Summer Skills Program

The Summer Skills Program provides current law students from Pace and other law schools with a structured learning environment coupled with hands-on experience in a variety of clinics, externships, simulation courses and specialty practice courses. Through the experiential learning programs, students will have the opportunity to represent clients in real world settings, intern at organizations around the country and the world with real legal issues, or master the skills and techniques of a lawyer through role-playing. Our special skills-enhancing classes allow students to gain practical knowledge in certain specialty practice areas, including those covered by the New York State Bar Exam.

We hope to see you this summer!

Prof. Jill Gross
Director of Legal Skills and Professor of Law
jgross@law.pace.edu
(914) 422-4061
Office: P315

SUMMER 2012 Skills Courses

Please click on the individual courses for course description, prerequisites, and information on how to apply and register.  Registration opens April 9, 2012.

Clinics

• Environmental Litigation Clinic - 6 Credits (4 clinical, 2 academic)

Externships 6 Credits (5 clinical, 1 academic)

• Corporate Law Externship
• Environmental Externship in Washington, DC^*
• Honors Prosecution Externship*
• Legal Services Externship/Public Interest/Health Law
• Criminal Justice (Prosecutorial) Externship
• Summer Externships Abroad*

Simulation Courses

• Interviewing, Counseling & Negotiating - 3 Credits (13 weeks)
• Negotiations– 2 credits
• Skills Workshop: Depositions– 1 credit
• Trial Advocacy – 4 Credits

Specialty Practice Courses

• Advanced Legal Research: Skills for New York Practice– 2 credits
• Advanced Legal Research: Corporate and Securities Law– 2 credits
• Matrimonial Practice - 2 credits
• New York Practice - 3 credits
• Surrogate's Court Practice - 2 credits

Students who receive curricular credit may not also receive compensation for their work, including payment directly from the employer or any other stipend or funding such as through Federal Work Study. Registration for clinics and externships is conditional upon prior permission and approval of the professor teaching the course. Students much check each course for any applicable prerequisites and enrollment limits. Students are also encouraged to meet with their financial aid advisors prior to registering for a Summer Skills course to discuss the impact that using financial aid for summer curricular credit will have on future law school loan eligibility.

Visiting students must provide a letter from their Dean or Dean of Students indicating that the applicant is in good standing and that the credits earned through the Pace Summer Skills Program will transfer fully to applicant's law school transcript. Click HERE for the Summer 2012 JD Program-Summer Session Registration Form for non-matriculated and visiting students.