Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Required LAW Courses

Requires 6 semester hours of LAW courses.

Complete at least one of the following:2-4
Laboratory Seminar in Applied and Critical Legal Design
AI for Lawyers: Uses, Risks, and Regulation
Spatial Justice, Legal Ethnography, and the Lawscape
Complete at least one of the following:2-4
Intellectual Property
Patent Law
Law Practice Management: Access to Justice
Human Behavior, Legal Doctrine, and Policy Design
Advanced Legal and Interdisciplinary Research
Law and Technology
Collaborative Businesses
Intellectual Property and Social Justice
Law and Global Technology

Required Non–LAW Courses

Requires 6 semester hours of non–LAW courses.

Complete at least two courses totaling at least 6 semester hours from the following:7-8
Information Design History
Research Methods for Design
Information Visualization Principles and Practices
Visual Cognition
Statistics for Design
Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals
Experience Design Studio 1: Principles
Design Systems
Prototyping for Experience Design
Human-Centered Design
Information Design Theory and Critical Thinking
Design for Behavior and Experience
Human-Centered AI
Experience Design Studio 2: Group and Interpersonal
Critical Design and Research Seminar
Communication and Inclusion
Game Design and Analysis
Psychology of Play
Biometrics of Design
Critical Foundations of Creative Practice
Coding for Digital Storytelling
Telling Your Story with Data
Participatory Modeling for Collaborative Decision Making
Social Policy: Design, Implementation, and Critique
Advanced Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement
Another 2-4 semester hour legal design-related course from subject codes other than LAW, LW, or LS, with pre-approval of the certificate advisor.

Additional Requirements

Co-op Requirement:  Students must complete at least one co-op related to the certificate topic.  

Writing Requirement:  Students must complete a piece of substantial writing that meets the requirements of the JD upper-level rigorous writing requirement and has a clear connection to the certificate topic or significantly advances a legal innovation project using legal design methods.

For additional information on requirements associated with this certificate, please consult the JD program's Student Information Handbook.

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

A minimum of 12 total semester hours is required, including at least 6 semester hours of LAW courses and at least 6 semester hours of non–LAW courses.

Students must receive a passing grade in all courses and satisfactorily complete all other requirements.