1. www2.hawaii.edu/~barkai
The Clinical
Program
Google: John Barkai

2. experiential learning classes (EXL)
2 or 6 credit requirement
for
“clinical”
experiential learning classes (EXL)
2 credits – by UH if entered before Fall 2016
6 credits - by ABA if you are a 1L now (F’16)

3. But not much has changed at UH. On average,
our students take 6-8 credits
of clinical program courses
during law school,
e.g. 2 credits EXL per semester
during the 2L & 3L years

4. clinical program for a school
Amazing
clinical program for a school
our size

5. clinic, simulation, and externship classes
Over the last 7 years
2778 enrollments in
clinic, simulation, and externship classes
About 400 per year for approximately Ls

6. 1008 Clinic Enrollments

7. 1019 Simulation Enrollments

8. 751 Externships

9. Experiential Learning Courses
Externships do
not satisfy the
2-credit clinical
requirement
Mediating Family Conflict
Contract Drafting
Note;
These lists are often modified
& updated
Medical Legal partnership
Entrepreneurship & Small Business Clinic

10. for meeting the 2 credit requirement
Externships
do not count
for meeting the 2 credit requirement

11. Courses satisfying the clinic requirement
Child Welfare Clinic
Defense Clinic
Elder Law Clinic (& Adv)
Environmental Law Clinic
Environmental Litigation Seminar
Estate Planning Workshop
Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Family Law Clinic
Immigration Law Clinic
Innocence Project
Lawyering Skills
Mediation Workshop
Medical Legal Partnership
Native Hawaiian Rights Clinic
Native Hawaiian Litigation seminar
Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Pretrial Litigation
Prosecution Clinic
Trial Practice
Mediating Family Conflict
Contract Drafting

12. Limited Enrollment Courses
Sign up at 8 am
8:05 is sometimes too late

13. Enrollments sometimes in the week before classes start
Don’t give up
Enrollments sometimes
change by 25 – 50%
in the week before classes start

14. You might get in to “full” courses
ASK
You might get in to “full” courses
Many profs will take a couple of additional students
Show up to the first class
Students “drop” without unenrolling

15. Prosecution and Defense Clinics
Can’t take
Prosecution and Defense Clinics
the same semester

16. with Evidence as a co-requisite
Can take
Prosecution Clinic
in the fall as a 2L
with Evidence as a co-requisite
Not true for Defense Clinic or Trial Practice

17. All Clinic Courses 2016-2017 (credits, spring/fall only) enrollment limit
Simulation Courses
Negotiation & ADR (2 s) no limit
Negotiation Skills (1-2)
Trial Practice (2) 12
Pretrial Litigation (2) 2x12
Lawyering Skills (3) 12
Mediation Workshop (2 f) 16
Estate Planning Workshop (3 s) 14
Environmental Litigation (2 eof)
Mediating Family Conflict (1-2)
Contract Drafting
Live-Client Clinics
Prosecution (3-4) 12
Defense (3) 12
Elder Law (3 ) 6; Advanced (3)
Family Law (3) 10
Child Welfare (3 s) 14
Native Hawaiian Rights (3 s) 10
Environmental Law (3) -3 of 4 sem 10
Innocence Project (4) 10 (Adv)
Entrepreneurship & Small Business (3) 12
Medical Legal Partnership (3) 10
Externships
Hawaii (2-4) (2-6 summer)
Asia-Pacific (12)
eof = every other fall
f = Fall; s = Spring
3 of 4, not fall eoy
Note; These lists are often modified & updated

18. Spring 2017 (credits, spring/fall only) enrollment limit
Simulation Courses
Negotiation & ADR (2 s) no limit
Trial Practice (2) 12
Pretrial Litigation (2) 2x12
Lawyering Skills (3) 12
Estate Planning Workshop (3 s) 14
Environmental Litigation (2 eof)
Contract Drafting
Live-Client Clinics
Prosecution (3-4) 12
Defense (3) 12
Elder Law (3 ) 6;
Family Law (3) 10
Child Welfare (3 s) 14
Native Hawaiian Rights (3 s) 10
Environmental Law (3) -3 of 4 sem 10
Innocence Project (4) 10 (Adv)
Entrepreneurship & Small Business (3) 12
Medical Legal Partnership (3) 10
Externships
Hawaii (2-4) (2-6 summer)
Asia-Pacific (12)
eof = every other fall
f = Fall; s = Spring
3 of 4, not fall eoy
Note; These lists are often modified & updated

19. All Clinic Courses 2016-2017 EVENING or SATURDAY COURSES – 4:45 and later
Simulation Courses
Negotiation Skills (1-2) fall
Trial Practice (2) 12
Pretrial Litigation (2) 2x12
Lawyering Skills (3) 12
Mediation Workshop (2 f) 16 fall
Estate Planning Workshop (3 s) 14
Mediating Family Conflict (1-2) fall
Live-Client Clinics
Defense (3) 12
Family Law (3) 10
Child Welfare (3 s) 14 spring
Innocence Project (4) 10 (Adv)
Entrepreneurship & Small Business (3) 12
Externships
Hawaii (2-4) (2-6 summer)
Asia-Pacific (12)
eof = every other fall
f = Fall; s = Spring
3 of 4, not fall eoy
Note; These lists are often modified & updated

20. Core Competency Areas 1) Resolving conflicts without trial Negotiation
Mediation
Lawyering Skills
2) Trial and hearing skills
Trial Practice
Pretrial Practice (depositions
Prosecution/Defense clinics
3) Representing clients
Any of the many clinics
+ Lawyering Skills – Interviewing & Counseling
4) How lawyers work together
Externships – (does not “count” towards the 2-redit clinical requirement)