In House Counsel Practicum

This transactional law course immerses students in the daily work of in-house counsel, simulating the responsibilities of corporate legal departments. Students will act as General Counsel or associate general counsel attorneys handling a range of legal, strategic, and business matters. Through interactive exercises, role-play simulations, and document drafting, students will develop practical lawyering skills, business judgment, risk management capabilities, and leadership proficiency in corporate settings. Student experiences in the course will mirror the types of responsibilities in-house lawyers routinely face in their practice.

While some skills touched on in this course are also addressed in stand‑alone experiential courses such as Contract Drafting and Interviewing, Counseling, & Negotiating, this course uses those skills only as tools within a different, more specialized context: the work of in‑house corporate lawyers supporting an operating business. The primary focus is on applying drafting, counseling, and problem‑solving skills to internal clients, cross‑functional teams, and enterprise‑level risk and strategy scenarios, rather than on teaching those skills in isolation or in other contexts.