1 -- Introduction to Legal Writing LARC 2 -- Introduction to Legal Research LARC 3 -- Persuasive Communications Property Property 1 Property 2 Torts Torts 1 Torts 2 Upper Class Required Courses The following courses are mandatory upper-class courses for all student (Practice Court classes are shown separately): Business Organizations I Constitutional Law: Individual Liberties Legal Analysis, Research, and Communication (LARC) LARC 4 -- Transactional Drafting LARC 5 -- Litigation Drafting Professional Responsibility Remedies Taxation and Accounting Principles for Lawyers Trusts and Estates Practice Court The hallmark of the law school curriculum is its Practice Court program. Practice Court traces its roots to the original school, and was returned in 1922 shortly after the school was reinstituted. Though practice court is designed primarily for students who will practice law before trial courts; it is mandatory for all students. The program consists of three courses. Students should plan to be available to participate in course work from 1:00 PM onward each week day (1:20 PM for Practice Court 3) and should expect to work late into the evenings: Practice Court 1: Pre-Trial Practice & Procedure Practice Court 2: Trial Evidence, Procedure & Practice Practice Court 3: Trial and Post-Trial Practice, Procedure & Evidence (this includes the "Big Trial", whereby students are assigned to represent a party; the students must file pleadings, engage in discovery, conduct jury selection, argue their case, and engage in post-trial motion practice to secure their judgment). A student can, if desired, choose to concentrate in one of fifteen specialized areas of law: Administrative Practice Business Litigation Business Planning Commercial Law Criminal Practice Estate Planning Family Law Practice Fiduciary Litigation General Civil Litigation Healthcare Law Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Litigation Personal Injury Litigation Public Interest Law Real Estate and Natural Resources Law review The is the law school's official student-run law review. The journal was founded in 1948 and is published three times per year (Fall, Winter and Spring). Students may grade on to the Law Review at the end of their first year or later as upper-quarters, being selected through a write-on competition, or writing a note or comment for the journal that is selected for publication. Legal clinics Students can gain experience by working Baylor Law's legal clinics. Baylor Law currently has five legal clinics: Estate Planning, Immigration, Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship, Trial Advocacy, and the Veterans Clinic. Over the past few years, more than 1,500