Certificate for J.D.s

Lewis & Clark law students may earn a Specialization in Animal Law within the Environmental Law Certificate Program by meeting the following requirements:

General Environmental Law Certificate Requirements

• Students must take both Administrative Law and Environmental Law plus 8 additional credits of their choice from the environmental/animal law curriculum.
• Students must also write two substantial papers.
• Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.7
• Only three ungraded credits may be applied towards certification.

Required Courses

In addition to Environmental Law & Administrative Law, students must take:

• Animal Law 442 (3 credits) Generally offered during the Fall Semester.

Animal Law Course Options

4 of the 8 required credits must come from the course list below:

• Any course from the Summer Intensive Animal Law Program (2 credits each)
• Advanced Animal Law Seminar (2 credits)
• Animal Law Clinic (up to 3 credits)
• Animal Law Review (up to 3 credits)
• CIS: Animal Law Legislation (4 credits)
• Crimes Against Animals: Law & Policy Seminar (2 credits) Starting Spring 2012.
• Endangered Species Act (2 credits)
• Environmental/Animal Law Moot Court (2-4 credits)
• Farmed Animals: Law & Policy Seminar (2 credits) Starting Fall 2012.
• Externship: Animal Law (up to 3 credits)
• Independent study (1-3 credits)
• Moot Court: NALC Closing Argument (1-2 credits) Starting Fall 2011.
• Moot Court: NALC Legislative Drafting & Lobbying (1-2 credits)
• Pacific Salmon Seminar (2 credits)
• Wildlife Law (3 credits)

Paper

One of the two required papers must be written on an approved animal law topic.