1. Curriculum Planning
Advocacy Certificate

2. ABA STANDARDS Fulltime - 2Ls & 3Ls
Minimum cumulative GPA: 2.0
Complete the required curriculum; total 86 credits
Maximum number of credits per semester: 17 credits
Minimum number of credits per semester: 12 credits
Minimum number of semesters: 6 semesters
Maximum number of credits in any summer term:
8 credits

3. LOYOLA REQUIRED CURRICULUM Fulltime – 1L year
FT - 1-Ls:
FALL SEMESTER:
Civil Procedure - 4 credits
Property – 4 credits
Torts – 4 credits
Legal Writing (& research) – 2 credits
SPRING SEMESTER:
Constitutional Law - 4 credits
Contracts – 4 credits
Criminal Law – 3 credits
Legal Writing – 2 credits
Perspective Elective – 2 or 3 credit elective

4. LOYOLA 1L ADVOCAY REQUIREMENTS
Jury Duty Service
Each first year student is required to attend one Jury Duty session in Loyola’s trial practice class
Intra-School Moot Court Competition
Observe one round of Loyola’s appellate level intra-school moot court competition.

5. LOYOLA REQUIRED CURRICULUM Full-time -2L and 3L year
Additional Loyola Required Curriculum
Advocacy (Writing) – 2 credits [2L fall semester]
Skills Training Course(s)—2 credits [before graduation]
Experiential Learning – 6 credits* [before graduation]
Professional Responsibility** - 3 credits [before graduation, preferably 2L fall semester]
Highly Recommended Core Curriculum
Evidence – 3 credits* [required for advocacy certificate]
Rigorous Writing Course [required for advocacy certificate]
Administrative Law – 3 credits
Business Organizations – 4 credits
Federal Income Tax – 3 credits

6. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Full-time students
86 credits (36 required course credits)
Minimum of 74 graded credits
6 FT semesters on campus (minimum of 12 /maximum of 17 credits per semester)
Exit interview with registrar

7. Skills Training Courses
Skills courses
Experiential courses
Trial Practice
Dispute Resolution
Appellate Advocacy
Pre-trial Litigation
Transactional Advocacy
Competition teams
Clinics
Externships
Trial practice*
Competition teams*
* Trial practice and competition teams may count toward skills or experiential course credit but cannot be used for both.

8. Develop a Legal Concentration in Advocacy (may specialize in trial, appellate or dispute resolution)
Rising 2L
Summer or Fall 2L
Fall/Spring 3L
Fall
Spring
Evidence
Trial Practice I
Trial Practice II
Co-Curricular experience, includes:
Competition
Teams
Mock Trial OR
Moot Court
Course in Trial/Appellate Advocacy
Clinic
Trial/Appellate Writing Course
Course in Dispute Resolution
Externship

9. Competition teams Try outs occur in Spring of 1L year for all teams.
Moot Court Teams [over 15 competitions]
Mock Trial Teams [Corboy Fellows; Thurgood Marshall; Civil Law Mock Trial Team; Criminal Law Mock Trial Team]
Dispute Resolution Skills: Client Counseling; Negotiation; Mediation; International Commercial Arbitration

10. Recommendation: Balance
Bar Courses
Skills/Experiential Learning Courses
Legal Concentration (Advocacy)

11. Things to keep in mind:
711 Certification – must complete 43 credit hours before applying for a 711 license.
MPRE – offered 3 times a year – March, August, November
Does not have to be taken in conjunction with Professional Responsibility (although recommended)

12. Pre-Approved Courses Some courses require prior approval
Externships
Instructor Approval Courses
Procedure for registration
Complete the Instructor Approval Registration Form from the Registration website and submit the signed approval to the Registrar
The Registrar will register you for the course