{ academics: THe arT OF LaWYeriNG } simulaTion courses Through seminars, critiques of videotaped role-playing, and presentations before mock judges and juries, UC Hastings students gain practice and confidence in their lawyering abilities. Simulation courses include appellate advocacy, contract writing and analysis, interviewing, counseling, negotiation and mediation, pretrial practice, trial advocacy, and trial objections. ProFessional skills Teams Involvement with UC Hastings’ nationally prominent competitive teams not only gives students practical experience, it provides them with extra résumé value, networking possibilities, and teamwork skills. negoTiaTion anD meDiaTion Team Students on the Negotiation and Mediation Team participate in regional and national competitions to negotiate deals and settle disputes. inTercollegiaTe Trial Team UC Hastings’ internationally recognized Trial Team gives students expertise in trial preparation and courtroom advocacy. clienT counseling Team > A Superb Law Library Named one The UC Hastings Client Counseling Team is an organization designed to focus of the country’s 50 best law libraries by on skills development, and integrating “real world” experience with theories PreLaw magazine, our recently renovated and principles of client interviewing and counseling. library features a wealth of both traditional and electronic research tools. The library’s appealing modern setting earned top honors for library interior design in 2008. > Journals and Publications UC Hastings students may join one of the law school’s nine distinguished law journals as staff members or editors during their second and third years. Involvement with law journals helps students gain legal scholarship experience and develop reading, writing, editing, researching, and teamwork skills, all of which are essential to a practicing lawyer’s success. LAW JOURNALS: • Hastings Business Law Journal • Hastings International and • Hastings Science and • Hastings Communications and Comparative Law Review Technology Law Journal Entertainment Law Journal • Hastings Law Journal • West-Northwest Journal of • Hastings Constitutional • Hastings Race and Poverty Environmental Law and Policy Law Quarterly Law Journal • Hastings Women’s Law Journal www.uchastings.edu / UC hastings 19
Hastings Alumni Viewbook-2012-2013
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