The Perspectives portion of these programs involves submission of periodic papers, attendance and participation in periodic seminars with the faculty supervisor, submission of weekly journals and a final paper. These courses are designed to prepare students for an externship in legal services programs. Students are introduced to basic lawyering skills, professional responsibility issues and substantive and procedural law. The instruction methods used in the class are a combination of lecture, observation by students of live or videotaped demonstrations by lawyers, and student simulation exercises. Preference for enrollment in Civil Pre-Trial Practice is given to students who plan to extern in a legal services office.
Class size is limited.
Credit toward graduation for this course is generally tied to completion of a legal services externship. Waivers to take this course as an elective, or otherwise without committing to an externship, may be obtained from the instructor as part of the preregistration process. Students receive two hours of academic credit. Class meets once a week for two hours with the possibility of extra small group session meetings. Florida State University College of Law and other copyrights .