State and Local Government
Women and the Law (2 credits)*

(* means that advanced writing is available in this course)

Summer Institute courses (4 credits total, before 1st year)

Elements of the Law (no credits towards certificate)
American Constitutional Interpretation (2 credits)
United States Supreme Court (2 credits)

Other Relevant Offerings (these may count when there is significant constitutional work involved as determined by the Con Law Center Director):

Internship (2 credits usually)
National Moot Court (2 credits -- usually a constitutional issue)
Children’s Rights Clinic (8 credits over 2 semesters)
IOLTA Poverty Law Clinic (3 credits)(summer)
Criminal Defense Practice Clinic (3 credits)

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Health Law Certificate

Required Component:

Introduction to Health Law (3, A)

Health Law Perspectives Component (at least one course):

AIDS and the Law (3, N, S)
Bioethics and the Law (3, B, S)
Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Law (3, B, S)
International Human Rights (3, A, S)
Psychiatry and the Law (3, A, S)
Sexuality and the Law (3, B, S)

Tort and Insurance Component (at least one course):

Advanced Torts (3, A)
Employment Discrimination Litigation (3, A, S)
Insurance Law (3, A)
Medical Malpractice (2, N, S)
Products Liability (3, A)
Workers Compensation (2, A)

Specific Populations/Specific Doctrine Component (at least three courses):

Administrative Law (3, A)
Antitrust Law (3, A)
Children and the Law (3, A)
Comparative Constitutional Law (3, B, S)
Criminal Defense and Mental Disabilities (1, A)
Elder Law Clinic (4-6, A, C)
Food and the Law (3, B)
HIPAA Privacy (3, B)
Law and the Elderly (3, B)
Legislation (2, A)
Mental Health Law (3, B)
Non-Profit Organizations (3, A)
Public Health Law and Policy (3, B)

Independent Study Component (not required):

Health Law Independent Study (1-3, A)

For further information about Drake's Health Law curriculum and certificate, see http://www.law.drake.edu/centers/healthLaw/?pageID=healthLawCertificate.

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Food and Agricultural Law Certificate

Required Courses:

Introduction to Agricultural Law - Law 220, Three Credits
Food and the Law - Law 230, Three Credits
Environmental Regulation of Agriculture - Law 324, Three Credits

Elective Courses:

Legislation and Legislative Procedure - Law 234, Two Credits
Environmental Law - Law 231, Three Credits
Land Use, Law 233 - Three Credits
Intellectual Property - Law 209, Three Credits
Administrative Law - Law 266, Three Credits
International Law - Law 285, Three Credits
State and Local Government - Law 284, Three Credits
Wills and Trusts - Law 222, Three Credits

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Required Courses:

Administrative Law - Law 266, Three Credits
State and Local Government Law - Law 284, Three Credits
Legislation - Law 234, Two Credits
Legislative Internship - Law 235, Two Credits
Legislative Practice - Law 292, Two Credits
Legislative Practice Internship - Two Credits

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Litigation and Dispute Resolution Certificate

2004 Certificate Requirements
2006 Certificate Requirements

Students must take a total of 23 credits from 7 components as set out below.

1a. Core Litigation - Litigation-related courses in General Required Curriculum

Civil Procedure I, Law 114, Three Credits
Civil Procedure II, Law 115, Three Credits
Legal Research, Writing, and Appellate Practice, Law 119, Two Credits
First-Year Trial Practicum, Law 111, Zero Credits
Evidence, Law 158, Four Credits

1b. Core Litigation Practice - 9 credits (choose from list below)

Trial Advocacy - Law 201, Three Credits (Required)
Remedies - Law 106, Three Credits (Required)
Pretrial Advocacy Simulation (One course required from below)
- Pretrial Advocacy - Law 416, Three Credits or
- Consumer Protection Practice - Law 334, Three Credits or
- Employment Discrimination Litigation - Law 243, Three Credits or
- Environmental Practice - Law 303, Three Credits or
- Judicial Internship - Law 205, Three Credits (when approved by the Director, upon submission of a major pretrial research paper written during the internship)

2. Criminal Litigation - 3 credits

Criminal Procedure I - Law 242, Three Credits or
Criminal Procedure II - Law 246, Three Credits

