Are there prerequisites to enrollment?
In clinics that practice before the courts and other tribunals of D.C., students must meet the requirements of the D.C. student practice rule. This rule requires the completion of 41 credit hours before the beginning of the semester in which the students are enrolled in a clinic, including courses in Civil Procedure, Criminal Justice and Evidence. Both the A & B curricula at Georgetown satisfy the Civil Procedure and Criminal Justice course requirements. Students in some clinics that practice in federal court must have completed the equivalent of four full-time semesters before they begin their clinic work. Students in the International Women’s Human Rights Clinic must take International and Comparative Law on the Rights of Women, either concurrently with or prior to taking the clinic and students in the Federal Legislation and Administrative Clinic must take Lawmaking, Legislation or Government Processes prior to or concurrently with the clinic.
