Because of administrative considerations and professional obligations to courts and clients, no student pre-registered for a clinical offering shall be allowed to drop the clinic later than one month preceding the first day of classes, or to add the clinic, unless approval is obtained from the Executive Director of the Clinical Program.
Approximately one month before the beginning of the semester, information is e-mailed to each registered student-clinician at their ASU email address. This letter contains documents including an application for certification under Arizona Supreme Court Rule 38 which is required to participate in all clinics (except the Mediation Clinic). The application is somewhat like a mini-character and fitness screening. This application will be reviewed carefully by the dean of the College of Law and the director of the Clinical Program. If you are registered for the Criminal Practice or Public Defender Clinic, the adjunct faculty of those clinics will also review your application. After approval of your application, you will be certified by the Arizona Supreme Court to practice law under the supervision of clinical faculty members.
Students enrolled at the College of Law who have completed two semesters of course work may submit an application for a slot in the Mediation Clinic. Third-year students will be given a preference in the application process.
There are no pre-requisites for the Mediation Clinic. The Mediation Clinic is not a Rule 38 clinic and is considered a skills course. Students in the Lisa Foundation Patent Law Clinic are required to concurrently enroll in the Contingency Fee Patent Litigation course. Additional prerequisites include Patent Law or Patent Preparation & Prosecution, either of which may be taken concurrently
Students enrolled at the College of Law who have completed three semesters of course work may submit an application for a slot in the Civil Justice Clinic, Criminal Practice Clinic, Indian Legal Clinic, Immigration Law and Policy Clinic, Innovation Advancement Program, Public Defender Clinic, Ruth V. McGregor Family Protection Clinic, Post Conviction or Healthcare Entrepreneurship Clinic. The following students will be given a preference in the application process: students who are eligible to obtain a JD degreee from the College of Law; third-year students; and students who have not had a clinical experience
The following courses are pre- or co-requisite for all Rule 38 Clinics: Evidence, Professional Responsibility, Criminal Law and Civil Procedure. Students may not take an externship during the same semester as the Civil Justice Clinic, Criminal Practice Clinic, or Public Defender Clinic. Students may not take Trial Advocacy or Evidence in Trial Advocacy and the Criminal Practice Clinic in the same semester. Students who have received a failing grade in any clinic or externship placement in law school are not eligible to participate in a clinic.