3. Civil Litigation - 3 credits (choose from list below)

Federal Jurisdiction - Law 241, Three Credits
Conflict of Laws - Law 247, Three Credits (Alternate Year)
Complex Litigation - Law 202, Three Credits (Alternate Year)
Constitutional Litigation, Law 252, Three Credits

4. Upper Level Torts, Commercial and Government Litigation - 3 credits (choose from list below)

Administrative Law - Law 266, Three Credits
Advanced Torts - Law 256, Three Credits
Civil Rights - Law 248, Three Credits (Alternate Year)
Litigation With the Federal Government - Law 225, Three Credits (Alternate Year)
Products Liability, Law 257, Three Credits
Worker Compensation, Law 253, Two Credits

5. Advanced Simulation/Moot Court Experience - 2 Credits (choose from list below)

Consumer Protection Practice - Law 334, Three Credits
Employment Discrimination Litigation - Law 243, Three Credits
Environmental Practice - Law 303, Three Credits
Evidentiary Suppression Motions - Law 358, Three Credits
Judicial Internship - Law 205, Three Credits (when approved by the Director, upon submission of a major pretrial research paper written during the internship)
Pretrial Advocacy - Law 416, Three Credits
Moot Court-Supreme Court Day Competition - Law 452, Two Credits **
Moot Court Competition-National Competition - Law 454, Two Credits **
Moot Court-Environmental Law Competition, Law 456, Two Credits **
Moot Court-Other Appellate Competition - Law 457, Two Credits **
Moot Court-National Mock Trial - Law 464, Two Credits**
Moot Court-ATLA Mock Trial - Law 465, Two Credits**
Moot Court-Jessup Competition - Law 469, Two Credits **
Moot Court-Other Competition - Law 468, One Credit **

6. Client Representation Experience - 2 Credits (choose from list below)

United States Attorney's Office Internship - Law 236, Three Credits
Federal Public Defender Internship - Law 286, Three Credits
Prosecutor Internship - Law 296, Three Credits
Polk County Prosecutor Internship - Law 297, Three Credits
General Civil Practice Clinic - Law 501, Three to Six Credits
Criminal Law Clinic - Law 502, Three to Six Credits
Elder Law Clinic - Law 503, Four to Six Credits
Mediation Clinic, Law 514, Two Credits
Children's Rights Clinic - Law 504, Eight Credits (Two Semesters)
Advanced Criminal Defense Clinic-Trial - Law 511, Four Credits
Advanced Criminal Defense Clinic-Appellate - Law 512, Three Credits
Summer IOLTA Poverty Law Internship, Law School-sponsored and supervised by faculty under the Iowa Supreme Court Student Practice Rule (minimum 300 hours)

7. Alternative Dispute Resolution - 1 Credit (choose from list below)

Labor Law II, Law 351, Three Credits
Legal Interviewing and Counseling, Law 200, One Credit
Negotiations - Law 207, Two Credits
Mediation - Law 432 - One Credit
Moot Court-Client Counseling - Law 460, One Credit **
Moot Court-Negotiations - Law 461, One Credit **
Arbitration - Law 481, Two Credits

**With the exception of the Supreme Court Day Competition, Law 452, which is open to all second- and third-year law students, the other listed moot court competitions are available only to students who have applied for and been selected to compete on interscholastic teams.

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International and Comparative Law and Human Rights Certificate Program

Total Required Credits for Certificate: 14

Required Courses (Choose at least two):

Public International law (Clark) 3 credits
International Intellectual Property Law (Yu) 3 credits
International Trade (Clark) 3 credits

Required Seminars (Choose at least one):

Comparative Constitutional Law (Kende) 3 credits
International Human Rights (Clark) 3 credits

Required Summer or Semester Abroad: 5 credits (required minimum)

(Note: Courses reviewable ad hoc)
Nantes or elsewhere ABA-approved

Law School Electives

(Note: Courses reviewable ad hoc)
Indian Law 2 credits
Courses offered by Visiting Professors 4 credits (maximum)
Agricultural Law (various) (Hamilton) 4 credits (maximum)

CBPA Graduate Level Electives 6 credits (maximum)

(Note: Courses reviewable ad hoc)
Business, Government, and Global Economy (Luethge) 3 credits
International Management (Luethge) 3 credits

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