Advanced Lawyering Skills & Values
Welcome to the Advanced Laywering Skills and Values Program. This upper level program is taught on nights and weekends by some of the most outstanding practitioners in the South Florida legal community. Our goal is to provide students with a simulated experience in a litigation or transactional practice.
Students in the litigation track will represent a mock client from the initial client interview and filing of the complaint, through discovery and motion calendar. Litigation students may also represent additional mock clients in a bench trial and all phases of an appeal. Students in the transactional track will develop skills in complex counseling, multi-party negotiation, conciliation, and document drafting. Depending upon personal interests, Transactional track students may select from a variety of skills courses related to diverse transactional practice areas. LSV I and II are prerequisites for all tracks and Evidence is a prerequisite or co-requisite course for the litigation track.
Students may also select the General Practice track, which accommodates students who are interested in developing both litigation and transactional skills. This track option may also be suitable for students who plan to work in smaller firms, where a lawyer's work often requires diverse, cross-discipline practice skills. The flexibility of the General Practice track is also a convenient choice for students who must complete prerequisites for clinics and other advanced level course offerings.
Check prerequisites for every course prior to enrollment, including the introductory information on the Course Descriptions web page.
- Litigation track students must take Civil Pretrial Practice and one other course designated as a Litigation track course or a course that satisfies requirements for both tracks (see chart below).
- Civil Pre-Trial Practice (required for Litigation track students)
- Transactional track students must select two courses designated as Transactional track courses or as courses that satisfy requirements for both tracks (see chart below). Students in this track may not use both Negotiating Workshop and Interviewing & Counseling to satisfy their track requirement.
- General Practice track students may choose any two courses, with one exception. Students in this track may not use both Negotiating Workshop and Interviewing & Counseling to satisfy their track requirement.
Available Courses
| Course | Litigation | Transactional | General |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Professional Responsibility Workshop |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Advanced Trial Advocacy |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| American and Caribbean Law Workshop |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Appellate Practice Workshop |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Bankruptcy Workshop |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Business Planning Workshop |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Charitable Organizations Workshop |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Civil Forfeiture Workshop |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Civil Pre-Trial Practice |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Civil Rights Practice Workshop |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Clinic: Alternative Dispute Resolution |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Clinic: Business Practice |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Clinic: Children and Families |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Clinic: Criminal Justice |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Clinic: Environmental & Land Use Law |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Clinic: International Practice |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Clinic: Personal Injury Litigation |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Collaborative Family Law Workshop |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Corporate Workshop |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Criminal Pretrial Practice |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Current Supreme Court Cases Workshop |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Dependency Workshop |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Domestic Violence Workshop |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Employee Benefits Workshop |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Estate Planning Workshop |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Evidence Workshop |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Family Law Litigation Workshop |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Florida Land Development Workshop |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Health Law Workshop |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Interviewing & Counseling |
Yes
|
Yes
* |
Yes
* |
| Interviewing, Negotiating & Counseling |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Landlord Tenant Workshop |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Law Office Management Workshop |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Legal Drafting Workshop |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Mediation Workshop |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Negotiating Workshop |
Yes
|
Yes
* |
Yes
* |
| Post Conviction Litigation Workshop |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Probate Workshop |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Real Property Closing Workshop |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Real Property Complex Transactions Workshop |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Sentencing Workshop |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Trial Advocacy |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Wills Drafting Workshop |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|