Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.
Required LAW Courses
Requires 6 semester hours of LAW courses.
Code | Title | Hours |
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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 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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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.
Code | Title | Hours |
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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.