Clinics include In-House Clinics and Field Placement Clinics (including summer Field Placement Clinics).

1. The following rules apply to In-House and Field Placement Clinics:
   
   
   1. A student may receive clinical credit for no more than three semesters of academic year clinical work, no matter how many total hours of clinical credit the student earns in those semesters. This rule is necessary because enrollment in clinics is limited, and it is the policy of the school to enable as many students as possible to take clinical courses.
      
      
   2. A student may earn a maximum of 11 credits for clinics, including up to 3 credits for one summer Field Placement Clinic. Four credits are awarded each semester for most In-House Clinics; however, 1 or 2 credits may be earned in some In-House Clinics. Nevertheless, students are limited to either: (i) two semesters and one summer of clinical work for credit, or (ii) three semesters of clinical work for credit. In no event, however, shall a student be permitted to enroll in the same clinic for more than two semesters.
      
      
   3. Students may ordinarily enroll in only one In-House or academic year Field Placement Clinic during their law school career, plus one summer Field Placement Clinic in the same or a different setting. An Associate Dean for Academic Affairs may waive this rule if it appears that a clinic is undersubscribed and the student would not take a place from another student who has not had clinical experience.
      
      
   4. All of the In-House Clinics are graded, except that the Art, Sports, and Entertainment Law Clinic may be taken for 1 ungraded credit or 2 graded credits per semester. All Field Placement Clinics are on a credit/no-credit basis, ordinarily for 3 credits per semester or summer.
      
      
   5. Each In-House Clinic has a prerequisite course.
      
      
   6. In computing the minimum 88 credits required for graduation, no more than 18 credits may be counted from the following: (a) Field Placement Clinics (including summer Field Placement Clinics); (b) In-House Clinics; (c) law review, including editorial board; (d) Independent Study; (e) either Moot Court Board; (f) any interscholastic trial or appellate moot court team, (g) Writing Workshop; (h) graduate school (including joint degree program) credits; or (i) any courses elected on a Pass/Fail basis. This does not preclude any student from electing more than 18 credits from the listed group, but each student must earn a minimum of 70 credits from courses not in this group.
      
      
2. The following additional rules apply to Field Placement Clinics, including summer Field Placement Clinics:
   
   
   1. Students in Field Placement Clinics should have the opportunity to gain experience in the full range of functions performed by lawyers in the office in which they are placed. To this end, it is anticipated that students will be involved in the research, preparation, and drafting of documents that are generated by lawyers in the office including, but not limited to, motions, pleadings, discovery documents, internal office memoranda, legal opinions, and drafts of legislation and regulations. The attorney supervisor is required to review critically the written work produced by students and should assist students in improving their research, writing, and analytical skills. Supervisors should cooperate, within the constraints of professional responsibility, with efforts by students to seek evaluations of their written work by the faculty member who serves as the coordinator of the Field Placement Clinic program.
      
      
   2. Each Field Placement office is required to give students instruction in the body of law, including the procedural framework, that forms the office's practice. When possible, students should be given the opportunity to represent eligible clients or governmental agencies in formal legal proceedings consistent with Pennsylvania Bar Admission Rules 321 and 322 and other states' rules governing the practice of law and to participate in informal or administrative proceedings where student certification is not required. The school will assist in obtaining certification for students who have completed three semesters of legal studies. When not appearing on behalf of an indigent person or a governmental agency, students should be permitted to observe administrative and judicial proceedings and, when appropriate, participate in client interviews, discovery, arbitrations, negotiations, pretrial conferences, witness preparation, strategy sessions, trial preparation and the like.
      
      
   3. Students are required to work ten hours per week (140 hours per semester) during the fall and spring semesters. (For information on summer requirements, please see Professor Sara Krome.) Students are required to maintain a weekly log of their activities including opportunities to meet with the supervising attorney, review by the supervisor of written work, client contact, advocacy, observation of proceedings, and hours devoted to the Field Placement Clinic. Students must submit copies of the weekly summaries to their attorney supervisor and the faculty coordinator at the times designated in the course rules for review prior to the award of credit. In addition, the attorney supervisor shall submit to the faculty coordinator a written evaluation of each student's performance at the end of the semester. Students may not receive compensation for any work for their field placement office during their participation in a Field Placement Clinic, but reasonable expenses may be reimbursed.
      
      
   4. Each Field Placement office shall identify at least one lawyer to act as supervisor for the assigned students. The assigned lawyer shall bear the responsibility for insuring each student's fulfillment of the clinic's objectives. The supervising attorney shall seek guidance and counsel from the faculty coordinator concerning the school's expectations and consult periodically during the semester with the faculty coordinator.
      
      
   5. The school will review Field Placement Clinics periodically to ensure compliance with the educational objectives of the clinic. It reserves the right to discontinue a Field Placement Clinic if it concludes that the placement is not serving the school's educational objectives. The school may require Field Placement supervisors to participate in training sessions at the school.
      
      
   6. The faculty coordinator or faculty supervisor for Field Placement Clinics shall meet periodically each semester (or during the summer) with students in the clinic for classes as outlined in the course materials and to review the students' work in the clinic and shall make an effort to visit the Field Placement office to meet with field instructors to ensure that those instructors are fulfilling their responsibilities with respect to the educational objectives of the clinic.
      
      
   7. Each student in a Field Placement Clinic shall submit reports during the semester (or summer) to the faculty supervisor. The report shall summarize the major activities in which the student was engaged during the clinic, shall describe opportunities the student had during the clinic to meet with and receive feedback from the field instructor, and shall otherwise comment on the educational opportunities offered by the clinic.
      
      
   8. The faculty coordinator shall have each student complete an evaluation of the field instructors he or she has worked with during the semester (or summer).
      
      
   9. Students in Field Placement Clinics during the academic year are required to attend instructional meetings to be scheduled during each semester. Students who earn credits in a summer Field Placement Clinic are required to attend a preparation meeting at the end of the spring semester prior to their summer placement and a debriefing at the beginning of the following fall semester. These two meetings shall be substantially equivalent to the class sessions required of students in the academic year Field Placements.
      
      
   10. Field Placement Clinics shall not discriminate in the selection of students on the basis of age, ancestry, color, disability or handicap, national origin, race, religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.