Experiential Courses

What Are Experiential Learning Courses?

Experiential learning courses are immersive classes that allow law students to apply legal theory through law clinics, externships, and field placements, and other practical training experiences.

65+ Upper-Level Experiential Courses to Prepare You for Practice

Miami Law offers an unusually large number of experiential courses that help students learn by engaging in the kind of real-world lawyering that normally takes place outside the classroom. Under the guidance of full-time faculty and distinguished practitioners, students gain hands-on training through clinics, externships and field placements, and simulation courses.

Miami Law’s comprehensive approach to skills training includes a variety of simulation courses and practicum experiences that integrate both the theoretical and practical aspects of a well-rounded legal education.

With one of the nation's leading experiential learning programs, Miami Law ensures students graduate with the skills they need to succeed in their chosen field.

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  • What is a Clinic?

    It is a law school program that gives students training in advocacy and the practice of law through work on real cases and projects. Under faculty supervision students work directly on cases and projects by engaging in legal research and writing, collaborating with others interviewing clients, witnesses, and other stakeholders, gathering evidence, drafting legal documents, and appearing in court or other legal venues.  

  • What is an Externship / Field Placement?

    An externship allows students to obtain academic credit while working in a real-world legal setting nationally or internationally with corporations, government agencies, public interest organizations and the judiciary. It offers the opportunity to leave the traditional classroom setting and, under supervision of a clinic faculty member and a licensed attorney at an approved site, engage directly in the practice of law.

  • What Are Simulation Courses?

    These are courses that simulate lawyering activities to allow students to practice and reflect on specific skills that prepare them to enter the legal profession with confidence. A simulation course involves students being in-role as an attorney for a significant part of the class. These courses combine expert practice, analytical thinking, and the development of professional identity. Some of the courses focus on litigation or transactional practices, while some help hone abilities that support success in any area. Simulation courses differ from clinics and externships because they do not involve real clients or cases.

  • What is a Practicum?

    In practicum classes law students get real-world experience working under the supervision of attorneys and professors. Practicums are designed to integrate teaching of substantice law with training in real-world practice skills.

List of Experiential Learning Courses

Simulation Courses, Clinics, Practicums, Externships/Field Placements
  • AI and Legal Research Course
  • Advanced Appellate Advocacy I Course
  • Advanced Appellate Advocacy II Course
  • Advanced Oral Advocacy in International Arbitration
  • Advanced Trademark Course
  • Affordable Housing Practicum
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Course
  • Arbitration Institutions in a Changing and Challenging World Course
  • Bankruptcy Clinic
  • Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition
  • Best Practices in Pretrial Litigation in the Federal Courts Course
  • Business and Human Rights Course
  • Children & Youth Law Clinic
  • Copyright and Trademark Litigation Course
  • Corporate Skills for New Lawyers Course
  • Criminal Prosecution Course
  • Death Penalty Practicum
  • Dispute Resolution, Technology and the Digital Economy Course
  • D.C. Semester in Practice Program
  • Drafting Complex Arbitration Clauses Course
  • Electronic Discovery Course
  • Entertainment, Arts, and Sports LL.M. Practicum
  • Entertainment, Arts, and Sports LegalARTLink Practicum
  • Environmental Justice Clinic
  • Externship Program
  • Externship: Washington, DC
  • FIFA-EASL Soccer Law Practicum
  • Florida Legal Research Techniques Course
  • Forensics of Advocacy in International Arbitration I
  • Forensics of Advocacy in International Arbitration II
  • General Counsel Practicum
  • Health Rights Clinic
  • Human Rights Clinic
  • Immigration Clinic
  • Innocence Clinic
  • Intellectual Property Transactions & Negotiations Course
  • Intercollegiate Athletics Course
  • International Arbitration and the New York Convention Course
  • International Moot Court I
  • International Moot Court II
  • Introduction to the Deal Course
  • Investor Rights Clinic
  • Judicial Writing Course
  • Law and AI Practicum
  • Law Without Walls (LWOW) Sprint-X
  • Law, Technology and Practice Course
  • Legal Environment of the Cruise Industry Course
  • Law Firm Management Seminar
  • Legal Research Techniques Course
  • Litigation Skills I Course
  • Litigation Skills II Course
  • Litigation Skills Externship
  • Litigation II: Criminal Litigation Course
  • LL.M. Practicum I
  • LL.M. Practicum II
  • Mediation
  • Negotiating and Drafting for the Business of Entertainment Course
  • Negotiating and Drafting Sports Venue Agreements Course
  • Regorganization in Bankruptcy Seminar
  • Trademark Management and Business Strategy
  • Transactional Legal Research Course
  • Transactional Skills I
  • Transactional Skills II
  • Transactional Skills III: Negotiating and Drafting for Mergers and Acquisitions Agreements
  • Transactional Skills III: Negotiating and Drafting Private Equity Agreements
  • UN Climate Change Negotiations Course
  • Union Organizing and Collective Bargaining in the Sports and Entertainment Industries Course

Note: The course list is not exhaustive and does not set out a path of study.

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