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General Practice Concentration
This concentration will appeal to those students who plan to serve a wide range of clients and legal matters in a small to medium size firm setting or solo practice. These lawyers will be likely to handle estate planning, real estate transactions, family law, commercial law and contracts, criminal matters, and personal injury matters. Their clients will consist of the general public and small business owners. Emphasis will be on effective counseling. Likely clinical placements will be in small to medium size law firms, judicial clerkships, or legal aid offices and include the Sixty Plus Inc. Elderlaw Clinic. Professor Bauer chairs the General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm Practice Concentration
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General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm Practice
Students who elect this concentration must complete each of these 3 credit courses:
_____ Pre Trial Skills [3]
_____ Trial Skills [3]
_____ Sales [3]
an additional 9 credits from this menu:
Strongly Recommended
_____ Business Planning [3]
_____ Conflict of Laws [2]
_____ Estate Planning [2]
_____ Family Law [2]
_____ Federal Administrative Law [3]
_____ Interviewing & Counseling [2]
_____ Law Office Management [2]
_____ Mortgages & Land Contracts [2]
_____ Workers' Compensation [2]
_____ Sixty Plus Clinic [3]***
_____ State Administrative Law [2]
Recommended
_____ Adv Cmptr Assisted Legal Rsrch [2]
_____ Advanced Criminal Procedure [3]
_____ Alternate Dispute Resolution [2] or Negotiation Skills Workshop [1]
_____ Bankruptcy [3]
_____ Consumer Law [2]
_____ Criminal Practice [2]
_____ Directed Study [1-3]
_____ District Court Practice [2]
_____ Emerging Issues in Elderlaw [2]
_____ Family Violence Practice [2]
_____ Juvenile Law [2]
_____ Michigan No-Fault [2]
_____ Modern Real Estate Transactions [2]
_____ Probate Court Practice [2]
_____ Zoning & Land Use Planning [2]
6 general elective credits from anywhere in the curriculum:
_____ ________________________
_____ ________________________
_____ ________________________
and a minimum of 3 credits of a clinical program:
________________________________
Required Courses
_____ Advanced Writing [3]
_____ Business Organizations [3]
_____ Civil Procedure I [3]
_____ Civil Procedure II [3]
_____ Constitutional Law I [3]
_____ Constitutional Law II [3]
_____ Contracts I [3]
_____ Contracts II [3]
_____ Criminal Law [3]
_____ Criminal Procedure [3]
_____ Equity & Remedies [3]
_____ Evidence [3]
_____ Introduction to Law I [0]
_____ Professional Responsibility [3]
_____ Property I [3]
_____ Property II [3]
_____ Research & Writing [3]
_____ Secured Transactions [3]
_____ Taxation [3]
_____ Torts I [3]
_____ Torts II [3]
_____ Wills, Estates, and Trusts [3]
63 credits
Recommended Courses
_____ Bar Start [0]
_____ Practice Multistate Bar Examination [0]
***Sixty Plus I counts toward the three credit "Clinical Program" requirement listed above and Sixty Plus II must be completed if you enroll in Sixty Plus I. Three credits of Sixty Plus II will qualify as a "Strongly Recommended" elective in meeting your requirements for this Concentration.
General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm Practice Faculty
Bauer, Chair
Cox, Vice-Chair
Cavanaugh
Frank
Jason
Kempel
Kent
Kimble
D. Marks
Mickens
A. Miller
Moore
Nussbaumer
O'Leary
Palmer
Pasman-Green
Phillips
Siegel
Stockmeyer
Torielli
Vestrand
Wonch
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